smorespeligro:
I’m conflicted. I like the dynamic that a lot of so called Hades/Persephone AU type...
I’m conflicted. I like the dynamic that a lot of so called Hades/Persephone AU type fics have. I like it. I enjoy it. I’m all about it. Character A is dark and brooding and genuinely troubled and probably kills people. Character B is lightness and a sounder morality but not too troubled by darkness. Great. Let’s bang.
BUT
HADES
IS
NOTHING
LIKE THAT
IN THE MYTHOLOGY.
He’s this chill and responsible dude who just happens to run the underworld because he and his bros drew straws for it and hey, he ended up with the underworld instead of the sea. He’s not a grim figure, or a sinister one, or a macabre one. He names his dog SPOT. Again: a chill dude. The kind of dude who does his taxes early.
So equating him with all these grimdark type characters–that’s not exactly right. That’s not right at all. The narrative is not Dark Dude Kidnaps Purity and Light in Girl Form. The narrative is not Her Love Saves Him.
The kidnapping thing–it’s not really. That was a marriage custom metaphor thing.
You know who was terrifying, in the mythology? Who was so dreaded that you weren’t even supposed to say their name?
Persephone.
Think about that, writing your AUs.
