Call Me Inanna

hold on, is that GUGU MBATHA-RAW ? oh no it’s ISHTAR the God of FERTILITY, WAR, AND LIFE from the SUMERIAN pantheon. These days they’re posing as INANNA DIVINE the INVESTOR. On their good days they’re known to be CREATIVE + GROUNDED, but don’t catch them on a bad day! They can be ELITIST + VIOLENT. I hear they’re doing a good job following the rules. They’ve come a long way from the old days. Let’s see how they handle the modern world. (parva. she/her. est)

[ofinanna]

circeofmagic‌:

                ——  ☾ Circe furrowed her eyebrows. By Zeus, these Gods were all so dramatic. Even if her joy wasn’t for the right reason, she very much doubted that the Goddess would be able to tell and besides, she had been agreeing with her.

“I’m afraid I’m not sure what you mean,” She said remorsefully. “I was merely concurring with your previous statement but if I have offended you, please accept my apologies. I can be so foolish sometimes. My mind looses track of modern etiquette versus the old.”

As she grovelled underneath the enraged woman, her hatred for the old Gods grew. She wasn’t a Goddess? She was just as much a Goddess as any of the peacocks parading around Olympus. Hades was her fucking second cousin for Zeus’ sake. Her adrenaline spiked as her mind rolled but she kept her mouth shut. If Inanna didn’t know who she was by now, it wouldn’t do to bring attention to herself. Let all eyes be on her when she reclaimed her title not while she was still thought of as an enchantress. 

“I didn’t ask for false placations, I asked for honesty. Why is it you dislike me?” Inanna said, annoyed that she had to ask a second time. What was it the Christian god had said? The truth will set you free. Well, it could do just the opposite, but when a goddess like Inanna asked you to tell the truth, you’d better do it. “What is your name? Your true name?” 

Perhaps the enchantress didn’t know it, but her anger was almost palpable to Inanna herself. She flipped a black curl behind her face almost to show how little she cared for the conversation. Whoever this woman was, she was not divine. Perhaps it was her haughtiness, perhaps it was merely her look but Inanna would place her with the Egyptians or the Greeks. 

“It is a bad idea to pick a fight with god,” She said, as though she meant she herself was the sole god. “It’s like the song, ‘I fight authority and authority always wins,’“ She laughed, “I always get a kick out of that one.” 

[ofinanna]

wealthyassholes‌:

“Your loss. Luckily, this world is turning to shit enough for me to get a little bit of a tingle everytime I open up my Twitter feed.” she said, licking liquor off her lips. “Oh? And how do I do business? How is my business different from any other business?” Eris said, gesturing with open hands.

Inanna shrugged, running her fingers through her hair. “It’s not so bad, really, I do believe...over all, the humans are doing better.” There were certainly more of them, and that had been the measure before. Despite global warming, dictators, and democracy, their lives were better than when they first crawled out of the mud. “Well...” She said, tilting her head, “Should I call you Erin or Cordelia?” 

[ofinanna]

tortousus‌:

it was near closing but the music was still blasting and the lights strobing. the last few dozen stragglers of the night beginning to finish their drinks and taking one last turn on the dance floor. nyx sat at the bar, going over a checklist and some reports when she glanced up from her work and spotted a familiar face. a generous grin filled her lips and she beckoned them over. “and what brings you to my establishment so late at night.”

The personification of Night knew Ianna well, or at least she should. Inanna loved the night, when the stars were out and she could walk through town naked to find herself a lover. In a way that was what she was doing now, in a dress that was less cloth than holes. Warm planes of skin were visible even in the low lights, and she wasn’t so much implying as screaming what she wanted for the night. “Oh you know...” She smirked at the other goddess, “Just looking for a good time.” 

[ofinanna]

residentsofthepantheon‌:

“ i was actually in line first ,   and i’m in a bit of a hurry ,   so you’re going to have to   go back to the end here . ”

                       she cleared her throat , foot tapping out                        her impatience . thanks to the prick who                        stole her parking spot , she was already                        running behind schedule and she did not                        need another reason for her boss to be upset .

Inanna turned around, and looked down her nose at the insolent girl. “You can wait your turn in my company.” Okay so it wasn’t her company but she was on the board of directors. She remembered when it went by a different name in Seattle. “Now, like I said before I was rudely interrupted, I’ll have a large coffee with two shots, no room for milk and sugar.” 

[ofinanna]

wealthyassholes‌:

“Do you think so? I mean, we’ve lived this long, what’s a little bit of nuclear war between friends?” Friends was meant loosely, because Eris didn’t do friends. “In chaos we are born, to chaos we will return.” she said sagely, nodding and then shrugging at Inanna’s question, “Eodem stercore diversa die.” Eris quipped back, “I’m always looking for new ventures.”

“You’re not really that stupid, are you?” Inanna rolled her eyes. She took a sip of her drink, looking the woman up and down again. “I have no interest in returning to chaos, at least not yet.” Her purpose was life, existence, it was rare to find a suicidal deity and for good reason, it was even more antithetical to their very being than it was to the mortal’s. “You won’t find them here, dear, I know how you do business.” 

[ofinanna]

circeofmagic‌:

                 ——  ☾ Circe smiled as Inanna handed her the lavender. In her opinion, it was rather foolish for the head of the council to be bestowing blessings especially when the Goddess had no idea what she was about to do. Her fingers took the lavender with a gentle ease. Too much haste and they might accidentally brush fingers and Circe wanted as little contact as possible.

“Oh thank you so much! Your support is always appreciated.” 

If she was a little bit more stupid and the same amount of petty, this beautiful bouquet of flowers would have gone straight in the trash. She couldn’t lie to herself and claim that she hadn’t thought about it. However, she had been in this business for a long time. Help is help no matter who is behind it. 

“Help these days can be abysmal.” She agreed, still wearing her wide eyed smile. The double meaning behind the sentence made her joy a little bit more genuine.

Inanna had met many gods and goddesses in her life, if she were asked to pick circe out of a lineup she’d never be able to. And therefore she was unaware of the enchantress’s story and dislike of divinity. She was, however, one of the oldest goddesses in the world, and was quite capable of telling when someone was offering false supplication. 

“Do not lie to me in disposition or word,” She said coldly, “Or I can offer you a curse to go with that blessing.” The fact that her help would go unappreciated at all made Inanna look the woman over again, “What is your quarrel with me? You are no Goddess, you have been given a rare gift of favor and you would spurn it in your heart?”

[ofinanna]

wealthyassholes‌:

“No, of course not, but if you did, I’d definitely like to join you.” Eris said, taking the scotch and clinking their glasses together. She snorted at Inanna’s sentiment. “I don’t mind what I drink, as long as it gets me tipsy.” she said into her glass, taking a long sip. A lot of Discordians put cider on their altars, or straight up apples, which she didn’t mind at all, but she wasn’t a one trick pony.

“What’s new?” she asked conversationally, cocking her hip and crossing her arms.

“While I might enjoy that, I think it may be the one thing that can kill us.” Inanna gestured to herself but meant all immortals, “And even chaos should have a sense of self preservation, even if it doesn’t always win.” She was no stranger to chaos, one could say she was born from it, in a way they all were. She may be the only one to see the true beauty in it. “Nihil novi sub sole.” She said with amusement. “How are you faring?”

[ofinanna]

wealthyassholes‌:

“Ms. Divine, your 5′oclock is here.”

Whether or not the Sumerian goddess actually had time for a 5′oclock appointment didn’t matter to Eris, letting herself into Inanna’s office. “Did I hear the words ‘nukes’ and ‘drinks’?” she called out in a sing-song voice, “Doesn’t sound like you’re paying by the rules.” She was teasing, but it was always hard to tell. She wouldn’t ever tell on anyone… unless they deserved it.

Inanna looked Eris up and down, then chuckled. “Do you really think that I’d allow you to get that far?” She handed her a glass of scotch, knowing it was the best thing in the cabinet. “No one does mead anymore.” She sighed, “I guess beer and cider, but no one really does mead.” Mead hadn’t been the only drink offered to her in her life time, nor was it the first, or even the most important. t merely reminded her of a different time.

[ofinanna]

circeofmagic‌:

“The flowers have to be purple. Pur – P for Parrot. No, P for parrot not C for Carrot. How in Hade’s name are you getting this so wrong?” Circe pressed her fingertips against her forehead in an act of visible stress. There was nothing easy about subliminal magic and curple flowers definitely wouldn’t make honey fall in love with her. With her emotions heightened, her senses shivered as she felt her personal space being violated. “Don’t stand so close to me please,” She said through gritted teeth.

“It’s so difficult to find good help these days,” Inanna stepped into the room at the tail end of the conversation. She reached out to a ficus and a a branch of lavender sprouted from the tree. She broke off the branch and handed it to the enchantress, “May your pursuits be bountiful.” She said, with no real feeling. The whole exchange was rather casual for Inanna, almost mundane.

[ofinanna]

“You described this as an emergency.” Inanna rolled her eyes, looking at the documents in front of her. Why did she even have this stupid office? She hardly ever came to Chicago. “I don’t get out of bed in the morning for ‘tension’ you idiot. Call me when they pull out those nukes they’re all bragging about.” She tossed the papers back onto the desk, disliking everything about its cold rigidity.  A few short centuries ago this was the revolution, but like all successful revolutions it became the new establishment and she lost interest. The goddess reached for her helmet when she caught sight of the liquor cabinet and grinned, “On second thought...how about a drink?”

[ofinanna]

hold on, is that GUGU MBATHA-RAW ? oh no it’s ISHTAR the God of FERTILITY, WAR, AND LIFE from the SUMERIAN pantheon. These days they’re posing as INANNA DIVINE the INVESTOR. On their good days they’re known to be CREATIVE + GROUNDED, but don’t catch them on a bad day! They can be ELITIST + VIOLENT. I hear they’re doing a good job following the rules. They’ve come a long way from the old days. Let’s see how they handle the modern world. (parva. she/her. est)

So again, instead of retelling her history I’m going to link to her wikipedia page. Here. 

 The Basics. 

Inanna/Ishtar is one of the oldest Goddesses in the Western World. 

She believes that power is hers for the taking, and that she deserves everything she can get her hands on. 

In her own pantheon she was known for stealing the domain of other deities, she was always grabbing for more, never satisfied with what she has. 

She is a very sexual Goddess, and sees sex as not only a natural part of life, but as the natural opposite to the violence of war that is also a part of her domain. 

In many ways she represents that strange association in the human mind between sex and violence. She was created in a world war war was as inevitable as breathing and death was always around the corner. 

It was her desire to face death that was her only downfall, and she is ready to go again. 

She finds all other pantheons and deities to be inferior to her, and for the most part, they don’t contradict her. 

homosexuality is not just allowed but encouraged, as well as any sexual deviations. She believes sex should be frequent and interesting. 

You’ve heard of dtf, now get ready for dtm. Down to murder. 

Seriously, she will cut a bitch, so watch your mouth around her. 

Her age does give her power. 

These Days. 

So first of all she’s not picking a new name. She goes by Ianna and fuck you if you disagree. 

Definitely rides a motorcycle. 

She makes her money by basically having been rich before. She got in at the ground floor of the whole capitalism thing and she’s still making good decisions 

It helps when you’re an immortal goddess who knows a bunch of seers. 

Oh btw Inanna says Gay rights so....

Always down for her Trans followers. She will protect them at all costs. 

She is the head of the council but isn’t real interested in ruling anyone anymore. 

Seriously, do not call her unless it’s an emergency. Like a world-ending emergency. And even then, maybe handle it yourself. 

Wanted Plots 

So really any interaction will be interesting. I would just warn anyone to be cautious because she is definitely quick to anger. 

I’d love to see someone who is like her biggest fan who maybe learns why you shouldn’t meet your heroes (or maybe she lives up to their expectations lol) 

Goddesses who she’s constantly reminds wouldn’t exist without her. 

Male deities maybe heads of their pantheons who are maybe a bit behind the times still and think she’s an upstart. (again use caution)

I’d love to see some trans/nonbinary/or gender non conforming followers that she is supportive of. 

[stainedglassgardens]

Fast Color (Julia Hart, 2018)

[shesnake]

Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Fast Color (2018) dir. Julia Hart