Olympus Institute
Olympus Institute is a webcomic about various characters from Greek (and Egyptian) mythology... IN COLLEGE
Gorgon girl Medusa has decided to go back to college, much to best friend Echo's delight and mean girl Aphrodite's chagrin. Here she'll meet various new friends, such as the dark snarky Hades, energetic tomboy Hatshepsut, bully with a hidden soft side Hera, and the handsome yet mysterious Imhotep.
It can be read here on Deviant ART.
Tropes used in Olympus Institute include:
- Affectionate Nickname: Imhotep calls Medusa "Wadjet". Also, Echo nicknames everyone.
- Alpha Bitch: Aphrodite. To a lesser degree, Hera.
- Alternative Character Interpretation: The comic runs on this.
- Art Evolution: Compare the first page to the latest and this is very apparent.
- Bare Your Midriff: All of Aphrodite's appearances
- Beauty Is Bad: Aphrodite
- Bishonen: Imhotep
- Blondes Are Evil: Aphrodite. Averted with Echo, who is blonde-ish.
- Character Development: Medusa, Hera
- Cool Shades: Medusa wears them at all times to avoid turning anyone to stone
- Crossover Cosmology: Amidst all the Greek deities there are the Egyptian god Imhotep, and fellow Egyptian Hatshepsut, daughter of Amun
- Crowning Moment of Awesome: When Medusa's hair-snakes bite Hera for picking on Echo. Comes full circle when she does the same for Hera against Zeus.
- Cute Little Fangs: Medusa
- Cute Monster Girl: Again, Medusa
- Dark Is Not Evil: Hades
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Hera
- Egyptian Mythology: Imhotep and, to a lesser degree, Hatshepsut
- Extranormal Institute
- Eyes of Gold: Medusa, Echo, and Hatshepsut all have gold eyes
- Fantastic Racism: Aphrodite looks down on anyone who isn't a god or goddess
- Friendship Moment: Between Medusa, Echo, and Hera at the end of chapter one
- Genius Bonus: Hatshepsut is at the school because she's "half-divine"; the real Pharaoh Hatshepsut claimed she was fathered by the god Amun
- Genki Girl: Echo
- Greek Mythology: a modernised version
- Guyliner: Imhotep, fitting for an Egyptian
- Hidden Depths: Hera
- High School AU: Well, college, but still.
- Historical Domain Character: Hatshepsut
- Luminescent Blush
- Medusa: The main character
- Mythology Gag: In droves.
- Noodle Incident: Apparently Medusa has turned Echo to stone once before
- Also how and why Aphrodite turned Medusa into a gorgon, though if it's anything like the myth this may not count
- Official Couple: Zeus and Hera, Hades and Persephone. It looks like Imhotep and Medusa, as well as Hermes and Echo, are headed this way as well
- Really Gets Around: Implied with the ever-unfaithful Zeus
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Medusa and Echo
- Your Cheating Heart: Zeus