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1. He killed Icarus for basically no reason [Σ Eurip.]

2. Cursed Myrrha (mother of Adonis) to copulate with her father, again for no reason [Σ Ecl 10.18]

3. Rewarded his granddaughter’s filicide by gifting her a divine chariot [Eurip., Medea 1321]

4. Had kids with Athena ? somehow ? [Strabo, Geo. 14.1.18]

5. Was a complete sex pest and had to be stopped by Artemis [ps. Plutarch, De fluviis]

6. The entire Leucothoe myth [Ovid, Metamorphoses; a few others]

And everytime I immediately think of Lee dying trying to keep Castor alive(maybe he chases Alison away from him or he's too focused on Castor and anger at his sister-) ,so focused he doesn't see the Giant until its too late.

Allison's actions indirectly cause her brother's death.

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What a good question! And something I've thought a bit about because of a fic I'm planning (in which Karim does not reconcile with Janai, but he loses hope after the battle and that has other results).

On the one hand, Karim was ready to kill Janai, he even told Kim'Dael to do it. That feels really hard to come back from for their relationship. It also proves that Karim really does think that there's no other way to save their people than eliminating his sister once and for all.

In the beginning he acts as though he doesn't want to turn against Janai, and he tries to let her live. But he steadily becomes more and more desperate until he's willing to kill his own sister. And for what? His people's future.

Except...

"-rightfully mine."

Karim might continue to say that he's doing it for his people, but I think that that's an excuse. He's afraid of change.

Of the uncertainty of his future.

I would have said; "No, he and Janai will not reconcile. He tried to have her killed, and then she went out and demolished his army without remorse. And rightfully so." But then... we get this line.

He was caught off guard, but I think his answer is true. I do think that he still loves his sister, on some level.

All of this is to say, I'm not sure. On the one hand, he could mirror Viren's political path and be "humbled and brought low" and that could show him how wrong he was. Or he could stand by his actions. At the time of my writing this, I am leaning towards it will be complicated.

In some ways, I think it would be even harder to have Karim change realistically than Viren. And that's because of one simple thing;

Karim hates humans, even after his sister falls in love with one.

But when Claudia falls for an elf, Viren holds no grudges against him.

This shows their priorities. Viren prioritizes family (admittedly often in a very twisted way) and Karim prioritizes tradition, even over his own family.

I know Apollo was struggling with memory issues, but I refuse to believe he didn't at least once think about all the kids he lost in the Titan War

He gave Michael the arrows!!! He interacted at least once to do so!!! We could've gotten so much cool angst from it.

But of course most of the focus was on his failed love lifes.

Which sucks, because one the biggest other times he was turned mortal was because he snapped after the death of his son. One son!!!

I think his grief over his other kids should've been bigger part of his character. Especially with not only human emotions, but teenage human emotions.

Like, iirc he says something about feeling sorry about helping kill Achilles? Which??? No! He killed your son!! Maybe even two of your sons!!(i believe at least Tenes is canonically his son in pjo, I'm not sure if pjoverse counts Troilus being son of Apollo or just Priam-) you should not feel bad!! Especially if him killing Troilus in your temple is the version that actually occurred in pjo. I'd stick to my choices on that one. If Achilles didn't want to die maybe don't assault and behead a god's son IN HIS TEMPLE. Not just that, but the god that you seen absolutely wreck an whole army over the daughter of one of his priests. How you think he'd react over his son(s)???

Anyway. Apollo being absolutely protective over his kids and Meg even more so cause of his emotions. Him struggling with grief over his kids. Maybe him remembering hearing their last prayers and hymns. Maybe those haunting him at night just-