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yay! so happy to have a break from lichen (boring) to read more excellent lichen based stories 👀

So sorry I’ve been soooo busy with the lichen side of things: but this is a fantastic bundle and buying it probably reduces the strain on the Elysian fan fiction archives (not that I’ve been able to keep up with that either 😭 lichen is such a bane!)

I spent the morning rocking out to this. It's a fun rock ballad that does for Eurydice and Orpheus what Hades Calculus does for Persephone. Some really fun Rush vibes and a real commitment to telling its own version of myth. I'm so glad it exists—thank you, @okadaizo.men!!!

Reminder that I am a humble archivist (and not writing any of the amazing literature myself) - if the author "BelovedDisciple" would like to make themselves know so we could shower them with praise for making the lichen umm interesting (might be a mild term) that would be lovely

I've been busy monitoring lichen production but obviously I should be hoping for more practical experience not less (why are the other acolytes so lucky...*sigh* just log it into the archive, Thaleia)
archiveofourown.org/works/619526...

Fabric gathers against her skin,
fitting close, parts known and unknown,
elegance pulled from the cloth.
See how the world shifts for her,
made to fit so perfectly—while I remain,
just beyond the mirror’s reach.

FAQ:
The buttons for "Adrastus" x "Achillean" on the archive do not "do nothing": this selection collects your personal information then sends it to various members of the Twelve for further action - this is all covered in the terms and conditions (that you probably just clicked agreed and ignored)

Burgundy, as blood on the lip,
champagne, as a lover’s breath.
Maenads dancing between love and fury,
to drums—the pulse of revelry and war,
at the edge of the blade and the depth of the cup,
for she, who watches, smiling,
a crescent, mad moon.

If you ask for bread, the twelve will answer your prayers with bread, not stones: the Index Erotica prayed for erotica about Demeter and it has been delivered (and such a work!)

My newest fic is here! This one is a bit longer than the others, but the smut is pristine 😎 check it out on my patreon as a free member, alongside the other fics I got goin! Also, I have a really stupid tiny smut fic called “all jammed up” that’s new so peep that too! www.patreon.com/posts/gift-o...

Also if you'd like to read more intriguing/crackfic iterations of the gods - what if Hades was turned into a cat? what if there was a literal Persephone-coded toaster? - then join @joypanda.bsky.social 's patreon: a new one just dropped 😂

Glaring gaps in the Index Erotica so far - please correct me if I have missed any 🙏
- no holy tales involving @plantmommy.gunmetolymp.us (shocking!)
-no holy tales involving @desire.gunmetolymp.us (even more shocking!)
- no holy tales involving Hera or the Twins (they are not here on #GOsky)

Pin the Gunmetal Olympus list to your home! We've got so much to show you. bsky.app/profile/benj...

(Art by @madalithea.gunmetolymp.us and @anemoneart.bsky.social)

Co-wrote this with Zeus. What a consecration!

Look, part of the reason why it's been taking so longer to improve lichen yields *may* be because I'm diverting computing power away from genome sequencing and terraforming simulations (so boring!) to peek into over universes and see what the shadows cast by our gods are doing -

Is it too late for me to start a Hades Calculus live-tweeting thread or...

My most important duty according to my mysterious benefactor - definitely not Aphrodite😉 - is to keep track of the Erotica written about the gods: "the stories people tell of the gods today become commonplace tomorrow, become ritual the next, become faith in time."

So we present the Index Erotica: