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She was the goddess of women and marriage and I'm pretty sure the so called intelligent greeks at that time wanted to portray her as an evil figure, just so they could also point out that women were selfish and stuff. Like I'm just saying that the majority of the man kind had been the leaders of domestic lives and this whole goddess of marriage and women being an evil bitch was a good excuse for men to use in some situations-I guess? I mean obviously there were males who weren't like that but everyone knows that ancient times were already fucked up.
I wanted to write down my view of Zeus and Hera's marriage
Ok so I HATE that in modern movies or books hera is literally nothing but a bitch.
Like yeah she's cruel because her husband turned he that way , he cheats on her every chance he gets even though he says how much he loves her... like his version of love is so twisted it's weird that he doesn't straight up leave hera if he is so unhappy.
Then again, from othe fan stories I read people write zeus as a man that simply wants his wife's love and attention
And the only way to get that is to make her jealous! Her insane jealously proves to Zeus that hera still loves him very dearly.
But then again he still cheats after they stop fighting , eyes tend to wonder.
I feel like zeus is aware of what a terrible person he is but he is the mindset that because he is King and supreme ruler of the heavens that he can do whatever he wants and he expected hera to be an obedient little wife.
Which she isn't at all , she didn't even want to marry him the first place.
She was trapped into it and eventually ended up falling for him.
She is an equally powerful and outspoken women that turned sour from her husband and his bastard children.
Hera isn't a saint , a lot of us wish she didn't take her fury out on the children or the women that weren't willing but her anger always gets the better of her.
Besides there was MANY women that were willing to be with zeus and join him in his bed.
Nymphs , minor goddesses and mortals alike who were willing I say deserve the queens anger.
Those that knew zeus was married but spread their legs anyway I can't really have much sympathy for.
The ones that were forced to do such things weren't as deserving.
Anyways this rant is going on.
The king and queen of the gods marriage is a mystery on it's own.
And UGH I swear I hate that hera can't leave Zeus and be free because she's a goddess of marriage.
That just annoys me so much.
Can someone like..write a damn good story of hera being happy? I would love that.