Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Ares myth

“So yeah, it's a fire / It's a goddamn blaze in the dark / And you started it / So yeah, it's a war / It's the goddamn fight of my life / And you started it”

Angela shares an Instagram reel (from @davidkristianp) connecting ivy's bridge to the Greek myth of Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Ares. Aphrodite was forced to marry Hephaestus, the god of fire, but cheated with Ares, the god of war. The bridge's parallel structure, 'it's a fire' and 'it's a war', maps onto the two gods. Uncle Jerry finds this interpretation compelling and extends it by recounting the myth of Hephaestus trapping Aphrodite and Ares in a net, calling all the gods to witness their affair, a tarnished love.