#Apollo II

[omg-snakes]

Apollo II is ready for takeoff.

As much as I have enjoyed watching this doof grow from a gangly little weirdo into a limbless Adonis, I just... I don't have the energy to deal with yet another allelic gene and the dude is Ultramel Ice instead of Hypo Ice as I'd hoped. I've had such rotten luck with the Ice morph already anyway that I'm throwing in the towel and focusing my energy in a more productive direction.

I hope that someone will scoop him up and treasure him, because he really is a lovely guy.

[talkstothemoonandstars]

Happy 95th Birthday, Buzz!

Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. Born Jan. 20, 1930. More honors and awards than I could possibly list. Astronaut for Gemini XII and Apollo XI. Second human to set foot on the moon. Throws a mean right hand punch.

[not-so-blue]

OLYMPIAN GODS in HADES II

In the name of Hades! Olympus, I accept this message!

[goldenjuniper]

“…But since our destinies prevent us you shall always be with me, and you shall dwell upon my care-filled lips.”

[satsuha]

11/23 is いい兄さんの日 (good older brother day) in japan 💐

[sodamnbored]

Jason: Hey come on, you’re definitely gonna get into college, no doubt.

Percy, sighing: I hope so. It’s just…sometimes I just feel like the biggest fuck up in the world, you know?

Jason, hand on his shoulder comfortingly: If only you could see yourself through my eyes.

Percy: *looking at him expectantly*

Jason: You’d be amazed at how blurry you are.

[artcrystals]

Are you as excited for Hades II as I am? Supergiant really hyped us up with the tech test stream -- I can't wait to go on a whole new journey with Melinoë!

Here's Hades 2's Apollo to light up your timeline :)

[scarebluetales]

Apollo

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[bugwolfsstuff]

'Apollo will just forget his lesson and go back to old habits after a few years. He wont change—'

Okay explain why you think that other than 'hurr durr he's a god and they don't change' because that's a stupid fucking reason. That's Hermes' mentality and he is NOT a good role model (I love him tho)

And honestly presuming someone will always go back to being a bad person after they tried to better themselves because time has passed/their upbringing is straight up a bad mindset to have in general. You WANT people to be better. Prematurely deciding they'll give up and stay bad is how you make sure they stay bad.

[theamazingmaddyas]

AU where Michael survives the fall off the Williamsburg Bridge, but is badly injured, so Apollo brings him over to Asclepius to heal back up, and get physical therapy and occupational therapy, but Apollo and Asclepius (and Epione and hers and Asclepius' children) are all gods and have no sense of time, so they accidently keep Michael away from the rest of the half-bloods for eleven months until Jason, Leo, and Piper go to get the Physicians Cure, and to their surprise a demigod is there.

Now, since Asclepius has been focusing on healing Michael and also barely leaves Epidaurus, he also forgot to tell Michael about the whole war thing, so he's honestly really confused.

And then Leo recognizes him because Will has a picture of Michael on his quiver (and while giving the tour to Leo, the picture caught his eye and stuck, because adhd really makes you remember the randomest stuff) and tells him everything.

Michael is stubborn so when he hears about said war, he's ready to go, bows blazing, he wants to help. Asclepius thinks this is actually a terrible idea because you've barely been able to walk for a few months without crutches, and are still not at full strength, and Dad'll be disappointed if I let you go, but Michael's going.

So, along with the physicians cure, Jason, Leo, and Piper bring one feral Apollo kid back to the Argo II.

Percy thinks he's hallucinating because the guy he accidently killed is right there and maybe Tartarus messed him up more than he thought, and Annabeth is gaping at him.

Hazel and Frank have never been more confused in their life, which is saying a lot because both of them have the tendency to get confused over tiny things.

So, Michael becomes a temp member of the Argo II. Him and Frank get along amazing, and are always taking about archery and comparing bows (Frank's nearly two feet taller than Michael so his bow is actually twice Michael's bows size). And him and Percy have a much needed talk about the battle.

Sad part is Michael has to watch his father be banished and not heard from in six months (not fun), but good news is when Apollo does show up, we can get some quality Michael and Meg friendship! Apollo wishes they'd never met, but Meg adores Michael so much.

Meg jabbed Apollo with her elbow. "Your son is so cool."

Apollo glanced at where his eldest son at camp was currently chasing Sherman Yang with a broken arrow shaft, cursing with a variety of colorful language that, if he hadn't heard Meg say worse, he would be tempted to cover her ears. "I agree."

Meg clicked her tongue. "Must have got it from his mother, because you're lame."

Apollo gasped, clutching his chest dramatically. "Meg, you wound me!"

Meg chuckled softly. "Sucks to face the truth."

Another awesome scene could be Will, Kayla, and Austin reuniting with him, or Michael getting to curse out Octavian! (Would pay money to see).

Will I do anything with this AU? Maybe. I have too many WIP right now to dedicate time to it, but maybe it'll come sooner or later. I definitely want to write a Michael survives story (all the ones I've read are actually some of my favorite things ever), but whether I choose to do this one is up in the air.

[witchiestwitch]

Excited for the Apollo Achilles reunion :)

[omg-snakes]

One of the joys of The Hatchening is learning more about my snakes' genetics. Apollo II was sold as an Ice (Anery + Lava), and as a little lad it was very clear that there was something else at play here. This is him as a snuppy (snake puppy):

Looking at him as an adult, he's got lot of yellow tone in his saddles that has increased over time, and his light eye tells me that there's something causing hypomelanism.

I thought it might be Hypo, like in Olaf, but Olaf is pinker where Apollo II is more yellowy.

With the knowledge that Lumi is definitely het Amel and het Hypo, the pink babies I'm seeing in LA23, and Apollo II's breeder admitting that he had Ultra creeping around in his lines, I strongly suspect that Apollo II is an Ultramel Ice. This is his first year successfully breeding, so I think a test pairing is in order next year to confirm.

Ugggghhh I hate keeping track of allelic genes why do I do these thing to myself?

[heyhoneyfox]

(First meal the seven have together)

Percy: the name "two bite brownies" is so demanding. Like, you can't tell me how many bites it'll take to eat my sweet treat, you corporate brand bitch. What if I have a really tiny mouth? What if I want to eat it whole like Kronos did with his kids? Huh? What then?

The argo II crew:

Piper: is he drunk?

Annabeth, unfazed: no, he's just like this.

Leo: I love him already.

[dragonroilz]

[goldenjuniper]

drawing curly hair is sooo fun….. apollo you are the perfect muse

[spotted-mooncalf]

Leo: *crying*

Annabeth: what’s with him?

Frank: he asked me what it was like to be a dog, and I told him dogs can’t see rainbows…

Percy: *tears welling in his eyes* they can’t..?