I Hate Lore Olympus (Sorry Not Sorry)

I Hate Lore Olympus (Sorry Not Sorry)

Note: I know that "hate" is a big word and that "dislike" is more fitting. But I never thought that I would ever encounter a comic that is so bad from its very beginning, so I have all the right to use it.

I remember that back when I was around 13 I heard for the very first time about Lore Olympus. I was already into Greek Mythology back then, but I hesistated reading/watching Lore Olympus and I remember myself abandoning it exactly in the middle of episode 10.

So I'm going to talk here about every little aspect that I didn't like about it and made me willing to abandon it so far.

The Colors

Look, I know that associating each god with a specific color based either on their role or personality isn't a new idea; we already see that in Disney's Hercules. At first I was like: "That must be interesting. I mean, it’s an easy way to distinguish each one of them, right?" But then I realized that the main reason why the creator chose to do that in the first place was because she wasn't too good at drawing. There are panels in which the characters are looking normal, and others in which they don’t look like themselves. The only thing that indicates you that yes, this is [Insert Name], is purely their color.

Also, I do not like the choice of color for many characters as well. For instace, the only reason why I believe that Hades is blue and Persephone is pink is because of the "boys=blue; girls=pink" stereotype. Also, why are Zeus and Poseidon purple and green, respectively? For me, it would've made more sense if Zeus was either white or golden and if Poseidon was the blue one. For Hades I think that either black (mortuary color), purple (associated with the riches) or at least a shade of grey would've been a better choice. As for Persephone, I think that ivy, teal, liliac and indigo would've all been better options.

Oh, and... why is Minthe red? Judging by her pointy years the creator wanted to make her look like some sort of a she-devil instead of a nymph. Mint green would've been a better color choice for her.

The Art Style on its own

This is a very subjective opinion, but I don't like this way too colorful, cartoonish design. I quess I'm just way too used of Seinen and Josei, lol.

On a serious note though, back when I was 6 I literally had a fairy tale book full of graphic/explicit illustrations. Inside the "Bluebeard" chapter there was literally an image with all of Bluebeard's previous wives beheaded, tied and thrown into a pool of blood. Not a very long time ago we used to tell our kids stories about cannibalism and child abandonment (looking at you, Hansel and Gretel!), because children are capable enough to understand that life isn't just rainbows and love and that bad thing are happening too. Are you really going to tell me that a pre-teen cannot read a comic series unless it's extremely colored and looks like something made by Disney?!

Minthe

You could've made Minthe either Hades' ex or a girl who tried to seduce him while knowing that he is already in a relationship. In these cases I would understand why you would choose to villainize her and turn her into the Big Bad Guy. But the fact that she and Hades were already in a relationship and he was willing to have an affair with another woman without any hesitation justifies her anger completely, anyone would be angry if they would know that their partner is cheating on them. The choice of making Persephone the mistress instead of her and then acting as if Minthe was in fact the bitch all this time is horrible.

Persephone

I want to know:

Why does she look and act like a child? Just because she was initially an "innocent flower girl" or something like that before she was kidnapped in the original myths that doesn’t mean that she has to act straight up like an infant. This kinda reminds of some sort of a Betty Boop situation: she's basically a character with the head of a child put on the body of a grown sexy woman; which not only that makes men thirsty over her, but helps them to easily manipulate her as well.

And look, I know that Homer is partly to be blamed for this as well: he describes her as trim-ankled and buxom all the time, so in this case it's alright to criticize the poet for the amount of unnecessary fanservice. Don't take this part too seriously.

Why is she only 19 whereas Hades is 2000+? Look, I know that even in the original Greek Mythology there is a generational gap between Hades and Persephone, but you could've made her at least a few centuries older. Was it that hard?! In this comic Hades is both physically and mentally WAY older than her, which instantly makes this relationship creepier than in the original myths. What is next, making her a minor?!

Why is she this little cupcake uncapable of doing anything wrong? Give me a complex character as a protagonist, not a Mary Sue. I understand that you wanted a compassionate and emphatic Persephone, but you know that just because someone is nice that doesn’t mean that they're automatically naïve or stupid, nor that they cannot have layers, right?

Hades

Look, I know that for a significant amount of time Hades was considered the equivalent of Satan and by extension depicted as evil by the Christian Hollywood. But just because he wasn't the devil that doesn’t mean that he automatically was this innocent shy awkard cute saint that never does anything wrong and should be raised in glory. You could've at least give him a dark and dour personality: make him morbid, brooding, sarcastic, surly, insufferable... I don't know, just anything. Besides, I don't like how the narrative acts as if he has no fault at all, when it's quite obivious not only that he cheated on Minthe, but that both of them are toxic and abusive in this relationship, not only her.

Ah, and... he's a creep. He's more of a creep here than in the original Greek Myths, and he's literally kidnapping her there. It's very obivious that he likes Persephone only for her body and nothing else. Even Plato wrote: "This is the reason why Haides, who is wise, consorts with her [Persephone], because she is wise." once.

Remember that moment from episode 8 when she asks him to help her with her hair, and he not only that immediately assumes that she wants to have sex with him, but also tells her that they can do that in the kitchen but to be careful because he has loud neighbors or something like that? That was straight up disgusting in my honest opinion and not exactly something that the ultimate gentleman this narrative presents him as would say.

Demeter

I vaguely remember one moment when Demeter shows Persephone a greenhouse or something like that, which turns out to be a cage. I can't tell for the moment if it was a dream or something that actually happened, but depicting Demeter as an overbearing mother is an instant big no for me. If anyone dares to demonize her just because they ship Hades and Persephone then I invite them to sleep in my trash can, no discussion.

Aphrodite

I just want to know why is Persephone more beautiful than the Goddess of Beauty. You cannot make the Goddess of Beauty less attractive than your MC, just because all the focus is on her.

Overall, I am very glad that I didn't continue it, and that because, from what I heard, things are becoming creepier and creepier with each chapter, and the entire comic is an insult to Greek Mythology (I can tell).

✨💖Positivity chain! List 5 to 10 things that make you smile and explain why! Then send this to others to let them know they make you smile✨💖

Sorry, but I don't smile.

Dude... It's obivious that he's listening to AC⚡DC.

Zeus is a Taylor Swift fan do not @ me

The Iphigenia Paradox

You know that her death is one of the most tragic/heartbreaking moments from the Iliad and you wish she wouldn't have been sacrificed. Then you find out that there's a version of this part in which she didn't die and a deer was sacrificed in her place. But then you remember that her death is relevant for the plot and that her importance resides in her absence during the rest of the book.

Hiiiiio , you are actually a medical student?

I'm gonna start medical school next semester , can you give me some advice like from your experiences and stuff like that?

I don't know where are you from, and this is an important factor because both the educational system and the mentalities varies from one country to another. But here are a few things that you have to keep in mind:

1) Organize yourself. Start your studying at the beginning of the school year. If you're preparing yourself months before the exams you'll be able to cover all the important subjects, and thus pass them. If you're receiving a multiple choice test then separate the questions in your mind in "Easy", "Medium" and "Hell No!". Always start with the easiest ones, in order to resolve as many as possible. You'll always have to manage your time so that you could finnish in the given time interval.

2) Be careful who do you befriend. There are students who are willing to help you studying, as well as those who are very competitive and want to be in the first places. I know someone who was sick a week, so he asked his classmates to give him all the lessons that were thaught while he was absent. They didn't give him the lessons completely, hoping that in this way he won't pass the exams.

3) Corpses. You're going to dissect dead biodies. This is where some students decide to give up, so you have to be very sure that you indeed want to study medicine if you're willing to work woth corpses. Furthermore, it should be pointed out that (at least in my case) you're not allowed to take pictures of the corpses unless it's necessary (they didn't consent to it), nor to dissect any body part/section other than the requested one, because otherwise you're desecrating them. Imagine the fact that they were once very much alive and that they decided to donate their bodies before dying, in the hope that they would be used for educational/scientific purposes.

4) There will be certain points in which you will feel overwhelmed, and you will think that you don't have enough time to do anything. You'll be desperate and even think about giving up. I want you to know that these are normal stages every med students goes through, and that as long as you're cool-headed and hard-working you'll be able to get over these moments.

Some of my Favourite Vases

1. This one in which Gaea gives Erichthonius to Athena

Not only that this is one of the few depictions of her in which she doesn’t look like she's going to attack you, but she wears her Aegis backwards, probably not to scare little Erichthonius.

2. Clio reading

She's the Muse of History so imagine her spending ten years writing The Iliad, only to start writing The Odyssey right after that. We don't give her enough credit for her work.

3. Helen hatching from the egg

Girl is seconds old and she's already slaying.

4. (Probably) Eros being beaten with a slipper

The favourite weapon of your mother since ancient times.

5. Heracles beating an old man

For some reason Heracles is sometimes depicted chasing after an old man and then beating him. Many people consider that this is Geras. In this case it would be hilarious since Heracles is already wrestling one of his siblings, Thanatos, in some versions of a greek myth.

6. This tiny little dancer

You are the dancing queen

Young and sweet

Very short and greek

7. Athena standing, writing on wax-tablets, her shield leaning against her hips

She looks like the ultimate nerd here.

8. Hades and Persephone working together to tend fields, with Hades adding fertilizer and Persephone plowing the land

You know for a matter of fact that either Persephone or Demeter forced him to do that.