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mirrorbvllhoon · 5 months ago

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SACRIFICE (Hades!Jay x Persephone!fem!reader!)

So dangerous

Full of darkness like a criminal

But here you are

Full of brightness and light

₊˚ ✧ Sacrifice (Eat Me up) (Dark Blood)

WC: 3.9k

Warnings: angst and fluff, Jay being a gentleman, slightly suggestive, being tricked into kidnapping someone, Zeus being Zeus.

Through the fields of the earth wandered the goddess Demeter and her beautiful daughter y/n, their mere presence made the trees and bushes blossom with all kind of gorgeous leaves, when their feet touched the grass flowers sprung, fruits and vegetables were bornt from the earth, the mortals were happy as they could feed from the gifts the earth goddesses gave them.

However in Mount Olympus, the city of the gods and goddesses another story was being written, it was no secret that the young goddess was beautiful, with her long hair and beautiful factions, truly blessed by the gods beauty, but although she was already of age to be wed, her mother wished for her to remain virgin as Artemis and Atena, and if life hadn’t occurred as it did, as herself.

Even when y/n had been just a little girl, Demeter had already talked with the goddess Aphrodite and her son, Sunghoon, so they could stay away from the love business that could interfere with her daughter’s life, but the gods of love were tired of not being able to interfere in the love-lives of the gods and goddesses, although their presence wouldn’t be necessary for love had already a way of appearing in the life of the young goddess.

“Let me see if I understand, you are promising y/n’s hand to me?” asked Jay, the god of the underworld.

“Brother, you have been alone enough centuries, don´t you believe?, you’re telling me that you really don’t wish for a companion?” Zeus answered, hoping for his brother to agree

Jay hesitated to answer, being one of the gods aphrodite and his son weren’t allow to control it’s love life and living in the underworld, where his only companions aside from cerberus, the furies and Sysiphus, were the souls waiting to reincarnate and love again, of course he felt alone, not only was he feared by the mortals but even the gods and goddesses all just because he was the ruler of the tartarus, something he didn’t even choose but was assigned to him, being in love couldn’t hurt, at least that’s what he told himself.

“I’ll take your silence as an affirmation” Zeus answered, taking Jay aback from his thoughts

“Wait, does she know? or well?, is she okay with me being with her?”

“Of course she is, even Demeter believes you would be such an amazing husband”

Jay tried not to doubt his brother’s words; however he knew that changing his mind would result in a far more difficult task, so he just sighed, hoping that whatever was to happen wouldn’t result in something he and others would regret.

“So, when should I meet y/n?”

“Oh, she’s in the forest almost everyday, so you should find her there, and… Jay, make sure to surprise her”

He should’ve known that Zeus had just tricked him, but he didn’t know, he just went back to the underworld, to continue his monotonous excuse for a life, hoping that the next day would arrive, so he could encounter y/n.

And then the sun rose, and as promised, there was y/n in the middle of the forest with the nymphs, picking flowers and fresh-cut fruit, however in the middle of their day, an earthquake shook the earth,the nymphs were scared, yet they decided to abandon y/n searching for her mother, since the god of the underworld was powerful enough to kill them all, but even before they were gone, Jay took y/n and through the valley the earthquake had created that connected the underworld to the earth, both of them dissappeared in the glimpse of an eye.

“Where am I?” asked y/n, hoping that the answer that was about to come off his mouth was different than the one she was thinking about.

“Of course in the underworld” Jay answered nonchalantly, a smirk drew on his face.

“Why did you bring me here? What do you want from me?” y/n answered, her eyes teary, shock was taking hold of her.

Jay let out a sigh, the smirk falling off his face, his nose scrunching and the already warped crown in his head crooked by a millimeter, threatening to fall from his head while he shook it nervously..

“You didn’t know, did you?” He asked, fear in his voice enveloped with a slight level of shame and regret.

“Know what?, I don’t know a thing about what's happening” Her voice was breaking and shaky, filled with melancholy and uncertainty.

“Zeus, my brother, promised your hand in marriage, he said that Demeter, your mother, and you, knew about it already”

“Well I can assure you, we in fact didn’t know a thing… so can’t you just take me back to the surface?”

“I’m afraid I can’t, I made a deal, a blind deal if you will and I can’t break that, but even if I did break it, I can take things or souls of the living world to the underworld, but I can’t give things from the underworld to the living world. I’m sorry darling”

She nodded, “I guess that even gods have their limitations” she left a bittersweet giggle, her knees giving up on her, her body was fainting, she would have fallen to the floor if it weren't for a pair of arms that held her.

Jay stood beside her, his arms holding her torso and because of the lack of chairs he dropped her gently to sit on his throne, once she was sat down, he spoke, his voice was still but sweet.

“Although I live in the underworld, I can assure you that I’m no monster, you can stay here for as long as you wish, I’m sure that someone will come looking for you, you’re loved by mortals and gods, when that time ought to arrive, you’ll be free to go”

“You promise me that?”

“I do”

The day had almost finished, and sleep was already taking hold of y/n who wandered through the underworld, Jay, down in his throne, could notice that; but the young goddess was too stubborn or scared to ask him where she could sleep for the night, so she just rested on a rock not so far from where Jay was seating, doing the duties he as a king of the underworld had to do, receiving the new souls that arrived and seeing the records of the deceased and reincarnated… When he noticed the young girl asleep on a rock that seemed far from comfortable, her face flinched at some moments, yet she tried to sleep unsuccessfully.

Jay stood from his throne and walked towards the young goddess, her face was beautiful as every inch of her, of course he couldn’t deny the fact she was perfect, even asleep she looked ethereal, yet… she didn’t love him, he reminded himself. He stopped wandering in his thoughts and sat at her feet, holding her hand to try and wake her up, which took no effort, she wasn't asleep yet.

“If you want to sleep, you can do so in my chambers, I assure you they are more comfortable besides I barely sleep after all” He started talking, his thumb soothing the palm of her hand, while she sat to talk to him face to face.

“It’s unnecessary-” Y/n started, however Jay interrupted her before she could even finish her words “That’s nonsense, you will sleep in my chambers that's the end of the discussion” Jay and y/n’s eyes interlocked for a second that felt like an eternity, a smile drew in her face contrasting Jay's cold features, that only hid the warmness of his soul. “May I?” He asked, one of his hands under the crook of her knees and the other one on her neck, y/n nodded, allowing herself to be carried again.

Y/n could see the view over her, Jay's sharp features and the crown in his head slightly crooked, she tried to fix it which led for her to play with his hair for the smallest of seconds y/n was so concentrated she missed the smile that drew on his face, of course y/n didn't know the crooked crown was intentional, yet Jay couldn't allow himself to tell her so.

“Thank you darling”, he said quietly, she nodded.

Once they finally arrived at Jay's chambers, he dropped her carefully on the bed.

“I know that's kind of cold in here, I will search you for a blanket or for something you can cover yourself with...” he continued rambling, until Y/n’s voice interrupted him.

“Jay, I don't mind the cold” she said with a smile on her face, fear continued to dissipate from her system, maybe this wasn’t so bad after all.

“Well not yet, but soon it will get colder”

Her mouth opened agape, she didn’t say a word, and allowed him to go out and find her something to cover herself.

“I hope that if you fall asleep I won't wake you up, I apologize in advance if I do” Jay said, she nodded while laying down on the mattress.

He closed the door as she closed her eyes, and hours passed by, the underworld was indeed a cold place, with the river styx carrying souls, and the deceased wandering through the voidless place, shivers started to appear on Y/n’s sleeping body, and while Jay tried to find her something that could actually cover her and give her some rest, he kept failing, the underworld wasn’t made for a goddess like her. When he finally found a blanket that would keep her warm he went back to his chambers, with a shivering-already sleeping y/n, her body was in a fetal position, yet when Jay covered her body, the shivering didn’t stop, he was afraid of what could happen to her if she kept being cold, so beside his hate for using his powers he created a small fire on the hearth, to keep her warm, he repeated himself maybe he should've done that from the start.

“Don’t go…stay…please” y/n voice was a mumbling incoherence yet Jay could make it out, he sat down at the end of the bed, until he decided it was his time to leave, he tried to tuck the young goddess in, when her arms opened and a hug engulfed him.

At first he tried to run from the hug, not because he disliked it but because he was sure once y/n woke up, she would regret it, feeling guilty because of grabbing her, if only he hadn’t believed Zeus.

Jay stayed the whole night allowing himself to sleep just to do the goddess company, and in the night he didn’t even notice how he unconsciously hugged her with the same intensity she was holding him with.

The second day arrived, this one went almost unnoticeable, Y/n was surprised by Jay’s kindness, and even if she couldn’t recognize it, she felt slightly attracted towards him, however she reminded herself, he only took her to the underworld because of a deal he had made with Zeus, and because he was being tricked, he wasn’t really in love.

“Y/n, I asked if you wanted to see the river, I mean if you don’t you can say so” Jay’s steady words finally took her out from her trance, she nodded. “Then you can come with me” he said.

Jay showed her the river, charon the boatman took both of them from one end to the other, and while y/n stood most of the time staring at the river’s water it was Jay’s reflection what she was really looking at, once on the other side of the river, they walked alongside it, while the view was mainly formed of rocks and stalactites of dark colors and strange shapes, she kept looking astonished at the marvelous immensity of the underworld.

“I know it’s not as beautiful as the earth” Jay started, staring at her through the reflection of the river.

“Such nonsense, I believe both places have their charm” Y/n replied,

Jay chuckled at her words, and for the first time she heard him laugh, he extended his hand for her to hold and follow him, so she wouldn't get lost, as if that could even be possible, the truth was he wanted to keep her close even if he couldn’t admit it.

The second day had ended, and as the night before him, Jay took y/n to his chambers, prepared the fire and stayed there with her, this time they stayed awake longer, y/n kept talking about her life in the earth and how she longed it, Jay heard every word of her mouth as if it was hypnotizing him, “I’m sorry, I haven’t allowed you to talk, I must be boring you right now” Y/n said, turning her head down in embarrassment, “You could never in the whole eternity bore me” Jay replied, taking her chin with his hand, their eyes interlocking once again, she could see him this time even more perfect as before if that were even possible, his crown perfectly over his black hair, his sharp features only looking more appealing in the dim moonlight, and all he could see was her, in her breathtaking beauty, in the darkness of the underworld and in the dim light of the fire, she was angelical. Their bodies started to draw near each other, Jay’s hand already sneaking to y/n’s cheek.

“Thank you for being so kind to me” Y/n said, drawing back herself.

“Of course darling, is the least I could do after all” Jay answered, 《of course she wouldn’t kiss me》, he thought, maybe he had mistaken her kindness for interest.

They went to sleep that night with tears in their soul, both of them kept resisting the obvious tension in between them, afraid of what would happen if they gave in.

Suddenly it was the fourth day of y/n in the underworld, she was losing hope, maybe her mother had forgot about her, and while Jay kept being sweet towards her, it continued to be difficult to her resisting his charms and beautiful words, she couldn’t deny the fact she was starting to fall in love with him, if only she knew he felt the same way.

She spent most of the time wandering in Jay’s palace, which seemed as endless as his kingdom, however she felt alone, he kept ruling his kingdom hoping that his duties could distract him from the fact she was in love for the first time in centuries, however he couldn’t resist no more, and decided to search for her, he needed to talk to her, to confess his feelings, maybe it was selfish of him, maybe it was wrong yet, in that moment all he could think about was y/n.

Y/n was in the outskirts of the palace, watching the river flow in silence, allowing her to put in order her thoughts, what she would do, debating about the feelings that flew through her mind, she had promised her mother to maintain herself virgin, but her mother would understand wouldn’t her? she was in love, true love.

“Y/n!” Jay shouted from a distance, she put herself on feet and started walking towards the palace again “Y/n, please tell me you are still here” Jay kept mumbling to himself after being unable to find her, yet she continued to run, hearing the sound of his voice drawing her in.

Both of them had decided, they were in love, there was no cure or power for that, there wasn’t an arrow or a curse or a prophecy, it was only them, it was their love.

Once they saw each other they started running until their bodies rejoined, he grabbed her waist and carried her spinning her in the air, his crown, which after y/n had straighten out was never crooked again, fell to the side of his head slightly, the dress she was wearing flew through the air.

“I need to talk to you, but please, allow me to kiss you first” Jay said, his voice was as tender as always.

“The feeling’s mutual” Y/n answered, allowing him to engulf her in the kiss, their lips collapsed in each others, their tongues ravished the others mouth, Y/n had never been kissed, yet it was far from what she though a kiss could feel like, it was pure love turned into the most carnal desire, they were drunk in each other’s presence and whatever else just ceased to exist, her hands stood to her sides, unsure of where to move of what to do, he took them with care, guiding her hands to wrap around his neck, where they eventually found their way towards his hair, while Jay’s hands maintained firm one in her waist and the other one on her neck, their lips separated for the smallest of seconds allowing them to regain their breath, y/n’s cheeks were flushed yet she couldn’t stop herself from wanting more.

“I think it would be good for us to talk before doing that again” Jay said, his lips plump and his messy hair adorned with the crooked crown on top of it.

“Of course, we should take this somewhere else,” Y/n answered.

Both of them went to Jay's chambers, the night already falling, yet all they could think about was each other's presence.

She sat at the end of the bed, Jay decided to stay on feet in front of her, scared of the words that were about to leave his mouth.

“I think I'm in love with you”, Jay started, “I hope that you feel the same way and I would like for you to become queen of the underworld, if you'd like of course…” Jay rambled

“You're asking me to marry you?” She asked,

“I am, if you wish to, there’s no need for you to accept, I won't get mad neither will my demeanor change if you say no…” He started talking, his words emancipated sounding almost like gibberish, and his fingers fuming with the slightest of fires, but suddenly all the havoc in his mind and the gibberish that fell from his lips was interrupted by a small kiss.

Y/n kissed him quickly, circling his hands around his back pulling him close, then he kissed her again cheekily,

“Jay, I do want to marry you”

He smiled and kissed her again and again, until his crown was on the floor and his lips explored her whole body, until the world and underworld had been nearly forgotten.

The days passed and the day of the wedding arrived, Y/n woke up to a beautiful wedding gown on the bed, it was beautifully crafted in gray hues, she couldn’t understand how such a beautiful piece could be given to her, however Jay thought that no wedding gown could be pretty enough for her, to his eyes it didn’t matter how beautiful the dress were, y/n would overshadow it with her beauty, but the dress that lied on the bed was a close match.

Finally with her dress on, she went to encounter his betrothed in the throne room, where they would finally be wed. Jay was dressed in a full black wedding attire, the crown in his head and the black locks falling into place adorning the frame of his face, he looked as devilishly handsome as always.

Once they were in front of each other, although because of the small height difference y/n had to look up to meet his gaze, he took a crown as hauntingly beautiful as the one he wore, and with care he positioned it over her head.

“You look beautiful, my queen” He couldn’t resist the urge and kissed her for the smallest of seconds, "I love you with all of my being”, he whispered again in the middle of their kiss.

“And so do I, why else would I decide to stay here if it weren't for you?” Y/n kissed him again, he smiled in the middle of the kiss and separated once again.

“I brought you something”, he said, taking from his robes a pomegranate, “The seeds of this fruit are what could make you stay here in the underworld, you wouldn’t be cold anymore in the nights, and you could wander freely…”

He took a dagger and cut open the fruit, taking the seeds out and in the process staining his fingers and his attire, it didn’t matter, he wanted to do it for her, he handled her the seeds which she immediately ate, she was about to eat the seventh seed when a loud rumble stormed their dream wedding day.

It was Demeter, y/n's mother, who stormed into the palace, the sight before her sending her into a frenzy, what was her daughter even thinking?

Jay took y/n behind his back, if there was someone to blame it should’ve been him.

“Move Jay… I'm here to take my daughter home…” Demeter noticed his stained fingers and the fallen seeds on the floor, she looked up and saw her daughter with her lips stained from the smallest of drops of the pomegranate “No, y/n… he made you eat them? what a monster, you damned…”

“Mother, stop, please”, Y/n talked, Demeter couldn’t finish her sentence, her daughter was now in front of her, “I ate the seeds on my own, I want to stay here, I love Jay, and I want to stay here… with him”

“You don’t know what you are talking about, you need spring, and I need you, please y/n, come back home” Her mother's cry made her reconsider everything again, should she go? but she couldn’t leave Jay, she… was she wrong for loving him? Jay's hand took y/n's pulling her close and taking her out of her thoughts, “Darling, I can make you a deal, so you can stay in the mortal world and in here… you only ate six seeds, that means your body can stay here for six months, the other six months you can spend them with your mother on the earth, and I will wait for you here”

Y/n agreed and although at first she disliked the idea, Demeter ended up agreeing as well, leaving with her daughter so the spring could come again.

Jay waited patiently for the months to come where he could meet his queen again, finally the day had come, and there was y/n entering the palace, their bodies reunited in a hug full of longing

“Welcome back my queen” He would whisper before kissing her, “You have no idea how much I've missed you”, he kissed her again, the first of many kisses and hugs that they would share for the months she could stay in the underworld, savoring each others presence because in that moment there was no underworld or mortal world, it was only Jay and y/n, and that was the only world they cared of.

₊˚ ✧ ‿︵‿୨୧‿︵‿ ✧ ₊˚

a/n: I'm sorry for the wait, got kind of sick, but here's the chapter hope that you enjoy it ♡

acc: thank you for all the love and reposts lyy 🤍

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#mirrorbvllhoon #enhypen #jay enhypen #jay x reader #greek mythology #enhypen fluff #enhypen au #enhypen scenarios #jay scenarios #jay au #jay as hades

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genericpuff · 1 year ago

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Omg hiiii, I absolutely love Rekindled! You're so talented, and the story you're making for Persephone is so intriguing! A lot more than whatever trashfire Lore Olympus has become.

That being said, what was the moment you stopped liking LO Persephone? Have you always disliked her, or was it gradual? Or just a specific moment that made you go "yeaaaaah.. she's not it ;-;"

(And bonus question if I can ask, but how do you draw hands?? I hate them with a passion, but unfortunately hands are pretty necessary T^T)

aahhh thank you so much!!!

honestly, I was a pretty big fan of LO up until the trial arc. Like, you've all seen me hate this comic with a fiery passion, but the only reason I'm able to do that is because before I hated this comic, I loooved this comic. I'd literally be counting down the hours until new updates, I loved the art, and I was too smitten by the appeal of the series to notice its writing problems, I just loved the romantic drama and the H x P ship, and yes, I loved Persephone, I loved her design, her personality, and I felt so 'seen' by her struggles, both with her trying to pave a path for herself and the SA plotline. I was even (regrettably) one of those people who would lurk in the antiLO tags and think "wow, these people are dumb, can't they see how brilliantly written this is ?? they're nitpicking!"

But then the trial arc happened which involved writing a plot that didn't put the romance front and center anymore - now that Rachel had to actually write something complex and logic-driven, the blinders started to fall off and I went wait... maybe Rachel doesn't know what she's doing. Persephone choosing her own lawyer? And it's Hades, one of the judges? Why are they suddenly establishing Thanatos as Hades' adoptive son? I'm not a lawyer, but I know that's not how any of this works and it really tipped me off that something was amiss, that Persephone was having all of her solutions conveniently handed to her on a platter and all of the other characters were suddenly being made to look like assholes just to make Hades and Persephone the heroes.

And then... Eris happened.

See, one of the things I loved most in the story was Persephone's character arc concerning the Act of Wrath. I write stories about characters with dark "personas" all of the time. So it was something I had frame of reference for, I really loved the premise of Persephone earning her name through this act of violence and while it was dashed with the opening of S2 revealing it was "all an accident", I was excited to see how the trial arc would bring about new information and confirm who was telling the truth about what "really happened" with the Act of Wrath. If the courtroom drama wasn't gonna be realistic, I could at least hope for some good 'OBJECTION!' reveal that would finally put to rest once and for all what really happened, and maybe Kore would finally embrace this 'dark side' she had.

So for the actual twist to suddenly reveal itself as... 'actually, this one goddess we've never mentioned before blessed you with wrath. why? idk she just did. anyways she's the reason you have wrath and that's what made you commit the act of wrath. problem solved.'

And that was where the twisting of 'faith' happened. When I went through the subconscious realization of , "Oh no, Rachel doesn't know what she's doing and it took me this long to notice. Oh no, maybe those antiLO freaks had a point-"

That said, there was a glimmer of hope in the midseason finale. Persephone was sentenced to remain in the Mortal Realm to carry out her mother's duties and I thought, "great! This will be Persephone's Rocky moment! She'll have to prove herself without the help of Demeter or Hades! This is gonna be awesome!!" During the hiatus, I was VERY excited to see where the story was going, I still had so much hope and I figured the mishandling of the trial arc was just a bump in the road. The series was still good, it was just going through a rough patch, these things happen.

And then it came back and it all went downhill from there. There was a 10 year time skip with very little insight as to what happened. Minthe and Daphne were just suddenly back to normal. They were referencing some food shortage or terrible event that happened during Persephone's reign that they never explained in explicit detail. And now, all of a sudden, Persephone was just returning to the Underworld, where Kronos had suddenly taken over. I had cautious optimism but throughout it, I was really seeing the cracks that were already forming opening wide. A lot of what I had to say wasn't positive anymore, I literally couldn't understand what the reasoning was behind these writing decisions and I couldn't find myself rooting for Persephone anymore, everything just seemed to convenient and easy for her to make her seem like the "strong and confident" character the comic claimed her to be.

The S2 finale was my breaking point and I think it was for a lot of other people too. That was pretty much where my 'transformation' from passionate stan to passionate critic happened, and it happened alongside the creation of the UnpopularLoreOlympus subreddit which would become my new 'home' within the community. After seeing how much the story had gone downhill, it made me realize in hindsight just how awful and one-note Persephone is, how she really never cared about anyone but herself and Hades, how her mother did, actually, have a point about her being practically groomed into a relationship with a billionaire slave driver, how she was very intentionally drawn to look like a child in ways I couldn't believe I had never noticed before, the list of "awakenings" goes on. And it sucked! It sucked to have that realization that the thing I loved wasn't just imperfect, but incredibly problematic in its writing and art choices. And just like when I loved the comic, I couldn't just let go of it, I had to understand to some degree why this happened.

It happened because Persephone was always being written as a one-note, easy to project onto self-insert character. A Wattpad protagonist. Not an actual representation of the Goddess of Spring, but a blank slate for the creator and the fans to imagine themselves as purely for the power fantasy of hooking up with a rich and abusive guy.

That was when I made my first piece of LO art intended to be an 'edit' - a redraw of Persephone's rebirth as the Dread Queen from the S2 finale, an ode to the Persephone I was hoping to see but never got. The rest from there is history.

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I know I'm being SUPER dramatic about it but this was literally how it felt to go through the realization that this comic - and its characters - wasn't as good as I thought it was, and I think that's a sentiment that's shared by a lot of the 'haters' in this community. LO was a big part of my life and even some of my friendships with people, so when it went downhill, it felt like such a hit to the gut. It's still a big part of my life, albeit in the opposite direction, but I still wonder sometimes over the "what ifs", what if the series hadn't turned out this way? What if I had never realized its flaws? Rekindled is basically a love letter to those what ifs, satisfying the feelings I never got to keep with LO, and giving me a reason to count down the hours on Saturday nights again. I'm glad it's made that same impact for others, too <3

#lmao this turned into some really deep catharsis post #i never explained how to draw hands #i'll make a post about that in a bit lmaooo #this is what happens when i'm given free reign in my blog posts #i go off way too much JFDKASLFJDKSLA #but it's a story i like to tell because it reminds me why i do all this to begin with #lore olympus critical #lo critical #anti lore olympus #ama #anon ama #anon ask me anything #ask me anything

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bruciemilf · 2 years ago

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What do you think Hades/Persephone Au Brutalia, with Talia as the Queen of Underworld and Bruce god of spring ?

OH. OH.

That has so much promise. I've always loved Persephone going to the Underworld willing, so I'll do the same thing here. But Talia is Queen of the riches, too. Riches are never truly pure.

Bruce being fascinated by humans. Bruce loving humans. Loving their resilience and their stubbornness and their steel unwillingness to go down easy.

But it's different with children. Children shouldn't carry the burden of resilience. And when little Jason Todd, Bruce's most beloved mortal, dies, -- murdered. He was murdered.

He can't sit by and cry. Tears without action is just water with salt. So he knocks on death's door, a tiny body breathing too quietly in his arms, and begs.

Talia's fingers are freezing. Ice and steel on his skin, tipping his chin forward, making him look death in the eye. And bruce doesn't flinch. " I don't control death. I tame it. "

"And you bend it. Please. An exception. Just for him. For my little bird."

Six seeds. For six months. Eternity isn't big enough a price for Bruce. Jason Todd was meant to live. Thought Bruce won't tell anyone a small part of him enjoyed licking pomegranate off Talia's hands.

" I'm trying," she says, " To make you...Comfortable. But I'm made of terrible, cold things. Things you don't deserve." Don't suffer. Not for me.

A common misconception about The Springbringer; No one survives without teeth. No flower survives winter by luck. " But things I want to earn. " Talia never touches him.

She's terrified he might wither and crumble. And so Bruce touches first. She melts for him, and he endures for her. "Would you let me earn you, sweetling?"

" Whatever you want, little dove."

Somewhere, In Bruce's garden, Demeter, -- thought he prefers Thomas, these days, -- screams so deep it shakes the earth.

#talia al ghul #bruce wayne #brutalia #bruce x talia #damian should still be there!! maybe the batkids are little sould talia keeps around for company bc they couldn’t pay the toll #titus is cerberus #text #text post

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audreyscribes · 5 months ago

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Kryptonian demigods. Demigods whose mortal parents were Kryptonian.

what do you think?

I hope you know Anon you just reawakened my knowledge of DC stuff, and asked this because you saw some of the DC fandom works I posted in the early days of this blog’s time. [*CRACKS KNUCKLES TO START TYPING*] {Points to Long Text below}

Oh boi. Ohhhh boi. Where do we even start with this? So much to delve into.

Alright, let’s start of what we know Krptonians; they are basically very human-like but with advanced biology where they are able to utilize their body’s energies in elaborative ways. Depending on which Earths (universes), how they come with their powers depends but let's say in this case, they can get their powers from the Sun (Red or Yellow sun). Powerwise, full-blood Kryptonians, there’s the solar radiation absorption that allows them superhuman strength and stamina, invulnerability, longevity/immortality (under Yellow sun), superhuman speed, super senses, self sustenance, accelerated healing, super breath, heat vision, amongst a few others.

As demigods though, it’ll depend greatly on their godly parent because even half-Kryptonians and Half-humans have different arrays of powers or delayed. So imagine being half god and half kryptonian? Some of the Kryptonians' aspects may come forward alongside corresponding to the godly parent’s domain, with little wiggle room.

For example, Kryptonians have already accelerated thinking so they’re more calculating and process things faster, so imagine that being the probably their main aspect when they’re also a child of Athena. They probably have their super strength and senses, but they wouldn’t have stuff like laster heat vision or something. Trade offs if you will. However, they’ll also probably have telekinesis and telepathy instead with the Kryptonian genes being brought forward by Athena’s aspects. Think of all an Owl has and put those into the Kryptonian demigod with Athena. Other quick examples include: Demeter-Kryptonian demigod being able to grow plants and burst with their solar flare ability and photosynthesis with their yellow sun absorption. Ares-Krytonian demigod having even more insane super strength and senses. Zeus-Kryptonian demigod who comes to their power of flight much earlier than most half-Kryptonians. You get the point. Then there are some that are just being a child of whatever god and being half Kryptonian. Not really any different from any other demigod problems, just with the added learning of coming into their Kryptonian powers like Jon, son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

There are probably exceptions but what is probably an OP godly parent that makes them an exception to the whole rules is Apollo, since he’s the god of the Sun. An Apollo-Kryptonian who has access to the Sun is probably going to be a full Kryptonian nonetheless. If anything a lot of Kryptonians will probably worship Apollo more above Zeus because he’s the Sun god and is the closest thing to Rao, the chief god of Krypton who is also the Sun.

Despite being so powerful, no matter who their godly parent is, they all have similar weaknesses that wouldn’t differentiate them from normal demigods. They’re all still going to be vulnerable to magic, chi, and other mystical forces. Maybe even more affected than their half-human counterparts since they can’t be harmed by mundane means with their Kryptonian part of them absorbing the sun. It’s also a risk because Ambrosia and Nectar are considered godly food so who knows what effect it’ll have on them as well. They’re aspects are also probably less flexible in adaptability as well so there are no gray areas or technicality in powers; due to the fact that we’re talking about the Gods, conceptualization and representation made up by human mortals on Earth of thousands of years of civilization, culture, and history. So those concepts might not translate over to Kryptonian aspects as much due to being from literally a different planet with its own history, civilization, culture and so forth. Like if a Poseidon-Kryptonian demigod can only control sea water and cause earthquakes, but they can’t control fresh water or anything outside of Sea water since Poseidon is the god of the sea, talk to only actual horses and not Zebras, and etc.

However, what probably the Kryptonian demigods are going to face unexpectedly is the fact they’re going to have an unexpected connection with their own Kryptonian gods and boy, that’ll be fun and no I won’t expand on that.

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apollo-god-of--like--everything · 2 months ago

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(You said sing you a song so I deliver)

Oh, you're alive I suppose that's good news for you But it means a lot more paperwork for me

So don't expect me to be happy to see you Of course, being alive is temporary

So, maybe if I go away and play pinochle for a few hours Things might improve, for me, not for you, you'd be dead

Where am I? Great, you haven't been debriefed This is way out of my pay grade Which is saying a lot cause I don't get paid Someone find Professor Hay-For-Breath and tell him Peter Johnson is awake So he better clip-clop over here! It's Percy Jackson Whatever!

Just another terrible day At Camp Half-Blood, where everything's the worst Just another terrible day When you're in charge, it's like you're cursed

Well, technically I am cursed One romp in the woods with Zeus' favorite wood nymph And you're stuck running a summer Camp for a bunch of needy half-bloods Half-blood? Yeah, half-god, half-mortal, does no one watch the orientation film? Did you say half-god? Yeah and I half-care

Who's next? Silena Beauregard! Oh, great, she's crying I was walking in the strawberry fields with Charlie Beckendorf And we were holding hands and everything was totally normal And then I kissed him and all of a sudden he started growing sunflowers, everywhere

Look, kid I hate to be the one to tell you But I think that Charlie Beckendorf was also holding hands with a nymph That doesn't wanna wish you well To tell you the truth, the best thing to do is to break up with the guy

'Course, who am I to give relationship advice, I'm literally the god of alcohol But he loves me He loves you not! Next!

Another terrible day At Camp Half-Blood, where everything's the worst Just another terrible day I'm the god of wine and I'm dying of thirst

Wait, did you say you're a god? Dionysus, god of wine? The gods are real, yippy skippy Ah, Katie Gardner, I see you've injured your arm I fell off a pegasus You don't have flying lessons on Thursdays, you have archery Those arrows are made of wood! Wood comes from trees! I refuse to participate in any activity that encourages the senseless slaughter of our arboreal friends

Oh, gods Give me Ares or Apollo Anyone but the Demeter kids' cabin Now that you blessed us Go talk to Hephaestus Before I take a knife to my head and start stabbing And stay away from the pegasi! Girls and ponies Ah, speaking of ponies

Percy Mr. Brunner, what are you doing here? This guy is saying all this crazy stuff about nymphs and gods and What is going on? It's complicated Oh, kid, you have no idea About this place or your former mentor I don't have time to fill you in on the details But look, he's also a centaur, God! I did mean to tell you

Another terrible day (Mr. Brunner!) At Camp Half-Blood (you're a horse!) Where everything's the worst, another terrible day What is happening? You can hate it here, but I hated it first Just another terrible day, stuck with these runts in the muck and mud Another terrible day, oh gods I need a drink Enjoy your stay at Camp Half-Blood

oh. um. wow. you have a great voice? what's camp half-blood?

#yeah sry guys it's epic apollo so he doesn't know what chb is 😔#apollo #epic the musical ask blog #epic apollo #greek mythology #epic the musical #ask #mortal acknowledged

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rose-of-the-grave · 1 year ago

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The Underworld

Pairing: Elain x Azriel

Olympus AU

This is part 2 of what I think will be a 3 part fic. Part one is called River Styx. I'm the author (please don't repost) <3

Masterlist Series Masterlist Read on Ao3

Warnings: most characters are ooc and I tried to fit them into the story so the way that I've written some of these characters does not in any way reflect how I view them, some character relationships were also changed as well as the relationships between the gods, everyone appears the same age, kissing

Word Count: 1,701

Characters: Elain=Persephone, Azriel=Hades, Nesta= Demeter, Rhysand=Zeus, Feyre=Hera, Cassian=Helios, Lucien=Apollo, Morrigan=Aphrodite

Azriel, god of the Underworld had just received his summons. Apparently his estranged brother, Rhysand, wanted to talk to him for once. It was a shame that it was all because of a young girl that he had saved, or kidnapped depending on how you see it, turned out to be a goddess. He cursed himself for not realizing it at first but in his defense whatever drugs had been in her system had numbed her powers.

Unfortunately, returning her now would not do. She intrigued him, a timid little thing who had broken the rules and ventured out into the mortal lands. Her personality did not seem like one that would belong to a rule breaker.

He vanished into the dark abyss only to come out of it in the place beyond worlds. It was a place that was separate from time, space, and death. Here, the gods were mortal, stripped of their powers but still immortal. In the distance, away from the gazebo where he stood, lightning struck.

Zeus has arrived it seemed to say.

"Long time no see big brother." Azriel greeted Rhys.

"And whose fault is that? You're the one who angered Father."

Az shrugged, conceding that he did in fact share some of the blame. He watched closely as his brother drew nearer. His face was clouded with something like worry.

"Where is she?" Rhys demanded. He was a master of framing his demands as questions. What he really meant was bring her here, now.

"She is a pretty little thing. I can see why you are so eager to get her back."

"Don't toy with me Azriel, Nesta wants her daughter back. I had to ask Cassian to prevent her from coming to the Underworld by destroying any shadows near her."

"Since when do you listen to that, what was it you called her? Oh, right. Harpy." Rhys made a pained expression. "Oh. I see. Little Rhysie has to do whatever she says or else his wife won't sleep with him." He mocked.

Rhys sighed but ignored the taunt, pushing past it. "Look Az. Just return her to us and we can pretend this never happened."

"No."

"Az..." Rhys started to beg but Az merely repeated itself. His tone leaving no room for argument.

"Fine. Keep her. But don't come crawling back to me when your common sense returns. She is pretty I'll grant you that much but she won't have anything to do down here. She'll be bored. And soon, she'll wither away. She was never meant to be hidden away in the shadows."

Az merely laughed. After all, why should he care? It mattered not to him whether she was meant to be down here. All he cared about was that he finally had his bargaining chip to free himself from his prison. It had been far too long since he had felt the sun on his face.

With one last look at his brother he vanished into a cloud of onyx smoke that swirled into the air.

He reappeared in his study, seated once more in his chair behind he well organized desk. Sending one of his shadows to lock the door he took out a gold key. Sliding it into a lock that had been placed on one of his desk drawers, he twisted it open. Pulling the drawer open he retrieved a gold orb. It was a curious design made by a fellow god before that same god had married Morrigan, goddess of love. It was a mechanical device made from gold that was shaped into a spherical shape. The intricate parts of it spun, concealing whatever was inside. It was a puzzle that he had yet to solve.

Hearing a sound from the hallway beyond, he quickly replaced the orb and locked the drawer. He put the key back onto a chain around his neck that was easily concealed by his black top.

He opened the door and was only somewhat surprised to see her up and about. She had not, as of yet, spotted him. Choosing to spend some more time quietly observing the Underworld's newest resident he instead used his shadows to lead her to a place nobody save him knew of. His garden.

He had little patience for plants but he couldn't resist keeping a place that was tied to life magic. A tiny corner of respite from this place of death. He smiled at her shocked reaction. Unlike earlier she looked relaxed, at peace. Makes sense he figured. She was the goddess of spring, of course being surrounded by plants that were just starting to flower would be a place that would make her more comfortable.

She approached a rose bush. Lifting one delicate hand to a rose bud he watched in quiet wonder when it started to bloom. In less than ten seconds it was a fully blooming flower. A faint melody carried through the air. She was humming. It was a song that had no rhyme or reason, simply magic. It was a tune that spoke of golden corn fields, flower beds as vibrant as a rainbow, and sun coloring the entire world in gold.

She fit in here, in his private little corner. Her outfit today matched her surroundings. It was a pale pink dress with a gold belt and green detailing. She had worn her hair down, with only a simple braid to keep the hairs out of her face. Her golden hair hung down to her waist in loose waves.

No.

He couldn't allow himself to imagine her here, tending to this garden and perhaps livening up the rest of his living quarters. He couldn't allow himself to picture her hair shining against his black sheets. Even if he kept her trapped here forever she was still scared to death of him. Az could still recall her running from him at breakfast. He had made sure to send food to her room since she hadn't eaten. She never ate it.

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Elain was dreaming. She must be. There was no way Azriel, the God of the Underworld, who ruled over the dead had a garden. A flourishing garden. It was beautiful, The flowers had all started to bloom and she was shocked by the variety. There were roses, dahlias, bluebells, and jasmine but there was also a whole assortment of vegetables and fruits.

It was a beautiful place. There were stone paths that wove around the plants that had been planted in an uncovered area. There was no roof, just arches that formed intricate patterns. Elain could feel sunlight on her skin but couldn't see a source. This must be old magic that kept this garden flourishing and plentiful.

She was tending to the roses when she heard him.

"Hello, little dove." Whirling around she came face to face with him, her captor. Leaning back on the manners that her mother had made a point to drill into her she greeted him politely. Offhandedly she wondered how her mother was doing. She had surely noticed she was missing by now.

"I see you have discovered my garden." He said it in a way that implied he was not expecting a response. His gaze was no longer on her but on their surroundings. She turned back to look as well.

At her lack of conversation he continued. "I rarely visit it. It is an odd sort of place, when I was first banished here I thought it would die off so I didn't bother tending to it but, as you can see, it has thrived regardless."

"It's beautiful." She mused. He startled a bit at the sound of her voice but made no mention of it. Instead he simply made a sound of agreement.

"It reminds me of my garden on Olympus." Longing was evident in her voice. She missed home he realized. He had thought the garden might distract her but it had seemingly only made it worse.

She turned towards him. "How has it stayed this beautiful? Surely it would have died by now."

"Old magic. This garden is tied to another on the surface. As long as that garden thrives this one shall to."

"I had no idea that was possible."

"Nor I." He admitted. "Old magic is long gone, only traces are left from a time long past. Stubborn enough to last but with no one to harness them they have gone wild. There are traces left in forests and oceans."

"And gardens it appears." She quipped.

"Yes." He chuckled.

Their eyes met, amusement in both of their eyes. She was a pretty little thing. And he knew he could corrupt her with ease. His darkness would mar her fair skin and springtime persona.

He would be her ruin.

Looking into his hazel eyes, Elain recognized something of herself. A need to be seen. He had been hidden away for so long. Away from his family. Like her, he wanted to do something different. She loved flowers and spring but there were times when she wished that that wasn't all she was. There was a broken part of her that couldn't be healed with sunlight.

He could be her salvation.

Her breath caught when he leaned in. She could feel his breath against her cheek. Leaning up onto the tips of her toes, she brushed her lips against his. At the feel of his mouth on hers, she moaned. That small sound was what broke his feeble attempts to restrain himself. He seized control of the kiss, claiming her mouth as his. One of his hands got tangled in her hair, the other on the small of her back.

As sudden as he had kissed her, he pulled away just as suddenly.

He opened his mouth to say something but paused at her gasp of surprise. Looking around he spotted what had sparked that surprise. The garden was freezing over. Frost coated the leaves of the plants and crystalized into beautiful patterns on the stones they stood on.

Instantly he knew what had happened. It was well known that Nesta controlled the harvest. It was high summer but this garden looked to be in the midst of winter.

Part 3>>

#elriel #acomaf #acotar #acowar #acosf #acofas #short fic #rose of the grave #elain archeron #elain x azriel #olympus au #azriel shadowsinger #azriel #azriel acosf #azriel acotar #elain acotar

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minthe-lover · 2 years ago

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I hate how LO just like many other stories about gods doesn't properly explore how the super old overpowered creatures would actually behave. Like for example the original myths actually did it well. The whole thing with incest and some gods doing whatever they want and punishing mortals actually made sense. They are GODS. They can do whatever they want. Like if we look at Zeus and Hera it makes sense that the god of gods would act like her does and why would his wife punish women he slept with instead of him.

In LO? Nah all gods act like characters from a highschool movie. And morals make no sense. Persephone doing genocide and Hades being a slaveowner is ok cuz they are main characters. Hera cheating is ok cause she was sad boohoo. Zeus cheating? Ooooooh nah that's the worst guy ever FUCK ZEUS. Demeter doing literally nothing wrong and being a good mother? OH SCREW THAT SHE IS JUST A DUMB HELICOPTER MOM FUCK DEMETER.

Like the heck is that? It's so lazy and lame

rs never really decided what her stories or characters morals would be... so it just feels like a jumbled mess that mainly boils down to like this character is a sad main character thus they are right.

#anti lo #lo critical

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lizhly-writes · 1 year ago

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maybe before he regains past memories normal fan knw is in dire straits and confusedly and accidentally uses the story “mortal lover of death” and whatever else it does it makes kdj and yjh immediately have the urge to kill. neither of them know that the feeling is ‘my parents are seriously dating someone my age for possibly mostly sex reasons? bad’ so it just goes straight to murder

where the hell is this au going.

Right. I'm cracking my knuckles. I am going to start ranting.

There is precedent for Hades having mortal lovers. Minthe, for example, who, depending on the version of the myth, was... either torn to pieces or trampled underfoot by Persephone or Demeter out of jealousy, offense, what have you. For the sake of having an intact protagonist, we'll say it was both Hades and Persephone who went for that hot KNW action.

Leuce was abducted and lived out her years quietly in the underworld, her body turned into a white poplar in the fields of Elysium once she died. This is, incidentally, something she has in common with Minthe. The whole... turning into a plant thing after you fucking die. From our astounding two (2) cases, we can logically conclude that turning into a plant is just what happens as a mortal lover of death.

... Of course, this makes for a spectacularly underwhelming attribute, so let's keep going.

Let's assume some kind of marriage took place, because we can't actually really call Kim Namwoon's anyone's stepdad unless there's some sort of legal(?) bond.

The marriage of Persephone to Hades made Persephone the Queen of the underworld, and therefore, a goddess of death. A chthonic deity, if you will. While I'm not saying that's the kind of power rank up that Kim Namwoon is going to get, because that's ridiculous, especially since he doesn't have immortality, he is going to get something out of this.

A marriage of some sort puts him under the chthonic umbrella and should give him some power in the court of the dead, considering that Hades and Persephone, in some myths, share equal control of the dead. Since he's not a god, there's no way he's getting equal control, but I will say he will have advantage in dealing with things that are dead are undead, and also some very limited control, not unlike a DND player who can cast Animate Dead and Speak With Dead. He also gets a powerup in underground areas, like subway stations and, uh, the Underworld.

I'll also say he's got the ability to enter and leave the Underworld at any point, much as how Demeter Chthonia and Hermes Chthonios refer to Demeter and Hermes, in some way, entering and leaving the underworld.

Now, I did have the urge to give him more things -- for example, control of buried artifacts/machinery -- but I think we will stop there, because if I do not, we will go straight into god territory, and we did specify mortal lover of death in this ask. This is enough things! He can control zombies and teleport, what more could he possibly ask for.

Oh, and yes, he will turn into a plant after he dies, because that's what fucking happens when you're a mortal lover of death.

Now, I have a question for you:

is this the urge to kill your parents or is this the urge to kill your parents' infant of a lover considering knw is actually a decade younger than kdj and yjh.

#asks #anon #normal orv fan knw

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ilistentogirlinred · 1 year ago

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I'd love to hear more thoughts on that crossover.

YES OMG!!!

(this is abt my pjo/bsd crossover btw!)

so a little worldbuilding: atsushi was still an orphan obvi, and they're all like 12-18? so like atsushi would be like 14? dazai/kunikida/ranpo/etc would be like 18? or maybe ranpo would be like 20 but still at chb idk. the pm might be camp jupiter? also all the pjo characters still exist in this universe so none of the bsd guys are like the main characters

so i think atsushi would be a dionysus or apollo kid. dionysus cause tigers and apollo cause idk the vibes.

ummmm i said that kunikida would be an athena or zeus kid, athena cause brains and zeus cause honestly i feel like it just fits yk?

the tanazaki's would be like dionysus kids

yosano would be an apollo or thanatos kid. cause healing but like healing with death?

and poor like 10 year old kyouka is an athena kid

kenji is a demeter kid

fukuzawa is like a... fuck wait this is difficult. he's a hermes kid maybe? trust me the vibes are there

more below the cut cause i'm gonna talk A LOT

NOW WE'RE ONTO DAZAI! this bitch was really hard to categorise actually cause like you have to give him something in line with his character arcs? so my first thought was apollo, cause idk but it didn't really fit. my second idea was aphrodite AND HEAR ME OUT ON THIS ONE. so like he'd see people as not really caring about him cause he'd feel like he made them? and he'd have charmspeak. also him being an aphrodite kid just feels right when i think about the fifteen scene. he could also be a hades kid with a nico-esqe time travel lotus casino type of shitshow and like oda was his brother figure maybe? idk i feel like he'd be an aphrodite kid and i refuse to elaborate. (he could be a venus kid cause port mafia?)

ranpo is just mortal and can see through the mist, maybe he's an oracle maybe he's not.

LETS GO TO THE PM!

chuuya could be from another pantheon? maybe? idk he's an ares/mars kid or maybe like a thanatos kid? or he got like cursed/bestowed with like being a demigod but like he doesn't have a proper godly parent? but like he has a patron god parent? so like maybe a titan? like hyperion or smth? or atlas? idk

mori is like a legacy of asclepius and kouyou is an ares/mars kid 100%

the akutagawa's are related on the mortal side and ryuu is a luna (selene) kid? gin is like possibly a very distant legacy of like ultios (assassins!)?

higuchi is like a nymph or driad or smth like that.

kaiji is a minerva or vulcan kid

ummm hirotsu is like a legacy of zeus. very distantly tho

i probably forgot someone from the mafia but whatever

i'd say the hunting dogs are all mortal but can see through the mist (or sense, in jouno's case)

ummmm lets see

other relevant characters:

i want the guild to be a different pantheon so they're the norse ppl. or like 50/50 mortals

POE IS NOT DEAD BTW HE'S NOT IN VALHALLA! poe is like an odin kid maybe? or he's just completely normal? idk he needs powers but yeah he can defs see through the veil/mist and like do shit with it

uhhh oda was themis kid or legacy.

ango's an athena kid? maybe?

OH SHIT THE DOA!!!

i think the decay of angels is like people from a lot of different pantheons with similar goals.

fyodor i think should be from the slavic mythological pantheon so now i get to read about more myths!!! this is obviously very loose cause there isn't much known about slavic myths and gods (cause the christian colonisers didn't care enough to write anything about them) but i feel like he's a dola kid. dola is the personification of destiny and fate! fyodor could also just be completely normal

nikolai is a normal mortal dude who can like see myth-y stuff but he can also do legit magic? like i feel like it would come from the "soul" or smth instead of godly genes? idk like he got gifted with magic cause like a god took pity on him or smth?

AND SIGMA!!! MY CHILD!!! he's a weird one cause like he spawned out of a book. i'd say maybe he's a reincarnated soul? idk tho

lmao there was no worldbuilding here but whatever

#fandom crossover #bungou stray dogs #riordanverse #percy jackson #etc #if anyone wants to talk to me about this more feel free to

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awellboiledicicle · 1 year ago

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in case you're a new follower, the Timo au is a Hades game au where this young woman is a lucid dreamer and that gets Hypnos' attention because he has to double check he actually made her fall asleep properly. So he pops into her dreamscape as a wolf [as she's currently running from wolves and he thinks a suddenly friendly talking one overtaking her and going 'sup' would be Fine] and checks in. But she just ends up scolding this giant talking dream wolf for running with rabid dream wolves because he could have gotten sick. The other wolves have disappeared, because she was making them up as an excuse to zoom around through a forest. Amused, Hypnos hangs out a bit and eventually morphs into a kinda generic greek dude after she comments its a bit weird talking to a wolf. She then dubs him "Lykos" because he's sure as hell not going to say who he really is when this started as just a check in. They have a nice chat and when she starts waking up she says she wishes all her dreams were as entertaining as this had been because he was funny.

So Hypnos pops in on her dreams now and again as Lykos and spends more and more time with her, talking and getting to know each other. She doesn't believe he works for Hades, or that he's in charge of list of the dead--until she just sort of assumes "i made him up, why wouldn't he sit in the underworld." She basically assumes she's made up a v cool oc to talk to when asleep.

Which is fine until they start falling in love and she's telling him her woes about not being able to find a good husband because of all the wars over resources happening due to Demeter's winter. And how she's never actually seen a clear, warm, sunny day. And how her dowry is just whatever weaving isn't being brought to a temple to try appeasing the gods to end the winter, since her family are shepherds and raising animals is hell when you have to clear snow to force grass to try to grow. And how her brothers keep having to go to war and she worries and-- Basically they dream court for several years as Lykos and Timo-- until one day one of the wars end and a guest in their house [a war buddy of her father's] offers to marry her if her father throws in some sheep to her dowry. Which would be fine, normally, because she's 21 and local custom says she should have been married a grip ago and she's had this whole anxiety about not being Good Enough of A Woman about it. But!! She's in love with Lykos, her dear Lykos-- figment of her imagination as he may be.

She basically has a whole sobbing breakdown on Hypnos about how Hypnos [as the god of sleep] must hate her for sending her so sweet a man in dream, while she has to figure out how to love and wed a mortal man that she isn't that interested in. But she can't really say no, because her brothers war buddies also got wind of the sheep thing and joined in proposing to marry her. So she's sitting there, sobbing on Lykos and Hypnos internally goes "oh i cannot let this happen".

And so he hatches a plan.

The plan is twofold: One, he sends an aspect of himself to Timo's house to bid for her hand. A mortal guise version, but still him-- Timo has not seen his real face and so just assumes he's another guy that heard there was an available dowry. Two, he calls in his IOU's from Hera to help him steal her away into a life of marriage and the underworld. Which Hera essentially responds to by sliding her sunglasses down and sipping a drink before going "I don't owe you that big." He reminds her she does, in fact, owe him that big. Because to do this Timo would have to be raised to immortality, otherwise she'll just age and die and end up in the underworld as a shade that wouldn't be able to stay with him properly. Which, GENERALLY, means Zeus would have to grant that boon-- but Hera could do some leaning to make sure Timo isn't ogled while it happens, because Zeus is Zeus. Or just get her Ambrosia direct from Olympus and bypass Zeus entirely. Which she eventually agrees is a better plan, if only because Zeus will find out eventually and she kinda wants to see him frustrated he wasn't involved in a scheme.

Problem, however, is Timo's mother has been in Hera's prayer dms for the last like Ever praying that she'll be lucky enough to find a kind and caring husband in the LITERAL APOCALYPSE they're going through right then. And Hera knows the other gods, even if Hypnos doesn't strike her as the kind to screw over a mortal and make her a plaything-- he's proposing marriage. Which is her sphere. So she proposes a set of trials for them both to complete before she actually helps-- the first of which is for him to reveal his true face to Timo and come clean about who and what he is.

Which is half a dick move and half a test, because Zeus did the whole 'reveal my godly face' thing and it disintegration-ed the poor woman he did it to. Which Hypnos should know about the consequences of, and if he's earnest about loving this woman instead of just being horny on main, he'll put some thought into revealing his identity without killing her.

So he comes clean in the next dream and Hera's basically third wheeling as a peacock in the distance. Timo proceeds to freak the fuck out for, mmm obvious Zeus related reasons. Or like, any of the gods related reasons. Because mortal stories about the gods do not say good things happen to mortals that catch the eye of gods. Like, sometimes it goes super well, but most the time you end up either smited, turned into something, or just dead. Mostly dead. Add in that she's been sitting there cursing him [Hypnos] to 'Lykos' for like a solid week at this point for making her love a dream, she's understandably fucking terrified. Begs for mercy, forgiveness for her being so forward with a god of all beings, so on.

Which vaporlocks Hypnos because he was already feeling bad about lying about who he was-- and worried she'd never love him as anyone but Lykos-- and was powering through his anxiety for the purposes of love. And now she's crying and afraid and he didn't want this to happen like that and tries to calm her down. Eventually she settles and just. has a moment of 'wait a god said he loves me and i am not currently being turned into a newt for freaking out. huh'. and asks him if he still loves her after her reaction and he just. "uhh yeah? I mean, i was lying to you-- and with what Zeus gets up to? I can't blame you. I mean, woof, that guy."

Meanwhile Hera's in the distance like "huh ok test one passed" because she was watching to see if Timo was under any distress-- because if she was charmed Hera was just going to tell Hypnos to fuck off.

Test two is Hypnos has to win Timo's father's approval while Timo sneaks out to complete a Psyche level gauntlet of tasks. This is largely to force her to see the world because if she marries Hypnos, she's going to be stuck in the Underworld unless they vacation sometime and Hades keeps him too busy for that. So it's gathering wool from golden sheep without Helios objecting, collecting a treasure from a great beast, and driving a giant serpent from one of Hera's temples on the way to the final test: retrieving a pomegranate from the underworld itself.

She manages the sheep by swearing to Helios that she can sheer one of his flock without nicking their skin and he's impressed enough that she'd take such an oath and asks why she'd dare possibly angering him. She explains that she is on a quest from Hera and she cannot marry her beloved until she is through. She sways him with her earnestness and he allows her to sheer a few sheep-- wool enough to weave a garment warm against any chill, so he says. The great beast is a sphinx, long starved as travelers are rare in the long winter and having hoarded things she felt were pretty from the corpses of would be heroes. Timo goes in prepared to answer riddles or try fighting it off, but the sphinx is too weak to actually attack either way. It makes her an offer-- it will willingly give a piece of its treasure if she can deliver it something to eat. Timo returns a solid day later, with a deer that she offers to cook for the sphinx. It lets her, as cooking isn't really what they do. A treat, it supposes. When the sphinx is full and warmed by the fire, it happily parts with some bauble it no longer cares for. It does, however, point out that should they meet again it might not be as friendly. She thanks it for it's mercy and moves on. The bauble happens to be golden sheers, blessed to be able to cut anything cleanly. The snake is the biggest challenge, as well as technically the easiest. The problem is that it's very large and swallowed the embers from one of the fires the priestesses would light-- so it's grown fat and dangerous, being the only snake able to do anything but sleep in the cold. The thing is, it's so large that it can't physically look at its whole body without some effort-- so after figuring out that haha it's not going to just Leave, she stabs its side with a hot poker to make it throw up the ember and then she basically makes it chase her into the snowdrifts until it's too cold to keep going, then she cuts its head off with the sheers.

The reason going to the underworld isn't the biggest challenge is, one, there's like five entrances to the damn thing, she just has to pick one and go. Two, Hades is generally a chill god so long as you don't piss off his judges, guards, or himself. You can go in and out just fine if you're polite and the things around the entrance don't kill you. Three, during this whole period of time Hypnos has been telling Zagreus about Timo and how much he loves her and the trials and how worried he is that something might go wrong. Which leads to Zag telling Persephone about the whole thing, because sometimes you tell your mom about your friends' drama and also there's a parallel going on and could she possibly help? Because he could loiter in the temple of Styx with a pom of power and just vibe till she stumbled in, but also like. Would that count?? Persephone, meanwhile, is about 2000% done with convoluted schemes and just asks Hypnos outright if he loves this woman. [yes!] Is he prepared to take the surface from her? [well... she said yes, so..] and is he prepared to argue with Hades about moving her in? [Also yes.] Nyx is likewise deeply interested in what makes Hypnos think he's ready to keep a wife, and the two women get a five hour long dissertation on how and why he loves her that wins them over. So by the time Timo stumbles into the temple, Persephone is basically just vibing with Cerberus and offers her an ambrosia. She has a pom too, she's just willing to help out someone willing to go through these lengths to marry.

Which kinda fucks with Timo a bit because holy shit another god. Holy shit cerberus. holy shit she's being offered immortality by the future lady of the house she's joining. be calm, be chill. She drinks it and they have a long talk about giving up the surface and what joining the House of Hades is going to mean. Persephone also wanted to tease Hypnos a little by telling his beloved embarrassing stories Nyx would be too composed to bring up. They also bond over farming, though she is sad Timo's never seen a bountiful harvest in her lifetime because of the winter.

Meanwhile back at Timo's house, Hypnos [using the name Lykos for a bit because he didn't wanna blow his cover] has been subtly cheating his ass off every time the other suiters challenge him to some test of skill. Just keeps making people fall asleep or get drowsy so his kinda shit archery or totally shit swordsmanship seems a lot better. Mostly the problem has been trying to win over Timo's father. Timo's mother loves him so far, as he's just a naturally easy going guy when he's focused on something. He's also not some rough and tumble soldier or silently brooding hunter from the hills-- no one can work out what he does for a living, just that he keeps popping up with animals to repay the kindness of letting him stay until Timo returns. He asks after her brother's craftwork and the sheep. So on, but he's not terribly impressive on his own. The good news is he's the only one that stuck around after Timo fucked off for her quest, and he kept the family fed in return for their hospitality so brownie points were made.

Which is why it takes Timo throwing open the door to the main hall in all her newly immortal glory to resolve thing, and she promptly lived by the hearth for like three days while her father and Hypnos-- who revealed his identity once her father agreed they'd be wed--worked out details. Her mother is understandably fucking anxious. Doubly so when Hypnos insists on doing the courting properly-- which means he drags Nyx and Than to eat with her family, as that's a thing. And spends hours with Zag fretting over wedding presents to give the family.

No one tells Hades about anything until the happy couple is basically on their way down the Styx. Mostly because he'd bitch about it disrupting Hypnos' work or whatever. Nyx essentially just stares him down and asks if he's entirely sure he thinks he can stop HER son from wedding and living happily.

It's a whole thing and i love it because i cannot explain how cute it is. I just keep. not writing it.

but it exists and i love it

Pondering the Timo au again and it really is just Hypnos and Timo being weirdos together in Timo's head until things get appropriately dramatic for the greek gods.

Still cute tho

#long post #timo au

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petrichorparacosm · 2 years ago

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The new show must have stirred my inner 12-year-old, because here I am, a full grown woman posting Percy Jackson AU Ideas. Time is a flat circle and all that.

Let’s call this AU the PJO Patrons AU. Basically, the idea is that, when Zeus decreed that the gods couldn’t directly interfere in the lives of their mortal children but COULD still interfere somewhat in the lives of OTHER demigods, a version of the Olympians who were slightly better parents might decide that the best way to make sure someone was looking out for their spawn would be to trade, so to speak.

By ‘trade’ I mean that any Olympian demigod would be automatically taken under the patronage of whichever other Olympian their parent had made a deal with.

The big three (due to the “no kids” rule), Hera, Hestia and Artemis obviously have no need for such a bargain, but the others? Oh boy. Prepare for chaos.

Athena & Hermes

Listen. Athena and Hermes were the two gods who would most often appear randomly to help demigods that weren’t theirs, so it makes sense for the unclaimed to be under their conjunctive supervision. Also, please picture Athena giving Luke extra attention (as far as she gives ANYONE attention) and vice versa for Hermes and Annabeth, out of guilt. And then the fallout of Luke’s betrayal being twice as impactful…

(… not to mention, trickster + strategist yields some scary competent demigods…)

Aphrodite & Ares

This is more of a stepparent situation. Ares making Chiron make Drew Tanaka and Co. run an obstacle course while Aphrodite keeps blessing her lover’s children with pretty clothes that they absolutely do not want and mourning Silena with Clarisse.

Dionysus & Demeter

They have overlapping domains, don’t have bad blood, and can be characterized as caring but inconsistent parents, albeit for very different reasons. Castor and Pollux are kind of getting spoiled here, since they DO get to see their father around.

Aunty Artemis

As previously stated, Artemis has no demigod children and takes care of her hunters personally. Mythologically and canonically-to-the-Riordanverse, Apollo is one of the more caring Olympian’s when it comes to his kids, and takes pride in endowing them with whatever skills they take to under his domain. Since he can’t, who better than his beloved twin to show up once in a blue moon and give his children some pointers?

Hephaestus & Hera

We all know Hera is big on family. Hephaestus is sort of the “ugly red headed stepchild” of the Olympians, but he IS also one of Hera’s only children. She would TOTALLY accept his kids under her domain. Also, it would add some neat layers to the Juno- Leo situation…

Yeah Zeus is salty about this and means that Hephaestus kids are even more terrifying to tick off.

On the note of big three kids, Thalia would obviously end up with Artemis as a hunter, as would Bianca. Percy and Nico would technically be under Athena’s patronage while unclaimed, then be patronless once claimed (just can’t win, huh boys?) but honestly I could see various gods seeing one of them and going “oh, mine now” down the road.

For Nico, maybe Persephone, out of love for Hades and sympathy for her stepson? I could also see Eros claiming patronage that Nico would refuse to awknowledge.

For Percy, maybe Hermes, as a favor to Annabeth and commemoration to Luke?

BONUS: a demigod (such as Meg) can be claimed by a non- default patron (such as Apollo) and also this system of patronage makes Zeus’ non- interference decree super backfire bc this level of involvement is NOT what he wanted.

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toasecretsanta · 2 years ago

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The Winter Solstice

A/N: For @sierice [written by @sofia-not-sophie] and the prompt “Apollo’s relationship with the olympians.” I’m not sure how well this fills the prompt, but I’ve been sick and I haven’t written for a while so I’m glad to be back at it. I do think it’s an interesting slice of life type snippet with the Olympians though. Word count: 1057 Summary: A lot has changed since the last Winter Solstice council meeting Apollo attended. Most of that change being him.

“But he looks so cute like that.” Aphrodite whispered across the room, as if she had forgotten that Apollo could hear her.

“Well it’s unprofessional.” Dionysus huffed, “His punishment’s over. He should go back to looking normal, it’s only respectful to those of us still being punished.”

“Don’t you choose to look like that?” She asked.

Apollo rolled his eyes and went back to tuning his lyre. He was mortal sized and looked like Lester, which let him have the space to tuck his legs up and lounge on his throne. Lester’s skin had become more comfortable for him, at least when he was at either camp or was alone since become in a god again.

He was only wearing it in the throne room that day becasue whatever seasonal affective disorder sun gods get was at its worst. Luckily the part of him driving the sun could go curl up in bed after his shortest shift of the year listening to the new music his kids got him hooked onto the week before.

The rest of him was stuck at the meeting.

Dionysus was just putting on his usual stink, not that his little brother’s comments didn’t sting a little. Aphrodite’s cute comment was the best he would get in this form. She was pissed at him anyways because he hadn’t dated anyone in almost six months.

“Ignore him, you know D has been sober too long.” Artemis appeared, also human sized, across from him on the arm of his throne.

“You know I love you Artemis, but please get off my throne, you’re gonna stink it up with all your moon cooties.” He could feel her energy seeping into it and brushing up against his own in an uncomfortable way. He probably could have been nicer about it, but he was already feeling off from the solstice.

She hopped off the arm and went to her fifteen foot size. “Cooties aren’t real, brother.”

“I’m the god of medicine I could make them real.”

“That’d be fun, I’d definitely get more hunters that way.” She walked across the aisle to her throne and sat down.

Apollo strummed a chord on his lyre, the highest string was the tinniest bit sharp, the kind of thing Apollo was sure only he could hear, but it still bugged him. In the past he would usually tune with a wave of his hand, but ever since he had to painstakingly tune his ukulele every day as a mortal, he found comfort in the practice.

Hades stalked past followed by Demeter, they were arguing, as usual, “And you even cheated on her! She doesn’t deserved to be stuck down there with the likes of you and that son of yours.”

“Don’t talk about my son that way! And besides Persephone has grown quite fond of him, she’s planning a surprise birthday dinner for him next month.”

Demeter scowled.

“Nico’s actually a pretty nice kid Demeter.” Apollo said. Hades looked shocked, and a bit relieved.

“See even the sun and healing god, who am I most antithetical to likes my son.” Hades smirked and headed to his temporary seat.

“Oh. Apollo I didn’t see you there. Why are you mortal sized?” Demeter looked at him.

“More room in the chair.” Apollo shrugged, “And you shouldn’t pass judgement on demigod’s you’ve hardly even seen, let alone met. Although, I guess that would apply to your kids too. Meg’s still waiting on thirteen years of birthday presents.”

“Her birthday is not until next week. I planned on paying her a visit then, since it is not my busy season.” She frowned, as though she was considering going to harass Hades more, and then turned back to her throne.

Demeter had become much more wary of him since he returned, for good reason. He knew Meg probably wouldn’t talk to her even if she made an effort, but Meg also wanted to meet her. Apollo made a mental note to be with Meg on the whole day of her birthday, just in case he needed to tell Demeter to go home.

Apollo made an adjustment on his lyre and the chord rang out perfectly as he strummed it. He looked around the room to get a sense of when the meeting would start. Athena was calmly knitting, Artemis counting her arrows for what was probably the thousandth time, and Aphrodite was now sulking in her throne.

Apparently it was one of those years where both Hephaestus and Ares weren’t speaking to her since they looked like they were getting on better than normal. Ares was standing by Hephaestus’ throne and they were talking about something. Probably the world’s next new weapon of mass destruction, as if the mortals or demigods needed more of those.

Dionysus and Hermes were playing catch down at their end of the throne room. Only two years ago Apollo would have been a part of that game. The ball was almost the size of his current torso.

He could join the game, it wasn’t one of his bad routines as a god. The game helped him out of his darkest-day-of-the-year-induced slump. It had actually been a good way of bonding with his brothers. It was the twenty minutes of the year that at least a small part of Hermes wasn’t focused on messages in some way. The twenty minutes of the year Dionysus didn’t seem irritated with his punishment.

Sometimes they even got Artemis to join and she enjoyed showing off her trick shots.

A wave of air that smelled like rotting fish wafted over. If Poseidon had arrived, that meant Zeus’ fashionably late arrival, with Hera on his heels was soon.

Apollo should probably look more meeting presentable than a mortal sized teenager on a god sized throne. He sighed and willed himself to be fifteen feet tall and to look like what the others expected Apollo to look like.

Dionysus had been right, his mortal look was unprofessional for a god.

Zeus appeared in a crack of thunder with Hera at his side and Apollo did his best not to flinch. He might not mind having human instincts still, but the Olympians surely would notice, and he’d rather if most of them didn’t.

“Alright settle down!” Zeus’ voice boomed, “Let us start this meeting.”

#toasecretsanta #sofia-not-sophie #sierice #pjo apollo #pjo artemis #pjo dionysus #pjo aphrodite #pjo hades #pjo demeter #pjo olympians #pjo zeus #trials of apollo #toa #riordanverse #trials of apollo fanfic #toa fanfic #riordanverse fanfic

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justmenoworries · 2 years ago

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Lore Olympus Episode 226 Spoilers:

The way literally every other plotline is infinitely more interesting and compelling than whatever the fuck hxp have going on right now.

Psyche is employing Hephaestus’ help to expose and bring down Apollo? Yes, please! I’m just so happy Psyche gets to play a bigger role, at this point she’s one of the few characters I actually care about. The others being Demeter, Aphrodite, Minthe and Hephaestus. (Ares I haven’t given a singular shit about since RS gave him that awful redesign and made him yet another Persephone simp.)

Hera has a mental connection with Kronos that she told nobody about? Okay, that’s interesting. Though I already know this is gonna amount to nothing more than RS getting to torture a female character in a really creepy fetishistic manner. It’s an intriguing concept at the very least.

Oh, and hxp are waffling about doing nothing and agonizing about how they want to get married.

Because obviously that’s the most important issue right now.

Not the fact that Kronos is fucking around with Tartarus.

Or that he has a literal child in his grasp.

Nah, it’s more important to demonstrate once again how “humble” and “down to earth” Persephone is with that whole “But I don’t want a big wedding Q_Q” nonsense. Smithe, does Persephone like being pampered or does she not like it? Make up your mind!

Absolutely loving the complete lack of concern for Demeter here. No one thinks they should maybe, oh, I don’t know, apologize for deceiving her, lying to her her, actively sabotaging her life?

God, I hope Demeter is gonna give Persephone an ass-whooping when P comes to the Mortal Realm. This woman deserves to go off with all the shit everyone’s been putting her through.

#anti lore olympus #lore olympus spoilers #lore olympus critical #lo critical #lo spoilers

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astaroth1357 · 4 years ago

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The MC is a Valkyrie

Demigod MC Series: Intro

Greek: Aphrodite, Hermes, Hades, Dionysus, Demeter, Athena, Hades Pt. 2, Poseidon, Ares, Hestia, Nyx

Norse: Valkyrie

A bit of a change of pace this time! No worries, I'm not done with the Greeks or anything. I just had this idea and wanted to get it out.

Valkyries aren't really demigods, but are a part of Norse myth as the minor divinities that help choose and deliver fallen warriors to Valhalla to join the ranks of the einherjar (the souls who will fight when Ragnarok comes). Valkyries are depicted as women who are fierce warriors in their own right. Despite their place as the gatekeepers of the Chosen, they've been said to sometimes take heroes and mortals as lovers or take residence in Midgard posing as daughters of royals/nobility.

Lucifer

At first, they thought they grabbed an heiress - which would have been bad enough - but then the MC grew wings, drew a spear, and asked who among them wanted a glorious death...

How hard is it to find ONE damn human on Earth? Isn't that realm supposed to be full of them??

Diavolo was thankfully able to talk their winged friend down from skewering Asmo and accepting the exchange on behalf of the human wo-… Midgard.

Living with a Valkyrie is different for sure. The MC is a proud woman who takes her role very seriously and she's seemingly deemed him and his brothers as candidates for einherjar (despite being demons).

He's tried many, many times to explain to her that they're not interested, but she's unconvinced. Now the MC watches his brothers like a hawk waiting to cart one of them off to Valhalla! Any mortal wound could be an excuse...

He's had to save Beel and Satan twice from getting dragged to that infernal palace… For whatever reason, she seems to have taken to them the most. Is it old Norse culture to favor the brash and strong? He has no idea...

At the very least, she knows better than to try to drag him into her little plans. Though he's sure he could qualify for the einherjar (obviously, why wouldn't he?) he has no interest in leaving his life here behind.

To think he'd actually have to put surveillance on his own brothers for their safety… But they're not going to get drafted into some ancient Norse war, not if he can help it.

Mammon

She’s an heiress… An heiress!!

Well, her human world identity is an heiress to a well-respected (and rather magical) rich family but that still technically counts! She’s crazy loaded back there! He’s in love!!

The only problem is that in the Devildom she doesn’t have a cent.

… and the fact that she keeps trying to get him killed. That’s also a problem.

In a way, things are not as bad and exactly as bad as that sounds. The MC apparently wants him to go to Valhalla (dope) but she can’t just take him there… He technically has to die in some kind of “vallent battle” first.

Her solution? Pick fights with nearly anything that moves and drag him into it!

Honestly, it’s pretty annoying… Sometimes he just wants to have a fun night out without getting into a barfight, you know??

At least the MC can handle herself… Hell, he was her "babysitter" but she barely even needed him. A lesser demon once made the bad idea of trying to cup her ass and lost a hand for his trouble…

Though, what this amounts to is the MC starting something then fighting alongside him like back-to-back badasses while looking for any excuse to scoop him up and fly him to Asgard!

Why does he put up with this? Well for starters human world rich is still rich, all he has to do is get himself a portal then he's living the high life! And secondly, well… what's the harm?

Sure, she technically wants him dead but he's the secondborn! The list of people who can take him down is so slim that it's not like he's in any danger. She even fights with him so things are a piece of cake!

Is this a case where he's 100% more forgiving because she's rich? Yes. Absolutely. But a golddigger's gotta eat somehow, right?

Leviathan

Is it weird to be jealous over someone not wanting you to die...?

Okay, that's an oversimplification but Levi can’t help but feel snubbed that the MC doesn’t have any interest in taking him to Asgard. Like, none! And why not??

He’s strong! He’s tough! He’s part snake too! Don’t the Nords have a thing about that? Like, there’s a giant snake they’re all worried about?? Maybe he could communicate with it!

Logically, Levi knows that he really shouldn’t press her on this… MC is pretty much a Grim Reaper with a Norse coat of paint and Asgard doesn’t really sound like his speed. No anime, no video games, not even cable! It’s just eat, train, and drink all day… Ew.

But still… What makes him an odd one out?

At best, she just knows he wouldn't be happy there. At worst, she's underestimating his skill… or maybe she's gauged him just right? He's always known he was weak!! 😫

Oh well... at least she's not a bore to be around. Far from it. She treats EVERYTHING like a life or death trial - he's pretty sure that if he challenged her to rock, paper, scissors she'd commend him for his bravery and swear on her sisters that she won't lose.

He once made the mistake of inviting her and Simeon for a game of Devil Party and they both got so into it that they nearly had a duel to the death as a tiebreaker…

Thank Devil that the game had a pre-programmed minigame for that kind of thing… It would have gotten messy otherwise.

Well, even if his other brothers go to Asgard, he can just chill out here with Lucifer and Asmo… right…? Actually, no, that sounds horrible! MC, he changes his mind!! Take him too!!! 😭

Satan

How many times does he have to say that he doesn’t want to go to Asgard?!?

Well, okay that’s not entirely true. Out of scientific curiosity, seeing the godly realm of the old Nords would be fascinating but he doesn’t want to stay, which the MC seems to have trouble understanding…

He’s not even sure why she's singled him out for einherjar status… Any one of his brothers are powerful beings in their own right and he’s not particularly, uh, “even-tempered” himself...

His best guess is she saw him wipe out a handful of lesser demons at some point and declared him Ragnarok material. He always ends up throwing around at least three of those idiots a week so checks out…

If he's being honest, her very existence raises so many questions… Does this mean that Ragnarok is real? Will the human world be swallowed up by the sea? Will the gods of Asgard fight and die as a new world is established? When??

Unfortunately, the MC won't tell him when it all will come to pass (he suspects even she doesn't know) just that Loki will trigger it… Someone keep tabs on that guy.

Until then, he just has to put up with her attempts to convince him but his patience is wearing thin… He's pretty sure he threw a bookshelf at her once but she caught it anyway so yeah...

He did challenge her to a proper duel too but… well let's say she's a Valkyrie for a reason and leave it at that. (Being saved by Lucifer was so humiliating… He's done here, move on already!!)

Asmodeus

First things first, she's gorgeous. Beautiful! Divine! (Literally 🤭)

Now that that's out of the way… She may also have a screw or two loose.

Like, he gets it. She's a Valkyrie and snapping up strong souls is her thing but come on… Mammon? Really? Why would he get into Valhalla instead of him, huh??

Why can't he get to go to the beautiful afterlife of the old Norse with all their strapping warriors, lovely maidens, and endless partying?? It's not fair!!

Ugh… and now she's got him sounding like LEVI! How frustrating…

Well, it may not be that bad. According to MC, he'd have to do battle training in Valhalla and that wouldn't really agree with his beauty routine. Like dirt, sweat, blood, and muscles? No thanks! Not for him.

He asked MC if he could get some kind of pass, but no dice… Maybe he could still convince her to let him vacation there… Or go for a visit? Just one? Surely that couldn't be so bad right?? He's heard that Thor looks NOTHING like people think he does and he's so curious!!

The closest he's ever gotten was challenging the MC to a fashion contest for a visit, but he dropped that idea quick when she proposed that they somehow include a wrestling match in the dressing room (and he knows she didn't mean the fun kind...)

As much as he'd love to get skin-to-skin with MC, the idea of getting locked in a chokehold was less appealing for some reason. 🤔

Ah well, he'll just have to make due admiring her wonderful body clothed for the time being… There's something to be said about muscular ladies, no?

Beelzebub

So she’s almost convinced him to join the einherjar like twice now…

He’s not the best at making decisions when he’s hungry and the MC keeps hyping up the food… Apparently it’s really good up there and MC says that she’s never seen an empty platter... Just thinking about it makes his stomach do backflips.

Thankfully for him, Lucifer usually steps in before Beel can sign his soul away and reminds him that he can’t just abandon the family for a meal, even if it is a feast.

You'd think he'd be annoyed but Beel isn't really bothered by her habit of trying to bring everyone to Asgard. At least not on a personal level.

Like Lucifer, he doesn't want to see his family broken up so he'd rather she wouldn't… But she's a Valkyrie right? It's what she does. It's not like she can help it.

In a weird way, he also thinks she means well. She just respects them and wants them to have a good afterlife. It would be kind of sweet if they didn't have to die for it first…

If he's being honest, he's not that worried about it anyway. His family is pretty tough, not a lot in the Devildom can take them down. As long as they're careful, everybody should be alright. 🙂

Maybe he could get MC to make some Valhallan food for them in the Devildom… Or he could get one of those immortality apples?? Though those would extend his life wouldn't they…? Oh well...

Belphegor

Belphie's attempt to kill the MC went something like this:

Belphie: *switches to his demon form* "I can't believe you actually trusted me!"

MC: *blinks* "Oh. So you want to challenge me then?"

Belphie: "What?"

MC: "Ah, now I see! You want to fight to prove your valor then die by my hand??"

Belphie: "What are yo-??"

MC: *summons wings and golden spear* "I like your spunk, demon!! Fight me with all you have and perhaps I'll take you to Valhalla! May you join us in our fight as a brother!!"

Belphie: "What the hell are you talking about!?!"

To his credit, he put up a good fight and probably would have gotten into Asgard if Lucifer hadn't intervened to save his life.

It can be said that the MC's Valkyrie-hood took Belphie completely by surprise. Sure, he thought she was a little weird for a "human" but challenging him to a duel to the death? That came out of nowhere!

His uneasiness about her only grew after he found out that she's been literally trying to get Beel killed! How in the world were his brothers so relaxed about this?? She's insane!!

So say what you will about the MC, but she's managed to do the impossible. She got Lucifer and Belphie to make up and work together on something! (i.e. making sure she doesn't send them all to their deaths)

Between Lucifer monitoring his brothers and Belphie watching the MC, they'll keep everybody in the Devildom where they belong. That's a promise!

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