![]() SMYTHE: One of the things about mythology is that it does really lend itself to creating a structure to a story, because having a whole new story can be very daunting. In the five or so years that you have been working on Lore Olympus, have you found anything in your approach to adaptation that has changed since you first set out on it? ![]() Even if I had to do it over it differently, I'd be like, “yeah, again, but different.” I love the stories. Personally, going back to my childhood, I remember reading about it and being like, “what was her day like? What was Persephone's day like? What did they do? Where did they go? What did they talk about? Where's the closet? How big is it? What are her outfits like? Did they like each other? Didn't they like each other? Maybe they liked each other later” and there's just, there's a lot you can do. So that's a great story.īut it's also, it can be like a tragic romance. ![]() It's a beautiful feminist story about a mother facing bureaucracy and misogyny and patriarchy and getting her daughter back. There's a lot of ways you could take it, ways to interpret it. It's very versatile in terms of retelling. I don't want to do the stories a disservice by saying that they're not detailed, because of course they are, but they prioritize different things because they're from a different time. There's a lot of things that you can infer from reading it. I think with Hades and Persepone, particularly with the source material, it really lends itself to adaptation. What is it do you think about Hades and Persephone that keep people coming back to this trope, to this story? Because I'm obviously a very big fan of them as a couple, of this trope, kind of relationship. But yeah, it could be Greek mythology, but mythology in general, that's what we're going for. So, we haven't made those complete decisions yet. At this stage, it's a very early beginnings. So other creators touching on mythology, do you mean mythology outside of the Greco-Roman pantheon, from anywhere basically? It's really exciting and I can't wait to get started. And what it is, is it's basically celebrating other creators who do work based on mythology, and help bring their stories to life. RACHEL SMYTHE: So I'm working on an exciting new project, an imprint with Penguin Random House and Del Rey, and Inklore, and it's called Rachel Smythe Presents. She also talks about the ending of the long-running webcomic, and reveals the story arc she never got to write.ĬOLLIDER: What is your big exciting news? During a NYCC roundtable with Collider's Arezou Amin, Smythe talked about the enduring popularity of the Hades and Persephone myth, why she chose to make her Olympus ultra-modern, and her new publishing imprint, Rachel Smythe Presents.
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