AHHH L., thank you for reading my long-ass rambling 😭 💦💦 I'm so flattered that you were interested in the original myth based on my game 😂 The myth always rubbed me the wrong way, ever since I heard it 😭 I think sometimes it's interpreted as an artist's purehearted love for his craft, but man, Pygmalion literally marries and IMPREGNATES Galatea 😭😭😭 He purposefully indulges in his narcissism and then gets everything that he wants, including a wife handed to him like some prize to be won... Even some more feminist retellings of Pygmalion, like Shaw's play, seem to skirt around potraying him as a """bad""" guy, portraying him as some kind of savior instead, crafting Galatea into a better version of herself. Unfortunately Pygmalion gives me such the heebie-jeebies that I can't accept any variant where he actually marries Galatea as anything other than a frightening cautionary tale 😭
I'm glad that you think my retelling was worthy, I'm so honored 😭 💦 💜 Your comments are too sweet, they really made my day, thank you!!!