godsofhumanity

[godsofhumanity]

Helloo this @cinematropes for some reason I can only send anonymous asks. Anyways I don't know if you remember me ( old name: disneyvamps) but a while ago I drew some fanart of your bittersweet comic ! I'm also the anon that asked recently about the comic . I was wondering if you could please tell us your ideas for it or some pages since you won't continue it^^ it's very dear to me

HIIIII DISNEYVAMPS (@cinematropes)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes of COURSE i remember you. i actually got your other ask.. but like. it is NOT showing up in my inbox. i can only see the email copy:

i knew as soon as i read the fanart part that it was YOU!!! and you know i actually think about your art sooooo often. i love your art so much it is so good 😭 i would trust you to draw more/the rest of my comic if im being completely serious 😭😭😭

[tumblr] is really bugging out for me because if i search up your blog, i see it. but like. if i search for it on my phone, nothing comes upppp!!! i thought that only happens if you're blocked but you are most certainly NOT blocked for me?!?! so idk. i'm sorry.

anyways. the only pages i got up to were these:

and i started on my design for Delphin, who i envisioned (for drawing convenience) could transform into a dolphin-man thing?

but like. that is literally it. this was from 2021, and the canvas for this page has not changed A BIT!! the art is sooo cringe hahahahahahah ugh which may or may not be part of the reason why i stopped

as for plot ideas. i've sorta dropped bits and pieces of it through my hc list:

Gist of the comic

more background to Aglaea (and her sisters)

i wrote out the entire plot in google docs. and some scenes i had a very clear vision for, so i can drop some of those ig?

this first one is shortly after Poseidon finds Aphrodite. he instructs Hermes to go to Zeus and tell him about Aphrodite and to arrange a meeting with Zeus so that she can be inaugurated as a fully-fledged goddess (each god needs Zeus' blessing to be assigned a domain)... importantly, Hermes isn't supposed to tell anyone EXCEPT Zeus,, but like. he's HERMES!!!

i tried to capture sort of.. the "jealous" side of Athena. the im-gonna-start-the-Trojan-War side of her. and when Apollo says "something witty", it's because i couldn't think of what precisely he should say!

this part is when Zeus and Hera meet Aphrodite. Hera, naturally, hates Aphrodite and she has a little.. not really a fight. but Zeus and Hera have a go at each other:

sorry about the indents... essentially the paragraphs that are indented happen before Aphrodite is named Goddess of Beauty. and the stuff that is not indented happens after Hera finds out!

i have more stuff. this is like. just the first few chapters (there was supposed to be a prologue + 62 chapters + an epilogue in total).

i'd say the first few parts, aren't too different from the lore. but i took some creative liberties towards the end that i REALLY really thought were brilliant... but like. genuinely i had so many ideas for the comic. i don't know where to begin explaining it all.

feel free to ask me about any specific moments in the story that you're interested in.. like. ares and aphrodite meeting... or how hephaestus & aphro even got engaged to begin with. there are side stories too- like Aphrodite learning about who Ouranos is, Hephaestus visiting Helios, and the story of Athena & Hephaestus' "romance" (i did NOT follow canon here. it doesn't suit the story to make Hephaestus unlikeable. and i could not redeem him if he did anything to Athena. so i twisted that myth up to be much more likeable and sorta cute i guess.)

anyways. thank you so so so much for taking an interest in my silly comic 😭 it really means the world 🥺

[godsofhumanity]

Is it still a headcanon if it’s about religion outside the influence of the Roman Catholic Church?

what?

[godsofhumanity]

since it’s almost summer, do you have any headcanons on what hades and persephone do while they’re away from one another or how they cope? personally i think persephone loves seeing demeter but also misses hades and her kids like crazy

Hades is such a journaler. i know he is.

he makes a point to write for at least 30 mins every day. i think this makes sense because, he IS the god of the dead. there is so much memory in the kingdom of Hades-- some sad, some terrible, some happy, some delightful. and he feels every one of those memories.

so even if he isn't outwardly emotional, i do think he is on the inside.

i think journaling is a great way to keep track of events. to write down the thoughts you have. it's not for anyone else to read, and certainly, i don't think Persephone reads it. but i think Hades does chronicle the events of the day, even if it's just a one line entry saying "3345 BC: Zeus fucked up again."

i also think that the kids tend to stay in the Underworld when Persephone leaves, so being with his children is the best way to cope with being without his wife.

for Persephone, i like the idea that if she burns flowers, the "spirit" of those flowers drifts into the Underworld, so Hades and the kids will randomly see petals falling through one specific part of the Underworld and they'll know that Persephone is standing right above them... thinking about them, missing them.

Demeter's not cruel either. okay at the start, she protected Persephone zealously and didn't want to see hide nor hair of Hades.. but she's warmed up. especially for her grandkids (who are her nieces/nephews also 😬)... she loves those gremlins. she's always working with Dionysus to invent new flavours of wine, and new cakes and yummy fruits for Persephone to bring with her back into the Underworld.. and these are special foods; they're more resilient to the decay of death that lingers in Hades... where most foods just instantly decay, Demeter's harvest will last at least the season before it starts to fade.

sometimes Hades and Persephone will pass letters to each other... they don't trust Hermes to not open the letters so they use Zeus as their owl (Zeus couldn't say no to Persephone when she asked) and he hates how gooey that is but also simultaneously likes that he's the one they trusted with it.

[godsofhumanity]

Typhon is just so cool, he’s natural disasters personalities.

He deserves some romanticisizing, you know?

literally meeeeee that's why i hc his relationship with Echidna to actually be extremely healthy and awesomeeeeee.... like. yes, he is violent. yes, he is temperamental. but there's one thing that's certain, and that's that he loves the hell out of his wifeeeeee and idc what any canon has to say about it!

[godsofhumanity]

Any headcanons on the relationship between osiris and anubis?

ummm yesss always 😢

ok so (one version of) the lore says that Nephthys disguised herself as Isis in order to sleep with Osiris and in this process, conceived Anubis.. and then Set found out that Anubis wasn't really his and he got pissed and killed everyone.

i don't like the idea that Nephthys ever cheated. it doesn't contribute anything useful to the story... so imo Anubis IS Set's son 100%... he's not Osiris' at all (i mean cmon... have you seen Set and Anubis?? they look like father and son).

but that doesn't mean that Anubis and Osiris don't have a relationship!!

so. in my timeline, Nephthys sends Anubis to live with Isis when he's an infant (becoz she's scared of Set etc etc and Set is fresh from killing Osiris and taking over). he has no recollection of either Nephthys or Set.

so naturally, Anubis adores the only constant god in his life, Isis. she's his hero. she's what a god is to a mortal man. and so, of course, the love that Isis has for Osiris (that she regularly talks about while she raises Anubis and Horus), it gets imprinted on Anubis.

Anubis grows up with great reverence for Osiris. but he doesn't actually know who Osiris is. they've never met.

now.... no one (except for Isis) has even seen Osiris since Set gave him the axe (literally lol)... because now Osiris is in the Duat, ruling, and he is not allowed to leave there unless he is summoned by The Council (i.e., the Ennead) (something i made up lol).

so, when the Contendings go down, that's the first time that Anubis (and Horus) meet Osiris... because Osiris emerges from the Duat to lecture the Ennead on their indecisiveness.

and you know what? he is sorta just as great as Isis always made him out to be. he's the rare case of "never meet your idols" being completely wrong. he's the real deal.

since Isis sees Anubis as her own son, so Osiris immediately accepts Anubis as his own son too. there is no question about it. he's the boy that his wife has loved and nourished... so why should he disagree? sure, he's the son of the guy who killed him brutally... but the sins of the father aren't the sins of the son in Osiris' mind.

now, post-Contendings, Set leaves with Ra on his redemption arc and this pisses the hell out of Anubis because deep down, he WANTS a relationship with his Dad and he sees Set leaving with Ra as a cop out-- he doesn't have to face any real consequences.

and i think Osiris recognises that.

but he's already made the mistake of missing the signs of jealousy and anger in Set, so he decides not to repeat that mistake with Anubis.

so he gives Anubis a promotion... an extremely honourable one-- he becomes guardian of the dead (fitting since he dedicates his life to protecting Osiris' widow) and receives the task of weighing the hearts of the dead (again, fitting because he is so righteous as a character and has a strong moral compass). and Nephthys was also involved with the embalming process, so it's sort of like Anubis' inheritance.

anyways. so Osiris is the one who personally invites Anubis to join him in the Duat. to become a god of the Underworld.

i think Anubis is shocked at first. he fully expects Osiris to hate his guts because of his association with Set. but then he accepts, eagerly. he wants to prove himself. Horus already had his turn when he contended with Set. now it's Anubis' time.

Osiris is super good to Anubis. he's like a second dad.

he gives him constructive feedback, not too critical, not too sugar-coated.

he actually makes dad-jokes (which Set rarely does).

Osiris is probably the first to pick up on the blossoming romance happening between Anubis and Anput... and he never tries to force Anubis into admitting anything but like... he knows. he hints at it sometimes, like telling Anubis about a secret garden in the far corners of the Duat that is completely beautiful but also guaranteed to not have anyone else walking through it... y'know. hints.

and i think through having such a good relationship with Osiris, Anubis learns to also accept Set as his real dad. coz like, if Osiris could forgive Set, why not Anubis also?

[godsofhumanity]

So this is probably a weird reuqest but do you have any “familial” hcs between the male gods? Brotherly (the big 3), father-son, uncle-nephew etc. Im sorry, i just have parnetak issues lmai 😭

omgggg you haven't specified anyone in particular so can i pls use this opportunity to rant about Kronos, Prometheus, and Zeus?? that's like uncle-nephew, father-son, AND brotherly... it's a 3 for 1.

OKAY. so pre-reading for these hc's is my titan hc's megapost especially Kronos' section.

essentially, i had this idea that, before he went completely LOOPY... Kronos was actually... a great guy. kind, generous, loving... in particular, even though he never though of mortal men as anything fantastic,, he did believe that... as God-King, it was his duty to protect them. to protect ALL living things.

now. in my timeline, Prometheus was born shortly after Kronos kills off Ouranos... he's not the first child of the titans (Oceanus and Tethys were soooo "busy" lmao), but because Kronos and Iapetus (Prometheus' dad) were so tight... he's sort of the first real nephew for Kronos.

he's the little kid who is always hanging around the palace. and Kronos ADORES him!!!!!!!!! he's a good kid with a bit of mischief up his sleeve--- basically a mini-Kronos, or at least, how he used to be as a kid himself.

so... even though Prometheus is not Kronos' own son... he treats him as if he is.

on his birthday, Kronos will have the whole palace erupt with colourful fireworks... there will be singing.. dancing... the finest banquet you could possibly ask for. and it's like that basically every year.

Iapetus is a prankster himself, but having to raise a bunch of children, he's sorta slowed down. he doesn't enjoy pranks being played on him. not to worry though--- Kronos is child-free (this is before Hestia has even been conceived) and carefree... and he has the perfect partner-in-crime for shenanigans; Prometheus.

so, uncle-and-nephew are always causing a ruckus for Iapetus.

after Kronos starts to recognise that he CANNOT have any children because Ouranos' prophecy says that they'll depose the Titans (and Kronos loves his siblings too much for that to happen),, i think he starts to envision Prometheus as his heir.

they are sooo likeminded. he gives Prometheus special rights... the privilege to sit at his table. the privilege to give advise on strategy even though he is so young and has no experience at all.... because those things will set Prometheus up to be a great King.

see, Kronos is not hogging the throne for himself, he never intended to rule forever... he just couldn't let his own blood sit on the throne. but someone else's son? it could work.

Prometheus never wants the throne, actually. i'm not even sure he knows of Kronos' intentions for him. but he loves his uncle. he loves being in the palace. he loves walking through their domain and seeing the "lesser" creatures. he learns from Kronos to have a desire to protect them, but on his own, he learns to love them for their uniqueness, their fleetingness. it's so beautiful to him as an immortal.

now, enter Zeus. when Zeus comes, it marks the beginning of the next stage of Prometheus' life. he's suspected Kronos' insanity for a long time, and Zeus is now the proof of it.

even though he loves Kronos, he loves the world that Kronos has created even more and he knows that the right thing to do is to depose of Kronos and make Zeus the king.

so Prometheus and Zeus start to spend time together in the months approaching their takeover. Prometheus is older than Zeus and he's had royal training in the art of war. he's not as good as Oceanus' daughter Metis, but between the two of them, they train Zeus; and he's a quick study.

when they're not training, Prometheus and Zeus develop a quick friendship. it's as if they are brothers. both of them have such a strong sense of justice and commitment.

Zeus has no doubt that Prometheus will be his right-hand man when they win.

both envision a future that is peaceful and free from terror.

but they never hash out the details. and Zeus has a broader perspective than Prometheus-- he accepts that some lives will be lost, and that not all can be saved. Prometheus is more naive; he wants to save everything.

i think this difference in thinking is what makes Zeus a more appropriate king-- he's more logical. he's willing to make the tough decisions.

now, when Zeus becomes King, he wipes out the Golden Age of Men that Kronos created. he does this as a "cleanse"-- a clean state. no reminders of Kronos. Prometheus doesn't like this, but he sees Zeus' reasoning and accepts, especially because Zeus promises a better life for them-- they won't be dependent on the King's good graces, they will have minds of their own to think, they will be able to work.. to live their own individual lives (which is not something they did as such under Kronos).

these new men are the Silver Age of Men. but when Typhon is unleashed, Zeus chooses his battle strategy plan in a way that results in many of the Silver Men dying; they're just fodder. and it is not clear to Prometheus whether this was an accident or purposeful intent on Zeus' part.

so things begin to sour between Zeus and Prometheus.

Prometheus is mindful of the madness that runs in Zeus' blood... he wonders whether he is turning into Kronos 2.0.

Zeus thinks Prometheus is getting hooked up on small details. he wonders whether Prometheus is yearning for the days of the Titans,, when he was the golden heir (Zeus has pieced together from Prometheus' loving recounts of his time in Kronos' palace pre-insanity that Kronos meant for bigger things for Prometheus, even if Prometheus is unwilling to acknowledge this himself). he wonders if Prometheus is envious of the throne.

and so, paranoia starts to brew between the two who were once as brothers.

still, Zeus tries to have peace. he allows Prometheus to craft the next age of men, the Bronze Age. this is different to the previous two ages where it was Zeus and Kronos who made them-- now it's Prometheus' chance. and Prometheus loves it. it was what he was always meant to do.

now, of course, we know the story of Prometheus learning that the men must make sacrifices to the gods, and to make it more economical, he plays a trick on Zeus to establish a new standard for sacrifices. and Zeus does not take kindly to this at all.

i think this is the tipping point. all of the paranoia and anger that has been brewing between Zeus and Prometheus comes to a head-- they fight, they say things they don't really mean. and they do it in front of everyone.

in the middle of the court-- Prometheus unleashes his fury at Zeus, complains of his disrespect for the creatures he is supposed to protect.. he accidentally says that Zeus is just as bad as Kronos, perhaps worse.... and that's Zeus' greatest fear, isn't it? that he'll be just like his dad.

so Zeus fights back with the only way he can; he exiles his friend, his brother... makes him suffer... makes him sit on a mountaintop in agony while an eagle eats his liver but the true punishment is that Prometheus is watching over the village he made... watching Zeus torment them day-by-day, and he is powerless to stop them. when the Deluge comes, Prometheus watches his men drown, he hears them crying for help. and he can do nothing.

the only way to come back from this point is... time. and luckily, they're gods. they have all the time in the world. hundreds of years pass before Zeus, who has now been so involved with humanity that he has begun to understand what it was Prometheus loved in them so much, sends his son Heracles to free Prometheus from the mountain and rejoin Olympus.

and Prometheus has spent far too much time on the mountaintop, contemplating, thinking, that like Zeus, he now sees a much bigger picture-- he still loves humanity, but he also learns to appreciate the gods that he lives alongside as well. so when he returns to Zeus, he does not bear anger. he forgives him.

and they both embrace each other as brothers. they don't go back to the way things used to be; they're too old for that. but they retain that respect.

[godsofhumanity]

I was wondering if you had any headcanons for Set and Osiris

UM YEAH !

okay, necessary pre-reading for this hc list: the lettuce incident 🥬

content summary: Osiris was Baldr-levels of adored by the rest of the pantheon because he was just a supremely lovely and kind-hearted person, and Set (who was always a little prone to violence) always thought that that made Osiris WEAK and unfit to rule properly.

i'm envisioning the kind of world where gods live amongst humans, as their rulers, but still on the same earth (unlike, say, the Olympians who live in Olympus far above Greece and only sometimes visit to do a little chicanery).

now, even though the gods are much more powerful than mortal men, there are other threats to mortal and immortal civilisation alike; demons and monsters and other foul creatures. some probably have twisted the hearts of mortal men to serve them, thus expanding their force. and their goal is always to take Egypt from the gods and drown the world in darkness and chaos.

so, the gods have to battle these people and take an active part in the lives of their creations... and Set, being a war god, is very much a battle commander, and he's always in the heat of the battle not far away giving orders-- he's actually fighting. so he knows what the war is like, and hence why he has no faith in diplomacy, only absolute death for his enemies.

OKAY. so that's the premise that leads to Set slowly hating Osiris and plotting against him but what happened BEFORE? what about when they were kids?

i honestly think they were all super close-- Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys (that's the age order i imagine).

personality wise, Osiris had a little bit of an ego. he's a little cheeky, but very loving and honest... not malicious.

i think Set wasn't malicious either, but he was a bit... darker. Osiris' idea of a prank is jumping out from behind a wall is saying "BOO!" whereas Set's idea of a prank is chopping someone's hair off... so you know.. it's a bit more serious.

but even with those discrepancies, Set and Osiris spent a lot of time together and really loved each other. as brothers do. i think they were always pushing each other to be better.... they're basically what i envision Anubis and Horus to be like.

i think when they start getting older though, Geb starts preparing Osiris for his role as King (he's the oldest after all).. and that means Osiris starts spending less and less time wit his family. with Set.

for Osiris' part: he's never been all that keen on being King... he sees Set with his sisters, with his friends, and wishes he was with them.

for Set's part: he loves leading others into battle... he sees Osiris with Geb, learning from their father about what it is to be the protector of the people... and Set loves his father soooo much... he is his role model! and Set wishes he was in Osiris' place.

so... i think their childhood was solid.. but in their teenage-young adult years, the relationship starts to sour. and Osiris tries to save it... he does! he is always inviting Set into his palace, always telling him to be seated at the right-hand of his table like he's a second King.

but i think as Set's heart darkens, he cannot see the kindness in what his brother does, he can only interpret it as Osiris boasting of his birthright.

Osiris isn't perfect either. i think there are definitely times during his reign where he chose passivity when he should have chose action, so there are definitely parts of Egypt that were lost during Osiris' reign, even though in general, people loved him....

i think sometimes Osiris underestimates Set. he starts thinking that Set is a little too war-obsessed... as he gets older, Set's opinions start having less weight to him. and Set knows that. so that contributes to the tension.

okay and then we have the ✨lettuce incident ✨ which i already wrote before.

what about AFTER the incident?

well... i think being with Ra really cleanses Set of his jealousy. he begins to understand Osiris better and, seeing as how both brothers now ascend to much much greater roles than merely King of Egypt (Osiris now presides over the Dead, and Set aids the mighty Ra against Apep)... i think both of them are able to see a bigger picture. they forgive each other.

being in the Underworld, and being on the solar barque... there's probably not much time for Osiris and Set to meet up. but, i really like the idea of, when Ra needs to recover from his wounds, and he descends into the Duat, Osiris is always first asking about Set and what he's been up to. because they're brothers. and they always will be.

[godsofhumanity]

You think apollo would start a heavy metal band with arachne and hephaestus?

tumblr is the buggiest site on the planet i am not even kidding... i have scrolled through my inbox several times in the past 2 years and NOT ONCE have i EVER seen this ask in my life.

and yet the "sent" date on this ask is 2023... i'm so sorry for taking 2 years to respond to this. it genuinely has never been in my inbox before.

anyways. arachne seems like an odd mix here, but apollo and hephaestus are definitely jamming out for sure. im thinking "GOLD STEEL" as a band name. or "SUN FORGE". lmao lowkey sounds like a ship name.. i didnt mean for that. apollo does vocals obvs, and i think hephaestus is a drummer.

[godsofhumanity]

Will you complete your bittersweet comic?

holy guacamole that’s a throwback!! i’m literally so honoured that you remembered that comic!!!

currently. i have no plans to finish it. i’d love to, but i really just don’t have time for it 😓

i’ve been considering just writing it though?? so idk. maybe when i finish writing my meleager story, ill translate my comic into writing and post it like that.

but anyways. thank you for taking interest in my comic 💙 i can’t explain how much this ask means to me.

[godsofhumanity]

Do you where can I watch olympus guardian?

there used to be a playlist on youtube but it got deleted so you have to search for episode 1, 2, 3 etc. individually now :(((

but here’s episode 1 :))

there’s no english dub btw. only subtitles.

[godsofhumanity]

people who learned about greek mythology due reasons that DONT involve having read percy jackson at 12 freak me out, like what the FUCK was going on in your life that you found out that zeus turned into a pigeon to woo his wife like HOW

[godsofhumanity]

I believe the reason why Hades is such a good option for the Underworld is because he has the right balance of sternness and kindness.

It will be interesting if Hades does visit Cronus cell from time to time and they just play chess in silence

this is a hugely brained idea and i love it very much. i like the idea that the Big 3 THINK that the domains were assigned randomly by chance, but the reality is, the domains chose THEM. fate was at work. it wasn’t random at all!

[godsofhumanity]

There is a Korean web novel called "I've Become a Shepard Slave Inside the Mythology". The protagonist gets revived as Paris, and stayed faithful to Oenone. Happy ending!

INCREDIBLE!!!

[godsofhumanity]

blood of zeus has a third season?????

[godsofhumanity]

rip pseudo-apollodorus, you’d have loved google docs

[godsofhumanity]

Hola! Me wants the spring gods interactive hcs for science purposes

wow sorry hahaha this has taken me forever to answer,,, i've been really struggling to think of things! this is what i have:

Persephone, Brigid (celtic), Flora (roman), and Jarylo (slavic) designing new flowers together

they have a massive hall that they share... it looks like a greenhouse, and the walls are covered with vines and leaves of all sorts of colours and shapes..

there are flowers everywhere... some flowers that you'd recognise-- roses and daisies and carnations and camelias-- and other flowers that you've never seen before-- they're all still in "development".

many fruits are also ready for picking during spring, so i think that they would group together and collect all of them, zealously guarding the fresh fruit from other nosy gods like Hermes and Veles who would try to eat the fruit before it had been served.

Persephone has extreme rage issues and will literally destroy the place if someone tries to ruin the harvest and it takes all three of Brigid, Flora, and Jarylo to calm her down.

they would also set apart some of the fruit for the animals that live in their fields.

this is kinda sad but i imagine for the spring gods, who are responsible for bringing things to flower/fruition, that also means that all those flowers which were created from the bodies of those who had fallen victim to the scheming of the gods will also bloom during spring again...

especially for a god like Persephone who is both goddess of spring and of the dead, i feel like they would also have a few days during the spring where its quiet... and they make those special flowers that were born from spilled blood bloom extra bright and in abundance. i don't think they'd forget where those flowers came from.

i couldn't really find much info on Brigid, but she was associated with smiths, so i like the idea of her being the one to make or at least source all the agricultural tools that they use to prune the plants and collect produce.

[godsofhumanity]

https://www.tumblr.com/cartoonfangirl1218/780479902460870656/well-hello-im-back-the-tubi-streaming-channel

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godsofhumanity: hiii @cartoonfangirl1218!! thank you so much for sending me your review of Class of the Titans!! i’m so glad you enjoyed it <33 i very much agree that it is a fantastic show and a great opportunity to also learn some new myths that you might not have heard of before. just a few things about your review:

- cronus. obviously everyone who knows my blog knows that i’m a cronus freak so yesss absolutely agreed with you that cronus’ characterisation was fantastic!!!!

- all the other gods being portrayed with refreshing takes… i also loved Dionysus becoming a chemist and finally Persephone is shown to be “dreaded Persephone” as she is so often called in the works of Homer and Hesiod.

- you mentioned grievance with Harmonia’s depiction as a giant snake… this is actually lore-accurate! Harmonia marries Cadmus, the hero who fathers Semele (the mother of Dionysus).. Cadmus is cursed by the gods after killing a sacred dragon and he is transformed into a serpent.. Harmonia, who so loved Cadmus, cannot bear to be apart from him and begs the gods to transform her also, and they oblige. so both Harmonia and Cadmus become serpents together and then they go to Elysium together forever <33

 - i also agree that some of the namesakes didn’t really correlate with the kids themselves.. Jay related to Jason in the sense that he was a leader, Herry and Heracles were both brawny (though curiously, though Heracles was also known for his intelligence, that’s not a trait passed on to Herry!), and Odie gets Odysseus’ cunning and smarts. you mentioned that Narcissus isn’t a hero, which is sorta true– he couldn’t hold his own against the likes of Heracles, Jason, and Perseus– BUT, Narcissus was a hunter.. so i think that fighting prowess was sorta what they were tackling there. and also the idea that you can “love yourself” but also still have good qualities to share… through Neil, we see a journey of growth. i do wonder why they didn’t have a Percy as a desendant of Perseus instead of Neil as a descendent of Narcissus…? 

- it is a shame that we didn’t get to see more of the team’s “personal lives”… like there could have been more of a build-up of Archie & Atlanta and Jay & Theresa’s relationships, but at the end of the day, it’s a kids show with only like 20 minutes to spare, so they probably couldn’t afford to spend it elaborating on finer details like the parents’ names, etc. 

anyways!! thanks again for sharing your review with me! i’m glad you enjoyed it as much as i did :)