Lore OlymPOD – Details, episodes & analysis

It's the moment you've all been waiting for: our interview with Rachel Smythe! She was genuinely the sweetest, most wonderful person we've ever met and it was a pure delight to talk to her. 

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I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING WE'RE ALL CRYING IT'S FINE

Our FINAL episode covering the FINAL two chapters of Lore Olympus, chapters 279 & 280, featuring:

• Redecorating all the men's restrooms in the Underworld
• One last tub time emergency for Hermes
• MOMMIES everywhere
• Our headcanon on what happened to Apollo after the finale
• & our undying love for you <3 

Covering LO chapters 261 & 262, featuring:

• Demophon being a special little guy who needs love
• Hera wearing the world's hottest outfit for the worst day of her life
• HOT GOAT MEN, thank gods

Covering LO chapters 129 & 130, feat.:

• Apollo's order at P.F. Chang's
• The merits of hibernating in a volcano instead of facing your problems
• A TERRIBLE use of taxpayer money
• & more!

Covering LO chapters 127 & 128, feat.:

• Incredible co-parenting skills & himbo energy from Poseidon
• The Karen of eagles
• Hades REALLY doing it for us

Covering LO chapters 125 & 126, and man, things are getting real. Including:

• Hermes really blossoming into his full bad boy self
• A diversion involving Dionysus marrying a piece of filet mignon
• A special phone Hades keeps just for Thanatos

Covering LO 123 & 124 featuring:

• Hecate doing her best Vice Principal impression
• The most responsible purple character we've met yet
• Hera giving us the boldness, the confidence, and the audacity we deserve

Covering LO chapters 121 & 122 including:

• Hades being entirely unable & completely unwilling to even attempt to go along with Hecate's improv
• A thousand nymphs named Gus
• Several characters taking their lives into their hands for no good reason

I AM SO HYPED WE GET TO SPEND THIS WHOLE EPISODE TALKING ABOUT HERA. Covering Lore Olympus chapters focusing on the queen herself, chapters 119 and 120, including:

• Hera's alternating phone answering strategies
• Hera cosplaying as Audrey Hepburn, Ariana Grande, and a pirate queen
• An app idea for people who can't be nice to waitstaff

We are HERE for this Artemis arc in LO chapters 117 & 118 featuring:

• Artemis proving that she is EXACTLY the type of friend you want if you go missing
• Psyche/Ampelus' hair looking INCREDIBLE
• Speculation about Ares' non-toxic masculinity vibe