#emer x cú chulainn

[15pantheons]

Emer: Setanta-  Cú Chulainn: *sighs* Ferdiad used to call me Setanta...  Emer: ...Because it's your freaking name. 

[annebeatrice-art]

His princess 💙❤️ | Cú Chulainn x Emer (Fate OC)

[godsofhumanity]

Cú Chulainn: Don’t kill me, I have a wife.

Fand: You think I care about that?

Cú Chulainn: No, this isn’t a plea for mercy. It’s a warning.

Fand: Wha-

Emer: [kicking down the door] ARE YOU READY TO DIE?!

[akampana]

Other love triangle that you don't treat much and that are part of your ship.

The Proto-Boys!!! Cu, Arthur, Gil.

Pre - 5 Gen - 4 Love - 4

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Modern AU Proto Cú x Arthur x Proto Gil (fun fact, this is also related to "Dog House", the WIP I talked about before. Arthur exists there too as Arturia's older twin. The OG Gil isn't in that universe at all.)

Pre-relationship 5 Did either of them try to resist their feelings?

The proto boys have the rare privilege of not being riddled with that much drama. What pervades their lives is an irresistible, continuous stream of competitiveness that does wonders for them (just not for everyone around them, they leave a trail of destruction in their wake).

It doesn't help that literally anything can be a gadfly to Proto-Gil, because the mad lad has an Ash Ketchum worthy desire to be the best, and therefore he will put every effort into making sure he's the best kisser, hugger, fuckelover in the polycule. He'd already had the hots for Arthur right off the bat, but as soon as he realized the blonde came with a blue-haired accessory, he decided welp, guess this is now a threesome.

Proto-Cu met Arthur first, through Arturia, who was bffs with Lancer Cú. Although Arthur had just gotten out of a bad relationship (which made him want to delay officially asking Cú out), he pretty much knew he liked Proto right from the start.

Gil came into Arthur's life pretty soon after he met Proto Cú, because they were stacked against each other during an intercampus university competition in fencing, which Arthur won. And though Gil mainly competed for archery, he wouldn't let that loss go and just kept pestering Arthur for rematches until he eventually realized they were kinda dating. Plus Cú was always with them, but he never got mad at Gil being there, he just enjoyed being with Arthur.

So Arthur, being the responsible, caring guy he is, decided they were all dating and nobody said no.

General 4 Were they each other’s first anything (kiss, relationship, etc.)?

Arthur and Gil were Cú's first boyfriends. (Since all the other Cú's also exist, Proto is the youngest and Ferdiad, Medb, and Emer are attributed to his older brothers) He's the youngest in the polycule, and is a full year younger than the other two. Although he's the least experienced, he's also the most enthusiastic. Arthur was his first kiss.

Gil's first everything was Enkidu, and although he and Enkidu are still close friends, Enkidu eventually decided to court their first love, Shamhat. He's had a few casual experiences since then.

Arthur used to date Lancelot. Arturia used to date Guinevere. Uhh...shit happened. Anyway, while he's had a boyfriend before, this is his first time having two. Does that count?

Love 4 How often do they cuddle/engage in PDA?

Arthur, being the gentleman as always, tries to avoid overt amorous displays. He shows he cares by opening doors and offering his elbow to escort his two partners, but apart from that he's rather reserved. On special occasions, however, he does pull out the flower bouquets and movie tickets. (He'd bring chocolate but the Chulainns are severely allergic.) He took them both to a carnival fair last year and they went around trying all the booths.

Cú and Gil are not shy at all when it comes to showing affection, and because of their nature, they always try to one-up each other whenever they're out together. Poor Arthur has to deal with getting glomped pretty often. Its a good thing he can still walk even with both his partners clinging to him. Advantages of 181 cm (RIP to Arturia, but he's different) even though he's technically still the shortest.

Ahahaha thanks for the ask! :")

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[trans-cuchulainn]

I've actually read a theory that claimed Cu Chulainn was originally a thunder god. The theory came about because Cu Chulainn's weapon and various attacks contain the word "thunder" like "thunder bolt" or "thunder strike." I'm not saying they're right but I'm curious about what you think.

my gut reaction, based on nothing at all, is to say “nahhhh, that just sounds like someone trying to draw parallels to other literature like norse stuff and looking for connections there so that they can try and make these figures fit their idea of a pantheon”, but that’s based entirely on a gut reaction and also my general reluctance to even consider cú chulainn as a god, because, like... he’s never presented as a god in irish lit. and how they present gods is pretty nebulous and vague anyway, but while he’s got a number of connections to the túatha dé danann and does various bits of magic, he’s not really considered to be one of them. he’s just a dubiously human weirdo with a lot of otherworldly friends.

but like even with the people who are almost certainly actual gods (in the literature at least; that tells us nothing about history/religion), they’re not really gods of stuff. they’re gods who are good at stuff but it’s not... a pantheon? you can’t be like “this person is the god of [x] and that person is the god of [y]”, that’s just not how it works in irish lit. trying to fit them into that kind of paradigm is often just, as gantz put it, pinning roman tails on a celtic donkey.

so as well as not thinking of cú chulainn as a god, i also wouldn’t ever say that an irish figure is a “thunder god” or a “love god” (preserve me from victorian ideas about aengus) or a “sun god” (noooooo). some would but.... i would not be one of them, and neither would very few academics writing in the past few decades.

[while you’re here, i’d highly recommend ireland’s immortals: a history of the gods of irish myth by mark williams. like i can’t stress this enough. if you want to know about the mythological side of things, that’s probably the best book to start with because it’s academic yet accessible, and more importantly, it’s recent. a LOT has changed in celtic studies as a field in the last 50 years yet it often feels like most people i encounter online haven’t read anything more recent than, like, the 40s. at best. which is Not Great. that book came out in late 2016, so actually reflects the current state of the field/discipline based on what we now know about the texts we’re working with and whatever]

but i figured i’d go look for those thunder references just to see if there’s anything in it beyond that, even though it’s like... nearly 1am and i should be in bed. i make bad life choices. hey, kids, don’t do irish lit.

soooooo.... i mean it’s really hard to translate any of the names for the feats he performs and most of them don’t make a lot of sense but i’ve never really noticed a thunder theme? he has his salmon leap, that’s one of the most famous ones.... that’s a fish. like, here’s the list of feats from recension 1 of the táin, translated by cecile o’rahilly (bearing in mind they’re hard to translate)

The ball-feat, the blade-feat, the feat with horizontally-held shield, the javelin-feat, the rope-feat, the feat with the body, the cat-feat, the hero's salmon-leap, the cast of a wand, the leap across ..., the bending of a valiant hero, the feat of the gae bolga, the feat of quickness (?), the wheel-feat, the eight-men feat, the overbreath feat, the bruising with a sword, the hero's war-cry, the well-measured blow, the return-stroke, the mounting on a spear and straightening the body on its point, with the bond of a valiant champion.

there’s nothing about thunder there? they’re most about weapons or movement and where there’s a theme at all, if anything it’s an animal theme, like the cat-feat and the salmon-leap. in the wooing of emer you get

the spear-feat, and the apple-feat, and the sword-edge feat.

so now we’ve got apples as well as weapons

like there’s one reference in R1 that could be relevant, where it says “the thunder-feat of the two warriors in the ford”, but it’s also talking about how noisy they are in the same paragraph, and anyway that would theoretically make them both thunder gods really, it’s not unique to CC

and there’s a couple of references to thunder in R2 as well, like when CC is approaching fer diad and his charioteer in his chariot, but again it just seems to be referencing noise, not directly comparing to thunder (and that’s just the english translation, it’s way too late at night to go looking for the irish right now). and at one point it says he runs as swift as a thunderbolt? but then you go to the muster of the ulaid towards the end and like... half the ulaid are compared to thunder in terms of the noise they’re making as they gather, so it really doesn’t seem like it’s a unique feature of him, that’s just the kind of noise that happens when you get a ton of angry men in one place with their weapons

so idk tbh as a proposition it seems decidedly sketchy to me and based on very little actual textual evidence. like... the feats are hard to translate, i think i’d be wary of anyone saying with too much certainty that they all mean stuff to do with thunder, or whatever, and any references i’ve found to thunder seem very much in keeping with how warriors in general are described, rather than being some unique trait of cú chulainn’s. but also... like, sure, cú chulainn for sure isn’t 100% human, but i would very much hesitate to classify him as a god of any variety, and even if i did, i wouldn’t start trying to pantheon anyone

disclaimer: it’s 00:50am and i had never encountered this theory before 00:26am today so this isn’t exactly the most academic and well-researched answer in the world but whatevs

[mythsology]

Cú Chulainn (Irish for “Culann’s Hound”), born Sétanta, is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle. He is believed to be an incarnation of the god Lugh, who is also his father. He gained his name as a child after killing Culann's fierce guard-dog in self-defence and offered to take its place until a replacement could be reared. At the age of seventeen he defended Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht in the famous Táin Bó Cúailnge. It was prophesied that his great deeds would give him everlasting fame, but his life would be a short one. 

Emer was the queen of Ulster, married to Cú Chulainn. The Ulstermen searched for a suitable wife for him, but he would have none but Emer. He visited and wooed her by trading cryptic riddles with her. Emer agreed to accept Cú Chulainn as a husband, but only when his deeds justified it. Emer’s father opposed the match and suggested that Cú Chulainn should train in arms with the renowned warrior-woman Scáthach in Scotland, hoping this would kill him. Cú Chulainn returned from Scotland fully trained, but Forgall still refused to let him marry Emer. Cú Chulainn stormed Forgall's fortress, killing twenty-four of Forgall's men, abducted Emer and stole Forgall's treasure. Having proved his prowess, Emer now agreed to marry him.

Though Cú Chulainn had many lovers, Emer's only jealousy came when he was entranced into love with Fand, wife of Manannán mac Lir, the king of the great sea, as recounted in the narrative Serglige Con Culainn. She decided to kill her rival, but when she saw the strength of Fand's love for Cú Chulainn she decided to give him up to her. Fand, touched by Emer's magnanimity, decided to return to her own husband. Manannán shook his cloak between Cú Chulainn and Fand, ensuring the two would never meet again, and Cú Chulainn and Emer drank a potion to wipe the whole affair from their memories.

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[15pantheons]

Cú Chulainn: Hey, Emer. What kind of flowers do you prefer?  Emer: I like sunflowers.  Cú Chulainn pulling out a bouquet of Venus Flytraps: Well, shoot-

[15pantheons]

Cú Chulainn: *falls down the stairs*  Ferdiad: Are you okay?  Emer: Stop falling down the stairs!  Morrigan: How’d the ground taste? 

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Cú Chulainn: Can I have 2 straws with that milkshake?  Emer: Aww-  Cú Chulainn: With 2 straws, I can drink it double as fast!