@lore-elysium ‘s Hermesephone art has been living in my brain rent free since I saw it (and their excellent comic rewrite of LO go check it out!) and I had to draw their versions of them 💕
( I had to do a Thumbelina pose as well cuz yes, the Thumbelina story absolutely tacks onto the Persephone myth so well holy cow )
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I'm projecting on persephone that she has OSDD, Despoina is a defense mechanism, she rarely fronts and is mostly there to hold trauma and complex emotions that stresses persephone. but after persephone gave up her powers, persephone has been using Despoina's instead, by accident (so winter and snow).
This has caused a break down of inner walls along with the stress persephone is facing so that Despoina now can front. Despoina is at odds with persephone, and doesnt agree with her actions, but wants to protect her at all costs.
with her new found freedom, shes ready to try confront those who have hindered and hurt her (as well as confronting perse's mistakes and trying to rectify past misdeeds)
I gave her a darker shade because I’m not a fan of the fire truck red.
Minthe’s eyes were red but changed to mint green after being cursed as a plant. Her body also grows mint leaves, a permanent side effect of the curse.
I know I’m not perfect but it bothers me how Rachel draws eyes.
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Quick rewrite idea:
In one version of the myth Demeter punishes Minthe, so I’m going with that over psycho Persephone.
I imagine Demeter is desperately searching for Persephone when she overhears Minthe insulting her daughter. In her grief, she loses control of her emotions and takes it out on the poor nymph.
Minthe is eventually turned back into a nymph with Persephone’s help. With time, she forgives Demeter and bonds with her and Persephone.
Lowkey..wanna update the Lore Olympus rewrite I was doing--
Cuz..I really wanna redo that fight Persephone had with Kronos. Cuz Kronos isn't being beat by THAT alone, nor is Athena and Ares gonna just flounder around (and they aren't gonna sob dramatically if she gets hit 🙄)
Like..that was so underwhelming, cuz if Kronos absorbed Zeus like that..he'd be very powerful so-- yeah-
And when Tartarus comes to take him..he's very unimpressed by Persephone cuz it's her fault Kronos escaped and he's pissed that he has to wake up for this shit 💀 Like nah she's not kissing shit on the forehead, she's a problem child--
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Kore is enthusiastic, a go getter, smart, and flirty. She's known to be very kind and inquisitive but also has a very dark side to her.
Her fashion
She dresses mostly modern with a splash of traditional, she favors chokers and the colors black and gold. Her hair is worn typically short as she does a lot of garden work, but it can grow out either at will or when she's nervous, she only wears her hair long when she feels like it.
Her background
She's the daughter of Demeter, Demeter formed her out of flowers, meaning she has no father. Her and her mother have a stellar relationship with, of course, the normal hang ups of a mother daughter relationship. She hails from the country but has always been caught up with the world via the Internet. She's friends with Hecate, Hermes, Artemis, and of course, the nymphs that live close to her.
Design notes
I didn't intend on her being black coded, but I went with it anyway as I feel there needs to be better black/brown representation in LO (and that's just according to my pasty white ass). I wanted her to be more sexy and flirty in a more "I'm a mature and sensible woman" sort of way instead of born sexy yesterday. Yes, she's still sort of naive, given she grew up in the country and is adjusting to city life, but she isn't a dumb little damsel. I went with some of her holy colors for her color scheme.
What else should you know?
She uses she/her and enjoys sparkling grape juice. She's vegan, enjoys beer, and likes seaweed snacks. She's also pierced to hell and back, but she leaves her jewelry out sometimes because she blows through aesthetics.
Persephone is still hidden away in the mortal realm, which is considered highly inappropriate/incorrect for a god's development. The reason that Demeter does this is that after living with mortals & nymphs for so long, she sees the gods as cruel/impetuous and otherwise bad influences on her and her daughter (she also discovers that she's pregnant right after being denied her crown as queen of the mortal realm, so). However, it's common to hide godlings since they're relatively squishier than gods and can still be injured, even if they can't be killed. However, usually they're only brought around other gods rather than mortals/nymphs, so Demeter does the opposite.
Persephone lives with mortals and nymphs and is very affectionate of them; she often sees herself and mortals as equals, due to being constantly away from Olympus, she develops slower than the avg. god would!
For context on this:
Gods mentally develop very quickly, as is canon to Greek mythology. However, for the first century of their life, they tend to be more like... spirits, about equal to nymphs in power, but what distinguishes gods from nymphs is that even in their first century, gods tend to have multiple domains, they just haven't been fully developed yet. Persephone's powers are very weak for the first two centuries of her life because she's disconnected from Olympus/the Underworld, which are the epicenters of divine power. They're both equally powerful and necessary to the order of the world. However, she's still more powerful than a nymph by the time she's about 200. Another reason that she develops so slowly is that Demeter hides her from /everyone/, meaning no special blessings or anything. She is actually an isolated village girl because the way that Olympus works in this universe is especially cut-throat. Hera would have (and does) use Persephone as a pawn to punish Demeter for [secret surprise information that will be revealed later]. Artemis is very much the odd-one out for being kind to Persephone and offering her a place to stay.
Rewrites and redesigns of Hera and Morpheus bc they deserve it.
Hera, at least how I’ve done her here, is very Emma Frost inspired in her attitude and outfit. She used to be even more luxuriously golden, but she’s faded a little, notably in her skin, due to the state of her mental health, due to Kronos and other factors. I also gave her green eyes instead of blue to reflect her infamous jealous streak.
Morpheus deserves so much better than what RS gives her lmao so I completely overhauled her. She’s like an old Hollywood movie star, almost ten feet tall and is thoroughly unbothered by everything. Hades is scared of her. Her wings only emerge when she’s about to fuck someone up, otherwise appearing as a part of her hat. I also snuck a few poppies, her other symbol, in there.