What if Greek Mythology had an internet fandom?

...Okay, didn't know about most of those. I stand entirely corrected.

I always forget that Dionysus is supposed to be a pretty boy, because in Percy Jackson he's a fat middle-aged guy.

Well, my money would be on someone putting Hermes and Rainbow Dash together in a crossover.

I'm an all-over mythology nerd. :P

I say there'd be Athena-pony bondage before the week was out.

edited 29th Nov '12 3:51:39 PM by Poisonarrow

I thought that was Adonis. :/

One of Dionysus' epithets actually means something like "man-woman" or "Beautiful-man"

Adonis was a lover of Aphrodite.

Also, he was referred to as "With balls" (Enorchees) and something about "False man" in reference to his sexy, pretty boy looks.

edited 29th Nov '12 3:54:41 PM by Poisonarrow

Neither could stand up to Narcissus, of course.

Oh, Narcissus. He would have soooo many fangirls...

Either that, or they'd hate him for being in love with himself.

Besides, how funny would it be if Narcissus was ugly?

And upon checking further, Narcissus was another ligbit. :P

edited 29th Nov '12 3:57:32 PM by Poisonarrow

Wouldn't being ugly destroy the entire point of him, though? I thought the gods were punishing him for being such a heartbreaker when they made him fall in love with himself.

It was more a punishment for his pride than anything else. HE thought he was beautiful.

I remember it like that: A nymph, Echo, cursed him because she loved him but he never paid any attention to her.

Ah, that does seem to be the worst possible sin against the gods in Greek myth. Narcissus, Andromeda, Medusa (in some versions of the myth, anyway)...if not the worst, then it's at least the most common. (Poor Andry got punished for her parents' words, though...)

Oh? I've never heard that version. The version I heard was that Echo didn't have anything to do with Narcissus's fate and even mourned him afterwards.

edited 29th Nov '12 4:09:22 PM by Zarek

Isn't Hermes in the running for everything and everyone?

Did Narcissus turn into a narcissus or did he just like, die because he couldn't leave his reflection?

Sorry, luv. It was Nemesis. Echo died from longing for him.

They were born from the drops of his blood when he killed himself.

edited 29th Nov '12 4:11:34 PM by Poisonarrow

Wait, where does the blood come in? Unless this is another alternate version that I've never heard (probably so). The versions I've heard have had him either drowning himself or dying of starvation because he didn't stop looking away from his reflection.

That Greek mythology book I own has this version: Mother's been told by a seer that Narcissus should never realize how beautiful he is, or else he will die. Echo falls in love with him, but can't really communicate with him due to her own curse, which only lets her speak the, well, echo of other people. She gets bitter and curses him, then he dies. That makes her sad, so she spends the rest of her life howling in the forest until the people there get fed up and kill her.

Wait, yeah, where did the blood come from?

The versions I have heard all vary wildly. But the only one where the Narcissus actually comes into play, he stabbed himself in the heart because he couldnt be with... Himself.

This was after Nemesis cursed him, because he made Echo slowly kill herself from grief as a result of his harsh words to her.

edited 29th Nov '12 4:17:03 PM by Poisonarrow

The version I've read had Narcissus not even interacting with Echo despite maybe greeting her once. XD

I've also heard a version where he falls in love with his twin and not himself.

Lol, as I said, the versions vary wildly. But the Narcissus!Origin one has echo meeting him once, where he tells her that she is hideous and that he would die before"What's mine is yours." whereupon Echo weeps, "What's mine is yours, " back at him.

What if he drowned because he saw himself in the pool of water, didn't realize that it was him, and tried to save himself?

edited 29th Nov '12 4:22:39 PM by tendollarlameo

...So, Echo gets a spot as The Woobie, then?

Why isn't she more popular, anyway? I like the myth itself and loved her in Percy Jackson.

Because she wouldn't nut up and just admit that a guy was an ass and she was too good for him.

She needed a sassy gay friend.