#pomegranateandivy
I don’t usually get upset when PJO fan blogs reblog my devotional writing, because they’re still allowed to like my writing, I don’t know if they’re also Hellenists, and I do still appreciate the exposure for my writing. But someone reblogged one of my devotionals to the Theoi, with added commentary about how it didn’t line up with the characterizations and events from the book series, and it was pretty disrespectful. I’m actually angry. Like, really angry.
My deities are not characters in your fantasy novel. You don’t get to look at my faith–myreligion–and complain that the figures of my worship are not the same figures as in your book series. My very real, very alive religion is not aprop for your fandom.
You’re allowed to like your books. You’re allowed to build a fandom around them. You’re allowed to create and share material for that fandom.
You are not allowed to critique a spiritual practice in the context of your fandom.
You are not allowed to disrespect an entire religion, it’s deities, and the people who follow that religion, because it doesn’t match up with your limited and incorrect perception of those deities.
You are not allowed to complain that actual religious practices don’t fit into your narrative.
My faith is not your fandom.
