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Prompt 1: Hades
Hades is the god of the dead and the king of the Underworld with which his name became synonymous. Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more altruistically inclined in mythology; his role was often maintaining relative balance between the realms. He was often depicted as cold and stern in his judgement, and he held all of his subjects equally accountable to his laws. Above all else, Hades ensured the finality of death and that none of his subjects ever left the Underworld. Bonus Prompt: Cerberus, the Hound of Hades


Please feel free to respond in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it thoughts that you share or a work that you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share a poem or drabble that reminds you of the Hades theme.



Title: Waltzing with Cerberus
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Poetic form: Rhyme pattern of an English sonnet but lines are alexandrine
Length: 122
Characters: Sherlock Holmes & Roy (the dog from "The Creeping Man")
Notes: see below poem
Rating: Gen



he waltzes like a lord, lord of the underworld,
detective-sleuth by trade, his noble carriage glides,
with lissome step, he guides, a nether grace unfurled,
a turn in triple time, across the floor, he slides.

he dances, he instructs, his hum, a lilting praise,
not jerking on the lead, he’s Hades of lithe whim,
his partner has three heads; these three heads he does raise,
an Irish Cerberus, he’s he, himself and him.

the follower is apt, a wolf breed in wiry coat,
his senses are acute, they harken as they traipse,
he knows he jigs with Death; with certainty, they float,
with vigilance, they skate, and not a note escapes.

their silhouette confounds alert pedestrian;
a handsome hellish pair, pure terpsichorean.


Whenever I need a more hefty prompt, I go to my Edward Gorey story cards, The Helpless Doorknob. The centre of the moodboard is one of those which reads 'Agatha taught Adolphus to dance the one-step.'

1.Persephone and Hades: tondo of an Attic red-figured kylix, ca. 440–430 BC
2. Score by Victorian Waltz by Cyril Scott
3. Detail of Pluto-Serapis of Heraklion Archaeological Museum
4. Irish wolfhound stock photo
5. Edward Gorey card
6. Paget's Sherlock
7. The Waltz, by Camille Claudel
8. Gramophone stock photo
7. Waltz stock photo

Date: 2021-07-02 05:17 pm (UTC)
mythicmistress: The sun shining through Stonehenge (Default)
From: [personal profile] mythicmistress
Oh, nice! I like this take on the prompt. The imagery is quite nice.

Date: 2021-07-02 07:24 pm (UTC)
kingstoken: (Clint and Lucky)
From: [personal profile] kingstoken
Cool moodboard

Date: 2021-07-02 08:26 pm (UTC)
dr_zook: (constantine.balthazar)
From: [personal profile] dr_zook
he’s Hades of lithe whim - Oh, very fine! I also really like your moodboard. :)

Here via Sunshine Challenge!

Date: 2021-07-03 05:11 am (UTC)
dr_zook: (hellraiser_cube)
From: [personal profile] dr_zook
Haha, personally I think RDJ's Holmes can waltz with anybody, anything or with nothing at all. :D

Date: 2021-07-02 08:36 pm (UTC)
smallhobbit: sunshine through a tree (Sunshine Challenge 2021)
From: [personal profile] smallhobbit
Great mood board. And I like the idea of Holmes and Roy performing a form of waltz together .

Date: 2021-07-02 09:48 pm (UTC)
pensnest: red orchid cluster (floral orchid red)
From: [personal profile] pensnest
This is so very elegant!

Date: 2021-07-02 10:03 pm (UTC)
liriaen: person in white kimono drawing katana (Default)
From: [personal profile] liriaen
Pure music <3

Date: 2021-07-03 12:05 am (UTC)
impala_chick: (Default)
From: [personal profile] impala_chick
Creative poem, I had to google "terpsichorean" but now I learned a new word :)

Date: 2021-07-03 03:47 am (UTC)
enemytosleep: [Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist] colored image of a teen boy adjusting his tie, looking serious (Default)
From: [personal profile] enemytosleep
This has a dancing with the devil vibe to it and I like it a lot. The words feel playful, too, their own sort of dance. Love this.

Date: 2021-07-03 05:44 pm (UTC)
debriswoman: (Default)
From: [personal profile] debriswoman
Very nice, particularly the last 2 lines...and the gorey cards are a good choice for inspiration:-)

Date: 2021-07-03 10:26 pm (UTC)
pauraque: bird flying (Default)
From: [personal profile] pauraque
That's a great poem! I love the musicality of the words you chose.

Date: 2021-07-09 03:07 pm (UTC)
yarnofariadne: morticia addams from the sitcom sitting in a chair (Default)
From: [personal profile] yarnofariadne
It's always a joy to see Edward Gorey! Lovely poem and moodboard ♥

Date: 2021-07-18 11:16 am (UTC)
rainbowpineapple: (Sun at the beach)
From: [personal profile] rainbowpineapple
I love the images the poem invokes, and those first two lines especially are beautiful

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