#Theseus has abandonment issues but in reverse. Left his bff in the underworld and his gf on Naxos :/ who’s next haha

[secretsunbird]

Character Introduction:

🌊THESEUS🌊

Theseus is known as the greatest hero Athens has ever had. He fights for his people, is a loveable and courageous prince and never ever does anything just for glory's sake! He also doesn’t kidnap girls and doesn’t abandon women on islands. Theseus…may be perceived as more heroic than he is in reality.

Theseus is the son of COUGH Poseidon COUGH COUGH King Aegeus of Athens and Aethra of Troezen. In other words, Theseus believes he’s the mortal son of Aegeus and is super annoying about how strong and cool he is for not being a demigod. He’s going to be so mad when those paternity results come in the mail…

Theseus was raised by his mother in Troezen until he was 18 years old. During his youth he was trained in combat by the locals of his village and became skilled in swordplay. When Theseus reached adulthood, his mother directed him to move a large boulder that was probably just sitting inconspicuously outside their house. Under this rock was the sword and shield of Aegeus (as well as a really old musty pair of sandals). Aethra then told Theseus to travel to Athens to meet his father. Theseus has a lot of adventures that happen before the beginning of the story, including: His seven labours, sailing with the Argonauts, hunting the Calydonian Boar and getting his ass stuck to a rock in the underworld.

Theseus and Icarus meet during Heracles’s 12th labour to fetch Cerberus. Heracles asks Icarus to go along for “strategic reasons” but really he just loves his lil Sunbird! Theseus and his homeboy, Pirithous, are trapped in the underworld and Heracles manages to free Theseus only. Shenanigans take place and then they go back to Athens and then they go to Crete and then,,,

Theseus is a big fan of Heracles and sees him as the peak of heroism. This is funny because Heracles hardly remembers him from their time sailing on the Argo and later on in the story he’s ready to kill him on sight so– never meet your heroes, I guess.

Fate is a main theme in this story and Theseus plays a large role in it. While Icarus being alive allows him to influence other people’s lives, potentially changing their fates in small or big ways— Theseus is the opposite. Throughout the story, his actions often course correct the fate of others and lead the myths to play themselves out as expected! I’ll go into further detail on this in a later post.

Fun Fact: Theseus’s hair is naturally kind of flat and wet looking. He assumes it’s because his hair doesn’t like the humidity of living near the ocean but it’s actually just his weird demigod trait. He styles it in the morning. He’s also an excellent swimmer! Lastly, despite it being his father’s patron animal, horses don’t like him very much…

((I promise I don’t actually hate Theseus, he’s just one of the antagonists and he hurts Icarus’s feelings so I have beef. (I love him so much, my little unapologetic asswipe <33))