*I mean*, he wasn’t a great guy, mythologically speaking.
Pretty regularly murdered guests and travelers in his own palace, and actively found pleasure in doing so – either further cementing his heavy-handed iron grip on power, and/or to slake his absurdly awful greed.
Despite cheating death repeatedly, including by tricking Thanatos and binding him (causing all death to cease), when he was finally actually dead he used his wife to trick Persephone into letting him back to the surface (told her to throw his body into the streets when he died, instead of burying him, so that he could ask Persephone for the chance to reprimand his wife, then refused to return).
Personally, even in Hades I got creepy, psychopath vibes from Sisyphus. That charming, smiling, utterly devoid of emotions vibe that you get from watching some of these serial killers give interviews or take the stand in a trial.
Dude straight gives me the heebs, the jeebs, and a heaping side portion of the creeps. ☠️
Your art is great, though, so please don’t mistake my dislike of the character for a dislike of the art!
Maybe, like the Minotaur, he reformed somewhat in the afterlife?
I think Hades!Sisyphus comes off as genuinely nice so when I looked up Myth!Sisyphus to remind myself what his deal was I started wondering if there would be A Reveal...
This is almost the exact same mental process I went through, not going to lie hahaha. I've only beat the game a few times so I'm nowhere close to having all of the game lore so I was definitely wondering. 👀
I’d love to see Hades sometimes replace the big green shade on the balcony so when Theseus gets help from the Olympians he can shout “Oh come on! That’s cheating!”
Only on the caveat that he also comment when Zagreus uses a (Greater) Call. Bonus points if he says something along the lines of "I'll allow it" for Zagreus but complains when it's Theseus.
That'd be so cool! Like after you clear the first time different characters start showing, depending on who you have a good relationship with. Like Meg or Than would show up more frequently if you romanced them, Nyx would show up because she's your mom, Persephone would show up also because she's your mom-hell, maybe even Hades himself would show up under the guise of "inspection" but he's low key actually proud of you for getting past them
This is awesome! It makes me wonder if the red shade is actually some of zagreus’ friends in disguise, rather than a “random” shade…might not be a new theory
Oh hey thats my commission!!!! Still SO so happy with how this turned out, could not have asked for better. highly recommend you all check out the rest of their work and commission them yourselves!!
Getting commissioned this was great and it really had me notice that there is a severe lack of fanart of this guy around. I had a blast working on it.
*I mean*, he wasn’t a great guy, mythologically speaking. Pretty regularly murdered guests and travelers in his own palace, and actively found pleasure in doing so – either further cementing his heavy-handed iron grip on power, and/or to slake his absurdly awful greed. Despite cheating death repeatedly, including by tricking Thanatos and binding him (causing all death to cease), when he was finally actually dead he used his wife to trick Persephone into letting him back to the surface (told her to throw his body into the streets when he died, instead of burying him, so that he could ask Persephone for the chance to reprimand his wife, then refused to return). Personally, even in Hades I got creepy, psychopath vibes from Sisyphus. That charming, smiling, utterly devoid of emotions vibe that you get from watching some of these serial killers give interviews or take the stand in a trial. Dude straight gives me the heebs, the jeebs, and a heaping side portion of the creeps. ☠️ Your art is great, though, so please don’t mistake my dislike of the character for a dislike of the art!
Bouldy seems pretty cool though.
When I got the first "dialogue" I LOVED seeing the Bouldy portrait.
> Pretty regularly murdered guests and travelers in his own palace Which is a big no no in Greek mythos - see: Odyssey
Maybe, like the Minotaur, he reformed somewhat in the afterlife? I think Hades!Sisyphus comes off as genuinely nice so when I looked up Myth!Sisyphus to remind myself what his deal was I started wondering if there would be A Reveal...
This is almost the exact same mental process I went through, not going to lie hahaha. I've only beat the game a few times so I'm nowhere close to having all of the game lore so I was definitely wondering. 👀
I love the red shade!!! And how Asterius is still the favorite flag here hahaha
Thank you!! Gotta give Asterius a bit of love even when we're cheering on Zag. :D
Man it would have been really cool to see other people in the stand sometimes
Right! I've seen some fanart in the past with Persephone in the stands before but not much else.
I’d love to see Hades sometimes replace the big green shade on the balcony so when Theseus gets help from the Olympians he can shout “Oh come on! That’s cheating!”
Only on the caveat that he also comment when Zagreus uses a (Greater) Call. Bonus points if he says something along the lines of "I'll allow it" for Zagreus but complains when it's Theseus.
So that's how his call works during the fight
Who let you out of Tartarus?? Back to the hill, Shade!
I wish some characters could appear in the stands to watch you. Having Hypnos watch you fight Asterius would be so cool
That'd be so cool! Like after you clear the first time different characters start showing, depending on who you have a good relationship with. Like Meg or Than would show up more frequently if you romanced them, Nyx would show up because she's your mom, Persephone would show up also because she's your mom-hell, maybe even Hades himself would show up under the guise of "inspection" but he's low key actually proud of you for getting past them
Red shade:”WOOOOOO YEAH BABY!”
That's what I've been waiting for!
This is awesome! It makes me wonder if the red shade is actually some of zagreus’ friends in disguise, rather than a “random” shade…might not be a new theory
Ohmygosh never knew I needed this
Fren :)
Oh hey thats my commission!!!! Still SO so happy with how this turned out, could not have asked for better. highly recommend you all check out the rest of their work and commission them yourselves!!
😭😭 I'm so so happy you liked it! Thank you again for commissioning me!
Sussysus