Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20170223062816/@comment-5896827-20170404011914

Whenever Zeus has an affair, he not only hurts Hera but the other woman (or man) too. He leaves the person stuck between a rock and a hard place. If Zeus wants to bang you, you only have two options:

1. Refuse and Zeus just rapes you.

2. Accept and Hera releases her wrath on you and your kid.

While I'm not accepting what Hera does as right, at least she isn't going into extramarital affairs, knowing she will ruin a person's life but not caring as long as she has a good, quick bang. Zeus knows he will only bring everyone misery in his affairs but his lust outrides his reason.

Hera hurts a lot of people but she is no exception amongst the gods. In fact, at least her reasoning makes more sense than most of the gods. "You had an affair with my husband" is a reason many human beings relate to. However, then you have Apollo and Artemis (who are both dearly loved in the fandom) that murder all 50 of a woman's children because she insulted their mother, driving her into a depression in which she literally cried herself into becoming a waterfall.

More Examples:

-A lot of people like Athena and she drove Arachne to suicide in the most common version of the spider story.

-Poseidon, who is almost universally loved amongst the fandom, raped Medusa a virgin priestess because she refused him. He frequently sent monsters to wipe out towns for the smallest of slights. In mythology, it is said he cheated on his wife as much as Zeus cheated on his. Difference is, his wife didn't mind as much. He was known for his infamous temper. He caused Odysseus to wander the seas for another ten years for hurting a son that had tried to kill the man. I'm not sure where Riordan's version of Poseidon came from but the Poseidon from real Greek mythology was a Zeus 2.0 with a worse temper.

But, despite all this, Hera is the bad guy. Sigh.