DEATH INCARNATE

#INEXORATOS   /   O’ DEATH  :  THANATOS  ,  SON   OF   NYX   AND   EREBUS

loving thanatos is very easy, however thanatos loving you is very difficult. he is emotionally detached and has always been that way for a very long time, in his youth he was with little emotion and it was easy for him to express them accordingly, but as time went on and the whole sisyphus and heracles incidents happened, on top of zagreus leaving - he doesn’t put much emphasis on emotions in relationships. everyone is kept at a distance, things are always kept professional, and with zagreus leaving without a word, it was the straw that broke the camels back for him. the one person who saw thanatos for who he truly is leaves without a shred of respect in telling him. 

when zagreus tries to communicate with him again, he’s met with an ice cold demeanor, such a dead look in his eye as well as a neutral, indifferent expression. my thanatos is a lot less tolerable of zagreus than shown in game after the initial interaction leading up to his goodbye. he wants to say that he’s locking zagreus out for his own good since he wants to leave so badly, it makes it easier for thanatos to not yearn for his friend to return and stay, to choose him over the surface he dislikes so much. to choose those ones that have been with him since the beginning than a world unknown to him. but repeatedly, that yearning has been stomped on every time thanatos finds zagreus ready to leave again. 

@nights-fear​   sent   [   hermes   ]   :    is anything going on between you guys?

part of thanatos is flabbergasted by the sheer boldness the messenger god bears, sometimes, he often forgets just how quick hermes is to speak his mind without care. other times, he believes the olympian to be nothing but tactless in these personal matters, but ... his words often evoke a thought once death has shooed him away. this time was no different, at most that he’s willing to reveal is that he and the prince were nothing more than friends, at least that’s what he’s trying to believe more and more without feeling that bitterness on his tongue in the aftermath of his words.

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐒' 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒  :  since we know about hypnos and charon. we only fleetingly know about the fates’ hand in zagreus’ resurrection despite it defying the very purpose of their existence  -  thanatos is noted to not ever go into detail regarding his other siblings, to the point that nemesis and eris are ones he hesitates to evoke their names but acknowledges their efforts up on the surface. i personally mix mythology with hades’ canon and thus, thanatos is of a very big family under nyx and erebus’ “union.” this mean that death has a total of ( based on my hcs of it for narrative purposes )  ..................... 33 siblings. 

ex: (1) Moros, (3) Keres, (1) Hypnos, (1) Charon, (3) Oneiroi, (1) Momus, (1) Oizys, (3) Hesperides, (3) Moirai, (1) Nemesis, (1) Apate, (1) Philotes, (1) Geras, (1) Eris, (1) Styx, (1) Dolos, (1) Ponos, (3) Euphrosyne, (1) Epiphron, (1) Continentia, (1) Petulantia, (1) Misericordia, (1) Pertinacia

some are incarnates just as he is, most he has never even met but is aware of. he does not really have any interest in meeting with his siblings as they are an overwhelming bunch for someone like him who is so reserved and peaceful. however, i’m just gonna duck this under a read more to pinpoint their purposes + their temperaments for my portrayals.

@nights-fear​   sent   [   achilles   ]   :   did you think time would stand still when you left?

he’s stunned into silence, which such isn’t often when it comes to death. especially by that of the shade before him, it is not often that thanatos converses with his friend’s mentor, if at all, truth be told. he would remember the times zagreus would follow him around demonstrated all the things achilles had showed him during their lessons that day. he also took constant note of how zagreus beamed bright when speaking with the shade and death could never really form a solid opinion of the other. he treated zagreus well, more than the lord could ever. so it was enough, safe to say.

❛  i ...  ❜  his voice lingered, did he expect time to stand still? the underworld and the surface world always moved in different timespans, in the underworld, one could tell that it felt more heavy, more dreary in the way time ticked. but up on the surface ... it was clear when the ethereal hemera gilded the skies before shifting to his nymph sisters thanatos has only met in fleeting sunsets until mother nyx took hold of the world’s sky, glittering ever so beautifully above. he knew time would not remain the same, the days he spent on the surface were plentiful and the time below miniscule.  ❛  perhaps part of me did hope for such a thing.  ❜  openly admitting it was entirely uncommon for death and he wishes to simply be done with the conversation and leave. but he knows it’s a conversation meant to take place.

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hey, guys ! sage here back with another blog revamp, if you’re interested in a lil bit of death and a man that is so emotionally unavailable constipated but is as gentle as a butterfly  -  then please give this a like  /  reblog and i’ll give your blog a looksie + follow ! crossover friendly with many verses to work with ( but are currently under construction tee hee )

@nights-fear​   sent   [   zagreus   ]   :   “ you make me feel safe. like i’m allowed to be anything i want. ”

their conversation is naught but a gentle lull like that of the river styx, their relationship has been tempestuous ever since zagreus endeavored to escape the underworld. it was bitter, it was ugly in the pit of death’s stomach and sometimes he wonders when such emotions started to settle within his once barren heart. why would such a thing bother him as if he could never see the prince again? why when he was capable of going to the surface, thanatos could’ve very well have found the thoughtless godling without issue, and yet the mere concept of zagreus leaving left a fire to warm his freezing body.

❛  you needn’t flatter me with your words, zagreus.  ❜  though, hearing them causes a skip in his heartbeat, his warm complexion is decorated with a unique shade of purple, it’s ... embarrasing. discussing emotions, or deeper meaning to intent and purposes  -  thanatos would naturally take his leave in this very moment, cease all ventures in this fruitless conversation, but instead, death lowers himself, feet plant themselves on the floor and he looks off at some spot on the floor. anything to try and get his thoughts in order.  ❛  you .. never needed me for that.  ❜  he starts, you make me feel safe  -  he doesn’t, thanatos knows, he doesn’t. he couldn’t have been that safe haven for the prince, because if he was, then why does zagreus still ... ?