The Webtoon that ruined Mythology

[@Chalupa_bruh]

I'm so sorry for pronouncing Persephone wrong 😭😭😭😭😭

[@LocalGooberGoobs]

All good

[@The_REDD_Driver]

Do not worry king, you dont research mythology, *you have a life*

[@snowythedegenerate]

I said her name wrong for a while until a friend corrected me, I feel ya dude

[@skyshunts]

It's ok

[@bohemiacountry2917]

I will never forgive you taco man

[@Asphils]

Webtoons criteria to be a top comic: -romance -self insert -has to get bad in the middle of it

[@pallingtontheshrike6374]

middle?

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzsus]

For that matter, Lookism gets bad from a third onward

[@koipond393]

+HAS to have a SA that is constantly mentioned throughout the rest of the series!!!!!

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

​@@koipond393 without the SA plot , nobody would've read LO . Many women, and some men , mostly victims of SA have some good things to say about the plot , that their feelings have been validated in a way , which is why LO is given enough credit and they've stuck through it till the end . Besides that , not a single other plotline was executed well .

[@4ftertheblo0m]

Iya lagi gilak

[@Lumiizt]

Their height difference is so massive it should count as a long distance relationship

[@ChickenMaster610]

LMAOOO 😭😭😭😭 IT'S ALWAYS THISE BIG AS HEIGHT DIFFERENCES BRO

[@yatta8395]

Dayum man 😭😭

[@aoyamafromage5178]

Super random but I luv ur pfp

[@vriskaserketvore413]

If you saw that “Persephone=Shinmy” comment, then good for you. I can see Hades as Seija, and Persephone as Shinmyoumaru.

[@moonoftheblood]

Bro 💀

[@user1109-x3w]

Author deadass admitted Persephone is her self insert. And Hades is based off her celebrity crush, Mads Mikkelsen. LMFAO.

[@janinebelleestrada7096]

My celebrity crush too is mads mikkelsen but I can never make something like lore Olympus

[@lazydroidproductions1087]

Damn she did Mads dirty

[@yourlocalbookworm]

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO MADS X YN FIC??? NO PLEASE

[@theworldisajojoreference8342]

As someone whose celebrity crush is also Mads Mikkelsen, this comic aint it and she really fucked it up if this is supposed to be Mads. I want villain vibes from Mads Mikkelsen stuff and this ain't it chief

[@user1109-x3w]

@@lazydroidproductions1087 I've been saying. I don't find Mads that attractive but when Rachel also personified Hades as an Anti-Semetic stereotype.... 💀 Like, there's too much wrong with her

[@sovereignirvana]

Did you know that Persephone is actually Hades's niece since she is the daughter of Zeus, Hades's brother? Tune in next time so I can ruin relationships in Greek mythology. **runs**

[@fishyboii8023]

Get yo ass back here!

[@juuliuscaesar6107]

Zeus marries his sister and Persephone mother is Zeus sister Demeter so who cares at this point

[@skyshunts]

Oh God.. you made it worse

[@juuliuscaesar6107]

@@skyshunts Zeus also did it with many women without consent and hera punished the victim instead of her husband

[@Chalupa_bruh]

Bruh 💀💀💀💀💀

[@kurikar]

i hate how lore olympus tries to brand itself as a “feminist retelling” when it’s quite the opposite.

[@morganicsmoothie964]

"women are most attractive when they are naive and vulnerable" is pretty much what Persephone's situation is saying lmao. Everyone is in love with her and wants her because she's naive.

[@nyx5364]

p impressive that it's considered feminist when it manages to be more misogynistic than the original myth written by a man from an ancient misogynistic society 💀

[@squirrel670]

​@@morganicsmoothie964and the power dynamics. It's definitely been criticized.

[@samsailor7598]

Pick me girl retelling

[@queysia1565]

​@@squirrel670enserio los colores esteriotipados y EL PUTO BAILE QUE PARECE GRADUACIÓN no te aviso?

[@fruitknuklofficial]

I fucking love learning about different characters from all sorts of mythology. And then there’s lore Olympus

[@vividd8246]

Percy Jackson is better tbh

[@cultureandhistorynerd6739]

@@vividd8246 few can match up to the Percy Jackson series when it comes to "adapting Greek into modern setting"

[@vividd8246]

@@cultureandhistorynerd6739 I’d take Percy Jackson over this train wreck any day.

[@Bezaliel13]

@@cultureandhistorynerd6739 Shame about the movies though.

[@darrens_toyhouse]

@@Bezaliel13 What movies? I definitely don't know what your talking about!

[@shardonayM]

That WEBTOON spent far too much time presenting 19 year old Persephone are an innocent sex symbol. Everyone but herself sexualized her, her obliviousness to her own looks it used to make her more alluring like 😰

[@pyschobandit4478]

I mean. That's the only thing that is remotely greek accurate.

[@rinxmacaroni2085]

how about sailor moon but shes 14 or 16, i just dont like the author tbh

[@pookpook3891]

​@@pyschobandit4478now that you say it, it's litteraly that😂😭

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

@@rinxmacaroni2085 Sailor Moon actually had a story and isn’t sexualized by other characters in the series. She’s sexualized by the viewers which is different. Sad, but different.

[@rinxmacaroni2085]

@@tiahnarodriguez3809 Can I ask but did you saw the manga art Naoko made heavily hinting she wants to draw Usagi as if she isn't a teenager? Also, Demande is one of the characters that wants Usagi that way. It just wasn't completely shown plus Usagi got lucky.

[@strawberryfox8819]

I remember the time when this became so popular that a portion of the fans couldn't discern fiction from reality and attacked people who followed Apollo in their faith and going "You know what he did to Persephone, right?". Just a bunch of wild shit.

[@jenstersinasweater2251]

oh my god no way that's so fucking embarrassing

[@libbydaniels8943]

Cringe

[@barbararab6390]

Did they think Lore of olympus created the mythology????

[@randomperson093]

That is beyond cringe,i still can't fathom that people like this actually exist and are not a fragment of my imagination

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

Me on my way to worship fanfic characterisations of greek gods (I do not actually believe in any gods, just wanted to make this joke)

[@matsu8518]

The artstyle is pretty but god did they made all the gods look boring.

[@invu_lynn]

That and they’re all the same

[@Mardanzo]

yeah the only difference between Persephone and Daphne design-wise is that Daphne has long elf ears

[@you-got_mail9020]

They’re all carbon copies of each other lol

[@virraell2514]

the artstyle is pretty but theres too much long ass pages what just white background with like 6 small panels

[@yousefzubaidy611]

I abhor the art style

[@elyly]

the storyline treats anyone who doesn't like persephone or her relationship w hades as wrong or straight up evil and it's genuienly so annoying, that would be like criticizing someone who doesn't want a whole ass grandpa and a barely adult woman together

[@malinasworld]

Barely adult is generous. They could change Peresphone’s age in the comic from 19 to 10 and literally nothing would change. I hate this gross trope of making the female love interests so juvenile and naive.

[@raggedtrip]

literally Persephone is just a pick me "uwu" not like other girls girl. you can tell this was written by someone who likes the idea of dating an older guy who's a bad boy or something 💀💀

[@hurremhightower]

@@raggedtrip how is she a pick me?god how much words stop having meaning

[@GrimmDelightsDice]

​@@malinasworld I've never understood the narrative choice to make a character ◇☆ Fresh Brand New Adult Straight Out Of The Box ☆◇ unless you're really focusing on them navigating the adult world for the first time, and in that circumstance their romantic interests if ANY should also be in that phase of life in the narrative.

[@GrimmDelightsDice]

​@@hurremhightower Idk what a pick me is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask, but Persephone in this comics hits almost all the points for the classic flavor of Mary Sue. (Most glaring is almost every man being attracted to her, the narrative punishing characters who don't like her just for not liking her, handing her everything with little effort, etc)

[@Grace-rv8ko]

I read this when it was releasing, caught up, then months and months later tried to pick it up again and it was just boring. It's based on a lot of the Greek mythology but with modern twists or whatever and it's just drama, romance, drama, rinse and repeat. It's not bad...It's not my cup of tea.

[@vividd8246]

Also is it just me or does it feel like these people would NEVER get punished? Like they’re greek GODS. It’s literally just never ending drama.

[@phyrefey]

Thanks for saying it's not your thing and not just hating on it for dumbass reasons like creators have been doing lately....

[@phyrefey]

@@vividd8246 That's the whole point of mythology.......

[@vividd8246]

@@phyrefey yeah, I know.. but in lore Olympus it’s not as interesting. It take a modern spin on it and I feel like ( personally ) that makes it less interesting.

[@kayl835]

I’m still waiting for the Dionysus twist 😔

[@silly_memories]

ok but why is webtoon so obsessed with romance? like 95% of originals are romances. webtoon, please give us a variety of originals edit: oh wow i did not expect my rant on romance to do so well, i thought i was the only one who even cares

[@vividd8246]

Srsly 💀 It’s why I don’t read webtoon that much.

[@BudgieCute]

happens with tapas as well, they both promote so much romance

[@mattiasjohannorglaan2967]

That's because most of the readers are teenage girls. That's it.

[@icantnameit1970]

Sometimes I just have to look up on webtoon canvas there's some good stories there. Then again the majority are romance.

[@silly_memories]

@@icantnameit1970 i suggest going to the 'all ages' category then, most are fan fics but there are a lot of good stories with original plots

[@JulyBaby]

The art style degrades so much in the later seasons that it's so awful. Every woman looks the same now and it's ironic how Minthe who is stated to be flat-chested now has big boobs now. Like wtf. They all look like a recoloured Persephone. For some weird ass reason the male characters have big shoulders and just look like talking highlighters. Oh, and for season 1-2 up to the end of the trial, it takes place in a whole MONTH. The fight scene between Persephone and Kronos is such a let down. For fucks sake it took 6 Deities to take him down yet Mary Sue Persephone is able to do it in such a short time! Hell, considering season 3 so far with Persephone "wanting to take things slow and not marry quickly" is so retconned with the current chapter of being proposed to. 4 DAYS. In fact, Hera insisted on some lavish wedding despite that Persephone wanted to sign some papers. And this is LO Hera who had an affair with HADES for many years who is her husband's brother. She's basically putting her dead dreams on Persephone to form a life of what could have been with a man that outgrew her. And yet the FANDOM believes that Demeter was the one forcing Perse into a life she never had. If I had to describe Hades in this webtoon, he's literally a blue Ned Fulmer. He cheats with his partner in a workplace environment and doesn't respect boundaries since he can't keep his dick in his pants. The resemblance is so uncanny it's bizarre how this is supposed to be a *feminist* retelling.

[@taylorslade8080]

Oh thank god, I’m not the only one who thought Hera was trying to live her life through Persephone 😩

[@morganicsmoothie964]

I think they just describe it as a feminist retelling because they think it'll get them more clicks.

[@thatsevelynbby2234]

I genuinely do not care about anything u said besides u calling persephone a mary Sue What's wrong with not having flaws??? I'm not a writer, so I don't get it

[@JulyBaby]

@@thatsevelynbby2234 Okay, the main problem with her being a Mary Sue is because when it comes to her even having a sort of flaw, it inevitably gets turned around into a positive and not overcoming them they never really truly overcome that obstacle. In LO, the narrative basically bends over backwards to accommodate the main character at the expense of changing the way the other characters act. Glorifying the character is prioritized over maintaining established characterizations or the rules of reality. There's a difference between being the hero of a story versus being the center of the universe. As a result, she never really has a good supporting cast. Essentially, the story sacrifices itself to make the character look good instead of making it a well rounded story with other characters and character interactions that don't center around them.

[@J_iidrn]

​@@thatsevelynbby2234dawg💀

[@nocturnalcove9736]

The biggest problem with Lore Olympus is that it has no need to be this long. Hades and Persephone's story is short and to the point. Why does Ares, Hera etc need to be here? Why did we need an uprising arc with Apollo, who was done dirty?! What was the point of Cronos? And knowing there's going to be another season just milks the cow dry.

[@Anzellien]

ANOTHER SEASON??? Bro i thought we were done this season 😭😭

[@ahahaha3587]

Because that wasn't the story the author wanted to tell.

[@no.6377]

Honestly I'm thinking of dropping it just because of the length at this point. Maybe I'll check in again once it's finished.

[@X0.LA_BRAVA.X0]

so glad others agree

[@linkinlog8543]

Oh no, Apollo was definitely done right. Apollo, in mythology lore, *definitely* killed people from the sheer fact he had sex with them

[@gaychelthereader373]

Tbh, Aphrodite in Greek mythos is definitely the type to roofie a random lady because someone found the woman prettier then Her

[@NapaCat]

Do worse than roofie, probably...

[@satoshiamane]

I mean, i know i'm 6months old but Do u know what she did do Psyche

[@christianjudeberbano3134]

My gal ordered her son to make psyche fall in love with a beast. Fortunately, eros, Aphrodite's son, accidentally pricked his finger in one of his love arrows.

[@Some_guy_passing_by]

Yes !! She almost ruined a child Psyche's life , removed the memories of Helen and gave her away to some dude who appeased her and that shit led to a huge war and countless deaths .

[@ofekk213]

"Holy crap! This mortal said he is better at doing something than me, the associated god of that thing!? Unacceptable!!!" * turns mortal into an ironic creature/monument as an eternal punishment* The 2nd most common explanation of a Greek mythology story, the 1st being Zeus cheating on his wife once again.

[@SalsaRat]

I am a big fan of mythology so I was super excited when I heard about this, start it was kind of boring but give it a chance in the middle is really good but currently it is one of the hottest pieces of garbage there is it has such a lazy writing the charm of all the original characters and art style is completely gone because there is like 5000 different character names and designs you have to memorize that are “clearly different they are exactly 2 shades apart 🤓” I can’t remember anyone anymore I can’t even tell if Persephone and Hades are Persephone and Hades or some new God I have to memorize, This webtoon had such amazing charm I loved it a lot and it was a new twist on one of my favorite Greek myths and arguably the best Greek mythological couples, and then it became hot garbage, It’s clear the author has given up on the story and doesn’t want to write any more fault or has no new ideas also a recommendation for the next video is lookism. really good at it started off amazing right now it’s still amazing but it’s just changed so much it went from a real life perspective on how much we judge people based on their looks in a high school setting to a fighting action webtoon in a gang setting, in my opinion I’m still obsessed but i’d like to see yours Edit: I know in Greek mythology the relationship is pretty messed up but you have to look at some of the others Zeus I don’t even have to explain but if I will explain his relationship with Hera and why it’s wrong in the first place even without all his cheating I’m pretty sure the original myth states that he transformed into an animal and tricked Hera into marrying him and by the way Hera is his sister‘s Poseidon‘s wife is only married to him to fulfill his sexual tendencies so that he didn’t get too mad Hephaestus and Aphrodite were only married so the other gods wouldn’t in fight over Aphrodite or try to r@pe her over sexual tendencies, Ares and Aphrodite we’re literally a cheating couple most Greek couples were pretty messed up and in the end Hades didn’t end up cheating on Persephone and Persephone only ended up cheating on Hades once I say in result the ate the least toxic relationship

[@scaredstiff7176]

They should've focused on a different group of characters. I wanted to see more focus on hera and her failing marriage LOL

[@imjoni]

fr lookism being one of the 3 out of hundred webtoons that is actually good from beginning until today (until you notice most of the fanbase commenting the episodes (since the beginning until today i think so) are 12yo girls that won't give up on shipping each character every time they do something 💀

[@calamaria9221]

And then you have the fact that there's no design consistency anymore working against you. I've seen comparisons of characters from different chapters (and even the same chapter) where it looks like it's two different characters when actually it's the same one. And then that infamous Handsome Squidward panel of Hades lol

[@thatbennybee]

This!! There's like a whole bunch of pink nymph girls sprinkled throughout and it took forever for me to realize they weren't even Persephone! Like what was the point in making the main cast all specific, stand-out colors only for there to be minor characters who look just like the main ones? 😭😭

[@garukong.]

about lookism, it rly changed a lot but im honestly still hooked lol

[@driedblueberries6064]

Honestly, Webtoon is plagued with people who wanna create the next big thing, rather than competent writers who want to write to make a good product. Every single time I step into the abyss all I see are teenage superhero comics, or romance. At this point I'm better off writing my own stories with the countless characters that I have

[@GameLover45408]

One webcomic is titled Acceptance.

[@morganicsmoothie964]

There's a few decent horror comics, but for some reason they get buried under all the trash if you're only searching top rated comics.

[@greyalchemist]

@@morganicsmoothie964 yes! there's a really good one called Tales of the Unusual!

[@lon34ngel20]

Cursed Princess Club is amazing, and isn’t dragging out, but yea most of the good stories are horror/thriller. Gremoryland is also a great one

[@Magni4cent_Pose]

If you have an idea, I say go for it. If you can't find a story you want to read, write something you find entertaining.

[@katiedeity4399]

My biggest issue with LO, other than how boring it is, is that as a greek myth nerd who also loves a lot of adaptations of myths (like Percy Jackson, Hades the game, Hadestown, Epic the Musical, etc.) and am especially fond of the Greek Underworld and its deities, is that I CANNOT LOOK UP ART OF MY FAV GODDESS PERSEPHONE WITHOUT THAT PINK BLOB BEING THE ONLY THING SHOWING UP. LEAVE

[@luckyish351]

I also love Percy Jackson and Hadestown, I have yet to get into Epic and Hades tho. One thing that has kept me from reading Lore Olympus all these years is the character designs, I just don't think they fit the gods they're based on (I can't easily tell who's who). Just my personal preference tho.

[@hyac1nthuss]

​frfr all the designs in the adaptations OP mentioned are all done well imo and i can tell them apart quickly. even hadestown that isn't set in ancient greece did a way better job in depicting hades and persephone. like in LO apollo doesn't even resemble himself 😭 apollo from hades 2, pjo, and epic (the fanart) are all different but i can still tell it's apollo not william afton ??

[@tartaglia.]

pink blob 💀

[@worstpartis20068]

wow, its almost like the artist just used their old tumblr OC's and slapped greek mythology names- oh wait

[@ctripp0073]

same

[@noxturne16]

i despise this webtoon, it’s so toxic and flat out bad. i actually saw it at my local walmart and almost laughed. i cant believe such garbage is rated so highly

[@veggsbacon1891]

Garbage sells, garbage dumps. Rinse and repeat. And that is sad. 😔

[@Wicky_Licky]

What’s so bad about it?

[@noxturne16]

@@Wicky_Licky it’s literally a story about a guy who acts like a middle aged man getting with a girl with the mentality and looks of a 19 year old… it’s weird as hell and revolves around grooming and disgusting tropes. you have a jelly bean pfp so i wouldn’t expect you to understand

[@echo_sprite]

What’s toxic and bad about it though? Obviously I’m sure your opinion is valid, but like why

[@noxturne16]

@@echo_sprite because persephone is pretty much a 19 year old and hades is a middle aged man 💀💀 and the way they use persephone in such shallow ways like her about to get raped by apollo but then nothing happens it’s just off putting

[@b.a_5005]

I heard that Persephone is the authors self insert.

[@phyrefey]

It's pretty obvious.

[@hopewhore]

HELP

[@alcremiecutie334]

When Disney's Hercules is more accurate than Lore Olympus 😂

[@cosmok-1367]

For real! When Disney is more faithful to the mythology and accurate in portraying the Ancient Greek society, you know you fucked up.

[@alcremiecutie334]

@@cosmok-1367 yeah

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

@@cosmok-1367 That’s because Disney was actually having fun with it. The person who made this already had an agenda going into it

[@mrr___]

LMAO

[@Juunbeetl]

I’m all for different interpretations of things, but the designs for the gods and goddesses in this are basically just humans with recoloured skin, it’s kinda lazy imo EDIT: looking back this comment I kinda disagree now lmao. The designs have grown on me, and I don’t mind them anymore.

[@Chalupa_bruh]

To be fair, a lot of interpretations for Greek Gods are basically just humans but buff 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@dancingcrad3676]

Get the. Mythology guy in here.

[@em-rj1cc]

I get ur point!!! It's like one of those games that has only ONE 3D model each for men and women and then they recycle that with all their characters... if that makes sense?? I feel like I'm wording this weirdly but basically everyone has the same body type and face

[@pampanamonick7076]

@@Chalupa_bruh ror and god of war are different tho

[@honeybun8823]

Isn’t that how it usually goes tho-? I don’t usually see stories that show the gods as Eldritch monstrosities

[@izivad]

maybe the real lore of olympus are the friends we made along the way!

[@alibekzholaman2923]

The real Lore Olympus was the eyes we gouched out while reading this piece of trash

[@miyaobviouslyishere]

LMAOO

[@NaveeSeal]

@@alibekzholaman2923 oh yeah, Oedipus!

[@ArtDawgy]

As an avid Lore Olympus hater, I'm so glad I found this video and all the ones that got recommended after it 🥰

[@icejuice4212]

Omg me too 😍

[@MARRYME2DPLEASE-]

@@audrexaon’t try to defend this webtoon or the creator 😃

[@mr.cringe6416]

@@audrexa is this ironic xd?

[@J_iidrn]

​@@audrexaremember when you made this comment?

[@lemonlebowski1397]

The two genres that are taking Webtoon by storm right now are romance (usually revenge-set) and fighting comics where it's ALWAYS about a hierarchy and you gotta fight, getting revenge on bullies and promoting violence.

[@vriskaserketvore413]

Really? I plan on making a webtoon about these bird furries fighting evil. I plan for it to be kinda silly at first, but then it becomes super dark later on.

[@MysticKitsune24]

@@vriskaserketvore413 go for it, it’ll add variety

[@notme8652]

I figured out the formula of action Manga/manhua/manhwa/webtoons Jp: Isekai Kr: Leveling System/ Revenge Cn: Transmigration System Cn manhwa/webtoon/manga actually im just gonna call them comics now Cn comics usually has more Comedic moments even when the scene is supposed to be serious or dark,and the mc will always. always have god tier luck Kr comics are... ngl sometimes they get pretty edgy,im convinced almost everyone who wrote revenge stories are psychopaths and sometimes in levelling stories they are very patriotic, and they are usually obsessed with Ranks/ Hiearchies Jp: is a mix of both, but they aren't as "intense" compared to kr, but usually after you read them you'd feel empty

[@mukuro1010]

spot on. i mean some of them are superb, but a lot of the of the romances make me wanna get a lobotomy. i stick to the popular stuff for actions cause usually their plot is good enough, but indeed i kinda get disinterested when a new manhwa drop and it has similar plotline with the other ones.

[@dragonfell5078]

God that second one reminds me so much about UnOrdinary. Honestly that world is straight up dystopian if you really think about it

[@lizardwithinternet1314]

God of war fans coming to tear down this webtoon:

[@itsme37jcz9]

Nah GoW fans are too superior to even interfer and notice this inferior bullshit of a story🗿

[@Ru1nxl0ve]

As someone who's a fan of god of wars and tutelary deities, this webtoon gave me a huge question that "what am i seeing." (Not forget to mention the character designs seem not so connected to the actual Greek mythology's figures, or is it just me?)

[@lizardwithinternet1314]

@@Ru1nxl0ve How does someone make Greek mythology boring? Seriously.

[@zidanedidi]

As soemone who just finished the story i could tell you i honestly enjoyed it the story may be slow but before you know it you cant have enough plus the pain trauma and existetantal crisis some of the characters goes through is truly relatable plus the burns and jokes are to die for i would give it 7 out 10

[@Yousuckwassup]

Bro forgot the rick Riordan fans frfr

[@Charlotte-ft3hv]

The fact that if you told me what lore Olympus was while I was in sixth grade and I could tell you EVERYTHING that was wrong with it, says a lot

[@Yousuckwassup]

Fr me too

[@Yousuckwassup]

Exept for the part with hades and Persephone

[@dumbass-bo7bi]

Fr

[@payan0]

i cant stand persephone retellings where they make demeter an abusive mother

[@generalhorse493]

I don't disapprove given who questionable it is that Demeter was helicopter parenting Persephone in the og myth while the other olympian goddesses weren't and the fact she'd rather let the world starve to death rather then accept her daughter's absence or y'know, rescue her. I do disapprove when they go that route and do it horribly with zero context for Demeter's behavior.

[@Yuckycarrot]

Exactly, when the story was made Persephone was considered a tragedy. During ancient times all around the world including Greece it was normal for women to be kidnapped and become the wives of their kidnappers and it was normalized. The story talks about a young woman who was kidnapped to become the wife of the death god, where she would be separated from everything she knows and loves. Demeter is extremely upset and tries to break it off to protect her daughter but fails, but ends up seeing her a few months of the year after causing trouble for mortals and the gods. I see it as a progressive ancient story of a mother and daughter and the troubles of their time. The story of Persephone could explore mother daughter relationships and a young woman entering a toxic relationship with a man who is manipulative and low key abusive trying to leave the relationship or trying to “fix” the relationship while her mother tries to convince her to break it off or Hades tries his best to keep her in the relationship with threats of self harm and manipulation which would lead to conflict between Demeter and Hades. It could have a modern take but in the original story Hades is not a good guy, quite the opposite.

[@ariachermansky7836]

​@generalhorse493 idk I think I'd be pretty disapproving of my daughter having a relationship with her kidnapper, but it was normal back then I guess

[@sugarsailors.5939]

I’m just mad about what they did to Apollo- he’s one of my favorite Greek gods :(

[@comrade_lenin4820]

Same! They ruined Artemis too (my fav goddess) :/

[@TransmutedCuppyCake]

They made a god that had multiple male lovers into a misogynist and rapist. Then again it’s not unusual for romance comics with female protags to completely ignore that gay men exist for the sake of making everyone a love interest. I’m pretty done with comics that are made for my demographic because they’re almost always a weird mix of being spiteful and cutesy.

[@comrade_lenin4820]

@@TransmutedCuppyCake NAH SERIOUSLY THO, THEY FUCKING SHIPPED ORION AND FREAKING ARTEMIS!! The same artemis who swore off men and decided to hang with women, the same artemis who had callisto as her lover- BUT NO, SOMEHOW SHE DIDNT REALLY MEAN IT AND SHE WAS SECRETLY IN LOVE WITH A MAN. Honestly tho, they had the token gay couple as hera and athena but there are literally actual mythology gay couples but they make the gay ones straight???

[@TransmutedCuppyCake]

@@comrade_lenin4820 It’s a wish fulfillment fantasy that’s really unfortunately common. “Gay” or “asexual” just means “haven’t met the right guy yet” in those stories, unless the gay characters are in full support of the protag. They earn the right to be in a stable relationship the second that they are characters the protag can confide in. That or they make characters gay as a weakness or to make strong women appear more masculine or slim guys feminine. At least with relationship comics with guy protags you know what you’ll get. No matter how weird it may get, it’s always shallow drama for the sake of a fanservice payout. It’s annoying but harmless. Like I said, when it’s made for women it’s very strange and spiteful towards anyone not part of the main pairing.

[@comrade_lenin4820]

@@TransmutedCuppyCake It's very obvious it's made for the usual straight women or whatever, but it's annoying when people parade it as the inclusive and diverse story with representation. The erasure of gay men and women, hetero main relationships that's incestuous but somehow 'romantic', and then a token gay couple that make no sense. This shouldn't be praised or even be acknowledged by us, we have stooped so low we are happy about some weird straight fetish cause it includes gay stuff. I have learned not to trust any "gay representative" media when it's main relationship is straight, I don't wanna wait for the token gay side characters. Oh well, what can we do? Fanfics can sometimes be so much better than actual media.

[@cannizaro-emne556]

Chalupa had been contributing to end racism and slavery with Abraham Lincoln 🔥🔥🗣️🗣️💯💯

[@Chalupa_bruh]

I fought alongside William Sherman 😎😎😎😎😎

[@baronvonjo1929]

@Chalupa Yo bro you don't want to be part of William Sherman's thing. Look it up. Lots of pretty rough things done. Lots of suffering for everybody slaves and civilians.

[@DragnYT]

@@baronvonjo1929 based william sherman 💯👑

[@calamaria9221]

Yah it was so boring. I'm convinced the only reason it's popular and was picked up as an Original is because it was one of the first ones to be put on the platform and didn't have to compete with the localized Korean webtoons. And that mythology webtoons are niche even today. Though even then, there's another Webtoon that focuses on Hades and Persephone too called Punderworld and it's leagues better (there's another one, but I don't quite remember what it's called).

[@morganicsmoothie964]

Plus they were brutal with the advertising!

[@FireAlder2005]

My personal favorite mythology webtoon is called Mythos Redone! It's OC-centric with beautiful art, an engaging plot, and heaps of diversity! Off the top of my head, I remember the OC is bisexual and Mexican-Jewish, and Apollo is trans and bisexual ^-^ also there's time-travel to meet famous artists because the OC is an artist and makes fast ~friends~ (hehe) with a really obscure Greek demon-god ^-^ also there's Egyptian and Norse gods in it! And I think the two artists plan on bringing some Hindi gods in too!

[@smol_beans2123]

There's also an Greek Mythology themed comic that is on webtoon called Hooked on Chthonics (I think that's how you spell it idk), similar-ish art style, that focuses on underworld deities in general

[@lemon_boy000]

The colored greek Gods seemed like a excuse for the author not shade or color them well lmao

[@yaelramah.2659]

That's kind of unfair to say, the story may not be good and everything but judging someone's artstyle honestly come on, you have the right to not like it but trying to find reasons to say the artist is lazy for shading while is JUST her artstyle, that's how she made her characters and that's it

[@barbararab6390]

Also, to not be bothered to create unique designs to each of them.

[@barbararab6390]

​@@yaelramah.2659 Bruh, all she does is make the same character, change the clothes and slap a random saturated color on them

[@MissLittleOrangeLady]

Nice pfp

[@morganicsmoothie964]

​@@yaelramah.2659meh, you can still criticise someone's art style imo. Maybe she didn't make it that way out of laziness, but it's still a valid criticism to say "hey, we as readers struggle to tell your characters apart. To make the story as a whole more coherent, maybe you need to do something different."

[@vriskaserketvore413]

Okay, this thing sounds painful to read. Mythology is cool. Greek mythology is also cool. This thing disrespects a good mythology. Also, since when was Persephone Shinmyoumaru? (Shinmy is short. She’s a Touhou character, if you don’t know.)

[@King_of_Fools]

Finally, a based comment

[@2006HondaCivicD]

Tiny bowl gremlin

[@azureempyrean64]

Even Shinmy is more mature than her

[@jerrythemike3584]

Touhou? *Cringe* Jk I like Touhou

[@azureempyrean64]

@@jerrythemike3584 Ultimately based

[@Polyeurythane]

Bro didn’t even get to the rape scene, which fair enough, and the inaction on Persephone’s part afterwards. Like I get the whole shame and disbelief aspect and how she can’t be forced by her mom into goddess celibacy now because she’s not a virgin but her mom also doesn’t know Persephone got raped because she’s told no one and blah blah blah. I think Hera sussed it out like right away but didn’t do anything? Either way, Lore Olympus did my man Apollo dirty. Was he a perfect lover? No, he literally chased a girl until she became an tree to escape him. But he’s not the type of guy in the actual mythology to rape someone (at least not while they’re sleeping/if he has it’s not as much as someone like Zeus), in my humble opinion of course. Also they constantly infantilize Persephone and it’s really weird. Especially with the constant “joke” of characters bringing up how huge the age gap between Hades and Persephone is.

[@Scary_EldrichThing]

The author should have just made their own characters

[@D4C189]

Now I know why kratos kill all the Greek gods

[@eta_carithebrightlord3396]

Kratos be john wick in that universe bro

[@carvitqmilate9244]

I think she din't kill aprodithe

[@derekpayneszubliminals7723]

Pre-2018 Kratos would have a field day with these version of the Greek gods.

[@RuanMei_SocietyGenius]

Kratos was a savior

[@rianmela3825]

@@derekpayneszubliminals7723 bro Post 2018 Kratos is so much calmer and even he would be pissed at these gods

[@tooangelica9419]

If you want a nice fiction series about Greek mythology. Go read Percy Jackson instead of wasting time on this

[@vividd8246]

PERCY JACKSON >>>>>

[@americaeaustraliaepius4338]

No, just go and read the originals, the Homeric tradition, the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus and the Posthomerica. Modern takes on classical mythology are all terrible.

[@EscapedExperiments]

Oml- Y E S.

[@IceQueen975]

But ONLY the first 2 series. The Trials of Apollo and the upcoming one are trash. Rick sold out.

[@VananahBananah]

YES OMG I LOVE THAT SERIES

[@BonazaiGirl]

In general, Webtoons is oversaturated with romance. This isn’t to say that romance is bad, far from it. There’s been numerous fairly good to astounding romantic tales that genuinely gets me in the heart. But it’s definitely becoming a bit tiresome to see that most of the promoted material is, by and large, romance. And in a similar vein to isekai in manga, a lot of the plots are rehashed, retold, and recycled enough that if you read one, you’ve read a dozen. It’s a shame too since there’s a lot of really good, really underrated webtoons that are placed under the radar since they’ve never got the spotlight it deserves. I’m talking genuine _masterpieces_ that are pushed under the rug to make way for the next “I became the novel’s new wife and am going to break my husband’s legs.” And while there’s nothing _wrong_ with enjoying these romances (unless the romance is pushing a fairly destructive/toxic narrative that you’re agreeing with), but goodness gracious, we need more diversity in the genres.

[@Solarm1ya]

I’m very into Greek myths and when I heard that there was a quite popular webtoon of it I decided to check it out. Firstly, I did not expect it to be a romance “fanfic” of Hades and Persephone(the name of the webtoon caught me off guard) and honestly I wasn’t tempted to continue it at all. When I did try to force myself into getting into it it took me great strength to not fall asleep while reading it. The writings imo are boring asf and I really didn’t get the hype at all. It seems to me just like any other mid romance webtoon. I’m not going to make any comments on Hades and Persephone’s relationship in the myths but it is 100% not accurate at all. Best tip is probably that they should’ve just made it into a normal romance webtoon with ‘normal people’ instead of making it into a “fanfiction” of Greek mythology characters.

[@thisisawkward80]

most retelling of Persephone and hades is a heavily romanticized version of a story about abuse, kidnapping and predator like behavior from fictional gods who lack and immense sense of moral high ground with a few exceptions and Lore Olympus is literally the pinacle of such romanticized retelling..

[@taki7233]

As a true Chalupa stan. I came here as fast as i could

[@You-lw7cn]

lore olympus is like the Greek gods according to a 13 year old

[@bananajewell8846]

This comic becomes really weird when you consider that the original myth was an allegory for the changing seasons 😐 Edit: the background music used for episode 10 is fitting for what’s going on in the replies

[@viridia1526]

It was also representative of young brides being sold off to their husbands. They couldn’t exactly say ‘no’ to an arranged marriage in Ancient Greece. They were property. Persephone was a victim who was kidnapped and tricked to stay by Hades’s side. She was an allegory for all the women who were married off and never could go back home. It’s so sad to see people romanticise it and erase the cultural importance of this myth.

[@Oof_my_guy]

@@viridia1526 but didn't she go back to her mom after hades noticed that she was sad? I dont think that makes sense

[@russergee49]

@@Oof_my_guy He did not willingly let her go back to Demeter, he had to obey Zeus’ orders. He tricked Persephone into eating the pomegranate seeds, which is why she has to spend part of her year with him.

[@viridia1526]

@@Oof_my_guy : no? Demeter was the feminist message of this whole myth. Hell this is her myth. ‘The Hymm to Demeter’ Hades tricked Persephone into eating the pomegranate seeds which caused her to forever be tied to the underworld. Sources: Persephone in the myth says this ‘Mother, I will tell you all without error. When luck-bringing Hermes came, swift messenger from my father the Son of Kronos [Zeus] (…) I sprang up at once for joy; but he secretly put in my mouth sweet food, a pomegranate seed, and forced me to taste against my will.‘ - Persephone to Demeter, Homeric Hymm to Demeter when recounting her kidnapping and forced marriage. Now heres where the feminist part comes from: Demeter fights by going into hiding and refusing to work. (Which basically means she went on strike) and in her grief caused famine. One source says she was r-ped by Poseidon around this time as well, just makes it sadder. Her famine causes Zeus to think ‘fuck’ because all the mortals are dying. He realises quick that he needs to stop her wrath so goes to retrieve Persephone and orders his sons (hermes and others) to get her back. However, due to persephone being tied to the underworld. She couldnt just leave. So the 6 month agreement was made. I honestly recommend you all to read this myth. Go to theoi . Com and go to Demeter’s section. You’ll find the hymm to Demeter AND all its variants. Guess what? Theres no variant where she went willingly or wasnt tricked. The myths seem consistent in this message. Both greek and roman versions state it was a kidnapping and forced marriage. And lemme tell ya, just cause Zeus arranged it doesnt mean Persephone wasnt forced into it. The way women were treated with no respect or autonomy was horrible in ancient greece. This is why Demeter has my full respect.

[@americaeaustraliaepius4338]

@@viridia1526 That's a terrible take on the myth. Also filled with presentist BS. The main point of the myth is not the romance nor the relationship, but the death of Persephone, which is never stated but it's implicit in the story, that's what it represents that she's taken to Hades' domain. It means she's dead, and goes around the grief of Demeter for not being able to bring her daughter back, which is a reflection of death and grief. Again, it's about the trascandence of the soul after death, not about a relationship, or marriage, or anything like that.

[@one_lattae_please]

As a Greek, the author mixed so many different situations and stories up i got confused and forgot everything i've learned. I'm not even going to talk about the extreme sexualisation of the female characters and the completely bullshit description of Hades personality, he was nothing like that on any of our books

[@markjack9772]

It's not like he has a Define character either way

[@-OneofManyNames]

Hades isn't a bad guy, he is almost never on Olympus. He likes his job, so he has no complaints. He's just chill in the underworld. He is also the only one who is faithful to his partner.

[@lotusdragonjbh]

Hades had mistress minthe, and Persephone had Adonis Aaand there isn't a lot of dirt on then because anceit greeks were too scared to mention, let alone record them. Hehe.

[@comrade_lenin4820]

He kidnapped her, he's her uncle. Faithfulness isn't everything.

[@TheOfficallyMOON]

@@comrade_lenin4820So what everyone is basically saying is that creating a comic centered around their relationship is bad because of this? I know there’s other factors looking into it, but there’s been other books made on them that illustrate the actual story that are actually pretty good

[@comrade_lenin4820]

@@TheOfficallyMOON I mean, sure ig. But I'm just saying that's the original myth, as it was mainly about Demeter losing her daughter and stuff so I don't think it was that romantic tbh. But people can have interpretations of it as such, just that glossing over some of the parts of the myth can normalize such thing. I think it's interesting to analyze the power dynamics of a uncle and niece having a sexual/romantic relationship and being in a marriage and how it alludes to the ideas of its time. No matter how good the interpreted media, it is a toxic relationship in its form and not very romantic.

[@dustpanman2998]

Hades is not a good person, he just has done less bad stuff then other gods, but considering we're talking about Greek Gods, the bar is super low.

[@maddie_is_scared]

Zeus looks like a total himbo ngl

[@ms.moronic9165]

That's the one thing Lore got right.

[@firstnamelastname8382]

lmao

[@hopewhore]

stop

[@sunnybox766]

i am a huge fan of greek myths and when i read all of the episodes, it ruined it for me

[@oreosandcookies2631]

I don’t blame you! I’ve read Greek mythology way before this, yet it still makes me uncomfortable when reading about Hades and Persephone 😔

[@domino4519]

gotta love when a middle grade series did greek mythology more justice

[@audiobooksforfree7857]

More like three, but yeah.

[@samflood5631]

And what was that middle grade series called?

[@domino4519]

@@samflood5631 percy jackson

[@markjack9772]

​@@domino4519have you actually read Percy Jackson because it doesn't booty series are very Loosely based off of Greek mythology

[@domino4519]

@@markjack9772 yes i did and something doing greek mythology justice doesn't mean it's 100% accurate, it couldn't have been seeing as it's greek myth we're talking about. Why would I say that without having read the series and myths as they are?

[@ickyflix3]

So true, the artstyle is good the idea is kinda overdone but still interesting but it's so boring!!! Also the romance is not even that good, not to mention the enormous age gap but I guess this was also in the original myth

[@johncassidy4215]

Actually in the original myth persephone was older than dyonysis and Athena because in some instances she raises dyonysis. Athena is also one of the youngest gods.

[@theauthor6669]

@@johncassidy4215 Im pretty sure they were talking about Hades, not Dionysus

[@johncassidy4215]

@@theauthor6669 what im saying is that she was older than most of zeuses kids older than Athena so the scholarship with her and hestia is of the table. She was in fact due to the older stories of her being zeuses baby mom to zagreus born around the time the titans were still there. So the excruciatingly long age gap and making her younger than everyone was a choice the author made. Of course there's an age gap, BUT its not as bad or exaggerated as it is in Lore Olympus.

[@ickyflix3]

@@johncassidy4215 im talking about lore olympus tho i dont really care about the age gap in the original myth, as all the gods are seen as equally old basically or old enough to not care about the age gap, in the comic hades is shown to be much older and he has way more power than her, being her boss who abuses his power later in the comic

[@beef3442]

I'm suprised you even covered this one!

[@Another_Hibiki]

I mean, Hades is definetily not a bad guy in Greek Mythology, specially when you compare him to his brothers.

[@weirddd469]

I'm going to be honest and this is purely opinionated There is no point in favoring Greek gods based on their actions when they barely have any morality, y'know what I mean?

[@Panida6006]

I politely disagree, to say that Hades is not a bad guy in comparison to his brothers is not true. The Gods are all morally grey and they are neither good nor bad, they commit good and bad deeds, yes, but to apply the human-imposed concept of black and white morality of a good or bad onto them is 2-dimensional. Hades kidnapped a young girl from a mother and although he was given the go-to by Zeus, he could have chosen not to commit the deed yet Hades STILL chose to abduct a young Kore/Persephone from Demeter and even tricked the girl into eating the pomegranate seeds, which is why she is forced to stay with him for half of the year, she didn’t choose to stay with him. There’s even a Roman statue called “The Rape of Proserpina” and though the statue and the myth itself is more accurately called The ABDUCTION of Persephone/Proserpina… you get the idea. Tldr; Hades isn’t a bad guy, he isn’t good either, for abducting a girl from her mother. The myth is more about a mother’s grief over the loss of her daughter to a male stranger.

[@icejuice4212]

@ferret THANK YOU! Jesus Christ I was waiting for this comment.

[@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571]

​@@Panida6006 Zeus once turned into a swan and had sex with Helen of Troy's mom. She ended up laying an egg

[@Yuckycarrot]

I disagree, in ancient times even in Greece it was a common occurrence for women to be kidnapped and become their brides and it was normalized. The story of Persephone was written for its time, it was considered a tragedy. About a young girl being kidnapped to become the wife of Hades, Demeter was super upset and tried to break off the marriage but it did not work, it was progressive for it’s time. So Hades doesn’t cause women to die and cheat but he doesn’t care about consent at least in the original story. Many turn Hades into a good guy when he isn’t, he’s just the least bad of his brothers. Many miss the opportunity to write a story about complex and toxic relationships, but that’s my opinion.

[@studioarentain3960]

I hate how she wrote the whole thing like these traditional deities are her own OCs and "uwu" characters for her to decide what to do with :/ Like, I don't want to go THIS far but you could say it's stealing existing culture

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

Yeah me too

[@ehyzen]

yea its not difference between ones OC and literal greek gods....

[@Watersiteplay]

I'd actually like to defend the author on that one because even in the source material the characters are sometimes inconsistent as well Greek mythology also is like 2500 years old and at this point people are allowed to make their own interpretations of those characters just like how you can make a story about Dracula or even any character from the bible in your own very different than originally intended interpretation now as long as it isn't borderline offensive And in the same vein, Disney Hades is a really bad representation of mythology Hades, yet people absolutely still love Dianey Hades for being a fun character I'm not saying it's good that they made them "uwu" characters but if they want to write those characters that way then they can, it really isn't stealing an existing culture... Edit: Grammar

[@realmarchie]

It is

[@fructosecornsyrup5759]

Man, wait till you read Dante's Inferno.

[@nyx5364]

aww man i was hoping you'd make it to the part where everyone even his best friend tells hades, the immortal equivalent of a 40+ year old, to not date the 19 yr old girl who doesn't even know that "sleeping" can carry sexual connotations

[@marzzarella]

I liked lore Olympus at first but after the s*xual harassment scandal with the purple guy and pink girl in the webtoon I dropped it cause it was just ☠️

[@jessnalulila5552]

Oh yeah. Nothing has been done with this plot

[@elton8427]

I mean.. They got the "Aphrodite being jealous because someone is said to be prettier than her" right 😭😭

[@Persephone01]

It gets worse. There's a subreddit where we bash on it. The art gets worse and Persephone gets smaller than Hades. Hades and Persephone are the worst characters ever made. The gross hatred of Minthe and Demeter really annoys me, actually any character that is not her main two mary sues. Its an awful comic.

[@ohno7153]

Unpopular lore Olympus

[@MadGas_111]

I have found it in my local Walmart. I haven't recovered.

[@Dan-zc3ou]

Lore Olympus is a badly written Wattpad fanfic with a greek myth slapped on top of it. Hope it gets forgotten soon

[@Scarbix]

Fun fact about Hades: In Greek mythology he is the only god to have not cheated on his wife Persephone, and out of all the Greek gods, Hades was the nicest out of all of them despite being God of the Underworld.

[@macgyversmacbook1861]

Nope, he had a concubine named Minthe that Persephone turned into a mint plant

[@J_iidrn]

Minthe did not turn into a mint for this

[@randompersonwithayoutubeac1908]

He cheated on Persephone with Minthe, Leuce, and Theophile......

[@samflood5631]

It seems like Hades and Persephone are the only Greek Gods with a healthy marriage. How come they don’t have any children? I mean both Zeus and Poseidon have a lot of illegitimate children and yet there’s not one kid on Hades’ family tree.

[@Seidr-Bane]

@@samflood5631 Hades and Persephone have Zagreus and Melinoe as far as I know

[@anna_nariyal]

Its so bad 😭😭 as an unfortunate addict it gets so much worse. Bad art, composition would be excusable but the storyline degradation is just :/. Too many plot points introduced and subsequently dropped. Then the author glamorising the main couple's wrongdoings but villifying other characters for the same? No agency of the female protag. Not to mention weird rhetorics being pushed and promoted ☹️

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

Hades being portrayed in modern media as evil is the most stupid shit ever, The only god that didn't fuck over someone's live because petty reasons or i don't know, raping thousands of woman and having your wife curse them to be immortal and suffering *ahem* Zeus

[@bakageyama222]

This got popular but I was like ‘meh’ but then I gave it a chance. First episode in and I was like ‘nope’ It gave the ‘naive young fl’ trope vibes. And then an even bigger ‘NOPE’ came out, as I researched about it and got to know the age gap. It’s disgusting. I wonder how it got so popular. wtf 💀💀 Edit: I heard this is a feminist retelling. Oh hell no. As a feminist, we don’t claim this shit-

[@thingsforangel09]

And to think that this is the part of the story that's actually decent when it comes to writing and art...

[@spritezilla_the_often_wrong]

My local public library had the first 4 books of this series and the art looked neat so I sat down and started to read them and I got so goddamn bored. So many overused romantic tropes, annoying characters, and very transparent self-insert characters. I didn’t make it through the first book

[@yaaay9257]

So, I’m a very active reader of lore Olympus and I honestly do like it! But I do completely understand why people do not like it! I actually laughed alot during this video but the story is just nice to read for me and it’s a good time killer. I’m just a person who really likes romance stories and I love Greek mythology. Of course I know that this retelling isn’t true from the actual thing. The one thing I don’t like is that Demeter is portrayed as a controlling mom. I think she should be a great mom to Presphone like in the myth but maybe have some dramatic moments with Hades. I also believe that she is just there to be evil to make Hades look better which is completely wrong. Again, I’m still reading this series just to see where it goes and in the newer episodes Demeter and Presphone make up and stuff so that’s good I assume. But anyways that’s my little rant

[@mariazioga6103]

As a Greek person who grew u with mythology and literally living near to mountain Olympus, I hate this webtoon so much

[@RandomShortGuy528]

I hate that when you search the Greek character “Minthe” the first result is this Webtoon😭😭

[@GiornoーGiovanna]

Fuck, i thought you were lying so i searched it up and you were right 😢

[@artbeen_blocked]

This is the peak of the comic on a decent storytelling perspective, by the way. Yeah.

[@thatbennybee]

Tbh, I think Lore Olympus is... Fine. Though, I honestly think it could've been an office romance and had more a compelling story line to follow because I can't really see a reason for them to be greek mythos other than bc it was an interesting idea on paper. I've been reading this webtoon for a long time, but at this point, it's out of commitment, not enjoyment bc I was a teen when I started it. I'm just waiting for it to finish bc it feels like it's dragging. I think a lot of big webtoons lack because the art/aesthetic comes first and the story comes second or gets lost as the comic gets more popular and they feel the need to fulfill audience requests over telling a cohesive and compelling story that ends when it needs to without fluff. Webtoons that I've enjoyed beginning to current is Jackson's Diary and Suitor Armor! I think they've done a great job so far!

[@twiggitywig]

Jackson’s Diary is brilliant!! I love that one sm 😭

[@dalkay]

I think Helluva Boss has a similar issue where they feel obligated to write fanservice more than a cohesive story. I don’t think either of these are the worst story ever but it’s disappointing.

[@DanielleFreeman-im1yj]

I also really hate how the writer portrays Demeter. In most modern adaptation of Hades and Persephone Demeter is always portrayed as controlling mother who sees her daughter as an object to "possess." Demeter is a loving mother who will do anything to save her daughter from her kidnapper.

[@MintyCoolness]

At best, they treat her as a well-meaning, but smothering figure... still sucks tho

[@russergee49]

You transition between the chapters better than the author does, to be honest And I it’s okay that you mispronounce her name, it’s not like the pink abomination is anything like the mythological figure anyway

[@xP_creatorchan]

Funny how it’s called “Lore” Olympus but has no lore😂

[@asaknight321]

Kratos: *cracks knuckles* don't worry guys I'll handle this

[@jeagerzbomb9924]

There are issues with the lazy writing but I think what really drove me away were the character designs. It's so hard to tell the main protagonist apart from other pink-skinned girls, both in appearance and personality-wise. The same can be made about other characters.

[@Miu-vw3qz]

I started reading this to see if it was worth the hype, then, the sexual scenes and the suggestive parts made me quite uncomfortable....so I left it...

[@contract7744]

Dude i just saw that they are selling the Lore Olympus book at my local bookstore ☠️

[@ritsusspoon6242]

It's always a good day whenever chalupa posts

[@twanhams2635]

The funniest thing is that hades is the most chill god in Greek mythology

[@comrade_lenin4820]

He kidnapped his own niece and then married her soo...

[@twanhams2635]

@@comrade_lenin4820 still the most chill greek god

[@straww_berryyy]

@@comrade_lenin4820 this is still minor compared to all the stuff the other gods did

[@spicyspace1319]

🙄 It's because the Greeks were to afraid to mention him and Persephone. Which gives the idea that they must be in a "healthy" relationship compared to other gods.

[@TuesdaysArt]

I've never heard it pronounce Persephone as "Purse-off-a-knee", I was not prepared for it when I saw the pinned comment and it's better than I could've expected.

[@Hyster1cal1nsan1ty]

I will not let greek mythology (I'm Greek btw) get slandered and bastardized (idk if I'm saying it correctly) I'm offended and genuinely upset, I've seen so many things that have greek mythology with a twist, but this comic... is just.... Sad....

[@axg3lica]

It’s the fact that this story was originally supposed to be about just Persephone and Hades, but now it’s about ALL the gods. I cant

[@mercygoddd]

I still cannot believe that this video alone was recorded on a phone and edited on a phone lol🤣

[@zee8380]

Really???

[@Vyansya]

I mean phone is pretty advanced nowadays, im not surprised

[@yousufkhan-jy5lp]

How do you know that?

[@wayelee2000]

one of my least favorite parts was when aeros was like "Persephone is the like personification of a fRigGin cinammon roll! why are u jealous of a cinnamon roll?" to artemis. idk why but that scene made me cringe SO HARD.

[@Insorainity]

Greek names give me life, whenever I hear someone pronounce a name wrong it reminds me of my drama teacher pronouncing sophocles as sa-foc-cels

[@FireAlder2005]

I don't even know how to pronounce that sounding-out lmao XD

[@retrox2776]

Even in the cool image of the Greek trio Poseidan still gets that middle child treatment. God Of Puddles & sits on a rock. My homie gets no respect XD

[@AlphaHaze]

(It's me again lol) I actually started watching the fandub of this webtoon on youtube. The voice acting's great ngl but literally why does everything and every character look like corporate art??? 😭

[@lilypadrocks872]

The art did gradually get better, but for the plot is beyond beating around the bush and burning it without getting to the point, I just gave up, after chronos escaped his prison, things moved to fast and later will just slow down in snail pace and beat you down with summary of the later episodes

[@J_iidrn]

Spoilers: it got worse

[@Violet_Ganyu]

I’m actually surprised on how many things the manga idk got wrong on the actual story, like Aphrodite and Persephone never actually had anything to do with each other and Hades met Minthe after the whole hades and Persephone thing was over. Minthe was turned into mint (the plant) after Persephone cursed her btw. And Hades was the one who kidnapped Persephone. I still seriously can’t believe how much this manga got wrong with the actual myth story. Persephone is the god of spring, since Demeter loved her and after she was taken away by hades, Demeter did not grow things so. When Persephone with Demeter = spring & summer + fall or autumn (maybe) and Persephone with Hades = Winter ofc

[@Violet_Ganyu]

Personally I think Persephone and Minthe should both be green since Minthe = mint and Persephone is the goddess of spring

[@artmoryoo]

i really wanted to like this webtoon bc the art is so cool and unique and while i love greek mythology, i don't really mind different takes on it as long as it's done well or has a reason to do so. but i just couldn't get past how the main character is supposed to be physically 19 being "romanced" by her physically old man boss. The webtoon tries to seem like they tackle real world problematic issues, like with apollo, but it's all surface level since hades is like just as bad it's just written in a way that makes it seem ok. And the author/fans have tried to combat the problematic aspects by saying that original greek mythology has way worse things or it's technically accurate, which i might have bought if the author didn't drastically change so much of said mythology while deciding to keep the weird age gap.

[@foxycoladust1027]

2:52 THEY LITTERALLY JUST STOLE ZOROS DESIGN TF

[@notdead5837]

fun fact: when persephone was with hades in mythology, and when she found out hades used to be with minthe, persephone brutally murdered her

[@yourstarlight8385]

Actually, Minthe came to Persephone and said that she wants to be with Hades, that's why Persephone turn her into mint(that doesn't justify Persephone, but still)

[@PrimordialNyx]

As a fan of Greek mythology, and also Greek myself, I *hate* LO it's absolute garbage and insulting to Greek mythology.

[@GrimmDelightsDice]

Heads up: the Greek letter in your name has unfortunately been coopted by zoophiles. If you don't want people assuming awful things about you for using it (or to have to explain you're Greek every time) I suggest changing it.

[@jacbob4777]

5:31 if you played god of war 3 kratos isnt gonna beat aphrodite to death 😨

[@mayadeepakadvani9231]

That’s what I was gonna say they had the unga bunga💀

[@JakauYT]

5:56 MY LUMBAR LORDOSIS HAVING ASS REALLY ENJOYED THIS ONE LMFAO

[@rengoodmen2879]

Fun fact: Persephone is 17 in this webtoon making hades a ✨pedophile✨

[@doloresgronenberg5882]

You say that like it matters in Greek mythology

[@combat_replay2990]

Im bout to eat and saw the notification of you posting a new vid, SO I KNEW I WAS GONNA EAT GOOD ASF‼️💯 you never miss

[@itzfoxymisfit3069]

Zeus without beard is Seuz

[@riff_raf]

As a person whose special interest is greek mythology, I have a vehement hatred for this webtoon. Thank you for this slander.

[@bojti0786]

Bro Zeus is Purple guy 💀