Athena blessed her with the ability to protect herself and men beheaded her for it.
That’s actually a really intetesting intpretation of it I hadn’t thought of. Most people seem to think Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon as punishment for defiling her temple, but thinking that she did so to protect her from being abused again is interesting and I like it!
Athena’s hands were tied. Yes, she was a powerful Goddess, but she was very much a woman in a “boys club”, and the true offending party (don’t think for a moment that Athena blamed Medusa for being raped in the temple, Athena knows better) held all the cards. There was nothing that Athena could do to punish the true criminal, and she was expected to punish Medusa by everyone else. What’s a Goddess to do when she cannot punish those who need to be punished and is expected to punish not only the truly innocent party, but her most beloved follower? Use that incredible brain power she had to protect Medusa at all costs, and of course the men would see it as punishment, to be have her beauty stripped from her and sent to live in the shadows. Medusa should have been KILLED for supposedly defiling the temple, whether she truly did or not, but she was given the gift of life, and the ability to protect herself and her daughters (who she bore thanks to Poseidon). This is why Medusa’s image was used to signify woman’s shelters and safe houses.
Medusa means “guardian; protectress”, and she was.
larry is that type of gay w/ masc4masc and “no fats no fems” on his Floundr bio
Floundr bio I’m out
i had to read this on my dash and now you have to too
How dare you do that to Larry. He is pure and precious and he would not discriminate against fat people in his bio. You ever watch the episodes with him in it? He’s always super nice when it comes to Spongebob’s lack of muscle and always tried to encourage him. Shame on you.
drag them!
He’s nice to Spongebob because Spongebob is a twink.
true. but Spongebob is also fem so
So that would mean Patrick is a bear?
I wanna fuck sandy squirrels
… anyway.. point is Larry the Lobster is a fem ally, accepts every gay, and he encourages everyone to be the best they can be
And from what i heard recently, Larry deleted his Floundr since he started dating Don the Whale who’s an MoC (mammal of colour) and is bestfriends with intersectional feminist woke icon Sandy Cheeks
If anyone’s problematic, it’s squidward’s lazy ass who probably has “discreet” on his profile, only sends torso pics, and would block you when you ask for a face pic
and yes Patrick is a bear who’s a twink chaser hence, his need to accompany spongebob in almost every episode. he want that spussy
