#icarus orpheus au

[katstrange]

Which mythology boyyo would you date?

[casiavium]

*slaps fanfic* this bad boy can fit so much greek myth in it

[ohbo-ohno]

thinking greek mythology au thoughts

orpheus/eurydice au with soap/reader where soap manages to successfully bring you back from the dead but he becomes so petrified of losing you again that he never lets you leave his sight. and then he never lets you leave your house. and then your room :( and you beg and beg for him to let you go anywhere, even just let you see the sky again, but he nearly breaks down into sobs and tells you that he can't lose you again, that he can't fathom your death (you two end up dying together somehow - you starve because he refuses to leave to feed you, you get sick and he kills himself, or he commits a murder suicide because he knows you'll only truly be together forever in death)

icarus ghoap, featuring icarus soap (daedalus graves) and hades ghost. ghost only sees soap because he sees all the particularly important or unique deaths, and the crumpled man with wax burns down his torso, gilded wings drooping from his back, is a hell of a sight. he decides to keep him as his own pet bird

alternatively - sisyphus ghoap. soap spends his entire life avoiding death, making a mockery of ghost's kingdom and everything he rules over, and ghost is ecstatic when he finds the man has died from natural causes. he makes him an offer - push a boulder to the top of the hill, or become his cupbearer (and oh soap sneers at the thought, becoming a servant to a god he spent his whole life rejecting. and he can read between the lines, they all know a god's personal cupbearer does far more than keep his glass full). so every day soap pushes the boulder, and every day it falls back down. no matter how hard he works, how long he pushes, how strong he gets, it never reaches the top of the hill. ghost stops by sometimes to taunt him from the sidelines, to show him visions of the luxury he'll have as a cupbearer, tell him all the things he'll receive. they both know that soap will give in one day, will take his offer, it's just a matter of time

[thebnha-auhoard]

Tell me more about Persona?

Like worldbuilding and their actual personas! And what call backs do you have to the games? (It's a me! Cookie!)

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe. It would be my pleasure!

In regards to the call backs to the games, I'm going to say that literally all the games are canon. All of the mainline and spinoff Persona games are canon in this au. Yes, including the Dancing Games. Hatsune Miku is canon.

This of course, has consequences to the world. For one, people are going to notice fast that something off happened when they look back at the past. Yeah a good chunk of them was forgotten due to Persona shenanigans but the Phantom Thieves of 2017? That's an interesting case.

Stealing people's Hearts? Impossible escapes? All the people of Shibuya claiming to have saw a Demon shoot a bullet through a False God? That's bound to catch historian's eye. And that's not even mentioning the papers that Dr Maruki published and the recovered research of Isshiki Wakaba!

It's something that would catch the eye of the HPSC, historians, and Quirk Researchers. The whole Cognitive Psience may be just an early version of a Quirk that mutated wildly, and that's what makes the Phantom Thieves of 2017 a subject of study once the Present Day Phantom Thieves make an appearance.

So yeah lots of callbacks to the games. A lot of callbacks to the games. In fact...you may see some familiar faces and some familiar Personas...

For Worldbuilding I like to say that there is going to be heavy emphasis on both the past and present of mha and Persona canon. So we're going to get how Yoichi got access to the Metaverse App and how the knowledge of Personas goes and effects all the characters in general.

A good one honestly would be Yagi and Torino both knowing that All For One is very much alive before canon events happen. My reasoning behind this is because Yagi would have used the Metaverse to go and gather information on All For One and his forces and Gran Torino would 100% know about the Metaverse. He was Nana's Confidant and Toshinori's teacher. He would have known.

As such, Igor would go and tell Yagi that his job is unfortunately not finished. The False Demon Lord is weakened but not killed. There is still a job to be done.

This of course makes Yagi be even more adamant on keeping up as All Might and to keep pushing despite it being clear he is reaching a limit. Some things can't change and Yagi's need to protect and save others is one of them.

As for everyone’s Personas, hehehehehehehehehehehe. Oh boy I am excited for this one. The whole class got Personas and it all happens throughout the course of the first school year and a bit into the second school year.

Everything is centered around Greek Gods/Heroes and there may be some fun familiar Personas here. Especially the last one.

Anywho- Everything under read below. Feel free to ask about the reasons why a character has a particular Persona.

Midoriya Izuku's Persona: Hades

Bakugou Katsuki's Persona: Helios

Uraraka Ochako's Persona: Gaia

Asui Tsuyu's Persona: Neptune

Kirishima Ejirou's Persona: Theseus

Hatume Mei's Persona: Hephaestus

Iida Tenya's Persona: Hermes

Yaoyaorozu Momo's Persona: Athena

Satou Rikido's Persona: Hestia

Ashido Mina's Persona: Psyche

Kaminari Denki's Persona: Dionysus

Jirou Kyoka's Persona: Orpheus

Sero Hanta's Persona: Arachne

Tokoyami Fumikage's Persona: Hypnos

Shouji Mezou's Persona: Prometheus

Ojiro Mashirao's Persona: Ares

Kouda Kouji's Persona: Pan

Aoyama Yuuga's Persona: Atropos

Todoroki Shouto's Persona: Icarus

Shinsou Hitoshi's Persona: Nyx

[zetaeta87]

i wrote a poem

it’s inspired by @cocomere’s fics. i wrote a poem based on a dsmp au^3 that has a metric fuckton of worldbuilding. the bloodshed banter breakdown was too powerful

[mild spoilers for the askblog]

Influence(d)

One immortal father, utterly failed to avoid

Two bleeding gods, destructive and destroyed

Three simple interactions, Time’s will leading away

Four young reformers, one’s spiteful will deployed

Five Council members, caring yet paranoid

Six lost sons, destruction kept at bay

Theseus and Daedalus, Orpheus and Atlas

Kept in the dark until Aether showed them day

Perseus’ broken family, Achilles’ poisoned mind

Found sanctuary in summer

And family in the hills

Watched over by hyssopus is-

A poppy, bloodied yet enduring-

A zinnia, battered but withstanding-

An allium, broken and abiding-

And eustoma protected by both swords and shields.

Together they change, battle someone strange,

And fight and crack and still snap back

Until they’re finally safe

A shining star, dimmed, near death, and relit;

A dazzling void, a shriveled, gilded heart

With a venomous black hole isolated within;

Different from normal, a rainstorm appears;

Gold and darkness with infinities hidden

Both chased away until sanctuary arrived;

Each and every one of them

Crashed and burned and fell

But none of them are Icarus,

No, all of them know well

To stay away from sun and sea

And never make wax wings

[nie-narzekam]

Wildeorren couldn’t stop me from contributing to

Mercelot Week 2022 😉

Day 1. Medusa – Transformations/Curses

But It’s You I Fell Into

Fluff bordering on crack because body swap.

Day 2. Paris – Love Triangle/Choices

I’ve Made Up My Mind, I Ain’t Wasting No More Time

After defeating the Immortal Army, Lancelot is all “should I stay or should I go?” and Merlin provides the answer.

Day 3. Midas – Beauty/Greed

Something that Can’t Be Denied

Merlin is Lancelot’s biggest cheerleader. Dialogue-only teeth-rotting fluff.

Day 4. Icarus – Pushing Limits/Setting Boundaries

The Two of Us Could Run and Live a Peaceful Life

Some things cannot be because their sense of duty always wins in the end.

Day 5. Persephone – Imprisonment/Family (Bonus Prompt: Royalty)

And Nothing Else Matters

AU where Merlin and Lancelot flee Camelot and become bandits Robin Hood-style. Goes from domestic fluff to drama and angst pretty quickly.

Day 6. Orpheus – Commitment/Failure

This One Goes Out to the One I’ve Left Behind

A Very Sad Drabble.

Day 7. Gaia – Free Day

A Santi Triptych because how could there not be.

(Thank you @mercelotweek, it's been a blast!)

[the-void-writes]

HEY! HAPPY WBW

If Freaks of Preston had a Greek Mythology AU.... 😏

What Gods / Mythological Heroes / Figures would your cast be?

@bloodlessheirbyjacques ✨😏✨

@bloodlessheirbyjacques I know this is early, but I got impatient because I love this prompt so much 💖💖💖

I did them as moodboards because pretty 😅 And I’m sorry most of the are from Paradise and not the first book.

Thanks to your genius suggestion, we have Will as Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun

Next, Ruhi as Echo, the wood nymph cursed to only repeat others’ words, who’s feelings for Narcissus were rejected and she starved to death in the resulting depression (but Nemesis had her back and cursed Narcissus to fall in love with his reflection and stay with it until he also starved to death)

And Dante and Vani as Orpheus and Eurydice, a man who tried and failed to bring his love back to the light.

Roxie and Proteus, a god who fell in love with a mortal who learns to trust the sincerity of his love.

And finally, Gazali and his childhood friend/crush Kibwe as Achilles and Patroclus, because despite their disagreements, Kibwe is wholly devoted to his fellow leader and would die to protect him.

[druid-for-hire]

new Hadestown au, ICARUS!ORPHEUS, wherein orpheus is not the world’s greatest musician but rather the world’s greatest inventor/mechanic/tinkerer. his creations are wondrous and beautiful and a miracle. Orpheus his mission is to create something that will repair the world--take what’s broken, make it whole.

Orpheus is still very much an artist--only his art in this AU is visual instead of auditory. and he’s still poor! not everything he makes is immediately useful for survival and y’know, hardly anyone has the money to buy things, and he has a propensity to just. give things away, especially the smaller trinkets he makes. and they take a Long Time to make. so he still works at hermes’ bar

SO!!!

this orpheus is body pain solidarity KDSKFJH

he has a fucked up back from all the heavy lifting he does around the workshop, being hunched over while he works on stuff, and being stuck in weird positions for extended periods of time when he’s working on machines and whatever, especially the bigger ones

also he’s got a wrist brace

he has a set of gear he wears a lot especially when he’s in his workshop

1) his wing pack! he built it himself and he’s proud. the pack was also made to help with his back problems. he doesn’t wear his mechanic gear when he’s working at the bar, but sometimes he’ll leave the wings on because back hurty. also, following w icarus, the wings are kept smooth & together and waterproofed w wax, kinda like a gloss. he reapplies every so often

2) his goggles! every part about the design is impractical (the red lenses and the beak) but i like them. they protect his eyes from flying bits and sparks and sawdust etc. when he’s working and wind when he’s flying

3) his boots! they’re sturdy workin’ boots, and have a talon function to clasp onto and lift things up. especially useful for moving bigger things around the workshop, up to higher levels and what have you, and he gets to flit around the whole space with minimal usage of ladders. (yes, they’re inspired by Vulture’s boots from Spider-Man: Homecoming)

(ALSO. the model of his wings are white crow wings, bc of the myth of Coronis)

because in greek mythology, crows started out white and had beautiful voices and the reason they turned black and got croaky calls is because a crow had to tell Apollo that his lover, Coronis, left him to marry a mortal 

and Apollo got so upset he burned the crow and then burned Coronis to death, or burned the crow and then turned Coronis into a crow, depending on the version

(thanks to @princessponies81 for helping me figure this bit out)

so there are some... parallels here

also, IIRC crow wings are elliptical-type wings, meaning they’re good for a lot of control and maneuverability in tight spaces. good for the workshop

also he makes automata too! he has this little mockingbird to help him around the workshop. lots of calls for lots of signals, like how a car will have diff beep signals for low gas or parking brake on or door left open or key left in etc... little bird can measure and alert for lots of things

he’s also less noodle-y than canon orpheus because of how much he uses his arms and legs doing lifting, work, and flying

he’s not like. Built or anything. but hes got some strength to him

he doesn’t just make really good machines either; he’s absolutely as skilled in fine, delicate things as much as the big pieces—he sees the details himself, has to make it himself, he’s as skilled in silversmithy or goldsmithy as he is in mechanics, and i imagine he has skills in metallurgy too. maybe even a bit of glassblowing? just for piece assembly. all his pieces will fit most perfectly if he makes them himself

things like the Silver Swan automaton (i’d link a video but external links are illegal on tumblr)

also... i don’t know if they manage to get married this time, but they at least get the wedding bands

lover, tell me, if you can--who’s gonna make the wedding bands?

@supercantaloupe: the river gonna give us the wedding bands -- he draws the mineral, the stones from the silt, and crafts them himself

SO, he charms eurydice with one (or many) of his dazzling creations that also have usages in practicality and survival

as is the youzhe, she leaves when he gets to obsessive with working on something, holed up in his workshop instead of like. Surviving the winter

they last longer into the winter this time though because again, he does have a couple of machines good for tiding over the winter and surviving, and eurydice can operate them. but he’s too caught up with creating something to fix the world to repair them when they break down

when he leaves, he leaves his mockingbird to take care of his workshop while he’s gone. make sure there’s not leaks or fires, etc., keep everything in working order

the trip to hadestown still takes a long time, but less time than in canon, given that orpheus gets there on a pair of wings, though he gets grounded plenty of times due to bad weather. plus, his wings aren’t really meant for long-distance

so in the end the time still matches up; the events underground still happen on the onset of proper spring

he sails over the wall of the Styx on his wings, but it’s a feat easier said than done; it really is high and wide, just... hundreds of feet tall, and i headcanon that the “wall” is in fact seven layers of fortification because some myths say the River Styx wraps around the underworld seven times

and he is not a high altitude flier

uhhhhhhhhh blah blah something something ... i’m not clear on all the details but here are a few things:

orpheus gets the shit kicked out of him in Papers as usual and the fates hold his wings over him instead of his guitar

i have no idea how If It’s True goes

SOMEWHERE there’s Hey Little Songbird II (thank you to @supercantaloupe​ for authoring this idea);

it's Hades to Orpheus this time. Ironic, as he sings and flies, a real songbird.

and orpheus, that inspired inventor, that mechanic, that engineer, blessed by Hephaestus himself, being tempted to stay. It's a marvel of engineering, those factories. But they're rough around the edges, dirty, inefficient, unrefined. Imagine all the work he could do. Imagine how grand it would be, with just his help. And imagine how much fun it would be to fix it all!

but since he's fallen in love - and lost her once already - he has to pause and think. it's too good to be true, isn't it? Is it true? Can he really stay here forever, with parts and tools and endless projects worthy of his skill and attention - at least, without her?

ok back to me writing stuffs

there is no Epic I / Epic II / Epic III; the titles are now Trial I / Trial II / Trial III, like trial runs of prototypes, and on the third one it has a double meaning as a trial of judgement

Trial III goes as such:

(and thank you to @ferretteeth for this)

Hades orders him to build.  An impressive invention in turn for his life – a chance he gives only because his wife is smitten with interest. 

Orpheus gets three days and no more, and when he is finally ordered to come before the throne of basalt and steel he brings his invention. And Hades gives a curt, mocking laugh, because all Orpheus has in his hands is a simple box of bronze, cheap and adorably human. 

 He almost orders for Orpheus' death the moment he sees it, but then the boy lifts the lid and reveals a mechanical flower. Petals made out of metal rusted rosy, nectar of flecks of fool's gold. 

Delicate and beautiful; extremely finely spun, as if the metal were only woven fibers. It is as soft as any silk.

"Where did you get that," the king snaps in a hurry. "How did you know–" 

And then, with the twist of a key, the invention reveals to be a music box and long lost chords fill the Underworld.

(i originally had the idea that he builds a planetarium that replicates the summer above, a caught snippet of the thing that hades could never make on a large scale. a beautiful thing with flowers that blossomed and played the old song as hades brushed his hands across them, sun above. but i figured it’s probably more in line with the sensibilities of Hadestown if orpheus had created something less... grand)

so eurydice and orpheus are granted their chance to leave.

i’m not sure what the test is, because he’s got to fly out with eurydice clutched in his talons, and i want him to be as much a victim of his doubt as in canon

but he has to follow this flight path with absolute perfection, down to the flap. you fly too high, the flames of hadestown will catch him. he flies too low, the flames of hadestown will catch her.

i think, in his paranoia, he flies too high, and his wings catch fire

his wings are on fire--his arms are strapped in to them. he’s burning up. he’s burning.

he’s slowing down in his ascent. in a moment, he knows that if they’re going to make it, it’ll only be one of them, and... he’s not going to drop eurydice. he can’t do that to her.

when his wings can no longer climb, he throws her the final distance to the surface. she turns around and reaches desperately for him, but he’s too far away.

he falls. a comet.

he breaks.

the fact is, he dies

but he dies in hadestown. so now he’s just... well, one, no chance of going back aboveground. two, now he’s... sitting at the bottom of that long climb, broken and in pain, surrounded by the charred skeleton of his wings, broken and burned feathers, drips of melted oil and wax, and blood

he’s... there for a long time, just suffering, before someone comes to see if they made it out, and finds him at the bottom

hades sees this as an opportunity to bring him back, let him heal, and put him onto projects, perhaps “to get your mind off of it all,” but. orpheus doesn’t want to work. he doesn’t want to do anything

thanks to supercanteloupe again for co-authoring this section:

Hades says he'll squander his god given talents to just sit around all day but Orpheus won't listen

hades has just zero fucking clue how to deal with a depressed human

"have I not given him all he could want, metal, tools, a workbench? Bed, bread, fire? Strength in his bones? And yet he refuses still? The boy must be mad," he cries, angry

@s-aint-elmo: "i got a new mechanist" 

“you ruined a perfectly good talented young man is what you did. look at him, he's got depression"

persephone herself is a mess (less so after Trial III) but she has at least some sense—she is more in touch with mortals than him, spending time with them up on the surface and throwing revels, but also greeting those who lost their lovers/sisters/brothers/mothers/fathers in the winter before

persephone encouraging orpheus to build, not for her sake or for Hades', but for his own. little flowers, little birds, wind up toys and music boxes. something to keep him going

s-aint-elmo: she brings him pressed flowers from the surface, little trinkets, tokens of the green. orpheus only lets the first few wilt and rot at the corner of his table.

flowers bloom until they rot and fall apart

it's a sad, painful reminder

he eventually has the resolve to rebuild his wing pack—better this time, because really, he feels crippled without them after living w em for so long

edit: (and the feathers are black, a la the crow myth)

when hades first sees him like, passing by w wings on his back, he turns to persephone like “what have you been saying to him?” “only what he needs to hear, husband”

he has a great fear of actually getting off the ground at first, though

he’ll perch at the edge of a rooftop, but... doesn’t move. it’s a leap of faith he doesn’t feel like he can take

he always saw air as just a medium to move through, that it would support him, as easy as swimming

now he sees straight through it to the ground

he has burn scars across the entire back of his arms, hands, and fingers

it’s a reminder every time he gets to working

rough patchy skin. calloused fingers from work

big sigh

eurydice goes home.

there is the empty shell of his workshop. his many machines and trinkets and tools and his hundreds of unfinisheds and thousands of scraps of plans, and… his bird left to care for the shop after god knows how many weeks or months.

it flies down and greets her, some string of whistles and beeps she only half understands. then it asks for orpheus

she tells it that he fell; he’s not coming back, it’s too late

the bird sticks by her from there on out, the last “living” remnant of her lover, besides his shell of a workshop

ok i haven’t thought farther than this, please have fun with this au i think it’s a new favorite alongside Unswayed AU & Apartments AU

[ratcarney]

so in case you’re not up to date on jo ratcarney lore, i’ve been watching a lot of lucifer, and inspiration struck. maybe this will become an au, who knows.

bonus post-papers angel!orpheus:

[tommyinnit-fic-recs]

Has anyone recommended His Curse of Binding?

Nope, it hasn't been recced yet! Kinda surprising that I forgot about it since it's one of my favourite fics - thank you very much for the rec, though! :)

Here's the link:

His Curse of Binding by bari_astralis [Rated T, 144488 words, complete]

Tommy had lived and died as Theseus, Icarus, Orpheus and Sisyphus. But all he wanted to be was free.

In which Tommy Soot, originally born in 1509, is cursed to be reborn, to never reach adulthood unless he figured out the Greek myth of his lifetime. He had one rule of not allowing himself to get attached to people but he would have never guessed that a foster family of the creator of Minecraft, an anime stan and a Soundcloud musician would break that rule.

~ SBI Foster AU but with Greek mythology.

[faeryloki]

Hello !! welcome to my one year anniversary writing challenge !! its been a year since i've joined tumblr, ive gone through a lot on here and ive met so many amazing people, ive learned a lot while being on this god-foresaken hellsite and i cant wait to continue being on here. now onto the writing challenge!!

theme ⋟ greek mythology

writing challenge summary ⋟ I have a very large love for greek mythology, ranging from the Iliad to Persephone and her grapefruits. your challenge is to write a greek mythology-based AU with the prompts below !! all fics will be added to a masterlist !!

rules and guidelines ⋟ please follow all rules below, if not you will be disqualified from the writing challenge.

⁎ you must be 18+ to participate ⁎ smut, fluff, and angst are all welcome !! ⁎ all kinks go , just no underage smut, please make all characters of age {monster-fucking is also okay <33 i will gladly accept it} ⁎ a keep reading breaker must be placed after 250 words if the fic is longer than that ⁎ no word limit !! ⁎ x reader only please !! ⁎ you MUST dm/send an ask of which prompt you are going to use so I can mark who is doing what. more than one person can have the same prompt, i just need it to keep track !!! ⁎ anyone is allowed to join, whether you're following me or not !! ⁎ please tag me in the works along with using the tag : #nexsgreekmythchallenge {nexs greek myth challenge}

deadline ⋟ September 14th, 2021

prompts ⋟ all useable stories, gods/goddesses, heroes, etc. if anyone you'd like to do isn't on here, just send an ask/dm and ill add it !!

GODS/GODDESSES ⁎ hades ⁎ persephone ⁎ zeus ⁎ aphrodite ⁎ hera ⁎ apollo ⁎ ares ⁎ artemis ⁎ poseidon ⁎ hermes ⁎ athena ⁎ demeter ⁎ dionysus ⁎ hephaestus ⁎ hestia ⁎ cronus ⁎ eros ⁎ hecate ⁎ medusa

IMPORTANT FIGURES ⁎ achilles ⁎ aiakos ⁎ aeolus ⁎ attis ⁎ hercules ⁎ castor & pollux ⁎ odysseus ⁎ aegea ⁎ aella ⁎ molpadia ⁎ tantalus

MYTHS ⁎ the three sisters of fate ⁎ pandoras box ⁎ the abduction of persephone by hades ⁎ the name giving of athens ⁎ prometheus and the theft of fire ⁎ theseus and the minotaur ⁎ daedalus and icarus ⁎ theogony; clash of the titans ⁎ the myth of king aegeus ⁎ the love story of eros and psyche ⁎ the fateful love of orpheus and eurydice ⁎ the tragic hero oedipus ⁎ the story of narcissus and echo {mine}

useable characters / people ⋟ all the people you can write about {if someone you want to write about is not on here, send me an ask or dm !!}

⁎ tom hiddleston + characters ⁎ sebastian stan + characters ⁎ chris evans + characters ⁎ chis hemsworth + characters ⁎ pedro pascal + characters ⁎ daniel bruhl + characters ⁎ ben barnes + characters ⁎ henry cavill + characters ⁎ jensen ackles + characters ⁎ danneel ackles + characters ⁎ natasha romanoff ⁎ sharon carter ⁎ wanda maximoff ⁎ darcy lewis ⁎ pietro maximoff ⁎ tony stark ⁎ bruce banner ⁎ valkiyre ⁎ charlie bradbury ⁎ anakin skywalker ⁎ padame ⁎ kylo ren/ben solo ⁎ obi wan kenobi ⁎ luke skywalker ⁎ han solo ⁎ fin ⁎ poe dameron

[eosiart]

look i am not immune to the 1920′s aesthetic or to making one hundred au’s of my own ocs so the only logical solution to my brain rot was to put Icarus and Orpheus in a 20′s club that's a cover for mob activity

[sbi-fic-rec]

His Curse Of Binding

Tommy had lived and died as Theseus, Icarus, Orpheus and Sisyphus. But all he wanted to be was free.

In which Tommy Soot, originally born in 1509, is cursed to be reborn, to never reach adulthood unless he figured out the Greek myth of his lifetime. He had one rule of not allowing himself to get attached to people but he would have never guessed that a foster family of the creator of Minecraft, an anime stan and a Soundcloud musician would break that rule.

~ SBI Foster AU but with Greek mythology.

Word Count: 144,488

Status: Completed

Opinion: pretty damn amazing, cried multiple times, from happiness and angst alike. Not an emotional rollercoaster imo, just an uphill battle. Worth it, big recommend

Always Check The Tags!

[read-watch-sleep]

Has anyone come up with a Shadow and Bone/Six of Crows Hadestown AU? Here's mine.

You've got the Darkling and the Fold as Hades and his Wall

You've got Alina as Persephone and her "sunshine up on a shelf"

Instead of a song for spring, it's a scheme to bring down the King

Kaz as Orpheus, a boy with a one-track mind, who would walk into hell for...

Inej as Euridice who is tricked into signing her life away on a contract

"Hey, little Lynx..."

She disappears into herself and he plants an uprising to get her back

Kaz making a deal with Hades

But -- Inej is his lever, and he makes the mistake of glancing at her! Tragedy!

You could Crooked Kingdom it and have Kaz go back for her with a team, or just leave it sad.

OR have Alina make her escape and write a whole new ending! That's what I'd do.

Rotty AND Specht as Hermes, because I think Kaz needs 2 Adult uncles-- Specht sails the ship/conducts the train that crosses the Fold

There's the chance to throw in the other characters as altered greek myths:

Genya and David as Aphrodite and Hephaestus

Consider Jesper as Apollo and Wylan as Icarus

A side story of Nina as Ariadne and Matthias as Theseus, and her using Kaz's help to aid his escape from the labyrinth-- Bonus points if Matthias, as Theseus is part of the crew that tries to capture Alina.

[icehot13]

Masterlist

Ted Lasso

With Only Wings: Jamie is falling, and Roy is the one who catches him (If someone had been watching Icarus - would he have fallen?) (Jamie Tartt/Roy Kent)(Roy Kent/Keeley Jones)

Without faith or a hand to hold: Roy doesn't know how he could have kept Keeley from leaving, doesn't know what that means for him and Jamie. (If Orpheus had faith that she’d follow him anywhere, would he have had to look?) (Jamie Tartt/Roy Kent) (Technically a sequel but can be read standalone)

A Revealing Poetry: When Rebecca needs a date to her ex-husband’s wedding, Keeley volunteers because - because of course she does, Rebecca needs her. (Keeley Jones/Rebecca Welton)

Our Flag Means Death

The Haunting of Blackbeard: Lucius isn't dead, but he's feeling quite petty about the murder attempt. Hard to haunt a man who cries himself to sleep, though. (Edward/Stede, Lucius/Pete)

The Haunting of Izzy Hands: Stede may be back, but Lucius isn't ready to give up the ghost just yet. What if Stede leaves again, and Edward's left looking for another person to toss overboard? Better to just haunt Izzy's quarters instead. (Izzy Hands/Lucius Spriggs, Lucius/Pete, Edward/Stede) (Sequel) 

Moon Knight

No More Pink Camelias: Wade is absolutely positive that he’s a perfect match for Steven Grant (Deadpool/Moon Knight)

Peacemaker

Like People Do : People don’t normally cry in front of Emilia. (Chris Smith/Adrian Chase)

Original

space everywhere, and not any air to breathe: An electrician and an HVAC technician, star-crossed lovers on the jobsite. (Sometimes Mars wanted to - not shake Cole, exactly, but take him gently by the shoulders, kiss his cheeks, stroke his hair, look into his pale green eyes and tell him, “no one fucking cares if you kiss me.”)

The Triple B: In Logan’s opinion, The Bailey Brothers Bakery shouldn’t be famous for its cupcake flavors, they should be famous for their incredibly attractive deliveryman, Ethan. Logan’s never been very lucky in dating, no one’s ever wanted to call him theirs, but when Ethan smiles at him, Logan’s ready to try falling in love like he’s never been hurt.

Little Things: De-aging: the phenomenon of spontaneous, temporary age regression, caused by emotional distress. Colt knows the definition; it’s another thing entirely to know he’s the cause of it in his sweet, undeserving coworker Taylor.

The Mandalorian

The Way Home: Suddenly, the rumors are saying that Boba Fett may have survived. (Din Djarin/Boba Fett)

In Name Alone: Boba Fett has never been anything other than a legend; when he meets Din, he wants to be more. Companion fic to The Way Home. (Din Djarin/Boba Fett)

A Matter Decided: (written with @tr33xs !) Din is a junior associate at a law firm; he knows Boba Fett's reputation, is expecting him to be ruthless and cold and harsh. Boba is the softest thing he's ever known.(Modern!AU)

Small fic of Boba’s POV of the beginning of A Matter Decided

Fennec’s Two: They are very different from each other, Fenenc’s two. (Fennec/Din/Boba)

Absolution For The Good: Din wants to take off his helmet without feeling like it's a sin; Fennec knows how to teach him he is good. (Fennec/Din/Boba)

A Destiny: Din meets a Force-user who offers to show him his destiny (Din Djarin/Boba Fett)

Can’t Live Without: Becoming Leia’s wife also means Cara becomes Ben’s stepmother, and parenting a teenager is absolutely not in her skillset. Modern!au (Cara Dune/Leia Organa, Din Djarin/Boba Fett)

Din/Boba backstory from Can’t Live Without

Din/Boba modern!au where they’re parents and use the bake sale against Bo-Katan

Din/Boba meet someone like Xi’an again, and this time Boba isn’t insecure.

Joint Marriage au (Din Djarin/Boba Fett, Cara Dune/Leia Organa)

Boba sees Han at the senate meetings (din/boba)

Narcos

To Forget, Divine: A head injury leaves Javier with amnesia and takes his memories of the past two years - somehow, he’s forgotten everything, forgotten his marriage to and divorce from Steve, but forgetting it is to be given a chance to fix it. (Javier Pena/Steve Murphy)

Invited: Steve shows up when Javier already has Vanessa over; she decides to ask Steve to stay. (Javier Pena/Steve Murphy/OFC)

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Turnabout Persona: The Personas of SEES

I finished up my decisions for the Personas of the Ace Attorney version of SEES for my Turnabout Persona AU. I wanted to share them in order to get a second opinion. For those who don’t want to be spoiled, I’ll put them under a cut.

Please let me know opinions on this! This is harder than it looks, and any suggestions for these and future Personas would be helpful.

Just a heads up, though. There are three Personas that will carry over from canon into the AU for obvious reasons. Okay? Cool.

The following contains spoilers for both Turnabout Persona's version of events for both Persona 3 and Persona 5.

Now, in order of character Awakening (and reveal):

MIA FEY:

EURYDICE: Fool Arcana. Mia Fey’s Initial Persona, coming to her aid during the September Full Moon, but was lingering in her mind long before that. The nymph Orpheus was meant to marry before her untimely death. When he went to retrieve her from the Underworld, he lost her forever by breaking the one rule Hades gave him: he couldn’t look at her.

PERSEPHONE: Death Arcana. Mia Fey’s Ultimate Persona, technically evolving Eurydice when the Persona fuses with Thanatos in order to save the members of SEES from Nyx. Persephone is the wife of Hades and the Queen of the Underworld. After a deal was made with Demeter to save life, Persephone spends six months in the Underworld and six months on Earth

LANA SKYE:

HIPPLOYTA: Empress Arcana. Lana Skye’s Initial Persona. Lana first Awakened her Persona after following Angel, Jake and Diego into Tartarus in her final year of middle school, upon which she defeated a Shadow that had attacked them. However, due to an event two years prior to Mia’s arrival, Lana has not used her Persona and overcomes this during the October Full Moon Operation in order to help stop the Shadow controlling the monorail. Hipployta was Queen of the Amazons and the daughter of the god of war.

ISIS: Empress Arcana. Lana Skye’s Ultimate Persona. She evolved into this form following a message Lana found of her parents shortly before their deaths. She vowed to protect those she cared about, as well as her parents’ legacy. Isis is an Egyptian goddess worshipped in the Greco-Roman world and a patron of nature and magic. She is well-known for resurrecting her brother, Osiris, after his untimely death.

VESTA: Empress Arcana and Lana's third Awakened Persona. Isis converted into Shadow Lana following immense pressure from the police twisting and warping Lana's ideals. It is only due to the actions of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts two years later did Lana regain her Persona. However, due to her change in heart, a change in Persona had also come about, giving birth to Vesta. Vesta is the goddess of the hearth, home and family in Roman Mythology. She is rarely depicted in human form, however, instead being represented as a burning flame.

DIEGO ARMANDO:

ADONIS: Hanged Man Arcana. Diego Armando’s Initial Persona. It is unknown how he Awakened, but Adonis was officially revealed on a mission into Tartarus shortly after Diego was cleared to go back out into the field following an injury during the September Full Moon. Adonis was raised by both Persephone and Aphrodite, which caused the two goddesses to dispute over whom he stayed with. It was eventually decided that Adonis would stay with Persephone one third of the year, Aphrodite another third, and the final third would be with whomever he chose.

ZAGREUS: Hanged Man Arcana. Diego Armando’s Ultimate Persona. He evolves from Adonis following the death of a member of SEES, when Diego resolved to stop living in the past and focus on the future, facing every challenge that stood in his path. Zagreus was an Underworld god of rebirth, hunting and a few other things, originally equated with Dionysus. He was ultimately fused with the god in question.

NEIL MARSHALL:

MERLIN: Magician Arcana. Neil Marshall’s Persona. It is unknown how Neil Awakened, but this Persona is revealed during the November Full Moon operation, in which the User had summoned him to aid his allies and protect his friends. Merlin is a well-known wizard from Arthurian legend, serving as the king’s advisor. Merlin is also a strictly navigational Persona.

ANGEL STARR:

TITANIA: Lovers Arcana. Angel Starr’s Initial Persona. It is unknown how Angel Awakened Titania, but she first reveals the Persona after Neil rejoins SEES as it’s navigator. Titania is the queen of the fae and derived from a Shakespeare play rather than mythology and legend. She is a proud fairy whose power rivals that of her husband’s. Titania has some navigational ability, but it is not as strong as Merlin’s.

ISHTAR: Lovers Arcana. Angel Starr’s Ultimate Persona. She evolved following Angel’s resolve to protect those dear to her to keep them from falling in battle. Ishtar is a Babylonian goddess of fertility and love. Despite being a creator of life, she is known by the tile “Lady of Battles”, being known as a violent deity. Unlike Titania, Ishtar has more powerful navigational abilities.

AIGIS:

PALLADION: Chariot Arcana. Aigis’s Initial Persona.

ATHENA: Chariot Arcana. Aigis’s Ultimate Persona. Aigis’s Persona evolves into Athena following her desire and resolve to live, as well as to decide her own fate.

MISSILE:

CERBERUS: Strength Arcana. Missile’s Persona. Cerberus is the guardian of the Underworld’s gates.

JAKE MARSHALL:

ICARUS: Justice Arcana. Jake Marshall’s Initial Persona. It is unknown how he Awakened, but the shape Jake’s Persona initially took earned him the name of “SEES’ Guardian Angel” (mostly said by Diego). Icarus and his father attempted to escape from Crete on wings made of wax. However, Icarus flew too close to the sun, which caused the wings to melt. He fell into the sea, where he subsequently drowned.

PENDRAGON: Justice Arcana. Jake Marshall’s Ultimate Persona. Icarus took on this form a few weeks after Jake lost someone important, resolving to live life for them, as they would’ve wanted. Pendragon takes the form of King Arthur, with influence for the change being taken from Neil.