Persephone Meme

[interjection]

Persephone.

Persephone was gathering flowers with the Oceanids along with Artemis and Athena—the Homeric Hymn says—in a field when Hades came to abduct her, bursting through a cleft in the earth. Demeter, when she found her daughter had disappeared, searched for her all over the earth with torches. In most versions she forbids the earth to produce, or she neglects the earth and in the depth of her despair she causes nothing to grow. Helios, the sun, who sees everything, eventually told Demeter what had happened and at length she discovered the place of her abode. Finally, Zeus, pressed by the cries of the hungry people and by the other deities who also heard their anguish, forced Hades to return Persephone. Hades indeed complied with the request, but first he tricked her, giving her some pomegranate seeds to eat. Persephone was released by Hermes, who had been sent to retrieve her, but because she had tasted food in the underworld, she was obliged to spend a third of each year (the winter months) there, and the remaining part of the year with the gods above. but even that hardest of hearts unhardened suddenly when he saw her there: persephone in her mother’s garden, sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair, the smell of flowers she held in her hand and the pollen that fell from her fingertips. and suddenly, hades was only a man with a taste of nectar upon his lips To live your life in darkness is no easy task. Evil may be just a point of view - one you may not ascribe to yourself - but a black heart or a ruthless mind is hardly quieted. While you don't regret what you've done, at least not outwardly, you do wonder if there isn't something more. Grey morality has discolored your world. That is, until you see them. They are beautiful, pure, good: everything that you are not. You should be annoyed or at least ambivalent to their presence; after all, they serve you no purpose, promise you no gain. But oddly enough, you are drawn to them, and not even in hopes to destroy or corrupt. No, you want to have them, to keep them with you. What to do with this newfound feeling? Act on it, of course. You've never let anything stop you before. What you don't realize (or perhaps do, you just don't exactly care) is that the object of your...affection may not be too keen on being taken what they see as prisoner. Yet you only have their best interests at heart! Still, you do care for them, in your own fashion, more than almost anyone else, so surely a deal can be struck... You just couldn't bear to lose them. This meme, obviously, is inspired by the myth of Hades and Persephone. Feel free to be as literal or as loose with your interpretations as you'd like. Comment with your character, canon, preferences, and what role you'd like your character to play. Reply to others. Play anything and any scenario that fits within the theme.

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Maribelle | Fire Emblem: Awakening | OTA

[damselled]

[She's much more likely to be the Persephone than the Hades.]

/dumps this on you does this work?

[bythewaves]

[ In years long past before Men first woke were born the Eldar, the Firstborn. Tutored and nurtured by the Powers of the world they grew great in might and power, becoming a people high and puissant. But with such grace came also pride, and so they fell, and in time came the Dominion of Men, and the Elves faded, becoming a forgotten people, stories told to children.

But not all of them are gone.

Long ago, when Elves and Men walked beneath the sky together, tales were told of the sons of Feanor. Crazed by revenge and the need to fulfil their father's oath, desperate and dangerous, they were cursed for their actions against their own kin, and one by one, they died... save one. Legend tells that he wanders still, mad and lost, seeking ever for his family's treasure.

There's a ghost by the sea or so the stories go Whose song is tears. Do not go down to the sea when you hear him singing, for he tolerates no intruders on his grief. If you go down when the sea is high and the voice on the wind is crying, you will never return home again. ]

[calmbefore]

[The story is an old one. One that's spoken of in many different places, and each time it's a little different. And yet, for all the different variations it's had over the years, the core of it remains the same: no matter what else is part of the story they tell the man at the heart of it is the same. The eight-fold traveler in a strange blue box, who brings chaos in one hand and salvation in the other. The traveler with stars in his eyes, no matter which of his many faces he comes in. There are warnings too, in the stories. He can be kind, in all of his aspects, but like the fair folk of other stories he's both wonderful and terrible all at once and it's never entirely easy to tell which of his aspects he's going to be on any given day.

(There are darker stories, too. Ones spoken of only in a whisper in the dark of night, stories that speak of what might happen on the day the stars in the Traveler's eyes go out, when chaos becomes ruin and even salvation bites sharp-toothed.)

Still, for those willing to look for him, he's easiest to find either where trouble lurks or on the edges of things. The shore of a sea, sometimes. Or where the mountains begin to rise up from the foothills, or the place where a city begins to spread out into countryside. But no matter where or when he is, his faithful blue box is somewhere nearby. In fact, it's often the first and best sign that he's anywhere at all, given that he's a wanderer born and no two ways about that.

This time, his box stands on the edge of a field as the sun sets, turning the sky itself ablaze. It's quiet too. Almost ordinary, and yet there he must surely be, for all that he's not in sight.]

Todd the Wraith // Stargate Atlantis

[commandshumor]

[ooc: More likely to take on the role of Hades. Open to all who would enjoy the company of an old humorous space vampire. Cast mates probably best, but anyone 18+ is welcome to jump in.]

Uchiha Itachi | Naruto | m/m

[sweetshinobi]

[ Either or; will be Hades to younger partners only, but Persephone to any age! Smut-friendly~ ]

Watanuki Kimihiro | xxxHoLiC | m/m

[hauntedhousewife]

[ Persephone! ]

Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with a Vampire) OTA

[delioncourt]

(Hades, of course.)

[echopraxia]

( benevenuta has had over four hundred and fifty years in a world of clear-cut separation; there is mortal and there is immortal. mortality is delicate, brief, to be shepherded towards greatness by culling its chaff, removing those who are past redemption in this life and giving them an opportunity to better themselves and atone in the next. immortality lives but once, carrying duty as its principle birthright, put onto this earth to be shepherd and executioner as required. she does not say, because the nahashi are secretive even amongst their own kind, but has long thought all immortals outside the society in which she was raised are above all else lazy, devoted to a prize she has long suspected is a fantasy, an excuse for bloodsports that she abhors.

this perception of the world does not readily make space for the creature called 'vampire', but that is inarguably what she's encountered; the creature that she saw rise from a grave came with no electrical pull in her belly to warn her, as do her own kind. it - he - had been empty. no; not empty, but as mortals are, only...

she's spent the past month following this newborn, caution the better part of valor; she might learn more if she sought out an older mark, but this one is too inexperienced to realize he's being ... hunted? perhaps. she hasn't decided yet. she knows too little, understands even less. she should write to the others; she should write to her mother, seek her counsel, but she doesn't want to be forever a girl who runs to her mama's skirts. she wants to be a woman who brings new knowledge to share.

she will not go unnoticed by them forever. )

Inoue Orihime | Bleach | OTA

[starcrossedprincess]

(Persephone. Extra points for Ulquiorra, but I love interaction with anyone.)

Nezumi | No. 6 | OTA

[awaywithasong]

[He's not much of a kidnapper so a Persephone for somebody looking for a less pure one. A very, very less pure one. He'll badmouth the rest of the world with you.]

Haruka Nanase | Free! | OTA

[freeinwater]

[Persephone. Bonus points for use of water worlds/environments.]

Kuroko Tetsuya | Kuroko no Basket | OTA

[invisoball]

[Persephone.]

Ayase Yukiya | Okane ga Nai | OTA

[nomoney]

[Kind of fits Persephone to a T.]

Princess Anna of Arendelle | Frozen

[loveisanopendoor]

[She's more likely to be Persephone, but, why not!]

Aoba Seragaki | DRAMAtical Murder | OTA

[powerofvoice]

[Persephone]

H.P. Lovecraft | Necronomicon: Book of the Dead | M/F

[cthulhu_ficcer]

[A very odd Persephone]

Saleh | Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones | OTA

[mountain_sage]

[Persephone]

Karla | Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword | OTA

[swordprincess]

[Persephone.]

Wally West (Flash) - dcau - ota

[scarletspeedster]

[Definitely more of a Persephone type; very likely to try and get to know/befriend the other person, especially if it's clear that they're not actively a threat to anyone. 18+ for shipping, open to cross canon/medium.]

Ootori Kyouya | Ouran Highschool | m/m

[shadowking]

[ Why, Hades, of course. ]

[ex_melodramatic14]

[ would you prefer a manga-compliant scene with tamaki deciding to leave for america? or anime-compliant scene of him leaving for france with eclair? or a cosplay-au of the actual hades/persephone story? ]

Malcolm Meryln l Arrow l ota

[welldressedevil]

[totally Hades on this one.]

Castiel l Supernatural l ota

[kingofheaven]

[Cas could be either so don't be afraid to tag him.]

Kate Austen | Lost | OTA

[survivorkate]

(ooc: To be honest she could probably play either role. Persephone is more likely though. Open to cross-canon, cross-medium and assumed cr. I'm open to F/M and F/F when it comes to shippy things and I'm also more than willing to set the scene up myself, just ask!)

Tsukino Usagi || Sailor Moon Crystal || M/F

[moonlightshine]

[ooc: Persephone.]

Elizabeth Comstock | Bioshock Infinite | OTA

[theseedoftheprophet]

[Most likely Persephone but I guess Burial At Sea Liz could be a possible Hades.]

Mikono Suzushiro | Aquarion EVOL | OTA

[mourningdress]

[Definitely the Persephone.]