#WAS BECAUSE OF ODYSSEUS'

[thisisaname-whatahappyname]

you've heard of found family you've heard of siblings doomed by the narrative but are you ready for found family siblings doomed by the narrative

[wolfythewitch]

Heh. Philza x epic. For the bit

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Penelope's final gambit, you will always be famous, no matter the subtext.

[alittlebmblb]

It was only a matter of time. After two whole years... not one piece of art. I am ashamed.

[wylldebee]

Ares, Hera, and Hermes during Odysseus

Hera, goddess and protector of women:

Ares, getting his promised slaughter:

Hermes, watching his favourite baby kill people:

[fantasy-trash-panda]

Ithaca saga my beloved

[notsolonedesert]

Odypen oh odypen

This picture from pinterest inspired me :D

[miwkchii]

I can't help but wonder ☆

Obligatory outfit change for telemachus 🤺

[justvea18]

I will fall in love with you over and over again, I don't care how, when or when

[fullofberries]

it seems like i am incapable of making serious art for epic

[gingermintpepper]

I think, perhaps one of the funniest things to come from EPIC popularising the Odyssey is that now a ton of people think Poseidon wanted to kill Odysseus.

In the Odyssey, Poseidon has no intention of killing Odysseus. In fact, part of the whole reason Zeus lets Poseidon do whatever he wants even though he thinks Odysseus is rad and should get to kiss his wife is explicitly because Poseidon had no intentions of killing Odysseus. Poseidon wanted to pay back the suffering/inconvenience blinding Polyphemus would have caused. It's a really abstract thing tbh. How do you pay back someone permanently disabling your son? Poseidon's solution was just to amputate Odysseus from his other half; i.e. Penelope. The end game was never murder, it was always an endurance race.

(Od. Book 1: Zeus reassuring Athena that he is not, in fact, a part of Odysseus Hater-Nation. Trans. Robert Fagles)

Also, for those wondering if there's any sort of in text reason for why Poseidon wasn't around in God Games - at the time in the Odyssey when Athena petitions Zeus to let Odysseus leave Calypso's island, Poseidon was -checks notes- on vacation in Ethiopia. Yep. He left to Ethiopia for a festival and thusly was very much absent for Athena's whole "please let Ody go? Please? 🥺" request.

(Od. Book 1: While Odysseus was suffering, Poseidon went to party in the east)

I am begging y'all to read the Odyssey. It's a comedy for everyone except Odysseus and Penelope who are, in fact, suffering 24/7 365.

[sloanslone]

Some warrior Penelope armour designs because I don't have enough treats to give out for Halloween 😭🥹

Idk if she's an archer tho...

Ib: the amazing @gigizetz 🩵🩵🩵

[wolfythewitch]

Drew his stupid little hat

[kasel-the-mightless]

Your prayers have been answered, fandom!!

[Holds the stylus like a trident, posing epically]

Behold, my new creation - the sequel-inator3000! With this I will take over the entire fandom!

[witless-winion1]

A week or two after Ithaca saga

Odysseus: (eating lunch with his wife and son) -get it?! I responded to his rhetorical question with a literal answer-

Penelope: (nodding along, unfazed)

Telemachus: ….(nervously sips drink) (chokes and spits it out)

Odysseus: My boy, are you alright?

Telemachus: Yeah- uh, just, what kind of wine is this?

Penelope: (tastes her cup, hums) interesting. It doesn’t look like wine, either…

Odysseus: (frowns and smells it) ….what is this..?

Telemachus: (looks into ‘wine’ pitcher) ….father?

Meanwhile, up in Olympus:

Ares: (giggling) he’s finally trying it-

[australet789]

People misundertanding I Cant Help But Wonder, thinking that Odysseus doesnt care about Athena aymore when my man was like 3 meters away from his wife, his inmortal friend could wait a little to have an existential talk in that moment with him.