#the Circe saga

[poppitron360]

I lied. Put your clothes back on. I haven’t seen my wife in twelve years and I need to find a way to evade Poseidon, so if you could just un-pig my men-

[pizzaplexmechanic]

have these been done yet

[simoondraws]

✨OhohhhoHooohhoohO✨

[a-very-sparkly-nerd]

Zeus: "If you don't end him now, you'll have no one left to save."

Athena: "Finish it."

Aeolus: "The end always justifies the means."

Poseidon: "Ruthlessness is mercy."

Hermes: "You can be hurt or you can beat her. ... I'll help you conquer her."

Tiresias: "I see a man who gets to make it home alive, but it's no longer you."

Hestia, probably:

[irunaki]

my interpretation of a scene of the Odyssey that i wanted to draw for some reason

speedpaint

[le-sapphic-artist]

Eurolychus: HOW COULD YOU SACRIFICE SIX OF OUR MEN? OUR FRIENDS

Odysseus:

Odysseus: BITCH YOU WERE READY TO LEAVE OUR ENTIRE CREW AT CIRCE’S PALACE—

[falconsandrainbows]

Jorge Rivera-Herrans: it's 558 men because in the original odyssey there was this man named Elpenor who died at Circe's palace, and it's also a reference to a cut song!

Also Jorge: TweLvE lOnG yeArS

[shebeafancyflapjack]

The joy of listening to Epic on shuffle.

Poseidon: After everything you've done....how will you sleep at night?

Odysseus: Next to my wife.

Hermes: Hehehe, I must say, what a brilliant speech you gave!

[kiyomarus]

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THE TASTE OF THE POWER? WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO USE MORE THAN WORDS? DEEP IN THE NIGHT THE FIGHT LASTS FOR HOURS, YOU CAN BE HURT OR YOU CAN BEAT HER! WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THE MAGIC? WOULDN'T YOU LIKE YOUR OUTCOME PREFERRED? DEEP IN THE NIGHT THE FIGHT CAN BE TRAGIC, I'LL HELP YOU CONQUER HER!

[modemica]

“I remember actions of passion, I have been in love once before.”

(epic!odysseus’ genuine love for his wife striking a chord with circe had me in shambles)

[rrainydaydreams]

[caramellcandy]

Odysseus: what was it?

Eurylochus: wait, let me put on the outfit

[dreamsandconstellations]

Nobody:

Odysseus:

[newts-frogs-toads]

ALEXANDER HAMILTON COULD NEVER OMG

[artemx746]

Am I celebrating Valentines Day? Bitch no I’m aromantic I’m obviously celebrating Circe saga day

[licorice-and-rum]

Do you know what breaks my heart?

Knowing that Odysseus probably still feels so guilty he can barely breathe, he's just suppressing it and filling the void with Penelope.

That's why she's finally showing up more plainly in this second part because Odysseus needs to believe that something will be worth all the guilt and all the suffering and that something is Penelope.

That's why she sings that she "will take the suffering" from him, because that's his hope, that's what he needs to believe because otherwise, it was all in vain.

And you know what's even worse?

Even if he does reach Ithaca, and even if he does have his "happy ending" (which I have no idea if it'll happen because I never read The Odyssey but I know enough about Greek Mythology and tragedies that I don't think so), it'll not be happy.

It'll be so bittersweet it makes my heart ache in ways I can't even bear.

I imagine Odysseus will never be able to swim with Telemachus and Penelope again, even if it's just a river, because he'd not know to differentiate between siren Penelope and real Penelope then.

I imagine he will never be able to look at his sister the same knowing that he caused her husband's death and so will she.

I imagine he will have to face his other men, who will know (or so Odysseus will think) that he sacrificed several of them to be there again.

I imagine he will have to discover all over again how to be a father to teenager Telemachus who doesn't even remember what is like to have a father, let alone see Odysseus as one.

I imagine if he will ever sleep in peace again, fearing that the gods will find him there once and for all.

I'm not crying, you are!