#apollo: is this romance?

[worlds-oldest-teenager]

Do not imagine Commodus leaning into Apollo before everything went wrong and telling him that Apollo makes him feel that, between the both of them, he is the god in their relationship. And don't imagine Apollo's pride and affection over that because in his mind that could only mean that Commodus felt loved and served by him, not that Commodus viewed him as anything lesser. Especially don't imagine how that would sour for Apollo millenia later later when he realises that those words were not passionate claims but truth Commodus intended to make a reality.

#many thoughts about them #toa commodus #not the real dude #trials of apollo #toa apollo #basically #commodus semi internally: hah weakling i might as well be the god here i swear #apollo: is this romance?

[remixingreality]

#male art #gay art #true romance #apollo #phorbas #gay love #gay history

[empoleonebuonaparte]

apollo's romantic life is actually insane. his two biggest love interests are an international rock star and an astronaut. and he's just some guy.

#ace attorney #apollo justice #klapollo #klavier gavin #clay terran #claypollo #that's some romance novel shit #almost too unrealistic for a romance novel even #i wouldnt read one like that

[rs-hawk]

Icarus making sure to always save the best of anything he has to give as an offering to Apollo. He burns everything in a golden bowl. Icarus begging Daedalus to craft him a lyre so he can learn to play it because it makes him feel closer to Apollo. Icarus trying to raise bees so he always has fresh honey to offer Apollo.

Apollo receiving all these offerings and getting bullied by Artemis because he can’t stop blushing because what is this human boy doing?? Fuck it’s so cute though and he starts lingering above where they’re being held bc he wants to be closer to him for a second.

#fantasy romance #writers on tumblr #writing #author #myth #mythology retelling #myth retelling #mythology #mythology and folklore #greek mythology #my writing #my thoughts #Icarus #Icarus x Apollo #Apollo #ancient greek #greek posts #greek gods

[banrionceallach]

Know what I'd like?

Time travel romance novel entirely from the perspective of the time-traveller's historical love interest.

We only ever get their point of view, or other side characters. The time traveller's inner monologue is never shown, only their actions and words through the eyes of the historical characters.

The description of any modern clothes or technology they have on them is just vague enough for us not to be able to visualise it properly.

Tiny little ambiguous clues in the text to the effect where you're more -or- less sure it's just that the author has ever so slightly overdone the usual 'strong female character' stuff, until the last chapter where it turns out the time-traveller had just already got over that particular genre-specific kind of stupidity (you know, where a time traveller insists on their modern perspective being superior constantly and is irritatingly naively surprised when this goes badly) several weeks or months before meeting the historical love interest.

Their nature as a time traveller is revealed to the reader when, in a moment of stress, they reference a tumblr meme.

#bc rambles #time travel romances #I'm havin thoughts today #probably the children's hospital meme #or the dodgeball of Apollo

[onehopefuldreamer]

All Stray Gods Romance Endings

Persephone

Freddie

Pan

Apollo

#stray gods #stray gods: the roleplaying musical #stray gods grace #stray gods persephone #stray gods freddie #stray gods pan #stray gods apollo #grace x whoever you prefer #these are done in the order i went for them obviously #but i genuinely love all of these images #so i wanted to have them all in one place #i love that they're all different #but at the same time each has one image where they're lovingly gazing in each other's eyes #and i positively adore all the handholding #the kisses are all wonderful too #to sum up no regrets i did everyone's route once #persephone will stay my personal fave forever but i think it's great there is a romance option for pretty much everyone in this game #also grace is a short queen and we love her for it

[essentialthyme]

Charming Grace is definitely my favorite, as someone whose favorite romance is Persephone. Charming Grace is understanding, respectful, patient, her approach is different from Calliope, which makes so much sense for my "canon" playthrough:

• She respects Apollo's grief and gently coaches him into moving forward, whereas Calliope pushed him to do things differently and failed. This was the first big moment we see this contrast between Calliope and charming Grace

• Even Pan can't resist her batting eyelashes lmao

• She disarms Persephone by refusing to engage her anger, letting her win the duel Grace never really wanted to participate in, in the first place, and Persephone caughts on, she respects Grace's cleverness and becomes willing to help

• I sided with Persephone, but Grace manages to stay on good terms with Apollo by going to check on him afterwards, and considering he and Calliope used to fight and stay big stretches of time without talking to each other, this must be a breath of fresh air for him

• Aphrodite. I mean!!!! The Ritual - Green Path, I don't need to say anything else

• Persephone is afraid of not seeing Grace for who she is, and only being interested in her because a part of Calliope is alive within Grace, but charming Grace is so very different from Calliope, she handles conflicts in a completely different manner, which means that Persephone's fears are valid, but unfounded

• Despite being upset with Persephone lying to her, she helps her win her throne back, but then, Persephone destroys it, she recognizes she has fundamentally changed, the world has changed, everything has changed, she is willing to let go, and Grace, in all her understanding nature, is willing to be patient and wait until Persephone figures things out

• The Trial! I'm not always a fan of being the bigger person in a conflict, and while punching Athena in the face is something that would have satisfied me a lot in a different game, I feel like Athena is a sympathetic enough character that being compassionate just fits, specially after how Grace helped Persephone in the Underworld, and having Persephone stand up for her, standing beside her in that final conflict and Grace handles it beautifully? Chef's kiss

In the end I like all paths, I prefer the songs with some mix of the colors, but charming Grace romancing Persephone? Perfection, 100%, will play again to commit it to memory

#stray gods #grace stray gods #persephone stray gods #grace x persephone #listen i can't say i like all romances because there is no one on this god's green earth that can convince me to romance pan or apollo #for i am bi (lady oriented) and i have no interest #but i also won't speak on what i don't know

[jonkentt]

We find each other again and again and again.”

World’s Gayest | Art: Giulio Macaione, Color: Fabs Nocera

[ID: 4 comic edits of Apollo and Midnighter. Apollo has short blonde hair and a yellow halo. 1: Apollo looks around and yells “Where is the Midnighter?!” 2: Apollo dusting his hands off. The background has rows of yellow feathers and text “You got this, Sunbird” with a heart doodle. 3: Apollo holds Midnighter in a bridle carry. The background has a rainbow stripe and text “come find me”. 4: Apollo flying with Midnighter in his arms, there are little hearts around Apollo’s halo and he’s smiling while Midnighter pokes his cheek. End ID]

#midpollo #lgbtincomics #dcedit #comicedit #Midnighter #Apollo #midnighteredit #apolloedit #ik this edit is chaotic but so are they #Giulio Macaione #Harley Quinn Romances #!

[flufflecat]

Once again feeling annoyed that basically no one in the rrverse fandom acknowledges Apollo. They're always like "oh we need more rep, surely this this and this character is secretly queer and rick just won't admit it or something" when man. Lester's RIGHT there. Why are you ignoring CANON queer content, then acting like it'd be better for the author to retcon some shoehorned queering of straight characters into existence? Like. It's fun to have previously straight characters be changed to be queer, but that obviously wouldn't be the intention the whole time, and it's kind of disingenuous for an author to pretend it was intentional all along and get praised for it. I feel insane, shouting at people who want more lgbt characters in pjo like "LESTER EXISTS AND HES LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT." Would PERCY ever say he has a "frisson of pleasure go up his back" at the thought of pipers hot dad? No. He wouldn't, thank you very much.

#Percy Jackson #pjo #he's bi. he's canonically fully and entirely bi. #it's cool we're getting a book about nico and will being canonically gay but they're not the first lgbt protags. man. #Lester's bi-ness is present in literally everything he does #and he doesn't even have a romance plot #read toa read toa read toa read toa #if you read toa i will kiss you on the mouth. #take it or leave it. one time offer. #toa #trials of apollo #fluffle talks

[dailydccomics]

might be a cliche but...couple goals!! DC's Harley Quinn Romances (2023)

#midpollo #dc comics #apollo #midnighter #lucas trent #andrew pulaski #the authority #dc #harley quinn romances #valentine's day

[gift-of-prophecy]

playing two bg3 campaigns at once and figuring out when to play each is like choosing between divorcing parents all over again

#i’m in act 3 in the original and still wandering in act 1 in the other #and it’s like hnnnggggg i wanna beat the game fully but also need to see what other things i can do #romancing gale in the og and astarion in the new one and like #i don’t wanna do his story line with being in loovvvveeeee bc to me it makes it more fun #probs just gonna try to complete one full playthrough and go back to the second after all is said and done #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #apollo’s thinking #gale dekarios #astarion #bg3 tav

[arnaulting]

the thing about klapollo is that apollo is painfully straightforward but even more painfully mistrusting, and klavier is deeply neurotic + a people pleaser. they're a diametrically-opposed combination. i'm putting them in a blender with glee

#me #you're telling me one guy constantly wears a mask and the other guy can't help but see through it? #now THAT'S romance #klavier gavin #apollo justice #klapollo #aa #jay’s aa hcs

[yonemurishiroku]

If I have a penny for every time Travis Stoll kisses Nico di Angelo’s hand, I would have two pennies.

Which aren’t a lot but I think it’s still neat that it happened twice.

#srsly it’s funny and ‘awww’-inspiring scenes #travis has this air of playfulness and romance around him #it’s cute. rlly #nico di angelo #travis stoll #it’s not even in a travis/nico fic omg #nico and hermes’ sons #nico and travis #fanfic talk again bc what’s new anw? #yone rambling #pjo #hoo #toa #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo

[gutsybitsies]

thinking more about the civil war between the camps because of jasico vs solangelo.

percy and annabeth & most old time CHB camper: team will. they love will, their lives has been saved by will countless times. they think he's awesome, they know about will's crush. they think that nico and will are really cute together, and that will would be great for nico. they're nervous about jason's crush, because they're pretty sure any combination of children of big three together will end up in a huge natural disaster if a bad breakup happens.

leo and piper & Fifth Cohort: enthusiastic team jason, they barely even know will. they all think that jason is the Hottest Shit, Most Handsome Dude, How Can You Not Love Him? piper feels guilt for dumping jason out of nowhere, and leo promises that if nico doesn't return those feelings he'll make a robot that looks exactly like nico who does (jason: leo no/ piper: leo yes). the other legionnaires are STUNNED that praetor grace is having boy troubles.

thalia: team jason, but not very enthusiastic about it because she thinks romance is overrated.

nico has no idea what's going on around him. he's honestly having the time of his life making friends with kayla and austin as well as the rest of the apollo cabin.

will is sure something is going on, but he's not sure what it is. he doesn't know quite what he feels about nico, they're friends and nico is really cool, but he doesn't really know how to proceed from there.

jason knows every single detail of what's going on betwee the camps. the missives. the missiles. the countless drachmas wasted shit talking back and forth between new york and california. the fistfights in the aphrodite cabin, piper almost losing her head counselor position because she's backing him and it's her and leo against the world here in camp halfblood. leo let slip his quip about robot nico and now his cabin is in revolt against him as well because uh fuck yeah they want to make a robot nico, except they won't have robot nico do gross stuff like feelings and dates. they'd make robot nico shoot flames and guns and arrows. it is entirely MORTIFYING for jason. jason wishes that a brick can hit him and make him lose his memories for a second time.

magical brick doesnt happen. what does happen is that he and nico play capture the flag together and get cornered trying to evade the enemy, so he gets to pick nico up like old times and fly them out of harm's way. and nico laughs and sticks out his tongue at the angry sherman on the ground below. and for a moment he's able to see the ridiculousness of the situation for what it is, which is hormone fueled teen drama, and decides that it's the most alive he's felt for ages.

#jasico #pjo #jason grace #nico di angelo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #annabeth chase #leo valdez #piper mclean #camp jupiter folks just amazed that there's someone jason grace can't bag #and like nico's not really thinking about romance #because i hated that whole transition in BOO between him admitting his crush to percy to immediately crushing on someone else #look he's just being adopted by the apollo cabin and promising in whispers that he can secretly summon the spirits #of long dead legends #once he's healed up enough #he promises to summon beethoven and mozart

[catofadifferentcolor]

Terrible Fic Idea #87: Percy Jackson, but make it MCU

Look, I didn't want to come up with yet another crazy PJO crossover, but here I am. Because instead of just coming up with the lightest, fluffiest, gayest PJO romance possible - which is what I wanted - I had to turn it into an MCU identity reveal fic too.

Or: What if post-ToA Percy Jackson was Peter Parker's caseworker following Aunt May's untimely death?

Just imagine it:

Tony Stark first meets Percy Jackson in the ICU of Metropolitan General the day after Peter and his aunt are caught in a terrible subway accident. May dies on scene. Even with his advanced healing, Peter is badly injured and taken to the nearest hospital - where it quickly becomes apparent he's Enhanced. It takes about 24 hours for the news to make its way to Tony, who immediately storms the hospital with the intention of taking Peter back to his Tower to heal-

-only to be told Peter's not going anywhere by the social worker assigned to the case.

This is remarkable for many reasons, not the least because the social worker is an unassuming, overworked 27-year-old wearing Finding Nemo socks and a faded Save the Oceans t-shirt. That the case worker - Percy Jackson - stands his ground in the face of Iron Man's wrath is even more remarkable, but Tony is forced to admit the kid has a point: he can't just let someone without any obvious connection to a minor walk off with said minor, particularly when that minor is Enhanced.

It takes Tony a couple days to get his ducks in a row, proving that he is not only able and willing to take in Peter, but is the one his aunt wanted to take care of him in the event something happened to her. During that time he has JARVIS research everything he can on Percy (lives in a Central Park penthouse owned by his long-time boyfriend, a successful music producer; volunteers for a NPO started by his best friend dedicated to restoring the wild; brief stint as the youngest ever on the FBI's most wanted, etc), but finds nothing to suggest he's anything other than a social worker trying to do what's best for his charges.

Percy becomes a semi-regular fixture at the Tower. At first it's just business, checking in on how Peter is doing and facilitating the foster care/adoption paperwork. Later it becomes something akin to friendship, with Percy being utterly unimpressed by Tony's fame but remarkably charmed by his inventions and philanthropic efforts. (He also comes to have strong feelings about the Rogues and their actions during the Civil War once he learns of them, helping Tony to see their betrayal for what it is. This alone makes him one of Rhodey and Pepper's favorite people.)

This goes on for quite some time - though I see this as happening post-CACW, we don't jump straight into the Infinity War, with there being several years wherein the Accords are ratified, the Rogues found and tried for their actions in the Civil War, and for the most part allowed to return to the Avengers on a probationary basis - until Thor finally arrives with news of Thanos' impending arrival.

Only Percy happens to be visiting when Thor arrives and the Avengers naturally have questions after Thor addresses him as Prince Perseus.

The truth of Percy's identity comes out in fits and starts (demigod son of Poseidon, saved the world a couple times, ascended to become God of Heroes, Natural Disasters, and Poison as well as Patron God of New York City; has been dating Apollo since he was fourteen; yes, is actually a social worker, albeit one who takes cases across the country to protect demigods and Enhanced), which is not helped by Thor (who can't help but comment on what he knows of Percy's heroics) or Apollo (who shows up after Percy texts an SOS but can't help but talk up his boyfriend either.)

The Infinity War still happens, albeit rather differently than in canon - perhaps Thanos turns out to be a disgruntled child or sibling of Gaia out for revenge, justifying Greek/Roman interference? But the details don't really matter as much as the identity reveal.

And... that's really all I have with regards to plot. But there should be a lot of character moments leading up to the reveal that hint at who Percy really is but which don't form a coherent narrative until the truth is revealed.

Bonuses include:

The softest, fluffiest romance possible for Apollo and Percy, with the pair more or less falling head over heels at first sight at the start of TTC, having their first kiss at the party at the end of the book, and dating throughout the rest of the Titan War. Apollo goes absolutely batshit insane when Percy goes missing at the start of HOO and breaks out of Olympus to crash the Senate meeting at the end of SoN and check on his boyfriend, and eventually gets made mortal for helping too much during the Giant War. The broad strokes of ToA occur with Percy fighting at his now-mortal boyfriend's side, and Percy ascends to godhood when Apollo regains his. There's some tension (Zeus is not happy about his firstborn son's choice of lover, fearing overthrow; Poseidon fears Apollo will end up breaking Percy's heart, but softens after Percy ascends and his chance of becoming a flower diminishes; many CHB campers think Percy's mad for dating a god, etc) but for the most part it should be as fluffy as circumstances allow.

Percy having been really obvious about his background, but in ways that seem reasonable ("How did you meet your boyfriend?" "I was at a really bad party when a friend ended up calling her brother to pick us up early. I fell in love with his car and then with him.") or like jokes ("Those sea turtles really seem to like you." "I like them too." "I guess they're kind of cute." "Excellent conversationalists too.") until the full truth comes out; and

Thor attempting to make up for blowing Percy's cover in dramatic (and hilarious) ways. This should include the gift of at least one native Asgardian water plant ("Dude, have you never heard of invasive species?") and end in a bakery's worth of Asgardian baked goods.

And that's all I have, though given the way this has been living rent-free in my head all week there may be more. As always feel free to adopt this bun, just link back if you do anything with it.

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[raineyraven]

freddie may be my favourite romance option in stray gods, but it's so cool to me how much narrative depth the connections between grace and her love interests have.

grace and freddie? their years of never telling each other how they feel directly mirrors the idols' struggles of never changing and never taking risks. also, throughout the story freddie is the only person grace is absolutely certain she can trust.

grace and persephone? persephone loved calliope but they split, and never reconciliated before calliope was abruptly murdered. now part of calliope is in grace, and persephone falls in love with the last muse all over again, and gets that second chance.

grace and pan? he helps grace at the beginning to save his own hide, to make sure he's devoid of blame. but at the end, when she's threatened, he chooses to risk his own hide to help her again.

grace and apollo? ....okay look i see the appeal i just think apollo needs some friends and to stop being a sad sack before he gets a lover alright.

#im so sorry grace x apollo enjoyers. i get you i really do #but this guy doesnt need a romance story he needs a therapy story #stray gods #stray gods spoilers #grace x freddie #grace x persephone #grace x pan