• gmtom@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Wait do people actually give a shit about how Roman and greek gods are portrayed???

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          8 hours ago

          It’s been a while since I’ve seen it and there’s a LOT to the video but I remember the main argument being that the author of the video, who is Greek, feels that Greek mythology is often white-washed in popular media. Hades appears to be very superficially diverse by making the gods appear to be of various ethnicities, but it’s a very Americanized portrait of diversity with one East-Asian, South-Asian, African, etc. characters and does not really depict any ethnically Greek characters despite there being a lot of diversity within Greece and (of course) despite the fact that most of the gods are supposed to be ethnically Greek. He has a particular gripe with the portrayal of Dionysus being portrayed as South-Asian because in actual Greek myth, Dionysus invaded India; so it’s pretty insensitive for them to portray him as the victims of his mythological conquest.

          There was a lot more to it than that and I don’t agree with 100% of what he says, but it’s a really interesting video and I broadly think he makes very good points.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    17 hours ago

    I feel like a typical anglophone witch wouldn’t care terribly much about ancient Greek gods.

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      16 hours ago

      Have you met a modern anglophone witch? Many of them follow nothing but ancient greco-roman gods. Celtic tradition is popular too, though.

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      18 hours ago

      Bacchus is very fond of the alcoholic/drug addict protagonist of Disco Elysium, Harry DuBois because he’s the god of drinking and parties.

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      15 hours ago

      In Hades 2 they made Zeus/poisedon/Hades father to be Chronos titan of time. In Greek myth their father is Kronus king of titans with absolutely no relation to the primordial god (which were embodiments of concepts like Gaia as earth) of time Kronos.

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    16 hours ago

    I’m fine with it as long as people understand that no, your game or movie or whatever isn’t an accurate source and that yes, some people may be uncomfortable seeing their deities portayed in such a way. Also with all this shit going on I don’t think that a video game is going to be a god’s main concern…