#– Hercules

[bibibitchery]

tantalian task: a task that should have a specific reward that you desperately need, but you will never obtain the reward because it keeps being snatched from you mere moments before you receive it

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[blue-drink]

Baby in the Watchtower (He is Baby pt. 2)

“Marvel!” He turned around to see an exited Flash right in his face.

He stepped back a little, “Woah, what is it?” He asked.

“Bats gave us permission to hold a little party—,” he fake-coughed, “reunion, on the Watchtower, in 3 hours.” The speedster jumped while whispering, “We are planing to connect a Switch to the presentation screen.”

“Oh, well. Have fun.” He wasn’t really sure why he was telling him that, tho.

“Aren’t you coming?” Oh, that’s why.

The Captain wondered for a moment, but his thoughts were interrupted, “Sorry, Billy. But we already made plans, remember?” That’s true; even with the signed documents, they still had to ‘move some strings’ so he was officially adopted in Fawcett’s records and completely recognized as a child of Zeus on Olympus.

His smile faltered a little, he hoped Flash didn’t see it. “Ah, sorry. I have places to go, family matters, y’know?”

For a second Flash looked disappointed, before widening his eyes and asking “Wait, you have a family? Wait, wait, that came out wrong.”

He breathed for a second before trying again, “Well, everyone in the League thought you did not have a secret identity. Because you do not hide your face, and all.”

Solomon, secretly as much of a trickster as the rest, guided him on how to respond.

“Ah, well, you weren’t wrong.”

“Wait-what?”

“Technically it’s not official yet, that’s what I’ve to take care today; and I’ve only been with them for...” “A month,” Mercury whispered in his mind; it was a lie, but it was to throw them off track. “For a month.” He lied.

“How does that even happen???” The hero asked, confused.

“Supes is eavesdropping, answer truthfully to avoid suspicion.” Hercules informed.

“I... Didn’t have a family. I was living on the streets. I’m better now, tho!” He quickly reassured before anyone could start scolding him for keeping that to himself. “I’m fine. I’m going to fix some papers to be officially part of the family.”

“You were on the streets????? And you didn’t tell us???”

He did not know how to keep talking about this, so he let Atlas take control for a bit, “I did not know any better.” It wasn’t a lie, all his foster homes were worse. That would not be how they would be interpreting.

“I found a place, they even know I’m a hero!”

“That’s... So cool buddy.” The speedster said, trying to sound positive, but grimacing all the same. “I’m so happy for you.”

“It’s true, he is happy for you getting a family, but he is sad for you having to live in the streets in the past.” Solomon decoded for him.

“Thank you!” He exclaimed happily, with seemed to make the other more uncomfortable; but his patrons family told him not to mind him, that it was ok.

“Well, see you around!” He said, turning to the Zeta tubes.

“Bye bye.” Flash said, failing to meet his excitement.

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“New Marvel lore just dropped!” The speedster exclaimed, running into the room.

“Dude, the party does not start in 2 hours— I mean, the reunion—”

“I know you wanted it to throw a game party,” Batman interrupted. “What were you saying about Captain Marvel?”

“Okay, okay,” Flash jumped into his seat, “so, you remember that bet about if he does or not have a S.I. (Secret Identity)?”

“You got an answer???” Green Lantern questioned.

“I think so? Now the question is if that bet counts until last month or currently.”

“Wha-” Aquaman asked, confused.

“I invited him to the party, and he kinda looked sad for a second, and then he told me he had ‘family matters’ to attend to.”

“So he does have a S.I.! How does he keep it shut?”

“He also, kinda, implied that that was new. He said that...” He paused. “It turns out he was homeless.”

“... What?” That came from Bats, surprisingly high-pitched as well.

“He was living in the streets until a month ago. He said that technically he wasn’t a part of the family officially yet, that he was going to fix that today.”

“Sometimes I forget heroism isn’t a paid job.” Wonder Woman said, “Oh, brother.”

“Is this information confirmed in any way?” Batman asked; if the facts could be a misunderstanding, he would need to know so before putting them in the Captain’s archive.

“I was eavesdropping,” Superman admitted, “his heart rate and breathing were steady, unlike when he does pranks. And he wouldn’t lie about something like this.”

Martian Manhunter raised his hand, “sometimes I received feeling of worry about food and warm places from him, even when avoiding looking into his mind, until recently. Not exactly one month, but that could be because he is used to worrying about it.”

“Now that I think about it, maybe that’s why he doesn’t wear a mask;” Arthur said. “He didn’t have anything nor anyone, so he didn’t worry about losing anything by having his identity revealed.”

“That doesn’t explain why he didn’t tell us.” GL counter-argumented.

“His villains know. In the recordings, they seem to reference a secret identity they know; and if they knew about him being homeless, it would explain them targeting almost empty buildings. That’s probably where he was staying.” Gotham’s knight answered, “And maybe it wasn’t about us finding out about someone, but us finding out about his situation.”

“He is the type to refuse help if he thinks it comes from pity.” Diana added.

“... What now?” The situation was too unexpected, and Flash needed some hint on how to proceed.

“Now, nothing changes. He hates pity; and if he needs help, his new family will provide it for him. Treat him the same you have always treated him.” Bats answered. “If anything, make sure not to say anything that may be hurtful towards his situation.”

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“Oops,” Marvel said. “Double oops,” Billy responded.

“It seems the spell from that user has interfered with the transformation.” Solomon explained through Marvel.

“Well, I can see that. What do we do now?”

“Wait a sec, I’m asking Hecate.” Mercury answered this time. “Okay, that spell is still in you— our? Marvel’s system; if we try to de-transform again it could fragment us further, which is no good, and we can’t re-integrate until it’s out.”

“How long?” “At least two days.”

“Wha— I have a JL meeting! Today!”

“I’m sure we can manage,” Achilles proclaimed confidently.

“Ah-ha, sure. Because any of you know how to act like Captain Marvel.” Billy said, sarcastically.

“I have an idea.” Zeus said.

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“Hey, I kinda have a problem.” Receiving a text from Captain Marvel was not a common occurrence, so Batman was rightfully intrigued.

“Explain”

“I know I have to go to the meeting, I know it's important. But I kinda have to take care of one of my family members. He’s a kid and everyone is busy today, and he really loves superheroes, so if I could?”

“Doesn’t he have school?” The bat questioned. “He is homeschooled” The captain explained. “He is a really, really good kid, I promise”

He was going to regret it. “Very well, but he is your responsibility”

“Thank you so much, Mr. Batman, sir!”

He closed the chat, and opened another with Clark and Diana. “Captain Marvel will bring a child he is babysitting to the meeting, pass the word.”

Let’s hope this wouldn’t be a complete chaos.

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“Captain Marvel, now arriving.” “Unknown, Captain Marvel’s guess, now arriving.” The Zeta tube prompted.

“Yo, Cap,” Barry appeared in front of them, “who’s the kid?”

The child imminently peaked up, “Oh, gods. Hello, Mr. Flash, sir.”

The speedster felt déjà vu. “Hello, little guy. What’s your name?”

The kid putted, “I’m Billy, and for your information I’m eleven and a half!”

He laughed, “not so big if you are still counting the half.”

“That half is 5% of my life, or 2 years of yours.” Billy said with an almost creepy smile.

He turned to the Captain, “dude, what’s wrong with your kid?”

Marvel just smiled, “Oh, come on. He’s just playing.”

“He called me an old man!”

“First, no he didn’t. That words haven’t left his mouth.”

“He implied it!”

“Second, you implied he was a baby.”

“What a menace.” The speedster gave up. “Anyway, let’s go.”

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“Is everybody here now?” Superman asked, ignoring the exited squeaks from Billy.

“Yeah, sorry, I’m late.” Marvel answered.

The meeting started; a bit boring. Passing reports, making sure everything of the JL was in order.

An hour later; they were technically done, but could not leave until Bats gave them the thumps up.

“Hey, kid, look.” Hal said, making forms with his ring. Billy praised it like he hadn’t seen it a hundred times before.

“That is SO COOL, Mr. Green Lantern, sir!” He exclaimed.

Quickly, all the members noticed the resemblance between the Captain and Billy. Which, for them, was weird. He had only been part of the family for a few months, who could the kid act so much like him? Were all people in Fawcett like this?

That was assuming he wasn’t related to Captain Marvel; but, taking into account that he had managed to hide being homeless for a year, it was possible he was Marvel’s child.

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He was searching information about the kid; of course he was, he is Batman.

William ‘Billy’ Joseph Batson, orphan at 5, disappeared from foster care at 8 and reappeared a few months ago. Was homeless, until a couple found and adopted him. ‘Jove Olympia’; he opened one of his archives, this one on Greek mythology, and ran a facial recognition program. 90% match between ‘Jove’ and one of Zeus’ statues.

The facts were clear. The Captain, C. C. Batson, pronounced dead, transformed into the god's avatar, found his son Billy running from CPS and ended up living in the streets with him to protect him.

December is specially harsh on the homeless; the Captain probably asked, begged, his patron to take his son to safety. And so he did.

[vintagegeekculture]

I cannot help but feel that if the 2014 "Legend of Hercules" with Keilan Lutz mentioned in its promotional campaign that, in it, Hercules acquired and used a lightning whip....that perhaps, the movie would have been more widely seen and remembered....if only for the sole reason that it is "the movie where Hercules uses a lightning whip."

[donttouchhadesbaklava]

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎄🎄

[howlingday]

As great as this is, I can't buy Jaune being this sassy. That said...

Pyrrha: How was that, Glyn?

Goodwitch: Terrible, Ms. Nikos. You can get away with such mistakes during the Vytal Festival, but THIS is what we have been training for.

Pyrrha: (Scoffs) I beat them, didn't I?

Goodwitch: Next time, don't let your guard down because a pair of pretty eyes blink in your general direction!

Pyrrha: (Looks to Jaune)

Jaune: (Wrings out tunic, Looks to Pyrrha)

Goodwitch: It's like I keep telling you; you need to stay focused and you- (Looks up, Pyrrha's halfway to Jaune) Yooou...

Juniper: (Lifts paw to stop Pyrrha)

Pyrrha: (Keeps walking)

Juniper: (Confused)

Pyrrha: (In front of Jaune)

Juniper: (Squeaks)

Goodwitch: (Sputters)

Pyrrha: Are you alright, Mister...

Jaune: Arc. Jaune Arc. Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue. The ladies love it. Or they would if any of 'em actually bothered talking to me. So, did you manage to carve out a name for yourself along with those chiseled shoulders? (Bends down, Wrings out sandals)

Pyrrha: (Flushed, Chuckles) Uh... Ha ha... Um... Ah... Ah...

Jaune: I see you're a bit of a natural linguist. (Walking away)

Pyrrha: PYRRHA! Khm! I'm- I'm Pyrrha Nikos.

Jaune: (Sits down) I think I'd prefer Invincible Girl~.

Juniper: (Tugs Pyrrha with antlers)

Pyrrha: (Tugs free, Awkward chuckle) So, how, um... How- How did you get mixed up with the, uh-

Jaune: Claws for brains? You know how women are. They think no means yes and get lost means "I want you more than anything~!"

Pyrrha: (Looks to Juniper)

Juniper: (Shrugs)

Jaune: ...Don't worry. I'm sure your grandma over there can explain it to you later.

Goodwitch: (Fumes)

Jaune: Well, later, PIER... You've been a real CUT. (Walks away)

Pyrrha: W-Wait!

Jaune: (Looks to her)

Pyrrha: Can we, uh, give you a ride?

Juniper: (Snorts, Bounds into the forest)

Jaune: I don't think long ears likes me very much.

Pyrrha: Who? Juniper?! Don't be ridiculous~! She'd be more than happy to- (Hit by rocks) Ow!

Juniper: (Dirt falling from antlers, Whistling)

Jaune: Don't worry about me. I'm a big boy. (Taps her breastplate) I can tie my own sandals and everything. (Walks away, Waves) Bye bye, Invincible Girl~. (Leaves)

Pyrrha: (Smiles dumbly, Waves) Bye...

Goodwitch: (Huffs)

Hercules au

Pyrrah: Reales that .. uh.. young man!

Jaune (being held by a giant scorpion center): keep moving hot stuff.

Pyrrah: wha-but-

Pyrrah: aren't you a Damoiseau in distress?

juane: I'm a Damoiseau, I'm in distress, I can handle this.

Pyrrah:

Jaune: have a nice day.

I was summoned

Merry Christmas

[coolcomicbookcovers]

[tyriq-edits]

Sun Wukong Edit

[chrisery-business]

my biggest issue with the httyd live action-and just about any live action reboot is that it seems that the live action adaptations are being made to make the original “better”? like, so many people talk about a live action spiderverse, a live action hercules, a live action PRINCE OF EGYPT (dont piss me OFF.)-like animation is a beautiful work of art, and for some reason putting real people and cgi in it is supposed to be an “upgrade”? im probably being that friend that’s too woke or whatever, but i just think it’s so disrespectful to act like something that takes so much time and effort and energy is immediately considered as lower because it is animated. animation is beautiful, and it is one of the most heartfelt art forms there are, and erasing that for the sake of a cash grab is downright degrading to animation as a medium.

[wolfsteax]

and then they made out

[bigidiotenergytm]

i told yall i wanted to see it

[bellmanbessa]

Hercules Korrasami

[animations-daily]

HERCULES (1997) dir. John Musker & Ron Clements

[scurviesdisneyblog]

Hercules model sheets by Andreas Deja

[maggotmuncher0]

[donttouchhadesbaklava]

Hi I'm so sorry to bother but I wanted to know if you by chance have more clearer images of these style specific boards by Sue Nichols? I know theyre fron the "Art of Hercules: Chaos of Creation" but I can't find clear images of em 😭

I can only find two closeups

I have never seen these before! Oh my gosh!. No unfortunately i don't have better quality images 😭. Ughhh I bet they would look so good! The Hades images 🫠.

Also, just to note regarding my asks, I've had quite a large volume of asks, and I promise I will get around to answering them. I have been busy with exams and enjoying the holidays . So don't worry everyone ✨️✨️✨️✨️😊.

[nuclearwhore]

Tit King Lou Ferrigno as Hercules (1983), dir. Luigi Cozzi.