#apollos favorite priestess

[fruggin-bitch]

Procrastinating by way of making an hour long playlist of songs that make me think of Rachel Elizabeth Dare so I can think about her all the time is my new hobby

I love her

[kiaradaughterofselene]

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It had been over a month since anyone had last seen Kiara. Basically, all they knew was that she had gone on a quest to save some priestess and she hadn't returned, which was odd considering that the priestess seemed fine and dandy.

Now, she walks back into camp after what felt like years, with a group of Hunters who had ended up helping in the search. She looks exhausted and rough. New scars litter her arms and legs. Her braids are pretty badly overgrown. She looks like she hasn't eaten in ages, let alone slept.

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[theoi-crow]

The humans in Greek Mythology are the mega rich and powerful:

In my college classes people are often shocked when I tell them my favorite part of Greek mythology is the gods themselves and I'm not a big fan of the humans.

99% of my classmates prefer the humans in mythos, especially the ones that stick it to the gods like Sisyphus and feel bad for humans like Kassandra and Helen who have been wronged by the gods because "they're just like us." My classmates and teachers hate the gods and don't understand why anyone in modern times would want to worship such violent and selfish beings whenever I point out there are still people who worship them. They hold onto the idea that people in mythology embody the human experience of being oppressed by terrible gods and fate and we should feel bad for them because "they're human just like us" but they forget that the people in Greek Mythology are NOT just like us. They are more relatable to medieval royalty, colonizers and ultra rich politicians who make laws and decisions on wars and the fates of others, especially the poor and the very vulnerable.

Every hero or important human in Greek Mythology is either some form of royalty or mega rich politician/priest-priestess (of course this is with the exception of people who are explicitly stated to be poor like the old married couple in the myth where Zeus and Hermes pretend to be panhandlers). All of them have an ancient Greek lifestyle more relatable to Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and especially to British royalty during the British empire, than the average person.

All of them.

Odysseus, Patroclus, Theseus, Helen of Troy, Kassandra, Diomedes, Agamemnon, Perseus, Hercules, Aeneas, Paris, Any human who has a divine parent or is related to one, etc. Although sometimes the story omits it, it is heavily implied that these are people who own hundreds or even thousands of slaves, very poor farmers and the tiny barely there working class as royal subjects.

They are the ones who make laws and whose decisions massively affect the fates of so many people. So no, they can't just be forgiven for some little whim, because that little whim affects the literal lives of everyone under their rule. By being spoiled they've just risked the lives of thousands of people and possibly even gotten them killed like when Odysseus' audacity got every single slave and soldier in his ships killed or when Patroclus as a kid got upset and killed another kid for beating him at a game. (A normal person wouldn't kill another person just for winning a game but royalty and those who think they're above the law do it all the time, plus the class status of the child wasn't mentioned but the way he didn't think he'd get in trouble implies the kid was of lower class, possibly the child of a slave or a foreign merchant.)

The gods get a bad reputation for punishing the humans in mythology but, if not them, who else is going to keep them accountable when they are the law?

And whose to say the humans beneath them weren't praying to the gods in order to keep their masters in check?

Apollo is the god in charge of freeing slaves, Zeus is the god of refugees, immigrants and homeless people, Ares is the protector of women, Artemis protects children, Aphrodite is the goddess of the LGBT community, Hephaestus takes care of the disabled, etc. It wouldn't be surprising if the gods are punishing the ultra rich and powerful in these myths because the humans under their rulership prayed and sent them as they did historically.

Every time someone asks me if I feel bad for a human character in a myth, I think about the many lives affected by the decision that one human character made and if I'm being completely honest, I too would pray to the gods and ask them to please punish them so they can make more careful decisions in the future because:

They are not just like us.

We are the farmers, a lot of our ancestors were slaves, we are the vulnerable being eaten by capitalism and destroyed by the violence colonialism created. We are the poor subjects that can only pray and hope the gods will come and correct whatever selfish behavior the royal house and mega rich politicians are doing above us.

And that's why I pray to the gods, because in modern times I'm dealing with modern Agamemnons who would kill whatever family members they have to in order to reach their end goal, I'm dealing with everyday modern Achilles who would rather see their own side die because they couldn't keep their favorite toy and would gladly watch their subjects die if it means they eventually get their way. The ones that let capitalism eat their country and it's citizens alive so long as it makes them more money. These are our modern "demigods," politicians who swear they are so close to God that they know what he wants and so they pass laws that benefit only them and claim these laws are ordained by God due to their close connection just like how Achilles can speak to the gods because of his demigod status via his mother.

Look at the news, these are humans that would be mythical characters getting punished by Greek gods which is why anything Greco-Roman is jealousy guarded by the rich and powerful and is inaccessible to modern worshippers because Ivy League schools like Harvard and Cambridge make sure to keep it that way. That's what we're dealing with. These are the humans these mythical beings would be because:

In our modern times the humans in mythos would be the politicians and mega rich that are currently ruining our society and trying to turn it into a world where only the rich can manipulate wars and laws, just like they do in mythology.

Fuck them.

I literally have so much more to add about my disdain for them and I didn't even touch on the obvious ancient Greek propaganda.

[blueiscoool]

Breathtaking New Frescoes Found at Pompeii

Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Experts say the newly discovered frescoes are among the finest ever to emerge at the renowned archeological site.

The works of art line the high walls of what was once a large banquet hall. The walls themselves were painted mostly black, and the figures on the frescoes appear to emerge from the shadows. Site director Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel told CBS News partner network BBC News that the dark color was likely used to hide stains from the lamps that lit the hall after the sun went down.

"In the shimmering light, the paintings would have almost come to life," Zuchtriegel said.

Two pieces dominate the hall; one depicts the Greek god Apollo trying to seduce the priestess Cassandra. The second piece shows Prince Paris meeting Helen of Troy.

About a third of the "lost city" of Pompeii remains obscured by volcanic debris from the eruption almost two millennia ago. As scientists make new finds, they quickly move them to a storeroom to protect them from the elements.

The newly discovered frescoes, however, cannot be moved, so they have been protected with temporary roofing. Plaster glue is also being injected into the walls behind the artwork to stop them from falling down.

"We have a passion and a deep love for what we're doing, because what we're uncovering and protecting is for the joy also of the generations that come after us," chief restorer Dr. Roberta Prisco told the BBC, adding that the work was very stressful.

The dig site is much bigger than just the banquet hall.

Another fresco recovered from what was once one of Pompeii's grand properties had been on a ceiling, but it was smashed by the eruption that destroyed the city. Archeologists were able to lay out the pieces like a puzzle and recreate landscapes, theatrical masks, and Egyptian characters.

"This is my favorite discovery in this excavation because it is complex and rare," Dr. Alessandro Russo, co-lead archeologist on the dig, told the BBC. "It is high-quality, for a high-status individual."

In a bakery next to the grand property, the skeletons of two adults and a child were discovered.

Archeologists believe they may have been slaves who were trapped and couldn't flee the eruption, and were killed by falling stones.

"When we excavate, we wonder what we're looking at," co-lead archeologist Dr. Gennaro Iovino told the BBC. "Much like a theater stage, you have the scenery, the backdrop, and the culprit, which is Mount Vesuvius. The archeologist has to be good at filling in the gaps — telling the story of the missing cast, the families and children, the people who are not there anymore."

The team's discovery was just one of a number of recent revelations from the site, after they found other mythological-themed frescoes in early March and then, just weeks later, a construction site that was being worked on right up until the eruption.

The archeologists said near the end of March that they'd found a home construction project that was frozen in time by the eruption, with materials such as bricks and tools still piled up in the reception area of the home.

By Haley Ott.

[cynthiav06]

The biggest concern of all Perachel shippers and the most used argument used by anti Perachel shippers is that Rachel is an oracle and she took a vow of celibacy so no dating. That's not exactly how it works.

The reason they are made to make such a vow is to put serving their God Apollo first and foremost.

May Castellan had already had a child when she went to bond with the Oracle, and her not being celibate has nothing to do with that as we know .

Now, even in Ancient Greece, older women have been vessels for Oracles. They just had to put their family aside.

So, in conclusion, the vow of celibacy isn't an obligate condition.

Now for a bit of an history lesson The Oracle of Delphi is extremely unique as she has existed long before the Gods did as a spirit in Lake of Delphi and was often initially referred to as the Oracle of Gaia.

The titaness Phoebe used the powers given by the lake to divine futures. That was how Rhea knew where to hide and how to trick Kronos as she had gone to Phoebe for advice.

Now, for an even more interesting piece of fact after the Gods took control, the Lake of Delphi remained for millenias under the jurisdiction of Poseidon himself.

Priestesses used to come there to seek the power to be able to divine the futures. Only when it was attacked by Python himself and then saved by Apollo who killed the Python did the Spirit of Delphi choose to host itself in Apollos Priestesses thus abandoning the Lake.

The spirit of Delphi has no clear allegiances being able to change who she serves, and we know the Oracle spirit has some fondness for Percy given his own exceptionally prophetic dreams which is a power akin to an Oracle.

This means Rachel can probably choose to serve another God, maybe Poseidon himself, again, so he would revoke the no dating condition.

Or or this is my absolute favorite headcanon about Perachel, that given how many times Percy has managed to save her when Percy eventually ascends to Godhood Rachel and the Oracle spirit, swear fealty to him.

Take that Percabeth shippers. Your only viable argument against Perachel is no longer an argument.

[literallyjusttoa]

My top 7 Apollo exes from Ancient Greece

DISCLAIMER: Though I have done a lot of research of mythology for this, it is based off of the riordanverse version of Apollo. I won't be acknowledging any awful implications in versions of these myths, not because I don't think they're important, but because it simply isn't a part of riordanverse Apollo's characterization in the books. Also I'm not going to mention Copollo. I love Copollo like the rest of you, but sadly that is a Rick Riordan exclusive, and also technically Commodus is an ex from Ancient Rome, not Ancient Greece :3

Ok with that out of the way lets talk obscure and non-obscure Apollo relationships

7. Apollo & Thyia

This one clocks in at number 7 because I love the idea behind it, but it is the most bare bones relationship myth wise. All we really know is Thyia is a priestess of Dionysus and she and Apollo maybe had a kid once. But like, the idea of Apollo dating his brother's priest? Hilarious, A+ stuff. Also, Thyia isn't just one of Dionysus' priests, she is THE priest of Dionysus. She runs his temple in central greece, is thought to have offered the first sacrifice to him, and might have been the first Maenad? Either way this relationship must have been insane. Also she's a nymph so she's definitely still kicking out there, would love for these two to meet again.

6. Apollo & Hyacinthus

Ok ok I know what y'all are thinking. Number 6?? This is like Apollo's number 1 most tragic relationship of all time!!! And yes as an angst lover I do enjoy the pain this relationship brings our boy, but I just feel like there's not many places to go with this relationship besides what we already have. Like Apollo and Hyacinthus were kind of the perfect couple. Which, like, great for them, but it doesn't give me much space to add anything? I guess, great ship, no notes.

5. Apollo & Hypermnestra (& Oikles)

Ok, half the reason this is here is because her name is Hypermnestra. Slay. But also this is a great place to bring up my favorite little headcanon. In a lot of Apollo's relationships, there will be a child, and myths will have different versions with different fathers. Some say it's Apollo, while other's say it's whoever he dated's husband. In this case, myths disagree on whether Amphiaraus was Apollo's son or the son of Hypermnestra's husband, king Oikles (Oikles??? I love these names). The implication here is infidelity, but I disagree. No, I think every time there's confusion over who parentage it's because Apollo was dating both the woman he's said to be with and her husband, and therefore no one knows who ended up, y'know, fathering the child. Anyways Apollo dated both Hypermnestra and Oikles and you can't convince me otherwise.

4. Apollo & Branchus

I like this relationship because in my mind, I always thought it was Apollo's first. In one version of their myth, it is said that Apollo met Branchus after leaving Delos as a dolphin, which I always thought implied this was soon after he established Delphi, which was really early on. Idk something about a young Apollo accidentally revealing his godliness to this boy he really likes is just so sweet to me. And he makes Branchus into a prophet, which is so cool! These two are cutie-patooties is what I'm saying.

3. Apollo & Kyparissos

C'mon, the man died of grief because his deer died. Throughout ToA we learn that deep down Apollo is a mushy ball of emotions and compassion, and that convinced me that these two spent 75% of their relationship crying over baby animals and pretty people. I love the idea of Apollo dating someone who's honestly just as much of a loser as he is. And while it is sad that Kyparissos is another lover Apollo had to turn into a plant, I have to emphasize again that he died of heartbreak, because his pet deer died.

2. Apollo & Cyrene

Listen, these two are boss bitches and you cannot convince me otherwise. In the same way I like Kyparissos bc I feel like he and Apollo are so similar, I like Cyrene bc I feel like, in a lot of ways, these two are very different. Like, don't get me wrong, Apollo can be strong and wild when he wants to be, but Cyrene wrestles lions. I like to think the time these two spent together really helped each of them grow in their own way, which makes for a really fun and interesting relationship. Also, just like Thyia, Cyrene is sometimes referred to as a nymph, so she could still be out there!

1. Apollo & Admetus

The more I think about these two, the more I love them. Admetus meeting Apollo at his lowest and helping him through it. Apollo falling head over heels as a result and doing everything in his power to repay the man. The two of them still holding such strong affection for each other even decades after the time they had together, to the point that Apollo would mess with fate to extend Admetus' life. Apollo's life is full of turmoil, and this period of it was probably the worst, but despite that, his relationship with Admetus seems so steady. The other gods are said to be embarrassed of Apollo's love of Admetus, and I think it's because Apollo loved him in a way that went directly against the values of the gods. Apollo and Admetus' relationship was defined by service and care, filled with selfless intent and genuine love. While many gods give their lovers gifts and special favors, the idea of actually going into servitude for someone you love is as ungodly as you can get. Apollo spent time with Admetus, and he wasn't possessive of him, helping him to find a wife after their time together was through. I think this relationship is a great example of how Apollo, even in his lowest moments, is a genuine and caring person, and how that often separates him from the rest of his family. Also these two are just cute and they both love cows and they're cows in love.

[death-before-ilion]

Life of Paris (Alexander)

1231 (age 0) Queen Hecabe of Troy dreams that she is about to give birth to a flaming torch that sets her city aflame. Aesacus, son of Priam by his previous wife, interprets the dream and declares the child will bring the downfall of Troy. On the day of Paris's birth, Aesacus further prophetizes that any royal child born that day would have to be killed to save Troy. Paris is born that same day before nightfall. Priam spares the child, unable to kill his own son. Herophile, priestess of Apollo, insists the child must be killed. Priam asks his chief herdsman Agelaus to kill Paris. Agelaus cannot kill the child and exposes him on Mount Ida, where he is suckled by a female bear. Five days later, Agelaus finds Paris alive and adopts him and tells Priam the child is dead.

1216 (age 15) Paris routs a gang of cattle thieves and returns the stolen animals to the herd, thus earning the nickname Alexander. Soon afterwards, Paris becomes the lover of Oenone, daughter of the river god Cebren and oread nymph of Mount Ida.

1214 (age 17) Paris and Oenone get married.

1212 (age 19) birth of their son Corythus on Mount Ida.

1211 (age 20) Paris starts organizing bull fights on Mount Ida, which he wins almost every time.

1209 (age 22) Paris offers a golden crown as a prize for his next bull fight. Ares chooses to participate, transforms into a bull and wins the contest. Paris gives the crown to Ares without hesitation, the honesty of which catches Zeus's attention and leads him to decide that Paris will award the golden apple he has been keeping since the marriage of Thetis and Peleus to the fairest goddess. Judgment of Paris: Paris attributes the golden apple to Aphrodite, earning Hera's and Athena's enmity, but winning the promise of Helen's love, most beautiful of all mortal women.

1208 (age 23) To atone for the supposed murder of his own son, Priam has been organizing expiatory games. Paris's favorite bull is taken to be the prize of this year's games. He decides to participate to win it back. Paris wins all the games, which angers his brother Deiphobus, but his sister Cassandra recognizes him with her seeress powers and Priam welcomes him back to Troy.

1207 (age 24) Paris hires Phereclus to build a fleet, as advised by Aphrodite.

1204 (age 27) Paris and his cousin Aeneas and a contingent of warriors leave for Greece, pretexting to visit and enquire about Hesione, Priam's elder sister. They travel through Greece, and when they reach Sparta, they are welcomed and entertained by Menelaus, husband of Helen who is immediately smitten with love for Paris, as promised by Aphrodite. Menelaus must leave for Crete, for the funeral of king Catreus, his grandfather. As soon as he is gone, Helen embarks with Paris for Troy. However, to avoid being pursued, they detour south of Crete, to Cyprus and Phoenicia. Paris and Aeneas sack Sidon.

1203 (age 28) The fleet reaches Troy. Paris and Helen marry.

1202 (age 29) Birth of Bunomus, their son.

1194 (age 37) Birth of Aganus, their second son.

1193 (age 38) The siege of Troy begins.

1192 (age 39) Birth of Idaeus, their third son.

1191 (age 40) Oenone sends their now adult son Corythus to Paris to participate in the war against the Greeks. He is welcomed by Helen and is stricken by her beauty. Paris does not recognize his son and kills him out of jealousy before he is informed of his identity.

1188 (age 43) Troy is struck by a minor earthquake, but the three sons of Paris and Helen are killed by the collapsing roof of their house.

1184 (age 47) Paris duels Menelaus and is saved by Aphrodite. He wounds Diomedes and later kills Achilles with an arrow guided by Apollo. Philoctetes wounds Paris with an arrow bearing the poison of the Lernaean Hydra. Helen rushes to Mount Ida to beg for Oenone's healing skills. She refuses and Paris soon dies. Oenone commits suicide.

[willows-pjo-ocs]

Guys im gonna make a new oc

I kinda have a basic concept but i wanna narrow down other stuff

ANYONE CAN VOTE PLEASE DO IF YOU WANT

Edit: i changed the ones i could to they but from now on im just gonna try to remember to use they/them until i figure out their pronouns

Like ill have a poll for ethnicity

Godly parent

Age

Hair color

Etc cus i just need help

They're basically gonna be that priest/ess of Selene that Kiara went on that quest for

I know that she didnt really have priestesses back in the day, but im just gonna say that this new oc was particularly devoted to the goddess for some reason

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I tagged some ppl from my main lmk if you dont wanna be tagged

[colaghost]

I think I could go on for HOURS about how Hestia is one of the, if not THE, most important Olympian(s). She was the first to be born, though last to be regurgitated by Kronos, and is SO heavily underestimated just because she doesn’t appear in many myths. If anything, I think, that speaks volumes to her power, because she didn’t bother herself in getting mixed up in both Godly and human affairs alike. When Apollo and Poseidon attempt to marry her, she goes to Zeus and requests to remain a maiden, he grants her this and both Posideon and Apollo respect this decision, which is shocking, at least in terms of Greek mythos, because normally the male Gods do whatever they want. But in Hestia’s case, she’s either so well respected and/or so extremely powerful that they back off.

Another testament to her importance is the fact that she receives a percentage, for lack of a better term, of each sacrifice that is made to the Gods. It doesn’t matter who it is, she always gets a piece of whatever is given. Think about that, that’s a ton of offerings. Not to mention all the sacrifices that were made to her as the goddess of the hearth, home, and state.

Hestia’s demeanor and personality also say a lot about her. She’s known to be one of the kindest and most benevolent of the Greek Gods/Goddesses. She doesn’t act angrily or in vengeance, but does her best to maintain peace amongst the Olympians, even giving up her throne to Dionysus to do so. She is perfectly content by the fire, not bothering with fame or fortune. Because she doesn’t need to.

In Greek culture, in contrast to what a lot of people believe, she is factually known as one of the most important deities, as the Greeks had hearths in their homes, places of business, and government buildings. In Ancient Greece, if a new city were being established, it would require a hearth to be official. They would actually take fire from an already burning hearth, transport it to the new city, and light the hearth in the new town with one from the old. Extending into Roman mythos, which took ALOT of inspiration from the Greek myths, Hestia, or as they called her, Vesta, was described as the being the preservation of the Roman State. The Vestal Virgins, priestesses of Vesta, were given the duty of keeping her sacred flame alight, which was incredibly important to the vitality of the Roman Empire. The flame was believed to represent the life force of Rome, so if it went out, that force was essentially extinguished and Rome’s progression was in danger.

In today’s world, peacefulness and humbleness are regarded as signs of being a pushover or a doormat, but I think these traits are some of the most undervalued virtues, especially in the political atmosphere. It is not weak or insignificant to hold out for diplomacy, to be kind, to not be power hungry, to simply think of other people. Force and violence have been the norm for gaining power for years, but it truly doesn’t require that. Kindness and goodwill can accomplish all that and more. Unfortunately, I think, as of now, some things have reached past simple diplomacy and require some type of shock value to become known and recognized, which is extremely unfortunate as it typically happens at the expense of innocent people. Though, if we held these aforementioned morals and attitudes in higher importance, we wouldn’t have to implement such measures.

To conclude all of this, Hestia is not only important as a deity, but as a symbol of life itself, in both today’s world and ancient times. And I think we could stand to learn a lot, both from her and about her. While she may not be the most famous or the most heroic, she is certainly, at least in my opinion, the most significant and undervalued. And the latter needs to change IMMEDIATELY.

⬆️ (Some of my favorite depictions of Hestia (Top left) Percy Jackson and the Olympians; (Top right) Blood of Zeus; (Bottom left) DC's Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed; (Bottom right) GOD's School)

<<Also wanted to say, I am in NO WAY an expert in any sort of mythology. I started out reading PJO and my interest kind of soared from there, as I started reading and analyzing the actual mythology behind the beloved book series. I probably got something wrong, so if you catch a mistake, please let me know, I’m always trying to learn!!! Anyways thanks for reading this, if you did, I appreciate it. >>

[stuffedwriting]

The sound of madness

Just outside of a local hunting ground of Artemis stood the living corpse known as Ulysses, with him the favored priestess of Apollo, Cassandra and the god’s strangely birthed niece Dyomiteron. Unsure of his next action until suddenly for Ulysses the world was engulfed in darkness as the whites of his eyes became a dark blue. He looked through the black, silently hoping for the familiar gray light on the horizon when his goddess would come to him, instead water rose all around him to his ankles. Then some of the water formed into what seemed to be a pillar until it took on its true form, a tall, muscular figure holding a golden trident, his hopes stomped down he knew this could only be one thing, Poseidon.

He heard the earthshaker’s voice, “Greetings Ulysses. I take it you’re lost. Well, now that Dionysus is no longer in her debt it’s time you carry out my wishes and something I bet you can’t stop thinking about. Odysseus is alive once again. He’s in a port south of here. What you do with him is up to you. Undoubtedly the sight of you and his dear Cassandra by your side will certainly give him a shake.” Before he could respond the sights of the natural world returned and he found the two women by his sides, Cassandra let out a fury of panicked questions and concerns, “Ulysses?! Are you okay? You acted like this just before Dionysus killed you. What happened? Please tell me!”

Ulysses, regaining his composure, he stood up, “Another godly visit. Poseidon to be precise, Odysseus is alive once again. He’s due south of here. In the local port town.” The red haired priestess tried to question him but Ulysses simply ignored her as he went to his destination. Dyomiteron followed and spoke to Cassandra as she joined in, “Right, so, you’re Apollo’s favorite hm? Every time he comes to chat with his sister I hear about you and your company, is it true? Are you really dating Erysich The Devourer?” Cassandra blushed, “Yes but that’s not important right now.” The huntress smiled, teasing her but not opening saying it, “Okay, what about that Odysseus guy? What did Ulysses mean by him being back? How did Poseidon talk to him?” Cassandra signed, then proceeded, “Odysseus is our leader, he’s the favorite warrior of Athena, she tells him what to do and we follow him for our own personal reasons. Recently he died. Drowning after killing priests of Dionysus, he angered Poseidon a long time ago so the two gods turned him into a living corpse without a soul, both to use and torture him. Ulysses is the body of Odysseus and now the soul has been given a different, new body. It’s strange but everything in my life is.” Dyomiteron looks in pure confusion, without speaking she continues to follow the two.

The group reached the town and Ulysses finally laid eyes upon his counterpart. No traces of the rot, decay or cuts that covered his own body, he was in his prime again, it hurt to see a better version of himself but something hurt more, the screaming sounds of flutes and the hard beat of drums that suddenly overwhelmed his mind and ears as his eyes glowed purple. He covered his ears but it did nothing to stop the noise, the only thing that he heard through the maddening noise was the sound of his two companions' concern and a soft yet demanding voice ordering him to kill the man in front of him, and so he did. With no weapon at his hip a vine burst through the web of skin in between his middle and ring finger, protruding out into a long green blade that split his hand as it reached its final length. It felt awful but nothing compared to the cacophony of noise in his head. So almost on pure instinct he flung himself and his viney blade at Odysseus who immediately blocked it with his bronze dagger, he spoke, “What in the underworld are you?” Ulysses let out a death rattle just before a second blade came from his other hand and Odysseus kicked him away, Ulysses regained his footing and charged again, Odysseus grabbed a rope from the dock and tackled him, he tied it around his copy’s arms and shoulders then rolled over to drop him in the water.

Odysseus stood up and ran to the ship, calling out, “Cassandra! Get on the ship! We’re getting out of here!” She complied and boarded as Odysseus cut the rope and pushed the boat away from the dock as they began to row. At the bottom of the shallow water Ulysses cut his binds as his mind calmed from the terrible noise leaving. He resurfaced and climbed on the wooden dock and looked over to Dyomiteron who stared at him wide eyed and terrified. The blades retreated into his arms, stitching his hands behind together and his eyes returning to their previous mismatched colors, only causing her to become more unsettled, she managed to let out a shaking and screaming question, “What?! Why would you do that?! Why’d Cassandra leave me?” Ulysses sighed, massaging his forehead to ease the still lingering pain of the noise until the migraine left, then he answered her raving question, “I don’t know… I wasn’t myself- or rather I wasn’t him. This terrible sound just boomed in my head, I couldn’t think, my body just moved on its own. I think I was being controlled. Controlled by a god. The madness of Dionysus.” She continued to look in disbelief before she mumbled, “The gods hate you…” He chuckled, “No doubt about it.” He paused and began again, “Enough, let’s go do something that is less scaring. Mentally…” He looked at his hand, “And physically.” He turned around and gestured her to follow.

Far away from the port now, Odysseus grabbed Cassandra’s arm tightly due to his stress, Explain priestess. What was that thing, why does it look like me, why were you traveling with it?” His sudden action frightened her, raising her own stress but she explained the best she could, still stuttering and stammering despite her attempts to suppress it, “Well he- it is you. More specifically your corpse. It found me in a cave and explained that it was you without a soul and how it was basically a puppet for Poseidon and Dionysus. They renamed it ‘Ulysses’. As he told me all this I couldn’t help but hear the pain in his voice…” She looked down, thinking about Ulysses’ suffering but she shot back up and continued in a rushed tone, “He told me that Dionysus told him to meet one of his priests but after finding me he figured I could tell him where to go instead, I said into the local forest of Artemis, I foresaw that if he went alone he would be shot down by the goddess so I joined him. We talked to her and she told a girl she had been taking care of named Dyomiteron to join us. We left the forest and Poseidon contacted him saying how the favor they owned Artemis was done and then told him that you were back and where you are. That’s when we saw you and suddenly covered his ears with a pained look on his face right before he charged you. And… that’s it…

Odysseus looked around, gathering and putting together all she had told him as he rambled to himself, “Alright. My living corpse, now the two gods have their own ‘pet’ Odysseus. Their own warrior to match me; myself…Cassandra! Let’s find the others. Where are they?” She answered quickly, “Crete, we wanted to get as far away from the wrath of Dionysus.” Odysseus nodded, “That’s where we’ll go then.”

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TWGOK x Percy Jackson where Keima Katsuragi and the girls were demigods? How would their intertraction with their parents going to be like? Basically the Jupiter Sisters' hosts are going to be the children of the Greek Gods (except for Artemis, of course). Kanon = Apollo's daughter, Yui = Mars' daughter, Ayumi = Hermes' daughter, Tenri = Nike's daughter (but she's also a Hunter of Artemis), Shiori = Athena's daughter (that would make her Annabeth's half-sister), and Tsukiyo = Hephaestus' daughter but her mother is the daughter of Selene (IDK about the others maybe Chihiro as an Aphrodite child?). Keima himself is the son of Zeus. Elsie, Haqua and the other demons were descendants of the Titans. (Sorry for this long post)

no need to apologize at all!! i adore demigod aus it is one of my favorite things to do with my media <333 AND kaminomi??? girl(gn) that's my Favorite Manga Of All Time?????? sign me up???

i put this under the cut because. yes this did get long hfsfjjgsdgj

i assume in this au there aren't any of the "goddesses" themselves? 🤔 or perhaps they Are there, but more like priestesses than the actual gods. i am curious as to how they'd get their names though,,

okay! first, main three: keima, elsie, chihiro

at first glance, i thought of keima being a mist-seeing mortal with comical levels of luck and plot armor (how is this bitch alive lmao) but keima as a son of zeus is so fucking funny to me

pov you're a regular camper and a big 3 kid came to camp! holy shit! amazing! aaand then you meet him. and. yeah

he's perfectly mastered all his abilities, he just. uses them for dating sims 😭 on one hand, bro. are you kidding me. on the other hand, due to his attitude with dating sims, he's surprisingly so similar to his father it's hilarious. let's keep this idea HDSHKGDH

(side note: of course zeus banged keima's mom. have you SEEN her-)

elsie i'd immediately say is a descendant/child of gaea 🤔 mostly because of her role in the later arcs, but also! her natural (arguable: motherly) caregiving personality, her general appreciation for the world around her, and. i just think that elsie being the most powerful thing in the universe is awesome <3

chihiro as an aphrodite kid is so personal to me actually 🥺 as a person who used to go around bragging about being an aphrodite kid. and on account of her being my favorite ever hfsgjgddfjj i can see it actually! either aphrodite or eros. i can also see a possibility of her being unclaimed, and that adds to her drive of trying to prove that she can actually do something and commit to it, but those things don't have to be mutually exclusive 🤔

goddess hosts! :DD

tenri: i am much more loose with my characterizations of the gods, and i don't stick much to canon, so i can see tenri working out just fine as artemis/diana's daughter. like how athena's children aren't born, but created. nike is an interesting idea though, and i'm curious about your thought process on that one! maybe diana's physical prowess? 🤔 another one i'd consider for tenri is hecate or another magic goddess due to her little magic trick hobby. maybe even hermes just the for sleight of hand

kanon: definitely apollo, for the music and the fact that the goddess apollo had powers related to healing, if i remember correctly

yui: yui as an ares kid is hilarious to me. why is the shoujo prince butch in the cabin with the roughhousers jgsfjkgddgj 😭 okay but listen. hear me out okay: yui as a child of aphrodite inheriting the qualities of aphrodite areia (her warlike epithet). she, in that epithet, is the goddess of beauty and war, making yui the perfect shoujo prince /hj hfsfjkhdsfg

shiori: athena kid shiori is enticing, but it feels almost too easy of a placement to me,, i'd personally put her as a child/legacy of mnemosyne, the titan of memory. i'd want to give her a god of knowledge rather than wisdom, because although she is quite booksmart, she doesn't always seem to think everything through due to the sheer amount of her thoughts 😭 not to mention, memory fits pretty well with how she memorized every book in the school library hdsgjkhddgj

tsukiyo: i cannot see her being anyone's kid but selene's. selene is purely about the moon, which gives a lot of flexibility on how the moon relates to tsukiyo in particular

ayumi: hermes also feels so easy but. i can't think of anyone else who runs lmao 😭 okay maybe athena, due to the athletic nature and fighting spirit. or maybe nike, goddess of victory

other characters 🤔

for haqua i want to do thanatos for vibes. like the scythe and the focus on her ties to hell

nora, i think it'd be funny if she was daughter of thalia, the muse of comedy hfdgkgddfh mostly for her unpredictable personality. but this is subject to change because i don't know her very well

i can see lune as a child of eris, goddess of discord. maybe kaori too? 🤔 in kaori's case i think a muse might be fitting as well because of her motif about acting and the whole play part of the arc

akari, i'd like to think is a child of athena? she just gives me the vibes

okay rapidfire for the other heroines: (feel free to argue with me on these i didn't put much thought into these ones)

mio: hera

kusunoki: ares/one of the hysmanai

jun: nike

minami: pallas/electra (it reminded me of her hair, mostly)

sumire: hestia?

nanaka: athena/ioke

hinoki: i think she'd have to be the same as kusunoki 🤔

urara: hebe

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what do the gods' names in chapters mean? i've been trying to think but it's been hard to make out a connection between the chapter's content and the particular deity

they're kind of vague and not entirely accurate I suppose and to be honest, but I will try and provide my own convoluted explanations for why I chose them!

apollo: the cassandra was a priestess in the greek myths dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never believed. in tcc our mc harps a lot on her belief that she always knows how a thing will end, most especially in reference to her relationship with din, leading to the implication that she believes the relationship is meant to end in disaster. din is a little bit like her Apollo in her mind, this figure she meets who she sees as like the end all be all of goodness, a man with a whole sun inside of him (Apollo being the god of the sun, wasn't I clever with that? :] ) who she feels she knows she'll never be able to keep. choosing Apollo for the first chapter just seemed obvious to me when thinking of his connection to the Cassandra.

prometheus: I kind of saw her as giving din a gift when she heals him in chapter 2. prometheus gave humans the gift of fire, she gave him the gift of life. prometheus is later punished by zeus for his theft and as the story progresses you'll see that her story follows a similar pattern. but that's ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT!

psyche: goddess of the soul - I felt like they kind of bared their souls to each other a little bit in this chapter. he gives her his name, she tells him about the force, about her inability to have children, they share a lot with each other and connect intimately in a way they'd not connected during their previous encounter. also also, in metamorphoses, psyche's given a series of trials she must face to be with eros, a little bit like our mc will have to face as well, even if those tribulations are of her own making :)

aite: my favorite choice thus far!!!!!! actually, and fyi, it's origin is supposed to be simply 'ate' but I didn't like the way that looked aesthetically and felt it might be confusing or something and that people would think it was like "to eat" bc that's probably what I would have thought without prior research but whatever anyways. goddess of mischief - our girl is very mischievous, that's pretty much it lol their sparring and chasing in that chapter was so funny to me, so provoking. it seemed apt. also aite was known to lead men to their ruin sooooooo will she lead din to his ruin? who knows

morpheus: god of dreams (shoutout dream of the endless) simply chosen for the dream sequence at the start of the chapter. I have nothing but horny excuses on my mind that's it

sisyphus: he cheated death and was punished by hades for it, forced to push a boulder up a hill only to fail once he neared the end, repeating the action for all eternity. I'm trying to instill a sense of the same mistakes repeated over and over again and trying to break free of that pattern. she's attacked, cheats death - or capture, and what's going to happen now? is she going to repeat the same actions - mistakes - that she's always made before din? she's very sisyphus-like over all I think

and... spoiler alert! the next chapter is titled hysminai - the personification of battle

so yes :) that's all! thank you so much for the question, I have so been waiting to share all my thoughts and reasonings on this actually hehe :)

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cough cough

is this a response to that meme? Perhaps. Not meant as an attack btw, just want to bring some things to...light. (hehe, see what i did there? ....i'll see myself out)

Apollo Propoganda:

Contrary to popular belief, Apollo's love life is not as tragic or awful as people think. There's a whole post talking about it in fact. I would give a summary of it but it is looooong. Long story short, over 60% of his relationships end quite well and on good terms. 11% died, but 2% were apotheosized - meaning they were resurrected and made immortal.

Here's the link: https://www.tumblr.com/apollosgiftofprophecy/729992770117353472?source=share

Secondly, while he may not be the OG god of the sun, he is still the god of light no matter what :) In Greece, he brought the light of the sun to earth while Helios drives the sun chariot across the sky. When Rome came knocking and started conflating their gods with Greece's, Helios and Apollo got conflated with each other.

Also, Apollo eventually became The Most Important god in Rome - so important infact, that emperors claimed they were him incarnate.

Thirdly, he's bisexual as fuck. or pansexual. either/or, doesn't matter what label or even if he would use a label, all that matters is that he crushes on any and all genders.

Also contrary to popular belief, Apollo does not smite people on the regular. That's more Zeus's thing, tbh.

His songs do not make people sad, otherwise he wouldn't be playing in the halls of Olympus itself, nor would he jam out with the Nine Muses and his twin. Orpheus was the one playing sad songs after his wife died (rip).

Python was a deadly, horrifying earth-dragon that took over the Oracle of Delphi, Apollo's grandmother's sacred place, and Python also proceeded to chase Apollo's mother across the earth. At four days old he challenged the serpent and slaughtered it.

Like a boss.

Apollo may be the god of prophecy, but that does not mean he brings tragedy upon everyone who seeks the counsel of Delphi. All his priestess does is warn them of what's to come, and lo and behold, the idiots create their doom themselves. He's a guardian of prophecy, not its creator/controller.

Also, Apollo doesn't have a lot of enemies??? IDK where that came from, because he's The Most Popular god. Greece loved him, Troy loved him, he's Zeus's favorite son, ect ect. Culturally speaking, Apollo was very integral in the life of Greece because he's the god of freaking civilization itself. He's pretty darn important and loved.

really his only confirmed enemy is Python. He has animosity with Eros, but that's really it. He's BFFs with Hermes, he and Artemis jam out at Delphi, he trusts Dionysus with the care of Delphi during the winter season, need I go on?

And finally...the hair? Uh...just read any classical myth that mentions Apollo's hair. Poets rave about how splendid, how gorgeous it is. He kept his hair unshorn. It was golden, making it sparkly. What more do you want?

anyway. that concludes my propaganda :)

thank you for coming to my tedtalk. #ApolloSweep

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Whether it’s greek or Coronan or whatever have you, what myth do you think is Cassandra’s favorite?

Well, I like to think that the myth of the Trojan priestess Cassandra is her favourite. The woman who shares her name and was cursed to see the future but never have her prophecies believed simply because she didn’t want to marry Apollo. I think that she’d relate to that myth very much.

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I think alot about Will Graham & The Moon, Artemis really.

Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon, & the hunt, birth, accidental death... But especially the hunt. Her sacred animal was the stag, she was often pictured with whole packs of hunting hounds. She was an excellent marksman. She rescued young girls sometimes, was close to the Amazons.

She fell in love with Orion, the greatest mortal hunter of his generation, in many variations of the stories they stayed in the wild places hunting monsters together for a very long time.

Apollo was jealous of Orion & sent a giant scorpion to kill him, Artemis arrived to late to save him so she threw him into the sky, made him a constellation, eternal in the heavens.

Or maybe it was Callisto, her priestess, whom she turned into a bear either to protect her from further violations from Zeus, or to punish her for being fooled by him posing as Artemis to seduce her.

Artemis had a furious temper and would kill mortals for invading her privacy, for disrespecting her, or that which she considered hers.

The full moon is part of Will's Mo

Apollo was the God of the sun, music, art, seers, the lyre, civilized city living, birds generally but most specifically, the raven was his representative animal. He was the other half of Artemis in the literal mythological sense.

One of my favorite parts of the way Hannibal the show is structured, is the fairy tale aspect of it, the story built for us and the FBI always has a feeling of unreality, deja vu, or uncanny valley.

We serve as proxy for the FBI, the rules of the show follow the rules of Will's design, his great and beautiful 5 year plan

It's intentionally difficult to know what's real and what isn't, both in universe and in the show itself. Maybe all of it's real, maybe none of it is.

The best trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

But that's a different post

In the beginning of the story and our role as witness in this Greek tragedy/fairy tale they've built us, Hannibal seems almost deified, to powerful to be real, to good or to bad to be true, to powerful to be simply human.

Then we find out, that he was literally to good or bad to be entirely true, that the FBI mythologized the monster rather then see the truth right in front of them. The Chesapeake Ripper had someone on the inside, he had Will Graham... and he'd had Will Graham for a very long time.

Hannibal was never smoke, he was never the devil incarnate, Will just made sure no relevant evidence ever saw the light of day.

Together though, together they were something more then the sum of their pieces, and they both knew it, something powerful, something strong, something to good or bad to be true. They were the push-pull of the sun and the moon on the tides. They were smoke... or the devil himself.

So Will was the man behind the curtain, but then we begin to wonder how does Will make all this happen? How does he get all these completely unlikely and detail oriented results? The five year fake their death plan has so many moving parts, yet things always go their way in the end. How? That is god tier manipulation.

We let it slide, not questioning it to hard because of that unreality energy, and so does the FBI in universe.

Who knows, we're just glad to be here. Maybe Hannigram just wish it into existence, maybe they will it into existence... Will it. 😈

After all it's supposed to leave you wondering, and it's effective, I do wonder...

So many possible answers. But I can't let go of that god tier manipulation. You know what would be fantastic? What would be a perfect end cap to the starting supposition that Hannibal was like unto a god? What would be such a perfect narrative flip that it would be kinda funny? Funny in the autistic, we're just over here subverting expectations kind of way...

If Hannibal was being literal when he called Will his personal God in defiance of Society.

If Will was not just fixated on the concept of Artemis, but was literally Artemis, deity of the hunt. That would make Hannibal's jokes about christian churches collapsing a little different wouldn't it? All the conversations about prayers and beliefs would read just a bit more important.

Wouldn't that just be grand? Wouldn't it explain so much? If Will was literally Hannibal's God of the hunt? If all their convoluted plans worked out simply bc Will wished it to be so, and Hannibal's faith was strong enough. Strong enough to make the two of them nearly invincible & inscrutable with their combined power. Will, love, imagination, and devotion... Power

The idea was so fun for me I accidentally wrote a dark fairytale/ghost origin story about it. Oops?

You can see this weird and wonderful story baby of mine here if you'd like:

Artemis Will is beautiful, dangerous, & furious

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While I’m writing my Chapter map plan for a Son Of Neptune re-imagining I’d like to drop one of my favorite character interactions.

For context I’ve made a powers post on my hc on how Camp/Romans in Pjo in general view powers (one day I shall make a master post(?) linking too everything) and like yeah.

But there’s one scene after the storming of the war games and stuff. Like fresh victory where Dakota gets to rush Percy and grab his face and like jumping while shaking Percy a little and being like, “you idiot! You crazy genius idiot! That was amazing” (not actual dialogue) while the cohorts are celebrating. Of course then Gwen’s just like dying in the background but I really liked that character interaction.

Along with that if I remember correctly there’s one in the re-imagining after Mars’s whole spiel where Octavian and Reyna are bickering because Octavian needs to get the prophecy Mars delivered them (because the like connection cut off and Mars aidiaofnwjaiaons and was like ‘augur do the thing’ so Octavian can like have a purpose and it like- does stuff-? Idk) and it’s both of them like arguing to each other between the stuffed animal because Reyna needs this quest to be viable so the senate can authorize it while Octavian’s yelling about how he can’t just magically get the prophecy.

Also this is my part to slide in and. I’m reading burning maze! It’s… fun. I don’t like Piper’s writing (I never did, I always found her slightly obnoxious or annoying and that’s just my opinion. I like Piper as a like concept and character but just not how’s she’s implemented) but I was reading and remembered Katropis and it brought something up in my head. It was Helen of Troy’s knife apparently, so she could like see the outside world while she was locked in Troy. Now, this obviously isn’t myth accurate (I don’t expect it to be) but it also like? Helen got full wanderings to just kinda vibe, she points people out from the walls to Priam in the beginning; she’s not like Rapunzel. Or at least in all of the versions I’ve read/heard. So, this is my Katropisreallyannoysmesoimreimaginingkatropis concept.

Katropis was Cassandra’s knife. Cassandra is the silly little priestess of Apollo princess of Troy I believe who like future powers and stuff and stuff. Idk the point is, it’d make more sense for Cassandra; a powerful priestess and someone who can see the future and interpret omen, prophecy, etc. to have the ceremonial dagger that can show you stuff? That’s just my thought. Also like Trials of Apollo that’d be interesting or fun or whatever.

Okay I just kinda ranted :3