#HEADCANON : asclepius

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

immortal apollo kids headcanons!

this is specifically for the rrverse versions of Apollo's immortal kids! but feel free to think about it in the mythology context too! :3

Hymenaeus

still has a room in Apollo's palace

still sleeps in it

but he also has a room in Eros's because he's an Erote

this makes for some awkward situations when Apollo and/or Eros have to go to the other's place to grab him for something or other

they basically share custody of him

divorced dads behavior

when he was little he tried to get people to marry his dad because he reeeally wanted to plan his dad's wedding

technically, he succeeded, because he was the one who made Apollo/Cyrene's marriage official XD

his hair is fluffy like a sheep's fluff. also somewhere between strawberry-blonde and a very light amber. and reaches to just under his chin. don't forget the floppiness tho >:3

has his dad's bright blue eyes

LOVES his dad's swans. and corvids. he loves birds.

probably because he also has wings

wings are brilliantly white with a soft pink and gold flush

never looks older than 16

many of the other Erotes find Apollo hot. Hymen is distinctly horrified to know this.

Himeros: Your dad's a DILF

Hymen: a what?

Anteros: don't you dare-

Himeros: A Dad I'd Like to FUCK-

Hymen: *much screaming*

Ialemus

also still has a room in Apollo's palace

as a matter of fact, he still lives in said room

his room is also in apollo's basement (he wanted it there)

he is the emo kid. but he's also not necessarily antisocial

he just likes his solitude. and honestly, mood

imagine dragons is a favorite band. and hozier. he likes "slower" songs as well as sad ones

has Apollo's long hair, but in a very dark brown

has vivid green eyes. like radioactive ones.

likes ponytails

cows are his favorite animal

they are calm creatures he can ramble too so he likes them

knows a lot about things. comes with listening rather than talking ;)

WILL infodump

Apollonides

these girls are the PARTY KIDS

they are the ones throwing parties in their dad's house at 2 am

they also still live in Apollo's palace

frequent clubs and discos; can be seen at concert venues and are in many of the big city concerts (ie, Las Vegas, Madrid, Vienna, ect.)

Borysthenis is the 'oldest' (Hypatē - the lowerest & first string on the lyre); has curly brown hair and dark green eyes

Apollonis is the 'middle' (Mesē - the middle string); has Apollo's blonde hair, but straight, and dark eyes (crow-like, even... >;3)

and Cephisso is the 'youngest' (Nētē - the highest string); has poofy black hair and silvery-blue eyes

Hypatē has a comfy sort of style, such as sweaters and sandals

Mesē likes to wear aesthetically dark clothes with silver accents

Nētē wears blouses and loose jackets

one time they highjacked the sun chariot and got away with it by pulling the puppy eyes

they have demigod children in CHB

Asclepius

the baby

died at 15- still treated like he's 10

snuck onto the Argo mission at 13

Idmon and Orpheus played pass the babysitter with Jason

He kicked Heracles in the shins once for "trying to steal my dad's stuff!!"

Atalanta and Asclepius were buddies

The Boreads played games with him to keep him occupied

went on the Calydonian Boar Hunt to make sure Atalanta didn't 1) hurt herself; or 2) kill someone

he grew up in the beginning stages of CHB

in 'camp' with him were: Jason (the oldest), Atalanta (raised by bears), and Hippolytus (it was his boarding school).

Theseus dropped by sometimes and Asclepius was able to smuggle his way into his belongs so he could visit Athens. just because :)

Jason and Atalanta freaked out and they and Hippolytus went on a 'quest' to find him

Phoebe the hunter is his favorite sister

he befriends snakes quickly

he died at 15

his death pushed Phoebe into distancing herself from her other siblings

when he was resurrected, he wasn't allowed to see Apollo

his only visitors in his prison medical school is his wife and children. he hasn't seen or heard from his father or any sibling in centuries.

has his mother's shiny black hair but his father's curls as well as his bright blue eyes

Aristaeus

the REAL baby

has anxiety

severe imposter syndrome

pov: all your siblings are great and wonderful and accomplished people. and you made cheese and honey :)

mom and dad were very proud of u ofc but you feel like you didn't even do much

especially when your cool older brother went on the Argo mission even though he knew he would die (RIP Idmon)

gets easily defensive over agriculture (specifically the innovations and how they have taken over the Good Ol' Days's way aka his way)

(he got that from his dad <3)

he also got his dad's blonde hair, but in a honey tone. his skin tone is also darker and closer in shade to Cyrene's

makes really good charcuterie boards

hangs out in the Midwest

visits his mom in Cyrene, Libya (he is a good son ty)

(ironically) mice are his favorite from his dad's sacred animals

he hates locusts though

don't u love it that apollo's number is 7 and he has 7 immortal kids...

[mrkeatingsblazer]

Fanfictions make you a freak. Like how do I explain that I ship Thanatos with Asclepius bc of a Hades and Apollo venture to Tartarus instead of Solangelo fanfic

[amiti-art]

ToA Headcanon

At same point during Apollo's trials (or after them) Hera and Leto reconciled.

I think that best moment for that is after Jason's death.

After Hera saw how her husband did nothing to save his own son, her own chosen one. After she saw how little he cared for his life. How when she cried and grived, he sat at his throne unmoved and unbotherd, annoyed by her tears.

How he did nothing when Apollo, his godly son, his fellow Olympian, tried to kill himself so his friends, demigods, could live.

That was Hera's breaking point. When she finally admitted to herself that her anger was always misplaced. It was not her husband's bastard children she should hate but Zeus himself. She always knew that, deep down in her cold, broken heart. But it was easier to go after weak mortal women, nymphs or minor godesses. It was easier to go after defenseless innocent children who didn't asked to be born.

She was always doing that because she could not go against her husband, her king.

The same way Apollo went after cyclops when it was Zeus who killed Asclepius, Apollo's beloved child, because it was easier, safer.

So Hera, heartbroken after Jason's death, haunted by image of Apollo lying on the floor, bleading to death with an arrow in his chest, went to see Leto.

Because Leto would understand her pain as she was also suffering. Because Leto needed comfort as much as Hera did. Because they were friends once, before the Twins were born. Because Hera after over 4000 years finally understood that she had to apologize.

And maybe Leto wasn't ready to forgive her yet, but when she saw queen's pained face she knew that no one could understand her better right now, so she let her stay by her side for moment. One mother greaving the child that was wasn't even hers and one mother who could lost hers at any moment now, both longing for comfort when the father of both sons sat unbotherd on his throne while his childern were suffering and dying.

Maybe I'm giving Hera to much credit here but those 2 scenes she had in ToN are so heartbreaking to me. Come on, how many gods openly cries and mourns for their children? And Jason wasn't even hers. Nor is Apollo, but she was the one to tell everyone to shut tf up when they started to discuss who could become an Olympian in his place after he dies.

[fiuworks]

pjo asclepius demigod oc LMAO

cringe but im free cringe but im free cringe but im anyway! this is mason lee he's a son of asclepius and one of my favourite little ocs atm bc my headcanon for him is that sometimes he receives advice from his prayers in the form of CVS receipts from Asclepius i think i've really cracked rick's worldbuilding conventions i also know asclepius isnt described like this in the books and to that i raise you idrc at all im at the wheel now if you like him PLEAAASE SAY SO . i want to share more of my ocs but im scared nobody gaf

[audreyscribes]

Hi, how are you? May I pick your brain. What do you think about Aristaeus and Asclepius having demigods. And the relationship between the Apollo cabin and them.

Hey tydye! Oooh, just as I was doing some research on them! I won’t go too much in depth cause I do have plans for them but I’m still doing some reviewing and researching on these two gods. 

For Asclepius and his demigods, I thought he wouldn’t have demigods but after some reviewing it does seem like he does have demigods and legacy children, so there’s that! Otherwise, they’re constantly at the Apollo cabin or dealing with a constant flow of patients. Asclepius is the god of Medicine, Healing, rejuvenation, and Physicians, so his demigods are more adept at making medicine and medicinal knowledge; then say the Apollo children who are more adept at doing first aid and general medical application.

The workload in Camp concerning health is going to be more easily disrupted because the Apollo children don’t have to lead everything under the sun, and the distribution of medicine and getting the right cure is going to be handed over to the children of Asclepius. I would say there’s always a child of Apollo and a child of Asclepius on duty call at least moving forward. 

For Aristaeus; the god of useful arts, including beekeeping and cheese making, olive growing, herding, and hunting, Aristaeus’ demigods may not seem to be the most exciting demigods at camp but by gods, they are going to be running Camp. They’re just like the Hermes demigods, where they are the definition of “jack of all trades”, with a hard emphasis on ‘TRADES’ concerning a skill. 

You’re going to see them literally around camp, doing beekeeping with the satyrs and nymphs that help pollinate the strawberry fields, which in turn creates honey that they can sell, make into Ambrosia, or make sweets like Bavlaka, making candles etc.  You’re going to make Cheese which is, once they get cows somehow, then that’s going to explode. Though the topic of goat cheese reaches Mr. D’s ears, and he’s going to demand he gets the first taste of every batch of goat cheese as an offering before they can sell it. (Alright whichever Apollo demigod, muse, or whichever god rat me out 👀)

[idliketochill]

Doodle the headcanon of lightning scars on Asclepius

More older doodles I’ve done but I might have forgotten to post but I don’t remember:

[kit-williams]

I love how they all do double takes when reader says it like they can't believe their ears

“𝐈 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮.”

𝕬𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗: A bigger remake of “I Love You.” from Hydra, Asclepius, Leviathan and Solor.

𝕿𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖊𝖉: @kit-williams, @egrets-not-regrets, @gallifreyianrosearkytiorsusan, @sleepyfan-blog, @thevoidscreams(doin’ the bois better.)

TW // None.

|°ᴛᴀɢ ʟɪꜱᴛ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ°| • {Antique}

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚

“I love you.” Those words stop the legionnaires’ thought process for a moment as he looks down at you between his legs. Your eyes watching the forest line in front of you while your fingers trace the thigh of his dark turquoise armor as he searches for anything in your form that you might be joking. That you were just playing with him, because he was an Alpha Legionnaire. A legion of mystery, and known for their unrefined bonds. It wasn’t often they were appreciated with the things they do or even truly loved, but you seem to love what he does. You seem to love him, proclaiming it to him. Showing it to him of how relaxed you were within his hold. Enjoying his presence when you lean back into him, a peaceful sigh escaping you as his hearts ache in a weird way.

He didn’t think he could get far enough… so close to you that you would announce such a hefty word to him, but he sees and feels the genuine adoration towards him. He… just— he just needs you to say it again. He gently wraps his body around you and nuzzles the top of your head, wanting you to say those words at him. Wanting you to just confirm it, and you do. Again and again with your fingers tracing the bottom of his helmet. Saying those words again and again untill he buts in himself. His chest feeling like it was about to explode as he completely said “I love you too, little serpent.” With his helmet gently nuzzling into your neck, a warm giggle leaving you.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐮𝐬

“I love you.” You purred down at him. Your fingers lightly tracing his bald head that turns to look up at you questioningly. His deep ocean blue eyes filled with something one can’t explain but himself. He doesn’t think he is… worthy of those words. He hasn’t done much to obtain them like: cooking you a meal, cleaning the house or even giving a kiss to your forehead for one. In fact, he hasn’t done anything at all for those words. Did he— did he do something wrong? Was this a prank? By Alpharius he hopes it’s not. He yearns for you to say those words to him, and to finally have you say them? He’ll feel complete if what you say is truthful.

He’ll gently nuzzle into your stomach to urge you to say them again. His eyes looking back up to you, silently urging you to say those three precious words to him. To see the truth in your eyes. He doesn’t want to believe that you were just… fake loving him. He wants it to be real, and you make it existent when you curve your body down to him and start gently kissing his skin and uttering ‘I love you’s’ between them, it makes his skin tingle that it almost makes him laugh. Overwhelmed with your restated proclamation to him as he would nuzzle hide in your stomach and mumble an “By Alpharius and Omegon, I love you so much.”

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧

“I love you.” You had mumbled at him, nuzzling yourself into his chest. His fingers briefly stoping on tracing your back as he looks down at you, trying to find any flaw in your words. Yet you look absolutely content on uttering them. All snuggled up on his chest, enjoying the heat he gives off. Nuzzling your way closer to his hearts to hear them. You don’t show any signs that you reject your words, that you regret them. Instead you show your commitment in them by simply just resting with him, enjoying his presence. Sighing when you completely relax on him, trusting him with your words.

He can’t help but curl up on you, his arms being you up more on his chest and his nose nuzzles the top of your head. A deep rumbling purr leaving him as you laugh at his sudden change of cuddling. Loving him with a kiss to his jaw line, extending the duration of his purrs. He’ll give you a gentle, almost feather-like kiss of his own to your temple then before nuzzling into your neck with his own “I love you too, little serpent.” Leaving his lips as a big cat nap session ensues.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫

“I love you.” Those three simple words make him freeze up. Make him snap his head towards you, and your sudden proclamation. His eyes desperately searching every nerve in your body, every little detail of you to make sure this wasn’t a myth or a dream. He even searches through the Warp to clarify your words. Yet what you tell him is the truth. There is nothing to hold you back to tell him a lie, and he feels rather… whole to your truth. It makes him feel like he accomplished something great, and he did in a way. He always wanted to hear you say those words to him, dreamed of it. It was a goal of his to court you and your simple words make it… complete.

He kneels down to let you properly hug him around his shoulders. His nose nuzzling into your neck while you pepper kisses to the side of his jaw and temple. A light and quiet purr rising from the all mysterious knight as he returns your affections by bringing you closer. His hand gently pressing into the middle of your back and pushing you close so he can nuzzle into your neck more, inhaling your loving scent. Keeping you there for a while as he thumbs your back before giving you a proper kiss on your lips and nuzzling your forehead. His own loving vows escaping his lips to you. “Throne, little maiden I love you too. Nothing can describe it.”

[freddie-77-ao3]

just so yall know i headcanon that prior to percy's cabin deal, minor gods would trade favours with olympians to get their kids into other cabins.

for example, Asclepius would have Apollo claim his kids,

Peitho would trade favours with Aphrodite,

Amphitrite/Triton/Kym would have Poseidon claim their kids (before the oath at least),

Ariadne's kids obviously went to dionysus' cabin,

phobos/deimos kids went to ares cabin, etc

[thealtoduck]

Hey imagine being son of Asclepius (PJO) I think it could be a fun headcanon

For context: Asclepius is the god of medicine, healing, rejuvenation and physicians.

I feel like it’d just be the thankless version of being a son of Apollo. Yk like playing healer in Overwatch but in real life.

Because of the disregard of minor gods and goddesses and their half-blood kids actually being important, most campers would just assume it’s the Apollo kids who do all the healing, meanwhile the son of Asclepius is just there like 🧍‍♂️

I feel like the son of Asclepius would be suprinsingly violent, but not because he enjoys violence. His patience just keeps being tested by complaints, minor injuries and lack of appreciation to the point where he needs it as a release for his anger.

Asclepius cabin has a built in smash room, just to take out his frustrations.

Despite all this the son of Asclepius is geniunely a really kind person tho, he does what he does because he cares about the well being of the other campers.

And no suprise he has healing powers and knows a few healing spells, as well as having a aptitude for medcine and nursing.

——

*After the Son of Asclepius heals a campers broken arm, while Will was in the room.

Camper: Wow, my arm healed, thanks Will

Son of Asclepius:

Will (who did nothing): Oh! Actually I didn’t-

*The camper runs of before they can clear it up*

Son of Asclepius, completely pissed: *picks up a baseball bat* You know what! I’m tired of this! I’m breaking his arm again!

Will: *grabs Son of Asclepius* No! Please!

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

working an 8-hour shift at night sure does wonders for the creativity

anyway, so you know Apollo & Cyrene, right? And you know how they essentially eloped and are technically married even though Apollo is widely considered to be an eternal bachelor?

I had a THOUGHT about this :D

*slams hands on table*

Y'all know Hymenaeus, right? Son of Apollo & Calliope, full-brother of Ialemus, and one of the Erotes. He's the god of marriage ceremonies/hymns.

I once saw a headcanon here on tumblr that Hymenaeus got really sad when he found out his parents weren't going to get married, so he started randomly asking people if they'd like to marry his dad.

Enter Stage Left: Cyrene

Picture this-

Apollo and Cyrene chilling in Libya, when Hymenaeus pops outta no where and excitedly asks; "WILL YOU MARRY MY DAD?"

And Cyrene, thinking this is funny and kind of a joke question, is like "haha, sure. why not."

"DAD. WOULD YOU MARRY HER."

And Apollo, half-used to these questions, just absently shrugs and is like "yeah i guess so."

"COOL." *bam* "You're married now :)"

"Wait what."

Now considering traditional Greek marriages, Apollo & Cyrene aren't married in the typical way/sense, but more so because Hymenaeus Says So.

This was spawned because I'm aware that Apollo has been married in the myths (Cyrene) but also he's not, because, from my understanding, it's because his marriages are more metaphorical in nature. So he's married to the Muses in this sense, as well as Cyrene, but also not.

I'm getting queer-platonic-but-also-not-platonic vibes from this haha! They love each other, that's all that matters, and Hymenaeus know this too :3

(I think Hymenaeus is more relaxed about extramarital affairs, especially considering in Ancient Greece it was quite normal for guys to be married and have affairs. It's slightly different for gods, too, because goddesses can have affairs (ie, how Orpheus was born) so I think Hymenaeus would be chill with that.)

anyway, now to meme this:

Aristaeus, snickering: So does that mean I'm the legitimate son-

Hymenaeus, Ialemus, and Asclepius, all older than him: SHUT

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

accepted

No, listen, you don’t understand, this line haunts me. Why is this never picked back up?? Did anyone actually tell Apollo that his son said this???? Apollo met with all three people who were in this room, did any of them pass the message on??? If so, why don’t we see it???? Actually, why is Asclepius barely mentioned AT ALL in ToA???????? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ASCLEPIUS???????

[mrsoftthoughts]

Headcanon that when a Demigod child of a minor deity without a cabin make it to camp, depending of their godly parent ,some cabins are allowed to have them as a temporary guests instead of the hermes cabin ultil the cabin is designed and build up, or straight up as residents if both the child parent and the god of the cabin are ok with that ( prob because the minor god has a kid every milenia and when this one left, the new cabin would be more useless than the hera one)

And yeah, this is just an excuse for me to make Nico having as roommates the childs of his godly siblings and his brother in law ( the hypnos cabin fight for be the ones that should have the child of Thanatos btw)

And the Apollo cabin just messing around with the kids of Asclepius Aristaios and the apollonides (and maybe the nine muses ones too I'm not sure)

[amiti-art]

Camp Half-Blood/Cabin 7 Headcanon

When a child of Asclepius arrives at camp they stay at Apollo's Cabin instead of Hermes'

This doesn't happen often, Asclepius doesn't have many demigod childern (we know of only one - Pranjal and he is at Camp Jupiter). But when Asclepius have a Greek demigod child, after they get claimed they go to Cabin 7.

It was Apollo's idea. He didn't want his beloved son's children to be forced into spending their time in the camp's most overcrowded Cabin.

Also, this works both pre and post "The Last Olympian" because Asclepius still doesn't have a cabin.

Bonus points: Apollo campers could joke about being aunts and uncles of Asclepius campers

"You're my favourite niece." said Apollo's kid to a 3 years older Asclepius' kid

[sarafangirlart]

I love Apollo being protective of Dionysus as much as the next person but seeing this trend of him (with Hermes sometimes) getting angry at Hera for Semele’s death as if he didn’t do the same shit with Coronis (aka robbing any chance Coronis had of being a mother to Asclepius because he was angry at her infidelity)

In some sources Zeus intentionally kills Semele and she’s way more sympathetic in that version, meanwhile in the version where Hera tricks her, her death is entirely her fault for being an idiot. If anything I kinda have this headcanon that nobody found out that Hera disguised herself as Semele’s nurse (not even Semele even after she was immortalized) and only Iris knows about it bc she helped Hera and they bring it up every now and then for a good laugh.

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

LOST IT AT MAFIA XD

on the topic of people wondering What The Fuck Is Up with This Guy my friend knows (TOA Apollo), Asclepius having to explain his father to anyone is. Oh boy.

You could say Asclepius lives on Earth / visits Earth much more than he does Olympus because his domain is completely and wholly centred around serving people and helping medical research come through. Additionally because he still finds Olympus and all of its posturing jarring, and maybe finds comfort in helping people like he used to and has done since ancient times.

THIS COULD ALSO MEAN that he has. Mortal friends. Which also means he’s had to have told them about his dad at some point.

Asclepius’s friend: How come we haven’t met your dad yet? Is he a prick? Asclepius: NO, no, my father was and is very kind and gentle to me, the problem is more that he can be rather… a bit much. He sometimes tends to be very… protective (VERY protective) of me (As in, the police get called). The problem is more that he can get a bit. Uppity? sometimes? He’s certainly been… cruel. More than his, or anyone’s, fair share of cruelty. But he’s improving? Asclepius’s friend: Oh wow. That sounds really complicated. Well what about your mother? Asclepius: WELL. YOU SEE. AH. OH GODS UHHHHHH-

They would think he’s a gang leader (or something)! Because:

Had Asclepius’ mother killed (?!?! THAT’S HORRIBLE WHAT!)

Has deep, deep regrets and remorse about having Asclepius’ mother killed but in a very “I was young, foolish and failed to think of anyone other than myself… I have worked with violence for a long, long time and have made many horrible, cruel decisions… I fear I am too long gone… but I wish to work with myself to be a better person, for my son whom I love dearly…” kind of way (in a mafia movie way).

Asclepius is in exile from his supposedly-infamously murderous family because they tried to kill him (and succeeded but SHHHHHH). And the one to order his death being his grandfather. Because he (vague conclusion through Asclepius being vague about his life) didn’t want someone to die -> didn’t want to kill someone? (“The pipeline is there!!” They say.)

Apollo going “ah yes I too share a great interest in medicine, like my dear son! Although my son is (proudly!) better at so than I am. Well, admittedly, I can sometimes tend to be, less focused on - y’know, helping someone injuries hurt less, you could say.” LIKE THAT’S. VERY SUSPICIOUS.

[ovtsakaramel]

Hunger games victors godly parents (Greek and nordic):

Katniss - Apollo, Skadi

Peeta - Hestia, Frigg

Haymitch - Dionysius, Loki

Finnick - Poseidon/Aphrodite, Freyja/Njord

Annie - Hecate/Poseidon/Hades, Hel/Njord

Johanna - Ares/Nemesis/Zeus, Thor

Beete - Hephaestus, Mimir

Wiress - Athena, Mimir

+ Prim - Asclepius, Eir

I based them both on vibes and character, it's okay if you don't agree with me, especially for Annie since I made hers based mostly on headcanons bc we know almost nothing about her. Yes, I know it's stereotypical to put Njord and Poseidon for odesta. Just let me have fun, they fit. Some of the goddesses may be sworn virgins, but again, this is just for fun.

For wiress and beete I'm not very sure for mimir, but I did my best, I couldn't find other gods I think fit.