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The Vanity of Beauty: Hephaestus’ Obsession with His Male Beloved

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The Vanity of Beauty: Hephaestus’ Obsession with His Male Beloved

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13 episodes

Episode 1

The Sea-Born Beauty's Bloody Escape: First Clash of Grace and Imperfection on Lemnos

Oct 20, 202548 views
Episode 2

Aphrodite’s Golden Girdle Temptation vs. Hephaestus’s Restraint

Oct 21, 202524 views
Episode 3

Aphrodite Extracts Hephaestus’s Steel Heart – His Flight & Regret

Oct 21, 202517 views
Episode 4

Hephaestus Forges a Throne for Hera – Off to Olympus for Aphrodite

Oct 21, 202515 views
Episode 5

Aphrodite’s Alliance Dilemma & Hephaestus’s Throne Trap for Hera

Oct 21, 202515 views
Episode 6

Hephaestus Traps Hera with the Throne – Her Plot to Marry Him to Aphrodite

Oct 21, 202518 views
Episode 7

Hephaestus’s Return to Olympus – Confronting Aphrodite for the “Curse”

Oct 21, 202516 views
Episode 8

Kiss of Salt, Sting of Fire

Oct 22, 202512 views
Episode 9

The Price of a Broken Anvil

Oct 22, 202511 views
Episode 10

Wedding of the Ugly/Perfect

Oct 22, 202514 views
Episode 11

Bed of Ashes, Ring of Flame

Oct 22, 202511 views
Episode 12

Ares Wants What’s Mine

Oct 22, 202514 views
Episode 13

Love-Arrow vs War-Spear

Oct 22, 202512 views

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In the grand tapestry of Olympus, Aphrodite—born not as the fair goddess of love, but a male deity of desire and beauty—emerges from sea foam, his allure capable of bending even the mightiest gods to his will. Arrogant and accustomed to adoration, he toys with hearts freely, until a casual act—giving his soiled robe to a disfigured, lame god named Hephaestus—unleashes a lifelong obsession he never saw coming.
Hephaestus, the god of fire and forging, has long loved Aphrodite in silence. Rejected by his mother Hera at birth, he finds solace only in his craft—until Aphrodite’s fleeting kindness becomes the anchor of his devotion. When Primordial Eros, the embodiment of primal love, punishes Aphrodite’s vanity by turning him into a mortal boy named Melanenis, stripping his divine powers, Hephaestus’ love transforms into a fierce resolve: to protect his beloved, even if it means defying Zeus, joining Hera’s rebellion, or sacrificing his own divine essence.
From the glittering halls of Olympus to the war-torn streets of Troy, Aphrodite (as Melanenis) endures slavery and confusion, gradually realizing the difference between fleeting desire and true devotion. Hephaestus, meanwhile, wages hidden battles—against gods like Ares who covet Aphrodite, against the chaos of the monster Typhon, and against his own self-doubt—all to keep his beloved safe.
Will Aphrodite cast off his mortal chains and embrace Hephaestus’ unwavering love? Or will the scars of divine arrogance and mortal suffering tear them apart forever? This reimagined Greek myth weaves passion, betrayal, and redemption into a tale that challenges everything you thought you knew about love, beauty, and the gods.