Hades and Persephone

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Hades & 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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Eöl | The Silmarillion | M/F

[eol]

[Absolutely Hades.]

[shaea]

(ooc: I think I'd have to AU her, but any interest in a tall bookish blonde with a keen interest in the occult? She has fae blood (not that she's aware of it) so that is a thing that we could play with.)

princess serenity | sailor moon | f/m

[transmigrate]

[ Had-

no, jk she's Persephone, duh. ]

belle ❀ beauty and the beast (2017) → f/m

[uglydress]

[ this is kinda her thing.

my pref rundown to avoid tl;dr. to sum it all up - open to anybody, the more unconventional the better; my dream crossover would be with a thorin from the hobbit, so if this interests you and you play him, I cannot provide enough grabby hands. ]

arwen | lotr

[bain]

( persephone. )

kylo ren { STAR WARS } ota

[vaderstan]

( hades )

[poeticforce]

[ yes/no/maybe? ]

raven | dc(eu)

[nevermored]

( hades is a baby bat gothling, apparently.

what it says on the tin: dceu au raven, taking inspiration from both the animated show and the New Teen Titans run. i can swing a mcu-verseswap version, too, if we're feeling frisky. some musing about how dceu/mcu aus for her work here.

18+, open to pretty much all dc and marvel characters, though I do have the ubiquitous preferences, if you want 'em. other crossovers more than welcome, too! slight f/m pref as i am a basic bitch but i'm chill. )

Cor Leonis - Final Fantasy XV - Open to Anyone

[immortalmarshal]

((He's a rather fighty Persephone to any villain/'evil' types. To everyone else, though, he's a much softer kind of Hades.))

[bostonhowler]

Kidnapped! She can't believe... Huffing out a breath, Brigid continues pacing the room, waiting for Cor to come back. Obviously, he's gone completely soft in the head, kidnapping her like this.

She doesn't even have her phone. No doubt the rest of the Pack is worried about her. She doesn't even know why this has happened. Because everytime Cor has tried to explain, she's just tuned him out. She's pouted and she knows it.

He'd very kindly stolen some of her clothing for her. She supposes she should be "grateful". Except she can't be. She can't be grateful to someone holding her captive against her will!

Oh, Uncle Marcus is going to panic. There were negotiations going on, and with her gone... who knows how well they will continue. She sighs and brushes hair out of her face. Yes, she knows that the negotiations are for her wedding, but she actually wanted to be there for them, to judge the groom for herself. Or, she supposes, the groom's Pack.

She hears his footsteps approaching and whips around to stare at the door. "Cor!" She snaps when he walks in. She stalks right up to him. "What... I have to go home!"

Leithe Judge | Legend of Sun Knight | m/f

[leithe_judge]

[Persssss-hahahahahahaha! Hades.]

Yasha | RG Veda | OTA

[yashaou]

[Either.]

[darkashura]

[ Hi c: let me know if you're interested in bouncing something off my Ashura. ]

Dictator of Life | 1/2 Prince | OTA

[dictatoroflife]

[He's a self-aware gaming NPC who's programmed to be the 'final boss', but he has no desire to do actual harm. So... Either.]

Sabriel | Old Kingdom | OTA

[bindsthedead]

[Either role!]

Scarecrow | Batman Arkham Knight | ota

[doctor_terror]

[The Hades]

Arkady Raventon | Lost Souls | M/M

[raventonmagick]

[The Hades]

[jedi_librettist]

[Would Arkady be interested in an asexual man with powers who could potentially be seduced for romance if he plays his cards right?]

Ben Solo (AU) | Star Wars

[jedi_librettist]

Persephone

zed martin | constantine

[chicartista]

[ persephone. ]

eleanor henstridge | the royals

[cokeandcaviar]

[ persephone. ]

quinn fabray | glee

[fabraylous]

[ persephone. ]

Idril Celebrindal | The Silmarillion | f/m

[itarilde]

( persephone. )

rydia | final fantasy iv: tay | m/f

[tilleul]

[ Persephone or a more traditional Hades + summoner (but more likely to be the Bright Spot). ]

Bianca Eskildsen (Original Character) F/F

[ragnfrid]

[ Either role. Would be a gloomy, depressive, melancholy kind of Hades and a darker, attracted-to-the-underworld kind of Persephone. ]

Tokoyami Fumikage | My Hero Academia | ota

[unfortunatechemistry]

[Hades.]

Aramat Drawdes | Alabaster | OTA

[scalpedsociety]

[Either role would work, actually.]

Oscar | Lupin The 3rd | OTA

[riveres]

[Either a Hades that is depressive and desperate for company or a Persephone that naturally feels a pull towards the dark. He may actually eat the pomegranate completely knowing what he's doing.]

Isolde, Lilith, Rosalie | OC | OTA

[puppet_mistressofhell]

[A Hades that totally down with keeping her Persephone at all costs.]

Dr. Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler ⛨ Overwatch ⛨ F/M 21+

[watching_over_you]

[Can be either role. Hades will be like her Imp and Witch skins and as Persephone she will most likely be herself or Nike-Goddess skins. OTA got castmates ♥]