#compare that to Athena who does enjoy causing Ares pain lol

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People are pressed at me for pushing back to the statement that “Zeus is always the villian” like i clarified Zeus is an asshole but he and his kids are why Greece isn’t ruled by shitty monsters and chaotic. It’s getting to the point that people are doing the “hades is the evil god” thing but for Zeus. Ugh

At least we have tons of myths where Zeus is a tyrant, but he can be a decent ruler when he actually uses the brain cells that he stole from Metis, tho I do agree we need to let him have a little more complexity.

A scene that really encapsulates both his complexity and cruelty is the scene when he yells at Ares in the Iliad, yes he’s being verbally abusive, yes he was the one to send Athena to hurt him, but he was also the one to send a healer to fix him up bc it hurts him to see his child (in some sources eldest child) in pain.