antigonick:

It just doesn’t make sense to me. It goes against all logic and it’s absolutely misunderstanding the very figure of Artemis to pair her with her brother. They can be enemies or allies depending on the myth, but never would they canonically be romantically linked. 

First and foremost, Artemis is one of the virgin goddesses. She exists for herself. To absolutely want to pair her with a male figure is a way for casual modern readers of mythology to undermine the very might of her power and her agency (anachronistically). Artemis surrounds herself with maidens; she flees the company of men, their tainted looks (Actaeon), their need to challenge her strength and prowess (Orion). She is the goddess of animals, of the hunt, of wilderness. She is Artemis of the Wildland, protector of young girls.

On the contrary, Apollo stands for the very concept of civilisation : poetry, art, music, politics, justice. Where her sister has distanced herself from human culture to create her own, in a small group of kindred spirits, he enjoys the company of mortals, he likes to meddle with their lives, their stories, he inspires them to create, to speak, to realise. He is absolutely on the other end of the spectrum. Linked to the notion of the Kouros, he is always playing with the idea of love, seduction, of power play. He even tried to seduce Daphne, who was a favourite of Artemis and chose to transform herself into a laurel-tree rather than become his mistress - a clear depiction of what Artemis and her handmaidens thought of that kind of behaviour and idiotic love games.

Despite being twins, Apollo and Artemis are polar opposites and have nothing in common, symbolically or otherwise. They are profoundly unfit to be paired together in my opinion, even if you don’t care about “canon” (if we can speak about canon when it comes to myth). Not only that, but I would go as far as to say that Artemis is defined by her very godliness, her remoteness, her exceptional behaviour, rules, and life - compared to other gods of the Greek pantheon who display and succumb to human weaknesses with relish. It’s something that sets her apart. I wish her figure wasn’t robbed of this remoteness just to fit the standards of our romance-obsessed culture. The idea, the concept of Artemis doesn’t gain value because she is suddenly coupled with a golden boy with a cute chariot, you know?