#askdrasha

[loominggaia]

have any of the uekoran harem women become minervae? would that make them lose their sex drive or something??

Good question! Minervae are often stereotyped as prudish and conservative. It's believed that once they transform from maenads into minervae, they lose all interest in sex and become celibate.

However, this is not necessarily true. Upon their ascension into minervae, these nymphs' minds expand tenfold and this opens them up to a whole new world of possibilities. Mindless activities they used to love as maenads, like drinking, hooking up, and partying, suddenly seem like a waste of time when they are now capable of doing so much more.

But that doesn't mean they lose interest in these things altogether! For example, Prudence and Austerity are two married minervae with a healthy sex life, and they continue to drink and dance in moderation. "Moderation" is the key word here...minervae have mastered the art of it, while maenads have very little self-discipline and tend to over-indulge in everything they do, including sex.

So far, Dr. Asha is the only Uekoran harem lady to ever ascend into a minervae. As a maenad, she ran away from the palace to seek the Divine of Love and transform into a minervae, then used her new powers to fight plagues. After so long playing superhero, she became jaded because she felt unappreciated for her efforts, so she went crawling back to Uekoro.

Generations had passed since she ran away, and the family accepted her back not as a slave, but as their personal physician. It's unknown whether she is in a relationship with anyone currently, but she isn't considered part of the royal harem anymore.

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[loominggaia]

Inspired by my old ask about Flora getting pregnant let’s have another pregnant nymph what if. What if Dr. Asha got pregnant? Let’s say that due to magical fuckery that Dr. Asha suddenly finds a bun in her oven. What would come out of her and what kind of mother would she make?

That's hard to say actually...I answered a previous question about Dr. Asha that explains her past and what kind of person she is. Knowing all this, I'm not sure she'd have it in her to raise a child.

Asha suffers from some degree of depression. She is prone to cracking under pressure and running away from her problems. She wants to help everyone she meets, but sets her expectations for herself way too high and gets overwhelmed.

Serving the Uekoran royal family prevents her from doing this to herself. She rarely leaves palace grounds and isn't allowed to treat patients outside of it anymore. She lives a dull, repetitive life these days, so I think if she had a child, they would be subjected to the same kind of life. This child would be very sheltered and probably quite spoiled, living among royalty and knowing nothing else.

Trying to juggle parenting and working would probably be too much stress for Asha. She would leave most of the parenting duties to the palace slaves, because god knows the Uekoran royal family isn't going to give their best physician any extra time off. Asha doesn't even have time (or energy) to pursue a romantic relationship.

As for what this child would look like, I think because magic is involved, they could look like anything. Minervae aren't supposed to have offspring in the first place, so who even knows. I assume she would birth a maenad, and unless magic was involved, I can't see her birthing a full-grown adult the way maenads usually manifest.

So, maybe Gaia would see its first infant nymph. Maybe this maenad would stay an infant forever, or maybe it would grow to a certain size before freezing at adulthood like other nymphs. Anything is possible with magic!

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[loominggaia]

Why did Asha leave the order of love and light? We know she got burned out and depressed from the thankless, mind breakingly depressing work that is medicine but how did she get so bad that it caused her to leave and give up on her dreams? Did none of her sisters attempt to help Asha out of her slump? And why take back her old name and become the private physician of the Uekoro royal family specifically?

Most minervae have sworn loyalty to Karenza, the Divine of Love, and have set out into the world to make it a better place with their powers. They work tirelessly to do this, pouring literal blood, sweat, and tears into their efforts.

Dr. Asha was once a very prominent figure in Matuzu Kingdom, known then by her minervae name, Charity. She became famous during a horrific plague that ripped through the Midlands long ago, and her efforts to fight this plague likely saved the kingdom from collapse. Statues were built in her honor. Matuzans adored her. Soon she gained global notoriety and was summoned to all kinds of catastrophic events worldwide. She was summon to war zones, plagued cities, and polluted villages with poisoned residents.

It seemed the suffering was never-ending, and as soon as she cleaned up one area, two more would need her help. She would often visit the same locations over and over, disappointed that conditions had not improved and citizens were still falling ill or injured. She pleaded with leaders to help their people, to stop the wars and improve sanitation, but her pleas fell on deaf ears, for they preferred to continue their corrupt ways and summon her to clean up their messes instead.

Charity could see the writing on the wall. She was being used as a political pawn, a tool to make these leaders look like they were making an effort, but they had no intention of actually helping their people be well or helping her make the world a better place. She felt very alone in her cause, like she was pushing against an immovable force.

Then one day, without warning, Charity seemed to disappear. She was not responding to her summons and no one could find her. She was presumed dead until she resurfaced centuries later, operating under her old maenad name "Asha". By this point she had mostly fallen out of the public consciousness. She was remembered only as old statues that stood in front of a few hospitals, and their features had worn with time, no longer even resembling her.

Dr. Asha was tired of hiding away and doing nothing. She wanted to help allkind again, but she felt like a failure because she realized she could not save the entire world like Karenza wanted. She just didn't seem to have the strength and resilience her sisters had to keep up her efforts. Asha could have sought the support of her sisters, but she was too ashamed of her perceived failures and couldn't bear to face them.

So, she decided to return to her home city of Uekoro. She used to be a harem lady for the royal family, but ran away to become a minervae. The royal family accepted her back into their lives, this time not as a slave, but as their personal physician.

Dr. Asha hasn't set foot outside the Uekoran palace since. Some say she's hiding from the world, afraid that she will be summoned to an endless stream of catastrophe for all eternity. It's possible that she has lost hope in allkind, and she's afraid that if continues subjecting herself to its mass dysfunction, she may just lose hope too.

I think it's safe to say that she suffers from some level of depression. Burnout is common among minervae, but they usual counsel eachother through it. In Asha's case, she was too ashamed/stubborn to seek help.

She is the type of person who will break her back taking care of everyone around her, but can't lift a finger to take care of herself.

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