#luke h

[lvcyhcle]

Do you think they will believe you when you mention it to them? Cause I promise I will not deny saying it. The Nicholas I roomed with is the one who played He-Man in the Masters of the Universe movie. Hopefully that helps cause I know like three or four guys who were there have the same name. Of Monsters. The next one they are filming is going to be about Libby Gordon, I am actually interested in seeing that one cause of the historical aspects of her story.

i'm actually going to brag to the other lads about this so thank you. you're probably right about that. i usually need a face to connect things because my memory is shit. you do! it's a really good show. the new season? of what?

[zocydcutch]

Seeing that you are the music guru between the two of us, I have to ask. If you had to choose a song to best describe the week in the Maldives what would it be and why?

@luhemm

[supfag]

LUKE VOLKER

[mortalscience]

#twinning

[sincerelymarner]

No matter if they end up playing with or against each other, outsiders are confident they'll continue to bring out the best in each other.

the world at its beginning, dustin pearson / my name is memory, ann brashares / wikipedia / thescore / ae / weight, jacqueline woodson / the province / practical magic, alice hoffman / the athletic / usa hockey / detroit free press / jeff vinnick / nbc / usntdp / nhl / gthl

[audreyscribes]

Ω PJO MISC. DEMIGOD HEADCANONS:⌛ KRONOS “KING OF THE TITANS, TITAN OF (DESTRUCTIVE, ALL-DEVOURING) TIME, EVIL, AND HARVEST” ⏳ {Wave 5.0}

A/N:  Here’s to that one anon that asked that Kronos ask and now it has wormed itself into my brain since then. I wasn’t sure if I could write something good about it so this was my attempt. Hope you all enjoy it regardless and thanks for reading. Also if this was weird, yeah that was my feeling towards Kronos. This is totally reflected in the story portion.  MISCELLANEOUS DEMIGOD H/CS MASTERLIST LINK: [VOL. 1: TUMBLR] || [VOL. 2: TUMBLR] || [AO3]

Your entire existence made everything seem like time had stopped unironically. No one was sure you were real and someone tried to argue that maybe you were a child of Khronos, the primordial god of time in the Orphic Theogonies, but Chiron flatly told them they were now both subsumed into each other as one.

No one was sure how or why Kronos would have a demigod, but you could sense there was an unspoken conversation as they looked upon you, whispering about how you looked just like him. You noticed a girl with grey eyes look at you with distressed eyes and analyzing you but there was confliction in her eyes, before she left in a hurry. You caught the name ‘Annabeth’ as someone yelled while chasing after her.

Zeus and all the other olympians weren’t very happy with you existence as it meant a fraction of Kronos’ power existed and as a demigod of Kronos, a hero that could act on behalf of a deity, they thought you could be an agent of Kronos; or worse, be an avatar that would hasten Kronos’ existence once more and become another host for him.

Strangely, you could see Hermes look at you with not only contempt but also confliction, as if he was seeing someone else in you.

As you hadn’t technically slighted the gods and offended them, and no Themis, the Titaness of Law, Order, and Custom, said your existence wasn’t enough reason or many demigods would’ve been killed as soon as they were born if that was an actual crime (Everyone looked between Hera and Zeus and wordlessly knew).  Plus as the god of Hospitality, Zeus could not smite you because technically you were a family member by their shared father whether they all liked it or not-

Eventually, it was decided you would remain at Camp on probation to prove yourself you were on the side of the gods, but when you got there, you could feel hostility and other negative emotions towards you. If it weren’t for the fact you really wanted to prove them wrong that you weren’t like Kronos and you were innocent, you could feel yourself tempted to give in to your emotions and enact vengeance onto them.

Kronos, as the Titan of Destructive Time, and as someone who is mortal, you can’t freely manipulate time without it applying to you as well nor without consequence. You can make time stop, reverse, or fast forward, but you will also be heavily affected as well as manipulating the flow of time goes against the order. For example, you can slow down time, but it will slow down your heart rate and you can only do it for a short amount of time before you suffer the effects of the lack of blood and oxygen flowing in your brain and body, and can make you faint or worse die. You can make time flow faster but it places a great stress on your heart as it beats rapidly and you can overstress it into a heart attack. You can make time stop, but only for a few short seconds at the risk of your heart not beating for a few seconds and I don’t need to tell you why that’s a bad idea. Doing one of these or all of them repeatedly in consecutive succession is also a threat to your life so use your time and power wisely.

As the demi-titan of destructive time, you can accelerate plants and objects to speed up degradation from passing time, and as they decompose, they can leave a pile of golden sand as a reminder of what was once there.

You’re situated at the Hermes cabin because you aren’t exempt from every other demigod who doesn’t have a cabin to call their own, but as you were brought in to a bunk bed, you could hear a few of them blurt out that are they sure this was the only bed left and there was a bit of back and forth. You did offer to sleep on the floor and while you could see them consider it, in the end they did tell you that there was no need to sleep on the floor if there was a perfectly good bed for you to use and they weren’t crammed full of demigods that were unclaimed or didn’t have a cabin.

Eventually you properly met with Percy Jackson and you both knew that he was there to evaluate you. It was awkward for a long while but eventually you got the conversation going and you revealed yourself to him, not leaving anything unfiltered, even as it felt foreign. Even though you didn’t feel like baring yourself to the guy who defeated your godly parent and you knew they expected him to do the same to you based on his own decision, you couldn’t hold anything back because that would only add suspicion to you. If you were going down, you were going down as innocent and truthful.

Chiron, bless him, did his duty and earnestly taught you like every other student and demigod under his care, but you can tell by the nervous shifting of his hooves and tail, you did make him slightly uncomfortable. You also knew he was a son of Kronos himself but was shunned by your shared father, so you weren’t sure how to feel any kinship towards him or not.

Eventually Percy revealed to you that it was awkward, not just because Kronos had a demigod? Demi-titan but those who were there during the Second Titan War, knew how he did it. Eventually, he pulled out a photograph and when he showed it to you, you saw a boy whose facial features seemed to resemble yours. If you weren’t told or weren’t aware of the second Titan War, or you were aware at your time during Camp, you came to realization that you were also yes, Kronos’ demi-titan, but your facial features and appearance came half from the host Kronos used…you looked just like Luke Castellan, former demigod son of Hermes, And thus everything made sense.

Percy promised you (not on the River Styx though) that he would help you as best as he can and he was going to do by good to Luke Castellan, who he promised to help all those years ago, that he was going to give you the best chance possible and that you weren’t Kronos, and you were your own person. You felt so tired and relieved that you had someone in your corner, and out of the corner of your eye, you saw a shimmer before Annabeth Chase stood before you, in her hand, a Yankees Baseball Cap. Surprised and shocked that she was probably there this entire time, Annabeth confessed to you about her connection to Luke and apologized about her reaction to you, as you looked like just him, her pseudo-brother, and that she was going to make it up to you as well. 

It’s not the best start or situation, but you felt a little bit hopeful that you weren’t entirely alone and you weren’t set up to fail intentionally.  · • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·· • —– ٠ ✤

“So people have been weird to me, not because I’m the demigod of Kronos, the Titan of Time, who came back to life to restart another titan war against the gods that happened not that long ago,” you started, a headache already throbbing, “but also I look like Luke Castellan, who was greatly beloved at Camp, rebelled against the gods and became the host for Kronos, but also was your son too?”

You didn’t want to count all of that on your fingers and looked instead at the person in front of you. Hermes, the messenger of the gods, god of roads, travellers, merchant, thieves, and many other realms…including being the father of Luke Castellan, who also may or may not have actual blood relation to you.

“Yes, that sounds about in order,” said Hermes, clearing his throat. 

“So…does that mean that I’m related to you? I apparently look like your son…” you furrowed your face in cringe, “I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be rude but I find this to be a bit awkward-”

“This is also a first for me, and I am a god. You can imagine how rare that is” admitted Hermes as he nervously played with his caduceus, George and Martha smoothly adjusting themselves and moving along with his fiddling. 

You shared another awkward pause before Hermes spoke. 

“Kronos himself was cut into pieces and tossed into Tartuarus, so he does not have a corporeal form so to speak. Many who are condemned to Tartarus cannot leave but there have been times of gods appearing in places regardless where they are tied to and were able to have demigods.”

“I’m sensing a ‘-but’ here-”

“-but if he could’ve done that, Kronos wouldn’t need a host in my son then” said Hermes bitterly, “So it is a high possibility that you are both my son’s and Kronos’ child.”

“...I don’t know how the genetics work and I am very afraid to ask but also curious” you admitted. 

“Normally, god genetics don’t necessarily work in the same way as human genetic” he tried to say. 

“It still doesn’t change the fact I’m very likely your grandchild and Krono’s child too in premise” you argued. 

“Technically you are a legacy but you will be known as Kronos’ demigod…demi-titan?” Hermes said in confusion. 

“Oh that makes me feel better that demi-titans don’t exist” you groaned. 

“Well, technically there have been mortal children of titans but even Hecate’s half mortal children are called demigods, even though by and large, she is also a Titaness-”

“Not helping”

“Yup”

More awkward silence filled the space between you before the gnawing feeling of dread was becoming too much. 

“So what happens to me now? I get Kronos was a bad guy but I didn’t have anything to do with what he did.”

Hermes sighed as his face turned sad yet affectionate. “My father Zeus has always been rather…judgemental but he is fair (at times). He won’t strike you down for merely existing since you haven’t done anything wrong. Yet. However, he doesn’t like the fact that Kronos has a demigod and he fears you could be used another host or as an extension of Kronos’ will.” 

“So, I’m under supervision. I can’t mess up or Zeus will strike me regardless.”

“He is the king of the gods but Themis won’t let him break laws and order” he said, “and it may seem shallow for you coming from a god, you look like my son and I don’t want to lose my son again, so know I’m supporting you as best as I can and we’ll prove to Zeus you are innocent.”

You stared at Hermes and you started to see yourself in him, the fatherly persona now coming in and you wondered if Luke ever saw it. You sighed at the mix feelings but gave a tired smile. 

“You know what, I’ll take it. Thank you Hermes.” 

“Don’t thank me just yet. I haven’t saved you or my son yet.”

[magnus-marmot]

Luke's band names

A friend asked me if I've looked at Luke's band names through an alchemy lens, so I gave it a thought and figured I'd share my two pennies on it here as well.

Luke's current bands are called Dredgerman and Penny for the Well. A dredgerman is someone who hauls up soil and sediment from the bottom of a body of water. So there's an immediate connection to deep water and uncovering something hidden. Wells carry similar connotations, as the bottom of the well is a common metaphor for dark, secret things that will never see the light of day. This is evoking some lunar symbolism, since we're dealing with darkness, water and secrets. Additionally, pennies were originally made from silver (=Luna).

If we expand the discussion to my other theories, I consider Luna to be the force that reflects your dark, inner needs (your unconscious shadow) and manifests it into reality. Which just sort of happens to align perfectly with the idea of a (distorted) wishing well. I also think Luna is measured by the H value in DPHW, some cases that rank pretty high on that are the Archivist ones (6, 6 and 7). Makes sense, as the Archivist is literally just a mirror to its victim's trauma. But it just so happens that we met the first Archivist victim right after Luke's concert. I don't necessarily think they are literally connected, but I do think they are thematically or narratively connected.

This is less relevant to me, but they later started to make pennies out of copper, which in alchemy relates to Venus or water. And both of the band names deal in water themes. But water by itself has an endless number of meanings, and I'd be here all night if I got into those. In TMAGP it seems to mostly signify dissolution, and it's got consistent ties to the psychological unconscious. The most appropriate metaphor seems to be the "mercurial water/sea", which I've talked about in other posts.

Anyway, I don't know what this means for the plot. Luke is probably under some lunar influences, which probably won't end well for him. But when does it ever? Oh, and I looked into Bullets for Saint Sebastian as well, but couldn't find any alchemy-adjacent symbolism. Though I did discover that Saint Sebastian became a gay icon so that's good.

[isabela-merceds]

these two have the ability to make you feel like a third wheel no matter what they do

[theactioneer]

Dune Warriors (Cirio H. Santiago, 1991)

[shellseaisms]

just your average sims wedding

[mamaestapa]

OMG luke with a toddler aged daughter and having to get her to stop throwing a tantrum! he would be so sweet with her I feel. luke seems like the dad that would literally sit on the floor next to his screaming kid and just talk calmly to get them to explain their feelings.

omg YES. he would be so sweet with her. i could see his daughter going through a phase where she just says “no” to everything. you’ve tried everything, but she’s so sassy that nothing works. (it’s the hughes in her). so she tells you no when you tell her to clean her toys, maybe you get a little stern with her so she starts throwing a tantrum.

luke would be so gentle with her, sitting down with her and talking to her about her feelings. he’ll just hold her and talk to her in such a gentle tone and it really helps when she’s throwing tantrums.

“it’s OK to get upset sometimes but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t listen to mommy”

“OK daddy”

“that’s my sweet girl. tell mommy you’re sorry”

he’d just be so gentle and caring. literally the best dad to a baby girl.

and luke hughes is 100% a girl dad! he’d be so gentle with his daughters. they’d adore him so so much. they’d all be daddy’s girls too like they’re his little princesses and he’d do anything for them.

please please send your dad hockey player thoughts🥹 literally about any player i write for.

[r-truth]

[daryslaytonramblings]

🎩🧸 sketchbook page for the ultimate puzzle duo!

they're family your honor....

up close under the cut

[supfag]

LUKE VOLKER CLICKBAIT: UNFOLLOWED (2024)

[bugwolfsstuff]

Since Persephone/Maria di Angelo/Hades seems like a fun headcanon I see a lot

How about Peitho*/Hermes/May Castellan?

*Peitho is the goddess of persuasion, charming speech and seduction and sometimes said to be wife of Hermes (Dionysiaca book 25 (?))

Now Luke can have not one...not two...BUT THREEEE SHITTY PARENTS

YAY!

[sincerelymarner]

Tell me about the girl

my mother was,

before she traded in

all her girl

to be my mother.

What did she smell like?

How many friends did she have,

before she had no room?

Before I took up so much

space in her prayers,

who did she pray for?

speak to me of my mother, who was she - jasmine mans

credits: the athletic / texas history / unh / cbc / sportsnet / on the bus with cammi & aj / espn / texas history