So I Had Been Obsessed With Greek Mythology In Like Forever And My Brain Immediately Went To This Ridiculous

So I had been obsessed with Greek Mythology in like forever and my brain immediately went to this ridiculous Godly!Victors AU, some of them made so much sense then I kind of got...this

For the ones who doesn't know anything about mythology in detail or at all, I tried to summarise as blunt and vibe-y oriented as I could. Enjoy my brainchild

(All the Victors mentioned in this chaos belongs to @lorata)

Callista: Fun fact, she is the reason all of this au started. At first I thought of Aphrodite because, you know, Goddess of Love and Lust and Beauty who also has quite a vindictive nature in some of the myths. But then I realised Dionysus kind of suited her more; God of Wine, Theatre and Madness. He borned twice, turned men into dolphins and also had an insane cult...and I thought, you know what, Calli would absolutely rock as him--like, she parties with you hard but then you slightly, slightly get on her nerves and she reminds you why she is the embodiment of lunacy with one sharp gaze.

Nero: Hephaestus. Had a rough childhood -got thrown out of a window (by?? Well, in some myths Hera, some myths Zeus and sometimes both, you make up your mind) from Mount Olympus-, and is a blacksmith who likes to create things with his own hands, finding it soothing. He does not socialise much, kind of like the Eeyore of the immortals which I juxtaposed with Nero.

Emory: Low aggression, cares about the people, family, is really kind and understanding. She'd be excellent as Hestia. Hestia is the Goddess of Hearth and Home, who also is regarded as one of the kindest and most compassionate amongst all gods but she is also the first child of Rhea and Kronos; the first one who got eaten by her own father because of sheer prophecy, so she is fiercely protective as well. She also is really considerate; Hestia gave her throne to Dionysus -making him the newest and 12th Olympian- in order to prevent the potential war in her siblings.

Artemisia: Another fun albeit useless fact; I misread her name as Artemis, who is Goddess of the Hunt and Virginity when I first started reading wmbk--and it still is with me to this day. Let's leave the laughs aside, i think she'd be great as either Até: Goddess of Mischief and Reckless Impulse or as Hermes: God of Thieves, Travel and also Mischief as well. They are both her vibe to be honest and I love that for her.

Brutus: Persephone. Listen. I know this is unhinged but let me explain. She likes nature (Goddess of Spring, so obviously) but also had been abducted by Hades ->re: bb Brutus, who has a loving home -kind of like Demeter's, Persephone's mother, garden where she grew up safe and sound- going to Centre -Persephone going to Underworld, Hades' domain- and even though he turned out a Victor, he still has his mother's, Heidi's love -Persephone visits Demeter for six months, and stays with Hades six months, results in creating seasons. It's the vibes honestly. And we deserve Brutus covered up in flowers and be happy so how could I resist.

Adessa: Athena. I think this is self explanatory enough -someone needs to be the representative genius-, but also consider this: apart from being the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena is also Goddess of Warfare and Heroic Endeavor. She represents the intellectual and civilised side of the war but also is highly hot tempered even though she shows it by quiet but permanent action rather than showering people with emotions. (re: Athena turning Arachne into a spider and Adessa killing Nero's cougars after over 30 years of planning)

Ronan: Being the First Career Victor Ever™, he obviously was the hot topic back in the day; so Nike, who is the Goddess of Victory would be appropriate for him. But then I switched it to Ares, who is God of War and Courage would be better because: 1. There is a high chance of bb Ronan witnessing the war between the districts and Capitol, 2. Ares' sacred animal is a dog--so yeah, figures.

Lyme: This is as unhinged as Brutus' Persephone but...perhaps it's even more so; I think she would be Aphrodite, who, as I mentioned with Callista, is the Goddess of Love, Beauty and Lust (the third one is unrelated to Lyme but well). At first I was like; yeah, she'd be a war goddess probably, not that deep, then I went --oh, Aphrodite is Goddess of War as well then it just clicked. So my theory with Aphrodite, as in the most modern retellings of myths I see, she changes her appearance to people's ideal vision of beauty--which is pretty diverse (quick headcanon: in this au the first person who saw Lyme's true appearance, which is her canon look, is Nero--he cherishes his girl and says that he thinks the most beautiful thing is one being themselves) and Love because even though she went through an abusive household to the murder academy, she still loves in her own way, like people do. (re: Mentor Lyme with Misha, Claudius and Sloane)

Odin is not here because he is the Odin in the Norse mythology which I think was intentional.

So this means Hera as Hera and Iris as Iris because why not

So these are the main ones I have clear thoughts on, though I might add even more in the future or even write a few thousand words about this whole au because it intrigues me a lot.

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hallibahar

3 years ago

Adessa:

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hallibahar

3 years ago

So I made a map of my idea of the D2 VV layout, only my drawing skills are abysmal so I'm gonna have to talk about my drawing instead.

So about 2 the doctor's I have always imagine a two story building in the village with the bottom floor typical doctor stuff and a small overnight room if a Victor requires it. The second floor is where the doctor lives, so if a Victor requires the doctor in the middle of the night, the doctor is right there ready.

With 9, 10 and 11 I thought it would be funny to put Adessa, Hera and Odin in a sort of house grid together. Adessa does not find this amusing, she's in a different decade, they are both babies! But the designers of the village decided since they are close on age to put them together.

Also regarding 25 the Libary, it happened because I adore books and decided there had to be one in the village, for people like Adessa and Odin.

28 the lake is where the yearly Victor spring/summer barbecue before the games happened. People grill up food, usually Odin ends up on grilling duty. There's music and alcohol and fizzy drinks. Party games of course, but Victor style. And Calli's cats and Ronan's dogs run rampant through the chaos, sometimes chasing each other. One year Odin pushed Adessa in to the lake on a date from Callista, and Callista has it on tape. Callista was very pleased; Adessa not so much.

By the lake is Claudius's tree house. He's very proud of it.

Callista and Nero's houses ended up getting placed quite far apart, which annoys both of them endlessly. They have to walk so far! Callista does like that she's very close to the entrance of the village though, makes it so she doesn't have to walk as far in order to get out of the village.

There's 4 the meeting hall. Obviously, meeting are held there. But every so often, about 2 months or so a movie night is held there. Everyone joins, even people like Adessa who find such childish endeavours below her, and a name is picked out a hat. The person who's name is picked gets to choose the movie, and everyone brings snacks and stuff to share. Every person's name is put in the hat twice, and Ronan is in charge of putting the name in and pulling it out, and so maybe he puts his name in an extra few times. People have suspicions that he does that, but no one's going to say it outright, so movie nights turn in to watch what Ronan wants.

There's the fruit orchard, which any of the victors can take fruit from and sometimes they hold competitions to see who can pick the most fruit.

I think that's it, but if i remember anymore I will add it.

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hallibahar

3 years ago

Honestly, same.