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minthesupremacy · 28 days

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I think the Hunger Games series sits in a similar literary position to The Lord of the Rings, as a piece of literature (by a Catholic author) that sparked a whole new subgenre and then gets blamed for flaws that exist in the copycat books and aren’t actually part of the original.

Like, despite what parodies might say, Katniss is nowhere near the stereotypical “unqualified teenager chosen to lead a rebellion for no good reason”. The entire point is that she’s not leading the rebellion. She’s a traumatized teenager who has emotional reactions to the horrors in her society, and is constantly being reined in by more experienced adults who have to tell her, “No, this is not how you fight the government, you are going to get people killed.” She’s not the upstart teenager showing the brainless adults what to do–she’s a teenager being manipulated by smarter and more experienced adults. She has no power in the rebellion except as a useful piece of propaganda, and the entire trilogy is her straining against that role. It’s much more realistic and far more nuanced than anyone who dismisses it as “stereotypical YA dystopian” gives it credit for.

And the misconceptions don’t end there. The Hunger Games has no “stereotypical YA love triangle”–yes, there are two potential love interests, but the romance is so not the point. There’s a war going on! Katniss has more important things to worry about than boys! The romance was never about her choosing between two hot boys–it’s about choosing between two diametrically opposed worldviews. Will she choose anger and war, or compassion and peace? Of course a trilogy filled with the horrors of war ends with her marriage to the peace-loving Peeta. Unlike some of the YA dystopian copycats, the romance here is part of the message, not just something to pacify readers who expect “hot love triangles” in their YA.

The worldbuilding in the Hunger Games trilogy is simplistic and not realistic, but unlike some of her imitators, Collins does this because she has something to say, not because she’s cobbling together a grim and gritty dystopia that’s “similar to the Hunger Games”. The worldbuilding has an allegorical function, kept simple so we can see beyond it to what Collins is really saying–and it’s nothing so comforting as “we need to fight the evil people who are ruining society”. The Capitol’s not just the powerful, greedy bad guys–the Capitol is us, First World America, living in luxury while we ignore the problems of the rest of the world, and thinking of other nations largely in terms of what resources we can get from them. This simplistic world is a sparsely set stage that lets us explore the larger themes about exploitation and war and the horrors people will commit for the sake of their bread and circuses, meant to make us think deeper about what separates a hero from a villain.

There’s a reason these books became a literary phenomenon. There’s a reason that dozens upon dozens of authors attempted to imitate them. But these imitators can’t capture that same genius, largely because they’re trying to imitate the trappings of another book, and failing to capture the larger and more meaningful message underneath. Make a copy of a copy of a copy, and you’ll wind up with something far removed from the original masterpiece. But we shouldn’t make the mistake of blaming those flaws on the original work.

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minthesupremacy · 28 days

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Only 7 episodes of LO left. Any predictions before then?

God I can't even fathom it atm, I think my main prediction is that Persephone will find a way to not have to be in the mortal realm, Hera will somehow keep her spot or Zeus will be deposed.

Maybe Apollo becomes mortal as a nod to the myths? Or he gets locked in Tartaros. I suppose these are subject to change but these are the only way I see the story going. Jesus only 7 eps.

#asks

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minthesupremacy · 2 months

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I told you… this is what I think of you.

Persephone’s red eyes in Lore Olympus are right up my alley y’all

#lore olympus #persephone #art

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minthesupremacy · 2 months

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Happy birthday to me! I'm 27! Have a Queen Persephone 🖤

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minthesupremacy · 2 months

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#lore olympus #art #minthe #hera #persephone

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minthesupremacy · 2 months

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Redraw! I love their dynamic

#lore olympus #persephone #ares #art

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minthesupremacy · 2 months

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Good Bad Friends

Minthe 🌿

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Demeter from Lore Olympus

#lore olympus #art #demeter

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minthesupremacy · 2 months

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Some more recent LO fanarts

#lore olympus #art #minthe #demeter #persephone

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minthesupremacy · 2 months

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It won’t work, you know. Eventually she’ll see what you’re like… what you’re REALLY like.

I really like Minthe’s character. She’s horrible, self-loathing, abusive. Manipulative. Self-destructing. Her inner dialogue questioning why she’s like that… it makes me think of when I was in the worst of my untreated bipolar disorder. All I wanted was to cut cut cut. Cut people out, cut myself, cut other’s feelings. Make them as small as I felt. I don’t know what’s going to happen to her character, but I’m hoping for something satisfying either way.

#minthe #lore olympus #baby girl

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minthesupremacy · 9 months

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LORE | REKINDLED EPISODE 26 - LURK

< Previous episode | Next episode releases August 12th!

ah shit here we go again

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Thank you all for reading! Don't mind the early upload, Tumblr's Schedule feature is set to default as 'right this second' and I accidentally double clicked so you get to read it a couple hours early LMAO

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minthesupremacy · 9 months

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So if Hestia, Demeter, and Hera are still the sisters of Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus in your redesign 'verse, does this mean all the inc*stual stuff from the original myths is still in tact?

I've spoken about it on my IG I think, but the way I understand god relationships to be is a lot less hard and fast than human relationships. Their related-ness comes from the fact that they are humanoid versions of natural concepts. Hera is literally made of a star, she wasn't born and made the way human beings are, and the same goes for all the other gods. Gaia is technically Ouranos' mother, but I don't think it's an accurate representation of their relationship or what they are; they are literally the earth and cosmos

So, Persephone is by strict definitions Hades' niece, but she would never call him her uncle because they don't have that kind of relationship. For instance, Poseidon is her uncle/step dad bc of the role he plays in her life. Demeter is her mother bc she raised her, not just b/c she made her. For another example, Hephaestos and Hera (in my vers.) don't consider each other mother and son.

Persephone is the daughter of Zeus (the rain and sky) and Demeter (growth and agriculture) so of course she's the spring/new life. To me I see their family and connections as more connected to them as natural entities. Kronos in my vers. is more of an agricultural god, and Rhea is a mountain goddess, to signify their connection to the earth and Gaia as their mother.

Sorry if this is a whole essay, I just wanted to explain that I don't write them as all being family by strict blood ties

#asks #rewrite

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minthesupremacy · 9 months

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Fifth in the series: Hera

Hera is known to be the true power behind the crown. She's a no-nonsense type-A personality. She never lets her duties slip, even when she's heartbroken. Her ruthless cunning is what made her the Olympians' strategist. In her youth, she was definitely kinder and more trusting, though that trust and kindness only extended to her siblings inside of Kronos' stomach. Being their 'star', when her powers developed, she was what allowed them to see in the dark. Hera was always in the leadership position, and it was well-deserved. However, her life has also been filled with hurt. Her ability for strategy but weakness in combat resulted in her being kidnapped by the Titans in the tail-end of the Titanomachy, which resulted in her being torn apart a second time. However, that cunning is what allowed her to get close to Kronos and eventually "devour" (think of how stars become black holes) him with an ability that was never seen again and split her in half. She later "spat him out" in Tartaros. Outside of that immense surge of power, Hera is physically quite weak (partially as a result of that power surge) but hides it through her cunning and her political power. She can be extremely cruel, but is usually unbothered by people. She doesn't care to get close to others because the people that she's trusted most ended up being the ones to betray her.

#this is for u anon #hera #lore olympus #lore olympus redesign #hera lore olympus #hera greek mythology #greek mythology #greek myth #titanomachy #redesign #character design #character art #my art #lore olympus critical #lo crit #lo critical

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minthesupremacy · 11 months

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