OK SO I HAD WHAT I THINK IS A COOL IDEA. WHAT IF HER OUTFIT WAS A CHITON THAT RESEMBLED A DISCO STYLE SHIRT AND PANTS. LIKE ITS CUT TO LOOK LIKE PANTS BUT ISNT. IDK AM I COOKING??
People laugh that Zeus did a powerpoint presentation to his children and wife before the God Games... but what if it's much sadder? After all, none of them knew Odysseus. So what if Zeus forced them to say exactly what he said? That's why personal arguments would work so well. Imagine the guilt of those gods when the game ended, they were puppets and because of that Athena suffered just before their eyes.
i love Athena trying to convince Hera to let Odysseus go, bc all the other gods had grievances against him she could correct but Hera is just putting on her listening ears and going: Okay, baby, I'm listening, please convince me, what makes this dude so good :)
And of course she tries things she finds important as a goddess of war and strategy, mentioning his mind and his talking skills, but Hera remains unimpressed.
So then she just goes fuck, fuck, what do people who are interested in romance like in others??? Uhhhhh... he's kinda funny? Also doesn't work.
And only then does she go, oh wait, Hera likes one specific thing about relationships, loyalty, luckily for Odysseus, I can tell her that he is. #Win. And i love that for her, she's such a dork xp
Epic!Hera having a Groovy 70/80's aesthetic is something i really love, since i'm used to seen her being despicted as a very regal goddess, so seen her dancing and posing in the animatic of God Games was a pretty funny and original to me.
Crazy thing is that is not even the first time i see Hera with this type of vibe, since Destripando la Historia used the song "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" by ABBA as inspiration for Hera's song, wich was released in 1979 and is very catchy and upbeat song. I guess musicians just read about Hera and somehow get very Grooby vibes from her.
Hera never saw Athena as her own. She's at least not a bastard child technically but it's not her biological child so who cares about her.
And now she's hurt. Athena is lying on the floor of the arena and she's bleeding.
Hera is staying because it's what Zeus expects and she manages to calm him down some.
Athena wakes and Zeus bows down to her and Hera sees that she's terrified. Breaths hitching as she tries not to cry. And Hera sees the way Athena looks away, how she flinches when he gets close and she sees Ares gripping his chiton because he's nervous, and Hephaestus struggling to meet his father's eyes. She sees, for the first time, that Athena, too, was a child who needed protection. Who needed a mother.
That Athena should have been a part of the family she is supposed to protect. That all of his kids should have been.
How boring has it been on Olympus these last 20 years that 5 gods who have not interacted with Ody once (in the musical) know everything about his journey. Has the only entertainment on Olympus TV been “Watch this pathetic man try to sail home with a gradually decreasing fleet”