#aphrodite lore olympus

[mythosartsstuff]

Lore Olympus x Haunted Mansion

"Our tour begins here in this gallery, where you see paintings of some of our guests as they appeared in their corruptible, (im)mortal state."

I've had this concept in my head for a while, of various Lore Olympus characters as the stretching portraits in the Haunted Mansion. Where did this idea come from? I don't know, but both Lore Olympus and Disney are a huge comfort for me so I'm not surprised it happened.

Should I make this into a whole series? I have a few ideas, and maybe I'll extend it to more than just the portraits, but other Haunted Mansion characters too

[minthesupremacy]

Y'all know the panel. Aphrodite should always be pink

[sorisketches]

𝕥ꪖ𝕜ꫀ ꪑꫀ 𝕥ꪮ ꪗꪮꪊ𝕣 ꪜ��ꪀꪊડ ♡

[somestorythoughts]

Aphrodite must have really calmed down in the last 10 years if Hades can say “most beautiful goddess in the realm” in the same city as her without an angry face ensuing.

[genericpuff]

I wonder why christian misrepresentation are rarely talked about if compared to other religion misrepresentation. Like, I've seen people really vocal about Greek myths misrepresentation in LO and such (and it's valid because it's a culture and religion) but I rarely saw the same thing with christian even though there are many media who use christian religion innacurately, to the point where it comes off as using it as an aesthetic and not a proper religion.

Is it because of rampant religious trauma especially in western world? No ulterior motives on this question. I'm not a christian and yet I'm curious about this. I apologize if this sounds harsh.

I obviously don't have The Answer(tm) to this but personally speaking (and I'm about to get VERY personal here so take this with MOUNTAINS OF SALT), I think it's just the obvious - Christian mythology is one of the most well-documented and strongly protected out of virtually any other religion on the planet. Especially here in the West, it's commonplace for kids to go to Sunday school, for couples to have Christian weddings even if they're not practising Christians themselves, even the American anthem references the Christian God. It's simply not as easy to 'misrepresent' it because the representation is written into our very fabric of society. Even Greece itself is primarily made up of Orthodox Christians.

So anyone that does 'misrepresent' it are either completely mislead hardcore Christians, or people who are doing it intentionally, such as with the intent to make a parody of it or to deconstruct it through a different context or whatever have you. And of course, people will still get mad at those things, if you're implying that people aren't vocal about Christian misrepresentation then frankly IDK what to tell you there LOL If you want a contextual example in the realm of webtoons, Religiously Gay was dragged to hell and back during its launch for having a very crude and insulting depiction of St. Michael, and frankly, yeah I don't disagree because what the fuck is this-

(like at best it's just terrible character design lmao that said, there's also plenty else to criticize Religiously Gay for, including its fetishy representation of gay relationships and the fact that it's still just the "naive person who looks and acts like a child hooks up with mean person in a position of power" trope, blech, but the character design is definitely the first thing you notice)

There are even plenty of hardcore Christians who will deadass claim "misrepresentation" over things that ARE factually correct but they just haven't read the actual Bible and simply cherry pick what works for their own agenda. And of course those people are routinely called out by people like myself who know for a fact that Jesus wouldn't have promoted the war crimes that many modern day Christians are committing and justifying today. So it really depends on the definition of "misrepresentation" here.

The issue specifically with LO and Rachel that I personally call her out for (and many others) is that she's called herself a "folklorist" and claimed she's so much more knowledgeable on Greek myth than anyone else, while making a complete mockery of the original mythologies while not being honest about her intent as to whether LO is actually supposed to be a legitimate retelling OR a parody (because it sure acts like the latter more than the former, but she still seems to expect us to take it seriously and consider her knowledge of Greek myth superior?) Which leads to a lot of her teenage audience claiming shit like "Persephone went down to the underworld willingly" and "Apollo did assault Persephone in the original myths actually" and the classic "why would Lore Olympus lie or make up fake myths?"

You just can't pull off this extent of erasure with Christian mythology because we have a whole ass book of it that's been preserved, sold on shelves, and systematically integrated into society for thousands of years. Of course, there are people who will still try their damned best to twist the Bible to match their own bigotry with the whole "Jesus hates gays" bullshit (he would never), but it's met with equal amounts of 'misrepresentation' that are actually fully well-read and are intentionally subverting and changing things to either critique, parody, or restore the original intent of a lot of stories in the Bible without all the manufactured right-wing crap.

Greek myth, on the other hand, has some stories that are well preserved, and others, not so much. And in the modern day outside of the poems and hymns, you'll also rarely, if ever, see anyone use stories from Greek myth to ostracize, torture, and murder other people. "Misrepresenting Christianity" is more often done by actual Christians who are using the Bible to commit hate crimes than the people who have actually read the Bible and are just taking creative liberties with it for the sake of deconstructing / parodying / analyzing / subverting it. Veggie Tales "misrepresents" Christian stories because obviously Moses wasn't a fucking cucumber lmao but it still accomplishes its goal by retelling Christian stories in a way that's fun and educational for children.

By comparison (on the whole, I'm not comparing LO to Veggie Tales LMAO) LO just isn't clear in its intentions beyond Rachel's initial statements that she was trying to "deconstruct" the myths, while labelling herself as a folklorist. Therefore, I'm going to criticize how she does it because the way she's done it up until now has been very mishandled and has resulted in a lot of misinterpretations of the myths simply for the sake of fandom. And yes, these people exist in Christian media as well - they're called TV evangelists.

And that's my (very heavy) two cents.

[incorrect-lore-olympus-quotes]

Persephone: "...You're up to something aren't you?"

Hades: "You don't sound particularly upset about that."

Persephone: "I'm not."

Hades: "...And yet your eyes still hold displeasure."

Persephone: "..."

Hades: "...You're upset I didn't include you, aren't you?"

Persephone: "...A little."

[standardlilith]

MY BABIES!!"!"!$+$;

[olympest]

Hades: Can’t wait until Persephone is my wife so I can say “I love my wife” and introduce her to people by saying “I’d like you to meet my wife” and get out of boring social events by saying “I have to go home to my wife” and talk about her to anyone who will listen because she’s my wife and I adore her.

[hades-bat]

If you're mad about LO Apollo you're right, I am too. But hey, remember that there's Blood of Zeus Apollo making up for his mistakes.

[0lympian-c0uncil]

Demeter,*minding her own business*

The Olympians + her children: *run past her at full speed*

Demeter: WHAT THE- Guys what are you doing?!

Hera: THAT'S IT I AM DONE! I'M CURSING HER!

Demeter,*confused*: Wha-

Persephone,*pissed*: I WAS ABLE TO HOLD MY SELF BACK WITH THAT FIRST WAVE OF DISRESPECT TOWARDS YOU! BUT THIS! She's crossed a line!

Demeter: I... huh?!

Zeus and Poseidon: No. Human. Disrespects. Our. Sister. On. THIS. BIG. Of a scale.

Hades: Not even I can ignore that type of disrespect.

Demeter,*still confused*: What... What are we talking about??

Artemis: NOBODY! Says that sort of shit about my Auntie!

Apollo: ... Imma start a new plague.

Ares: ATHENA WHERE'S MY SWORD?

Athena,*throwing him his sword*: There. Sharpened it for you. Got my spear... Let's go.

Demeter: WAIT! What the hell is happening?!?!

Dionysus: Don't worry mom everything's fine!

Demeter: No it's not. Who are you killing?

Aphrodite,*looks to Hephestus*: .... No one?

Demeter: Guys.

Hermes: Look, we're just tired of people disrespecting you.

Demeter: But that doesn't- YOU TOO HESTIA?!??!

Hestia,*burning with the heat of a super volcano*: I'm not one for violence... But this is an exception.

Demeter: ... Welp. Their fucked.

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Aphrodite: How do you feel about Persephone?

Hades, vibrating at a frequency high enough to shatter glass: I love her a normal amount.

[clown-cult]

ANYWAY back to doing webcomic designs. For your viewing pleasure, we have Aphrodite and Demeter, plus another Hera study.

Aphrodite is a figure to be reckoned with. In her human form, she can shapeshift to fit whatever your idea of beauty may be. She blends in and adapts effortlessly. In her titaness form, she’s tall, imposing, an exaggeration of the ideals of femininity that also turn those ideals on their head. Her sense of fashion shifts constantly and her personality is unpredictable at best. She’s a transgender woman, older than all the other Olympians and has a very low, husky voice. She towers over Ares and Hephaestus despite their own strength. They do not mind this at all.

Demeter is as full of rage and love as she is beauty. Her animal symbology is a snake, but while most gods associated with snakes are associated for their venom, my take on Demeter is more like a python. She’s dark, glittering, calm and calculated and incredibly strong. As Hades as found out the hard way, once she has you in her grip, she doesn’t let go easily. Demeter’s relationships include Iason and a few nymphs, she’s said to be one of the great lost loves of Zeus, it’s believed she may be one of Aphrodite’s affair partners and she has a deep, passionate relationship with Hecate. I was heavily inspired by Nia Long and Da’vine Joy Randolph when I designed her.

You’ve already seen my Hera designs a few times now. I’m working on a sheet for her. The queen of Olympus is buff. It’s how she enforces order.

Bonus:

[lore-o-hoe]

My All Time Favorite Outfits in LO (Part One):

(In no particular order)

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1. Episode 88: Persephone Dream Space Outfit:

Since this outfit has lived rent-free in my head it’s going first. Like since I saw it in Episode 88 my life has known no peace.

Like I can’t begin to explain the chokehold this outfit has on me.

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2. Episode 100: Persephone Frilly White Outfit:

I promise this list won’t be all Persephone filled, it’s just my bias for her sense of style 🥺✨. But I love the look here, it’s simple but cute, especially the heels and frilly socks.

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3. Episode 1: Minthe’s Lace Trimmed Bodysuit and Sheer Shawl:

Now I know we’ve all got our feelings about Minthe…

But I can definitely say that I think about this get up every once in a while.

Like the lacy bodysuit, thigh highs, and sheer shawl???? I’ll take 20 💰

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4. Episode 64: Aphrodite Fluffy White Robe and Frilled Heels:

Now you KNOW the goddess of love and beauty is going to be constantly put together and this outfit is a reminder of that. Even being home with her adorable kids isn’t going to stop the drip.

I’ll admit I’ve always wanted a robe like this

This is the official ‘Killed my husband and now I’m a wealthy widow’ get up and I can’t do anything but love it and envy ✨✨✨.

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5. Episode 119: Hera’s White Double Breasted Blazer (?) Thigh High Black Boot Combo:

Now we already know Hera is always out her with the best royal fits imaginable. So of course she’s gonna be on this list. And while she has outfit after outfit I could list, this one is one I love and would probably wear.

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6. Episode 127: Thetis’ Blue Dress/Thigh High Boots combo:

So yeah I’m not the biggest fan of Thetis but still the woman can dress! So this simple dress/boot combo is a favorite of mine.

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7. Episode 66: Hera’s Scorned Wife Dynasty Adjacent Look

Even when she’s scorned and unhappy she’s slaying this rich angry wife look. The hat, the shoulder pads, the runny mascara 👏

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8. Episode 224: Brown Overcoat/ Tan Two Piece Set from Aphrodite:

Im not sure why I’m so drawn to this one, maybe it’s the simplicity? the browns? Who knows! But to me it’s a good casual look.

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9. Episode 1: Artemis’ Black(purple?) Party Dress:

Artemis seems to fluctuate between casual, sporty, and Greek god formal, so there’s not many outfits I personally vibe with. But this dress is an absolute exception. It’s cute, it’s sparkly, what’s not to love?

10. Episode 72: Hecate’s Full Length Black Nightgown:

A lot of Hecates attire is a high class business suits that I can always appreciate but THIS. Look I’m not sure why this works so well but it absolutely does it. The sleeves, the length. It’s just so dramatic, dark, and elegant and suits a character like Hecate.

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Well that’s the list for now! Stay tuned for pt. 2!

[malaviksa]

I decided to redraw this beautiful frame in my own style

[genericpuff]

:3

[incorrect-lore-olympus-quotes]

Artemis: Apollo made me mad so I poured motor oil under his car and watched him poke at it and try to find where the leak was

Apollo, covered in oil and grime from crawling under his car and going through the engine for four hours: YOU DID WHAT?!