Ares In Pjo/maybe Hc/ I Just Ramble

Ares in Pjo/maybe Hc/ I just ramble

Might possibly make a Ares post to add to the new episode dropping tomorrow because hehehehehehe Ares :3.

Never mind I’m talking about Ares now. Glad to make a longer post :3

I… have my thoughts about him and how he’s portrayed in Pjo (seriously what happened my dudes-?) blah blah blah I’m not quite qualified to yap about it because I’m not a super cool mythology classics trained interpreter or whatever but I am a person on the internet with a surface level idea on Greek Mythology.

First off, would like to say. Biker Ares is such a silly concept that is so fun. I never thought about him in biker concept when going modern; I personally would’ve immediately gone to a punk leaning or shifted him to a more rocker (though all of those communities have pretty cool overlap). But I always sat there thinking about Ares and got the image of punk.

But, I can say- sleazy Ares, now with more info about actual mythos. It’s. A choice. Like Hera (who also had a thing happen to her that I personally don’t like becusdbeisnfianfjedj I really like Hera) but Ares- uh, dude is like historically loves his girlfriend, his kids, and his mom. My man would not be as.. icky to his kids (what was even going on during SoM?) and totally would’ve.. cared more about them? Or be shown to have more explicit worry and concern and pride in them (thinking of that one daughter he had and the son mentioned in the Iliad)? But again might just be my read on it. Of course there’s stuff I love about it, he’s totally ravenous, totally embodies that war spirit that I think of him as (if anyone wants my take I really feel like between all the war deities I know, Athena is the general/high ranking militaries god, Ares is the soldiers god, Enyo is that battle frenzy bloodlust we’d associate with Ares, etc,etc). While also being caring.

When I talk about these Gods in Pjo I think of them and how my brain characterizes them in, their sort of more myth based part, the varying versions of themselves’s from their ‘forms’ in other regions. I still have them in my re-imagined Olympus staying on Olympus, but Gods still somewhat reflect their realms/domains.

Ares somewhat holds qualities of all the bad things of modern war, while also our modern look on wars of the past (specifically like, pre-civil war) and our view on them. Along with his myth alignment, and somewhat taking little bits from other forms.

Also he is a mother’s boy. No idea if it’s canon but I say it’s canon, he loves Hera :3 and his girlfriend. (Whenever I write about Aphrodite along with bringing up that war form of her I’d also like to say that I’m fully supporting the eye beauty of beholder appearance shift). He checks in on his kids much more frequently, whether inadvertently or very obviously (we see him offer the core trio practically McDonald’s and giving Clarisse the boat thing, and calling her).

Okay I’m very tired and I don’t know what I wrote because all of this is like almost midnight for me so uhhh. Maybe I’ll have more brain thoughts at some other point.

Also my room is so grossly warm, I live in a colder area but my room is at sub-tropical temps due to my snake (who I love dearly, his name is Wilbur) but I swear I have to open my window not to overheat constantly, while I’ve adjusted to the heat In the room that everywhere else in the house is cold :[

Okay goodnight.

Wow another short post but I genuinely can’t escape Octavian (Augustus Caesar? No idea what to call him at this point)/Julius Caesar

Luckily my brain decided to latch onto Pompey the great and not him so it’s not everyday.

But everywhere I look I see him.

I was watching Wendell and wild.

WENDELL. AND. WILD!!

And his bust was there! Not an exact but pretty much.

I yelled out Julius Caesar’s name so loud. Genuinely the bust in the movie looks like a solid mix between,

These two so anyone’s guess is as good as mine.

I’ll never escape Rome

Kronos may be casted but I don’t care

Kronos should be Matthew Lillard.

Okay aaaa, last post of the night but,

Just read a poll about holding a mug and- this might be just me but I’ll hold it in a like thumbs up?

Like if it’s a small handle you loop two fingers through, your pinky and pointer would be on the outside resting on it and your thumbs up? Bigger handles you can put your pointer finger in and rest your thumb on the rim?

I’ve traced over pictures of me holding the mugs to try and get the point across,

Genuinely might be alone in this.

TV SHOW SPOILERS!!!

*Note from the future; this has been my live reaction to the new episode, I was going to write about Ares but clearly I spiraled. writing this upped my enjoyment so much because I got to put I down and andondjroanfnsi

OMG I LOVE ARES

Ahfoneanfindnfjsaj

THEY SIFJAODMRNSIJFBF

He’s so silly. He is a mean older cousin, exudes that energy

LOOK AT HIM

That first scene, so silly. Goofy. THE GABE THING, HEHEHEHEHE

I LOVE HIM. ARES NOT GABE. HES PERFECT

The entire episode solidifies my love for Pjo!Ares so much. And i already adored him.

I’m actually Ares. Annabeth’s snark is so rhaokfjiandhsi

This isn’t coherent whatsoever but like- he’s so hehehehehe.

Still might have gripes about depictions but I feel like it’s better than book but that might just be my first impression happiness to see Ares :3

Typing this in realtime of the episode. WHAT GROVER IS A FAN?!?? THIS IS SO SILLY! WAR HISTORY BUFF GROVER IS SOMETHING I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED BUT I CANT LIVE WITHOUT IT. GROVER AND ARES HAVING A RELATIONSHIP IS SO FUN TO THINK ABOUT! SILLY LITTLE FAN GROVER SILLY LITTLE FAN GROVER

WHAT IS THAT MELODY? WHAT IS LOVE, BABY DONT HURT ME!!

RHIS IS EPIC HEPHAESTUS ORIGIN STORY

Deep conversation while the what is love song plays in the background is what I live for.

Still not liking the Ares hating his kids. Mythology from what I’ve read and interpreted likes to often disagree with that. Does this imply he hates Phobos and Deimos in Pjo canon because that’s sad :[ I like Phobos and Deimos and liked the silly little headcanons in my brain over them. Grover is so real though.

PRESENTATION? wHAT? I need to talk about this now-

Grover 600 iq? Love Athena and Ares sibling rivalry.

ARHENA TALKING TO HER OWL? HER BEST FRIEND, THATS FUN

What.

Grover.

Grover is so silly. Him getting the answer that Ares knows who got the bolt is so good, love them.

Wait what, no the episode can’t end. Grover- GROVER-?

Heads up to not use Duolingo or to cease using it

In December 2023 they laid off a huge percentage of their translation teams, replacing them with ai and having the remaining members review the ai translations to make sure the translations are “acceptable” (Note how they use the world acceptable and not accurate)

Link to the tweet that informed me of this:

https://x.com/rahll/status/1744234385891594380?s=46&t=a5vK0RLlkgqk-CTqc0Gvvw

If you’re a current user prepare for an uptick in translations errors as I’ve already seen people in the comments say they’ve noticed