#poli ody

[bugbear55]

i’m a little dummy dumb i just found out abt this feature. ANYWAY WAITER WAITER MORE ODYPOLI YAOII 🎉🎉😭😭😭😭 can they kiss honestly

no <3

the yaoi is sadder if they dont kiss. forever doomed to live off of longing looks and lingering touches, never more forever more.

but heres some poli ody from another animatic im doing :3 ody stop hallucinating your dead boyfriend! Its not good for you bud

[goatpaste]

We're having a Puppy dog Picnic!

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[dismas-n-dismay]

And if I said Telemachus looking like Polites, glasses and all, with hints of Odysseus would kill Ody because all he’s be able to do is see his friend who died trying to do the right thing and offer kindness what would you do.

And if I said Ody’s only two logical reactions would be to distance himself inadvertently or become hyper protective of his son (even more so than he already is) what 👏would👏you👏do👏

[nightmarearian]

tfw you just give up and make monster Ody a shapeshifter cause he has like 5 different animal motifs and/or similar monsters you could pull from

[sleeping-at-sea]

Hi captain! -🥀 [Poli anon!!]

POLITES

SMILES

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Hello, Polites

[galacticdrift]

it's probably TOO much to ask for Avery to be pregnancy-averse as well as marriage-averse but like.

i think the three of them would be INCREDIBLE as adoptive/foster parents.

[sera8273]

I don’t think that Polyphemus and Poseidon Father-and-Son relationship gets mentioned often in EPIC (and odyssey and Iliad and stuff but again my info is 100% from EPIC less stated otherwise-)

Both of them wanted to kill Odysseus last:When Odysseus spares Polyphemus and when Odysseus apologized to Poseidon for blinding Poly, they both wanted to kill him last bc ‘Ruthless is Mercy’ and stuff.

(Let’s be honest with ourselves here, Poly only tried to kill them after Ody sang that ‘Glad we see eye to eye’ joke—)(And Poseidon would’ve killed the 557 men no matter what bc he wanted Ody to see the consequences of sparing an enemy—)

They both try to get ‘revenge’ I suppose:When Odysseus shoots Polyphemus apparently favorite sheep and when Poseidon came down to kill odyssey for Blinding Poly they’re both kinda trying to get revenge (one is for the death of a favorite pet and another is for trying to humiliate a literal God)

And when Odysseus yells out to Polyphemus saying to the Giant how he’s his Darkest Moment (which is again- ✨ Racist✨) Poseidon uses the same line when he Kills off Ody 557 men because Odysseus is seemingly in defeat and a loss of control. (And because he is a ✨Petty✨ ✨little✨ ✨fucker✨)

[phantomdecibel]

FUCK you: re-canonifies your Flower!AU

Anyways what if Polites actually still dies flower au au (bit o context in the tags, just so this drabble makes a bit more sense since it doesnt exactly follow canon aha-)

Rattlesnake Root

shield, step carefully.

Watching Ajax rush across the deck, calling out orders while cradling little Astyanax in his arms, the realization hit Odysseus like a brick.

This is what Polites had meant.

Eurylochus’s voice still echoed in his ears — but Odysseus wasn’t hearing any of it. Everything sounded muffled, like he was listening to (one of) his best friend chew him out from underwater. He must have started yelling louder, because the teenager glanced over at the two of them, something Odysseus hesitated to label as anything other than concern written across his face.

He wanted to yell.

He wanted to scream, keep shooting venom like arrows, jump up and pace, even.

Instead he stood, hands clasped over the rail, staring blankly past the blurred shape of his friend. It was both too loud and yet too quiet and annoyingly chilly and somehow everything was way too bright. It felt like there should be a storm brewing overhead, yet the only rain falling came from his eyes. The sun shone down unapologetically overhead, and Odysseus fought back an unintelligible scream.

This is what Polites had meant, what he’d pleaded back in that forest.

If you don’t talk to us, if you don’t trust us, then how can we help?

He’d thought he’d had it all under control, that his own hangups weren’t affecting anyone else, but clearly he’d been wrong. Maybe it was the lack of sleep, or just plain ignorance, but Odysseus had fucked up, pushed too far.

He wanted to sob.

He was already crying, Odysseus realized in a vague, sort of detached way. His face felt… damp, and tight from the salt already starting to dry. Something hit his hand; again and again and again, and rolled down his knuckles.

Eurylochus yelled again, throwing his arms out, and Odysseus flinched.

How long had this been brewing?

How long had he been pushing his crew, his friends to the edge? For how long had he been pushing them to the side, ignoring their concerns and needs, forcing them to pick up his slack?

…when had his efforts to protect them start to hurt instead?

Slowly, Eurylochus’s face came back into focus.

His mouth moved and Odysseus could, technically, hear him still, but the words themselves were lost to the buzzing in his head. The tilt to his eyebrows would have looked angry — really, really angry — to anyone else, but Odysseus knew his friend. Eurylochus was angry, sure, but mostly he was just worried (and tired, so tired, and grieving, too). The man’s eyes glistened wetly, shining with unshed tears.

Odysseus barely noticed as he started to shake.

He did this. This was his fault, the result of his negligence. Polites was dead because of him, and now he was driving away the other person he should be supporting, looking after the most.

Odysseus clenched the rail tighter, clearly hearing it creak under his grip. Eurylochus’s voice faded in and out, nothing but background noise.

He’d failed.

Odysseus blinked once, twice, trying to alleviate the pressure growing behind his eyes. The tears, which had been slowing, built again, suddenly, and everything was just too much.

Oh. He dimly realized again. I did this.

And Odysseus…

…Odysseus broke.

Odysseus broke, tears falling like a waterfall. He choked on a sob, shaking violently, as his knees wobbled and knocked together. Eurylochus’s voice, angry and harsh, snapped back into focus, and Odysseus keened weakly.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, falling to his knees as he swallowed back another sob. “I’m sorry-“

Desperately, shaking all the while, Odysseus clutched at his friend’s chiton, head pressed to Eurylochus’s knee. “I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry-“

Eurylochus’s angry rant trailed off into shocked silence as Odysseus tripped over his words. Apology after apology spilled from his lips as he sat shaking on the wooden deck of the ship, legs collapsed awkwardly beneath him. He didn’t dare look up as silence crashed against the ship like Polyphemus’s club crashing against men and stone, just kept choking out desperate apologies into the empty, oppressive air.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, sobbed, like a mantra. “I’m sorry,”

The moment seemed to stretch for an eternity; a terrifying, heart-stopping eternity.

He couldn’t do this.

Odysseus- he couldn’t. He’d tried, fuck he’d tried. Tried to carry every burden he could, tried to protect his people, and look where they were now.

It was all a mess, a fucking disaster.

And- and Polites was gone, now, really truly gone, never-coming-back gone.

Dead.

And Eurylochus would be too- not dead, not if Odysseus had any say in it, but gone, leaving.

Leaving him, because Eurylochus would do what was best for the crew.

Odysseus was just dead weight.

The leg he leaned against, clutched in desperation, was pulled back, and Odysseus let it go.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered again, trying and failing to blink away his tears as his hands dropped down to dig his nails into his own knees instead. Something thudded against the ground ahead of him, but all Odysseus could think was ‘this is it’.

This is it, this is where his friend, his last surviving best friend, his brother, even, left him.

And by the gods if he didn’t deserve it.

“‘msorry,” his words slurred together. “‘msrry’msorry,”

He deserved this, for hurting his friend and daring to proclaim otherwise. Why should Eurylochus stick around? Odysseus wasn’t worth the work. He hunched in on himself some more.

“‘msorry,” he might have begged. Please don’t go. You have every right to, but please, please. Don’t leave me. “‘msrrymsrrymsor-“

Odysseus coughed.

Oh, that was odd.

He couldn’t breathe, for a moment there, air knocked from his lungs as his chest collided with something warm and solid. Something strong tugged his forwards, pulled him tight against it.

Warm arms wrapped around his shoulders, and Odysseus suddenly found his head tucked into the crook of Eurylochus’s neck as he shook. He tried to choke out another apology, but Eurylochus held him too tightly to properly speak the words.

Oh.

Oh.

Odysseus shook some more, hands slowly worming their way from his knees to clutch this time at the front of his friend’s chiton.

Eurylochus was hugging him.

Eurylochus. was hugging him.

Odysseus sobbed again.

“I’m sorry,” he managed to force out again, but Eurylochus just pulled him impossibly closer.

“It’s okay,” his friend whispered, voice hoarse. “It’s going to be okay.”

mans is a bit harsh on himself :,)

He doesn’t q u i t e get the point, but he’s getting there-

Anyways so flower au; asty lives and also @hahahaghosty and I are soft for lil ajax :P

I know I always say this, but they were a huge inspiration for this (bc they fuel me w like 75% of my writing ideas lmao-), so thank you a whole lot!! wouldn’t be possible without ya :) they're really fucking awesome, go check out their stuff!! do it- Do It Now-

anyways that all from me for now, thanks for reading :P

(me: check out the tags for some context :) also me: throws way to much shit in them-

just. just read the beginning and end and itll all make sense if u wanna)

[morallyunhelpful]

ok. as i crawl myself out of despair, know that freakery is still on. i have two ideas and we’ll see which one i end up finishing

[bugbear55]

Figuring out my art style! Waiter waiter, requests please! (Ships especially, rarepairs/prompts take priority i fucking LOVE rarepairs)

send me your STRANGEST rarepairs i beg of you. odyssey/iliad

[kindred-spirit-93]

CACKLING OH MY LORD XD

desert my dear ur dedication is truly unmatched, travelling in time to capture this masterpiece mustve been exhausting, lemme giv hug u x

MIDWIFE POLITES LETS GOOOOOO!!

poli is like brother she had one (1) contraction and u passed out already?! *motions to eury to drag him out to recover*

@fl0ral-ghost I'm so sorry your ask somehow got deleted??? But you asked for Ody's reaction when his son was born.

Luckily I was there and made this live and 100% accurate depiction of Telemachus' birth.

[sleeping-at-sea]

I haven't made my daily post saying how much I love my husband and son

Chat I literally love them with my all I’m so glad we're friends I’m so glad I know them

Imagine if we weren't friends? That would be a horrible world

They're so great and I honestly would give anything just to make them happy

Them being happy makes me happy, that's honestly all I want for them

I love my best friends

[messymoonmad]

Perhaps… the gang? (Ody Poli and eury)

The whole crew is here btw one of them dared

( @nimbusthewinion not what you want but get this instead of smut 🤭)

[random-remzy]

*cough*

Y'know when Ody was like "I need to be a monster to get home, rarwrr"

Yeah, he didn't actually give up Polites' "Open arms" thing until "Six Hundred Strike"

In "Get In The Water" Ody doesn't jump straight to planning, scheeming, attacknng, or anything really. He actually tries to reason with him, to use compassion and sympathy. He tries to relate to Poseidon and apologizes, encouragung him to forgive.

Then when he's in the ocean, sinking, Poli, Eury, and Anticlea sing to him. But their words are different from the usual.

Eurylochus, is encouraging him, rather than criticizing him.

Anticlea is telling him that she loves him, instead of making it seem like he let her down.

But Polites' what he said. That is what gave Odysseus the ability to go Ruthless on Poseidon. Instead of what he's always been saying, which is "This life is amazing, when you greet it with open arms." He now says, "You can relax my friends, I can tell you're getting nervous"

This is him telling Odysseus, "I know what you've been through... Do what you must to see them."

This 'acceptance' is what allows Odysseus to abandon any form of compassion and mercy and why he's able to be as ruthless as he is.

That's also why he was quick to kill Eurymachus, he mentioned open arms, Odysseys didn't need that philosophy anymore, dead.

Also, y'know when he says "My mercy has long since drowned" ?

yeah thats bs. It only drowned like, 4 hours ago, when he was sinking in the ocean. Because yes, the spirits whre pushing him up. But Polites took his philosophy down with him.

so uh yeah.

[a-small-tired-lonely-potato]

Poseidon, holding Polyphemus while crying: My poor baby!!! Who did this to you!?!?

Polyphemus: Odysseus, reigning king of the great city Ithaca, husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus.

Poseidon: Oh- wow, that is, like, a lot of information. How do you know-

Polyphemus: He shouted all of that from the ship he escaped on after killing and stealing my sheep and stabbing me in the eye.

Poseidon: WHO DOES THIS BITCH THINK HE IS!?!

Polyphemus: Odysseus, reigning king of the great city Ithaca?

Poseidon: N-no that's not- I meant-

Polyphemus: But yeah. Yeah. He sucks. Him and his crew.

Poseidon: Crew!? How many people snuck onto this island!?

Polyphemus: Well it was only a small group that came to my cave, but all in all there were about 600 men, plus Odysseus, who arrived here.

Poseidon: ... And how do you kno-

Polyphemus: He shouted that at me too. Right before the drugs he slipped into my wine took effect.

Poseidon: ... So what you're saying is. A mortal man trespassed on my island, invaded your home with multiple other men, killed Floof, lied to you, cut you multiple times, ROOFIED YOU, stabbed you in the eye with your own weapon, stole the rest of your herd to kill, and then he proceeded to not only taunt you from his ship, but he also had the audacity to tell you his full name and address and the number of men he had as backup?

Polyphemus: Yep. That would be what happened.

Poseidon: ... I am going to ruin this man. I am going to be his worst fucking nightmare. I will make what we did to Kronos look like a children's tussle.

Polyphemus: Didn't you end up castrating him?

Poseidon: Yes.

Polyphemus: Aw, thanks Dad, knew I could count on you.

Poseidon, weeping while holding Polyphemus: I will make him regret being born.

My favorite part of Ruthlessness is the implication that Poseidon counted how many men Odysseus had

[phantomdecibel]

If Odysseus died first and they somehow all made it to shore I think Eury and Poli would have a Pearl & Greg from SU kind of relationship . Specifically like “It’s Over, isn’t it?” Yknow ??

YES AMAZING. I can see either of them playing either role tbh, but poli would totally be greg (odys best friend and the one he listened to more) and euryl pearl (second in command, effectively odys trusted and loved tool not yet gone rogue). just like the crew had w poli they’d have such an idolized vision of ody in their heads and would argue abt it constantly–