#hurt Zagreus

[its-haughty]

There must be some mistake.

[the-painted-siren]

Shhhh, @21st-century-ninja and @lightning-chicken are asleep. Quick, post stuff for Hades AU

(Bonus Sketch they haven’t seen yet beneath the cut)

[blood-starved-beast]

Do you think how much it would suck for Persephone, Zagreus, Hades, Nyx even (she raised Zag, clearly the lover of Persephone) to essentially be a footnote in Melinoe's life comparative to everyone else? Hades we know his reaction, but the others? They don't know her. What is her favorite things, her hobbies, the things that make her tick, the things that get under her skin. Persephone and the others wake up to realize that Mel has a whole ass life away from them. Yeah she has single-minded focus on saving the House, but no one in their right mind would immediately suggest simply plucking her from the Crossroads and putting her in the House. The sense of missing out of her whole life.

[tired-fandom-ndn]

Man I think about megthanzag and patzagchilles coexisting a lot because my headcanon is that gods and Zagreus especially are EXTREMELY kinky but Achilles and Patroclus are very much products of their time (so mostly frotting and some oral). So Zag spends his time being choked and whipped (with an actual whip, no gentle crops here) and murdered by Meg and Thanatos during sex and then he goes off to teach his very vanilla mortal lovers about anal play and fingering.

Patroclus gets curious about Zag's toy chest (with dildos, straps, gags, collars, ropes, chains, whips, etc) and Zag very gently but firmly is like. "no. you aren't ready for that. ask me again in 50 years."

[xamaxenta]

God Ace and Zagreus are so alike hhhhh

Zagreus “im not the god of anything alright” and Ace “gold roger isnt my father” ass dudes

[pepsiiwho]

A brief interlude where Lord Hades blames Prince Zagreus for ... match making?

[tfemthanatos]

discouraging that many people cannot discuss nyx’s character when it doesn’t pertain to her motherhood but. okay

[hibiscus-percy]

"From Thanatos; you share an Undying Bond

"With whom should Death belong, if not with Blood, with Life?"

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Repost because I messed up the formatting T_T

[deadbaguette]

And if I said this is Zagreus and Hades?

[hexyourlocalgoat]

Uhhh so I noticed my account is kinda dying so I’m un-buffing your Angsty emo boy.

[mamawasatesttube]

man im out with a cold again and i was like "i think since i am just chilling at home today anyways i will write :)" but dude. what do supergiant put in their games. i am not writing i am in gamer town

[nothingheregonowplz]

You don't get to threaten them.

It's on SIGHT Chronos.

[xjulixred45x]

HADES AU: Dead Royalty Drabble : Only me...

Angst- Zagreus PoV- no reader- some heavy implications of emotional abuse- Hades is dead for good here- Zagreus reflect on His actions or lack of, in a nustrel.

Sinopsis of the AU

The first days were very tense.

Not because of the lack of noise, not at all, Zagreus and Hades had left not only the lobby in a mess, but a large part of the house was in ruins. By the time the fight finally ended, they needed not only the support of the shades that already They lived in the house, but from those outside.

This was also how the word of what had happened that day spread, reaching every corner of Tartarus, Asphodel, Elysium and, finally, Olympus.

Everyone was expectant, fearing certain reactions. There were some like Sisyphus who were surprisingly okay with the situation, Theseus obviously didn't believe it was true, Meg...she wished it wasn't true. Thanatos couldn't believe it...did he really do it?

but the more time passed, the more it became established as a fact. Hades was gone.

and Zagreus had killed him.

The Underworld was fearful of what this meant. How would this alter the natural order of the Underworld? Who would take Hades' place? Did his brothers know about this? Questions ran like murmurs through the renovated hallways, even when Zagreus had officially become the only one to hold his father's position.

Zagreus was officially the new ruler of the Underworld, of Hades. and that was...disturbing, even for him.

Not only because the position he now held before belonged to the man he hated the most--his father, but because he never thought he would reach that point. Hades never saw him as a viable heir (nor did he consider having another one so as not to risk him being like HIM) and therefore never prepared him for this...

..I never prepare it for anything in general..

Zagreus found his own lack of repentance as a bad sign, he KILLED someone, he KILLED a GOD, but above all he killed his own Father...but he couldn't come to feel anything about it.

not when the only thing that thinking about his father generated in him was frustration, anger, sadness...

walk the corridors and still hear the echo of his powerful voice mocking his attempts to leave the Underworld... or his harsh words when he fails in his tasks...

passing in front of his table and still feeling a heavy presence despite it being empty, a sensation that made him feel small, stupid, unworthy...

and how to forget all the times he saw his eyes throughout his life, always angry, always disappointed, tired, fed up.

Zagreus remembers how he had that look when he killed him for what, the fortieth time? and see the pure HATE in their eyes.

for his own son...

But he did remember something that his father had told him related to their relationship, if you can call it that.

"death is your family. death and I. get used to both of us"

"...and here there is nothing else...you only've me, and I have only you"

Heartwarming...

Zagreus did not understand, does not understand and will never understand why his father kept him alive for so long if he planned to treat him the way he did. Did he expect a different son? Did he keep him out of love for Persephone? As a reminder? A punishment? It wasn't clear.

Zagreus knew that if he had known that his father would have treated him the way he did all his life, he would have reconsidered the idea of returning to life, a part of him wanted to do that in his escapes some days... just not leave the world. river.

At least I would be out of the house. At least it would frustrate his father. I would have won in the end.

...why did Zagreus feel bad?..

Why feel bad about killing once and for all the god who made his life more difficult again and again and again without blinking? Why? For a measly chance that things would be different if Persephone returned?

If things had really changed then, it only meant that Hades could always change....but he didn't think it was worth doing it FOR HIM...

and there was Zagreus, wondering if it was worth changing for the hope of something different.

but it never was before. It wasn't when he was a child, it wasn't when he was a teenager, and even less so now that he was an adult. It was always the same...

and that made him feel FURIOUS.

Why should HE be the one to change first when HADES was the problem all along?

No...it wasn't worth it...not anymore.

_______

By the end of that year, all images referring to Hades were destroyed or removed from the house and the Underworld in general. The few vestiges of the god were reserved for his worshipers in the mortal world (how ironic).

Without the image of his father stalking him, Zagreus felt lighter, safer. Likewise now he had many things to distract himself and focus on (paperwork...yey).

As he walked through the renovated halls of the House, Zagreus felt the general aura of caution around him. While previously the shades tended to be cautious in his presence, now it was a new level of general insecurity.

It was similar to how the workers behaved with His father, in a way.

Maybe they were finally getting back on the path to normality, to the status quo. Well, maybe less so for some gods, Zagreus still has to read the entire message from Hermes and, whether he wants to or not, talk to Zeus about it.

Thanatos even seemed worried about this, although Zagreus knew the god well enough to realize that it wasn't especially what was worrying him, he could see that there was rather some guilt in the way he spoke about the appellant... situation. even with everything Zagreus tried to assure him otherwise.

Meg was more direct, she said what Thanatos, what those in the house, hell, what everyone who really cared about Zagreus wanted to say.

"We wish we could have done something or helped you in some way before you got to this point...but we are happy that you are okay now"

Nyx had said something similar, more disguised, but he could see the remorse on her face. Meg had a similar air to Than, but mixed with fear. not fear of Zagreus, but fear of future Zagreus.

But she was right, he was fine now.

Not great, but he was fine.

After all, the only thing that stops him now is death and himself, the only thing he had.

-"you only've me, and I have only you"-

-"only...me"-

Shares, reblogs and comments are very welcome!

The actual Dialogues that give me the inspiration i needed:

Fuck You Hades

[catboytwelve]

Thinking really hard about the doctor/tardis dynamic this fine night and have been rotating these two scenes from Zagreus and Journey at the center of the tardis for about two hours now (i am fine)

AND ALSO

Eleven's face during this scene!!!

[argetcross]

I think Zagreus would be so sympathetic to Gale, too. Like, "Hey... hey maybe I can talk to my cousin for you. She's a god of love. Maybe she can talk to Mystra for you. Patch things up, you know."

And Gale, a wizard who tried to become god, will just look at him and go, "Your cousin is a god???"

"Oh yeah. I'm a god too actually. Did I forget to mention that?"

[espeartz]

Hades fans stop sidelining Dusa challenge (impossible)