#polites my beloved

[anxiousandpessimistic]

Pilot: Now before we take off, please ensure all small items are safe and secure Polites: Odysseus, do you feel safe? Odysseus: I hate you

[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."

[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

[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.

[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.

[ij16]

Polites doodle!

I love pancakes 🥞

Bonus:

Requested by my friend

(That's supposed to be a pancake on a fork btw)

[give-me-one-good-reason]

I think I am so goddamn funny

[bea-schuyler]

and all i hear are SCREAMS

[unch4rtedwxters]

greet the world with open arms ody

[inspectorlyfrassir]

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 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[anxiousandpessimistic]

Has this been done before?

Odysseus: Fine, but if we all die during the war, I'm hiring Polites's ghost to teach me the lyre so I can annoy the hell out of your ghost Eurylochus: I'll just hire Diomedes's ghost to kick your ass Diomedes: my ghost will not associate with your ghost

[howmanyholesinswisscheese]

grammarly i know you think polites is a plural word but it's not. go watch epic the musical until you learn some respect. loser

[everyones-favorite-fruit]

My sketchbook is finally done! This one took me the longest yet (over two years smh).

Im in the habit of putting a quote from a song on the first page, to get over that first page anxiety and at that time "South" by sleeping at last was stuck in my head.

(I dont do lettering a lot, but i want to practice cause people always make it looks so pretty)

[discoschudson]

IDEK WHO THIS IS BUT ILY

WE BOTH HAD POLITES PONIES AND IT MADE ME SO HAPPY IDK WHO YOU ARE OR IF YOU HAVE TUMBLR BUT I LOVE YOU

im the one on the left btw

[ij16]

Don't question my mental sanity, I just had to, okay? Also, I'm using Ibis Paint X, which I'm not really used to, so it looks a little wonky but better than expected!

...Why is he staring at me I want to hug him

Bonus:

Also came out better than expected, but not really what my design actually looks like, maybe I just need some practice? The hair looks really wonky. I think Ody's a little tired tho. Also, I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've actually animated something?