#shiva kali

[slayerofthevampire]

“I am the embodiment of Shakti, the divine feminine power that moves the universe. I am the fierce Kali, destroyer of ignorance and protector of the righteous.”

—Mahakali

Lord Shiva took one look at her and literally became the first man ever to say “She could step on me and I'd say 'thank you'. ✨

[crybabyboyscout]

✨☆彡Pharaoh☆彡✨

[rrcraft-and-lore]

In addition to my Monkey Man post from earlier, the always kind & sweet Aparna Verma (author of The Phoenix King, check it out) asked that I do a thread on Hijras, & more of the history around them, South Asia, mythology (because that's my thing), & the positive inclusion of them in Monkey Man which I brought up in my gushing review.

Hijra: They are the transgender, eunuch, or intersex people in India who are officially recognized as the third sex throughout most countries in the Indian subcontinent. The trans community and history in India goes back a long way as being documented and officially recognized - far back as 12th century under the Delhi Sultanate in government records, and further back in our stories in Hinduism. The word itself is a Hindi word that's been roughly translated into English as "eunuch" commonly but it's not exactly accurate.

Hijras have been considered the third sex back in our ancient stories, and by 2014 got official recognition to identify as the third gender (neither male or female) legally. Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India have accepted: eunuch, trans, intersex people & granted them the proper identification options on passports and other government official documents.

But let's get into some of the history surrounding the Hijra community (which for the longest time has been nomadic, and a part of India's long, rich, and sometimes, sadly, troubled history of nomadic tribes/people who have suffered a lot over the ages. Hijras and intersex people are mentioned as far back as in the Kama Sutra, as well as in the early writings of Manu Smriti in the 1st century CE (Common Era), specifically said that a third sex can exist if possessing equal male and female seed.

This concept of balancing male/female energies, seed, and halves is seen in two places in South Asian mythos/culture and connected to the Hijra history.

First, we have Aravan/Iravan (romanized) - who is also the patron deity of the transgender community. He is most commonly seen as a minor/village deity and is depicted in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Aravan is portrayed as having a heroic in the story and his self-sacrifice to the goddess Kali earns him a boon.

He requests to be married before his death. But because he is doomed to die so shortly after marriage, no one wants to marry him.

No one except Krishna, who adopts his female form Mohini (one of the legendary temptresses in mythology I've written about before) and marries him. It is through this union of male, and male presenting as female in the female form of Mohini that the seed of the Hijras is said to begun, and why the transgender community often worships Aravan and, another name for the community is Aravani - of/from Aravan.

But that's not the only place where a gender non conforming divine representation can be seen. Ardhanarishvara is the half female form of lord Shiva, the destroyer god.

Shiva combines with his consort Parvarti and creates a form that represents the balancing/union between male/female energies and physically as a perfectly split down the middle half-male half-female being. This duality in nature has long been part of South Asian culture, spiritual and philosophical beliefs, and it must be noted the sexuality/gender has often been displayed as fluid in South Asian epics and the stories. It's nothing new.

Many celestial or cosmic level beings have expressed this, and defied modern western limiting beliefs on the ideas of these themes/possibilities/forms of existence.

Ardhanarishvara signifies "totality that lies beyond duality", "bi-unity of male and female in God" and "the bisexuality and therefore the non-duality" of the Supreme Being.

Back to the Hijra community.

They have a complex and long history. Throughout time, and as commented on in the movie, Monkey Man, the Hijra community has faced ostracization, but also been incorporated into mainstream society there. During the time of the Dehli Sultanate and then later the Mughal Empire, Hijras actually served in the military and as military commanders in some records, they were also servants for wealthy households, manual laborers, political guardians, and it was seen as wise to put women under the protection of Hijras -- they often specifically served as the bodyguards and overseers of harems. A princess might be appointed a Hijra warrior to guard her.

But by the time of British colonialism, anti-Hijra laws began to come in place folded into laws against the many nomadic tribes of India (also shown in part in Monkey Man with Kid (portrayed by Dev Patel) and his family, who are possibly

one of those nomadic tribes that participated in early theater - sadly by caste often treated horribly and relegated to only the performing arts to make money (this is a guess based on the village play they were performing as no other details were given about his family).

Hijras were criminalized in 1861 by the Indian Penal Code enforced by the British and were labeled specifically as "The Hijra Problem" -- leading to an anti-Hijra campaign across the subcontinent with following laws being enacted: punishing the practices of the Hijra community, and outlawing castration (something many Hijra did to themselves). Though, it should be noted many of the laws were rarely enforced by local Indian officials/officers. But, the British made a point to further the laws against them by later adding the Criminal Tribes Act in 1871, which targeted the Hijra community along with the other nomadic Indian tribes - it subjected them to registration, tracking/monitoring, stripping them of children, and their ability to sequester themselves in their nomadic lifestyle away from the British Colonial Rule.

Today, things have changed and Hijras are being seen once again in a more positive light (though not always and this is something Monkey Man balances by what's happened to the community in a few scenes, and the heroic return/scene with Dev and his warriors). All-hijra communities exist and sort of mirror the western concept of "found families" where they are safe haven/welcoming place trans folks and those identifying as intersex.

These communities also have their own secret language known as Hijra Farsi, which is loosely based on Hindi, but consists of a unique vocabulary of at least 1,000 words.

As noted above, in 2014, the trans community received more legal rights.

Specifically: In April 2014, Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan declared transgender to be the third gender in Indian law in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India.

Hijras, Eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as "third gender" for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of our Constitution and the laws made by the Parliament and the State Legislature. Transgender persons' right to decide their self-identified gender is also upheld and the Centre and State Governments are directed to grant legal recognition of their gender identity such as male, female or as third gender.

I've included some screenshots of (some, not all, and certainly not the only/definitive reads) books people can check out about SOME of the history. Not all again. This goes back ages and even our celestial beings/creatures have/do display gender non conforming ways.

There are also films that touch on Hijra history and life. But in regards to Monkey Man, which is what started this thread particularly and being asked to comment - it is a film that positively portrayed India's third sex and normalized it in its depiction. Kid the protagonist encounters a found family of Hijras at one point in the story (no spoilers for plot) and his interactions/acceptance, living with them is just normal. There's no explaining, justifying, anything to/for the audience. It simply is. And, it's a beautiful arc of the story of Kid finding himself in their care/company.

[yukisnowowl]

Meme for @luxthestrange

Marriages in Record Of Ragnarok be like

Zeus And Hera be like:

Shiva And his Wive’s be like:

{This  includes to fanfic}

[deathmetalunicorn1]

Toddler! Reader making it their mission to make sure their dads don’t get affectionate with their moms, in this case Adam, Eve, Shiva, and his wives. Whenever they reach in to kiss their wives reader gets fussy and clingy with their mothers.

-Adam could only glare lightly at you, giving you a challenge as you were hugging onto your mama, his wife, Eve, who was smiling softly, enjoying your affections.

-When Adam came over to see the both of you, he pecked your forehead first, which made you smile, but when he tried to go to Eve, your little hand lifted, blocking his lips from reaching Eve.

-He tried a few more times but each time you blocked his attempts while Eve was giggling, seeing that you weren’t sharing her.

-Adam then surprised you by grabbing you, hugging you to him instead before showering you with kisses, making you squeal with delight, beaming up at him.

-Eve giggled after Adam sat next to her with you still in his arms, “Perhaps Y/N just didn’t want you giving your kisses to anyone else?”

-This was proven wrong when Adam tried to kiss his wife again and you called out your anger before crawling over into Eve’s arms again, kissing her cheek yourself, “Mama mine!”

-Adam’s eyelid twitched, he couldn’t wait for you to outgrow this stage, while Eve was smiling, hugging you again, saying you were adorable.

-Shiva was pouting deeply, all four arms folded across his chest as he was glowering over at you, sitting in Kali’s arms, getting doted on by all three of his wives as you cooed happily, enjoying the attention.

-You had been quite the little brat here lately, at least to Shiva, as you didn’t want to share any of your three mamas with him.

-If he tried to hug them, you were quickly crawling over to push him away, or if he wanted to kiss them, your little hands would catch his lips with a fierce little glare on your face.

-You were so stubborn! You were definitely his child, but he wanted affection too!!

-When Parvati saw her husband pouting, she couldn’t help but smile, and got the others in on it as they stood, leaving you with Shiva as they said they had to go do something.

-Shiva wanted to glare, but once the three were out of the room, you turned all your attention to him, patting his cheeks, cooing softly, kissing his face yourself.

-He couldn’t help but melt, seeing you being so sweet and affectionate, as he was able to realize that you didn’t like sharing, and if your mamas were there, you didn’t want to share their love with him, but if they weren’t there, you got all his love for yourself.

-You were such a pain in the butt, but you were his pain in the butt!

[conformi]

Raja Ravi Varma, Goddess Kali, circa 1910 VS Leonardo Da Vinci, The proportions of the human body according to Vitruvius, 1490

[telvess]

Headcanons for all the characters including Jack since it’s based on Hamlet watching The lion king with the reader. (the original animated movie not the live action remake.)

Record Of Ragnarok Characters x Reader watching together The Lion King (headcanons) 🔞

You know, I haven’t watched The Lion King in… well I watched it once when I was kid and that’s it. Mulan, Hercules and Tarzan were my movies. Anyway I ended up watching The Lion King again to refresh my memory.

Qin

A what? Are you involved? Then Qin would agree to do anything.

He’s like a big kid - chill and carefree, even more than usually. Both of you goof around, Mr. Emperor tries to sing without knowing words, popcorn flies around, you pause a movie in stupid moments to make him laugh etc.

You get a stomachache from laughing too much and Qin obviously has to get infected.

Just two morons have time of their afterlife.

The only moment when there is silence is when Simba loses his father. That scene just hits too close to home and remains Qin about Chun Yan. However he doesn’t let it bother him too much.

HAKUNA MATATA

You both loudly encourage lions to battle.

At the end he asks what other movies you like.

Jack

Because he isn’t familiar with the concept of love and how to express it, spending time with you is probably Jack’s way to show his affection. If you ask him to watch an animated movie together, he’d politely agree, even if it’s not his thing.

Expect tea. And cheddar apple pie.

Jack sees Simba’s journey as a lovely and naive story. Deep inside he does compare himself to that lion cub and wonders what kind of person he would've become if he had only received help from strangers. On top of that Jack actually killed his parents, so it’s odd to him to see how much Simba struggles with remorse over Mufasa’s death which wasn’t his fault.

Truth to be told Jack might mentions some quotes from Shakespeare IF you point out similarities between the movie and Hamlet. These resemblances aren’t very visible. But it may be enough to start an interesting conversation.

The ending of the story may seems a bit bitter to Jack. Whoever was meant to be good, stayed good, and whoever was meant to be bad - stayed bad. Kinda depressing outcome for a man who’s trying to change himself, right? You’d have to talk about it and remind that it’s just a simplification made for children.

Now it’s time for a cuddle session.

Loki

Do you really want to do this to yourself? You’re very naive if you expect to have a fun with this guy while watching this kind of movie.

At first it’s just boring to him, but after awhile he amuses himself by coming up with new ways to destroy the show. He makes a loud comment every time the opportunity arises. For example, there is a scene where Zaku tells young Simba and Nala that they’d be married one day, to which Simba replies: No way! She’s my friend! You can hear a loud snort on the side, followed by She’s your SISTER, dumbass!

Loud chewing.

Hey, y/n, do you know that once Simba becomes the king, he will have kids with every lioness? Even his mom?

Do they have to sing all the time?

DON’T YOU DARE mention that you can see a similarity between him and hyenas or forget about chips, popcorn, whatever you two are eating.

Phew! It’s finally over. Wanna do something funny, y/n?

Adamas

Childish entertainment but once he sees that your eyes get wet with tears, he quickly agrees.

A cheerful start bores him but except tactless way of sitting, he doesn’t do anything to ruin your fun.

Even if Mufasa’s death was expected, it still hits hard Adamas. Basically catches him off guard. It remains him about his last meeting with Poseidon: his brother’s pure contempt towards him, that dead, indifferent expression of his face when he pierced Adamas with his trident, then cold surrounding body and Poseidon’s back as he walked away. But while the movie continues, a new digression haunts Adamas. He plays that scene again in his head and it hits him harder, because he realizes that he almost became Scar to Zeus.

So now he sits stiffly on his ass with a very depressed expression. One look at him is enough for you to know that you have to pause the movie and talk to a guy. At first he rejects your attempts, but very quickly ends up letting you hug him tight. Still plays a tough idiot tho…

Beelzebub

Most of the time he just sits next to you with lifeless expression.

Hakuna matata his ass.

Beelzebub secretly enjoys when you sing, but it’s really hard to catch him with a smile on his face. If you manage to do so, he reluctantly admits it. Good luck with convincing him to join you.

He doesn’t have any deeper thoughts about the movie.

If you mention that Timon and Pumba remain you Samael and Azazel, Beelzebub would just give you a dull look. After awhile he starts to notice that too and has mixed feelings about it.

Hrist

She finds this idea very sweet. It’s relaxing and enjoyable.

When Scar kills Mufasa: RAGE MODE ACTIVATION!

Since then you sit with angry Hrist who really does not like phrase hakuna matata. She starts to hate Simba for being so thoughtless.

Screams SHUT UP every time they start singing.

When Simba lets Scar leave, Hrist in heat of the moment chokes you and loudly screams how dumb he is. You wonder if it can get worse and the answer comes very quickly - Simba fights Scar on the TV screen and you fight for every breath on a couch.

Hermes

Hermes approaches the movie from a different angle: he focuses more on a soundtrack. The movie itself is simple story with moral, standard for humans’ approval.

You both consider an improvement of some songs and probably start doing it in the middle of a movie. Sorry, Simba.

Ares

Ares doesn’t care much about Mufasa’s death - it's necessary plot twist to move on with thread… but the ending kinda touches him. It's very climatic in his opinion.

He is NOT crying, okay?

Well you are. Or you pretend very convincingly so he doesn’t have to play tough boy. He has no idea…

Hades

Because he is a gentleman, your wish would be granted.

It’s animated movie but Hades drinks wine. No cola, no popcorn or other snacks. Please, have some dignity.

Hades has weird uncomfortable feeling in his chest when Scar kills his own brother. Scene just awakes something he doesn’t like to mention: conflict between Poseidon, Adamas and Zeus. Hades never could bring himself to blame any of them for how things turned out, so now he doesn’t try to look too deep into Musafa’s murder.

Afterwards he would share his honest opinion with you, almost like professional critic.

Poseidon

No expression throughout the entire movie.

Scar is pathetic.

Mufasa is pathetic.

Simba is pathetic.

Timon and Pumba aren’t even worth mentioning.

That movie proves that humans are lower forms of life.

At least you have chance to hug Poseidon. If he spends time with you, it means he demands it.

After a movie: Y/n, such entertainment is unworthy of the gods.

Leonidas

Books are better than movies. But fine, if you insist, the King of Sparta would spare some time.

The best comforter: Why are you crying? It’s fiction! It’s not even human! By the way - that lion could kill you with a single paw swing. These mfs are huge! Better him than you, hon!

He smokes so much that you have trouble seeing the TV screen.

Stop couching, hon! I can’t hear what they’re sayin’!

The moment Pumba approach, Leonidas starts talking about his love for venison.

You need truly heroic self-denial to not kick him out. The only option to get him to shut up is to kiss him. He doesn’t get why the kiss is angry but he likes it that way.

You two probably miss the ending. Leonidas thinks Simba isn’t worthy of being king anyway.

Apollo

Ah, y/n, aren’t you adorable for loving such innocent enjoyment? Of course he agrees!

You have to feed him snacks.

He sings along with the characters and makes the movie much better. You end up watching him showing off instead of the movie. Your dirty side may bait off a bit more mature show.

He knows exactly what you're doing and doesn't mind at all.

Later you might catch him humming songs from the movie.

Hello, dear. May I be your king tonight?

Rudra

Simba’s and Nala’s childhood brings nostalgia. Rudra spent his entire youth with Shiva and they were both free spirits. Watching these lion cubs brings back many funny memories.

Rudra’s favourite moment is Simba’s reunion with Nala. He gets mad if he notices you smirking.

Parvati, Kali, Durga and Shiva

You decide it’s time for girls’ night out.

None of you is focus on the movie, it’s just an addition. You mostly talk and laugh. Very loud that it may attracts Shiva.

He just sits down between you with Whatcha doin’? then proceeds to eats all the popcorn and other snacks like vacuum cleaner.

[m3l-moony]

You don't have many hc yet????

Allow me to help~

A s/o who randomly paints on their skin

And so they are covered in paint "tatoos"

Some gruesome, some cute

but they know she's anxious when they start getting creepy

I have an expansion on this too but next time~

👾 a/n: Krixa, this request is so cute!!

I also ended up adding Shiva's wives :>

📂 – gn! reader; fluff; established relationship; poly relationship with Shiva and his wives; mentions of body parts but nothing sexual (slightly suggestive on Buddha’s part perhaps?)

S/O who randomly paint themselves

Buddha 🍭

Loves your drawings.

He likes the silliest/weidest drawings the most, he finds them funny.

He'll definitely let you paint him if your body is fully painted – and he'll show them off with pride!

As soon as Buddha notices the bizarre drawings he will pull you to the bed, sofa, floor, beanbag... Anywhere you are, to hug you

He'll ask you what that specific drawing means and will help you with your anxiety and help you clean yourself of the ink.

Eat as many sweets as you want, he makes an exception for his sweetie – you.

Hug him, play with his hair, cry on him, paint him... He doesn't care, as long as you're okay.

Definitely asks you to draw on him to make you feel better.

He'll probably tease you by saying: “Do you want me to take off my clothes so you can paint on my body?~” or somethin' cheesy like that.

Don't worry, he's not serious – or maybe he is.

Jataka 💐

Jataka swears that your paintings are the most beautiful things he has seen...

He loves watching you paint your body and will ask if you can paint his hand, maybe other parts like his cheeks, legs and chest – his belly is ticklish, paint his belly! His laugh is the sweetest sound of all

The paintings he loves most are the cute ones, especially the flowery ones!!

When he sees your bizarre paintings he immediately cleans them, he doesn't want to see you with negative emotions painted on your beautiful body :(

He will hug you, sing to you softly, kiss you, run you a bath, make the bed... He will treat you like absolute royalty.

He will offer his body for you to paint, he wants you to express your emotions, even if they are ugly or bad, he wants to feel them.

“Share your emotions with me, my flower...”

Loki 🐍

Oh, do you paint it yourself? Good to know...

He's going to spill paint on you, BUT, if you can make something beautiful out of the mess this gremlin made on you... Congratulations, he's surprised and whipped by you - You turned his prank into art! This is amazing!!

He doesn't mind if you paint him, he likes it, for him it's like a kind of prank but secretly he wants you to paint him to have your mark on him ;)

He probably wouldn't know what the bizarre drawings mean... But when he finds out he'll try to make jokes and pranks to make you laugh, or maybe he'll draw silly pictures of you or himself.

He doesn't know what to do to help you, but hey, he's trying!

“Look, look! What a weird little creature I drew... It looks like Zeus!!”

Shiva 🎵

Hah, he loves your art!!

Your cute arts? He loves them.

Your silly arts? He loves them.

Your bizarre arts? He... Oh, he will hold you in his four arms, he will talk to you, he will treat you like total absolute royalty

He hates seeing the bizarre drawings because he knows you're not well; But don't worry, he comforts you...

Oh, and wait for him to ask you to draw on him, even though the blue paint doesn't really work on his skin.

“Look what a beautiful work of art you did on me, my jewel~”

+ bonus Parvati, Kali & Durga 💗

They love your arts!!!

They will paint you too, they will paint themselves, let you paint them...

Oh, do you think you can make a picture for them to frame?? Because they will want it!

When they see your bizarre art... Oh... Oh.

Well, now you have three caring Goddesses who care like hell about you and who will give you all the affection in the world.

They will do everything to make you smile, and just like Shiva, they will give you royal treatment.

“Can we frame your painting???” they will ask together.

– Moony (@m3l-moony)

Don't repost, copy, translate, use as yours!

[hinducosmos]

Kali Rajasthani Painting. Watercolour.

🏛️ Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (via Museums Of India - National Portal And Digital Repository)

[kaziearts]

OC doodles from earlier this year

[evansuvamp]

DAY 7: FREE

@hindupantheonw

AHHHH WE MADE IT! Ehehhe, it was fun but stressful but I really enjoyed exploring their dynamics! I'm looking forward to do more fanarts uwu.

[slayerofthevampire]

“I shall have the celebrated name of Durgadevi and again, assuming a terrible form on the mountain Himalaya, I shall destroy the raksasas for the protection of the munis. Then all the munis, bowing their bodies reverently, shall praise me, and thereby I shall have the celebrated name of Bhimadevi.”

—Maa Durga 🔱🙏

[crybabyboyscout]

[shivaom]

☀ HAPPY KALI PUJA ☀

🌼 JAI MAA KALI ॐ 🌼

“She stormed the Universe destroying everything in sight, none of the Devas could stop Kali. So, in order to subdue her, Shiva fell lifeless at her feet, upon seeing her husband beneath her feet, she immediately became Parvati once more and consoled her husband.”

[ritish16]

Mahakali Maa

[deathmetalunicorn1]

Gods (Loki, Hermes, Shiva, Zeus, Hades, Rudra, Parvati, Kali and Durga) react to Child!Reader telling them she was late to Shiva’s dancing lessons because she was feeling ‘Pudge the Fish’ and it’s important to her because he ‘Controls the Weather’ but she had to go to the store to buy Peanut Butter because she only had Tuna (That scene in Lilo and Stitch)

Later, when Rudra comes over to pick her up, Shiva tells him about it, only Rudra to call that ‘odd’ because Reader gave him a PB&J sandwich today, who’s laughing/already dead on the floor after realizing ‘Pudge the Fish’ IS Rudra! (Rudra’s grumbling because he’s NOT a fish) and she makes Rudra turn to stone by saying “But your a Sandwich away from becoming Pudgy!” (Cue Shiva on the floor dying because he can’t breath)

-Your little pants filled the air as you ran into the grounds of Shiva’s house, hearing the music playing, nearly tripping once or twice. You were late to your dance lesson and trying to hurry.

-You ran in and didn’t realize the floor was wet and slipped, immediately crashing to the ground, halting everything as Shiva ran over, “Whoa there, Y/N- you okay?” he helped you up as you were trying not to cry from the pain as he made sure you weren’t hurt.

-Once you confirmed you were fine he ruffled your hair gently, “Was wondering where you were- you’re never late.”

-You wiped the last of your tears from your eyes, “I had to feed Pudge a peanut butter sandwich so he would make sure there was good weather for the performance tomorrow. I didn’t have any peanut butter, only tuna, and he hates tuna, so I had to go and get some.”

-Shiva was confused, as was Parvati as she and his other wives came over along with the other students, hearing what you had said. Kali held her cheek, a bit confused, “Who is Pudge?” you beamed brightly, “He controls the weather and he’s happy if he gets a peanut butter sandwich- so a happy Pudge makes for happy weather!”

-This… didn’t help their confusion at all, thinking you were adorable.

-Loki snickered warmly as he swept you into his arms, making you squeal lightly in delight, “You never feed me peanut butter sandwiches!” you couldn’t help but giggle, “You never asked me to!” Loki pouted cutely, rubbing his cheek against your own, whining about you being unfair.

-Hermes, who returned with a towel to clean up the water that was accidentally spilled, smiled seeing you and became concerned that you had fallen, kneeling down to be at your level to ask if you were okay.

-Zeus chuckled warmly, coming over, patting your head gently, “Y/N is fine- we’re just trying to figure out who Pudge is.” Hermes’ bewildered look of confusion joined the others.

-Rudra entered shortly afterward, panting himself before seeing you, giving you a smile, “I told you I would bring you to the lesson if you gave me a minute- it’s a good thing you’re full of energy.”

-You beamed, hands on your hips as you were in Hades’ arms, after he had picked you up, seeing your cheek turning a bit red from your fall, something him and Parvati checked out, making sure you weren’t hurt.

-Durga grinned over at Rudra, “If you were just with Y/N then you should know who Pudge is- she said she gave him a peanut butter sandwich.”

-Rudra immediately froze, looking confused, “That’s weird- Y/N gave me a sandwich right before coming over here.”

-All eyes went to you before Loki, Zeus, and Shiva burst into laughter, roaring loudly, falling over themselves, clutching their stomachs as Rudra pouted, coming over to poke your other cheek, the one that wasn’t red, “Oi! I’m not pudgy!!”

-Shiva couldn’t breathe while his wives were giggling, thinking it was cute as you pouted, “But when you eat your cheeks get all pudgy!!”

-Loki was pretty sure he was going to die from laughter as Hades chuckled, setting you down to join your friends in the lesson, ruffling your hair, “Some nicknames like that can be a little mean, Y/N- some might not think they’re cute like you do.”

-This made your eyes widen in shock before your ran over to Rudra, leaping into his arms, eyes full of tears, “I’m sorry Rudra! I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings!!”

-He couldn’t stay mad at you, giving you a hug, trying to calm you down as you were to the point of bursting into tears, “I still want your sandwiches because they’re full of love, just don’t call me Pudge anymore, okay?”

-The two of you linked pinkies, promising each other and you took Kali’s hand as she and her co-wives herded you and the other kids to a different area to practice your dancing, since the previous practice ground was full of laughing gods, even more so when Rudra lunged at Shiva, getting into a mock fight.