#dionysus rambles

[partywithmewhores]

omw to crash some rando celebrity’s party

they have wine and someone invoked my presence

[juciesourgrape]

im giving bigb cookie monster pajama bottoms in all my headcanons

[yonemurishiroku]

I know we all love the god/deity Nico. But just consider. Nico mistaken as a god.

Why? Because srsly, just imagine it.

You’re a new camper. You’re 8,9,10,11—idk, and your siblings are giving you a tour around Camp. You guys reach the Big House, and there’s Chiron, Mr.D, and then him.

This kid - not so much older than you’re - who wears all back, a sword by his hip, a distinctly powerful around him, sitting at the same table with Dionysus and Chiron. They have been talking when you arrived. He greets you with a silent nod.

Later that day, you see him again at lunch/ dinner. Still sitting with Dionysus. His plate is empty. They talk through out the meal. Perhaps he doesn’t need to eat.

You notice he has a private house all for himself, not so close to other cabins. Maybe he doesn’t like others trespassing in his place.

He’s also the quiet and reserved type, you figure.

He doesn’t talk much. But when he speaks, everyone listens. Whatever he has to say is usually impactful.

He usually sits with the goddess Hestia during the campfire. Rarely someone joins them. Will Solace does sometimes, probably bc the guy’s friendly with just everyone.

You see him in the Arena. His power is absolutely terrifying. Like. God-tier.

You take note of the fact he sometimes leaves Camp for days on a mission or an errand. Something about ghosts and Underworld. As far as you know, no one else in camp does that kind of task. And you absolutely didn’t expect the Underworld to be so easily in and out of. Not for a demigod, at least, because even the mighty Percy Jackson dislikes going there.

He talks about Cerberus and the Furies and Charon and calls Hades “dad”. He must be a chthonic deity. That explains his attire.

And the name di Angelo. It certainly sounds someone to take souls to the afterlife. The name Nico should be the equivalent of Apollo’s Lester.

When another god, Apollo - or Lester, comes visit. You see how the Olympian playfully jokes around and laughs with the Kid. In response, the Kid acts completely relaxed around him, despite not being one of Apollo’s children, whereas you’re there being like Omg it’s a God!. You figure that’s how fellow gods treat each other.

Nico di Angelo must be a God, right?

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

How I think Meg would react to the other 11 Olympians:

This was originally on Discord in a convo between Chronic and me :3

Zeus: Would have zero (0) respect for him. I think she would be able to read between the lines and see that Zeus & Apollo have a...complicated relationship, perhaps enough to figure out the parallels between them and her & Nero.

Hera: Honestly I don't really think Meg would be that intimated by her? Maybe put off a little by her cold exterior but if she sees how Apollo acts around her she'd probably just follow his lead and dunk on her with him

Poseidon: ??? Zero clue what would happen here.

Demeter: agree with u Meg would be a little wary of Demeter.

Athena: Perhaps a bit intimated? Athena's a very reserved person who keeps her cards close to her chest, while Meg prefers to get to the point and start stabbing problems away. Athena's whole deal may make Meg wary of her, perhaps even a bit distrustful because of how secretive she is.

Ares: I wonder if she would be equally affected by Ares's whole "fight aura" as Percy is so she may get a little aggressive with him, but Ares would probably find it funny though i would like to direct his attention to the last time a twelve year old got aggressive with him lol

Hephaestus: I think they'd be pretty chill. Probably don't interact much because Hephaestus isn't really a people-person and Meg's kinda reserved too. Maybe they'd bond over some type of machine-plant invention that makes Apollo go oh no

Aphrodite: Hmm...I think she may be slightly disturbed by Aphrodite's whole "I play with your love life because I like you so much!" thing. She'd take one look and go "you fucked up Apollo's life because you like him?????" Meg's blunt personality probably wouldn't mix the best with Aphrodite's guile and subtly.

Hermes: She wouldn't like him lol summons the wall lizard I just don't see Meg really liking Hermes all that much? Though I don't know why? Just the vibe I get from her

Artemis: Mutual inner jealousy beloved haha. I think Meg would be a bit jealous/resentful of Artemis because of how much she takes Apollo for granted. Meanwhile, Artemis is jealous that Apollo "prefers" Meg's and Athena's company over hers even though her company usually involves her badgering him...tragic twins beloved. She's a huntress - she's territorial. When someone encroaches on her territory, she gets growly.

Dionysus: She'd like him lol. As seen in ToN, Dionysus likes messing with Apollo (in a good way) and she likes messing with Apollo (in a good way). They'd get along like a house on fire and Apollo fears this alliance (though is secretly pleased)

[vesta-knows-besta]

just learned about a drinking vessel with the homeric hymn to dionysus painted on the inside so that as you drink (i.e. enter a changed state!!), you start to see visions of the pirates turned into dolphins until you finish the wine, wherien dionysus himself appears. like holyyy shitttt

literally so much to discuss regarding the art form itself tying into the act of worshipp holy shittt

[khaire-traveler]

For the first time in a while, I prayed to a few deities I haven't spoken to in quite some time. I asked them to assist in having a good time with a brand new friend. The conversations that followed with that friend were life-changing. I realized how much I had been ignoring myself and my own well-being. I realized how fucked up certain situations I had gone through recently truly were. I realized how low I had made my own standards when it came to making and keeping friends. I realized how desperately I needed someone to listen to my recent traumas and validate my experiences, instead of immediately putting me down. I want to humbly thank Aphrodite and Dionysus for the time I had with that friend. I believe that they helped contribute to the genuinely life-changing experience that I had.

I say this all to emphasize that having good, strong relationships with deities doesn't mean giving them offerings every single day, saying prayers every time you get the chance, or going out of your way to do things for them at the cost of your own well-being. Having a solid relationship with deities doesn't look like receiving some immense spiritual sign every single time they reach out to you, hearing their voices speak from the heights of the heavens (or the depths of the underworld) as clearly as one breathes air, or being able to perfectly interpret every type of divination you receive from them.

You don't need to have some profound experience to know that your deities are there, supporting you through some of your toughest battles. Sometimes the divine express themselves in ways that are as mundane and average as seeing a butterfly outside your window or finally feeling motivated to take care of your physical needs.

Something wild and extraordinary isn't going to happen every twenty seconds while you're worshipping a deity. That's simply not how life works, but that also doesn't mean you're doing something wrong. That doesn't make your relationships any less valuable or important. That doesn't invalidate the more mundane experiences you've had with your deities. It's ok that you don't have something "interesting" happening every five minutes. You don't need to. You don't have to.

All that truly matters is that you feel happy, that you feel content within your worship. Make sure your relationships with your deities feel like a safe place for you because if they don't, maybe something needs to change.

[diadorka]

So I've noticed that, by this current point in the Hades 2 technical test, we are missing a total of 5 Olympians, four of which were in Hades and I just wanted to theorise as to where they are (under the assumption that they will be in the end game).

I'll begin with the 4 from the previous game, although the reasoning for some is rather obvious.

Athena, is a war Goddess, in the middle of a current war. We're not going to be seeing her frequently, but I'm sure that at certain points in the story that she may appear, especially with tie-ins like Odysseus and Arachne.

Similarly, Ares, also a war God, and with his domain with the heat of battle and blood lust and such, would probably be in the front lines and keeping the lines from falling back. He's busy at the moment. Although, again I feel, once you've reached a certain point in the story, that we'll see and interact with him as well.

Hermes, here we know the technical has briefly mentioned what he's doing and what his current role is. So, for him, it's a waiting game for the story to progress for further information and hopefully interaction. But no matter what, he, in some form, is already confirmed in the game.

This leaves Dionysius, who I've had the most fun theorising as to where he is, and I believe his absence is connected to Zagreus. In the first game, Dionysius and Zagreus play a prank on Orpheus and tell him that they are the same person, and he believes it and even creates music from it.

Now, we know from Demeter that Zeus created the myth that she was his sister, but that still didn't make it so. However, we don't know what human beliefs do in certain ways, and I believe that this prank may have tied Dionysius and Zagreus together in a way that's not leaving Dionysius having the best time right now. For all intents and purposes, I believe the prank connected the two in some way so that Dionysius is experiencing some form of what is going on down in the underworld and it's driving him insane, and as such, unlocking the God of madness.

This leaves the last Olympian who has been neither seen nor heard throughout the first game or the technical so far, Hera. As we currently have no information on her or how they will show her or what myths they would use, she's effectively free real estate for theories, but I do fully believe by the end of Hades 2, we will have seen all the Olympians.

There's two ways I believe this could go. In the first, I believe you will not be able to unlock Hera until you've proven yourself, Ie until you've beaten the big boss for the first time, similarly to Demeter in the first game.

The other is far more theoretical but follows the line of the Dionysius prank. Hera is not a good guy in the song that Orpheus creates from the prank and if any of my theory about what's going with Dionysius is true, then Hera may be working with Chronos.

[deathlessathanasia]

It is very interesting how Dionysos, despite being born from Zeus, does not reject his mother or deny any connection with the woman who bore him, but shows so much affection and devotion towards her even though she died before he could even begin to know her. He goes so far as to descend into the Underworld in order to bring her back from among the dead after which he shares his immortality with her.

Quite the strong difference from „Pallas, the motherless goddess”, Pallas there-was-no-mother-who-gave-me-birth Athena.

[beatingdrumspouringwine]

The names of the Gods

I vaguely promised an essay on my thoughts on the names of the Gods about a week ago or so, and thus I shall deliver :)

A few months ago when I was scrolling on TikTok (as one does), I came across a video by @olympianbutch talking about invocations in traditional Hellenic Polytheist prayers. The whole video was good, so I'll link the video (for the invocation): [here], and you can watch it all for yourselves. (And you should watch the two videos before it, they were equally good and educational). In it, he explained why we start prayers by saying the Gods' names: "This is because the ancient Greeks believed that when you said a God's name, They went: [insert action of dramatically turning around here]." Now, this was definitely funny, but once the full implications of that statement sunk in, it permanently changed how I viewed my own praying (in a good way, of course, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this thing based off of the video).

Now, the idea that your speech can call a God to you is something incredibly amazing, incredibly beautiful, and incredibly powerful. It means that the very second you state Their name, They can see your whole situation, and respond accordingly. I think this is something good to keep in mind, especially as the influence of 2020 witchtok/pagantok fades out (I was deep in this back then, so I'm speaking from that perspective [at some point in the future I'm doing a ramble on this as well, and how it impacted my early worship + relationships with the Gods {no hate if you were there too, I think it lowkey sucked for all of us}]). I used to feel really nervous that I didn't have a Real Connection with the Gods because I wasn't constantly hearing Their voices in my head, or having some kind of miraculous encounter with Them on a daily basis, and I used to base a lot of the idea of a "successful prayer life" around those encounters. However, since hearing of the concept of the Gods seeing you when their names are called, I've found my worries about that trickling away. When I pray, whichever God I'm praying to is there, and I can simply revel in the knowledge that I am standing (or sitting, or kneeling) in the presence of the God(s). The Gods are ever-present to begin with, but by calling upon Them in prayer, I am able to be face-to-face with Them in a more meaningful way, even if it's not something immediately sensible.

Beyond my prayer life, I've also found myself a lot more thoughtful about when I say the Gods' names. For deities that I worship frequently like Hermes or Dionysos, I'll be a bit more lax. I'll call upon Them for little things, like seeing a little crystal phallus in a metaphysical shop, or praying for safe travels. For deities that I once worshiped closely, like Artemis, I'll call upon Her in praise of the beauty of nature, especially if it's getting Real Beautiful or Real Cool. And even for deities that I rarely worship except on feasts, like Zeus, I'll call upon Him in praise of good things that fall under His domain, as a "I know it was You doing this!" kind of thing.

Anyways, this ended up a bit more rambly than I initially intended it to be, but I hope that somewhere within this ADHD-addled writing there was something of substance that's useful to you in your practice :) The Gods are always there, something something, always good, something something, I love Them.

[winedarkgod]

I love Dionysus so much...I worship other Gods too but Dionysus has touched my heart and soul in a way I can't even describe.

all the art I make, the prayers I read or write, the offerings I give, there's nothing I could ever do to fully reciprocate the mere feeling of their presence in my life.

[tiny-stale-cupcake]

me when this dude has the gall to flirt with me when i’m clearly committed to fictional men

[juciesourgrape]

grian is so jealous of scars hot bod smh

[dootznbootz]

(Ian Johnston's translation)

[yonemurishiroku]

The delight would be to see Mr. D blatantly favors Nico when he and Percy are bickering.

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

I'm reading Apollo's wiki right now and can i just say what a GREAT dad he is?

Like he teaches his kids archery, medicine, and about prophecy. Some he mentors into seers.

Some aren't even HIS BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN (hello, Chiron!) and he STILL TEACHES THEM and TREATS THEM LIKE HIS KIDS.

what a great dad

[ya9amicide]

the plot of pjo: the titan’s curse

percy: asks something

everyone else: ask zoë nightshade