#head of aphrodite

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Head of Aphrodite (Capitoline type).

Date: A.D. 2nd century

Medium: Marble

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient sculpture #ancient history #archaeology #2nd century #marble #aphrodite #statue #head of Aphrodite #capitoline

[blueiskewl]

Turkish Archaeologists Unearth Sculpted Heads of Ancient Greek Deities

The excavations in Kutahya province’s ancient city of Aizanoi, which is the site of many ancient Greek and Roman-era settlements, discover the statue heads of Dionysus and Aphrodite.

Turkish archaeologists have discovered more sculpted heads of ancient Greek deities during excavations in Türkiye's western Kutahya province.

The statue head of Aphrodite, known as the goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology, and the statue head of Dionysus, the deity of wine, were discovered during excavation work in an ancient city in central Türkiye.

Modern Türkiye is the site of many ancient Greek and Roman-era settlements.

With a history dating back 5,000 years, Aizanoi, situated 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the Kutahya city centre, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2012.

Archaeological excavations are currently underway in Aizanoi, which is located in the Cavdarhisar district of Kutahya province and is home to Anatolia's best-preserved Temple of Zeus.

Archaeology professor and excavation team leader Gokhan Coskun told Anadolu Agency that numerous statue pieces were discovered during the excavation.

"The most exciting development for us this season is uncovering new heads of the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, and the deity of wine Dionysus," Coskun said.

"In the excavation works we have conducted in the region so far, we have unearthed more than 100 statue pieces. Some of the heads found are from statues that are 2-3 meters long," he noted.

"These statue heads, which we first discovered three years ago, are in very well-preserved condition. During our excavations, so far we have discovered two Aphrodite and three Dionysus statue heads," Coskun said.

The excavation season, which began in the ancient city last April, will be completed by the end of this month, Coskun added.

#Turkish Archaeologists Unearth Sculpted Heads of Ancient Greek Deities #ancient city of Aizanoi #Dionysus #Aphrodite #marble #marble statue #marble sculpture #marble head #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #greek history #roman history #greek art #roman art

[thegoldenappleofdiscord]

love how the fandom collectively reimagined drew's character. recently had a cousin of mine pick up the lost hero, and she told me, "reese, i don't get how you like drew. she's so mean to piper." and i kind of sat there for a moment trying to reorganize canon from fanon.

#dearest cousin i regret to inform u that fanon is in fact not canon #drew had so much potential omg #bitter over silena's betrayal and being unable to forgive her the way the rest of her cabin did #and consequently despising her siblings for being so quick to forgive #having to take over a position as head counselor that she probably never wanted #did her cabinmates invalidate her bitterness? say that she had to forgive selena because of the circumstances? #i think the aphrodite cabin is the most family oriented of them all #after the war they probably tried to keep things together #and drew was the outlier in that because she wasn't quite so willing to forgive and forget #maybe other aphrodite campers thought the same but were too afraid to voice their opinions because they wanted to keep their family togethe #anyway IGNORE MY RAMBLING ODHGDOGDG #i just really like drew. can u tell. #drew tanaka #aphrodite cabin #cabin 10 #silena beauregard #percy jackson and the heroes of olympus #percy jackson and the olympians #the lost hero #the last olympian #pjo #hoo #rrverse #riordanverse

[cabin9sblog]

Piper: Not everything can be fixed with duct tape…. you know that right?

Leo: Fucking watch me.

Credit to @write-it-motherfuckers

#heroes of olympus #percy jackon and the olympians #camp half blood #percy jackson #incorrect quotes #head counselors of chb #pjo #hephaestus #cabin 9 #leo valdez #repair boy #piper mcqueen #piper mclean #beauty queen #aphrodite

[echo-stimmingrose]

*Dionysus walking into Olympus for the very first time, Hermes by his side*

Dionysus: *spots Ares and Aphrodite* *initiates bisexual panic*

Hermes: Oh no-!

Dionysus: What?

Hermes: I know that look! Absolutely not!

Dionysus: Dude, look at them.

Hermes: Trust me, Dio, you don't want to touch that mess.

Dionysus: Nooooo I'm fairly certain I do...

Hermes: No absolutely not- come on. I'm keeping you in my sight.

#Dio escaped his sight exactly 19 times that night #only to be dragged back to him like an angry puppy. #hermes #dionysus #hermes and dionysus #yall are gonna get sick of me with my Hermes taking care of young Dio head cannons #incorrect greek mythology #incorrect greek god quotes #ares #aphrodite

[vaguely-concerned]

Stray Gods Character Design Thoughts

In order we're going Pan, Apollo, Persephone, Eros, Aphrodite and a little bit of Venus! Disclaimer that I have no professional experience in character design at all, so these are only my vibes-based ramblings and observations purely for fun and because my brain simply won't shut up about this game haha. Also I will freely admit Pan probably gets the most attention in this because of who I am as a person and where my heart truly lies at the end of the day lol

PAN

Ok, first of all I have so many questions and they all delight me. This guy is the god of the wild places ("Where else would I be, but among the trees and the wild things?"), he lives in a magical garden on top of an office building... and he’s walking around everywhere in an expensive three piece tailored suit (when Freddie accuses him of being a sleaze in a cheap suit he protests mildly that his suit is anything but cheap haha). The cut of it is really carefully thought out and planned, but the bold colours under the grey coat and (studied I am sure) careless details like the tie also make it fun and playful. Which is pleasingly coherent with the general theme of his character in the writing too and I adore it.  

This is not the point, I know, but I’m wondering how he makes that work just like. Practically now. Has Athena fixed up Olympus with in-house laundry service? And other sentences I did not expect to type out today lol. Ah well he’s wily I’m sure he has his ways. 

I can't heap enough praise on it, this design is SUCH an interesting and elegant marriage of the immediately recognizable satyr features and thus animal symbolism with all its added pagan weight in a post-Christianity setting, and the sort of ‘man of wealth and taste’ imagery of the devil at the crossroads they clearly want to evoke, especially in his first scene. And partially through his mannerism there’s also an added element of like… eccentric but surprisingly competent college professor — just look at the way he carries himself whenever he isn’t putting on the charm or when he’s being guarded and self-contained. That little hands resting on his back pose exudes ‘nerd’ so deeply to me haha. (Incredibly fuckable nerd, to be sure, but still!)

you don't fool me buddy I know what you are. I know all the trouble you went to to get a book.

His body language shifts very quickly between wild playful expressiveness and a sort of nonchalant urbane detachment that borders on coldness sometimes, and it fascinates me. Especially since that more refined unavailable side seems to be something he’s deliberately cultivated, to some extent. When Grace calls him out on how boring it sounds to just let yourself go numb and distant to survive, he doesn’t deny that at all, only saying that at least it’s been quite effective. 

Putting the rest under a cut to save people's dashes! I may, as they say, have gotten a tiny bit carried away.

Physically he’s not very imposing — he’s only a little taller than Grace, and the shortest of all of the love interests, which I find somehow very charming and also plays into him being more of a guile-based character. “Seeing as I am neither big nor truly bad, it behooves me to be wary of those who are both” indeed!

I’m fairly sure he’s the character wearing the most layers. Even his hands are mostly covered by gloves. He partially covers up his eyes with the tinted glasses — interesting, as one of the features that most give his real nature away with their sidewise pupils, and the lenses are tinted purple as the complimentary colour to yellow, so it downplays just how bright they are. All together it’s very much a ‘well, he’s certainly got to be in there somewhere’ sort of vibe at times. (Since he also seems to care about his clothes quite a bit — he complains about scuffing his pants during the climb in the Medusa mission if you go the lockpick route — I have drawn the conclusion that getting him out of all of that must take quite a bit of time, no matter how much practice he’s probably put in over the years of meeting 'delicious people' lol) 

It’s a design that manages to give, at the same time: animal-featured ancient god, deal with the devil, teacher, overtones of con man if you’re inclined to be Freddie-levels of uncharitable lol, eccentric rich weird uncle… there’s a lot going on here and somehow it all works haha. He isn’t wearing any jewelry at all unless you count the glasses, which now that I’m looking at the rest of the character designs in this game is actually fairly rare among them!

His eyes really are incredibly bright when uh naked as it were, though. I like the implication that he is aware of this and actually goes out of his way to downplay it, even when he’d normally be wearing glamour anywhere it would strictly matter for it to show. Between that, the meaningful zoom in on him at the Underworld when Apollo says that all the Idols can be themselves there even if they don’t look human, Pan claiming he’s been distrusted and side-eyed by the others basically since the beginning and seeming kind of frustrated and hurt about it, in his deflecting way, and the implication of a hierarchy among the Idols at least under Athena’s leadership in this stained glass painting (notably all the visibly non-human Idols/hangers on are at the bottom, and Hecate, Asterion and especially Medusa are the characters most affected and confined by the oppressive status quo Athena upholds)...

this one! sing it with me now EVERYBODY LEAVES THIS PLACE ALIVEEE ok we can move on

you know, some possible Subtext and Implications going on here, I’d say. (It is only potential subtext and implication, though, so, you know, take my extrapolations here with a grain of salt!) He certainly doesn’t do himself many favors with the persona he’s built up in regards to being trusted and included either, but his status as a little bit of an outsider does seem to precede that so I feel like it’s more of a response than the main cause. Along the same lines he gets much more testy about the Green route of ‘I Can Teach You’ than he does about you just not choosing him in the Red one, he takes that pretty gracefully. So it is the being deliberately kept on the outside and openly distrusted and dismissed that gets to him. (To be clear I don't think openly distrusting a strange guy showing up in your living room like that is at all unreasonable either haha I just think the nuances of his response are enlightening as to where he's really coming from)

this one isn't even to illustrate anything it's just because I love him so much and think he's pretty I'll be real with you all

Anyway I just keep thinking about how incredibly tender it would be if sometimes, when they’re in private, Grace takes his glasses off to see his eyes better and he lets her. That shakes something deep in my soul apparently. That fucks me up but like in a good way.

APOLLO

- Apollo’s style of dress leaves his navel helpfully exposed for the copious amounts of depressed gazing he habitually subjects it to. (I say this not entirely without affection.) 

a crumpled tissue of a man

In keeping with his incredibly emo mode, there’s very little colour involved and he doesn’t take much care to present anything with care (look at the state of that shirt and tell me if Apollo has picked up an iron in the last forty years), BUT interestingly he’s not entirely open and unadorned, he does wear that network of jewelry across his chest and neck. Which I think is to show that the old Apollo is not entirely gone (“There he is, god of the sun”), even if he has been a sack stuffed with sad for a long time now. I wonder how many of these things are leftover preferences from being only Lucas — presumably the tattoos at least are from before he fished Apollo up from the sea? If I’m reading the vibes right on that, the blue of the tattoos and the gold of the sun… thingy he wears with the jewelry are the main splashes of colour in his design aside from his hair, and they’re both ‘leftovers’ from both his previous lives, surfer bro and solar deity recently fallen on hard times. Physically he would be tall and imposing, parodically built, except that he carries himself with all the confidence and panache of a damp depressed dishrag. 

Also I can’t believe this guy is walking around everywhere in sandals. Apollo makes sad flip-flop sounds wherever he goes, including when he steps up during ‘The Trial’. That’s so amazingly pathetic (affectionate). 

We can see from the photo with him and Calliope that he wasn’t always quite this much of a mess. Once, he did his shirt up a whole maybe four buttons and wore something that wasn’t beige!

Intellectually I acknowledge that it's a design meant to provide fanservice, even though I personally could not consider this guy in a sexual or romantic light if you gave me a thousand years to build up to it. (I've said it before but if he's anything to me, he is the incredibly fail father figure continually letting me down in tiny ways I never had.) Godspeed to the Apollo-enjoyers out there, though, Summerfall gave him those abs and that poor little meow meow energy just for you and it's your right to enjoy that

- Pan and Apollo also bring out some really interesting contrasts both as characters and designs when you hold them up against each other:  

Once you scratch the surface a tiny bit Pan clearly has just as much self-loathing as Apollo (“If Athena had taken me up on my offer, the Idols would have been better off” uh. Okay buddy we’re gonna have to process that one together later what do you say), but where Apollo is completely helplessly open in his misery at all times, you need to unbutton Pan at least three layers until you get a honest or straightforward emotion out of him and I think that’s amazingly carried through into their visual designs. It's Good Visual Storytelling Brent   

PERSEPHONE

- I’m fairly sure the colour of Persephone’s suit is supposed to evoke pomegranate seeds. See and judge for yourself I suppose: 

She also has details on her coat that depict foliage and growing plants, but colour-wise they and the rest of the detailing is in the blue-green that symbolizes the Underworld and so death. Her jewelry is gold, which — and I’m about to do some reaching here, I’ll be big enough to own — could play in with Hades being the god of riches as well as of the dead/the underworld. Probably it’s because it works well with the colour scheme, but I’m going to pretend that it’s because even if she didn’t get the throne she did get that motherfucker’s hoard when she killed him <3 Love that for her. Her jewelry is more rose gold than Apollo’s yellow gold, too. Watch me go for even more of a reach: between the necklace and the watch, those round discs of gold remind me of the coins put on the eyes of the dead but like you know repurposed since she doesn't need them to pay the Ferryman. I never promised I'd be reasonable in this did I.  

The short hair works real well for the butch vibe and looks amazing no notes, but I think it’s also a deliberate way to differentiate herself from her younger self — when speaking of Demeter’s death, she says that moment was also the final death of that young her, ‘that girl with the long hair who loved her gardens’. Clearly the Idols do a lot of reinventing themselves over the ages in more and less conscious ways.

She has a tattoo of what looks to be foliage and a skull across her left chest and arm. I really like that idea of her having the testament to both sides of her — goddess of spring, queen of the underworld — directly on her skin, under two layers of clothes that each represent those aspects. The one on her arm looks like stalks of grain tied together to resemble the bones of the hand/forearm, maybe? which is metal as fuck, needless to say. 

She is TALL and scary and the staging always plays that up, Grace tends to look up at her like O.O. I love how sharp she is too. 

Also she is incredibly hot but you don’t need me to tell you that you all have eyes I assume. 

EROS, APHRODITE and VENUS:

- I love literally everything about Eros’ design except his hair. Not even the concept of the haircut and colours or anything, just the way it’s rendered. It looks like one strange flat cap I can’t quite make understandable in three dimensional space as hair in my head lol. Other than that it’s a banging design though, the delicate see-through material over the leather BDSM harness is genius. Choosing this form of sensuality and attractiveness for him to embody -- one that is so deeply queercoded -- also works super well. The warmth and vulnerability of his body language on top of it is *chef's kiss*. just. please define his hair a bit more and it's perfect haha.

- I'm not sure I have that much to say about Aphrodite’s design except that of course she is beauty she is grace etc., it takes a lot of thought to make such a simple design shine and by god did they do it she’s so stunning. Also interesting how her dark blues and greens with cool/silvery details contrast with Venus’ warm reds and pinks and… brass? Idk I don’t really understand jewelry haha. All warmth and soft romanticism, anyway, it looks nice. (Side note but I love Venus’ rose tattoo.) Eros and Venus have much more matching colour schemes and they both bring those islands of warmth standing around Aphrodite in her shimmering ocean coolness. (Which of course is something she has to deliberately put on before going into public these days, and is unselfconsciously glamorous in the way of an old timey Hollywood starlet, as the blue route of 'The Ritual' lampshades)

:') *whisper* everybody...

Venus is wearing pearls, which is pleasing considering her connection to Aphrodite (and the backgrounds of the 'Lost in a Moment' variant of 'The Ritual')! and both of her and Aphrodite's outfits go for a shoulderless look to great effect.

ETA: When the camera is close on Aphrodite you can actually see that she has dark circles under her eyes, only partially covered by the makeup :'( I didn't notice that before I played through 'The Ritual' on a bigger screen today

All in all I just want to acknowledge what a fantastic job the character designers at Summerfall Studios have done! There are some really fresh new takes on these mythological figures here, and it makes so much sense within the world the game presents without resorting to well-worn and tired iconography, I really do admire it greatly.

#stray gods #stray gods pan #stray gods apollo #stray gods persephone #stray gods eros #stray gods aphrodite #sorry about the varying quality of the screenshots I have done my best lmao #if there's anywhere you can get the sprites in high resolution I couldn't find it so uh well be gentle lol #it's SO hard to track down scenes where you see them all in full figure and decent clarity #stray gods meta #meta #i don't even know if this is coherent anymore but it IS out of my head which is what I needed it to be haha I am free!! for now

[i-got-a-tummy-ache]

Don't know if this hc makes sense or not but I feel like a few kids of the aphrodite cabin would probably be like one of those early morning people because of their extensive skincare routine. Like these bitches really be up at 5am in the morning washing their face and everything. Basically those skincare obsessed girlies.

#percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy series #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson disney+ #aphrodite cabin #Lmao I forgot their cabin number my bad #skincare #skincare routine #I am pretty sure some kid went to shower and then got jumpscared by an aphrodite cabin kid #Pretty funny scene in my head ngl #Basically that one scene from euphoria #Where like Cassie gets up every morning yk #annabeth chase #silena beauregard #grover underwood #grover and annabeth #percy and grover #BTW really enjoying the pjo show fr #headcanon #pjo headcanon #Aphrodite cabin headcanon #I personally wouldn't surprised if this headcanon is sort of canon since the whole camp is filled with kids with adhd lol

[mlady-magnolia]

I made another PJO girlie, Roman Edition!

Her name is Adonna Leighton, she’s a child of Venus, and she has a magical choker that gives her the ability to conjure up a pair of wings for a short amount of time and fly around like Cupid

#she has charmspeak and she will use it for evil #shes unhinged and i love her #absolute wildcard of a unit #will bonk you on the head with her big ass scythe #anyway her wings situation was because shes actually an oc from another greek myth based fandom i repurposed #but adonna having a pair of wings is from the myth of nerites where aphrodite gave her son eros wings when they left the sea #instead of giving them to nerites since he rejected her #venus blessed adonna with a pair of wings like what happened with her half brother essentially #adonna cant maintain her winged form for too long without draining all her energy #but for quick fights and necessary situations she can power up and fly where she needs to #pjo #percy jackson oc #oc: adonna leighton #i had to make an aphrodite/venus child okay #this was necessary #art #magnolia draws

[summerfrwrks]

guess who dipped back real quick in lore olympus:

#daphne and thanatos are okay now so i dropped the whole thing content then BOOM spoilers on psyche and eros then BOOM THIS I HAD TO GO BACK- #lore olympus #lo hephaestus #lo aphrodite #hephaestus x aphrodite #rosa diaz meme #brooklyn nine-nine meme #i was legit alright with ares and aphrodite at the start but he just became a bigger idiot dumpster fire and since it is greek mythology #i expected hephaestus and aphrodite to marry BUT i didn't expect they'll be this cute okay i have feelings about them #like i absolutely adore daphne and thanatos plus i also love psyche and eros #NOW IT'S THEM AND I WANT TO CRY #cause i know for sure the focus is always gonna be on hade and persephone which #okay i get it but rachel it's okay we can rotate on different couples #[insert an image of me begging for hera and hades crumbs cause i have accumulated so much angst in my head about them i desperately need #more context about their past i can't keep going like this anymore] #[now add me being thirsty for more hephaestus and aphrodite content] #summer.txt #smmrdts #smmrdts: ships #smmrdts: lore olympus

[sarafangirlart]

Ok so I’m in the camp that believes that Hephaestus wasn’t thrown off Olympus twice and it was either Hera (bc he was born disabled) or Zeus (who disabled him). I go with the Zeus version bc it’s more in character for him, but how would Hephaestus return to Olympus in that timeline? He has no reason to chain Hera to a golden throne, if anything shouldn’t the throne go to Zeus?

Well here is how I picture it: Imagine you are a young Hephaestus, your mother wants to use you to prove to your “father” how she doesn’t need him to make a son better than all his illegitimate children, so you are tutored by Cedalion and become a talented blacksmith, all of Olympus is in awe at your creations and your mother is extremely proud of you (especially after your brother Ares proved to be a disappointment). Then conflict brews and Zeus attempts to harm Hera, you rush to protect her and pay for that dearly, being thrown from your home and becoming disabled for all eternity. You lie there in pain and your mother doesn’t rush to your aid, instead Thetis and Eurynome rescue you.

Imagine how it feels, that your mother fears and loves her husband more than she loves you, imagine doing everything to be her perfect son yet she stays with a man who treats her horribly and abused you and your siblings? I’d be pretty angry.

But since Hephaestus couldn’t harm Zeus directly (he’ll get killed if he tried) he needed to release his pain and anger elsewhere, at Hera. He sends her a golden throne, she sits on it and is trapped in chains and she realizes how she got to this place, why her son is angry at her and she feels ashamed. When Hephaestus is brought back to Olympus, Hera tries to defend him from Zeus’s snide remarks, she tries to reconcile and be a better mother but it’s not enough, it will never be enough bc Hera would never leave Zeus even if it would be better for all of them. Ironically, Hephaestus would never leave Hera, he still loves his mother and wants to protect her however he could, so he stays, he ignores the ableism of the other gods just to make sure his mom will be okay.

#wow this went deeper than I expected #also yeah I’ll be dealing with generational trauma in this retelling #Hephaestus divorcing Aphrodite immediately bc he didn’t want to end up like Hera #angst #headcanons #head canon #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #greek pantheon #hera #greek goddess #hera goddess #hera deity #hera greek mythology #zeus #hera x zeus #hephaestus greek mythology #hephastios #hephaestus god #hephaestus

[withlovefromolympus]

Ares: girls will be like “I’m baby” and then go start a whole war????

Ares, pointing to Aphrodite: she’s baby

#she’s a bit destructive but- #he was so head over heels for her when she started the Trojan war #aphrodite #ares #ares x aphrodite #greek mythology #greek gods

[stygianoaths]

i personally believe hermes cheered in the distance when piper used her charmspeak to steal that car!

however, with that being said, i realize now that the looming threat of children of aphrodite and children of hermes working together to shoplift literally whatever hangs over the entirety of new york.

#like we do realize cosmetics and clothes don't come cheap nowadays right? i know the aphrodite kids are getting some charmspeak practice in #and hermes kids don't even need a reason; they probably steal each other's shit until it gets lost LMFAO #also don't forget the fact that some demigods know how to use the mist to gaslight humanity making it easier for them to get away with shit #and finally you know their antics would play on the hephaestus tv LMAO #hermes thinks it's SOOOOO funny that is until he's ordered to tell the kids to pack it up #in a better world head counselors luke and silena are blatantly ignoring the mess their cabin has put new york in #pjo #hoo #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #piper mclean #hermes #aphrodite #cabin 10 #aphrodite cabin #cabin 11 #hermes cabin

[blueiskewl]

A Hellenistic Marble Head of Aphrodite Circa 3rd/2nd Century B.C.

Turned slightly to her left, her oval face with full lips and deep-set eyes, her wavy hair parted in the center, bound twice in a diadem, and drawn back into a large richly-curled chignon. Height 11.7 cm.

#A Hellenistic Marble Head of Aphrodite #Circa 3rd/2nd Century B.C. #marble #marble sculpture #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient art

[luckycharms1701]

I fan myself in this most languid heat, The forest invites one to lay all bare. I hang my hood upon a rocky crag, My head exposed I bathe in fragrant air.

-Li Bai, In the Mountains on a Summer Day

~~~

"Why is it so hot?" You grit your teeth as Mikey asks the question for what feels like the tenth time.

"Perhaps because it is the middle of summer," you reply, trying your best to keep irritation out of your voice. He has no internal temperature regulation, you remind yourself. It's only mostly his fault that you're here.

"But we're in the mountains, it's supposed to be cool!"

"Not in the middle of summer."

Mikey just moans piteously, pulling his hat off his head to fan himself with it. You wipe the sweat off your brow and then pull the sunscreen out of the side pocket of your backpack.

"Here, you're gonna get sunburned. Let me." You pour some of the sunscreen in your palm and smooth it over his head. He lets out a happy chirp at the sensation and leans into your touch.

You smile at him. Perhaps suggesting a hiking date in the middle of summer and then doubling down when you warned him against it wasn't his brightest moment. But you did agree to it. Eventually. And despite the buzzing heat and Mikey's complaints, you are enjoying yourself.

It is a beautiful day. Due to the heat you've only seen a couple of other people crazy enough to be out here, so you have the area to yourself. The flowers are abundant and beautiful, as Mikey promised. And he takes your hand with a bright grin of his own as you continue towards the nearby treeline. What more could you want?

You both breathe a sigh of relief as the trail takes you into the shade of the trees. It's still hot, but definitely more manageable. You hum a little in happiness as you look around at the gorgeous scenery.

Suddenly Mikey perks up. "Do you hear that?" He hustles off, pulling you along heedless of your protests. However, as you get closer to the source of the noise, you start hustling with him. It sounds like...

"A waterfall!" Mikey crows in delight. It's a small one, tumbling over a short cliff into a round pond before heading downhill in a stream. But that doesn't detract from the beauty.

Mikey spends ten minutes taking various aesthetic pictures for his So-Shell account while you sit on a rock and watch him, grateful for the rest. Perhaps you and Mikey should go hiking more often, you are clearly out of shape.

You take off your own hat and lean back, closing your eyes as a slight breeze ruffles the trees around you. It's cooler near the water, and you can smell the earthy loam of the pond bank. The sound of Mikey's camera mixes with the insects and bird calls in a surprisingly pleasant melody.

A rustling sound that definitely isn't the trees interrupts your quiet contemplation, and you look up to find Mikey sliding his shorts off his legs.

"What are you doing??" You hiss at him while looking around frantically. The trail is within sight, someone could come by at any time!

He stares at you deadpan while he straightens up. There is nothing on display, because he is a turtle. You, ah, forgot that. You bury your face in your hands while he starts to laugh.

You hear his laughter approach, and then he starts to tug on your shirt. "Come on," he urges, "you should try it. The grass feels great!"

"Mikey! The trail is right there," you gesture towards it with one hand while the other tries to pull your shirt back down. "Someone could walk by!"

"I will hear them before they can see you. I'll give you plenty of warning, I promise!" Mikey gives you the same pout that broke your resolve and caused this date in the first place, and you groan internally. You can't resist that face and he knows it.

"You just want to see my chest," you grumble as you let go of your shirt and let him whip it off of you. Mikey grins and waggles his eyebrows as he tugs you up and towards the pond.

"Maybe. But also, the grass really does feel good." You lay down next to him at the edge of the pond. He stretches out with a happy chirp and tucks one hand under your neck.

The grass does feel good, cool but not wet. Even the blades tickling your sides feel nice, soft, rather than annoying. You watch the sun shine through the trees above you with half-lidded eyes.

You fall asleep as Mikey starts to churr.

#this is a little suggestive just fyi #there is nakedness but no touching or anything just teasing comments #writing tag #rise mikey x reader #tmnt #rise mikey #gender neutral reader #pretend they have good hearing because of the mutation okay. it was the ooze or something #call this me trying to get back into rise mikey mode and doing a small amount of scenery description practice #i WAS doing non-turtley shit for the first time in literal months #playing civilization #and that poem popped up in the game #this scene immediately sprang from my head fully formed #like athena out of zeus's head or aphrodite from the sea

[cabin9sblog]

Security Guard: How the hell did you even get that past security?! I know they searched you!

Drew: Let’s just say there are a few benefits to having a larger bust, and leave it at that.

#heroes of olympus #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #head counselors of chb #cabin 10 #aphrodite #drew tanaka #pjo incorrect quotes #incorrect pjo quotes #incorrect quotes #incorrect heroes of olympus

[littlesparklight]

Aphrodite has something precious to show you. :)

(Detail of Paris and inspiration under the cut. Aphrodite's energy form has vines with roses on her bottom, which slowly turns into many other flowers and plants (to reference her natural fertility as well as the human/animal one), and she wears a crown of shells and myrtle sprigs.)

#greek mythology #aphrodite #paris of troy #lightart #originally I was going to have Aphrodite leaned over #basically kissing Paris' head #but I am not good enough for that angle #so this is the compromise (':