Alright I probably should post a Scribe's note to update or let you guys know about I've been writing for this blog.
Just to remind everyone: I write what I want and answer asks that i feel like answering, this is basically for fun so I have liberty to choose. I do this because there are some asks and stuff I don't vibe with and I rather write it with full interest then be obligated to answer everything with half-hearted effort, if not anything, with zero motivation.
That said, if the asks are more heavy in word count in nature, they are being worked on, but they will just be queued to be posted on either Mondays or Wednesdays.
After {Wave 6.0. Celestials} is finished, the Norse Demigod H/Cs from the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, will be launching next week. So for those who have been sending in more requests of other gods and demigods, it won't be for a long while.
That said, I'm already working on {Wave 8.0} and the Four Gods and their demigods have already been chosen and being written for months already at the time I'm writing this. I have been taking my time to write it, mostly because I can pace myself and not trigger my chronic health, but also I don't have writer's burnout and everything.
For those who have been asking if I will write other gods/titans, like Leto (p.s. I know who you guys are), if I do write them, it will be in {Wave 9.0}. So know its not that I haven't been paying attention, its just my attention and priorities are elsewhere, especially with real life things.
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This is only barely related to Percy Jackson/Heroes Of Olympus/Trials Of Apollo as it pertains to demigods. But: How would a college-age range equivalent to Camp Half-Blood/Camp Jupiter work? My latest pipe dream that I’ll probably never pursue is to write a “Percy Jackson for adults.“ As a protest against the “Harry Potter for adults” plague.
Hi! Long time no see, Court!~ (*^▽^*)/ Thanks for dropping by again!
First of all, gods, not entirely sure what the “Harry Potter for Adults” is so that’s something new I’ve learned. I don’t blame the natural progression of this idea since a lot of kids who read the HP series when they were out are now adults, so the idea of having a “Harry Potter for Adults” is only going to happen.
But also considering the learning structure system in HP doesn’t give me the best hope for what their university system is like either. Would it be just university but with magical elements? 🤔
Then again, I was never involved in the HP fandom and J.K. Rowling as a kid and as an adult, and didn’t read the books, even though my brother did, so most of my HP knowledge is through sheer exposure by the fandom popularity, bits of information my brother rambled off when he read the books as they were released, or the movies. So don’t take my word for it.
Anyways, if the idea for basically if we’re taking college age demigods, let’s say at least starting 18 years old on average and go between 18 to 20s on average, but takes place in a similar system as the camps, it doesn’t feel that much of a stretch to be honest. ※NOTE※ I have rambled in this so I apologize if I may have derailed from the point or some things do not generally make sense.
If we look back in Greek Mythology of Greek Heroes, most of them are presented as ‘adults’ during their feats and stories (note: I say ‘adults’ but obviously back in the day, what constitutes as an adult then and now are very different so what I’m referring to is the equivalent perception).
It’s totally doable and probably more accurate to lore.
Even in the PJO series though, there’s always been a sense of it being ‘adult’ if you’re aware of it and the dangers are already dangerous. If it were actually set in a college or had the dangers that you’re reading for adult readers, it's actually would be very easy because we already see demigods at risk of or have died, fighting to survive, being eaten by monsters and stuff, and we all know Greek Mythology is a lot more explicit. Heck, just take all the ‘water-downed’ Greek aspects and just replace it back with actual Ancient Greek mythology and there we go!
It’s only because the PJO series is deliberately set for young pre-teens and basically kids and that DISNEY: HYPERION is publishing these books, Riordan wrote the setting in such a way.
The Camp is set up as a general safe space for demigods who are coming into their identity and have survived at this point, and they go to college/camp to learn how to fight and generally survive while also serving the gods in a way-
Maybe the “PJO FOR ADULTS” could be set in one of those Military Summer Camps (NOTE: I have not attended a Military Summer Camp and only know they exist) where they still learn everything they need to survive as a demigod and remove all the leisure activities (like the Arts and Crafts center, the Amphitheatre) or maybe they do still have it but that’s done near the end or during designated breaks to keep up solely for morale.
The training is going to be a lot harsher and intense because they’re adults and they’re training all the demigods to be warriors and soldiers for the gods.
If there is a college setting, I can see that being a thing for adult demigods attending to learn other things, other than general education and specialized trades (i.e. forging, weapon making, etc) while learning about monsters, history, and etc.
As for the adult version of the Divine Cabins, nothing really changes honestly; just they aren’t Cabins if you know what I mean.
Basically a PJO For Adults isn’t that different from what we already see just in the books but add back in the unfiltered version of Greek Mythology accordingly, just add more stakes to their lives in a lot of more precarious or actual depiction of death and threats to their lives that are more explicit and yeah, we’re good.
Even what I just wrote or theorized I realized is basically Camp Jupiter and New Rome but just make it even more strict, precarious, and explicit for not only the Roman Camp, but even for the Greek Camps; the only difference is that one is Greek and the other is Roman.
Maybe there is still the mist but maybe there isn’t a mist to conveniently cover everything either. It would certainly add to the weight of the situation because there are monsters among us, hidden and not hidden in sight, and they are not only a threat to demigods, but they are a threat to mortal kind as well; and only demigods are able to fight these monsters like some sort secret force.
I guess we also don’t see in the mainline books either is because even in Camp Halfblood, the only reason we see things more relaxed there is because they have Thalia’s Tree that acts as a magical barrier of protection around Camp. And that they have a literal god in the camp that acts as their guardian and century old centaur who deliberately trained all the famous greek heroes.
Remove that? Like we see in the Second Book: “The Sea of Monsters”, the Greek demigods would be doing what they’re Roman counterparts do, by having regular guards and sentries around the clock around the perimeter around Camp to make sure no enemies or monsters approach or breach the inner Camp which is stressful and precarious.
Riordan never deluded his writing of Greek and Roman Mythology of their true aspects, but he just wrote them well enough that it seems filtered. Otherwise, there’s always the underlining in PJO series that things are dangerous, the gods are fickle and not always fair to mortals, and so much more, that the demigods' lives have always been expendable. We see that when Jason Grace’s death and everything else in the Trials of Apollo because that’s what it is, and just as the readers have gotten older, we can pick out the truth.
Anyways, hopefully this made some sense to you? Sorry if it didn’t cause I just literally wrote what came to mind as soon as I got this ask. Hopefully you did find some joy and stimulation in reading this and hope you all have a good day!
What are some special qualities that Celtic (Tuatha/Gaulish/Welsh/other religions that fall under such a banner) demigods would have opposed to their Greek/Roman counterparts?
Alright before I go and answer this, I wanna put a DISCLAIMER: I am not of Celtic descent nor was I raised with Celtic influences or culture in my life. I am only an amateur enjoyer of celtic mythology that I have occasionally picked up and looked at over time. My answers are a reflection of my own knowledge and interpretation for this ask. This will not a representation of the culture or mythology. It will be a very personal opinion.
Also for intents and purposes, I will be comparing contents and contexts of Celtic mythology against/with Greek/Roman mythology for examples and references. I will also be using the Celtics as the general group name for simplicity sake. I know there is differences according to each religion/aspects so I apologize in advance.
I wanna say that this will be my own take on what fictionized Celtic demigods would be like because based on what I could find so far, Celtic demigods don’t really have anything like supernatural powers or anything….well if they’re really demigods; since a lot of Celtic/Welsh mythology was rewritten during the Christianity take over and the Celtic/Welsh deities became ‘mortals’ as kings, queens, or what you could say as Celtic demigods. For example, Cu Chulainn could be considered as a demigod of Lugh? But there is evidence that he is Lugh as an incarnation?
That said, neither do any Greek demigods really nor were recorded to have inherent large powers either. So in terms of ‘special qualities’ may be have will be an inspired take or be theorized in the realm of like the PJO books where those demigods do inherent powers according to their godly parents’ domains, while taking in the culture, stories, and mythology from the source and adjusting accordingly.
Celtic deities and their ‘domains’ aren’t as the same in context as say Greek gods. This is due to the culture and belief that the Celtics have in what was most important to them and how it was important for them. Moreover, the Celtic deities don’t appear as rigid in function as gods, compared to the Greeks and Romans. So in terms of powers and how it applies to the demigod is also different then Greek demigods.
For example, a lot of deities had some connection or are part of warfare. Like Lugh and Teutates are all what you could call as Gods of War, but despite Caesar and the Ancient Romans trying to codify them into their own mythology, they could not seamlessly replace them with Mars, unlike Ares.
This is because Lugh is the god of Justice, War, Kingship, Craftsmen, skills, trade, and harvests; Teutates is the god of the tribe. Lugh is considered a king and it wasn’t unheard for them going out to war on the battlefield than to say ‘command’ most of the time, and Teutates and Lugh were warriors then soldiers, who were also ‘protector of the tribe’.
So if you were to write a Celtic equivalent to a child of Ares or Athena or any war god, they would be warriors rather than soldiers, that instead of protecting a state or place, they would be protecting their people; therefore they’re more outwardly protective and fight for their beliefs and responsibility for those under their care.
I think the Cetic demigods have more access to magic then the Greeks/Romans? It feels like the Greeks and Romans demigods don’t really access the magical capabilities unless they’re designated as magical classes, like the children of Hecate or like Medea who is specifically a witch or like Circe.
I wouldn’t say the Celtic deities can pull of magical miracles out of nowhere, since we gotta give magical training where it's due. Maybe asking for blessings or protections more often than not? Then again, that can be just rituals that are specifically Celtic.
Otherwise, there’s not really much of a difference in terms of abilities? If they’re a demigod child of an attribute god (light, fire, water, etc) they could have the ability of using that attribute. You just have to portray the attributes in the Celtic’s perspective or any other religion/culture.
Though there is the angle where the Celtic demigods are actually their godly parents as incantations as demonstrated in Cu Chulainn and him being Lugh? If that makes any sense. Like the demigods are both their own person but they are also their parent god at the same time that is both them and also separate?
And there’s also the aspect of celtic demigods being embolden by their feats and reputations, and that adding to their power. Like unlike Greek gods and demigods having epithets based on aspects, Celtic demigods take their feats and epithets and become them. Like Cu Chullainn’s journey from being born as Setanna and becoming and solidifying himself as Cu Chullainn.
This is probably not the answer you’re looking for but my Celtic mythology knowledge is not that in depth so I can’t pick out the nuances too much. I can’t really answer it well enough but I tried.
