#in a&d daphne is completely unaware of who is chasing her and she has no means to verify his claims at goodwill | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

i-spilled-my-soup · 8 months ago

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Hi it's me from the Apollo & Daphne comment about Will and Nico in the Asklepios au, I'm not exactly sure what brought me to the comparison but I guess it's the way you sorta described their relationship in one of your other posts(?)

Assuming this is a finite to be written work, the story starts after will and nico have gotten acquainted. nico does his thing, begins as a weird unfriendly guy but after being acquainted becomes a good friend. they bond over losing their siblings and feeling responsible for their deaths, less of a "you did nothing wrong" and more of a "yeah that sucks balls" kind of empathy. then will learns that nico is a child of hades(the guy) and (after an orphic hymn infertility joke) has to fight the urge to use nico to bring people from hades(the place)/keep them from ever going there

in typical nico fashion he disappears like fully. will is reasonably concerned and tries to look for him whenever he isn't practicing and teaching medicine in case of impending war with a neighboring state? this part is funny and i want to say war is the conflict because battle is the usual conflict in the myth and history i've read and also in riordan's series itself. turns out the guy is dead. yippee! (probably some scene where will sees nico but its actually just the ghost or nico visits in a dream or will actually just finds the body preserved in snow. the last one's a little too intense)

That part just reminded me of D&A, Sorry If I'm not making much sense I just got out of school and I'm about to take a nap

Despite her not yet knowing who pursues her, Apollo seems to know exactly who she is, calling, "Wait nymph, daughter of Peneus, I beg you! I who am chasing you am not your enemy." He comments that she is running from him as prey would from a predator, but tells her that he is spurred on by love and a desire to be with her, not destroy her, so she should have pity on him. He then says that he is worried that she will be injured in the chase and cause him guilt, so if she slows down he will too, but she continues. I just see it ???

ohhh im picking up what youre putting down now yeah. the vibe of chase and intentions vs perceptions. the plot is slightly different now so i didnt see the comparison lol

#now nico is going to hazel's execution to act as defense and bc he's ousted his relations with the romans from before wartime #and before anyone else knew he tells will and chb that they can have his head after he tries saving his sister #since he's already lost that chance once #and he never returns and the camp assumes he's defected or otherwise fled #making him a wanted criminal #but no the execution was actually his own it was all a ploy #he manages to escape but succumbs to his injuries and dies #and will finds the body by chance months later #and then he gets brought back to life #so good thing is no one thinks he's died so no one would guess he was unpiously brought back to life #bad thing is people want him dead anyway #no escape or retribution once he is denied death sorta deal #i think a big distinctor is the amnt of info between them #in a&d daphne is completely unaware of who is chasing her and she has no means to verify his claims at goodwill #whereas apollo is fully aware of who she is and what he wants to do with her #my attempt is getting a relationship in which both parties exchange information on the same level

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