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I keep on thinking of an angsty au of all that would happen if Odysseus actually died in "Get in the Water". This will be a long one so here goes ~

I headcanon that Odysseus got stabbed by the trident through the lungs, and when he's brought down to the Underworld he's cursed by Poseidon even after death. His lungs are eternally filled with blood and water, so he can no longer speak without said blood and water pouring out of his mouth. All the better so that he can never wriggle his way out of a tight spot with his clever lies, according to Poseidon.

Things are awkward as hell for a while because of the whole "having to wait a century if you aren't buried with a gold coin for the Ferryman" thing, with all the other 600 dead men in the same situation. Plenty are mad at him for his schemes getting them killed, many more that they died in vain because Odysseus failed to get home. Things eventually calm down and things are okay-ish for a while. Polites tries to stay positive and tell Odysseus that when the 100 years are up, he'll at least be reunited with his wife and son. Time seems to flow strangely in the Underworld, so it passes quicker than anyone expects.

Everyone eventually makes their way past the three judges Minos, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus, to Elysium as heroes who died after their conquest in Troy, leaving Odysseus alone for the amount of time between his death and the deaths at the hands of Zeus. However, when he finally makes his way to the judges, they are unable to agree at first on where he should spend the rest of his days. There were arguments that he was a brilliant tactician and a hero who tried everything he reasonably could to get his crew home. There were arguments that he was a villain who killed a child, made his enemies suffer cruelly, doomed his crew and betrayed the last of his men. Ultimately, it was decided that he was to spend the rest of eternity in Asphodel because he failed in his quest to go home.

Unlike most spirits that end up in Asphodel, Odysseus is unable to fall into the peaceful trance that most of its denizens fall under because he's always in anguish. In death, he is separated from his family and friends forever. Even the most restless spirits in Asphodel eventually sleep at some point, usually when they are joined by loved ones. Sadly, that can never be the case for Odysseus. It gets bad enough that Hades has to make a personalized staff to try to keep Odysseus from driving himself mad with loneliness and despair, keeping him calm with small vials of water from the Lethe. It's still a struggle because even without his memories, all the pains from his mortal life still linger in his heart.

After many centuries, Poseidon will hear the tale of Odysseus with a VERY different ending from the one he knows, and he is of course annoyed at the blatant misinformation and he demands that Hades let him talk to Odysseus's spirit under the guise of letting bygones be bygones, whilst he actually is trying to see if Odysseus somehow influenced the tale from beyond the grave. Hades warns him that Odysseus is in no state to be confronted with his past, but of course Poseidon is too stubborn to take no for an answer. Hades reluctantly agrees, on the condition that Poseidon is on his best behavior during his visit.

Poseidon finally sees the once-great Odysseus in his miserable state, and against Hades warnings, cannot HELP but to gloat. He mocks Odysseus by revealing the supposed ending to his tale, according to the mortals, while bragging that he was the cause of his doom. This inevitably triggers Odysseus as memories that have long been hazy and forgotten suddenly come back full-force, and he is in pure agony and heartbreak all over again.

Hades is FURIOUS, as it had taken so much time and effort just to get him to a somewhat calm state. Poseidon is a bit taken off-guard to see his usually stoic elder brother so agitated. Hades decides to punish Poseidon by making him Odysseus's charge from now on, as there is nothing more Hades can do to ail his suffering after all this time. So now Poseidon is stuck with the spirit of Odysseus, a mere fraction of the man he used to be, and cannot be rid of him until he is no longer suffering

shout out to @witless-winion1 's fic for bringing my attention to ancient greek burial customs ^-^

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This is what you look like to me

Creators that can both write and draw are geese

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Bro I feel like I just blew in from stupid town because I JUST realized why Odysseus chose Polites to go with him instead of Eurylochus.

It’s because he’s the fucking second in command.

If the captains not there then the second in command is next in line to keep the whole crew in order.

Chat be honest am I slow🥀

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Creators that can both write and draw are geese

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cw: for blood and telemachus's busted face in pic 4

Some more lil layout doodles for the Little Wolf animatic! I like the idea that Telemachus gets so badly beaten by antinous that like ody he gets glimpses into hades, where meemaw, polites and eurylochus are like gurl what

also antinous having absolutely zero chill

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We are so back

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Hera in God Games

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Hey wait a minute

YOOOOOO!! :D

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If I had a nickel for every time an animated movie had a popular fictional k-pop boy band with music that was actually really popular IRL, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice

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Missing their loved ones(it's been 3 days since they left)

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I think this Odysseus guy loves this wife. I might be wrong, idk.

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Shout out to people with auditory processing disorder!!!

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Can't trust them! their gonna use up the supplies!

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Odysseus: Ruthlessness is mer-

Penelope: Ruthless is what we’re gonna be to our WEDDING bed tonight

Odysseus:

Odysseus: Okay

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insomnia is chronic but these vocals are iconic