#udad narcissus

[p2ii]

question. are the 'lotus eaters' from Jessica laws song Lotus eaters the nymphs? ik that if the song was kept in it would be in place of sirens but idk enough about greek mythology to really pick up on that that implies.

I kinda though so because lotus is frequently referenced as something Orpheus struggles with addiction to, aswell as presumably being big in the nymph scene/Dionysus's clientele, being so focused on pleasure.

(set at a party held by narcissus, Dionysus's most popular nymph)

also this line (government sponsored??? hmmmm)

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Bracket : Narcissi Poll !

Daffodil (Spiritfarer)

Narcissus (The Mechanisms : Ulysses Sies at Dawn)

Dame Daffodil / Charo Flores (Dame Daffodil)

Daffodil (Clifford the Big Red Dog)

Narcissa Cronin (Renegades book series by Marissa Meyer)

The two with the most votes will join the main bracket

[reegis]

I rlly want to give your Orpheus a big hug and a kiss on the forehead please be nice to him😭😭 (side note I’m spamming you again I’m sorry)

ok fine…. ill be nice to him for Once….

kisses for him, from his lovers Narcissus & Eurydice, everything is totally fine.. how could this possibly go wrong…….

[lastwave]

oh narcissus UDAD we're really in it now

[gracklecracklepop]

modern UDAD headcanons

•i feel like ulysses works retail and the olympians and suits are just the really weird customers. the vault tree is a shrub in a pot in the break room given to him by penelope

•orpheus performs at goth and punk clubs as a single artist. people give him money because they feel bad.

•bonus narcissus. sometimes he shows up and does interpretive dance to whatever he sings

•heracles does boxing. i dont have much more to say here. maybe he does part time as a renfaire guy because have you been to a renfaire? bro would love being apart of the fake fights

•oedipus is just a normal doctor. he’s probably that guy in fics characters come to when they have been injured. orpheus and heracles are weirdly enough the two most common for him to see. orpheus falls off stage a weird amount of times and heracles literally fights for a living. he absolutely hates everyone.

•ariadne is in school for computer science and programming. she regularly does cybercrime for random good causes (god forbid women do anything)

[majorshatterandhare]

Thinking about Medea Asylum. That’s *fucked up.*

[rainedroptalks]

reading some of the mechanisms fictions and dang i can’t believe narcissus and orpheus became friends after narcissus made out with him that’s great

[rainbowstargazerlilies]

Mechs Ships Tournament: Shipping Round 1 Poll 11

Narcissus/Orpheus QPR:

#NARCISSUS/ORPHEUS SWEEP#they both have so much wrong w them i love whatever thry have going on#the mechanisms (tags via @mothocean)

#PLEASE VOTE FOR NARCISSUS AND ORPHEUS THEYRE SOOOOO FUCKED UP#i love those idiots so much (tags via @asthe-crow-flies)

Ivy/Raphaella

them <333 science vibe lesbians. Pedantic archivist and sciency scientist. Must I say more??? 

science saphics + ivy infodumping while raph does science™ is awesome

https://archiveofourown.org/works/41629023/chapters/104419359 :3

they could be called research paper which is based so vote them

[c0rpsedemon]

i could never make a kin list bc it Would get me institutionalized

[majorshatterandhare]

[ID: a screencap from Orpheus and Narcissus Go On A Trip to the Seaside by the Mechanisms [link] reading “This was no inconvenience whatsoever to the nymphs, apart from one occasion at the end of Orpheus' first week, when Dionysus had proclaimed: "That was a great week's work, darling. You've got real potential. Well done. Oh, and by the way, you're fired." Orpheus had punched his employer in the face and burst into tears before Narcissus could intervene.” The background is white and the text is black. End ID]

This is your friendly reminder that Orpheus UDAD is so incredibly sopping wet

[p2ii]

just read both the udad!Orpheus centric fictions

some highlights I really enjoyed

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 2 Poll XX

(Holly and narcissus)

[reegis]

You have 0 idea how much I adore your Orpheus, I want to hold him and make sure he feels loved

TY!! he is such a soggy napkin i love him..

Narcissus’ No Good Very Bad Morning (and also Orpheus’ as well, i guess 🙄)

[origami-butterfly]

This- this might be the wildest take I've ever had, bur bear with me.

I'm thinking about how Narcissus wasn't really a bad person. (This post was absolutely not triggered by my sudden UDAD thoughts, of course not/s).

(In depth explanation under the cut, this got kind of long)

Like... in the original version of the myth, Echo falls in love with him after 1 meeting, and he rejects her. Which?? Seems fair enough??? Echo, girl, he didn't owe you reciprocated feelings.

And then supposedly, Echo prays to Nemesis, to curse him to feel a love that was equally unrequited as hers had been. So he falls in love with himself.

Even if you take away the part about it being a curse, is vanity really such a horrific crime? Some people just love themselves more than they love others, and that isn't bad, unless they're actively hurting people- which Narcissus seemingly wasn't. Maybe his rejection of Echo was harsh, but it's not like he was cruel, or violent.

And then, even in the modern day, his name is demonised. "Narcissist" is used as an insult, there's the myth of "narcissistic abuse", and people with NPD are deemed "dangerous" and "scary". Obviously those examples are an issue that deserve their own post, because the ableism towards anyone with a mental health problem- even "accepted" ones like depression- is horrific. But just think about it for a moment... you didn't feel romantic feelings for someone, and now, centuries later, everyone thinks you were evil.

In fact, there's almost connections to be made with the modern aromantic experience. I've seen people say that being aro means you're "self-obsessed" and "incapable of feelings".

I.. I don't really know where this post was going, but I think Narcissus deserves better. Also, people with NPD, you are cool and awesome, and I wish I could do more to help with the shit you face daily.

[shitty-mechs-headcannons]

None of the events actually had tragic endings; the mechs are just unhinged and made them all angsty for their stories

OUATIS: rose survived and snow gets 2 clone wives (they both love her and treat each other like besties)

HNOC: actually nothing happens and Gawain figures out that the Saxons are just people trying to survive and the Pendragons accept Mordred as their son happily and they get to a planet with water eventually

UDAD: they get the vault open together and then tear down the City's government (and they all become friends/bitchy found family. Orpheus realizes he can live again and he and Narcissus kiss.)

TBI: killing odin did actually save their world. The Asgardian nobility still gets killed because fuck colonizers. Fenrir gets broken out of prison. Lyf lives a happy life and possibly gets to kiss marius (and other mechs if you're so inclined.)