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paladinwife · 3 years ago

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I'm sure you're already gonna get some but just to be sure, all of the mythology asks for Raiden :> (both of them or either, your choice <3)

Me blasting Rules of Nature as I answer this

Also because this is a lot this will just be Metal Gear Raiden! Baal will have to be separate

Zeus: How did you first meet your f/o(s)? How did you feel about each other at first?

So I’m still working through this, but: my theory is that the people that hurt and nearly killed Elise were involved with the Patriots (not that she knew), and so her pursuing revenge resulted in her basically accidentally walking in on the plot of MGS2. She and Raiden run into each other this way some time shortly after the whole incident with Rose (where, in this timeline, he won’t forgive her and refuses to take her back). After their chance meeting they actually start bonding and see each other more and more.

Hera: How did you first start your romantic relationship with your f/o(s)? How did the way you feel about each other evolve to get to that point?

And this jumps off perfectly from the last question! Like I said, after their meeting, they start getting closer and spending some actual time together. At some point, Raiden realizes he’s following Elise like a puppy, but he’s nervous considering how badly his last romantic relationship went. Eventually, though, his feelings win out and he does approach her about dating, and Elise is happy to accept.

Poseidon: Do you and your f/o(s) like to travel? If so, where do you like to go? Is there anywhere you’d like to go that you haven’t yet?

Raiden and Elise travel a lot for their careers, but I think they really want to travel together. First priority is to go somewhere with a nice beach and just have a relaxing time, I think. But there are so many countries they want to see together when they have the chance.

Demeter: What’s your favorite season, and how do you like to spend that season together?

Elise loves autumn - not only is it her birth month, but the weather is lovely, and she loves to have some tea and enjoy the leaves changing color. Raiden doesn’t have particularly strong feelings on any season, but he appreciates how happy autumn makes his wife, and also that’s it’s Wife Birthday Time. Besides, he has some unfortunate memories associated with spring.

Athena: Are your f/o(s) interested in any particular hobby or interest of yours? Have you taught them about it, or let them watch you, or anything similar?

Elise, particularly after getting some cyborg augmentation in her arms and hands, starts getting really interested in visual art, especially painting. Raiden doesn’t know shit about art, but he knows that what his wife creates is super cool and he’s so proud. Also, Elise is a bit of a fitness buff to try to keep the human parts of her body strong and healthy, and Raiden is more than happy to watch if not join her just for the fun and moral support.

Apollo: What do you like best about your f/o(s)? What does your f/o(s) like best about you?

Ask this question to either of them and their first response will be “everything”. They adore each other. If Elise had to pick one, it would be his strength - not physical (though she is impressed with what he can achieve there), but the fact that he just keeps going despite everything. She had a lot of admiration for him in that regard and does her best to stay strong too. If Raiden had to just choose one, he would choose her heart. Not only is she the first person to treat him kindly and let him just exist as himself, but he sees the kind and gentle way she handles other people. She has a lot of love in her heart for others, and he doesn’t see a lot of that, so he thinks it’s beautiful. Also, he’s quick to add, she’s smart as hell and he admires that so much.

Artemis: Do you have any LGBT+ headcanons for you f/o(s)? Do you share these identities? Feel free to share anything else special about your LGBT+ identities.

They’re both bi as hell. I’m aware that most of Metal Gear is very bi, but Elise and Raiden are both extremely bisexual and love each other in an extremely bisexual way.

Ares: Are you ever protective of your f/o(s)? Are they ever protective of you?

Oh, both. Mutual protectiveness. Raiden being protective of her is obvious, but at any given time Elise is ready to fuck up anyone that would dare hurt him any more. Also they’re both more than ready to fight each other’s shitty exes.

Hephaestus: Do you and your f/o(s) ever like to get gifts for one another? What kind of gifts?

Yes! I’ve previously addressed Raiden’s tendency to get Elise cheesy souvenirs when he travels - he likes getting her little things like that. He also likes picking up things that remind him of her. Elise is also aware of Raiden’s tendency to not get things for himself, but one time she bought him something nice that she thought he’d like and he has treasured it ever since. It’s not about the actual thing, but more about the fact she loves him, right? She also apparently gets him t shirts that say silly things because he loves them.

Aphrodite: How do you and your f/o(s) like to show love to each other? Feel free to include your love languages, if you find that helpful.

Raiden kind of struggles to figure out his own love language and shows love in multiple different ways. I think, though, his primary one is quality time, and he very much appreciates just being around Elise. Second is physical touch, as he ends up really loving giving physical affection to her and the warm feeling of her skin. Elise likewise dabbles in all of them to a degree, but she tends towards acts of service - she will constantly go out of her way for him in a way that isn’t lost on him. She also does have quite the way with words that makes him feel all warm and fuzzy.

Hermes: Was it love at first sight? Slow burn with lots of pining? How fast did your relationship progress?

Raiden fell very very fast. He was like a puppy following her around. In spite of his trauma, or maybe because of it, he melted at her kindness and care right away and couldn’t get enough. Elise was a little slower, but I feel like she was surprised at how fast she fell. They were both careful in progressing the relationship, given their trauma, but it’s hardly a slow burn.

Hestia: What makes you and your f/o(s) feel at home?

Raiden’s answer is Elise herself. Before he met her he didn’t have anything that strongly felt like a home - recall that Rose got mad at him for having a mostly empty bedroom because he didn’t come back to it often. It was Elise being there that made him want to come home more often. It’s less about the location and more about coming back to her, you know? Elise’s answer is actually similar - she’s not from where they live now and has moved around a lot in her life. Her attachment is more with him than to the place.

Dionysus: What do you like to do with your f/o(s) for fun? Is there anything fun you’d like to try with them?

Actually? Watching movies together at home. Raiden has a strong interest in that kind of thing, and watching them at home means he doesn’t have to try to pretend to be “normal” around others, whatever that means. It’s kind of been their thing since their first date. They certainly try lots of fun things together, but that one is special.

Hades: Would you ever consider a pet with your f/o(s)? What kind of pet? If you already have one, what is the pet like?

Honestly he deserves a dog. Again I’m leaning towards a bigger dog, but I think he’d love any dog. Just give this man a dog and he’ll dote on it. I’m particularly fond of a GSD for him because he kind of reminds me of one.

Persephone: How different are you and your f/o(s)? How do you deal with each other’s differences?

Honestly, more similar than you’d think. Aside from some shared trauma, they’re both very strong and persistent, and they’re full of compassion for others. I just think their strengths lie in different places. Really the similarities helped them bond quicker.

Nyx: Do you have any children with your f/o(s)? Would you ever consider children (biological or adopted)?

Well, I’d consider John (normally mothered by Rose, but now mothered by Elise herself) their son. I also made the mistake of referencing “children” to Justice, implying more than one, so uh. Watch this space.

(Thanatos answered here!)

Hypnos: Do you like to sleep together or share a bed with your f/o(s)? If so, what position do you sleep in? Does anyone hog the blankets, or have a stuffed animal, or have nightmares and need the other for comfort? Anything else along those lines?

Anyone who has played MGS2 knows Raiden is not naturally comfortable sleeping with other people. It takes him a while, but he does get to that point with Elise. Even better is that he finds that Elise soothes his insomnia and troubles with nightmares a lot. They tend to sleep hugging each other, by Elise’s request but with his enthusiastic consent.

The Erinyes: How does your f/o (or f/os) respond to someone mistreating you? Do they confront the person? Do they comfort you?

Raiden. Gets. Furious. He can’t stand the thought of someone mistreating his wife. He would fight them if necessary. But at the same time, Elise isn’t that different: hell hath no fury like Elise pissed off that you’re mistreating her husband, who has been through enough.

The Moirai: What is your “happy ending” for your ship? How do you end up? What kind of life do you want together?

It’s for them both to finally be at peace. They’ve been through so much, and now that they have someone that they can truly trust, they can finally let their guards down and just exist peacefully. I think that’s the happy ending for them, regardless of everything else about how they end up.

(Calliope answered here!)

Thalia: Discuss any fluff ideas you have for your ship. What kind of affectionate or sweet scenarios do you like best for this ship?

Raiden really likes holding hands with Elise. Not only is he tickled by how tiny her hands are, but he finds it very soothing. Sometimes it’s hard for him to pretend for the public to be a completely normal un-traumatized person, but her touch and her hand put him at ease. He asks to hold hands with her a lot.

Melpomene: Here’s your dedicated angst question: discuss any angsty or hurt/comfort ideas you have for your ship.

This is hard, since I see this as such a happy ship. But the one thing is: when it comes to their first child, instead of faking a relationship and devastating Raiden, Elise probably tells him what’s going on and goes into hiding to protect her and their child. She probably had to have his first child alone and desperately hope that he would come back to her alive, and that’s a pretty painful thought.

Euterpe: What song(s) suit your ship best? Any particular lyrics that fit well?

From Take My Breath Away, the titular song for the ship:

That’s pretty painful but also very fitting.

Erato: Does any canon ship remind you of your ship (if you like those)? What tropes or ship dynamics apply to your ship?

Remember the girlboss/malewife pair from FMA and how iconic that was? That’s them for sure.

Terpsichore: Have you and your f/o(s) ever danced together? What kind of dancing? Formal dress or completely informal jamming out in your home?

Oh definitely they would. Elise is the only one with formal dance training, but Raiden is a romantic at heart and wants a dance with her, formal or not. I can see them just slow dancing in their house, so happy they’re in love.

#thank you Adrian!#oh goodness this was a lot #ask to tag #take my breath away (with raiden)

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pun-master-logan · 4 years ago

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Demi-Sides Headcanons

Because I don’t feel like writing out a whole fic

Logan was claimed by Dionysus when he was twelve, which he was not a fan of because he didn’t like the Dionysus kids too much (they were always throwing parties and staying up until the crack of dawn! the Hermes might not have been a picnic, but at least the Hermes kids knew how to be quiet and sneaky)

Patton was claimed the same day, it was his first summer at camp, when Logan saw that gray owl above Patton’s head, he flipped, how was that idiot a son of Athena and not him (Logan always hung out with the Athena cabin, and he was so sure they were siblings)

Roman and Virgil shared a bunkbed in the Hermes cabin, Roman got the top, Virgil the bottom, they always complained about each other and having to share a bunk, but neither one did anything to change sleeping arrangement, when Virgil was claimed, he couldn’t sleep at all the first night, neither could Roman

Roman is convinced he is one heroic act away from being claimed by Zeus (he isn’t), he’s been begging for a quest for years, but still hasn’t been given his own, when Virgil was given his quest, he was terrified

Janus has never been on a quest, he’s never even left camp since he first arrived when he was eleven, aside from the occasional field trip (which he opts out of every chance he gets), and that’s exactly how he wants it, the outside world is designed to try and kill him every chance it gets, why would he ever want to leave the safety of camp

Remus attracts a lot of monsters being a son of Poseidon, but it’s weird, he’s tamed quite a few of them, tamed being used loosely, he sneaks out of camp a lot and always seems to come back with a new pet, Chiron lets him keep a few, provided they stay in the forest and don’t attack the other campers, and they don’t, so long as the campers don’t get too close, so far, he has two hellhounds, three stymphalian, a basilisk, and a myrmeke, and gods know what else

#sanders sides #logan sanders #patton sanders #roman sanders #virgil sanders #janus sanders #remus sanders #percy jackson #percy jackson au #au #headcanon #demi-sides

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magickdonehere · 5 years ago

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Herb Correspondences (Part 1?)

1. Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust):

a. Uses

i. Can be compared to the Blackthorn tree (Prunus spinosa), as they have many similarities.

ii. “Entangle” evil in the thorns.

iii. Balance, play between life and death. The flowers contrast with the thorns and poison.

iv. Connected to Fae, death, and the underworld.

v. Cursing/hexing

vi. Can be used instead of having Blackthorn shipped

vii. Defense, blessing, cursing, fertility, power, Binding, prosperity and strength, resistance, endurance.

b. Toxicity?

i. The leaves, seeds and inner bark contain chemicals (robin, roninine, and robitin) which are toxic. Flowers are considered edible if handled correctly, but you shouldn’t consume them just to be safe.

c. Correspondences?

i. Lightning

ii. Masculine/Mars/Fire

2. Mint

a. Uses

i. Money, healing, strength, endurance, luck, travel, death, hope

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Was used in funerary rites in ancient Greece, along with rosemary and myrtle. They did not only ease the smell of decay, but was also representative of the hope in the afterlife.

ii. Named after Minthe, a naiad/water nymph. She fell in love with Hades, and Persephone intervened and turned her into garden mint. (this is one version of the myth, there are many different versions).

iii. It is associated with the river Cocytus in the underworld (River of Wailing).

iv. Hecate, Hades

v. Masculine/Mercury/Air

3. Cayenne

a. Uses

i. Banishing, hexing (creates pain/anxiety), cleansing, love, passion, protection, quick action, repels negative energy, strength, courage.

b. Toxic?

i. No, but don’t use in too large of quantities

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

4. Black Pepper

a. Uses

i. Banishing, hexing, strength, protection, confidence, attack, works well with “Venus herbs” (because it is a Mars herb).

ii. Get rid of/cast evil

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

5. Onion

a. Uses

i. Protection, fertility, cursing, clairvoyance, male virility, absorbs negativity.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Isis (was used in connection with her and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology)

ii. Masculine/Mars/Fire

6. Daises

a. Uses

i. Blessings, faery work, lust, luck, love divination (he loves me/he loves me not), friendship, courtship/relationships

b. Toxic?

i. Not as far as I could tell, but maybe don’t eat them? Not a good idea tbh.

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Venus/Water

7. Oleander

a. Uses

i. Love, potency, lust, sickness/disease, bad fortune, cursing/hexing

b. Toxic?

i. EXTREMELY!! Use gloves when handling and under NO circumstances consume it!! It can and will kill you!

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Saturn/Earth

8. Pansies

a. Uses

i. Divination, love, weather, rain, dreams.

b. Toxic?

i. Idk, just don’t eat it okay

c. Correspondences

i. Faeries

ii. Feminine/Saturn/Water

9. Aloe Vera

a. Uses

i. Luck (especially around the home), healing, beauty, things relating to the moon, and protection.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Water

ii. Venus/Aphrodite

10. Creosote

a. Uses

i. Endurance, rain/water, cleansing, grounding, and healing.

b. Toxic?

i. Just stay on the safe side and don’t eat anything.

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Jupiter/Fire&Water

11. Celery

a. Uses

i. Lust, mental powers, concertration, male virility.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Fire

12. Jasmine

a. Uses

i. Happiness, harmony, love, moon/night, peace, divination, dreamwork.

b. Toxic?

i. Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) isn’t, but other types can be. Look it up before you do anything.

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Water

13. Cinnamon

a. Uses

i. Astral projection, clairvoyance, divination, creativity, defense, dreams, love, lust, power, money, riches, success, wealth.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Sun/Fire

ii. Aphrodite/Bast/Helios/Mercury/Ra/Venus

14. Lavender

a. Uses

i. Love, protection, cleansing, peace, happiness, sleep, fertility.

b. Toxic?

i. Water down essential oils

ii. Just don’t eat it, or put it on your pets. I really shouldn’t even have to put this.

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Air

ii. Saturn

15. Cilantro/Coriander

a. Uses

i. Lust marriage love healing

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

16. Iris

a. Uses

i. Beauty, friendship, happiness, love, luck, pleasure, sexuality, youth, inner truth, creativity, intuition, meditation.

ii. The three petals represent Faith/Wisdom/Valour.

b. Toxic?

i. Poisonous, especially to animals

c. Correspondences

i. Aphrodite/Iris

ii. Feminine/Venus/Water

17. Potato

a. Uses

i. Grounding, protection, stability.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Earth

18. Garlic

a. Uses

i. Protection, luck, lust, money, repelling things.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

ii. Ares/Hecate

19. Pomegranate

a. Uses

i. Wealth, prosperity, divination, fortune, a blood substitute, connected to the underworld.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Fire

ii. Dionysus

iii. Demeter

iv. Persephone

v. Hades

20. Mulberry

a. Uses

i. Divination, willpower, wisdom.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mercury/Air

21. Basil

a. Uses

i. Money, prosperity, abundance, binding, banishing

b. Toxic?

i. N/A

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Mars/Fire

ii. Loki

iii. Dionysus

iv. Ares

22. Rose

a. Uses

i. Love, lust, innocence, confidence, trust, divination, healing, romance, sexuality, protection, happiness.

b. Toxic?

i. N/A, just don’t eat them -_-

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Venus/Water

23. Cacti

a. Uses

i. Protection wards curses endurance personal growth chastity

b. Toxic?

i. Can eat some, just check.

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Saturn/Fire

24. Sage (any)

a. Uses

i. Cleansing, courage, earth magick, Fertility, grounding, hex removal, longevity,

b. Toxic?

i. Just don’t eat it

c. Correspondences

i. Masculine/Jupiter/Air

ii. Zeus/Jupiter/Chiron

25. Sandalwood

a. Uses

i. Healing health protection spirituality

b. Toxic?

i. Just don’t eat it or anything

c. Correspondences

i. Feminine/Moon/Water

A/N: These were chosen as they’re just what I have in my area personally, but if anyone has any requests for specific herbs/plants or would like a part 2, feel free to message me.

Also, in general, just don’t eat anything on here, except for the obvious foods (like potato or garlic), I don’t recommend eating any of these. A “N/A” doesn’t necessarily mean it isn’t toxic to people or animals, it just means I couldn’t find anything (and I don’t consume anything I make, so I don’t usually have to worry too much about that).

#magick #witchblr #witchcraft #witch #witches #herb correspondences #herb meanings #green witch #green magick #flower correspondences #witchcraft correspondences #witch tips #pagan witch #witchtips #tullias' spells #magic #long post #let's hope the format doesn't get fucked lol

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isabellawaites · 5 years ago

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Dionysus

Specialty : the god of wine, debauchery, theater, madness

Nickname(s) Prince of the underworld (royal title) the boss's son (by Thanatos, hecate, Hermes) kiddo (by Hermes, Eros) the bastard (by Apollo, Munich) dafni (by Demeter, Hestia) my love (mil, ariadne)

Age : 19

Relationship : ariadne (ex girlfriend) Aphrodite (friend) Hermes (friend) Hephaestus (teacher) nemesis (BFFTK) janus (friend) cerberus (pet and friend) pelops (friend) artemis (auntie) mil (crush)

Family Hades (father) Persephone (mother) Zeus (uncle) Poseidon (uncle) Hera (aunt) amphitrite (aunt) metis (aunt) hebe (cousin) ares (cousin) anteros (cousin) Athena (cousin) Aphrodite (cousin-in-law) Eros (nephew)

Occupation : the prince of the underworld, owner of a famous dance club called the bacchanal

Location : underworld (sometimes) Olympus (most of the time) the mortal realm (bitch your ass is right)

Species : god

Colors pink (hair) blue (skin) purple (eyes)

APPEARANCE

Dionysus is a young tall male with azure skin, purple eyes (that turn dark purple when enraged) and dark pink hair. His hair, which devolves into green leaves and purple grapes when it's long, is connected to his emotions. He seems to have a scar on his neck covering by his black choker.

PERONALITY

Most of the time he is drunk, specifically he is a sexy drunk, and party drunk. When he is sober he is a kind-hearted and outgoing god, who also enjoys teasing his friends. Dionysus is intelligent, showing a great deal of academic prowess. It's also shown that He is very flirtatious as well, some of the people he has sex with call him a sex-maniac, he even calls himself that. He also shows a sadistic side, showing a great deal of cruelty to those who have wronged him or those he cares for.

RELATIONSHIP

His parents : he seems to have a great relationship with them, it's been pointed many times that Hades is embarrassed when Dionysus does something really inappropriate.

ariadne : ariadne was Dionysus's ex girlfriend or ex fiance. He fell in love with her and she had the same feelings for him. they were greatly madly in love. It said that Dionysus's hair became so long it was because of his love for her. But there was someone else who was in love with her, it was a man named Theseus. 3 days before Dionysus and ariadne's wedding, Theseus put madness in Dionysus's drink. This caused him to kill ariadne, after he was able to cure himself of the madness he realize what he done. He tried to kill himself, but since he was immortal he couldn't die. It took 10 years to get over her death. It seems that theseus didn't know that she would be killed.

Mil :

POWERS AND ABILITIES

He can bind and suffocate his enemies with grape Vines which are incredibly strong and durable. Dionysus can telekinetically summon his Vines. As the god of madness, Dionysus is able to cause madness or cure it. As the god of wine, Dionysus can manipulate alcohol. Dionysus can appear anywhere a party is held. He also has great archery skills, where he got these skills were from Artemis teaching him.

TRIVIA

Dionysus is a little short like his mom but still more taller than her. In some Greek mythologys he was the son of Hades and Persephone.

#lore olympus #dionysus #oc

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theoi-crow · 5 years ago

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Hi ! So I saw your last reblog about Apollo and I got curious about how you feel about it like you think it fits Him or there's something you don't agree ? Apollo is really hard to study ? (Sorry, I am not hellenic polytheist but I am asking totally respect. It's just I like seeing the worshipers view towards the Gods.) Thanks for your time : )

Hi!

No worries! I actually love when non Hellenic polytheists ask because I genuinely enjoy sharing my beliefs with those who are curious.

For context, I reblogged the post mentioned in this ask incase any of my followers needed it to see what this question is relating to: (LINK)

Like the post states Apollo is VERY complicated. I admit I always have to take extra time replying to any questions regarding Apollo because he is complicated in terms of trying to explain EVERYTHING under his rule.

Everytime someone asks about Apollo, I always have to double and triple check online, my sources, other Apollo devotees and books just to make sure I'm covering all my basis but even then I have to add "etc." Because there is always something I've missed regardless of how careful I was.

The o.p also mentions the religion being natural and not one that came with a rule book or Bible.

This is important to remember because it has been theorized that many of the greek gods absorbed stories relating to older gods. 1 god would be the result of multiple now forgotten gods. The ancient Greeks had an oral tradition and when they started writing these traditions down, they had a habit of combining all the stories together in a way that made sense. This is something you see with Apollo.

O.P's second point: "2) He’s very distant but also not" is right on the nose. From a spiritual point of view, I've received so many asks regarding Apollo being distant after so much interaction. The common experience most people seem to have with Apollo is: At first, he sends signs, interacts A LOT with potential devotees and suddenly disappears for a while. He comes back, interacts and disappears again.

To quote the O.P: "...this duality between remote distance and alarming proximity: the bow and arrows..."

My wife and I both work with Apollo and have experienced this on so many occasions. I have 2 beliefs on why he does this.

My first belief regarding these sudden disappearances is Apollo's status as the god of knowledge and education. He will interact with the devotees and guide them until he feels they have the hang of it so he disappears to give them the space they need to try it for themselves. To me this is akin to a parent teaching a baby to walk and then letting go of their little hands.

My second belief falls under my personal sensitivity to energy. When a god is around me for too long, their energy begins to affect me. For example: if Ares is around me for too long, my first response to things will begin to be tainted with feelings of anger, and survival mode. If Dionysus is around me for too long I will begin to feel tipsy or high off of life. Aphrodite instills a type of Euphoria that is a great feeling but makes me begin to lose common sense and logic.

As for Apollo, I become painfully blunt and analytical. While a lot of people prefer the truth I'm convinced Apollo inspired the phrase "You can't handle the truth!" Because there are some pills that are hard to swallow in the middle of a bad situation. My words become scathing for those looking for comfort and support instead of cold hard facts.

Apollo represents logic, but this is also contradicted by his title as the god of music. Music moves the soul and speaks directly to our emotions which is why a lot of content creators make him out to be an emotional god and some devotees are even surprised when he is not as soft and fluffy as they expected. But even O.P sees this: "3) Apollo is both cold logic and childlike idiocy"

This last point is the only one I partially disagree with. Apollo is cold logic and can be childlike but never in my life would I ever consider him an idiot or show anything in terms of idiocy.

Being outsmarted by baby Hermes isn't to show "look at this fool, he was outsmarted by a baby! What a dumbass!!!" But more in line with "Hermes is so cunning, he came out of the womb scheming."

To assume Apollo was an idiot is to devalue Hermes' genius. ANYONE would've been outsmarted by Hermes and he frequently outsmarts the gods, Apollo just happened to be the first God who fell for it.

Another point people make about Apollo's "lack of intelligence" is his exchange of shephard staff with Hermes' lyre. I never understand why people see this as Apollo getting the short end of the deal when he was never interested in being a shephard in the first place. Remember that he only became one AS PUNISHMENT for killing the Cyclops that made Zeus's thunder. Why would he want to continue being the god of something designed to punish him?

Apollo's portrayal as an idiot is a personal pet peeve of mine but everyone is allowed to have their own opinion. I just think that his complex and, contradicting nature is hard to pinpoint for a lot of people. When it comes to Apollo, I can only share what I've personally experienced with him which is very different than my wife's experience because the gods adjust themselves to interact with different devotees much like how you'd treat a stranger versus a loved one.

Apollo as a spiritual deity is logical, blunt and serious but he's also playful when joking with either me or Hermes. He takes my medical needs very seriously and will give me a threatening look if I decide it's okay to skip my medication because I'm so comfortable and don't want to get up. He is also a little scary when I'm studying art or asking him to help with my homework. He is only scary to me because he knows I work best under pressure.

Apollo is so different with my wife (they/them, but hates the term "spouse") who is an INTJ. Because they had a traumatic relationship with their father, and overbearing masculinity, Apollo is very gentle with them. Because INTJs prefer hard logic, Apollo and my wife have an easier time connecting. In the beginning, they practically clicked versus I had to work a little harder to really get things going with him.

I apologize for how long this got but I hope it helps!

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cornerverse-mlp · 5 years ago

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I wrote this post, like, a year and a half ago but I just found it so here I’m throwing it into the void!

Okay, I have no justification of any kind, other than “the other night I rearranged my room, saw my mlp toys on my Percy Jackson shelf, and decided to debate with myself about “if the MLP cast were all in the PJO Universe, who would their godly parent be?”.”

Obviously they’re all Humans, or well, Demigods, in this AU(Actually, there’s one Mortal), instead of being ponies(I think by default horses are Poseidon territory). That said, their in-show abilities/traits count for what I choose. Same for choosing the ‘godly parent’, meaning that while full Myth(and my interpretations) will be in play, how the gods work in the PJO books count as well.

I’m also keeping to just the more well-known gods/goddesses. Because while there’s a lot of minor ones and I could probably spend days going down the rabbit hole of Wikipedia articles to find a ‘perfect fit’, why would I do that? For that same reason, I’m also sticking to Greeks instead of trying to balance ‘should I make them Greek or Roman?’.

So! On that note, this is mostly a list, however, I do add more and give reasons for my choices, even talking of ones I debated about. And a few bonus headcanons.

Twilight Sparkle - I feel like Athena is the obvious choice. I mean, Twi’s intelligent and strategic so Daughter to the Goddess of Wisdom is a good idea, plus she has a pet owl which is one of Athena’s symbols. It’s what most people go with.

However, I’m going with her as a Daughter of Hecate. My reasons?

First of all, Hecate is Goddess of Magic, and, well, Magic is Twi’s thing. She’s a talented spellcaster, and that’s a big part of her character.

Hecate is also a Goddess of Crossroads, something we see a lot with Twilight, in multiple ways.

She is the character with the most ‘counterparts’, not just her literal Counterpart in Sci-Twi, but metaphorical counterparts, ‘other paths she could have taken’. I mean, there’s Sunset, Starlight, Sci-Twi, Trixie, and also Moondancer that show off places Twilight could have ended up had she chosen differently in life.

However, Twilight is also the Crossroad for others. She is the character who is trying to lead others down the best path, giving them the choice of where to go. Again, we see this a lot with reforming villains. She offers them a chance to change the path, to turn and go down another.

Another thing that Hecate is associated with is childbirth and nurturing the young.

In the show, Twilight earned her Cutie Mark by hatching Spike, and even if she wasn’t his direct mother(I headcanon them more as siblings), she did help to raise him.

She’s also a teacher, both in usual subjects (as we saw with the CMC in Twilight Time), and in teaching others about friendship(While those characters are not ‘young’, it counts).

Pinkie Pie - Again, it seems like an obvious choice as a Daughter of Dionysus, God of wine, parties, and madness. Okay, we have no idea how Pinkie feels about wine since this is a kids show(Personally, I feel like she shares my tastes and doesn’t care for it.)

Which is why I’m making her a Daughter of Apollo instead. He’s God of the Sun, and Pinkie is a metaphorical ball of sunshine. Other things Apollo is the God of include: Healing, Music, Art, Archery, and also Prophecy.

Pinkie’s relation to Music and Art are obvious, and while we don’t get to see her with a bow, she seems to have good aim. As for Prophecy? Pinkie Sense. She’s canonically able to predict the future.

Now, you might not think Healing fits in, but it does. After all, isn’t Laughter the best medicine? Okay, jokes aside, while Pinkie isn’t a ‘healer’ in the doctor sense, she’s more like a ‘healer’ in the therapist sense(Obviously not licensed, but you get the idea). When she can’t cheer someone up from just a simple party, she puts her all into working through their problems and getting them to be truly happy again. And that’s a type of healing people forget about alot.

Rarity - Huh. Another one that gets a ‘this has an obvious choice’ category. A Daughter of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty, Love and Lust, able to charm any into doing what she wishes. And in terms of the PJO world? She’d fit right in with the others of the Aphrodite Cabin(Well, she’d probably punch Drew in the face but whatever.).

However, once more, I’m going for an odd choice: Daughter of Hades. And before I go into my reasoning, take all the memories of Hades as a villain and anything from Disney and chuck that out a window. Not just here, but in general. Because damn it, he’s not evil. He’s probably one of the most chill of the gods. Stop making him the villain. Even this series only used him as a fakeout villain in the first book. And we don’t talk about the movie. What movie? That doesn’t exist!

Anyway, while Hades is God of the Underworld, he also has a few other things he rules. Hades is also known as the God of Wealth, as all of the precious metals and gems in the Earth were of his domain as well. Rarity and her ability to manipulate Gems reminds me a little bit of Hazel’s abilities(though obviously less cursed(And I know Hazel is technically ‘Pluto’s’ but they’re both the same god and not the same god)).

However, there’s a few other things that made me decide to have Rarity be a Daughter of Hades instead of Aphrodite:

First is the fact that, as much as Aphrodite was a good fit for her in quite a few ways, she is also considered a Goddess of Desire(not just Lust, but all desires and even the fulfillment of said desires). As materialistic as Rarity can be, she’s also the Element of Generosity. While the MLP universe can balance the traits, making her want things but always giving to others as well, putting Desire in her nature feels wrong.

Secondly, within the PJO series, Hades is shown to be very generous, even if it’s a trait rarely seen by the other gods(due to family feuding), but is shown in his relationships with the women he loved.

His love with Persephone, for example. He was kind and patient with her, wishing for her to love him as he did her. He started with magnificent gifts,and took to spending all of his time with her and doing whatever he could to make her happy. He even hired the most skilled (deceased) gardeners in the Underworld to grow a magnificent garden for her. He says that though he is God of Wealth, she is dearer to him than any precious metals or gems.

(Because I know someone will point it out, the whole thing with their relationship and the pomegranate seeds has several interpretations, some happier than others. The PJO version has Persephone truly fall for Hades, and one of the gardeners tricks her with the pomegranate seeds. (My personal interpretation of the story is that Persephone fell for Hades and ate the Pomegranate seeds on purpose so that they wouldn’t be separated. I mean, within actual Greek Myths, they’re the most stable couple with the least affairs))

Back to the books, we have Maria di Angelo. Hades tried to convince her to live in Underworld with him, despite the fact that it would piss off Persephone a bit, to protect her and their kids from the other gods. He insists that he will build her a beautiful golden palace by the River Styx, but doesn’t get a chance to because Zeus kills her first. (He wishes to resurrect her, but even a God of the Underworld must obey the laws of Death.)

While it’s technically ‘Pluto’ and not ‘Hades’, we also have Marie Levesque. He loved her so much he swore on the River Styx to give her anything. When she took him up on that and asked for all the riches of the Underworld, he begs her to ask for anything else, as the greediest wishes come with curses. And even though she ignored the warning and cursed their daughter, he did what he could to protect them.

Another reason is that I find that most interpretations of the afterlife are Generous, in a way. While there’s definitely punishment in the afterlife, most versions include some version of ‘unless you’re a huge dick you’ll be rewarded with everything that would make you happy’.

Final reason: the fanfic “In the Twilight of Death” which includes Rarity as a Grim Reaper. It doesn’t really factor in ‘logically’, but tbh I can’t help it. That fic’s good though so check it out.

Applejack - While it’s obvious, I’m not going to pull what I did before and be like ‘this is obvious but..’ thing. Applejack would be a Daughter of Demeter. Goddess of Agriculture and Harvest and all that.

Rainbow Dash - I debated about this one for a while. I thought of using Ares(Rainbow’s middle name is ‘Fight Me’), Zeus(Because God of Sky and Lightning), and even Iris(Because Goddess of the Rainbow).

However, I ended up deciding on her being a Daughter of Nike, Goddess of Victory, Strength, and Speed. It fits quite well.

Fluttershy - Daughter of Iris. While I considered this for Rainbow Dash, I feel Iris fits Fluttershy more because of the version in the books. I mean, non-violent, only attacks in self defense, a little with the hippie crowd, severely underestimated due to their most known traits(Iris is known for messages and rainbows, Flutters is known for being kind and shy) but will totally kick your ass when needed.

Sunset Shimmer - Okay, I really want to put Hestia, because I associate Sunset with Hestia a lot because of reasons. But apparently Hestia has no kids as she’s one of the Virgin Goddesses. I’m really trying to think of other options. Like

Hecate, because like Twilight she’s Magic

Apollo, because of the Sun connection, good with her hands(art and music)

Athena, because she’s intelligent and strategic

Hephaestus, because she could totally build magic robots(Again, good with her hands) and also fire association

But just.... none of them feel right.

Fuck it! I don’t fucking care. Let’s just pretend that Hestia is like Athena, she creates children through other means and is still an eternal virgin. IDK, maybe they spawn out of her hearth fires. Anyway, Sunset’s a Daughter of Hestia.

Celestia and Luna - I’m putting them together because their headcanons are a bit connected. Okay, so, in this AU they’re either half-sisters or adopted. Celestia is a Daughter of Apollo(because Sun), but Luna is a Mortal.

However, because they’re always together, and because Luna can see through the Mist, she knows all about the whole ‘Demigods’ thing. But this puts Luna in a lot of danger, and Celestia insists she be allowed to come to CHB too so she can protect herself.

Obviously they don’t allow it since Luna’s Mortal, but Celestia decides that instead she’ll train Luna with all the Greek weaponry herself.

At some point, they’re off on their own somewhere and end up running into some monsters. They handle it beautifully, and catch the attention of Artemis. She invites them both to join her Hunters, which they agree to. Luna took to the life better, being nocturnal and seeming to almost be able to see through the darkness, so she quickly became the Hunters’ Lieutenant

Discord - Son of Eris. Come on. That one’s too perfect.

Chrysalis - Daughter of Aphrodite. Again, kinda perfect on that one.

Cadence - Can we go three for three on perfection? Yes, because here’s another Daughter of Aphrodite.

Shining Armor - I was debating on this, because he and Twilight are siblings so how should this work? I don’t want him to also be a son of Hecate. So they’re step-siblings on the Mortal side in this AU

I was also debating on whether to make his godly parent Ares or Athena. On one hand, while both are war/battle gods, Athena has a heavier emphasis on strategy. On the other hand, Athena also has heavier emphasis on her non-battle qualities.

Not to disrespect any character and/or gods, but while Shining is intelligent and a good strategist, he doesn’t fit the rest of the Athena kid qualities. So I’m making him a Son of Ares, though a bit more strategic and less bloodthirsty than his godly half-siblings(he gets it from his mom’s side of the family).

Spike - Son of Hephaestus, and definitely has those fire powers. While his character isn’t known for building, I think he could have some skill with it. As for his relationship to Twilight and Shining in this AU: He was adopted by their Mortal Parents. I’ll go more into that later.

Sweetie Belle - Rarity’s half-sister, on the mortal side. Daughter of Apollo. She sucks at healing and if you value your life keep her away from the bows, but her music skill is fantastic. Her prophecy abilities only show up when she’s being sarcastic.

Scootaloo and Flash Sentry - Full siblings(because I headcanon them as such in-show). Children of Athena. An odd choice, but I think it works. We know Flash is a Guard in-show, meaning he’s likely good with fights, and if Scootaloo had a middle name it’d be ‘fight me’, but both have also shown some craftsmanship abilities. Well, Scoots has(working on her scooter and all(also, you have to be smart to calculate those tricks yourself)) and I headcanon that Flash has shown those type abilities as well because the show gives him so little character that anything with him is ‘canon until proven otherwise’ and- Whatever. Rant for another time.

Big Macintosh - Full sibling with Applejack. Son of Demeter. Self-explanatory.

Applebloom - Daughter of Hephaestus(AJ and Big Mac are her step-siblings in this AU). I chose this because all expected her to get a Cutie Mark for, well, building shit in general. (I’m still a little salty there)

Starlight Glimmer - Daughter of Nemesis, Goddess of Justice/Vengeance/Balance. You can figure out that one on your own.

Diamond Tiara - Either a Daughter of Hades,or another example of me saying ‘fuck it!’ and making her a Daughter of Hestia like Sunset. I am undecided.

Have a few more headcanons for this AU:

This all would be post-PJO series, because a few things would vary a lot from Canon if it were during-series.I mean, Hades can only loophole kids into the series so many times before someone snaps. Also Luna becoming the Hunter’s Lieutenant would involve Thalia either dying or stepping down. And I want this to be when minor gods/goddesses have their own cabins too, and perhaps CHB has established something similar to New Rome where adult Demigods can just chill(Or Percy said ‘fuck you let us have a safezone to chill as adults’ and had some friends help buy a horse ranch in the middle of bumfucknowhere for people to set up their own town of Demigods. Because I’m pretty sure summer camp has an age limit.)

As for ages, most of them would be the ages I usually headcanon for them: Mane 7(And Flash) are 16-19, younger siblings(And Diamond) are 13/14, older siblings(and Starlight) are in early twenties. Might drop Celestia/Luna/Discord/Chrysalis down to early twenties too.

I mean, age is irrelevant, as I’m not writing a story with them at these ages. I’m just giving the ages relevance to one another.

Oh! So, I mentioned the whole Twilight, Shining, and Spike thing and how all that goes down.

So, Twilight and Shining’s Mortal parents are their in-show parents. Velvet met Ares during her ‘rebel phase’ and had a one-night-stand that resulted in Shining. Night Light met Hecate and had a bit more of a relationship, but it was only a few nights and then she ‘stopped texting back’, allowing him to move on. He soon met Velvet and they fell in love. Then one night Hecate knocks on his door, drops newborn-Twilight into his arms and is like ‘Hey, I had a kid, she’d yours. I can’t take care of her or stay in your life. Bye!’. Despite the confusion, Velvet sticks by him and they get married. Also, imagine that itty bitty Shining pretty much thought Hecate was ‘the stork’ until sex-ed classes.

Anyway, while both kids are showing various abilities(Some more concerning than others. Shining is the embodiment of ‘Let me see what you have...’ ‘A knife!’), their parents don’t know about Demigods or anything. Just that their kids have powers. They convince them to keep it all secret, which works for a while. Until one year on the last day of school. At the time, Shining’s 11 and in 5th grade, Twi’s 6 and in 1st grade. Spike happens to be going to the same school, though he doesn’t run into them often because he’s in Kindergarten. Spike’s story is that he’s an orphan, his bio mom having either disappeared or abandoned him. The adults weren’t sure about his age but stuck him in Kindergarten(we later find out he’s actually 4 at this time, but he’s a smart kid so he didn’t struggle through it).

As I said, it’s the last day before summer break(because of course it is), when a monster manages to herd the three of them into an empty classroom. They fight the thing off well enough. Luckily, one of their teachers happened to be one of CHB’s undercover people(maybe a Satyr or a former camper). Unluckily, their teacher has to take them on the run since more monsters are chasing them.

During their ‘on the run to camp’ time, Twilight and Shining bond with Spike a lot. They all get to camp, and get to properly message their parents(AKA give mom and dad another heart attack because phones are banned but rainbows work fantastic!), and essentially get the rundown on the whole Demigod business.

Unfortunately, they get separated pretty quick. All three get Claimed, and sent to different cabins. While they slowly get used to sleeping so far apart and do end up making some friends with other campers, they stubbornly refuse to be separated. People try, but it’s hard to argue with the guy with a perfect intimidating stare and knife collection, the girl who has little issue spellcasting when angry, and the toddler with fire powers.

By the end of the first summer, Twilight and Shining don’t want to leave Spike behind. I mean, his two options are either becoming a year-round camper, or going back into the foster care system. They talk to their parents about it, and it doesn’t take much convincing for them to legally adopt Spike into the family.

Oh, another family thing I’d have to talk about is Pinkie and her family. I’m not quite sure how though. Maybe she’s adopted by them at some point? I don’t usually like making Pinkie the ‘adopted’ one, but I’d kind of have to since she’s third oldest and that’s better than the alternatives. But I don’t think any of her sisters are Demigods.

Her relationship with the Cakes though! I headcanon differently. So, I’m gonna bump up the twins to elementary school age(7). Anyway, the twins are also Demigods(children of Hermes). Someone’s probably asking ‘uh, wouldn’t that involve an affair?’. Well, I’m just going to go with either 1.)Mr. and Mrs. Cake weren’t together yet or 2.) open relationship?

Anyway, Pinkie met them two years ago. She happened to be hanging in the park near their bakery(because they still own a bakery in this au). The twins go to the park a lot after school, usually with one parent supervising the playground. This time, however, a monster attacks. Since Pinkie was nearby, she leaped into action. She manages to get the cakes to run off, and follows because the monster seems more intent on the easier kill(Aka, she can’t lure it away).

Eventually, she manages to kill the beast, and the twins are scared but think she’s a superhero. She correctly guessed that Mr. Cake isn’t their bio dad, and asks if there’s been any other ‘incidents’, either attacks or unexplained things happening. She does decide to tell them the truth, showing off her own powers to prove it. After that sinks in, she tells them about CHB, and how it can keep the twins safe, and teach them to defend themselves.

At first, they’re against it, as they really don’t want their kids to learn something so dangerous. But Pinkie sticks around to protect them, walking them from school in the afternoons and babysitting when they want to go to the park. Monster attacks and weird things become a bit more frequent(mostly because now the Cakes now about this, and also Pinkie can testify that it wasn’t ‘small children with overactive imaginations’).

So they ask Pinkie about CHB again, how safe is it? She assures them that it’s safe, and that if they want, they can do it just for the summer, pretend it’s a normal summer camp. So yeah, after the school year ends they let Pinkie play navigator and drive to camp. Pinkie helps them with the sign-in process(since Mortals aren’t usually allowed in and she doesn’t have the authority yet), and both Pumpkin and Pound have been going to CHB for the summer since. Pinkie still sticks with them during the other months, protecting, babysitting, and making sure they keep their skills sharp(which terrifies their parents because, uh, you are dual-wielding swords to battle small children??), but they’re happy and safe and Pinkie’s grown on them, so they’re good with it!

I don’t think I have any more specific headcanons on how the others found out/how they got to camp.

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matrixaffiliate · 6 years ago

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A Twist of Fate

Co-written with @hufflepuffmarlenemckinnon

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Chapter 15

Marlene knew she shouldn't be kissing him, but she couldn't bring herself to care as his hand gripped her waist and his tongue ran across her bottom lip. She wasn't sure if this was a part of their fate, but she desperately wanted it to be. Suddenly her mind was flooded with possibilities of them. A life of both her powers and happiness because she had Sirius. And he only reinforced these feelings with his remorse when he brought his lips to hers. She wasn't some plaything to him, Marlene was sure of that. But all of these thoughts seemed immensely unimportant as Sirius’ lips caressed her.

She was content to lay with him for eternity on that cot, but the cell lock rattled and Sirius bolted upright, bringing her with him, just before the guard entered.

“You've been summoned by His Majesty,” the guard looked fearfully at Marlene.

She bit back her unhappy and conflicted feelings on being interrupted and assumed the character Sirius had worked to build for her.

“We will oblige him, but he will not find what he seeks in this meeting.” She put added emphasis on the word ‘we’. She wanted it very clear that she and Sirius were a package deal. The guard seemed to catch the edge in her voice and nodded to Sirius.

The walk back up to Minos’ main throne room was long and gave Marlene far too much time to think about what had just happened.

She had been shameless in her flirting leading up to Sirius kissing her, mostly to try and figure out where his feelings had been. Marlene smirked to herself, he had made that relatively clear. But now that she knew he cared for her as she did for him, there were decisions she had to make.

Sirius obviously had feelings for her, but they had known each other a grand total of five days. To be fair, they had spent almost every waking moment of three of those days together, and she'd confided in him things she'd not even told her parents, but they hadn't spent all that much time together. There was no guarantee that if they pursued a relationship after this they wouldn't tire of each other a month into it. She barely knew him.

You know him better than you know Giannis. A part of her argued. Sure Giannis was a guarantee of stability, but she'd spent all of four hours with him. Suddenly Sirius seemed less of a wild card. He didn't fear her. He was already her equal, she would give up nothing to be with him. And she indulged in admitting that the demi-god could kiss. But she would still be Fate's daughter with him, in that her mother could still pull these stunts, like sending her to kill the Minotaur with another halfling. Giannis was an escape from all that. Giannis was her choosing to be human. Sirius was her choosing to be an instrument of Fate. Did she really want to be that? Considering where it had got her thus far?

Her internal struggle was cut short as the guard opened the door to Minos’ throne room and marched them in. If Minos had been hoping to only see her, he didn't let it show on his face. Instead, he turned to a servant.

“Chairs, for our guests,” he smiled at Marlene and she wished her foresight would kick in. As if wishing were all it took, suddenly she saw herself and Sirius bound in their chairs heading back to Athens.

“How dare you?!” She thundered. Well, Sirius did tell him she had a temper. She turned to the chairs being carried over and concentrated. If this didn't work she'd just berate Minos. If it did work, then hopefully he would take them seriously. It took a great deal of effort, but both chairs splintered under her gaze. Marlene smirked, she could get used to this level of control over her powers.

She turned back to Minos who gaped at her. “You are too weak to deceive Fate, Minos!”

Sirius sighed and began tossing bunches of grapes at random people in the throne room as if he was bestowing blessings himself. “I did try to warn you, Minnie.” He tutted. “You had to go and make her mad, didn't you? Now she'll be a right terror to you. What were you planning? No sense in lying my pet, she already knows.”

Minos sputtered, “I, I, I only wanted to speak with you!” He insisted.

“One more lie Minos,” Marlene stared him down, “one more, and you will spend this day a leper, so as to let your Kingdom know the true nature of your mind.”

Minos choose to set the issue aside and try a new tactic. “I do not wish you to die at the hands of the Minotaur. Please, for your safety, return to Olympus.”

“That's sweet of you, pet,” Sirius walked up to some poor noble and took the man's goblet from his hands before taking a long drink. He grimaced and turned to Minos. “You drink this? Maybe you are as crazy as Miss Fate says, this is awful! Maybe after we kill your toy I'll teach you how to care for grapes, pet, because this won't do.”

“It is written in the Book of Fate that we will enter the maze with the twelve mortals.” Marlene had tired of these games. If Zeus was this bad she had no idea how her mother put up with him. “You can either allow it willingly, or you can face the consequences that come from disobeying destiny. There is nothing to discuss!”

Sirius had sauntered over to Minos’ throne and as Marlene gave her ultimatum, he plopped down on Minos’ lap.

“See, I told you not to make her mad, you naughty boy you.” He popped a grape off the bunch he'd been idly snacking on and bumped it against Minos’ nose, making a high pitched boop sound that nearly caused Marlene to break from her role as the cold and unfeeling daughter of Fate. Then Sirius proceeded to toss the grape into Minos’ open mouth. “Aw, what a good pet. See it's not so hard to be reasonable. If you do as you're told you might even get a reward.” Sirius leered before placing a sloppy kiss on his cheek and standing. “Oh, and those cots were quite thoughtful, Minnie. I think I'll be far more comfortable tonight.”

Marlene bit her cheek to keep from laughing at the look of total and complete disbelief on Minos’ face as Sirius flailed back across the room to her side.

“Are we clear, Minos?” Marlene asked in a tired voice.

He nodded silently.

“Then, good day,” she turned on her heels and stalked out of the room towards their cell, the guard running to catch up to her and Sirius.

“Soooo,” Sirius sang as they walked, “the chairs were impressive.”

Marlene sighed, “He was going to bind us once we sat down and send us back to Athens.”

Sirius grunted, “That would have been an inconvenience. Is he going to keep playing these games?”

Marlene tried to focus and took his arm so she could close her eyes while they walked. Her foresight suddenly seemed much clearer but her heart also lept at the feeling of his skin under her hands again. “No, we descend into the maze at sunset.”

“Wow,” Sirius’ voice had a bit of a tight edge to it and it was as if she had somehow turned her sight to him as she could see his desperately good intentions concerning her, and the conflict he had over her. Marlene immediately opened her eyes. As much as she wanted to pursue that conversation along with perhaps continuing their activities from earlier, the noon high sun told her they only had a few hours to figure out how the two of them were going to lead the twelve tributes into and out of the maze, along with the little problem of killing the beast.

The guard placed them back in their cell, and Marlene had an idea for the latter.

“I want to try something. Up for some experiments?” She smiled at Sirius, finally dropping her inhumanly bleak facade.

“Am I going to explode like those chairs?” He chuckled.

She rolled her eyes, “Minos upset me and I wanted him to know it.”

“Where do you think I came up with the story of you having a temper?” He smirked at her.

“You're ridiculous,” she shook her head before plowing on. “I'm going to close my eyes and turn to the wall. I want you to move around the room and then stop. I'll see if I can see it before you do it.”

Sirius nodded as she shut her eyes and turned away from him. She concentrated on Sirius and suddenly she could see him and the path he chose. She smiled and turned to see Sirius halfway to his stopping point.

“It worked,” she said excitedly.

Sirius stepped closer to her and took her hand, “Of course it did.”

She wanted to kiss him, desperately. She wanted to run her hands through his hair again and hear him groan as she pulled her nails along his scalp. But she had enough of her mother in her to somehow deny herself.

“I should try it with someone else,” she said quietly staring up at him, “make sure that I could do it with the Minotaur too. If you know every move before he does it, he won't be able to touch you.”

Sirius smiled, “And perhaps I might lasso a bull-headed death-beast in the process.” He chuckled as he looked down at the vine around his neck. “Father did say it would be both useful and fabulous.”

Marlene felt her heart soar. They had a plan.

She spent the rest of the day practicing, reaching out to the other cells and to the floors above them and while she was never able to see more than a minute into their futures, she could control her sight and she could direct it, that was what mattered.

However, walking down with Sirius and the other tributes managed to dampen her enthusiasm just a bit. The guards locked them in the entrance and Marlene turned to give the twelve the instructions to stay out from underfoot and they'd be fine.

“But how will we make it back out if you and the Son of Dionysus are separated from us?” One of the girls cried.

Marlene was about to assure her that it wouldn't happen when she felt her cloak catch on the wall and begin unraveling. And as her mother had promised, her destiny revealed itself to her, and he was standing to her right. In her foresight, she saw him step away from the dead bull and kiss her, she saw him standing next to her in her mother's home, she saw him standing next to her in a million scenarios all at once, and she knew she was fated to be the Instrument of Fate, with this Son of Dionysus by her side.

“My cloak was made to unravel,” she smiled at the girl. “Its string will be your guide out. Sirius’s nose will be our map in.” Marlene turned to smile at him and he took his cue, shifting into his adorable dog.

Sirius barked once and then started down the maze, their group close behind him, Marlene's cloak unraveling with every step.

#blackinnon #blackinnon fanfiction #sirius x marlene #sirius black x marlene mckinnon #sirius black #marlene mckinnon #GreekMythologyAU #GreekAU #we're off to kill the Minotaur #still laughing at the antics of the Greek gods #laughingatZeus'expense

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"greek-Bros Headcanon: The Big 6"

Zeus:

-Pretty much everything about him is pretty standard, including him being your regular man. Flaws and all. Oddly enough he isn't that truly complicated as an individual, after all, all mankind IS mostly modeled after him and few other gods.

-As he and the others were assigned their devine positions, he started taking up attributes of the sky and his own consignated animal the eagle, like feathers instead of hair, incredible eyesight and a tendency to create electricity with excessive movement or emotional outbursts. He's towering and under his more comfortable toga he's fucking BUILT.

-He's a rather decent father by ancient Greek standards, yes almost everything he has done according to mortal men have happened. Of course his own children weren't going to argue against him. However, he always has his offspring and so on in mind. He tries to interact with his children in meaningful ways as much as he can or want, regardless he isn't a forgetful man....just a 'busy' one.

-In spite of his powerful and stern demeanor, he is always constantly at odds with his own inner demons. He's ALWAYS questioning his past actions, he laments his terrible and questionable decision he had ever impulsively but he does take up the traditional mantle of "masculine density" and rarely shows his emotions. When he does show his emotions, it's either heartbreaking or a loud storm targeting said source of destress.

-He deeply loves Hera in every sense of the word, but he has "such a big heart he can't just keep it to himself", quote Zeus. Regardless, he still acts on his impulses and is the root of all his problems. Legend has it, his very essence accidentally created King Henry the 8th and many other historical heartbreakers.

-In spite of making up many of the rules of humanity (with extra help of the rest of his siblings), human mortals have always had a terrible habit of breaking these rules. Zeus has made so.many of these rules that he's just stop keeping up with keeping mortals in place. He just kind of let's things happen. At this point of his existence, his only concern now is to make sure other gods are following their rules.

-He HATES child sacrifices. Mostly because when a living thing gets sacrificed it comes in flesh and blood directly to the land of the gods. So naturally, there is a complete population of "ascended" mortals and animals in Olypmus....and he already has his hands full. Plus he just doesn't like the principal of it all. He genuinely hates children getting hurt in the first place.

-HIS list of enemies is a kilometer long. It includes everything that's a titan, some of his own children (and grandchildren), Hera to a very small extent and Hades.....even though there has been literally NOTHING that has proven Hades is a threat to him.

-The main reason why Zeus adamantly believes that Hades is out to get him is because of HOW he assigned Hades to be god of the underworld..... basically, he asked Hades to check a dark cave.....and closed the cave entrence while he and Poseidon ran off. Hades ironically doesn't care about this and has no real intensions of taking revenge on Zeus for anything, the fact Zeus haphazardly gave him a wife and lives in constant paranoia gives him solence.

-He is extremely defensive of Hermes and Dionysus. Inspite of his claim of loving all his offspring equally, he feels a deeper connection to Hermes considering that he was to be considered the "prodigal usurper" before Dionysus, meanwhile Dionysus is his youngest son with the most responsibility for a god so naturally he's going to keep a closer eye on both just a little bit more. In terms of familiar respect, Athena and Apollo are tied as his most "important" children.

-After Athena's birth, Zeus's mental fortitude, better judgement and intellectual integrity has completely been capped. He constantly has headaches, tends to make terrible decisions, tends to be forgetful, and goes through terrible flashbacks to anything that can come to mind. He still loves and respects his daughter but he has to admit her very presence gives his a headache. It's rumored that his brain is 2/5ths of what it use to be.

-He has no control over Hera and never will. After several take overs, a very nasty scroll call from Nyx for threatening to harm Hypnos, and having several lovers killed by her, he's completely decided that fighting her or arguing with her. He would still end all.of existence for her.

-The only entities he truly fears is Nyx, Gaia and Aphrodite. Nyx being a more intimidating foe of his, Gaia being his own grandmother and Aphrodite being a she-titan who for reason decided it was cash-money as fuck to just take residence in Olypmus.....that....and a good small chunk of his afairs were caused by her and her son Eros.

-He STILL has no idea how Heracles inherited his THICCNESS. He may consider himself thicc but Heracles couldn't have gotten from him.

-He adores all his followers and considers them worthy of answering their prayers.... Except for one. Lycaon.

-He loves giving Hera pet names but due to her burning anger towards him, she won't let him....even though she loves the pet names he gives her.

-He has many professional relationships and alliances with other gods. However he has had a long on-going distrust of the Sumerian gods. He just finds them to be a little too private in comparison to the rest of his fellow gods. That and he's actually jealous of their near perfect beards. His beard tends to sprout stray down feathers.

Hera:

-She was assigned to be the goddess of marriage and the household, however, she has assigned herself as the goddess of the mind, heart and soul. Because as it turns out, she causes more boughts of madness more than Eris and Dionysus combined. She also controls female intuition and matters of personal strength. She's the force that helps feel when something isn't right or when you feel like you need to do something important wether being benign or malignant. She basically IS your emotional support mom/aunt, but she controls you and your emotions. However she actually uses this ability in moderation.

-She is considered as "Step-Mom" by most of Zeus's out of wedlock offspring. She's always extremely shrewed, vindictive and most of the time outright nasty....but that's about it. She will attempt to get you once or twice but if she senses that it could be a massive waste of her time than she'll just make your life a smig shittier. However, she not an "evil" step mom, more of a step mom who has to get use to her step-children, it will take some work for both parties but deep down she's just angry at Zeus.

-She hates Zeus's children, but she isn't heartless, quite the opposite, children are children in her mind regardless if it's hers or not. She'll make it hard for you but if you ask her for help or ask her in the right manner, she will be delighted to help.

-She is your quintessential woman, she loves jewels, the finer things in life, small animals (especially birds) and she can be either the sweetest or the meanest. After all, like Zeus who created MAN, she created WOMAN. Legend has it she actually let the rest of the gods collaborate as a way to make them feel better. Or at least that's how she puts it, turns out Hermes and Aphrodite made a deal to make more like "them" than Hera intended. While MAN was built pretty close to Zeus's intended design, WOMAN was designed with Aphrodite's beauty and tender nature, while Hermes gave "a dirty mind" much like how MAN were given. Basically WOMAN and MAN are completely equal in everyway regardless of "differences".

-Shes also adopted some inhuman attributes, she grows feathers on some portions of her hair, she feels insecure about them but Zeus adores this because it reminds him that's birds mate for life. Her feathers look more like feathers of a peahen and seamlessly blends with her hair.

-Her ONLY desire is for Zeus to stop cheating on her. She literally wants nothing more. That, and for Dionysus and Apollo to stop steal her dresses for their own endeavors.

-She loves her biological children and their offspring but somehow they keep disappointing her. Ares loves a woman who cheats on Hephaestus and Hebe is in love with the son of the woman who Zeus cheated with. She believes it's karma but at the same time she couldn't be less surprised.

-She loves Hephaestus, but due to his limped leg and his more rugged appearance, she barely tolerates looking at him. Which is strange because Hephaestus heavily resembles Zeus.

-She knows the truth about Erichthonius. He's also her favorite grandson. She has her eye on almost everything, she actually saw the whole drama between Athena and Hephaestus. At first she wanted to intervene but after she noticed this consummated a child and saw how Athena took initiative to take care of the child regardless of her chastity, it gained a little more respect for Athena. Being raised to be a wise young man by Athena and being Hephaestus's biological son, Erichthonius has been secretly considered the most successful grandchild to her.

-Her favorite animals are birds, Zeus as a webbing present gave her the chance to create birds. Thanks to her, the skies are filled with songs.

-She doesn't have a lot of enemies, however, Aphrodite is a big contender against her. While Hera controls the integrity of women, Aphrodite controls their emotional and sexual impulses. So Hera is at constent odd against her...that...and the main reason why Hera married her off to Hephaestus because she wanted to make amends to him....not make his life anymore worse than it already is.

-Hera is aware how most of Zeus's children feel about her, but she appreciates it dearly when one of them does something nice for her....even though she probably demanded it or care for it.

Poseidon and Amphitrite:

-Hes absolutly BOMBASTIC. He's the most carefree of his brothers, most physically fit and considered the most handsome.

-His marriage is ironically WORSE than Zeus's, but he and Amphitrite consensually agreed to pretend nothing is wrong.... apparently it works like a charm and they barely fight. However this is considered a massively concerning situation to Zeus and Hera because the both of them know that a relationship that doesn't regularly express their grievances...often end sour.

-Like his siblings, he's adopted physical attributes that correspond to their environment. Apparently, he has grown gills, his 'beard' is actually octopus tentacles and he has scales in certain places. He can shapeshift into many aquatic creatures.

-Unlike his brothers, his offspring are genetic tossups. One can look relatively ok, another can be a cyclops for no reason. His most famous child is Triton, but the poor lad is a rather simple and humble young mad who has very little aspersions in life. Poseidon tries to encourage him to do something productive but Triton just sort of falls below average in popularity.

- He's the best horseman in all of Greece, in fact his love for horses only rivals his love for literally trying to destroy humanity and his wife.

-He has a love/hate relationship with his nephews. However if you would ask him which nephew he dislikes the most, it would be Dionysus. Oddly enough, Dionysus actually likes to antagonize Poseidon, mostly because he's actually more strict than his dad. It wasn't until the invention of the dolphin that made Dionysus's and Poseidon's relationship between each other a little better. Poseidon has a less innocent hatred for Athena, after losing patronship over Athens, he's sworn vengeance over her. However it's more akin to sending really annoying Facebook messages rather than epic natural disasters. Once a year, he enjoys terrorizing Athens through changing the spring water to saltwater for a few days, make all the horses aggressive and give "oddly constent" tremors.

-If it wasn't for Zeus proposing to Hera first, he would have married her instead. Even though the two had married different people, it always seemed the two had a very interesting chemistry.

- Even though there may be a serious discourse on who it's Theseus's father. The reality is Poseidon doesn't actually want to claim Theseus as his own for mysterious reasons.

-He never sent a different bull to Minos, Poseidon took the form of a bull and cursed Pasiphaë. This was the first account of a god that WASN'T Aphrodite and Eros to have caused someone to be sexually attracted by magic. This has been a family secret between the big 6 for years because if any other gods found out they could just will people's passion, the world be in a state of pure chaos. Poseidon however has an even dirtier secret, he didn't use his godly powers on Pasiphaë, instead he just found a way to get her specifically attracted to him in bull form by using an old recipe for an aphrodisiac from the sunken city of Atlantis. He doesn't tell the truth about this because he's an asshole that way. He finds it more useful to have the other gods believing he had something in reality he didn't have.

- He has a fun hobby of naming his horses the most adorable and somewhat random names, like "Peach Basket", "TootsieFoot" and ect. It ended up being a traditional way of naming race horses in racing derbies.

- He has absolutly no love for humans. He enjoys that mortals worship him and such but the fact he has an entire ocean at his and his wife's disposal, he honestly feels that he has very little need for mortal worshippers....at least this is what he originally thought until his power was contested by an ocean god named Dagon. Long story short, Poseidon no longer takes mortals for granted anymore....and likely never will.

- Poseidon is Olypmus's most prolific warden, like Hades, Poseidon has his own prisoners of war. Most of them being titans, monsters, giants and occasionally malignant gods. It's even argued that he's a much more strict jailer considering being sealed away by Poseidon is a death sentence.

-His greatest pleasure is people enjoying themselves in water in positive ways. Swimming, playing games, and gently interacting with marine animals. However his greatest distain comes from mortals misusing his ocean.

- He has a professional relationship with mostly other Greek water gods and anything related to water. He monitors the water nymphs, consoles all horse-like beasts and so on and so forth.

- She has equal control of the ocean just like her husband. In fact, she has equal control of half of everything Poseidon has. Apparently this is what helps their marriage and it almost makes up for Poseidon's eccentric behaviors.

- Not much is known about her, but based on her interactions, she's a lot more nicer and more gentle than Poseidon when it comes to leadership. She's generous, eccentrically fabulous and has the same energy of a 1920's rich hamptons housewife.

-Shes genuine friends with all of the goddesses and she rarely plays on a specific team. She's a bizzarly lucid gal who loves to lend a shoulder to cry on.

-She and only she has the semi-chaotic energy to tolerate Poseidon and his afairs.

- If Poseidon wants to do something, he would HAVE to ask Amphitrite for permission. After all it isn't "Your side, your rules", it's a partnership between a married couple.

Demeter:

- Controlling over the domain of the earth and harvest, you'll always see some type of vegetation growing on her. It mostly appears as if she fashionably placed strands of wheat grain, fruit flowers and leaves inductive of the season. She and Hestia are the only ones of the big six who don't have animal based attributes. Demeter is also the tallest of the sisters.

-Her input in important matters usually revolve around conservation, providing sustenance and extra maternal perspective. It's contestant as well that she can even be more motherly than Hera, even at her most grim demeanor.

-She is a loving and doting mother. She's the most gentle of the goddesses and yet she can be just as harsh when she needed to.

-She consideres the earth her personal garden, but she shares it with world. Her favorite activity is to create new and exciting plants with Persephone (Or Kore as she prefers to call Persephone) and spending time with her.

-She has other offspring but she doesn't make a fuss about their fathers and their lack of presence. As long as she can keep all of them safe, it's all she needs and cares about.

- Demeter can easily put everyone in Olypmus to their knees. The gods and by extension mortals all have to depend on her and her harvests. When Persephone was taken, she placed all the whole of Greece in a state of famine.

- She use to love and trust Hades, but after he had haphazardly taken Persephone away, all that changed. She keeps a serious eye on Hades since than and has a deep resentment for him and his actions. She barely acknowledges him when he's present but she's still cordial. After a few years however, her attitudes towards him mellowed seeing how Persephone looks forward to seeing Hades every winter.

- She would have married Zeus if his eyes weren't set on Hera. Like Poseidon and Hera, there has been speculation that he and Demeter would have been a better married couple considering both of their personalities would have complimented each other. But that belongs in the "stray line".

-Being the goddess of the harvest, she mostly tends to the matters of farmers and gardeners. By extension, she has an extremely healthy relationship with other vegetation gods, especially Dionysus. Whom oddly enough is treated more like an adopted son rather than a nephew.

- She adores all of her nieces and nephews equally, mostly because she sees that all of them have utilized her gifts to the world in the proper manner. She adores the Bois, because each other of them represents an important value in cultivation.

-She tends to be an anxious woman, and at worst a worrywart. However, she always tries to keep a level head when she desperately needs it.

-She loves animals just as much as she does plants. She in fact helped console in the creation of everything based on how things could tend to themselves without the intervention of the gods. Her ingenuity help give rise to what is considered the concept of the circle of life and the food chain.

-She has an amazing connection between her sisters, prior to being assigned their domains, the three of them would often play with each other and stay close to their mother Rhea. The brothers would always be rummaging around the place and would often tease their sisters.

Hestia:

- The eldest and most lackadaisical sister, she's the more tomboyish of the sisters and loves to rough house.

-She has dark hair with ember roots, the brightness of which increases with emotions. Her physical attributes is her hair always looking alive with flames and being able to increase the temperature in her body.

-Shes a stocky, jolly woman who loves to work in the kitchen whip up something special. She's mostly known for her amazing recipes and her staff of Vestals. She may not keep herself up to the standards of her sisters, but she sees beauty in herself just the way she is.

-The Vestals in her domain are sadly those who "failed to keep the sacred fire lit", that must be sacrificed to the flame. Hestia dispises this punishment, but sadly it seems rarely any of her so-called priests listen to her. Everytime when she receives a vestal, she welcomes them with open arms, a big warm hug and a heartfelt apology for thier suffering. She than mentors them in the ways of the hearth, the real ways straight from the source.

- Like Demeter, she has a massive soft spot for her nieces and nephews. Dionysus again seemingly being the common favorite due to his fun loving personality and his contributions. In a strange sense, as a gift for finally proving himself worthy of a seat in Olypmus, she gave him her own. Hephaestus is another favorite of hers. She often times invites Hephaestus to her domain to have a chat, she often feels for him and tries her best to give him his over due affections in the form of baked goods, interesting items she has been gifted through the hearth and such.

-She isn't a political person to begin with, what one does with their business is their own in her mind. So when she gets called up to converse in such matters, she either stays out of it or she determines herself if it's worth her time.

- She has a mild aversion to water. Poseidon often teases her by flicking a small splash of water, but it just peeves her a little. Mostly because water droplets just sizzle on her and it feels like a little lactic acid itch to her. If someone were to have dumped water on her, it would be feel like as if some dunked boiling water with itching powder on you. She always feels warm so she tends to """cool""" herself down with molten magma or bonfire. When she enters flames, it can depend on where it came from; underworld fire often feels like stepping into one of Costco's Freezers for a little bit and normal earthly flames feeling like a little cool breeze to her.

- She has the most communication between her and her worshippers out of any god. So I. Truth, it's actually easy to envoke her through flames and hearthing.

-She isn't just a goddess of the hearth, she's also the goddess of cooks, bakers, female blacksmiths or the wives of blacksmiths, and glassblowers. Thus she has an extremely healthy relationship with Hephaestus.

-The reason why she chose to be a virgin is actually a simple reason. While Artemis represents chasity for childhood innocence and Athena represents chasity for matters of country and country men, Hestia's chasity is all about personal choice and freedom. Why have children of her own when her vestals are basically her own children, she feels love and responsibility for each of them. The reality is she's not into men, in fact if she wanted to relinquish her chastity, she would want a loving wife. But she isn't interested in marriage or a relationship either. She's as she puts it "far too free for anyone". So in truth, she represents freedom of choice and the firing passion that comes with compassion.

Hades:

-He's what you'd expect from someone who lives most of his life in the underworld yet at the same time not. He's tall, pale, has jet black slicked hair, extremely eloquent and distinguishing. He always trails low hanging mist, seemingly gliding throughout, his eyes glow a warm yellow and speaks in a soft but booming voice. He's not as muscular as his brothers, but he is rather dashing.

-He's more akin to being a classical depiction of a gentleman vampire than a god. Due to his occupation, he's developed a very professional disposition. He greets, guides and consoles the dead. At first he might seems intimidating and even at times callous, but he has your best interests at heart and is a fair ruler. Oddly enough if it wasn't for his aesthetic and his reputation of being ruler of the underworld, he would probably be more comparable to an Arthurian ruler.

-Out of all his siblings, he's the least problematic. He keeps to himself so often that it could be YEARS before anyone would hear from him.

-He's a dedicated and simple man of business, and he takes his job very seriously with a healthy amount of exceptions.

-The "reality" of his chance encounter with Persephone was actually before her kidnapping. He met her while taking a chariot ride and had a passing conversation with her, completely unaware she was Demeter's daughter. After coming back to the underworld, his minions found a bizzare type of mold growing deep in Tartarus that consumed souls. In a panicked state, he than kidnapped Persephone in the hopes she would help the situation, she was glad to be of service and was escorted back to earth. After such a strange ordeal, the two of them kept meeting in secret until Persephone decided to stay with Hades for an extended amount of time. After consuming the food of the underworld by mistake, the story starts returns back to the original.

-He doesn't have much of an opinion on his nieces and nephews. He enjoys Hermes's equally hardworking personality and friendly disposition, he's had Apollo make occasional appearances to give Tartarus some form sunlight, he seems to tolerate Dionysus's slacker behavior but he seems have a very strange connection to Dionysus on a "spiritual" level. However he has extremely low patients for Ares. He isn't too fond of him due to the fact the Ares makes his job a lot for tenuous when wars breakout and his occasional sneaking around the underworld to bother the other chthonic gods.

-He may rule over the underworld, but he's not THEE ruler. He's sort of the equivalent to a king in comparison to Nyx, who is more of an empress. By extension, the ruling regions of the underworld organized rather similarly to a medieval monarchy. Thus creating what the Christians assume is how hell looks and functions like in The Discoverie of Witchcraft, The Book of Spirits, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, The Lesser Key of Solomon, and Dictionnaire Infernal. Surprisingly, Tartarus actually has nothing to do with anything that the book has to offer.

- The Elysian Fields were created for two very interesting reasons, it was a gift to Persephone for her to feel more comfortable in the underworld and a safe place for those who didn't fit in purgatory or the deeper part of Tartarus. In fact Persephone rules over the fields while Hades rules over the rest.

-When he was first given Cerberus as a pup, Cerberus was dark grey covered in little black spots. As he grew older, Cerberus's fur became darker to a solid black. Ironically, Hades believed Cerberus was going to be spotted throughout his life.

-He unfortunately has no offspring of his own, but he and Persephone isn't above adopting either. Much like Hestia, Hades has a surprising amount of apprentices, apostles and proteges that all are adopted lost souls. Many of them ranging in different ages and such. Charon kept mentioning there had been a small gathering of child wraiths at the banks of the Styx. Apparently many of them being abandoned children who's parents never gave Obolus Obviously, Hades had to make an exception, obviously he wasn't going to let orphaned children fend for themselves in the banks of Styx, so....he now has many wonderful and rambunctious ghost children simply living out there time.

-He's literally the richest god. He didn't expect to accidentally inherit the Earth's worth in wealth. Apparently, there's an on going joke that Gaia gave this wealth to Hades as a form of revenge against Zeus and Poseidon. That....and Gaia actually likes Hades more.

-Zeus and Poseidon were, are and forever regretful that Hades rules the underworld basically hoarding wealth like some posh dragon. Ironically, Hades has 0 idea that he actually owns any of the wealth, that's right, he literally doesn't know anything about the precious metals, gems and such. He assumes his wealth comes from the sheer real estate and number of souls collects. If you ever found out about his incredible amount of monetary control, he probably wouldn't have any idea what to do with it.

-Hades has a professional relationship with Nyx, however, Nyx has decided he's an "adopted neighbor husband". She's extremely affectionate to him as if she was married to him. Hades however, is a dedicated husband and tries him best to make it clear that they're friendly neighbors and not by any means lovers. She doesn't care and still treats him as such. He doesn't know why but all he knows is that she is a powerful, primordial super goddess who lives in the underworld with him. Another ex-lover of Hades was Minthe, who in truth barley added anything for Hades in terms of a meaningful relationship, it was mostly just a lover's affair. After some time, Hades figured that his time was better spent working. After he married Persephone, Minthe attempted to take her revenge by trying seduce Hades back.....let's just say Persephone left her a little green.

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Good morning beautifull, here is your daily reminder that you are loved, appreciated and respected no matter what they say. ❤️

Remember to eat something nutritional and drink some water. Have a wonderful day and hope you recieve everything you could hope for.

Greek mythology fact of the day: There have been some weird births in Greek mythology, a few of which we'll touch on more later, but Dionysus, god of wine and good times, was probably has one of the strangest. It all begins with Zeus, again, not being able to keep it in his pants. He slept with a mortal princess named Semele, and she became pregnant with his child.

Hera, Zeus's wife, took issue with this, as she usually did, and decided to ruin everything. She sewed seeds of doubt in the girl's mind, and eventually Semele asked to see Zeus in full, to know that he really existed and really loved her. Zeus had sworn an oath to do anything for her, and was bound to do it.

Of course, seeing Zeus in all his glory killed any mortal who looked, and the princess was engulfed in flame. Even though his new lover was dead, Zeus was determined to save their unborn baby. So, of course, he took him from her womb and put him someplace safe - in his own thigh. Zeus managed to keep the baby there until he was big enough to emerge.

Random question of the day number 1: if you could have any wild animal as a pet(and it wouldnt evetually turn on you and kill you) what would you choose?

Xoxox all my PTSD and trauma ❤️Aka Humble Anon

Good morning lovely ❤️ I hope you're drinking and eating too. And I hope your day has been okay 💕

That is SO WEIRD how the heck do you put a baby in your THIGH? Like why there.

I would most definitely have a polar bear for a pet. Just imagine have a giant fluffy polar bear to cuddle with at night🥺 what was your answer? I feel like you have one.

#replies #late night asks #humble anon

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wtf are these greek myth asks why arent they numbered i cant just type out every single greek thing to ever exist pathetic!! anyway answer all of them pls cool love u byyyyye

ffs here i was thinking i could reblog this oNE THING without u tryna play me like this but no you can’t even let me have this jfc here we go

GODS: Life

Zeus: What’s your name or nickname?

Emma

Hera: Where are you from?

Sydney, Australia

Athena: How old are you?

Hephaestus: When is your birthday?

June 5

Aphrodite: What’s your relationship status?

I mean???? I’m single but I’m?? talking to someone??

Poseidon: What are your pronouns?

she/her

Dionysus: Are you and extrovert or an introvert?

equal parts both

Demeter: Do you have any pets?

negative

Apollo: What kind of music are you into?

i’ll listen to pretty much anything tbh

Artemis: What do you first notice about new people?

their?? face??

Hades: What’s a big fear of yours?

HAHAH dying alone

Ares: What’s a big pet peeve of yours?

arrogance

Hestia: Where do you consider home?

Sydney

CREATURES: Lasts

Pegasus: Last movie you watched?

Cruel Intentions

Mermaid: Last tv show you finished?

I’m guessing B99 doesn’t count so probably Gilmore Girls

Centaur: Last book you read?

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Siren: Last song you listened to?

Ego - Chris Loco & RAYE

Gorgon: Last thing you ate?

Chinese food

Cyclops: Last time you cried?

i mean i almost cried this afternoon but probably last month

Minotaur: Last time you were truly happy?

happy?? idk her

Sphynx: Last text you sent?

hahahahaha to my best friend “habibi i saw ur message but i have no data so can’t reply but call me when u on a break or when u finish work”

Chimera: Last call you made?

i facetimed a girl from dancing

Griffin: Last thing you did before going to sleep last night?

i was on tumblr

Nymph: Last dream you remember?

LMFAO i had a dream i was drunk at dinner with my friends and this guy i know randomly started speaking french jfc idk

Satyr: Last time you couldn’t stop laughing?

honestly like two days ago at dancing, we literally always find something to laugh about

HEROES: Experiences

Heracles: Have you ever had a dream come true?

ummm not really i don’t think so

Theseus: What is your worst regret?

jfc always trying to be Chill and coming across as disinterested

Perseus: Have you ever been arrested?

nope

Cadmus: Have you ever had your heart broken?

yes

Achilles: Have you ever had to be hospitalized?

yes

Actaeon: Tell about a memory you wish to forget.

i ?? can’t actually think of one

Bellerophon: Have you ever passed out?

lmao yes during a blood test

Agamemnon: What is an achievement you’re proud of?

does skipping kindergarten count as an achievement

Oedipus: Have you ever been in love?

ehhhhh i don't think so

Jason: Have you ever travelled abroad? Where?

i’ve been to fiji and the US

Atlanta: Have you ever stood up for someone else?

yes

Hippolytus: Tell an experience you will never forget.

i remember i once made my dance teacher laugh so hard she was literally crying and rolling on the floor BUT LIKE i wasn’t even intentionally trying to be funny i’m just an idiot and she couldn’t handle it but yea it was nice

MAGICAL ITEMS: Favorites

Trident: Who are your favorite people?

@johnnydora , all my friends from uni, and my best friends from school

Lightning Bolt: What are your top three favorite movies?

Cruel Intentions, Celeste and Jesse Forever, The Emperor’s New Groove

Sun Chariot: What is your favorite mythological creature?

Unicorns man

Lyre: What are your top three favorite songs?

America - XYLØ

Nobody’s in Love - 2AM Club

Sucker - Peaches

Caduceus: What is your favorite color?

Pink or purple

Aegis: What is your favorite book or series?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Scythe: What is your favorite tv show?

is this even a real question

Bident: What is your favorite way to spend free time?

i’m literally on this website constantly

Harpe: What are your top 3 favorite places?

Massachussets, the Dymocks Cafe in the Sydney CBD, and my best friend’s car

Cornucopia: What is your favorite place to eat?

Guzman Y Gomez

Winged Sandals: What is your favorite thing to do when you hangout with your friends?

honestly we just talk and it’s the best

Golden Fleece: What is your favorite animal?

Meerkats honestly

PLACES: Goals and Wishes

Olympus: Describe your dream job.

literally anything in the film or theatre industry but ideally maybe a producer of films or stage shows

Tartarus: What’s a short term goal you hope to achieve?

finish writing this essay that’s due in 5 hours

Underworld: Describe your dream vacation.

europe or south america !!!

Styx: How would you like your life to look like in 10 years?

like myself but 10 years older

Athuna: If you could live anywhere in the world for the rest of your life, where would it be?

either sydney or anywhere in massachusetts probably

Sparta: Do you have a bucket list? If so, what’s on it?

i mean it’s not an actual written list so not technically but i defs wanna go back to Massachusetts can u tell

Elysium: If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

hmmm i mean i’d probably wanna read minds i think??

Ogygia: Describe your dream husband/wife/life partner?

god literally jus somebody who can make me laugh

Troja: What is the craziest thing you wanna do before you die?

be ??? happy ?? what a wild concept

The Labyrinth: Have you ever died and came back to life as a vampire?

i mean yeah haven’t we all

Delphi: Are you currently doing anything to pursue your dreams?

affirmative i’m at uni studying film and theatre

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