Valentine's Day Is So Much Weirder Than We Thought
Ridiculous History
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'Cupid', or 'Aros', Is a 'Buff Baby'
Greeks wanted to make the guys seem a little more friendly back when he was aros. Renaissance painters said, ok, he's childlike. Let's make him speak of a sexy baby. And that's where you see all these paintings of eros as cupid who is like, a well fed boy being polite,. But now they just, now, they just create love. Now he's like a caraban, ok? Andand always love you want, not love you don't want right? Another part, cause i think arrows would make you fall in love, like unrequitedors a pranm right? This cupid only ever does what you want
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