Wait do you do side characters too ? Bc i kinda want to know more about Vinh’s parents.
JFJDJJF yes i can do some side characters ! i’ll just sandwich them together bc they exist better as a pair.
based off of aphrodite and hephaestus — they seemed pretty sane and content with their relationship in the hercules movie and the subsequent hercules tv series so ! i ran with that instead of the actual mythos for the sake of Why Not and keeping the tone stable. the househusband and his go-getter wife
where vinh’s mother is a very luxurious and ostentatious woman, vinh’s father is very rugged and reserved — they are both notably protective over their family and can have a bit of a dangerous temper when it comes down to it (mamaphrodite is less inclined to harsh tempers, but hepapastus can be quick to act.)
hepapastus is missing his leg from below the knee, so he has made himself his own prosthetic ( but stylishly reminiscent of a doric pillar, for taste )
mamaphrodite is refined, lax, and very frank — she’s quite the romantic, but is still a very grounded woman; she doesn’t enjoy working or physical work, but she’ll get it done anyway (she’ll just complain the entire time). hephaestus is stalwart, sincere, but a notably coarse guy. he’s not all that idyllic in his thinking, nor is he very sociable. he generally does most of his work without many questions — he’s pretty reticent, yknow. she usually ends up having to speak up for him, if he won’t.
hepapastus works as a blacksmith — you could call mamaphrodite something akin to a businesswoman… they tend to stay out of each other’s professional spheres but it’s mainly in the sense that they have no idea what the hell is going on over there. mamaphrodite refuses to ever pick up a hammer and hepapastus would pass out if he ever had to sit through a meeting.
mamaphrodite gets around via a giant clamshell... or at least, that’s what it looked like before she asked hepapastus to modify it. nobles get bored, you know. it’s now looking kinda like an antique car. easy travel, stylish, less clammy. she likes it.
hepapastus frequently makes gifts for mamaphrodite; he’s made her a special pair of pink sunglasses that keeps curses in and UV rays out. sometimes he changes up his leg prosthetic to something that matches her dresses more.
where hephaestus primarily has his fire hair as an (ironic) show of what little power he has, mamaphrodite both glitters and leaves a trail of flowers in her wake. they truly are a couple of total opposites.
mamaphrodite has a pretty good alcohol tolerance but hepapastus on the other hand... his alcohol tolerance is awfully weak for someone who likes wine so much. vinh inherited this awful alcohol tolerance, but evidently not many of vinh’s sisters got the ‘bad at drinking’ gene so. at least one person is sober.
hepapastus’ unique magic is Let There Be Fire, in which he can superheat his body (particularly in his arms and legs, where they begin to emit a warm glow) — mamaphrodite on the other hand is Sweet Temptation, a unique magic that allows her to make an individual attracted to any person, object, or idea.