#cronos says

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Oh you clueless brainchild. (Gonna be an aunt, soon.) Quick-thoughted everyone away, tho.

A pact in a comment section must be honoured. So... @ruthlessness69 ... as we discussed beneath chapter 13 of "The man and the sea": Late, but here - Athena wouldn't even let me draw any nsfw, so here's "THE NEWS"™️(back when it was news).

This goes into the "Cronos says"-series, too. More about the kids latersss...

Rest of the cartoons here:

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They grow up so fast.

Rhea's and Cronos's kids. Yes, all together for one pic. No, they didn't fight, I didn't bribe them, no one was hurt this was a peaceful affair I am totally fine and I totally did not stitch single portraits together because it was less of a hassle.

Oh, a few of them transitioned their appearance growing up. They have their reasons.

👀 Detail below from left to right (with a few shoutouts) 👀

Poseidon Enosichthon (Enesidaone) Themeliouchos — The pale, lively kid with the always busy hands. What happened to him? A younger brother and his detached father, basically. He's excited about life in general, but still very bad at saying no to his family (or anything else), so he'll end up doing everything at once and trouble always finds him. Being the middle kid ain't always easy.

Big shoutout to @rin-sith for the huge inspiration her Poseidon design was for his clothes and armour pieces. My Poseidon doesn't believe in clothes, usually.

Demeter Sito Thesmophorus — Though she isn't technically the big sister, she always took to the task of keeping her arms open for her siblings, no matter the grief it brought her. Always will she be singing songs, in part to forget the lot bestowed on her by her brothers and her father and keep on – but also in part to give the joys of life to gods and mortals who walk her realm and feel at ease with her. As Rhea's kid she'll uphold tradition gently and firmly, and feed everyone who comes to her table, even if it costs her.

Hestia — She might be gentle, but she can never be forgotten. To all that come to her hearth she will listen and grant them protection, even if this sacred solemnity cost her the arms of a lover. She is a lover to none, and loved by all, first she receives sacrifice. Herons gave her their wings to stoke flame, brush out cold cinders. She would rather her skin be stained white by flour than black by soot, though. Her baking is still the very best.

Zeus Olympios Panhellenios — Wide are the shoulders of this son of titans, and they carry burdens of judgement across all Greece. Over the years he aquired a thick skin on them, but never do the troubles of his family wear him down for long, although the same family has brought him to the brink of constant paranoia. The jewellery he chose to wear on the day Typhon cleared out Olympus is something he will never again take off, like the memory and fear of defeat it is part of him, conductor to lightning and passion.

A big grateful nod to @justcommander for the long and wonderful talks about Typhon, he is part of all my thoughts about Zeus now.

Hera Syzygia Alexandros — The sharp eyes of this queen of queens will trace you through darkest night. By her fathers sickle and her great veil she safeguards and upholds sacred laws and traditions and unions, and as protector of men her word triumphs. A guardian of women, she neither tolerates betrayal nor does she hold the cutting edge of her jealousy back for the sake of those who must obey discriminating law against those who the same law allows to overstep a hallowed bond of two. The shade of Baphomet suits you, honey.

Hades — In form and might and character he outgrew his father by far. He is still the same quiet and thoughtful person, but despite the darkness, he, too, is a guardian of life, a keeper of flames. In his gentle hand rests the light of life, on his other arm coils the means to give it, to take it away. Fiercely he rules over the line between realms, allowing hardly any crossing, but on a late summers evening he'll walk the golden shaded groves among the company of all flowers of the earth, too.

See, lovely @ruthlessness69 , how confident he has grown? The kindness of your Hades helped him. A lot! Ask Persephone, though, she'll tell you that he can solve his beloved crosswords without extra light, because he is still a big glowing kid in his heart.

All designs by me. Rhea's aspects come with a broader frame, more pronounced colours and animal traits, and no fear to show skin. Cronos shows in matters of lines, contrast and temper, and a certain tendency towards introversion.

So, what do you think? Next level eldritch? 🖤

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"Detached, critical parent."

Something my partner came up with. Just had to, but I suck at humor. Poseidon and me, we love stupid puns. 🤡

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"Instructions unclear, ..."

While I'm getting my hands in a knot trying mircsy's DTIYS, have baby Zeus with his new weapon.

Pun by my partner again, I just scribble.

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The kids in question.

A bunch of little Kronions. Baby gods are a mess.

Sloppy sketch with messier colours, some sort of ref sheet Rhea made, because 'Dad of the century' Cronos can't tell them apart.

Hades got most of Cronos' genes, and Demeter is undeniably Rhea's kid.

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Papa sends greetings. You kids behave.

Yah, that's my Papa Cronos from my goofy cartoons.

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New parents. Rhea and Cronos.

He is currently managing his expectations regarding having kids. Didn't expect Hades to come out so tiny, and that a growth period might aply to deities, too, surprises him. Ironic, thinks Rhea quietly to herself as she nurses the babe, a god of the harvest should know. She loves them both.

Excuse my sloppy brush- and penwork.