#( musing / persephoneism. )

[sigeel]

"Idle Musing" XDDD This panel is taking forever but it's turning out nice^^

[lost-in-men-of-letters-bunker]

Concept: A show styled like the Office but it's Mount Olympus with the Greek Gods and the Camera Crew are a few select Mortals. We could call it Keeping up with The Olympians.

[pierre-dufour-art]

So... Stray Gods fanart. I know most people won't really care but godamnit I really loved this game !

[blood-starved-beast]

Can we talk about how Zagreus is now taller than Persephone? I guess he's now a more mature/powerful god after the first game but still.

Also baby Melinoe looks so silly. Her little eye dots.

[kaos-incarnate]

✨🔮 Netflix….. You want to cast Uzo Aduba as Demeter, Netflix…. You are getting very sleeeeepy 🔮✨

[palladiumfragments]

persephone descending

as soon as the final notes of august fell away, i flicked on the night lamp and tinted my lips burgundy with supermarket wine. september is a doorway, a prelude to a soft gloom, like bringing pomegranate seeds into one's mouth. a time of longer nights, mercurial skies, and rougher seas where unsung indigo dreams can dance around a fire. i'm slowly learning to make peace with the contradictions that make up this body, draping my ribs with the prettiest wildflowers and not once flinching when the darkness peers through. the dirt under my fingernails no longer mortifies me because i belong in a grave as much i belong in a garden. a paradox with a name that demands the full use of tongue, dauntlessly descending, knowing she can never be just one thing. almost twenty three years ago i took my very first breath on the bosom of this border, and it has always been a place for me to be. 

[corythewitchboy]

Autumn Offerings

"And the toll for crossing

I'd owe Charon

Would atrophy a half of me

The heart of gold, ah-ooh"

Around Samhain, which I do celebrate to venerate my ancestors and some friends of mine whom I lost too soon, I begin to feel a closeness to my patron and his queen that seems oddly unrelated to the sabbat itself. The energy of the season changing from a summer bursting with life, to the coming winter where death occurs on the topsoil and the weather is bleary summons them to the forefront of my mind often, and I hope that while I know my queen is happy at this time, for her swift return in the spring.

[matchingbatbites]

Part 1

Steve visits Eddie often. He loves being around the other man, loves how kind Eddie is, how funny he is for someone who rules the dead. He seems to love making Steve laugh and is always cracking jokes that send the goddess into giggles.

Honestly, Steve spends more time than he should in the Underworld, but Eddie has so many duties to tend to, it makes more sense for Steve to come to him than the other way around.

It’s nearly a year since he met Eddie that his joy is brought to an end. Steve is summoned to Olympus, is told that his visits are sending the world into chaos.

He didn’t know that traveling to the Underworld would cut the human world off from his magic, that the plants that bloomed with his presence would die off when the connection is severed.

Zeus bans him from visiting Hades, and Steve ignores the smug look on Ares’ face, the pitying looks from Hera and Aphrodite. Not all of the gods are here to witness his humiliation, but there are enough to make him flush with shame, to have him leaving as soon as he's able to.

Aphrodite catches him before he gets too far, her hair and robes both immaculate even as tears stream down her face. “Ares told them where you were going. I tried to stop him, but he’s… bitter. Jealous.”

She takes his hand, holds it between her own. “I can tell that your feelings are true, and that Hades feels the same for you. I wish I could help you, Persephone. You both deserve happiness.”

And like a stroke of lightning, Steve knows what must be done.

He thanks her and leaves Olympus, finds the nearest gate and descends into the Underworld. Cerberus is given three loving pets as Steve passes by, heading to the garden behind Eddie’s home.

The plants have been thriving thanks to Steve’s frequent visits, the flowers are in full bloom and the plants that can fruit are full and heavy with produce. He plucks a pomegranate from its branch, and stares at it as he remembers.

The goddess had found Eddie eating one on his third or fourth visit, and the older had stopped him when he’d gone to grab a few of the seeds for himself.

“You can’t eat anything grown in this realm. You’ll be stuck here if you do.”

Eddie had looked almost sad as he’d said it, and Steve had tipped his head to the side.

“Are you saying you don’t want me around?”

“No! I mean, I would-” Eddie stopped himself, took a breath. “You don’t belong down here. This place is far too dark, too bleak. It doesn’t deserve you.”

And Steve could read between the lines, could hear what Eddie wasn’t saying. He had ignored it at the time, let Eddie be right, but now? Now Steve knows that Eddie is the only one who deserves him.

Call him selfish, but no one has ever treated Steve the way Eddie does, has cared for him so, and he wants nothing more than to spend the rest of his days in the Underworld, side by side with the man he loves.

He tears open the pomegranate as a voice comes from the house.

“Steve? I didn’t realize you were here.”

Steve turns to face him, and Eddie’s eyes drop to Steve’s hands, dripping with red as he holds the fruit in his hands. His face pales and his eyes jump back to Steve’s.

“What are you doing?” he asks, taking a cautious step forward.

“Do you love me?” Steve asks in return. Just seeing Eddie has firmed his decision, and he stands, unwavering as he watches the other man pause at the question.

“I do. More than anything.” Eddie seems nervous, but his voice is steady, and Steve knows he's telling the truth.

“If I asked it, would you let me stay? Let me stand by your side for the rest of time itself?”

Eddie steps closer, now in arms reach. “I would. I would not turn you away, even if it meant my life.”

Steve’s eyes don’t waver from Eddie’s as he scrapes a handful of seeds from the fruit and shoves them in his mouth.

The juice is tart at first, but is followed by a delicious sweetness, something that reminds Steve of Eddie himself, and as he swallows, Steve can feel the shift within him.

Hands grab his face and the fruit falls to the ground as Steve grabs Eddie in return, both meeting in a desperate kiss. Magic flows between them, invisible threads tying them together in a bond so concrete, even the Fates themselves could not cut them.

They pull back after a moment, and Steve’s eyes drop to the red smear across Eddie’s mouth, something that is surely mirrored across his own.

“My wonderful little goddess,” Eddie mutters, awestruck as he places another kiss to Steve’s lips, more tender than the last.

“You're stuck with me now,” the goddess responds, sending them both into giggles, and yeah. It feels good to be selfish.

(Later, Steve will cut a deal with the rest of the gods. He will come back for half a year at a time and tend to his duties, leaving his beloved twin Demeter in charge while he’s gone, in exchange for Zeus’ blessing to have children. Zeus will have no choice but to agree.)

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Tagging @stardustonpages because they respectfully asked for more <3

[zukoandtheoc]

on the one hand I definitely want to see how differently the other romances hit when grace is mortal

on the other hand. how fucking devastated I'll be if I have to sit through Freddie's confession and pretend trading my soul to bring her back to life was a thing I did with fully platonic intentions

on the third hand. I'm pretty sure i have to do a none romance playthrough to get achievements

[littlemusic-muse]

For @bsdfanweek

Day 5: Soulmates | Alternate Universe | “Are we fighting or flirting?”

Thought it would be fun to do a Hades!Chuuya and Persephone!Dazai. Have not seen it done before, so why not?

Inspirations: Helm of Darkness Sheep Version and also the King of Sheep Skull for young chuuya was too fitting.

More rambling on this AU Below Since I have a lot of thoughts:

I have seen a lot of Hades! Dazai and Persephone! Chuuya and many of those fics are really good. But in the case of Soukoku, I have not seen a fic/art piece where Dazai is Persephone with Chuuya as Hades. Ao3 has Dazai in different pairings when he is Persephone.

One video that inspired me is overly sarcastic production's YouTube myth video on Hades and Persephone and this fic. I was introduced to the concept that Persephone and Demeter's origin is much older than Hades, though they were still wrapped up with the king of the dead, which is not Hades, but ancient Poseidon. They also have a lot of spooky lore surrounding them where they were feared to the point they were not talked about. Persephone could be considered more powerful because she is linked to the Underworld and entitled to a lot of secrets. At this point, I had decided to draw Dazai as Persephone and Chuuya as Hades.

Also, there is the line: Dread Persephone and Stalward Hades. Persephone has been considered the more frightening one out of the two, though both are terrifying.

Few bullet points on them

Cerberus is a dog. And somehow Chuuya owning a three-headed dog when he canonically loves dogs seems fitting

Persephone has way too much fear-based symbolism and is known as the queen of the dead. Dazai is feared reputation-wise but also can be seen surface-level as friendly.

Both Hades and Persephone have wrath-based tales in which if someone outside of their relationships flirts/tests the relationship with one of them, the other will reign the wrath on them.

[sigeel]

next Punderworld episode is up on #webtooncanvas and tapas

[ranan-culus]

SEA AND SONG

Dislyte - Norah | Muses [] Anna | Persephone

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[artavarel]

the muses compelled me to draw a hades family poster

[pinkbowmuse]

being your own muse is attractive!

[taintedlxve]

Time to wheel out my gals