@lunastar04 more pertemis athenide au headcanons! (it got way longer than i expected)
-perse made a shit ton of comments about future events
-artemis was constantly freaked out about the really weird shit she said (eg: when zoe dies, she'll recognize me by my hair and by my scar, one day my mother will vote to kill me, one day the sight of me will haunt you, etc)
-she is even MORE freaked out when Zoë starts calling perse meter right as she's about to die, apologizing for not believing she'd be with her when she died
-artemis constantly curses herself for not paying more attention, for not remembering
-apollo helps, and so does athena, in her own way
-it still doesn't take away her pain
-in the og athenide au, apollo had other lovers and had lost them, he knew, somewhat, how to handle the pain. artemis never had another lover. she never even had to consider she may lose her, she was a goddess, she wasn't suppossed to leave her
-artemis also has a consistent theme of not being good at letting the people she loves die
-she has a whole ass group of her favorite people who she's blessed with immortality so they can never leave her, and a history of taking it very badly when they do leave
-with the loss of the athenide, there was a whole century where she could barely come out of her temple for fear of revealing her true form in her grief and pulverizing and losing someone else in the process
-the times she did come out were exclusively for zoe
-she couldn’t let their child grieve alone
-perse and artemis didn't really spend all that much of their time together¿
-they had an understanding that they were on their own business
-the second perse got a free moment artemis was there like a moth to a light
-but oh when they were together
-they do sleep together every night, though artemis is completely puzzled on why perse is so keen on sleeping (considering gods don't need to sleep)
-perse did end up with more than a few wolf bites from her, though always in places her poor baby demigods wouldn't see and be traumatized about
-though considering she gets cuddles out of it (and a chance to sleep sleep together), she's not about to question her
-artemis is a possessive little thing, even more so than apollo at times, and thus incredibly proud of the fact that she is the only lover perse ever had and the only one she'll ever have. she and she alone gets that privilege
-perse is vaguely bemused by the whole thing
-on the theme of possessiveness, artemis might just slowly replace most of the athenide's wardrobe with her own clothes, covered with her symbols
-artemis enjoys making herself taller than perse, usually by a good bit, just so that she can dwarf her a bit when they cuddle
-at one point perse has to tell her that no, she cannot just forever wear artemis' clothes, also, please return the blue peplos, it was a gift from my mother and she asked me if i didnt like it anymore bc she hasnt seen me wear it lately
-you wouldn't think it if you met her alone, but artemis is extremely touchy and enjoys distracting perse when she's busy
-perse did end up calling her on it
-artemis often tries to play it cool when they're, yknow, but she was extremely nervous the first few times bc shed never had someone like this before and if she thought she was beautiful before this, she hadnt seen perse naked and asking her to keep going
-perse would 100% be 100% embarrassed about how much artemis actually wants her, considering her history, and artemis is 100% set on worshipping her until she's not embarrassed anymore, even though she very much enjoys making her nervous
-they also wrestle a lot, which often ends with artemis as a huge wolf or a bear licking perse's face as she tries to push her off
-sometimes perse asks her to turn into a wolf to get cuddles from the biggest and fluffiest dog shes ever seen. she kinda acts like a weighted blanket
-artemis runs HOT hot when she's an animal but pretty cold otherwise, which perse adores bc she's perfect for all seasons
-I've noticed people dont really state this directly but perse has a shit ton of power and pull in the olympian council even when she's not in it
-artemis is very wary of the sea and very unwilling to go in, but she needs to go in order to meet her in laws (perse gently makes fun of her, but kisses her so sweetly under the waves artemis forgets all about it)
-clearly, artemis didn't take too kindly to a man interrupting one of the few private moments she has with her lover
-perse and artemis are deeply entranced with one another when they're alone, actaeon's myth is not about him seeing artemis naked but rather about him stumbling into a forbidden clearing and seeing artemis and perse about to smash
-knowing that every moment is precious and she'll one day fade, perse can't find herself to care enough about him being eaten by his own hounds, not when saying anything would require her to pull away from her beloved
-apollo finds out about it all either via athena bringing the matter to the council OR because he himself finds them making out in artemis' tent OR artemis is convinced by perse to tell him already and she gently sits him down and starts like "yknow how I've been pretty busy these last few decades? about that..."
-needless to say he is NOT pleased
-im torn between it being a really serious fight or apollo being a semi good sport about it while also whining a lot
-he goes to cry about it to leto, who's just like "oh, she finally told you? i told her it wasn't nice to introduce her girlfriend to her mom while you still didnt know"
-"THAT'S WHY PERSE WAS HERE LAST WEEK???"
-maybe, maybe, another take about the apollo and artemis drama is artemis telling him after the solstice where they meet that ABSOLUTELY NOT, STEP ASIDE I WANT HER
-they'd have huge sibling fights about it, and there's something satisfying about the paralel of athena "she's my only daughter" vs. poseidon "i don't care, she's mine" and artemis "she's the only one I've wanted" vs. apollo "i dont care, i want her"
+artemis and athena being both virgin goddesses and apollo and poseidon having held prophecy
-which path to choose mhmmm...
-artemis is constantly looking for excuses for her hunters to visit camp
-conversely, when perse fades, she makes her best efforts to avoid it
-when zoe tells artemis they HATE going to camp she is NOT JOKING (also they never burned down a cabin here bc they'd never do that to the athenide's memory)
-when no one yells back at her she calms down a bit and takes a proper look at artemis, and knows she cannot do that shit again
-also, when annabeth goes missing and perse turns around to yell at the hunters artemis is completely stunned for a second
-artemis looks at her with a mix of shock, grief and longing so bad perse has to force herself to look away. she keeps her head down every time she sees her after that
-zoe forbids perse from going on her quest because she cannot bear the possibility of someone who looks so much like her meter die again
-she and perse bond more when they're in the boats and she tells perse about what the athenide was like
-part of the reason zoe said what she said about luke was because he was talking as if he knew the athenide while talking shit about the gods, even artemis, and she was NOT about to let that fly
-one of the main reasons luke is team titans (and a bunch more ppl) is bc kronos promised that he could bring her back when he got to full power and the gods were dethroned he could bring the athenide back
-a bunch of the split on the campers opinions on this is basically "yes, we would have her back, but at what cost? what kind of tortured existence would it be to have her back, but without her family who, despite everything, she was said to have loved? without her lover? without any more demigods to come?"
-this is more general athenide au but the athenide is to cabin six as pan is to satyrs
-if annabeth isn't taken, artemis would call her onto her tent instead of perse, and bianca asks her why isn't SHE a hunter
-annabeth is kinda shitting her pants trying to avoid talking about the athenide in front of artemis but she gives her a pass to speak about her, and later thanks her and her siblings for not giving up
-when annabeth and perse went to circe's island circe was like "wow your dad must really fucking hate u to make u look like that lmao ill let u go bc SOMETHING has to go right for u"
-after the winter solstice in ttc, apollo found artemis clutching a tapestry she'd commissioned of the athenide while sobbing her eyes out, form completely destabilized
-he may have wanted the pretty fountain goddess, but artemis loved her, and he knows it very well
-not only that, she's just lost her daughter
-and because i like angst as much as a happy ending, after apollo completes his trials, he gets a wish from the fates bc "whoopsies, that wasnt suppossed to happen", and bc he is a good brother, he wishes to bring zoe back to life
-the reunion between her and her mothers is heartbreaking bc apollo didnt warn them just to be a lil shit
