#Odysseus AU

[rakiah]

i just want to to let you know that it was your art of vil with kid jack and leona with kid epel for that single parent leovil fic that really pulled me into leovil. i stumbled upon it by chance when scrolling through a vil blog and saw it reblogged and LOST MY DAMN MIND. particularly baby wolf jack. cause why am i now putting together an epic the musical/odyssey/illiad au for leovil?? (your art. your art is why) itll probably never escape my docs but. so far??

helen and penelope. cousins and princesses of sparta--their dads are brothers and co-ruled. penelope's mother was a water nymph (naiad, so freshwater) whereas helen was the daughter of zeus......soooo.....HEAR ME OUT!!!!!!

neige as helen. vil as penelope. now, i was originally gonna go the rkvl route, because that line in the challenge, when penelope tells the suitors she will marry whoever "can string her husbands old bow and shoot through 12 axes cleanly"--smth her husband odysseus was only able to do, well, a rkvl version of that could go SO HARD.

esp cause like, idk i could just give rook a random kingdom, cause yes, leona is a prince, but technically falena would be king. and i thought of making them menelaus (leona) and agamemnon (falena) with VIL as helen, i mean, come ON!!!!!! it would be SO GOOD!! but odysseus and penelope's story was just tugging at my heart, and i couldnt decide. until i realized that actually this is a fic and it doesnt have to be a 1 to 1 substitution, i can play around and do whatever i want.

(and jack as little wolf telemachus is everything. and neige as helen, both "fairest of them alls" and cursed via apple??? i love it)

sooooo. im thinking.

vil and neige are cousins, princes of. pyroxene? or maybe pyroxene would be made up of a few kingdoms....hmmmmm...idk yet. regardless, their parents' co-rule their kingdom. but neige is the actual heir of the throne. this could be because vil is technically illegitimate. eric had no wife, he just really wanted to be a dad. and so vil's mother, for purposes of this, is either a vampire or a water nymph, or some sort of enchantress, idk, but regardless, vil isnt going to inherit. (also read @pinkbeeps sympathy for the villain fic and lost my mind over it so, yeah, crewel is a vil dad, so at some point when vil and neige are 7 and 6 respectively, crewel and eric get together.)

meanwhile, sunset savannah was split by a civil war? or a revolt of some kind. leona and falena stop it, but part of the truce that is made is that falena cannot rule all of it. so the elephant graveyard half, and some surrounding land makes up what becomes leona's kingdom. why? idk.

then, when neige is like, 17, vil 18, and leona 20, its decided that neige should get married, so all the suitors from various kingdoms come. cause, heir to the throne. and fairest of them all. falena, who is now married himself and has cheka, suggests leona go, but leona isnt rlly looking to get married. falena bugs him abt it tho, and leona still isnt for the marriage thing but rationales that princes and infleuntial people from all over will be vying for neige's hand. leona can go, but not for purposes of throwing his hat in the ring, (neige is an heir and leona has a kingdom to take care of--neither of them would leave their respective homes) but rather, to make connections to better help his people.

and then he meets vil. guy is SMITTENNNNNNN from the get go, he's like, whoever was giving out the fairest of them all titles, did they like, not see you???? heLLO??????

vil is warming up to leona, but also, lets be real, vil has an insecurity abt being a backup, second option when it comes to neige. he would have been wary considering leona is here in technicality as a suitor for neige. but it becomes apparent leona was not here for that in acuality. cause leona, in true oddysseus fashion, does not even bring a wedding gift, guy was just here to network and then fell in love.

it goes as the story always does. neige's parents are worried abt the influx of suitors and wondering how to choose without angering one kingdom over the other. and leona is like, hey i got a solution, but if you want it, you gotta put in a good word for me with vil's parents, your brother and BIL, and you gotta convince them that its okay if vil marries. and theyre like DEAL.

leona proposes his solution--the oath made by all suitors to defend neige and whoever he chooses if a rival ever takes neige away. they would march against the offender and destroy their city.

neige's parents are like damn thats brilliant and then talk to eric and crewel. who put forth a test for leona to pass. he does.

they marry, leona's wedding gift to vil, the living olive tree bed he makes himself, and they have jack and epel, idk how, surrogates? adoption? not sure. but then, the apple, neige is taken away, and that oath comes back to bite leona in the ass. he pretends he's crazy to dodge the draft but baby jack gets tossed in front of the plough and leona saves them, and is forced to go to war etc etc. they win, and then it takes him FOREVERRRR to get home, and then--well we know how it goes!

wow. sorry for just. dumping this in your ask box. i was just trying to appreciate your art and i ended up dropping the au inspired by your art in here. oops

Alright, let’s process step by step cause this ask just made me go wild when I read it. /p

[deep breath]

First, thank you very much! 💕 It’s always a delight to know that more people are into leovil because of me 8D I feel like a priest in Age of Empires (big old ref here ha ha)

Second, your Epic/ Odysseus/ Illiad AU.

I was flabbergasted cause, a few days ago I saw a new leovil fic about Epic the Musical (yes, I do have an open tab of Ao3 on my phone with the leovil tag that I refresh almost every night. When I say I have an otp, I have an otp.) and, since the name rings vaguely a bell, I asked my theater kid friend about this Musical. I just wanted to listen to it before reading the fic and then, I understood Epic the Musical.

AND

YOU CAME.

:’D

I take that as a sign.

Thank you for sharing those thoughts, that was great! I wish you the best for your AU and hope you write it and maybe post it! Otherwise, it’s fine! No pressure of course, I’m already glad with your ask! x3

Anyway, here for you. I couldn’t help sketching those. They imposed themself. Literally.

Pretty sure Vil’d start to poison the suitors too.

[residentevillover]

Have some backstory and thoughts on Miranda's side! Featuring a lot of yearning and longing as she thinks back on her and her young love's relationship before they had to leave. Why? I have no idea, was it military service under her dad's name? A debt that only she has to pay? The reason is forgotten in time but you left Miranda all the same and she misses you despite it

Are you dead? Did you move on? She doesn't know and it haunts her through her years

Inspired by my fic and au, do enjoy. Song is also Ere by Juan Karlos

[tagzpite]

When Poseidon uses Horse-Ody to go somewhere what kind of places does he usually go to?

Are there any particular moments when he takes off the covering over his eyes?

And how do he generally takes care of it? I mean does this poor stud even have a place to rest? Or does Poseidon give him food every now and then?

Also was there ever a time when Odysseus cried over his situation (unable to return home or be a man again) and Poseidon saw it?

Yeah sorry for the many question but I'm really interested about this AU!

Hello!!! I am very happy to answer!!! :D

He generally uses him to get anywhere he wants. Odysseus is one hell of a fast stallion. Able to easily cross the seas even through storms and waves. Breaking through them even without Poseidon. He would even bring him on Olympus. Just to brag about his new horse and how he broke him in. This also goes to the next questions!

Poseidon does take the whole bridle off of him, whenever he’s done riding. Being a beast stuck on the sea is a punishment enough in his eyes. He allows Odysseus to roam the sea as he pleases so he can graze on sea grass and whatever land plants are near the waters. Generally he would rest in the shallows. Or — if Poseidon takes him with him on land he would at the very least be kind enough to let the animal sleep for a little while.

And Poseidon certainly witnessed his grief often. Odysseus is angry with it- the months he spent attempting to buck the god off were ones of sheer agony and turmoil.

However Poseidon is not there to witness his worst breakdown since. When he realised his life has been turned eternal and it’s been a long while since all those he loved passed of old age.

[room-temperature-orange-juice]

Found an Odysseus detective AU and I have no idea what it’s about but I wanted to draw it 👍

Done on FlipaClip and in a rush so sorry for the low quality compared to my other posts

[huntseric]

Different Odysseus outfits for another silly fun AU I'm developing with @spoonful-of-chili

He is a decorated follower and warrior of the Goddess of War until he fails her, and he gets branded as a traitor and a criminal, everyone wants him dead and he has a great time, specially when Penelope divorces him.

[this-orange-anon024]

OOOOOO

Read a fanfic on where Odysseus has more of Hermes genes (wings) and I absolutely couldn’t get it out of my head,so I drew it out of my head instead >_<

[anniflamma]

Got a bribe from an anon.

I always say that I will never do something like this ever again and I have shot my foot yet again...

[melodyartist-blog]

Every time I open Tumblr and I see Odysseus one of the three pops up, should I feel pity, sympathy or feel charmed???

[bigidiotenergytm]

if u guys aren't following me on the kesha song app ur really missin out on this hilarious sound (+ obligatory gigi and anniflamma design cred!!!!!)

[coquexari]

The sky falls and the tides rise, for Odysseus of Ithaca.

Inspiration taken from: @anniflamma 's sandwich art Enjoy <3

[poseidonkisser]

swap au! (warrior pen & siren ody)

my two mamis drink more from here

[residentevillover]

No context but have some miranda before she decided to go all cult leader crazy and her totally canon but not official wife

[nhykoo]

P2! Amo Dibujar ponys

[room-temperature-orange-juice]

So, you know all the different interpretations in how people draw (epic) Odysseus ?

Examples:

(Gigi, duvetbox, aniflamma, Ximena Natzel, and Wolfythewitch respectively)

What version of Odysseus (including but not limited to these examples) would win against the others in a fight?

Comment / reblog with the Odysseus drawings you want to see, and who you think would win. Polls start soon

[huntseric]

And God, if you're there why do I feel all alone in this room with you?

Odysseus with Lilith again (bonus another fantastic character created by Nate, called Faust).

What has he done this time? Too much time around Gods, I suppose.

Context: This AU takes place in an universe where there are Gods and Spirits. Odysseus serves the Goddess of War but he eventually gets branded as a traitor, and later he gets involved with the Goddess of Love (Lilith), who takes special interest in him. All ideas and characters except Odysseus were originally created by @spoonful-of-chili

If you recognize this quote, get well soon!

[cursedartistnelari]

Part 1 (this one ) / Part 2

Ok so I wanted to do something about Penelope warrior AU cuz I FUCKING LOVE THE CONCEPT

Idk Odysseus being the prince of Itaca and Penelope being trained by Ares almost her whole life to be the best warrior ever. They met by chance in Sparta when they were young and Ody just falls for her cuz who doesn't like a badass woman who is very capable of kicking your ass if she wants to

Still working on part 2 tho

EDIT: PART 2 IT'S READY