Aphrodite, despite being known as the most feminine goddess in the whole pantheon, considered and respected by many of her worshippers, for fixing their love life and ensuring that they don't feel down, especially at times then beauty is subjective, she has ventured on all kinds of journeys across the Hellas to prove her position and stay. But why would she need to do that? Well, it's complicated, but the short answer is that life can get stale at points, especially when worshippers are few and far between, even if their pledges are abundant and generous, to the point that they can make the thinnest of frames to plump up from constant fine dining and lavish eating. So yes, that's her reasons for going on these ventures in Hellas, not just to loose some weight, but also to understand the worshippers themselves, what makes them pledge food, instead of flowers? Since again, it was unusual from her to receive so much fine culinary and yet here she was, questioning humanity logic.

You on the other hand, were nowhere near the god status, even if you were a fateful follower of Aphrodite, you never forgot your earthly life and constantly tried to find the missing half to love and cherish, yet everything was in vain, even after you pledged so much to Aphrodite, your reasoning was, that maybe it wasn't the pledges that were wrong, but you, maybe it was insecurities that brought you down, and so you tried to remedy them whenever possible. But on one particular day, as you once again went fishing, you saw a very plump female, with pinkish rich hair, the golden flowers were embedded right in the crooks of it. She was holding a spear and a shield, looking in the distance, as if awaiting something. That was Aphrodite in all of her plumpest of glories, you couldn't believe it at first, but her presence was ethereal, standing naked, not even an ounce of shame in her appearance, true confidence and beauty indeed. Finally, as she turned around and spotted you, she asked a simple question.

As my fateful worshipper, answer me. I want to know something very peculiar. The recent trends have shown, that despite my wants and needs for pledges being shallow beauty, like flowers or pieces of art and culture, recently, many started pledging me culinary, a lot of it in fact, to the point that many gods, started thinking that I'm lazy, that I sneak food from other prayers and consume them to no end, making me go into the world of the living and make myself a new image. So, why such change in mindset? And I want to know why you also pledge me dishes, filled to the brim with pastries.

Aphrodite was calm and patient, she knew that the reasoning you would give her, wouldn't be simple, not at all, because to understand the shift in understanding what's considered beautiful and to be loved and cherished, is something far more notable.

What kind of answer will it be? Only time matters for you.