Fic: and they called it peace (Greek Mythology; written for raedbard)

[bluerosefairy]

Title: and they called it peace
Author: Drea (bluerosefairy/d_generate_girlRating: PG. Seriously, there is nothing offensive in here, unless you're offended by mixing religions, in which case, you probably shouldn't be in this comm

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[carla_scribbles]

YOU. You, you, you, you, you.

This is brilliant and awesome and I will feedback properly when I have half a brain that's not equidistant between the Hoover Building basement and a smoky hallway on the Pegasus, but for the moment, let me sum up: you done good.

[bluerosefairy]

YOU. You deserve at least some credit, seeing as I hijacked the full power of the hivebrain to write this.

Am looking forward to semi-coherent feedback, and wishing you luck at navigating those waters. Just watch out for the tiny religious redheads and their idiot men. They will sneak up on you.

*twirls you*

[avon7]

I enjoyed that - very nicely written.

[bluerosefairy]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!

[dominus_trinus]

Beautifully done: a veritable feast for my inner mythology nut. I loved the pensive tone, the dark-but-exquisite atmosphere; it really accentuated Hades' inevitability, his stability as compared to the other gods' very human, very capricious natures. But at the same time, you made him a sympathetic figure--my heart ached for him in the last section (lovely comparison, by the way, between Jesus and Odysseus; all the better because it's not one that's automatically drawn). The transformation of the Hellenistic Pagan to the Christian conceptualization of the Underworld was particularly poignant

[bluerosefairy]

Ooh, Dianne, your reviews are fantastic! Thank you so much.

it really accentuated Hades' inevitability, his stability as compared to the other gods' very human, very capricious natures.

That's definitely something I was shooting for - the idea of Hades as very much a seperate entity from the other gods. He never meddles with the humans, never gets himself embroiled in any drama (except with Persephone), because he's something completely different from them. He's most certainly not human, and not even very divine. I have to admit to being very influenced by another not-quite-divine divinity - Neil Gaiman's Dream from Sandman. I think Lord McEmoPants Morpheus and Hades McBroods-A-Lot would get along rather well - and do, probably.

The transformation of the Hellenistic Pagan to the Christian conceptualization of the Underworld was particularly poignant.Honestly, I did NOT know that was coming, or that it would unfold quite like that. But then I started pondering all the Lethe myths, which lead me to forgetfulness and fading away, and

[dominus_trinus]

You're welcome--it was my pleasure

[fallingtowers]

I utterly adore this. While I did catch the references to Dante's conception of the Inferno, I did not see the final twist coming -- the transformation from the classical Hades to a Christian hell. A very powerful story.

[bluerosefairy]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback! I'm so glad I managed to pull off the reveal - I fell so much in love with the idea as soon as I had it. And yeah, I'll take "powerful" any day as feedback.

Much appreciated, Rivrea.

[thecolourclear]

Ive created a collection called Nine Billion on AO3 here if you want to add your work to it!