Lame attempt at distraction: what got you interested in Hades/Persephone dynamics?
Lol, not lame because there’s a series of events. First, Beauty And The Beast was my absolute favorite movie when I was a tiny (mainly because I wanted (and still want) to be Belle, but still utterly formative to my shipping preferences). Then a Greek mythology class at homeschool co-op when I was thirteen and the eponymous ship - considering that most of Greek mythology is basically "someone has sex with the wrong person and no one thinks about consequences", it was nice that there was one actual couple immune to that problem. And then high school and too many books I can't even begin to list involving nice, fairly innocent women attracted to monsters actively fighting their nature. So... yeah, slow progression but I am aware I have a type.
