Episode 114: VHS
Editor: Bre BoswellReleased: 7 June 2020
Hades watches the VHS tape of his missing memory. Hecate tells Demeter that Hades is here, and Persephone overhears their conversation. She rushes to find where the King of the Underworld, drunk and sprawled on a bed. Persephone transforms into a pink butterfly and wakes him up.
She asks him if he really is the King of the Underworld, to which Hades playfully asks if she is really a butterfly.
Persephone says that he is not what she expected at all, that he would be “scary.” Hades takes it as a challenge and tries to frighten her. Persephone was startled so much that she ended up returning into her human form.
Hades apologizes and asks for her name. She tries to cover his eyes.
Persephone asks if there is a way to bring mortals back from the dead. Regretfully, Hades tells her there is nothing he can do. He kisses her fingers and tells her not to fret, as mortals are “dime a dozen.”
“I am never drinking again.”
Hades
Suddenly, they hear footsteps nearby. Persephone rushed to leave and Hades stares after her.
Demeter comes into the room, with the sole intent of sobering Hades. As Demeter pours him coffee, he asks who is the pink goddess. Demeter visibly shakes and tells him he must’ve seen a nymph. Hades insists that he saw a glorious pink goddess and then muses that he should ask his brother, Zeus. He further goes on his trail of thought, wondering if she was available.
Sweating, Demeter quickly transfigures her pot of coffee into a bottle of alcohol instead. She invites him to a few more drinks.
Presently, Hades frowns at the TV screen and yells, “What?”
EASTER EGGS & FUN FACTS
CONTRIBUTOR’S INSIGHTS & ANALYSIS
Hades cannot do anything about mortals who have passed. Though he is God of the Dead and the King of the realm where they reside, he is still bound by Divine Law, which is balance.
Demeter was visibly shaken when Hades asked about her daughter, even more so when he thought to go to Zeus to ask about her, and if she was available. In any version of the story of Hades and Persephone’s taking, Demeter has always been consistently upset about their union.
Persephone mentions that Hades is not what she expected the God of the Dead to seem like at all, which implies that she has heard of him, though not in a good light. Her mother (and other nymphs) have probably warned her about the three Kings growing up.
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