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Wait, Hades is a Woobie? Since When?!
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Wait, Hades is a Woobie? Since When?!
(Edit: Because I didn\\\'t see how the new system actually worked...)
The reason Hades is portrayed as less a jerkass than the other gods is because the Greeks were \\\'\\\'horrendously afraid of him.\\\'\\\' It\\\'s just like with the Erinyes/Eumenides or TheFairFolk: appease, appease, appease. The Olympians in general are treated more down-to-earth (jerk-like) in myths because the Greeks weren\\\'t nearly so theologically interested in their myths as Judaeo-Christians are; theirs was a votive religion. It\\\'s like how you can get away with teasing loved ones about their flaws, exaggerating as you want. Sure, Hades wasn\\\'t Satan, but he was definitely not a Woobie.
(Edit: Because I didn\\\'t see how the new system actually worked...)
The reason Hades is portrayed as less a jerkass than the other gods is because the Greeks were \\\'\\\'horrendously afraid of him.\\\'\\\' It\\\'s just like with the Erinyes/Eumenides or TheFairFolk: appease, appease, appease. The Olympians in general are treated more down-to-earth (jerk-like) in myths because the Greeks weren\\\'t nearly so theologically interested in their myths as Judaeo-Christians are; theirs was a votive religion. It\\\'s like how you can get away with teasing loved ones about their flaws, exaggerating as you want. Sure, Hades wasn\\\'t Satan, but he was definitely not a Woobie.
