@Asteroid_ELE@cordisfracti Helen was the Spartan Princess, she chose which suitor to marry. Odysseus gave the King the idea of making them all swear an oath to protect the winner's marriage from any kind of interference. Whether she chose Meleneus or someone else, the oath would’ve stayed.
@Asteroid_ELE@cordisfracti Here is a good demonstration of misogyny and someone clearly never having read about how Helen got married. The story would’ve played out the same no matter who she picked. The oath would’ve been made either way for the other Kings to help rescue her.
@Asteroid_ELE@cordisfracti Who she is isn‘t important? She's the most beautiful woman in the world, royalty of Sparta who picked who would be her husband. A woman deeply troubled by guilt and self-loathing for what she's caused. She wasn't just a trophy to win like you're implying.
@Asteroid_ELE@cordisfracti Ah yes because 2026 is the perfect time to complain about a Movie from 2004. At least Helen's depicted more accurately there.
@Asteroid_ELE@cordisfracti Representation is important for ANY kinds of people. Is it so bad to want actual Greek representation in a Greek Mythology movie? People get mad if there’s no Egyptian actor in an Egyptian Mythology-based movie but it’s fine to not have Greeks in a Greek Myth movie?
@r16804@Zoek1990K The Iliad and Odyssey are literally the most popular and influential stories in history, and people act like it's something we just discovered
@SpinSlayr@kangminlee "Black people don’t care about the Odyssey" I think we lost the truth, I can't find it anywhere. Black people don’t only care about media that involves their culture? That’s like saying Americans don’t care about anime, because it's Japanese and not American
@Asteroid_ELE@cordisfracti The movie is making her black purely of more Black representation. While normally, black representation is obviously fine, this is a character who is specifically Achaean, who are all white. Is wanting Greek representation bad?
@Asteroid_ELE@cordisfracti Skin color, in this case, absolutely changes culture. While it is true Helen’s physical appearance is rarely described in the story, Homer still described her as "White-armed" and "lovely-haired", clearly describing her as white with pretty hair.
@LakrinM15432@cordisfracti God forbid people want an adaptation of one of the most popular and influential pieces of literature to adapt it properly and accurately. Yet, you’re called racist if you want Achaeans (the Ancient Greeks during the War) represented properly