#I LOVE HERMES

[lovely-p-issues]

Calypso put the new flowers in the vase.

It didn't matter how much water she poured in or how often she changed the plants - the flowers always wilted after a few hours and nothing of her magic could prevent that. She didn't understand that. Just like she didn't understand a lot of things that had happened since her Beloved had shown up on her island.

The late dinner was slowly cooling, the smell wafted throughout the house and the last wisps of steam were disappearing somewhere in the air. She was used to waiting for him. To waiting for him to turn up in her bed at night, for him to join her in the warm springs of the island and rest in her embrace, for him to give up those childish dreams of Ithaca and burn all those tools he was trying to hide from her.

She had waited so long. She could have waited a little longer.

‘Oh darling, this looks just amazing.’

It wasn't Odysseus' voice. Odysseus never sounded so cheerful.

She turned and clenched her fist, and the candles in the room flickered.

At the head of the table, where she usually seated Odysseus, sat a strange man.

No, not a man.

A god, smiling at her with his teeth bared. He sprawled comfortably in a chair, holding a chalice in his hand, Odysseus' chalice, into which she had not yet had time to pour wine. However, the intruder seemed not to mind as he took a sip from it without taking his eyes off her. In his other hand he held a strange staff, entwined with two snakes. He rotated it in his hand, as if slightly bored.

‘This place is not for you, Hermes,’ Calypso growled, and the candles went out completely.

She noticed with anger that the Lilies of the Valley, which only an hour ago had tempted her with their fragrance in the meadow, had begun to bow to the ground. The petals were covered in spots.

The Messenger of the Gods only laughed heartily. Something about that joy made the hair on the back of her neck stand up. He waved the Caduceus, and the candles lit up again, but this time with a rosy glow. She gritted her teeth.

‘So you remember me? I shouldn't be surprised, I can make an impression, after all I am-’

‘Uninvited. And unwelcome.’

‘Funny, I don't recall you being bothered by not being invited when the waves tossed a certain wanderer onto the shore.’

She turned.

‘I enjoy his company.’

She had work to do. She placed the pot over the hearth.

‘I don't doubt it, darling. Tell me, though, does he enjoy yours?’

The wind wailed and hit the shutters. Out of the corner of her eye, Calypso noticed that the petals of the buttercups had fallen on the table. She had to restrain herself from shouting.

‘He will learn to enjoy it. I have time, all the time in the world. His wife cannot say the same. Even his son will eventually turn to dust. And he will finally be able to move on.’

'Ah, so you put your trust in the workings of Chronos, the god of time. A touching method, mortals claim, but even they can tell the difference between it and a vain hope. How long has it been, darling? Seven years, if I count correctly?'

She slammed her hands on the table, glancing at him over her shoulder.

‘Oh, please, what is seven years?’

‘For us?’ waved the Caduceus between them. ‘Nothing. For them?’ he waved his hand towards the window. ‘It's a bit more complicated.’

‘Why do you care? Why couldn't you fly over my island without looking back, like you always do?’

‘For many reasons. If only for the fact that, as you know, I am the god of travellers. What kind of a patron would I be if I didn't make sure that such a determined man didn't make it home?’

‘He is home.’

Although Hermes took a compassionate tone, his face remained sullen.

‘A lie doesn't suit your eyes, darling.’

She clenched her fists and furrowed her forehead.

‘I won't let you-’

Hermes was no longer sitting behind the table. He was hovering over her, and his eyes, though hidden by the shadow of his helmet, glittered with rage.

‘You will let me speak, for as the Messenger of the Gods, I speak not only with my voice, but also with the voice of Zeus, the King on Olympus. You will let Odysseus go. You will end his torment. You will let him sail home. You will give him everything he needs for the journey. And then you will come back here and learn to live without him.’

Calypso didn't think she could still be afraid of anything after all these years. She took a step closer and raised her head so that their noses nearly touched.

‘He's going to die.’

Hermes tilted his head.

‘Let me worry about that, darling.’

His voice was cheerful again.

He moved away from her and began to play with the dried flowers.

She stood in silence, afraid that if she opened her mouth she would start to cry. Finally, she quieted the storm in her chest.

‘What if I convince him?’ she looked at the god, a challenge burning in her eyes. ‘What if he decides to stay?’

‘Then I will be more than impressed, darling, even as a god whose one of his myriad talents is deft eloquence.’

Hermes moved closer to her. In his hands he held a garland braided with petunias, monkshoods and yellow carnations. Fatal was a crown for the queen of Ogygia.

She had not brought those flowers. She took one last look past the set table and the cold food. The only flowers she had brought herself that had not fallen from their strength were yellow roses, the scent of which now made her choke.

Hermes adorned her head with a garland in the gentlest of motions.

‘Go on, Calypso. I shall watch.’

The wings rustled and Calypso was alone. Again.

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I hope you enjoyed a little dangerous Hermes c:

[meboii27]

Hermes and Circe in the Circe book ig 😔

[joyfultearsandsweetmemories]

THE WAY HERMES SITS/ STANDS IN HIS STATUE'S

IDK WHY BUT OT MAKES ME SMILE AND LAUGH

THE CLASSIC LEG CROSS

HAND ON HIP

THOUGHT HE HAD THE OTHER FINGER UP FOR A SEC..

this is mine I made this pose

Sassy Hermes part 2

Bonus

APOLLO?!

The lion king..

[the-messenjur]

: HERMES closeups under cut

[floweryred]

Remember how in Empires season 2 Joel and Sausage had a son together and that wasn’t even the gayest part of that storyline.

[pennysucks]

EPIC THE MUSICAL SKETCHES I DREW AT SCHOOL 🥲

The images are kinda shit but I refuse to retake them 😝

[om2006]

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE : EPIC the Musical Animatic

New "wouldn't you like" animatic, I think this is one of the best animatics for this song

[randommmthoughts]

I’m sorry Hermes but-

Were fighting a cyclops, encountering an angry Poseidon, duelling with a witch, going to the underworld, talking with sirens, passing the lair of Scylla and getting punished by Zeus not dangerous?

[sstarrsrahhh]

Heh… I had some free time 😼

Hermes my beloved <333

I have others but I’ll post in a separate post

(I’m planning on doing a digital version of this, actually colored, so look forward to that ig)

[azrael-777]

i was waiting for the crew to fill in the silence at the beginning of dangerous. that was so depressing, wtf

thanks hermes for saving us!!

[bl34ch1]

He's THE brat guys 😼💚

[discoschudson]

pony town new screenshots dump:

i am hermes in all of them except for the one where i'm telemachus

@narra-tms-mew0w0 is blade and percy jackson

[ahanarhorse]

Dangerous is one of my favorite songs and this wouldn't leave my head, so here you go

[orbiterfr]

I NEED to hear Lin Manuel Miranda singing wouldn't you like or dangerous.

[kikas999]

Blinks at you... EPIC: The Musical fan

*Blinks at you more aggressively*

Yes. I am F E R A L for EPIC. I would spend 20 years trying to get home for this musical. I would fight anyone for Odysseus.

[blushingjest3r]

Oh my god I never realized he had a tortoise

I thought Hermes' tortoise is a new addition to Hades 2 but I just realized the lil fella had always been there 😂😂 which leads to...

A personal speculation to why it looks so happy in the second game now.. that spot must've provided quite some view

I'd be grinning too if I were in its place.