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apollo's need for his father's love... 😨😭😫☹️😟😞😔😣😖😩😫🥺🤯😱😰

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still thinking about hermes & apollo and dionysus & apollo dynamics btw. back when he was the cool older brother you always wanted to be like. the brother you sometimes copied because everything about him was so unique. the brother you always looked up to. the brother who was always quick to forgive. the brother who was your favourite sibling among all of your father's kids. the brother who always got you out of trouble. the brother your father always compared you to. the brother who was perfect. the brother who was everything your father wanted you to be like.the brother you got sick of being compared to. the brother who was always able to capture zeus' attention. the brother you slowly started to hate.

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Rumour has it, although the King of Ithaca had returned to his shores, his throne remained empty for the better part of a year.

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Spoilers for "Odysseus"

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POST TOA

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Death will not free you of your duties, Jason Grace

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THIS MADE ME GIGGLE SO HARD I HAD TO DRAW IT RAGGZGDGG

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Hi 💙 Can I ask for Apollo and Hyacinthus pls ? I love how you draw them 👀🫶

OF COURSE YOU CAN 🫶🫶🫶 I love them so much 😭🫶

(And since I love them so much 🫵 I decide to change a bit the story and tell myself that Hyacinth, like Persephone, go to see Apollo every spring / summer. And so Im sure he is a good friend of Persephone)

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Apollo's perception of Lester changing over the course of the series drives me absolutely nuts because it's one of the most emotionally impactful arcs in his character.

He see's Lester as a prison sentence initially. He's the husk that Zeus made of Apollo when he stripped him of his immortality, his domains, and his memory. Not a single thing about the mortal body he's placed in was his choice and he resents it. Apollo even refers to Lester as a distinctly separate entity at times. There is a clear disconnect between what he views as himself and his punishment, and the only times he acknowledges it as his identity is to be self-deprecating or dismissive.

Then halfway through his arc, at the lowest points in the narrative where he's lost nearly all of his abilities, he spirals into self doubt. Maybe this was all he really was. Maybe without the support of his powers and domains, this was all there is to Phoebus Apollo. He's accepting Lester's negative traits as apart of himself, vocalizing his fear of being useless and unworthy of godhood to the readers. While the first portion of the series developed Apollo's character in terms of him accepting responsibility, The Burning Maze is when Apollo's most significant internal changes take place.

He stops lying constantly in his narration by this point, and we get to see how he actually feels about himself and others. What he was hiding from the readers - most notably, was his feelings of inadequacy.

But by the end of the series, once he's rightfully Apollo again, he admits to us that it doesn't feel right. He suddenly realizes that he does miss being Lester; that the godly form he's wearing doesn't fit like he once thought it did. Despite the trauma surrounding his trials, being Lester was the first time Apollo was able to be authentically himself without fear of needing to put on a mask. He was braver, kinder, and more beloved when he wasn't putting distance between himself and others.

Because that's the person he wants to be.

That's the real him, Lester Papadopoulos.

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Hebe comforting Ganymede

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Bright Apollo, King of Gold Arrow, Lord of Silver Bow.

Bring Health and Happiness to your followers in the new year.

And plague my enemies with cold so that they sneeze on every inappropriate occasion🙂

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HYAPOLLO KISSING!!!

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Guys I need some Apollo x Hyacinthus fic recs drop them in the comments below pretty please I miss those Ancient Greek losers(affectionate) 🙏🙏🙏

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this is what the opening of the palutena's guidance between them feels like

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This is prolly not a hot take nowadays but its funny how dionysus & ariadne r literally what tumblr thinks hades & persephone were like & yet no one gives a shit abt em

Like u got the girl boss that became a strong goddess within her own right & the loving husband who got a dark streak to him,w/ his associated animal,and dont forget the cute first time meeting!

No kidnapping,no coercion,& no need fr a whole reimagining

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i was getting ready for shepherding on mount Ida, putting my long flaxen hair into a messy bun. as i looked at my wine-dark eyes in the mirror, my dad came in. “i sold you for prancing horses of the breed that carry the immortals” he said. “come meet your new master.” i went downstairs and there he was...loud-thundering zeus