The Most ACCURATE Hades Portrayal I’ve Seen!

[@JonSolo]

What's the best portrayal of Hades you've seen? 👀

[@wingzero7678]

Writing wise, Percy Jackson. But when it comes to visuals, I love what they did to him in God of War and a mobile game called Gods of Rome. They just went full on what the lord of the dead would look like, and portrayed him as a intimidating and powerfull warrior

[@anez1266]

There's the cartoon series *_Class of the Titans_* where Hades is portrayed as he should be a good powerful God just doing his job, looking after his three headed Dog and being lovey-dovey with his wife... but unfortunately they gave the character a high squeaky voice that makes him sound silly Hades really can't catch a break🙄

[@Fragglerocker93]

I’ve liked the portrayal of Hades in Lore Olympus: it’s definitely a more modern reimagining of his and Persephone’s story, but I just love his character development in the story.

[@kendraclewis6270]

@@Fragglerocker93same

[@drawingpower1]

For me, it's Hades in the game Hades. His wealth is written all over him. He has no desire to dethrone Zeus ( or do anything with Zeus) since his Kingdom his big enough. He is harsh but fair

[@anotherpersonfromnorfolk1587]

"Why would I want to expand my dominion to Olympus, when everyone's dying to meet me first?"

[@dorkknight7973]

Nice one 😂

[@300kyuubi]

Nice one

[@Void-io6gm]

Let him cook: 💯

[@Sergote12]

He's not wrong. His kingdom has infinite population, heck taxes there would be cheaper cause more people to pay tax but less maintenance than a living human

[@Motorata661]

Funny enough one of his titles is ``the one with many guests´´

[@ThePigKnight]

He got a reliable job, a cute wife, a cute dog, and infinite money. He’s chillin.

[@felwalkr_94]

Especially with the money part: last I checked, he's the god of wealth in at least the Roman version of the mythos.

[@greazypozer]

plus every human becomes his subject eventually, why deal with the drama of all those other gods when you could get essentially the same power they have, just later?

[@felwalkr_94]

@@greazypozer PREEEEEECISELY.

[@danknados]

Technically hades isn't the one who has infinite money, that's the roman version Pluto, in Greek mythology the richest god was plutus

[@adrianuribe1057]

You all should read mythomania series it's really fun, and it shows Hades exactly as you say rich, has a cute wife, and a loyal pup.

[@FenrirWolfOfWar]

“You stole the lightning bolt” “People are literally *dying* Percy”

[@JenesisRod]

LMAO

[@Sacration]

😂😂

[@kurohanamaiki5344]

"Is there a point to this?" "Are you dictating your f ing obituary to me -Belmont- Percy?" - -Death, Castlevania- Hades, Probably

[@lolacat4752]

FR😭

[@DaboiYessir]

​@kurohanamaiki5344 love this line and instantly knew where it was from dope that I see somone else who enjoys castlevania

[@ascendedsleeper5693]

Hades - "How dare you trespass in my domain, the punishment is... permanent residency"

[@antokarman2064]

"Oh no! You've trapped me in this eternal place! Whatever should i do?" "Grab that papers and pens, boys and girl. We about to pull an all-nighter!"

[@Creym464]

​@@antokarman2064"your pay is 1 day of living per month and increase to 2 day for overtime"

[@garlicbreadstick404]

Making hades the bad guy is like blaming the nightguard at a graveyard for all the deaths

[@MV96_]

Yeah, let’s blame that lil shit Thanatos, instead 😂

[@andreamarques8328]

Its also just a pretty boring assumption "Oh hes related in some way to death, must be evil for sure"

[@omgitzthunderlol4598]

@@andreamarques8328i would name 3 olympians worse than hades but I don’t want to get struck by a thunderbolt

[@KhanMann66]

Blame the heavy Christian influence. Anything to do with death or the underworld is automatically evil.

[@Morgan_Rider]

​@@omgitzthunderlol4598 Zeus, Eris and Athena

[@eskeladder7751]

I also like how the game "Hades" basically portrays Hades as an no nonsense work focused dad who has difficulties showing vulnerabilities.

[@TheGamingNia]

He's me frfr

[@witcherye]

sorry but i love him

[@gameraider100]

So he's Batman.

[@HazeEmry]

​@@gameraider100a true to lore, canon batman. Not the depressing, hypocritical, stupid one

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@HazeEmry I’m just gonna say it, the Batman who laughs is a lame attempt at a bungled concept and was never really that great.

[@synergy8879]

hades over here like “no, i don’t want to expand my dominion to olympus, im already having a fucking stroke with these fuckers.”

[@Aeras89]

You know... that might actually make an amusing storyline. Hades' kingdom keeps growing larger and larger and he's getting sick of how much work it's becoming. He wants to take over another kingdom that's not so much work and make someone else take his job. 🤣

[@kurohanamaiki5344]

An amazing "Quote" suddenly come to my head, it's so amazing you could shed a tear "Why is it that only human hands can reach into hell?" "Don't you think that's weirdly f up?" "I can't do it" -Death, Castlevania

[@fumarc4501]

Would be funny if all the other “afterlifes” that exist today is due to Hades outsourcing the management of specific regions. Lol

[@splitcryptic]

@@fumarc4501 That'd be pretty good worldbuilding ngl

[@fumarc4501]

@@splitcryptic nice. Ty

[@patrickcalip948]

One of my favorite scenes from the book is when he cursed the oracle to eternal undeath. His wife dies in his arms and the oracle was just like, "I told you so". And in his grief he swore that the oracle will not see the afterlife. Which is why in Percy Jackson the oracle was a literal skeleton.

[@joedaiskiwagas6780]

Correction . The oracle was not a literal skeleton but she is dead. Kinda like in the process of prolonged decay

[@patrickcalip948]

@@joedaiskiwagas6780 Duly noted. But the rest of the stuff is right. Right? It's been a while since I read Percy Jackson.

[@joedaiskiwagas6780]

@@patrickcalip948 it was not his wife but the mother of Nico and bianca di Angelo. Other than that it is right

[@DicksonJuma-iv2sc]

Dawg, the oracle was cursed by Apollo

[@solidmoon8266]

​@@joedaiskiwagas6780 yes and no, the soul of the Oracle was cursed to never more be passed on, as was the previous deal with various Oracles throughout time. So the soul of the Oracle was trapped in the corpse, which could still move, just doesn't do so very often.

[@wingzero7678]

I loved how he was portrayed in the books the first time I read them. He was imponent and powerfull yet somewhat sad at the sime time. Dude got the short end of the stick out of the three brothers when it came to his domain, always surrounded by depressed, angry or crazy souls every single day, and yet people still manage to blame him for the bad things that happen. I always felt simpathy for Hades everytime he showed up

[@davidenns8287]

Hades was my biggest disappointment from that book. I thought he was going to be a cunning, no-bullshit type of guy, but instead he was a whiny b*tch that couldn't even do anything to keep a group of children from escaping right in front of him.

[@robbietheweirdo]

i mean is it really the short straw when the dude is fucking loaded, the earths wealth falls under his domain

[@camerongist2159]

Powerful

[@joseguadalupemartineztorre9702]

​@@davidenns8287the guy is all powerful and is constantly being called a villain. He basically just went Old Man Jenkins and chased the kids out. He wants actual interesting and uplifting people, not a group of teenagers that are calling him a thief.

[@WarforgedArcher]

To be fair they escaped with magic pearls gifted by Percys father. Also what Percy did after coming out of the river against Hades was awesome

[@2KXMKR]

Hades' job sounds like an introvert's worst nightmare come true. Dude wants nothing to do with the world of the living but everybody just ends up coming over to his place regardless!

[@albertc9702]

lol that uninvited guest that stays too long

[@danycharles3118]

And then, they never leave. 😂

[@jdp3578]

That's probably why he doesn't like the living showing up unannounced....

[@funnyvalentine4048]

I'm an introvert and this happened to me way too much. Mostly scared/shy of girls and women. But they keep approaching me like they know me. I gradually become less introverted. After 3 years.

[@JeffreyRitter-gr7zs]

😂😂😂

[@AiLoveAidoru]

I want a portrayal where Hades is just an overworked businessman who’s just pissed that Zeus keeps suing him for petty shit. 😂

[@RevanReborn3950BBY]

The game hades kinda

[@burnt-croissants]

Lore olympus too kinda?

[@Flufux]

Funnily enough, Ducktales 2017 got this right.

[@christopherd5941]

@@burnt-croissants yeah, that sounds like Lore Olympus.

[@briang3598]

The overworked [manager] part is pretty well executed in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

[@TheHirohikoAraki]

The most wholesome part about Hades is that he let Hercules *(or Heracles)* to walk his three-headed dog named Cerberus. That alone is the reason why Hades got everything he wanted and he doesn’t need to go to Olympus at all.

[@lanebales903]

He’s like “oh nephew will you walk my dog for me”

[@Sergote12]

If heracles calls Cerberus a "good boi" does he have to say once for each head or is a collective "good boi" enough?

[@zeenoash.8805]

Now we're asking the real questions!

[@chasehage4989]

I need answers!

[@irrevenant3]

I dunno why Hollywood prefers to use the Greek names like Hades and Zeus, but insists on using the Roman 'Hercules' rather than the Greek 'Heracles'. 🤷‍♀️

[@zachbahamutson5477]

And that's why I love how by the end of the first series Percy has become Hades' favorite nephew. The boy takes his advice to heart a lot of the time and had his status as an Olympian restored.

[@ameyskulkarni]

Well, I won't call him favourite anything tbh, not after the bs Hades pulled in the last book of the first series.

[@flamboyantwarlock7101]

I mean, isn't he also one of Hades' only two nephews? The other being his own half-brother.

[@prophetchosen862]

@@flamboyantwarlock7101technically he’s the brother of most of the Olympians, so most demigods are his nieces or nephews.

[@casper2694]

​@@ameyskulkarniwhat bs did he pull in the last Olympian? I don't remember

[@ameyskulkarni]

@@casper2694 Haven't reread it in a long time but I'm pretty sure Hades betrays Percy and tries to ensure that Nico is the real child of the prophecy. (He does partially make up for it later by helping, but still)

[@Nerdnumberone]

Hades was pretty chill in myth. He helped more mortals and heroes than he screwed over. The ones he really let out his rage on were trying to kidnap his wife.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

I wish there were more myths with him in it

[@Nerdnumberone]

@theanimeunderworld8338 Unfortunately, people didn't like talking about Hades because they didn't want to attract his attention. Nobody is in a hurry to meet him.

[@ReigoVassal]

And he also didn't "tricked". He ask for underworld as his domain himself. He wants it. Also he's not sex craze rapist like Zeus. That's another bonus points.

[@jessicaable5095]

"No one gets to kidnap my wife but me!" Edit: OK, after a host of folks commenting details about the original myths, I feel I need to make something clear. I know! 😂 I know there are versions where it wasn't kidnap, I know there are versions where Hades was blameless. The above quote was a joke. Not a very funny one, but it would've been less funny if I'd added "oh, except in this myth or that myth" I guess that ship has sailed now 😅 Cool your keyboards and have good evening guys

[@nightwolfnordberg9476]

​@@kellynolen498maybe hestia is richer beacuse she is maneger of the sacrifices

[@darkminer14]

People forget Hades is about the chillest of the pantheon

[@Azorees-oj5zr]

*(Hestia literally just chilling by the hearth)* She’s one of the only females that Zeus and Poseidon wouldn’t try and sleep with (the only other two that I know of are Athena and Artemis), hell the entire pantheon came to defend her when they thought someone was trying to have their way with her.

[@hitandruncommentor]

​@Azorees-oj5zr yep one of my personal favorite myth. Lesson, not even a god can disrespect people's homes without consequences.

[@a.t.o.mworkshop6409]

the problem is that now, people confuse Hadès with the devil, as they are both responsible of the "underground place"... Even Disney put flames on him which have NEVER been a symbol of Hadès... And they get the "I want to dethone the principal god from Lucifer... It is pretty sad...

[@SonicFan313]

Yeah, he is chillest, unless you fuck with the concepts of life and death, or try to break or take something of his. Do that and he will ensure you are fucked

[@Pawc4]

@@Azorees-oj5zr Pretty sure Poseidon tried to rape her (both him and Apollo made an attempt IIRC, and were stopped by a donkey, hence why she took it as her symbolic animal), at the very least, he was interested in her.

[@Rage_Blocks]

Hades is basically the " you do something for me I do something for you" kinda God. Complete his task and you will get your end of the deal. Great man

[@rodrigoandorinha9259]

And he is pretty chill, which is surprising when every monster named "Too bad " gets send there

[@thecharmingone3931]

Basically making a Deal With the Devil, but there's no loopholes that'll screw you over.

[@khadacoveiro1363]

​@@thecharmingone3931Hades is in overall a better devil (or better at least compared to the rest of the family)

[@jonathanwells223]

Sounds like the definition of a covenant… the Greeks got some ‘splainin’ to do

[@jonathanwells223]

@@thecharmingone3931what loopholes? Name one where the other party didn’t disregard clearly stated stipulations.

[@someguy3861]

"Me? Steal a lightning bolt? I have enough paperwork to sift through already, thank you very not."

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

Exactly, the vibe I PERSONALLY got from him was like a depressed CEO who’s stressed out 24/7

[@JAGUARBURST]

Like the game.

[@Holidaemon2516]

I always loved his quote in the first book, "Traffic problems at the judgment pavilion. Double overtime for the staff. I used to be a rich god, Percy Jackson. I control all the precious metals under the earth. But my expenses!" The dude is overworked

[@Daughter_of_Hades1924]

@@Holidaemon2516and let’s not forget Charon and his oh so expensive Italian suits. You know I blame Hades and probable bring Charon along to meet Maria Di Angelo in Italy. I think he got addicted to their suits

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

@@Holidaemon2516 exactly! this is precisely why he *doesn't* want a massive war: think of all the additional dead people he'd have to deal with! i don't know why in this video he said that Hades likes it when people become his "subjects"

[@tinamoul]

Hades being the overworked bureaucrat, and pretty much going " I have actual work to do, you think I have the time to play silly games with those fops?"

[@consentDracula]

ZEUS: Hades is trying to take over Olympus! HADES: Btch i cant even pay for new subdivisions on my kingdom.

[@griffins750]

And the projects in Asphodel REALLY didn’t go well 😂

[@ithamarlowe6158]

Maybe it’s just easy to blame him because they treat him like the scapegoat for everything

[@hadeskore]

He's the richest god.

[@ryankoh917]

​@@hadeskore he could pay, but apparently it was (pardon the pun) a hell of a job expanding Asphodel. Like, in the Battle of the Labyrinth, Hades was ecstatic for finally recieving Daedelus, not just because the man has been avoiding death for a few centuries, but because he finally had a competent engineer. He put Daedalus into immediately expanding transit into Asphodel.

[@TheSentinelStone]

@@ryankoh917 Daedalus didn’t even get that bad of a deal considering he had been cheating death for so long iirc. He got to keep doing what he was good at, and I think he even got weekends off to spend time with his family.

[@julieb9811]

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher did Hades justice, too. He was basically just chilling, and had an actual calm, civilized conversation with Harry Dresden.

[@derekmann8239]

Yesss I was looking for this. And he named his dog Spot!

[@streakermaximus]

@@derekmann8239 "Who's a good boy?"

[@misslangleysoryuisiconic]

Book?

[@streakermaximus]

@@misslangleysoryuisiconic Skin Game, book 15 of The Dresden Files

[@badquestion4785]

“Cerberus,” I said promptly. “But everyone knows that.” “Do you know what it means?” I opened my mouth and closed it again. I shook my head. “It is from an ancient word, kerberos. It means ‘spotted.’” I blinked. “You’re a genuine Greek god. You’re the Lord of the Underworld. And . . . you named your dog Spot?” “Who’s a good dog?” Hades said, scratching the third head behind the ears, and making the beast’s mouth drop open in a doggy grin. “Spot is. Yes, he is.” I couldn’t help it. I laughed. Hades’ eyebrows went up. He didn’t quite smile, but he nonetheless managed to look pleased. “A rare enough sound in my kingdom.” He nodded. “I am a guardian of an underground realm filled with terrible power, the warden of a nation-prison of shades. I am charged with protecting it, maintaining it, and seeing to it that it is used properly. I am misunderstood by most, feared by most, hated by many. I do my duty as I think best, regardless of anyone’s opinion but my own, and though my peers have neglected their charges or focused upon inconsequential trivialities in the face of larger problems, it does not change that duty-even when it causes me great pain. And I have a very large, and very good dog . . .” Spot’s tail thumped the side of Hades’ chair like some enormous padded baseball bat. “. . . whom other people sometimes consider fearsome.” He turned to me, put his wineglass down and regarded me frankly. “I believe,” he said, “that we have a great many things in common.” He rose and stood before me. Then he extended his right arm. “You are here because I wanted to take a moment to shake your hand and wish you luck.”

[@InfernoBlast-th1ot]

Hades be like: No Zeus I don't need to expand my dominion, my dominion is expanding as we are talking right now. 😂

[@omgitzthunderlol4598]

“This conversation has set me back months of work” -hades

[@AnneKirk453]

Hades- Ahh! Dammit Zeus! *notices huge soul pile up* I swear if I see him again…..! *growls and clenches his fist* On Olympus: Poseidon- *looks at Zeus on Olympus* I think hades is at it again! Zeus- *looks at him* Why do you say that brother? Poseidon- I mean I have a feeling he’s pissed at you for summoning like you did with Percy…Which Percy is still pissed with you because he was in the middle of a conversation with Annebeth! Zeus- he can get over it!

[@brainrich1358]

He understands wanting more comes with more responsibility. He already has enough with the Underworld lol

[@jeremytitus9519]

Passive income

[@thebighurt2495]

Charon: I'm gonna need a bigger boat

[@DocLeQuack]

Hades just went “Do you see how fucking busy I am? My schedule is full.”

[@TalisSolepsis]

"I don't know if you've noticed, but our brother Poseidon just had a hissy fit and drowned another island, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to be dealing with a lot more of an intake than I originally planned for today..."

[@jonathanwells223]

@@TalisSolepsisthe “good” Greek gods seem to throw bitchfits quite a bit too often

[@AngryVideoGameGhiaccio]

Percy: where's the lightning? Hades: don't know, don't care.

[@g_h_o_u_l]

Hades: Didn't ask, now get the fuck out of my house

[@blather7952]

@@g_h_o_u_l😂

[@Tybatmanty]

Hades: also where's my hat?

[@eenigma2663]

Hades: b*tch where's my helm

[@YourLocalPlushAddict]

Hades:Idk beats me

[@Samcara]

Hades doesn't want the universe, just a nice place to call home...and friendly faces to meet him warmly as he crosses the door.

[@hedgeowlinvest7902]

Hades was the first born anyways. It’s his birthright. He just doesn’t want it

[@Mokiefraggle]

Didn't some versions say he _wanted_ the Underworld, because unlike being the ruler of a flashy dominion like the Heavens, the Underworld was actually the ultimate power play, because everyone would have to fall under his domain eventually? Like, I've seen at least a couple of versions where he made a big huff about being stuck with it because his brothers wanted to draw straws for who'd get what, but inside he was secretly snickering "Suckers!" as his younger brothers went right for the big, flashy drama power-bases.

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

​@@Mokiefragglenot really it wasnt a power play as the domains were picked by drawing lots making it random And it was actually zeus who told him that as king of the underworld everyone would eventually be his subjects

[@Mokiefraggle]

@@Blaze-xe8cl I've read at least one version where Hades was depicted as having feigned begrudgingly accepting the Underworld because he drew the shortest straw, but that it was done in part because he wanted it due to it being the low-key most powerful domain. That he would've picked it regardless of which straw he drew. In that, Zeus was sort of more mock-apologetic, and was clearly unaware of what level of dominion Hades actually had.

[@BoostedMonkey05]

​@@Mokiefraggle he was never much of a megalomaniac. Another one of his portrayals of him becoming ruler of the afterlife has him be sympathetic towards the dead who have no where to go and wander the world of the living. He has a job, a loving wife who is ABSOLUTELY more scary than Hades will ever be, and the companionship of Kerberos.

[@ddthewolf]

I've also heard some versions were Zeus tricked him, by challenging him and Poseidon to a game of chance of who would get what but rigged it that he'd get Heaven and Hades got the underworld

[@ClockworkOuroborous]

Hades; also the only Greek God not constantly cheating on his wife. The 1 time it happened was because someone disguised herself as his wife so well, she fooled him. And he was pissed!

[@sammy_slammy]

Zeus be lookin' for a fling every day of the week, Poseidon be trying to hit up Demeter or Medusa or *whatever,* it really just emphasizes that one, I think Tumblr post. "I'm going home to my WIFE. Because I LOVE HER. That's why I MARRIED HER." Out of all the Greek gods, Hades is probably the only one Hera thinks is chill, cuz he's the only one who believes in the sanctity of marriage.

[@irishspartanstudios]

Oh... Tartarus know no fury like an angered Persephone. Minthe learned that quite well.

[@Pr0fessorUnkn0wn]

@@irishspartanstudiosyou don’t piss off the plant goddess

[@irishspartanstudios]

@@Pr0fessorUnkn0wn That's Demeter.

[@Pr0fessorUnkn0wn]

@@irishspartanstudios close enough

[@claudiabcarvalho]

Hollywood can't help itself from treating Zeus and Hades like they were God and Satan.

[@amberdemayo6979]

Facts

[@El3ctr0Lun4]

Because a) they’re morons, or b) they think their audience are morons.

[@shawndavis1480]

In Hollywood's defense, they're writing to their audience.

[@RickReasonnz]

@@shawndavis1480 "Writing complex characters? No thank you, we know our audience!"

[@MrThomasOHIO-dr8zt]

The show actually shows that Hades is not that caring

[@GZilla311]

Hades is honestly just a really tired general manager.

[@grubblandeg]

Hade's the kind of guy who will be the only one to show up to your birthday party. Not because he has to, but he doesn't want you to be alone

[@kitty_is_dead_]

Wait that would be so cute

[@Daughter_of_Hades1924]

New headcanon: Hades visited Nico on his birthday when he was on the run and comforted him (even though it might only just be in his dreams) or when a random unclaimed demigod is lonely on their birthday becoz they have no friends, Hades would stop his paperwork just for the kid even though its not his just to make the kid happy.

[@demonwolf5553]

Hades and Anubis : chill guys made villains in every fkin media.

[@amspook]

Don't forget Osiris Dude be chilling too, it's Set that's making all the troubles

[@demonwolf5553]

@PauloSM-wx1ty it's because seth was the ursurper, he killed his brother Osiris because of jealousy, fought Horus multiple times for the throne etc, Meanwhile Anubis has always been a protective deity and gets portrayed as evil

[@Ghaltouni]

@PauloSM-wx1ty Anubis is also a villain in several media

[@acapellalasagna8115]

​@@demonwolf5553 Idk why, but Hollywood seems to think "God of death = bad". Hades, Anubis, Hela... 😮‍💨

[@LastKnight0727]

American Gods did Anubis right. He was a gentle usher of souls to their after life.

[@BurttheBard]

I mean, Hades is the only one who truly rules over everyone - there’s just a time delay. Probably why he was so chill in mythology.

[@Sumschmuck]

Hades: "why should I bother ruling the earth when people are dying to see me"

[@rodrigoandorinha9259]

So, hoe is Hades? Oh, its to die for

[@shellbellheart_tv]

in the game Hades, he's literally just minding his business, tryin to take care of the realm and prevent any potential war with olympus.

[@MV96_]

And also killing his son 😂 Filicide/Patricide runs in the family, I guess 😂

[@chrisb8768]

⁠@@MV96_I mean there was a reason he kept trying to stop his son in the games, if you escape a few times you’ll find out why. In the games, he was pretty chill, dudes just depressed.

[@SamuelPulkkinen-jp8ev]

@@chrisb8768 bruh, I get Hades had reasons and he warmed up at the end game, but you absolutely cannot call him "chill" in that game.

[@Vertutame]

@@SamuelPulkkinen-jp8ev He doesn't want to make his boy feeling hopeless because of his own condition. I think he's overprotective It's not like he would die anyway.

[@SamuelPulkkinen-jp8ev]

@@Vertutame ends don't justify the means. Hades was constantly angry, brooding, dismissive and thickheaded. When the love is nowhere to be seen it's the same as it not being there at all. And by the gods, even if Zagreus cannot die-die, HE STILL EXPERIENCES PAIN etc. Hades is setting obstacles to knowingly rip his son to shreds, even personally taking part. It makes sense that he is the "final boss" of the runs, he was the antagonist of Zagreus' story. I don't even think the narrative tried to say he was right to do it, just to acknowledge he isn't truly evil, without care or irredeemable.

[@sup9441]

The musical tho "They never visit their brother anymore... I think it's the decor." Iconic

[@luisafernandes8929]

Did you forget about the Percy Jackson TV series on Disney Plus?

[@QuantumTap]

Hollywood: so hes greek satan right? the entire fandom: NO!

[@chaserseven2886]

They shouldn’t listen to the “fandom”

[@guifdcanalli]

Chronos, Typhon and Tartarus are way more worthy of yhe satan title

[@Connor-ONeill]

Why not? They're right. Hades ISN'T greek Satan.

[@LORDANK84]

Does greek myth even have an equicalent of satan they dont have a major god for evil its just most of their major gods have done some devious stuff

[@Connor-ONeill]

@@LORDANK84 The closest i can think of would be the primordial being Tartarus. In myth, Zues said the realm of Tartarus is "as far beneath Hades as heaven is above earth" and its where the REALLY bad people ended up.

[@irishspartanstudios]

He has over 160,000,000,000 subjects. No other Olympian can compete.

[@USS-Texas3214]

"As first born son, the world was his by birth right, and while there is a bit of a dely everyone becomes his subject eventually"-Red

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

who?

[@brutustantheiii8477]

@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 overly sarcastic productions i think

[@bighersh14]

Hades is my favorite Greek god and I love the Percy Jackson book series

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

Oh yeah in the books it subverts from the villain cliche and shows why he's feared yet respected

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Better portrayed in Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. I would read that one!

[@ywaern]

It's been years since I've read any of the books, read them back in middle school, such a long time ago now, but also read cirque DU freak around the same time, good series, books i can fondly remember details of, like the fact that Percy Jackson was dyslexic which became a key trait into why he was special

[@hulmhochberg8129]

​@@charlotteinnocent8752to be fair that's a lot of books and he only shows up once so far. They are great books tho

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

@@hulmhochberg8129 Got a feeling he'll be back in future books!

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Hades is a good dude. He was fair, didn't fuck people over for fun. Did a lot of good and kept things balanced. Hades is a busy hard working dude. He's got that grind going on.

[@johnnyperry1471]

The R**** of Persephone is always pulled out in opposition but the root of that word comes from an old world for stealing. Persephone was stolen from Demeter. Zeus arranged the marriage of his daughter with Hades and told Hades how to show Persephone a grand act. The whole story was Zeus' idea. Persephone is not shown to be unwilling, but also not shown to be willing. In the myth she is not a real character, it is a story about Zeus, Hades, and Demeter to explain natural phenomenon. The myth of their marriage is also far younger than persephone as the underworld goddess though. She is an ancient goddess that predates Ancient Greece and had always been the goddess of roots and death. Too many people try to use Persephone as a weapon against Hades even though all of the worst versions of the story were written by Christian monks rather than people who worshiped him.

[@ushsproject]

he also didn't fuck people like his two brothers

[@itstimeforafuckingcrusade]

Just wants to chill with his wife and dog

[@TheArklyte]

>Makes Hades look like stereotypical depiction of Satan just because Hades rules Hell >Completely forgets that Satan doesn't rule Hell, he's imprisoned there ^every media ever

[@KaleidoRose]

also, >Completely forgets that he also rules *heaven* (Elysium)

[@LordSiravant]

I think the idea of Satan ruling Hell instead of just being imprisoned there started with Paradise Lost.

[@TheArklyte]

@@KaleidoRose I also forgot to add third point ">Automatically labels any land of the dead as Hell because it's underground" Didn't Elysium had separate ruler?

[@dixieslav1274]

​@@LordSiravantEven there, it's just Satan coping about being imprisoned.

[@DashhishigBaterdene]

​@@TheArklyte i think that was his daughter

[@AzureKyle]

The thing is, most media portray him as a villain, when he's not. He's just a guy doing his job. He has no resentments towards fellow gods, especially Zeus. However, a lot of his stories are twisted by others when they translate them, to try and make him evil, because people nowadays fear death, while the Ancient Greeks viewed death as a part of life, something to be embraced, not feared or loathed.

[@demonslayer6267]

Slight correction, the Greeks were abso-fucking-lutelty terrified of death and spooked by the Underworld, to the point where they even avoided calling Hades and Persephone by name, in a ''Don't mention them they might notice you'' bad omen type of deal, I think the Egyptians are a better pick for what you describe seeing as, unlike the Greek Phanteon, the Egyptian Gods could age, even die, and Osiris, an Underworld God, was for quite some time the big cheese of the Phanteon (Never a constant thing with Egyptians, God in charged changed depending on the current Pharo's favorite furry)

[@coltonwilliams4153]

@@demonslayer6267 Yeah. They gave Hades the epithet “Zeus of the Underworld” because they didn’t want to get his attention.

[@kingsman2.065]

Not just that even the Japanese version of Hades ( record of ragnarok) couldn't care less about that and is seen more as a loving big brother who wants to protect his siblings than one who wants to rule over them

[@michaelhayes8519]

One thing people misunderstand about Hades: why would he want a bigger kingdom, with even more responsibilities? He's always "upset" because he's quite literally the only greek God who takes his role seriously.

[@Ragnarra]

Because his other siblings are literally shitheads and too busy screwing with mortals to care. I feel like he would simpathize with Hel and they both would become friends.

[@lelandholmquist2467]

@@Ragnarra Lets be real if the gods could kill each other they would. But they physically can't so there stuck with being petty assholes.

[@Rustylorde]

"me damnit brother, this is the 30th affair with your wife, the goddess of MARAGE that you've had this week! and it's still FUCKING MONDAY!!!!"

[@coltonwilliams4153]

@@Rustylorde And Hera! Can you please at least try to keep collateral damage to a minimum?! That maid who served Zeus’s latest fling didn’t deserve to be turned to stone as well! I’d recommend couple’s counseling for you two, but I know there isn’t any counselor qualified for this nonsense, even if there was enough money in existence to pay them for it.

[@kingol4801]

@@Rustylorde Maybe the goddess the just petty, and Zeus was properly embracing polygamy.

[@enriquezavala4946]

"Have you noticed my desk Percy?. Its made of mahogany"

[@grekoy]

That is so true. So far the Percy Jackson book series have the best portrayal of Hades. Seriously, the whole 'Hades is evil' thing needs to stop.

[@Eventualmoss315]

The game Hades also had a really good representation; a tired dad.

[@atomicnumber202]

It's also due to the connection he was given by others to hell. The underworld isn't hell, there is a specific part of it called tartorus(Auto correct isn't helping me at all)

[@juliandacosta6841]

​@@atomicnumber202yeah while he does rule over the greek version of hell, he also rules over the greek versions of heaven, so his depiction as a satan-like figure is strange.

[@ddthewolf]

I remember when Disney came out with their version of Hercules, my dad thought it was stupid Hades was the villains and felt they should have found a way to make Hera the villain

[@thelordhelix5193]

Disney knew Zeus was too similar to Yahweh and Herc to Jesus so they made Hades like the devil because it was simpler for Christian audience @@ddthewolf

[@ΣτέργιοςΜποπότας-ζ1μ]

It always frustrated me how pop culture portrates Hades as the villain and every other olympian as a heroic figure, while in mythology its the complete opposite. Until recently i found out about a book trilogy called The Ruined Gods by Alex Robins, where it does justice to the character (and shows some other olympians as the true trash they are). I highly recomend it, as not only it does justice to one of the most misanderstud mythological figures, it also has amaizing plot twists and the writer understands uses respectfully the ancient greek language in his work.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

The same can be said for Ares who embodies and leads the negative aspects of war yet when looking at his character is much more complicated, same for Hades Because war and dying are negative, they're easy villains

[@eclipsedarksouls6036]

I also feel like hades got saddles with the devil/hell association

[@FRPMM]

​@@theanimeunderworld8338 One time, Ares was viewed as a murderer by 2 Olympian Gods. Most female Olympians viewed him as a protector since the guy he killed r*** his daughter.

[@byronrush9802]

​Also he won the heart of the goddess of love so the guy can't be all bad, and he's not a complete god of war because he doesn't represent all aspects of war just the negative parts because the rest of it went to Athena Even though she's a goddess of knowledge and shouldn't have anything to do with war

[@johnnyperry1471]

@@byronrush9802 She is the goddess of smart war, he is the god of dumb war. As the goddess of tactics her knowledge aspect is directly tied to her status as a war god. The greeks were also not attached to the idea of one god for one thing. Aspects can be shared by multiple entities. There are tons of gods of the ocean and Poseidon was not in a power struggle with them. Hades is not the god of death but instead the god of the underworld, the whole realm but persephone is also the god of the underworld and had been long before Ancient Greece. When Hades was created and Persephone had already been worshiped in Arcadia, they were just put together. The Greeks didn't believe in denying gods, that would be unwise as they may retaliate. So new and old gods were just fit together without denial unless they were targeted by politician when their cults were a nuisance.

[@aceteen11studios48]

With this description of hades he’s like this mean looking guy who is just doing his job has a good life got a wife and dog and really good gig and just doesn’t want any trouble

[@TheBeardedAtheist]

“Why do you want to go up there when everyone is dying to get down here?” Lmao

[@tiagobelo4965]

What a line

[@Tony3x88]

Hades gets a bad rap when Zeus was a complete menace to EVERYONE!

[@kingol4801]

Because he should be. That is what gods are - forces of nature. Trying to project humanity on divinity is just horrid concept. Main difference: Interaction with the enviroment. People cannot change things. So, they accept things and give up. When a god exists, reality is their to mold. Anything and everything can be undone by the virtue of god’s imagination. Essentially, here is the comparison: Humans climb the mountain to get through it. God just tears the mountain down, along with everybody still climbing it. Gods SHOULD be seen as forces of nature. As hurricanes or earthquakes. Not “good” or “bad”. Just neutral, impactful. Essentially, gods would logically hold very alien, not human-centric morality (if everything is a product of your imagination, life is dispensable and meaningless, as it can be rewritten at any point)… and be walking nuclear explosions with personality (and therefore temper). Zeus is the EXACT embodiment of that kind of god (or, by more modern popular culture, TV Homelander) - he lashes out and gets what he wants, because he is superior to others by miles, and therefore, it is an optimal course of actions within the environment. Difference is that “Boys” is a human-centric TV show and villain is supposed to lose. Whereas Zeus was rightfully feared and never lost. He was the oppressive, powerful being that exercised his superiority rightfully over anything and everything. It might not be a good thing by human standards, but by divine standards, that is peak of the line.

[@willhornsby206]

@@kingol4801 Only reason Zeus hasn't lost is because his Olderest brother just doesn't care about being king. Pretty impossible to kill the dead unless Hades is on your side.

[@myasmith1820]

@@willhornsby206People forget that Zeus isn’t the king because he’s the strongest. He’s the king because he’s best for the job.

[@tiagobelo4965]

​@@kingol4801and yet they themselves were written with morals, weaknesses, and faults in every myth, although their scale would be different, humans are still able to judge them. It is not because you are stronger that you should always get what you want, as uncle Ben always said "with great power comes great responsibility" and in all honesty, few in the greek mythos seem to truly take up the second part

[@slayeroffurries1115]

​@@kingol4801 The Elder Scrolls does that very well

[@gamerling2547]

And then he restores Percy's mother's life after Percy returned Zeus' thunderbolt, because he also has a sense of honor

[@willhornsby206]

And Hades' helm that was stolen. That was the bargain. Get the Helm back to Hades, Percy gets his mom back. Percy gets the bolt back to Olympus so that Hades doesn't have more paperwork.

[@YoBen100]

Dude is just waiting for his wife to come back each year.

[@lifesyphon1]

Every time there’s a Hades story where he’s trying to take over I think “Why? Just wait a few years, everyone will be your subject eventually.” I’m glad there’s a writer who followed the same logic lol

[@1anastudent]

Jim Butcher, the Dresden series. I believe it's the 14th book "Skin Game". Dresden has a conversation and is treated with kindness by Hades

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

THANK YOU! I was hoping someone would mention Harry Dresden! A MUCH superior series, and that is saying something! And I feel a lot more accurate of Hades as the Greeks would imagine him!

[@AnimeSquirrel]

It's one of my favorite moments in the entire series.

[@MTEllipsis]

Was just about to comment this myself=)... probably the best take on hades i've encountered personally...

[@mmead7904]

Yes. I would argue that it is one of the best scenes in the series and there is Cerberus. What more can you want.

[@danielcanty5727]

Just commented the same then I found this... Well Butcher can get more attention, goodness knows he deserves it.

[@vidarodinson5246]

Hades is basically the best Greek god, he is faithful, he is dedicated to his realm and keep "his sword inside it's sheath"

[@ericjohnson6120]

He shines by comparison.

[@El3ctr0Lun4]

Eh, I would say Prometheus is the best, as he’s the one who brought fire to humans and imparted knowledge, wisdom, arts, science and technology. In some versions of the myth he is also the one who creates humans. For all his gifts to humanity he was punished and sentenced by Zeus to daily torture for eternity. Prometheus literally sacrificed his eternal health and well-being for humanity’s benefit. Of course, thousands of years later he would be freed by Hercules, so his story does have a happy ending after all.

[@kingol4801]

@@El3ctr0Lun4 No offense, but enabling the existence of bigoted, greedy and invasive species that destroy the very world they live in is NOT a good thing. Zeus was right in objective terms

[@thetruesimplegrid]

@@El3ctr0Lun4 Prometheus is a Titan though, so he isn’t one of the gods. He is pretty good though. Like you said, some myths claim he loved mankind more than the gods.

[@El3ctr0Lun4]

@@thetruesimplegrid True, he is a titan indeed.

[@christianjohnhicban9469]

Rick Riordan's Hades was already stressed of Charon falling inlove with Italian suits 😅😅😅

[@FRADAVE01]

Actually, "Xena, Warrior Princess" had some pretty accurate portrayals of Hades!

[@TheMimiSard]

True, presented at first as a threat, until he picks Persephone up. Then he's just Mr Nice and Reliable who just wants to do his job and be with his lady love.

[@kevynhansyn2902]

I don't think this guy was old enough to know who that was. Or perhaps he was just a little twinkle within the testicle.

[@MrAkaidu]

Hades is also represented pretty well in Hades.

[@JarredRat]

@@MrAkaiduwonder why

[@MrAkaidu]

@@JarredRat oh but Hades isn't about Hades it's about Hades, or at least Hades's son's journey through Hades.

[@artibozo4565]

I love Hades, literally a chill dude just doing his job

[@diaria_mini]

First rule: We don't talk about the Perry Johnson Movies.

[@emilykwilson3611]

Do you mean the Peter Johannsen movies?

[@imranshafiq3727]

No, it's the peanut butter & jelly series...

[@NINGEN18oo]

He must mean the perry platypus series

[@Ilovepjo13]

Fr lol

[@akisamekoetsuji7298]

Not in „Blood of Zeus“ tho, I mean yeah, he wants to get King of the Gods there too but not bc he actually wants the power but bc he knows Zeus tricked him (which actually happened) and (more importantly) bc he wants to tell Demeter to shut the hell up so he can be with Persephone the entire year. And that only partly for himself but moreover bc he want to spare his Kids the heartbreak they suffer when their mother leaves.

[@officerspider7996]

“Do you have any idea how many people die and have died in history? My hands are full enough!”

[@JoseMora-wc5zz]

Percy: Hey, YOU. You’re the bad guy Hades: What? I literally don’t even have good health insurance for this shit job.

[@gaiusdevil5481]

I allways liked that percys first reaction to seing hades is "Oh...so thats what gods actually are supposed to look like"

[@AzulaFarum]

In mythology Hades is one of the most chill gods. Especially out of the big three.

[@Zephyr23311]

I mean he said it plain and simple “in the end all are my subjects”

[@haileylikes2draw]

I remember this anime (Kamigami no Asobi) where Hades explains that he actually really appreciates the view of the night sky, and felt that his brothers and fellow gods could never understand him/the human experience cause they’re always up in Olympus having their fun so he didn’t really envy them.

[@rodrigoandorinha9259]

Thats cool

[@hypnoticskull6342]

I'd love to see a movie with an accurate story, but Hades has the personality he had in the Hercules movie. Like the hero is confronting him to get answers about something and Hades is just going through mountains of paperwork and had bags under his eyes while he's just like, "Yup. Yup. Yeah. Oh, very interesting. Talk to Charon about your problems, he's my secretary for a reason. So if you're done talking to me, GET OUT!"

[@deathshead556]

Also in the book at the same time Zeuses bolt was stolen, so was Hades helm of darkness. After Percy said he had neither is when Hades got really upset. The books outshine the movies tenfold. In the movies all the gods are shown with gold, silver. In the books Poseidon shows up in rags and an old fisherman’s cap.

[@sylviamontaez3889]

hades just seemed like an immortal office clerk fed up with everyone's bs.

[@Creym464]

"why do need to add my work hour when i am so stressed about current work"

[@3DSDF]

Percy: Also, Charon wants a raise.

[@margaretconnor5623]

@@3DSDF That was so funny. Hades going on a rant about how stressed he is and how he's spending so much money opening and building new sections to accommodate all the new souls coming and then Percy just 'this might be a bad time to mention it...but Charon wants a raise"

[@crazyguy7755]

Hades the game has the best and most accurate portrayal of hades ive ever seen. And its one of the reasons i live the game so much, you can tell the writers did their research

[@wxloey]

Percy : Give me back the Lightning bolt!! Hades : What's that?

[@Ebenadams1]

Hades is actually the most empathetic god of them all since yesterday deal with all the souls all the time he learned how to be empathetic towards all of them he’s the nicest one which is why Persephone actually wants to stay with Hades instead of leaving for the other half of the year

[@Anastasija5523]

FINALLY! Someone has finally given some credit to Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan.

[@greeninja5991]

Finally? I thought it was common knowledge that the series is a great way to teach mythology

[@Anastasija5523]

Up till now no one gave credit to Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan. Literally one in a billion shorts which I see give credit to this Esylim (did I spell it right?) which our dear devil Uncle Rick made.

[@Pandemia616]

​@Anastasija525 that's not true. The Percy Jackson book series is very popular.

[@Anastasija5523]

It is. But I've hardly seen anyone give credit to it for teaching and entertaining us.

[@user-mAfuNqrSe020x]

​@@Anastasija5523 I've seen it a lot tho, even from few years back too. Maybe you just didnt come across those type of videos

[@ProfAzimov]

"Everyone comes here eventually. Why would I rule them for longer."

[@GuyWhoLovesCheeseburgers]

Notable mention of a cool Hades : Hades from Record of Ragnarok, despite the series infamous inaccurate portrayal of various gods, they managed to get Hades as a wholesome big brother character that always watches his brothers backs.

[@SyukriMahmud-i6u]

I heard somewhere in YT someone said that in the mythology Hades is the only one who not raping mortals spreading seeds of demogods children and he keep himself clean from any controversial and dramas except issues within the Underworld. And yet film makers don't do him justice.

[@M-nonn]

Overly sarcastic productions?

[@SyukriMahmud-i6u]

@@M-nonn I can't remember the channel name, something² Mythology like that. I can't search for it.

[@discountplaguedoctor88]

@@SyukriMahmud-i6u Must've been The Mythology Guy.

[@FRPMM]

Hades in show: Evil Hades in Percy Jackson books: Manager with no BS.

[@chemicalhap]

Uh. No. Just very cranky.

[@DJCalliean]

He’s not evil in the show either, just the movie.

[@gunny4394]

By the time he barely started his intro i was screaming "PERCY JACKSON" on the top of my lungs. Love LOVE his portrayal in it.

[@VLFBERHTwolf]

In the myth, didn't Zeus trick his older brother Hades in ruling over the dead? Hades hates Zeus for it but makes the best of a horrid situation.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

It's easy to make the god of the dead a villain if looking from the black and white narrative of heaven and hell but it's the opposite Hades is more mature and just while Zeus is immature and petty

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

The main problem is greek mytholog doesnt really have a hell good or bad youl end up in hades

[@FRPMM]

The underworld is basically "Korea" because you got he'll on oneside, and the other is heaven.

[@FRPMM]

OMG, my goddamn auto correct HELL!

[@peterdenov4898]

​@@FRPMMbruh..... Alright, you do you I guess.

[@kingol4801]

Zeus embraces what it means to be a god. Hades does not. Hint: Being human-centric is not divine

[@luminariel3765]

Hades does not want the crown of Olympus, he doesn't need the extra work 😂

[@bdawg202787]

I love his portrayal in Hadestown. Such a great musical.

[@mughwortslongshot4545]

"for the love of myself, I don't KNOW!" - Hades, probably.

[@Winddemonslayer]

“People ending up at his doorstep eventually” was the perfect reason

[@gormold4163]

The portrayal in the video game hades is pretty good too. I like the idea that he has so much work to do that he just doesn’t have the time to mess around like the other gods do.

[@MV96_]

He’s super bothered that he has to come up to the surface to kill his son 😂 “Has” because SPOILERS He doesn’t want his son to blab about Persephone to the Olympians(and Demeter, specifically)

[@OfDaSouth]

Hades is actually a pretty chill guy, it's his brothers that really should scare you.

[@LordHammer33]

Kaos does a good depiction of Hades. He's just the dude working his ass off to keep things running smoothly while his brothers are fucking around up top

[@Phoenixesper1]

Truth is, Hades was for all intents, the most merciful, honest and decent of all the gods. True he had his moments of underhandedness and cruelty, but usually only when he had been wronged or something stolen from him. But while the gods in Olympus made sport of torturing humanity in one way or another, Hades was the one who ended all of their suffering with the merciful act of death. He is also the Eldest of the gods, and technically the most powerful, as the gods derive their power from their creations as the titans before them did, but not Hades, He draws his power from his ever-growing legions of souls, to put it bluntly, all the other gods may perish, but so long as men live and die hades is eternal, its also why he doesn't covet power or fear losing it, which makes him effectively uncorrupted, unlike the gods who live in eternal fear of being supplanted like they supplanted the titans.

[@JWoods256]

I mostly agree but want to point put that hades wasn't death nor was he in charge of death or ferrying souls. He was in charge of you once you were already dead.

[@imranshafiq3727]

​@@JWoods256 Correct, he would outsource those jobs to Charon, Thanatos, Keres, etc to name a few.

[@maxducks2001]

The Percy Jackson series honestly taught me a lot about mythology as a kid that I never knew. Hell, The Son of Neptune went out of its way to distinguish Pluto from Hades, and yet acknowledge that they’re different sides to essentially the same god.

[@willlyon7129]

I hope the new Disney+ series will do justice to the source material.

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

The actor definitely looks similar to Hades, but wonder how he'll act

[@nucleonegro9762]

It's going to be made by current-era Disney, because of that i suspect that they'll go for badly-done inclusivity instead of book-accuracy

[@crazycurious9771]

@@nucleonegro9762You're kinda dense, aren't you? You realize Rick Riordan himself literally wrote several characters with diversity and inclusivity in mind?

[@ashvinvaidyanathan7239]

You know it won't

[@chaserseven2886]

@@crazycurious9771they are dense

[@caomouse8829]

Poor Hades, even his son wants to beat him up

[@Mutualititve]

"The world is his by birthright, even with a delay, everything will be his subjects."

[@HarleyQuinnSoldier]

Hades legit just wants to be left the fuck alone & do his job & I respect that

[@TheMimiSard]

I see that clip feom the Percy Jackson movie and now think "Pre-Ahsoka!".

[@SillyRunner]

Bro isnt evil, hes just isolated from the other gods because he has his own kingdom to run.

[@Hereforthelols]

Hades is a pretty chill guy tbh..dude is faithful to his wife, does his job very well and has an adorable 3headed puppy

[@shantellakaladypersephone8671]

FACTSSSSS Jon!!! I loved this version of Hades

[@ryujibackyeah4189]

Bro he just want to chill with his dog

[@FinnyTheFoxX]

THE FACT THAT IN THE SHOW HADES TRIED TO GET THE LIGHTNING BOLT FOR PROTECTION!!!

[@Morgan_Rider]

That was AFTER he learned Kronos was plotting again

[@FinnyTheFoxX]

@@Morgan_Rider STILL.