#Thank you apollo!

[roundhousekickingheight]

helloooo! 15 for the ask game?

hi there!

15. what do you think of when you hear the word “home”?

ooof, umm, i think the way my house smells when i get back from away? i love how everyone’s house (and like any place in general) has its own unique smell. is that weird? idk.

also sleeping in my bed and the way the light seeps through my blackout curtains when i sleep in on weekends. generally just my bedroom, i think

[blackfire5561]

He wants a bite (of ice cream) 🍨

[dolotonglo]

so that popularity poll huh

[my-name-is-apollo]

Guys

Have you seen Apollo with his cool swan-lyre??

Well now you have 🦢

[fungisteri]

You know, I used to be troubled about whether the unrestrained internet access was a good or bad thing to happen to me. But a pretty interesting event has convinced me that it is a damn excellent thing.

[theic-manic]

May Hermes guide those fleeing war, abuse, domestic violence, and any other horrible situation to places of safety and refuge.

May Apollo help with the healing that follows.

[megamindsupremacy]

more riordanverse social media fics should make use of the fact that Lester is both There and Like That. I need a classic “all the demigods are arguing on Twitter while the greater public watches in confusion” only for The Literal God Apollo to drop in and join the argument. And then they all gang up on him. And it very quickly becomes clear that he is a loser and his best friend is a twelve year old. Will pops in like “family picture with our dad!” and it’s a group photo of the Apollo cabin and nobody can figure out which one Apollo is because he looks like every other teenager in that photo. Peak opportunity for content here and we need to take advantage

[kkas-art]

Once again it's time for @klapollo-minibang ! Sometimes, you just need a 6 months trip across the Mediterranean to think about your feelings, riiight? Klavier's first stop: MONACO✨

Check out @bacony 's piece to find out where the journey goes next! And go read the whole fic "May I Always Be On Your Mind" by @subdomjellyfish / Julian_CourtJester (ao3) !! And again thanks to everybody making this possible ❤️💜

[doctorsiren]

thinking about Phoenix Fulwright….😳

[emimii]

ace attorney apollo justice save me……

[roundhousekickingheight]

at first i was mostly like that same hat meme but with apollo. like ah yes, a fellow apollo justice fan, i shall give a follow

but you like a lot of different things? and they're all really interesting! and i like how you always talk to everyone and take care to tag things so people can go through their dash safely and idk you're super cool

my tumblr crashed the first time i tried to answer this it just couldn’t handle the sheer amount of. idk apollo i guess

thought that was important to make.

anyways thank you!!! sideblogs stress me the hell out which is the main reason i just put everything here but it has the added benefit of a really varied tumblr experience which i love. also admittedly my tagging was originally for organizational purposes but the ability to filter tags gets two birds with one stone so yeah. i also feel like talking to people in asks and tags is like half the fun of using this site i was just hoping i wasn’t overdoing it but this helps some thank you!

[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?

[huyandere]

the reunion klapollo week day 7: aa4 sequel that's it! i completed the klapollo week! thank you everyone who participated and who supported me it was a lot of fun!

[u3pxx]

happy klapollo day! (2/9) ❤️💜

[bambiilooza]

would you draw Apollo and Hyacinthus together in the future? your designs for them are very cute, as is your art style !!

i've wanted to draw them for a while but didn't have a solid apollo design but i do now, so this was fun. thanks for the ask :D

@i-live-in-your-vents i got ur ask about them, thought you'd like <3