So Titan War has been update. Lord in Heaven did this one take a while. Both Reign of Cronos and Titanomachy will be edited once more by my editor when she has time. This was something I went through with an alpha reader of mine and in the Author Notes down below. Originally, I wanted to put this in the text itself, BUT I was not sure if it fit for StoriesOnline as I want to respect all of the rules. I am halfway through The Coup. When it is done, I will post right away.
ANYWAY! Author's Notes:
As with The Reign of Cronos, I have made changes to the lore to help make my own reimagining for the characters, and I have taken in the opinion of someone I trust, but I have not received a revised version from an editor. When I do, I will update this story as I said above.
A personal friend and sometimes editor of mine said, "[Your story] wasn't just gratuitous sex for the sake of being erotic, but it fit with the story and the scenes were so incredibly powerful and meaningful to the story."
My sincere hope is that the story comes first, and any sex scene that is or isn't there helps inform the characters, the stories, scene, themes, or adds rather that just distracts. I am not against a story that is overtly sexual.
However, I know a lot of stories can be gratuitous or just formulaic where they explain who the players are, how hot they look, and by the halfway point, they have sex. Here, I want to be like a soap opera meets GoT where we keep the adult scenes. Characters have sex. That's how the Titans got into the story, how the gods came into the story, and how most human beings come to exist.
If that helps give an idea of what my stories are, I hope that can keep everyone's attention.
As for the Greek myth people, who just like a good narrative, a lot of the elements here are from Hesiod and Apollodorus, but God of War and Hades really helped flesh out some of the events and the weaponry. The Fist of Zeus and the Hooks of Hades were inspired by the weapons in God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War III respectively.
The Fists of Demeter and the Bow of Hera were inspired by Coronacht and Malphon from Supergiant' Games' Hades.
The Aegis shield is VERY much from the myths, but how I make Metis use it is inspired by Chris Evans' Captain America because the choreography is so very good. While I looked into actual shield combat, I figure gods are flashy and fun, not disciplined humans who have to obey physics.
Some things, like the 'Crown of Nyx' constellation was made by me because I have to have some original ideas in here. My alpha reader, Abaculus on here, was a HUGE help in helping focus and expand the narrative, especially in helping me include original ideas like that.
I will also add that every divinity makes mistakes in the myths, and there are multiple sources, POVs from fiction, and many books on the subject. With that in mind, each one will make mistakes, commit egregious crimes, and they will hurt one another. Take that into mind.
I hope each of the characters is enough for you to keep reading about.
While every myth will not be expanded on, I will do my best to keep a cohesive narrative while addressing that most of mythology is occurring. I will make mistakes when I try to make a hard timeline in relation to today's times, please cut me some slack. By the end, I am sure it will be rectified.
Thank you for reading. Feel free to comment, rate, and favorite this story as you see fit. I will do my best to update these when I feel the story is shaped up to submit, and after they are thoroughly edited, I will update them.
My public and personal thanks to my online friend, Abaculus, for helping me constantly to make these stories better, not worse.