#making her the...i dunno...sorta pythia of troy? in a way?
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was thinking abt cassandra n apollo bc 💔 love them and yk its become even stranger to me how it’s treated as like. some failed romance of apollo’s all because he couldn’t take rejection. because it wasn’t ever really a rejection? like they both agreed to a deal, she just didn’t uphold her end. like consider how relationships were treated in the past as transactional, and this specific exchange being a trade for prophetic powers—can we really even consider the idea that there is any sexual/romantic attraction towards each other? of course i know there’s a mutual level of devotion, but i’ve personally interpreted it as a complicated relationship between a devotee, her faith, and her god. it’s something transcending sexuality or romance. and their failed trade is a lesson on expecting too much from the divine without yourself being fully committed to them. all i’m saying really is that i think watering their dynamic down to some rejection story is silly and ruins the religious symbolism like there IS a reason that she is his priestess before and after!
(also thinking abt it: the exchange is soo symbolic its actually driving me nuts. he gives part of himself to her and she gives part of herself herself to him in return. a god and a follower’s mutual devotion to one another.)
anon your interpretation is soooo based let relationships transcend the meaning of romance and sexuality fr fr
biting this ask. gnawing. anon u get me. they are soooo complex and can have soooo many GOOD interpretations and you are RIGHT that reducing them to a ~rejection~ story not only waters them down, but also CHEAPENS who they are and the culture they come from!
#LET THEM BE DEVOTED TO EACH OTHER. LET THEM BE THEIR CANON SELVES.#also if we wanna get more symbolic about this-#in a previous post i mentioned apollo's symbolic marriages#one of them is the pythia aka the priestess of delphi#a god and a mortal devoted to each other#sound familiar...? *eyes the above*#what's more is that. from what i can recall. wasn't cassandra like his MAIN priestess in troy? troy his MAIN city in anatolia?#making her the...i dunno...sorta pythia of troy? in a way?#like it's not a 1:1 and i could be missing some things BUT. the connection. is there.#it rotates in my mind frequently#the oracle speaks#asked and answered#anonymous#apollo#greek mythology#cassandra#cassandra of troy#greek gods#greek myths
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