With the whole Vanillaverse thing taking over Tumblr now I’m debating making an AU off of that theory I had about the CoD getting possessed. Probably just doodles and quotes—might be fun tho lol
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Still reading the Odyssey. How have I never seen anyone bring up a headcanon that Odysseus becomes scared shitless of the ocean after finally coming home to Ithaca? I'm talking mental-breakdown inducing phobia.
The man has spent TEN YEARS lost at sea. Each time he reached land, Poseidon was here to try to drown him. His twelve ships with six hundred men sunk. And later on, when Alcinoos' men sailed him back to Ithaca, Poseidon sunk that ship too. It just never ends. Odysseus has seen hundreds of men, friends, die at sea, he's been whipped by waves, choked by salt, he faced Charybdis on his own, nearly drowned more times than he can count, all of this to finally reach home knowing his journey has drowned hundreds of innocent people.
I'm telling you he'd never heal from that shit. After he finally reclaims the throne of Ithaca, maybe Telemachus mentions that some of his father's old friends are still waiting for news of him, that Nestor has no idea he managed to go home and that Menelaus weeps whenever he thinks of him.
So Odysseus agrees to follow his son to Pylos and Sparta, having to sail across the sea once again, and although the trip goes smoothly it's a living nightmare for Odysseus. The moment the ship departs, he prays Poseidon with all his might, begging him to spare his son. He can't stop puking and crying, choking on his own erratic breath, hallucinating and going paranoid. For a few days Telemachus really thinks he's fallen ill. The trip back is just as terrible and Telemachus has no idea how to comfort his father or to make him understand that the seas are safe for him now, as well as for all the people who travel with him.
Yet another reason why Odysseus needs to spend the rest of his life in a Penelope/Diomedes sandwich hug, I rest my case.
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Do you guys ever realize how absolutely fuckin MIND BLOWING is that something like Epic The Musical exist.
The Odyssey was written around the 8th century BC
Thats over two thousand fuckin years ago, two whole ass millenia.
Imagine writing a fanfic SO GOOD that people two thousand years in the future are still making fan songs and AMVs about it.
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Idk why Gromph is out here making bullying Jarlaxle's boyfriends a competitive sport. He called Kimmuriel his "Psionic creature" and just called Artemis his "human toy." Gromph maybe you should focus more of your energy away from insults and towards not being a little piss boy. okay, Archmage of NOTHING.
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i can’t imagine that after getting back to his house odysseus ever went back to his old normal look. he just decided to keep the lost-at-sea style and rule like that. how would he even come back from ten years of beard? i bet he sits upside down on his throne and throws parsnips at unruly diplomats or something
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wait so like, I'm just checking out more of Epic The Musical and like,,,is "Just A Man" aka a song that establishes Odysseus' tragic character and the beginning of his many dilemmas and hardships starting with being commanded by Zeus to kill Hector's infant child,,,is thAT SONG with all the spirit of all the penultimate acts both thematically and musically,,,IS THAT REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE THE SECOND SONG OF THE MUSICAL? because damn. that's quite a bold introduction. i'm intrigued.
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