History Fanfic / HopeSpringsEternal

A brilliant take on the classic myth of Hades and Persephone by the very talented Quantum Witch. [[MyBelovedSmother Persephone is chafing under her mother's control]], [[BoredWithInsanity evil no longer excites Hades]], and [[OppositesAttract Cupid's got it in his head to set these two up]]. Throw in some [[ThoseTwoGuys bumbling minions]], a [[VainSorceress witch queen]] determined to get revenge on Hades, and [[spoiler:Hades' [[TheLostLenore dead first wife]] ]] and you've got one [[IncrediblyLamePun hell]] of a tale.

** Played straight with Hecate.

* {{Squick}}: in-universe The gods' reaction (but mostly Hera's) upon discovering they're all related.

* EvilIsSexy: Hecate

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Aphrodite's thought on Hades and Persephone's relationship.
-->''"Okay, so it's kind of a [[MayDecemberRomance May/December-Romance]]-thing," she announced, (thinking silently it really looked more like a Lolita Complex, though that was centuries ahead of their time)...''

* {{Squick}}: The gods' reaction (but mostly Hera's) upon discovering they're all related.

* DarkIsNotEvil

* PlotWithPorn: Though the sex-scenes aren't written ''horribly explicitly'', they're actually quite tasteful.

Also illustrated by Quantum Witch, which you can read [[http://disney-hades.livejournal.com/ here.]]

Read it [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1948991/1/ here.]]

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''' ''"I...am...a'' '''''GODDESS!"'''''

''A "Disney's Hercules" fan-sequel in which Hades' kingdom is in danger, an immortal witch wants control, the Fates predict a miracle & Hades falls flaming-head-over-smoking-heels in love. The usual stuff of myth.''

* MyBelovedSmother: Demeter to Persephone

* PrecisionFStrike[=/=]ClusterFBomb: Hades
* OhCrap: Several--notably when [[spoiler:Hades finds out Zeus knows ''he'' arranged Hercules's kidnapping, and Hecate upon being stripped of her magic and immortality.]]

* '''[[{{ptitlegf1u3pozudh8}} THIS. IS. SPARTA!]]''' ''"I...am...a'' '''''GODDESS!"'''''

A brilliant take on the classic myth of Hades and Persephone by the very talented Quantum Witch. [[MyBelovedSmother Persephone is chafing under her mother's control]], [[BoredWithInsanity evil no longer excites Hades]], and [[OppositesAttract Cupid's got it in his head to set these two up]]. Throw in some [[ThoseTwoGuys bumbling minions]], a [[VainSorceress witch queen]] determined to get revenge on Hades, and [[spoiler:Hades' dead first wife]] and you've got one [[IncrediblyLamePun hell]] of a tale.

* EvenEvilHasStandards:He's not ''evil'' anymore, but Hades says that even when he was, he would ''never'' have forced himself on ''anyone.'' (It's why he never tried anything with meg, and part of why he's horrified to hear that the gods think he raped Persephone.)

* ValuesDissonance: Both the fact that Hades has fallen for his neice and their [[MayDecemberRomance significant age-gap]] are brushed off by Persephone and [[spoiler: Leuke]], who say that they're ''gods,'' not mortals, therefore the same rules don't apply.

''A "Disney's Hercules" sequel - In which Hades' kingdom is in danger, an immortal witch wants control, the Fates predict a miracle & Hades falls flaming-head-over-smoking-heels in love. The usual stuff of myth.''

** [[spoiler: Hades later pulls one of his own in the climax...realizing his influence over fire, he allows Hecate's demon-hounds to rip him apart and eat him, so he can regenerate first into fire and then to his normal form, thus killing them.]]

** [[spoiler:Rhea, mother of the six main gods, does this a chapter later, convinving Zeus and the others to let Hades and Persephone be happy and to reveal [[IncestIsRelative they're related more than they thought.]]]]
* BodyLanguage: Rodope, Persephone's water-nymph best friend, can only communicate with squeaks and squeals, but Persephone can understand her by reading her body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice.

* MayDecemberRomance: Hades is physically and mentally around his forties, Persephone is about 15. (But it's okay, because [[spoiler:the gods made the age of consent 14.]])

* Hellhound: Hecate's demon-dogs, Mayhem and Havoc.

* HoldYourHippogryphs[=/=]OhMyGods

A brilliant take on the classic myth of Hades and Persephone by the very talented Quantum Witch. [[MyBelovedSmother Persephone is chafing under her mother's control]], [[BoredWithInsanity evil no longer excites Hades]], and [[OppositesAttract Cupid's got it in his head to set these two up]]. Throw in some [[ThoseTwoGuys bumbling minions]], a [[VainSorceress witch queen]] determined to get revenge on Hades, and [[spoiler:Hades' dead first wife]] and you've got one [[IncrediblyLamePun hell]] of a tale.