#athena for the win

[abandonedaccount1234]

MY THOUGHTS ON 7x07 bc wtf

-the way i didn’t even consider devin would be a doppelganger, we all thought she’d an evil twin or something 😭

-not hen reading me to filth about being sad and lonely at night

-oooh bobby, amir is from your past isn’t he?

-eddie in his stalker era

-not him following her like he’s in an enchanted forest

-YOU ARE NOT A SINGLE FATHER EDMUNDO💀

-bro has always been a bad boyfriend

-Don’t date the doppelganger, don’t sleep with the doppelganger, please dear god no

-i swear he needs to try and ask her out and get rejected because nothing will mess you up like getting rejected by the mirror image of your dead wife, please let the ghost of shannon be gay

-i get shannon was your first love and your first wife, but this is wrong on so MANY levels

-BRO HE SLEPT WITH THE DOPPELGANGER, THAT IS NOT YOUR WIFE, YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND

-(nevermind, just a daydream about his dead wife, b/c that's normal...🙃)

-Daydreaming about sleeping with your dead wife while with your girlfriend...I know grief is weird and complicated but what the actual fuck man.

-hurt people hurt people for real.

-not eddie having a fantasy about bringing his wife back from the dead. psych ward. immediately.

-BRO YOU NEED HELP WHERE IS FRANK

-all i want for eddie is for him to know he doesn’t have to keep looking for his dead wife in every woman he meets who reminds him of her. you don’t have to have a romantic connection with someone just because they’re the ideal catholic woman your parents ingrained in you in being the ideal woman.

-shannon and eddie would have been the toxic on/off again couple from high school if they didn't get married and have chris. that's what their relationship was. a first love. maybe even a true love in the lens of young love. but it was never gonna work.

-off topic, ryan looks real good in this episode

-HE GOT HIT BY A POLICE CAR?!

-get him BUCK

-He said you ain’t going anywhere

-Buck is Athena’s son fr

-eddie aint the only one seeing ghosts

-”but i’d like to” oh hell naw, run bobby run, preferably towards an AA meeting

-henren for the win, they’re amazing parents

-denny’s such a good brother

-”good cologne😏 ”? sure jan.

-love coparenting buddie 🥰

-”i was talking about you” they’re so married

-bro BRO NO 💀🙃

-I screamed “NO” at the tv when the doppelganger was there

-YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND! I DON’T LIKE HERE BUT SHE STILL EXISTS!

-Please tell me bro has a tumor or something? Like what if this woman actually doesn’t look anything like Shannon and his brain has just convinced him he has

-Maddie and Chimney going strong as always. Chimney's a damn good husband.

-The call with Maddie had so many twists and turns, I honestly wasn't expecting that to be the ending.

-Jennifer Love Hewitt is an incredible actress

-i love how they show healing isn't linear

-also have buck and eddie switched places in regards to relationship drama...?

-for the color theory folks' eddie is clearly still in mourning, he was in black almost the whole episode. he's in a neutral outfit with chris. in white. and then marisol is in black and white, right? And then he's in black for the rest of the episode. i can't. the symbolism. i can't.

[seasicksilver]

reading the Iliad is an experience

[michelle-jwhssp2719]

"Don't you want the world to know true beauty, Sixer?"

Or, Bill Cipher trying sooo so hard to convince Stanford to have their baby

[mydairpercabeth]

Annabeth trusting Poseidon more than her own MOTHER to protect her. Oh this is sick.

[emolionsrawr]

*the 118 doing trauma salad*

chimney: hey, my named howard, i go by chimney, and after i proposed to my ex, she broked up with me, which lead me to being in a car accident which caused a rebar go through my head, and i brought the bowl

buck: hi, my names buck, and before i was born my brother developed cancer, which caused my parents to create me to be a perfect genetic match, they took my bone marrow and he died a week later, and i bought the nerds

eddie: my names eddie, my ex wife left me and our son after i went through something traumatic, and i bought the sweedish fish

buck: hey, my names buck, and when i was a child i used to have to hurt myself to get my parents attention, and even then it didn't work, and i bought the war heads

hen: hey! my names hen, and my ex wife got out of prison and used my emotions against me which lead me to cheating in my wife, then used that against me to try to take our son away from me, and i bought the nerds clusters

buck: hey! buck again, my first real girlfriend ghosted me after she left for dublin, and then came back three years later with a fiancee, she never broke up with me, and i bought the twizzlers

bobby: hey, my names bobby, and i watched my father lose himself to alcholol which later killed him, which caused me to start drinking at the sweet sweet age of 9, and i bought the gummy bears

buck: sup, its buck, and after i lost the first person on the job i went to a therapist who used my trauma to get laid, which i later realised was assault, and i bought the reece's pieces

eddie: hey, my names eddie, and my wife came back into my life, came back into my sons life, only to die in front of us, and i bought the malteasers

buck: you know the drill, and when my father figure was suspended pending investigation a teenage bomber who had it out for him put a bomb in the ladder truck, which caused the truck to land on me when it blew up, crushing my leg and leaving me with phantom pain, and i bought the hershey kisses

chimney: hey, my names chimney, and my dad prefers my younger brother, and i bought the tangfastics

buck: me again, after i got blown up i had a P.E in front of my whole family at my welcome back barbeque which caused my father figure to have a panic attack and not want to let me back onto the team! and i bought the nerd clusters

bobby: hey, my names bobby, and i was in an accident which gave me extreme back pain which lead me to a drug addiction, and one night after a bender i fell asleep and left the space heater on which caused my whole apartment building to burn down, killing my wife and kids as well as over 150 people, and i bought the marshmallows

buck: hey! me again, after the P.E my best friend asked me to look after his son, so i took him to the pier where we was hit by a tsunami, i found him but then we were separated for eight hours and the whole time i thought he was dead, and i bought the nerd ropes

buck: oh! me again, after the tsunami and finding out my captian was holding me back i sued the city, ruining my friendships along the way, and i bought the toffee

eddie: hey, my names eddie, after my wife died i got into an illegal fight club and got addicted, and i bought the strawberry hearts

buck: hey! me again! hi! my ex girlfriend almost got two of my friends killed because she decided a news article was more important than their lives! and i bought the toxic wastes

chimney: fuck taylor kelly

hen: fuck taylor kelly

buck: hey! me again-

bobby: okay we're down the bowls full

buck: BUT I HAVENT EVEN GOT TO THE-

bobby: no.

eddie: I also have more. My childhood trauma. My son leaving. The time I got shot. My time in the army. How I received my purple star. And so on.

chimney: Oh! I also have more. Kevin dying in front of me. My mother dying. Jonah. I could go on.

hen: I have more too! Everything with Mara. My own childhood trauma. That time my son nearly died and I was the paramedic working on him. Jonah. I can still continue.

bobby: I also have more BUT THE BOWLS FULL!

athena: what are you doing?

buck: trauma salad

athena: oh! well then my name is-

bobby: the bowl is FULL

athena: BUT I HAVENT EVEN SAID ANY OF MINE AND I HAVE A LOT

athena: Hi, I’m Athena and when I was 9 a girl in my neighbourhood went missing and then years later, we found her remains in the concrete of the conservatory of my parents house after my father had a stroke and he was them framed for her death and I BOUGHT A GOD DAMNED NEW BOWL!

buck: YAY NEW BOWL! hi it's me again your favourite traumatised firefighter, one time i got struck by lightning and died, and ended up in a weird coma dream where my dead brother was alive but my father figure was dead and i didn't know anyone i loved and i was fighting for my life, and i bought the sherbert lemons

Bobby: I was dead you didn’t tell me I was FUCKING DEAD?!

buck:... OH LOOK THE BELL IS GOING BYE-

bobby: THE BELL ISNT RINGING GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT-

ravi: *sighs* didn't even get to my childhood cancer

athena, placing new bowl down: they’ll be back. We have a new bowl to fill.

[sera8273]

She Won.

His child won his game.

He couldn’t be more proud.

And yet.

Despite that.

He still Smited and Striked her with his lightning again and again and again.

It wasn’t because she won.

It was because she won.

Apollo, despite not having any qualms on Athena’s Human, gave in too fast. It was the reason Zeus made him 1st. To build in false hope.

She of course didn’t fall for it.

Hephaestus was a bit challenging but it was all child’s play. She finished the little obstacle course in less than a Minute. She had to use logic on him yes but nothing she couldn’t handle.

Aphrodite and Ares were the real challenge she had to go against because those two actually held grudges against the man. She almost lost even when Ares stoked her.

And yet she suprised him again with her Protectiveness of a mere child whose father was shamed.

More less of a ‘Friendship’ with just a weak teen.

He had to give it to her. She won that fair and square.

It pissed him off. It pissed him off so much.

Hera knew every trick and tale that came and went with Gods and Godesses alike trying to free and spare their oh so ‘hero’ from punishment. It was why she was last. She would’ve been the hardest one to convince.

If it wasn’t for the fact that his own Daughter spat out how he wasn’t a Cheater and how he was Loyal to his Wife and how she instantly caved in and-

UGH!!

And yet, despite it all! She. still. won.

Any other father, mortals atleast, Would’ve been brimming with pride and radiate happiness throughout their own soul.

But he wasn’t just any father.

He was a King

The King.

The King of Gods and Goddesses. Even those Outcasted. He still held power and ruled over them.

And yet here he was. Expected to hold up his end of a bargain to his daughter who won his game less than 3 minutes top.

He was- he felt Humilated. He felt shame coarse throughout his veins. Pride and Arrogance clouded his mind and…

Well…

Kings weren’t known to hold up their end of a bargain after all.

[amythestalithia]

The Bird Race and Other Challenges:

Perselena Athenide took on the form of a grown maiden, the age of a Spartan bride, on the winter solstice after her twenty-second birthday.

There was no discussion with her parents about this. She felt she was an adult goddess and so took on a form to embody that.

Himerus, god of lust, was the first one to challenge the protective aegis of her parents. He felt it his duty to teach virgins of love-making and so approached her. She turned him away and said, "I am loyalty, and I do not belong to one for a single night."

Her parents scared him away, back to the side of the servants of Aphrodite. They turned to Zeus and asked if he would not grant her the oath of an eternal maiden, and Perselena agreed that her mother's crown should also be hers. But Zeus, king and kin of all gods, did not dare. To grant her maidenhood would lead to many goddesses choosing it as well and thus no new brides in Olympus, and so he said, "If you wish to be a maiden for eternity, granddaughter, then you can swear yourself to Artemis. Else remain as you are, and live as other goddesses do."

Perselena refused the hunt, for she was the daughter of two Olympians herself, and to bow to Leto's daughter would be to sever herself from them.

And so Poseidon declared that if one wished to have Loyalty in their bed, they must marry her, and Athena, with motherly pride, declared there was no god worthy of her.

After she returned to the sea, there were many offers for her hand. Her father refused all the sea gods who came to him for her hand, without any fuss.

On Olympus, though, her mother was beset in offers and she was enraged by the audacity of gods who dared want her daughter, and so she challenged all of them to prove themselves worthy.

It was Pothos who came first. He was the god of pinning, and many pined for the beauty of Perselena Athenide. He was their collective strike, sent to scout on Athena's challenges for the suitors, for death would not touch his brother.

Athena challenged him to answer a question about love. "Who is my greatest love? " asked the sworn maiden.

And the erote replied," You have none, for you are sworn to virginity and untouched by the hand of my mistress."

" You are unsuitable as a husband for my daughter. She is my greatest love, as every child is their mother's, " said the mother of Loyalty to a servant of love, and had him swear to never pursue her daughter romantically, ever again.

Next came Zelus, daimon of rivalry, to the mother of his friend. He did not love Perselena, but if Olympus was challenged by Athena, he would answer. Wisdom, knowing that she should not challenge rivalry to a contest, gave him a task. "Find two brothers in the world, who are rivals of each other for the love of their parents, and make them both rivals and friends." Zelus searched and found in Enaleus's kingdom a pair of twins, rivals for inheritance from their father, who did not know which was older and had told them the greater wealth would go to the brother who made him prouder. Zelus stroked their rivalry but could not instill a love of each other, and so they quarrelled bitterly, came to blows, and one killed the other. Zelus, feeling responsible for this crime, took the form of a crow and helped the living murderer bury his brother and hide his crime. Athena came to him and said, "You are not worthy of my daughter, son of Styx. If you can not help with her students, what use will she have for you? Swear on your mother to never again pursue her." And so Emulation was bound by Wisdom.

Benthyskime, Queen of the land, came to the father whose son was missing and led him to the grave of his second son. His first son was tried by law and punished for his crimes.

Athena's next victim was Caerus, opportunity incarnate, once the destined downfall of their father. Caerus truly did care for Perselena, and to marry her at this point in his life would be a dream come true. As Apollo had once asked the hand of Hestia in marriage, so now did his half-brother. Athena's brother in full, for he too was born from the head of Zeus.

She asked him a question. "Do you love her enough to make her Queen?", for that was what she wanted for her daughter, a husband who would fight the elder gods for her. And Caerus swore to never pursue her, for all he wished for was a partner who did not ask him to overthrow his father.

Ialmenos, god of war preparations, came next. The Makhain had pursued every war goddess ever born, in marriage, which made him better than most gods but far too stupid to see the pattern. Eris had said no, Enyo had said no, Alke, Bia, Nike, Athena, all of them had said no to him.

Athena proposed a contest. "Forge a sword greater than mine, and she shall be yours." The sword he made was a sharpened lump of metal compared to the sword Athena made. Later, the metal was melted into two knives.

Hermes asked for her hand next. Because there was no decency amongst gods, not for a beautiful woman. Athena gave him a task. " In this fountain basin, there are many coins. Find the one made of gold by looking only. The one you touch is your selection." Hermes presented her with a coin that had been the shiniest, and she melted it to reveal silver beneath the golden glitter. And then she drew from the basin the real coin, coated in muck but still gold. And so Cleverness bent to the whims of Wisdom and swore his oath.

Apollo mocked his favourite brother for falling for Athena's tricks when he was the divine trickster. And so was goaded into asking for the hand of Perselena himself, to see if he could win against Athena.

She challenged him to a bird race. "A race of our sacred birds, my owl against your crow, but not on their wings. They will run on foot, between the fountain of the three sisters and the fountain of the muses, and however touches the stone basin first wins.". And so the owl was set against the crow, and though he raced quickly, the owl won. Knowledge did as Wisdom advised and swore his oath.

The tale spread far and wide, into mortal lands and the seas. Two men, a mortal and a god, had similar reactions.

Hyacinthus lost his royal composure at the news, and yelled at Apollo. "I know I am no more than a mortal prince, a son of your servant, but I love you. Why didn't you tell me we were no longer lovers before asking for Perse's hand in marriage? You had time to inform me that you would be pursuing her, as the challenge for her hand was announced three months ago. You visited the day before your contest even. Do I not deserve that courtesy? Did I displease you so much that you cannot share your plans for marrying my sister, though she is that only in my heart? Were we not friends before you took me to bed? Are not friends any longer?". The Archer was shamed by his words and cried out, "Hyacinthus, you are my only love. I had no intent of marrying Perselena nor answering Athena's challenge, but Hermes set me the task of proving I would succeed where he failed. I beg for your forgiveness, for I behaved monstrously, yet I do truly love you and to see you leave would be to tear my heart out and be eaten by wolves. I belong to you, my prince of ancient art, and never again shall I even jest that I belong to another.". Then, Clio's son forgave his lover, and did not know that he had birthed something in Leto's son with his words. For only a month later, Apollo would ask Hyacinthus for his hand in marriage.

Triton, Prince of the Seas, Pontomedon of the grandsons of Kronos, lost his royal composure as well. To see another sister of his pursued by a sun god was not something he could tolerate. The herald had no great faith in Athena's challenges, for sooner or later she would lose, and leave his sister to an Olympian god. The Prince came to the King and petitioned him for Perselena's hand. Poseidon dismissed him out of hand, for he knew his children and knew they could never make a marriage work between themselves. None of his sons had married his daughters, and he planned to keep it that way. He told Triton to be patient, for sooner or later the interest in his sister would cease and she would be able to live her life as she pleased.

The next person to try to marry Perselena was Nike, goddess of Victory, and Athena's closest friend. To her, the mother asked a question, " Between Perselena and me, who would you give victory to ?". And Nike answered, "To you, Athena Nike.". Athena was pleased but she said, " My daughter needs a partner who will choose her over all else. Swear your oath, glorious victory." And So Victory bowed to Wisdom.

Wise Athena then crafted an equal challenge for all, as to not have to spend so much time on individual challenges. A race of four, through a maze in her temple. All who ran it lost.

[ochiody]

dionysus please put some clothes on 😭😭😭😭😭😭 please i dont need to see all that just hanging around are you cold wheres that nice little cape of yours

[jazzy-a]

Ummm, so.

Because some sources say that Hermes brings good luck--- what if there's actual significance to him wishing Odysseus luck at the end of both "Wouldn't You Like" and "Dangerous" ?

Instead of Hermes teasing him or being playful, it's Hermes actually offering Odysseus a blessing of good fortune for those two battles.

And, in that case, it should also be noted that Odysseus WINS both fights.

[my-insanity-is-an-artform]

An au based in Epic: The Musical where the entire Trojan War is derailed before it even starts because instead of Paris 'Horny Teenage Boy' of Troy, Odysseus 'Next To My Wife' of Ithaca is chosen to arbitrate the Golden Apple argument.

However, Odysseus reads the words 'For the Fairest' and is immediately halfway back to the Palace to gift the apple to the gave-birth-that-day Penelope before anyone can explain the rules to him. No thoughts, not even to justify his choice, just Wife.

And to be honest, none of them can really be mad at him for it.

Hera, Goddess of Marriage and Queen of Gods, saw Loyal Husband Odysseus immediately chose his wife and Queen even against divinity.

Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, saw So-Down-Bad Odysseus pick his heart's desire in an instant.

Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, saw her student pick what was probably the wisest choice of picking your wife when asked who is the most beautiful person you know.

By picking Penelope, Odysseus somehow picked what all three Goddesses stand for and incredibly, that's satisfaction enough for them. (At least, that's how the stories will go. In reality, loving-husband new-Dad and likely sleep-deprived and super-stressed Odysseus was given the apple, told "you must judge who deserves this apple." and heard nothing else.)

(No one is going to mention how his choice is incredibly biased for fear of starting the argument anew.)

Meanwhile the Fates are wondering who the fuck messed with their tapestry that much that an entire WAR meant to kill off most of the contemporary demi-gods got averted.

(I know it's OOC but my heart says Hades. Dude took one look at the plan, realised that once again his siblings' bullshit was gonna make him deal with all the consequences, and decided to say 'Fuck That.' He's dealt with all the others causing shit, let him have a shenanigan. He deserves it.)

[princessofghosts-posts]

So....are we going to talk about how much Arachne knew about Annabeth's life? Girlie had a whole huge tapestry dedicated only to the underwater kiss she and Percy shared,more than a year before Annabeth started this quest. Not to talk about all the spiders that were there during her childhood. That isn't only about a normal phobia that every child of Athena has,Annabeth was being stalked since she was a child by Arachne–She was watching and waiting for her in the shadows during all those years.

The books never talk about it again but that line where Annabeth noted the tapestry is concerning. Especially because that was a private memory she is fond of,and it got totally twisted for her since it could have been used as emotional leverage against her in that quest.

We need to talk more about this because it's honestly creepy and very disturbing and Rick never addressed how Annabeth felt about it. The aftermath of realizing you had a stalker all your life and that you are now in front of said stalker (that is trying to kill you off) and the mother you admired so much pushed you to do this (after disowning you),must not be a good one.

[haydenthewitch]

Bobby Nash is not dead: my predictions for the rest of the season

the military does not release bobby's body to Athena grant or the 118 because of the deadly super virus and all of that. They bury him in a birch box in an unmarked grave with all of the belongings that he brought into the lab (including his cell phone) becuse 'milatry protocal' or whatever the fuck

We see the LAFD funeral procession and the 118 grieving and dealing with the loss. They put an empty official LAFD coffin in the ground. (WE NEVER SAW PETER IN THE COFFIN OR ON SET IN THE BTS. IT COULD TOTALY WORK)

We hear the 911 sound and Maddie picks up. it's bobby. He's freaking out. She's freaking out. She pings his phone and finds his location/

Maddie breaks protocol and calls Athena. She's on bereavement leave, but the second that she hears that bobby could be alive she grabs her gun and badge in order to go get her husband. She calls buck and the entire 118 and they come too.

Maddie is freaking out because bobby is describing the air getting thin; he's going to suffocate in that box and then it will all be for nothing. She asks if there is any way he can punch trough the flimsy wood. she prepares him by telling him to hold his breath and shield his eyes as much as he can; basically don't drown in dirt.

bobby makes it out alive, punching through the wood and crawling back up to the surface (a-la dean winchester season 4 epi 1) and he RUNS into Athena's arms (NO GRAVE CAN HOLD MY BODY DOWN. I'LL CRAWL HOME TO HER)

But hayden, i hear you saying. peter krause is leaving the show. how can bobby nash be alive and not the captain of the 118?

after they cure bobby of super killer very bad virus (via Chekov's lab rat) bobby tells Athena that he wants to retire. He gives a whole speech about how every day he puts on the uniform and he accepts that it's possible he's going to die in the field. He walks through fire and prays that he's going to get home to Athena every night. he tells her that in the lab, he wished it didn't have to be that way. now it feels like god has given him his second chance, and he doesn't want to go back to the possibility of dying every shift. He's going to retire, and live a long healthy life with her.

Bobby sits buck down to tell him this news. Buck is at first upset; how will the 118 thrive without their captain? but he quickly accepts and understands that it's not about him, or the 118, it's the one self-interested thing bobby is doing for himself. Bobby always puts everyone else first (including when it came to who lives and who dies) and this he is doing for himself.

Buck makes a joke about 'well i wonder what shmuck they are going to put in your place. big shoes to fill' and bobby says 'oh i wanted to talk to you about that too.' BECUSE THINK ABOUT IT. he looked at buck in his FINAL MOLMENTS and said "they are going to need you, kid." he took the time to encourage buck to LEAD. when bobby nash promotes Buck to captain, everything comes full circle. including that conversation they had about buck eventually being ready to be captain.

IN CONCLUSION, BOBBY NASH ALIVE AND BUCK BUCKLEY CAPTAIN OF THE 118

oh and buddie canon season 9

[tootoonz]

Uncle Diomedes AU (post-Little Wolf edition) Ya'll sorry I haven't been posting much, dealing with school and some mental health stuff TT (ALSO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 26 FOLLOWS!!)

[write-like-wright]

[brodorokihousuke]

I would discourage this however with the absolute apeshit luck that Wright & co have, they are probably the best possible things to bet on