#the di project

[chthonicgodling]

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 AND NOW presenting!!! THE first ever appearance, at long last, after many years of irrelevance and several weeks of stupid buildup— the FATHER of one Miss Pasithea— the one and only—

✨Elysium’verse✨ DIONYSUS - HAS ENTERED THE SCENE*

*****as in, sure but not really actually lol. THAT IS, our Olympians cameo here and there & he is NOT one of those who have ever ACTUALLY made an appearance before. BUT in exploring Pasi & her family internally I’ve finally made the executive decision to finalize up exactly where she came from, and since mythologically THIS?!!! was one of the options?!!!! I saw the chance, grabbed it, then IMMEDIATELY spiraled into a rabbit hole that no one asked for

AND SOOOOO first things first before I loop back around to PasI, it’s the design reveal!!! plus closeup & then my notes to self since these two drawings were the first I got done in this whole collection to use as reference for myself lmao

Indeed I have been accumulating a bunch of snippets to conceptualize the vision I have of Elysium!Di as he relates to our actual characters and those all come next!! little doodles and comics!! for now, two things, most importantly, to attach to this intro pic ;

1. in this OC’verse, PLEASE do not forget that HERE Olympians exist to be mean and terrible and are all assholes all of the time, as this is a venue for chthonic gods only 🥰  are the mythological olympian gods nuanced and morally gray characters yes!! Am *I* interested in exploring that at all here NOOO not in the SLIGHTEST go someplace else for that. and so this WILL be biased and skewed ty 💕💕💕

2. as a straightedge weirdo myself, the mythological aspect of Dionysus that interests me is less so “party wine god” (tho valid) and more of a…. “god of insanity madness RIP pentheus” vibe so uh…. please keep that in the back of your mind as well 

and so without further adieu it is now 🍇🍷🍇Dionysus week(s)?🍇🍇🍷 

stay tuned for more coming up! this version & the elysiumverse (whats that?? clicky) etc etc belong to me n the gang weeeooo-

[ink-the-artist]

Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an  adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol 

[posalis]

and i wonder: do you see her in the back of your mind in my eyes?

i see her in the back of my mind. all the time. (feels like a fever. like i'm burning alive. like a sign.)

[heliomanteia]

Nico: (describes a very specific and particular experience that he often has in clear confusion as to what causes it)

Will who is holding back from asking him if he’s ever been assessed for autism: yeah?

[willthespy]

i forgot how annoying drawing on a phone is

anyway have some solangelo

[snoelledarts]

“Hey babe does Jason have to come with us on EVERY date?” “He has separation anxiety if I leave him by himself he’ll chew on the doors.” “…Okay…”

[aroaceleovaldez]

the dynamic of demigods thinking which other demigod is the most powerful is always amusing to me because. like, we know the big 3 kids are all the most powerful. That's just a fact of their universe. And then we know nearly every character views Percy as the strongest demigod, and most people are very rightfully intimidated by him.

and you look at the powers of the Big 3 kids and there's Percy, but then you realize Nico is just kind of objectively more powerful than him but simply chooses to hang out in Percy's shadow like he's Percy's scary dog privileges. Like, the two of them are pretty equally capable of causing multiple different apocalypses. Nico just also has like four different instakill powers and it's not like he doesn't use them. He very much uses them! Not infrequently, even! And they don't seem to take a significant amount of energy from him! And other demigods are pretty intimidated by both of them! But Nico makes a conscious point to keep his cards close to his chest and not let on exactly how dangerous and scary he can be if he wants to. People are already scared enough of him without knowing anything about him and he doesn't like that. Percy doesn't think about that nearly as much, and so usually just goes in guns blazing and that's part of why he's considered a wildcard. And then Nico himself puts Percy on a pedestal, so those who do know more about Nico's abilities then presume Nico knows something they don't about Percy that implies Percy is even stronger than him.

And even on a meta level Nico's narrative role requires him to be functionally more powerful than Percy, because he very often serves the purpose of getting Percy out of situations he can't handle on his own. That's just part of his function as a character! But also narratively he can't overshadow Percy so he just takes a backseat of his own accord and that's very amusing to me.

[amelia-yap]

i think shes a bit grumpy...

[morningsaidthemoon]

Excerpt from The Song of Roland, translated by Norma Lorre Goodrich (Medieval Myths)

[xulips]

read train and fly muscle training

[chthonicgodling]

((im so fucking sorry this is so long iiM-))

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✨feat. the fourth of four “interlude” comics, AKA THE BIG ONE!!! AT LONG LAST!!!!!  I hope all this hyping has paid off because all of these have basically just been building to this one comic, which originally started as one quick sketch, and then exploded into five pages of one of the meanest things I’ve ever done :’) i’ll spare u all from taking up more space lmao and my notes n’ commentary are behind the cut!

“WHY DIDNT PASI GO WITH HIM?!?!?!?!!!” you are probably asking, Umm because (obnoxious Ancient Greek Olympian Older Sisters Voice) you can’t go with your own future husband to ask for your own hand in marriage that’s HIS and your father’s job duh????? (one thousand years later Pasi’s still like uGhhGhHH I SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT HARDER)

!!Authors note for just me specifically to clear my conscience! I KNOW bacchanal is the Roman term not the Greek term but it fit the flow of the sentence better so what’s one more anachronism among one million shhhhhHHH—

the last page - featuring special surprise cameo by an elysium’verse ✨ARIADNE🧶✨- was added super last minute and primarily JUST actually for the ulterior motive of drawing Ariadne jn the dumbest background visual gag of all time, for you keen eyed Greek mythology fans 🧶🧶 (aDFLGL IM SORRY ITS SOOOO STUPID LMFAO) (I also just rlly wanted to design her 🥺)

every line of dialogue here was the absolute most fun to write - I love writing ElysiumOlympians so much and Di is no exception, that sweet sweet condescending passive aggression!! and to be clear, this is Dionysus LIKING Hypnos! this DID go well! oh my god!

And finally, I also must point out every expression here was ALSO so much fun to draw! Despite how much I complain abt doing them I think I do I love drawing comics cause choosing one million micro expressions is my absolute jammmm*~ obviously my fave panel of this collection is page three at the bottom duh

AND SOOOO- This post is almost the end, so to wrap up the Dionysus month, there’s just one (and a half?) more post(s) to come! Stay tuned! standard disclaimer these are my designs my versions dont take me too seriously dont take anything too seriously im so sorry Hypnos but what did we really expect. IF YOU MADE IT TO THE BOTTOM I LOVE YOU THANKSSSS

[bigfatbreak]

theres a saguaro skeleton in a lot near my house and its taking all my power to not hustle over there and steal a few ribs

[grentart]

TW: Blood

[tearwolfe]

burn more, that's what i was born for

[stars-obsession-pit]

Suddenly half-human

Danny was a full ghost hanging out in a random spot in the Zone when suddenly a rift in space tore open on top of him.

His very essence shifted as strange energies poured into him from a previously-unfathomable direction.

No longer pure ectoplasm. Something new, something living in a deeply foreign way.

A force suddenly pulled him to collide with cold, solid ground.

He felt different.

His whole body felt weighed down as if encased in thick rubber, preventing him from shapeshifting or even just floating up. Something thudded to life inside his chest, pumping a new fluid throughout his insides.

As he continued to lay there in shock, his chest began to burn.

Instincts he didn’t fully understood kicked in and his mouth flung open, gasping for breath. The burning subsided as his chest continued to heave.

What the hell? Since when did he need to breathe?

He heard three young, panicked voices from across the room. He flopped his head in their direction and took in their appearances semi-deliriously, still trying to pull his thoughts back together.

They were humans. Living, breathing humans. A tall redheaded girl, a boy in a beanie and glasses, and a girl in what he believed was referred to as “goth” clothes.

Wait… was he human now?

Awkwardly clambering to his feet, leaning against the wall of the strange tunnel for balance, he tried to give them a grin. It probably came out a bit more unhinged than he intended.

“So, uh, any idea what just happened?”

[jonsaremembers]

Wait a god damn minute.

Does that mean that he tweeted THIS from the fucking hospital?