#because it's kinda implied or would be a thing

[vijigenshin]

Venti headcanon alphabet!

Kinda important note? I do like following Canon closely for these so while they are definitely heacanons, to me these are closer to educated guesses ^^

A-nger: How do they handle their anger?

Venti handles anger with grace 99 percent of the time. The only times we see him 'give into' anger, or even just annoyance feels deliberate. Like I refuse to believe he'd let slip to Diluc that he's "way older than him" (paraphrasing a direct quote from the quest where we steal the holy lyre) in such a dire situation just because he got mildly annoyed by being told he looks too young to drink.

I think Mondstatd and or it's citizens itself would have to be in severe danger to actually piss him off, and even then I definitely think Venti goes full Barbatos mode and just silently deals with the threat. His anger turns into determination very quickly.

B-etter: How have they, or how would they go about bettering themselves?

This is a question that depends on what exactly happened during the cataclysm on Khaenr'iah.

Under the assumption and my personal theory that Venti had little choice in participating in Khaenr'iah, which is implied through a few different things.

Zhongli's contract with celestial in regards to the cataclysm, a contract that makes it so he cannot speak on the matter at all, and which seems to take HEAVY advantage of Zhongli's role as the archon of contracts and therefore implies he might have been in someway coerced into said contract.

Venti's subtle but active dislike(distain) for celestia, referenced in a voiceline when Traveler asks abt it.

And the unspoken inability for the archon to go against their stated epithets. Throughout Genshin the archons time and time again for whatever reason seem to be unable to go against their secondary epithets/title.

Zhongli agrees to and stays true to contracts even when breaching them would be more beneficial in the long run.

Ei adhered to the concept of eternity even when it was actively hurting her people and she only stopped when her concept of eternity was redefined as opposed to giving up on eternity whole sale.

Nahida gave up the gnosis in exchange for wisdom/knowledge even though she actively despised Dottore.

If we assume the archons can't go against one of their own key principles, then Venti as the archon of Freedom would never support much less participate in the calamity of Khaenr'iah. I could see him maybe not getting involved, but I can also see him wanting Monatadt to be truly free from all rule, which would include celestia. If anything Venti would want to fight with Khaenr'iah.

Unless Venti was forced.

Celestia is incredibly powerful, and we know by the celestial nails AND the heavenly principles that they have no problem imposing their power onto entire nations. I genuinely believe that celestia threatened Mondstatd in some way, likely by using Venti's own title against him by threatening a forced monarchy onto Monstadt.

I honestly don't think Venti would participate in the cataclysm willingly. I think the closest you'd get is him participating without goading from celestia, but still being motivated by fear of what they'd do to Mondstadt.

Regardless on if you believe my take or not, I think in Canon we see Venti bettering himself. I think his disapproval of celestia and the implications of him willingly giving Singora his gnosis (only pretending to protect himself) is enough to tell us he stands with the Tsarista, who is motivated by the fall of Khaenr'iah in some way, and is seemingly collecting the gnosis to inevitably wage war against celestia.

I think regardless on if he willingly participated or not, I think Venti feels very guilty, and is doing all he can to support the inevitable war whilst also keeping Monstadt safe.

C-hange: How much have they changed? Is it for the better or worse?

This one is really odd to answer since we don't have a full picture on how the archons as a whole used to be.

I don't think that as much as people joke about Venti being lazy, ditzy, and an all around absent archon that he DID start out that way. He was a wind spirit, just a little whisp guy as jovial and free from responsibility as can be. I think the Venti persona we currently get is a reflection on how he started out and how he wishes he could truly be.

D-aily: What’s their daily routine?

We actually get a tiny Canon glimpse of this in his birthday art!

Where he has a house... or an apartment...

Ok I know I said I followed Canon but this is one of two Canon features I do not engage with out if pure selfish indulgence.

In my world view the bard does not have a house dammit.

Anyway.

Venti doesn't have a routine, he literally and figuratively goes with the wind. Sometimes he wakes up at 5 am, others it's 5 pm. He does always make a point to give Mondstadt a look over at least once a day, just to make sure everything is alright. He also always does his braids, it used to be a sacred point for him, but the longer he spent in the nameless band's body the more he just accepted it as his own body in multiple ways, so now he does his braids mostly out of habit.

Tries to talk with Dhalia once a week, tries to drink once a week, but neither are fully concrete.

Might do more of this ltr, might not. Yell at me if there's spelling mistakes pls.

[autumn-foxfire]

I have a question for you and please dont take it the wrong way. You know how Gosho confirmed that Lupin III exists in his universe, right? Meaning, Arsene Lupin First of His Name was also real because his /grandson/ is running around dodging law enforcement. Meaning, the entire Goshoverse is kind of the same universe that Leblanc wrote about?

So Leblanc doesnt exist. He's not an author. Because then Lupin would be a fictional character and not a real man who would have children and then grandchildren who then meet pint sized teenage detectives, right?

But we know Sherlock Holmes exists and is the main character of the novels written by a real author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for Shinichi and Saguru to obsess over.

And its kinda hilarious, because it implies that the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of the Goshoverse wrote a novelized version of a /real man/ who actually did go toe to toe with the very much real Lupin but never to conclusive resuslts because in the end Lupin always managed to escape.

Because "Herlock Sholmes" is a Sherlock knock off Leblanc wrote into his books that he got into trouble with Doyle for, understandably, because Doyle may have hated Sherlock with the passion of a thousand suns it was still /his/ character.

So Shinichi and Saguru grew up idolizing a fictionalized version of a Real Man who lost (or at least never won conclusively, which to law enforcement is the same as losing because the prep got away, yeah?) to Lupin I.

And now Shinichi and Kaito are the spiritual descendants of them, in a way, kinda. Except this time "Sholmes" fell in love with his Lupin...

Thoughts upon this?

...oh my god anon I have never actually thought about how having the crossover with Lupin makes the books actual history instead of just a work of fiction and you've opened my third eye.

I know the Lupin crossovers would probably be considering "non-canon" but now I want to explore the moment during the Black Pearl heist again with the idea that Lupin was real (and so Sherlock Holmes was also based off a real person possibly), where Kaito tells Shinichi that his password should be Lupin in response to Shinichi telling him his will be Sherlock.

It's not just a nod towards it being Kaito and not Ran (still an insane thing for Kaito to do by the way and I love him for it), but also in a way a taunt for Shinichi because if he's going to be Sherlock Holmes, then Kaito will be Lupin who even Sherlock Holmes (or Sholmes) couldn't catch.

There is so much we could do with this! I'm going feral!!

[beanmaster-pika]

Sebastian returns from his jaunt in the human world +1 smoothie and +1 son (Ciel does not want to be there and did not agree to being turned into a demon, but here he is anyway 😔). The demon world seems quite changed from the last time he was there.

If you feel like overthinking the worldbuilding of this crossover that I made on a whim and mostly by accident for the meme and then got obsessed with building like I did please join me under the cut <3

- I picked Berith for Sebastian’s demon name because Wikipedia says he’s a demon that is only honest when asked direct questions, and he has a connection to actual historical figure Sebastien Michaelis.

- The Netherworld notably has food that can sustain demons (and humans, if Iruma’s anything to go by). Ciel is shocked by this. Sebastian, when confronted about it, just kinda shrugs and goes “I’m a gourmand.” In my mind, every living thing in the netherworld has something resembling a soul, and those souls stay attached to their bodies because they don’t have reapers, so it remains in the ingredients. Plus, Sebastian’s an old school demon. He’s ancient. Babyls’s anthem implies that eating humans used to be the norm.

- Sebastian was able to transform Ciel into a demon because he had a direct link to his soul, kind of like Mahito’s “Idle Transfiguration” in Jujutsu Kaisen. It only works this once—if he tried any kind of transformation magic on him again, it would only be as effective as it would be on any other demon. He can’t turn him back into a human either.

- Although I drew this silly, it’s still a tragic ending for kuroshitsuji. Ciel once again found himself powerless to enforce his own will, and he was transformed into something he didn’t want to be. Even if his life improves over the centuries from his first day in the Netherworld, that doesn’t change that it was a horrific act that brought him there in the first place. Moreover, he expected to find rest in death after Sebastian ate his soul (the likely canon ending, and also tragic), but now he’s forced to live on for centuries because of a demon’s whim.

- The adjustment period was very difficult for Ciel. He was ripped away from his loved ones and forced to suffer through it because he couldn’t even return. I think perhaps someone tried to summon a demon (without human sacrifice, he didn’t cross over and was only able to speak with them), maybe Lizzie, to get closure on his disappearance, and he realized that time runs differently in the human and demon realms because it had been years there but only a few months for him. He realized the rate was inconsistent because Sebastian only spent a few years in the human realm but returned to a demon realm decades past the last time he was there. Ciel also has to learn the basics of how to live and take care of himself because he can’t order Sebastian around and, more importantly, doesn’t want to be dependent on him anymore.

- Sebastian is kind of OOC here because he’s willingly giving up on eating Ciel’s soul, but at his core he is still *checks notes* a bitch, so the parent-child relationship does not really improve over the centuries. They’re both technically neutral parties, but Ciel is more likely to support the Three Greats while Sebastian finds the Six Fingers to be interesting. With time, they may end up on opposite sides of a war. Sebastian looks forward to the possibility; they haven’t played a game as grand as that since the contract days.

- Despite all this, Sebastian still drops in from time to time to check on Ciel. If asked whether he’s just playing house or truly cares about the child he turned and adopted, he would find some way to dodge the question. Perhaps even he doesn’t know.

[krispdreemurr]

It's kinda really sad tbh, if it is revealed more strongly in chapter 5 that kris is being emotionally blackmailed into whatever antagonistic plotline that is going on. And more so if they are just, letting it happen to themselves.

cus this is a shaping up to be a teenager who probably thinks themselves to be a horrible person because of whatever happened in the past when they were a child, their whole arc seems to parallel susie's in how they both lean into the expectation of being the "bad kid". And yet, despite it all kris seems to really admire susie even though they are both so similar.

That kinda implies that while kris can forgive and move past how susie treated them at the start of the game, they don't extend that level of forgiveness to themselves for whatever past action they commited. And its made worst because the people they surround themselves with (phone voice), affirm this behavior and make it so that even if they WANTED to move on and get better like susie has. They just can't

i know... kris is someone with so much love and compassion in their heart and none of it goes to themself. even as they go out of their way to help Susie and Ralsei, even as they in the weird route do everything they can to fix things for Noelle, they never ask for help or comfort. the one time they even seem to approach that, they're instantly shut down by the phone voice.

you can see all of why. someone who never quite fit in, who always felt like they were there in part because of pity, who had intrusive violent thoughts and moments of cruelty... and then their stupid selfish games and maybe some moment of brief reactive violence ruined everything forever. they feel like what happened to dess fully confirmed and cemented everything they'd feared about themself, and phone voice was right there to back them up and tell them they were right to feel that way.

no one who would have helped them understood what had happened to them. no one who could have helped them reached through the fog and distance to try. and so they've locked into this image of themself as someone who's only useful as a sacrifice, a thing to use to help better, more whole people

they really have a lot in common with ralsei, huh...

[lacedbykami]

i would ADORE a sweet fic where kirishima just gets home from a long day of hero work, injured with a few cuts and bruises, but didnt go straight to hospital, so reader has to patch him up. also mayybeeeee shower sex if ur looking to write for that but if not the fluff is amazing!! thankyou ❤️

authors note: ty for requesting lovie!

𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 & 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 (kirishima x fem!reader)

[♡] including: sweet comfort fluff, kiri being a flirt as usual, implied future intimacy, nothin else lol, #needthatrealbad, wouldve put smut in this but I forgot to halfway thru IM SORRY.

You knew being a hero was an all-consuming thing — even when the battles weren’t yours, the weight still pressed into your shared space. So when you heard the front door creak open a little past midnight, you were already up from the couch, blanket falling off your shoulders as you padded quickly toward the sound.

“Eiji?” you called softly, rounding the corner — and there he was.

Kirishima stood in the doorway, his chest stained, with dirt and streaked with dried blood. His hair was messier than usual, a gash along his temple, bruises scattered like storm clouds across his arms. But those crimson eyes lit up the second they met yours.

“Hey, baby,” he rasped out, voice tired but warm. “Didn’t mean to wake you.”

“You didn’t,” you said quickly, closing the space between you as your fingers reached gently for his face. “God, Eiji, you’re bleeding—why didn’t you go to the hospital?” Worried eyes flicked over his form as you counted the amount of scrapes on his body, whilst the red head simply looked down at you with a soft smile splayed on his lips.

" 'missed you baby, besides I know you could patch me up better than anyone else." Your head lifted to meet your boyfriend's tired gaze, your heart melted at the sight. Standing on your tippy toes briefly you pecked a kiss to his lips, "I missed you too Eji, but next time I'd rather you go to the hospital."

Kirishima chuckled lowly at your scolding, even if your voice was barely above a whisper. His arms slowly circled your waist, pulling you in so your cheek rested against the center of his chest — warm, solid, and still rising with that steady breath that let you know he was home, safe.

“Alright, alright,” he murmured, pressing a kiss to the crown of your head. “I’ll go next time. Promise.”

“You always say that,” you mumbled into his shirt, frowning against the fabric, “and then show up looking like you wrestled a truck.”

“Only because I won against the truck,” he teased with a lazy grin, and you couldn’t help but laugh softly despite your worry. You pulled back just enough to look up at him again. “C’mon, big baby. Let’s get you cleaned up before you start staining the floor.”

Kirishima followed without protest as you led him into the bathroom, his steps heavy and slow. You flipped the light on and began collecting supplies from under the sink — antiseptic, gauze, butterfly bandages — while he eased down onto the closed toilet lid, head tilting back against the wall with a tired sigh.

The second you sat on his thigh, his eyes found you again.

Soft red eyes gazing down at your small form compared to his, how his t-shirt was so big on you it slipped off your shoulder a bit, how your pretty eyes flicked all over his body with such love and concern. The gloss on your lips catching the light..you were a angel.

An angel sent from heaven to patch him up.

And god were you the prettiest one he'd ever seen.

You giggled nervously as you felt Kiri's gaze flick over your body. “What? Oh, is it your shirt? I kinda like this one a lot and I missed you earlier, so…”

Your voice trailed off as you glanced up, only to find him still watching you — not with amusement or teasing, but with that soft, love-drunk expression he wore so rarely it always stole the breath right out of your lungs. His eyes lingered on you like he couldn’t believe you were real, like the pain and exhaustion of the day had all been worth it just to get to this moment.

“I don’t mind,” the redhead said quietly, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. “You can wear anything of mine. You always look good in my stuff anyways.”

Your heart stammered in your chest at the sight: that sweet smile splayed on his handsome face like always, the faint bruise on his jaw only making him look more rugged, more unfairly attractive.

Your eyes drifted — slowly — from the way his damp bangs clung to his forehead, down to the thick column of his throat, where a cut was just barely scabbing over. His broad chest rose and fell, abs still shining with a thin layer of sweat, and despite the scrapes and bruises…you were still getting used to having such a stud as a boyfriend.

Too good.

You bit your lip, fingers pausing where they had just started dabbing antiseptic to his forearm. “Thanks Eji,” you muttered, voice just a little breathier than intended. Kirishima raised an eyebrow, a slow grin curving his mouth. “You checkin me out doctor?” His tone playful as he peered down at you.

“No, shut up,” you said softly, cheeks heating as you ducked your head — but your smile gave you away completely.

He chuckled, letting his hand come to rest lightly on your thigh. “Don't be embarrassed angel, I'm sure not and I got quite the view infront of me,” You rolled your eyes half-heartedly, trying to focus as you finished wrapping the gauze around his forearm. But his hand stayed on your thigh — warm, solid, and a little possessive — and you could feel the way his thumb was rubbing slow, lazy circles against your skin, like he wasn’t in any rush to let you go.

“You’re impossible,” you mumbled, tucking the end of the bandage and gently smoothing it down with your fingers. “You’re all banged up and still flirting like you didn’t just waltz in bleeding.”

“Can't help it baby,” he murmured, voice dropping just slightly, that familiar rasp turning into something lower, thicker. “Especially when you’re sittin’ in my lap, wearing my shirt like this…”

You blinked up at him, about to protest — but the look in his eyes stopped you. That darkened glint. A lazy, heated sweep of his gaze as it dragged from your bare shoulder down to the soft skin of your thighs, where the hem of his oversized shirt barely reached.

“Looks good on you,” he said slowly, voice all gravel now, his smile still there but laced with a bit of mischief. “Real good. But I gotta admit, … I’d kill to see how it looks off you.”

Your breath caught.

Your body was practically buzzing — with want, with the deep ache of how much you missed him — but even through the haze clouding your head, you managed to keep your feet planted, just barely. You reached up, gently cupping his cheek with one hand, your thumb brushing over the bruise near his jaw.

“I know you would,” you whispered, eyes soft despite the flush in your cheeks. “Trust me, I wanna crawl all over you right now.” That earned a low, pleased laugh from Kirishima, his eyes lighting up with that boyish warmth that always melted your insides.

“But,” you added firmly, tapping his nose with your fingertip, “you just spent the whole day protecting the city. So if anything, I should be the one spoiling you tonight.” You stated, your voice taking on a teasing lit as you continued, letting your fingers trail lightly down his jaw before pulling back, “And we can fool around after you’ve had a shower, some food, and a nap. Then I’ll let you take this off me.”

Kirishima groaned playfully, throwing his head back against the wall with a dramatic sigh. “You’re killin’ me, babe.” You laughed, standing up off his lap and giving his cheek a light pat. “Yeah, yeah. You’ll survive. C’mon, big guy, I'm almost done."

He grumbled under his breath, but there was no mistaking the smile tugging at his lips as he slowly stood, his sore muscles clearly protesting the movement. Still, he kept one arm around your waist like he couldn't bear to let go of you even for a second.

As you helped finished treating some minor scrapes on his jaw, his fingers grazed the edge of your borrowed shirt again, and he leaned in close to murmur near your ear, “Just so you know..I plan on holding you to that pretty”

You turned to meet his gaze, your own smile turning coy. “Good. I plan on keeping that promise.” He blinked at you, then let out a warm laugh, the sound echoing in the small bathroom. It was softer now — tired, but content. Like the weight of the world had lifted just a bit.

[letyhide]

When Mapicc did things that hurt Zam she was okay with laying her head low, apologising, changing her morals, working around her oath, and sticking by Mapicc.

Zam did things that hurt Mapicc. They were never directed at him, Often they were done out of refusal to fight him directly. Yet Mapicc still saw the lack of support during Mawn, and how Zam threw hearts at Bacon (when he was their enemy) as betrayal. And was hurt.

Due to Mapicc’s reactions to being hurt being usually violent, and directed towards Zam, it’s easier for his feelings and needs to be overshadowed compared to Zam’s in discussions. Because he sees himself as the victim even after being the perpetrator of some real damaging stuff - stuff that is often way worse than the what is done against him. Because yeah, Despite everything that happened to both of them, Mapicc is sitting on a comfortable 20 hearts, while Zam is on 4 BECAUSE of Mapicc and how many times she has been killed by him. Mapicc’s response to things is usually fighting and violence. He has self preservation and self interest very high on his priority list. While Zam’s n1 response to situations is usually self sabotage. That’s why their conflicts work so well. Zam throws herself at Mapicc many times, and just accepts whatever the outcome is (most of the time she knows she’s gonna lose).

But still Mapicc’s original worries and feelings are still valid. And they come out of a place of care for Zam and insecurity in himself. He just doesn't know how to deal with them. When he’s in a heated discussion with Zam he starts saying how "if killing you is gonna end this conversation, then i will do it” just another way of saying “i would rather hurt you than deal with my own feelings”.

It’s crazy to me that they both seem to not see the care and effort they each put into their relationship. it seems to be all about "who used who more" when, it genuinely is not about that. (Recently yes. Mapicc admitted to using Zam for the flame fight when wanting to cut her off. and yesterday he wanted to use her to get Mane with the arrow cannon). But all this talk about using one another is.. Quite frankly useless.

When Mapicc first mentioned the feeling of being used by Zam, it was all about his jealousy towards Derapchu, Zam’s new 20 heart teammate, and not being included in plans anymore. He felt like Zam was just calling him whenever she was in danger and needed help. Yet during *that talk* After the flame void trap, Zam asked Mapicc to stay by her side, and Mapicc refused. And says “if you ever need help with a fight or are in a dire situation. call me”, when he was accusing Zam of only using him for fights prior to this. Almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy. He only sees Himself useful in pvp. So mainly renders himself available for pvp fights. Or it could be projection? He accuses others of seeing him only for PVP skill. When He's the first one to do that. During the same talk he says “I provide what? pvp skill, that’s what i'm saying bro, that’s all i'm good for” And assumes everyone else does too… And I genuinely think this is what this misunderstanding all boils down to: Mapicc’s insecurities about himself, and his place next to people. After a teamless season, Zam pulling away might’ve gone better if it didn’t, in his eyes, prove exactly Mapicc’s worries. (but he's also an hypocrite as he's the first one to throw Zam away when the empire logged back on).

Mapicc pushes his feelings, and Zam, away. Says he didn’t mean the apology that day, because being angry has always been easier than being vulnerable for Mapicc. And this time Zam just doesn’t take it. All this time of having Mapicc’s insecurities being projected onto her, Mapicc actually uses her for the creeking thing, blows up her flower field and he couldn't be more blunt about his hatred for her, when all she's done is be there for him. And she snaps. “Mapicc should’ve known him this way. He just used me”, and looks back and picks apart every single thing Mapicc has done wrong to her, which to be fair. There is a lot. But also conveniently leaves out all of the hearts he gave her, she leaves out how many times Mapicc jumped back into a fight just to try and save Zam, Even though it didn’t benefit him directly. She leaves out how the other day Mapicc left her a heart in a chest. When you have the full picture you KNOW these two care about each other.

They’re so used to being by each other's side, and so bad at communicating the care they have for one another, that the second something goes wrong all they’re left with is their unresolved feelings, that they never got over, and use it as a weapon to hurt the other.

When Zam accuses Mapicc of using her, he replies “how did I use you, what did I get out of you exactly”. Even telling Minute “how did I use him, he’s the dropper” again giving this image of how he sees other’s (and by extension his) value through their fighting skills. As if "It wouldn't make sense that he would use Zam, because she is not as skilled as pvp as him". This of course isn’t what he actually believes. It was almost what he wanted Zam to believe, (and what he wants to believe himself, but he cannot even stick to this version in his head, as he replies that "I never said you did nothing" to Zam. when that's exactly what he was implying) because that is easier to explain, it makes more sense for “Mapicc” to believe that than for him to admit a “i care about you”.

And when Mapicc was alone with his thoughts, he thought about what Zam was saying to him... Did he actually use her? He says that, if he did, it wasn't on purpose.... Well except that one time. Which he sees as justified since Zam gave hearts to his enemy! Bacon... who... is now his teammate...... huh.... and the team really wants them to reconcile and he realizes that it just not might be his call as he was the one that farmed her until she was at 4 hearts... hmmm........ I'm so excited to see where this will go.

[doctorsiren]

he’s mad she ratted him out

[my-name-is-apollo]

Why is Hera so hostile to Leto in a manner that she isn't with the other lovers of Zeus? I can't think of any other woman who was targeted so much by Hera. One could say she didn't want Leto to give birth because her children would be a competition to Hera's children, but why bother her even after she had already given birth? Is it because Leto herself is also a threat to Hera?

Sort of I guess?

I don't think Leto would ever be a threat to Hera's role as the queen of the gods but Hera might see her as a competitor for Zeus' affection, even though I think Zeus would not marry someone else and replace Hera.

The twins are definitely a big reason why Hera begrudged Leto - it is outright stated in the Callimachus Hymn to Delos that the reason Hera especially targeted Leto was because she was told that Apollo would be dearer to Zeus than Ares is. Zeus is very proud of Artemis as well. As he himself puts it, he doesn't mind facing Hera's wrath for children like her.

But the continued hatred even after the birth of the twins (like sending Tityus to rape Leto) could have been for different reasons. This wasn't like one of those affairs Zeus would have with mortal women where he'd leave them behind once the child is conceived. Neither could Hera, despite her many attempts, get rid of Leto like she did with the other lovers. Not only did Leto give Zeus children that he loves dearly, she also stayed on Olympus despite Hera's hatred towards her (which isn't directed to any of Zeus' other divine mistresses, btw). It might have also been because Leto herself is dear to Zeus, if the way she's treated on Olympus is any proof. In the Homeric hymn to Apollo, Leto stands next to Zeus - in the Olympian assembly - to welcome their son. Hera is completely absent from the scene, as if Leto had taken her place even if temporarily. Now you could say this is because Apollo himself is such a powerful and glorious son in a way that no other son of Zeus is, so of course Leto would get such an honor (the hymn itself presents it this way).

But here's another instance - in the Iliad, when Hera goes to seduce Zeus, he is obviously very smitten but before getting into the action, he lists some of his lovers (I believe these were his favorite lovers, as a lot of others are not mentioned):

"for never has such desire for goddess or mortal woman so gripped and overwhelmed my heart, not even when I was seized by love for Ixion’s wife, who gave birth to Peirithous the gods’ rival in wisdom; or for Acrisius’ daughter, slim-ankled Danaë, who bore Perseus, greatest of warriors; or for the far-famed daughter of Phoenix, who gave me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthus; or for Semele mother of Dionysus, who brings men joy; or for Alcmene at Thebes, whose son was lion-hearted Heracles; or for Demeter of the lovely tresses; or for glorious Leto; or even for you yourself, as this love and sweet desire for you grips me now.’ (Book 14, trans. A. T. Murray)

Notice how when talking about most of them, he also mentions the children they bore to him but when Demeter and Leto are mentioned, he doesn't bring up their children at all despite them being some of the most accomplished kids of his. What's more, he takes Leto's name just before Hera's. I mean, this is an interpretation but it looks like not only did Zeus love Leto the most out of all his mistresses - giving her a place second to that of his wife, but also his love for her wasn't necessarily only because she gave him two amazing children.

Nonnus does something similar in the Dionysiaca (but this time Zeus is enamored with Persephone instead of Hera) but more notably, when Typhoeus attacks Olympus and Zeus is discouraged, Nike takes the form of Leto to encourage him and it's pretty telling of what Leto meant to Zeus.

One interesting similarity between Hera and Leto is that they both had a giant try to rape them. Porphyrion tried to violate Hera (Zeus inspired him to do this) and Tityus tried to violate Leto (upon Hera's order). Though both of them were killed, only Tityus got an eternal punishment in Tartarus of having his liver/heart eaten out by vultures so Zeus seems to have taken a greater offense at Tityus trying to assault Leto.

Again, I don't think Zeus would ever take anyone other than Hera as his permanent wife - she is irreplaceable to him. There's an entire myth about Hera leaving him and Zeus winning her back. Their relationship is obviously complex and involves all kinds of emotions including love and hate. But Leto is continually dear to him as well and that's something Hera can't do much about.

[kuzunoha-xiv]

much to think about........

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

This might be a bit random but would you say you have any thoughts on Neurodivergent readings of Zhongli (more specifically autistic)? I was thinking about it in the latest chapter of JG amd even before then too. as an autistic person myself i feel he reads very heavily as such, especially when talking about his human mask and feeling like he doesn't need to force it as much with childe, and his issues with human expression in smiling etc. but I think it's then an interesting debate between that and the fact that, well, he's just not human. that all comes from a place of being an entirely different species, unevolved and unrelated to human brains and how they think and read social patterns, and I feel we don't really have any way of telling if ZL has any divergent tendencies among dragons right? and even then he's half, too, so that affects things.

anyway sorry for the ramble I was mainly wondering if you had any opinions on the matter, or if you intended the parallels I definitely see while reading your Zhongli! love your work as always <3333

i think i might've commented on this at some point but never directly, so here – i do have thoughts on the matter!

as you mentioned, it's difficult to tell with characters that aren't human, because you can't call something 'neurodivergent' if the bases for their neurotypical-ity are not the ones by which we measure this stuff. so, to me, ALL non-human characters are neurodivergent-coded. they may not be neurodivergent, technically speaking (like how you mentioned, maybe all dragons are just like zl), but to us, they read as such. so, coded. ultimately i do think there is merit in labeling them as neurodivergent because, even if they, again, technically aren't; we are going to run into problems if we attempt to treat them as neurotypical, so we might as well say yeah, neurodivergent. it is also kinda correct anyway – they do diverge from us. that's a fact. it's like saying dogs are colorblind. if all dogs see in the same range, then you can't say your dog in specific is colorblind (unless it actually is but that's beside the point); but compared to us, from our perspective, for what it matters to us and how that will translate into how we treat them then yes! dogs are colorblind! i think i mentioned it once in conjunction with characters like alhaitham. to me, zhongli is neurodivergent-coded, while alhaitham is neurodivergent straight-up. because (as far as we know) he's human, so his brain should, in theory, be like ours.

as for which flavor of neurodivergency zl is coded to have in specific i would agree with you on autism! but then again, i'm not an expert on these things, i don't know the exact ins and outs and the specific characteristics that constitute an autistic character – i just write them the way i perceive them, with the quirks i perceive them to have. not to get preachy but i think that's the better way to write characters in general, since that's how real people work, after all. people with autism aren't born fitting some parameters that will make them autistic – they're born with specific quirks that we then interpret as autism, and even then you don't necessarily get two people having the exact same experience with this. most of these terms are umbrella terms regardless as to how well-defined or how big or small the umbrella is.

so yeah!

[strohller27]

Yes Hello to all my fellow Miss Lemon fans out there:

If you love her as much as I do, then 6.2 Hickory Dickory Dock is the episode for you

Now let us all just take a moment out of our busy day to bask in her glory:

That coat with those hats?? ICONIC she has such a flawless style

and this little scene where she's like 'this is just a quirk of Mr. Poirot's, don't worry about it' fellas help she's so cute

also HELP lads she took Poirot's comment about Inspector Japp's 'healthy appetite' way too literally!! LEMON SOLE! she's so funny aagh

Also she looks really damn good in burgundy wow

Also you know I hate the trope where guys tell ladies to take their glasses off and let their hair flow in the wind because they'd somehow be 'sexier' or whatever. That is just simply not true. Case in point: Look at how cute Miss Lemon is in her glasses!!

Just. Everyone just. Look at my favourite girl. Look at her!!! Her filing system is perfect! Her filing system could kick your ass!!!

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

Got any trans HCs for the amphibia trio? I love the many different interpretations I've seen from this fandom

I don't know about specific headcanons, I know I'm considering making Anne trans in RiAAU but I haven't decided yet.

In one hand: it would be interesting to think how she deals with her first periods because, well, amphibians don't have those, and Hop Pop assumes she's dying (she doesn't tell anyone else because she's so embarrassed). Not that he tells her that, but it really freaks him out. He thinks she has some sort of internal damage, and it's only after months of research that he finds out about some rare mammalian species, such as a few monkeys and rodents, that experience the same cycle Anne goes through. The whole point of this is that it makes Anne feel even more out-of-place. She doesn't remember her world or her parents, only that she came from "somewhere" (possibly another continent) full of people of her species, and she wonders if things would have been easier if she grew up with her biological family. I mean, surely this would be easier. It just serves as a reminder that she knows nothing about her species, not even its name, and she has no idea of how her biology works or what is good and bad for her or how long she'll live or what changes she'll go through.

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BUT, on the other hand: Trans Anne. Let's start with the obvious: amphibians don't have penises or vaginas and they reproduce externally, meaning they like... release eggs and sperm in the water and they mix without the involvement of either parent, meaning no one knows what the cultural significance of a "penis" or a "vagina" tends to be in most human cultures. As a literaly 3yo, Anne probably didn't have an extensive understanding of s.ex and gender, and it wasn't like the clothes she showed up with told Hop Pop much. She just knew that, as time went on, she found herself relating more and more to the female frogs of Wartwood, and she almost subconsciously began to refer to herself as a girl. There wasn't any big coming out moment, more like a point in which, after months of ambiguity (this kid kept using different pronouns for herself) she just settled on some good ol' she/her and began picking somewhat girly clothes when Hop Pop took her to the market.

It's not like the concept of trans people doesn't exist in Amphibia, it's just that Anne didn't realize that was her situation until, at least, meeting Marcy, and noticing the differences between them. It's not like either of them had ever seen another human from up close, so they didn't know what to expect anyway. Anne's only encounters with Sasha beforehand had consisted on magical girl swordfighting in the sky and whatnot. Certainly not enough to discuss their unique biology, which is something Marcy is very excited to discuss, since she's never met anyone with her same "condition" before, and she wants to know everything, so she uses her as her little rat lab whenever she has the chance. Even then, since she also lacks all knowledge of human s.exual dimorphism and its cultural implications, she doesn't associate anything about either of their bodies to any specific gender that could possibly be asigned to anyone based on biological feautures. Since Sasha remembers the most from Earth, she's probably the only one who could maybe possibly remeber her mom or the kindergarden teacher saying something about "the difference between boys and girls", but by the point she's in speaking terms with Anne, and by the time she realizes their bodies are different, she doesn't really care.

That's not to say Anne doesn't experience dysphoria or that she never undergoes any kind of physical transition. It was probably around the time her voice started to change during puberty that she realized her case may be kinda unique: neither Marcy nor Sasha's voices have changed that much, she can tell even though she only sees Marcy in person like once every 3 years and all the words she exchanges with Sasha consist of death threats and insults. Plus, there's a clear difference between """male""" and """female""" voiced in frogs too. She doesn't want to sound like a man! She doesn't want to be anything like a man! Men are gross! Sorry Sprig, Hop Pop, but it's true. Men are icky icky yuck yuck and Anne is a girly girl. She doesn't want to turn into Stumpy! Or Buff Loggle! Oh, no, is that her future? She commits the triple mistake of 1) sending a letter to Marcy that same day, 2) knocking on Maddies' door promising her firstborn if she can save her from turning into Stumpy, and 3) she becomes obsessed researching mammalian biology in the archives. Bad decision. Bad bad. She's discovering things to feel dysphoric about she never even knew existed! Did you know mammalian mothers feed their offsprings with "milk" that comes from their "mammary glands"? Did Sasha and Marcy have those? She hates herself a little for checking out Marcy next time she sees her and she realizes that, indeed, in the past years she's grown a pair of those that Anne does NOT have. She notes that both she and Sasha are pretty much hairless. She used to think hair was a normal mammalian trait! That weasel that tries to eat the frogs every winter sure is covered in it!

Maddie shows up to her door with a bunch of new spells to try out, happy to have a willing subject. Most embarrassingly, Marcy starts doing her own research as soon as she gets Anne's letter and sends her all her discoveries, and now Anne feels mortified because Marcy knows about all the bad bad very bad changes she's going through (Marcy, for her part, is just fascinated by the nature of their "condition").

It takes a bit, but after a few very frenzied weeks, Anne comes to understad what's going on: her species had certain level of sexual dimorphism and she just happened to have been born with the supposed "sex" usually associated with "men" as a social category. When Hop Pop finds out, he burst into laughter. Oh, it was THAT all along! Anne made it sound so complicated, but it was just the same things he went through when he was younger, just the other way around ("Say what now Hop Pop?")! A few curses here and there and she won't have to worry about these so called "mammary glands" and "hair" anymore, though in the meantime, as Maddie perfects a human-friendly curse, she gets turned into all sort of different creatures. By the time it's done, she just wants to feel like... herself.

It's true that there are some things about her body that make her feel weird, like they don't quite fit in, but there are others she only worries about because she compared herself to Sasha and Marcy, which wasn't fair to anyone involved. Did she really want to fundamentally change parts of her body because of insecurities she developed last week over a book about lemurs? Then, a second set of fears come in: what will happen when she goes back to her place of origin? Because she does want to find her birth family. Will they recognize her, if they're looking for a boy? Will they think she's lying if she claims to be their daughter? If she changes only a few things but doesn't "go all the way", will people there think she's a freak? Will she ever be able to fit in with those of her species?

Does she really care so much about what other people think? She just wants to be herself. Some of the changes she's been going through are making her feel less like herself and more like she's being turned into a tax collector from Toad Tower. Those things have to go - her voice, for example. And she wants a more femenine silhouette (she may or may not show Maddie photos of young Mrs. Croaker as a reference). She wants a softer face. She's seeing her face changing in the mirror and she doesn't like it. She wants it to stay round and soft, not to grow hard and sharp or big and rough. She's not so sure she wants those "mammary glands". It's not like she ever thought about having kids, and the whole "breastfeeding" thing just seems gross, but after her research, and finding out she could have kids with, I don't know, maybe Marcy one day (a thought that makes her blush), she thinks it may be a good idea. She'll consider it. Maybe later. Her genitalia... well, she's used to what she has now. It already took her like 10 years to fully figure out what it was and how it worked and starting over with a whole new set just feels like too much work (also, the babies, the potential babies with Marcy). Frogs and toads have neither "penises" or "vaginas" so there's not a lot of information, and based on books about lemurs and her own empirical experience, comparing herself to other mammalian species isn't too useful. She'll leave it the way it is. She'll see if there's anything else she wants to change later, or if she wants to go back on something.

Marcy is surprised next time Anne visits Newtopia. In her letters, she described this strange transformation in excruciating detail, but seeing her in person now, holding her face in her hands, all she sees is the same Anne she's always loved.

A few more ideas:

HEADCANON: in Amphibia, two people of the same "s.ex" can reproduce through magic, which means there has to be a concious effort and intent. The external fertilization process there's no such thing as a pregnancy, and there's no such thing as s.ex. All reproduction is intentional, which means there's no need for abortion either. There are processes to destroy fertilized eggs and embryos, but they look completely different from human abortions.

Amphibians may perform acts resembling s.ex for pleasure or fun but they look different from human s.ex and have no relation to reproduction.

Andrias is the only person in Amphibia who knows enough about humans to know how they reproduce (a process he finds repulsive). He never tells Marcy, of course, though once she becomes queen, she finds his secret library and his hidden tomes on "alien biology", some of which talk about humans. He's also the only one who knows humans can have children on accident, and that Anne is the only human in Amphibia who could cause something like that to happen (he reads all of Marcy's correspondence). He knows his daughter is very close to this weird farm girl penpal of hers, and even though she's still a child, he worries for her future and the future of the crown. This new discovery could land the crown in the hands of a dynasty of aliens if he's not careful. Is it weird that he spends so much time worrying about his 12yo daughter getting pregnant from another 12yo? Yes, yes it is, but he already controls every aspect of her life, it's not like he's going to stop at her sexuality, future, real, or imaginary.

Man now that I wrote it all down, I think this option is more compelling than the first. Maybe I WILL go with this one.

[slayerdurge]

i finally tried out the "lose to orin" path line and i was excited to see if gortash has any unique dialogue about it (considering he has unique dialogue for becoming bhaal's chosen again & for resisting bhaal) but apparently durge can't even tell gortash that she lost to orin 😂 which i mean i guess it kinda makes sense because you probably wouldn't want him to know that if you're trying to ally with him but you'd think you'd still have the option to click it even if he just reacts by attacking you 🤣

[taxi-boi]

free my man! he did all that shit but he was [stigmatized disorder] coded and all of his actions were the result of ableist/sanist writing decisions made by the author.

[lordmushroomkat]

Was just thinking about shadowpeach and I remembered a line from a song that fits them so well in the way that it absolutely cuts to the bone.

So anyway here's the lyrics to Elsa's Song by The Amazing Devil so you can think about it with me.

I can hear the cannons calling as though across a dream

And I can smell the smoke of hell in every stitch and seam

And like flowers, the bodies tumble around this muddied lot

I cannot hear them scream, "Forget me not",

Your voice, it carries over the hubbub and the hum

And it paints the sky and circles high like the beating of a drum

You will scream, "I won't forget you, " but I'll cover my cold ears

It cannot be a lie if no one hears

'Cause although you say good day to me, I know I don't belong

And although you hold my hand and say, "I love you, " you are wrong

Because love does not exist here, in this garden, there's no feeling

And you say the words so often that I barely know the meaning

And when all the flowers are rotten and all the cannons shot

I'll scream, but you won't hear, "Forget me not"

And in years to come, you'll wander to the place up on our hill

And then you'll cry to our painted sky, "I loved him then, I love him still!"

And you'll strew some sage and lilies and roses where I rot

Of all the flowers you picked, I knew you would forget

Forget-me-nots

Just. The war with heaven, the loss, the separation, the death, the mourning, the coming back to life but still feeling dead, the distance, the love that was real but hadn't mattered when it needed to, the grief.

I'm gonna cry, I swear to the gods. If someone doesn't make an animatic for this I'm gonna be so upset. It's perfect!! (I guess I could try??? Ugh I have too many projects already, I don't need this!)

[passerinesoncaffeine]

the irony of one the first main things established about omori as a character is that he's known for his great memory as if he hasn't lost the entire fucking plot repeatedly for years.

like he has a great memory!! if you don't take into account He's Actually The God Of Repression.