Children of the Gods (Important poll #12306)

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I personally look forward to meeting Aeson.

Btw in the history section of the demo it says:

“…The Essence can only be used by the Bearer, and can only be given to the
Bearer by the Bestower. Once in possession of all the Essence, The Bestower, can use it any way they want. .”

I thought it was only the Bearer who could use the Essence, or will Aeson be able to use/influence the Essence through us?

Also I hadn’t read the entire section before now, and I feel so sad for my MC, who just wants a normal life, but is “fated” to die before she turns 19. :frowning:

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Mistype, the Bearer can use it any way they see fit. Thank you for pointing that out!

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If the bearer has full control of the essence then what is stopping them from creating a new body that can withstand all of the power from the essence and therefore survive longer then 19years old and if they can’t alter the body they are in Then alter the body of the next bearer so that it can withstand the full power

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That is actually a really good idea. Maybe none of the former Bearers have thought of that plan before.

It might be a plot point in the game. How the MC tries to prevent/break the cycle of The Bearer and The Bestower being fated to die young.

In general, changing fate is always a really interesting plot point, especially in Greek mythology. ^^

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The Essence was never meant to be in a body, which is why the body deteriorates. Cronus turned the Essence into two sources because then he knew that they’d need human bodies to stay among the living. Demigods are of human anatomy. The second you turn the body into something else, it is no longer human, hence you would have no human host, and go back into slumber. Immortality let’s you keep that human body, but slows the aging progress to zero. There will be a few ways to avoid “death”, trust me.

The problem with “limitless” powers is that people can quickly get carried away with the meaning of it. There are limits, but at the same time, no limits.

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Way to canon this I think is; while in a human body, where demigod or had a sip of ambrosia. The host(the body) can only deal with so much power. So the Essence is an incorporeal state of unlimited power, see the big bang XD.

Now let’s look at the current pantheon of gods, they have tremendous power, but can be slain maybe even die from from over exerting their abilities. They do become weak from using their godly abilities in excess so their is a limit to what they can do.

So limitations are there, but what is the current limit that is for our dear author to decide.

Heh just thought of this; all the deities from demigods to the trinity (and that one living titian erh and Cronus ) draw from their source (which is a part of you well the Essence). So what happens to everything if all sources are returned back to the Essence…short story just tossing out some food for thought.

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When the Bestower gives their half of power to the Bearer do they also die? If so, is there a way for the two of them to live? I can’t remember if this was addressed before o:

//prepares notes because my MC is the minimal deaths kind of person

(Also would remaining on Hades’ good side help in ‘avoiding’ death because he’s still the God of the Underworld?)

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@Rohie, So, if you feel the desire to recall backward a few days, I said that I would attempt to go back and spot discrepancies, typos, my own problems with stuff and what have you? I have thus sorta attempted to do just that. I tried to be as thorough as possible but I’m pretty sure I failed in some areas. As I probably did miss a few things, I will have to go back and give another read at a later date, as of now though…Here we go.

  • “I need not be reminded of anything.” the King of Gods shouts. The bank of clouds that threatened to spill over the sun cast shadows on the Gods face. “Olympus needs a hero. We need a hero.” Pretty sure we’re only talking about Zeus here so it should be God’s

  • “The most effective way is to have one of our own watch over him among the mortals. To be a sort of guardian, if you prefer a more solid term.” Athena concludes. This bit is actually said before a gender is picked for the MC. Maybe replace Him with Baby

  • The hard part was staying hidden. Your life had turned into a series of attempts to stay hidden from the hunters that had been after you for years. Overuse of the word makes things feel a little repetitive, I suggest you replace one of the Hiddens with another word that means the same thing like Concealed, Invisible, Unseen, yada, yada.

  • Book shelves up to fifty feet flank every wall of the bustling shop, filled with what you imagine being every book on spells, shields, incantations, and charms ever made. Fifty Feet what? Tall? High? While the gist is understandable, a little elucidation never hurts.

  • You turn back around and face the rows of magical items once again, unable to keep the grin off your face. You scan the selection, narrowing down your possibilities to three items…

  1. Mirror of the Red Sea. The beautifully embellished mirror is said to have the power to turn the person who gazes upon the glass invisible for a short period of time. The only indication of their presence would lie in the sounds they make.

  2. Mist of the Truth Springs. The Truth Springs, located just outside Athens, are surrounded by a mass of thick, white mist. The mist has been collected and compressed into the tiny glass bottle and sealed away with a wooden cork. When the cork is pulled out, the mist from the Truth Springs is released and creates a veil of white fog, concealing everything within fifty feet.

  3. ? On second thought, I change my mind.There appears to be no actual third choice of item here. Just a choice to not buy anything.

  • The manager has been giving you a dirty look for hours because all you ordered were fried bananas. Now this could be chalked up to personal problem but are you sure you don’t mean Plantains or Platanos. Yeah, I am aware they are the same things but most that I know of don’t refer to fried bananas as such, unless you actually meant bananas.

  • Their steps are full of a certain degree of confidence and make almost no sound whatsoever, with the exception of the slight scuffle of pebbles brushing against the concrete floor. Not exactly redundant but it can come across a little stilted. I suggest that you either change it so it’s something more like “Would make almost no sound were it not for the slight scuffle of pebbles brushing against the concrete floor” either that or remove the , in between.

  • “But Mount Olympus isn’t my home. I was born in Phoenix, Arizona, sadly.” you pause. “Right?”
    (View check: You do not dislike the Gods, or the possibility of being born on Olympus.) This is supposed to be from the purview of a character that embraces and revels in the concept of Gods and stuff. Think it would make more sense if it said you actively like the Gods and the Prospect of being born on Olympus or something

  • Ares is the only child he had with Hera, his wife?" Saint nods with a hint of that wild grin on his face. “It doesn’t sit well with her that most of the people she has to see day in and day out for all of eternity are the children of her husband’s mistresses.” Error! Hephaestus is listed as one as well.

  • The road you’ve been walking on thins down and a clear path lays ahead. Something seems a little of to me here, do you possibly mean out and not down

  • You rub your left arm, which took most of the fall, and wince when you feel your ankle throb with pain. I am of the opinion that Brunt should be placed here somewhere.

  • The sunlight the pours through the large window overlooking the vast land beyond Athens city shines through the potion glasses and creates multicolored reflections on the walls and furniture. Pretty sure that the The in between Sunlight and pours was meant to be a That

  • You are ravaged with memories of your childhood. They come in broken pieces at first, then evolve into full-fledged memories that are so vivid, you swear you’re reliving them. The double of inference of memories is unnecessary, I’d replace the second instance of memories with Scenes, Visions or something similar.

  • The soft hum of music blasted through the speakers when a man, who you had long since called Uncle Henry, stepped out of the car. If the MC already knows him as their Uncle referring to him as a man as if you were unfamiliar with him is a mite jarring.

  • You hesitated before answering. Was he your dad? Was he your aunt’s boyfriend? Your mother’s brother? There should be neither hesitation nor anywhere near as much questioning. I get that children can be curious but it has already be stated, on the same page no less, that the MC knows this man as his/her/their Uncle

  • Uncle Henry waved to you, smiling. You said your goodbyes to the still starstruck Carter and made your way towards him. The Still is a bit overkill to me, you can stick with Starstruck by itself and get the same result.

  • “Alice will explain,” he said. "Please, sit back down. And put your seatbelt back on, for Gods sake." Firstly, seatbelt is actually supposed to be two different words; secondly, when in the hell did the MC even put a Seat Belt on for Uncle Henry to tell them to put it back on? Are we just supposed to assume it happened 'cause that’s what you’re supposed to do when you get in a car? 'Cause as far as I could see there was no prior mention of a Seat Belt

  • Because the Universe hated you, you found yourself standing next to Garrett at the line up. And next to him during laps. And once again during drills.- An hour into practice, you had enough. It wasn’t enough for her to send little digs at you every moment he could, but he’d started physically bothering you. Playing as a Male MC the school male version of the bully Garret suddenly turns Female and then back into a He

  • You calmed your pulse and eased your racing mind. You were better than this, better than her. You didn’t need to stoop down to her level. Garret has once again being referred to asHer

  • Practice went off without much disturbance from Gale. Sure you received some bruises and a few more blows to your pride, but you had managed to make it out alive. Quite the progressive school: Garret is called Gale here.

  • You felt his tight grip on your arm. Most of this fairly past tense at this point (I believe) so this is a little disorienting. Maybe put “You had felt his tight grip on your arm” or “You felt his grip tighten around your arm.” I don’t know, there’s nothing overtly wrong here, just me giving a warning.

  • You walked over to Garrett. He looked up at you, his eyes hazy. He looked up at you, his eyes hazy. He slowly reached behind his head, feeling the back of it, and brought his bloody hand in front of his face. The passage “He looked up at you, his eyes hazy” is here twice.

  • Soon you could run for miles without breaking a sweat, lift someone twice your size with little effort, and your fist became accustom to bruises from delivering precise blows. Pretty sure someone said this already but it should be Accustomednot Accustom.

  • You heard and demands to hold specific formations or to spread out or to keep watch. I am of the mind that you meant Loud and not and.

  • With much of the remaining strength you had, you pushed him into one of the vertical fans. Do you mean as much?

  • You didn’t stop until the boy was a curled up in a ball on the floor, trying uselessly to protect himself. Feel like you a were going in one direction and then switched track:a or In* pick one.

  • He leaned against the same fan you leaned against, letting out the same sigh of relief you had just moments before. Aside from the general repetitiveness of this passage, I think you can alter the first part to that it’s closer the second, kinda like this: “He leaned against the same fan that you did” had also works.

  • First, you dream about your aunt Alice. You feel her warmth next to your side, and you can smell the tree’s of Ashbrook park, in Phoenix. It’s so real. I think you must have edited some stuff while I was sifting through everything 'cause when I came back I’m not sure if I saw this error again but *trees not tree’s

  • *Aunt Alice is sitting on the park bench, legs crossed, arm around your shoulders. The sun peeked behind her hair, sending the warm brown into waves of blazing amber. * The tense feels a little jumbled here to me then again I may be crazy. Don’t really have any suggestions here, just warning.

  • The white fluff floats in between you two as if suspended by gravity. It looks like snow. Try down. The word fluff seems to appear a lot and Down works perfectly in this instances.

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  • The girls face lights up, and she sits up straighter. "You have the very best; Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius. Even if the MC is a female there is only one person who’s face is lighting up. Girl’s

  • The clouds in the background are painted like soft, pink cotton candy, and the sea is a beautiful baby blue. The The before clouds and sea are placed as though there was some prior mention of landscape in the mural, when there was in fact not.

  • Their white mane’s glisten under the sunlight. There are two horses here, pretty positive it should be manes’.

  • There are horse-drawn chariots, going from street to street and turning corners of tall, stone and glass buildings. Chariots are naturally horse drawn, anything else is exceedingly rare.

  • The phantom horses neigh when she pulls on them, and the wings attached to the wheels begin to flap in the wind. I appreciate the wordplay but you never describe the horses as being Phantoms or any other form of Undead/Non-living creature

  • You hold on to the edges of your seat, one of the white wings grazing your face, and wait for the chariot to head. Where exactly are you waiting for the chariot to head? Doesn’t seem right.

  • As the chariot gently reaches the ground, the horses hooves land on the stone pathway that surrounds the land in front of the castle. Pretty sure we’ve gotten possessive and as such it should be Horses’.

  • Demeter reigns the horses in and gently strokes the left wing of the chariot. She’s not turning the horses into royalty to Reins not reigns

  • Demeter begins to walk up a long stone stairway, and you follow, casting one last look at the entryway. - The seemingly endless amount of stairs reminds you of Nephlim’s lair. You use the word Stairs abundantly, nothing wrong with that but some times it’s nice to spice it up. The second instance here for example; I’d try "endless Steps.

  • Contacting someone on who could take advantage of your confusion is not on the top of your to-do list. I feel as though that on was unintended in this version of the sentence’s structuring.

  • His posture is straight, his arms resting on his armrest. Redundant.

  • The floor is not a floor. Maybe place an Except before the initially highlighted portion.

  • You see the Lincoln Memorial upwind from that, near a flock of black ravens that soar over the false sky. I get that you are not trying make things unusual here and that I covered this before, but this is just something that really irks me I guess. Black Ravens implies something unique or special about these boids which, when as far as I can tell, is not the case. Black is a Raven’s natural coloring so the addition the word is unnecessary to me.

  • Slowly, you raise your gaze, and the see the Gods that sit before you. Accidental placement of an extra The in just before Gods

  • Behind them is a large wall made entirely of ancient stone with deeply engraved words carved in it. Forgot this after you corrected it/I reread it but for it to be Engraved means it was carved so the explanation that it’s been carved is already covered.

  • You stand silently among the immortal. Love what you’ve done here but sadly, immortals is what’s necessary here as you stand among immortals, plural.

  • Then, as a result of singular pulses of energy, you were created. If you’re going for one Pulse the extra S has to go and an a needs to go before the Singular if not and you want a multitude of Pulses the Singular inference has to go and be replaced with its plural counterpart.

  • You try to get your heartbeat under control, or at least catch a grip of reality, because you must not have heard them right. That must be it. Maybe get a grip on instead of what it was/is?

  • “We even debated whether or not to get involved at all. But after reviewing the prophecy so many times, we now see that this is inevitable.” I think I had something for the beginning but I can’t remember it sooo…I’ll just address the later half; seems a little tense switch-y, maybe you can make it we came to see that this was inevitable or we have come to see/realize, that this must pass or something.

  • *“But we have decided to let fate handle that as well,” Hades states, stepping away from the Gods that has backed him up just moments before. * No doubt in my mind you meant Have and not Has.

  • The majestic property of the Institute glints back at you, it’s ancient presence sending a chill down your spine. I assume you meant its, since the feel of passage implies there is a creepy air that belongs to the place itself.

  • Saints voice speaks up over the wind. “So, who did you see at the summoning?” Only one guy, I couldn’t handle any more thank goodness. Saint’s

  • “Why wasn’t she there?” you ask Saint, leaning towards the front seats. This brings me to an interesting dilemma, I’m not sure if you’re leaning toward British English or American or just don’t care, but for the most part, from what I can tell, the gist of what you’ve done has been in American; as such it should be Toward and not Towards.

  • You walk over to where they stand, curious to what they see. Mayhaps you mean meant curious as to what they see.

  • The sun illuminates behind her. What exactly is the Sun illuminating behind her? It’s not definite and can be confusing.

  • Aunt Alice sits beside you, her gaze set upon a far off distance The whole far off bit covers that what she’s looking at is in the distance, not sure what exactly would work for you but I’m pretty sure something should be changed.

  • The ceiling is made of pure glass, and you can see the sky while the sun reflecting off the glass. Either change reflecting to reflects** or get rid of while, there can only be one.

  • “Nah, there’s, at least, three more throughout the city. This one’s just the most conveniently located.” If this has nothing to do with how Calypso talks, something has to change here.

  • Rows and rows of church benches line either side of the entrance, and a deep red carpet leads to a giant stone statue of Zeus. Pews! The word for those hard to name church seats is pews.

  • He stands tall, his arm raised towards the sky, his favorite sword, the sword of Amara in his right hand. Bolded word has been used twice with barely any space between itself, try replacing the first instance of it with blade.

  • Locked doors line the walls as well, all with tiny windows. Throughout the pages surrounding this passage, I believe there to be an overabundance of the word Wall/s, my suggestion is replacing this instance here with path or something similar.

  • The heat is the first thing you notice. It’s so insufferable, you can already feel the beads of sweat begin to form on your forehead. I’m pretty sure that this is supposed to be Beginning

  • *A radiant and a satisfied smile sets on his face. * Remove the extra *a.

  • *You nod. “What does that even mean? All I’ve been hearing all day is that name.” * Two *alls right behind each other, I suggest turning all day into today.

  • The structure is made entirely of dark red brick, with artfully sculpted patio’s shooting into several balconies. Most lights are off, but some are lit bright orange. Not entirely sure if that’s the architecture you’re looking for but if so remove the ’ so that it can proudly be patios.

  • The walls are a warm cream color, and there are two beds on seperate sides of the room, flanked by two dressers that hold a floating ball of light that illuminates the room. First, accidental misspelling of the word Separate, second, in ensuing passage (Not pasted here) it’s mentioned that the effect made by the illumination is a harsh one, but there is nothing about that anywhere else. Mayhap you should alter it so that it reads something along the lines of “a floating ball of light gratingly illuminates the room.” Although, Firmly also works I guess, if you don’t like gratingly.

  • There is a door in the back of the room, which you assume leads to the bathroom. Something about this reads oddly to me; maybe try at instead of in or There is an entrance

  • You dream about a girl with long blonde hair and piercing grey eyes. She stands in the forest, beautiful rare flowers twisted into a crown upon her head. The term forest is applied as though you/the MC is aware of the locale in which they/you stand. I suggest changing it to a forest.

  • In her hand is a magnificent silver bow, and in her other is a fine, glinting arrow. Little clunky for me. I don’t think the her hand bit is entirely needed, maybe change it to one hand or her right/left hand (There are much cooler words for right and left too, like sinistral and dextral.)

  • A bright sky is set behind her, clouds too white and round to be real, and a flurry of doves soar the sky. I assume you meant something else?

  • One by one, all the doves fall put of the sky, as if struck by their own arrows. Out not Put.

  • The boy walks off the water, onto the sand, and towards the dove. Same problem as earlier; British Vs American English consistency.

  • “Why have you called upon me, Athena?” he asks, his face contorted into aggravation. The to portion of into is unnecessary, I suggest you convert it to "his face contorted in aggravation.

  • The Goddess steps towards the God, who takes a step backward at her approach. British English vs American consistency.

  • *Athena lets out a false laugh with no humor. Laughter that lacks amusement or humor is often known as Mirthless laughter. I advocate for the usage of the term.

And that was playthrough one: Now comes what I missed/what little difference I could spot playing a different style.

  • Zeus carefully picks up the baby person, his own heart beating faster than it should be, and raises them toward the opening in the cathedral. I think even Gender queer or Genderless people are just known as babies. Baby person isn’t necessary, you covered it with baby.

  • “This should be interesting.” Hades muses, his dark eyes trained on the child. Zeus does not speak, and his gaze travels towards the now clear and azure sky. His mind is infinite skies away. British vs American English

  • You turn several corners, and finally see some light up ahead. You will your body to endure through your laboring breathing. While I have endless appreciation for what you’ve done here, I honestly think here is was one of the few times it should be Labored.

  • (View check: You have no definite qualms about the hunters or the Gods who may have sent them.) Mostly a personal problem, I’d use definitive instead of what’s there.

  • "Another son of Zeus and Hera," Saint says. “He’s married to Aphrodite. Hephaestus is the God of fire and the forge. Up in Olympus, he’s the master blacksmith. If you want a reliable weapon, it’s him you need to go to. Just don’t get on his bad side; Olympus isn’t the kind of place where you can go without a weapon.” Proof of the Hephaestus/Ares error which I didn’t recognize until after I was past it and could no longer copy it, thus I did so on the second go 'round.

  • CENTAURS BLOOD: AUG. 6TH, 1879

    • You nearly drop the vial. Of course its centaurs blood, you think to yourself, wiping your hand on your jeans Shouldn’t both of these be Centaur’s?.

  • Your shoudler length hair still grazes your shoulder on one side, and is closely shaved on the other. Thankfully, it’s still the color of… Shoulder

  • *One second I’m stressing over my history test and the next I’m watching Saint and some Seekers flying Genos Apollo’s chariot up to Asclepius. I clocked into work right after classes. * You missed this here instance of Avery calling a God Genos

  • You hear him stifle a gasp of surprise, and he is stiff in your arms, not moving. Another word that can be used here is Unmoving though I believe it isn’t entirely correct grandma-mad-at-me

  • "I am glad to you have no ill will towards me," he says, finally. “I don’t…I don’t know what I would have done if you did.” I see this is still here when you go to hug Hades. I suggest you add Know so that it reads out “I am glad to know you have no ill will toward me.” Also, British vs American English instance here.

  • You nod eagerly, remembering the details of the Titans story from one of your favorite novels. “Cronus was a part of the first generation of Titans. He was the son of Gaia and Uranus, who he usurped, then took over domain of the Universe. Then, when he went mad with power and killed all his siblings. That was before the original Six defeated him and confined him to Tartarus.” Pretty sure this should be "Titans’s"and Then, he went mad with power and killed all his siblings or Then, when he went mad with power, he killed all of his siblings.

And this was playthrough two. I then pushed on into the third one though so… here we go for round three.

  • I’m completely despise the Gods, no doubt about it. I refuse to be apart of any of this. Should be I and a part (@LtRipley Ninja’d me sooo.)

  • *There is not obvious exit, and you don’t see the huge gaping hole you must have fallen through to get into the white marble foyer. * Either change to "there is not an obvious exit or remove and switch with “There is no obvious exit”

  • It was quiet at first, and could have been mistaken for anger. But soon you could see that it was more than that. Aside from the fact that I think Subtle would be a better term for this part, you also you quiet not too long after this.

  • Soon, you could cast a spells with confidence in your words. You were becoming quite the sorcerer. Remove the ending S or the precursory A thus allowing it to read " Soon you could cast spells with confidence in your words" or " Soon, you could cast a spell with confidence in your words."

  • You hielded a large portion of the ancient power, controlling it so that only a trickle of it poured out, and you mumbled the words in your mind, over and over again, until you felt a warm light encase you. I’m not very used to this word truthfully, though I do find myself enamored by it, thus I must ask; did you mean to write Hielded. (From what little I know of the word it seems likely but I’d to not assume.)

  • The boys knife didn’t break through your barrier. You were untouchable. There’s only one boy trying to get gangster on that rooftop. Rectify to boy’s.

  • You stand defiantly, and wait for the Goddess to approach you.-When she but a few inches in front of you, she stares you straight in the eyes. I assume you mean She’s but or ** She is but**.

Which finishes my playthroughs and brings me to the few questions that arose from all of this.

First off, can I expect Carter Hall/Jessa McKenzie, to make a reappearance or were they just a nice name drop to help build word/character/past?

“Well, yeah. Technically he’s a sorcerer. ‘Magician’ is a broad term used to describe someone who practices magic. Sorcerer is a term used to describe an incredibly powerful wizard.” Isn’t Sorcerer usually applied to one who traverse the darker arts of magic?

“The king of the Gods. He has complete domain over the sky, like his grandmother, Gaia, Mother Sky.” I’m not used to Gaia being fathomed as Mother Sky. Earth, yes. Sky, no. May I ask what made you write her as Mother Sky?

Hephaestus throws an angry glance at the Goddess of Love. “Well is he wrong, wife?” He draws out the last word, narrowing his eyes. Aphrodite’s smile is sickly sweet. If your Greek Gods only refer to each other as sibling and such 'cause it’s the closet human concepts can come to terming/understanding their bond/relation, why do they so readily label one another as wife/husband?

For that matter, why do they ascribe to any Human ideals? (Incase you didn’t know by now, I support your history of the Gods and therefore you won’t see me complaining about Godly/Familial relations much anymore.)

With a quick movement of your arms, you reach out and lunge for the girl, but you feel the earlier weakness that impaired you return. **Disregarding my own problems with this passage, I implore you to explain to me why people keep assuming Calypso used some fancy powers to get the better of you? Last I checked, it was common knowledge that you/the MC were just released from not even a day ago and should by all Godly medical accounts…should still be laced up.

“I wonder how much debt you’ll be in by judgement day,” Do you intend to capitalize all the J’s in Judgment Day or nah?

The entire space must be larger than three football fields, you think. There is a glass dome surrounding the entire area, with steel pipes crisscrossing the ceiling. Large beams and poles are set in the far corner of the room, and to the far right, you can make out a long wall of weapons. *FOR REALLY? What kind of peepers does the MC have that they can so easily spot these specks form over three football fields away.

Two questions: One, is the kid we/the MC encounters in the Forge room Adonis, Adonis or just someone with the same name? Secondly, Would I be correct in the assumption that this Adonis is a God regardless of whether or not he’s the Greek Adonis?

Heh, Augustine?

Lastly, I assume you are aware that you are a Criminal, no good, fiendish tease, yes? How could you give a taste of Herc like that and then so cruelly yank it away? VILLAIN I CRY! VILLLLAAAAAAIIN!:imp:

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@squarelyblue

I know right? That’d just be awesome.

(You know you just so happened to pick my favorite song in all of Hercules? Basically, super down for that to be an option.)

Oh he’s more than just pretty cool, he donates bone marrow to the kids and is like, “eh, it didn’t hurt.”

[I receive you loud and clear good buddy! That makes sense, it’s not always easy to just re-imagine someone with another hair color and for it to be right, It’s much easier if that person can somehow actually manage to find the shade of hair color/dye you think/feel suits them just right.]

Oh, I’m gonna have fun, in fact, I’m gonna do it right now.

Soooooo, due to the Proselytizer that is Squarelyblue, I am finally ready to join the cult of fancasters. Since, I’m me though, I am most likely going to be doing things slightly differently. (Though I do admit that I might stea-borrow inspiration from the above person.)

K, so first off, there’s this person who I really, really, really, like soooooo badly wanted to picture as Zeus but I couldn’t since I decided to stick to the character designs or at least as best as I could, I wasn’t willing to part with the whole concept of the person and so decided to to just trust ma gut. Argh, enough ramble.

First up in my list of fancasted-did peeps is Cronus - Paul Mason
My man Zeus - Stanley Weber
Poseidon - Toby Step - ens
Good Ol’ Hades - Clive Standen
I was initially feeling the Lena Headey Vibe myself but something in me rebelled so: Hera - Brid get Reagan
Demeter - Claire Holt
Hestia - Alyssa Sutherland
Athena was a bit of a struggle for me but in the en I’m happy with the result. - Daisy Ridley
Ares - Hen ry Cavil
Apollo and Artemis - Alexander Ludwig and Lucy Griffiths
I’m kinda undecided on Hermes, not because I don’t have one but because I can’t pick between the two I do have.For now though I’m just gonna wing it and go with option 1 Hermes - Charlie Bewley
Hephaestus - Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Honestly, where my brain is at right now, pretty Asian woman meant K-pop Idol, which equaled too lazy. Thus I’ve resorted to someone with Asian features for Aphrodite - Fall- Back- Chick

Saint Augustine - Lucky- Blue- Smith
Calypso - Am ber Heard
Brown Haired Hunter/Seeker Boy - Mark Ryder
Adonis - R en
Haris - Male Haris/Female Haris

I know he hasn’t really been chatted about in game much buut, I can’t help it, I’m goin’ out on a limb and envisoning my Hercules - Gregg Sul kin (Currently, I’m of a mood where I want him to be young enough to be part of my clique.)

While I’m intrigued by the sharing of characters/MC, for now I will refrain from partaking; mainly for two reasons. The first being that I’d prefer to wait until there’s a little more in-game story elucidation before forging my MCs backstories, the second is that I’m little too drained from the writing I’ve already done to think good right now. Soo, instead I will place fairly rough approximates of how they look and declare their names.

Ourania Saoirse Angelis (But with suuuuuupeer dark hair and eyes.)

Isolde Gwendoline Angelis (Exactly this.)

Aurelios Aidan Angelis (But with blue purple dyed hair, piercings and argent eyes.)

(This isn’t to anyone in particular.) You all seem to have done a lot today…I however am too gassed to go on a tirade against anyone elses points without good cause as such I will just post link to Ares’ Wikipedia page here and silently rep the Ares banner untill a point in time wherein I have gained enough energy to solidly support him.

@poison_mara, did I see someone mouthin’ off at you earlier? Need I take up shield and sword?

Now before I get off for a seven thousand year nap, I have four things to say: One, deeply sorry to all for the incredibly lengthy post; two To all the folks betting on Calypso’s heritage Although my gut is screaming Ares, I’m gonna put my bets down on her being either Zeus or Cronus’ kid now.

Third, I am faaaaar too tired to artfully care about my own bad grandma, punchuation or whatever and for that I’m, somewhat, sorry, I will edit all of this much, later when I can read good. Fourth, Have any of you ever had a song stuck in your head while you were reading something and it kinda blended like a soundtrack or something?Well, that happened to me and I was unprepared for it.#WhyDidIHearThis?:confused:

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@Lazarus Thank you again for your amazing editing corrections/suggestions! To answer a few of your questions:
1.) Sorcerers tend to lean towards the darker aspects of magic, but for explanation sake and to build up on Nephlim’s background, I simply gave a broad description.
2.) One of my things, besides it’s and its, is never being able to correctly type out “Mother Earth.” My sincerest apologize to Gaia.
3.) It has long been known in myths that Aphrodite and Hephaestus are married. I didn’t say that the Gods only refer to each other as brother and sister, etc., I said that it was the most common way to describe their relationship, especially among the original six.
4.) They ascribe to human ideals because the Gods I created needed to have as many human flaws as possible to push along certain…things I have planned. Also, that’s how they have been depicted throughout mythology.
5.) I’m not sure what happened there, maybe something got lost in translation? But yeah, you woke up a day too early and were immediately summoned by the Gods, who, frankly, didn’t even give you a second to catch your breath.
6.) j’s not J’s; editing error.
7.) see #6. I intended for Calypso to explain that part for you, but I began editing at 3 AM. So, yeah.
8.) Adonis is a namesake, not the Adonis. That Adonis is dead.
9.) And yes, Saint Augustine indeed. :smirk:
10.) You have not seen the last of Hercules. He’s like one of those reoccurring guest stars that are hyped up in promotions for weeks but end up only having a five second scene.

Edit: I just saw your fancast! I love what you have, and I am 100% behind Saint. I never even thought of Lucky Blue. He literally has white hair. But, I guess I forgot since he’s recently dyed it darker.

Hera and Calypso are of your own imagination, but in the game, they are both of African decent. Hera, specifically has taken on the form of an Eritrean woman, while Calypso is biracial (Ares is white, and her mother is Melanesian).

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Interesting, I kept hesitating on that one but couldn’t remember which one was proper.
Who knew reading through a list of typos could be so educative? :smile:
I missed a lot of them too.

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This was an excellent read

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Did you just reveal who Calypso’s godly parent was?

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Since everyone else is doing it, and I enjoy jumping on bandwagons, I decided to do my own fancast too. I tried to stick to Greek actors for the gods, but sometimes it was really hard, so…I didn’t.
Zeus-Paraskevas Boubourakas
Hera-[Laverne Cox] (http://41.media.tumblr.com/3bde59247d8963a3847d8257af3b653e/tumblr_ntr1w3dtnj1qcpno5o1_400.jpg) (not Greek, but still perfect)
Poseidon-Sakis Rouvas
Hades-Yiorgos Karavas
Ares-Dimitris Alexandrou
Artemis-Anastasia Peraki
Apollo-Daniel Sharman (not actually Greek, but he did play a Greek god once)
Demeter-Zeta Makripoulia
Hephaestos-Alexandros Parthenis
Hestia-Evangelia Aravani (I know you said red-hair, but I thought she was perfect)
Hermes-Jesse Williams (not Greek or blond, but perfect)
Aphrodite-Gao Yuanyuan
Athena-Marie Avgeropoulos
Saint-Conor McLain
Calypso-Zoe Kravitz (she can pull off blonde, but I chose to go with a pic of her with long hair over the hair color)
Adonis-Kim Sang Bum

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Well, considering that I’m an enabler, I’ve also updated my list but haven’t gotten around my post so might as well just reply here :)) [also you can see what shows I watch/follow at this rate ahahah]

Also note I’m still not yet done :)) otherwise I’d be too bored while waiting so it’s not a huge update on my list :stuck_out_tongue: (also still on the tentative thoughts side but might as well)

Hestia - Rose Leslie
Hephaestus - Sam Heughan
Zeus - David Gandy

Avery - Lily James
Calypso - Zendaya Coleman

@Rohie, since you’ve mentioned now that Calypso is the daughter of Ares and a mortal, I can see now that Ares is not going to be pleased if he finds out you’re dating his daughter HAHAHAHA

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I’m really curious what sort of interactions we’ll have with Hestia.

Barring certain. . .animatedshowsfromjapan. . .She’s always been one of those underrated goddesses, imo.

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I feel like I know (of) this show :)) is this Danmachi?

Considering she’s the goddess of the hearth though, I feel like she’s probably the most well versed in mortal affairs :)) and my personal headcanon for her is that she’s a little bit like Gordon Ramsey: “WHY IS THIS CHICKEN RAW? IT’S STILL CLUCKING ON MY PLATE”

Also iirc (because my Western lit knowledge is a bit rusty) she’s also a goddess that presides over (to a certain degree) the community? Like there was a public hearth that’s dedicated to her – the flame isn’t allowed to go out less she be offended – and like whenever there was a new village they’d have to take a bit of the flame from the nearest settlement to mark the town? Or something like that?

So maybe because people are really dedicated to her as a “private” deity – I don’t know how else to phrase it – she’s really good at reading the MC? And this carries over on how she might be able to sway people to her side given that community is important to her?

[sorry if I’m babbling]

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Hestia was the goddess of the right ordering of domesticity, the family - and yes a newly established settlement was supposed to offer to her first before any other.

She was one of three (Artemis and Athena being the others) who could resist Aphrodite - all three are virgins.

When it comes to familial rites and rules the others should listen to her.

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I got one right!
Calypso seems Caucasian on your drawing.

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Shouldn’t Ares be, at least, half African? XD