#IM THINKING ABOUT ATHENA..

[wyrmswears]

see my ideal athena case would have her confront that issues lie not only within the court but also in the prison system. she encounters a case so like the ur-1's, except the person parallel to simon is guilty and realises the complete lack of benefit from the current system. learns to fight for innocent and guilty people alike. likewise, the dream path for her character would be for her to have a focus on restorative justice and contributing towards the community in contrast to her childhood isolation.

[thefrsers]

#soulmates fr😭

[thisisdes]

Wisdom saga spoilers

Athena: i had a friend before and he was a lot like you

Odysseus: ATHENA!

Athena: he needs my help

Athena: let him go, please

Me:

[sketchypeppers]

extra ordinary

[rowanisawriter]

very very funny how everyone odysseus met in the underworld is just the same as they were before death, youd think death would’ve mellowed them out a little but they are all still unhinged tbh

achilles: i wish i hadn’t fought in this stupid ass war. anyway has my son been killing in my name or…?

ajax: wont even talk because he’s still pissed about odysseus winning achilles’s armor in those games

agamemnon: i hate women

[maidenofcrows]

That part in the Iliad where Zeus is like “yeah, sure, do what you want” and Athena, whose favorite pasttime is cosplaying men and messing with mortals sprints off

[dude-iloveu]

wouldn't it be nice to obsess over that aromantic man as his own character rather than a part of a ship once in a while? :)

[pulchrasilva]

Thinking about how the names of characters are introduced to us in EPIC, especially the gods. Most characters are introduced by either a character or the chorus saying their name.

Athena is introduced by Odysseus calling out her name and Aeolus is introduced by Odysseus speaking his name to address him. Hermes is introduced by Odysseus saying his name as he realises who he is. So all the "friendly"/helpful gods are introduced by Odysseus speaking to them, which automatically makes them a bit more familiar to the audience, more "human" if you will.

But Poseidon is introduced by the chorus (which is an audible representation of his divine power) chanting his name. It's a bold, terrifying introduction which emphasises his power and godhood above all else. And Zeus isnt introduced at all, his name is entirely up to the audience to infer, as if he knows his name precedes him (which it does, but is still arrogant. Especially alongside the whole "pride is a damsel in distress" speech). Both these introductions demonstrate the sheer power of the enemy gods, and a bit of a separation between them and the audience.

I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the only exception so far is Circe, whose name is first spoken by Hermes, a fellow god. It doesn't bring us super close to her, but also she's not present to demonstrate her power in that moment. And it makes sense for Circe to be the exception, because she's the only one who switches from enemy to friend

[ghxstoll]

[wyrmswears]

yayayaya hi

[streetlightgoblin]

Oh author dear author I hope you realize what you have done to my mind...

Spoilers for The Wretched Storms Overhead

Gooood the scene was so good everything about this fic so far is so good you should read it

Fic belongs to @aerkan

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[wikiangela]

pls can we see may in just one more scene this season

i feel like Bobby dying in the hospital would be the perfect opportunity bc you know she'd be there in a heartbeat, he's one of her dads 😭

their bond means so much to me and i need her to be there, for both Bobby and Athena

corinne come back for one scene to break our hearts pls 😭😭

[aliferous-ly]

polites: greet the world with open arms :D

odysseus: Athena told me to kill the cyclops but polites died for the sentiment of mercy so I'm not going to

polites, who understands the concept of killing one to save many because he lived through the war at troy, and ALSO most definitely fears the undying gods: haha what.

[verathena14]

girl hlep im thinking about soriku again

[kelean]

actually i think that we as a fandom don't talk about the potential of athena and timothy's friendship enough. and i don't just mean the funny "he asked for no pickles" dynamic (tho that was the reason why i liked them as friends at first and i still adore this aspect of their friendship a lot) but also things such as:

their traumas are pretty similar. both had their personality completely erased down to their own names, and had to act exactly like their higher-up told them to, even if they didn’t like it or consent to it. both had to basically rebuild themselves after their abuser was dealt with and learn who they actually are, not who they were supposed to be

they are both extremely socially awkward. not only tim. athena just shows her "stoic shield-maiden" side more often because she practically has little to no Normal Human Interaction experience. she does not really understand how casual conversations work and prefers to stay quiet (or gives a very short, soldier-like answer) and observes stuff. on the other hand, tim's awkwardness is more of a familiar "nerdy" one. he understands social cues but overthinks and overexplains things

you could argue how out of all tps vault hunters they were the only ones who shared similar views on the on-going events (aurelia comes in pretty close buuut you know. she has her fair share of “evil” moments) especially with timothy being the only vault hunter on the team who genuinely felt bad for athena after listening to the echo where it was revealed that she had to kill her own sister 

they were both cut off from their family and friends like it was nothing. they were cut off from their normal life to which they thought they could never come back to. and it may be a bit of a reach but i do think athena would see him as some sort of younger brother figure, especially after losing the only person she cared for (aka her sister). same thing goes for timothy and him seeing her as some sort of mentor/older sister figure. found family and all that. you know

alright, so, in short, they should’ve canonically been friends. because i don’t even know if there are any characters who share just as much in common as they do. and their dynamic is simply funny as hell and I will never forgive gearbox for doing literally nothing with it

[mikhailoism]

just curious what hobbies would bobby and athena have ??? both individually and together??