#greek mythology is one of my special interests

[library-fae]

waiting for hades ii to come out on switch (because that's what i played the original on) and im in agony

[rapha-reads]

No but I gotta talk about Medusa for a minute actually.

It's been. A very long time since I read the PJO books so I don't exactly remember how Uncle Rick presents Medusa in the book. But the way the show introduces her myth? Fascinating. For me as a Greek mythology enthusiast, that is.

The show makes Medusa a victim of Athena. Of course, the show is mainly for kids, so they can't exactly say that, hey, kids, Medusa was Athena's priestess and she was raped by Poseidon, YEP, or protagonist's father, IN Athena's temple, nah, that's neither kid-friendly nor does it endears us to Poseidon. Not that Poseidon is very dear to us viewers/readers at this point, our narrator/protagonist can't stand his own dad.

But still what fascinates me is that even though they twisted the myth to ft the narrative they still managed to evoke Athena's curse as being actually a gift, and Medusa not feeling wretched over her condition but blessed.

Which is not a modern reading of the myth, actually. Saying that Athena couldn't punish Poseidon for his transgression and could only punish Medusa, but did so in a way that would give Medusa weapons to defend herself against whoever and whatever would try to harm her again, is a narrative that exists since Antiquity.

My point is that the re-framing of Medusa's myth, departing from the traditional, non-kid-friendly version while still incorporating both classic and modern elements, is a good frame of reference for the series (book and show)' entire approach to mythology. And I guess I'm saying that mostly for the non-book readers who are discovering this world, many of whom might be Greek mythology fans and might have gone "wait, why is Hades AGAIN presented as the bad guy when he's the chillest, most normal, most stable god in this entire pantheon", because that's a conversation the book fandom has been having (over and over again) for more than a decade.

Anyway, yeah. As a long time book fan and a show appreciative, here's my advice to anyone who knows WAY too much about Greek myths and still want to enjoy the ride without going every five minutes "wait, that's not correct": reframe. Contemporary rewritings, modern audiences and Fantasy genre.

[ophernelia]

audio is almost finished for episode 19. we're about to be on episode 20 already. the way i don't want season 2 of lykaia to end just yet cause ima miss it. my break is gonna be so brief after episode 22 cause i wanna get right back into it lol. i'll probably drop the pilot episode of jackpot during that time though. the plan was to switch off and focus on jackpot butttttt my brain says no.

[bee-ina-boat]

@ tma fandom, i have a concept:

the fear entities but they are mythological gods.

that is all thank u

[astrxealis]

I ADORE GEN INFORMATION AND HISTORY STUFF SOOO MUCH ... and etc etc etc and and and :(( <3 god i love the plethora of information ik and. etc.

[noxtivagus]

i love the sky so much

[a-bisexual-panicking]

no words can describe how much i love Kaos.

it's the most accurate adaptation of greek myths i've ever seen (and yes, i believe it's better than percy jackson even if it has my whole heart).

as an autistic person with a greek mythology special interest, i am obsessing over the care for the details they put

SPOILERS FOR EVERYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN IT

example: Pasiphae, Ariadne's mother, was in the myths the mother of the Minotaur because, to say it very poorly, she fucked a sacred cow. So Ariadne's brother was the Minotaur. And she also had a brother named Glaucus (i have to research if they're twins or not)

another example? i have plenty of those

Caeneus being trans, the whole Troy thing (which i adored because i think it's both heartbreaking and a smart as fuck way to tell the myth), the Seven Trojans in the maze, Orpheus being a singer and convincing Persephone to let Eurydice go because "she likes his songs", the scene in the last episode where outside the underworld Eurydice begs Orpheus to look at her, Hades and his wife being the only ones with fucking logical thinking in their whole family, even the fact that everyone is gay it's somehow myth accurate

the only thing that i really don't like is the fact that they made Hera cheat on Zeus, she's the goddess of marriage and because of that she has never and would never cheat on her husband, even if she clearly doesn't like Zeus (still, i loved the way she behaved, "you're the king but i am the queen" was PERFECT to me)

so yeah basically go watch Kaos because it's neat and i love it and greek mythology and yeah

[ckret2]

Why do you ship billford? i want to hear all ur handcanons and reasons hehehe

ALL of them? My friend I do not think you comprehend the magnitude of the task you have requested. I can tell you some of them.

Here's a post I already wrote listing why I like them, and here's a post about what Ford thinks about Bill, and I just made a post about what Bill thinks about Ford because I've had it typed up on discord for ages and decided it needs its own post.

So, some headcanons:

⭐️ While most people who ship it headcanon that they had a romantic relationship of some kind pre-betrayal, my default headcanon is that they DIDN'T have a relationship—mainly because I enjoy making Bill, specifically, miserable, and I like headcanoning that Ford violently lost interest in Bill at the EXACT moment Bill developed a sincere interest in Ford.

Meaning that Bill "LOOKS LIKE MR. BRAINIAC FINALLY GOT SMART" Cipher destroyed his own chances five seconds before going "no no wait I actually want to keep this one," and that's SO funny. I made a graph!

⭐️ From Lost Legends we know that Ford used to date a siren. In the original Greek mythology, sirens didn't woo sailors by singing prettily; sirens offered knowledge about distant and future events. Sailors wrecked their ship upon the sirens' shores and starved to death at their feet just to listen to them sing about the secrets of the universe.

What I'm saying is: Ford has a type.

⭐️ This is a mutual monsterfucker 4 monsterfucker relationship. They look at each other and go "wow you're such a weird-looking alien" and they're attracted to each other BECAUSE of that, not in spite of that. I don't want any of this "oh how could I be drawn to something so strange..." shame out of Ford, as far as I'm concerned his first crush was Mothra, a floating triangle is nothing.

⭐️ Consequently, this means that if you take an AU where Bill gets stuffed in a human body, rather than making things easier, it ironically means that any PHYSICAL attraction Ford had for Bill instantly evaporates. A humanized Bill could be the sexiest damn thing in the room and everyone else in the vicinity is going 🥵💦 but Ford's going 😐. If they hook up with Bill in a human body it's in spite of Bill's current appearance and it's because Ford knows that, underneath the body, Bill's still Bill. You could hand Ford a perfect Tumblr Sexyman supermodel and he'll be fantasizing about a three-tiered pyramid with more teeth than a shark.

⭐️ Bill WILL play Dungeons Dungeons & More Dungeons with Ford, voluntarily, for fun. However he always wants to DM and he's brutal.

⭐️ I think that the majority of the Henchmaniacs used to be like Ford: young, naive, USEFUL aliens that Bill was trying to manipulate into getting access to their universes, probably by trying to get THEM to build portals. None succeeded, but they got far enough along that either they chose to join Bill, they were forced to flee their dimension and join Bill—or, due to Bill, their home no longer existed, so they might as well join him. I think that every one of them was once his ✨favorite✨ person. I think he sealed the deal in winning their friendship & loyalty with a calculated, scripted display of vulnerability—the exact same one he tried to use on Ford: I liberated my constricting, flat world; I want to liberate yours...

He may have dated some of them, too, especially right after they joined. Because he wouldn't have recruited them unless he thought they were JUST ♥ LIKE ♥ HIM. They're special, they're important...

... and after a few years, Bill realizes they're not that much like him after all and loses interest, and they sink down into the rank-and-file with the rest of the Henchmaniacs. The Henchmaniacs are FULL of people who were once Bill's Favorite—his best friends, his confidants, his lovers—and most of them are desperate to catch his eye and be that important to him again. They gave everything they had to Bill only for Bill to get bored.

So when he shows off the human who enabled Weirdmageddon and invites him to join the gang, they know EXACTLY what they're looking at: Bill's newest favorite. They know how this goes, he'll be gaga over this earthling for the next 5 to 500 years and then Ford will be just another regular Henchmaniac. The fact that Ford doesn't seem eager to join is no problem. Ford isn't the only soon-to-be Henchmaniac whose world Bill ended; some of them had to be talked around into joining, too.

⭐️ I think that, if you took Bill with his canon personality, didn't give him any character development, and then made him GENUINELY fall in love with Ford, and had him SINCERELY try his hardest to be a good, loving, healthy partner... he would still be toxic as hell for Ford.

Part of what draws Bill to Ford is that he sees SO much of himself in Ford—some accurate, some just projection. (You who crave power and fame and fortune like I do; you who also hunger to be all-knowing; you who would also sacrifice your world and your family and everyone you know and love to get what you want; you with an ego the size of the moon, oh, you deserve an ego the size of a star.) And so he assumes that what Ford really wants is what BILL would want in Ford's shoes.

And if Bill was Ford, what he'd want is to REALLY be the man who changed the world. Bill thinks he's fulfilling all Ford's wildest dreams if he gives that to him. Naming Ford the orchestrator of Weirdmageddon is the most generous gift Bill could ever offer.

Even if Bill is Really Really Trying and accepts that okay Ford doesn't want his world invaded: his idea of showing Ford love will be pulling the strings to get Ford fame & fortune. Teach him secrets of the universe that he can publish in a dozen groundbreaking scientific papers, arrange meetings with politicians and celebrities, get him a Nobel, get him an Oscar-winning bio pic, get him a billion dollars, get him EVERYTHING Ford's ever imagined as a marker of success and then double it.

When Bill's manipulating Ford, he offers praise and approval in little drops periodically leaking from the faucet, to keep Ford thirsty for more. When Bill's LOVING Ford, he just breaks the fire hydrant and lets it flood the street.

But the thing is, that's not good for Ford. That'll never make him truly happy. Ford's only ever learned how to measure his success by external markers, but the more external markers he collects the more he'll feel like he hasn't Made It yet. It's even possible that knowing Bill's helped him get this far will make him feel like he hasn't really EARNED it. He could have the whole world handed to him and he'll feel just as dissatisfied as he was on the day he first summoned Bill.

And Bill, even if he's trying his HARDEST to do this right, wouldn't be able to understand why this isn't working. A trillion years old and the only way he knows how to show love (or to receive love) is by showering someone in praise and gifts and favors. If that doesn't work, he doesn't know what's left.

[obsessive-valentine]

Platonic!Hera + Daughter!Reader

Actually created this blog out of interest for Greek Gods and Goddesses but there’s not many blogs that do Greek mythology x reader. Decided to post this because it’s been in my drafts for way to long...

You were born to a mortal mother, and one of possibly a hundred of Zeus’ children. Hera found out a blew up in a fit of rage that her husband had yet another illegitimate child and mistress.

She sent on a bad fortune that would end up killing your mother and intended to do the same to you. But you, just a sweet babe, she couldn’t find it within her kill you. She a goddess who protected women and children, and you being both who had no say in this scandal she felt merciful for the babe sleeping in the crib she pondered over.

She was unsure if this was foolish of her at first, but when she picked you up from the cradle you didn’t cry or thrash, you curled contently into her. Only then was she sure she had made the right decision.

If Hera couldn’t have Zeus to herself due to his tendency to cheat on her, at least she had you. You would have no responsibilities like her other children -no where to be but by her side. You would be hers and hers only.

Although Hera is depicted as a angry vengeful goddess due to her unhappy marriage with Zeus, she took her responsibility of women’s and children’s welfare seriously. Shes a good mother who holds nothing but adoration for you, careful to never concern you of conflicts within her marriage.

Hera therefore keeps you away from your father and much to her relief he isn’t interested on tearing away the one thing that’s keeping her sane. Not only is he known to be an absent father to all his children but he also is afraid of her tantrums.

Due to her motherly protectiveness over you, many believed you were the true daughter of Hera and Zeus. And those who knew of the truth of you being a illegitimate child of Zeus, decided it best not to speak against the king and queen of Olympus in fear of her wrath.

You are spoilt and cherished by the Goddess of marriage and childbirth, she insists you accompany her everywhere. It’s very rare for her to be seen without you by her side, dressed up with gold pendants weaved through your hair. As a child it was easy to keep you next to her, like carrying you or keeping you in her lap.

However as you grew, you curiosity and many others curiosity for you did to. Therefore Hera never lets you out of her sight nor let anyone speak to you without her presence, also often speaking for you. She can be unintentionally manipulative by over exaggerating the dangers of getting close to any other goddesses and gods, but it isn’t exactly a lie and you decide to listen to your mothers warnings.

She doesn’t let you grow past 18, and continues to treat you as a child. You sleep in the same bed as her and every morning she brushes and styles your hair, you accompany her to where she needs to be and she accompanies you while you continue your hobbies.

You are gifted anything you could ever ask, from animals like the sacred peacock to instruments made from gold and your very own tiara for special occasions.

Very rarely Hera grows frustrated around you and even rarer at you. But when she does she locks you in your room to not subject you to this side of her and exacts revenge on anyone but you. Just like she’s done with Zeus she would try find the root of the problem, the temptation, and blame that instead. Because her baby could do no wrong.

Zeus dreads the day a God tries to win your favour because all hell will break loose and he will have no choice but to find a way to resolve the situation to calm his wife’s dreaded wrath.

[enbyfallenfromthedeadstars]

I saw a post recently about short-term memory autistic people, but I'm unable to find it again.

So, I don't know who you are but thank you. Thank you 'cause, yeah, shout-out to autistic people who are not really able to tell you about their special interest, all informations having left their brain the second you asked question. Shout-out to all the ones who love spending hours doing researches and word documents, only to forget it when not in the action.

I'm like this. And since I'm questioning, through my official diagnosis, and even now I feel like an impostor. I feel like I CAN'T be autistic because I'm not really a walking data-base. Because I definitely have some special interests, and although I LOVE talking about it it's always so difficult to not make mistakes, giving the impression that I made-up my autistic trait. That I'm exagerating it.

I spended 3 years of my life documenting myself every day about figures of speech, and today I'm only able to tell you the basic ones. I had passion about flowers language for 2 months, and remember 4 of them. I was a mythology kid, able to teach you about greek, roman, egyptian and nordic ones on an impressive level, and now only know well the basic pantheon and famous myths. I had a BIG Undertale and Vocaloid phases, and now ? Now I'm back to normie knowledge. My brain has chosen to forget it all. Almost everything. It feels like I lost parts of me.

I'm still in good shape for my current ones. 'Cause it's moving, 'cause it's active. But after ? After I'll forget it. I'll forget Baudelaire, I'll forget Starmania, I'll forget Marauders. And I'm so afraid of that. I feel like my brain easily over-saturating is my life's tragedy. I feel like my others mental health issues encroaching on autism good traits is the worst thing that could have happen to me.

So, yeah, shout-out to me.

[gigizetz]

HELLO sacredhyacinth here :D thoughts on hadestown???? Also do you have a favorite myth/folk tale (personally mines is Sko-Ella (the woman who got shoes from the devil it’s a sick folk tale)

heya!

Hadestown is one of the shows that got me into greek mythology so yeah amazing show and amazing aesthetic

interesting question! I really enjoy some of the local myths of my country, (specially the ones involving mystical creatures), but honestly I don't even know how to begin explaining them lmao. They require a lot of context.

[ke3ro]

She’s just a girl

Off topic but I’m very disappointed with the fact that Baldur’s Gate 3 and fucking Greek mythology have become my autistic special interests.. but they are bomb af so there’s that.. well maybe not the second one cuz YEESH the drama that goes on in Greek mythology is crazyyyy. Also Epic: The Musical is bomb as shit I can’t do this anymore. I’ve been listening to each saga on repeat and I’m going bonkers also Marika Hackman. Listen to Marika Hackman’s “Blood” from her Big Sigh(?) album it reminds me of Astarion’s romance a lil bit. I’m rambling, also hopefully I’ll get more Skyward fanart out soon cuz the last thing I tried to make I ended up hating bc well, hair. I won’t be elaborating on that.

Enjoy the sneakpeak and my senseless rambling.

[amphitriteswife]

Until we reach the surface

Poseidon x Amphitrite! Reader 🔱x🦈

( ⚠️Warnings: angst to comfort, self destructive behavior, mythology Poseidon,)

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A story where you’re Amphitrite, Oceanus’s eldest daughter. However you unfortunately have to seal your fate with a certain sea god….

Amphitrite, Oceanus’ eldest and powerful daughter. You had existed before even Zeus himself was born and you’re awfully good friends with the greek god of the Underworld himself. As you are older than most deities you have had a good relationship with the elder deities. A lot of deities during the centuries wanted to be with you or marry you. However none of them even peeked your interest nor had your father approval, as both you and your father knew that you had to marry a certain man. Did you like the thought of that? No. But you had to. Because it was your duty as the eldest.

You were in your room brushing your hair when a maid came in to tell you that your father requested to see you. When you arrived you had noticed the atmosphere was thick and that it must be something very serious so you took a a seat and waited for your father to speak about the matter.

‘Daughter, I have called you here because i want you to prepare a ball for about 3 months from now.’ Your father stated as he looked at you from his throne.

‘I see, May i ask for who we are having this ball?’ You asked him as you knew that he gave you a lot of time which meant that it must be for someone important.

‘We are going to have a important guest.’ He replied. You looked at him with a serious expression. If this guest is so important it could be 3 options one, a very important deity. Two, a new sea god or three it could be him. However you had your hopes on the first two.

‘Alright, then i’ll dismis myself to my room.’ You said but before you could leave you were stopped by your father. You had not moved a inch and kept still as you felt strong arms wrapped around you from behind.

‘Please take care.’ He said as he hugged you. You looked back at him and hugged him tightly. You knew that those words meant that he was going to be here and that you might marry him. Your father told you that those 3 months was the longest he could get before he would come. You told your father that you’d be alright and dismissed yourself as you were getting emotional.

Back in your room you decided to take a bath and think about some things. You knew that he would come sooner or later…yet you found yourself still uncomfortable at the idea of him actually being here. Why did it have to be now? You understand that you have to be the one that marries him because you otherwise had to remain a virgin but what if you later wanted to get married if have kids? What if you dislike being his wife? You calmly told yourself to just think rational. You knew you were strong, and you won’t let it get to you. You’ll survive this.

🫧🐠 ~3 months later~ 🫧🐠

You had come to terms with things…or so you liked to believe. The ball was okay. Ofcourse you received a lot of compliments for the decorating and preparations. Both Oceanus and Tethys were in front of the castle to welcome the guest. You on the other hand made sure your sisters were ready for the ball as you went over everything just once more to check if everything was perfect. A horn was blown to give off that the special guest had arrived.

You had met Hades half trough the ball and talked to him about the latest of things as he was a very close friend of you since forever. He even told you that he had a crush on a special goddess he saw when he once visited the mortal realm. You had began to like a ball bit by bit as Hades was there by your side the entire time. Little did you know that a pair of blue eyes had been staring at you the entire time . You’re laugh and beautiful dress were hard to miss. Ofcourse he had the attention of all your sisters but that didn���t matter because he had already decided that he wanted you. Not only was he annoyed by your sisters gushing over him, he hated that you were close to his brother. Why were you so close to him? Why are you there laughing with him when you should be with him instead? There were a million questions popping into his head until it hit him. Why was he so fixated in you? Did you put something in his drink? Why is his heart beating so fast by even the sight of you? What the hell was happening with him?! He didn’t know why or how he was feeling this way but boy did he hate it. A snarl was spread across his face as his eyes narrowed at the sight of his brother and you laughing. It got so bad that that the glass of wine in his hand shattered. Soon all your sisters took a step back as the glass shards fell to the ground. You didn’t even bother to look back as you were not interested in this guest whatsoever.

‘Is everything alright Poseidon?’ Tethys asked him as she was pretty calm about the whole situation. She soon noticed the glare Poseidon had on his face and followed his eyes.

‘You have made up your mind I see.’ Tethys spoke with a smirk was on her face as she seemed to enjoy Poseidon’s jealousy. Poseidon on the other hand had not said anything at all as he was to busy stating at you and his brother.

‘That is my eldest daughter, Amphitrite. Shall I call her over for you?’ Tethys didn’t even wait as Poseidon watched her walk over to you and his brother. Soon you were walking towards him and actually standing in front of him. He felt weird. And not in a good way. Poseidon’s eyes could only narrow as his brows furrowed together.

‘I heard you had requested to see me.’ You said uninterested as you gave him the same look he gave you. Cold and apathetic.

‘You.’ Poseidon said in a booming voice which made everyone take a few steps back…except for you. You still remained in front of him with that cold and apathetic look.

‘Yes, me. What is it that you want from me?’ You asked nonchalantly as there were a few gasps and a wheeze from Hades who found this whole situation amusing. Poseidon glanced at his brother and then back at you. He looked at you like he was inspecting you, looking carefully at your features. You could feel his eyes wandering over you but you weren’t going to let something as trivial as that scare you. He stopped when he reached your hair. Your hair was interesting. It presented the waves as it looked like it was streaming. He soon turned away and walked over to your parents as the crowd themselves also began to go back to talking. You just raised a brow and thought nothing of it as Hades once again walked up you.

After the partly you had said goodbye to Hades and went outside to get some fresh air. You had begun to walk and were quite far from the castle. You sighed and sat down on a rock as your eyes had caught the attention of some jellyfishes. You sighed again but this time with a smile as some if the fishies had started to swarm towards you. You didn’t mind one bit that they cuddled against you as it tickled a bit. After a while you decided to go to the beach and look at the sunset. However when you were finally getting comfortable you noticed a figure standing behind you and did not bother to turn around.

‘Do you have any business with me?’ You asked coldly now turning to face him. ‘Poseidon.’ Poseidon looked at you with his cold and emotionless eyes as he grabbed your wrist and tried pulling you closer. Unfortunately for him you had already grabbed his wrist with your other hand and flipped him over. Poseidon was now staring at you with his vision upside down. Not only were you treating him as a lesser, you also just floored him. The audacity. Poseidon thought to himself…yet he could not help being a bit amused by you. No one would even dare to do this to him. So why shouldn’t he just toy with you a little longer? Poseidon let out a soft chuckle as he got up and dusted himself off.

‘You’re very strong for someone who has no choice in life.’ Poseidon said to you. Even though his voice was serious you knew he was trying to mock you for not having a choice in marriage. What pissed you off more was that he had a twisted smile on his face.

‘And you’re pretty weak for a god.’ You said back at him in the same mocking manner as you also had a smile on your face. Poseidon could only smirk even more as he stepped closer to you.

‘Then you should get used to it. Wife.’ The moment he said that last words your face returned to it stoic self. You went quiet and looked at him as he looked at you back. Only this time it was not mockery but…a hint of love?

Unfortunately you were to angry to notice it and it also didn’t help that you had a short temper when it came to him. Blinded by rage you had failed to notice that there was a large body of water starting to rise. Poseidon seemed to find this very amusing as he had never seen any sea god do this before. The large body of water had taken a form of your father, Oceanus with tentacles coming from the back and claws attached to the end. Poseidon felt a different emotion. It wasn’t like when he first saw you or heard you laugh. It was something different…fear. You soon realized what you were doing as the large body of water lost its form and crashed into the sea. You only looked at Poseidon with eyes that looked like they killed him, skinned them, cut them, put them box and threw them in the sea. Poseidon demeanor did not change on the outside but he seemed to love that you put some fear into him. You made your way back into the sea leaving him behind standing in the beach with a smile of victory.

‘She didn’t leave because she lost. She left because she would’ve teared you apart.’ A voice said as Poseidon could hear the scrunch of the footsteps against the sand.

‘Is that so? Hades.’ Poseidon said not turning as he was still facing the direction where you were standing. Hades knows his brother very well. Even though he was just gazing at were you just stood he could see the hints of pink on his cheeks. Hades could only wonder if Poseidon was a sadist or a delusional man.

Back at the castle you made your way to the throne room and barged in. Both your mother and father looked at you in shock when they saw the fury on your face. You took deep breathes to calm yourself as your once furrowed brown were now tilted upwards.

‘Why did you agree?..’ you asked them in a soft voice. Both your parents looked at you with guilt in their eyes as they knew you had not wanted this. Neither of them had the heart to tell you that the wedding was soon yet you already figured as Poseidon had called you his wife.

Defeated you turned your back against them and walked away. In the halls you had your sisters who congratulated you and some of then said they wished they married him while others were a bit sad that they hadn’t been chosen. One of them even revealed that the wedding was in 2 days. As soon as you heard that you barged into your room and locked the door. You sat against the bed and thought for a moment until you started crying. You didn’t know what to do. You know you have to. You know they all expect you to. You know that you have bo right to complain. You thought you were ready to face it….Yet here you are crying. The only option is to tun away and never look back. Your family won’t be sad because they have lots of sisters right?…..No. You will not let him bring you down. You have lived for centuries while he is practically a fetus compared to you. You’re not going to let a doodoo ass nobody let you feel this way….

Note: I made the version where Amphy! Reader was Oceanus’ daughter to make her more powerful than Poseidon. I also made Hades good friends with Amphy! Reader because i don’t like the dynamic where Hades would blindly justify Poseidon because that does not sound very logical to me.

Also i’ll make a pt2 cus idk if it would be too much.

@miss-seanymph-pani @monstertreden @viostar2095 @vilereign @lotusmybeloved

[telemy]

About me!!

Im Telemachus. (Yes, thats my Name.) But you can call me Tele or Telemy

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Im 16 Years old (A minor) transmasc!!

(Adhd included.)

My special interest is greek mythology, and my current hyperfixation is Epic The musical. I also love drawing a lot, but i change arstyles really often.

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Im also the CEO of Telenious!! (Antinous + Telemachus ship). And before you ask, i only ship the Odyssey ones as exes and then i have an Au where they are actually okay and happily dating.

I will NEVER ship the Epic ones, for clear reasons (I will never let my boy Telemachus arround the Epic!Antinous).

So if you hate that ship, please keep It to yourself or leave my page. Im Sensitive and at the slightiest tiny hint of negative feelings towards me i feel bad 🫶

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Im also spanish (🇪🇦) but i understand and can speak english, and since most of people speaks english, thats the languaje i will use for my posts. If you speak spanish you can still comment in spanish on my posts

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I really don't know what else to put here, i might update this over time 🫶

[my-pjo-stuff]

For the Great PJO Ask Analysis event: (ask no. 3)

You've got a topic in PJO you'd like for me to analyze?

The way demigods inherit their godly parents powers. Percy has a long list of abilities compared to Annabeth/Clarisse/Beckendorf, etc.

Want to share YOUR analysis of stuff with me and my followers?

Grover Underwood is an incredibly complex character who tends to get forgotten both by the fandom and the author. As satyr, he's got different aging to demigods and while Annabeth and Percy know him well, they don't seem to completely know. He doesn't talk about his family, his relationship with Juniper and is generally used as comic relief. His status as Pan's legacy holder seems underdeveloped as well. Thoughts?

Want to hear my take or shares yours of different characters and aspects of the PJO universe?

The exploration into the realms of Greek mythology is interesting. The Underworld is relatively easy for the trio to get into and for them to escape which seems to contradict the Underworld being a terrifying place with Tartarus, etc.

Nico and Bianca Di Angelo's storyline seems rather complicated and doesn't really explore them as characters. Opinion?

The way demigods inherit their godly parents powers. Percy has a long list of abilities compared to Annabeth/Clarisse/Beckendorf, etc.

Now I'm going to be honest and say that in my opinion there isn't much to analyze? Like, at the start of the series it seemed pretty obvious to me that powers are rather rare to be inherited from godly parents. Instead, it was more like talents that were passed down (Apollo kids being good at archery, Athena kids being smart etc.) For Percy's powers I honestly just assumed it was because he was the MC, and thus obviously had special or cool stuff to make the story interesting. In universe I chalked it up to just being a genetic lottery like irl in which actual powers were like a super recessive gene.

There's always a chance you'll inherit it and it'll show, it's just VERY small. Then as the book went on and more and bigger threats got introduced, as well as more characters being thrown into the mix a classic case of power creep set in. 'Cause you need the new characters to be interesting for the reader to get invested, while also needing to up the stakes from time to time to keep it interesting. Yet at the same time the characters also need to be able to reasonably defeat the enemies. So the most logical way to solve all that is to introduce new powers.

And I honestly there's not much more you can really analyze or explain. It's not really a coincidence that most characters introduced in the first five books didn't have any powers or only relatively weak ones, while those later introduced tend to have them or have them more powerfully.

Grover Underwood is an incredibly complex character who tends to get forgotten both by the fandom and the author (....) Thoughts?

I think Grover is one of the many wasted characters in the PJO books, he specifically having suffered from being treated like a side character despite having the setup of a main one. You already pointed out that Grover is very interesting as a character and has a lot going on- which, in my opinion, would have been better explored for a character if they had been a demigod.

Grover is in this sort of weird position where while yes, his themes are very cool and even relatable, they are not relatable enough. Because who do you think would children (aka, the books target audience) rather read about? The cool human demigods their age who look pretty and do cool stuff? Or the satyr guy who doesn't fit conventional beauty standards and isn't human? Fact is that Grover just isn't really as "attractive" as a character compared to others- he always seemed to take more of a background role supporting other characters. Which yeah, is most definitely a HUGE waste (which I honestly don't think I need to elaborate on further). And I honestly blame the fact that he just isn't pretty enough. Is he ugly? No, but he certainly isn't pretty or very fandomizable. He doesn't really have popular ship options and already gets pushed into the background of the books to make room for Percy and Annabeth. The fact that thus the fandom largely ignores him and he seems to lose importance as the story goes on doesn't seem suprising to me.

The exploration into the realms of Greek mythology is interesting. The Underworld is relatively easy for the trio to get into and for them to escape which seems to contradict the Underworld being a terrifying place with Tartarus, etc.

Again I'll just have to go meta and say, I think it's just the fact that they are in a children's book. It would get pretty boring to just always stay in America/the "human" world with a setting that could offer locations such as the Underworld, Tartarus, Olympus etc. so logically Rick searched for ways and reasons to get characters down there to use them. PJO and HOO being a kids' book series of course meant that he couldn't truly portray places like that as horrifying and dark as they should be, so he had to tone it down to keep it child-friendly. Same goes for the escapes from Tartarus and the Underworld- Rick can't just have his characters die, so he has them come out relatively unscathed. That's personally one of the reasons why I think that PJO would have been much more interesting had it been a young adult or teen series, since it would have allowed darker themes to be explored more thoroughly than they were. 8Some examples being locations like the Underworld, the true dystopia that a world would be where demigods just straight up have no human rights, the systematic issues with CHB ect.) Nico and Bianca Di Angelo's storyline seems rather complicated and doesn't really explore them as characters. Opinion?

I mean Bianca's only major character trait was just "Nico's sister". She was as flat as a piece of paper, died a few chapters after her introduction and really just served as a plot device for Nico's storyline. So I honestly don't think I have to say and go over the exact same talking points as everyone has gone over with her before. Nico on the other hand had some very cool set up where we could explore HIM growing angry with the gods. I mean, Zeus was the one who killed his mother, no? His father (even with good intentions) just straight up erased his and Bianca's memory completely. Bianca ended up dying not only for a god (Artemis) but also indirectly because of the gods (the scrapyard they have and the robot thingy). And Hades just also straight up attempted to semi-kidnap him and train him up to be the Child of Prophecy for what I can only assume to be his own gain. Not to mention the disrespect children of Hades got at camp. Nico is, as much as I see it, one of the characters with the most reasons to be hostile towards the gods. Right up there with Luke and Ethan for what I see. Unfortunately though that was never explored, purely because Rick either A) didn't have the time or B) couldn't have the antagonist look too good. I'm not yet finished with all the books, so there is a chance that the part about the story being overcomplicated could refer to something else- but as of now I gotta assume it's the "he's from ww2, actually!" thing. Which, honestly? To me, it is much less overcomplicated and more underdeveloped. Nico's "time travel" is, when it boils down to it, just a loose excuse for Rick to have another kid of the Big Three there without anyone breaking their vow. We could have had a cool exploration of how demigod life changed over the decades or an interesting arc of feeling displaced in time. Instead, we got none of it because, frankly said- for Nico as a character right now that backstory just frankly isn't important. Nothing would really change for him as a character if we just push away that time travel thing. All we'd need to say is that he and Bianca got their amnesia in an accident and then BOOM. Nothing would change for their characters at all really. We could easily say that Maria was killed by Zeus together with her unborn child to get Hades to curse the oracle and keep the time line in check. So yeah, to me their backstory is more of an excuse to have them here and is severely underutilized and unexplored- and Bianca is just a dumpster fire overall.

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Hello, I want to say that I enjoy reading Lore Rekindled. I used to try and get into Lore Olympus back when it was starting, because I'm a huge Mythology Nerd, especially when it comes to Greek. But, even though the comic had so much potential, I really hated it. The art style was very inconsistent and messy. Like I see why it was appealing because it was striking and unique for the time on Webtoon, but it strained my eyes because it was hard to tell who was who half the time. The writing was all over the place with so many plot's that were supposedly to exist but were either settled in an anti-climatic way or just never were addressed at all. And the characters... by gosh, they act more like fake celebrities' and cardboard cutouts than their actual counterparts. It's so laughable when people say "I can relate to Persephone" like... the girl doesn't have any set traits, she's just a self-insert with no actual flaws! And the fact LO labels itself as a feminist retelling, while it pits women against each other, labels them as objects for men and vilify them for having justifiable concerns... yeah that is a laugh. And I'm not even gonna touch on the Apollo plot... you know the one. But when I heard about Lore Rekindled from Dazzling Kate on Youtube, I decided to check it out because I figured a fan version could not be any worse than what Rachel herself created. And holy Hades, I can see the un-to god effort and care this comic has! This is the complete opposite of LO: it has consistent character models with stunning backgrounds and art, the plotline makes way more sense and is easy to follow with no unnessearcy subplots, and the characters actually have separate personalities! I know Lore Rekindled is still in it's early stages, but already it has shown more promise and potential than what Rachel has created in the last six years! This is why ghost writers and fanfiction have a special place in my heart, because they care more about the stories than the authors themselves! Seriously, what you are doing is incredible! I really hope you continue with Lore Rekindled and I will be following the story because you have sparked my interest! It takes a special kind of talent to turn something that an individual like myself loathes, into a piece of work that I can find joy and entertainment in.

On that note, because I really love your story so far, I wanted to ask your permission on something. I have a YouTube channel, it's a small one but I do a bunch of things there like voice dubs, reviews, theorizes, and writing advice. So if it is alright with you, would it be okay if I could do a review of your Lore Rekindled Series and maybe potentially do a comic dub of the story as well? I'll be sure to credit you, I just want people to see this story that you worked hard on.

Ahhh I'm so glad you like it! Everything you mentioned about LO's missed or lost potential was exactly why I set out to make Rekindled, so it always brings me so much joy when people tell me it connected with them, means I gotta be doing at least something right LOL Though I've had to adjust Rekindled's update schedule to make room for other projects and priorities in my life, there's still loads left with it that I wanna tackle.

If you wanna do a review or any sort of video content with it, by all means! DazzlingKate's review took me by surprise (in a good way) because I had no idea it was happening until someone linked me to it after it was posted haha It's a little nerve-wracking sometimes to see it breach outside of Tumblr, but so far all the occasions of such have been generally fair game without any issues so I don't see why not! ~ <3

Thank you again, I hope Rekindled continues to entertain you and bring you joy ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡