Oh, she's SO good as Helene in Great Comet, too! I've gotten into that fandom a bit just for the fact that she's in it (and also it's a ridiculously fun and very sweet/wistful musical based on Russian literature, so what's not to love?) and GOSH--so much charm and charisma, and I'm so glad that she's getting some wider recognition now with Hadestown (also I really want to find some good Helene/Pierre fic, because I'm nothing if not a sucker for angsty, messed-up relationships).
I haven't seen it yet, but I don't actually mind being spoiled! Like, I've got a picture in my mind of how it might play out, but I'm sure whatever they actually do in the musical exceeds those expectations by 100%.
Oh man, Hades would totally be one of those "But how are they going to make a living?!" parents, while Persephone would be a bit more in the, "Eh, they'll figure it out on their own," sort of vein--it's not that she's uncaring, but I get the vibe that she has a bit more faith in people, generally, than Hades does...maybe not a whole lot more, but at least a bit. Also she'd maybe get, to a certain extent, his self-reliance complex, seeing as she seems to be fairly isolated from the other Olympians except for Hermes (and presumably her mom) while still rolling her eyes at it. Like, I feel like Persephone knows enough about what he went through to THINK she completely gets it, while still not knowing enough to completely get it. Which causes more tension, which causes more fights, which...
I tend to headcanon Hades as a couple centuries or so older than Persephone, and that that's the godly equivalent of, say, about twenty years? Just going off the age difference between the actors. I mean, assuming Hadestown sticks with the mythology on this point--and there's no reason to think it doesn't--Hades is at least old enough to be Persephone's dad. Which I'm sure was another big ol' source of tension (with their family, if not with them) when they got married.
LOL, in some ways I see Persephone and Hades as parents as that one vine that's like "What do you have?" "A knife!" "NO!" because they're both so very not used to dealing with kids and neither strikes me as the most consistent disciplinarian, though they would try, I think. I also like to think that they temper each other's worst tendencies, so Persephone convinces Hades to loosen up a bit and not babyproof every single inch of the underworld, and he helps her be more present and consistent as a parent and not let their kid run too wild. But they're definitely more spoiling parents than not. Lucky for them they've got Hermes and Demeter, who can be the more grounding influences.
I will DEVOUR your Zagreus fic whenever it's ready, honestly. I can already tell I'm going to love this dude, and just trying to imagine Hades and Persephone's reactions to this kid that they raised and had a good hand in screwing up makes me all kids of sad-happy. And the triplets! More about the triplets, please--and it's so totally true that Hades and Persephone would fight a lot less after they were born, if only because they're too tired to really work themselves into a lather like they used to. I'd also imagine that three at a time would kind of force Persephone to be a more consistent parent, because if you've got three babies and no routine you've got a storm coming, that's for sure.
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Oh, she's SO good as Helene in Great Comet, too! I've gotten into that fandom a bit just for the fact that she's in it (and also it's a ridiculously fun and very sweet/wistful musical based on Russian literature, so what's not to love?) and GOSH--so much charm and charisma, and I'm so glad that she's getting some wider recognition now with Hadestown (also I really want to find some good Helene/Pierre fic, because I'm nothing if not a sucker for angsty, messed-up relationships).
I haven't seen it yet, but I don't actually mind being spoiled! Like, I've got a picture in my mind of how it might play out, but I'm sure whatever they actually do in the musical exceeds those expectations by 100%.
Oh man, Hades would totally be one of those "But how are they going to make a living?!" parents, while Persephone would be a bit more in the, "Eh, they'll figure it out on their own," sort of vein--it's not that she's uncaring, but I get the vibe that she has a bit more faith in people, generally, than Hades does...maybe not a whole lot more, but at least a bit. Also she'd maybe get, to a certain extent, his self-reliance complex, seeing as she seems to be fairly isolated from the other Olympians except for Hermes (and presumably her mom) while still rolling her eyes at it. Like, I feel like Persephone knows enough about what he went through to THINK she completely gets it, while still not knowing enough to completely get it. Which causes more tension, which causes more fights, which...
I tend to headcanon Hades as a couple centuries or so older than Persephone, and that that's the godly equivalent of, say, about twenty years? Just going off the age difference between the actors. I mean, assuming Hadestown sticks with the mythology on this point--and there's no reason to think it doesn't--Hades is at least old enough to be Persephone's dad. Which I'm sure was another big ol' source of tension (with their family, if not with them) when they got married.
LOL, in some ways I see Persephone and Hades as parents as that one vine that's like "What do you have?" "A knife!" "NO!" because they're both so very not used to dealing with kids and neither strikes me as the most consistent disciplinarian, though they would try, I think. I also like to think that they temper each other's worst tendencies, so Persephone convinces Hades to loosen up a bit and not babyproof every single inch of the underworld, and he helps her be more present and consistent as a parent and not let their kid run too wild. But they're definitely more spoiling parents than not. Lucky for them they've got Hermes and Demeter, who can be the more grounding influences.
I will DEVOUR your Zagreus fic whenever it's ready, honestly. I can already tell I'm going to love this dude, and just trying to imagine Hades and Persephone's reactions to this kid that they raised and had a good hand in screwing up makes me all kids of sad-happy. And the triplets! More about the triplets, please--and it's so totally true that Hades and Persephone would fight a lot less after they were born, if only because they're too tired to really work themselves into a lather like they used to. I'd also imagine that three at a time would kind of force Persephone to be a more consistent parent, because if you've got three babies and no routine you've got a storm coming, that's for sure.