#polites my beloved

[kindred-spirit-93]

HES A SINGLE MOTHER TO MY BBY DUCK OC

the friend group basically

[midnight-drip]

a bunch of Politeses!!! (Politei?)

all the different character designs is one of the things I love about Epic's fanartists!! so I've drawn the Polites designs of a bunch of artists I follow on here :))

close-ups and artist tags under cut! (I hope you guys don't mind me tagging you here) ((also I hope it's okay for me to use your designs. If you'd like me to remove yours from this post please lmk and I will)

designed by @wolfythewitch

designed by @bugbear55

designed by @irunaki

designed by @souvelitas

designed by @gigizetz

designed by @caramellcandy

designed by @awnrii

designed by @lazy-indigo

[lelekasalreadyexist]

So I was listening to Let Me Be Your Light and I noticed some fun parallels:

"Do you remember when we would run through the forest, looking for the largest threat?"

"Oh, I remember the thrill and the fun!"

"Until the day we find that giant boar's den(that was terrifying!")

"We were rather young, and I was oh, so scared. I saw him lunge, and I stared."

[iggys-patootie]

thinking about the fact that the lyrics of the "open arms" chorus are polites' final thoughts and polites' final word spoken aloud is "captain" (desperate, hurt, pleading) and how that means even as he was at the mercy of the cyclops, even as he was probably terrified but all too aware of what was about to happen to him, he was still thinking about all of the guilt he knew was already in odysseus heart. how much more guilt was GOING to be in odysseus' heart after his death.

and how he spent those final seconds wanting to tell odysseus to still, despite it all, greet the world with open arms.

[tomhiddlestonsangel]

my headcanons for the EPIC friend trio at a club when you ask to guard your drink while you head for the bathroom.

TW: implied non-con drugging and SA (not from the boys, dw)

also slight mention of blood-

Odyssseus: it seems like he's not even guarding your drink right? So an opportunistic asshat gets too close and there he is, the cryptid himself, with murder in his eyes. Yeah, that asshat isn't walking out of there without some help.

Eurylochus: constantly hangs around your drink like its the gods' nectar. A couple of brave tryhards try to get close, but one look and they scamper the hell away.

Polites: You think Odysseus is terrifying? Oh wait until you meet an angry Polites. He guards your drink, acting like the goofball he normally is until some tryhard tries to successfully sneak up with the pill in hand.

Polites reaches out, grabs the hand with it and damn near crushes it with his strength. He smiles so widely, the man starts to fear for his life.

When you come back, Polites looks like he just ran a 5k but he assures you nothing bad happened and that the red on his shirt is spilled punch.

[savavsa]

Really fun listening to Epic before ever picking up the actual Odyssey. I'm like "gee, I really love polites. I wonder if the ancient Greeks liked him too." Come to find out he's like background character number three in the actual text.

[kindred-spirit-93]

polites be upon ye ft. baby duckling

what should i name le duck?

thank you to me for the idea. now stop procrastinating >:I

[give-me-one-good-reason]

I think I am so goddamn funny

[justalittleghostieagain]

I like how Polites is spelled polite-s. Because he's a polite goober! Very squishable..must squish..

[salubriousbean]

hi, here’s the doodle of polites and winions. hope you have a nice day, and don’t forget to greet the world with open arms !

AKSHSKFKSJFKSJFJSKFJKRJFNDICNDJHSKCHDKGJXNSUFJDNDJSJJDHFJDJXJJDUEJDHDHJSKFJAKF THANK YOUUUUUU 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[unclegirl]

whoever decided to push wholesome fluffy epic the musical art my way for multiple posts in a row i hate you. you are not making me cry on this lovely monday afternoon.

[jiilll]

So……….. who’s also sobbing over the underworld saga (‘:

[jelly-fish-wishes]

HOKHHOJGKGHKJGDHFHFSF

Polites in the Underworld concerned when the rest of the crew suddenly appears.

“Holy shit, Eurylochus? Why are you here?”

“…remember when we killed that one sheep…”

troy saga/underworld saga

[tomhiddlestonsangel]

if I had a nickel for everytime a sunshine character existed in media living in a cruel world-

And sought to teach the world about kindness, through "open arms" or mercy,

And was a friend to one who was prone to ruthlessness and turning cold-

And then died due to their "open arms" philosophy,

I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened to twice.

sorry for the odysseus gif, it was the only good one I could find, lmao)) I love @anniflamma's art though

[kindred-spirit-93]

THIS IS EPIC: Open Arms

polites best boi i will brutally disembowel anyone who says otherwise

i fucked up by watching snippets of cyclops and underworld animatics before even finishing the troy saga lmao (spoilers who?) and now im sad. the muffin will live on in my heart forever.

bonus bc the winions are too cute i love the idea that the lotus eaters are lil soft creatures when in fact theyre just high people lol;

[salubriousbean]

rip Polites, you would have loved roasting marshmallows over the fire and making smores