#ch. demeter

[lena-rambles]

question: how long can i go without referencing much about nothing in some way, shape, or form?

answer: 5000 words and i already have someone paraphrasing beatrice.

Demeter speaks, her rich voice carrying easily across the large room. "Thank you for joining together in Karreus to celebrate the solstice. It is a time of making peace over past grievances, forging new friendships, and making first strides for the new year ahead. It has been said that we are all mortal, stuffed with such virtues and flaws like a stag head mounted over a hearth. Tonight, we acknowledge the truth of that statement by sharing a meal and presenting gifts of goodwill between the two parts of our country." (much ado about nothing, 1.1.55–57)

at some point i'm going to have to change it i guess :( but i couldn't resist for the first draft

[real-reulbbr-band]

little baby Jemima knew how to communicate with her powers before she could properly speak.

when Demeter would tuck her in for bed she’d hear the faintest sound resembling a voice saying “goodnight” to her and she'd stand there momentarily baffled thinking she was hearing things.

Until it kept occuring, a faint little voice that wouldn't say much more than a word or two every now and again. It always happened when Jemima was around, but Jemima’s lips never moved. When she wasn't alone and heard it Demeter tried to ask if anyone else could hear it, but they couldn't. So, Demeter allowed herself to think it was just in her head, a funny occurrence, or perhaps a manifestation of wishing her daughter could respond to her.

But part of her still believed that wasn't the case, and it wasn't too long until she was proven right. Bombalurina visited Demeter’s den often, practically daily when she knew Demeter wouldn’t be going out. But she’d keep on swearing she heard Jemima say her first words, greeting her, or when saying goodbye, but Demeter claimed she heard nothing at all.

Demeter only started taking this especially seriously when Alonzo had brought up similar claims of what sounded like a younger voice trying to speak with him. Saying things that happened to sync up with what the little kitten was doing.

Which eventually led them to suspect she inherited some sort of magic but old Deuteronomy only confirmed that later on.

Demeter was partially concerned, she worried if Jemima inherited anything else from her father, anything more sinister. That fortunately wasn’t the case, and Jemima eventually did communicate verbally, but Demeter always wanted her to have some air of caution toward her abilities.

Away from the backstory of it all, and focusing on the In-show context for my little interpretation:

In “Memory” when Jemima starts singing with Grizabella no one reacts to her or even acknowledges Jemima’s singing at all.

I'm not saying it's completely out of character at this point in the story for the jellicles to prohibit her from singing with Grizabella, but you’d think they’d at least turn around momentarily to see what was happening.

I know you can only see Alonzo in the clip, but everyone is in the same lane as him, (atleast in most productions I’ve watched) they’re only looking at Griz as if Jemima isn't singing at all. This leads me to think Jemima is singing to Griz in a way that only Grizabella can hear. In her mind.

[brimo5]

Demeter didn't really starve anyone to death on her way to find her daughter.🤔It's this an unpopular opinion?

[moondust-bard]

It’s Demeter’s Birthday!

[doriansbutt]

Liam Cunningham reading the script for the Last Voyage of the Demeter: a captain on a ship on a cursed voyage, you say?

[inmydrcams]

going very quickly from 'the last voyage of the demeter looks fun' to 'actually I need to watch this and can't wait for it to come out on streaming'

[museqmeg]

✨ Meryl & Demeter ✨

fic commission for @/crimsonamarone, ch. 30

[ihatenotreading]

I WONT BE ONLINE FOR ABOUT A MONTH SO HERE IS A WIP OF MY FIC:

 A/N 💜💚💜💚 This is a WIP of ch 3 bc I wont be online for about a month 😭. Pls forgive me                                      ○○○

Will woke up. Atleast he thought he woke up. Everything was blurry, he saw the sun shine through the windows. Dam Max, he was supposed  to sleep for 1 hour maximum not a whole night! Will sighed and got up,walked towards the door and left the room. Only to see a fuming Kayla.                                                      ♡♡♡

Kayla was furious. She ran to the infirmary ready to give Will Solace a piece of her mind. "William Andrew Solace, you get your ass right here!" She saw his face pale as she walked towards him and gave him the most painful slap she could. She dragged him to the other room, ignoring the looks of the injured who had seen the scene.

"Kayla!!! What's going on???" Will asked Though Kayla had a feeling he knew what was happening. "Max told me," she said simply. Will's face darkened and he silently cursed Max,"Ok,ok fine I'll stop, now can I go back, I'll only work for 6 hours a day. Ok?" Will questioned. But Kayla wasn't letting him get of the hook so easily. "Not so fast", she said before grabbing Will, that was already walking off…

                                 ▪︎▪︎▪︎

Nico was allowed visitors. Atleast Max said so, but the Italian demigod wasn't sure he could handle his best friend. "YOU MEAN YOU LIKE HIM!!!!" Jason shouted, after Nico told him his weird feeling for the doctor, probably loud enough for the whole camp to hear.

"No!, well…" Nico thought about it. Did he like the texan demigod, "I guess I do," he sighed in defeat. After, ALOT of fangirling from Jason, they could finally talk normally, atleast as normally as half-bloods could. "So, I'm going to go look for leo, then probably go start school somewhere," the son of Jupiter said, making Nico a little sad.

Jason seemed to have noticed though, "But dont worry, I'm staying at camp a little bit more before, though I'll be leaving for leo soon, and we could often  iris-message!" He exclaimed

Nico cheered up, and continued his conversation with Jason, he told him about his…. confession to Percy, how it didnt ho too bad and that he planned to stay at camp, making Jason overjoyed.

In return Jason told him about his new greek friends he made at camp:

Noah (a demeter son)

Clovis (a Hypnos kid)

Ellie ( a nemesis non-binary child)

Nico made the ex- praetor promise to introduce him before visiting hours were over.

~~~

After being severely chewed out by Kayla, Will was in EXTREME trouble. Kayla had set up a list of rules that went as followed:

Work from 7:30 am - 8 pm

Regularly take food breaks

Accepting Max's and other people helps

Spend time with his friends & siblings

Atleast 8-9 hours of sleep a day

Will wasnt really happy, but it was better than nothing. He walked outside the room, ready to start working again. He went from bed to bed, before reaching the son of hades's one. Right, Nico was there, he didnt know why but Will had felt a certain… attirance to the Italian boy.

Srry yall I forgot to tag cuz I was in a rush😭

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[alltheglowingeyess]

i want more, impossible to ignore - ch 14

(solangelo story, aka two goofy goobers goobering it up :) posted on ao3 here!)

It is not uncommon for Will’s hair to be likened to a bird’s nest.

He often gets in a huff if someone tells him so, citing curly hair struggles. However, Nico thinks there’s a little more that goes into the constant disarray that is Will’s hair.

For one, he is constantly touching it. Whether that is twirling curl clumps in thought or running a hand through when someone is really getting on his nerves, his hair is constantly at the receiving end of bursting emotions. 

He also refuses to use any hair care, apart from “some good ol’ H2O”  and—if he’s feeling extra patient—an archaic hair gel that he apparently found in an abandoned corner of the Apollo cabin bathroom cabinets. It is not a lack of resources that causes this issue—Nico has watched Drew Tanaka pull out a poster board with entire cost breakdowns for hair products and their purposes, as well as with the offer to reimburse him for a trial run—but rather what seems to be a matter of pride. From what Nico has gathered, this has been a work-in-progress effort even before the wars, 

But for all his fidgeting and improper hair care, Nico find the description to generally be a tad over the top. He loves that his hair is a little messy, loves having permission to run his hands through it and push around his curls without any concerns of ruining some intricate hair care process. Will’s hair is messy and frizzing and a little odd at times, but it feels appropriately Will. 

This does not apply, however, when Nico opens the door one beautiful early spring day and finds himself face-to-face with half of the forest lodged throughout his boyfriend’s hair.

He opens his mouth at the sight, then closes it. Mulling it over, he speaks after another few seconds pass. “You can come in, but don’t get any grass on my floor.”

Will grins, giving him a mock salute as he enters. Just as Nico expects, he proceeds to shake his head like a dog coming out of the rain as he beelines to the bed, leaving a trail of grass clumps in his wake.

Nico follows the trail, pausing by each clump and watching the grass wither in his presence. By the time he’s nuked all of them, Will has made himself fully at home, draped upside down on the bed with his curls just barely skimming the ground beneath him.

He takes a seat on the ground next to his progressively-redder-faced boyfriend. Squinting, he manages to tug out at a particularly large twig from Will’s hair.

“You lose a fight with a dryad or something?”

“The dryads love me.”

“Doesn’t mean they wouldn’t kick your ass.”

Will pouts—a ridiculously ineffective expression seeing as he is upside down with all the blood rushing to his head. “Bully.”

“Explain, please.”

He gets a little huffing and puffing before Will responds. “You know the new Tyche camper? Lana?”

“Um, the little one right? Missing front teeth?”

“Yup, right on. Well, Chiara told me she’s been having a hard time adjusting. Homesickness and all that. So she asked me to talk with her a bit—I’ve been here a long while so guess Chiara thought I could reach her better?”

“Well, she said she’d talk if she could do up my hair. And of course, I said yes—usually I’m emptying my wallet out to get the baby campers to talk. So she starts putting some braids in and telling me about her dad and her old school and friends, and I’m listening along until Lilith—new Demeter kid, with the little cat ears headband?—is in front of me with a handful of flowers asking to help out with the ‘makeover’. And, I mean, what can I do, say no?”

“Well, yes.”

“And then, the Iris twins see what’s happening and wanna join, and now they’re all making a commotion big enough that suddenly every camper under the age of ten is clamoring around me. It’s ten minutes later that the horde disperses enough that I see I’ve got a look like someone rolled my head around a field of flowers a few times.”

“Understatement,” Nico murmurs, ignoring Will’s pout as he plucks out a dandelion. “So any reason why you didn’t shake this out before you entered my cabin?”

“Well first of all, I doubt it’s going to kill you to have a few flowers in this place.”

“You said I’m allergic to pollen.”

“Skill issue. Anyways,” Will tries to lift his head to avoid Nico’s hand batting at his face. It backfires as he drops his head back down a little too fast, lightly smacking it against the bed. “Ouch.”

“What was that you said? Skill issue?”

“I just broke my brain because of your stupid furniture choices. Be nice to me.”

He gets that same pouty look again—still just as ridiculous as before, but this time Nico decides to indulge him. He leans down, pressing a quick kiss to the side of Will’s head. It’s a little hard to tell Will’s reaction since his face is already flushed, but Nico still delights in seeing the tips of his ears reach a perfect shade match to the rest of his face. “You were saying—reasons you didn’t take it out already?”

Will is silent for a few seconds (it’s such a treat to watch his boyfriend’s brain Shut Down everything he makes a move) before clearing his throat. “Uh, yeah. Well, they all looked so proud of their work, and Lana gave me a big hug and was actually talking with the other kids before I left so… I mean, how could I get rid of this after all that?”

Nico eyes his hair for a moment, pursuing his lips when he catches sight of a few wood chips lodged deep within. “You have a problem.”

Will sits up, affronted. Unfortunately for him, he does so fast enough that he tumbles off the bed, though he manages to save some grace by turning it into a half-hearted wiggle and twist before landing on the floor next to Nico.

“How is this—I do not!”

He blinks a few times, hard and slow, probably still a little dizzy from the sudden movement. Nico graciously allows him a few seconds to collect himself before elaborating. “You let an army of gremlins have free rein over your hair, and now you’re walking around with antlers.” He tries to emphasize his point by dragging out one of said twig antlers, but ceases his efforts when Will begins to whine.

“I’m strict when I need to be. But there is a longstanding tradition of head counselors promoting the chaos of the younger campers, and I won’t be the one to break it.”

Will is smiling through his argument, but he doesn’t miss the flicker of heartache in his expression. He’s still constantly trying to piece together the stories of camp before the wars—before betrayals and broken bridges and quiet cabins—but he knows enough to get the picture.

So, Nico concedes, turning his attention back to Will’s hair as he begins to pick out some of the more intrusive items. Twenty minutes later, surrounded by an assortment of wood chips, sticks, grass clumps, and two sets of earrings, Will’s hair looks significantly less birds nest-y, a majority of the flowers and braids remaining in place. Just in time, really, as they both hear the faint sound of the dinner horn.

As Will stands, he does a little twirl, flinging a little more grass across the cabin. “How’s it looking? Good?”

Nico scoffs as he brushes the garden scraps and trinkets to the corner before standing as well. “It’ll look even better once you’re outside of the cabin.”

Will blows a raspberry, planting his feet in defiance. He doesn’t remain too committed to the bit as Nico grabs his arm and pulls him out (thank the Gods—he’s not in the mood to be dragging around his million feet tall boyfriend). As they step out of the cabin and into the early evening, he’s in awe for a moment as he watches, for just a moment, the way the light clings to Will, the renewed bloom of the flowers in his hair. 

(And when they walk into the pavilion a few minutes later, his chest burns with love when he sees the beaming smiles of the younger campers.)

[moony-2001]

Lore Olympus ch. 257-262 critique pt. 2

Aaaand we're back

Ch. 260

Hermes, Hebe, and trauma dumping

Jumping right into it, Hermes pissed me right the fuck off. I don't know why Demeter didn't want to accept the aid from the underworld, but I'm sure pride must be some of it. But for Hermes to call it an "in-law tiffy-tiff" was beyond wrong. I don't know or remember what, if any, beef he has with Demeter but read the fucking room, man.

I'm so glad Demeter took Hebe in though, like the absolute Queen that she is. One thing that disturbed me a little when Hebe and Demeter got to talking is how Rachel tries to pass off Hera's trauma dumping on Hebe as if it's nothing.

First of all, 18-year-olds are still kids. I know (at least for the vast majority here in the US) that 18 is the legal age of adulthood, but the human brain doesn't finish developing until around age 25. Even if that's how the rules in LO work (I have a sneaking suspicion they're not though, seeing as Persephone is technically stuck at age 19 for the rest of time) Hebe is 7 years off from having a fully developed brain.

Additionally, I don't like how Rachel frames the idea that Hebe found out all of this information from her mother as a now 18-year-old. I don't know if Rachel is forgetting her own damn timeline (not that there was a cohesive one in the first place) but Hebe wouldn't have been 18 at the time of finding out this information.

Remember the 10-year time skip? Yeah, that whole thing? And how 5 of the 6 Traitors were in a coma? For 10 years? In case you haven't picked up what I'm trying to put down, Hebe was 8 years old when her mother went into that coma. Which means that Hera dumped all this information on a literal fucking child who was 8 or potentially even younger since we have no frame of reference for when Hebe was told this information.

Demeter is right. It is wrong to burden your kids with that. I don't know Rachel, but from this writing, I would venture a guess that she's never had a parent trauma dump on her.

I have. Rachel has no idea how mentally taxing it is to have a parent trauma dump on you or have them drag you into the middle of their fights or vent about their spouse/your other parent to you behind their back. That is not something a parent should EVER do to a child and I'll be damned if I ever do that to mine.

And while there is a shred of truth to what Hebe is saying, about how that information helps her understand her mom, Hebe does not (and in fact should not) be part of her mother's journey to work on herself, especially at that young of an age. Your child is not your therapist.

Demophon, the not child of Demeter

I will say, I am glad that Demeter finally decided to open up to her somewhat adult daughter. Oh, what's this? Persephone looks upset and-

😀😐

of-fucking-course

Is this it?? Is this the moment when we finally find out what happened to Demeter in Attica all those years ago-

Anyway, what we find out is that while in Attica, Demeter supposedly fell in love with the King of Eleusis and had Demophon, a my little pony-looking abomination not worse than whatever the fuck the above pictures are supposed to be. But if you note my title for this portion of the chapter, you'll see it says "the not child of Demeter". And that, dear readers, is because Demophon is in fact not a child of Demeter in the original myths. And Rachel also spelled his name wrong. (You can read more about him here: Demophon of Eleusis)

It seems to me that Rachel is doing what most couples with a failing relationship do: throw a baby at it and hope it will fix the problems.

What technicality? Do you mean the "technicality" that Demeter was punished for insubordination (regardless of her intentions) and lived as a mortal for 10 years? And during that time as a mortal had a son who was born as and died as a mortal? Forgive me if I'm being slow here, but I don't see what this "technicality" is supposed to be. How is Demophon's death any different from the mortals that Persephone killed and asked if it was possible to bring back?

I'm gonna sound a little nitpicky here, but Hades is the god of the dead (and wealth) not the god of death. Believe it or not, there is a difference, and the brushing aside of that difference is the reason why people still get Hades and Thanatos mixed up to this day. Plus does no one remember what happened to Asclepius when he figured out how to raise the dead? tl;dr: not good things.

I have a feeling that all this is happening because Persephone and Hades are trying to buy off Demeter. They want brownie points with the woman who is rightfully upset about everything that is happening right now. And I'll be willing to bet that this smooths things right over with her.

Ch. 261

Off-topic, Demeter looked really pretty in this chapter #standemeter

The "technicality" and Hades' BS

I am glad Demeter gets this small bit of happiness but also:

Nice try, but that's not how that works. Get your smug, ugly-ass mug out of here. Once again, why is Demophon the exception? Because you're whipped for Persephone? Because you want a gold star from your MIL who has perfectly valid reasons to not like you?

Ah. I guess his name is Triptolemus now. Triptolemus who is the older brother of Demophon. Who is also not a son of Demeter. Sure.

NO DON'T FALL FOR IT DEMETER. IT'S A TRAP-

The sisters

It is nice for the most part to see Hera, Demeter, and Hestia interacting. I don't think that's something we've seen outside of flashbacks.

I don't, however, like this interaction between Demeter and Hera:

Yeah, no, that's not how that works. Demeter has every right to be mad at you for helping Hades and Persephone get around the fact that they "violated the laws of Xenia (hospitality)". It doesn't matter if Persephone was a "wild card". Hera had no right to marry them.

In fact, I had a conversation with anoldplace and something we discussed is how much Hera's responsibility/involvement in Persades is kinda just... brushed off. Especially if you look back at the way early chapters (I'm talking s1 early) when Hera changes her tune from "wtf, that's so gross, what is wrong with you" to "Let me get this whole ball rolling". Persephone wouldn't have even had half the interactions she did with Hades had Hera not put her in that internship for the underworld. And Demeter doesn't even know about the early stuff. Think about how livid she would be if she found out Hera was pulling the strings from the beginning. Yikes.

Different topic but the fact that both Demeter and Persephone love to swim is cute.

Ch. 262

Jfc, finally. I'm so tired lol.

Hera's prophecy

In honor of Hera's ugly highlighter-looking color, the sections shall, too, be in yellow.

I was pretty excited to see that Hera got a vision. I'm also sad that this isn't something we see utilized more often in the series. In fact, we don't really see any of the goddesses use their powers besides... oh, for Christ's sake. I don't even want to say it, it just adds to her Mary Sue-ness.

Place your bets on how long it takes for Rachel to dress Persephone in something similar, if not identical, to this.

Moving on, we see Kronos smush and kinda throw Hera away and she's left wondering:

That's cute and all, but no. Like I huffed and puffed with the whole "attempted murder" bullshit with Zeus, for one to die, they must be mortal. If gods could die, they wouldn't be gods. They would be human looking at you Demophon. I understand why the sentiment of dying is upsetting, but Hera, Zeus, whomever cannot die. I suppose similar to Egyptian mythology, they could be chopped up and have their parts scattered to the winds but from what I've seen, there's nothing in Greek mythology that details anything like that.

I did see a really funky theory that I agree with that Hera must be some kind of fertility goddess. In fact, I've seen a lot of people speculate that she was the fertility goddess on the wall of that cave that was destroyed. It would be really wonderful if that greyed-out goddess in Hera's vision was her and not Persephone. Kinda like the ultimate "taking back the power" moment. But tbh I'm not hopeful.

Persephone and Hades... yay/s

*gag* anyway-

Hades decided to give the MORTAL Demophon his whole stash of ambrosia but he doesn't really know if it will actually work and he's salty that Zeus is stingy with it.

Okay, first of all, if it's that damn important that you have ambrosia and you're going to be a salty mofo that the only person who has it is stingy with it, make your own damn ambrosia. You're telling me you've been alive for thousands of years yet the thought hadn't occurred to you once? Bffr. Watch this come back and bite them in the ass in the series finale.

Secondly, if you've never done this before, how do you know it's going to work for Demophon? I mean, it probably will because plot armor, but seriously? What would happen if Demophon just kicked the bucket all over again? Like congratulations, you re-traumatized your wife's mother who already doesn't like you.

Final thoughts

This is all just unraveling so quickly. Watch Demophon disappear and never be addressed again. I am really hoping that this series wraps up between March and May like genericpuff predicted because I am tired. I mean, I'll miss the ability to make content while the material is still piping hot, but also reading this comic is taking a toll on my health. I have never seen my blood pressure in such a state. And I'm not even the one writing the comic.

I can't imagine being in Rachel's shoes rn. I know this point has been beaten to death by everyone and their moms (myself included), but it's so clear that Rachel just doesn't give a shit about this comic anymore. And it's sad. But I also get it.

Rachel has talked about after LO she wants to do a comic along the lines of this but involving Egyptian or Norse mythology. I hope she doesn't for very obvious reasons, but if she decides she wants to step up to the plate for what will inevitably be LO pt. 2, I hope she takes the time to actually research the cultures and learn from the very egregious mistakes that she made here. I won't be there if she does.

[deathlessathanasia]

Was the myth of Io originally about Hera as a cow goddess?

This is a pretty old theory, not sure if it is still in vogue among scholars. I think the new tendency is to look for deeper explanations behind such myths rather than simply assuming that they are misinterpretations of a supposed original theriomorphic conception of the gods.

I suppose it is possible and the connections between Hera and Io are obvious, but the arguments I've seen for it aren't particularly convincing to me and I just haven't found solid enough evidence to support the idea that Hera was ever worshipped as an actual cow. So in short I don't really know, but here are some excerpts:

"Although we have had reason to question the usefulness of the concept of the hypostasis or avatar [ch. 2.5.2], on the grounds that it makes the mortal a superfluous reflection of the immortal, mortal and immortal can still come close in profile. Io the cow-maid priestess plainly invites comparison with Hera the cow-faced goddess. But, more than that, Zeus in myth and in rituals of the Argolid is sexual partner of Hera, and likewise of Io. Io may be a maiden, but so is Hera, who becomes a parthenos anew every year at the spring Kanathos in Nauplia. Thus to say in the Argolid that a priestess of Hera ends her maidenhood by intercourse with Zeus is immediately to associate that maiden with Hera. Hera, being a goddess, operates on a high level: hers is a sort of cosmic marriage, to be associated no doubt with her Demeter-like control of agriculture in the Argolid. Io is a mortal, whose function is to associate the initiands with the workings of divinities and to offer them a model at a point of crisis. There is more in their similarity than a blunt ‘originally Io was probably Hera herself’." - Death and the Maiden: Girls Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology by Ken Dowden

"Io is a priestess of Hera at Argos who is seduced by Zeus and then turned into a cow by, or in fear of, Hera.37 As Callisto is considered to be a double of Artemis, so Io is considered to be in origin Hera herself; her union with Zeus and her transformation are, according to this view, a sacred mariage of the great gods in cow form similar to the marriage of Ningirsu and Bau celebrated in an annual ritual in Sumeria.38 An obvious question is why Hera should be replaced in the myth by a mortal, even though, unlike Artemis, Hera did not develop a role as a virgin goddess but rather continued to be the regular partner in the Greek sacred marriage.39 It is therefore argued that the direct source of the myth was a ritual in which the priestess impersonated the cow-goddess Hera in the sacred marriage, as a sacred slave represented the goddess in the Sumerian form of the rite.40

Hera clearly had a close connection with cows. In Homer she is known as boopis ('cow-eyed') and her image at Samos appears to be decorated with horns. Her cult at Argos involved cows in a number of different ways: they were offered to her in sacrifice, her priestess was brought to the city on a cart drawn by oxen, her temple stood on a hill called Euboea ('rich in cows'), and a herd of cattle belonging to the goddess was kept nearby.41 It is also true that some accounts suggest a sacred mariage of the traditional Eastern type. Io is described as the 'famous wife' of Zeus,42 and her cow form is sometimes seen as a symbol of fertility and motherhood, and linked with the general fertility of the land.43 Most striking perhaps is the version of the story in which the earth brings forth flowers for the cow Io after her union with Zeus in a way that recalls not only Eastern hymns and myth but the union of Zeus and Hera in the Iliad.44 However, again the theory is very implausible. First of all, as with Callisto, the evidence falls short of suggesting that Hera was ever an animal-goddess. The Argive evidence points to her ownership of, and wealth in, cows rather than to identity with the cow and can perfectly well be understood in terms of the more limited concept of the holy animal.45 It makes sense that Io, the human servant or property of a goddess whose holy animal is a cow, becomes that holy animal in a myth; … The epithet boopis and the horned image do not take us very far either. In Homer boopis is used of other women and clearly refers to no more than their beauty; and the horns at Samos seem more likely to be a decorative feature borrowed from Eastern models than to reflect the original animal nature of the goddess46: no Minoan-Mycenaean evidence suggests the existence of a cow-headed goddess47 As_ for the sacred marriage with a masked priestess, the sacred mariage was a feature of Greek religion; however, we simply do not know what role was played by the priestess of the god,48 and we have no evidence at all that animal masks ever played a part in such rites … The fact that the myth plays upon ideas associated with the traditional sacred marriage does not require us to imagine that Io is Hera herself. In fact, whereas Hera is above all the goddess of the order of marriage, the story of Io celebrates (in so far as there is any celebration) the more basic themes of fertility and motherhood in the context of an illegitimate liaison." - Metamorphosis in Greek Myths by P. M. C. Forbes Irving

[chrysanthemumgames]

Hello, in the conversation the PC has with the guest in ch 9, I noticed the options for how they feel about the Underworld tend to be for or against compared to Olympus. Would you consider a middle option where PC sees the Underworld as their second home now and not willing to forsake either? And would it be possible later for PC to ask Demeter’s blessing to go back to the Underworld? I think it’d be a neat comparison to the beginning for some but totally understand if it’s not in your plans.

Hey anon!

I'll have a look at adding an option like that when I get to edits; as for asking Demeter's blessing, that's not really something she's ready to hear as of yet, but there's a scene I'm working on at the end of chapter ten that may achieve something similar. :)

[real-reulbbr-band]

When there are newborns in the tribe it’s a bit of a tradition for the tribe members and protectors to offer the mothers gifts in their dens.

the gifts are usually quite simple, but are more useful and in large quantities due to the sheer amount of jellicles. Like cloth for blankets, food, flowers, small toys (like a ball of yarn or a stuffed mouse), and even collars.

Demeter wasn’t aware of this tradition at all so one evening she simply arrived back at her den in shock. She cried- she didn't want to, but she did. She felt as though everyone had pitied her, they saw that she clearly couldn’t provide for her daughter on her own. She even began to think Munkustrap put them all up to it- it’s not like he wouldn’t, but that was her paranoia talking.

Munkustrap eventually became aware of Demeter's hurt when he visited her later in the afternoon. He hoped the gifts would help her and Jemima settle in, but he realizes she may have seen them differently. He explains the tribe’s tradition to her and how it wasn't a personal decision, yet…Demeter is left relieved but uncertain. It’s hard for her to accept such a large and pure share of kindness, but she starts to see the gifts as a sign of support from her new family. Slowly, she begins to accept that she isn't fighting alone anymore. 

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July 18th - Dracula 2023

Captain’s Log of Small Container Ship “Demeter” – Varna to Whitby

Copying down the log and adding detail here. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

July 6th: Finished taking in cargo – silver, wine, leather, sunflower, top soil. Crew is nine total – five hands, two mates, a cook, and myself. Weather is predicted to be good on the way, so journey should be quick.

July 11th: Entered the Bosporus Strait and got stopped and boarded by Turkish customs in Istanbul. Had to open the earth shipment briefly for parasite test. All passed.

July 12th: Arrived at Dardanelles Strait. Another customs inspection. The customs officers worked fast; they seemed to want us out of there quick. Entered Aegean at dark.

July 13th: Muttering among the crew – they seem anxious. I asked, but they refused to talk.

July 14th: Now I’m getting anxious. This crew has sailed with me before – they’re not the type to blink at a storm or anything else normally. The mate couldn’t find out what was wrong either. They’re being vague, saying there’s something. The first mate lost his temper and hit one of them – I disciplined him. There’s no need for that when the only problem is that they think something’s wrong. (18th note: I told him my own logic – it could be just superstition, but I know these men wouldn’t balk at something lightly. He’s new to them and them to him, so I understand the doubt, but letting it get to violence is inexcusable.)

July 16th: First mate reported that one of the men has gone missing, Petrovsky. He took port watch for eight hours last night, Abramoff came to to relieve him and then… nothing. He never made it to his bunk. Men are even more anxious and now seem depressed (18th note: Naturally, their crewmate just died.) They said they expected something like this, and then added again that there was something they refused to name. Mate is getting very impatient with them. (18th note: That said, he was heading away from the side into the crew quarters. He wouldn’t have disappeared due to falling overboard. This vessel has a thousand 40 ft. cargo containers on it. What if customs missed something?)

July 17th: Olgaren, one of the hands, approached me. He admitted that he thought there was a stowaway aboard. There’d been a rain storm last night, so he’d been on the leeward side of the accommodation. He’d seen a tall, thin man who looked nothing like any of the crew heading down the desk and disappearing. He followed his path all the way to the stern, but he disappeared – he didn’t see anyone, and he didn’t hear the noises one of the containers opening would have had. He was on the verge of panic, so I did my best to calm him and promised to search the ship thoroughly as we could.

–

I gathered the crew and made good on my promise. The first mate was angry, as seems to be his wont, saying it would just demoralize them further. On the contrary, once we were done, they all seemed to be in a much better mood. He grumbled about it.

We searched thoroughly, but we didn’t get into the cargo containers – that would potentially invalidate our contract and render this whole voyage moot. That said… if there is someone aboard, they would be there, despite us not seeing any evidence of any tampering with the containers.

The other possibility as to the disappearance I don’t want to consider. The first mate has been prone to anger and violence and took it out on the crew once. He’s only been getting moreso. I don’t want to consider that he might’ve been responsible for Petrovsky’s fate, but we’ll have to wait and see.

(A/N: It was hard for me to imagine he just started keeping the log on the 18th because weird stuff was happening, so this is a copy. Lets him editorialize a little more rather than keeping it strictly facts. The original log will be what’s retrieved by the media later.

I thought the idea of suspecting the mate might be fun. His being pissed off at the crew this whole time does make him feel like a suspect, like the character in the movie telling people to stop being superstitious and looking into stuff because they want to hide their crimes. We all know what’s really going on here, but the captain has no idea, so I wanted to let him theorize a little.)