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In a way, you're right. I depict the gods pretty much as ordinary people who just happen to be immortal and have some supernatural powers. But that's the way they often are depicted in the ancient texts, too. And since many stories based on Greek mythology tend to focus on action, epic battles and such, I thought it would be interesting to do something different. :)

Haha! I have to admit I really don't like to draw backgrounds. I think it's awfully difficult (at least when it comes to rooms and buildings). But I did my best to make Olympus look at least a little bit fancy. I prefer to use the ancient Greek architecture as reference, partly because I want it to feel Greek and partly because I'm so bad at architecture that I just can't draw such things from my imagination.

You're right that the place seems quite empty. I should have drawn some more gods in the great hall, but I was too lazy I guess. ^^; I also had an idea that instead of Ares Athena should have encountered Zelus, Kratos, Nike or Bia (because it is a bit weird that she just can walk right into Olympus without encountering any other guard than her bratty little brother), but in the end I skipped that since I didn't want to confuse the readers with too many characters.

The idea of Hades as a dutiful god who actually takes care of his job rather than engaging in sex and parties is indeed very appealing. My version of him is very dutiful too, but He's also avoiding his family because of social awkwardness. And he very seldom meets people that he likes enough to have sex with them. The way you put the Leuke story is really cute. I've never thought about it like that. Actually, I've never found any place for Leuke in my comics, so I decided to make Minthe Hades' first girlfriend. ^^
Then, my guesses are not so wrong,
i'm starting to worry, because u think
i'm becoming a hard to satisfy man hahaha
that's not good, I shall try not to be
such a critical onlooker in everything :/ hahaha

Yeah, i know that the old greek gods were almost human
i know too they were not too divine, nor to wise,
just yesterday i was reading about Eros in theoi,
and i discovered that he, as a ascal kid, was pretty cheater
and as a teenager, he was kinda strong
(another argument to say that he is son of Hephaistos,
a noble smith, a divine creator, and not of
Ares, a violent destructor and killer,
by the way, i don't hate Ares, i only think
that he can be handsome, but he does not fit as father of Eros... hahah
sorry about that, but I like the character of Eros and Hephaistos
in my stories, and i was writting too, then, i was doing some research)

Yes, i thought of Minthe too, to be his very first lover
but then i changed my mind, because she was pretty conceited
and thought she was better than Persephone.
That does means that she was there when Hades started
to like Persephone or either, after that, as a lover (concubine) of him.
And his words, and the wrath of Persephone that followed,
transformed her into the plant she is named after.

About Leuke i haven't found too much information
so, i assume it'is easier to play with her as a character
(because ther is very little information about her)
than the vain Minthe, althought, you can choose her too :)
I like Leuke because her name does means "white poplar"
and i imagine her white haired, like Hades
thus matching with him perfectly haha
Also, Hades choose the white poplar as his sacred tree
and he let it grow along the Acheron, river of pain.
I think, indeed, he really loved her a lot.
(Persephone has nothing to do with this myth,
so i think i can assume it happened before he meet her
and he wasn't so grateful with Minthe either)