#epic!odysseus

[padfoot-lupin77]

Odysseus: and what did we learn today, class?

Crew: ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves.

Odysseus: that’s right

Crew: You killed some of our comrades and you’re a danger to us too. So we must be ruthless and kill you to protect ourselves

Odysseus: no NOT like that WAIT no!!

[desos-records]

just now realizing that in Warrior of the Mind when Odysseus and Athena are asking for each other's names, Odysseus correctly identifies her as Athena and says all this complementary stuff, but never actually tells her his name. oh, my man of many turns, you were right: selfish and prideful and vain, vain above all

[haley-harrison]

the girlies when overthinking the implications of Love in Paradise

and Ody's traumas in general

[marragurl]

Me: trying to live my life

My brain: 🎶 Penelope ~why~? you know I’m too ~shy~ 🎶🥰😘🥰🥺🥹

[therivercocytus]

im listening to dangerous rn and when hermes was talking abt how odysseus has gotta think of every trick in his domain 4 this my first thought was "oh he's gotta put his whole odysussy in this one" and then i. stopped.

[ditoob]

Luck Runs Out but ANIMATED! It's finally doneeee

Here's the link to the full video:

[leynaeithnea]

Look what you turned me into.....look what we've become.

[tazabel]

Athena: I had a friend before and he was a lot like you… Athena: Old friend, it's been ten years since I last saw you… me: (my heart whole again) Bring it on, mr. Jorgenbong Borgonbong, I can face anything now. Odysseus: (softly, in pain) All I hear are screams… me: (my heart shattered on the floor) … nevermind. Where have I put the duct tape?

[dearlyybrightmoon]

DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW POLITES, ODYSSEUS AND EURYLOCHUS ALL GREW UP TOGETHER AND LIKE ODYSSEUS CALLS POLITES HIS "BEST FRIEND" DURING "MONSTER" AND HE AND EURYLOCHUS CALL EACH OTHER "BROTHER" CAUSE THEY WERE BROTHERS IN LAW AND WHEN ODYSSEUS LOSES THEM HE LOSES PART OF HIS CREW BUT HE ALSO LOSES HIS CHILDHOOD FRIENDS???? TO THEM BEFORE HE WAS "CAPITAIN", BEFORE HE WAS "KING", HE WAS ODY. AND HE LOST THEM. THEY WERE KIDS, SOLDIERS AND TRAVELERS TOGETHER AND. HE. LOST. THEM.

[padfoot-lupin77]

“After everything you done, how will you sleep at night?” “Next to my wife” ICON. LEGEND. ATE. DEVOURED. SLAY KING.

[taylorfromthestars]

[haley-harrison]

Hilarious that in God Games, when Apollo mentions the sirens, Athena's like "Now they'll thread with caution first, to live another day and sing another verse."

Um. Bestie.... They're dead.

Pretty sure they won't do that (or anything else, lmao).

[olivsie]

Made this to test out some fineliners

She is deeply disappointed

[randomnerd737]

oh shit get in the water and 600 strike has got me shipping odysseus x poseidon unironically what the fuuuccck

not like in a they-would-make-a-good-couple way, but like in a holy shit their dynamic is so interesting way.

they have such a fucked up bond. they are monsters. they both know it, they are both horrified by it (tho poseidon would never admit it), but they both know its too late. the only person they hate more than themselves is eachother, and they hate each other so much its closer to obsession. in a fucked up way, they are the only people who can understand each other.

the fact that ody, only after watching Poseidon kill so many of his men, only after fearing and hating Poseidon for years, only after Poseidon is the constant force keeping him from his wife, only after Poseidon threatens to destroy Ithica, does ody try to empathize with him.

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Aren't you tired, Poseidon? It's been 10 years, how long will this go? We're both hurting from losses So why not leave this here and just go home?

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they are the same. they are both so tired. in a way, they are equals. they will destroy themselves and each other. Poseidon can't have mercy, he can't give up ruthlessness, not after everything he has done.

so neither can Odysseus.

and Poseidon is terrified of him. Ody is a monster, a monster of Poseidon's creation, and he is terrified. not even just for himself, but he is terrified that a man could do this. terrified that someone else could be this fucked up. terrified to see himself.

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After everything you've done How will you sleep at night?

and then they fuck about it or something idk

[rrainydaydreams]

Something that I don’t understand with the epic fandom is how people can love Odysseus but hate Eurylochus so much. Sure, he killed the cattle and that resulted in the remaining men and himself being killed by Zeus. Sure, he opened the wind bag. But what about Odysseus? He was the one who took the crew to the cyclops’ cave and shot the sheep, and then refused to listen to Athena, giving Poseidon the reason to attack the fleet. He was the one decided to ‘become a monster’. He was the one who sacrificed those six men. He was the one who chose his life over the lives of his crew.

Odysseus is not a good person. Eurylochus might not be either, but you can’t ignore every terrible that Odysseus has done and then hate on Eurylochus for doing similar things.

At least Eirylochus grew as a character to realise that the crew were people with lives who deserved saving. At least he stood up to Odysseus. Even if he thought they would never make it back home, he found them an island with food to keep them comfortable, food they had been denied for years due to the war.

Odysseus’ character arc went the opposite way, where he only cared to get back home and was prepared to kill his crew, the people he had responsibility over, to do.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. You can’t fawn over Odysseus and excuse his actions, while hating Eurylochus. It just doesn’t make sense.