TrashyCat
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Did anyone have a personal headcanon about a fictional (or historical) story/mythology that just one day popped up in your mind and began living rent free for years on end, yet somehow, the longer you thought about it, the more it made sense?
Mine was on the whole Zeus/Hades dilemma and Zagreus's old man.
I'm not very well versed in Greek mythologies, considering most of my knowledge about them comes from other stories (Novel, Manga, Anime, Games, etc.) that reference them, but I've always been confused about how Zagreus and Melinoe were sometimes depicted as children of Zeus and Persephone or children of Hades and Persephone.
I know that some versions considered Zeus and Hades were the same person, which is why the whole dilemma came about. But one day I thought, what if...
And I mean Just what if, instead of Hades and Zeus being the same person, it was actually Persephone and Zeus being the same person?
Some years back, my brain just came up with some weird funny story about how this whole shit show pairing somehow happened.
It began with Zeus, being the douchebag asinine man-child that he is, saw his brother Hades chilling in the underworld like a loner and decided to pull the biggest 'fuck you' prank he could muster.
So he began to bother him, asking what kind of woman he'd like to have and shit, gathering information and telling him he'd find said woman and gift them to Hades so he wouldn't be so alone anymore.
Then once everything was in place, he colluded with Demeter and pretended to be her daughter, turning into the perfect woman that Hades envisioned. It had to be him, since other than himself, there wasn't anyone strong enough that wouldn't be instantly seen through by Hades.
And what do you know, it worked... it worked a little too well.
The dumbass got kidnapped into the underworld too quickly for him/her to respond, forcefully being dragged into the very territory of Underworld, where Hades is most powerful.
Whatever happens afterwards, you probably get the gist.
On the other hand, on the overworld, without the King of the sky to oversee the weather, the world started becoming colder and colder.
The other gods thought it was Demeter throwing a tantrum over her daughter's kidnapping and tried to beg Hades for 'Persephone' back, which somewhat worked, as Hades eventually released 'her', albeit having fed her food of the Underworld.
And so, from then on, the King of the Sky unexpectedly obtained another jurisdiction, becoming the Vice Ruler of the Underworld, via honeytrap no less.
Would also explain why Zagreus, out of every other child of his, was the heir that Zeus chose. The kid would've been the lovechild of the two most powerful Olympians.
And about the case of Demeter grieving, I always thought that, given by what she's a goddess of, her being angry would turn the land into a barren desert rather than turning it into ice age.
Fun Fact - I distinctly remember this whole idea stemming from the 'Doctor and the Doctor's son' riddle, although I didn't remember the exact thought process, I remembered that I imagined a scene where someone asked Zagreus about his parentage and him answering with something along the lines of,
"I am the son of Zeus, but Zeus is not my father."
Mine was on the whole Zeus/Hades dilemma and Zagreus's old man.
I'm not very well versed in Greek mythologies, considering most of my knowledge about them comes from other stories (Novel, Manga, Anime, Games, etc.) that reference them, but I've always been confused about how Zagreus and Melinoe were sometimes depicted as children of Zeus and Persephone or children of Hades and Persephone.
I know that some versions considered Zeus and Hades were the same person, which is why the whole dilemma came about. But one day I thought, what if...
And I mean Just what if, instead of Hades and Zeus being the same person, it was actually Persephone and Zeus being the same person?
Some years back, my brain just came up with some weird funny story about how this whole shit show pairing somehow happened.
It began with Zeus, being the douchebag asinine man-child that he is, saw his brother Hades chilling in the underworld like a loner and decided to pull the biggest 'fuck you' prank he could muster.
So he began to bother him, asking what kind of woman he'd like to have and shit, gathering information and telling him he'd find said woman and gift them to Hades so he wouldn't be so alone anymore.
Then once everything was in place, he colluded with Demeter and pretended to be her daughter, turning into the perfect woman that Hades envisioned. It had to be him, since other than himself, there wasn't anyone strong enough that wouldn't be instantly seen through by Hades.
And what do you know, it worked... it worked a little too well.
The dumbass got kidnapped into the underworld too quickly for him/her to respond, forcefully being dragged into the very territory of Underworld, where Hades is most powerful.
Whatever happens afterwards, you probably get the gist.
On the other hand, on the overworld, without the King of the sky to oversee the weather, the world started becoming colder and colder.
The other gods thought it was Demeter throwing a tantrum over her daughter's kidnapping and tried to beg Hades for 'Persephone' back, which somewhat worked, as Hades eventually released 'her', albeit having fed her food of the Underworld.
And so, from then on, the King of the Sky unexpectedly obtained another jurisdiction, becoming the Vice Ruler of the Underworld, via honeytrap no less.
Would also explain why Zagreus, out of every other child of his, was the heir that Zeus chose. The kid would've been the lovechild of the two most powerful Olympians.
And about the case of Demeter grieving, I always thought that, given by what she's a goddess of, her being angry would turn the land into a barren desert rather than turning it into ice age.
Fun Fact - I distinctly remember this whole idea stemming from the 'Doctor and the Doctor's son' riddle, although I didn't remember the exact thought process, I remembered that I imagined a scene where someone asked Zagreus about his parentage and him answering with something along the lines of,
"I am the son of Zeus, but Zeus is not my father."
