Meanwhile in Arachne’s mind: “Damn you Athena! Damn you for taking away my body! I need it to do things to this amazing woman! Things I can never do with this stupid f***ing spider body!”
Honestly, is it REALLY her fault that Athena chose this for her? She could have just cursed her with being unable to talk smack about the gods, specifically smack.
@@visionofsolace8961 In the original myth Arachne was going to k!ll herself after being scolded by Athena. Athena turned her into a spider to stop her from committing suicide. Not the greatest response from the goddess of wisdom, tbf I don't think I'd be less suicidal if I were magically turned into a spider. But she was allowed to continue doing the thing she was amazing at, which is more than can be said for some of the others the gods have literally and metaphorically fucked over.
@@visionofsolace8961 The version of the myth I recall has Athena and Arachne engage in a weaving competition, in which Arachne deliberately creates images (deservedly) mocking the gods, which indicates to Athena that she very much did not learn her lesson from a goddess manifesting to hubris-check her. However, most of the information we have on the myth comes from Ovid, who had a habit of massively altering older myths to fit his anti-establishment narrative (Medusa being the most infamous example), so it is little surprise that in the main version we have from him, Athena is shown as petty as possible.
Well, Arachne's not just any spider. She was a mortal woman who was cursed by Athena to become a spider. All because, as she said, Athena was a god who was jealous of Arachne's beauty
@caiusdrakegaming8087 depends on the version it wasn't beauty....it was talent in weaving Athena was jealous of. They had a contest, Anmthena lost and she raged and destroyed Arachne's tapestry and loom which made Arachne attempt to hang herself and in a moment of regret Athena turned her into a spider before she could commit suicide.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 I know the myth, but on the surface level (a humanoid conversing with a spider) it is definitely impressive to hear such things.
@finnmchugh99 And in the original version, Athena did nothing to her at all. Arachne made a tapestry that, while beautiful and better than Athena's, was designed around the various blunders and exploits of the gods, to mock them. She was so terrified of how this would be received once she'd actually done it that she fled the scene and hanged herself, and Athena turned her into a spider as an act of mercy so that she could weave forever.
Athena did her dirty depending on which version of the story you go with. Actually making her a spider was a dick move in general, no wonder she hates the gods minus Mel. Most of them are assholes 😢
Seems like they're going with the version where Athena uses Hecate's herbs to enact the curse. There's a crossroads conversation with Hecate where she slips up and low-key self reports when Mel asks if there's anything they can do as witches to help Arachne.
I mean, the idea of making her a spider was to let her do what she loved forever. Even versions of the story where Athena is more cruel generally represent the transformation of Arachne less as a punishment and more as an act of remorse from Athena after she hangs herself.
Arachne too had the gal to scream in the 4 winds that she is better than Athena in that aspect... Of course, Arachne was right, but gods are prideful and petty
I imagine that'll be a thing in the full game. A thing with hades 1 was letting the "sinners" of the underworld lighten their sentence- Achilles to be with Patroclus, Orpheus to be with Eurydice, Sisyphus to not have to push the boulder for all time. In this case it's probably to fix the wrongs the gods enacted out of pettiness. Arachne for beating Athena at weaving and turned her into a spider; Narcissus, who Nemesis proclaimed that Narcissus would never be able to be loved b the one he fell in love with because Ameinas was ignored by him; Echo, who Hera cursed to only speak the last words spoken to her because she was ordered to lie to Hera about Zeus' infidelity with the Nymphs; Heracles, who Hera went out of her way to make his life a living hell because again, Zeus; Icarus, who Helios punished him for his hubris of flight There's even a few others. Scylla was poisoned by Aphitrite and turned into a monster, or in some accounts it was Circe who poisoned her. if Dora is (probably) Pandora, then she was the first woman who was made by the gods purely to punish mankind for 'stealing' fire (Prometheus gave it to them) by giving her a pythos containing all of the world's misery and disease.
Eris, Nemisis, Mores, Icirus and Arachne? (I really hope Odysseus but that's just because daddy and he said he drifted apart from his wife) they really said let the Bi sexuals feast
There's a dialogue where Cercei asks about Odysseus and they frame it like a brief Affair or something similar when they stay on the island for one year. I'm thinking that it's going to be a romantic situation between those two myself
There has to be an option in the full game to romance her and perhaps convince the gods to return her to her human form. Pllllleeeaassseee let it happen
It depends on the version there is a version where arachnes weaving was good but the subject matter offended athena and she tore Archnes work down Arcachne felt bad for offending athena and hung herself but athena felt pity and loosened the rope which turned into a cobweb and arachne into a spider
@@th3blackghost214 you probably heard Ovid's version he was a Roman poet with authority issues who got put in charge of translating the Greek myths. because of his many issues, he demonizes the Greek Gods in his TRANSLATIONS.
Arachne is my favorite npc ever and probably one of the best in general I relly injoy to see her every time I just stand and hear her singing she had a great design a remarkable voice acting and she is soo nice and helpful And what make it better than mel is so nice to her
They're using the version where Hecate was involved so I'm guessing it's going to become a process of trying to find out how to return her to her original form
I actually like that look they gave her, she is not just sentient spider (like, actual animal) but not hot spider-mommy either. In the first case it would be harder to emotionally bound to her as to person, in the second - "punishment"/"curse" part of the transformation would be missed But yeah she is clearly unfit for active sexual relationship. (Make this into glorious "would you love me if i was turned into worm?" or tales about hero being not picky and in reward monster/ugly/old turned into super beauty because that was a test) They bring so much comfort to each other so i cant help but ship hard, yet i doubt Supergiant will let Mel undo thre curse placed on Arachna (beat Chronos into helping with curse lol, sure time magic can rewind body to the previous shape)
They don't have to do that if they loved each other ya know. They can still love each other in many other ways, just like Melinoë saying Arachne weaving is also way of her way of showing love
_"I know you're doing this just to be kind, my friend, except... the heart does what it wants, and... I, well... I'm concerned I'm beginning to take it the wrong way."_ YOU AIN'T MISREADING NOTHIN' I REALLY DO LOVE YOU 😭
Could be...game is in Early Access, there are parts of the game still in development. Athena at the moment is not a god/goddess offering boons to Melinoe. There is a portion of Melinoe's task in slaying Kronos involves going to Olympus, so she might encounter Athena and the other Olympians (Ares and Dionysus).
Melinoe : I'm not here to fuck spiders! I'm gonna kill chronos!
Arachne: You look *lovely* in that dress.
Melinoe: Apologies, I spoke in haste.
Meanwhile in Arachne’s mind: “Damn you Athena! Damn you for taking away my body! I need it to do things to this amazing woman! Things I can never do with this stupid f***ing spider body!”
Supergiant, the people have spoken. The fans want this to become a romance option *that goes all the way*
the logistics of such a pairing is.... daunting to say the least.
@@xaracen7207 NOT WITH THAT ATTITUDE
let them kiss, that can work easy
@@YuubiTimberwolf i said daunting
not impossible.
" Life finds a way." @@xaracen7207
@@xaracen7207WE CAN FIND A WAY TO BREAK THE CURSE!
Ohhh, the moment Mel said she had a beautiful voice it was over lol, down bad and its great.
I wish you could take Arachne to the baths, at least cause she’d probably need a floatie
Just imagine Arachnae in water wings
I think she should have a little bucket with some bath water and just float around with Mel
fitting that the silk weaver is about to get some scissor action
LOL
Bruh
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
This comment is wild lmfaoo
@@Coran_06 but is it true tho?
Some of the laughing comes as "I laugh but I'm crying"
The Godly rizz runs in the family I see
No wonder Hades charmed Kore lol😊
First zag and dusa... NOW MEL AND ARACHNE!? LETS GOOOOOOO!
WE USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS.
Honestly, this game has a lot of options. Icarus, Arachne, Nemesis....would be interesting to see who will be the new Than for Mel.
NA HAREM ENDING LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO
@@falconeshield Nah, no icarus. Let mel be a sweet lil lesbean.
@@falconeshieldMy bets are still on Eris and Icarus
@@Qeshen What, weren't y'all saying this game is for the bissexuals? Then let it be for the bissexuals, motherfucker!
0:56 being a magnificent talent is what put Arachne in this situation lmao
Well she didn't chose to be born with talent, mortals got punished for the doings of Fates/RNGesus by the gods all the time
Honestly, is it REALLY her fault that Athena chose this for her? She could have just cursed her with being unable to talk smack about the gods, specifically smack.
@@visionofsolace8961 In the original myth Arachne was going to k!ll herself after being scolded by Athena. Athena turned her into a spider to stop her from committing suicide. Not the greatest response from the goddess of wisdom, tbf I don't think I'd be less suicidal if I were magically turned into a spider. But she was allowed to continue doing the thing she was amazing at, which is more than can be said for some of the others the gods have literally and metaphorically fucked over.
@@visionofsolace8961 The version of the myth I recall has Athena and Arachne engage in a weaving competition, in which Arachne deliberately creates images (deservedly) mocking the gods, which indicates to Athena that she very much did not learn her lesson from a goddess manifesting to hubris-check her. However, most of the information we have on the myth comes from Ovid, who had a habit of massively altering older myths to fit his anti-establishment narrative (Medusa being the most infamous example), so it is little surprise that in the main version we have from him, Athena is shown as petty as possible.
@@tiredtortoise3396In this house we unstan Ovid
That's quite a deep conversation with a spider of all things wtff
Well, Arachne's not just any spider. She was a mortal woman who was cursed by Athena to become a spider. All because, as she said, Athena was a god who was jealous of Arachne's beauty
@caiusdrakegaming8087 depends on the version it wasn't beauty....it was talent in weaving Athena was jealous of. They had a contest, Anmthena lost and she raged and destroyed Arachne's tapestry and loom which made Arachne attempt to hang herself and in a moment of regret Athena turned her into a spider before she could commit suicide.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 no, that`s Orvid's version he was an A-hole with authority issues so he demonized the Gods.
@@caiusdrakegaming8087 I know the myth, but on the surface level (a humanoid conversing with a spider) it is definitely impressive to hear such things.
@finnmchugh99 And in the original version, Athena did nothing to her at all. Arachne made a tapestry that, while beautiful and better than Athena's, was designed around the various blunders and exploits of the gods, to mock them. She was so terrified of how this would be received once she'd actually done it that she fled the scene and hanged herself, and Athena turned her into a spider as an act of mercy so that she could weave forever.
Damn, Melinöe's got more options to romance than her brother. Wonder what he'd think of this?
*high five* let’s go, lil sis!
Zagreus still got Dusa, almost.
@@visionofsolace8961so close man, so close and yet so far
Athena did her dirty depending on which version of the story you go with. Actually making her a spider was a dick move in general, no wonder she hates the gods minus Mel. Most of them are assholes 😢
Seems like they're going with the version where Athena uses Hecate's herbs to enact the curse. There's a crossroads conversation with Hecate where she slips up and low-key self reports when Mel asks if there's anything they can do as witches to help Arachne.
@@ashec.6824Hecate secretly help with the curse made me hate her a little bit. Just a little bit, hope there's no another one
I mean, the idea of making her a spider was to let her do what she loved forever. Even versions of the story where Athena is more cruel generally represent the transformation of Arachne less as a punishment and more as an act of remorse from Athena after she hangs herself.
there are not that many version
Arachne too had the gal to scream in the 4 winds that she is better than Athena in that aspect...
Of course, Arachne was right, but gods are prideful and petty
Its honestly refreshing seeing more of non villainously arachne. Very cool!
PLEASE GIVE US A WAY TO UNCURSE THE SPIDER PLEASE!!!!
I imagine that'll be a thing in the full game. A thing with hades 1 was letting the "sinners" of the underworld lighten their sentence- Achilles to be with Patroclus, Orpheus to be with Eurydice, Sisyphus to not have to push the boulder for all time.
In this case it's probably to fix the wrongs the gods enacted out of pettiness. Arachne for beating Athena at weaving and turned her into a spider; Narcissus, who Nemesis proclaimed that Narcissus would never be able to be loved b the one he fell in love with because Ameinas was ignored by him; Echo, who Hera cursed to only speak the last words spoken to her because she was ordered to lie to Hera about Zeus' infidelity with the Nymphs; Heracles, who Hera went out of her way to make his life a living hell because again, Zeus; Icarus, who Helios punished him for his hubris of flight
There's even a few others. Scylla was poisoned by Aphitrite and turned into a monster, or in some accounts it was Circe who poisoned her. if Dora is (probably) Pandora, then she was the first woman who was made by the gods purely to punish mankind for 'stealing' fire (Prometheus gave it to them) by giving her a pythos containing all of the world's misery and disease.
wut? nah no need
There might be a reason why Athena refuses to give her boons to mel... Especially given that it's hinted she's sided with Chronos.
I know nothing of this game but I am now in full support of this cause
@soothsayingProfit Wow, I can't believe it took me reading your comment to directly connect Dora possibly being Pandora.
the low hanging fruit here is bondage. that is all.
Another one I found was "of course the weaver gets scissor action"
I'm innocent lol I can't see it?
I swear, they better not pull a Dusa on us. My heart can't take such disappointment again.
Yeah, no false hope please, I want the kiss between that cute chelicerate and our half ghostly nightmare Undying maiden goddess Mel
This was not a ship i was expecting to sail, on first impression, its akin to zagreus and dusa
Dusa is just aroace, we have no indication Arachne is. Gods dating mortals and/or monsters in Greek myth isn't unheard of anyway.
@@SongbirdOfficialidk, Arachne seems to flirt back with Melinoë and seems to be genuinely interested in her, so who knows really
Let's be real. How would it have worked? @@SongbirdOfficial
les beans? why not more beans!!
I loved the scene where Melinoë said "No, Arachne. I was Morbean all along!" And then morbed all over the place
Make sense if the VA is the same one as dusa.
Oh, that does make a lot of sense.
How did they make the little spooder so CUTE 💗
LOWENTHAL!!!
Helluva week… pass the mythological yuri!!!!
1:20 i love that laugh...
Its like snow flowers
something beautiful looking from the underneath cold and scarred thing
Spider girlfriend kino 😭😭😭🔥💯
Eris, Nemisis, Mores, Icirus and Arachne? (I really hope Odysseus but that's just because daddy and he said he drifted apart from his wife) they really said let the Bi sexuals feast
There's a dialogue where Cercei asks about Odysseus and they frame it like a brief Affair or something similar when they stay on the island for one year. I'm thinking that it's going to be a romantic situation between those two myself
Melinöe says that Odysseus is like an uncle or big brother to her, so I don't think she'll be able to romance him
Not to be that guy but Oddys known Mel since she was a baby so thatd be weird
Hmm, I wonder if Penelope and Telemachus will show up in later versions of the game?
@@gameb9oyBe gawds imagine if Mel could seduce PENEOPLE
So basically dusa.2
Also abused by Athena so it track a bit too well.
@@remigiuszrutkowski9527 only if you read Ovid Butchered's work.
Except dusa wasn’t pursuing a relationship
And Arachne is not in service of any gods (or goddesses)
@@remigiuszrutkowski9527 stop reading Ovid's work.
SESBIAN LEXXXXX
this is the real gay panic
I mean Arachne did say
If you saw me in my prime....
She would've spared no mercy for Melinoë.
Tangle her in her web
i hope we can help arachne become human again in the full game the same way we helped the helpers in Hades 1
There has to be an option in the full game to romance her and perhaps convince the gods to return her to her human form. Pllllleeeaassseee let it happen
I say the human form should merely be a bonus, a cute little spider girlfriend is already cute as it is
Zagrizz and Melinorizz
Spider Yuri let’s go!
And they were webmates
Oh my god, they were webmates
Supergiant Games, please, give us the option to do the spider. I NEED TO DO THE SPIDER.
Medusa lives in Arachne. Both best girl
Wait a minute? Arachne? Isn't she the one who beat Athena in a sowing contest then Athena turned her into a spider after she lost? 🤔
It depends on the version there is a version where arachnes weaving was good but the subject matter offended athena and she tore Archnes work down Arcachne felt bad for offending athena and hung herself but athena felt pity and loosened the rope which turned into a cobweb and arachne into a spider
she didn`t beat athena
@@JayJayM57 Really? that's not what I heard
@@th3blackghost214 you probably heard Ovid's version he was a Roman poet with authority issues who got put in charge of translating the Greek myths. because of his many issues, he demonizes the Greek Gods in his TRANSLATIONS.
@@JayJayM57 nah, a RUclipsr named. See you in history I think 🤔
Divine Yuri!!!
Yeah... "Friendship"...
Arachne is the goat. She only got turned into a spider because she beat Athena at her own game
No she didn't xp
Arachne is my favorite npc ever and probably one of the best in general
I relly injoy to see her every time I just stand and hear her singing
she had a great design a remarkable voice acting and she is soo nice and helpful
And what make it better than mel is so nice to her
Spider yuri? Cool.
Arachne’s such a sweetheart. Even though, I don’t like spiders, she’s one of them
oh God let hope for another 3 way huh
Zag and dusa pt.2 ( the one where it worked out )
Listen, I get it, I really do, and as a matter of fact I agree, but... How would it happen? Arachne's a little... Little.
You underestimate the power of horny.
They're using the version where Hecate was involved so I'm guessing it's going to become a process of trying to find out how to return her to her original form
I actually like that look they gave her, she is not just sentient spider (like, actual animal) but not hot spider-mommy either. In the first case it would be harder to emotionally bound to her as to person, in the second - "punishment"/"curse" part of the transformation would be missed
But yeah she is clearly unfit for active sexual relationship. (Make this into glorious "would you love me if i was turned into worm?" or tales about hero being not picky and in reward monster/ugly/old turned into super beauty because that was a test)
They bring so much comfort to each other so i cant help but ship hard, yet i doubt Supergiant will let Mel undo thre curse placed on Arachna
(beat Chronos into helping with curse lol, sure time magic can rewind body to the previous shape)
They don't have to do that if they loved each other ya know. They can still love each other in many other ways, just like Melinoë saying Arachne weaving is also way of her way of showing love
4:11
Melinoë: Your size has nothing to do with the love you can give
It's confirmed. Melinoë's of the opinion that size doesn't matter
_"I know you're doing this just to be kind, my friend, except... the heart does what it wants, and... I, well... I'm concerned I'm beginning to take it the wrong way."_
YOU AIN'T MISREADING NOTHIN' I REALLY DO LOVE YOU 😭
No more head... But we got smol spider lady instead? I'll take it!
I have arachnophobia.
BUT
Same
Boys, we couldn't get the flying head, we ARE getting the arachnid!
This is pretty gay… I love it
Is there an Athena boss fight in this game?
Could be...game is in Early Access, there are parts of the game still in development. Athena at the moment is not a god/goddess offering boons to Melinoe. There is a portion of Melinoe's task in slaying Kronos involves going to Olympus, so she might encounter Athena and the other Olympians (Ares and Dionysus).
Ravioli, ravioli, don't lewd the spider moe
I need to get this game because I would DIE for that spider.
This so cute!!
Please make her a romance option pleeeeeeeease
the most bisexual game of the year
SUPERGIANT! GIVE US A ROMANCE SCENE WITH ARACHNE AND MY MONEY IS YOURS!!!
Her little sinister laughs😂
I feel like there more melancholical than sinister.
Dusa or arachne choose:
Personally, Dusa, for Melinoë, Arachne
Arachne has sensitive and nimble fingers.
Poor Icarus 🤣🤣🤣
It's ok, if this game is like the first one, then Melinöe will be able to romance various character at once lol
Mel's got two hands 😌
Is she the Dusa of this game?
No, I think it's Dora who fills that role
HALLELUJA
Idk what yall r on about this is how I talk to all my boys
No dusa romance
no arachne as well
If this isn't a full relationship option then it's homophobic! wow I ship this so hard.
I don't care if this is Lesbians. I will not indulge in or respect spider sympathizers.
Freaks...
Yes you are
when you know that apolo has already fucked a man... not just once...
@@joeyabuki9996 or Artemis with women or Zeus with both in the form of man and woman
U gey
As far as mythology goes, this is quite tame.