#im losing it that hermes apollo artemis and such are like

[greekbros]

"greek-Bros": Just for the weekend

*Zeus and Hera are off on a 'romantic' anniversary trip to the Sumerian ruins. Zeus has decided to make a rather shocking request*

Athena: YOU WANT ARES TO HOUSE SIT?!?!

Zeus: Yes, but tis only for the weekend my dearest. Besides, it will be a fantastic exercise of his leadership and responsibilities.

Athena: *nearly fuming as she hears this* BUT I AM LITERALLY THE MOST RESPONSIBLE AND THE MOST QUALIFIED FOR THIS TASK. Not even your most "beloved" children can handle the responsibility of even sitting on your throne!

*roughly about a year ago*

Apollo, Artemis, Hermes and Dionysus: *all just squeezed in sitting on Zeus's throne, unsurprisingly all four stuck* ...

Apollo: *losing feeling in his hips* Hephaestus please do hurry, I believe Hermes is losing oxygen.

Hermes: *probably the most crushed* ~°

Dionysus: I don't know guys, I think this is a great way to bring ourselves together a-

Artemis: *getting really antsy being stuck* Dionysus if you don't suck up your gut just a little bit just little bit longer I'll shave off of few pounds off of you myself!

Dionysus: *practically suffering being crushed by the shoulders and hips* oh I love you too Artemis *sheds a little tear*

Hephaestus: *deep sigh* yes yes. Hold still. *Literally puts on a welders helmet and a blow torch* this shouldn't take too long. Now which leg do you all prefer?

*back in present time*

Zeus: Oh Athena, past mistakes should not be taken so seriously. Anyway. ARES! *As he calls Ares, a huge thunderstorm rocks the hell out of Olympus and ends with one big bolt hitting the floor and poof there's Ares wearing a towel and a confused look*

Ares: *wet, slightly cold and maybe just a wee bit afraid* ....wut the actual fuk dad.

Zeus: Ah there you are. I see you have finally decided to dedicate some time to practice proper hygiene.

Ares: yeah I was in the fuckn shower and s-

Hera: *dressed in the finest touring gowned* Oh there you are my wlittle future king of the gods! *pinches Ares's cheeks* Now get dressed, your father and I are late for the 3976th Sumerian Lovers retreat. *Looks at Zeus* And we WILL have a peaceful and reasonable time won't we?

Zeus: hehe, of course my little hummingbird. Now, Ares. The frozen food is in the fridge and please water the plants. Goodbye! *With that Hera and Zeus poof in a thunder strike*

Ares: *barley understanding what happened, turns to see Athena just about to perform temporarily elected regicide*

Athena: *stares coldly into Ares's eyes* ....I will slaughter you. If you so dare foul my chances o-

Ares: -look come on Athena do I really look like I actually volunteered for this shit please give me a break.

Athena: i do not care. I'm watching you.

*a day and a half later*

Ares: *sitting on the throne wondering if he should kill off humanity and just let dogs evolve into the new dominant species* ....I wonder if world peace can really be achieved....maybe I can even let the pigs take over too....I wonder *looks down to earth and sees a group of dogs howl into the night sorrowfully for some reason. Suddenly becomes so emotionally moved* .... AWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!

Athena: ....oh by the great void of chaos he's insane.

Apollo: well at least he's sympathetic.

Dionysus and Artemis: *hearing Ares's howling and decides to join in* AWWWWWWWWOOOOOOooooooo!!!!

*now three gods have joined in the literal cacophony of canidae condolences*

Hermes: *waking up from a headache, starts hitting Ares with a pillow but Ares doesn't react* SHUT THE FUK UP IM TRYING TO PROCRASTINATE!!!!!

Athena: ....I'm surrounded by lunatics.

Apollo: I can almost see why father picked him for the weekend.

Ares: *continues the glorious insanity that is his two day reign of insanity and fun*

#greek mythology #hellenistic #greek gods #greek posts #greek bros #greek myth memes #ares #dionysus #artimes #Apollo #Hermes #hermes god #Athena #Zeus #hera #Hephaestus

[peggy-sue-reads-a-book]

How do you see Hermes? I'm very curious : }

Aw Hermes is cute, glad you asked.

Always had a soft spot for my guy hermes.

He likes turtles.

No attempt to camouflage or replace his dope ass winged head bucket. It’s cool as shit and he’s proud of it.

Truly excellent vibes. Very socially adaptable and funny.

Honestly im a fan of what uncle Rick did with him.

Doesn’t own matching socks.

If you lose a sock it appears in Hermes’ drawer by magic.

Hermes’ beauty is underrated af. He’s so cute. Cute tight bod from distance running. Pretty chocolate brown curls. Slanted, elfin features, same nose as Aphrodite cause sometimes random traits from the titans pass down. Handsomest smile of any god.

Has migraines

Often volunteers at food pantries, magically updating the expiration date of all he touches so it stays fresh.

For such a likable chap, Hermes is a major introvert.

Woodsie af. Sometimes he’ll sneak stuff out of your backpack and carry it for you if he knows you’re too tired.

70% of Trail Angels are Hermes. (Nice folks who leave coolers of food out for hikers) The other 30% are blessed by Hermes all their days.

Turns invisible to climb in with hitch hikers to make sure they’re safe.

V v cool vintage tattoos. He’s loaded with them but they’re all black and white retro stuff. He has a swallow under each collar bone.

Chaco tan

Crescent moon tat on his foot. A pretty girl put it there.

Constantly chewing on something. Toothpick. Cough drops. Beef jerky

Good at those weird or string games like cats cradle

He had a super soft Ramones shirt and Aphrodite took it the one time they had sex but they never had sex again so in her head she doesn’t have to return it and he feels weird bringing it up.

Conflict avoidant

Friends with apollo but honestly apollo talks so fuckin much it’s annoying

Exceedingly weird

He and Artemis have been known to exchange a respectful nod in passing

For some reason olivia rodreigez makes him cry but he doesn’t like to talk about it.

Really only dates raft guides with real hairy legs.

#hermes #greek mythology #hermes headcanon #hermes fanfic #answered ask

[whippedcloudsofcream]

Blood of Zeus teaching us that no matter how much you accomplish in life, in the eyes of your family, you’ll always be a fuck up.

#blood of zeus #im losing it that hermes apollo artemis and such are like #such huge gods to the humans but to the other immortals on olympus they’re just Bastard Children 😂

[littlesparklight]

Do you have any headcanons for Apollo? Im getting to know him and he's.. Sort of interesting!

Sure, you can have a couple! :)

He and Artemis are thick as thieves, basically. You fuck with either twin and the other is going to come down like lightning.

Apollo has, more than once, been worried Artemis is going to poach someone he's (romantically) interested in. Not afraid to lose them as a lover to his sister, but Artemis is good at claiming people who then will have no interest for other things (gender doesn't matter here, Artemis has had young men devoted to her, and taught them to hunt and stuff as much as she has both little nymphs and older ones in her entourage).

He actually wanted to move towards recognition earlier than Leto allowed them to, but he abided by his mother's decision, for Leto wanted her babies for herself for a while. The myth with the slaying of the Python has variations in age, anywhere from like... four days/years to, probably around ten? And my interpretation is that he was around 10-11 when the Python thing went down, and that it was that late, even if he absolutely could have done it earlier, was because of Leto.

HE GETS HYACINTHUS BACK /bangs my drum (Okay this one isn't a headcanon so much as leaning into what the hyacinthia festival implies.)

He is usually exasperated, aloof big brother energy all over the place, especially to Hermes and Dionysos, but that doesn't mean he can't be pulled into dumb bullshit without any shame. You just gotta catch him at the right time.

He was honestly devastated at finding out he couldn't marry all nine of the Muses, and initially his whole "then I won't marry ANYONE" was a spiteful reaction; nowadays he prefers it this way, since he's still involved with all of them, plus Hyacinthus, plus any more temporary lover that catches his eye. His committent and devotion to the Muses and Hyacinthus is very, very real, however, even without any "formal" marriage to tie him to any of them.

He and Cyrene remained lovers until even the long nymph life he'd been able to gift her finally ended.

#asks #greek myth thoughts #apollo #artemis

[coralizedbug]

Okay i could not resist posting this! But i promise I'll stop just after! Basically i used a game called super stylist(which is my absolute favorite fashion game. It has amazing looks and i just adore it.) But i decided to do greek god inspired looks!

Number 1. Hephaestus

This was definitely the one i had the most trouble with. Cause he works in like furnaces and stuff. I had to do something that wouldn't catch on fire! So like i did my best and i think it turned out well but dont send her into a volcano any time soon.

Number 2. Hermes

Can you tell i had no idea what i was doing? Cause i didnt. I have no grasp of Hermes style or personality. I did my best with what i know but honestly look at this.

Number 3. Dionysus

AND ON THE OTHER HAND! Dionysus is one of my absolute favorite gods! I've read his stories so many times and they never get old. Dionysus x Aridne for life!

Number 4. Apollo

Okay listen. I did my absolute best. With the makeup i really focused on the sky part of his job. But i went full basic bitch and decked the girl out in gold. Not original at all but i personally love it.

Number 5. Artemis

I would die for her. I love the hair. The outfit. THE EARRINGS! Just omw.

Number 6. Ares

For personal reasons i really hope i got this right. I really wanted to put a jacket around her waist unfortunately the app doesnt have those :( . I put the darkest eye shadow they had but they didnt have black eyeshadow :/. Still i think it came out well

Number 7. Aphrodite

Look at herrrrrr. My wiiiiife(Im joking Ares and Hephaestus). I know a lot of people probs Invision her as blond but she's more a god of sexual romance. So i wanted to do a darker look.

Number 8. Athena

Again. Hope i got this right for personal reason. I went for that stereotypical winter, bookworm, introvert look(legit once saw a extrovert wearing booty shorts in winter. Y'all be insane). I went sorta with Rick Riordan's interpretation of her so shes blond. Love her eyes.

Number 9. Zeus

As soon as i saw that dress i knew what to do. Like this entire outfit just fits her. From the dollar sign earrings to the gold high heels. Like honestly

Number 10. Poseidon

Reeeeee. The skiiiiirt. I love ittt. Im losing my god damn miiiiind. My gayness has emergeddddd. Reeeeeeee. Shoot me the day

[capitae]

                                                          hi hello everyone   !!   <333   if you’re interested in joining  a   DISCORD RP   centered around   GREEK MYTHS   pretty please feel free to message me   !!   under the cut you’ll find more info about the plot   !!   🥺🌱💌💕🦔🌿   (   members   15/?   )

𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑷𝑳𝑶𝑻𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑬: 

the gods have been living among humans for a couple of centuries now.   they’re aware of who they are,   what they can do,   &   the values they represent 

how did they came to be   ??

well a vv long time ago they decided to leave mount olympus because they noticed a shift in beliefs   /   weren’t worshiped anymore

7 out of the 12 main gods decided to take matter in their own hands as they were losing all their powers   /   influence   /   importance 

they were basically threatened to be forgotten   /   turn into nothingness 

what did they do   ??  they created   heptagon   together

heptagon is a council of said 7 greek gods who decided change needed to happen vv quickly   &   ever since they’ve been making all kinds of important decisions when it comes to deities

their main goal is to create a plan to regain the influence they once had over humans............   maybe   😏   who knows what their real intentions are

at one point there was some friction too bc zeus still had all power   (   seen as the leader of the council   ),   but   /:   who in modern day society is still impressed by someone playing around w/ some thunder bolts.......   so basically the council had a vv long   &   hard talk where they decided zeus had to step away   (   zeus is still a council member,   though   !   )

basically zeus lost their position,   aphrodite took over   (   because people never stopped believing in love,   making her powerful still   <33   )

&   now they’re just gods pretending to be humans in order to make people believe in them once again   <333   like that was the big plan they came up with......   FJKDGKFGKF

for example,   hades   (   god of the underworld   )   doesn't have too many difficulties keeping his influence since people still fear death.    hera   (   goddess of marriage   &   birth   ),   on the other hand,   might have some difficulties regaining powers due to society's view on marriage nowadays.

that being said,   the task of your god is for them to work their magic in the human in order to make people believe in them again.   (   e.g.   if hera's a wedding planner   &   a little kid goes   "   🥺   i wanna fall in love n have a wedding like this too one day...   "   after attending one of their events,   they succeeded   !!   )

if you have any more q’s abt the plot,   pls don’t hesitate to ask   !!

𝑴𝑬𝑴𝑩𝑬𝑹𝑺: 

         ‘    ♡    :     GLO (   ADMIN  )

aphrodite,   lee hi   &   apollo,   park junhee

         ‘    ♡    :     JULIE   (   ADMIN   )

hades,   jung yoonoh   -   jaehyun

eros,   jung wooyoung

         ‘    ♡    :     ANA

eos,   natalia castellar calvani

         ‘    ♡    :     ALY

midas,   kim taehyung

         ‘    ♡    :     BABY

psyche,   tba

         ‘    ♡    :     EL

poseidon,   avan jogia

         ‘    ♡    :     EM

tba 

         ‘    ♡    :     HONEY

tba

         ‘    ♡    :     NANA

nemesis,   heo yoorim

         ‘    ♡    :     NIC

artemis,   alexa demie

hera,   im nayeon

         ‘    ♡    :     NICO

dionysus,   oh sehun

medusa,   park sooyoung

adonis,   kim jongin

         ‘    ♡    :     RUBY

nyx,   kang seulgi

ares,   park chanyeol

selene,   minatozaki sana

         ‘    ♡    :     VEER

hermes,   jeon jungkook

         ‘    ♡    :     VIC

persephone,   cheng xiao

athena,   kim seolhyun

         ‘    ♡    :     XAN

hecate,   jennie kim

hebe,   kim doyeon

demeter,   park chaeyoung

#discord rp #appless rp #mumu rp #idk how to tag ! #anyways i might reblog a couple of times QSFJDKFJGFKDSLQ

[agirlinhell]

Just in case y’all missed it or didn’t look at Clementine’s updated bio, here are a few things you need to know that are a distinct and unique part of my portrayal of her that I DO NOT want anyone stealing! Beware of spoilers and mature themes and post length! If you see anyone stealing these headcanons, please IM me.

-Clementine is an eclectic witch with an intrigue for the occult and all things magical. She takes elements from African Witchcraft, Animism, Art Witchcraft, Astrology Witchcraft, Crystal Witchcraft, Dianic Witchcraft, Divination, Elemental Witchcraft, Kemeticism, Floral Witchcraft, Green Witchcraft, Hearth / Kitchen Witchcraft, Hellenism, Lunar Witchcraft, Musical Witchcraft, Sea / Water Witchcraft and Hoodoo to make her own type of magic.

-Clementine is demibiromantic and demibisexual - most times she has no preference between men and women, but sometimes this fluctuates in preferences, i.e sometimes she prefers the company of males over females and vice versa.

-When she was younger, from ages eight to eleven, she would start to draw vent art, especially after the incident at the St. John’s Dairy - and often times this consisted of rather dark imagery. She stopped at age twelve.

-Clementine is racially ambiguous. She identifies as Black / African-American, but it is possible that she may be descended from other none-African races further back in the family tree, though this is debatable. Regardless, Clementine does not know her true heritage nor is it likely she ever will, and it’s not like she can take a DNA test. However, regardless of belief, it's highly unlikely that Clementine will ever know her true heritage, and as such, she identifies as Black / African-American, even if there is the possibility of her being mixed.

-Clementine identifies as Cisgender Female / Demigirl so thus she uses she/her/ and they/them pronouns. She’s still experimenting with her gender identity and discovering herself. 

-Clementine is very androgynous, especially in her youth during the events of Season Two. Many individuals at Howe’s thought she was a boy.

-In her default verse, Clementine is eighteen, as it is set a few months after the events of The Final Season.

-Clementine is a proud Scorpio - and a Scorpio Queen at that.

-In her default verse, Clementine is leader and Headmistress of Ericson’s Boarding School For Troubled Youth, to which it is later renamed The Enlightenment - Aasim is the one who came up with the name because the previous suggestions that Violet gave out were considered quite informal but Clementine and Violet sometimes call the school the name they chose as a private joke.

-The Enlightenment is not only a settlement in it’s own right, but it also doubles as a sanctuary for the lost and the refugees from the wars outside of their borders and an actual school in the apocalypse. The settlement becomes formidable and renown for it’s neutrality and safe environment, and survivors from more established communities send their children to learn there.

-Clem was raised in a mild Christian household before the outbreak; she was an agnostic during the events of Season Two to Season Three: A New Frontier, and in present time, she is Pantheistic and a believer of the Greek Pantheon but will occasionally pray to and brings offerings to Egyptian gods such as Bastet and Sekhmet. She mostly prays and brings offerings to Hecate, Persephone, Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis, but will also pray to Apollo, Demeter, Dionysus, Hermes, Hestia, Harmonia, Nemesis, the Muses and the Charites. Yet her patron goddess that she prays to most will always be Hecate, the goddess of crossroads, entrance-ways, light, the night, the moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, sorcery and necromancy. Despite all this, she is very open minded to other religions and faiths, and even those who don’t have a faith.

-She believes in past lives and reincarnation, and that there is life on other planets.

-Honestly, at this point, after seeing humans literally rise from the dead and start devouring people, she’ll most likely believe in anything considered “occult”, “mystical” or “magical”.

-She speaks English (mother tongue), Spanish (intermediate, taught by the Garcia family), French (beginner, self taught, Louis teaches her a bit as well), American Sign Language (in a verse where Louis loses his tongue, self taught, intermediate, post-The Final Season), Latin (self taught, beginner, post-The Final Season), and Korean (beginner, taught by James, post-The Final Season) in default. She hopes she can learn more languages in the future, because of just how essential it is for communication in the apocalypse.

-Clementine has up to the middle of her calf on her left leg amputated by AJ after she was bit by a walker - often uses crutches to move around, but this advances to using a wheelchair or riding on her mare, Epona, when she wants to speed up her pace, and this evolves into a wooden foot and then a prosthetic foot via trade with other settlements.

-What is truly concerning, however, is her mental health: Clementine is psychologically damaged. Depressive disorder, PTSD, Anxiety, abandonment issues, suffers with hallucinatory episodes from time to time, she is an insomniac. Survivor's guilt. Self-loathing tendencies. Sociopathic tendencies. Suicidal tendencies. Possible messiah complex. She has the possibility of becoming an addict to drugs or alcohol if she is not careful and has suffered from substance abuse after her exile from The New Frontier whilst in Prescott at a young age. She could potentially have a "hero complex," with her inherent desire to help those around her, despite being unable to help herself, and having a compulsion to make the world right. She dislikes her reality which is mostly portrayed as polluted, dull and disheartening, full of the dead walking among the living, human trafficking, anarchy and homelessness, and struggles to cope with everyday life but it has improved post-The Final Season. 

-Clementine's lived in borderline poverty and homelessness for most of her young life and she has faced the possibility of prostitution at a very young age in Prescott in order to survive and this obviously leads her to having trust issues. Clementine was for the most part, lonely, and did not have friends or family, as everyone else had either betrayed her or died.

-She has heightened senses. 

-Clementine also has a deep fear of illness. She lived for a very long time in the wilderness with the groups she’s been with, especially in Larry’s case and his frequent heart attacks to the point where it indirectly lead to his own death by Kenny’s hands and then lived on the streets of Prescott and received very minimal medical care, for this, she can be absurdly clean to the point it’s a little jarring. Even a simple cold can make her worry as she had no way to provide for herself if ill, it reminds her of the extreme situations she endured. 

-She suffers in silence as a survivor of sexual abuse - she has never told anyone of her experiences. 

-She's self harmed and attempted suicide on multiple occasions in her past, both at a very young age. She hasn’t done either of these things since she was twelve years old.

-Clem still dreams of Lee and her loved ones and talks to them as if they were still there with her. 

-While Clementine is not completely cured of her depression and her mental illnesses, it is also noticeable that she is no longer suffering from it as much as she was before, and some of her mental health is under her control.

-Clem worked as a Former Supply Runner, Patroller, Hunter, Medic and Fighter for The New Frontier.

-She was a Former Spy, Beggar, Thief, Arsonist and Child Mercenary For Hire and has been a Bar Owner and a Businesswoman of many trades - almost that of a Gang Leader in Prescott - all at a young age.

-Clementine ends up taking Tennessee and Willy under her wing and thinks of them almost the same way as she would AJ - her younger brothers or her sons - it’s complicated, but she loves them very much.

-After the events of The Final Season, Tenn shows up quite often in her room at night because he cannot sleep due to the recent trauma he’s endured and asks her for advice or alternatively, to sing him to sleep. She gladly does so. 

-Clementine’s maternal grandmother was a Voodoo practitioner. Clem can still remember her, but only vaguely. Her grandmother had intended on teaching her granddaughter Voodoo but the outbreak hit before she could.

-Post-The Final Season, Clementine and the group takes care of nine stray cats who she’s named Luna, Hazel, Sol, Serena, Rai, Brynjar, Oreo, Pepper, and Stella. She and AJ take care of a little box turtle that they’ve named Franklin. Three stray, friendly foxes also make their way around the school, a white fox, a black fox, and a red fox, to which Clementine and the group began naming Aurora, Agni and Aenar. Determinantly, Clementine has her own horse that she stole from the Delta and named it Epona after the mare began taking a liking to the girl. Clementine rides her often whenever she feels stressed and they share a great bond.

-Clementine’s full name is Clementine Maria Jasmine Cree, but will use the surname Everett in honor of her protector and adoptive father figure. “Clementine” is “Mercy” in Latin, “Maria” is the Latinized form of “Mary” whom is a respected figure in many religions - notably Christianity and Islam - whom is the mother of the savior of the world; it has several different meanings: “sea of bitterness”, “sea of sorrow”, “rebellion”, “wished-for-child” and “mistress or lady of the sea.”, “Jasmine” is a Persian word meaning “Gift from God” or “God’s Gift” and it is also named after the Jasmine flower, which holds significant cultural, symbolic and religious significance in countries like India, Hawaii, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Syria, Thailand and the United States. It symbolizes motherhood, love, respect, beauty, sensuality, appreciation, good luck, purity, and romance. “Cree” means “Highly Spirited”. “Everett” - a surname that Clementine takes on as a momentum to her mentor, Lee Everett, comes from the Old English word eoforheard which means “brave as a wild boar”.

-She is directly descended from a Voodoo Queen in New Orleans, she also has ancestral ties to the Maroons and many of her ancestors were bokor or caplata, meaning male and female Vodou witches. Many of her recent ancestors were skilled in music. Her relations tie back to Ancient Egypt and other great African empires, many of them were explorers, travelers and sailors, whilst others were horsemen and feared archers and warriors. Clementine has no knowledge of any of this, nor is it likely she ever will discover this revelation.

-Post-The Final Season, Clementine lets her hair grow out a little longer. She lets her hair loose, especially when the colder seasons pass through as it covers her neck and just past her shoulderblades. When styling her hair, she often chooses protective styles in traditional African styles such as Afro Puffs, Bantu Knots, braids, and cornrows.

-As an eclectic witch, she likes using glyphs, sigils, runes, colored candles, metals, herbs, oils, crystals, special stones, rocks, seashells, animal skulls, flowers and plants to use in her spells and to decorate her room. She has a grimoire that she write her past in, the history of magic and how she initiated, an appendix of crystals, herbs, plants and trees, spells, ingredients, prayers, incantations, rituals, holidays, zodiacs, planets and celestial bodies, gods/goddesses/deities, their powers and how to worship them, the planes of existence, animals, mythical creatures, demonology, dragonlore, necromancy, the dark arts, books to use as references, colors, altars, recipes while cooking / baking in spells, magical objects, spiritualism, mythologies of several cultures around the world, symbols, sigils, the phases of the moon, flower language from the Victorian Era and fan language. Luckily, the school is quite large and the library is being rebuilt and books are generously donated by other settlements through trade. Clementine’s knowledge skyrockets in adulthood, quite impressive for a girl who had once been in first grade.

-In the colder seasons, such as autumn and winter, she tends to wear more to clothing with furs on and inside them if she manages to acquire them. Some of the outfits she wears consists of her own homemade outfits of animal furs she had skinned herself. Clementine wears an Omega necklace that Louis gives her, symbolizing the end of something. In current plots, she wears a opal crystal pendant necklace around her neck, hanging down to about her chest as a gift from The Commonwealth; it’s her birthstone and she believes it could grant her luck among other things. She often makes her friends and family fur cloaks to keep them warm.

-She begins taking an intrigue in playing musical instruments, notably the piano, but has started playing the flute, the violin and the harp. Clem is mostly focused on learning her piano lessons as of now, though.

#YOU'RE A WEAPON GIRL &&. WEAPONS DON'T WEEP. ( HEADCANONS. )

[greekbros]

"greek-Bros: The Return of an Old Enemy"

Chapter 9: The 'War' Room

It was approximately high noon, the Dionysian Games were at their peak, all was well for the residents of Delphi except for one. Dionysus was in his competitors tent near the game field, explaining to Hermes the whole situation. Dionysus had agreed to a challenge that had now put Delphi and Ariadne in a compromising situation, if Ares won the joust he would take everything from the land to sleeping with his beloved wife.

Dionysus was laying on a pile of pillows, deeply remorseful of his string of terrible decisions. "I can't believe I would put Ariadne in this situation I really am like dad!", he sobbed, "WHY the fuck did I even agree to this?!", he continued while crying into his pillow. Hermes sat next to him, patting his back trying to comfort him. He couldn't care too much about how it all happened but he had an idea on how he was going to help.

Hermes laid down on the pillows and let out a relaxed sigh, he already had the plan all mapped out. "Dionysus, you know very well even if Ares does win...I'm not letting him screw you and Ariadne. By the way....is he using his OWN horses for this?", he asked. Ares's chariot was pulled by a trio of horses that would be best described as literal Night Mares, these mystical fire breathing war horses are fast, aggressive and can pull a lot more than Ares's weight.

Dionysus turned, sniffling, "....I'm not sure why?", now he was curious as to what Hermes was planning, "why? What are you going to do?". He was desperate to find some way of winning. It would be devastating if Ariadne found out she was going to be a prize for Ares and lose her kingdom let alone have her husband lose a challenge he decided to enter.

Hermes gave a smirk, inspite of current events he always knew how to make time for anything. "Well, I remember correctly....his horses are pretty tough....if he is using his horses, I could let them out....replace them with some of the horses from here.....I mean...how does wine effect horses.... especially ones that....breath fire?", he asked with a sly grin. He leaped up, pacing back and forth. "We could.....get him drunk, throw him off his game...or...we can go a little more further.", he turned to Dionysus for some approval.

Dionysus was catching on with Hermes's plan. He stood up, "...yeah.....I see where you're going with this....yeah.....but how are we going to get the horses to drink the wine? I mean....you can't just lead a horse to water....also....what if an animal that BREATHES fire....wine is flammable you know...". The two were brainstorming, thinking of ways Ares could be sabotaged. Their brain power would get a boost in the form of someone outside. The two heard the familiar but eloquently frustrated voice of Apollo, demanding to see Dionysus. Dionysus rushes to the tent entrance and opens to see Apollo, talking to one of the satyrs guarding the tent. "Hey man how's it hanging?", Dionysus chimed.

Apollo turned around and the look on his face spoke a thousands that all could translate to "What the HELL did I tell you?!". He marched towards Dionysus, pushes him gently back into the tent to yell at him. "WHY IS THERE AN EVENT GOING ON?!?", he shouted, "I thought I told you to hold off on any parties or anything to make sure the people are safe from what's been going on!". He almost couldn't believe that Dionysus would go the point of risking the Delphians for the sake of having fun.

Dionysus slunked into himself like a turtle going into his shell. "W-well Apollo ol'pal...ugh....wow you are NOT going to believe what else....ugh...Ares is here too....aaaaaand I'm in trouble.....more specifically.... Ariadne is in trouble.", he tried to soften the news but even he knew it wasn't going to quell Apollo's mild fury.

Hermes stepped into help in his own way, "Yeah Dionysus bet his wife, Delphi itself and his patronship of Delphi to Ares if he lost.", successfully making the situation far worse. Apollo's usually fare glowingly pale face was slowly glowing a burning fiery orange with anger, it became hotter in the tent, melting any wax candles and drying any leaves from fruits inside. "Come on Apollo, are you really going to get mad inside of this highly flammable tent with your two favorite brothers in mine?", Hermes charmed Apollo. The hot glow dimmed back into the cooler pale tone he usually had, he knew no matter how angry he got it would be pointless to lose his temper.

Apollo took a deep sigh, sat down to further collect himself. ".....ok...now...what do you plan on doing then?", he asked. He could see both Dionysus and Hermes had a plan, and he knew he wasn't going to like it. "Oh good....it seems you both have something cooked up.", he begrudgingly assumed.

The two stood there looking at Apollo, Hermes walked to a table that had a bottle of wine. "Let's just say, Ares isn't going to drive his chariot straight if his HORSES have been drinking....oh..ugh....DID you see his horses?", he asked. Apollo nodded 'yes', so unfortunately, the plan of forcing Ares's horses to drink the wine would pose a challenge. "Ok, so....we will have to feed the horses something else....spiked fruit?", he suggested. The two looked at Hermes, both couldn't argue against the idea yet they found it to be a usable one.

Dionysus chimed in, "yeah I think I have some marinated apples somewhere. We could feed it to his horses if they don't drink the wine.", he left the tent to look for some at a food tent nearby, leaving the two brothers alone.

Apollo knew that Hermes wasn't here just to enjoy watching Dionysus's fake Olympic games, he had been watching what had been going on in Greece. "Hermes, now that we're alone. What have you seen as of late? Is what I've heard from Artemis true?", Apollo was referring to the wolf man that Hermes and Artemis had encountered. He had recently come in contact with Artemis, whom had come to him to ask about Zeus's whereabouts.

His mischievous demeanor calmed into a somber awareness. Hermes took a deep sigh, he got distracted with Dionysus's issue. He turned to Apollo, "yeah, it was pretty freaky...the thing didn't die on the first shot either. I haven't seen them appear during the day though. I think these creatures only come out of night.", he took off hat hat and scratched his head. "Dionysus was getting a lot of complaints....guess people here can't stand still for long....I can see why he caved in, he doesn't want to disappoint anyone....I can relate, buuuuut honestly the whole situation feels weird.". Hermes felt mildly uncomfortable about his encounter, he had been so use to seeing things die and stay dead, that it had never occurred to him that something could reanimate.

Apollo's stern face loosened up, "Well.....he always seems to listen to his mortal citizens more than me so I'm not sure why I always act surprised.", he relaxed a little but noticed Hermes a little bit worried, "Are you ok? Artemis did mention you didn't take too well to the.... creature.". He could see Hermes look like a someone who saw something he shouldn't.

"it's ok", Hermes replied, "....I just prefer dead things to be dead....that's all.". He turned to the shuffling tent wall and sees Dionysus come in with a jar of fruit pickled in wine. "Ah perfect Dio, I'll take the fruit and wine. Wait here and I'll handle the rest.", Hermes took the jar and an amphora of wine and jetted off, leaving Dionysus and Apollo in the tent.

Dionysus turned to Apollo, "sooooo........ugh....hehe, have you seen the games? Man the folks out there are having fun.", he tried to make it as if he wasn't caring about his dilemma but there was no point, "man I fucked up big time..... fucking Ares, the asshole.... should have asked for someone who wouldn't want to fuck Ariadne.....man I'm a terrible husband.", he slumped on to a pile of pillows. He was still worried about the joust, he was worried about losing Ariadne's trust in him, and above all he was worried if he resembled Zeus in the worst way possible. Dionysus let out a deep sigh, "guess I really am my dad's kid..."

Apollo could hear the hurt in Dionysus's voice, he got closer to him and placed his hand on his back. "Look, you messed up even for your standards.....but you're not a terrible husband, you two are young newlyweds, you've been married for a short amount time and mistakes happen.... don't be THAT hard on yourself. There's still time to fix things....does she know about the bet?", asked Apollo.

"No...she doesn't....and I don't want her to know about ANY of it. If I lose, I lose everything that's important to me....if I win...well...I have yet to see Ares be a good sport about losing....for all I know he'll tell her out of spite", Dionysus replied.

"Oh come now, Ares is a difficult person for sure and he's unbarable at times....but I doubt he will be that level of cruelty. Maybe he was just exaggerating...after all the man is the father of Fear and Terror himself, he would know a thing or two about making people fear him." Apollo reassured him. "Plus, I have no doubt Ariadne would forgive you. You've done quite a lot for her if you remember, she knows you love her and you'd end the world for her.", Apollo hoped his words would at least inspire Dionysus not to consider himself a failure of a husband. After all, he along with Hades, have seemed to have rather successful marriages and to compare one's marriage to Zeus's marriage is surly a blow to one's heart and soul let alone their ego.

Dionysus looked at Apollo and smiled, "....thanks....but I just don't want to mess up anyway.", he got up and took a quick peek outside to see how far into the games the people had gotten through. Unfortunately time wouldn't be on their side, it had seems the Delphians had gone through the whole games and have already started giving out makeshift medals. "GAH! THE GAMES ARE ALMOST DONE!", he loudly panicked, he ran towards the set of armor that he set aside so he can put on for the joust, "OH GODS IM FUCKED! Hermes better be done with what he was doing!", he quickly put on his armor.

"I'll go and distract Ares then, see if I can change his mind about the bet, good luck out there Dionysus.", Apollo quickly left Dionysus in the tent.

"Bye see you later.", Dionysus responded.

Elsewhere, Hermes was at a temporary stable where the horses for the joust. Hermes snuck into the stables in hopes no one noticed him. He looked around and could see Ares's three huge, scary looking chariot horses, he slowly tiptoed to them. The horses noticed his presence, these weren't friendly horses, these horses might as well have been the horses of straight from King Augeas's stable. Hermes took a bowl and pored the wine into it, he raised it to the opening of the stable up to the three horses. In a whispered voice, "...hey there buddies, you want something to take the edge off? Come on, it should smell irresistible.", Hermes was hoping the sweet smelling wine would attract their attention, one of the horses did I fact take a sip from the bowl. It drank the whole thing in a few sips, letting out a loud delighted whinny.

"Hehe, perfect.", Hermes poured another bowl to see if he could give more wine, the same horse drank the wine while the second horse became curious and took a few sips as well. Now all was left was to get the third horse hooked on the wine, but the third horse was different, this one was a stubborn mare that lead the trio while they pull the chariot. She wasn't going to fall for the wine as easily. Hermes took a quick peak at the mare, "c'moooooon, what gives?", he could see she was all the way in the corner, glaring at him while her brothers fought to take the last few sips. As Hermes poured the last of wine into the bowl, he went to take out a wine soaked pealed apple from the jar. He gently tossed to the mare, the other two horses could smell the wine on the apple and tried to go right for it, but the mare reared her head, snorting aggressively. The two other horses stopped, the mare sniffed the apple and took a small nibble.

It took a few seconds for the mare to understand why this apple was spicy, however, she seemed to have liked the spiked fruit and ate it in one bite. She clopped towards Hermes, intimidating him for more apples, he quickly obliged and held the jar to the mare. She shoved her muzzle into the jar, eating a few more bits of alcoholic fruit. Hermes wasn't satisfied yet, he left the jar with the mare and he quickly ran to get two more amphoras of wine. He quickly began to pore more wine for all three horses, the more the three sipped, the relaxed and tipsy they acted. The three swayed back and forth, bumping into each other, loudly snorting and whinnying.

Plan A, was a success. Hermes patted the three horses snouts, knowing damn well he would never have a chance to do this with Ares's horses ever again. "Ok, bye bye.", he darted off to see what Ares was doing, unfortunately, he was more focused than ever, he was now for some reason practicing using his sword on an innocent tree as if he was going to fight Dionysus to the death. "What the fuck is he doing, he isn't going to kill dionysus is he?", Hermes questioned to himself. He suddenly saw Apollo call out to Ares, wanting to have a conversation with him. "Ah oh, this is going to be good....or really bad.", Hermes hoped Apollo was going to help.

End of chpr 9

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