The Only Problem I Had With Your Review Of Lore Was Your Take On Her Big Boobs. Ive Had Big Boobs Since

The only problem I had with your review of Lore was your take on her big boobs. I’ve had big boobs since middle school (thanks no thanks puberty ugh) and while it is an artistic choice it’s also normal to have big boobs and be young? Idk if that’s what you were saying or not and this isn’t a criticism, just saying

i’ve got big tits too anon, dw i know it’s possible to be young and have boobs.

my problem isn’t really that she HAS big tits, one of them is that we get a lot of unnecessary panels kind of zooming in on them to the point where it feels that as a reader you’re leering at her. it feels even more concerning when we see persephone looking uncomfortable in her clothes (like at the party at the beginning) and we just gets shots of her boobs. combine that to the fact that nearly every male god so far (hades, apollo, zeus come to mind) has made comments about her body but also see her as childish/an object/a pawn that can be used it just doesn’t feel right?? it feels like she’s just being objectified.

what really makes me uncomfortable is how persephone is characterised as a really naive and young goddess in all this and no one seems to think it’s wrong to talk about her like this. in fact the only person who momentarily does is hades and that makes him the good guy bc he actually has to stop and think abt it for a second, even though he goes straight back to ignoring that afterwards. (with how he’s realising he knows nothing about her though maybe he’s starting to see her more as an individual than just a really pretty ass so i’m still hopeful).

i really hate how characters will bring up her age and say persephone is so young and then right after go back to ogling her big old booty like what??? and smythe doesn’t really show us the readers that this is a Bad Thing bc after any self reflection from the characters (mostly hades) abt how it’s wrong to just look at her this way is just brushed off later with more banter abt how sexy she is later. maybe this will change later but maybe it might not.

so really anon you’re right, there’s nothing wrong with her having massive boobs and being so young, it’s just that she’s characterised as a pretty vulnerable child who is standing on her own for the first time but also sexualised so much you can’t tell whether she supposed to be some kind of femme fatale instead. if persephone was written as a goddess who’s comfortable in her own body i wouldn’t have as much of an issue about this, but that’s really not the case.

that’s what comes to mind at first but there’s more i could add if you’d like

honestly i wish meghan and harry would say something really political and break the royal code not because i particularly like them, i just hate the royal family and everything it stands for, so it’d be fun to watch it burn.

when i feel down i like to tell myself that mark zuckerberg’s ex probably never accepted his friend request and it makes me feel a little better

spent the entire weekend listening to trap queen by fetty wap, i feel very productive

its silly that we have BLM carrds going around, everyone was reblogging them months ago on the regular & u guys are still asking “what are we supposed to do if voting biden is bad” or whatever. like the answer was in those carrds, several of them provided books & pdfs, most of them were FREE for you to read. & you STILL didn’t do your homework.

stop reblogging headlines without reading the article. actually put in the effort to learn about how to be antiracist and how to organize & make a change within ur community. get in touch with local groups. if you don’t have any near you, take the time to learn, listen, & spread resources. research & criticize yourself. take it easy, but take it.

here are those resources again to get started:

ORGANIZING RESOURCES doc

Master List of Black Revolutionary Readings by Timmy Chau (free pdfs, some have been taken down but most are still up, you could try googling the ones that have been deleted. features text from stalin & gaddafi, who were antisemetic, please keep this in mind if you plan to read their works.)

Anti-racist Resource Guide by Tasha K. (books, podcasts, movies and more)

D e c o l o n i z e : Resources by Ari Sahagún and Jay Saper (also check out resource generation)

Antisemitism: a basic guide by @bishonen and @hotgirlkakashi

yes this is a lot to take in all at once. make small goals for yourself though, try reading at least two articles a day that interest you, etc. find out what works for you.

huh? how did that anon get the idea you didn't like the comic? you were criticising some stuff, sure, but you were doing it constructively?? with logical reasoning? it's actually a testament to lore olympus being intricate and interesting enough for you to even talk about it in detail! ppl should start categorising media in more dimensions than just "absolutely perfect" and "abhorrently bad"... criticism doesn't mean something is thought to be bad through and through

IKK

If i hated lore olympus i can promise you that i wouldn’t bother spending time to make a spread reviewing it in the first place. i love the art style and the original concept behind it but that doesn’t mean i won’t be critical about some ways it has been executed