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And, well… Captain Marvel looks a lot like C.C. Batson. His father. That’s Billy’s hero. That’s the face that makes him believe in good. The smile that gives him hope and faith in his dreams. With a few traces of his mom, like her eyelashes, her ears, nose

But… that can change. Right?

Billy’s going to meet new people. He’s going to have new heroes in his life. New people to look up to. New versions of “who I want to be like.”

So one day, Marvel looks like a perfect blend of C.C. and Marilyn. And then, after a particularly emotional moment with John Constantine, he shows up at the Watchtower… with a different jawline.

His bone structure is slightly off. You wouldn’t notice unless you were really paying attention. But Bruce was. Bruce always is. He doesn’t say anything, just quietly writes it down with some suspicion of a possible shapeshifter.

And then, boom-- WHERE THE HELL ARE MARVEL’S DIMPLES?! They’re gone. Just gone. When he smiles, it’s a completely different smile. No dimples. There’s… are those canines? Slightly unhuman teeth and-- wait, Is that SUPERMAN’S smile? A perfect, radiant replica??

The next day, the dimples are back. Because Marvel caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and he missed them. Not consciously. He didn’t even realize it. But they’re back anyway.

It all happens unconsciously. And it changes from time to time.

One day he’s got feline eyes and sharp little teeth, a goofy yet oddly charming (and a little predatory) grin. That’s Tawky Tawny’s influence.

Another day, his eyes aren’t blue anymore, they’re green. Sharp. Focused. But also warm. You feel seen, and still, oddly… safe. (Catwoman likes Cap. She’s been nice to him ever since he introduced her to Tawny.)

Then-- No freaking way he’s BLONDE. (Thanks, Constantine.)

One day, his eyes are still blue, but now they’re icy. Almost crystal. Batman nearly has a heart attack because it’s his father’s eyes. His father’s eyebrows too. (Billy was just really happy with Bruce Waynbe since he donated a massive bunch of money to Fawcett’s homeless shelters.)

And then.. pointy ears. A different nose. (Kon.)

J’onn shares his special cookies with him one afternoon and now Marvel’s got a little green tint in his cheeks instead of red.

He never hides it. If someone asks, he just shrugs and goes, “Oh yeah, my features kinda shift based on people I admire? I guess. I don’t really notice until you guys point it out. I can’t control it.”

A lot of people think his tall, muscular body comes from Superman. But nope. It’s from Diana.

Billy sees her: tall, powerful, graceful, hair always a little wild but somehow perfect. Elegant. Commanding. He thinks she’s incredible. So he becomes tall, powerful, elegant. Hair that never moves out of place (but still has a charmingly messy style). All that’s missing is a little more confidence and posture.

With Dads

This manga depicts Gilderoy and Quirinus as having been in the same dormitory.

Thank you to the random seven people that has saved my Gilderat playlist (Clueless and Cologne-less) on Spotify 🦚🫶🐀

He stands side by side with Apollo, equals in many ways, but between one blink and the next, he is somewhere else. Someone else. Is it madness, to remember dying?

(He still surprised, sometimes, when he bleeds gold instead of red).

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At first, he is glad, giddy with the prospect of being powerful. Gods are not bound by mortal coil, and as such, Dionysus can help. He goes back, ignoring his newfound brothers’ pitying looks. He is determined to enjoy godhood, and spread his love of life to his mortal friends. (The worse part is the begging. People do not die quietly, slipping away smiling into the great beyond. They claw at the very fabric of life and scream. They fight for the right to live and Dionysus, trapped in strings, bound by Fate, can do nothing but listen.

This is how he goes mad.)

Dionysus stops caring. He will always enjoy the thrill of dancing, drinking. Of danger. He rallies hordes of beings, from the shyest maid to the most raucous satyr, and teaches them the joys of life.

If he doesn’t learn their names, he will not hear their pleas.

(It happens once, and only once. Her name is Adrianne, and he will die again before they take her from him.)

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When Zeus gives him the camp, he knows that it is the worst punishment he could inflict on his son. (It is not because of his inability to drink wine.)

Some say madness is repeating the exact same thing, expecting different results.

(They train, they live, they die. Train, live, die. Again.)

1) If Will can boop Dionysus on the nose and not die I think the boy can survive anything

But the campers have met actual gods.

Dionysus is always complaining about practically everything, seemingly can't remember anyone's name, and chooses to look like an old unimpressive drunk. Both camps have watched Apollo pass out, weep uncontrollably, get ordered around by a twelve year old, and recite haiku unprompted. Terminus... well he is currently lacking everything but a head, and is deeply pedantic about the rules.

Every god we have ever met in the series is deeply weird and/or an absentee parent.

Percy would rethink all of his life choices is someone mistook him for a god. How annoying was he being? He wasn't being unfair somehow? Had he got too into pillow pets? Cleary Percy had done something wrong for someone to think he belonged in the same category as Mr D, Apollo, Zeus, and Hera.

Nico still has a chance at getting mistaken for a god! He just has to get really into Mythomagic again and be 100x more uncooperative.

How to Celebrate the City Dionysia

WHAT IS THE CITY DIONYSIA?

The City Dionysia (known also as the Greater Dionysia) was one of two ancient annual Athenian festivals grouped together as The Dionysia, dedicated to Lord Dionysus. The City Dionysia was held during the 10th to 17th of Elaphebolion (which roughly coincides to late March to early April) for around 8 days. The festival celebrates and honors the origin of Dionysos Eleuthereus' (which meant "The Liberator") arrival to Athens and is heavily known and famed for the theatrical competitions of Greek tragedies.