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* AssPull: [[spoiler:Ouranos suddenly becoming the FinalBoss at the end of the series, with barely any build-up and a multitude of pre-existing conflicts already in progress.]]


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** The comic also tries to push Persephone carving her own path after being pushed into particular expectations, only to have most of her defining moments in the latter portions of the comic be pushed over for the need of other characters. [[spoiler: One such example being her SuperMode in the Season 2 finale turning out to be a one-time boost Erebos gives her just to beat Kronos.]]
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* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Many fans feel that the second conflict against Kronos is too similar to the first except with lower stakes. In the first, Kronos had taken over the Underworld, possessing Hades and the other gods and forcing the rest of the realm into perpetual sleep. This forces Zeus and Persephone to descend and confront him, with Persephone defeating him by unlocking the full scope of her fertility goddess powers. In the second conflict, [[spoiler:Kronos kidnaps an unknown child god, later revealed to be Melinoe, and Hades as well, forcing Persephone and Hera to descend into Tartarus to confront him. Hades and Hera defeat him for a final time, the latter doing so by unlocking the full scope of her own fertility goddess powers.]]

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* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Many fans feel that the second conflict against Kronos is too similar to the first except with lower stakes. In the first, Kronos had taken over the Underworld, possessing Hades and the other gods and forcing the rest of the realm into perpetual sleep. This forces Zeus and Persephone to descend and confront him, with Persephone defeating him by unlocking the full scope of her fertility goddess powers. In the second conflict, [[spoiler:Kronos kidnaps an unknown child god, later revealed to be Melinoe, and Hades as well, forcing Persephone and Hera to descend into Tartarus to confront him. Hades and Hera defeat him for a final time, the latter doing so by unlocking the full scope of her own fertility goddess powers.]]

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* StrangledByTheRedString: The first sixty chapters take place over course of about five days. Despite this short time frame, everyone in the comic takes Hades and Persephone's mutual attraction for one another as a sign that they want to get married or that they're lusting heavily for each other. It's Hades himself who is the first person to acknowledge that his attraction to Persephone is mostly superficial at the moment.

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The first sixty one hundred chapters take place over course of about five days.two weeks. Despite this short time frame, everyone in the comic takes Hades and Persephone's mutual attraction for one another as a sign that they want to get married or that they're lusting heavily for each other. It's Hades himself who is the first person to acknowledge acknowledged in-universe that his attraction to feelings for Persephone is mostly were superficial at the moment.time and made a short lived attempt to keep things professional between them.
** [[spoiler:Many readers feel that Hera and Echo getting together near the end of the series came out of nowhere. The affair itself happens almost completely offscreen, with Echo barely appearing in the comic throughout its run and only speaking with Hera less than three times.]]
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* BrokenAesop: One of the main messages of the comic is that about how women should be respected and not just used for a man's satisfaction or personal gain. This is in stark contrast to how Persephone was treated in early chapters prior to the revelation that she was a fertility goddess. Most of the Olympians, including Hera, try to push Persephone into marriage with the much older Hades, who she's known for only a few weeks at best, mostly because they feel like ''he'' deserves to be with someone who makes him happy and the narrative doesn't treat this as negative behavior.

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* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Many fans feel that the second conflict against Kronos is too similar to the first except with lower stakes. In the first, Kronos had taken over the Underworld, possessing Hades and the other gods and forcing the rest of the realm into perpetual sleep. This forces Zeus and Persephone to descend and confront him, with Persephone defeating him by unlocking the full scope of her fertility goddess powers. In the second conflict, [[spoiler:Kronos kidnaps an unknown child god, later revealed to be Melinoe, and Hades as well, forcing Persephone and Hera to descend into Tartarus to confront him. Hades and Hera defeat him for a final time, the latter doing so by unlocking the full scope of her own fertility goddess powers.]]



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The ten year time skip left this impression on many readers, especially early on. In just a few panels, the story casually dropped hints that [[spoiler: both Daphne and Minthe]] were back to normal, [[spoiler:Artemis and Thanatos]] were roaming the Mortal Realm (the latter [[spoiler:reunited with Daphne]] to boot), [[spoiler:Helios]] was apparently happier now, and [[spoiler:Eris]] was part of Persephone's retinue. The ensuing embargo war between Olympus and the Underworld was also only skimmed upon. While flashbacks did at least address [[spoiler: Eris and Artemis]] immediately, the story fast-tracking to Persephone's katabasis and her ensuing [[spoiler:battle against Kronos]] left many fans with little hope to see any of those other storylines properly resolved or explained, as they felt kind of irrelevant set against [[spoiler:Kronos' return]]. This left many thinking that the overall pacing would have been better if Season 2 had concluded with the trial and Season 3 built up more gradually to the confrontation by interlocking Persephone's journey with relevant flashbacks. Thankfully, in season 3 the main conflict lulled with [[spoiler:Kronos' temporary defeat]], allowing for some more flashbacks. [[spoiler:Minthe]]'s metamorphosis and [[spoiler:Thanatos]]' circumstances were explored at length, as well as giving resolution to [[spoiler:Psyche's apotheosis]] and [[spoiler: Aphrodite and Hephaestus' marriage]]. Some fans still feel robbed about [[spoiler: Daphne]], though, as her [[spoiler:transformation back to a nymph could have been a highly emotional moment for her and Persephone, given her shared trauma over Apollo]].

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** Apollo was presented as being one of the comic's main antagonists, having sexually assault Persephone and plotting to use her powers to help him overthrow Zeus. However, he is pushed into the background after the time skip, often disappearing from the story for months at a time and all of his plans achieve his goals are shown to be poorly thought through. [[spoiler:By the end, his story comes to an almost abrupt end after he is magically forced to reveal all of his crimes after his final attempt to force Persephone to love him backfires and he is [[HijackedByGanon taken over by Ouranos]] in the final episodes.]]
** Leto was originally presented as the [[TheManBehindTheMan true mastermind]] behind Apollo's scheme to overthrow Zeus, seemingly using her son as a way to get revenge for being banished from Olympus by Hera. After the time skip, she all but disappears from the plot and her role as the mastermind is instead given to [[spoiler:Ouranos]].
** Poseidon is the Olympian who gets the least amount of development and screentime despite being one of the three kings and the only character who can relate to Hades' trauma of being eaten by their father.
** Eris is initially built up as a major antagonist before the time skip but she befriends Persephone during her banishment and disappears from the narrative up until near the final episodes.
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The ten year time skip left this impression on many readers, especially early on. In just a few panels, the story casually dropped hints that [[spoiler: both Daphne and Minthe]] were back to normal, [[spoiler:Artemis and Thanatos]] were roaming the Mortal Realm (the latter [[spoiler:reunited with Daphne]] to boot), [[spoiler:Helios]] was apparently happier now, and [[spoiler:Eris]] was part of Persephone's retinue. The ensuing embargo war between Olympus and the Underworld was also only skimmed upon. While flashbacks did at least address [[spoiler: Eris and Artemis]] immediately, the story fast-tracking to Persephone's katabasis and her ensuing [[spoiler:battle against Kronos]] left many fans with little hope to see any of those other storylines properly resolved or explained, as they felt kind of irrelevant set against [[spoiler:Kronos' return]]. This left many thinking that the overall pacing would have been better if Season 2 had concluded with the trial and Season 3 built up more gradually to the confrontation by interlocking Persephone's journey with relevant flashbacks. Thankfully, in season 3 the main conflict lulled with [[spoiler:Kronos' temporary defeat]], allowing for some more flashbacks. [[spoiler:Minthe]]'s metamorphosis and [[spoiler:Thanatos]]' circumstances were explored at length, as well as giving resolution to [[spoiler:Psyche's apotheosis]] and [[spoiler: Aphrodite and Hephaestus' marriage]]. Some fans still feel robbed about [[spoiler: Daphne]], though, as her [[spoiler:transformation back to a nymph could have been a highly emotional moment for her and Persephone, given her shared trauma over Apollo]].Apollo]].
** Many readers feel like Apollo's sexual assault on Persephone's was not given enough focus in the plot after the time skip, with Apollo being given less screentime and the narrative seemingly going out of it's way to avoid directly addressing his crimes up until last chapters. Persephone became Queen of the Underworld, but she doesn't attempt to use her new social and political power to take Apollo to task for his actions. Nearly half the main cast becomes aware of the assault of the course of the story but none of them do anything of true consequence to Apollo. This includes his sister Artemis who, despite being Persephone's closest friend and being made the Protector of Women by Zeus, does nothing but get upset at her brother for his actions. The story line is ultimately concluded in the fourth to last episode, where [[spoiler:Apollo is magically guilted into revealing all of crimes after his plan to use an arrow of True Love on Persephone backfires.]]
** Demeter's decade of being made to live like a mortal by Zeus is initially built up as a big, mysterious plot point but is ultimately pushed to the sidelines until near the end of the series, with it and [[spoiler:the revival of her dead mortal son]] given a quick reveal and resolution over the course of only two chapters.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The narrative presents Hades as being one of the most level headed and responsible gods but a common complaint about him from readers is that his love life consists of [[UnequalPairing unequal pairings]] that are unethical at best, predatory at worst. Minthe was his girlfriend and his secretary, with him being her employer and paying for her apartment. When things fell apart between them, Minthe was terrified at the implication that he would leave her homeless and unemployed, though he was thankfully not that cruel. He also immediately became romantically obsessed with Persephone, despite only knowing her for a short time and learning that she was only 19 years old. He even changed the rules for her internship to allow her to get paid, a blatant ethics violation.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The narrative presents Hades as being one of the most level headed and responsible gods but a common complaint about him from readers is that his love life consists of [[UnequalPairing unequal pairings]] that are unethical at best, potentially predatory at worst. Minthe was his girlfriend and his secretary, with him being her employer and paying for her apartment. When things fell apart between them, Minthe was terrified at the implication that he would leave her homeless and unemployed, though he was thankfully not that cruel. He also immediately became romantically obsessed with Persephone, despite only knowing her for a short time and learning that she was only 19 years old. He even changed the rules for her internship to allow her to get paid, a blatant ethics violation.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The narrative presents Hades as being one of the most level headed and responsible gods but a common complaint about him from readers is that his love life consists of [[UnequalPairing unequal pairings]] that are unethical at best, predatory at worst. Minthe was his girlfriend and his secretary, with him being both her employer and paying for her apartment. When things fell apart between them, Minthe was terrified at the implication that he would leave her homeless and unemployed, though he was thankfully not that cruel. He also immediately became romantically obsessed with Persephone, despite only knowing her for a short time and learning that she was only 19 years old. He even changed the rules for her internship to allow her to get paid, a blatant ethics violation.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The narrative presents Hades as being one of the most level headed and responsible gods but a common complaint about him from readers is that his love life consists of [[UnequalPairing unequal pairings]] that are unethical at best, predatory at worst. Minthe was his girlfriend and his secretary, with him being both her employer and paying for her apartment. When things fell apart between them, Minthe was terrified at the implication that he would leave her homeless and unemployed, though he was thankfully not that cruel. He also immediately became romantically obsessed with Persephone, despite only knowing her for a short time and learning that she was only 19 years old. He even changed the rules for her internship to allow her to get paid, a blatant ethics violation.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The narrative presents Hades as being one of the most level headed and responsible gods but a common complaint about him from readers is that his love life consists of [[UnequalPairing unequal pairings]] that are unethical at best, predatory at worst. Minthe was his girlfriend and his secretary, with him being both her employer and paying for her apartment. When things fell apart between them, Minthe was terrified at the implication that he would leave her homeless and unemployed, though he was thankfully not that cruel. He also immediately became romantically obsessed with Persephone, despite only knowing her for a short time and learning that she was only 19 years old. He even changed the rules for her internship to allow her to get paid, a blatant ethics violation.

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** [[spoiler: Episode 276: Thanks to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own machinations]] and Persephone' guile, Apollo is hit by a True Love arrow. He SIMULTANEOUSLY falls in love with her and becomes completely aware of everything he's put her through. [[VillainousBSOD Unable to deal with what he's feeling]], he begs a quietly raging Persephone how to make it stop. Before leaving, she tells him to publicly confess what he's done to her to the approaching Oracle News crew (who he called in advance to announce his "engagement" to Persephone) and to stay away from her forever. Which he does, on camera, surrounded by Persephone's infuriated family and friends and in BrokenTears.]] May his reputation rest in pain.

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** [[spoiler: Episodes 273 and 276: Hera is the missing Fertility Goddess. Persephone, with Dionysus' help, reawakens her powers over life. This allows Hera to grown to Titan-size to take the fight directly to Kronos. She looks like the [[CelestialBody night sky dotted with glowing, golden stars]] in the form of a Goddess. After she defeats him, she makes it clear to Kronos that she doesn't care that Ouranos was a horrible father and a monstrous King because ''Kronos himself was STILL BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.'']]
** [[spoiler: Episode 276: 277: Thanks to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own machinations]] and Persephone' guile, Apollo is hit by a True Love arrow. He SIMULTANEOUSLY falls in love with her and becomes completely aware of everything he's put her through. [[VillainousBSOD Unable to deal with what he's feeling]], he begs a quietly raging Persephone how to make it stop. Before leaving, she tells him to publicly confess what he's done to her to the approaching Oracle News crew (who he called in advance to announce his "engagement" to Persephone) and to stay away from her forever. Which he does, on camera, surrounded by Persephone's infuriated family and friends and in BrokenTears.]] May his reputation rest in pain.

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**[[spoiler: Episode 276: Thanks to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own machinations]] and Persephone' guile, Apollo is hit by a True Love arrow. He SIMULTANEOUSLY falls in love with her and becomes completely aware of everything he's put her through. [[VillainousBSOD Unable to deal with what he's feeling]], he begs a quietly raging Persephone how to make it stop. Before leaving, she tells him to publicly confess what he's done to her to the approaching Oracle News crew (who he called in advance to announce his "engagement" to Persephone) and to stay away from her forever. Which he does, on camera, surrounded by Persephone's infuriated family and friends and in BrokenTears.]] May his reputation rest in pain.



** Despite being introduced late in the series, Daphne managed to raise a huge fanbase already, thanks to her design, her kind personality and her refusal to put up with Apollo's treatment of her or Thanatos's self-centredness and prejudice against Persephone.

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** Despite being introduced late in the series, Daphne managed to raise a huge fanbase already, thanks to her design, her kind personality and her refusal to put up with Apollo's treatment of her or Thanatos's self-centredness self-centeredness and prejudice against Persephone.
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** Persephone. Her fans view her as a well-written character with amazing development who has earned her happy ending after all the suffering she's been through, and like how she can be both sweet and kind as well as powerful and terrifying. Her detractors on the other hand see her as a MarySue and CreatorsPet, who is allowed to get away with anything and hardly gets any punishment for her more unsavory actions, especially in season 3.

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** Persephone. Her fans view her as a well-written character with amazing development who has earned her happy ending after all the suffering she's been through, and like how she can be both sweet and kind as well as powerful and terrifying. Her detractors on the other hand see her as a MarySue and CreatorsPet, who is allowed to get away with anything and hardly gets any punishment for her more unsavory actions, especially in season 3.
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* MemeticMutation: Hades telling Persephone to "never apologize for being a Sicilian" in Episode 80 is often taken comedically out of context as an example of the comic being overly melodramatic.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Readers who have become disillusioned with the writing and handling of certain characters as well as disappointed with the uninspired art in recent chapters and the loss of the beautiful visuals that once attracted so many people to the comic, have taken it upon themselves to create their own version of Lore Olympus by using the setting and characters (though some prefer to redesign them) and fix the issues they have with the original comic.
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Removed; the trope is about something whose premise turns off would be consumers and it flops because of it. LO (despite its many detractors) is successful enough to be in printed volumes.


* AudienceAlienatingPremise: People who enjoy Greek mythology tend to skip on reading this comic due to the way some of the Gods are portrayed, a few of them written more like original characters created by the author than the deities they are supposed to be. The fact that greek culture and history is rarely present in the comic, aside from brief mentions of it, doesn't help at all.

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