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 Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:27 am
POSEIDON
ＧＯＤ ＯＦ ＴＨＥ ＳＥＡＳ, ＲＩＶＥＲＳ, ＳＴＯＲＭＳ, ＦＬＯＯＤＳ, ＡＮＤ ＤＲＯＵＧＨＴ
ＴＨＥ ＭＩＧＨＴＹ ＥＡＲＴＨＳＨＡＫＥＲ
ＦＡＴＨＥＲ ＯＦ ＨＯＲＳＥＳ
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:29 am
xxxxxxxxxxxxWHEREtoSTART?
ｏ ｇｒｅａｔ ↘↘
Poseidon - Olympian god of the seas, storms, rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses
ｈｅｓｉｏｄ ｈａｓ ｃａｌｌｅｄ ｍｅ ｔｈｉｓ ↘↘
I prefer to be called Poseidon or Neptune, my Roman counterpart. But if not, one of these will suffice: Poseidon Aegaeus, Poseidon Hippios, Enosichthon, Seischthon and Ennosigaios. I can't say I'm happy with all of them; I mean, Hippios? Did Hesiod want his house to be bombarded with waves and earthquakes for eternity?
ｉｔ ｓｈｏｕｌｄ ｂｅ ｏｂｖｉｏｕｓ ↘↘
If you didn't already know I was a male, well, I'm telling you right now to get it straight in that tiny mortal brain of yours.
ｉｔ ｄｏｅｓ ｈｅｌｐ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｒｔａｌｓ ↘↘
Well, I wouldn't say I'm a good looking man. I think my appearance is more along the lines of the most gorgeous male you'll ever hope to meet. Moving on. I have dark, raven hair that I keep close cropped and prominent cheekbones. The color of my eyes change according to my mood; shades of blue indicate that I'm as happy as can be, green is my most frequent color and signals that I'm moody, while gray warns you not to get on my nerves that day. I usually stand at 5' 11'' and have a brilliant smile, so I seem to be in my late twenties to the mortals. I have a fairly slender and muscular build, granting myself a handsome six pack as well. Typically, I wear tailored Gucci suits and the like, but on casual days, you can see me sporting jeans and a T-shirt or even a fisherman's outfit. I never go anywhere without my trident either. If it's not in it's full form, I shrink it down to a pin on my jacket so no one thinks anything of it.
ｂｏｗ ｄｏｗｎ↘↘
Everything that is the sea is my domain, which you should have known even before I told you. Even though Zeus is the god of thunder and lightning, I control storms as well, so be careful around me, because you never know when I might just send a hurricane your way. I'm also in charge of floods and droughts, as well as rivers. With my trident, I can shake the very foundations of the earth, initially creating earthquakes. I created horses during the contest with Athena to be the patron god of the city of Athens. It was a conspiracy, I tell you, though the full tale remains to be told for another day.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:31 am
xxxxxxxxxxxxTHEtree'sLEAVESareTORNlikeOURhistory  ｃａｎ'ｔ ｌｉｖｅ ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ｔｈｅｍ ↘↘ Who are my darling mother and father, you ask? I don't like talking about them very much; specifically, it's my father I don't like to associate myself with. Kronos, you might recall, heard a prophecy from somewhere or other that one of his sons would some day overthrow him. Naturally, the perfect solution came to him: he would eat all his children. Look where that got him though, eh? Cut up in Tartarus, that's where! Haha! My mother Rhea, though, is quite different. She didn't exactly approve of her kids being gobbled up by her husband, so when it came time for baby Zeus to get eaten, she switched him with a rock. When he was all grown up, he fed Kronos a potion to make him regurgitate my siblings and I. Hoorah, and all that! Zeus saved us all! Now, my question to you is, why is Zeus always the hero, huh? Why isn't it ever me? What cruel joke are the Fates playing on me, I ask? ｐｌａｙｉｎｇ ｎｉｃｅ ↘↘ Well, there are quite a few siblings I was forced to share the space of my father's stomach walls with. My sisters are Hestia, Demter and Hera. Hera is such a nag, always telling me to fix my tie or something. It's a wonder Zeus can stand her. My brother is Hades, the oldest of us all. He never fails to mention it either. And then there is the aforementioned Zeus, who luck and fate seemed to really like. ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｍｙ ｅｙｅｓ ↘↘ I have a lot of children. And I mean it when I say a lot. What can I say? There's just too many beautiful women in the world to ignore. For starters, I've sired Triton, Theseus, Arion, Pegasus, Aeolus, and a few others. Although, I'm particularly fond of my by-now infamous son, Perseus Jackson. I'm still hearing complaints from Zeus and Hades of how their children weren't the ones spoken of in the Great Prophecy. Ah, it's so fun to rub it in their faces. Other than that, I can get along fairly well with the majority of the gods and goddesses. They each have their perks, so it's always good to keep them around. ｈｅａｒｔ ｈｅａｒｔ ↘↘ I am wed to Amphitrite, a sea goddess as you would expect. A beautiful woman of course, but she can be a bit, err, rash with my other children. You know, the kids that aren't hers. She can be harsh to their mothers too, so I try to keep my half-blood children a secret from her. ｂｒｅａｋｉｎｇ ａｒｍｓ↘↘ The first person that comes to mind when I think of someone to throw off Mt. Olympus for ten days then have crash into the sea is Athena. Then I'd think I'd have a shark try to eat her. Emphasis on try. As a goddess, she could blast the shark away before it got within a hundred feet of her, and as the wisdom goddess, she would find a way to send the shark scurrying away without actually doing anything to it. She acts like such a smarta** sometimes! True, she has the right to, but she doesn't have to be so obnoxious about it! For example, when she became the patron goddess of Athens, she couldn't stop comparing her olive tree to my horses. Humph. My equestrian creatures were far superior to her stupid plant.
Moving on before I cause another natural disaster somewhere. I'm not sure if my brothers, Zeus and Hades deserve to be mentioned. Sure, the three of us get into plenty of fights, but I wouldn't say we hate each other. More bitterly resent. But I wouldn't mind seeing them dropped off the side of Olympus, mind you. So I suppose you can decide the matter for yourself. Hera can get annoying as well, but I can't really complain too much. After all, Zeus is married to her. You have to feel sorry for him sometimes.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:34 am
xxxxxxxxxxxxLIVEforeverWITHme ｗａｎｔ ｔｈｅｍ ↘↘ What I like? Well, water would of course have to make the list. It's such a pure and mysterious substance; how could someone not like it? I'm always up for a good joke, so Hermes and I have become pretty good friends. I love all of my children as you would expect. I have to say though, I'm quite proud of myself - I'm not so addicted to sex as much since the pact Zeus, Hades, and I made. Yes, I may have slipped once or twice, but an overall improvement. Foreign food is excellent; I especially like Italian food. I adore horses too; such clever creatures I created. And finally, the National Geographic channel makes its way on this list. What? You don't have to be a geek like Athena to enjoy the show, especially when they show those specials on creatures under the ocean. ｇｏ ｄｉｅ ↘↘ Oh, there are plenty of things I don't like. Those nasty souls in the Underworld, for one. The way they walk is slightly disturbing. And the moaning, don't get me started on the moaning! How Hades can stand them I don't know. I don't like it when those idiotic mortals pollute my domain either. They are destroying a beautiful, unknown place, with discoveries that could yield so much to mankind. It's awful, really. I really hate losing. Yes, I know, poor sportsmanship and all that, but if you were a god, you'd feel the same. But of course you're not, so I can't expect you to feel empathetic. I don't appreciate someone harassing my children, so no matter who you are, you will pay if I find I have to go to an early funeral for one of them. Ungrateful people also find that I don't exactly welcome them with open arms. Maybe with a nice blast from my trident as a greeting instead. ｈａｖｉｎｇ ｐｅｒｋｓ ↘↘ My personality shifts as easily as the waves, so I'm generally a very moody god. I can be gentle, kind, understanding, and thoughtful if you catch me on the right day. If you you catch me on the wrong day, I can be as vengeful, patronizing, manipulative, and cold as I like. It really just depends on how lucky you are. My brothers constantly complain that I act childish and immature, but I beg to differ. I am confident with myself, a charmer by nature, and headstrong. A little rebellious as well, but I hear everyone loves a bad boy. I find that I can easily get lost in my thoughts, so I tend to drift off quite a bit if you can't hold my attention long enough. I can also be strict and sarcastic, but I think I make a good leader, perhaps better than Zeus. Did I mention determined and intelligent? Can't forget those. Humph, don't call me vain for being so descriptive; I just know myself better than most. ｇｏｉｎｇ ｂａｃｋ ↘↘ My life actually started a little before my birth, with a prophecy to be specific. Kronos was told that one of his sons would someday overthrow him. Being the genius he is (heavy sarcasm there, for those of you who didn't recognize it), he came up with a sure-fire way to stop this from happening: he ate his children, one by one. Including me, unfortunately. A word to the wise: never grow up in your father's stomach if you can help it. It creates a lot of problems later in life. Anyhow, Rhea was a clever lady indeed, and when Zeus was about to be eaten, she traded him with a rock. Kronos, the fool he was and still is, believed it was his youngest son and settled down for, I don't know, a nap or something. When Zeus reached adulthood, he tricked our father into drinking a potion of some sort and regurgitated us all. Hurrah! Zeus saved the gods! Am I thankful? A bit. Do I wish it were me who saved my siblings? Yes. But as you'll see, Zeus was given all the luck in history for some idiotic reason.
The war of the Titans, also known as the Titanomachia, began soon after my siblings and I were freed from my father's stomach walls. We fought hard for ten, very long years before we acquired a stroke of luck. Of course, it came Zeus' way instead of mine. Gaia had prophesied a victory for the gods only if Zeus were to have the prisoners from Tartarus as his allies. Desperate to end the war, he freed the Cyclopes after killing the jail-keeper Kampe. Grateful, they repaid the debt by making my brothers and I three very powerful weapons: the master bolt for Zeus, Hades his Helm of Darkness, and me my beloved trident. Given renewed hope from these gifts, the three of us defeated the Titans, flung them in the very heart of Tartarus, and threw away the key.
With that problem done and over with, the gods took over rule. Since my brothers and I were the ones to actually get rid of the Titans, it was only right that we draw the slots for the division of the cosmos. Again, the Fates favored Zeus: he drew the sky and was crowned King of the Gods. He never regrets to remind us of his position of power, even though we all know it well enough. He grew even more arrogant at this development, which I had thought couldn't be possible. Moving on again. Hades drew the Underworld, and I think he is well-suited for the job. He always had a bit of a darker personality, and he didn't seem the least bit fazed at having to rule a kingdom of creepy, dead souls. Finally, I was given the sea. I'm told I fill the position well, but I've never quite settled for this placement. I'm constantly vying for a second drawing, but Zeus is yet to give in. The coward no doubt believes his luck will run south the second time.
Speaking of Zeus, in the early days of his rule, he was very impetuous and arrogant, as I said before. Being the King of the Gods had swollen his head. I wasn't the only one unhappy with him, so it wasn't difficult to convince the other gods to help me to overthrow him. It was for the best. We did end up capturing him, but he escaped quickly and started dishing out punishments. Apollo and I were banished from Olympus, sentenced to building the great wall of Troy using manual labor disguised as mortals. Oh no, my brother just couldn't let bygones be bygones and thank me for pointing out what an awful ruler he was becoming, he had to punish me for it! A pity there was nothing I could do to change his mind, so Apollo and I do nothing but build the wall of Troy. I suppose it hadn't been so bad when Laomedon had promised us both gold when the wall was done. When we went to collect our payment though, he refused. Needless to say I was furious, so I sent a sea monster to take revenge on the city. A shame it was killed by Herakles; it had been about to eat Laomedon's daughter.
I am an honorable god by anyone's standards; you can rely on my word and if I can't say the same for yours, it doesn't end well. For you, anyway. An example being the time the king of Crete asked for a nice bull to sacrifice. I do enjoy a nice sacrifice, so I sent him the finest one I owned. So fine, in fact, Minos turned greedy and kept the animal for himself instead. Angered, I worked out my revenge on him: I caused his wife to fall in love with the very same bull. His face was absolutely priceless when she said she had the animal's baby. I've actually got the moment taped so I can watch it when I feel somber. Anyhow, the eventual turnout was the infamous Minotaur, a creature that was half-bull and half-human. It wasn't exactly something you'd keep in the house, so he plopped it in the center of the labyrinth below his palace.
Horses. Ah, such fine creatures. The original story of how they came to be has been twisted a bit, but I'm here to set the record straight for you. There was a city, a city that had no name to be precise. I requested it be named after me, becoming my patron city, but my niece Athena had to butt in on my claim as well. So we had a competition to decide matters. Now, people say that I struck my trident in the ground and created a saltwater fountain. I'm betting those people are the same ones who who lived in that city, so that my revenge on them would seem cruel on my part. But I'm getting ahead of myself here. What I actually procured was the first horse out of sea foam, which provided transportation as well as food, for those who weren't too picky. Athena made the first olive tree, which provided food, fuel, and shelter. The citizens found Athena's gift to be more useful for some idiotic reason, and named the city Athens after her. I don't really like losing, so I flooded the plains around the city. They deserved it after all, claiming some overgrown plant was better than my horse ...
[To be continued ...]
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:36 am
xxxxxxxxxxxxWRAPPINGthisUP ｔｕｎｅｓ ↘↘ Of course I have a theme song! Any god who who doesn't is quite lame indeed. ｒａｉｎｂｏｗｓ ↘↘ I'm particularly fond of the colors SteelBlue, SlateGray, and SeaGreen. ｔｈｅ ｍｏｒｔａｌ ↘↘ xX_Shining_Stars_Xx is the only mortal I trust enough to portray moi and hold my trident in a fight. Well, maybe not my trident. She might accidentally cause a tsunami.
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