#Zagreus

[pearlyetoile]

Made little hades chibis for my own phone background :>

[everywishway]

Unions and the Defence of Supergiant Games

Hey, so I'm pretty sure everyone and their mom has seen takes on Hades 2 rn bc of what one of the VAs said. This is causing a lot more harm then good rn and, while I don't claim to be an expert on unions, but even just basic research shows Supergiant is largely innocent and this is a misunderstanding.

Supergiant stated they will not be recasting and also they don't fall under the companies that can not be working or supported during the SAG- AFTRA strike.

Being an indie development company, they do not fall under the issues SAG is striking and possibly can not even sign said agreement because they are an indie company (i'd have to fact-check that). This strike is supposed to affect larger companies like EA, Sony, X-Box, etc who are pushing for AI. Below is a statement from Supergiant about the statement made by the VA.

When similar strikes happened for both SAG and the WGA, other smaller companies did not have to halt production because their work did not meet the guidelines that the strike fell under. Spindel Horse and GLITCH are both indie animation companies that did not have to halt production.

One other example is Dropout.TV where they did not need to stop under SAG rules and guidelines, they did so out of respect. While Supergiant could, they don't have too and why would they? Fans have been waiting for almost three years now and they are polishing at a record speed.

Secondly is the term "Scab" being thrown around when it comes to who Supergiant hires, which largely comes from people not knowing what a true scab is.

A Scab ISN'T any person working in a given position when a strike is happening. It's a member of SAID UNION who crosses the picket line or does work for lower pay then the Union states.

Unions have several levels of entry that not all people meet. Being under smaller workers unions for starters along with proof of employment and others.

Supergiant, being smaller and indie makes it so it can hire people who aren't SAG members and help promote them to be bigger names in the industry along with eventually becoming possible members of the unions.

For example, Michael Kovach (famous VA for Jax from TADC, Several characters from Poppy Playtime, One character in Billie Bust Up (IDK), and most famously the original pilot VA for Angeldust from Hazbin Hotel) is not a member of SAG but supports the union and has been in multiple roles since the SAG strikes began.

While I have not done research into who exactly is being called a "Scab" in terms of the Supergiant controversy, please keep yourself educated about the term because it is super derogatory and may cause these people to never be able to join the unions. Being labeled a "scab", even incorrectly, makes it nearly impossible for people to join unions.

A lot of the "If you don't join a union then your against unions" mentality I've seen from people creates a harmful, uneducated stereotype that large corporations want. They want normal consumers to see Union Supporters as aggressive and hopping down your throat to deny you money. This villainizes unions in the long run.

Overall, Supergiant is not doing anything wrong and the mob mentality jump on them comes from a lack of educated perspectives (esp since a large portion of this community is the younger demographic with not much union knowlege).

While I don't see it happening, the large explosion of this on social media along with the VA's lack of understanding may cause Supergiant (or even other companies) to not work with them again after Hades 2 is complete. This is a huge liability that is harming their company and, if they do proceed to go this route I do not blame them, and neither should you. This is safety and security in their brand so more games we appreciate can come out in the future. The VA is a grown adult who has made decisions and will deal with the consequences when/if they happen. Please send no hate to Supergiant or the VA who I have intentionally left nameless so nobody can attack them. Thank you.

[simplestoryteller]

Dionysus said trans rights

WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT HOW HE SAW MEL AND IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED ZAGREUS TRANSITIONED LMAOOOO

[l-egionaire]

Okay, but a funny post story Hades 2 idea? Hades, after fixing up Chronos's mess, assigns Zagreus to start also doing his escape attempts through the way Melinoe broke into the Underworld (since if someone could get IN that way, they could easily get OUT that way too) and Melinoe is assigned by him to act as the guardian on the surface. And on their first day, after Zagreus comes through the doorway in Erebus, she's taking the job extremely seriously...and he's not.

Melinoë: Escapee, You've broken out of the hidden passages of the Underworld. By order of the House of Hades, I'm here to return you back. *She raises the staff* Turn back now....or face death a second time.

Zagreus: Wow.....did you rehearse that in front of a mirror to get it just right when I arrived?

Melinoe slumps slightly.

Melinoë: Zagreus....

Zagreus: Hey, I didn't mean it as an insult. You sounded stern, authoritative, scary. I'm sure Father's very proud to know you inherited his intimidating demeanor in addition to his anal retentiveness.

Melinoë; Can you PLEASE try to take this seriously?

Zagreus: Unfortunately, that's not a skill I've much cared to master. Speaking of, I ran into Eris on my way up, she decided to aid me with a boon this time instead of trying to kill me and told me.... what was it? Ah yes, "tell Trouble I shall be waiting in her room to kiss her boo-boos once you've finished kicking her ass." I told her I'd do my best, as I imagine "kissing your boo-boos" is code for something much more raunchy that I'm sure you'd want to get to rather quickly.

Melinoë:.......I'm going to kill you.

Zagreus: Ah, see? THERE'S the spirit! Let's have at it!

[helmetonbot]

Shout Out! TO! OUR! FAVORITE! FAN!

(If you've seen this before it's not Déjà vu and you are not hallucinating it's me cleaning up my blog)

[offonaherosjourney]

Hades 3 needs to happen and the plot needs to be that Hades, Persephone, Zagreus and Melinoe all go to Olympus to celebrate with the other gods that all the drama from the previous games is over. In this game you play as Cerberus, who they left at home, and is not handling well being separated yet again from his family, so he decides he's gonna go meet them. And as he sniffs and rampages his way from the depths of the Underworld to the summit of Mount Olympus, he keeps getting all kinds of boons to aid him on his way because let's be honest no one can resist three pairs of puppy eyes not even gods

[aerbitions]

NEAL???? NEAL YOU LOVE HADES???? OHHHH MY GOD

Hades fandom PLEASE LET ME IN

[squidcave]

Zagreus the beloved !!!

[fosterova]

zag & mel bookmarks

[jaxs-beanie]

Allison Russell did a Cameo about her Persephone!

https://www.cameo.com/recipient/67b7d4956f95b6e02eec4ad6

She sees Orphic Persephone with Dionysus by Zeus as in her backstory, and when she and Hades meet she's still grieving but also repressing the trauma and violation. She and Demeter are very codependent and Demeter lives vicariously through her daughter, so her Persephone has a lot of darkness in her. (In Orphism Zagreus-Dionysus was killed by the titans at Hera's behest--it's possible to read Chthonian Zeus as Hades since Orphism conflates a lot of the gods, but in her headcanon it was regular Zeus.)

Falling in love with Hades was true and in the early days it was wonderful, their relationship was consensual and he loved that she was this outdoor girl enamored of the sun and the earth. Hades would go to the gate of Hades and wait to catch a glimpse of her laughing with her friends. She loves her mother and she loves the earth too so it's a shock for her when Demeter goes as far as she does to get her back every year, to kill everything so people starve.

She sees Persephone as never having dealt with any of her grief because she's very good at self-medication and repressing things. Orpheus reminds her Persephone of her lost son and Eurydice reminds her of herself when she was younger, but she doesn't really fully process that until act 2. Hades bringing Eurydice in is an awful shock to Allison's Persephone, he's never done something this awful before, so she spends act 2 reckoning with that as well as her past.

[wolfythewitch]

Archery practice

[dragonsarrow]

(new version of this in my pinned, pls rb that one thnx)

Hi. I love Hades and Hades 2 as much as everyone else but we NEED to make some noise because Supergiant is refusing to sign contracts with fair pay and anti-AI clauses. And they are straight up recasting VAs to punish VAs who are striking (sag-aftra has been striking for 7 months).

We really need to make noise here because this mistreatment will continue if we don't.

I'm providing a link for the company contact page in the replies. Please send them a comment on their contact page and encourage others to do so. Maybe even leave a steam review about it, idk.

[ryuuna]

can persephone please catch a break cuz that’s twice now she hasn’t been able to raise her kids due to divine fuckery 🫠

[eriochromatic]

🌗 Into Tartarus // Out of Tartarus 🔥

[baejax-the-great]

[freenos]

I know she has a lot of nightmares but what if Melinoe has a nice dream every now and then ?