The Taking of Persephone

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2024-08-27
Series Updated:
2025-12-19
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The girl who lost her innocence finds refuge in the underground home of a man who has known only torment. She breathes life into a world of death and decay, and in turn, he gifts her the power of rebirth.

Enter Casey Cooke as Koré turned Persephone, and Kevin Wendell Crumb as the Dark Lord Hades. The metaphor is just so deliciously obvious.

As Above, So Below, is an alternate universe of Split, in which Casey offers to go with Dennis willingly if he agrees to spare Marcia and Claire. This story is a slow-burn, angsty retelling of the Taking of Persephone, and combines M Night Shyamalan's thriller with the works of Homer and Ovid. It also includes an impressive amount of smut.

As Within, So Without is an alternate ending to Glass, in which Casey and the Horde escape Raven Hill and start a new life together. This story is meant to give our sad little fandom closure in the form of the ending we fucking deserve. It blatantly shatters the forth wall, serves as a selfish therapeutic exercise for me to process my own issues, and also includes A LOT of smut.

Both of these stories are stand-alone works that happen to share an overarching theme.

Notes:

My personal headcanon is that Unbreakable, Split, and Glass all occur in the MCU Multiverse, so you may notice the occasional minor character crossover now and then.

Trigger warnings will be included at the beginning of every chapter.

And once again, The Eleusinian Mysteries are in fact still alive today, and are held annually in Seattle, WA
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