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Ah old love (infosec.pub)
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[–] astutemural@midwest.social 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yah kidnapping women to force them into marriage is cute now

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is among the more romantic and wholesome stories though.

Which actually tells you more about all the other lovestories than about Hades and Persephone.

[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't that mostly just the Ovidian interpretation?

[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

It makes me happy, and thus I choose to believe it

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Considering the amount of female gaze stories that involve it, it isn't new.