What If Hades Raised Hercules? 

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Fun Fact: From what I know from Greek Mythology, Hera was a villain to Heracles throughout his life. This is due to being jealous of her husband Zeus falling in love with another mortal named Alcmene, something she did not take lightly. So her being evil in this version of “Hercules” is surprisingly true (almost) with an added twist of her being partners with Hades and actually killing her husband.

Can we all agree that some of us wanted James Wood's Hades as our dad at some point in our lives?

You guys should write an Atlantis one where Milo is chosen instead of Kida. Maybe have his grandfather be a royal atlantean from a neighboring kingdom. Maybe he found a way to the surface and wanted to explore. However as the years pass, he began to loose his memory of where Atlantis was. So he gave up his immortality, got married, had a son, got a grandson and began to try to find Atlantis.

I find the idea of Persephone being Hades's daughter a pretty interesting take.

I love how Hercules was as a Disney movie but I still always wondered how it could have been darker? This is a definitive answer. Thank you so much

Seeing Meg's spirit swirling around Hercules and Persephone while they're kissing is...kinda haunting...

I just love how cruel and straight up evil hades is just by torturing, bullying and being sadistic to Hercules, not just to punish Zeus but also just for his own self indulgence. Jiminy Cricket: YOUR HORRIBLE!!! You’re An Irredeemable Monster!

i really enjoyed this. Persephone made for a good Meg replacement. I definitely think you could've had Phil in there, probably as one of the ghost comedic side characters. I think maybe a minor thing I could see to have some of the Disney humor for that era would be having a few ghost characters that both Hercules and Persephone have met and are on good terms with. For that whole ghosts rally around them scene when they're all chaotic and disorganized, maybe the ghost eyes could be weird zombie colors and when Persephone turns on rally mode and have some recognition, they say something like yo, that's our good buddies. And maybe make some kind of Avengers/football style line saying like what's the play capt'n? and you mix some of the serious fight scene bit with some of the humor w/o taking too much of the overall tone away. I liked the mixing Herculues and Orpheus mechanic tying him to the underworld. Also I think he and Persephone make a great pair with a relationship that builds overtime. Glad I got to see this as a version here on fanscription. I know its unlikely to become something official, so I'm glad y'all at channel awesome got to make it in this form. Great job loved it. keep up the good work with these. I love watching these takes.

This was a fun and unexpected twist to the movie. Hercules is one of my favorite Disney movies, and I like the darker tone you've added to it. I like how Zeus's traits were more like his clash of the titans counterpart not having all of the gods being related was a nice touch. I also liked the daughter of Hades as she was just as or even more helpful than Meg.

Once again : “We were so close !!! So close, we tripped at the finish line.” - Hades Great work Channel Awesome for another great fanscription.

I think this take would have been a better release than the one we have. I like the callbacks to others stories from mythology like Hercules looking back like how Orpheus did.

I really like this version of Hercules. Plus it shares similar elements with Terry Pratchett "Mort" story. Death taking a mortal as assistant, Death daughter having a relationship with this assistant, and both of them revolting and defying Death authority. Knowing that, listening of this version of disney movie is more "moving" and exhilarating.

That was one solid fanscription. And I think I like it more than the original. It’s much closer to Greek Mythology, love the relationship between Heracles and Persephone more than the one he had with Meg, definitely had a better build up and payoff. And it was interesting hearing about Heracles’ time in The Underworld.

Had Persephone not come, I imagine what that ending would be like; Hercules is killed by Hera with the dagger, and Hades begins to take out the other Olympians. Athena looks to Ares with a knowing node, as the sister strikes Hades only her to be killed. Ares is hit as Hades laughs. The God of War looks to his uncle and scoffs, claiming that though Hercules is dead, there is still one last Demi-god more powerful, ruthless, and deadly than any before him. Hades smirks and claims Ares is bluffing, but Ares simply says that this last son of Zeus left him and served Athena for a time, but that now it was time for Hades to face Ares’ monster. Hades, becoming tired of the chit-chatter, simply states that he can deal with some big scary monster, but at the end of the day, he’s the real deal. In his last breath, Ares looks to Hades and simply says “You don’t know what a true monster is, Hades”. With the opposing Gods dead, Hades and Hera decide their next move to renovate Olympus, but suddenly a large tremor radiates thoughout the mountain. Hade’s servants arrive scared and terrified, telling the god that someone freed the Titans from Tartarus. Another quake, and Hades looks down to see the titans climbing up the mountain. On the leading head, stands a lone warrior. Chains wrapped around his arms, the red tattoo on his body being his most recognizable trait. His face, a look of sheer rage and determination. Hades froze. He had seen that face before, but he never believed him to be a son of Zeus. To undermine Ares’ words was a grave mistake, as now Hades must face the combined might of the titans, lead by none other than the infamous Ghost of Sparta… *To Telos Arhizi Torah*

LOVE this Fanscription episode. This one has very Little Mermaid vibes: with Zeus' forbidden love with a human, and Hercules wanting to see the surface world. How a Fanscription episode about "The Little Mermaid"? Like what if Eric knew all along he was saved by a mermaid?

Fascinating alternative Hercules. Though I am a little creeped out by Hades' wife being made his daughter...but Greek mythology can be really weird at times, so this wasn't too out there. So in conclusion, this was definitely worth the watch.

Great "What If" spin on both mythology and Disney property. It's interesting that you made Persephone Hades's daughter, knowing that they're husband and wife in the lore. I still took it as Hades training a successor. Also, the headline you show at the end: I commented, "Oh no" at the "Tik Tok influence" part. If the potential remake panders to millenials, I'll burst.

If Hades ended up raising Hercules, he sadly would've most likely grown up to be evil.

This was very well done! I was wondering what direction you guys would go for this Fanscription and I was pleasantly surprised with how vastly different this version is. After that massive Batman and Robin one, it’s nice to go back to a Disney one. Good work as always!

What a colossal improvement!! My only complaint is the loss of Meg, Phil and Pegasus, but after hearing it from start to finish, it makes total sense. Any chance on a sequel?

I think there is a fanfiction similar to this where Hades raised Hercules in the Underworld and Megara became a fury.

The similarities between Meg and Persephone are genius. I think this was well done given the time constraints. I think you are right to leave it there. See you in the next Fanscription.

Honestly a pretty fantastic story here! I love every part of this!! If Disney ever decided to make their own "What If?" series for their own films, I'd love to see this brought to life.

I always had an idea of a Hercules sequel with Eris, the Goddess of Discord, as the villain. Jealous of her brothers success, she releases Kronos with an army of giants and overthrows Olympus. This forces Hercules, Megara, Phil, and Icarus and Cassandra (his friends from the series) to travel down to the Underworld to free Hades, the only god left that's powerful enough to defeat Eris.

I always love "What If" scenarios. This really taps into that niche I love and enjoy! Thank you for scratching that itch, Walter! The rest of the Channel Awesome team, props to all of you for the voice work!

I liked this a lot. If you do do a sequel, it'd be neat if you had Jason and the Argonauts be a part of it, since in the myths Hercules actually goes with them for part of the journey, and since you're already adding Poseidon into it as a major player, you could have an Odyssey situation for Hercules.

This version was really good. I’d love to see that made into a Disney animation

I'm always intrigued by these Disney Elseworlds fanscription videos. I just recently discovered Disney had a series of books similar to these called Twisted Tales, which reimagine classic Disney stories but adds the whole "What if" premise to them. For example, "Part of Your World" reimagines "The Little Mermaid" with the premise of what if Ursula had successfully married Eric and set about conquering the land and sea. Then there's "Straight on Till Morning" which reimagines "Peter Pan" as an older Wendy having never met Peter in her youth going to Neverland for the first time with Captain Hook. Personally, I would like to see something done with "Beauty and the Beast." I was watching the live-action remake with my girlfriend a while back and I was compelled by the character of Gaston. Mainly it was because I like a lot of Luke Evans' work. But he was always an intriguing character in both the original and the live-action remake. He was essentially what the Beast/Prince Adam once was and what he would've remained as had he not been cursed: vain, arrogant and self-centered. So I posed the question to her: What if Gaston survived but was cursed by the Enchantress to become a beast himself? She found that to be both an exciting concept and an exciting challenge. After all, how do you redeem what is considered an irredeemable character?

This What if Hercules was raised by Hades reminds of another fanscription of what if Simba raised by Scar which I loved and Hercules is one of my favorite Disney renaissance Movies Next to Mulan and Aladdin

This story is amazing! I wasn’t expecting to like it since you took out Meg, Phil and Pegasus but this really did surprise me with how good it is. His succeeded where the live action Mulan movie failed, sure this still had the music from the original but I think that with or without the music it’s still an epic story. I hope you do a sequel! Also please do your magic on the live action Mulan movie! Also also a story about Ursula raising Ariel would be interesting too!

I love the more mythologically accurate version, I also love how you made them more Disney friendly

Major "Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame" vibes! Eta: The humor is absolutely on point! Fantastic as usual!

I love the Disney Fanscription! This is awesome 👌

This was amazing! Though I do wonder if we'll see a follow-up given the ending with Is Morpheus? Can't wait to see what's next.

Interesting idea. Can you these for FanScription What if Woody stayed with Andy in Toy Story 3 What if Tobey Maguire was in Captain America Civil War What if Ash Williams was in Freddy vs Jason What if Shrek and Fiona stayed human What if Beetlejuice 2 happened Spider-Man 5

If I was James Wood, or any actor known for a children’s film, I’d use the voice as much as I can like using it to order fast food. Would be a great way to promote the film and get a laugh out of random people.

Aww man! I miss seeing this! I thought this series was dead, but I'm glad you guys decided to go back to this! Here's some of my own; What If Pinnocihio stayed rich and famous after killed Stormboili? What If Bonkers got his own movie similar to last year's Rescue Rangers Movie? What If The Nerdlucks We're Relevant In Space Jam: A New Legacy? What If Ratigan survived form the fall? What If Oswald *permanent* Replaces Mickey once he goes to Public Domain?

This is an absolutely amazing piece of work guys I absolutely loved it ❤️

The joke about hades and not having 50/50 time with his daughter is funny

This was super interesting to watch. And the voice acting was really good. Great job guys!

Just gotta say that I love your content! Keep up the good work.

Great video and discussion! Never really thought about the concept but that's one thing that keeps Herc from slaughtering everything, is his heart.

Hey, great job. I really didn't expect some of your story elements. Great stuff. It was awesome to hear about some of the other gods. I would absolutely watch a sequel from ya.

This is fantastic! Wonderful work everyone

Loving these What if videos, takes original thinking to come up with these scenarios

I'm going to be SOOOOO disappointed once Disney does Hercules in live action

Interesting. As it's a Disney, the introduction could remain in gospel. I also believe in the possibility of placing a song of the villain (which is missing in the original Disney Hercules). There are two opportunities for this, at the very beginning when he raises/attempts to kill Hercules, I have the song "What am I going to do with you?". We could go over all the kills that don't work, kind of cartoonishly. Where the conclusion would be: "If I can't destroy you physically, I'll do it mentally. Yes! You'll replace me here! Oh, Zeus would hate that! This is awesome! I am awesome!". Or when your Hades raises an army of the dead. Probably with a dance bit where he imitates Michael Jackson in Thriller.

Wow thank you this was absolutely amazing!!! Hercules was my favorite Disney movie of all time! At 7 years old I knew half of the movie literally word by word so you can imagine how much I loved it! And this reimagination was spectacular!! THIS is the kind of work I would love Disney to do instead of ruining all the loved characters filming the same plots and stories but changing little things to serve their agenda. It's been YEARS since they done something that I could say that I like, not even love, like. And I really don't understand why, even from this video we can see talents who can make interesting movies are out there so why the hell Disney and companies a like don't go find the actual talents who would give more importance to the actual storyline and plot twists instead of weird agendas..... Anyway, sorry for rambling, you did an amazing job!! 👏👏👏

This was awesome, and I hope we get to see those others poll options eventually. I'd especially love to see a beast Belle.

I loved Hercules alot as a kid, and I still feel fondly about it

this was really well illustrated I love the concept, although likes may be low I hope we can see more of this kind of content. 10/10 man good job

I know that the original greek myths in the Disney movie and this reimagining were changed for the plot but making Persephone Hades's daughter was crazy and I did not expect that.

I think I would’ve been more surprised if you made Hades an ok-ish adoptive dad. Never seen that before.

Thank you for bringing this back!

Great work guys! This was really really well done!!

I 100% agree with you on "Go the Distance," Walter. It's one of my all-time favorite Disney songs.

This was a cool video. I like the concept. You should get storyboarders to draw out some of these story beats in future episodes.

This was the first time a fanscription caught my attention and interest and it was really fantastic well done

What if Charon was brought in as a secondary character. Since this already has Herc and Persephone traveling the Underworld by boat. He could've been the one to take Persephone to and from whenever she swaped parents growing fond and maybe a bit protective of her.

This should be fun looks very intresting and i think no matter what Hercules will end up punching Hades in to the Pit. Either to gain control of The Underworld or because he realized The Truth about who his Father really is. Respect and keep up the epic work.

Love to see a fanscript about Jafar raising Jasmine it has great potential and was a small element in “Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Viser” a parody play that’s free to watch here in RU-vid

These what ifs are always AMAZING! My request: not so much a SEQUEL video per se, but how about we tackle some other myths or even the Iliad/odyssey “as told by Disney” and set in the same universe? There’s so much spin-off material here!!

Man you outdid yourself this time!! This was amazing, loved the journey tbrough the underworld, in an almost dante's inferno fashion! Persephone made a great romantic character for Hercules, and Zeus's whole story was dramatic and satisfaying, more than most stories with him. Really wish someone could make this, even if its not Disney.

My biggest Fanscription requests are: What if Greem Lantern didn’t have Paralax? What if Som of The Mask was actually good? What if Tim Burton Directed Batman Unchained? And What if Mulan had an amazing sequel? What if The Green Hornet was directed by Christopher Nolan? What if Minecraft Storymode 3 happened? (I know it’s not a movie but I have a huge soft spot for this franchise, especially after Season 2) EDIT: Just finished watching the Fanscription, absolutely loved it, it In some ways reminded of Feynx Rising and the dark tone was well implemented!!! Must give y’all credit for being brave enough to leave Meg out of the story, I know wouldn’t lol. Absolutely loved it!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Fanscirption is back and it feels so good

That was fantastic work 😁😁😁 Thank you

best video of 2023 yet. amazing work guyss. keep it up

What if Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 were filmed in the style of the 2003 animated series? What if the Joker didn't die in Batman 1989? What if there was Unicron in Transformers 4? What if Two-Face survived The Dark Knight? What if Joker and Harley helped Luthor in Batman v Superman? What if Hellboy 3 Guillermo del Toro was released? What if Ben Affleck's Batman came out? What if The Amazing Spider-Man 4: Sinister Six (with a revived Norman Osborn as the Ultimate Green Goblin) came out? What if it were Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash and Pinhead (this is how Pinhead was also considered)? What if there was a crossover between Halloween and Hellraiser? What if Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday was better?

One thing could've made an interesting story is Herc maybe conflicted over his two halves. Like, the power and authority to stop everything and take over was only something available to an actual god, not a half-god Hero. Loving his mother, he's worried whether letting his human side be burned away (either through Persephone's underworld fire or perhaps by gaining some ambrosia) would sever his connection to her, but at the same time keeping that side would make him unable to rule or properly use the powers he needs to stop Zeus and Hades.

Morpheus's hair looks cool

perhaps the "ariel raised by ursula" fanscritpion might come next

The Hades-stuff is so spot-on. 😂

Great job guys! What made you bring Morphios into the story?

I would love to have seen the expanded ideas that you originally had all the nuggets that you mentioned having left out sounds like it would have been amazing

I watch your videos and love the fanfic and the ideas... I love it!

I really like this series. Please keep it up

Also, why did you name Hades' daughter Persephone? That's his wife! He already has a daughter in mythology named Melinoe.

I keep replaying the gag of Hades shutting the doors, only for them, after Hercules's rampage, fall over. That's so good

That was excellent! WELL DONE!!

this was amazing, a good spin on the original. Herc needed the hades hood as his war clothes to be scarier but yeah this is pretty perfect.

Hercules as the new hades? Sounds like an interesting origin story

"Zeus getting depressed and tones down..." The whole mortal kind: *Sighs in relief*

This was so good. 47 min absolutely well spent

Here’s a crazy idea: What if Frollo raised Esmeralda? What if she were the bell ringer instead of Quasimodo?

Love your content!

This was so good!

Incredible! Thanks so much!

I JUST saw the trailer and now it drops? Oh, do the gods smile upon us all today. Bring it on , Fanscription. Give us that Disney Elseworld magic!

Definitely would like to see a sequel fanscription.

I would love to see a part 2 of this please

This was an interesting listen thank you

3:24 I never noticed before but..... Where are you looking, Hephaestus? Way to sneak that one in, Disney. Not sure Aphrodite really minds, though. Making Hera a villain more in keeping with the original myth is a good change.

Seeing Persephone as Hades’ daughter really doesn’t feel right, but this is a fantastic video and what if scenario

The art in this is amazing👏😍

I was captured the whole story. Great job. Thank you!

Well this was most interesting, great to see more admiration for Disney's Hercules. 🙂👍🔥⚡

Meanwhile in the mortal realm, crom and the hyborian gods are fighting the dark spirits.

Magnificent fanscript!! I can't wait for the next one!

I am loving your fanscription videos! Just to throw an idea your way, but do you think you could do a re-write of the live action TMNT 3 movie?