I NEED movies to start portraying Menelaus being MISERABLE.

I’m so tired of the “Spartan man = emotionless brute” stereotype they gave him. SHOW HIM doubting before killing enemies. Show the moments where he feels pity for the men forced into war, for the lives that will never return home. Show him trying to avoid war peacefully, only for Paris to ruin it, because consequences have never been his concern. Yes, Menelaus is still a MAN whose honor has been shattered. Yes, he wants revenge. But what about the moments where he questions the gods? Where he wonders why this is his fate, why he is the one who has to endure this, after welcoming the Trojan prince into his home with hospitality, only to have his kingdom violated and his wife kidnapped. And how Zeus still favors the son of Troy.

And Helen, I am begging to them to stop romanticizing her Abduction. Stop turning her into this brainless, superficial pretty blonde. LET HER BE ANGRY. Let her snap back at Aphrodite. Let her rage at being treated like a toy for the goddess’s favorite pretty human boy. Let her scream at Paris for his cowardice, his selfishness, his refusal to take responsibility while others die for his choices. Show the guilt that was never hers slowly consuming her through years of cruelty and a war fought in her name, one she never asked for, because of men. Stop reducing her to "Paris's forbidden love", she was a mother, taken away from her HOME and daughter. Show her telling Aphrodite that if she loves Paris so much, she should sleep with him instead.

Show how complicated their relationship is once the war is over, twisted by the whims of a reckless prince and the cruelty of the gods. Show how love turns into resentment, how survival replaces romance, how neither of them comes out unmarked. Show the moment when Menelaus finally finds her, when he drops his sword, because he cannot see himself as capable of killing her. Show how Helen is tired and resigned, accepting the death she believes her former husband will give her.

Ares!!

"I asked ChatGPT!!" Well, I asked Lord Dionysus and he told you to turn that shit off and to go join an orgy

rip Thetis, you would've loved putting babies on the grill in the sims

Aphrodite and Ares

Love how supportive Apollo is of Asclepius’ hobby even though dealing out diseases is literally his job. Like every one of Asclepius’ birthdays must have just been his dad going: guess what I got you baby :DDD BOOM new leprosy variant!

Venus from The Supplicants. By John Flaxman.

François Boucher, Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan, c. 1754, oil on canvas, 164 x 71 cm, Wallace Collection

To my fellow Americans (gods have mercy on us 😩), now is a really shit time for our local communities. If you can, I highly encourage donating canned goods, bread, eggs, and milk to food banks. Or, just in general, donate what you can to them. People are going to be relying more on food banks with the shitshow regarding SNAP benefits. SNAP is a federal program that allows millions of people to have access to a government-provided fund that allows them to purchase food. People cannot eat right now. People cannot feed their families.

Please, if you can, donate. Cook meals for any homeless or struggling folks you know. Volunteer at food banks (they'll need extra hands right now, I'm sure). Or spread the word about these things. Make others aware of how they can help.

I have something to add. If you have food you aren't planning on eating and you want to donate, please donate the food.

However, if you have money that you plan to go buy food with to donate, please skip purchasing, and give the money directly to the food pantry. They are tax exempt and can stretch your money much farther than you can, and they can buy things that they know they're low on or out of.

Also, if you plan to get anything for homeless shelters, I've worked with a lot of them over the years, and the two items that they need the most of at all times are socks and period products. If you have little budget but you still want to donate, those are the items they very likely need the most of

You can also call your local food banks and homeless shelters and ask directly what it is that they need most right now!! They love that!!

But overall, many of these establishments can stretch your money much farther than you can. If you have a budget to donate with, just give them the money directly. Even if it doesn't seem like a lot to you, they often get heavy discounts that the average consumer does not!!!

Happy valentines everyone!🥰 Februarys illustration is of Ares and Aphrodite looking very flirty and in love, or at least some form of it.

May the Gods be our first priority and not our last resort.

Pray in good times and bad.

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"porn is a healthy expression of sexuality" you are like a terrorist to me

I NEED THIS BADASS STATUE OF DIONYSUS ON MY ALTER!!!!!

yknow what’s cool?

I was nine when I first prayed to Artemis.

technically pjo Artemis, but I still prayed to her and believed in her separate from the pjo books, despite all of the information I knew about her being from those books, because yknow I was nine.

My friend and I at the time would pray to her together, and would do little nine-year-old rituals on the playground to honor her (these consisted of holding hands and running in a circle around a pile of offerings such as weeds and pinecones). We drew her in our art classes, and I even decorated my room in colors that reminded me of her, navy blue walls covered in silver stars and moons and paintings of flowers (I had just moved into that bedroom from sharing a room with my little sister).

After a few months, I was told it was silly to pray to a “book character” and I stopped, but I never stopped loving Artemis, reading her myths whenever I could and looking into her and her twin.

Now, many years later I still pray to Lady Artemis and even just thinking about her brings me back to the little boy who wanted to be part of the hunters of Artemis, and instead began to love a real goddess.

Artemis being the goddess of girlhood is so fitting and shows why I was so drawn to her, and why she has always been close to my heart ever since I first read about her in the goddess girls books.

Idk I just love her so much you guys 💚