shout out to tiresias for not even mentioning helios' cows

For all his intelligence and cunning, Odysseus cannot do mental maths

Tiresias: A horrible man will be with your wife

Odysseus:..... I am the monster rawr rawr rawr?

Zeus: Hades, man! Come join us in tormenting this Odysseus guy!

Poseidon: Yeah, he's coming to your kingdom next. It's your turn now!

Hades: I don't know, seems a little unethical-

Persephone: *pushes Hades aside* Sounds fun! Can I join?

"All i hear are screams" Because that's what he wants to hear. He's fine with people blaming him and yelling at him. He doesn't want to hear Polites gently singing his motto. He doesn't want to hear his mom's soft voice saying how much she loves him.

He wants to be hated and punished, he doesn't want to hear that they believed in him until the end.

So all he chooses to hear are screams

Hermione:I am a nepo baby, and there for better than you

Tiresias: sorry man, I saw Penelope with another guy

Odysseus: I will throw another fuckin baby off a wall

Sometimes I like to sit and imagine that the reason baby Astyanax didn't cry at Odysseus' appearance is because he instinctively associates war-helms with his father.

Even when Odysseus takes him over to the balcony to drop him, even as his mother cries out at the sight of him in Odysseus' hands, he doesn't cry, because his father is right there with him

Odysseus 🤝 Taylor Swift

hi it's me i'm the problem it's me

i'm gonna k *remembers i shouldn't make suicide jokes* i must become the monster

I'm on my knees begging for an Anakin Skywalker edit set to "Monster" from Epic the Musical

Odysseus becoming the monster he fought Athena to avoid

little sister back at it again with the epic the musical takes

what

Chat: *sobbing about Polites and Odysseus’ mom*

Jay: Don’t worry guys :D it’s only their final thoughts as they died :D

Chat: *sobbing harder*

Polites died believing that the world is kind, and yet his death contributes to Odysseus deciding to become a monster. Absolutely devastating

SPOILER

The most devastating part is, unlike in The Odyssey, Epic Odisseus doesn't get to talk to the souls. They're just there, talking to themselves, and he can't do anything but look.