Blush Blush characters as Greek/Roman demigods -- Camp Half-Blood/Camp Jupiter AU
Just doing these 2 camps because I've ONLY read PJO/HoO/ToA :') -- also note that I'm very ROUGHLY jotting ideas down here. And that I haven't actually touched the aforementioned books in a hot minute.
Demigods of Camp Half-blood
Nimh (son of Demeter - goddess of harvest/agriculture)
Kelby (son of Nike - goddess of victory)
Eli (child of Iris - goddess of rainbows)
Garret (son of Aristaeus - god of rustic crafts)
William (oracle/son of Asclepius - god of medicine)
Myx (son of Euterpe - muse of lyrical poetry)
Scale (son of Hecate - goddess of the crossroads)
Cole (son of Nemesis - goddess of vengeance/balance)
Poe (son of Apollo - god of light/poetry/knowledge)
Albert (son of Athena - goddess of wisdom)
More characters below the cut + more thoughts sjshsj
Demigods of Camp Jupiter
Volks (pup of Lupa - wolf guardian of Rome/legacy of Bellona - goddess of warfare)
Anon (legacy of Vulcan - god of the forge)
Dmitri (son of Bacchus - god of revelry/madness)
Ichiban (son of Thalia - muse of comedy)
Sven (son of Discordia - goddess of chaos)
Cashew (son of Juventas - goddess of youth)
Logan (son of Veritas - goddess of truth)
Ace (son of Mercury - messenger god)
Mac (son of Mars - god of war)
Misc:
Altered Characters - Stirling (Vampire, son of Ourania - muse of astronomy), Reece (Clear-Sighted Mortal, Oracle), Xianyun (implied demigod, unknown ancestry)
Unchanged characters? - Seth, Aki, Haru, Fuyu, Itharion,
^ or rather, characters idk what to do with :') I don't even know where Merryweather might go slsjsl
Terminology:
Legacy (Volks, Anon) - a second/further descendant of a god. Where demigods are the children of gods, Legacies like Anon could be the grandchild, great-grandchild, or further descendant of Vulcan for all we know. The same can be said about Volks and Bellona. Legacies typically reside in Camp Jupiter.
Thoughts about a ffffew characters' placements
Because most of these were organised by Vibes but also. I still have thoughts.
Volks - legacy of Bellona, goddess of war
I had to make him a Legacy just because I liked his lil bit of lore where his mum was implied to be present in his life (despite being a busy woman) and. Yk. Gods/goddesses can't exactly Do That, so his mum couldn't be a goddess. SURE his dad could be a god, but. Eh. Thankfully being a resident of Camp Jupiter means I can further play into Volks' wolf theme by having him interact with the goddess Lupa.
Eli - child of Iris, goddess of rainbows
Honestly I was going to make him a child of Dionysus, but I had to take Iro into consideration as well. So. Rainbows, yk? I ended up liking this more than Dionysus anyway SKSKlsks
Anon - legacy of Vulcan, god of the forge
Another Legacy!! I figured since Anon is so tech-oriented (something inherently incompatible with being a demigod) then the resources/safety of Camp Jupiter would make sense for him to comfortably tinker with that stuff. Also Nina!! She's still his sister in this AU. Her intense and orderly conduct would fit in with Camp Jupiter's methodology. They're at home here.
Stirling - Vampire/son of Ourania, muse of astronomy
Hmmm, interesting. I haven't looked into the Greek Mythological equivalent of vampires, so this one is DEFINITELY still a work-in-progress. I have thought, though: Stirling as a former camper of Camp Half-Blood, son of Ourania, who was sent on a prophecy-bound quest and never returned. He was cursed by something. He turned into something else, something beyond mortal and yet touched by death. Something something... yeah!!
Scale - son of Hecate, goddess of crossroads
Oooh this one was interesting because I chose Hecate for lore reasons rather than technical reasons. Hecate is generally a mysterious cloak-and-dagger deity whose children are the subject of heaaaavy suspicion in Camp Half-Blood due to her shifting loyalties afaik, which adds to Scale's isolation.
Sven - son of Discordia, goddess of chaos
I just thought this would be interesting because Sven is like. All Over The Place -- but he's also very particular about specific things. Like, that was genuinely my entire thought process. That's all.
Cole - son of Nemesis, goddess of vengeance/balance
Children of Nemesis can Hold A Grudge. And Ayeka is Cole's sister in this AU so I need to think anout her too sksjsk. This placement feels pretty apropos with how far their jealousy is capable of pushing them.
Poe - son of Apollo, god of light/poetry/knowledge
Omg... dark-palette goth boy being the child of Apollo?? No way?? -- Okay genuinely though, godly parentage does NOT equal a demigod's entire character and identity, so like. I'm letting myself have fun here. In the series, children of Apollo tend to take on at least one of Apollo's many domains (Michael and Kayla = archery, Will = healing, Austin = music) -- so. Poe gets Poetry. Naturally. And honestly I think Poe's dry humour would fit well with Rick Riordan's writing style, but I digress.
Logan - son of Veritas, goddess of truth
Truth is a huuuuge virtue, and. So is Logan, to be fair. He's also a huge virtue skshsksj. He doesn't have a malicious bone in his body and you can just. Trust that.
Reece - Clear-Sighted Mortal/Oracle
I'm. Unsure about this one actually. I'm 100% going to change this one, since I haven't paid attention to Reece in a while so I don't have anything to say about him :') -- I DO want him to have some semblance of inherent supernatural/divine abilities, but I also want him to be more than just. A camper.
The Kitsune Boys
I'm at a loss here LMAO -- I considered keeping them as Kitsune, but also. If we're strictly talking about Greek/Roman mythology here, then I want to incorporate them into that theme somehow?? Here were my ideas:
Fuyu - Legacy of Calliope, muse of epic poetry.
Haru - Legacy of Hedone, goddess of joy and pleasure.
Aki - Legacy of Dolus, god of trickery.
^^ Now, they can STILL be kitsune even with this ancestry, as long as one of their parents is a kitsune. But. Hm. That might overcomplicate things... Maybe they were each bestowed with additional blessings from the gods that made them more "divine" in nature than the average demigod? Like maybe from the Anemoi (the gods of the four winds/seasons) And. And maybe they were cursed to be lost in the Lair of The Lotus Eaters for 200 years to explain their big age... hm. Much to ponder.
Seth (and Xianyun and Itharion honestly)
??? Yeah I have NNNO idea what to do with them :')
Albert - son of Athena, goddess of wisdom
Because... because the owl thing. Oh and, I think Albert would've fit in better at Camp Jupiter, especially because residents of Camp Jupiter are far more likely to live longer and have a future, which would make Albert's age make sense, but. We know how weird they are about "Minerva" somehow having children, so they might have ostracised him if he tried. I like to think it was partly spite that helped Albert reach his age.
Extra (OC x Canon business/Crush Crush):
Leave it to me to make everything about LiuAki and Vannabel, sighhh
Liu (OC) - son of Clio, muse of history
Because. Yeah. Muses are like the divine mothers of art/science/literature and. Liu's whole Thing is art. So his parent HAD to be a Muse. And Liu gravitates towards subjects relating to history as well! So. There's that!!
Vanna (OC) - daughter of Apollo, god of light/poetry/knowledge
O dear lordy, she's Poe's half-sibling in this AU LMAOO -- that should add a fun new dynamic to their friendship since they'll be living in the same cabin. Her gimmick is writing, ofc, and I imagine she'll live at Camp Half-Blood full-time instead of simply staying over the summer, like most demigods. She is nnnot a fighter, so she'll have to learn some things about healing and crafts if she wants to pull her weight around camp.
Bonnibel - legacy of Edesia, goddess of nourishment
It's rare for two full-siblings to have the same godly parent, since that would mean a god would've had to visit the same mortal and have more children with them, which they scarcely do. (So that means Cole&Ayeka and Eli&Iro are considered rare!!)
SO since Bonnibel is one of three daughters (and since I want Marybelle and Babybelle to be included) -- then they'll have to be Legacies for this to be plausible. Ofc I can just write all 3 of them as daughters of Edesia, but. I have decided to stay humble.
NO idea how these children were conceived, but my friend Creative Liberty told me not to worry about it HEHEHE
These fankids aren't necessarily siblings -- I basically did the equivalent of "if it's a girl, we'll name her [x], and if it's a boy, we'll name him [y]" and then made up a character for each case. Although. They obviously CAN be siblings if I so decided for each couple to have two kids :3
Vannabel Kids
Maud Valentine
Maud is still trying to find her style!! Currently, she's taking inspiration from the people she admires -- which includes her aunts and her parents' friends. Maud braids her hair like Aunt Marybelle's; she paints flowers on her cheeks as a nod to Fuyu's markings; her arm-warmers look like Seth's gloves; even her ahoge is there because Cole has one SKSLSJLSJ -- Maud is a romantic and creatively-inclined person with lotsss of daydreams, like Vanna, but Maud is more adventurous I'd say. She loves to keep active, either walking or taking her bike as her main mode of transport.
Gilbert (Gil) Valentine
Gilbert is a well-read boy who took after Bonnibel's quick wit. He comes off as a flattering flirt, but this isn't intentional :') it's only because he's super curious about people, and his naturally-soft eyes make him look like he's in a constant lovestruck state. But to him, when it comes to love, getting into a relationship with someone is the same as deciding his entire future. He enjoys writing and helping his aunt Marybelle with her horses.
LiuAki Kids
Soma
Soma CANNOT sit still, ever. He's always in need of some kind of physical exertion, whether that's zooming around in his fox form, whacking things with sticks, or climbing walls. He actually doesn't talk very often!! But when he does, it's usually something snarky or sarcastic, but well-meaning. He just likes poking fun at everything. He also likes to disappear for days on end, usually coming back with a new souvenir or an entirely new hobby. Soma seems lazy until he's put in a leadership role -- then he's totally comfortable actively looking after the people under his guidance.
Yuzuki (Yuzu)
Yuzuki is a bit of a tomboy!! She's super quiet though, like Liu, and prefers to indulge her own interests in her own space, which always makes it a surprise when people learn about her extremely capable and mischievous nature. She's a bō-staff wielder who trains regularly, and she likes to play pranks too. Yuzu also likes eavesdropping on Fuyu and Haru so that she can gossip about them with her parents, sksjsln. She LOVES casino/party games, and she's super good at bluffing and manipulating her opponent into annoyance and then giggling about it to their face.
Vannabel Tangled AU except i don't know HOW it will work, but. Crossovers and AUs are the easiest way to my heart and Tangled is my all-time fav Disney movie so i WILL make it happen i WILL. I WILL.
Pondering my Blush Blush/Crush Crush Hunger Games AU
Looooong post ahead, basic knowledge of the Hunger Games franchise is recommended!!
(I'm NOT an expert; I haven't read the books/seen the movies in a hot minute, nor have I played through all of Crush Crush -- also note that this is a work in progress)
Updated 09.06
! WARNINGS -- War themes, graphic violence, death, attempted trafficking/sexual violence (not explained in detail), governmental oppression, psychological torment !
Avoxes -- Ginger (Capitol), Wasabi (Capitol), Lake (District 4), Nova (District 6), Poe (District 8), Felix (District 12)
╰─•𖣂•─ An "Avox" is a person (can be from the Districts or the Capitol) captured by the government and rendered mute by having their tongues cut out, now functioning as slaves/civil servants after a period of being tortured to strip away their sense of self.
(^^ Almost all of these characters' placements are subject to change!!)
Headcanons established:
Cole and Ayeka are siblings
Anon and Nina are siblings
Cashew is related to the Valentines
Bonus: Vanna x Bonnibel and Liu x Aki will somehow exist. I'm making sure of it.
Adjustments:
The timeline adheres with BB/CC, excluding the semantics from Hush Hush
In canon, only one girl and one boy are Reaped from each District -- in this AU, two people are Reaped from each District without regard for their gender, and anyone identifying outside of the gender binary will be treated as such. This also means that a girl may Volunteer for a boy, or vice versa. (<- Implementing this change just to make up for the disproportionate ratio of CC/BB characters)
Past Victors:
38th Games -- Dorian Reed (District 1, 17 years old)
39th Games -- Marybelle (District 11, 15 years old)
40th Games -- Shibuki (District 12, 13 years old)
41st Games -- Bonnibel (District 11, 14 years old)
42nd Games -- Nina (District 3, 17 years old)
43rd Games -- Volks (District 7, 15 years old)
44th Games -- Kelby (District 4, 15 years old)
45th Games -- Sawyer (District 7, 17 years old)
46th Games -- Babybelle (District 11, 15 years old)
47th Games -- Iro (District 4, 16 years old)
48th Games -- Scale (District 2, 16 years old)
49th Games -- Cole (District 10, 18 years old)
Others of note:
25th Hunger Games -- Saji Kawase (District 4, 19 years old)
26th Hunger Games -- Honey (District 6, 16 years old)
36th Hunger Games -- Rosa (District 10, 16 years old)
37th Hunger Games -- Luna (District 2, 14 years old)
By the 50th Hunger Games, all the characters should be in-line with their ages in their respective canon games!! In case anyone notices that the Victor's ages seem like they don't really match up with that timeline -- the Reaping takes place on July 4 so I had to account for whether their birthdays came before/after that day aaaargh
Trivia:
The Valentine sisters are practically famous for their victories. They use their wealth gained from the Games to help the people of their district and keep their black market up and running.
District 11 has the highest armed Peacekeeper presence, mostly to monitor its residents and ensure they don't keep any of the crops for themselves, and to monitor the Valentine Sisters and their cousins (Peanut and Cashew) -- even the most minor offenses are punishable by public execution.
Cole hid it well, but he was LIVID that he got Reaped when he did. Only children from the ages 12 - 18 are eligible for the Games, so if he survived the Reaping just this one more time, he never would've had to worry about the Games again.
^ Cole is one of the most popular Tributes/Victors amongst the Capitol audience for his intelligence and charisma. Those in the Districts are more skeptical of him, since District 2 is close with the Capitol and they wonder if he'll eventually be used as a mouthpiece for them.
^^ Cole was one of many tributes seen as "desirable" within the Capitol and thus became a target of potential trafficking, wherein he would be forced to sell his body to the highest bidder, or else his loved ones would be killed. So far, Cole has managed to stall this process.
The Valentine Sisters were also subjected to this pressure, as was Shibuki, Volks, Kelby, Sawyer, and Scale,
It's theorised that Nina bartered with the overseer of her District's Reaping procedure to ensure that she got chosen instead of Anon, as he was caught with contraband earlier that year, and consequently the Capitol would have rigged his name into the upcoming pool of Tributes.
There were notable tensions between Dorian Reed and his Capitol Escort, Fuyu. Despite their mutual attempts to maintain appearances in front of the cameras, it was clear they did not get along. Dorian's performance and subsequent victory in the arena was a disturbing sight to behold, and people wonder how Fuyu might've contributed to this.
^ No one else knows, but Dorian's heinous display and utter brutality in his Games was what drove Fuyu into further disillusionment, and led him to quietly join the Rebels as an important set of insider eyes.
Despite the Hunger Games serving as a reminder of the Dark Days (the uprising of the Districts against the Capitol which led to the Games' creation) -- bringing up the names QPernikiss, Natsu, and Itharion will very likely result in punishment.
Lake was taken and turned into an Avox for her "degenerate art" that was Anti-Hunger-Games and therefore Anti-Capitol in nature, thereby deemed an act of treason. She was dragged away from District 4 at sixteen years old. By far she's the most "obedient" Avox due to the threat of having her hands cut off if she dared to pick up any kind of artistic implement again, whether it was a fountain pen or a stick of charcoal.
Nova was captured from District 6 by the Capitol and turned into an Avox from repeated misdemeanours that involved graffiti, sneaking into prohibited areas, and backtalking Peacekeepers, even after two "warnings" where she was shot in the arm and leg after being caught sneaking over an electric fence past curfew.
Felix was turned into an Avox the moment he publicly questioned/defied the Capitol's ideology and the Hunger Games as a whole -- he was confident that the people of District 12 would back him up, but he stood alone.
Poe was turned into an Avox because of his repeated attempts to access forbidden literature through District 8's black market. Like the other Avoxes, he can now only communicate through timid nodding or hand gestures -- although occasionally, the people he serves might be kind enough to lend him a journal or scrap of paper to convey his thoughts or write poems.
^ Whenever he's caught, he's dragged into a room of Jabberjays (genetically-engineered birds that mimic human speech) and forced to listen to them rewind his cries and wails from his torture for an hour. This is likely the same punishment for other Avoxes.
More to be added soon!!
I don't have the guts to ACTUALLY commit to subjecting characters into forced prostitution :')
╰─•𖣂•─ update: well. Now that the world is more developed, I kind of feel more "assured" in my idea to commit to this. I'll do my best to handle the topic with grace.
I've been in a LiuAki mood lately because my friends and I recently had a long discussion about romance that made my aroace self Ponder Heavily so now I'm projecting via my aroace OC (thanks Liu <3)
Honestly if I had to ship my OCs with any other characters, I was thinking Liu would simply be alone and Vanna would be with Haru. Long story. I have thoughts on that strange and obscure "ship" but I'm too attached to Vannabel right now HAHSHJ
