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My full piece for Hades Lounge's Beach Episode zine!

Three of them

Megzagthan doodle

Meg and Than are forced to listen to Zag go on and on about the macedonian tau-lambda and other chariot models because as his partners they are legally obligated to listen to him ramble about his special interests

with the new stuff coming out about Hades 2 - and it looks to me like out lovely new MC was born after the events of Hades 1 - I wonder if we're gonna get to see what Megara x Zag, Zag x Than looks like after they've grown more into it !!

HADES : Megaera × Zagreus × Thanatos

HADES : メガエラ × ザグレウス × タナトス

Oct/2022

Do you see my vision. I just think theyre very similar.

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Thinking about. how I write both Meg and Nyx as the less traditional-looking partner in a polycule and ways in which they’re similar and different in that regard. Disclaimer: this is 100% about how I write this subject and is not to be taken as prescriptive.

Both Hades/Persephone and Thanatos/Zagreus are first and foremost romantic in nature, and in my working canon these are the relationships that turn into official, on-record marriages, while Nyx/Persephone and Megaera/Zagreus are—let us say off the books. They are not thereby lesser relationships—this is important. They’re just not as front-facing. And I think that Nyx and Megaera are both comfortable this way, but in slightly different ways that I’m trying to articulate here.

They are both, in my opinion, on the aromantic spectrum, and moreover on the asexual spectrum. But, again, in different ways. Nyx I characterize this way simply because she came into existence before romance and sex existed. She’s not a being whose heart and body have those kinds of desires built in, although they may be elicited situationally. Meg, on the other hand, I write as romance-repulsed—uncomfortable at the idea of romantic entanglements touching on her, at being asked to respond in ways that don’t come naturally to her. And this may have to do with the kind of being she is, or maybe it’s just who she is as a person. The “source” is less clear-cut in her case, and is less a factor in how she understands herself. Moreover, I write her as uninterested in sex unless there’s kink involved to the point of calling her gray-ace. This is not something I can or will back up with text; it’s just how I like to write her.

So in these ways, Nyx/Persephone and Megaera/Zagreus don’t resemble amatonormative relationships in the same way that Hades/Persephone and Thanatos/Zagreus do. But what I’m thinking about is how Nyx and Megaera, respectively, frame their importance to their partners. I’m struggling to put vibes into words here, but—

Nyx/Persephone is—inasmuch as I feel comfortable using the term without a full and felt familiarity with it—a queerplatonic relationship. It is underlain by a strong emotional connection in the same way that Hades’ relationship with Persephone is, but rather than that connection being a romantic one, it's something other than that. So, for this reason, I think it feels injurious to Nyx to think that her relationship with Persephone might be considered less worthy or real than Hades’. Of course this polycule has additional considerations of politics, and I don't think that Nyx wants to be Queen of the Underworld to Persephone's Queen any more than she wants to be so to Hades' Lord of the Underworld. It is more deeply felt than that, and unconnected to it, and special for its unconnectedness given how closely twined Nyx is with the realm.

If the foundation of Hades/Persephone and Thanatos/Zagreus is romantic, and of Nyx/Persephone is emotional, then the foundation of Megaera/Zagreus is absolutely sexual(/kink). I will say a thousand times, to anyone close enough to hear, that this doesn't mean that they're only interested in each other on a physical level—simply that their first connection happened on a sexual level and further connection grew out of that. Meg feels, I think—in part due to her responsibility to stop Zagreus from escaping the Underworld, but also because of her romance repulsion—that she would rather her relationship with him go publicly unrecognized unless it can be accurately perceived.

I think what I'm feeling—what I'm trying to put into words—is that Nyx feels that her relationship with Persephone should be considered of the same class as Hades', despite its different foundation, while Megaera considers her relationship with Zagreus to be of a different class than Thanatos's. In each case, however, the relationship is equal in significance and weight.

Some fanart I did a few months ago of Megaera, Zagreus and Thanatos! Love this throuple so much, I need to play the game again soon.

I am probs never going to finish this so...*thows it on my tumblr main* here.

just for fun, cause we dont usually have week long polls in this blog and ive enjoyed dping bonus polls in bestmagcharacter heres smth im curious about

ive seen most of these at least once and the only one that sounds natural to me is megthanzag idk why, so im curious what the general consensus is, if there even is one

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Three ships: I hate love Nowadays I have to say MegZagThan (Hades) NaruMitsu (Ace Attorney) and whatever Qifrey and Olruggio from Witch Hat Atelier have got going on

First ever ship: I knew Tulio and Miguel from Road To El Dorado were fucking. I just knew it. At the tender age of like, seven.

Last song: Footloose 💀

Last movie: Still Spiderman (2002)

Currently reading: Nona the Ninth, Witch Hat Atelier, and The Poppy Wars (because I was promised an unhinged mentor figure)

Currently watching: Buddy Daddies my beloved, The X-Files (with my mum), Bungou Stray Dogs and Trigun Stampede

Currently consuming: I'm eating literally nothing and I am. So hungry

Currently craving: Some coffee and maybe a pastry or a sandwich

For another polyship, Trevor Sypha and Alucard from Castlevania! The ending had each of them holding each other in individual moments and the creators have explicitly said they support it. You can also add Greta to it to make it a foursome poly, she had individual holding moments with two of those three.

Oh, another good canon one is MegZagThan from Hades game. They literally have a threesome at some point in the game (nothing explicitly shown obviously), and Meg encouraged Thanatos to pursue Zagreus

Yep I've already seen castlevania (except the most recent season) and played hades! (Although I never finished the story proper although I did best the game) I enjoyed both plenty. You're gonna have to dig a little deeper if you want to find polyships that aren't on my radar already haha

as much as i love hades, ive never rlly bothered w/ the fandom bc megzagthan is a top tier ship but most ppl only care abt zagthan and even the supposed polyam stuff sidelined megaera. like. what is wrong w/ u ppl. why are u not jumping on the two bisexuals who repeatedly kill each other.