Originally posted by Wannabe Demon Lord
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But that's not the original one and it has become very popular to romanticize it recently, but it just felt very odd. That Gerda who gets horribly threatened in all versions of the myth, and the entire Greek Pantheon get an oversight...which I prefer, no one wants to play a game with authentic Greek Gods, at least not that aspect.
But Rama and Sita is supposed to be Romantic, religiously, culturally. But they get called out. If you call them out, then why does Gerda and Persephone get a rewrite?
Yes, the Hindu pantheon constantly war against the demons but they also are passionately against war without proper action. Rama gives Ravana many opportunities to get out of the fight. They are all about war as a last method and giving ample opportunities to their opponents to end it peacefully.
That's a big deal, pursuing every way possible to peace but being called to war as a duty when that fails. Having one god be the "good god" in all this makes it worse as to highlight they are bad and don't see reason.
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