Tell me your headcanons about Theseus and Artemis, I must know.
lol okay! So these are just off the top of my head since I haven’t really gotten to explore how they play out and such waves hands.
- Despite all of his pride, Theseus has always been extremely deferential to the gods. He holds them in the utmost regard, and typically does his best to fulfill any command they give him. In life, he had been helped by many different gods, such as Athena, Apollo and Aphrodite, but in my canon Artemis was the first god to ever assist Theseus.
- Long before he was ever king, even before he’d completed his six labors Artemis guided his footsteps, and he excelled at combat and the hunt because of her. It showed in his labors, the tracking necessary to find great beasts and men. It showed when he excelled at all manner of weapon.
- He always held a particular fondness for her because of this, and so he raised his son (ACE KING HIPPOLYTUS) on stories of her, and his son became one of her most devout followers, enough to scorn Aphrodite. I also subscribe to the version of the myth where Artemis is the one who tells Theseus of Phaedra’s deceit and swears revenge for Hippolytus’s death as canon to this blog’s Theseus.
- also this is definitely subjective but Theseus ABSOLUTELY used artemis in like. 75% of our fights during my runs of Hades (This is also bc i dont take many artemis boons BUT whatever) It made an impact and so I’m deciding to incorporate this into my lore.
- I have many more thoughts about Theseus’s relationship with various gods but its kind of messy and not all organized brain mush
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