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Who do you think is Ajaks favorite child?

So, Ajak would say that she loves all her children equally. She would never have favourites!

But yes she does and it's Sersi--hear me out!

It's not just the picking her to take over as Prime, because that's obvious. But I'm talking about how I think Sersi is the most human of all the Eternals.

Ajak loves all her kids. They function all together, as a family, even the cantankerous Druig and stubborn Ikaris and prickly Thena. Ajak wouldn't change anything about them.

But Sersi is different. From the moment they first awaken Ajak knows Sersi has insatiable curiosity, and passion, and love for all she does. Ajak sees how much Sersi loves life in all its forms and admires it, maybe even envies how much more freely Sersi can love without the burden of the truth weighing on her.

Ikaris is her secondhand, and he knows all that she does (mostly). He becomes a confidante to her in a way none of her other children are. And yet this ultimately dooms them both to never actually being able to depend on each other in an emotionally healthy way. Both are a pillar of the irrevocable truth and fear how it will crush their family if they move from that.

But that's why I think Thena's role in this is so fascinating (my bias is showing, I'm well aware). Because Thena also knows the truth, on some level, even from the beginning. It can be argued even before then--maybe she always gets Mahd Wy'ry, maybe she always remembers the horrors that they facilitate in their missions.

Ajak knows this. That's why she suggests erasing Thena, because she really does love her, and she knows firsthand the burden of knowledge. Thena already had wisdom, it's the knowledge that really endangered her.

I also think that's why Druig's relationship to Thena is so much deeper than what we got in the movie. He speaks up for her--he speaks up for her against Ajak, and Ikaris, and Arishem himself. He believes that Thena has a right not to want to forget their lives, and he obviously doesn't trust the answers he gets from Ikaris or their Prime.

Ajak is a very complicated character. She's not entirely right, she's not wrong either, and I do believe that she does the best with what she has. And that she loves her children. That, above all else, is what drives this person: love for her children and for people.

And that's Sersi's favourite thing: people. Sersi loves life and the people in it, and everything in between. Sersi is who Ajak could be if she didn't have the burden of their mission on her. And yes, she does impress that onto Sersi and burden her with that. It's hard to reconcile, and confusing, and it creates hardship for Sersi. But Ajak did so knowing Sersi was the right one to take this on.

Because this mother has high hopes for her daughter, and she knows what she can handle because she forged this child's soul from her own.

#Eternals #Ajak #a biopsy if you will just some thoughts of mine #also yes I saw the Barbie movie why do you ask?#mother-daughter relationships are endlessly complex #and I don't want to trivialize anything for anyone by waxing poetic about it from my own perspective #but this is what I think about Ajak and Sersi's relationship #also sorry you probably thought this would be a really fun ask and I've done...this #okay so for those who read the tags #Ikaris is her very good mama's boy who does everything right but then she finds out is wanted in six states for federal crimes #and she goes where did I go wrong???#Thena: where could he have gone right is really the question #Thena is like Ikaris' twin they're so alike #Ajak asks how Thena is and Thena just nods and walks off #she's more of an icy teenager than Sprite is to her #but at least Gilgamesh makes Thena a little sweeter #he's also best boi so...write that down #Gil helps carry in the groceries #Sprite acts like she's too cool for it all but really she still likes cuddles and I will die on that hill #Druig is constantly bitching about 'mother dear'#while Ajak and Makkari have a great relationship!#They're obviously close Makkari is holding her in the wedding scene #Makkari is very close and sweet with Ajak but Makkari is also a wild child #she steals and is rambunctious and likes breaking the rules #Miss Goody Two Shoes is Sersi herself #Phastos too up until...a certain point #And Kingo...Kingo thinks he's her favourite #like truly and genuinely

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Spicy 04 - Outside

"Really, I'm good," Gilgamesh declined, rooting himself to the spot as they pulled at him with all their mortal might.

"Come on, Champion," one of the women squealed in their glee. She pulled at one of his arms fruitlessly. "You are always in the forges."

"Surely the Goddess prefers you refreshed."

Gil blushed at the way they implied that Thena would just come and collect him for...that. "I don't know if you want to put words in the Goddess' mouth, girls."

"Indeed."

The women sprang off Gilgamesh at her appearance. She looked every bit the part of the Goddess of War, the patron saviour of Athens. She strode over with long strides, white toga, shimmering silks and gold adorning her. The ladies feigned some remorse as they bowed to her. "Goddess Athena."

She ignored their greeting, long used to the manipulation of her name. She looked right at Gilgamesh. "Well, are you finally going to join them today, Champion?"

He smiled; he thought it was funny to imagine she was jealous in situations like these. Which she had told him herself he was incorrect about, of course. "Do I ever, Goddess?"

Thena looked back at the human women, who shrank more under her unwavering gaze. She raised her hand, a trident appearing at her will. She sent it straight into the wall of the bath, the water swiftly escaping through the cracks in the stone. "It seems this bath is out of commission. Find someone to repair it."

Gil chuckled as the women scurried off, eager to escape the ire of their deity. He squeezed her shoulder, "come on, you know they're harmless."

Thena grabbed his shoulder in return, all but dragging him to the temple called hers.

Gil grunted as his back hit cool, shaded side of the column. Thena was on him already, kissing him hard, grasping the front of his robes. His hands moved over her arms, bare, save for the golden bands around her biceps. "Thena."

She didn't reply, just demanded more from him as her tongue pushed into his mouth. She wasn't usually in the mood to talk after incidences like these. The only thing she wanted to do was feel him.

Gil let her have her way, giving over all she wanted and thensome. He moaned as she arched her back and her shoulders rose, pressing herself closer to him. She pressed closer still, raising a knee between his legs. He grunted as she made contact.

Thena flipped their positions, pressing her hands to the limestone and looking at him over her shoulder. He knew what she was asking, although she knew that he preferred closer, softer, sweeter. But he understood what she wanted, winding her hair over her shoulder so he could at least see her a little--could at least kiss her neck.

Gil groaned as she pushed her ass into him, knowing damn well how ready he was. He parted her toga in the front, reaching around to run his fingers against her before pushing it out of his way. She was ready too.

Thena let out a long, loud moan as he pushed into her. Second only to when she was literally on top of him, feeling him push into her from behind always managed to make her knees go numb. She gripped the stone as he held her hips with one hand, already moving steadily. The other hand came up, unclasping the cascading layers of silk around her until he could pull the folds of her toga open as far down as he could manage. Despite their shaded spot she could feel the warmth of the sun on the bare skin of her back.

Gil let out another moan as he felt her tighten around him, the air on her skin washing over her senses for a moment. He leaned forward, desperate kiss her spine, her shoulders, her neck--any part of her he could reach. He pressed his hand over hers, both of them bracing their impact. Her hips met his with every move. Jealousy really brought out her possessive side.

As if she could read his mind - and wanted to argue with him - she extended her arms, pushing against him even harder. It was a challenge, and he took it evenly. His hand lifted her hips easily, parting her legs further. His palm pressed against the skin below her stomach until she could feel nothing else but him.

"Gil, fuck," she whined. She always became more vocal like this. "Yes, just like that."

His vision blurred. He liked it when she was vocal. "Fuck, Thena."

"Fuck, yes, yes, harder." So demanding, his Goddess.

Thena's hands flexed, digging her nails into the stone until it cracked against her strength. Her forehead, or rather the tiara of her armour, made contact with the stone as Gil leaned everything he had into her. Her spine curved at a steep angle, hips held still as he drove them closer to the edge together. "Gil!"

Gilgamesh buckled as she came, everything about her surrounding him and taking over his every sense as he fell with her. Their hips ground together as they both rode out the ecstasy of it, evidence of their entanglement dripping down between them.

Thena purred as her spine relaxed, still leaning against the cool limestone. She let it touch her hot flushed cheek until Gil spun her around again, kissing her. She let him; he had fulfilled her demands. It was her turn.

Gil sighed as her arms came to rest over his shoulders, slowly folding around his neck and then sliding over his opposite shoulders again. He pulled away, taking in the glow of her skin, the quickness of her breath, the way her hair flew around her freely. This was what he missed whenever they fucked with her facing away from him.

Thena let him brush her hair back and then trail his finger down over her cheek. It came to rest at her chin, his thumb swiping over her plumped lips. It was a movement far more intimate than some open air fucking. Far more intimate than anything any human could imagine doing with him in their debaucherous little imaginations.

Gil kissed her again, softer and sweeter. And she returned the kiss just as lovingly. He sighed, "I miss this, y'know. I want to look at you in all your glory."

Thena let him shower his flowery words over her. He liked doing it, and she would never admit in this millennia or the next that she never wanted him to stop. "You're looking at me now."

"And how glorious it is," he grinned, kissing her again. He looked at the column behind them as they pulled away. "Well, it's in better shape than last time."

Last time Phastos had needed to replace a massive section of the stone, crushed by either him or Thena or both of them (in the heat of the moment). He had asked, and then regretted asking immediately.

But Thena didn't mind the damage at all, not even to the temple they'd erected for her own comfort and leisure. Let them see, she figured. It was yet another way of letting them know that Gilgamesh - Athena's mighty Champion - was not for their entertainment.

#Thenamesh #Thenameshweek #Thenameshweek2022 #listen #jealous Thena #would be a force to be reckoned with #and while I don't think it would be a staple of them #to be jealous often #jealousy is usually petty and borne from insecurity #but I think Thena would like proving that he is hers in every way #and that includes physically #She's so quiet and reserved #and then she has to watch Gil get hit on #and suddenly she's all over him #and what is he going to do #complain?#Thenamesh 18+

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