#hephaestus!tony

[sireforest]

thinking about percy jackson and peter parker

what if peter was never bitten by a spider? what if he was the son of arachne, and the only reason he's never had a run in with monsters is because his mother, herself, was a monster? a child of a monster who becomes a hero.

even if he made it to camp, how would that work with being spiderman? there would be no cabin to claim him, no god to pray to - he's smart enough to be an Athena kid, but the athena kids get agitated and wary just from being a few feet away from him, and they send off the smallest tingle in his spidersense. nobody considers he could be the kid of a monster, not a demigod in definition, but still mythical.

how would the other kids react? he's a child of a monster, and they all have traits from their godly parent. was peter destined to be a monster? sins of the mother, nature vs nurture and all that?

idk. just read The File by denimbeans (ao3) and now my brain is running on fumes. just interesting to me

[winnie-the-monster]

[milehighmechanic]

@stygicniron // moved from here

Nico’s shoulder flinch unconsciously at the question. He doesn’t tend to think about his childhood before he learned about all this, and he tries to tell himself it’s because there’s not a lot to remember. A part of him wants to see it as mostly a neutral thing that happened to him-- he doesn’t know what he’s missing so he shouldn’t really feel bad about it, right? But most of him simply feels depressed.

“I don’t remember,” he says out loud. As much as he doesn’t want to think about it, he still owes the older demigod an answer. “I-- Hades dipped me and my sister in the River Lethe after my mother was killed before he put us in the Lotus Hotel.” Nico swallows a little, fiddling with the skull ring around his thumb. “I don’t really remember anything before going to that military school.” And shortly after that is when Grover found them.

A strained look pulls Nico’s lips tight for a moment. He doesn’t want Tony’s pity and he subconsciously braces himself for what is sure to come from what he just said. But the truth is that he doesn’t know what a ‘normal’ life would look like anymore. at least for him.

“The Lethe?” Most of what Tony knows of Nico’s story is cobbled from rumour and gossip, and a few pieces from Chiron. The kid isn’t exactly forthcoming about his past, generally, recent or older. Tony can’t exactly blame him for that----- for all Tony talks, he isn’t exactly an open book either. 

But the Lethe? Hades dipped his gradeschooler in the Lethe? And then sent him to fucking military school?

“Y’know, I think the Lord of Hell might be actually edging out Howard for Worst Father of the Year there,” he says, before he catches Nico’s expression. Tony looks away. 

Of course, none of the gods are winning parent of the year anytime soon, and traumatic childhoods are part and parcel of being a halfblood. But every year older Tony gets, the more horrifying it feels when he thinks about it too hard. And he knows Nico better than most of the kids, now, somehow. It makes that horror a little more potent. 

“Not because of the Lethe,” he adds, tapping his fingers against his leg. “Because of military school. Who even does that?”

[psyzook]

I need to know one thing, and one thing only.

WHERE. IS. ALL. THE. HEPHAESTUS. DEMIGOD. TONY. STARK. FANFIC.

[gunsandspaceships]

Tony is a God

If you ask people which mythological figure they associate Tony with, the most popular answer is Hephaestus. And that makes sense. Hephaestus, like Tony, is a disabled blacksmith who created all the weapons on Olympus. But this is the only similarity between them. While Hephaestus is the god of blacksmithing, crafts, and metalworking, Tony is much more than that.

He is a scientist (expert in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, AI and engineering), inventor, creator, futurist and prophet, philanthropist, benefactor, adviser, healer, warrior, leader, intercessor and protector of people from wicked gods.

There is another character in Greek mythology who has more in common with Tony than the god of blacksmithing.

He was born and raised as a titan, was betrayed by his close friend, was held captive and tortured in the mountains in the land of barbarians, took fire from the gods and gave it to humanity, created artificial life, saw the future and tried to prevent a catastrophe, participated in the war between the gods and the titans, and sacrificed himself for humanity by stopping an omnipotent god from obliterating the human race.

I just recapped Tony's arc in the MCU. But this is also the story of the titan Prometheus, god of forethought and fire, master craftsman, creator and benefactor of humankind, who stole fire from the gods to give it to humans, along with knowledge, science and technology, creating civilization.

Iron Man: Rapture

"Prometheus Bound", Christian Griepenkerl 

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[that-one-ya-pagan-book]

Amaltheia Othonos

Avatar of Primordial Khaos | Devotee of Hera, Hellenic Queen of the Gods

[Moodboard Created By Me | Images All Found On Bing]

Name: Amaltheia Othonos

Amaltheia - "Tender Goddess" & The Name Of The Animal That Helped Raise & Feed Zeus In Greek Mythology

Othonos - "Wolf" & "Wealth"/Fortune"

Parentage: Irrelevant [None Related To The Godly World]

Pronouns: She/Her Pronouns But She/He Gender

Age: 17

↳ Ever since Amaltheia was born, she's always bled gold instead of red.

Ethnicity: Greek

Backstory:

Up until the beginning of the book, Amaltheia spent her life helping out the homeless. It didn't help that he was homeless, too, but at least she could say he did at least something normal.

She had been defending herself against someone that would eventually be known "The Gatsby"--after "The Great Gatsby" book & conspiracies created from it--at the beginning of the book when she unexpectedly teleported herself to Olympus after she backed herself into a corner and was too exhausted & panicked to fight her way out. This leads to general confusion because 1) no new god or deity has been fostered in hundreds of years and 2) mortals shouldn't be able to teleport to Olympus even if they had those powers without the assistance of Hermes--for technical and safety reasons.

Powers: Creation; Teleportation

Weapons: Tackling; Exhausted Spite; Inexhaustible Energy

Characters That Inspired My Creation Of Her: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Logan Howlett, My Other OCs

Likes: The Sky, Wind, & Rain [it reminds her of endless freedom & little worry]; Having A Sense Of Purpose [Why She Chooses Lady Hera To Devote Herself To, Since They Are Similar]; Life [Yeah, It's Shitty, But Its Also Life. She Loves Being Alive]

Dislikes: Smell [Just Because You Get Used To It Doesn't Mean You Like It];

Enemies: "The Gatsby" [Original Name Currently Unknown]

Fun Facts:

Lady Hera & Amaltheia are very similar in character--minus the whole "marriage" thing--which is why they bonded so well & will have so many scenes together as Amaltheia starts Attending to Lady Hera in the first part of the book. Lady Hera even comes to view Amaltheia as her own daughter at some point, which her other children took to instantly :)).

Amaltheia will have many moments with Lord Ares, Lady Hebe, Lord Hephaestus, and most of the other gods because of her relationship with Lady Hera & attending to Her needs

Why is she "Attending" to Lady Hera? Well, there are many reasons why she is one of Hera's main Attendees--the main of which is to provide her a space among Olympus to reside in so she does not have to return to her homelessness in the mortal realm. The Greek Gods are very welcoming but they are also Gods and have their own internal Hierarchies and Duties. They have systems in place so everyone among them must have a place that benefits and helps move along their systems. Why Lady Hera specifically? Ultimately, Amaltheia chose her because she knew her myths from her mom's lullabies and bedtime stories and because, as soon as she looked at The Queen, she felt a connection with Her and wanted to work with her. Other reasons include learning the ropes and keeping an eye on her, etc etc

As it was mentioned/implied before in both Amaltheia's Quote and Backstory, Amaltheia was born with full-on ichor--the blood of the gods--and is, technically (complicated), a god herself (see The Avatars of Primordial Khaos). This, as you may be able to tell, comes with powers (some of which Amaltheia already knew of):

The Ability To Transform: Amaltheia has the ability to transform matter in one form to another, as long as it is an equal exchange of matter necessary to transform the atoms into what she needs. This is one Amaltheia's known of and uses regularly to mend clothes (alongside the traditional way), get blankets, supplies, etc. She's tried to do money before but having unaccounted for money running around has always been tricky... but she's well-known among the homeless circles as someone who always has whatever you need. They assume it's because she's great at stealing--which is true--and finding clever ways of accounting for things--also true--but it's not just that. Amaltheia does it whenever she can get away with it.

The Ability To Teleport: Amaltheia has the ability to teleport just like any other deity could. She has unlimited access to things--as she is of The Creator & a deity without a specific Domain or Purpose (being a God/dess)--but is absolutely horrible at geography with how little education she has (she knows about the places from various stories she's heard among the shelters and news, but not where they are) and does not have the ability nor the experience to see the earth from above/feeling it through various powers/domains, like "proper" gods & other immortals do. The reason why she got to Olympus in the beginning of the book is out of sheer luck & panic + her ichor looking for safety among the numbers & itself.

Inexhaustible Energy: Amaltheia still can get exhausted because there are many different types of energies such as mental and spiritual that can drain & block the use of one's physical energy, but when available, she does have endless amounts of physical energy from her ichor & the source of its Energy being everywhere/always moving, so she can't ever get physically tired & can do physical labor for weeks if she can keep her mental energy up. Participates in a lot of physical contests for the money bc of that & then uses the money to give back to those around her because she's always got that safety net of her powers to rely on. The only thing is that she heavily struggles with her mental energy & has struggles like depression and insecurities :((

There are other feats within her that currently go either undiscovered by me, the author, or fall under those categories of Need.

[ungrateful-sneeze]

Currently working on an Percy Jackson au

This is Tony Starks story:

Tony- (age arrived at camp:10)

He is a Son of Hephaestus (ha get cheated on Howard)

He is also a legacy of Aphrodite so has slight charm speak

Lived with his god father obi who ran Stark Industries after his parents died.

Was kidnapped for ransom but obi didn’t care and didn’t pay.

After realising they weren’t going to get paid, the terrorists ended up putting tony to work helping them make weapons.

After 3 months he managed to escape in a suit he made after a chimera found him and broke into the place he was being held causing a distraction.

After escaping and killing the chimera he is rescued by a grumpy old saytr who has been put on demi god duty after causing damage at camp.

Tony calls him Happy as a joke at how grumpy he is at being put on demigod duty.

Happy starts feeling fond for Tony (after learning about Tony’s shitty life) and looks after him even when he’s already at camp so people jokingly call him Tony’s body guard.

One of his quest resulted him having to rescue his childhood friend Rhodey (who can see through the mist) from some monsters who were attacking the military base he was training at.

Rhodey ended up becoming the oracle but after seeing how miserable and hurt his friend was doing this job, Tony managed to trap the oracle in something he called an arc reactor which was in a robot called Jarvis who could read out the prophecies and quests instead of Rhodey.

Jarvis was later replaced by Friday.

Rhodey ended up staying at camp after Tony made him his own weaponised armour and he helped them win many battles, earning him the title of ‘War Machine’ from monsters and demigods alike.

He is currently age 18 and is dating a daughter of Athena, who he calls Pepper after learning she tried to pepper spray the saytr that tried to take her to camp.

Leave your thoughts below. I’ll post the other 5 avengers story’s if people want later

[d3vilsw0lf]

So I have a brainworm of a fic idea. MCU x PJO. The Gods can and do give favours to mortals as well as when they claim their kids. They are a symbol representing the deity who bestowed the favour (for example; Athena - Owl on the left wrist, Apollo - Sun on the right forearm usually with a lyre or bow on top).

The dilemma I have is I HC that some of the Avengers and MCU cast have favour or are demigods themselves. Tony being a Hephaestus kid and Clint an Apollo kid and Fury being an Athena kid, while Nat has a favour from Artemis and Coulson has a favour from Hestia. I think that Ares might give Steve a favour after the Battle of New York and Bruce has a favour but I'm not sure which deity fits him the best.

Does Bruce have a favour from Apollo because of his medicinal background, Athena for the PHDs or maybe Hermes for his constant travels whilst he was on the run?

[hirogrimsley-stormbringer]

I feel like Tony Stark would be a son a Hephaestus, considering he literally built his superpower 🛠️

My friends and I have been theorizing which avengers would be the children of which gods, this is what we have:

Tony Stark - Athena

Captain America - Zeus

Natasha Romanoff - Athena

Clint Barton - Apollo

Bruce Banner - Athena

Ant Man - Hermes

Scarlet Witch - Hecate

Falcon - Either a wind based god or Zeus

Winter Soldier - Ares

And I think Spider-Man is a son of Athena but Ioni thinks he’s a son of Apollo

anyway, let me know if I’m tight or if you have any more theories or answers on the matter

Raein, cabin 20 🔮

Spider man is def an adopted of Ariadne but a child of Athena.. Wolverine sounds like a kid of Mr D and Deadpool is 100% a kid of Ares. Thanos is either a kid of Zeus or Kronos. Or even Hermes considering how his kids have been turning out in the most recent century - 🖤🥀Lark from Cabin 13🥀🖤

[eveningdawn222]

dumb reasons i've clicked off of a fic because i take 'don't like dont read' very seriously (a not comprehensive list)

besides the obvious formatting (no space between paragraphs/no paragraph breaks/weird quotations)

author used. too many parentheses (it was a good fic i just couldn't stomach it my head hurts

si/oc was some variation of short/skinny/petite (VERY COMMON) (worlds first skinniephobe)

mc was too basic/had bad fashion taste (ALSO VERY COMMON)

mc has no critical thinking skills (too frustrating it makes me hate mc)

that one bnha fic that assigned 1-A greek god code names EXCEPT THEY WERE ALL WRONG???? first of all kirishima was hephaestus when OBVIOUSLY MOMO WOULD BE???? istg then shinsou was hades which. whatever but it doesn't fit. denki as apollo made me click off. it was obv they were some fucking - [i am dragged away by myself editing this as i do not want to offend anyone]

cass instead of cas(tiel)

op obviously really specifically doesn't like one character and is really biased about it (this is sometimes ok when i also hate that character but. thin line. still gotta be canon evidence for the shit u spewing u kno?)

anything but white tim drake. i'm sorry but making ur problematic blorbos asian (v gross stereotyping because smart = asian right) doesn't take away from the fact that in canon a lot of his character problems come from being a rich white cis man

too much tony stark screen time

not enough violence :(

mc is from a place where it's hot/complains about cold weather

batfam/peter parker/etc celebrates christmas (THEYRE JEWISH)

fics that change the canon mc so much that they might as well be an oc (looking at u bnha fandom)

this isn't a clickoff reason (i don't click on them.) but. aus that completely change the setting/backstory. my dude. heard of theseus ship? at what point is it just a new story

anyway peace and love on planet earth etc etc but also i'm in my hater era

[milehighmechanic]

Random headcanon generator

Tony is very good at using chopsticks. Yeah, he's definitely fully competent. SI does a lot of business in Asia, for one, and he's also just a very dextrous guy.

Tony is a theatre kid. Nope. He... could? have been? in a different universe with a different upbringing perhaps, but nah, he's a little nerd hanging out in the labs or the library. Also he didn't have a typical education experience at all.

Tony had an emo phase. I don't think so, a possibility? if he had a normal highschool experience but tony pretty much goes from being a precocious little nerd to being a party boy during college, so no.

Tony hates being alone. Who? Tony? The guy who builds AIs and robots so that he doesn't have to be alone? Whose greatest fear is being the only one left alive? hmm yeah.

Tony could easily survive The Hunger Games. I don't know about easily, that depends who he's fighting against, but yeah, he has the brains and survival instincts, and for a regular human guy he's pretty good at fighting.

Tony was dropped out of a window as a child. LMAO. those hephaestus vibes looool. but no, probably not. he might have jumped on his own accord...

Tony knocks people over by hugging them. Nah, he hugs either pretty casual or just tight and clinging.

Tony uses two-in-one shampoo and conditioner. Tony has multiple expensive hair products. He's not snobbish about it, he would use it without thinking about it, but his own stuff is expensive shampoo, conditioner, styling stuff, etc.

Tony listens to 80s music. Yup. 70s and 80s are his primary music eras, rock music his primary genre.

Tony doesn't own a single pair of matching socks. Nah, for one he's not the type to just lose socks? And he has too many clothes probably so he's not lacking socks.

Tony makes your mom jokes. No, not his style. Maybe very subtly, but he's usually more witty than that.

Tony can't sit in a chair properly. I mean, he CAN. He has to play the normal business guy sometimes. And he has a nice ergonomic chair in the labs, when he sits on it. but he is also bisexual so......

Tony believes in Santa. He doesn't, but at this point in his life he also would not be surprised to find out that Santa is actually real.

Tony does not know what sleep is. Yes.

Tony is a very good singer. He's decent, he's done enough music as a child etc, but I think 'very good' is a stretch.

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tagging: @myatonements @rcscue @thrownsoul @despiterage (efren/marcus/driz?)

[somethingeden]

Book help - Series + Characters and Love Tropes

[Firstly, here is post for the fandoms]

Hello, I am a writer on Wattpad and I am trying to think of a story. I do get writer's block so I have old books but I am to lazy to rewrite them. Okay so I have a few ideas but may you use about a minute to vote or even give me suggestions, it would be appreciated! I could also do a cross over.

Series and the characters that I am considering of doing is (I am also okay with character x character and oc x oc:

Narnia (Edmund Pevensie/Peter Pevensie/Caspian X/Lucy Pevensie/Susan Pevensie/Aslan/Eustace Scrubb)

MCU (Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Wanda Maximoff/Peter Parker/Harley Keener/Hope Lang/Scott Lang/Same Wilson/Natasha Romanoff/Pietro Maximoff/Tony Stark/Thor/Loki/Stephen Strange/Wade Wilson/Peter Quill)

Harry Potter (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy/Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger/Luna Lovegood/Neville Longbottom/Blaise Zabini/Pansy Parkinson/Sirius Black/Remus Lupin/Bellatrix Lestrange/Ginny Weasley/Fred Weasley/George Weasley/Bill Weasley/Charlie Weasley/Cedric Diggory/Tom Riddle/Mattheo Riddle)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Albus Potter/James Potter II/Rose Granger-Weasley/Scorpius Malfoy/Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter/Hermione Granger/Ted Lupin)

Marauders (James Potter/Sirius Black/Remus Lupin/Bellatrix Black/Marlene Mckinnon/Mary Mcdonald/Dorcas Meadows)

Doctor Who (9th Doctor/Jack Harkness/10th Doctor/Donna Noble/11th Doctor/Amy Pond/Clara Oswin Oswald/12th Doctor/13th Doctor/Yasmin Khan/Ryan Sinclair/14th Doctor/Donna Noble/Rose Noble)

Heartstopper (Ben Hope/Harry Greene/Imogen Heaney/David Nelson)

Grease (Danny Zuko/Sandy Olsson/Kenickie Murdock/Leo Balmudo)

Disney (Ariel/Maleficent/Briar Rose/Ursula/Prince Eric)

Greek Mythology (Medusa/Hades/Poseidon/Apollo/Ares/Hermes/Demeter)

The Mortal Instruments [I haven't read all the books] (Jace Wayland-Herondale.../Alec Lightwood/Raphael Santiago/Isabelle Lightwood/Magnus Bane/Jonathan Morgenstern/Maia Roberts/Jordan Kyle)

Percy Jackson [I sadly don't have the books but I am going to base it off the tv series that'll come out next month] (Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase/Grover Underwood/Luke Castellan/Ares/Poseidon/Hades/Clarisse La Rue/Medusa/Hermes/Hephaestus)

Enola Holmes 1 and 2 (Enola Holmes/Tewksbury/Sherlock Holmes/Mycroft Holmes)

Jurassic Park (Ian Malcolm/Alan Grant)

Jurassic World (Own Grady/Zach Mitchell/Maisie Lockwood/Gray Mitchell/Ian Malcolm/Alan Grant)

Little Women (Theodore Laurence)

Lord of the Rings (Frodo Baggins/Legolas Greenleaf/Aragorn/Eomer/Faramir)

The Hobbit (Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield/Kili Oakenshield/Fili Oakenshield/Thranduil Greenleaf/Bard/Legolas Greenleaf)

Uncharted (Nathan Drake/Victor Sullivan/Chloe Frazer)

Supernatural (Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester/Jack Kline/Claire Novak)

Mamma Mia 1 and 2 (Sam Carmichael/Harry Bright/Bill Anderson/Sky)

Love tropes:

Enemies to Lovers

Friends to Lovers

Forbidden Love

Secret Identity/Billionaire/Royal

Best friend's Brother/Sister

Second Chance

Soulmates

Fake Relationships to Lovers

Wedding – Runaway Bride/Runaway Groom/Jilted/Arranged Marriage

Strangers to Lovers

Amnesia/Mistaken Identity

Holiday Romance/Flings (Can lead to a baby)

Already Together

Hero x Villain

Sworn off Relationships

Opposites Attract

Secret Baby

Two Person Love Triangle (Mistaken Identity)

Reunited

Fairy Tale Retelling

Bet

Blind Date

and more...

[turbobyakuren]

Here’s a summary of my takes on the Olympians in MagiMonsters in case you wonder

Athena: Will switch tones between Zelda-core divine maiden and Tired university teacher with so many assignments to grade and somehow pull both aesthetics extremely well

Hephaestus: Senshi from Dungeon Meshi if instead of cooking food for you, he encouraged you to partake on a creative hobby

Artemis: Ellada’s Most Impulsive Woman Ever. Sort of girl who genuinely thinks anyone could go on a hike. Extremely competent at what she does but inept at anything remotely related to civilization. Has been hit by a car once.

Apollo: Downgraded from most talented singer ever to Manager Of Biggest Diva In The World and will both have no regrets and be full of remorse for it

Hermes: Fusing Jerma with Tony Hawk and Eminem, giving you the “ultimate white boy”. Sort of character to be seen with a different funny shirt print and funny hat every time he appears. Everyone disses him for no reason because the 14 years old skater girl he has to serve as surrogate uncle to is better than him.

Dionysus: Will look at other characters pulling the most insane bonkers broken shit ever, look at the camera like in the Office and go “isn’t that fucking crazy. i’m so glad to be here. i’m having such a good time.”

Aphrodite: Unbelievably chill even by Aphrodite standards. Fashion queen. Will give you the worst dating and self-care tips, unsolicited. The ultimate spotting partner at the gym.

Zeus: What if Harry du Bois Disco Elysium was the King of the Olympians?

Hera: Has a gentle smile and closed eyes at all times but if you zoom you can see that they’re open by like 1 millimeter and she’s gazing at you with pure unfiltered wrath.

Hades: What if an OL was a man?

Persephone: CEO of Girlboss Inc.

Hestia: Neko maid cafe neko maid kawaii girl who serves you the greasiest souvlaki in the world. Under such silly smiles you would never guess she is a powerhouse.

Poseidon: Has never gotten over any grudges he’s been holding in the past 40000 years. Will always bring up how terrible you are unprompted.

Demeter: emo girl

[gunsandspaceships]

"A warm light for all mankind"

Tony Stark - Prometheus

Bringer of fire: 

When creating animals and humans, Prometheus' unwise brother Epimetheus distributed all the gifts of nature among the animals, leaving men naked and unprotected, unable to defend themselves and survive in a hostile world.

Prometheus decided to steal the eternal flame of creative power from the workshop of Athena and Hephaestus and give it to humanity, allowing it to be used as a source of light and heat, for protection and as a source of technology, which led to the development of civilization.

In the MCU, the fire represents several things::

Creation and creative power: science and technology

Weapons Howard and Tony created and gave to humans

Life and its center in the human body (heart)

Eternal Atomic Flame - Tesseract, Arc reactor and the new element created by Tony

In The Avengers, Loki refers to the latter. In Iron Man 2 Tony creates a new element that produces the same energy as Tesseract ("stealing" it from Gods), allowing Tony to revolutionize clean energy on Earth. This discovery has the potential to give humanity unprecedented opportunities for development.

Weapons

Although Tony was not initially interested in manufacturing weapons, he continued his father's business after his death. He believed that people would use the fire given to them for protection.

Fire can be used for both creation and destruction. What it is used for depends on the intentions of the people who wield the fire. After years of believing that his people would only have good intentions, Tony was forced to see the grim reality and decided to limit their access to his weapon and give them another torch instead.

Eternal Flame

Nuclear reactions release energy in the form of heat. This is the "eternal flame" that Tony gave to humanity in place of the weapons they used to destroy themselves, and which ran his own heart. Unlike the fission reactors we have in real life, he created a fusion reactor, which is a safe source of energy and cannot itself be used as a weapon.

In real life, we still have to use nuclear fission, which produces dangerous byproducts, and damage to these reactors can lead to a catastrophe.

Prometheus, raising the "eternal" atomic flame above his head, a monument and symbol of the heroism of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers

In our universe, the man who gave us the Eternal Flame is considered to be Robert Oppenheimer.

Teacher of arts and sciences: 

Prometheus is depicted as a preserver of humans, giving them the means to survive. But in fact, he gave them much more - the opportunity to grow and become equal to the gods. He gave them science, technology and art.

Prometheus is the discoverer of all the cultural benefits that made possible the achievements of human civilization: he taught people to build houses, mine and process metals, cultivate the land and sail ships, taught them writing, counting, observing the stars...

Prometheus' association with fire was the key to his religious significance in Athens with its "unique degree of cultic emphasis" on honoring technology.

In general, Prometheus is a symbol of:

Human progress (against the forces of nature)

Human striving (particularly the quest for scientific knowledge)

Tony is a scientist, engineer and creator. His superpower is his creative power. He carries this fire within himself and shares it with the whole world, helping people survive and grow, directly protecting them and giving them knowledge and technology.

P.S. Red and gold

"Man formed by Prometheus and animated by Athena", Jean-Simon Berthélemy

Prometheus is most often depicted in red and gold clothing, representing fire.

[yellowspiralbound]

Cringe is dead but I'm not so here are the godly parents I think the Avengers (and a few others) would have if they were Riordanverse demigods.

Tony - Dionysus

Most people would go straight for Hephaestus when assigning Tony a godly parent, and that's not wrong, but I think Dionysus is a better fit. Tony is an alcoholic. We see that all the time. He has been since he was young. He also engages in all sort or merrymaking and revelry and is also quite dramatic - all of which are Dionysus's specialties. He also has a similar personality to Mr. D in the earlier movies, in my opinion. I think the most accurate thing to call Tony would be a son of Dionysus and a legacy of Hephaestus, with Howard being a child of Hephaestus.

Steve - Nemesis

At first, I thought Athena would be the best choice for Steve as she's a goddess of war strategy...but let's be honest, Steve is not a paragon of wisdom or reason. He shucks those traits relatively often. I think Nemesis, the goddesses of balance and retribution, is a much better fit. Steve's whole shtick is retribution; he hurts people after they've hurt someone else.

Thor - N/A (for obvious reasons)

Bruce - Janus

Might be slightly fucked to put Janus as Bruce's parent tbh but it's kind of the only god that fits him. I could have gone Ares because of the whole "I'm always angry thing," but I just don't vibe with it. Janus, as the god of transitions and the in-between, works way better and incorporates the hulk aspect of Bruce better.

Natasha - Psyche

Natasha was actually really hard to pick for, but I think Psyche, the god of the human soul, works best for Natasha. Natasha has a very intimate understanding of humanity and what makes people tick - as a super spy, she kind of has to. Psyche being her godly parent would add to this insight.

Sam - Athena

Sam is always shown to be somewhat calculating. Unlike other members of the team, he has no superpowers or enhancements to back him up; he barely even has body protection at first. Because of this, he relies on his wit. He's clever, wise, reasonable, and a good strategist which all fall under the Athena umbrella.

Bucky - Aphrodite

This is actually the idea that prompted this post; I've been toying with the idea of writing a crossover fic with Bucky as a child of Aphrodite for a while. Aphrodite is the goddess of two things - love and war (though she's only a love goddess in the Riordanverse and people rarely recall she was a war goddess as well). Tell me that Bucky's entire life isn't defined by one of those two things. Like, pre-WWII, his life is determined by his love for Steve. He lives with him, takes care of him, and is his emotional support. He then goes to war for 70 or so years until it is love that brings him back out. He's so Aphrodite coded.

Scott - Hephaestus

Scott is defined by the things he can build and the complex physics he understands. It's how he makes his living, however shady at first, and it's how he becomes a superhero. An argument could be made for Hermes, but Scott never set out intending to be a thief; that's just where he ended up.

T'challa & Shuri - Bast, obviously

It's literally canon that Bast is the goddess (or one goddess of a pantheon) worshipped in Wakanda. She bestows the Black Panther with their powers. It's kind of a no-brainer.

Yelena - Hestia

Yelena always wanted a home, even one that wasn't real. She wanted a sister and a loving childhood. I just think it'd be fucked up and fun if her mother was literally the goddesses of home and family.

Carol - Ares

Carol is definitely the rage part of war. It's contained but definitely present. She's a powerhouse and she'd make him proud.

[x-heesy]

Coming from another realm I'm a work of fiction and I'm never coming back I'm running back into the mind of Howard

Lovecraft plague mask in the back gas is irrelevant

I'm traveling on fuel from the shadow of Hephaestus flames

Crafting a blade for me so I may faithfully

Run up in to WBC and decapitate anything that I see

Funny how ignorance makes me so mean

Like, when a motherfucker believe anything he read or see on TV

Knee deep into propaganda, better pop a hand of xans

If you're too pussy to handle your life like a man

I can't relate I'm on another plane

Can somebody tell me how to live and breathe and die a mortal way?

Im a lost cause really, hey

Never gonna wanna belong, pardon while I burn sage

Everything I read leads me to believe maybe one day

Im a be apart of something so much greater than me

When I perish

Get the kerosene and burn me to oblivion but don't make a scene

I need privacy so the prophecy may be complete and I merge with the images of ethereality

Count on me when I am finally free I will watch you while scrying in the sea

Underground catatonia

I found a scroll in Rome from a secret map I found in Macedonia

Fuck this music, I don't got the time to even hate cause I got secret service people from the Vatican approaching, bruh

Whatchu tellin' me?

I'll shoot an apple off your wifey's head and miss

And hit the bitch in the head like William Lee

A murderous 8th dimension night breed killa Dylan be

Clip on my hip and the chip on my shoulder turned into the monster next to me

Bloodline illuminati 666 lizard people all around me man

Rozzy really bout to take a trip to North Korea and come back a brand new man

Coming back and founding Dylananastan

To build a wall to separate me from the stans

Bitches wanna hold my hand

But they dont even know about the demo of my favorite band

Dylan got the stamina to keep it goin' 90s baby getting buck like Pretty Tony

I don't got no time for phony rap bologna

We gon' fuck the bitch and have a ceremony

Mask on face

Weapons in my place

A hundred million bodies Ima concentrate

Anybody with a cheerful disposition

Who believe in heaven might just meet their fate

Dylan throw it, tell the bitch to go wide

Fuck around, participate in homicide

From sea to shining sea, a christian holocaust

A pagan neo-judaistic genocide

Yesterday, I got so fuming angry that

I stabbed myself, in the thigh, with a fork

Whatchu know about the wretched wicked shit?

Like the atrocities of Malachi York

Busted and dusted, like an angel that just lost its way

And we all gone die anyway so

Fuck it, mane

Mind gone straight lost in a fog of haze

Two brothers from the housing authority

Came to take your kids and dogs away

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