#polypheme

[shiniestmathrock]

Omg it’s me fr

reblog to diminish the horrors from the person you reblogged from

[skulblakasaphira]

Base by Unistaart from DA. Colors by Reyyon from DA. Polypheme by me.

[joshy-tomato]

Been thinking about how I feel about the whole Poseidon fight and really, while I like how it was I still feel like it just, happened. He got a power up and won after all seemed helpless and it would have been alright if it wasn't for the fact this was Poseidon, a God.

I feel like the main problem is the lenght of the fight. Either 600 strike needed to be a little longer so it doesnt feel like Poseidon just loses as soon as Odysseus fights back or there should have been a song between Get in the water and 600 strike where they manage to fight in equal ground.

Honestly I feel Charybdis lyrics and melody would have worked for that, just moving the actual Charybdis fight to happen during Dangerous. Aso this way that song doesnt end up sandwished between Hermes and Poseidon, otherwise it just kinda exists to fill the quota and make Ody lower his guard.

[haveyoureadthismgyabook]

Series info...

Book 1: The Floating Island

Book 2: The Thief Queen's Daughter

Book 3: The Dragon's Lair

Book 4: The Tree of Water

[eiders]

the football field lights are perfect for attracting moths !!

[malenudepaintings]

The Cyclops Polephympus, 1595-1605, Annibale Carracci

[yesimgoingthatdeep]

Any journal heads out there...

NOTE: i am talking about a specific set of journals; the lost journals of Ven Polypheme

HAS ANYONE SEEN ELIZABETH HAYDON?!??. she is the author of this series and she dissappeared before the series was finished.

This is a call out to any tumblr detectives who will be paid for their work

[spring-heeledjack]

Hows the Ven Polypheme series going 🤔🤔

i really like it!! unfortunately, my library only has the first one and not any of the others, but i still really enjoyed it! I think Vandemere is my favorite, his thing with his puzzles is a nice quirk. I wanna give him a megamix.

[frenchifries]

boss: alright, time to leave the playground. come on everyone. kids: *squatting in a circle on the ground* boss: what is everyone looking at? it's time to go. francesca, help me gather everyone please. me: *has already joined the squatting circle because there's a cool caterpillar*

[nichtimhandelerhaeltlich]

you ever just hate someone so much you start agreeing with Poseidon

I'm the #1 Fan of the Odysseus hate club btw fuck that guy

[vioofc]

“Oh if Odysseus didn’t tell his name nothing would’ve happened” “oh if Eurylochus didn’t open the bag everyone would’ve still been alive” NO, WRONG, IF EURY DIDNT OPEN THE BAG THEN POSEIDON WOULD’VE ATTACKED ITHICA INSTEAD AND EVEN IF ODYSSEUS DIDNT TELL HIS NAME POLITES WOULD STILL BE DEAD, THE KEY IS THE SHEEP, IF ODYSSEUS WOULDNT HAVE KILLED POLYPHEMOUS’ SHEEP NOTHING WOULD’VE HAPPENED, POLITES WOULD STILL BE ALIVE AND THEY WOULDNT BE HUNT DOWN BY POSEIDON, STOP FORGETTING ABOUT POLITES DEATH

[theinfiknight]

Nobody:

Polyphemous: AAUGGH! MY EYE!

[mrskillingjoke]

The wording and melody of

Maybe you could learn to forgive

Is kinda the same Like when Odysseus speaked to Polyphem

I'm glad We seem eye to eye

And i think He almost made Poseidon Stop His anger. But then Poseidon recognised (or thinks that) He's been played, Like His Son

[celestial-games]

For saturniids, may I suggest the Tau emperor (Aglia tau)? I've seen it once in the wild and was amazed by its beauty.

Cool moth!! It reminds me of a European version of the North American polyphemous moth :]

[alatismeni-theitsa]

What are your thoughts on EPIC: the musical? Is it a good adaptation?

Hello! My opinion is overall positive because. The creator is self-aware and bases his creations on they myths to create something fun, introspective, and fairly accurate. The style is modern US-English, with informal dialogue, and it's not exactly my cup of tea. But that doesn't mean I won't recognize what it does well. In general, it's songs are good and the fandom is mostly fine!

My only pet-peeve is the whole Polyphemous thing, where wounding the Cyclops is meant to be worse than killing him. That's not an ancient Greek sentiment. "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" - no, my guy, we are not imperial Japan! 😂 Wounding a god's child was offensive enough. Poseidon got mad just because his son was harmed, not because he should've been killed. I don't know where Jorge picked this up from, but we don't find this sentiment in the ancient Greek epics and myths. Please correct me if I'm wrong but no Greek god ever said "ah, I wish my child was MURDERED instead of losing his eyes" 😂

Also I've seen that in the fandom art Circe often has pointy ears - which is the most Celtic/Anglo thing I've seen. Pointy ears wasn't and isn't a fairy/witch thing in Greek folklore. Ever. It's just weird to see her like this😂 I don't know who drew her like this first and the rest followed.

[le-tiny-tato]

YALL IM NOT NORMAL ABOUT THIS

Got into Epic:The Musical and now All I can think about is a DSMP AU of it

Odysseus-Tommy

Penelope-Tubbo

Athena-Techno

Poseidon-Dream

Polyphemous-George

Circe-Quackity

Zeus-Punz/Sapnap

Ares-Jack Manifold

Aphrodite-Niki

Apollo-Badboyhalo

Sirens-Egg

Hephaestus-Warden Sam

Hera-Drista

Calypso-Revivebur/Dream

Aaeolus - Phil

Telemachus-Michael

Hermes-Slimecicle/Ranboo

Polites-Ghostbur

Lotus Eaters-Schlatt

Tiresias-Eret

Eurylochus-Fundy

Anticlea-Kristin

Ithaca-L'Manberg/Snowchester

Explanation under cut

Ok, 2 things

1) this is based specifically off of the musical, cuz the actual Odyssey doesn't line up as nice and I haven't read it recently enough to adjust my characters

2)fuck cc!Will Gold, I'm stealing his characters for myself

ALRIGHT

Tommy - Odysseus

Doomed Protagonist, everyone likes to beat up that wet cat, made some stupid mistakes and never stops paying for it

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Tubbo - Penelope

In a platonic way- they are each other's reason to continue living as well as Tommy's loyalty to Tubbo

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Techno - Athena

a mentor figure that helps, then abandons, then helps again when their mentee is suffering alone - grew attached? When said mentee was young and deemed worthy of their loyalty

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Dream - Poseidon

Main thing preventing him from going home, for a reason that was due to a decision that meant no harm in the grand scheme of things, unjustly petty bitch

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Gogy - Polyphemous

his house is equivalent of Polyphemous's eye, something that was meant as an action that meant no harm, that Ody/Tommy can never seem to make up for to the point where the punishment doesn't match the crime

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Quackity-Circe

the whole Puppeteer motif and protecting others on his little island by any means necessary via Las Nevadas - his nymphs are his employees and the city itself for the most part - also the feeling of doing something right, even through cruelty in the sake of expected justice (butcher army) - also his want to kill pig man

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Punz/Sapnap-Zeus

I feel Punz would be an ace Zeus - all of ThunderBringer, the final judgement call, swayed based on loyalties at the time and sides with Dream for reasons of "Ody/Tommy needs to be slapped around" - Techno is more powerful but Punz fits the personality more imo

I just realized Sapnap also fits really well and is a bit of a brother figure with Dream, but more willing to compromise with Tommy being around. He also is way better fitting with his anger issues, and is also has more ummm... Zeus-like motivations. I think the pride issue would also fit better, but he isn't nearly as powerful as Punz is at the time of the Exile-Prison arcs that I have this AU taking place in.

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Jack Manifold-Ares

the pissy nature about Tommy/Ody being a coward who he believes acts for purely selfish reasons when that isn't entirely the case, the need for violent action

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Niki-Aphrodite

less sexual - more platonic love based

I'm mostly basing this off God Games, and how Aphrodite is

1) paired with Ares, and is the less violent between the 2 but one of the hardest to convince that they should help Ody/Tommy

2) focused on Ody/Tommy betraying mom/friends for what are perceived as selfish reasons

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Badboyhalo-Apollo

Apollo singing about how the sirens were cut down is the same as Badboyhalo being against Tommy for not obeying the egg

Also by the interpretation that Apollo is apathetic to Odysseus's fate in God Games - Badboyhalo is primarily apathetic towards Tommy except for when he has to do with the Egg

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The Egg-Sirens

the egg has siren abilities that Tommy is immune to but (as least in fics) goes a long with for "plot" lmao - Tommy also partially lead to the defeat of the Egg through Church Prime - using faith in a god against Siren powers

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Warden Sam-Hephaestus

Using Prison as a similar setting to Ogygia (trapped with only an abusive partner)

The armory/builder character, part of his song in God Games is about sacrificing Ody's cohort similar to how Tommy sacrificed Ghostbur - both leading to/right after being trapped in prison/Ogygia

The needing to reforge trust but ultimately allowing a rescue under the promise of improvement

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Drista-Hera

(changing from Puffy to Drista cuz I like the idea from @wlwdwtys better!)

Drista would be a lot more passive towards the hero's fate, similar to God Games Hera. She easily has the powerful backing that Hera does and could likely be persuaded quickly with knowledge of something (Dream abusing Tommy/Ody staying loyal).

Whether or not Drista and Dream are siblings in this AU is up to interpretation, tho because Drista is a minor during the Dream SMP, her Hera wouldn't be engaged with this Zeus(Sapnap) - I think they would be more spiteful besties

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Revivebur/Dream-Calypso

Revivebur and Tommy don't have the exact same dynamic (brothers? Vs One-sided lover) but the dynamic is similarly abusive and done by someone isolated for numerous years given a chance at companionship from someone who can't really leave - seeing that companionship as more object than person

I think the Prison would be the equivalent of Ogygia since Tommy's entire time in prison it was just him and Dream separated from the rest of the world. So in that case Dream is Calypso, as he also has that "more object than person" view of Tommy

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Phil-Aeolus

God of the winds, the winions are chat, "keep your friends close and your enemies closer", both helpful and not, apathetic in the lighthearted way

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Michael/Ranboo-Telemachus

I'm leaning towards Michael for things like Legendary and the mentorship~ish/aunt vibes with Athena thing. I think Michael would have had a lot of stories of what Tommy achieved, especially since when Michael was first properly in the narrative, Tommy was technically dead. Argos is Michael's Chicken.

As for Ody's want to see Telemachus as a motivation for returning home, I think that matches Ranboo more, as Tommy doesn't really know Michael for most of the DSMP

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Slimecicle/Ranboo-Hermes

I'm going under the belief that this story starts during the initial leaving for Exile.

Hermes is helpful but mostly indifferent to the true fate of Odysseus. Slime fits the chaos vibe that Epic!Hermes brings to the table more, but Ranboo was more of a helpful indifference during exile.

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Ghostbur-Polites

Fuckin dies /j

But really, it's the positivity of seeking to greet the world with Open Arms - and honestly doing so really successfully because they are really likeable

There is also a connection of the Lotus Fruit to Blue

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Schlatt-Lotus Eaters

As I am starting the story at the start of the exile arc, Schlatt is already dead. The equivalent of the lotus fruit is booze lmao

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Eret-Tiresias

First of all, he is kinda tied to the underworld and is a holder of history on the server. She has the look of a prophet with her eyes, and probably enough gossip to predict the fates. I think people also usually went to Eret for advice and wisdom to an extent, though I can't really remember.

Tiresias is a part of the age old "don't shoot the messenger" party that the Greeks liked, which means he has to be a very neutral party. Eret - after the first death of L'Manberg, became one of the very few true neutral parties on the server.

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Fundy-Euryloclus

Both Fundy and Tommy in canon were similar to brothers (Eury and Ody are brother-in-laws since Eury is married to Ody's sister)

Fundy also committed acts of betrayal (burning the L'Manberg flag & acting as a spy) that Tommy didn't learn about until the end when they were no longer close (if ever)

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Kristin-Anticlea

Suggestion from @charlybvnny

Kristin would also work even with the "death goddess" esc characterization because she could be waiting to see her son return to the underworld! But for this AU let's say she's just a spirit who died after the first destruction of L'Manberg or something

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L'Manberg/Snowchester-Ithaca

I was originally imagining L'Manberg as Ithaca because I wasn't sure where else, but I like Ithaca better! (Suggestion from @charlybvnny)

I'ma make it so in this au that Tommy knows about Snowchester prior to his Exile, as the more positive fate of Snowchester is way better than what is left of L'Manberg. It would be a mash between the loyalty Tommy feels to L'Manberg and his active part in building Ithaca, and the setting of Snowchester.

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Suitors?

Any thoughts on the Suitors? I can't think of any characters that really match them, so I'm open to suggestions!