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So, I just finished watching Ducktales 2017. What a gem! But of course my brain did its thing and now I’m imagining all possible post-canon fanfics.

Specifically all the potential Percy Jackson crossovers! Or, should we say Percy “Quackson”?

My main concept is linked to a mystery the characters never address. Which is quite surprising if you think about it. Especially since Webby has dedicated most of her young life to mapping out the Duck’s entire family tree. But Huey Dewey and Louie wanted desperately to know what happened to their mom, yet they’ve never expressed any interest in who their father is.

Now that doesn’t have to be all that weird. I imagine the boys grew up not knowing much about their mom aside from little nuggets Donald would tell them, like; “oh your mother loved this dish” or “your mother actually wrote this lullaby I’ve always been singing to you”. Just enough for them to be curious about her, but they probably realized it made their uncle sad to think about her, effectively stopping them from asking about her. (Though I imagine Donald would have answered many of their questions about Della without hesitation, like how she was as a person.)

When it comes to their father, Donald might not actually know who their father is. They might be the result of a one night stand? I’d say it’s actually quite likely since Della never mentions an ex or anything about her love life for that matter. Maybe Donald never asked in case Della herself didn’t know? It does seem like she was always the wild child of the two. That’s all fine, but it means Donald had no way of dropping lore about him in the same way he probably did about their mom. Actually, forget what I said earlier. Donald did not know who their father was. Had he known, he would have made sure the boys knew him. Because Donald is a good parent.

That said, the boys knew nothing about their dad. But they didn’t lack a father figure. Paired with the previously mentioned point, it makes perfect sense why the boys would not feel the need to know about their father. Unlike with their mother, they never had to feel like they were missing out on having a dad. Donald filled that role. He never calls himself their dad, but he does refer to them as his boys (I’m actually sure Daisy was mentally preparing herself to having to be a stepmother in those vents). And the boys clearly admires him and look up to him, the season one finale clearly shows it. Almost to the point of rubbing it in our faces.😅

So even if the boys were to find out who their father is, it might now be that big of a deal to them.

Huey, Dewey or Louie: Oh, okay, cool. Uncle Donald is still our main father figure, so, yeah, that role’s been filled. Nice meeting you, though.

That said, WE can still be curious though.

And the absence of any clues whatsoever practically gives us free rein to speculate!

Now since I talked about a Percy Jackson crossover, and I’m writing it on this side blog, you probably saw where this was headed.

I suggest that Huey Dewey and Louie are demigods!

Both the Greek and Norse pantheon are real in the Ducktales universe. (Though the liberties taken with the portrayal of Norse mythology are almost offensive in my opinion. Jörmungand is the enemy of the warriors in Valhalla, dam it! He’d never be seen as the underdog man of the people there!) And though we only ever see three Greek gods, we do know many other gods took a liking to the ducks. That’s what Zeus was so jealous of Scrooge for, after all. So it’d be pretty safe to assume that if the boys are demigods, they’re Greek.

Now in this adaptation, the triplets have distinctly different personalities, as opposed to earlier adaptations. That might lead to a possibility of them having different gods as fathers. There are examples of twins with different fathers in mythology. And it might feel a bit easier to match each triplet with his own godly parent.

But… I know a candidate who would fit as the father of all three, and, who I can definitely see falling in Love with Della Duck.

My friends, I suggest, the father of Huey, Dewey and Louie is none other than…

Hermes, Messenger of the gods!

Hermes is also a trickster figure and the patron god of travelers, thieves and anyone who uses the roads really. He isn’t picky about who he sponsors.

Apollo also drops hints about his personality in ToA. That he is a bit adventurous and a wild child.

You can’t tell me Hermes and Della wouldn’t be somewhat each other’s type. They could definitely be seeing each other at least for long enough to create a child, or three.

Additional to being a trickster and a messenger, Hermes is also a god of commerce. These aspects could very well be seen in Louie, who sees all the angles, defeats his opponents by out witting them, and strives to be as rich and successful as his Uncle Scrooge. Though preferably with less hard work and more witty poker strategies.

As previously mentioned, both Hermes and Della are adventurous and the wild child of their respective sibling groups. It should therefore not be a surprise that at least one of their children would be the same. Dewey is the adventurous triplet, and seems to have decided to follow in his mother’s footsteps and become a pilot. He could have gotten his wild attitude from both of his parents, or just one. He is also a bit of a theater kid. He loves to dance and, sort of, has his own talk show. That’s not a clear link to Hermes, but considering he invented two instruments as an infant, one of which became the characteristic lyre his brother uses to play, and is sometimes considered as a minor poetry god besides Apollo, I still think Dewey could have gotten the theatre side from Hermes.

Huey is not as easy. Hermes is neither the god of wisdom nor knowledge. Those domains falls to Athena and Apollo respectively. And Huey’s most prominent character trait is his per suit of knowledge. But I look at his hobbies. He functions as a sort of unofficial sidekick for Gizmoduck. Hermes often act as a travel companion for Zeus when he wanders the earth, and as the messenger of the gods he often assist other gods. Assisting others with tough situations is something all triplets do throughout the series. Also Huey is a junior Woodchuck. Don’t you think the god of travelers would encourage you to learn more about survival in the wild? Hermes is also a god of linguistics and in some cases acts as a mediator between other gods, and can sometimes choose not to fight an opponent he’s expected to fight, showing some levelheaded behavior and certain intelligence, which could be where Huey could get his brains.

But aside from Della and the triplets’ personalities, there’s another piece of evidence. Because we know of at least one instance where one of the triplets has interacted with Hermes.

In season 2 episode 11, Dewey has stolen Hermes’ winged shoes.

But Hermes is the god of thieves, remember? Do you really think he wouldn’t notice a kid was about to steal his stuff?

No way.

It’s my theory that Hermes has either known from the start that he and Della had triplets, or he saw the kids that were obviously Della’s during one of their trips to Ithaquack (is that how it’s spelled?) and simply but two and two together. So when one of them tried to take his shoes, he simply figured he’d let his son have some fun with them. The next time we see Dewey, he no longer has the shoes but he’s completely fine, no harm done.

I imagine Hermes might have appeared off camera and been like; “Hey, I’m glad you had fun with the shoes, but we shouldn’t risk your life by angering Zeus. I’ll take them back and next time you can ask and I’ll supervise.”

I don’t think he’d have told Dewey who he was to him, because a god for a father would become a big deal to the triplets once they found out. And Dewey would probably not repeat the same mistake again by withholding information about their parentage.

So that’s my headcanon. Huey Dewey and Louie are demigod sons of Hermes.

A post-canon crossover fic could therefore feature a satyr taking the boys to Camp Half Blood and learn sword fighting from “Percy Quackson”. How their relationship with their father would then look like once they’re claimed could be up for interpretation. Personally, I’d like to think that between Percy’s trust that gods can change for the better if they want to, and Apollo doing exactly that, Hermes is inspired to become a more present parent to his kids at camp. So if you want to be wholesome, Hermes basically becomes part of the McDuck family through his sons.

But hey, that’s just a theory!

Feel free to share your thoughts about this!🤗

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Has anyone yet touched on Annabeth remembering her past life? Will she ever remember that she used to be the firstborn daughter of Odysseus?

I wonder how she would feel about that

Yk, with Athenide and Arimneste, Percy thinking Annabeth looks like a princess gets a completely new meaning and it’s actually sad, specially bcs Arimneste died reasonably young

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Which do you prefer pregnant Apollo or pregnant Percy Jackson?

ALSO YOUR FICS ARE SOOO GOOD!

I’d say I prefer pregnant Percy, but I’m not averse to pregnant Apollo.

Thank you, sorry it took me so long to respond

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I choose to view it as kidnapping, Gaea groomed her

Selfishly wish everyone continued to believe gaea kidnapped her after she got back to avoid any angst against my girl 😔

I wish it too, anon 😩 unfortunately…….

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Hey hey hey

Will Lucia become a big sister or no?

If she does, will she get jealous or be excited?

Who spoiled it for you?!

Hah, sorry, but yes, Percy and Apollo will have more kids. The reason they waited to have more is, in part, the more kids you have the harder it is to hide them from the paranoid god king who wants to kill any child of yours. But also, Apollo refuses to knock Percy up again until he’s 100% immortal, because Percy nearly died in childbirth when they had Lucy. So they’ll have to explore their other options to reproduce.

Lucy will be excited to become a big sister. Naturally, she might feel a little jealous during the baby stage because of how much attention babies need, but overall, she’ll be happy to finally get to be the older sibling.

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Poor Hades can just never catch a break

Percy, sneezes

Hades, offers her a handkerchief

Poseidon: Stay away from my daughter!

Demeter: Wasn't stealing mine enough?! Are you going to have a rotation of Persephones in the underworld, you disgusting old lecher?!?

Hades: Her nose was running!

Demeter: So you tried to catch it?! And take the rest of the body too since you're at it?!!

Hades: I was being nice!!!

Demeter: like when you gave Persephone that goddamn pomegranate???? 👹👹👹

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Based on @anotheroceanid ‘s Athenide AU

*someone knocks on Hermes’ door in the middle of the night*

Hermes: Huh? What-?

Perse:

Hermes: Your parents fighting over custody again?

Perse: *nodds*

Hermes: Come on in, I’ll get you some warm milk

*later*

Hermes, to Athena and Poseidon: Listen here you two, you either get your shit together for your daughter’s sake, or I will turn this little custody squabble of yours into a three front custodial war!

I quite like the idea that Perse would just wander off and stay at Hermes’ place whenever the co-parenting got less than peaceful. Hermes probably invented being the cool uncle, and was dead serious about filling for custody of his niece!😅

[luciajacksonpapadopoulos]

Is it possible that there was cults that believed both?

Random Athenide cults that probably existed, were very small, and people back then who followed the bigger ones found probably a bit weird (based off the things we talked in asks just in case you’re scrolling the tag or my profile and need some context, more or less)

1) Baby Athenide - They believe that Athenide came from the fountain as a baby and aged like a normal child until she reached marriageable and stopped aging

2) Permes Cult - They shipped Hermes/Percy a little to close to the sun (haha fun and giggles) so they made up that Athenide and Hermes got married at some point and Apollo is still very mad at Hermes for his hypothetical marriage to Athenide

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Perse: Yes, Apollo, I know. I’m sorry…

At least she didn’t have to kill Vlad with her own hands… or did she? There are some uncertainties about how Vlad the Impaler eventually died👀

Aphrodite: So, how did that little Prince of yours take your breakup?

Perse: Vlad? Quite well actually, he cried a bit at first but he accepted it really easily. He did have some issues in his territory, so I think he decided to focus on that

Aphrodite, giggling: Oh my, how darling

~~~~~~~~~~~A while later~~~~~~~~~~~

Perse: What do you mean he started to Impale people?!?

Perse: no, Hermes, you must’ve mistaken him by another Vlad Dracul, son of Vlad Dracul, Prince of Wallachia 😲

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Hermes: I can assure you, it’s him

Perse: 😫

Hermes, patting her shoulder: We’ve all got that one ex, you know.

Perse: Who’s yours?

Hermes: Let’s not talk about that

Aphrodite: So, how did that little Prince of yours take your breakup?

Perse: Vlad? Quite well actually, he cried a bit at first but he accepted it really easily. He did have some issues in his territory, so I think he decided to focus on that

Aphrodite, giggling: Oh my, how darling

~~~~~~~~~~~A while later~~~~~~~~~~~

Perse: What do you mean he started to Impale people?!?

Perse: no, Hermes, you must’ve mistaken him by another Vlad Dracul, son of Vlad Dracul, Prince of Wallachia 😲

[luciajacksonpapadopoulos]

Historians aren’t sure…

Decide to give this little subfandom a name lol

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I love that! Surely some of her worshippers must believe the ideal bride must have an ideal groom, which would be Apollo, of course!

Aww, forever bride and groom, never husband and wife…

Poetic Names for Athenide

Keeping in mind that I declared my intent to read the Iliad three days ago and only got to page 6 of the foreward, my brief research tells me that Homer refers to Poseidon as 'earth enfolder' at one point, and to 'silver eyed Athena'. Easier to find are their official titles on the Percy Jackson wiki,

Athena: Goddess of Wisdom and Reason, Goddess of Strategy and Warfare, Goddess of Arts and Crafts, Patron of Heroic Endeavor, Defender of Cities, The Wise One, Gray Eyed Athena

Poseidon: God of the Sea, Storms, Earthquakes, Droughts, Floods, and Horses King of Atlantis The Earthshaker The Stormbringer Father of Horses

What sort of descriptions would be given to their daughter?

Sea eyed Athenide, Free spirited Athenide, Mostly Gentle Athenide, Honourable Perse, Dark haired Athenide, Kind hearted Athenide, Soft Hearted Athenide,

Foster Mother of Demigods, She who sails, Protector of Women, Defender and Patron of Demigods, Net caster, Gentle Flutist, The Calm before the storm,

Feel free to jump in, I'm tossing spaghetti at a wall and seeing what sticks.

[luciajacksonpapadopoulos]

It doesn’t sound like an alien race, it sounds like we’re from Perse Athenide’s own city state

Decide to give this little subfandom a name lol

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City states closer to Egypt would sometimes call her Perse Cleopatra especially if they’re located at costal lines. There she’s more closely associated with her father.

This is later used in the Roman’s’ smear campaign against the Egyptian queen. “She has the nerve to compare herself to the Bride of Mars!”

Poetic Names for Athenide

Keeping in mind that I declared my intent to read the Iliad three days ago and only got to page 6 of the foreward, my brief research tells me that Homer refers to Poseidon as 'earth enfolder' at one point, and to 'silver eyed Athena'. Easier to find are their official titles on the Percy Jackson wiki,

Athena: Goddess of Wisdom and Reason, Goddess of Strategy and Warfare, Goddess of Arts and Crafts, Patron of Heroic Endeavor, Defender of Cities, The Wise One, Gray Eyed Athena

Poseidon: God of the Sea, Storms, Earthquakes, Droughts, Floods, and Horses King of Atlantis The Earthshaker The Stormbringer Father of Horses

What sort of descriptions would be given to their daughter?

Sea eyed Athenide, Free spirited Athenide, Mostly Gentle Athenide, Honourable Perse, Dark haired Athenide, Kind hearted Athenide, Soft Hearted Athenide,

Foster Mother of Demigods, She who sails, Protector of Women, Defender and Patron of Demigods, Net caster, Gentle Flutist, The Calm before the storm,

Feel free to jump in, I'm tossing spaghetti at a wall and seeing what sticks.

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Oh, how Apollo would react when he heard those assumptions!

Apollo: Betrayal! Stabbed in the back by my own little brother! First my cows and now this! He didn’t even invite me to the baby shower!

Hermes: … so if anyone’s asking, I’ll be fleeing the country and seek refuge in Antarctica. Bye! 👋🏼 👟🪽💨

been thinking about Permes, and it would be hilarious if they had a kid and Percy named him Odysseus.

Poseidon: A knife in my heart would’ve hurt less!!!! 😰😰😰 my poor grandson, I’ll call you… Bob

Percy: you cannot call him Bob, I already called Iapetus Bob

Poseidon: Bob the Young

Hermes: can I hold my son?

Poseidon: NO

[luciajacksonpapadopoulos]

Would be funny if someone found this as an obscure myth that some Greek philosopher mentioned in passing and it has scholars pulling their head trying to make heads or tails of how that would fit into the rest of the myths surrounding Perse; “What the heck?! Perse and HERMES had a kid at some point?! When?! How?!”

been thinking about Permes, and it would be hilarious if they had a kid and Percy named him Odysseus.

Poseidon: A knife in my heart would’ve hurt less!!!! 😰😰😰 my poor grandson, I’ll call you… Bob

Percy: you cannot call him Bob, I already called Iapetus Bob

Poseidon: Bob the Young

Hermes: can I hold my son?

Poseidon: NO

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A group chat discussion:

Hera:

@Dionysus if you think we should do it let’s go.

I just hate bailing the Æsir out again.

Let’s just make sure our messaging is tight here. And if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Norse oil facilities we should do it.

Dionysus:

I fully share your loathing or Æsir free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.

But Ares is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given Father’s directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but Father still retains 24 hours of decision space.

Athena:

As I heard it, Father was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Asgard what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Asgard doesn’t remunerate, then what? If Olympus successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.

Dionysus:

Agree

Hera:

Excellent

Enyo:

A good start

Ares:

👊🏔️🔥

Aphrodite:

Good job D and your team!!

Ares:

The team in MAL did a great job as well.

Athena:

Great work all. Powerful start.

Percy, who someone added to the group by accident:

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Percy: Apollo, I think I need some help with this. Someone on Olympus did a Pete Hegseth.

Apollo: … Well, I have some contacts at Olympus Weekly if you wanna pull a Jeff Goldberg in return…?

The Olympians Accidentally Texted Me Their War Plans

Members of the Olympian council included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the Greek fire started falling.

- Percy Jackson, in an interview with Clio