#time:pregame

[persephonethequeen]

I spent a long, long time looking for my father, both before I left the Underworld, and after I came back, but I never found him, even with Nyx's help; it's much easier to find notable people like Sisyphus and servants of the House like Achilles or Orpheus, not so much random farmboys who died of old age centuries ago.

#my memories #neutral memories #time:pregame #time:postgame #memory:Nyx #memory:Papa #death tw

[persephonethequeen]

While I had always wanted to be a mother, seeing Hypnos and Thanatos when they were so young was a big factor in wanting to try for children of my own when I did; I'd known for quite some time that I wanted a family with Hades, but it hadn't come up until a day the boys had come into the garden and I spent some time with them there.

#my memories #good memories #time:pregame #memory:Hypnos #memory:Thanatos

[persephonethequeen]

Hermes knew I went to the Underworld, and also that I'd left; he came and visited me on occasion. I enjoyed talking to him.

I do wonder if Charon told him to make sure I wasn't on my own all the time, particularly in the beginning, because he started coming fairly early on.

#my memories #good memories #time:pregame #memory:Charon #memory:Hermes

[persephonethequeen]

Dionysus called me Percy a lot of the time because he couldn’t say Persephone (because of the wine). On many occasions, he would call out "Perse... Pers... Percy!" to gain my attention; so long as he wasn't calling me Kore, it was tolerable, so I didn't actually mind.

#my memories #neutral memories #time:pregame #memory:Olympus #memory:Dionysus #alcohol tw #deadnaming tw

[persephonethequeen]

While I was still living on Olympus, Zeus tried repeatedly to court me, and I wouldn't have a bar of it; I wasn't interested in him, or anyone else on Olympus for that matter. I tried various relationships at the behest of Mother, but I wasn't interested in them at all, which is why they all failed in the end. The one thing I agreed with her on was never to even consider Zeus, and I didn't need convincing on that one.

It does make me wonder if Zeus' decision to take me to Hades had something to do with his bruised ego from being repeatedly rejected by someone who, in his eyes, could only ever dream to be with him, whether that be as a punishment to me or in the hopes I would make Hades as miserable as I had made him.

#my memories #bad memories #time:pregame #memory:Olympus #memory:Demeter #memory:Zeus #abuse tw #harassment tw

[persephonethequeen]

Did I have my own pillow? Yes. But Hades was a better one

#jokeposts #my memories #good memories #time:pregame #time:game #time:postgame #memory:theHouse #memory:Hades

[persephonethequeen]

Zeus was insufferable, and I suppose he thought it funny to gift me to Hades as he had, knowing that I went behind Mother's back as often as I did; I'm pretty sure he expected me to be a defiant wife, and that Hades marrying me to find I was difficult would kick him while he was down.

I don't think he counted on us getting along as well as we did; it was awkward at first, sure, but we came to love one another very much, and I would never be maliciously difficult with him, unlike one said thunder god. The only thing even remotely close was when I would interrupt his work to bring him to bed because else he'd work himself to death, almost literally. Hades was not good at self-care without me there to make him take care of himself.

#my memories #neutral memories #time:pregame #memory:Zeus #abuse tw

[persephonethequeen]

I, and only I, was allowed to pet all three of Cerberus’ heads with no consequences.

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[persephonethequeen]

Hades, before Zagreus was born, was so shaken by the idea that our child would be no bigger than the palm of his hand—he was worried he’d accidentally crush him or something. It was adorable.

#my memories #good memories #time:pregame #memory:Hades #memory:Zagreus

[persephonethequeen]

I was incredibly unwell while pregnant with Zagreus, I almost died because of it, but I was stubborn as ever and determined to have a baby, and in spite of everything, I don’t regret that decision one bit.

#my memories #good memories #neutral memories #time:pregame #memory:Zagreus #death tw #pregnancy tw