#the house of atreus is literally cursed but minos’ house made their own curse

[trucywright]

with all the myth adaptations out there, one i want to write is where ariadne doesn’t realize theseus intends to kill the minotaur. she thinks he’ll rescue the athenians and get them out and maybe help her smuggle the minotaur to somewhere safe, so she gives him the thread. then he comes out bloodied and with the minotaur’s head and she’s too stunned and in shock to be horrified.

but she’s just betrayed her father and there’s nowhere for her to go so when theseus offers his ship, she boards it. and when he leaves her on naxos, she doesn’t grieve over him, she grieves over her brother and a family that has piled grief upon grief and crime upon crime.

her eldest brother who died and was resurrected but not the same. her other brother who was killed in athens and repaid by the deaths of countless innocents. her sister who’ll marry theseus one day and be punished by a goddess mad at another. her youngest brother called a monster and hidden away until he could be slaughtered. her father who sacrifices children just like his own and who locked away the inventor and his son to die alone.

and her, on that island, bereft and alone. haunted by her family’s ghosts.

[margaretkart]

Don't worry i am fine- *cries*

I would like to think Ariadne's journey after Dionysus finds her and getting married to him as a healing journey.

She has seen the coldness in her parents behaviour after her father tricked Poseidon and how in his pride blames everyone but himself. How she's afraid of starting a family that isn't like hers, full of hurt and despair, and be a better parent than hers.

How she's afraid of getting abandoned again by Dionysus and maybe be a jealous or insecure, something she never thought of acting before. How Dionysus is always patient and reassures her from her fears and she starts feeling better with time.

How she tries to forgive and let her past behind.

I would like a book just her trying her best to heal from all the trauma she endured and have a life where she's been loved and appreciated.

with all the myth adaptations out there, one i want to write is where ariadne doesn’t realize theseus intends to kill the minotaur. she thinks he’ll rescue the athenians and get them out and maybe help her smuggle the minotaur to somewhere safe, so she gives him the thread. then he comes out bloodied and with the minotaur’s head and she’s too stunned and in shock to be horrified.

but she’s just betrayed her father and there’s nowhere for her to go so when theseus offers his ship, she boards it. and when he leaves her on naxos, she doesn’t grieve over him, she grieves over her brother and a family that has piled grief upon grief and crime upon crime.

her eldest brother who died and was resurrected but not the same. her other brother who was killed in athens and repaid by the deaths of countless innocents. her sister who’ll marry theseus one day and be punished by a goddess mad at another. her youngest brother called a monster and hidden away until he could be slaughtered. her father who sacrifices children just like his own and who locked away the inventor and his son to die alone.

and her, on that island, bereft and alone. haunted by her family’s ghosts.

[brisim-claimhte]

THIS IS WHAT I EXPECTED FROM SAINT'S ARIADNE!!! but no, she regurgitates the myths and makes it so women can do no wrong ://// like also a trilogy of books with the first being a political intrigue of what it would have been like growing up in the court of Minos, the second being Theseus, the labyrinth, and him killing her brother, and the final being her escape from Crete, abandonment and being found by Dionysus and healing

with all the myth adaptations out there, one i want to write is where ariadne doesn’t realize theseus intends to kill the minotaur. she thinks he’ll rescue the athenians and get them out and maybe help her smuggle the minotaur to somewhere safe, so she gives him the thread. then he comes out bloodied and with the minotaur’s head and she’s too stunned and in shock to be horrified.

but she’s just betrayed her father and there’s nowhere for her to go so when theseus offers his ship, she boards it. and when he leaves her on naxos, she doesn’t grieve over him, she grieves over her brother and a family that has piled grief upon grief and crime upon crime.

her eldest brother who died and was resurrected but not the same. her other brother who was killed in athens and repaid by the deaths of countless innocents. her sister who’ll marry theseus one day and be punished by a goddess mad at another. her youngest brother called a monster and hidden away until he could be slaughtered. her father who sacrifices children just like his own and who locked away the inventor and his son to die alone.

and her, on that island, bereft and alone. haunted by her family’s ghosts.