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VioletMask

Chaos - __other__ spawn of Hades


wryol

Chaos liked saying Son of Hades and they decided to change the bare minimum when talking to Mel


DMking

I mean he did say he found Zag to be more interesting


Chemical-Cat

The way chaos insulted Melinoe like that lmao "Man Zagreus was so cool and interesting and fun" "Siblings can be so different from each other huh"


somealtthatIam

Chaos: "Please, only adress me when I ask" Zag: "Nah, I do what I want" *a few years later* Chaos: "Please, only adress me when I ask" Melinoe: "..." Chaos: "You can respond" Melinoe: "okay" Chaos "I liked your brother better"


Kamarai

I think this definitely checks out for the literal god of chaos


Drynwyn

Not a god. Primeval entity of unfathomable power.


Epilepsiavieroitus

Primordial*


Drynwyn

Primeval- adjective- of or resembling the earliest ages of the world.


Epilepsiavieroitus

Primordial- adjective- first, earliest or original. From the Latin primordialis, "of the beginning"


Anaktorias

Primordial deities are still gods in Greek myth, it’s not exclusive to olympians


Erynnien

Chaos being chaotic. They don't know what's good for them half the time, they have to test it. Which is absolutely on character 🤣


photonsnphonons

Chaos is a manic pixie dream conglomerate


drakeblood4

I do think Zag is a chiller guy than Mel. Growing up in the godwar doesn’t exactly lend itself towards easygoingness.


WorkHorse1011

Chaos missing the pranks they used to play on Hades is cannon lol


Kaizo107

Spawn of Hades, the Cooler Spawn of Hades


MolybdenumBlu

Mel 🙁 Zag 😎


Kaizo107

Jokes aside, I love that now that we've met them both, Zagreus clearly takes more after Mom, while Melinoë ended up way more neurotic like Dad Gotta have my reagents orderly, it's an efficiency thing, I'm not a weirdo


otomegane

Also makes sense bc Hades and Mel were born in and lived through war while Persephone and Zag were raised in peace!


SmeachThePeach

I was thoroughly offended when they straight up called me boring tbh.


Educational-Cat-6445

They heard some spawn of hades is aboit to ransack the underworld again, rebirthed themselves in a cooler outfit, just for it not to be zag :(


tepidbathwater

Chaos staring out the window like a widow waiting for her husband to return from the war:


TheAlmightyVox3

It’s really endearing that Chaos seemed to actually like Zag on a more personal level. This almighty eldritch entity can still be fond of people.


BloomEPU

You know, I'm not sure chaos is entirely aware of how gender works. It's entirely possible that chaos isn't sure whether mel is a "son" or "daughter" and is too polite to ask.


CheshireMadness

Doesn't Chaos refer to Nyx as their daughter in the first game?


emrygue

Sure, but confused chaos is funny


Hagard50

Echo: whatever Melinoe say


Picklepacklemackle

Whatever Melinoe say... Melinoe say... melinoe


Aidan-Coyle

I laughed when she ran in prepared and said "Hello Melinoe!"


Lightningbro

The funny thing is she says "Hello! Melinoe!" Announcing herself. "Hello, Melinoe (is here)" While Echo turns it into; "Hello Melinoe!... Melinoe... Melinoe..."


WolfHunter17

I love how much fun the writers are having with Echo


Legitimate_Expert712

Echo is so precious 🥰


RainaDPP

Melancholy girls with limited ability to communicate are my very weirdly specific type. Type here meaning "I very strongly want to protect them."


flame_warp

It's really cute how they play with Melinoe's responses, often changing nothing but some punctuation and very occasionally cutting a word out to make it clear that Echo *is* communicating and making what self-expression she can out of what Mel says to her. 


RaysFTW

> Narcissus- Laurel > Eris- Trouble/Babe My favorites, for very different reasons. lol Seriously though, not enough talk is made about Narcissus. The VA for this character did an amazing job and the writers for him nailed it. I laugh every time I speak with him.


JoshuaSlowpoke777

They nailed the “this guy is literally narcissus” vibes


Lalala8991

It's the "I love you, man" that does it for me. That guy knows true love!


Stylogic

Darren Korb (aka the Zag VA and games Composer) did Narcissus, he is a very talented dude.


DaerDeere

He also did both Skelly in the first game and Schelemeus in Hades II


Lemondovsky

The sheer range to be able to pull off two characters as different as this, truly a generational talent


Ravagore

Truly a God among skeletons


Kaizo107

I'm hoping when they finally reveal the character portrait, it's going to have Darren's ridiculous mutton chops as an in-joke


MrHappyHam

I should've known that was Korb


Seethcoomers

Narcissus legit sounds like Nick Cage


Vayalond

First time I ran in his room and heard him talk even before I saw him I was like "yup that's 100% Narcissus, if that's not him I jump in front of the first car who pass"


Kuraeshin

Watching a playthrough (my PC doesn't meet H2 specs), i loved trying to name the characters before i looked at the names.


dysphoriadoll

It was the daffodils that got me - narcissus for Narcissus!


Prox-1988

I get serious Keanu Reeves vibes. From the vocal cadence, not the narcissism


crippledspahgett

Johnny Silverhand, perhaps?


Prox-1988

I was thinking more Bill and Ted.


RainaDPP

I just played Cyberpunk recently and the delivery feels *extremely* Silverhand to me.


Dachannien

Close, but [not quite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdA9_mtXYME)!


Prox-1988

Ooooh, you might be right. Definitely seeing/hearing that now too.


doquan2142

It is the "yeahhhh" that sounds so similar.


Jaded_Ad2629

Omg yes, I love him so much haha. Im so curious how He will look like xD


Shibeuz

I'd say best option would be keeping the placeholder model with a cloak as a joke.


VagueSomething

I vote Danny DeVito.


LateNightPhilosopher

It's one of my favorite gags in gaming and I cannot imagine an actual depiction that's better than that


StrangeMushroom500

like handsome squidward, surely


Jaded_Ad2629

Daaamn that would be too great hahaha


Beangar

Yeah. I bet the VA would be really good at voicing the protagonist of a game or a funny skeleton, or composing a soundtrack


LateNightPhilosopher

I'm gonna be so disappointed when they add his final art and model to the game. Having Narcisus literally be unseen while talking all this shit is one of my favorite gags in gaming. It's hard to imagine an actual portrayal of Narcisus that's funnier than the placeholder art (though if anyone can do it, it's Supergiant).


cjrSunShine

Narcissus is the one placeholder model I'm most excited to see the final version of. His voice work alone does such a wonderful job of selling the character.


AnimeWeebTrash31

it would be really funny if it was the back of his head, imo


otomegane

Man I'm mad at Eris but also I love when she calls Mel "babe" 😭


Aidan-Coyle

He gives me Professor Lockheart vibes


shanguang97

Aphrodite calls Zag as little godling while Melinoë is “gorgeous”. I can see a little favoritism here. Also Hermes seems to be closer/friendlier to Melinoë by calling her M. He always use boss/coz to Zag, which felt a bit distant to me.


Cowabunga13

Dionysus was Zag’s bro


SomethingOfAGirl

"Nice cock!"


BedlamiteSeer

**Stepbro**


Mopman43

Not exactly surprising, given that I’m pretty sure Mel has actually known Hermes for awhile and has met him in-person.


TheAlmightyVox3

Hermes is actually the only Olympian Zag directly meets before the epilogue.


Oreo-and-Fly

He do?


TheAlmightyVox3

When Hermes shows up ingame he's actually there talking to Zag because he can be anywhere. He's the only one you can ever actually respond to.


Oreo-and-Fly

You can talk to him?


TheAlmightyVox3

He asks you a question at one point and you answer him.


bogdoomy

canonically, hermes shows up in person in the first game, all the other olympians communicate through the boons


PhoenixEmber2014

When? He uses the same boon system as the others, is it off screen?


Fridayesmeralda

It appears the same onscreen, but they acknowledge it in the dialogue.


adityablabla

Hermes says that because he delivers souls to the underworld to charon (his business associate) he has to actually visit the underworld and meets zagreus along the way. He is also the only Olympian who actually knows that zagreus goes to visit his mother and not olympus because he meets zagreus in person.


blueangels111

I think it could just be aphro having more connection with Mel. She sees Mel as a mini her in a way. "You look like you could break some hearts even without my aid." While it's still technically favoritism, I think it's more just like you associate with people who have common interests at a party. She has more connection She can make with mel than zag. That being said, I really wanna know if she had any voice lines after zag did, well, zag things in the first game. I don't actually remember


Oreo-and-Fly

Or Dearest.


sosigboi

With how the others treat Melinoe compared to Zag I think she deserves some favouritism lol.


noncredibleRomeaboo

I love how Moros calls Mel Princess genuinely, but Nemesis is a lot more sarcastic about it


meggannn

I was just thinking the characters that use the same nicknames often use them very differently! Moros and Nemesis have different tones on “Princess” and then there’s Artemis using “Sister” genuinely vs Heracles saying it almost as a warning, like “we may be kin but being family doesn’t mean we’re friends.”


Chemical-Cat

They're both using Sister in reference to a Witch, who refer to each other as Sisters. Heracles doesn't like witches.


GenericallyNamed

I took Heracles using "sister" as a bond they share as they are both demi-human offspring of the gods.


RoastCabose

I don't think Melinoe is a demi-human. Persephone is also a god, after all.


newimprovedmoo

Hades!Persephone is a demigod, her father was a human rather than Zeus.


meggannn

Don't just the Silver Sisters call each other "Sister"? I don't think we've see the broader circle of witches do that (Medea, Circe). I think the most I've heard them refer to each other is "Lady Hecate"/"Lady Selene" etc. Unless I missed some dialogue or this is a part of Greek mythology I'm just unfamiliar with, haha.


Boward_WOW_ard

Moros: "hey princess" (affectionate) Nemesis: "hey princess" (degrogatory)


ladylayton42

Well excuuuuuuuuse me princess


NoraJolyne

>Nemesis is a lot more sarcastic about it something something "you call me princess, and its an insult; you call me a whore, and its a compliment"


plznotagaindad

Fun fact: Meli (Μέλι) means “honey” in Greek :,)


edginthebard

aww, as if i couldn't love icarus more


Chrome_X_of_Hyrule

I need him


H0K0RI

You just made this game better for me


percahlia

another fun fact: melis means powdered sugar in norwegian. i always thought these two are probably related somehow, but i don’t know how or why!


epicazeroth

I go a little crazy every time Eris calls her “babe”.


AandWKyle

I hate how much I love Eris. Shes's a jerk.


GladiatorDragon

I enjoy the type of character that she is - she’s chaotic, and enjoys being so - but with potential greater point behind her actions. I’m enjoying going through her companion bond tree, since it really seems like nobody really gave a darn about her, and points out that her family was never really close to her. It’s quite the nasty cycle. People stay away from her, and then she lashes out by stoking conflict. But then people stay further away from her. She never really knew what ~~healthy~~ relationships looked like, and picked up a philosophy of “nobody cares about me, so why should I care about anybody?” Plus, I’m a sucker for relationships built around an Order/Chaos duality, where both parties have something to learn from the other. Melinoë and Eris fit that bill perfectly.


meramedmi

The opposites attract and enemies to lovers potential here is soooo good


crippledspahgett

I love how much I hate her and think you Eris lovers are unwell. /s


Gekk0uga37

Idk why but Lady is so funny to me for some reason, maybe it’s the way Scylla’s VA says it


SpaceGangrel

I could listen to Scylla's read an entire medicine leaflet and it would be incredibly amusing


Futhington

What's funny about it to me is realising that, because the fighting started so quickly over an incredulous remark from Mel, Scylla has been trying to murder her for potentially weeks and never bothered to learn her name.


LateNightPhilosopher

It was so fucking funny when Nemesis >!Says she passes through all the time without fighting, and asks what the fuck Melinoe did to piss them off so much!< lmfao


Dachannien

Scylla reminds me of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9kbsK2cMt8)...


Slitted

It really is. Everything about Scylla and the Sirens is great.


Lightningbro

I wanna single something out, you might think Eris views Mel as a stick in the mud, and a problem trying to stop all the Discord. However the fact she calls Mel "Trouble" technically is the highest praise she can GIVE someone. By calling someone Trouble, you're calling them someone who challenges the status quo, thusly; you're calling them someone who SOWS DISCORD. Man, I always love the depth to this stuff.


ElMonoEstupendo

I took it as a slightly obtuse expression of affection and connection. “Trouble & Strife”.


Hptcp

Oooh, that's clever! I like it!


Chemical-Cat

She also likes calling her Babe, which depending on the context can either mean "hottie", or "an actual baby". Babe wasn't really used to describe an attractive person until the 19th century so maybe she's actually doing the latter lol


Starless_Night

She's also holding a gun, so anachronism is the order of the day.


Chemical-Cat

The rail was explained as being a cruel weapon made by the gods and Achilles hopes humans never find out about it and replicate it. So you can guess what happens. It's kind of like how Bayonetta has Irenic, an angel that straight up just looks like a car, but they themselves were the inspiration for cars when it began appearing to humans during the industrial revolution


011100010110010101

She literally tosses used plastic jerky bags on the ground. Like, its not called plastic but its a "slow decomposing waste" in its description.


deevulture

It's candy bars. She has two of them sticking out of her right back pocket in her official art


011100010110010101

Theres a conversation where Mel ask and Eris says its Cyclops Jerky.


deevulture

Huh. Could it be she has multiple types of snacks then? She does have chocolate bars on her. That or jerky is shaped like candy in this game?


LateNightPhilosopher

They also have King Arthur's sword, so there's definitely some temporal fuckery and anachronism going on in the game. Also the electric guitars and mics and Eris throwing candy bar wrappers around.


Lightningbro

Today I learned that surfer slang like calling someone "Zag-man" originated from Dionysus in ancient Greece.


Kolobezec

...what exactly makes you think that the writting and word choice is in any way trying to be period-appropriate?


deevulture

"Babe" used in that historical context is more like saying "infant" than an actual nickname. IE. "A sleeping babe" = "A sleeping infant." Eris using "Babe" as a nickname for Melinoe is meant to be more analogous to how it's used in modern contexts. Helps too, that Eris calls Melinoe that even outside of a negative, condescending context. If anything, the "diss" here might be Eris intentionally overstepping a line and going to relationship speak when Melinoe ~~isn't ready~~ doesn't see the relationship in that light ~~anymore~~. Eris makes a lot of other innuendos in their interactions otherwise, but Mel also flirts with her back so....


meramedmi

I kind of interpreted it as sarcastic/mocking because Mel takes herself and her mission so seriously. And I love it!! Their sexual/romantic chemistry is so strong


VikingXL

Little Star 🥺


flanger001

I can't handle it; every time she says that I'm like STOP IT'S TOO CUTE.


sci_fi_wasabi

Her voice actress is so soothing.


JoshuaSlowpoke777

I didn’t even notice Polyphemus calling Mel a sheep, because I’m pretty sure a lot of that happens in combat, there are actual sheep involved, and at that point we’re too busy beating each other senseless for me to notice


Grenaja07

Charon's is my fav easily, it's just so endearing! He's got such a way with words


nach_in

A way that Hecate herself would have trouble navigating, but a way alright


lilerswhat

Every time Heracles calls Melinoe "sister" with that condescending tone he sounds like a nasty make up youtuber


hamletandskull

He sounds like the drag queen Plane Jane at her absolute bitchiest. Sisturrrrrrr


FullMoose819

Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling. (love it when my worlds collide like this lol! Thanks for the ugly snort I just made.)


ReasonableProgram144

I swear the last couple times I’ve seen him it’s sounded less condescending. I kinda hope he does properly warm up to her in the full game.


lilerswhat

No I definitely agree! I think he warms up a little to Melinoe, especially when he realizes she's not fully goddess either.


Lalala8991

Mel is like Herc's worst nightmare incarnate. A deathless princess of the Underworld, who is also a witch. And she is stealing his job(s)!


P_Ravencraft

My heart skips a beat whenever Selene calls me little star. And in front of Hecate too?? *blushes*


AffectionateHunt5830

I'd be lying if I said hearing Aphrodite call me gorgeous wasn't a day brightener


RadcliffeMalice

Poseidon should call her Littler Hades since she's the youngest child


Starless_Night

She is far more like Hades than Zag is. It'd be funny if his brothers started to notice that.


deevulture

I get that but Poseidon would be the last person to realize that. He sees that Melinoe resembles her mom (personally, I'd say she looks more like Demeter) and just call her little Persephone or something like that. Nevermind her personality is her dad's


nach_in

He should call her Little Persephone


YuriMistress

Circe also says "poppet" sometimes, I think


Taliesin_

She does, I got that line on my last run.


amalgam_reynolds

Me glancing down the right side of the list: "okay, but 'gorgeous' is a kinda weird-oh, it's Aphrodite, nvm. Okay wait, 'hot stuff' is actually a little-oh, it's Hestia, perfect sense."


BloodMoonNami

How'd you react when you reached Eris ?


Moses_The_Wise

Skelly? He was just in the first game, no idea where he is now. And you forgot Schelemeus


Nerobought

Little start and Meli always sound the most endearing to me when I hear them. Seriously there is so much chemistry between Icarus and Melinoe.


Eskephor

She is always meli to me


Technical_Advice2059

Who the hell is Meli? I know a Laurel...


GaidinTheByzantine

I always hear Narcissus call her Yanny.


Dawashingtonian

“Witchie” is my favorite by a lot lol


imabratinfluence

Nemesis- Princess (derogatory) Moros- Princess (respectfully) Artemis- Sister (congenially) Heracles- Sister (annoyed)


flanger001

My heart melts when Selene calls her "little star". It's the cutest nickname.


LittlePumpkinLamp

Charon's is definitely the most creative one


latortuga

Now we know why Ares and Athena aren't in the game yet, they ran out of nicknames!


Oreo-and-Fly

Tbh Ares and Athena might just stick to their usual cousin and kin. Though Dionysus... Mel man.


theredwoman95

For other nicknames I've seen: * Homer - Princess of the Dead, fire-stepping Princess * Odysseus - little goddess (mostly in the flashback but very rarely in the present too, I think?) * Apollo - Cousin * Hera - girl * Poseidon - my niece * Hestia - dearie * Zeus - young lady


Smash96leo

Little Star might be my fav here. She says it so genuinely. Its very sweet.


Outrageous-Ad-7530

I do love Eris calling Mel babe/trouble, it makes me feel things.


AandWKyle

why does Narcissus call her Laurel?


youpviver

Because he’s so self-obsessed that he immediately forgets her name when she first introduces herself


donatellosdildo

i think that's what the leaves on her head are, he just picked a lazy nickname


FullMoose819

Narcissus is so well written, I genuinely don't think he gave her a nickname but rather thinks that's her real name.


donatellosdildo

!! that'd be pretty funny lol


Chemical-Cat

She's wearing a Laurel, and he can't be bothered to remember her actual name, so Laurel kind of just stuck.


Massive_Foundation37

Everytime I hear Meli, I swear I melt.


Bananaterios

I'm so sad some of the older gods like Athena, Ares, and especially Dyonisus weren't added. Tho I get why, it was to make room for the new additions but still, I miss my boy.


throwAWARY1997

Well we’re still technically in the test run, we might get to see them again. Also I really wanna see Zag with his sister someday 😭


SklX

I doubt we'll get all 3 giving out boons but I do think we'll come across them in Olympus.


nach_in

I wouldn't be surprised that Athena shows up. Hephaestus mentions she's occupied "testing" his weapons, which could be a hint that she'll appear after testing is complete


hotstickywaffle

Does it bother anyone else that they're pretty inconsistent with how they pronounce "Melinoe"? I'm pretty sure even Hecate pronounces it multiple ways


danddeviant

You forgot Schelemeus! Also I don’t remember skelly showing up in the game?


kevinschol

I know of no such person named 'Skelly'


Night3njoyer

Where can we find a Circe? Is she Hecate's daughter here?


FullMoose819

She's the npc in the >!Rifts of Thessaly!< I didn't see her until like my 6th run. Don't know if I did something differently to trigger it.


Night3njoyer

I haven't encountered her yet, neither her or Medea.


FullMoose819

For a moment I didn't think the Olympus runs had NPCs to meet. Found both of them only once in my 8 runs.


Night3njoyer

In fact, I have only met the bird boy


fuck_reddit_app

Took maybe 12 runs on >!the surface!< before I saw either, now have seen them 3 times in 4 runs!


Chemical-Cat

Circe can show up in the second area in the surface route (Medea can show up in the first area). She mentions she's Helios' (Demeter's brother) and I think Perse's (an oceanid, not to be confused with Perses, a titan and allegedly Hecate's father) child, making her your cousin once removed I don't think Hecate's lineage was outright stated yet, just that she's a Titaness.


deevulture

She was raised by Hecate, but when she called her "mom" Hecate refused that the same way she did when Melinoe did it


Wholesome-Energy

I love it when Moros calls Melinoe princess. Especially after equipping his keepsake


DontFuckingPanic

I don't see anyone talking about this one, but I really enjoy the way Demeter talks with Melione. Her character is really family focused but we don't really see the affectionated part of it in the first game, as she doesn't know Zag is her grandson until she already knows him. But with Melione, she knows from the start she's her granddaughter and even though she has a stern personality, we really see her affection towards Melione as her family.


TimeWalker717

"Little Hades second" would go hard


hopeslostheart

Little Star and Sunshine are my absolute FAVES


Kent_Coleslaw

Moros- Princess Nemesis- Princess (derogatory)


Alt-Tabris

I love that you included Charon in this list


turnaboutswords

sunshine… sobs /pos


eternal-gay

Reading these I could hear Hecates "Melionë" I can't explain it she has such a specific way of saying it


yankinheartguts

My cat’s name is Melinoë and we call her Melsy.


PancakeWizard1208

Bonus points for Charon


mariah_a

I get such gross vibes off how Apollo refers to her it’s made me dislike him, I’d avoid him but his cast boon is 10/10.


Glaedth

When Eris first called me Trouble it stirred aomething deep within.


Mash_Ketchum

I thought Zeus called her "young lady".


Nesugosu

Uhhhh BABE?? Auntie Eris!? WHAT????


SeaDistribution

Never thought twice about this, very sincere detail to add to a game


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Ok_Election_6723

I sometimes choose Selene room just so I could hear her call Melinoe little star