The animation is GORGEOUS HOLY SHIT! The faces, the gestures, and the transitions (like when Demeter's and nature's grief/transformation were shown) made me feel so many emotions! I really want to show some screenshots!
Just look at Persephone with her sweet muuuuum!!!
I am not even mad about the scene where Demeter snatches Eros by his wings and his ears, like a good old-fashioned Greek Mother, who then complains to her husband "why don't you notice me anymore!!" 😂😂 JUST LOOK AT THIS MASTERPIECE
"ΕΕΛΑ ΔΩ ΡΕ ΑΝΑΓΩΓΟ ΦΤΕΡΩΤΟ ΜΑΛΑΚΙΣΜΕΝΟΟ"
And the abduction scene was so good??? It showed everything without sugarcoating stuff the way we see today from 90% of the HxP "retellings". It didn't shy away from how scared Persephone was and how she cried for her mother, and it showed from her POV how terrifying Hades was at the moment. I know I am praising it for just following the source material, but that's rare nowadays in a market dominated by USAmerican media.
Hades has a little monstrous assistant that I am willing to accept as a Kalikantzaros (it would be kinda accurate since they live underground) and move on with my life xD I also buy the dialogues of Hades and Persephone, how they move and how they interact. In a few seconds, they showed all the complexity of their situation.
The way it shows Demeter looking around for her daughter in distress, it's chef's kiss! When Helios basically tells her "don't worry Persephone will be queen!" Demeter is like ΔΕ ΜΑΣ ΧΕΖΕΙΣ ΚΙ ΕΣΥ ΡΕ ΜΑΛΑΚΑ ΗΛΙΕ ΝΑ 'ΟΥΜ and then she goes to Zeus like ΔΕ ΣΟΥ ΕΙΠΑ ΡΕ ΑΑΑΑΧΡΗΣΤΕ, ΑΝΙΚΑΝΕ, ΔΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΕ, ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΕ, ΝΑ ΜΗΝ ΚΑΝΕΙΣ ΤΙΠΟΤΑ;;;
AHAAHAHAHHA LOOK AT THAT FACE! And his complaints about his wife, typical boomer Greek stuff xD (μπασα φωνη)" ΕΜΕΝΑ Η ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑ ΜΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΙΟ ΣΠΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟ ΟΛΕΣ ΣΤΗ Γ-"
There is the typical "the mother wants her daughter only for herself" which is a bit annoying as a trope but the rest is so good that I'll let it slide 😅 Like, mah dude, mah Hades, Demeter is not upset because she thinks Persephone should be hers. She is upset because her daughter was abduuuucted and she had no idea where she was or how she felt after that traumatic event. Go to some therapy stopMotion!Hades.
But DUUDE LOOK AT THAT WINTER COSTUME!! SLAY (please not literally) DEMETER!
I am overall very happy with this animation! I think someone had sent it to me before but I didn't have time to review it in depth back then. Sergei Olifirenko, well done! Anon, thank you for sending it!
