#that says h+w btw not a+w

[lunallamaloveshuntlow]

It's the willoe

[gingermintpepper]

I haven't read the Odyssey so I'm asking you. Are you telling me besides Athena, Apollo was the god who helped Odysseus and his family the most? Indirectly at least.

If that's true it's really a missed opportunity in EPIC.

No, no, the god who assists Odysseus the most after Athena is unquestionably Zeus.

Zeus genuinely has no problems with Odysseus and makes it very clear that he finds the man brilliant and would have already had him home and safe if he had his way, but he makes it clear that he's deferring to Poseidon who actually has the problem with Odysseus because, ultimately, the sea is Poseidon's domain and kingdom and Zeus doesn't intend to step on his brother's toes.

(Od. Book 1 trans. Robert Fitzgerald)

I'd definitely give third place to Apollo however. The big bug-bear about Apollo in the Odyssey is just that he's much less tangible than Athena or even Hermes who appears to Odysseus multiple times to help guide him/give him proclamations. His presence is everywhere though; like I've previously mentioned (and like he did with Jason) it's Apollo protecting Odysseus from Poseidon as he sails the sea after Odysseus blinds Polyphemus. It's also Apollo keeping Telemachus safe. His most vital role by far is when Odysseus returns to Ithaca in time for the challenge that will determine the next king. Not only is it a shooting contest whose first hurdle is to string a bow, the challenge itself takes place on a festival day for Apollo. Athena is there with Odysseus and Telemachus physically, but Apollo is looking after them in spirit, sending signs and signals to keep Telemachus especially safe.

(Od. Book 15, Telemachus warns about the state of Odysseus' house to Theoclymenus, a son of one of Apollo's prophets.)

There's also the fact that Odysseus makes sure to pray to Apollo before he attempts to string the bow:

(Od. Book 21. Beggar-Odysseus petitions to shoot his shot)

Likewise, before he slays the first suitor, Odysseus again prays for Apollo's guidance and gaze to guide his arrows:

(Od. Book 22. Odysseus commits the first of many (divinely-sanctioned) murders)

Also, as an additional thing, have Telemachus invoking Zeus, Athena and Apollo that he could see the suitors have their asses beat:

(Od. Book 18. Telemachus excitedly gushes to him mom about his cool new friend (Odysseus. Odysseus is the friend.)

There's a lot of minimisation of Apollo's role in the Odyssey because it isn't as bright and showy as his role was in the Iliad but hey, even there people tend to minimise how truly present Apollo is for the duration of the war when they're doing adaptations. Within Epic, the stage is already more than set for both Apollo and Athena to be there at the advent of Odysseus' revenge but none of that matters if that's not the creator's intention, y'know?

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

btw what theon went through is what thousands upon thousands upon thousands of slaves still go through in essos. so, do you still feel pity for the slavers that were crucified? do you still pity the slavers killed when daenerys freed the unsullied?

i ask these questions, and yet i know that there are still many people who believe that the violence against the slavers wasn’t justified, or believe that it was simply “too much” or “not fair.” truly… what an insane hill to die on.

maybe these people should spare more empathy for the formerly enslaved instead of wasting time making up excuses (that are not supported by the text) for why the slave masters' deaths were somehow not justified 🫶

[deus-ex-mona]

how it started:

how it’s going:

[evi4th]

religious trauma lifesteal!zam essay //lifesteal spoilers

call it projecting but like imagine the amount of religious trauma lifesteal!princezam has (presuming theres some sort of connection of the characters between seasons) like bro has had like 80% of his teamates become gods and watched them loose their sense of self in one way or another he himself started exploiting at one point then goes on to ban himself in season five theres something to be said their having reached the heart cap and having so much power after hours and hours of constant labour to achieve what he got handed to him by a divine like entity like just to ban himself something something sacirficing your life to a higher entity . something also about watching all of his loved ones betray him die or him having to betray them for his own self of moral justice which is very lackluster to his constantly changing beliefs and morality he will never find something that he can cling to (like religion) so. yeah.

[tamagotchikgs]

staring at my face in the passenger mirror n trying not 2 cry why do i liike like That,,, , why is my face so pulled down why does it all have to make shadows like that i look So old

[svtskneecaps]

THE BREAST MILK CONVERSATION IS SO MUCH MORE UNHINGED THAN I REMEMBERED WHAT THE FUCK DID I BLOCK THIS OUT OR SOMETHING LMFAO I'M ACTUALLY CRYING THERE ARE TEARS IN MY EYES

[fitzrove]

Rant in the tags... I am insufferable

[vanweezer]

yall dont laugh too hard ok. ok

paper machet paul mask

[justablah56]

*shaking even more violently* what the shit. what the fuck. w ww. h at

[backontrackdiary]

[deus-ex-mona]

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

current dilemma—do I order the rest of the Lockwood and Co. books now (despite not having started the first one yet and originally planning to just get the others from the library) and spend about $50 to get the UK editions from Book Depository before it shuts down?? or do I just wait for now and save that money and try to track down UK editions some other place at a later date?

[tamagotchikgs]

last night i was poking around in my mouth as u do and i reached back where i had always felt this hard thing w my tongue for awhile now but was like ah maybe it's just like. my gums being inflamed in the back or smthn BUT,, no i poked that thing with my fingernail n it is a tooth that is a whole ass wisdom tooth

[lionblaze03-2]

This recent idea of being ‘in’ or ‘out’ of a fandom and being able to just straight up ‘leave a fandom’ is so fucking wild to me. Just because you don’t make art for it exclusively anymore doesn’t mean you ‘aren’t in the fandom anymore’ do you still like it?? Are you still fan?? Congratulations! You’re in the fandom! The idea of someone going “actually, I’m leaving the ___ fandom” and then just magically never thinking of it or enjoying any piece of or memories about it again and never being allowed to draw it again even for the memories is insane to me how do you DO THAT

[euclydya]

backreading discord messages.bc we're funny & our reactions to our own pets. r always so funny. you'd think we've never seen An Animals before. and tbf w source & canon in mind we kinda haven't