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sweetingseva · 8 months

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Hi Hi!

I finished Tbona yesterday, and I have more questions than answers, help 😅 I'll probably flood your askbox a bit, sorry in advance!

***TBONA SPOILERS BELOW***

I really like the theory of Apollo being Lysander Valor, and that Dane Valor is LaLa's first love (the dragon).

„Dane was some sort of shifter, and Lysander had a gift that involved memories. ” (Tbona, ch.16)

Also, Chaos (aka Castor Valor) and Apollo seem to have similar looks (olive skin, strong facial features, dark hair, brown eyes), while Tiberius Acadian looks very different (soft face, freckles, copper hair).

„So this was the mysterious Tiberius. They didn’t look like brothers.” (Ouabh, ch.33)

If that is the case, what I don't understand is how Apollo didn't notice he is being manipulated into marrying Eva by Jacks? He surely knows about the key prophecy? And I would think he wouldn't want the Valory Arch opened and the other Valors to return to rule. I wonder what his motives are? What's the history between him and Jacks?

Why did Jacks not want the Valory Arch to open? Why would he not want the Valors to return if they were such wonderful leaders? Is it because of Aurora?

Now that we know Apollo can take away memories, what else could he have modified in history?

I also keep wondering if there is still more to Jacks's background. We know now that he is the Archer, but when he and Eva first meet he says: „People who don’t like me call me Jacks.” (Ouabh, ch.2)

I kept thinking about this because literally everyone calls him Jacks. 🤭 But could he have another name/identity then as well? Maybe he is someone from one of the great houses.

I'd love to hear your thoughts, thanks in advance! ☺️

Hello! Thank you for your question! And don't worry about it, I'm happy to answer any question of yours 😊

Thanks to the first four chapters of ACFTL being released, I have a much better understanding on Apollo and his reasons. Unfortunately, it really seems like Apollo might have made a deal to get the memory erasing power. He goes to say that he did it to protect Evangeline. Throughout his chapter, the less and less I believed he was Lysander.

Lysander is one of the many children of Wolfric Valor, and it appeared that Apollo was just a distant relative. If you can call him that.

Since you bring up the physical differences between Apollo and Tiberius, I definitely agree that they may not be blood related at all! Perhaps that is why Apollo's father was hard on him.

Now Dane, I really want to believe that he's LaLa's lover. I think that would be so cute and incredible! 💕🥺

According to Apollo (in ACFTL), I don't think he entirely believed the Valory Arch tale and its corresponding prophecy was real. Therefore he didn't really care for it.

Apollo was cursed the moment he met Evangeline. At this point, nothing would stop Apollo from being overly infatuated with Evangeline thus ignoring Tiberius's warning about her. He had no choice but to be manipulated into marrying her.

Onto Jacks, I never got the sense that he didn't want to open the Valory Arch. I know he said he didn't want to open it but not because he doesn't want the Valors to come back but because there's nothing inside that he wants. What he wants are the stones.

Funny thing since you mentioned it, but Stephanie did almost give him more names.

Stephanie: Jacks! For the first few drafts of this book, I couldn't find the right name for Jacks. I kept giving him different names. He was Jack, Sebastian, Gavriel, Judas, and once he had five names: Jesper Alexander Castor Kronos Spencer.

In my opinion, Jacks is his name and he doesn't have another. He might have said that as a joke 😅

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the-god-of-sun · 5 days

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Hello Mr. Apollo

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Did you perhaps bless my friend the gift of prophecy?

She's predicted what I'll say and do 13 times a row now

Uhhhh

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apollosgiftofprophecy · 2 months

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Hello, I'm a new reader of your fics and found you through AO3, after reading your fic where Apollo n Poseidon are punished with mortality and King idk how to spell his name was talking about getting his daughter married made me wonder about how Greek Marriages and Courtships work/how they were performed and the actual marital rites ofc

Love your work, looking forward to your response •u•

Okay okay, so this requires a lot of know-how and I most definitely don't know everything so this is what I know:

Courtships differed from city-state to city-state. But overall I think they all shared one common factor - a courting gift. Courting gifts were used to basically show off a guy's status in the world, and the better the gift the better chance he had at winning the marriage.

This is actually exemplified in the myth of Cassandra and Apollo! Apollo's courting gift was the gift of prophecy, which Cassandra accepted, ergo confirming their courtship (their relationship was also considered to be a type of marriage btw! Cassandra would have been one of Apollo's 'wives', like the Pythia (essentially married to her job aka Apollo), Cyrene (was literally married to him; eloped with him), or the Muses (his immortal companions) even though they weren't like. married married. they weren't married like Zeus & Hera are, or Hades & Persephone. it was a symbolic one, or even an emotionally-bonded one.

So big gift = better chance at winning her hand. cool.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTERRUPT OUR BROADCAST ON ANCIENT GREECE AND TURN OUR ATTENTION TO COURTSHIPS IN THE MYTHS :D

I've already discussed Apollo&Cassandra, but there are plenty more courtships going on.

Admetus & Alcestis, for one! Odysseus & Penelope! Admetus and Odysseus both had to complete a set task to be seen as "worthy" of marrying their respective wives.

For Admetus, it was yoking a bull and lion to a chariot and riding it into Alcestis's dad's kingdom (which he did with Apollo wingmanning him bless their souls) and for Odysseus, he completed various physical exercises (like a race) and won!

So I guess the overarching message about Greek courting/marriage rituals is the guy has to prove how much of a rich badass he is, and if he can't show off his wealth (like Odysseus), he's gotta make up for it with EXTRA badassness.

As for the marriage itself, it also depended on the region. And it's A Lot so I would recommend skimming this wikipedia article on it and then looking deeper into various other websites - just looked it up, and there are quite a few. I would nail down the main similarities between them as the Facts and the extra info as Potential Facts (my usual method of research - and if the info in corroborated in an informative source, then it is also Fact)

I also see you mentioned Proclia and Laomedon, and what he would have had to do for her marriage. I did find this website on Anatolian marriage customs (since they are in Anatolia and not Greece), but I don't know how reliable it is. If there's anybody out there who knows more, shoot it at me! :D

And thank you anon! :D I promise I have more in store, just working on getting the next couple Hunger Games AU chapters done before moving on to the Delphic fic! :D

#the oracle speaks #ancient greece #anatolia #marriage #courting #anon ask #ask and replies #asked and answered

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sea-owl · 2 years

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Penelope being an Apollo child fits so well! Like I know she has the gift of prophecy but imagine she also got a bit of the healing abilities as well. Except it’s through kisses like recovery girl in BNHA. This was discovered when Philip hurt himself when they were young and little Penelope decided to kiss it to make it better. Up till then they thought Penelope only inherited the gift of prophecy from her father. Turns out they might have been wrong. Now picture Colin seeing this :)

Oh hello! I haven't seen you in a while. And lmao! We all know Colin is a jealous man, especially over his wife. Oh, this will be fun.

Also I don't see anything wrong with giving the demigod spouses more powers either. Percy has basically everything that consist with Poseidon, Jason and Thalia have several different aspects of Zeus, and Nico got a few powers from Hades. Hell I would even consider Will getting a few powers from Apollo.

"Fuck!" Colin cursed as the blade slipped in his hand.

Phillip, Colin's training partner, winced as he inspected the cut. "This doesn't look too good. Hold on I'll get Penelope over here and she can inspect it. Penelope!"

Penelope looked up from her spot of teaching her assigned Bridgertons archery. Shooting an arrow was rather different from shooting a pistol after all. Phillip waved her over.

"The children of Apollo are also the camp medics. Penelope helps one of her siblings run the camp infirmary." Phillip explained.

"Is everything okay?" Penelope asked.

Phillip gestured to Colin's still bleeding hand and Penelope made a face. Carefully, keeping her own hands away from the blood, she takes Colin's wrist and inspects the cut.

"It's bleeding too much for me to see how deep it is, but we can wrap it up for now and then check again in a little bit." Penelope dug through her bag to pull out gloves and a bandage wrap. Holding down the gauze in one hand, Penelope tightly wrapped the bandage with the other. Taking her gloves off and discarding them in a nearby trash can Penelope examined her work. "And just to make sure the bleeding will stop soon."

Penelope gave a quick kiss to the center of Colin's palm. Colin could feel his face heating up.

Oblivious or choosing to ignore Colin's blush, Penelope continued on, this time leading Colin to the infirmary. "It works faster if I directly kiss skin, but I'm not kissing anything bloody again, and I do want to see how deep you managed to cut yourself."

"Um, what was that?" Eloise questioned.

#percy jackson au #bridgerton #polin #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton

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mrbones-magic-club · 3 months

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Hello, were the mister's bones! :]

REQUEST ARE OPEN

CARRD LINK (WIP)

We do divination such as:

pendulums (temp closed)

tarot readings

Oracular divination

Mod intros + DNI under the cut

MOD BONES BONES

Hi, I'm Mod Bones i use He/Him and Hymn/Hymns pronouns. My sign-off is -🎞, I do Tarot and pendulum readings and I like long walks on the beach. I'm the host of a DID system. I might also do some other secret things if you check our carrd 🤫

MOD WOLF BONES

Wolf. I use he/him, Gore/goreself, mutt/muttself, (and more. Xenos related to Gore, injuries, etc.) I'll sign off with -🐾 (if I sign off.) I have the gift of minor prophecy (no not the stereotypical vision shit) (thanks Apollo). The gift has a name. It is called The Smoke. Yes I named it myself. Yes I was a child. Yes Ive done this since I was a child. Yes Im always this chatty.

DNI

Homo/transphobes, rascists, endos, fakeclaimers

#pinned intro #divination #tarot reading #free tarot #pendulum readings #kin help

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incompleteth0ts · 4 months

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American Pie 🥧

SUMMARY: Chap. 1 Chap. 2 Chap. 3 Chap. 4

Dying wasn’t as painful as he feared it would be. After fighting all his life, Jason was sure his death would be long and drawn out on the battlefield alongside enemies and allies.

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Jason Grace is dead and his life flashes before his eyes

WRITTEN FOR Percy Jackson Gift Exchange Winter Solstice 2023 OFFERED PROMPTS THAT WERE USED🏃🏾♀️💨

1)"We will not go quietly."

2)Major Character Death

3)"Pity not the sword, nor its wielder."

__Bye-Bye, Miss American Pie__

Dying wasn’t as painful as he feared it would be. After fighting all his life, Jason was sure his death would be long and drawn out on the battlefield alongside enemies and allies. Jason could envision so many battles that should have ended him. The battle with Krios, the prophecy of 7, talking to Frank in the morning before he brushed his teeth; anything but traveling on the back of a venti pushing 30 m/ph in a duel to inevitable death, not to mention while on a Yacht with at least one arrow in each limb hundreds of miles away from New Rome

Anything but dying alone.

But Jason knew he had to keep going. It was him or Piper; he wouldn’t let her die on this ship. Jason lifted his sword and prepared for another lap around the too-small jousting grounds. The lack of space made Tempest even more stressed and the metallic scent of blood clogged Jason’s senses. With his gladius raised to the mighty heavens of his father Jason made one last oath as Tempest reared up for another challenge, ‘Let it be known that neither Piper nor Apollo will die on this ship.’ A crack of lighting broke the sky.

Tempest and Incitatus galloped past one another once more. Incitatus kicked at Tempest with his golden front hooves jostling Jason’s heavily injured body. Tempest responded with bursts of electricity that left a battery tased in Jason’s mouth and scorched the evil stallion's white flanks.

As Jason and Caligula passed by each other Jason turned and caught the fallen god's eye from across the ruined throne room. “Go!” He screamed at his ex-girlfriend and God. “Remember!” Jason desperately pleaded. It may be selfish but he needed Apollo to pull himself together and save not only himself but Piper too. He was willing to end his life for them earlier, hopefully, he was still holding on to that hero mentality.

‘Just one more round,’ he thought, holding Apollo’s gaze. ‘If I can make it through one more round then they should be able to’

Caligula threw his spear.

The weapon landed in between Jason’s shoulders shoving Jason’s body into Tempest's neck. From what felt like a much further distance Jason heard the sound of Piper's scream of terror. Jason’s eyes widened.

5 pounds of gold made itself home in the ex-praetor's rhomboid muscles. Jason slumped forward into his stead and wrapped his arms around Tempest's neck to keep balance. “Get them out of here. Please, Tempest, save my friends.”

The spirit did not owe him anything, but Jason prayed Tempest would give him this.

Jason felt his vision swim. It was like his life was falling through his fingers like sand on the beach. ‘How embarrassing,’ he thought. ‘I used to wrestle with wolves and now I’m going to die on the yacht of a lunatic nicknamed Little Boots.’

Jason began to lose strength as his body fell off the wild Venti.

Jason Grace died before his body even hit the floor.

When Jason came back to himself, he was face to face with a beautiful man.

“Hello, Jason Grace. How are you feeling?”

How was he feeling? That was the issue, that Jason couldn't feel anything. He tried to wiggle his fingers and toes the way the nurses at his school told him to when he passed out after a long day, but he wasn’t even sure if he had them anymore.

Was Caligula known for taking the toes of his enemies?

“The correct answer, Mr. Grace, should be nothing.” The man straightened up from his bowed position and pulled out an iPad. The man wore a dark toga layered with various sashes, and on the man's back grew two mighty wings as black as night. He was dark-skinned with meticulously kept dreads that were pulled into a bun against his nape.

“You’re lord Mors, aren’t you.” The god stopped what he was doing on the iPad and returned to Jason.

“Yes, I am Mors. I will admit I did not know how to approach you at first. My other half and I were in disagreement for a while, trying to figure out what form was the most appropriate to appear in. After all, nowadays you're neither fully Greek nor Roman.”

Jason almost felt like he should apologize to the Death God because not even he knew what he was.

Mors put the iPad back in his messenger bag and pulled out an envelope that read, ‘Jason Grace, express shipping to the Underworld, first-class packaging’. Jason was feeling more and more important by the minute.

“If you want I can change the color, but we must get going.”

“The color is fine, you're right, let's get going.” Jason didn't know why the color of the envelope mattered- well he didn't know until Mors pinched at his shoulder the way someone would with a dirty sheet. There was a loud ripping sound, and then everything went dark.

Jason was in an airport.

Sure the airport had horrible lighting, was crawling with ghosts and ghouls alike and the only security dog onsite was a giant three-headed hellhound. Still, it was most definitely an airport security station. Jason watched as once-living men and women were guided through the velvet rope lanes. Children who died with their parents were ripped from the screaming arms of their mothers and carried down a separate path. A skeleton wearing a dark gray jumpsuit with the words, ‘Dog walker’, in bold black lettering held at least ten leashes in each hand. Golden retrievers, Dobermans, Pinchers, and Poodles dragged the poor man of bones through a gate marked as, ‘Easy Elysium’.

Jason looked at the ghouls in front and behind him searching for the young faces of Meg and Apollo, he was relieved when he couldn’t find either of them haunting the line. His heart grew lighter when he also failed to see Piper anywhere in the line.

The prophecy had come true. Jason was dead, but Piper had been saved.

“Next in line please.”

Jason had unknowingly made it to the front of the line. How long had he been standing here? Two minutes, an hour, a week? Stepping forward with his chin held high Jason tried to look more confident than he felt.

“Hello dear. If you could give me your name and godly parents I’ll get you sent off to where you need to go.” The woman had a strong Jersey accent and a high pouf. If she had solid flesh it would probably be coated in an ugly orange spray tan, but wisely Jason kept those very personal thoughts to himself. The last thing he wanted was to be sent to the fields of punishment or worse, the back of the line.

“My name is Jason Grace, Son of Jupiter.”

The receptionist began scrolling through her screen without a care in the world. She’s probably gotten far used to greeting sons and daughters of various Olympian and minor gods.

“Ok, here you are dear; Jason Grace, you have been scheduled for our express shipping.”

The Dead Jersey woman printed out what looked like a train ticket and stamped a red express seal of authenticity on it.

“Take this and go down that path,” She pointed off towards Jason’s right where the earthy ground of the underworld turned into a red carpet. “Give this ticket to the conductor and he’ll take you to meet the judges.”

Unlike Jason's walk to the kiosk, his walk to the train was devoid of others. Looked like not many people were able to get express shipping to meet the Council of the Dead.

When Jason made it to the station he was taken aback. The platform was made of carborundum that had been ground down into a flat and polished flooring. Four 20-foot columns of neptunite worked together to form a pavilion of pink ivory and diamonds, most of the architecture was marked with a Delta symbol like the one on Annabeth’s laptop.

None of the history books in Camp Jupiter talked about a train station in the afterlife.

“Ticket please.”

Jason embarrassingly tripped over himself. He hadn’t heard the conductor approach until he stood over Jason’s shoulder. The train driver wore a uniform that reminded him of ‘The Polar Express’. His name tag identified him as, ‘Jeff’, and Jeff was made entirely from bone.

The underworld truly was an interesting place.

Giving the skeleton his ticket Jason watched with rather childish amusement as the conductor punched several holes into it with his teeth.

“Stand back please.”

Jason backed into one of the back columns as the ground began to shake. A loud train whistle broke through the underground silence announcing the arrival of his travel vehicle.

The train was gorgeous. It was an all-black steam locomotive with golden wheels and doors, hooked to the back of the coal cart were eight passenger cars. It was the type of vehicle that you would see rich people in the UK ride on to get from one side of the country to the other.

“All aboard.” Even though Jason was visibly the only passenger waiting at the station the skeleton waved its arm in an urgent arc as if to say. ‘One at a time now and no pushing’.

The inside was just as expensive looking as the outside. The booths were either covered in black velvet or leather. The tables were numbered 1-20 events on the right and odds to the left. Lining the path were lanterns full of hackmanite. Jason sat down as the train began to speed through the underworld. During the trip the train made no stops, they were moving so fast that the long almost still-standing lines of ghosts blurred by like pavement markings.

In under five minutes, the train managed to cut across the underworld and stopped at the only other station lining the railroad.

“Now arriving at your final destination. The judges await you.” The doors opened with an ominous hiss. Jason walked through the doors and entered a room that looked like the courtroom on SVU.

In the judge's seat sat three men—the three judges of Pluto's court.

The three kings of the past, Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus sat on elevated thrones carved from black cassiterite. To Jason’s right sat an empty jury and to the side of the three kings sat a court reporter. The witness stands were composed of men and women wearing Nobel clothing from various periods. There wasn’t a bailiff present for the trial because once a person died they couldn’t be harmed until after they’ve been sentenced to an afterlife. Nothing Jason said or did in here mattered, nothing in his life would change. He’d either land someplace or the other and that was that.

Judge Aeacus slammed his gavel against his sandalwood sound block. “May the court rise for the judgment of one Jason Grace, son of Lord Jupiter and the deceased mortal Beryl Grace.” Around him, several undead witnesses rose to their feet awaiting the judge's next orders.

“Mr. Grace steps forward and enters the witness stand.”

Jason approached the stand on light feet. He did not fear what awaited him once he left this courtroom he was a soldier and a good one at that. He’s done plenty of amazing things that others would have crumbled under. Jason had nothing to fear.

The witness stand, rather than being to the left of the three judges, was built in front of them allowing the three kings to stare down at Jason like he was a bug under a microscope.

“May the plaintiff present all the evidence the court will acquire for today's hearing.”

A shawled figure crept into the room holding a black briefcase. Long purple chains dragged behind the plaintiff's legs and made a sound equivalent to a sword scraping against a stone.

Jason recognized the metal as Stygian Iron. It was the same material his young friend Nico Di Angelo’s sword was forged from. The people in the witness stand hissed at the glowing chains. Jason personally felt incredibly lucky that he was guarded on the witness stand.

The plaintiff presented the metal box on the judge's table, handing Aeacus the key before leaving the courtroom just as silently as they got in. Inserting the key into its designated slot Jason waited with bated breath at what he knew the kings were about to pull out.

A golden light bright enough to rival that of Apollo’s sun illuminated the room. When the light died down enough for Jason to gaze upon the judges again his breath caught in his throat. Lying in the palms of Judge Aeacus was a golden thread the size of Jason's

“I present to the court the unbiased life of Jason Grace.”

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Ik this chapter is short but each of the chapters get longer😤

Toward the end of writing this I was remembering minor details of the original series and Daedalus and his 'punishment' came to mind

You can also find this fic on my Ao3 under the same name and user

WORD COUNT: 2,192 Words

#pjo hoo toa #jason grace #trials of apollo #piper mclean #meg mccaffrey #apollo #lester papadopoulos

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feydfuckernation · 2 years

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sage, peach, + lavender!

what is your impression of me?

sage - i think of you not only as a blog but a bestie

NICO I SHIT YOU NOT I LITERALLY ALMOST SAID [jigsaw vc] HELLO BESTIE THE FIRST TIME I MESSAGED YOU BUT I CHICKENED OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOO FORWARD ALKJFDSALF apollo hitting me w the gift of prophecy right off the bat 😩🙌

peach - you seem super sweet ily

no YOU (UNREVERSABLE)

lavender - i would give you a bouquet of hand picked flowers

literally ran full speed to pinterest and looked up "lee felix flowers" and it did NOT disappoint also i am rUNNING OUT OF ROOM FOR ALL THE FLOWERS i need someone to send me some claritin soon or my allergies are gonna go haywire (do NOT let this discourage you from sending them however. forfeit all ur floral possessions to me Or Else)

#answered #itey #i have only known nico for less than a week but if anything happened to her-#castellanx #i hope you know how much joy you've brought me by yelling with me about pjo as i'm getting back into it #like it's genuinely been such a positive and wholesome experience for something i wasn't sure i'd even go back to due to past experiences #and i'm so so glad i did because i absolutely love talking to you about it and about luke (who did nothing wrong tm)#u are a blessing and a gift and i blow u a kiss mWAH

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welldonekhushi · 2 years

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hello khushi! do you remember when you had this headcanon that ghost was the DIY master? well, in mw22, it was confirmed he is, but he likes to call himself "resourceful" rather than a DIY master..but hey, apollo and the gift of prophecy! :)

Of course! I'm glad that my headcanon became canon in the game, and it never fails to make me happy ehehe *tears of joy*

#thanks for the ask!#angelsarewatching

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st0rmy-fr · 8 months

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Hello I am humbly requesting a familiar vibe check

-@necoryn-rising (curse tumblr not letting us send asks from side blogs)

Maple Bagwitch

I didn't assign you this familiar, apollo hit me with the gift of prophecy

#st0rmy rambles

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konno · 3 years

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WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I JUST STARTED WATCHING EP 2 AND LIKE. I LITERALLY. JUST. DREW THAT.??!?!?!?

#HELLO?!??!?! HELLO??!?!?#ME WANTING TO DRAW SAKUSAKI WORKING OUT TOGETHER:#APOLLO WITH THE GIFT OF PROPHECY:#HI. HELLO. IM GOING INSANE.#ZLS SPOILERS

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lore-o-hoe · 2 years

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Episode: 190 Giant Post Extravaganza!!!

So things went DOWN in the last two pre-hiatus episodes. And if my predictions are correct, things are going to take a turn for the WORSE.

⚠️As always SPOILERS BELOW so read at your own risk⚠️

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- So first off we have my new crush Eris basically stating that she pulled an Ella Enchanted and gave Persephone a curse in the form of a ‘gift’ and credits Persephone’s sense of purpose and ambition to this gift.

- Oh of course Asspollo to the rescue, he really has the need to be at the center of everything huh? But since this is ERIS wooo boy I don’t think she’s gonna forget that.

- Also is it just me or is this arrow feeling a little forshadowy? Like of course I can’t see into the future, but this kinda feels like it’s going somewhere.

- Y-AS GIRL HIT HIM AGAIN F’CK HIM UPPPPP

- Oh god Eros and Heras faces, the worry is so palatable

- THE KINGS SON???? Wait why am I gasping I already knew that.

- Hera’s FACE oh god, I can’t wait for the next half of the season cause you KNOW it’s already some mess

- But honestly as this chapter goes on, it’s allowing me to cement more gods/goddesses to be Team Persephone when this shit hits the fan.

- For someone who values his power and throne so much, you’d think he’d quit banging his way through the world/cosmos. Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions said it best “Just bag it up if ruling the cosmos means so much to you.” Also he’s a shitty dad to his sons (that we’ve seen) and they’re the ones most likely to overthrow him. HELLO? ZEUS? Man that brain must not be braining 🤷‍♀️

- Nip this in the bud??? Oh god Zeus what are you doin????

- OKAY THIS FR ISN’T FAIR

- How is that supposed to WORK??? Aphrodite is right, a lot of gods have jobs/functions in either realm so how is this all supposed to work???

- Poor Persephone, and god look at Hades in the final panel!!! Y’ALL

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Okay so it’s time for the too long analysis section:

Okay so things have gone COMPLETELY off the rails but I’ve got some thots sooooo….

A common theme with our favorite goddess is stress. The stress of her trauma, the stress of her actions of wrath, etc. I can’t imagine being the sole goddess running things (in terms of Demeters role) will do anything to help this.

Though don’t think that Zeus is getting off scot free here- like I’ve said time and time again, avoiding destiny is often how you end up finding it.

Much like his father, he’s taken drastic actions to circumvent a prophecy he will likely bring about in one way or another. But he’s crossed multiple gods and goddesses by doing this. Namely his wife, Demeter, and obviously Persephone and Hades.

In a partial sense we’ve seen that Persephone’s powers are somewhat tied to her emotions. Hell her act of wrath sprung from grief, anger, anxiety, etc. She has been forbidden to seeing two important people in her life. Hades and Demeter. Her friend Daphne has become a tree and gone into hibernation thanks to the actions of Apollo and in general her life has once again spun out. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw an act of wrath part two here.

Also lets get to the messy reveal of Apollos parentage, it seems like Zeus genuinely didn’t know that Artemis and Apollo where his children despite the obvious resemblance (Two purple powerful children spring up from an old fling and he doesn’t question it??).

But that is all to say that he’s becoming like his father, so scared of losing power and their place that they take drastic and cruel measures to keep the top spot but at what cost? You would think that he would put two and two together and figure out that his fathers downfall was caused more by his treatment of his children than anything else. Could his usurpation have happened anyway? Certainly. But making your super-powerful children hate you might speed things up.

And just like his father, he is using cruelty to stave off a similar rebellion without realizing the pattern that’s clearly happening here. And what’s more is he’s got his sons who already have a rocky relationship with him, and one son that’s actively gunning for his throne.

I think that this pressure has been mounting since he realized what Persephone was and went further in Episodes 186 and 187 when Ares had a convo with him and explained his theory regarding why Zeus has a vested interest in making an example of her. As Ares points out, if she was just a less powerful B-grade goddess like Zeus would have others believe, what purpose would this whole circus of a trial serve? No there’s a vested interest in keeping her away from powerful gods (namely Hades and his (Zeus’)own sons). As Ares points out, should Hades decide to pair with Persephone and take him down, there’s very little he could likely do about that. Hades is technically the firstborn son of Kronos, which would make the world and leadership of the gods his birthright, if he so chose. I won’t say that birth order has an effect on power, but its still important to note birthright.

Despite this, it’s sad that Zeus has such little faith in his brother, to the point of causing him such emotional pain on the off chance he’d one day rise against him. While Ares dismisses Hades being the one to rising against him, I haven’t counted out that possibility given the conclusion of the trial. Zeus is failing to learn the lessons of history and will end up paying the price for it.

So lets talk about Hades:

Hades has made it very clear where he stands in terms of Zeus, while he loves his brother, he’ s made it abundantly clear he’s not scared of railing against him especially on behalf of the love he and Persephone share. And Hades is smart, he knows that this sentence is excessive and (with the parentage revelation) an act of desperation rather than a punishment for Persephone’s act.

While he clearly loves his brothers to certain extent, he’s clearly had problems with Zeus in the past, being given the farthest loneliest kingdom despite wishing to not be alone, getting between him and Hera, and now practically forbidding contact with someone who genuinely loves him and in return he loves just as much? Things are getting SERIOUS folks.

I think that we’ll see a very fractured Olympus next time around. While gods are forbidden to interact with Persephone, that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t work on her behalf, this trial was unbalanced and one sided as all hell and most in attendance have their own gripes with Zeus. I mean LOOK at Hera’s face, I can’t count her firmly on Zeus’ side.

With yet another embarrassing scandal that’s been exposed, and since day one she’s had a vested interest in helping Persephone (and subconsciously guiding her away from what Hera has become with her marriage to Zeus). Ares is up for conflict (and he loves his dear momma so), and no doubt that Hades and maybe even Hecate will not stand for something like this.

All in all it’s hard to predict exactly what’s going to go down next season, but no doubt it’s going to get crazy with the fallout of this trial.

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Final Remarks:

As y’all know this is the last LO episode while Rachel takes a WELL deserved 4 month long break. But fret not! There’s so many theories, characters, and predictions for the future that the fandom is really hopping. So at least we have each other through the hiatus! ✨

#lore olympus #lo persephone #my post #lo apollo #lore olympus theory #lo theory #lo hades #lore olympus hades #lore olympus persephone #lore olympus spoilers #lore olympus artemis #Lore Olympus episode 190 #LO Episode 190 #hades lore olympus #lo spoilers

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beauty-and-passion · 2 years

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So rewatching Have I Grown, I got the feeling that there is still a lot more hidden in the details. But I will grant this honor to you. I'll just say that Logan's words "you tell me" are just saturated with passive aggression. Like his playlist is literally stuffed with prophecies and foresight (the Watchtower and the Breach say hello), and he himself equated himself with Apollo, a god who is known for his gift of prophecy, but nevertheless he literally said "you tell me" yo

Oh, I can't wait to reach the last episodes because there is A LOT to talk about. Especially about these words.

The foreshadowing is real and the passive-aggressiveness even more: when I analyzed his playlist, I though it was just my impression, maybe it's just me overanalyzing things. And then we got Logan fully displaying the most passive-aggressive behaviour ever.

But that's not all: these words are loudly screaming "YES, THE NEXT SEASON WILL BE ALL ABOUT ME AND MY ISSUES" and I am so so happy to hear that. We need more Logan time.

#sanders sides #ask #logan sanders #have i grown #can't wait to properly talk about this #but oh boy this man #he doesn't say a lot #but every word hurts so beautifully

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organizationhimself · 3 years

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echoes of the eye impressions

nonspecific and intentionally incoherent reactions but could still spoil stuff so tagged and cut

1) why is this so scary

2) literally nothing is happening what are the threats here WHY IS THIS SO SC

3) wait a minute how does this w--why does that do th--OW WHAT THE FUCK? HELLO?? WHERE DID THAT EVEN COME FROM--WHAT IS HAPPENING

4) haha! i now perfectly understand the entire situation. i can see why past me was so scared of fucking noth--what is HAPPENING

5) i am a fucking genius (x100)

0) i am the dumbest human alive (also x100)

7) i expected exactly 0% of this, and that is exactly what i expected

8) how? do they keep improving the time loop mechanics?? HOW

9) -mad cackling as i learn that all along i had the gift of prophecy from apollo himself-

10) mmmmmdont like that.

11) ok so yeah, besides That Spot everything is fine, the spoops are basically all in my head, phew. this place is starting to make so much logical sense, like i instinctively know where to find the next--WHAT THE FFFFFFRUDE AS FUCK what genre is this? is this horror? this is a horror game now.

12) why...do i even have that option? who would do this? im not going to do that i’ll die in real life

13) this dlc is like a whole game?? where does it end. i mean, i guess soon, since i’m running out of places to explor--wait how are there even more places to explore?

14) ok. yes. of course that’s what i have to do. thanks i hate it

15) you know what? i’ve had a flashlight attached to me this whole goddamn time. wild

16) ...oh! i was expecting something horrifying to happen here! lol and here i thought OH YOU MOTHERFUCKERS

17) OH YOU MOTHERFUCKERS

18) i might just watch an LP or something, you know, like, how worth it is this if and when i die of a heart attack

19) fuck you shut the fuck up i’m not scared of this bayou billy fever dream indie horror game compilation from 2004 disney pirates of the caribbean ride man door hand hook kill bill second life duolingo owl microsoft godforsaken powerpoint BULLSHIT, bring it on

20) ok, this isn’t so bad actually! i just have to keep a low profile, so--what in the jiminy christmas did i just do wHERE AM I

21) HAHA, YES, YOU ARE TEACHING ME THE THING!! THE THING I ALREADY KNEW!! BECAUSE I AM SMART i love you game

22) how is there still more game?? i think this is going to take me as long as my original playthrough, i can think of like 20 things i still have to figure out

23) game i don’t want to

24) GAME, NO, I DON’T WANT TO

25) fuck.

26) SIR PLEASE I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS IS NOT CULTURALLY APPROPRIATIVE SIR WAIT I NEED THAT TO LIVE

27) o-ok! this isn’t so bad! i just have to wait until...oh. what if i wait until...

28) it is truly unreal how good these people are at telling stories and packing totally nonlinear content into a semi-linear progression that relies primarily on your own observations and a bit of luck, while ALSO making every single aspect of the world totally accessible at all times with just enough confusion to keep you from seeing the entire beautiful puzzle of it all at once

69) cannot BELIEVE how dumb i am.

30) i have this sneaking suspicion the devs saw a lot of creepy potential in one of the prior core mechanics, good thing they only used it on me the one ti--OH IT’S BACK. good. love that

31) so hey, concept--what if this time, just what if, it’s not in the scary place? what if this time it’s actually somewhere over here in the nice perfectly well lit godfuckingdammit i know it’s in the scary place why am i wasting my time

32) ok. almost there. almost got it all figured, wait where does this go? doesn’t that just dead end? sure does, haha how would you even come through there in the firs--wait i know how.

33) and i see how the game’s gonna make me how.

34) oh no. (x99,999)

#outer wilds spoilers #echoes of the eye spoilers #outer wilds

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