Hades II from Chronos's perspective is pretty funny.
"Oh, the prophesy says the secondborn child of Hades will destroy me? Then I have plenty of time! Hades is a miserable, infertile loner. The steps before the prophesy can start are:
1. Hades enters the dating scene (Unlikely)
2. Hades successfully courts someone into his gloomy underground home (Unlikely)
3. They decide to start a family in the kingdom of death (Unlikely)
4. They research fertility options (Costly and time-consuming)
5. They successfully reproduce (also costly and time-consuming)
6. They repeat steps 3 through 5 to get a second child.
On the timeline of gods, I have centuries, possibly millenia, before I have to worry about this prophesy! I can kick back and relax, and slowly grow my power and influence until I am unstoppable!!!"
"...what did you say?"
"...Hades secretly married a fertility goddess, they already have a grown child, and they're expecting their second child?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"LAUNCH THE WAR!!! ATTACK NOW!!! GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"
(Where's that post about Sauron not realizing the Fellowship would give the Ring to some random hobbits? That's the vibe I'm seeing.)
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Alright so after having looked through hypnos’ new design I have something to say. The poppies.
So I’ve already seen someone post about this ( @blamethecows-draws ) and yes!! Poppies do symbolize his son, but they are also closely related to Hypnos himself. Now I’m not sure how they were in terms of Ancient Greece (unfortunately my Ancient Greece knowledge is shaky at best), but I am aware of this particular painting from 1874: Sleep and his Half-Brother Death
In this painting, Hypnos (depicted closest to the audience) holds a few poppies in his hand. Poppies, to my knowledge, were flowers that symbolized not only him as a god, but also death (hence why Thanatos is there too)
What’s interesting, though, is that poppies also symbolize a hope for a more peaceful/calm future. I think that this potentially could tie into the whole PLOT of the game, which is trying to take down the calamity that Kronos has caused
So tldr: poppies symbolize death, the God Hypnos, and hope for a calm future, which is kinda the whole plot of Hades II
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Could you imagine that it wasn’t Percy Nico learned curse words from, it was Hades?
Please note that I base all my Hades raising the di angelo siblings from this fic right here. In case I put in the wrong link (again), it's fic where Hades, Maria, and Persephone were all their parents and they never drank from the river Lethe. But they still stayed in the Lotus Hotel and Maria still died.
(8 year old) Baby Nico: Fuck!
Everyone:
Hades: Where did he even- *looks at Zagreus*
Zagreus: IT WASN'T ME! I SWEAR IT WASN'T ME!
Hades:
Persephone:
Zagreus: Why me?!?! Bianca is right there! *points to Bianca*
Bianca: I didn't do it
Hades: She said she didn't do it.
Zagreus: \(ಠ⌓ಠ)/
Persephone: Nico, Nico, bambino. We- we don't say that. That's a very bad word.
Nico: But papa says it all the time
Everyone:
Hades: (⊙︿⊙ )
Persephone: Is that so...?
Nico: Mhm. He says it all the time to Achilles and Zaggy!
Hades: (⊙︿⊙ )
Persephone: Ooooooouuuh. Maria's gonna be maaaad.
Castle shakes a bit:
Everyone:
Persephone: ...WELP! Come on, piccoli. Let's get you two to bed.
Bianca: Aww, but we're not sleepy.
When they're gone:
Maria's ghost: HAAADDDEEEEEEEEEESSSS
Hades: Cazzo
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If Hades raised Nico and Bianca Part 19 (feat Will meets the Parents)
Nico: Are you sure you want to do this? I know the Underworld isn't an ideal place for an Apollo kid
Will: No, I want to. If it means a lot to you for me to meet your parents, then so be it.
Nico: Are you sure? You know we can always just Iris Message them.
Will: Nico. I want you to know that I am serious about this relationship. I want your parents to know that too.
Nico: ... :) Okay. Let's go.
Will: Okay. But can I ask? Why's your sister coming with us?
Bianca: Oh, I'm here for your protection.
Will: Oh, well, that's a little relieving. Someone gets to protect us
Bianca: No. I'm here to protect you.
Will: ...huh?
Bianca: As Nico said, not an ideal place for an Apollo kid. The dangers outside of the palace are nothing we can't protect you from. But inside the palace...that's another story.
Will: What's inside the palace?
Bianca:
Nico:
Bianca: Something you should know is that there are people who would kill for us. And one of those people is... Mr Achilles.
Will: Achilles? ...wait, as in the Greek warrior Achilles?
Nico: Yes, and he's very protective of us, if we do say so ourselves.
Will: But...what does he have against me?
Bianca: Nothing! Of course he has nothing against you. Your father on the other hand...
Nico: Well, you know how the story of Patroclus and Achilles ended...
Will: ...Oh, fuck.
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Nico, Will, Bianca: *peeking into the hall*
Nico: Okay, here's the plan. Will, you stick with me. Under no circumstances are you allowed to let go of my hand. Bianca, distract Mr Achilles if he gets in our way. We'll run past and go to my room. We'll stay there until dinner.
Bianca: Got it.
Will: Wont your dad be suspicious why Bianca's here but you're not?
Bianca: I'll just tell them that you're tired from the travel and went to your room
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Bianca: Mr. Achilles. Hi, it's been a while.
Achilles: Bianca, this is a surprise. Where's your brother?
Bianca, looking at Nico and Will running past: He got too tired and went straight to his room to rest.
Achilles: Oh, how unfortunate.
Nico and Will: *tip toe-ing past them but then encounters Cerby*
Cerby: *excited to see Nico*
Nico:
Will:
Nico: Down, boy.
---Later---
Bianca: What in our father's name happened?!?!?!
Nico: *panting* We ran into Cerby. He saw Will's sun globe and wanted to paly fetch.
Will: *panting* You're buying me a new one.
Bianca: I had to distract Mr. Achilles for a long time. You have any idea how much work that takes?
Nico: Just ask him how his relationship with Mr Patroclus is going. He'll talk about it for hours.
---
Hades: Nico, would you like to introduce your guest?
Nico: Uhm...
Will: *squeezes his hand*
Nico, looking at him and smiles: Papa, Mammina, this is my boyfriend, Will.
Will: Hello. It's an honor to meet the both of you *bows*
Persephone: Aw, Nico, he's adorable. He's like a little ball of sunshine.
Bianca: Yeah, he gets that a lot.
Hades: Well, William, I hope that you'll enjoy dinner with us.
Will: Looking forward to it, sir.
At dinner:
Persephone: Has he met Achilles yet?
Nico: No, we're trying to keep them away from each other
Hades: Good thinking.
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