Lore Olympus is cram-packed this week!
Let's start with some seriously overdue character development! Persephone is beating on herself, and the last person we expect to help is LEGITIMATELY doing it!
Demeter wanted to be right and for Persephone to acknowledge it for so long, but in this moment, she realizes and confesses that she was wrong. Not just about the intervention, but all the hyper-protective things Demeter did that were actually damaging to her daughter.
Demeter is moving forward.
Demeter tells Persephone about an encounter with a dying harpy when Persephone was still very small. The harpy recognizes Persephone for the fertility goddess that she is and warns Demeter to keep a sharp eye on her.
This very well could be when Demeter's parenting style shifted from happy single mom to hyper-protective prison keeper. The mention of Metis strikes a chord with Demeter that she never let go of.
Zeus ate Metis because she was a fertility goddess, and he wanted her powers. On that note, Demeter realizes that the same could happen to Persephone if she isn't careful.
The harpy told Demeter that every generation had a fertility goddess, but Demeter doesn't recall one for her generation.
Remember that "date" that Persephone went on with Ares? The one where he showed her an old underground temple that was something to do with fertility goddesses? One of the goddesses on the wall mural was painted over, as if hiding her.
The harpy says the fertility goddess for Demeter's generation got "used up" before she could be named or acknowledged. Could the painted-out goddess in the mural be this missing fertility one? Someone (likely the one who ate her) was the one responsible for painting over the goddess in that mural!
Fertility goddesses were an accident? Are you kidding me???
Love is required to use a fertility goddess' powers. Hold up.... I don't think Gaia meant for her powers to be used that way. Metis got FUCKING EATEN.... the unnamed fertility goddess vanished before even being named.
Hades grew huge when he found out about Persephone's SA. He had full intentions to kill Apollo. The difference between Hades using Persephone's power in that moment and every other gods' use of the powers is that when Persephone asked him not to commit murder, he listened.
Meanwhile, Hades is having a car conversation with Poseidon. The king of the sea is asking the real questions. All of these concerns pose a problem regarding fixing the frozen Mortal Realm and are legit because..... it's happened before.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my LO post! If I think of more, I'll post it in the morning
