Jeeves and Wooster and Greek Mythology.

[kakareen.livejournal.com]

A late night conversation about some unusually pretty boy being a 'Ganymede', or, a male that trumps most people's sexuality, lead to an interesting revelation.

You see, Zeus was an active pursuer of the ladies, despite how Greek he was. But then there was Ganymede. And he went unf.

And, more importantly, he KEPT HIM.

And then my lovely companion mentioned how 'Junior Ganymede' always made her giggle for that reason. I started to giggle along, but then....

O_O

BERTIE IS ZEUS.

PLUM JUST TOOK THE SEX OUT.

Bertie is Zeus, Jeeves is Ganymede, Agatha is Hera, Bingo is Apollo(or possibly Eros), Honoria is Artemis, Florence is Athena, Madeline is Aphrodite, Spode is Ares, and Gussie is Hephaestus.

We might have made the whole Parthenon pantheon(edit,ty!), but I saw something shiny.

DISCUSS. MAKE TOGA FANART.

EDIT: I'm keeping 'toga' because everyone knows what it is and it's fun to chant.

Comments

[nox-candida.livejournal.com]

lol, so if Madeline is Persephone, does that make Spode Hades? And, if so, I think I can understand Bertie's fear. :D

[kakareen.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Well, Hades was actually one of the nicer gods, his job just made him a bit tired and cynical. Roderick Glossop, anyone?

[nox-candida.livejournal.com]

Was he, really? I don't remember that, actually, lol. I was only thinking of what I read on Encyclopedia Mythica, which says of Hades: "Of all the gods, Hades is the one who is liked the least and even the gods themselves have an aversion of him."

lol, which kind of makes me think of Spode. Or possibly Stilton Cheesewright, lol.

[kakareen.livejournal.com]

They didn't like him for the same reason IRS employees sometimes have trouble making friends, from how I've understood the myths.

"Why do I never get invited to anything?"

"You're all...deathy."

"Someone has to be!"

[nox-candida.livejournal.com]

lmao!!! That's hilarious! lol, and it must be tricky when no one even wants to say your name. I mean, I suppose it would be great if you wanted to scare the mortals, but it would probably be brutal on your social life. His abduction of Persephone totally makes sense now. lol, but I still say that Spode could fit that mold. ;)

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. I haven't read any of the stories with Spode in them. Besides, Madeline is more like Psyche or Echo. Persephone just also fits. Pre-Hades Persephone, that is.