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The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc.) or a time period (Ancient Rome, Renaissance England, etc). I will then explain what story from that fandom I would write for that AU.

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It wasn't easy being a slave. People didn't exactly appreciate you. But no matter how bad things got, Bion and Maeja kept the faith. They'd been rewarded with a son, a baby they'd found in the reeds, and that was good enough for them. It was Pallas who doubted, who scrutinized, who dared to ask what kind of gods would let the innocent suffer while propping up monsters like Nikomedes Gaius Caesar.

What he got, for his parents' faithfulness, for his own skepticism, was both gift and curse. His heritage revealed, no mere man, but the son of a god. Zeus, whose lusts were well-known? Athena, who stressed that wisdom was his greatest gift by far? One of the Fates, even, who would warn her son that danger approached by the queer tingling in his skull? It didn't really matter. What mattered was that his adopted parents would get the life they deserved.

He entered into the gladitorial games to make the necessary money, and with his powers was able to make swift work of his opponents. But he couldn't bring himself to kill them, no matter what that goblin Nikomedes's thumb said. His winnings were denied him, but they were also denied the gamemaster. A robber. Luck was with Peter. The gods had smiled upon him.

But each gift, also a curse. He came home to find his surrogate father dead, hunted down the man responsible to find him the same robber who'd stolen from the games. Then he truly understood. With the wisdom of Athena, he saw that he'd been given his powers not for material gain, but to do what even gods could not. With the eyes of a mortal he'd look for evil, and with the power of an immortal he'd punish it.

No longer Pallas Philon, slave, or gladiator, or even citizen. He had been transformed by the gods into a spider-man, as Arachne before him. And as the Amazing Arachne, accompanied by the loyal Maia Jacinta (who paid homage to fiery Aphrodite while secretly worshipping Hestia... or is it the other way around?) and mischevious Felicitas (a thief in service of Hermes), he sets out to defy the empire itself, restore the senate to power, and defeat whatever monsters plague the people.

It's a dirty job, but hey, it's his responsibility.

[liliaeth]

thanks, you're too good to us.*g*

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*sigh* I know.