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#stopppp spreading shit about myths you rlly don’t know anything about
achilleslyre · 11 months
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it floors me anytime someone is dumbfounded when the source material of ancient poems and epics is brought into a conversation about ancient myths. you’re going to look at me and seriously tell me that you think a 2000s adaption into a childrens series is going to be more accurate than the actual ancient poets that recorded the stories? you’re going to question me straight faced on how there can be a “real” or “accurate” way of telling a story when 3 different ancient poets wrote it the same way? i’m pulling all of my hair out of my head you have to watch me strand by strand.
#‘well theyre old so anyone can change it’ OKAY SURE BUT THEN ITS NOT THE MYTH#AND IM RIGHT TO CALL IT INACCURATE#WHY ARE U SO MAD ABOUT THAT#and YES several stories have small or large variations between poets. but ALL of those are accurate and ur little modern story teller didnt#choose any. so it is by default INACCURATE. there’s no way around it#if they chose one-even the least popular version. then it would be accurate. but they rarely do or only nitpick at what accuracies to put it#in it*#this is the biggest reason that i hate how mythologies have turned into a fandom because of books like pj* and tso*#and games like h*des and musicals like h*dest*wn#ect ect ect#*some* of them are enjoyable.. when recognized theyre not the myth and are inaccurate…#but most of the ppl that are fans of those things swear by it#and wont listen that *they always change the myth*#and that to go on telling ppl the myth if xyz based on your knowledge of…….. historical fiction#KEYWORD FICTION#is a fucked up thing to do#stopppp spreading shit about myths you rlly don’t know anything about#read the ancient poems and epics or at least an actual legit summary/breakdown of them#and then we’ll talk#that post i saw ages ago that like ‘i hate how ppl treat ancient myths like fandoms’ BECAUSE I DOOO I SO I FUCKING DO#I HATEEEEEE YOU GUYS#srry for rant im always so pissed about this whenever i try to look at content for my soecial interest#like cant i just view normal things fir the il*ad *once*#without ppl treating is like some silly little fandom#classics
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