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One of the things I noticed in some EPIC animatics is that some of the God's are bird themed. I know it represents their animal forms but I just wanted to point that out.

Zeus is an Eagle, Hera is a Peacock, Aphrodite is a Dove, Apollo is a Swan, Ares is a Vulture, Athena is a Owl, Hephaestus is a crane, and Hermes is a rooster.

Btw the gods represent more than one animal, I'm just pointing it out that half of them represent birds.

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So

A friend mentioned to me that Poseidon's trumpets mimic Ares' instrument in 600 strike and that Ares might have blessed Ody in the moment (Shout-out @dysphanic-redshift) and asked me why I thought that might be

In the myths, as far as I remember, Ctimene is a Warrior of Ares, while Ody is Athena's Warrior. Since Ody was so close to being reunited with Ctimene, knowing Ares, there was no way Ares was going to let Poseidon interrupt the reunion of his Warrior and his sister's warrior, hence the blessing

Au. Before the Trojan war when Ares and Ody are asked to try to get along.

(Ares and Ody are sitting awkwardly across from each other.)

Ody: So, Athena asked us to try finding what we have in common.

Ares: We both want this to end. Done. (Stands up)

Ody: Yeah, but I don't think that's what she meant....uh, I love Penelope and you love Aphrodite.

Ares: That's true. (Sits back down) Aphrodite's amazing.

Ody (with a goofy grin): Penelope just has the brightest laugh.

Ares (head in hand): Aphrodite's so smart and pretty.

(Hours later, they're kicking their feet in the air while on their stomachs)

Ody (gleefully): And then this one time, Penelope made this little snort sound!

Ares (gasping): You're kidding! Aphrodite does that too! It's adorable!

Ody: I know right!

(Penelope and Aphrodite are about to enter the room. Athena stops them.)

Athena: Don't do in there. You'll be a distraction.

Penelope (confused): There's so much giggling in that room. We wanted to see what was going on.

Athena:...bonding.

Aphrodite: Between who?

Athena (directing them both away from the room): You wouldn't believe me if I told you.

Athena: Odysseus is just a really good guy. He's so smart and brave and funny and--

Ares (sighing loudly): I get it!

Athena: If you got to know him, you'd like him too.

Ares: You've been talking about him for FIVE HOURS! At this point, I do know him!

Athena (crossing her arms): You'll see what I mean one day.

(After "one day")

Ares (beside Athena's infirmary bed): Oh my gosh, Athena! You should have been there! He started stabbing Poseidon like (acts it out) and Poseidon was all like "Stop! Ah!" and Odysseus was all like "You never stopped!"

Athena (smirking): Told you that you'd like him.

Ares (gently smooshing her with a pillow): You didn't say he was violent. You should've led with that.

Unusual of me to lock in for art, but this was for a DTIYS over on instagram. Featuring @neal-illustrator's Ares and Aphrodite designs!

Now that I think about the AU, I can't help but think that Odysseus and his crew found an abandoned temple of Phobos, where a lone lame wolf was hanging out, and he was shot for safety.

Polites: Look at all this food! Look at these weapons! And all this is for us to keep!

Eurylochus: I must admit, this is quite a treat. There is enough food here to temporarily satisfy the fleet's hunger.

Odysseus: This almost too perfect. Too good to be true. Why won't the lotus eaters come to this temple?

- Who are you?

Don't worry) I like this idea and with our passion we can no something for this au)

I can't get the headcanon out of my head that Phobos is a big papa's boy and Deimos is a mama's boy.

Phobos is the personification of the warriors' fears. What they fight for. They are afraid of losing their loved ones if they lose, so they continue to fight. They are afraid for themselves, so they go on despite the pain. They are afraid for their friends, so they try to fight together.

Only fools are not afraid.

Deimos is the personification of what warriors are willing to do for love. Father need to kill everyone for the safety of his family? He will. Mother need to distract the enemies so that the children can go unnoticed? So be it. Death guarantee peace? Fine.

The influence of the nightmare twins without context is frightening, however, when you start thinking about it from a different angle, you understand that not everything is so simple and clear.

What can be worse than father's rage? Oh. Right.

Mother's fury.

Let's be honest: If Odysseus had offended one of Ares' children, he wouldn't have even been given a chance to justify himself.

Ares would have immediately attacked him, piercing him with his spear.

Oh...

My...

GOOOOD!!!

THAT IS THE GOLD!!! I HONESTLY CAN FEEL HIS RAGE AS A FATHER!!!

Let's be honest: If Odysseus had offended one of Ares' children, he wouldn't have even been given a chance to justify himself.

Ares would have immediately attacked him, piercing him with his spear.

Just imagine if Odysseus had harmed Phobos, temporary blinding him (and it could still have been painful) and God start to call his father in tears.

Ares: Who did this to you...? *cup his son's face, while he's whining*

Phobos: K-King of... O-of Ithaca, dad... Odysseus... It h-hurts... It hurts!

Ares: ... He really did this...?

Let's be honest: If Odysseus had offended one of Ares' children, he wouldn't have even been given a chance to justify himself.

Ares would have immediately attacked him, piercing him with his spear.

Let's be honest: If Odysseus had offended one of Ares' children, he wouldn't have even been given a chance to justify himself.

Ares would have immediately attacked him, piercing him with his spear.

It ABSOLUTELY KILLS ME that Athena has NO ANSWER to Ares and Aphrodite's arguments, and just opts to tell Aphrodite to suck it up and bribe Ares

Like-

Aphrodite: "He left his elderly mother to die alone to fight a war."

Ares: "He has shown cowardice on numerous instances, categorically refusing to face problems with honor and all but sacrificing his comrads."

Athena, mentally: 'Shit. Fuck. They're objectively correct. Uhhhhh'

Athena: "Aphrodite stop being a bitch and Ares oooooooo look at the Murder you like the murder oooooo"

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And this just- works??? Honestly so proud of her for pulling this off.

For Neal-illustrator's DTIYS on twitter! Have some Ares and Aphrodite after God games!

another silly Aphrodite x Ares doodle!!

Can you uhh draw ares sharpening his sword while he listen to Aphrodite talk?

Sure i can!! There you go ^^

I love these two, they mean a lot to me 🫶

tried out some colors for them, while trying to define their designs a little more!!

guess who’s BACK to designing folks!)

Sketches of Hera, Zeus and Ares :3

guess who’s BACK to designing folks!)

Sketches of Hera, Zeus and Ares :3

Woah i did NOT expect this silly post to reach 2,000+ NOTES IN LIKE- TWO DAYS???? THAT'S SO CRAZY?? YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY, I'M SO HAPPY YALL LIKE THIS A LOT AND I'VE BEEN SMILING AT ALL OF THE TAGS HEHEHE AND HELL, I'M ALMOST REACHING A HUNDRED FOLLOWERS?? THAT'S SO COOL I'M SCRWAMING

AS MY thank you gift, here is a bonus doodle of Ares and Aphrodite (Design by Anniflama, once more!!), inspired by tags about how people imagined Ares to be kicking his legs and giggling while watching the whole thing down LOL

(WARNING FOR ARTISTIC NUDITY)

Ares after witnessing what happened in "Odysseus" (Athena was right was right about making people bleed):

(The Ares's design i used was made by @anniflamma !!!)

I've never shared my doodles of Poseidon, mostly because i. Keep forgettinb to...

And some additional doodles of Apollo, Hermes, Ares, Aeolus and Eurymene!!

I know of the 600 Shade theory, but I’ve never actually heard of Hades being the one to release them.

I have heard everyone's theories and I raise yall:

I keep seeing many theories as to how Odysseus was able to defeat Poseidon in 600 Strike and I desperately need Jorge to confirm at least one of them.

So far the two I’ve been seeing a lot are what I’ll call the “Boon of Ares Theory” where Odysseus is being blessed by Ares as well as what I’ll call the “600 Shades Theory” in which The Shades of Odysseus’ fleet (and Anticlea) are are empowering Odysseus, hence the name “600 Strike”.

High key like the 600 Shades theory more, and I also need an explanation as to why the voicelines change for both Polites and Eurylochus. Why now does Polites say “you can relax, my friend” and why does Eurylochus say “after all we’ve lost and all we’ve learned”? Why those lines specifically???

Actively filing a request to Jorge. Every detail that’s written in Epic is INTENTIONAL.

Good theory👍

So

A friend mentioned to me that Poseidon's trumpets mimic Ares' instrument in 600 strike and that Ares might have blessed Ody in the moment (Shout-out @dysphanic-redshift) and asked me why I thought that might be

In the myths, as far as I remember, Ctimene is a Warrior of Ares, while Ody is Athena's Warrior. Since Ody was so close to being reunited with Ctimene, knowing Ares, there was no way Ares was going to let Poseidon interrupt the reunion of his Warrior and his sister's warrior, hence the blessing