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I’ve literally been drawing Thalia for 12 years now 😭 She’s the reason I started listening to Green Day in elementary school. So I kinda owe my entire personality to a fictional character, but I digress. I’m so excited to see her on screen (the 3 seconds we got of her in the movies does not exist to me)!

Thalia looked more like the girl who robbed all-American boys at knifepoint in an alley.

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“I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis. I turn my back to the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood, and join the hunt.“

Dark Knight Thalia as 

Part 10 of my Ancient Greek Fantasy RPG  AU

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"To Artemis, [...] hear me, celebrated queen, torch-bearing goddess, divine. [...] Fierce huntress, glorying in the sylvan war: swift in the course, in dreadful arrows skilled, wandering by night, rejoicing in the field: of valiant form, of bounteous mind, illustrious Daimon, nurse of humankind: immortal, earthly, bane of monsters fell, 'tis thine, blest maid, on woody mounts to dwell: foe of the stag, whom woods and dogs delight, in endless youth you flourish fair and bright."

Part 7/? of Allarica’s Greek Gods

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“Stars. I can see the stars again, my lady. “

Part 13 of the Camp Half Blood LookBook

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The 1st square shows a full moon, part of its bottom half hidden by shadowed trees. The sky around the silvery full moon is very dark.

The 2nd square shows the fletching ends of 3 wooden arrows, their fletchings white. The arrows are on grass atop the ground, part of a wooden bow visible with them. The grass is dark green, implying night time.

The 3rd square shows medium green grass and trees. There also are white flowers with orange centres.

The 4th square shows the back of someone’s head from close-up, their dark umber hair in a Dutch braid with 3 cartoon stars (which have 5 points each) dotted along the braid with plenty of space between them. The braid consists of 3 strands of hair crossed underneath each other.

The 6th square shows a pair of literally black hands with 100s of white dots, presumably glitter, on the palms and along part of the fingers.

The 7th square shows another medium green nature scene, this one with a creek or river instead of flowers. The sky above the trees and bushes is foggy, a mountain or some hills in the distance.

The 8th square shows a tree trunk, in front of it an antler with 3 points and another antler – with 2 points – very near the first.

The upper left one shows the shadowed silhouette of someone 'bout to shoot an arrow diagonally upwards, the arrow's tip piercing a tiny full moon. At the image's bottom is in white text: 'Artemis'

The upper right image shows some tree tops and the sky at night, sole light in the darkness coming from a crescent moon and a tiny star. At the top is text: 'Goddess of Maidenhood, Virginity, Childbirth, Young Women, the Moon'

The lower right image shows what seems to be a cisgender lady with her back to the Viewer. The background consists of shades of grey, though none light enough to match her silver coat. She holds up a wooden bow with her right hand, part of it resting against the back of her neck. Above her head is text: 'Diana'

Mythology: The Greek Pantheon - Artemis

Artemis - Goddess of Hunt and Moon. 

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ artemis ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆

my favorite legends making their debut this year

Artemis said: "My Hunters follow me on my adventures. They are my maidservants, my companions, my sisters-in-arms. Once they swear loyalty to me, they are indeed immortal… unless they fall in battle, which is unlikely. Or break their oath."

"What oath?" I said.

"To forswear romantic love forever," Artemis said.

"So you just go around the country recruiting half-bloods–"

"Not just half-bloods," Zoe interrupted. "Lady Artemis does not discriminate by birth. All who honour the Goddess may join. Half-bloods, nymphs, mortals–"

"Bianca, this is crazy," I said. "What about your brother? Nico can't be a Hunter."

"Certainly not," Artemis agreed. "He will go to camp. Unfortunately, that's the best boys can do."

"Hey!" I protested.

"You can see him from time to time," Artemis assured Bianca. "But you will be free of responsibility. He will have the camp counsellors to take care of him. And you will have a new family. Us."

"I pledge myself to the Goddess Artemis. I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood, and join the Hunt."

For the Hunters, all romance is a nope coz of their oath (dating a fellow Hunter is confirmed in T.o.A. to not be allowed). However, the way that the oath is worded in canon is foolishly heteronormative. I think it should be:

"I pledge myself to the God of Chastity, Ártemis. I turn my back on romantic and sexual companions, accept eternal celibacy, and join the hunt."

That way, there'd be no ambiguity over whether the Hunters of Artemis can date and/or have sex with people who are female or in some way gender nonbinary.

Additionally, Hippolytus existed; the Hunt should allow people of any gender & sex and age instead of being limited to perisex cisgender girls (although, most members would probably still be dyadic cis girls coz that's the democratic that has the most motivation to be celibate with a dyadic cis female God as their teacher, leader, & protector). Hence me replacing the word maidenhood with the word celibacy.

In my Alternate Multiverse rewrite of the 'Percy Jackson' (2005) franchise, Nico would get the chance to join same as Bianca instead of being dismissed solely coz he's a perisex cis boy (actually, my version of Ártemis doesn't assume anyone's gender based on appearance coz She has for centuries corrected people who assume Her to be dyadic cis male solely coz of Her masculinity & Apóllon to be perisex cis fem coz of His femininity and has met plenty of Gods, demigods, mortal humans, nymphs, etc. who are agender or genderfluid or in some other way transgender).

In my version of P.J. 'verse, it's the (okay with romance and sex) Amazons who are the ones who have a "gals only" policy whilst the Hunters of Ártemis have a "stay celibate" policy.

(Obviously, not every cis girl, trans girl, trans lady, and cis lady joins the Amazons plus not every celibate person joins the Hunters of Ártemis. People can be fem without being an Amazon and choose celibacy without being a Hunter of Ártemis.)

Callisto: *being a lesbian* "Not even with you?"

Ártemis: *being aro ace* "NO!!"

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Diana: *pinches Her nose* "What part of eternal maidenhood do people not understand?"

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Ártemis: "Never, in my two millennia as the leader of this Hunt, have I seen such shameful behaviour."

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Foívi: *pausing a car with a dryad who is a Hunter of Artemis and a likewise naiad sitting at the backseat of the roofless car* "Get in, loser; we're going hunting."

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Foívi (who has been teasing her fellow Hunter of Artemis each day for the past week): "Nice net, Bri!! What's it made out of?"

Britomartis: *angrily sarcastic* "Your mum's chest hair!!"

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Britomartis: "One time Atalanta punched Orion in the face. It was awesome!!"

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Zoë Nightshade to Bianca di Angelo: *pulling on her silver parka jacket* "On each day, we wear silver."

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Naomi: "That is so fetch!!"

Foívi: "Naomi, stop trying to make fetch happen. It's not going to happen!!"

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Zoë Nightshade to Hippolytus: "If you're a Hunter of Artemis, why are you male?"

Britomartis: "Oh my Gods; Zoë, you can't just ask people why they're male!"

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Zoë Nightshade: "Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimised by boys or men."

Half of the Hunters of Artemis (even the extremely few dyadic cis male ones): *raise their left or right hand*

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Josephine: *kisses Hemithea on the lips*

Josephine: "Really, I don't know why I did this. I guess it's probably because I've got a big lesbian crush on you!"

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Naomi shortly after Hemithea (alongside Josephine) quit being a member of the Hunters of Artemis: "Why do you use super-jumbo tampons?"

Hemithea: "I can't help it!! I've got a heavy flow and a wide-set vulva!!"

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Thalia Chase: "Naomi, I'm sorry I laughed at you that time you got diarrhea at Evington Park."

Naomi: *crosses her arms and glares*

Thalia Chase: "And I'm sorry for telling everyone about it."

All of the other Hunters of Artemis: *staring in silence*

Thalia Chase: "And I'm sorry for repeating it now."

Zoë Nightshade: *pinches her nose*

Bianca di Angelo: *facepalms*

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Zoë Nightshade's & Reyna de la Fuerza's approach towards being Bianca di Angelo's big sister: "I just want you to know, if you ever need anything, don't be shy."

Thalia Chase's approach to it: "There are no rules in the Hunt. Lets burn this Barbie!!"

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Diana (returning from New Rome with a package): "Hey, gals! Happy hour is from four to six!"

Reyna de la Fuerza: "Um, is there alcohol in this?"

Diana: "Oh, Gods, Reyna, no! What kind of leader do you think I am? Why, do you want a little bit? Because if you're going to drink I'd rather you do it at the campsite."

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Ártemis: *being aro ace* "At your age, you're going to have a lot of urges. You're going to want to take off your clothes, and touch each other. But if you do touch each other, you will get chlamydia... and die."

Reyna de la Fuerza: *also aro ace, pinches her nose in exasperation*

The rest of the Hunters of Artemis: *staring in wide-eyed horror, except for Thalia Chase who claps her hands & smirks evilly*

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