#Epic Hera

[shinedoitsulikeabright]

Oh, she definitely would. Especially to rub it in Zeus' face. She would be staring at him the whole time she does it too. As entertaining as watching Poseidon getting obliterated was, he kinda regrets letting Ody go just for this reason alone... Now, every time Hera wants to make a point, she either quotes or mentions Odysseus.

Hermes and Aeolus are soooo annoying after this whole thing is over. Like they won't stop pestering Poseidon about him getting his ass kicked by a human. If he could, he would've already killed them, but sadly, gods can't die.

Athena is absolutely proud. Her and Poseidon have a strained relationship (the Athens drama is to blame), so hearing what Ody did brought extra joy to her. It's not exactly something she herself would've necessarily done, but she's still proud af nonetheless.

I love the idea of every god that agreed to free Ody helping him out during 600 strike

Because, let's be honest, as cool as the song is, there is no way in hell a mere mortal could ever do that to Poseidon. I mean, he's on the same power level as Zeus ffs.

So, I like the headcanon that he received divine help. Just imagine:

Zeus finds the whole thing hilarious so he provides thunder and lightning to set the mood and complete the aesthetic. Seriously, his brother is getting tortured with his own trident by a puny human who's taunting him with his own philosophy. It doesn't get any more ironic than that.

Apollo and Hades unknowingly have the same idea; Apollo provides a sick beat while Hades releases those 600 souls from the Underworld so they can be the chorus.

Ares is taking over since Athena is busy recovering. After all, she did promise him bloodshed (plus he already hated his uncle prior to this event due to the whole Alcippe incident).

Hera isn't super keen on Poseidon either (since he too is a serial cheater on his wife) so she just watches in amusement. After Ody says "next to my wife" she just sends Zeus a glare.

Aphrodite sparks that flame of love he feels for his family and comrades in Ody's heart, giving him additional strength.

Hermes and Aeolus are watching from the side, eating popcorn and probably filming it so they can show Athena (and so they can later have blackmail to taunt Poseidon with).

[mer-acle]

at the behest of @sarnai4 I bring you:

Christmas dinner on Olympus (or any other family reunion let's be real)

Athena: I really don't want to be here. Hephaestus: You are so not alone with that. Ares, sulking: I could be on the training grounds right now. Or home with Dite. Aphrodite: Well, at least we're here together, pookie. Ares, smiling faintly: Yeah. Athena, sarcastic: True love suffers together, noted. *Ares flips her off* Dionysus: I could be on a good party. Hermes: I'm soooo bored. Apollo: Who by Styx picked the playlist for this shitshow? Artemis: If Poseidon says another misogynistic thing and Zeus laughs about it, I will kill someone. Ares, ears perking up: Now we're talking. Athena: I secon- I third this. Hera, putting poison in Zeus' glass: Watch and learn, kids.

[literallyangelshaw]

I'm bored so assign me a redacted character or listener based on my top 5 EPIC songs

1 - Just a Man

2 - The Challenge

3 - No Longer You

4 - God Games

5 - Little Wolf

[doppy-enjo]

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE TURNED ME INTO. LOOK WHAT WE'VE BECOME.

[shinedoitsulikeabright]

KICK HIS CHEATING ASS!!!

Can we get an art of Hera just straight beating Zeus to the ground because she found out about another affair-

Best drawing I did all week

[the-mori-arty]

HERE. IT. IS.

THE. ART.

[nyssasatelier]

Based on a text post from @withered-tears

[dxwart]

Hera's POV while Zeus and Hades watched Poseidon get stabbed.

I drew this after Neal drew Zeus and Hades watched Poseidon get stabbed. Hera's design by Neal

[beetlewine-art]

Epic!Hera having a Groovy 70/80's aesthetic is something i really love, since i'm used to seen her being despicted as a very regal goddess, so seen her dancing and posing in the animatic of God Games was a pretty funny and original to me.

Crazy thing is that is not even the first time i see Hera with this type of vibe, since Destripando la Historia used the song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" by ABBA as inspiration for Hera's song, wich was released in 1979 and is very catchy and upbeat song. I guess musicians just read about Hera and somehow get very Grooby vibes from her.

Art belonging to: @anniflamma

[seaduxky]

Ody's #1 fan

Hermes definitely made those shirts

[meteor752]

The Greek gods and how willing they are to fuck Odysseus (at least according to me)

Not doing all of them, there’s so many

Zeus: He most def would, but not because Ody is special. Like, it’s Zeus, the man would fuck anything as long as it’s breathing. I do think he’d enjoy the pleasure of messing with his older brother though, so he’s extra into it for that

Poseidon: Oh yes. He’d deny it if asked, but he wants to fuck him so badly

Hades: I think he’d fuck him mainly to see what all the hype is about. And to mess with Poseidon of course

Hera: Nah, she’s surprisingly loyal. Which like bitch why

Hestia: Asexual queen

Demeter: She has no idea who Odysseus is tbh. Don’t think she’d be too into it anyways

Apollo: Yeah! That’s not a good thing for Ody tho, as it never ends well for Apollo’s mortal lovers. Mans might be in danger

Artemis: Asexual lesbian queen

Athena: See with her, I don’t know. Their bond is strictly platonic, but I don’t think they’d be against the idea of fucking each other. I do think she’d make him fight for it

Ares: Now for most of the duration of the musical, no I do not think he’d be interested. But after he repeatedly stabs Poseidon with a trident? Oh boy

Aphrodite: Yeah, he’s just her type! Tough warrior that’s secretly a sub :)

Hermes: Mans been willing to fuck him for a long ass time, like I’m impressed by his level of self restraint actually

Dionysus: Is in the same seat as Demeter in that he has little idea of who this dude actually is. Don’t think he’d turn him down though

Hephaestus: I don’t think so, but I have no concrete reason for that answer. Vibe check

Aeolus: No thanks :)

[shinedoitsulikeabright]

Twins AU

Alright, it seems like people were actually curious about this AU, so I decided to write this post. The OG idea was mine, but then @axt-bs and I worked on it together (also a huge thanks to @bigidiotenergytm for drawing the kiddos). Make sure to show them both some love <3

This is going to be a long post so brace yourselves...

The AU starts after Thunder Bringer. In an attempt to save both himself and his crew, Odysseus used the other ways of persuasion. It worked and Zeus agreed to it. They both believed it would be a one time thing, however, after seeing how juicy Ody's thighs were, Zeus couldn't bring himself to let him leave.

So, he gave him a new ultimatum: he either stays with Zeus and becomes his servant while the rest of his crew returns home safely, or he leaves with his men and they all certainly die. Obviously, Odysseus didn't want to do it, but he had no other choice but to stay. As promised, the crew made it back to Ithaca quickly and safely.

Naturally, it didn't take long for Poseidon to find out what happened. Of course, he was FUMING. Odysseus was his mortal to fuck kill. He went to Zeus and demanded he give him Odysseus so "he can receive his divine punishment and pay for the crimes he committed against him".

Zeus obviously didn't want to, but Poseidon gave him an ultimatum: either he gives the mortal to Poseidon or Ithaca will become the next Atlantis. Now, Zeus himself doesn't care about what happens to Ithaca, but Odysseus does and begs for his island to be spared.

Since Zeus and Poseidon are a match in terms of power, the thunder bringer reluctantly agrees. They end up awkwardly sharing Ody (one year he's with Zeus, another with Poseidon). One day, the two brothers get in a fight and somehow get to the topic of whose sperm is more powerful. They decide to settle it by getting Odysseus pregnant and seeing whose baby he gives birth to.

Anyway, some time passes and it's time for the babies to be born. In order to spare both Odysseus and the potential future child from Hera's wrath, Zeus sends him back to Ithaca. In fact, Zeus had to physically hold Hera back from cursing Ody's entire bloodline.

He also sent Artemis, the goddess of midwives, to help with the delivery. No one knew she would be coming; she just kinda showed up, all disheveled from the woods, at their front door and went to work.

The firstborn was Kyrios, the son of Zeus. Naturally, Zeus was beyond proud about his win and rubbed it into his disgruntled brother's face. He was quickly humbled, however, when the second child (Atlanta) was born and it was Poseidon's. They both just sat there in shock, somewhat disappointed that it was a tie (things like this happened in Greek mythology so it's not like it would be unheard of).

As expected, the two gods are terrible fathers and aren't present at all in the twins' lives. They do care in their own way though. They watch over the entire family from afar and send small, but noticeable blessings to the island (it rarely stormed, the sea was unusually calm, the Ithacan fisherman suddenly start catching more fish etc.)

Since the twins were raised by Ody and his family and never met their fathers, they began to resent them. However, they still also respected them because, well, they were gods. While everyone was able to notice the sudden influx of blessings, to the twins it all appeared normal (since it was that way since they were born, so in their minds, the gods never cared about them).

Odysseus taught them so much and raised them well. He taught them to be loyal to their future partners, so that was yet another reason why they resented their divine fathers (this is also why Hera eventually stops hating them, particularly Kyrios. She sees he's nothing like Zeus and that makes her stop wishing he were dead).

I think that's about it. If you'd like to read about Penelope and Telemachus' thoughts, you can check out this post. If you'd like to see some cute drawings of these little guys, check out this and this post.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm more than happy to yap about these guys all day :3

[mer-acle]

Been thinking that for "Slipping through my fingers", Hera would probably be able to bond with Athena over them both having experienced a rather unusual birth after being consumed by their respective fathers. Like, Hera knows what it's like to be so new to the world, to feel air on your skin, for everything to be so bright.

Which then led me to think. I want Athena to be pretty battered by her birth (obviously, surprising nobody at all) for Hera to be able to take care of her (h/c, you will never be free of me) Meanwhile the children of Cronos were in fighting shape immediately after birth apparently.

So here's my thing. What if Metis, being the brain of that whole operation (not sorry Zeus) knew how exactly to go about this so the siblings wouldn't get injured but a) Zeus purposefully consumed her another way so that option would be off the table or b) due to her being on the inside, she couldn't initiate the same process and had to improvise. Like. She gave her daughter armor bc she knew it would be risky to send her out this way. (my idea is that inside of him, they weren't really physical beings, more like spirits that to themselves and each other appear physical, and so were the Cronides, but the latter were spirit-puked up and turned physical as soon as they were outside, whereas Metis turned Athena sorta-physical inside of Zeus so she could use an actual physical spear. And yeah. That was not exactly kind on Athena's body.)

Anyway. I like the idea that Metis was the one looking out for the siblings for the plan, but for her own child, she couldn't protect her the way she wanted to :)

@evermorecatra obviously this is also very Zeus' Favorite coded if you know what i mean xx

[bibliophilicbi]

Poseidon, having been penetrated as much as Zeus: How will you sleep at night? >:(

Ody, wife is life: Next to my wife.

Hera and Aphrodite:

[sarnai4]

(Some point after Vengeance Saga)

Athena: Oh, hi, Odysseus.

(Poseidon runs away faster than Hermes can fly)

Hera: Athena, Odysseus isn't here.

Athena (smiling): I know.

[therandomfandomme]

i love Athena trying to convince Hera to let Odysseus go, bc all the other gods had grievances against him she could correct but Hera is just putting on her listening ears and going: Okay, baby, I'm listening, please convince me, what makes this dude so good :)

And of course she tries things she finds important as a goddess of war and strategy, mentioning his mind and his talking skills, but Hera remains unimpressed.

So then she just goes fuck, fuck, what do people who are interested in romance like in others??? Uhhhhh... he's kinda funny? Also doesn't work.

And only then does she go, oh wait, Hera likes one specific thing about relationships, loyalty, luckily for Odysseus, I can tell her that he is. #Win. And i love that for her, she's such a dork xp