#however athena's lawful neutral so she's probably v disappointed in me rn

[alkidemos]

— ✹ HEED THE MURMUR ! the halls of sparta welcome ( ATHENA ) the ( GODDESS ) of ( WISDOM, CIVILIZATION & WARFARE ). the bards tell us they strike a likeness to ( JODIE COMER ). their deeds precede them in the world of men — praised to be ( SHREWD, AMBITIOUS & VALIANT ) but ( VENGEFUL, APATHETIC & POMPOUS ) in their worst hour. when they enter a quiet room, shadows of ( GREAT-HORNED OWLS, RUSTLING OLIVE LEAVES & MARCHING ARMIES ) spring forward. their opinion of the upcoming marriage is a ( NEGATIVE ) one. their purpose at the spartan court falls in line with ( BECOMING THE QUEEN OF GODS ).

athena / athene / minerva; or, as i’d like to call her, olympus’ edgy mr. muscle

i have a Serious bio for her right here which explains her ambitions and motivations... but that’s booooooring let’s dance shall we

so athena frickin breaks out of zeus’ head and immediately hates him. don’t care if she’s his favorite, she thinks he’s a total hypocrite for consuming her mother metis. 

ya girl’s entitled as fuck from the moment she literally crawls out of my man zaddy (as in zeus + daddy)

like athena falls in love HARD w pallas she’s like,, wtf dite what have u done to me,, and they’re chaotic lovers that fight with their swords and kiss each other better,, and one day they’re fighting for Real and pallas is abt to hit her then zeus fuckin kills the love of athena’s life. just so she can win. what the fuck zeus

athena obv throws a tantrum and like, leaves to terrorize some mountains for fifty years + then hephaestus comes in to collect her and they have a sentimental tender Moment. fuck u poets he doesn’t r*pe her they’re buddies ( i hope so! hmu hephaestus )

anyway, so we have a lot of pent up anger there, and then hera basically raises her but athena gets tired of her shit after a while ( in time, hera becomes poison ) and she straight up leaves olympus. also she hates ares at this point

she helps mortals build cities and stuff for a while, hangs out w a couple of heroes & the usual immortal business, but then ofc the gods don’t stay put so she goes back to olympus to whoop some ass

this is around the time she becomes edgy mr. muscle. she’s like, i will burn this place! to clean it! fuck u hera! fuck u zeus!

and then the apple happens, and athena obv takes the chance, but things are quiet in those 20 years -- possible connection! she tries to draw as many deities on her side. she’s a bit pompous and can be an asshole and probably has a stick up her ass most of the time but she needs them & she actually really wants to make olympus better. heal it, if you will

i’ve got possible connections w artemis / odysseus / penthesilea as my three plot points right here! hmu if they sound good to u

also, on the subject of lovers. medusa, arachne, andromeda & ariadne were all her lovers, bc im saying so. patron saint of cities and heroes? more like patron saint of pussy

she loves women. feminist icon will burn zeus and avenge all the women he wronged.... look out zeus athena’s coming for u

there’s a possible connection right there!

she’s on the side of the greeks but is she really. agamemnon you ain’t shit and athena knows

if any of ur characters worship athena, secretly or outwardly, she’ll be there for them. sometimes in dreams and sometimes straight up there but she’ll be there for u. love her and she will give kindness & wisdom in return

i’m hinting at u, penelope and odysseus

if ur a hero it’s likely that she likes u, but on principle she can’t side w the trojans but she Knows things are a lot more complicated than that.... so i’m open to many many trojan connections

in terms of the Marriage... she probably roots for penthesilea but don’t tell ares. don’t she will smite u

finally, here’s a fuck u from athena to theseus she’s COMING for u

if you want to plot w me after this mess... thank u. hmu on discord if you wanna plot, or like this post & i’ll come to u, or i’ll probably drop something on the plot chat on discord. happy opening, folks, can’t wait to write w y’all!