The Wit Of Heracles

The Wit Of Heracles

So I'm not going to be one of those Tumblr people who "Um actually did you know the way this game/comic adapted this character from Greek mythology isn't accurate to the cannon?!" because those people tend to have a very meme-like view of mythology and don't quite get that characters who date far enough back to 8th Century BC true don't have a true canonicity and talking about them is more complicated than "Yeah I'm an expert on mythology, I watched a ten-minute youtube video essay that uses memes to communicate they're point"

But something that does kind of bother me with a lot of depictions of Heracles/Hercules in modern media is that he tends to often be portrayed as a brute on the verge of bloodlust 24/7 or a himbo when a good part of how he tackled the labors he was assigned was through his wit despite the fact a lot of people around him perceived him as a simple brute.

In most depictions of how he confronted his labors Heracles was assigned a task that was considered a fools task, and while some he could maneuver through his brute strength other problems could not simply be punched away, when he fought the Hydra he burnt its wounds to stop it's heads from forming back (And in a lot of versions often dips his arrows in its poisonous blood for later), he diverted two rivers to clean Augean stables, and he tricked Atlas into retrieving the apples for him and then back into carrying the heavens.

Again, I am completely fine with adaptions of classic stories and mythology doing it's own thing but I think this bothers me because it represents the issue I have with a lot of people just of using the most famous aspects of a mythic/folklore hero as there whole story. Like Achilles lived a life before his participation and death in the Trojan War.

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Apollo's Prophecy Dodgeball is one of the best tumblr memes because nobody actually wants it to be a meme. we're all pleading for mercy and yet He continues to choose His oracles...

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Zeus is so interesting to look at from a modern perspective, because looking at his mythology, he is objectively a way better father than Kronos and Ouranos ever were, but he is still very dismissive of his demigod children, and can be cruel like the case of Ares and Hephaestus. He has a male lover and accepts his gender non-conforming sons, and dotes on his daughters (Athena and Artemis are his favorite children), but he treats his wife like garbage and frequently victimizes other women. He has a sense of humor and isn't afraid to flex his power, but he is scared shitless of saying rather he thinks his wife, daughter, or aunt is the most beautiful.

Real quick Aphrodite sketch

“Your little high and mighty Odysseus claims to love his mother but let her die of a broken heart~”

aphrodite, goddess of love, in two different dresses because both colors (all colors) look great on her

@awesome-shoes-with-wings, you're up