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I like retellings of this myth that focus on an active choice by Persephone after the initial unwilling arrival in the underworld, so that's what I went with here. One of my favourite bits about writing this was putting in all the little references to the myth, like the three hounds' heads on the gate, and the rivers (Styx/Acheron and Lethe). | I like retellings of this myth that focus on an active choice by Persephone after the initial unwilling arrival in the underworld, so that's what I went with here. One of my favourite bits about writing this was putting in all the little references to the myth, like the three hounds' heads on the gate, and the rivers (Styx/Acheron and Lethe). | ||
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*[https://www.pinboard.in/u:savageneon/b:39c317d79cd5 pinboard.in]: "A lovely sort of twist on one f my favourite myths (The Hades and Persephone story) in which Will goes to visit a distant cousin (Warden of the Necropolis/Herald of the Dead) in Necropolis, with his mother and while there breaks one of he three laws (eating the food found within) which shines a different light on the city and its keeper." | |||
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Revision as of 05:20, 14 November 2014
In the Twilight of the Day is a story written by Rosei Aki. It ran in Issue 22 and can be found at s2b2.livejournal.com/123897.html and shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/in-the-twilight-of-the-day/
Summary
Will of Enna never meant to break the laws of the Necropolis, and he couldn't have imagined the consequences. But he soon begins to realise that neither the city nor its keeper are as grim as they seem - and that summer may come even to the world of the dead.
(Retelling of Hades and Persephone)
Connections
In the Twilight of the Day has no connections to other stories or universes.
Related Links
Also available on Archive of Our Own under the pseud Atalan.
Author's Notes
I like retellings of this myth that focus on an active choice by Persephone after the initial unwilling arrival in the underworld, so that's what I went with here. One of my favourite bits about writing this was putting in all the little references to the myth, like the three hounds' heads on the gate, and the rivers (Styx/Acheron and Lethe).
External Reviews
- pinboard.in: "A lovely sort of twist on one f my favourite myths (The Hades and Persephone story) in which Will goes to visit a distant cousin (Warden of the Necropolis/Herald of the Dead) in Necropolis, with his mother and while there breaks one of he three laws (eating the food found within) which shines a different light on the city and its keeper."
