#hades icarus

[heydragonfly]

okay I’m playing Hades 2 and every character has been absolutely wonderful BUT

ICARUS IS IN THE GAME!!!!! (this is the incomplete/temporary art they’ve used for the other allies of this section hence why it’s sketchy)

also??? I think he’s Melinoë’s ex???? “not about to let you fly out on me again” is LOADED

meli 😭😭😭😭

#hades 2 #hades 2 early access #hades 2 spoilers #hades melinoe #hades icarus #the way i SCREAMED he shows up with a title that says “’Death From Above’ #and I thought it was Than for a second but no it’s this sad fucker oh my god 😭😭 i’m obsessed #he took my by surprise A bc he’s a deeply random and suddenly encounter #but also most of the other allies thus far have been witches #or related to the odyssey (theme of returning home and all that) #such a lovely surprise

[ceruleanmarz]

He better be romanceable 😤

#hades game #hades supergiant #hades 2 #waxwitch #icarus hades #hades icarus #melinoe #melinoe hades #artists on tumblr #hades fanart

[vick-shimmer]

☀️🌙

Twitter

#rotating them in my head #waxwitch #icarus hades #melinoe #melinoe fanart #hades game #hades 2 fanart #hades 2 early access #hades 2 #hades II #hades icarus #icarus #icarus x melinoe #melinoe x icarus #melinoë

[first-of-july]

🌕

#hades2 #hades ii #melione #hades icarus #waxwitch #hades game #hades fanart

[lililasagna]

I spent too long on this

#hades 2 #hades 2 spoilers #hades ii #hades ii spoilers #hades supergiant #nemesis #melinoë #moros #Icarus #hades nemesis #hades melinoe #hades Moros #hades icarus #hades 2 early access #lasagna.txt

[deeryaku]

hades 2 fancomic || Icarus being a shy dork towards Melinoë.

#hades 2 #hades ii #melinoe #hades melinoe #icarus #hades icarus #digital art #fanart #fancomic #yaku art tag #waxwitch

[cjbee]

Supergiant really knows how to design some characters.

#Ik icarus’ design isn’t finished so I took some liberties in rendering it #but that was a fun challenge #hades 2 #hades ii #hades 2 spoilers #hades chaos #hades icarus

[magnusbae]

MELI!!!!!!!

#Hades #Hades 2 #Hades Game #Hades 2 Spoilers #Melinoe #Melinoë #buns.hades #Icarus #Hades Icarus

[idk-iposteverythingiwant]

Flying together

Inspired by Howl's Moving Castle

#hades game #hades fanart #hades game fanart #hades 2 #hades 2 fanart #hades icarus #hades melinoe #waxwitch #doodles

[pepsiiwho]

Guys. Mel and Icarus in the hot springs together. Guys. Guys. Imagine.

#hades 2 #waxwitch #hades game #hades melinoe #hades icarus #hades 2 game

[platypusundercover]

The image of Icarus and Moros is slowly slipping into the deepest reaches of my brain and hear me out HEAR ME OUT

Icarus died a tragic death, right? Either he got cocky and ignored his father's warning but seeing how he is in the game I can't help but think it's not hubris that lead to his death.

Maybe just maybe he was too giddy with the feeling and made a mistake. The fates decided to do that just because. They really said "he's going to feel so free, and then plummet to his death" just for shits and giggles.

And so Moros, Doom incarnate, would have been here to witness his death. To welcome him on the other side, after a tragic fall. Icarus had felt a presence while he was flying seconds before he realized the wings were melting, and doom was there, looking him straight in the eyes, a certain melancholy painted on his face. Icarus didn't have to ask, he knew that was Moros. He knew in an instant that he was going to die. And an instant later he accepted the embrace and fell to his death.

I like to think Icarus finally visits Mel at the crossroads (after some convincing) and he ends up meeting Moros there. And he remembers so vividly his presence like a cold embrace and a chill down his spine but at the time, compared to the heat of the sun and the wax melting down his back, it had almost been a welcome feeling.

Moros recognizes him too, surprisingly. Surely the embodiment of doom witnessed countless preordained deaths. Why was Icarus' special? Because he died chasing freedom, something Moros unknowingly yearned for. Of course he cared for the fates and their design, to great lengths but unadmittedly, he wondered what having the choice would be like, to be the one responsible for his own actions. And so witnessing this death... Icarus experiencing a freedom like no other, for it to be harshly taken from him. Doom couldn't help but feel remorse at such an outcome and so he remembered. He remembered the second that stretched into eternity as they stared each other down into mid air. He remembered embracing the mortal with his arms as he fell to his doom and accepted his fate.

And so when they meet again at the crossroads. Moros is surprised to see him almost whole, unlike all the other shades he had met, and so he grows curious. He eagerly asks Melinoë about him and maybe will try to go out there to meet him and talk to him, maybe apologize somehow, maybe he feels guilty. I don't know there's a lot ot unpack there I need to rotate them into my brain like rotisserie chicken I have FEELINGS ABOUT THESE TWO!!! (and 3 if you count melinoe my girl has 2 hands for a reason) I think they're neat and I really wanna expand on their relationship they need to interact INEED THEM TO TALK

#peep thinks #do we vibe with doomwax or what? #icarus #moros #melinoe #hades 2 #hades game #hades 2 icarus #icarus hades #hades moros #moros hades #hades icarus #hades ii

[expealidocious]

“maybe we're all apart of the great tactician's plan and just don't realize it yet. he always says we'll have to improvise. might be i finally took it to heart.” — icarus

#icarus #hades 2 #hades game #hades supergiant #hades #hades fanart #hades icarus #traditional art #illustration #sketchbook #artists on tumblr #sketch #expealidocious #my art #really really proud of this #my absolute favorite addition to this game #he's so sweet i could cry #my son i love my son

[shareteru]

You are going to be beautiful one day, my boy

#hades 2 #hades ii #hades supergiant #supergiant games #hades icarus #icarus

[reallifetangent]

HADES 2 CONTENT

I decided to be happy. I was supposed to rest my eyes after too many hours on Hades 2, but ✨WaxWitch✨

Also the back of Icarus's clothing as a reference to Transistor because in this house we love Transistor Unknown Mr Nobody Auden Boxer Blue, or Auden Boxer, if you ask me for favorites.

Also shout-out to @blood-red-poppies for fueling the Transistor × Hades 2 brainrot

#waxwitch #icarus hades #hades icarus #hades melinoe #melinoe hades #melinoe #icarus #melinoe x icarus #icarus x melinoe #hades 2 #hades 2 supergiant #hades 2 early access #supergiant games #hades supergiant #reallifetangent #fanart #rlt #traditional sketch #hades 2 fanart

[heightsofmadness]

Hades 2 spoilers:

You know how in the Greek myth, Icarus and Daedalus both had wax wings?

They both made wings to escape a tower they were trapped in together, and Icarus' "hubris" moment was just that he decided to keep going upward and he got too close to the sun, so his wings melted?

Meanwhile in Hades 2, he has wings again, but this time they appear to be made of wood and textiles. It's a lot more Da Vinci in aesthetic.

This, supported by the fact that a lot of his boons can hurt the user if they're careless, suggests that the lesson Icarus learned wasn't "the sun is forbidden for mere mortals," but "wax wings are a shitty building material," or more broadly "risks are an essential part of the learning process."

Also, taking a risk meant he ended up meeting a cheerful shut-in demigoddess assassin witch who liked him enough that she considered getting her arm blown off to be a reasonable tradeoff for hanging around him

#hades spoilers #hades supergiant #hades game #hades 2 #hades ii #hades icarus

[glouris]

so uh

Icarus, being a shade and all, is only on the surface flying around Olympus because the gates of Hades are wide open now.

when they finally defeat Chronos and close the underworld again, will he have to go back there with all the other shades? I mean there's still space for flying and all, but Icarus is not really about flying, is he

I wonder how they are gonna deal with that one, I really wonder.

Eris mentioned how it's not all bad in that new world, and while she's definitely wrong for the most part, in regards to Icarus her argument kinda does have a point. lil guy will be caged as soon as the gate is closed.

really, really curious how they'll handle him. maybe they will make an exception for him and let him leave sometimes, maybe they will just decide that some sacrifices have to be made, maybe Apollo will show up like 'can we pls keep this one', or maybe this won't be explored at all. who knows honestly.

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ACTUALLY, speaking about Eris. now that I think about it, even if Icarus shows up in other places on the surface, making us meet him for the first time in the same location Eris is the boss of seems like something you do on purpose, when she also has wings and this aloof free youth demeanor. with how the personification of strife is fully unrestrained during this kinda chaos, that 'free spirit' shade is only actually free while he can still leave the Underworld. are they both getting metaphorically caged as soon as all this is resolved?

it smells like parallels and foreshadowing in this kitchen.

#hades 2 #hades 2 spoilers #hades #hades icarus #hades eris