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“go to hell” is basic. “i hope your favourite media gets an adaptation that got so popular with people that can’t tag properly, it overruns your main tag. Unfortunately you don’t hate the adaptation enough to block it, so now you just see bad takes after bad takes, complete misunderstanding of the theme of the story and the characters, and fan theories that contradicts to both the source material and adaptation but treated as canon and used in arguments for points.” is smart. it’s possible. it’s terrifying. It already happened to me

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Thank goodness you brought up the stigma around male sexual assault survivors when talking about Odysseus's experiences with the goddesses because they are an abusive relationship to an T- specially Calypso's. I remember very vividly that she told him he could go and he crashes put because...well, why WOULD she let him go after abusing him so much? Of course he is wary of anything she says- for all he knew she was testing his "loyalties" and when he went full "I refuse to do anything you say unless you promise to NO hurt me" she just... Dismisses him. And says the problem is him for distrusting her.

Thank you so much! I believe you are referring to my recent reblog about this matter right?

I had even replied to an ask at the past about why is so bad to see a Calypso like the one in PJO as a 15-year-old clueless girl to that aspect.

At this point I consider it my duty to do so given how much stigma still exists and how many people genuinely think that men do not fall victims of rape or other form of violence especially when the perpetrator is a woman. And ironically the story of Odysseus is the perfect example of that. The fact that he is dealing with literal goddesses and he still somehow falls victim to the illusion that he couldn't have been abused is so harming the people who do relate to experiences such as that where they never got believed

Thank you so much!

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How old were you at the lowest point in your life? Reblog this and put it in the tags, plus your current age maybe. I'm trying to see something.

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“Survivor’s Guilt”

Odysseus portrait I started while in Kefalonia, Greece that I finished yesterday. I had really no idea where I was going with this but I like how it turned out. This was basically a lot of “fuck around and find out”. Anyway, I’ll leave this up to your interpretation.

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People claim that Odysseus is always lying ignoring the context of his tell-tale and lies for survival in the Odyssey

Then they use post-homeric sources that depict Odysseus as crueler or daresay heartless that have a different context behind their writing

They use these as a fact to claim that Odysseus is a heartless sociopath that cares for nothing but himself and cares only for his image (even if his image is arguably damaged in the context of those stories see for example Euripides)

They claim this is the real Odysseus

Like...Odysseus is a liar and a tell-tale when he is nice...but not when he is cruel... Odysseus never pretends being heartless for example because situation calls for it even if it hurts his image but he lies when he is kind or tormented to earn pity points even if that hurts his image...

So Odysseus cares for himself and his image and then acts in ways that harms it. He is kind and therefore lying, cruel and therefore real... Odysseus is not emotional at all unless he is lying but he never lies when emotionless but he still lies all the time...

Odysseus always lies to be kind but when he is cruel he is real...lord forbid from feeling emotions because Odysseus goes like "ew what are those? Tools perhaps?"

Guys...guys...the fuck?

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Number 1 one odysseus defender over here. You're really working overtime, props to you😅!

There's so many reasons one could hate odysseus, there's really no need to make him out to be the devil.

Hahahaha consider myself his incarnation at this point hahahaha 😆

True I mean hating one character is of course one's right to do so but yeah honestly the amount of things I see like

"He cheated on Penelope" like...no? Not in Homer at least. Now other sources have other stories

"He hanged 12 innocent raped women" the fuck like what happened to "out of your 50 slaves these 12 followed the suitors" thing?

"Iphigenia happened because of him" again...no? Odysseus did not invent the whole thing he invented the plan for the wedding in some versions and all but like nope? He didn't just randomly kill her for his amusement

"He killed Astyanax and never felt remorse" again...no? Does he kill the baby? Yes in some versions like Iliou Persis but the majority speak on Neoptolemus. And we have no idea what he felt either and in any case in Homer we also see his deep level of guilt

Not to mention that the sources do speak on events based on their sociopolitical status and their oftentimes criticism to it. To use Trojan Women to just characterize Odysseus as a character and claim that this is what he is supposed to be is equally wrong with using just Ovid to characterize the myth of Medusa. Euripides wrote it for instance to criticize Athens on the way the city handled the war. The sociopolitical context is of greatest importance to understand the choice of the play being written such

And many many more. Honestly hating Odysseus as a character is everyone's right. Making the same jokes over and over and over again is also in the game but seriously sometimes I wonder if I am reading the same things or anything. And sometimes I think we need to read the sources a bit more multidimensionally

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Got to have four pieces of baklava tonight. Life is wonderful. Everything is wonderful.

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T H I S. EXACTLY THIS.

Why even call it a ‘retelling’ if you’re going to change everything that defines the original story??

“Here’s my new mythology or folklore retelling! I only took a few creative liberties in changing the character’s personalities and motives, the plot, the themes, the lesson/moral, and every other aspect that makes The Story The Story, nor did I research the historical or cultural context at all, now please give me fame and money!”

Just make up your own characters, it honestly gives you much more creative freedom without the risk of disrespecting someone’s culture by making a ‘retelling’ that has no respect for the original source.

The greatest problem with retellings is that they do not retell an old story. They tell an original story. Their writers just didn't want to invest and commit in original characters to tell it.

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YOU’RE BACK!!! THANK THE GODS!!!! I WAS SO WORRIED!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Guys! Your friendly neighbor Odysseus incarnation here! My page is fixed it seems thank goodness! I apparently am back on business

Thank you all so much that came to support me and ask for what happened. It must have been some stupid glitch on the system or hacking (dunno of the latter since I didn't get any notification for some computer to the system)

Just in case will make some changes but guys thank you for asking about me! You are all amazing!

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“Duck Days”

Just a piece of Penelope enjoying a nice day with some waterfowl :)

I forgot how much of a pain it is to draw feathers plus I did the background in one sitting, so RIP my wrist. I also really wanted to do a work with a full background since they’re one of my favorite things to draw. The birds are a duckling, a garganey and a greylag goose.

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I wanna cry. Please no.

Most people on Tumblr: Yay! We can have a musical based on the Iliad! Me after seeing what happened with Odyssey plot especially the last saga and the fandom logic inserting the ancient sources (again):

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I could not help myself. It popped into my head and refused to leave. I need my Photoshop privileges revoked immediately.

Have you all noticed how everything about Odysseus screams "trickster"? That dude is a moving contradiction that drives one in the false sense of security till it is too late.

Yes he is barely average or short but he is incredibly well built and strong, much more than what meets the eye.

Yes he is old but he is incredibly vigorous and fast to the point of younger men have tough time to compete against him

Yes he often seems like a simpleton when he doesn't talk and then he starts to and people realize he can speak and twist his words and spin them like fine thread

Yes he doesn't have any divine beauty and yet his charm is enough to capture many people on his way including two goddesses and a young princess

Yes he is patient and looks like he can be calm and then you see him explode and you realize how wrong you are

Yes he is a pious man and religious to the point of following the gods laws to the t no matter how horrible that looks and yet he is the one who is not afraid to bend the rules.

Yes he is incredible to the art of spear but he can aim with the arrow as well

Yes he looks like he doesn't care and yet he cares deeply

Yes he appears that he would rather be safe and sound but then he jumps into battle for you

The dude's presence makes you underestimate him and everything else makes you realize that you actually DO underestimate him and he can do much more! The dude is a naturally-born trickster! XD

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This is genuinely the funniest thing I have read all day.

Odysseus and Penelope are for sure the most realistic couple in greek mythology because the very first thing they do after 20 years of not seeing each other is argue about the furniture.

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OOOHHHH I LOVE THIS 🌊🔱

"So now I see the gods have changed their minds about Odysseus while I was away. Well, I will drive him far off course." -Odyssey, Book 5

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I genuinely wish people to pay more attention to animation than live action. I never understood why so many would make fancasts of animated series when an artist can draw exactly how they envision the perfect character for a role.

The reason many live action adaptations feel dissatisfied is because of a huge amount of miscast. But animation can go above and beyond always delivering. Instead of fueling the system of live action, we should instead demand more people to appreciate artists.

Animations can create wonders no live action can match. Its time to stop dismissing the value of animation in general as something "for kids" when it has been proven time and time again that animation can be a serious form of art in the industry.

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Finished my cute widdle Polyphemus concept art! He’s totally a cuddlebug and wouldn’t eat you at all! 🥰

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A cute little Polyphemus concept WIP!! 🥰