#ares is odysseus' mentor au

[numbuh24insane]

Ares: Do you know why I made you my champion?

Odysseus: Because I impressed you?

Ares: Ha! Impress me? A god? No, I chose you because my sister was looking to take you under her wing.

Odysseus: *Raises a brow* I see . . . Do you regret your patronage?

Ares: . . . You have surprised me on the rare occasions keep it up, Little Warrior.

[fairytale-luka]

Warrior of the Heart AU or Mentor Aphrodite AU

(Sorry for any misspelling and grammar errors)

Instead of Hermes helping Odysseus in the Circe and Vengeance Saga It's Ares. The reason why Ares decided to help Odysseus is because of Aphrodite

Aphrodite after 'My Goodbye'(note: happens almost the same in this AU) is very heartbroken and depressed. Her and Odysseus relationship was more like mother and son. She doesn't have worthy to speak with Odysseus again after hurting his feels. She ignored Odysseus until 'Love in Paradise' happenes.

Ares tried to cheer her up, it work but it didn't completely fix her heartbreak. Ares wanted to check on Odysseus to make sure he was still alive for her. When Ares find out about Circe and pigs he decides to help Odysseus just for this time.

Ares didn't really know how to help Odysseus without doing the job for him. So, Ares when to Athena for help, reluctantly. He doesn't tell her what was really going on but Athena helps him otherwises and tells him about Holy Moly. But before Athena could tell Ares what could happen when a mortal ate it, Ares left

I'm not sure how 'Wouldn't You Like' would happen because I cannot find a way to make the Ares themed without making a new song. Ares still gives Odysseus the drug and then dips.

'Dangerous' on the other hand is mostly the same only with Ares being more violence. Also Ares does tell Odysseus that Aphrodite was the one who fought for him.

(Feel free to add or suggestion anything. If you wish to make anything of this AU, like a fic please credit me. I am making some art, which may take a moment to get out. And I'm not sure about a fic)

[zzzaru]

epic the musical actor AU anyone

Odysseus (Lead Actor): 

talented emotionally complex actor, juggling weight of being the lead while trying to be a good husband and father

he and penelope had telemachus when they were young, and his career took off shortly after, pulling away from family life

trying to reconnect with them while facing his own insecurities about being enough for them

during the scene where odysseus reunites with telemachus, the emotions hit just a wee bit too close to home, which leads to an actual breakdown

stays late a lot after rehearsals, reworking scenes, trying to be a perfectionist

Penelope (Actress)

fiercely intelligent actress, odysseus’ real life wife

balances being a mother to telemachus, acting career, and the occasional media frenzy over their relationship

while she loves odysseus a lot, struggles w the resentment of his absences

tears up during penelope’s monologue about loneliness (hits too close to home 👎)

shares quiet, intimate moments with odysseus between takes (the directors are TIREDD)

Telemachus (Actor)

a young actor breaking into the industry, cast in the musical just bcuz of his parents’ influence

determined to prove he earned his place on his own

doesn’t love being in his father’s shadow, but he looks up greatly to him

love-hate relationship with his dad

emotionally charged performance during telemachus’ ‘confrontation’ with odysseus

is more lighthearted with the rest of the cast, poking fun at odysseus’ dramatic tendencies

Eurylochus (Actor)

one of odysseus’ oldest friends, cast as his loyal (combative) right hand man.

serves as the group’s voice of reason, but his blunt honesty sometimes causes tension

uses dry humor to diffuse tension between odysseus and telemachus but privately encourages odysseus to make amends

finds himself unexpectedly emotional during luck runs out and mutiny

Polites

comedic glue holding the cast together

actually everybody’s favorite castmate

feels overlooked compared to the larger personalities around him

offers emotional support to telemachus after a tenser rehearsal

can keep his eyes open for a concerning amount of time. very good at playing dead?? actually scared his friends during the cyclops scene

Zeus (Actor)

charismatic, laid back veteran actor

mentor/dad figure

LOVES cracking dad jokes, bringing snacks to rehearsals much to athena’s embarrassment

ATHENA’S DAD STILL

incredibly approachable 

competes with poseidon during press tours

Athena (Actor)

fiercely independent (still zeus’ daughter)

trying to prove herself as a director in her own right

perfectionist

cares for the cast and crew, hates showing it

sometimes teases zeus for being overbearing

lighthearted banter with zeus on set

quiet moments where she talks to hera about living up to her father’s reputation

Poseidon

zeus’ brother and self proclaimed ‘cool uncle’ of the cast

charming, mischievous

lightens the mood during long rehearsals

him and zeus = playful rivalry

leads karaoke nights occasionally

bonds with eurylochus over their mutual love of seafood and practical jokes

Hera

graceful and respected actress

unofficial ‘mom’

ready with words of wisdom

helps penelope and telemachus work through their nerves before emotional scenes

scolds zeus and poseidon for goofing off sometimes

Aphrodite

rising star in the acting world

social media sensation

glamorous and confident, but genuinely kind to everyone

posts behind the scenes and blooper reels

teaches telemachus how to handle social media fame

organizes a cast photoshoot to help everyone look their best for promotional materials

Apollo

multi-talented ‘golden boy’ of the cast

known for singing, acting, guitar solos during breaks

effortlessly charming

somewhat competitive (friendly) with ares

challenges polites to a ‘sing off’ during a wrap party, turns into a cast wide jam session

writes an original song for the cast

Ares

high energy

loves keeping everyone entertained

fiercely loyal to his crew. also dating aphrodite

playful rivalry with apollo

surprisingly good with kids

starts a nerf war on set during downtime, with the entire cast getting involved

improvised ‘is she dead’ in god games, everyone couldnt help but laugh

Antinous

charismatic, mischievous, well liked

known for polished performances

naturally confident

relationship with telemachus started through rehearsals bonding over shared family pressure

admires telemachus’ raw talent

fiercely protective of telemachus

on stage chemistry. directors hate them

Hermes

quick witted, flamboyant

hard worker (in his own. way)

flirty. flirts with half of the crew. especially odysseus and polites

never takes things too seriously

sees himself as the ‘glue’ of the cast (he is not, it's polites)

little scenarios i've been cooking up

during god games, where athena and zeus fight physically, i'm thinking one of the props go askew. athena and zeus are fighting in scene, and then one of the props from above suddenly fall, hitting athena in the head, causing panic from the rest of the crew- she's fine of course, she wasnt hit too hard, but panic ensues for everyone, esp zeus and hermes, since athena is family. (athena is zeus' daughter, hermes is athena's brother). and of course the rest of the crew like odysseus, ares, etc)

zeus’ relationship with ares in th is AU is very much like jay’s and mitchell’s from modern family

scene with the cyclops, where the 'cyclops' is supposed to kill polites, when polites is lying there on the ground with fake blood on him he makes it seem a little too real. he gets 'crushed' by the cyclops, and then he rasps out "captain" to odysseus, desperately (acting) like there is dark fake blood dripping from his head, his fake glasses are broken and then his character dies. polites can keep his eyes open for an unnaturally amount of time, and he can make them seem lifeless so after the scene is done, odysseus and eurylochus both go to hug him just to make sure he's there and fine. they cling to him for a bit. polites is very confused, but the hugs are welcome!!

[fangirlingpuggle]

Very silly Epic AU/fic prompt idea where after god games while Odysseus is on way home since Athena recovering other gods decide to check in on Penelope and Telemachus, cue them seeing suitors plotting and Hera going 'Fuck no' (Also Ares because Penelope was one of his favorites and there is going to be so much murder)

They aren't allowed to do anything major because of divine intervention rules, and laws of hospitality mean they can't just murder everyone.

So they start in small ways stopping suitors, Aphrodite making a good number fall in love with others and they nope out of the contest for Penelope's hand. She has far to much fun and gets very creative with the matchmaking (she has full on conspiracy board as she makes all the new ships)

Ares waiting until any suitors leave place so he can kill them without breaking any rules, multiple servants think they've hallucinated when seeing the god of war dragging multiple bodies away from the palace.

Hera is chilling with Penelope, she's disguised as a servant but Penelope sees right through her and she's not making much effort to disguise form the olympian of equivalent of wearing fake glasses and a mustache .

Hephaestus making Telemachus and Penelope new weapons and armor just in case.

Ares is open day away from chasing suitors out with a broom when Odysseus finally gets back. All the gods are watching eating popcorn Ares is totally cheering.

(He shows up alter and tell Odysseus that he now approves of him, he sulked before because Penelope married Athena champion he thought she could do better but she loved him, he now very mcuh approves also wants to co mentor Telemachus Athena does not approve)

[dynasty889]

(I have an updated, finished version of this drabble: https://www.tumblr.com/dynasty889/771873983315542016/love-in-paradise-warriorpenelope-au-updated

Working on a thingy. The Time Dive but it’s warrior!Penelope. Do I like it? Mayhaps. Anyway:

Ares’ eyes glared down into the abyss as he stood upon the edge of the hour glass. He had never anticipated to be bothered with Penelope again, but her son had the same ability of convincing people that she did. So, here he was.

Ares put his helmet on. All around him, Penelope’s memories jumped out at him. “Old friend, it’s been ten years since I last saw you,” he said softly. Even so, he remembered it vividly. Those feelings of anger, frustration, and disappointment as he watched Penelope make that mistake.

“Remember me! I am the infamous Penelope!” She stood at the entrance of Polyphemus’ cave. He had just warned her not to, but she did it anyway. He was furious.

He sighed. Ares leaned forward, lifting his arms up, and fell into Penelope’s memories. “Let’s see where you’ve been!”

Penelope held a bag in her hands. “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer!” Aeolus sang. Too cheerful for it to be a good thing. Ares knew something had gone horribly wrong.

Next up: Poseidon. “Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves!” he shouted. Waves lunged at Penelope’s fleet. Bodies and debris littered the ocean. Ares paused momentarily to watch Penelope unleash the wind bag to escape the sea god.

“One wrong move and you’re done for! Anything I—!”

“—Song of past romance. I see the—“

“—We won’t take more suffering from you!”

“Drown in your sorrow and fears!”

The next several memories whipped by him. A witch who transformed her crew into pigs, a prophet in the underworld, the killing of sirens, and a run-in with a six-headed sea monster.

“Captain?” Ares barely recognized that voice. But he knew it was one of Penelope’s comrades. Thunder roared above the crew as Zeus’ hands lingered over Penelope and forced her to look at her crew. Ares had not been so angry in a long time. To see his father’s hands on the girl he had mentored sparked a fire inside him, one full of rage.

“I have to see him…” Penelope mumbled. Tears streamed down her face. Her face and clothes were torn and bloody. A black eye and a stab wound. The anger Ares had felt dissipated as he realized what happened.

“But we’ll die.”

“I know.”

Lightning struck the boat, and it exploded into hundreds of small fragments of wood. Again, bodies and blood covered the ocean. He couldn’t find Penelope among the wreckage.

“Penelope…” he started. Ares was almost shocked by how concerned he sounded, for her of all people. “Where did you go?” One more of Penelope’s memories gravitated towards him. Perhaps this one would tell him what had happened to her…

Penelope swam until the darkness of the night made things too hard to see. Until her legs gave out. She had managed to drag herself to the shore of an island, where she passed out. The next day, Penelope awoke to the sounds of gulls crying and the waves breaking on the shore. The light of the sun was nearly blinding. Every muscle in her body ached.

A stifled, low chuckle echoed in her ears. Blinking, she looked up and saw a man sitting beside her. “Morning, sleepyhead. You’ve been resting for quite a while, haven’t you?” he teased. His voice was deep, but despite that and his gruff appearance, it carried a humorous air. It was one Penelope did not like at all.

The man laughed again. Penelope’ confusion was adorably amusing to him and he decided he would savor it as long as he could. “You know, I swore that you were dead when I found you on the beach this morning,” he mused. “Did you know you talk in your sleep? Tell me, though, who’s Odysseus?”

Odysseus. That name, like sweet honey, lingered in her ears. It was like medicine to soothe her aching head. Though she was still groggy and dazed, her senses were slowly coming to her. “He’s my husband…” she murmured. It was at that same moment she realized how close the man was to her and that his hand was gently resting on her thigh.

He blinked, like he was confused. Penelope, equally confused, stared back. They exchanged stares in awkward silence before the man spoke again. He pulled Penelope up to her feet and dragged her behind him. “Anyways, I’ve got all you could want here, all you could need here. Just you and me, my dear, my love in paradise.” His hands trailed down her body and he brought her close to him, like an embrace. “Soon, you will join me in bed and we’ll spend our time.”

[anerdyrat]

Mentor Ares! AU

Practically, an AU where when Athena was teaching Odysseus, Eurylochus accidently also got Ares as a mentor.

Eurylochus and Odysseus would unknowingly get pinned agasint each other (mostly by Ares) so often.

-Also after the events of puppeteer Ares and Eurylochus have their "My Goodbye" moment, since Eurylochus was willing to leave beind the crew members who were turned into pigs.

[somereaderinblue]

in your warrior Penelope au is Athena still Odysseus's mentor? or did she up and leave again but for a different reason?

If this has been answered already oops

Well, since Ares takes Athena's role, she's largely absent through this AU. Like canon, she still wanted to create the greatest warrior but after Ody's crippled during the Trojan's ambush, he's no longer able to fight, much less contribute to the war or become said warrior.

Naturally, Athena is less than pleased at everyone's hubris & as if to rub salt into the wound, Ares is given the spotlight now. Because this is pre-development Athena, she has no problem dragging Ody over the coals for letting his guard down & wasting her efforts. She's unempathetic to Odypen's separation, coldly saying it's Ody's fault it had to come to this.

Odysseus, in turn, retorts that Athena was also present with Hera & Aphrodite during the Golden Apple fiasco which started the damn war in the first place. One thing led to another, a more private but no less intense vers of 'My Goodbye' which ends in Athena leaving & ghosting Ody.

The falling-out would do wonders for his deteriorating self-esteem & trust/attachment issues. Esp when another god comes knocking, this time, in the form of a vulture.....

[o3o-lapd-o3o]

Can you imagine post-Odyssey life for Telemachus though?

You're just sitting in your palace having lunch, trying to ignore your very much in love parents who have absolutely no shame whatsoever; Athena, who's both your friend and your dad's kind-of-friend-former-mentor-turned-sort-of-mother, is just chilling; Hermes, who's your dad's great grandfather, is laughing as he causes some kind of chaos and you think might also be giving you drugs (?); Ares, who for some reason has some weird fanboy puppy crush on your dad, is playing with your dog as if that's completely normal, and of course Aphrodite is with him because why not???

You decide that maybe you'd just take a walk along the harbour - for some reason the ocean has been unnaturally calm ever since your dad came home.

yesssssss! i love love love this! (づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡

i love to think that after everything, ithaca just becomes the hotspot for the gods & goddesses to hang out. telemchaus keeps collecting them as friends like pokemon. odysseus is very wary at first of course, but calms once he realises they aren't there to cause any harm to his famiy or island. he deffo makes sure to tell hermes to stop trying to slip telemachus some moly though dhdhdhd

and yes i would like to think poseidon also eventually makes a physical appearance, curious as to why all his family keep taking holidays trips/visits to the island to hang out with odysseus and his family

(i was also actually thinking of eventually heading in this direction in my silly "friends in higher places" au, that i keep yapping about in my posts dhdhdhd) (really gotta write out the rest of the dinner scene first though)

[thesunlistens]

I really love @gigizetz’s Warrior Penelope AU (for those who don’t know, it’s Epic/The Odyssey but Odysseus and Penelope swap places and some of the other characters swap too) and I have some questions that would have been too long for an ask:

• Is it based more on Epic or the original Odyssey? (If it’s more the original then you can disregard some of my Epic-specific questions.)

• I’ve seen you post a drawing where Ares is Penelope’s mentor (side note: I love that you accurately represent Ares supporting women! It really annoys me when people assume that male+violent=misogynist when actually supporting women is his main trait after violence!) Is Athena still Odysseus’s mentor in this AU? Because I’ve been giggling to myself imagining this happily married couple whose divine mentors are huge rivals and don’t like each other! Like, they would both invite their mentors over whenever they had a party or something and the two gods would spend the whole time glaring at each other while their mentees are in love and oblivious to the tension. It’s making me laugh!

• If this is the case, who does Ares have to convince instead of… well, himself, in God Games? You could just switch them, but if Athena is still Odysseus’s mentor, she wouldn’t really need convincing because she wants him to be happy, and besides, I can’t see her being paired up with Aphrodite. So who takes his place (is it someone else with a connection to Aphrodite, or is it reworked so she and the new god have separate verses?), and what’s their argument?

• I saw that you posted a really cool Iris design with Penelope - am I right in assuming she’s this AU’s version of Hermes since they’re both messenger gods?

• Are Odysseus’s suitors the same people as Penelope’s suitors, or do they swap places with the people who tried to seduce him in the original (Circe and Calypso)? And if it’s the second, how does the slaughter of the suitors work considering that, as Calypso says, goddesses can’t die?

• Are the crew the same people, or does Penelope have her own friends? And if they’re different people, who are they?

• Are there any other characters who swap places? Considering that the roles that are swapped mostly seem to be gender swapped, I can see Cassandra taking the place of Tiresias if her curse ended when she died, but that’s just an idea.

• Have you thought about reworked lyrics, e.g. a few times in Epic, “my wife” is used as the rhyme, what would the rhyme be for “my husband”? Or when the name of a character who’s swapped with another is the rhyme, e.g. what would replace “arena”? (I’m imagining something like “fight if you dare, he’s” something, but again, just an idea.)

• If you haven’t thought about reworked lyrics yet, can I work with you on it? I like writing, especially lyrics!

• Are there any major changes to the plot aside from the role swaps?

[mer-acle]

So a while ago Jorge talked about scrapped ideas for epic and one of them was Telemachus and Athena going to the lotus eater Island and um! Oops AU spawned!

Basically after killing Pallas, Athena runs away and stumbles upon the lotus eater island, unaware of what the fruit does, she eats some out of curiosity and well, the lotus fruit does what it does and Athena stays there for centuries and the world slowly forgets about the goddess of wisdom and none of the other gods really bothered looking for her after she killed Pallas

Que many years later, Odysseus and Polites finding her when they visit the island and upon seeing a human there (as I’m going off of Epic’s depictions of the lotus eaters being little creatures) polites is like, “hm no we can’t leave her here!” And so they take her with them and it takes a while (not as long as it would for humans bc god powers) she sobers up from the lotus fruit! Yippee! Probably is….who was she again? She spent so long on that island with the lotus eaters she….doesn’t quite remember anything about her time before the island she can’t even remember her name….she thinks it was Pallas though…she does remember that name as it felt important to her! So she dubs herself with the name Pallas! She also can’t remember that she’s a goddess, she had no need to use her god powers well on the island so….she just forgot about it like she did her name

Also in this AU Ares is ody’s mentor instead of Athena :D

Guys wake up we've got a new AU!!!

I love the drama this is certain to bring when it comes out who she is. Like, Ares has a sister? Another one? He'll be so protective of her idndbdjdb

Ahhh I love this sm

Also imagine how high tech the lotus eater island is and Athena doesn't remember she just casually did this stuff (the lotus eaters are very well-dressed too) bc the lotus just messes with her brain in strange ways.

Oh also imagine she remembers her Mom first but doesn't remember she's dead 😭 Or she ends up being convinced her father must have been connected to water, so when the god thing comes out she guesses it's Poseidon and Ares is like fuck bc he took on the family drama with Poseidon (he won the fight on Sparta but Poseidon has Athens)

The drama

Oh and with the cyclops imagine she has a spear close by she could save herself with but she freezes up and doesn't take it cos trauma

But as soon as she has a sword in her hand she's a great fighter purely on instinct. (She can save Polites if we wanna be wholesome about it)

Ok lol that's my contribution hehe

[lonewolfel]

Warrior Penelope Pre-Epic

This is an Epic: the Musical AU with some inspiration from other myths, one that has no bases in history. That being said I will try to somewhat keep it grounded in realism for the world in some aspects. Once again please don't say this is historically accurate some elements are historic but most aren't.

Thoughts under the cut.

Penelope was trained in basic combat and how to manage a household do to being a Spartan. She however doesn't have any divine mentor. (I was tempted to do either Ares, Artemis, or Hera but I didn't want to have a god that was on the Trojan's side and I have plans for Hera later and her being Penelope's mentor screws up those plans)

So instead of pretending to be mad, Odysseus decides it would be better if he couldn't fight. (I have some problems with that myth and the logic behind it.) Odysseus screws up a hunt or does it himself but he injures his leg enough that he can't stand.

Palamedes arrives and demands Odysseus to fight for Agamemnon. Odysseus points out his injury but Palamedes doesn't buy it.

Eventually Palamedes accepts the fact Odysseus is truly disabled. (Palamedes throws Telemachus off a cliff while Penelope is tied up. Odysseus injures himself worse trying to get to his son. Athena ends up saving him and scolded Palamedes.)

Palamedes stumped tells Agamemnon and Agamemnon being the ass he is tells Palamedes regardless of Odysseus's condition to bring him to Troy as they can't win without him. He also sworn an oath and no one in Odysseus's family beside Odysseus could fufil it as his father is insane and his son is an infant.

The healers treating Odysseus fear that if Odysseus was to leave Ithaca due to infection and possible blood loss. Not to mention if he survives he would never survive combat.

Penelope begs Palamedes to let her go to Troy in her husband's stead. Palamedes is unsure but Agamemnon doesn't protest. They all figure that Penelope would die in the first battle and then they could send for Odysseus and maybe he will be well enough to fight. Odysseus protests but Penelope shuts him up.

Penelope shows Palamedes that she is more than capable of thinking up strategies and would be worth taking her husbands place so that the oath can continue to be honored.

Eurylochus while on the ship acts as a figure head to ensure that Penelope's orders are obeyed. (Her and Eurylochus have a much closer bond than Odysseus and Eurylochus did in Epic.)

Odysseus makes Athena swear an oath that during the war she will aid his wife and ensure she leaves Troy alive. (Athena afterwards trains Penelope in fighting and battle strategy.)

Due to Penelope not being respected due to her gender she becomes ruthless. She is known for killing any Trojans she comes across including women and children. (It started off to save them from slavery but after the first year she does so to ensure that she is feared enough that no one thinks of betraying her.)

Penelope and Diomedes are close friends. Diomedes will often repeat Penelope's plans so that the men actually follow them at least during the first part of the war. After that her reputation and protection by Athena is enough to deter any men from disobeying her though Diomedes continues to be her number 1 supporter in Troy.

Athena carried messages between Penelope and Odysseus with Odysseus helping Penelope plan strategies including the Trojan Horse.

Penelope makes Athena swear that she wouldn't tell Odysseus what she has become during the war in fear that her kind and gentle husband would leave her if he found out she became a monster.

Penelope is called the Amazon or Monstruous Queen by the Greeks and even some of the soldiers of Ithaca. She actually likes those titles as it shows the fear that they had for her and the more they feared her the less likely they were to disobey her.

Odysseus tries to heal quickly in order to take Penelope's place in the war but it is revealed that his injury had done a lot of damage to his leg so that he could barely walk. Odysseus is forced to use either a wheelchair or crutches. While Odysseus should use a wheelchair more than crutches he doesn't as he doesn't want to appear any more weak than he already seems.

After Penelope leaves for Troy, women of Ithaca (including Calypso for this au) begin to flock to the palace as they think Penelope would soon die and they could become royalty and have their sons sit on the throne.

The suitors at first tried to get Telemachus to aid them in their goals once he is old enough, but Telemachus never trusts them or like them. They begin to see him as a threat but with Penelope still alive they can't do anything.

Once it becomes clear that Odysseus is permanently disabled. Nobles and princes flock to Ithaca to try to become the Prince's tutor and an aid to the king. Odysseus knows that it is a ploy so that they can kill him and his son so they would become king. (Odysseus distracts them somehow I haven't figured out yet.)

Let me know if you have any questions about this version of the au. Also feel free to use any aspects of it.

Next up is the Trojan saga.

[numbuh24insane]

Ares: Bend your knees, bounce on the balls of your feet, always keep moving when in a fight. You’re smaller! You’re weaker! You’re pathetic! So, you better make up for your failures with moxie! Once you get hits in, never stop letting up!

Telemachus: I uhh, okay sir! But you said you knew my dad. What is he like?

Ares: . . . A far better warrior than I deserved.

Telemachus: Huh?

Ares: I said a far better man than you are! Now give me twenty laps! Your weak body needs work if we you are to kill those suitors!

[fairytale-luka]

More on Aphrodite as Odysseus mentor( The Warrior of The Heart AU) / (sorry if anything is missed spelled or the grammar is wrong)

This is about God Games, there was some changes that I mentioned but I’m going to expand on it more

Apollos trial is still mostly the same about the sirens. But Aphrodite fights back that the siren were using Penelope face to trick Odysseus

Hephaestus is replaced by Hermes, there is actually not much of a trial here. Hermes is just making pointless arguments and it’s quite easy for Aphrodite to counteract

Next, would be Circe since it couldn’t be Aphrodite. Circe argument is about Odysseus sacrificing his men despite fighting her to get them back(during the Circe Saga).

Aphrodite tries to counteract that he was forced to choose between himself and his men.(She’s used her Instant Love on Circe like Athena did with Aphrodite with her ‘Quick Thought)

That’s when Athena, who takes Ares place comes in. Athena argues about Odysseus failing to make smart decisions and that his son is just as foolish as he is.

Aphrodite is angered by this, she mangers to fight back and wins. Athena is impressed by Aphrodite winning and agrees for Odysseus release

(Also would like to mention that Athena and Circe have something going in. They may or may not be queerplatonic partners)

Hera is the same, nothing changed because I love this part too much to change it

The showed down Zeus is mostly the same for Aphrodite(sorry girlie :/). Aphrodite will does get injured like Athena did in the canon animatics.

But you may be asking, where is Ares in all this? Well, he was off doing something and comes back to find his wife injured by his father

(These are just some ideas, feel fair to change or add anything. Also once again, if you would like to create anything about this, please credit me)

[differentnerddiplomatopera]

what about hades?

So I’ve been seeing “600 Strike Inaccuracies which, yeah it’s is, so here is my take on it. I heard about the Ares mentor taking over for Athena thing and I really like that. Here is my mentor AU, something.

So we know about Diomedes and Ares, but that happened with Athena’s help. Both gods on the same level, (kinda) meaning not the big three. So it would make sense to me to have a member of the big three to help Odysseus. Hades, it seems, is the best and only candidate.

Hades could give Odysseus the ability to at least lay hands on Poseidon. And the line “600 strike” could be more impactful if Hades released all 600 souls through the water to attack Poseidon.

Also the stabbing part, i interpret that as “I’m letting you do this to see if you processed what I said.” Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves, but when Odysseus asked Poseidon if he could forgive, it’s like a “oh you didn’t comprehend what I said. You are still weak with emotion and mercy so die.” Something along the lines of that. Poseidon is letting Odysseus do this to see “are you going to be ruthless today so you can live tomorrow?” Poseidon telling Odysseus to stop is testing his self-control (is that what I am trying to say?) He is putting on a show of weakness to see Odysseus’s changing level of strength.

Poseidon: Stop (let’s see what you are gonna do)

Odysseus: continues stabby-stab

Poseidon: Nice

Also I think Poseidon was waiting for the “Ruthlessness is Mercy upon ourselves” line, to make sure it sunk in.

Poseidon internally saying yes, finally, you got it, you are good to go home.

The “Remember Me” line from Ruthlessness, I now interpret as, “Remember my ideals, my view on the world. Remember the way to survive.”

Finally the “How will you sleep at night?” question, I interpret as Poseidon trying to get a handle on Odysseus’s changing mindset, and his plan for dealing with his ruthlessness in the future.

anyway, hopes this makes sense.

cus Odysseus laying the smackdown of a big three member? By himself? Nooooooo……

[mythica0]

Dump of random epic stuff!

I’m making this because when I make individual posts of things like this they get like no notes. So! I put them together in hopes that it’ll get more attention!

First order of business, my new story board for wouldn’t you like, and some finished designs I haven’t posted yet! I’m aware the story boards are messy and might be hard to read, so just do your best!

On a relevant note, I still need some help figuring out how to draw a raft so I can do my storyboard for Dangerous! (And the rest of the vengeance saga, for that matter)

Next up, the fics in the works! I know I’ve said that I have a lot of drafts, but I’ve yet to say what they are! So here’s a list! (Title included if I’ve come up with one already)

-The Ruthless King: Ler!Ody, Telemachus, (edit: the suitors have some ler too, forgot to mention that) Lee!Suitors, Telemachus.- Odysseus alternate ending/more wholesome version!

- Switches Hermes and Aeolus- the two decide to have a tickle fight!

-Lee!Hermes, Ler Winions ft. Aeolus- during a hangout, the Winions decide some mischief is in order.

-Be Quiet!: Ler!Athena, Ares, Lee!Apollo- The war gods get irritated when Apollo plays his music to loud.

-Hey there, Handsome: Ler!Calypso, Lee!Ody- Calypso’s had enough of the silent treatment.

-Little Wolf: Ler!Antinous, Suitors, Lee!Telemachus- the suitors are bored, and mess with Telemachus.

-Nice try: Ler!Athena, Lee!Hermes- Hermes tries to Tickle Athena and she quickly turns the tables.

-Ler!Athena, Lee!Telemachus- Telemachus tries to start a tickle fight with his mentor and it ends up backfiring.

-Ler!Athena, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Lee!Hermes- Hermes asks for tickles after pulling a prank, and his siblings don’t agree.

- Too Serious: Ler!Aphrodite(might add more or change it), Lee!Athena- Aphrodite thinks Athena is too serious for her own good.

-Brotherly Teasing: Switches Zeus and Poseidon- the two are teasing each-other and settle it with a tickle fight

-Wondering: Ler!Penelope, Lee!Telemachus- Telemachus is wondering about his dad.

-Future son: Ler!Ody, Lee!Penelope- Penelope is 7 months pregnant with Telemachus.

-Ler!Artemis, Lee!Apollo: Apollo messes with Artemis.

-Ler!Hermes, Lee!Ody, crew- Hermes tickles everyone but Odysseus.

-Good Ol’ Times: Ler!Young Ody, Young Polites, Lee!Young Eury- the three reminisce on the first time they found out Eurylochus was ticklish

-Boo, Darling!: Ler!Apollo, Lee!Hermes-Hermes mocks Apollo.

And that’s all of them! In no particular order. (Told you it was a lot. All in various levels of progress.)

Next up: Chapter two of No More Suffering has been posted! Thought I’d inform ya’ll since it got like a singular note. You can find it by going through my masterpost, going to the part two of said masterpost, and then to the master post of No More Suffering: where you’ll find any updates to the fic whenever they’re made!

Also, just so ya’ll know! All my Tword fics are a spin off/take place in the above au! So no one has died in any of my tword fics! (I don’t like writing sad OKAY?!)

Next: PLEASE REBLOG MY STUFF IF YOU LIKE IT! This isn’t just for epic, but my fics usually get a bunch of likes and like no reblogs, which means 1- less people see it, and 2- I get a little de-motivated. So please reblog!! :3

Lastly! now that I have my own personal IPad, I might make tword art! But I’m a little nervous abt it, so it might take a minute and some requests to get me going.

Thanks for reading!

[dynasty889]

Some Warrior!Penelope ideas

Okay so just quick let me say, I don’t really like to swap the gods out just because then it affects the whole Trojan War?? But ignoring that, I wanna include the gods who would be in this au’s version of God Games plus some other things? (With Ares as her mentor btw)

The gods I think would appear would be: Dionysus, Artemis, Aphrodite, Athena, Zeus, then Hera. And in that order.

Dionysus: He wasn’t paying attention. He’ll just half ass it, so he probably just brings up how she couldn’t save Melantho from the cyclops. (Bonus: Melantho was one of Penelope’s servants in the Odyssey and she takes the role of Polites, no I don’t care that the popular switcheroo is Circe)

Artemis: Artemis would liken the sacrifice of Iphigenia (or I guess it’s Orestes in this au) to the killing of Andromache’s son. I’m not sure exactly, but yeah, just really really fickle Artemis.

Aphrodite: Probably the same reason, but in my headcanon, one, Penelope’s mom is a Naiad so she can’t die(?) and two, I don’t really think Icarius (her dad) and Penelope had a great relationship, so I always imagine Penelope was cared for by Leda. So she’d probably mention something about Leda I guess idk.

Athena: She would argue that, because she stole the Palladium from Troy (with god knows who, maybe Clytemnestra idk), she deserves whatever punishment the gods have given her.

Zeus: She’s not fuckable enough no I’m just kidding— (I actually don’t know so help)

Hera: No. that’s the answer, no. Until she gets to beat up Ares haha then it leaves on a cliffhanger lmao.

Bonus, for Thunder Bringer, instead of Hera sending down a lightning bolt to smite the crew, she inflicts them with madness? I’m not too sure how that would go, but like I just imagine that they kind of just destroyed their ship because they were all mad. (Madness Bringer)

Also, just for some general other information:

Ctimene = Eurylochus

Melantho = Polites.

Antinous = Calypso

Calypso = Antinous

All of Penelope’s encounters with monsters and gods are the same. Except, Amphitrite is the one angry with Penelope (the unserious reason is because Poseidon is too lazy to go deal with her so Amphitrite deals with Penelope instead + Polyphemus was her fav step kid lmao). And Antinous is swapped with Calypso. I would’ve kept Calypso on Ogygia but then the suitors of Odysseus felt weird. Like I just can’t imagine Antinous leading a bunch of other men to marry another man. So that’s mostly just cultural/historical reasons I guess, but if not for that, I probably wouldn’t have swapped them.