Reading Notes: Ovid's Metamorphoses #2
In this story, Vulcan, who is a god, is married to goddess Venus. He finds out that his wife is having an affair with Ares (Mars). Vulcan plans revenge.
The story starts off by saying that love even takes the sun prisoner, and that he rules all of the stars with his light. He saw Venus and Mars' adulteries, and tells Vulcan about the affair in the bedroom. Vulcan was crushed and even dropped the metal project he had been working on.
The Birth of Venus by Botticelli (1445–1510 CE). Link here.
Vulcan then started creating thin lines of bronze to create a net that would deceive peoples eyes. He placed it over the bed. Then, the wife and Ares came together again on the couch. Vulcan was ready to imprison them. The doors flung open and the gods flew in.
The two lay there, embarrassed as everyone else laughed at them; a classic embarrassment "hook-up" story.
I could rewrite this story by making it about when Khloe Kardashian found out that Tristan Thompson cheated on her with Jordyn, Kylie's best friend. Khloe doesn't plan revenge, but I could change the plot a little bit to make it more interesting.
I could basically keep the story the same, except change the characters. Ares is Tristan Thompson. Vulcan is Khloe Kardashian, and Venus is Jordyn Woods. Instead of the rest of the Gods walking in on them, it would be the paparazzi, and it would be even more embarrassing because of the stories ended up in the headlines and Jordyn's life was practically ruined.
Even though the Jordyn and Tristan scandal only happened ~once~, I could change the plot a little bit and instead make it so Khloe found on the first time and planned revenge (for the paparazzi to find out the second time), which would be the time everyone found out at the house party. Jordyn then went on to go on Red Table Talk (which in the story could be with Aphrodite, the goddess of love and Athena, the goddess of wisdom instead of the Smith's to talk about what happened.
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