little foa icons inspired by the hades game 'bond forged' badges!!!! celebrating the @chrysanthemumgames release in two days-- so there's literally never been a better time to play it :)
Drawn above are: Hades from Fields of Asphodel (@chrysanthemumgames); Rin from Vendetta (@vendetta-if); Aleksandar from Softly, Opulent (@softlyopulent-if); Maya and Sebastian from Infamous (@infamous-if); and Alex from Mirror Mine (@if-mirrormine) <3.
"To say Claude has trust issues is an understatement—you have to spend half the game earning his. (Claude isn't even his real name!) Once you have it, though, he's absolutely ride or die for you until the stars go out. He is so full of heart and ambition: He wants both sides of his heritage to get along, he wants to open borders and eliminate xenophobia and promote equality between commonfolk, and deep down, I think he craves a partner to stand with him at that new dawn, or an equal who sees his vision for the future and will fight for it just as hard. Nobody believed in him when he was a kid, but if you put your faith in him, he'll return it tenfold. Some people don't like that he's calculating, or has to leave the player character at the end of the game to go back to his homeland, but both are necessary elements for his goals to change things. He will always come back, and everyone who bets against him and his love for his companions is wrong with a big fat W. #KhalidForMostDatablePrez"
"Claude is a fun little onion of facades. He calls himself the embodiment of distrust, he acts like he's carefree and without worries, an unscrupulous schemer--and so many in universe buy into that hook line and sinker. He's used to others viewing him with suspicion and uses it as armor to obscure his not-so-dark truth: that he cares immensely, that he values minimizing the loss of life, and that above all he has so much hope that people will fundamentally choose to do better given the choice.
His front guards a center that his conflict filled world would be happy to tear apart. As the child of people from two nations in constant conflict--one of which is explicitly isolationist and dehumanizes those outside its church's reach--he hasn't really had a place where he can be without his facade. As a child he thought he could run, but when confronted with the fact that this hatred existed no matter where he ran, he chose to instead try to create a more just and kind world.
His inability to let others in beyond his facade at first may lead to a sense of distance, but isn't it then all the more satisfying when you're allowed in? All he wants is a little trust, a little faith, and--like what he wants to give everyone--a chance to be better.
And like that you got a charming young lad with a fun personality that your grandma would be thrilled to have stay forever."
Hades propaganda:
“Fields of Asphodel is a work in progress (but nearly finished!) text-based IF game where the MC plays the part of Persephone (you can rename your character tho) who get married to Hades at the behest of Zeus (being a giant douchebag per usual) and move to the Underworld. Hades is kind and respectful and cares deeply for his realm. He feels guilty that the MC was forced into this arranged marriage and does whatever he can to make the MC more comfortable. Even if the MC wants to leave, he puts the MC's feelings first. He drinks that respect women (gender neutral) juice everyday. Listen, this marriage is arranged by Olympus King Dick Zeus, so Hades has absolute zero problems if the MC dates someone else from his realm. Choose someone else's route (if you can!) He has the cutest kid, Makaria and of course everyone's favorite puppy Kerberos. Hades is a slow burn, he dodges and swerves the MC's flirting, pretending to be oblivious. He's not oblivious at all to the growing feelings between the two and that's what makes it sooo good.”
and ANOTHER fake book cover for an IF game, this time for fields of asphodel featuring my mc wilhelmina and hades during the dance scene. for real im so excited for new chapters im gonna lose it
@chrysanthemumgames hello hi i love foa so much, thank you for sharing it with us 🥺💕
Annabeth whose been in this godly world her whole life. Annabeth whose convinced everything that happens to them in a godly since is based on things they’ve earned or deserve. Annabeth who doesn’t trust the gods because she knows that it’s “eat or be eaten and power and glory and nothing else matters”. Annabeth whose own mother let a monster attack them in her temples Annabeth. Annabeth who believes that love and being taken care of and protected is something that needs to be earned. YEAH THAT ANNABETH—FULLY BELIEVED THAT POSEIDON HER MOTHER’S RIVAL SAVE HER FROM THE FIELDS OF ASPHODEL.
I’m saying it again cuz it needs to be said. Annabeth who does not trust the god’s to help her TRUSTED POSEIDON. Because he earned it with her.
She just spent the entire quest watching God after God fail them including her mother except Poseidon. Who caught Percy and gave them four pearls instead of three.
Finished reading Fields of Asphodel this morning, and my intense need to draw stuff for it single-handedly obliterated my art block. This is my MC Persephone (they/them), and they are incredibly in love with Hades.
Thanks to @chrysanthemumgames for making this wonderful story, it makes me so happy to be able to play a character who stims the same way I do! I can't wait for book 2.
(There's some silly stuff and a wip I probably won't finish under the cut :P)
(please forgive my meme-making abilities, I've never made one before)
An indefinitely non-finished drawing of the Hades and Persephone date-not-date where they did some cloud watching ↴
“Fields of Asphodel is a work in progress (but nearly finished!) text-based IF game where the MC plays the part of Persephone (you can rename your character tho) who get married to Hades at the behest of Zeus (being a giant douchebag per usual) and move to the Underworld. Hades is kind and respectful and cares deeply for his realm. He feels guilty that the MC was forced into this arranged marriage and does whatever he can to make the MC more comfortable. Even if the MC wants to leave, he puts the MC's feelings first. He drinks that respect women (gender neutral) juice everyday. Listen, this marriage is arranged by Olympus King Dick Zeus, so Hades has absolute zero problems if the MC dates someone else from his realm. Choose someone else's route (if you can!) He has the cutest kid, Makaria and of course everyone's favorite puppy Kerberos. Hades is a slow burn, he dodges and swerves the MC's flirting, pretending to be oblivious. He's not oblivious at all to the growing feelings between the two and that's what makes it sooo good.”
i love the metaphor about the trees of asphodel. it’s basically saying that you’re rooted to your regrets. your regrets are apart of you if you don’t let them go. they will consume you if you’re not able to keep it from that. it’s about how when you regret something and aren’t able to keep it from going to deep, it’ll be in every move, everything you say, do. i love this.