#i will never shut up about them

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

one of the reasons why i love ToA so much is the little bits and pieces of the gods we get to see.

so i guess this is really more of a 'this is why i love the gods so much' rather than my usual 'this is why i love ToA' post lmao

but fr, the gods are just sooooo much more fleshed out in ToA. they're more complex, and have these layers to them that pjo and hoo just Did Not convey (and really, only conveyed those things post publication of ToA, which came with the tools on how to decode the gods and read between the lines).

and i'm not even talking about Apollo here. he is by far the most fleshed out god we have because he's the pov character, but i also mean all 12 of the other olympians - they're just so juicy!!

like okay, sure, in pjo and hoo we get glimpses that Dionysus may care more than he lets on, but ToA CONFIRMS this, but not in an 'in your face' way - but in the 'Dionysus picks at Apollo like a little brother would' way, and in that FIRST interaction between Apollo and Dionysus, we can SEE what their relationship was like!!

Hermes is another VERY layered god, ESPECIALLY with pjo's context. but that context ONLY gains its own importance BECAUSE of the story ToA gives us - we would NOT have 'resigned to fate' Hermes without it. or embittered at his favorite brother Hermes. we love this Hermes eheheheheheheh

Artemis also gains more character, and is no longer just the stoic cool badass #Girlboss she's largely presented as - she's scared, she fears for Apollo, so much so she SPLITS. she comes RUNNING to help him in TTT as soon as she could, giving her a softer side, while simultaneously expands on her previous appearances and allowing us to see how she is unconsciously enabling the abuse Apollo's experienced. LAYERS !! !! !!

DEMETER. OOOHHH DEMETER ILY, IN MYTHOLOGY AND THE RRVERSE. BUT FOR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REASONS LMAO

we can infer Demeter has basically shot herself in the foot by obsessing so much over Persephone, where she NEGLETS her other kids (ex: Lityerses, Meg). myth Demeter would NEVER but rrverse Demeter is still a fav BECAUSE of how flawed she is.

ARESSSSS do i even need to say anything. we KNOW Ares and Apollo are bros because of how often Apollo takes pot-shots at him in his dialogue LMAO true brother behavior

Hades is a chill uncle with Apollo in particular. i mean. *gestures* he used to purposefully mess up Apollo's aim when shooting for no reason. need i say more?

looking back i'm also a little intrigued by how little Poseidon was mentioned - perhaps lending credence to the idea that he and Apollo grew apart over the centuries?

also Hestia's position as the goddess of the hearth and home calls into question how passive she is on olympus BECAUSE of the shitshow it's become!! she defends it!! what has caused the hearth and home, the FIRSTBORN OF KRONOS, of the ENTIRE PANTHEON to be so stagnant in the face of this toxic cycle? the people want to know and so do i.

Hephaestus is trickier to pin down for me because he has little mention, but there's one SPECIFIC one that has stuck in my brain and its the "apollo missed an entire decade watching Hephaestus's newton's cradle INSIDE HIS OFFICE"

what was apollo doing in his office. and why did hephaestus - notorious introvert - let him stay in there. these are the questions we are all dying to know.

ATHENAAAAAAA !! !! !! !! !! that nod she gives apollo at the end. her bet on his SUCCESS. need i say more? she's bros with him trust <3 add in the mythology and it gets SPICY

Aphrodite is arguably a tricky one to pin down too, and honestly we as a fandom have probably taken more from the mythos to pin down her character than with the others, but she's sooooo interesting too!! the eldest olympian. powerful goddess. extremely cunning and ruthless. and yet she's seen as airheaded and vain by practically everyone.

makes you wonder who else is like that. *quick glance at our favorite god* i dunno who that could be. *whistles innocently*

and do i need to say anything about Zeus? about the tragedy of him falling into the cycle he was meant to break? ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF HOW HE DEF WANTED TO BE A FATHER BUT HIS PARANOIA GOT THE BETTER OF HIM UNTIL HE NO LONGER WAS ONE??

*seizes you by the shoulders* HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS. HOW.

and ofc. one of my FAVORITE gods...Hera. oh, ho ho Hera. you do NOT deserve the hate you get <3 okay maybe a bit of irritation is warranted because you do pull off risky things in hoo but we stan a goddess who takes charge in this house.

YOU CAN'T CONVINCE ME SHE'S GONNA BE - well, nicer? is that the right word? - BETTER WITH APOLLO POST-TOA. AFTER SEEING EVERYTHING HE SUFFERED? AFTER SEEING HIM SHED THE MASK? AFTER JASON GRACE?

*pounds mercilessly on the table* I WILL NEVER NOT BE ANNOYING ABOUT THEM I LOVE THEM ALL INCLUDING THE BITS OF CHARACTER FROM THE MINOR GODS WE GET TOO!!

[rebelsafoot]

turn left unreleased deleted scene (real NOT fake)

[ratrrriot]

Always by your side.

[maeed2103]

the worms in my brain won today, here's a sukume sketch based on this reference photo

[izzyfishie]

please i’m LOSING MY MIND over sangihun THEY MAKE ME SICK /pos

[infpfindspeace]

Yord: You know, I was once arrested for being too cool 

Jecki, not impressed: Yeah, and the charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence

[incorrectquotesconaisseur]

something I find really fascinating and heartbreaking and also not really talkes about is how different (OR ARE THEY) the master's disguises are to himself.

I present to you professor Yana - a delightful, optimistic, endlessly kind old man, fascinated with creativity, hope and science, sounds familiar? pretty similar with the doctor, isn't it?

and if you know the big finish audio story "master", the master ends up AGAIN as a human with no memories or recollection of what he is. and what does he do? he takes the name John Smith and becomes a doctor and is described by his friends as the "kindest man". he's gentle and he worries about his friends and, self-described, even if totally fascinated by the prospect of death and evil, couldn't actually harm anyone.

and O - yes, I know he was actively tricking the doctor then, bear with me - he was so cute and eager to please and happy to be there and nice to people.

simm!master was a little shit in every way, but he ended up saving the doctor.

and we all cried over missy long enough (as is proper).

I just think of how the doctor is right, that deep down, when it comes to it, the master IS his best, oldest friend. soulmates in every way, in every reincarnation, in any combination.

to quote oscar wilde, "give a man a mask and he'll tell you the truth". it's truly infinitely fascinating and borderline tragic how, everytime he acts (voluntarily or not) as someone else, the master is so strikingly a copy of all the goodness in the doctor.

[leslutdepointedulac]

Something that I really love about Louis and Lestat's love, is that they're so opposite about it. On one hand, you have Lestat who's saying all the time that he loves Louis (even if he can't say it to his face), always talking about how he makes him feel. He's very loud about his love for Louis, again, if he's not outwardly saying the exact words, he's showing it by doting on him, buying him new clothes, trying to give him a comfortable life (often whether Louis wants him to or not).

And then you have Louis. I think people sometimes forget or just don't realise that Louis is so deeply in love with Lestat, equally as much as Lestat is with him. Louis cares for Lestat so so much, he's just far more subtle about it. Unlike Lestat, Louis isn't displaying such huge gestures of affection. His love is smaller in how he shows it, not smaller in how much he feels. I like to think that it's because Louis feels that his love for Lestat is for the two of them and no one else. Anybody outside of their relationship isn't apart of it, therefore doesn't need to see it. Louis' love for Lestat may seem small from an outsiders POV, but between himself and Lestat, the subtle way in which he displays his affections speak so loudly.

I love the way Lestat shows his love because it's so loud and obvious. He can't contain his love so he has to share it with the world for everyone to know about. He has so much love to give for this one man and we all get the privilege of seeing that. But I also love how Louis shows his love because it's more subtle. It feels more intimate and private, he doesn't want or need for anyone else to see it. He knows his love for Lestat is true and strong and Lestat knows it too, and that's all they need.

Neither way is more or less valid, they both love and care for each other more than anything, they just go about it in different ways. And that's really beautiful to me and makes me love them even more than I already do everytime I think about it.

[m1ssvex]

I have no idea if i posted this here already or not but heres lumity kissing🤘🤘

[spirited-splashes]

They looking

Originally part of a bigger piece but I liked it more w/ just the two

[ellyds]

please interact, i beg. they r all i am thinking about. it's getting concerning.

(interact interact interact intera—)

[freddycartr]

oh my god, i just finished cress, and every fucking time i reread cress, i will never be over the conversation that happens with kai and cinder because it shows how willing they are to fight for each other and their relationship. and what i love is that they don’t just move past their conflict but instead they have a really hard (and fucking healthy) conversation before they kiss and i love them and i—

[anywizzlee]

They deserve to be with eachother in every universe

[yoda-bor]

this moment 😭😭😭

i'm glad he is my guitarist

[threecrowsinacoat]

Arcane edit moment (this took me 5 days)

[denkilightning]

morro the child who fought destiny vs jay the one who beat it