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    Apollo failing at completing his duties allowed Python to reassert his claim over Delphi to begin with. It made sense Apollo would have to clean up his own mess. This was simply another trial he’d have to pass if he wished to be a god again. No one could fault me for not interfering in his struggles – the Fates themselves had decreed that he’d have to be the one to retake Delphi.

    If he actually succeeded at doing so, then surely he would have been appropriately humbled by then. The Fates would not allow him to reclaim godhood unless he’d demonstrated sufficient deference towards those above him and a commitment to fulfilling his duties.

    This was just another way the Fates had arranged for Apollo to be tested.
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    The Council watches the final Trials of Apollo book. Zeus is deep in denial, Artemis is ALSO in denial but for a different reason, and Demeter does not like Lu.

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    04 Oct 2025

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    My brother was a pragmatic coward. Those who might possibly become threats later he did his utmost to… neutralize before such a thing could come to pass, but those who already were threats, he sought to placate in such a way as to avoid them coming after him. If they were “beneath him”, like demigods and the more minor gods were, he may still do things to try to “put them in their place”, humiliate them in small ways – but try to avoid doing something that the person would truly not be able to forgive.

    Jason was not yet a threat. He did not have that protection. Yet he persisted in trying to reason with my brother anyway.

    I was not surprised at Zeus’s lack of mourning over Jason’s demise.
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    The Council continues to watch Apollo's adventures. Athena still carries a grudge against the Romans (though she's stopped sending demigods to die over it), Poseidon mourns Incitatus's tragic death, and Pluto would like everyone to appreciate how hard it is to keep his minions in the Underworld.

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    04 Oct 2025

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    The rest of the Council seemed to have picked up on Apollo’s sudden lack of skill - I’d heard surprised murmurings whenever he’d missed a shot that normally, even one of his untrained kids would make with ease. Thankfully, none of them seemed to suspect my involvement in his skill decrease. While I wanted them all to be aware that crossing me had bad consequences, it was best to let them believe that I had not interfered in the trials I had set him. I had every right to do so, of course, being the king, but some of them may not see it that way, just as some of them complained whenever I dominated a game using my kingly powers.

    It was unfair how some of them judged me, but that was sometimes the way of things. A king’s burden was truly heavy at times. I had to do what was best for everyone, even if they couldn’t see it.
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    The Council watches the events of the Burning Maze. Poseidon has a crush, Ares is gunning to adopt a satyr, Artemis is ready to leap through the screen, and Zeus is a dick - but what else is new?

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    What if, after being thrown down the stairs of Koi Tower, Meng Yao didn't turn his face towards Qinghe and start walking - what if he turned to the dockyard instead, and took a boat to Yunmeng?

    What if Jin Guangyao had given the regard he has for Lan Xichen to Jiang Cheng instead?

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    01 Oct 2025

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    A wonderfully toxic relationship

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    In preschool, children were often asked of this simple question: If you see an ugly man dressed in rags and a handsome man dressed in expensive suits, which one of them is likely to be a thief? All these children would raise their hands, pointing at the ugly man in rags.

    Never judge a book by its cover, that is a lesson all children were taught, yet not a lesson that everyone applies.

    Within a society of Heroes and Villains, appearances was all that matters. The Heroes are Heroes because they are heroic. Wherever the Heroes go, they are always prestine and wears a smile on their face whereas the Villains were vile, dirty, and one way or another always angry. Villains bring nothing but destruction wherever they went and the Heroes were always on their tails to stop them.

    So how will the Hero society handle a new wave of Villains that do not follow such rule?

    U.A. was now faced with that challenge after Nedzu had an urgent meeting with the Hero Public Safety Commission and must welcome students who came with the full intention of demolishing the Hero system.

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    Just twst Boys fucking everyone in UA over