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[lifeinspring]

                     meet  persephone niketas  !

                        (33) IMMORTAL — GODDESS

favorite song: daffodil by florence & the machine

sexuality: pansexual

pronouns: she/her 

depending on which immortal being you ask, the story of persephone and hades differs drastically. demeter, her mother, would say her daughter was kidnapped and doomed to spend too much of her life alongside her captor, hades. most of those on mount olympus have heard this version and believe it to be true but the reality of the story could not be further from it. persephone remembers when her walks through gardens and fields and forests became accompanied by the one she knew as the ruler of the underworld. his quick wit and engaging personality captured her attention in a way like never before. those that spoke of hades did not have favorable things to say about him but despite this, she yearned to see him. despite her mother's warnings, she went to visit him in the underworld without permission.

unaccepting that her daughter would have left on her own accord, demeter turned the olympians against hades and asserted the belief that he kidnapped her. persephone's mother even went so far as to curse the earth, claiming her daughter's absence caused the world to turn cold and kill the once bright foliage. by the time the news of what her mother had done had reached the underworld, persephone was well in love with hades and already knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. but she knew she had to go back, the wellness of mortals was at risk. a strike of brilliance came from her dearest flame, hades offered six pomegranate seeds that bound her to the place they called home. it was a compromise demeter begrudgingly accepted just so she could have her daughter near. persephone was less than ecstatic to have to spend time in a realm where they cursed her lover's name but if it meant mortals didn't have to live under eternal algor then she did what she must.

HC’s:

life away from her husband isn't all that bad, for as many gods and goddesses that believe she was kidnapped, there are a few that believe her truth. time that would have been spent with her mother is now spent with those that are understanding of her circumstances. of course she does have to spend time with demeter but it would be the same as visiting any polarizing family member, avoiding certain topics is usually what makes the time bearable.

she is kind but do not cross her, the last time someone got on her nerves she turned them into a rose bush for a full year. she was feeling generous with that curse.

often times the smell of berries and florals alerts one of her presence, the scent is subtle but something everyone misses once it's gone.

[rearrangethecosmos]

“There will never be a time when you are not welcome with me. The underworld would freeze over before that were to ever happen,” he promises, genuinely meaning each and every word. For as dedicated as Hades was to his realm and his responsibilities as a God - he would give it all away, let it go to absolute shit before he let a single day go by not cherishing the woman in his arms. There was nothing else in his life he cared about more - not even the plans he had been working on for years now to take over Olympus. Which was exactly why he had yet to tell Persephone anything about that goal, knowing if she disapproved and asked him to give it up he would. In a heartbeat, he’d do it for her. And maybe that should have been a sign that he didn’t need to go through with any of this in the first place - but he refused to even consider giving up of his own accord. All of this though was a discussion or thought for another day, another time when he was not being reunited with his wife after months of separation. When she was not so clearly glancing down at his lips and playing a dangerous game of making him wait. He leaned in closer until their lips were mere millimeters apart, so close he could feel the ghost of them against his own. But before he actually allows them to touch, he turns his head away and drops down to rest his forehead on her shoulder, a smirk growing on his hidden face. “Thoughts of you, of course. What else could occupy my time so well?” His dwellings in the mortal realm of course, but that wasn’t quite as fun of an answer.

[lifeinspring]

"What is it about me that has everyone ready to freeze whole worlds if I'm not there?" Persephone was well aware of the answer to her own question; she had people who cared for her enough to go to great lengths to satiate their wants. It was a blessing to know her presence was something that desired, not many could say the same, and that included her husband who had mortals that would quiver at the very thought of him or gods who looked to him as being some monster when she knew he was far from the sort. When it came from Hades, such passion meant the world to her because she knew he meant every word, but when it came from her mother, it filled her with dread for the very same reason. 

His lips were so close to hers, Persephone could practically feel them already, except she hadn't and it was utterly agonizing in the best way. There was nothing else she wanted more than to separate the distance between them... other than to win this game she'd started which she knew was going to be worth it in the end but, damn, the torture sure was something. He was wise to move away before the natural magnetism took play for the both of them. She could hear the smile on him as he talked, which was awfully inconvenient for her as she happened to think that her favorite vision in the world was when he was visibly content. A gentle click of the tongue with an 'aw' proceeding was her immediate reaction to his adorable answer. "You poor thing, that's too much time to be thinking about me. Maybe we should get you a hobby."

[rearrangethecosmos]

closed starter for @lifeinspring location: hade's office for the underworld

The act of going over all the books for his nightclub was a responsibility that certainly didn’t actually have to be handled by Hades himself, but when you’re a god that doesn’t need to ever sleep there comes a time when you’ll do just about anything to keep yourself somewhat busy. And that’s exactly what balancing all of the spendings and earnings for the mortal realm’s Underworld was for him - a simple task to keep his mind busy during the darkest of nights, when he had planned as much as he could and was simply in a waiting phase of it all and there was little else to do. It was the time of night that no one was around, not even his most loyal of henchmen, so hearing something moving in the other room was enough to put a stop to his work. Not that he was afraid or worried for his safety or even any of his things, but he was simply curious as to which idiot it was trying to break into his office.

It’s not until he’s stood up from his chair, silently setting the laptop down onto his desk and rounding his way to the front of the room that he was hit with a scent that he would recognize anywhere. A mixture of florals and the sweetest of berries that could indicate only one person. Suddenly it was as if a fire had lit inside of him as he rushed from his spot to yank open his door, bright grin and eyes blazing with joy at the sight of his wife standing on the other side, waiting for him to come meet her. “You’re late,” he comments, though there’s not an ounce of heat in the words as he reaches out and wraps his arms around her waist. Lifting her off the ground and giving a quick spin, Hades simply revels in the feeling of finally, finally, having her back in his arms. “Let me guess, Demeter was stalling once again?” It was an occurrence that happened every few years, his mother in law thinking he could somehow trick the two of them or find some kind of loophole around the deal that had been made millenia ago. Never did it work for longer than a month at most, but even that short amount of a delay felt like eons every time as he counted down the days.

[lifeinspring]

The idle stance Persephone kept waiting outside his office door hadn't been in place for too long, Hades was very eager to greet her. The fervency in him was always such a thing to behold, it was one of the many things that kept her heart aflame. "I hope I'm still welcome," She manages to say through the rush of his spin and a few giggles coming from the mere position of being back in Hades' arms. A sigh let out as her feet touched the ground, "Of course, and it worked, unfortunately." The extra time away wasn't fair, especially when since it only cut into her husband's time. Staying even a second later than she's meant to would have her mother up in arms all over again, although, it sure was tempting to counter these late returns with one of her own. "But I refuse to give her any more of my time while I'm here," she said with a shake of her head to throw away all unpleasant thoughts. It wasn't hard for positive ideas to spring in her mind, especially around Hades. "Besides, I could list off a couple of things I'd rather think about." She knew her gaze on his lips was evident, and it was extremely tempting to close the distance between his with her own but the game of patience was one she liked to play. So, while her face only inched closer to his, she knew her will wasn't going to be the one to break. "Things like what has kept my dearest busy all these months I've been away."

[dcmsonidris]

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[lizheartz]

OTHER GODS • Hercules (1997)

[gvzel]

MELISA ASLI PAMUK   |   1.01 ﹣ Erkeğe Güven Olmaz (E.G.O)

[alabasterpickles]

Have a little doodle I did about two weeks ago 🫣

I struggle posting thing individually, but I am working on fixing it

[afterblossom]

Persephone hanging out with the puppies at night.