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gildeddlily · 4 months

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can I say something?

something I've started to not quite dislike, but not appreciate much about pjo was the way rick riordan talked about and characterized some gods- like Ares (still understand why he did that tho).

personally, as a kid who grew up reading myth after myth, I've always loved Ares, and when I re-read after years the pjo books some months ago I noticed how some of the gods are kind of lazy-written, or simply treated badly- as characters ofc.

one of them is Ares.

Ares is kind of impossible to appreciate in the books.

the only good moment he has is the "that's my girl" with Clarisse (but it still happened after years of neglect so yeah, not so great at the end), and then it's all bad, and he kind of gets ignored in favour of other gods- like Poseidon, who does mistakes but still can be appreciated, and is someone we could even relate too. Hades, Persephone, Hermes, Apollo and Artemis, they were we can say well-rounded second characters.

Demetra, Dionysus (except for the "protect my son" bit in the fifth book loved him for that and in general him with pollux and castor) but especially Aphrodite and Ares are just there so symbolize something Percy and us readers dislike.

(this is about Ares, but I could talk ab Aphrodite for hours (another day bud))

Ares is fucking cool.

he's the god of war, so unlike some of his other relatives his domain can never get weak, because humans are always fighting, there's always a war somewhere- but the way rick wrote him kind of erased the part where people prayed to him in order to not only beat someone and win a conflict, but also to survive one.

who attacked first prayed for Ares to help them, who was attacked and fought back prayed for Ares to make them survive and exit the conflict as winners, because there are always two sides in a war, and Ares represents them both.

but I can understand why rick ignored this part of him and reduced him to an extremely strong god who loves conflicts- and why, as a 11ys kid I didn't really got that. I was just sad that my fav god wasn't a cool guy. now I'm older, and I notice that, but still I don't blame him for writing Ares like that.

it's a kids book, and I can't pretend from it to be the greatest thing ever written, and I can appreciate these books with ease.

(and yk, war may be natural, but it doesn't mean it's right, so it's normal that a kids book characterised the god of war as someone despicable.

every god is despicable (as it should be, not so strange from the god of death to steal from earth someone young and all springy and trap them in his realm, it's kind of how life works!!!), but it's hard to explain kids how sexual assault and murder were their breakfasts and lunches, while war=wrong is easy and right! so)

but the show changed that?

it's changing a lot of things, but first of all it's dealing with things about greek gods that were ignored or set to the side in the books- the way it so heavily say, again and again, how the life they expected demigods to live was wrong.

but, honestly, I simply loved Ares.

not only for the twitter fights, but for his talk with grover mainly.

and even though grover said those things in order to manipulate him into telling him what he wanted to know- it was more than nice to see how they fixed and perfected an almost ignored character (in the books a strong, too prideful and not-at-all wise god).

can't what to see what they'll do with aphrodite my wife and pride!!!!

#i have to say no beta read we die like my will to live after annabeth's speech and what is love #really too tired to re-read this #take my ramble #this is from my littel heart #live laugh love ares #pjo ares #pjo tv show #pjo series #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #rick riordan #pjo verse #aphrodite #greek mythology

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watanabes-cum-dump · 11 months

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I saw someone somewhere say that not all the Aphrodite kids are “conventionally” attractive AND I WILL STAND BY THAT!!!!

Because yes!!! They’re not all white and skinny there’s gotta be some variety. They’re the children of the goddess of love and beauty, self love is a given. Confidence makes the most beautiful people.

Like even if some of them have braces or acne or whatever, I know they’re all beautiful and charming like it’s the vibes you know? People try so hard to make braces seem awkward but some of the prettiest girls I know have braces and they LOVE to laugh and show them off.

I also just know the Aphrodite boys are ACTUALLY CLEAN. They all actually wear chapstick, put on deodorant, brush their teeth and T A K E B A T H S. Nothing is more attractive than a man that actually washes his ass let me tell you.

What makes all the Aphrodite kids beautiful is that they’re all confident, there’s no way all of them have pretty baby blues or the metabolism of fucking cheetahs. And I just know they’re supportive like come on. Hot bitches don’t gate keep

#Also see: the entire Aphrodite cabin pulling up to watch Oppenheimer while the Ares Cabin goes to watch the Barbie movie #I’m sorry guys I have been seeing way too many PJO TikTok’s on my fyp I’m getting sucked back in #The PJO books (and Thalia) were my first love fr #PJO #Percy jackson #i need to draw my OCs in a PJO au again #Aphrodite kids #Aphrodite cabin #For those of you wondering I don’t *think* I’m an Aphrodite kid but I haven’t taken the demigod quizzes in a while so #Last time I took one I got Poseidon but statistically that is impossible #Also bc like I don’t swim that much??? Just bc I have lifeguard training doesn’t mean I’m a Poseidon kid #Isn’t bc I’m filipino #huh????#bc my motherland is a bunch of islands and beautiful beaches???#I also got hades but that was back when I was trying way too hard to be goth in like fifth grade

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salvepersone · 1 year

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people who say the relationship goal of greek gods are persephone and hades have never heard of aphrodite and ares

#they are both great #but love and war undoubtedly win #i mean their relationship is definitely healthier #and they are so cute too!#no hatred towards persephone and Hades #aphrodite and ares are just better #How many people will I piss off with this post 😏?#i say what i say #i regret NOTHING #greek gods #ares #greek mythology #aphrodite #ares and aphrodite #ares x aphrodite #persephone #hades #hades and persephone #hades x persephone

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mlady-magnolia · 7 months

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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

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rose-by-the-sea · 28 days

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E-Offering to Apollon

I will remember, nor could I forget, far-shooting Apollo, whom gods tremble before as in Zeus’s abode he is striding— then as he comes up close to the place they are sitting, they leap up, all of them, out of their seats, as he stretches his glittering bow back...

#I know this account is meant for aphrodite #but apollo deserves some love too ^^#apollo's altar #apollo #apollo worship

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yonemurishiroku · 8 months

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With all the canon and/or non-canon Percy ships roaming around, I'm mildly surprised there's no content about Son of Aphrodite!Percy.

#percy jackson #doesnt he have love line with like. idk. 2-3-4 people? love line i mean. at ONE point an attraction is established #and if we're really looking into the ships then i think Jason counts too so there's that #son of Aphrodite!Percy

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moonshine999 · 6 months

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Aphrodite

Goddess of love, lust, passion, beauty, pleasure, sexuality

Love is a confusing phenomenon. It's a thread, a string only achieved through a commoner’s needle. Seemed as though only they were allowed to experience the love she sought. For royalty, it had to be pulled out of the fabrics of duty, pulled and pulled till the thread snaps and the fabric is left in ruins. “Duty is the death of love”

Oh but why? Why must she be subjected to such a fate..such a force..such a burden of the throne of death.

“It’s greater than our wants and desires.” Her father had said.

But how does one thrive without desire? How does one thrive without thrill and passion? Isn’t it mere human nature to want, to crave, to love? Yes. Yes it is. Of course it is. In fact it should be. If she were a son.

Daemon was fun. He was charming, dashing and ..forbidden. Smiles and gifts were exchanged, he took her places where no one would ever imagine the realm’s delight to be. And then he abandoned her.

Was this love? Or was it just fun? Is love supposed to be fun? Is love supposed to be only fun?

Against her better judgement, her younger self became enamoured with the Rogue Prince. But she was to be married to Laenor and it would not have worked. The thoughts of him went bitter in her head. To want, to crave, to love.

A loveless marriage. Tradition. Bound to each other till death claims them. Bound to the wrong person till death claims her.

To have children with Laenor would have ripped the fabric into tiny million pieces. She needed someone to revel in her desire with, someone that could reciprocate.

Harwin was sweeter than she expected, kind and..devoted. She probably broke several laws in her house alone by even feeling lust for him, let alone consummating and having children.

“The realm’s delight” to the “whore of dragonstone”.

Laughable. This was the heir to the throne? To say she struggled through the confines of her narrow reputation, was far too simple. All the great rulers before her were fucking whores. But alas, they were men.

Daemon came back eventually. Far too late. Her hero was here after she was married and had 3 children to and with a different person.

It was disappointing. Or maybe this is how it's supposed to be. He wouldn’t leave her again, would he? He can’t.

If love requires desperation then so be it. There isn’t much left to her distinction.

Ah all is gone to her name but that damned throne.

There were times where she wanted to run away, never look back and flee Westeros entirely. What had duty ever done but restrict her? What had duty ever done but trap her in its confines, suffocate her with its burden, poison her with its expectations?

But the power it would bring. She could relish in it. Revel in it and no one would be allowed to bat an eye. If her name was in ruin, so be it. If her crown shattered, so be it. Duty brought about power. And isn’t it merely human nature to want power, to crave power, to love power?

Tolī mirre, issa se ānogar hen zaldrīzes.

After all, she is the blood of the dragon.

#house of the dragon #rhaenyra targaryen #aphrodite #ITS DONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE #took way too long to get out #also the parallels between Alicent and Rhaenyra with their twisted perceptions of love was really cool to write #its a bit too short but I hope you like it #criticism is always appreciated #first time writing from a team black character's perspective soooo yk #[ • 'house of the dragon' characters as the twelve olympians • ]

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dylanconrique · 6 months

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i need this outfit to come back again, and more like it, cause my gay ass cannot get over how this fit accentuates all her curves. she literally said ⌛⌛⌛.

#*and this is icarly!#the rookie #lucy chen #melissa o’neil #something about this particular outfit just really does something to me man #idk how to explain it #i also just really love the top too lol #melissa is my aphrodite she is so damn beautiful #chenford

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ariadne-mouse · 1 year

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Beau and Veth spend an hour and a lot of wine trying to convince Essek that in Blumenthal it's traditional to throw an apple to your love to express your feelings, and that he should use this method with Caleb. Add in the inebriation and dunamancy, and--

(Essek would likely resist but that is far less fun to draw)

#this is based on a fun ''fact'' (many airquotes) I encountered about ancient greece which seemed dubiously supported by the literature #which posits that apples were used to show love or even propose BUT this seems to have become a warped factoid #while apples were indeed associated with Aphrodite (thanks Paris) and appear in some other notable myths like Atalanta #and there are some poetry references to throwing an apple associated with expressing a more sexy attraction #i was annoyed that all these 'TIL' type sites were just blindly regurgitating 'it's how people proposed marriage!!'#anyway this is irrelevant to my very (lovingly) stupid art above #i thought since Caleb canonically loved apple strudel and apples would have been a thing in Blumenthal 'apple = love' would be fun to apply #but since I went on that journey you get to too #lmao #shadowgast #ariadne draws CR #op #critical role #the more unhinged the art gets the more you know I am in need of/close to a vacation

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sarafangirlart · 2 months

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Remembering how this one person on here claimed that Hephaestus kidnapped Hera by chaining her to the golden throne (as if Hera wasn’t on Olympus during that whole ordeal and obviously this person should pick up a dictionary to know what kidnapping means) in order to demand Aphrodite as a reward to release Hera.

Lmao

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so-long-soldier-writes · 3 months

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Lmao ignore me if u want but I have two questions

How would Kai be as a werewolf alpha???

And if he was a demigod like percy Jackson would would he be the son of???????

Here is a picture of our pookie as an apology

First of all, that gif is making me absolutely FERAL. Second, I want to bite him. [you have a lovely clavicle; i'm a neck person; that's just silly, you can't stop being a neck person] Third, you never bother me, I promise! I love answering these & talking to you through them (& comments)! I've just been so out of sorts lately with my home life and work life - both chaotic - but desperately have been needing to get back in the swing of things in terms of writing / posting / answering!

Now, to tackle these questions that have both brought hearts to my eyes... (and I was so excited, I made dividers to split them up)

tw: some nsfw (can I even write that on tumblr anymore?) on the wolf portion, but no warnings on the demigod part

#1 - werewolf alpha kai

FUCK

do notttt get me started on wolf kai; how the fuuuck have I not wolf-i-fied him yet 😭😭

okay. I had it down so bad for jacob in the great edward vs jacob debacle of the 2000s. I was OBSESSED with wolves / werewolves in general, too

funnily enough, I don't give a damn for the wolves in tvd. Tyler's fine. Hayley is fine in TO (not tvd tho lmao). The rest in TVD / TO are whatever; the ones in Legacies are HORRID

BUT wolf!kai would be sooo hot; alpha wolf kai especially, oh heaven help me

this man is already dominant & controlling, and with his SO, protective, but add that wolf gene and he's tenfold

he'd be an absolute menace... to damon, to tyler, to mystic falls in general, & maybe even to klaus... & to my ovaries...

starting off, let's just picture him as a wolf

i was actually thinking about this the other day... what if the actual reason that he was "an abomination" was if he had the wolf gene on top of the siphon gene somehow. like, joshua wasn't his real father, or his mother wasn't his real mother, idk, but joshua HATES him for it (kinda like klaus)

kai's childhood is the same - violent, abusive, isolated - and he ends up in the '94 PW the same way, but while kai shows damon and bonnie his ability to siphon, he never reveals the wolf part

when he gets back to the real world, he's going to have to transition again, bc he's no longer on a repeating loop of the same day, so he carefully plans for this

he makes sporadic disappearances throughout the month, so that no one ever catches on to him being absent on full moons

the only reason he's caught, is because [reader] stumbles upon him entering / coming off his transition, but lucky she's been crushing on him or is a wolf herself

if i were to write this out, this is as much plot as i've developed. i would add a bit in there, too, where she mentions klaus, maybe she has a connection to him, and they both can commiserate on their similar childhoods together

but that's all i've got so far; idk if i'm doing anything with it

regardless, wolfy kai!

he'd be so much more temperamental & combative

if damon were to know, he'd be like, oh ffs not another one

but this gene also makes him stronger than if he were just a witch

imagine Tyler's fondness for fight picking + Kai's own flirty / cocky attitude + werewolf lore behavior + alpha behavior, and you've got a dangerous mix wrapped up in one very attractive man, i mean, just look at the gif

whether you're a wolf or not, he puts himself in charge of protecting you, even if you're quite capable of defending yourself

he has to have an arm or a leg wrapped around you, too, and is always on alert, even in his sleep

is also a very cuddly sleeper, is a big spoon, and will throw a fit if he can't sleep with you for some reason

when he's alone with you, he's his usual goofy self, and maybe takes a second to get himself under control in serious situations

but also as an alpha, still knows when to snap into his dominant demeanor when the situation calls for it

now... i've thought up several different scenarios where we could have wolfy kai... and since i'm me, i also have an nsfw section

...so here's that one first

breeding kink would be off the charts

especially as an alpha, where it's so innate, and if he has a pack, a desire to keep it going & keep it strong

and like tyler mentioned, "being horny all the time"

huge biting kink, but only if you're a wolf, too

play bites as a way to show affection, but bites during sex, too

bites in places visible to others; always marking you as his

again, dominant, and would be one to pin you down or keep a hand on your throat as a means of control

would be so into praising you, during & after, telling you how well you did & how proud he is (& how good of a mom you're gonna be jfdsnls)

on the flip side, i don't think he'd be much into exhibitionism / voyeurism because he'd want you all for himself & would not want anyone to see you in one of your most vulnerable states

however, if you were in a pack and someone was hitting on you & not taking any hints that you're taken, he'd probably engage it in to some degree just to teach that someone a lesson that you're his

wolf!reader x wolf!kai

when you're nesting, he's already getting excited. tries to stick his nose in your business, though, and several times, you've bitten his nose to get him out of your space, but he just gets more excited

when ~the time~ finally comes, he tries to control himself, but sometimes gets lost in the pleasure

you have to safeword somewhat often, which he always respects

and his aftercare is always perfect, regardless if you used the word or not

outside of the sexual realm, you are always together

it takes some time to sink into his stubborn head, but you protect him as much as he protects you, and he's very grateful for it

the two of you are your own little pack

and tyler is very jealous of it

eyes roll all across the room when you enter, because the MF gang is pre-preparing for the sass and stubbornness they're about to face; you compliment him well, much to their dismay

but on the bright side, he kills much less, and only threatens or kills if someone threatens himself or you

on a side note, i can see tyler trying to recreate your bond with liv, and her not wanting any part of that wolfishness

she will date him but she won't engage with that, especially considering tyler's wolf-associated anger issues, and kai being her brother who she wants nothing to do with

...but, she has to hand it to you for getting him under control & to her absolute disbelief that it could happen, loving him the way you do (jo, too, is practically astonished, however grateful - he is her twin, after all)

non-wolf!reader x wolf!kai

now, if you're a vamp, he has to be very careful not to bite

tricky during sex sometimes; difficult when you insist on helping him transition

it's much of a caroline x tyler thing; you refuse to leave him but he's terrified of hurting you

whether you're human, or a witch, or a vampire, he could hurt you, and the thought terrifies him

is insistent on a buddyship with damon or stefan, so that they can call klaus if an emergency ever occurs

both are reluctant, but are friends with you, and if something ever does happen, they'd hate for you to suffer, so they do

klaus gets involved & he and kai bond more than anyone would've anticipated

maybe kai reminds klaus a bit of himself - his childhood, his difficult relationships with his siblings, his fancy for one person in particular; maybe kai also reminds him a bit of kol, his own brother with a head full of sarcasm & jokes and a penchant for violence

although, if this is alpha!kai, klaus would notice that immediately and would have an, oh shit, this kid's powerful, moment that would knock him off his feet

kai might not even realize the strength he has, or he does, but doesn't let on to anyone that he knows how powerful he is

regardless of which, klaus knows he has to stay on his good side, and maybe he tells stefan to do the same for his own good

as long as no one becomes a threat, kai keeps his cool, but that alpha side comes out when he's protecting you or himself

and that, for whoever poor soul, is fucking terrifying

#2 - demigod parent

alright... first thought was Hades bc he's so dark & eerie

then I was like nah, way too much of a basic answer, just to tag anyone with a closed off personality and dark clothes as a Hades' kid (don't get me wrong, I love Nico, but in comparison, he & Kai are nothing alike)

Kai just doesn't have the personality of Hades' kids; he is way more than the dark witch he's made out to be by writers

he's extremely talkative, rather lively, & outgoing

ofc he's got that unpredictability & hair-raising ability to slink around like a cat without being noticed (i.e. stalking damon and bonnie for 4 months without their knowledge), but he doesn't scream child of Hades when we learn how talkative and touchy he actually is

so then, bc I haven't read PJO in 6 years, I did some research

Ares became a possibility... he's got some anger issues & is good with a knife

however, he doesn't seem like a child of war

most of his childhood, we can assume, he spent trying to avoid his father's anger & disapproval

sibling murder was the last resort for a depressed, distanced kid who was taught life didn't matter as long as the coven survived

and as vengeful and argumentative as he is, I wouldn't put him in a box with Clarisse, who picked fights 24/7

Hecate came to mind, but as a siphon, I think maybe not

if it was Hecate, he'd probably be outcasted by his half-siblings (and then I'd have to fight them, and it'd be a whole thing), so I took Hecate out of the choices

then, after more research, the obvious answer became Hermes

Kai is such a little shit

he's funny, sarcastic, and just seems like the guy to love a good prank

he's very smart, and can be manipulative if he wants / needs to be

his half siblings would more or less equal him in intelligence and personality, so he wouldn't feel the need to slice & dice them

(and also, doesn't Hermes have the most kids? bc his parents had a fuck ton of kids, so Kai would totally be used to having SO MANY siblings)

(plus unclaimed kids stayed in Hermes' cabin & Kai knows what it's like to be a family reject; they can commiserate)

not to mention, Luke was a child of Hermes, and I vaguely remember he went a little dark & crazy, too

granted, that could happen to anyone, but I can see Kai & Luke being like, hey, half-sibling, ~you're just as sane as I am~

now...

I also considered Aphrodite, and stay with me, bc he's so fucking gorgeous (I mean, again, look at that gif), and it would be cool to have a child of love with his emotions so turned off

imagine his father was so abusive (which he was), that Kai was so shut off when he got to camp

everyone shared rumors about his parentage; whispers of Hades circulated the most

but then it's Aphrodite who claims him, and everyone, Kai included, is shocked

for awhile, his siblings kinda outcast him & he's feeling it; he has definitely considered running away

but someone gives him a chance, maybe someone who feels equally unlike their godly parent approaches him & gains his trust, or maybe it's someone who doesn't like to see others treated the way his half-siblings are treating him

either way, he slowly opens up to them & begins to trust them; they return these feelings to him

with time, he gets fiercely protective & caring towards that person; he shows love in his own ways

eventually, his siblings start to see it & open up to him

once Kai realizes they're being genuine, he shows them similar attention, care, & protection

he might not be the typical child of Aphrodite, but his dulled emotions start to come through once he's given a chance & a safe space

... But as much as I love this headcanon, I say he's 100% child of Hermes. He just fits the bill completely, and I freaking love it.

#asks #i'm still trying to answer your body swap question but skipped it to answer this first because !!!!#obsessed #and now i have a trillion new fic ideas to write #also i could go on forever about the wolf portion #and the demigod portion too especially the aphrodite thing #my hands were struggling to keep up with my brain spitting out words 😅#kai parker #and what's that gif from #i bite him #*chomp*#(it's a love chomp)

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