#hotp

This is so great. It's said the same way twice withing a chapter or too.

And this means a lot to me.

It's about... How kip's family makes things easier to cope with even though his relationships with them are complicated.

And like... He can be more himself, and function better when he has some price of home and family with him. And it shows how he is with zemius.

ok now that i have this blog i can ramble about this au specifically because i was really really happy with it and there were details i had that i couldn't really sneak into the fic (fic is called hot off the press, hermes x reader on ao3, you have to be logged in to see it)

for people who aren't coming from ao3: basically exactly what it sounds like? it's an au with the characters of epic the musical, but in a college newspaper setting. mostly gods-centric because this all stemmed from me thinking about hermes but yeah. here are some of my thoughts:

the newspaper is called The Herald

the school is like University of Olympus (UO) or something like that, Zeus is the president, it's a relatively smaller school

not a full modern college au bc i want the gods to still have their powers and stuff

poseidon is like a sports coach or smthn, hades probably works in an office somewhere for UO and is rarely seen

also i didn't really want them to have cell phones for the fic specifically so they don't have those! we can't have people communicating or anything

tiresias runs a horoscope column lol (part horoscopes, part random recorded snippets of visions he has of the future and alternate universes)

the gods are all juniors or seniors at the time of the fic, circe is a sophomore, tiresias is a sophomore, and odysseus & penelope are freshmen

hephaestus doesn't go to school, he runs a successful blacksmithing business

pretty much everyone is half-siblings and they are pretty close for family

HERMES

managing editor; helps designers and copy editors out in nightly production, makes sure everything is running smoothly and sees the paper off to print etc.

also works as a delivery driver

this does mean he spends both late evenings and early mornings working on The Herald most days idk i feel like he'd be really involved

communications major i think, maybe with a cannabis minor (moly yk)

joined freshman year and climbed his way through the ranks, was editor of the news section before managing editor

he's also on the track team

also in a band with athena and apollo (i've been calling it The Olympians)

CIRCE

associate managing editor (basically what hermes does), works a lot with hermes

i feel like she would be a double major, maybe in psychology and pharmacy

probably worked/works as a designer for the newspaper too

i think she would be in the chemistry club and maybe also on a dance team

also i feel like she would be in a book club

ATHENA

editor-in-chief - big-boss job but not as directly involved with the copy editors and designers

polisci & econ major, studio art & global affairs minor (look man she's definitely an overachiever okay)  

honors program

also in The Olympians with hermes and apollo

probably in like 1000 different clubs (weaving, pottery, Model UN, student government)

APHRODITE 

lifestyle editor (entertainment, makeup, beauty, etc.)

double majoring in design & psychology methinks

i feel like she also works as a designer for The Herald

she also contributes artwork to The Herald sometimes

good friends with circe and probably goes to book club with her and pheme

ARES

sports editor for suuuure

i feel like he probably got dragged into it by aphrodite and hermes, at first he was like "ew that's some nerd shit" but then he was like "wait i like this actually" when he discovered the sports section

exercise science major maybe?

on some kind of sports team (wrestling or maybe pankration)

lives in a house funded by daddy zeus with dionysus

has a pet pig

actually pretty antisocial

ARTEMIS

co-sports editor with ares

wildlife conservation major

also on a sports team of some sort (archery club) 

probably president of the Outdoor Club

APOLLO

entertainment & lifestyle editor w/ aphrodite

former pre-med, but switched to music (lil' nod to Jay and Mason there) 

part of The Olympians

also part of the archery club

didn't join freshman year b/c he was too busy w/ pre-med stuff

also a delivery driver (bc sun chariot haha)

DIONYSUS

opinion editor (im gonna be honest idk if this fits him as well i just needed someone for the opinion section)

agriculture major, maybe also theatre major

cannabis minor

in a school production more often than not

lives in a house with ares and throws parties like all the time

hahah one of my absolute favorites!!! as you might have guessed, this is the hotp document and it’s the only one I go back to re-read regularly. hotp holds a special place in my heart

And, as for a snippet from chapter 2:

Sarah finally sighs, looking up at Kiara, who averts her glare from the back of Topper’s head for just a second.

“It’s not illegal for him to dislike mint chocolate chip ice cream,” Sarah chastises. 

Kiara doesn’t relent. “He eats fish paste regularly, and yet he has the audacity to say mint chocolate chip ice cream is a crime against God.” 

Topper finally wheels around in his chair. “You know I can hear everything you’re saying?” 

“Yes,” Kiara says without hesitating. “I was hoping you would show a little shame.”

Waitress: we have coke

Brock: can I get gram of that and a Pepsi?

Jack: no

school started and im going to be waaay busy with coursework and other commitments (gotta build that resume amirite) so i am not going to have much time to dedicate to fic writing

nonetheless! i do have it totally outlined and at least something written for pretty much every remaining chapter, so it will be finished someday, i don't know when