#maia answers

[wandavsions]

constellations and 11:11 💞

constellations: who is someone you could talk to for hours and never stop? at this moment, my roomies! we've genuinely messed up our sleep schedules severely because of our inability to stop talking, lol.

11:11: what’s something you want, but feel like you will never have? hmm how to answer this one without sounding so #depressing... sometimes i find myself wondering if i'll ever find love. things are looking kind of bleak right now, ngl

late night self reflective asks

[mewtwoandme]

Have fun denying it when the baby bump comes in, or the little kicks

She's having a difficult time coping :(

[callabang]

the whole courier fleet idea from the goblin emperor is simply so good, like YEAH it's a job for people that would have otherwise been prostitutes and instead only SOME of them are prostitutes but ALL of them are sneaky conniving little runners who know everything about everyone and read your mail

[bleaksqueak]

Maybe Elias and Maia should have nap time. As a treat.

Okay I will give them a treat

[sexygaywizard]

Why are people praising one of the most dangerous people on the planet right now lmfao

maia crimew?? She found a 2019 no fly list on an unsecured server. She’s leaked some company and government source code, and the most serious crime she’s been charged with is fraud. She herself has said her hacks don’t require a lot of technical skill. Calling her “one of the most dangerous people on the planet” is like. Such a reach you gotta be Mr fucking Fantastic to have arms that long

[rey-jake-therapist]

-wakes up in midsleep- FUC- I forgot girlDad!Sauron with half maia celebrian DAMMIT.

Girl dad Sauron is so much something I'd like to see in an alternate universe... He'd teach her all about manipulation art, and she would be constantly using it against him to make him do... anything. He would be no fool and see right in her game, but how could he refuse anything to his precious ?

[gingermintpepper]

How’s Fields of Mistria? You mentioning it was the second time I heard of it, the first time being in passing, so I’m not too knowledgeable about the game.

AWWW THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING!!

Fields of Mistria is SUPER fun, since there's not much to do in it after you've completed the first year right now, I've dedicated myself to breeding and collecting all the seasonal variants of horses so I can name them after the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!

I also named all my barns after metamorphised lovers in greek myth because I have exactly one thought running through my head at any given point in time (Currently there's Crocus Coop where I keep my (gorgeous wonderful lovely adorable ouugh I LOVE THEMMM!!) blue chickens

Cypress Barn where I keep my wonderful cows (who have been with me the longest and whom I cherish immensely! I'm not sure if Autumn cows are possible but I'm definitely aiming for a barn of all red and autumnal cows for obvious reasons)

Minthe Barn where I keep all of my other large animals like sheep, alpacas and my very first beloved Chiron (black and white) and Iris (brown with spots) (the foal is Rigel) 🥺

And Hyacinthus Barn where I have a collection of small animals like rabbits, capybaras and my PRIZED DUCKS LEDA (the pretty blue and green duckie) AND CYCNUS (the pure white duck meant to mimic a swan!!) Even though it's technically a coop, I mistakenly labelled it a barn when I was inputting the name and I never changed it LOL

My farm is also named after THE metamorphosized lover, Daphne herself, so it's called Laurel Farm

And I'm planning for my Seasonal Horse barn to be named after the poplar since I quite like Leuke's story and I think she's fitting of housing the horses that will be the steeds of War, Pestilence, Conquest and Famine :)

Bonus: My house is still small and eclectically decorated, but keeping in theme with my farm, I do hope to go for a flower/garden theme

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[midnightnautilus]

If I get one crack theory with an obscure character hill to die on, it’s that MAIA Pulp Musicals (the radio we only see in transmissions and not actually in canon) is a Traveler

[lietpolski]

as a greek i think the way people depict greece & turkey in the fandom is really funny because they're either sworn enemies who can't have a civil convo OR they've been madly in love for centuries, when ACTUALLY what they do is act like best friends, go out for mezes and raki together with the other balkan lads, and then beat the shit out of each other over who invented baklava and have passionate gay sex to settle the argument

[0lympian-c0uncil]

What would Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus and Hermes's reactions be like when they find out about:

Hera X Leto X Maia X Metis

Artemis and Apollo:

Shocked. Angry. .... But mostly cause their mom is dating Hera. They are a little bit more chill about the fact that she is also with Maia and Metis. Either way they will fire and arrow at Hera whenever they get the chance.

Ares.

He is happy for her and also in disbelief. He didn't know his mom dated anyone except Zeus so he's a bit confused

Athena:

Is very happy about it because ✨more moms✨ She is so happy she gets new moms. And most likely has a good relationship with all of them. So she's all smiles.

Hermes.

"Ok mom I'm ok with Metis. That's cool but..... HERA?! LETO?!? MOM WHY????!!" He wasn't very happy to say the least. He is very protective over her and was just like you better treat my mom with some fucking respect you understand.

Hephaestus:

Doesn't give a fuck. Happy for the moms tho.

[wandavsions]

send this to all your favourite moots and pass the pumpkin round! KEEP THE PUMPKIN TRAIN GOING 🎃🖤🎃🖤🎃

omg!!!!!

[mewtwoandme]

God I really wanna see Lakota with the Mewtwo's as babies now

Tired mama

[pealeii]

jj I have to tell you something I just saw les miserables for the very first time. it was a high school production and was the high school version and it was absolutely stunning BUT what I came here to say is that. well. yk when fantine is dying and in bed and then Javert shows up and he’s like “valJEAN at LAST we see each other plain”??

well something so cute and cool and awesome (/j) happened with their blocking… when Javert showed up Valjean literally JUMPED up and he quickly went to a small table and pulled out a chair from behind it and he was like. positioning the chair between him and Javert and it was SICKENINGGG/pos to watch. In a thrilling way like I was wondering if he was soso scared of Javert and distancing himself as a defense mechanism or if he was getting ready to throw the chair at him 😭

Well when he’s trying to appeal to Javert like “there is none but me who can intercede” he STEPS IN FRONT OF THE CHAIR like to sort of level with him?? To show he’s not going to throw the chair and that he’s not afraid of Javert??!? only to quickly go back behind it again when Javert starts “you must think me MAD” and I was SO EXCITED FOR CONFRONTATION TO BEGIN because I adore that song and Javert sings “a man such as youuuu” and it’s time and I’m so ready-

and then Javert lunges for Valjean and Valjean like. Fends him off with the chair? And they fight over this chair? AND THEY DONT SING CONFRONTATION AT ALL??!?

it was so so so disconcerting I was so lost. what about you know nothing of javert I was born inside a jail I was born with scum like you I am from the gutter too??!? and it WASNT THERE and I knew it SHOULD have been and AUGH I have. So much to say about this production (this is my only real gripe bc the rest of the show was absolutely fantastic) but idk… I’m still processing this so. sorry this is so long but I wanted to tell someone who knew the show :3

WTFF NOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

BRO I WAS GETTING HYPED UP WHEN YOU WERE JUST DESCRIBING IT WHAT. ALL THAT ENERGY FOR NOTHING

that makes me nervous cuz i might be seeing a hs production of les mis sometime soon 😰😰😰 at least if it does that i’ll be ready

BUT THATS SO COOL THAT YOU GOT TO SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! My first time watching les mis was a high school production too (i was but a wee lass but it changed me forever)

I’m glad the rest of it was good 💗💗💗

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Tw Complicated Parent Child Relationships (perhaps neglect) and TW Sexual Assault mention. Please don't read if these trigger you!

In some versions of mythology, Maia (Hermes' mom) was a handmaiden for Artemis along with her six sisters. Zeus being Zeus fancied the oldest nymph daughter of Atlas and had his way with her when she tried to escape him in a cave. She was forced to leave Artemis' palace and employment because she had Hermes.

Something she despised because she wanted to stay with her sisters and Artemis. She loved that lifestyle. It was what she wanted. Except Zeus ruined that for her.

Maia was also fearful because of Hera's wrath towards her husband's mistresses and their families. Then Orion came knocking and started being inappropriate with her sisters and to some extent her. She didn't want to deal with another man like that.

Then some of Hermes' appearance and personality kept reminding her of Zeus and she didn't want to be a parent. She cared for the boy but she didn't love him. So, since she was no longer provided for by Artemis, she kept encouraging her eager child to keep working so that he could help support them and make her proud. Plus he didn't want to face the wrath of grumpy gods if he failed to deliver!

He was devoted to her and did just that. Giving Maia a much needed break from having to parent a rambunctious child. Then one night, the boy came back and said something that shook her to her core.

"I was in the mortal market today. I was picking up some biscuits for Lady Hestia and everyone else back at Olympus. And I saw Lady Artemis and Lord Apollo with their mom Leto. I was going to say hi to Lady Artemis for you but I never got the chance. Then their mom said that both of them, her children, were truly the most wonderous and magical things that could've ever happened to her. That their moon light and sunlight made her heart shine. That all mothers love their kids so much. Since I deliver stuff and you're my mom, would that mean that I'm your greatest gift? Or maybe someday I could be once I'm a powerful Olympian with domains and stuff?"

Maia was speechless and didn't know what to say. Her greatest 'gifts' had been her sisters and their sisterhood and the eternal youth, freedom, and respect she was afforded as a personal maiden of Artemis. While she didn't blame the boy for what happened, she didn't love him. He was the kid she babysat and cared a bit for. She didn't have titan of motherhood level feelings for him. So, she ultimately said someday once he was established as an Olympian, worthy, and accomplished of course. Her son still very much naïve when it came to relationships; agreed with her.

Years went by, Maia became a constellation in the sky with her sisters curtesy of Zeus and Artemis to escape Orion. Her son never knowing the wiser. Of course Zeus knew when she made her request but no one else did. She made sure of that. He was a good boy, but he wasn't what she wanted for herself. Now as a star she could be close to her sisters and Artemis. Free at last. It was better this way.

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In some versions of mythology, Maia (Hermes' mom) was a handmaiden for Artemis along with her six sisters. Zeus being Zeus fancied the oldest nymph daughter of Atlas and had his way with her when she tried to escape him in a cave. She was forced to leave Artemis' palace and employment because she had Hermes.

Way to go Zeus :clap clap:

Something she despised because she wanted to stay with her sisters and Artemis. She loved that lifestyle. It was what she wanted. Except Zeus ruined that for her. Maia was also fearful because of Hera's wrath towards her husband's mistresses and their families. Then Orion came knocking and started being inappropriate with her sisters and to some extent her. She didn't want to deal with another man like that.

Maia was a loyal handmaiden </3 but her dreams were ripped away </3

Then some of Hermes' appearance and personality kept reminding her of Zeus and she didn't want to be a parent. She cared for the boy but she didn't love him. So, since she was no longer provided for by Artemis, she kept encouraging her eager child to keep working so that he could help support them and make her proud. Plus he didn't want to face the wrath of grumpy gods if he failed to deliver!

Maia inputting Hermes's work work work for affection mindset </3

He was devoted to her and did just that. Giving Maia a much needed break from having to parent a rambunctious child. Then one night, the boy came back and said something that shook her to her core.

👀

"I was in the mortal market today. I was picking up some biscuits for Lady Hestia and everyone else back at Olympus. And I saw Lady Artemis and Lord Apollo with their mom Leto. I was going to say hi to Lady Artemis for you but I never got the chance. Then their mom said that both of them, her children, were truly the most wonderous and magical things that could've ever happened to her. That their moon light and sunlight made her heart shine. That all mothers love their kids so much. Since I deliver stuff and you're my mom, would that mean that I'm your greatest gift? Or maybe someday I could be once I'm a powerful Olympian with domains and stuff?"

sob sob

Hermes asking if that will make his mom love him

Maia was speechless and didn't know what to say. Her greatest 'gifts' had been her sisters and their sisterhood and the eternal youth, freedom, and respect she was afforded as a personal maiden of Artemis. While she didn't blame the boy for what happened, she didn't love him. He was the kid she babysat and cared a bit for. She didn't have titan of motherhood level feelings for him. So, she ultimately said someday once he was established as an Olympian, worthy, and accomplished of course. Her son still very much naïve when it came to relationships; agreed with her.

sobs in fandom

Years went by, Maia became a constellation in the sky with her sisters curtesy of Zeus and Artemis to escape Orion. Her son never knowing the wiser. Of course Zeus knew when she made her request but no one else did. She made sure of that. He was a good boy, but he wasn't what she wanted for herself. Now as a star she could be close to her sisters and Artemis. Free at last. It was better this way.

uncontrollable sobbing

you feel bad for Maia but at the same time your like poor Hermes

he just wants to be loved

and Maia just wanted to be free

tragedy✊😔

[rey-jake-therapist]

What is your favourite fan cast for Half Maia Celebrian?

Honestly, I haven't thought about it.... I love Elle Fanning !

[gingermintpepper]

U mention in 1 of ur tags that Poseidon has vitiligo? Could u tell us more about that pls?

Okay so, I saw this ask and went "oh man this is a wonderful opportunity to ramble about some of my design decisions for the Olympians" then I also, simultaneously went "This is also a perfect opportunity to doodle Poseidon" so I spent like, way too much time doing a dinky little doodle to show both what Poseidon's vitiligo looks like + what I generally envision his design to be like when he's on Olympus!

Of course, in true Ginger fashion, it's very messy but I think it gets the point across well enough! The big reason Poseidon has vitiligo (or why I've interpreted his skin as being speckled) is because well, as a horse/hippocampus (which is his actual preferred form) he has a piebald/pinto coat and the only way really to translate that onto a human-presenting form is some form of pigmentation disorder like vitiligo or leukoderma.

Poseidon, like almost every other Olympian (save for Apollo who has the most human-like appearance of them all) has multiple animal/mythical creature elements incorporated into his design/interpretation, many of these I've chosen to allude to what their 'truest' forms are like, for example Zeus' big bull horns because he was born a horned god or Aphrodite's feathered hair and talons because she is directly descended from Ouranos. Because gods are always changing and evolving as the world changes and evolves, these features of theirs can change to better match their current 'truest' self, but most deities, especially the older ones, tend to settle after a period of time and don't experience much drastic change. For my purposes, Poseidon was born with horse like features which he inherited from his mother including his striking piebald coat and his horse's ears, but he later acquired sea serpent traits such as his tail, sharp teeth and water-like hair after acquiring the domain of the Ocean and being forced to adapt very rapidly to his new environment.

Due to geneology and generational inheritance being such a major theme in my work, I chose to let that stand for the descendents of the gods as well! Humans naturally aren't born with coats and such, but many of Poseidon's children do end up having some form of leucism from minor things like Ancaeus' double coloured hair or Bellerophon's 'peeled' hands and feet (they were a lighter colour than the rest of his body) to much more intense expressions of the trait like Theseus' albinism or Triton's very unique speckling. It's rare for his human children to get an extreme expression of this trait due to humans just kind of having less melanin to work with compared to nymphs, spirits or animals, but it does happen from time to time.