Board Thread:The Trials of Apollo/@comment-25155763-20170503162614/@comment-28759193-20170505194409

Here comes that legendary post.

The root of this arguement would have to be from why Artemis is a virgin goddess anyway. Unless I'm wrong, I get her gig to be that men will always want nothing but to possess you like a meek little housewife, which she did not want. In order to even prevent the temptation from being there, the hunters forsake the company of men. Up till then, her gig kind of makes sense.

Now, is it possible, that since Artemis does not want to be intimate with men, that she could be intimate with women? Not totally impossible and I wouldn't be surprised. We've seen that gods can do that sort of thing.

However, despite her view and understanding of men, which is okay, and banishing their company, which as I mentioned is probably just cautionary, does Artemis actively hate men?

It is debatable. We must cite instances as to how Artemis has treated men over the years. We must first discuss the one and only Orion.

Now, based on Artemis' treatment of Orion, she seems to judge him by his own merits, not by her general perception of men. It is mentioned that the reason why Apollo even wanted to get rid of Orion was because he was concerned that Artemis and he may get intimate and she may forget her vow of maidenhood.

Given time, could Orion have won Artemis' heart? It is debatable. If he won Artemis' heart, would the story be much different? Would the hunters till be around? Would they have now, like the Amazons, been permitted the company of males if Orion treated her well? Maybe.

My legendary conclusion is this. Artemis has a mindset towards men, correct, however she doesn't determine their fate just because they are male. She must take into consideration their own merits. Maybe however it was discriminatory for her to turn a man into a deer because he saw her naked when her maidens see her naked all the time.