I don't believe Hades was the villain classical mythology paints him as. A man consigned to rule the realm of the dead would go mad, and what is a god but the divinity of man given immortality? He merely wanted companionship. Demeter was the one set to cast the world in an endless winter for the safe return of a daughter treated not unkindly. I think Persephone acknowledged she could love and be loved by two people equally, and that it was her choice to split her time as she did.
[He rubs his fingers against his beard, strokes the bristles in a little downward motion. He's not thought about that tale in years, and it held no especial meaning to him, but as he's aged he finds it resonates more keenly.]
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I don't believe Hades was the villain classical mythology paints him as. A man consigned to rule the realm of the dead would go mad, and what is a god but the divinity of man given immortality? He merely wanted companionship. Demeter was the one set to cast the world in an endless winter for the safe return of a daughter treated not unkindly. I think Persephone acknowledged she could love and be loved by two people equally, and that it was her choice to split her time as she did.
[He rubs his fingers against his beard, strokes the bristles in a little downward motion. He's not thought about that tale in years, and it held no especial meaning to him, but as he's aged he finds it resonates more keenly.]