Turn even the darkest, coldest realm into the happiest of homes

[celebratory]

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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ben k̶y̶l̶o̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶ solo. STAR☆WARS. ota

[vaderstan]

xue yang - the untamed - ota

[ill_intent]

[ partial to xy playing the part of Hades considering his canon, but it would be interesting to play it the other way around! Happy to play with canonmates, x-canon, au, whatever! ]

[sawnoevil]

(ooc | I'm sure you're probably not surprised one of us popped up here. Would you like a Xingchen? If so, any preference? )

Padmé ⋆ Star Wars

[nexubait]

hua cheng | tgcf

[huahua]

margaery tyrell | asoiaf/got | ota

[neverbedded]

[ likely the persephone ]

Karla | Fire Emblem | OTA

[swordprincess]

[Persephone]

Liora | Flight Rising | OTA

[liorafae]

[Definitely the Persephone. Only playing the human version for this meme.]

Alastor | a demon | OTA

[likenemesis]

[Hades.]

Rey ✨ Star Wars ✨ ota

[goazon]

[ a likely candidate for persephone but those aus where she can be the hades give me life. ]

Idia Shroud | Twisted Wonderland | ota

[ignihidden]

[literally a hades but with intense social anxiety so that kidnapping a romantic interest would likely end with him shutting himself in his room and shaking about it]

[unless the persephone likes video games, ig]

[love_the_smell]

[ ooc; I'm canonblind but if there's a gen way for him to spirit her away that would be awesome (because she's 32 and way too old for him LMAO but I headcanon she has a thing for people with his hair color......)

Oh and she'd be happy to play board games with him. c: ]

lily evans 🌿 harry potter 🌿 ota

[lancifolium]

[ probably persephone. ]

kylo ren ➢ star wars ➢ ota

[rensistance]

[hades.]

[reydacted]

[ 👀 ]

Evie | Disney's Descendants | ota

[4hearts]

[One of my favorite tropes! She is definitely a Persephone.]

Rey | Star Wars | ota

[reydacted]

[ Probably Persephone ]

Midnight | BNHA

[love_the_smell]

[ Definitely Persephone. However, Hades better have a good reason for her not to knock him out. ]

Michiru Kaiou | Sailor Moon | OTA

[tidalelegance]

Cassandra of Troy | Greek Myth | OTA

[prophetessoftroy]

(Probably the Persephone but depending on the setting she can so be Hades)

Kronk | The Emperor's New Groove | OTA

[kron_k]

[Very large, male Persephone, lol]

Yukiya Ayase (Okane ga nai)

[shakkin]

(ooc | Probably the Persephone. )

Ganymede | Greek mythology | m/m

[eagleswept]

[He does have his own myth with similar themes to play with, but either way, the Persephone! Could also go with a God AU to hew more closely to the Hades & Persephone myth, in which case he's probably got something to do with nectar and ambrosia... which would of course be troublesome for anyone outside of the Underworld.]

wen qing | the untamed

[levamen]

[ flexible on which part, though i like the idea of her being the hades. ]

Rey || Star Wars || F/M

[talentedscavenger]

[ooc: More than likely Persephone, but up for playing Hades.]

persephone — lore olympus

[verdure]

[ ooc; she is persephone. ]

rydia | final fantasy iv: tay | m/f

[tilleul]

[ Persephone -- although she's the one that lives in the Underworld and among monsters. ]

hades | greek mythology

[agetes]

[ it's ya boy. ]

[talentedscavenger]

[ooc: up for rey being persephone? Either modern or greek mythos setting.]