#hades 2 shipping

[sistersofsilver]

alright, y'all, we gotta go quick. It's the first time in weeks that beautiful bisexual bastard (☀️ <- evil) hasn't tried to turn me to ashes, but he's catching up, ok? okay. we gotta go fast before he sends 100°f (38°c) temps my way again. or higher god forbid.

i give you these witch variants, and from here, you are on your own. i release myself from this responsibility.

i am so proud of us! it was a tight poll, but witch variants won out if just barely! pour one out for nightmare variants. i knew you wouldn't win in my heart, but it felt wrong to not include you.

i give you the witch variants i know of and one (1) proposed one from here shades, you must go out and do your own work. i believe in you.

Waxwitch: we know and love em. Icarus/Melinoë!

Doomwitch: less established in the beginning, but we got here. Moros/Melinoë!

Witchweaver: has been living in my head rent free since i heard it. Arachne/Melinoë!

Witchribution: fuckin hell of a name, ngl. Nemesis/Melinoë!

Strifewitch: true to her nature eris doesnt have a witch variant, but this is my loose proposal. if you come up with smth else lemme know plz and ty. Eris/Melinoë!

ty all for participating and ty for your patience as i know this wrap-up post is a little late. this has dragged its feet too long for my liking, but delighted to tell you that it's over now!

go forth and tag to make aphrodite proud!

[gaypyro]

I have begun studying the shipping community in Hades 2 like a scientist watching his mice. While it's to early to say which ships will reign supreme, here are my, completely scientific, guesses of the Ship Dynamics. Ignore Narcissius for a moment, the tiermaker I used didn't have Dora for some reason.

Now, you might say "What about non Sub/Dom relationships" and my response is that with the way people have been talking about all these characters, I do not think that would exist. I also included Echo, Odysseus, Hypnos, and Scylla, not because I expect them to get big, but because I expect them to have weird cult followings. Odysseus will always have those who ship him with people, especially since this Odysseus is divorced; Hypnos is probably gonna get shipped with her, but nowhere near the level he was with Zag, Scylla goes from being somewhat chill with Mel to writing an entire disstrack of how she's so much better, so you can absolutely do something there and Echo...

Frankly I feel Echo is gonna be a "I can treat her better" moments, which is almost certainly true, because Narcissus is Narcissus.

Hecate, the Olympians not named Artemis, Selene, Chaos, Polyphemus, Chronos, Charon, Hades, Cerebrus, The Guys Frozen in Time, and Heracles I don't will get a lot of shipping support, even as cult followings. Narcissus, Medea, and Circe are big "I don't know" things right now.

[xxcrystalinerose]

Going back to Zag's romantic relationships from Mel is extremely hilarious to me because of how comparatively well-adjusted he was.

Sure he done fucked up with Meg in the past and they had to kill each other as part of the job description, his sudden leaving seriously hurt Than while also having communication issues w/ each other, and there's the matter of Dusa being a lowly servant of the House. But in the end, he sorted everything out with 0 grievances from all parties involved (that one dialogue where Than admits Meg is the one who tells him to finally pursue Zag seriously warms my heart). Got the Mom(s) Seal of Approval™ even, and from Achilles too!

Meanwhile I look at Melinoë and she has a frankly criminal amount of situationships. Her rizz level is insane and she goes straight for the throat when flirting yet somehow her dating life is simultaneously a mess and nonexistent. Nemesis regularly kicks her into the dirt verbally AND physically but is the only person to acknowledge how fucked up it is that Mel is sent out alone in the hopes of killing an all powerful Titan that took SIX gods to kill in the past. "Fuck you and fuck your stupid frog in particular" then turns around and gives free Death Defiances. Her and Moros try to flirt with each other but they kept missing the mark because sometimes one of them says something totally unhinged like it was normal (I don't think watching people die is an appropriate bathtime conversation topic, my man). Her and Eris are a hot mess—literally with all those rounds she shot at Mel AND without a basis of workplace professionalism. Icarus is one shot nerve away from accidentally proclaiming his undying (literally) love to her but his guilt complex is hanging on to that nerve. And then there's Arachne and her not so little crush warring with the fact that said crush is family with and is helping the gods who cursed her.

Never have I realized how important it is that Zag has become a minor god of relationship counselling until I look at his baby sister and think, "yeah girl you definitely need help for all that shit".

[xxadiaa]

based on this tweet

[bigolialragu]

they have something weird going on

[morinthou]

🎆🎆the ship has sailed and it has no plans on turning back 🎆🎆

[freenos]

thinking about Arachne again

(I know this isn’t how god-curses work but I can dream!!)

[ladykakata]

I can't be the only fucking person looking at Hermes' Hades II art and thinking "oh my fucking god he's married Charon it's canon it has to be". That hyper twink is wearing THAT outfit with RINGS on his hands HE IS FUCKING MARRIED TO CHARON I AM NOT ACCEPTING ANY OTHER INTERPRETATION

[holly-tea]

“I’ve never received an offering before…” 🌿

[jacqcrisis]

I can't stop thinking about the rings on Hermes' fingers. I can't. Whats the story behind those? Did he start wearing them because Charon gave them to him as a job well done? The weirdest gift imaginable to your professional associate?

Did Hermes steal them to be a cheeky bastard and got them fitted and put them on for the jokes? Did he start wearing them apropos of nothing? Just happen to start accessorizing like his professional associate? Is it part of a shared uniform? Can we see the employee handbook?

Did Charon go out and get rings commissioned to look exactly like his for not one, but two of his partner in crimes' fingers, slide each lovingly onto Hermes' corresponding digits, and then gently hold his now bejeweled hands in his own to see how they match, knowing Hermes will now carry something of Charon with him when he leaves him for his dangerous work?

I'm just. Asking. Questions. But I swear to God, if we get Charon's portrait and he has a feather or an orange ribbon somewhere on his person, I will be inconsolable for days.

[fingolfinwiththesteelchair]

Thank you king, I will absolutely be misinterpreting this for my own benefit 🙏 this is an innuendo. to me

[sistersofsilver]

THE RESULTS ARE IN!

So I ran a series of polls this past week trying to detail where we were in terms of what I'm going to call the flagship Melinoë pairings. That would be Melinoë/Moros, Melinoë/Nemesis, Melinoë/Arachne, Melinoë/Eris, and Melinoë/Icarus.

The most popular ship names are under the cut

edit: and hey, if you think these names should be updated i have a current poll going right now

Melinoë/Moros: Doomwitch had the lead at almost 58%! This was the ship that got these polls made in the first place, and in the end over half the shipping fanbase agreed!

Melinoë/Nemesis: MelNem sweeps at almost 88%! Toxic yuri fans were united on this one and honestly? Respect.

Melinoë/Arachne: Shadow Spindle wins at 24% with AraMel close behind at 20%. Watching this one was wild. Like... no one knew what to do with this one. I for one, expected more arachnophobes.

Melinoë/Eris: MelEris sweeps at almost 63%! Once again, the toxic yuri fans stay united. Points deducted for not getting up to 69% though it's what she would have wanted.

Melinoë/Icarus: Waxwitch absolutely sweeps at nearly 91% surprising probably no one. Almost every other option had some percentage of "a secret third other thing???" vote but here that isn't the case!

Thank you to everyone who voted! Those of you who commented on your own personal tags, or ones you've seen around I have taken note of them thank you so much.

Next on my agenda: Since we have a variety of flavors of tags; we got portmanteau, witch variants, one phrase variant I didn't expect to gain traction- I want to run a poll in the coming week or so to see if we can agree on a tagging style. Should we all go with witch variants? I saw someone float the idea of nightmare variants? Should Chaos reign and nothing change? Think on it a bit and let me know later!

[baejax-the-great]

[isogenderskitty]

i find it funny how the introduction to thanzag is literally than being like "YOU LEFT...... WITHOUT SO MUCH AS TELLING ME GOODBYE….." and zag being like "IM SORRY..... I HAD TO....…" like theyre so fucking loud. then fast forward to mel & moros starting off so like. normal and me occasionally going like (squint)..... was that flirting? i cant quite tell. ive got my eye on you two nerds

i know it’s because thanzag already had history by the start of the game, and mel & moros have just met, but man it’s hilarious to me

drawing parallels between these pairs is my new favourite thing actually

[wintergrofyuri]

[callmesamuelxxx]

'Oh, hah!'