Perseus is a son of Zeus but he lives on some random island with his mortal mother, Danae. The king sees Danae and decides he's gotta have her. Perseus is not okay with this whole idea so the king pretends to be into this other woman and requests that everyone sends him a horse (apparently this was a normal thing...). Well Perseus didn't have a horse, but not to be outdone, Perseus says he'll do anything for the king instead. The king at this point laughs manically at the opportunity to get rid of the stupid son that's ruining all his plans. Thus, the king asks for the head of a Gorgon - this monsters who are actually women with snake hair that turn men to stone if they look at them. Medusa is the only Gorgon who is mortal so with the help of Athena and Hermes, he slices off her head using the reflection in his shield to attack her. He bags the head and takes it back to the king, who conveniently has begun to seduce Danae. Perseus pulls out the head to show everyone and turns the king to stone, reclaiming his mother.
Basically, Medusa's hair is pretty badass. Having hair that turns people to stone would be super cool! ... but really inconvenient when it comes to making friends. People - like Dominik - have told me I have nice hair. And the only thing I have on Macy Early is that she thinks my bangs are awesome and hers are terrible (her words not mine). But that's not really the point. Long hair is a pain and snake hair sounds like it would be too. Maybe Medusa and I could bond on this over coffee since she only turns men to stone. Too bad she's dead. And so is my hair if you think about it... I don't really know where I'm going from here cause I don't actually know how to talk about hair. The End?
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