#lo rewrite

[ibrithir-was-here]

@lore-elysium ‘s Hermesephone art has been living in my brain rent free since I saw it (and their excellent comic rewrite of LO go check it out!) and I had to draw their versions of them 💕

( I had to do a Thumbelina pose as well cuz yes, the Thumbelina story absolutely tacks onto the Persephone myth so well holy cow )

[sweet-discordia]

Your stolen maiden isn't here.

I'm projecting on persephone that she has OSDD, Despoina is a defense mechanism, she rarely fronts and is mostly there to hold trauma and complex emotions that stresses persephone. but after persephone gave up her powers, persephone has been using Despoina's instead, by accident (so winter and snow). This has caused a break down of inner walls along with the stress persephone is facing so that Despoina now can front. Despoina is at odds with persephone, and doesnt agree with her actions, but wants to protect her at all costs. with her new found freedom, shes ready to try confront those who have hindered and hurt her (as well as confronting perse's mistakes and trying to rectify past misdeeds)

[worldsdumbestangel]

lore olympus but it’s good

aka my au

[yourlocalbruja]

all hail minthe 😍 || panel edit 🌿

I gave her a darker shade because I’m not a fan of the fire truck red.

Minthe’s eyes were red but changed to mint green after being cursed as a plant. Her body also grows mint leaves, a permanent side effect of the curse.

I know I’m not perfect but it bothers me how Rachel draws eyes.

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Quick rewrite idea:

In one version of the myth Demeter punishes Minthe, so I’m going with that over psycho Persephone.

I imagine Demeter is desperately searching for Persephone when she overhears Minthe insulting her daughter. In her grief, she loses control of her emotions and takes it out on the poor nymph.

Minthe is eventually turned back into a nymph with Persephone’s help. With time, she forgives Demeter and bonds with her and Persephone.

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Og panels under the cut:

[blue-drink]

LO! Persephone's Act of Wrath rewrite.

Notes: I haven't read LO; things might be different because I don't know about them or I just don't like them. This is just how Zeus gets to know about it. Changed Eros' Act of Wrath: Eros' AoW happens 5 years before LO events; his punishment is to give closure to the families affected and to increase the amount of couples formed to make up for the lives lost. After completing it, Persephone meets him and asks him where was he. He says that he was doing his punishment for his AoW, she asks what that is, he explains, and she realizes that she did one the year before.

His work was interrupted by his office-phone. He sighed before putting down his pen and pushing the button.

“What is it, Thetis?” «Someone says that they have an important matter to discuss with you. And no, they aren't in the list.» He groaned, “what do they even want to talk about?” «An Act.»

“Tell them I'm not giving them anything if they didn't bother to inscribe in the list first.” Zeus snapped.

He thought that was the end of it, and tried to concentrate back on his work; but, after a short silence, Thetis voice came from the device again.

«They want to report an Act, sir.» Shit, I need a cigarette.

He supported his head with his right hand and looked down at his over-crowed desk. He pushed the button again, “tell them to be in my office in ten minutes.”

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“Ah, Pinky.” Zeus greeted her as she made her way to the guest chair. “To be honest, you are the last person I expected to see today.”

With a hand movement, he made a tea-set appear on the now clean desk, “tea?”

“Thank you,” she answered with a small nod as she took the teacup in front of her.

“My pleasure,” he said, taking his own, “now, if we could get down to business I would greatly appreciate it. As you can guess, I am a rather busy god.”

He took a sip before continuing. “Do you know who did it, or do you just have information of the Act itself?”

“I did it,” she answered. That made him pause, “pardon me?”

“I did an Act of Wrath, last year.” She talked again before he could, “just to be clear, I didn't know Acts were a thing until literally last week.”

He brought a hand to his forehead, feeling the incoming migraine. “Could you elaborate? First of, on how you didn't know about Acts””

“I guess I'm just not well versed in god laws, only in mortal rules; I didn't interact with divine beings, other than my mother, the nymphs and sometimes Hermes, so I never thought of there being special rules for gods.”

“That's…“ That's definitely a problem. Just, a moment, please.” He pushed the phone button, “Thetis, can you ask Athena to find some basic god-law book and leave it on my desk by…” He checked his calendar, “next Tuesday?”

«On it.» She answered after a moment. Thank you.”

“You didn't have to do that,” she complained once his attention was back on her, “I could have gotten some from the library.”

“Pardon the sarcasm, but, yeah, sure;” he replied. “You won't find a basic law book there. Athena basically makes a hobby out of writing easy to comprehend books about anything, she has more than a few law ones too. Just thank her for them, maybe ask some questions about whatever, and you'll be good.”

“You asked for one.” She narrowed her eyes at him, and he responded in kind. After a solid minute, she gave up and went back to her tea.

“Normally, I would ask about the Act’s specifics. But, because this is a self-report —which I wish was a common concurrence— and you have basically zero law knowledge, as a god of justice and order I feel obligated to save the interrogation until you have been counseled by a lawyer.”

“But, wouldn’t that delay my punishment?” She questioned.

“In this judgment, I am both the prosecutor and the judge. My job is to find proof of the Act and it’s consequences for the victims —which is half done with your confession—, and to give you a fit punishment according to the law at the time of the crime.” He explained. “On the other hand, the jury’s job is to determine whether you are guilty, innocent or justified to do the crime the prosecutor accuses you of.”

“Justified?”

“For example, centuries ago, if someone hit you, and you responded with the same action, both would be charged with assault. Even though, in this, you were defending yourself. If the defense lawyer did a good job, they would convince the jury you were justified to hit back, rather than try to deny it happened.”

“Fascinating…”

“Just in case you are wondering, self-defense has been given a place in the law. As long as the force is proportional, you cannot be charged with assault for defending yourself.” He smiled as he took another sip of tea.

“Going back to the point,” he continued, “once we’re in court, everything you have told me about this case can and will be used against you. That’s my job, upholding the law; and the law will always be against those who break it. It doesn’t matter what your feelings are about your Act, your priority will be to convince everyone you deserve the lightest sentence possible. And my priority, to convince everyone you deserve the heaviest sentence possible.”

A few documents and a contact-card appeared in front of her. “That’s the report information, and that is the contact to a law firm. You can look for another if you prefer, but I would recommend meeting with a lawyer as soon as possible.”

A paper appeared in his hand. He quickly filled some information in. “Come by Tuesday to take the law books, you can also give the report if you have it by then. The court day can be set later.” He handed her the paper.

She thanked him and got up to leave. He called back once she got to the door, “oh, one last thing. Do not think of getting cold feet now, you cannot escape justice.”

[jennrypan]

Lowkey..wanna update the Lore Olympus rewrite I was doing--

Cuz..I really wanna redo that fight Persephone had with Kronos. Cuz Kronos isn't being beat by THAT alone, nor is Athena and Ares gonna just flounder around (and they aren't gonna sob dramatically if she gets hit 🙄)

Like..that was so underwhelming, cuz if Kronos absorbed Zeus like that..he'd be very powerful so-- yeah-

And when Tartarus comes to take him..he's very unimpressed by Persephone cuz it's her fault Kronos escaped and he's pissed that he has to wake up for this shit 💀 Like nah she's not kissing shit on the forehead, she's a problem child--

[livingbrother]

Persephone Rewrite

Her personality

Kore is enthusiastic, a go getter, smart, and flirty. She's known to be very kind and inquisitive but also has a very dark side to her.

Her fashion

She dresses mostly modern with a splash of traditional, she favors chokers and the colors black and gold. Her hair is worn typically short as she does a lot of garden work, but it can grow out either at will or when she's nervous, she only wears her hair long when she feels like it.

Her background

She's the daughter of Demeter, Demeter formed her out of flowers, meaning she has no father. Her and her mother have a stellar relationship with, of course, the normal hang ups of a mother daughter relationship. She hails from the country but has always been caught up with the world via the Internet. She's friends with Hecate, Hermes, Artemis, and of course, the nymphs that live close to her.

Design notes

I didn't intend on her being black coded, but I went with it anyway as I feel there needs to be better black/brown representation in LO (and that's just according to my pasty white ass). I wanted her to be more sexy and flirty in a more "I'm a mature and sensible woman" sort of way instead of born sexy yesterday. Yes, she's still sort of naive, given she grew up in the country and is adjusting to city life, but she isn't a dumb little damsel. I went with some of her holy colors for her color scheme.

What else should you know?

She uses she/her and enjoys sparkling grape juice. She's vegan, enjoys beer, and likes seaweed snacks. She's also pierced to hell and back, but she leaves her jewelry out sometimes because she blows through aesthetics.

Thanks for reading.

[minthesupremacy]

Next up: Persephone!

Lore under the cut:

Persephone is still hidden away in the mortal realm, which is considered highly inappropriate/incorrect for a god's development. The reason that Demeter does this is that after living with mortals & nymphs for so long, she sees the gods as cruel/impetuous and otherwise bad influences on her and her daughter (she also discovers that she's pregnant right after being denied her crown as queen of the mortal realm, so). However, it's common to hide godlings since they're relatively squishier than gods and can still be injured, even if they can't be killed. However, usually they're only brought around other gods rather than mortals/nymphs, so Demeter does the opposite. Persephone lives with mortals and nymphs and is very affectionate of them; she often sees herself and mortals as equals, due to being constantly away from Olympus, she develops slower than the avg. god would!

For context on this:

Gods mentally develop very quickly, as is canon to Greek mythology. However, for the first century of their life, they tend to be more like... spirits, about equal to nymphs in power, but what distinguishes gods from nymphs is that even in their first century, gods tend to have multiple domains, they just haven't been fully developed yet. Persephone's powers are very weak for the first two centuries of her life because she's disconnected from Olympus/the Underworld, which are the epicenters of divine power. They're both equally powerful and necessary to the order of the world. However, she's still more powerful than a nymph by the time she's about 200. Another reason that she develops so slowly is that Demeter hides her from /everyone/, meaning no special blessings or anything. She is actually an isolated village girl because the way that Olympus works in this universe is especially cut-throat. Hera would have (and does) use Persephone as a pawn to punish Demeter for [secret surprise information that will be revealed later]. Artemis is very much the odd-one out for being kind to Persephone and offering her a place to stay.