Y'know when Ody was like "I need to be a monster to get home, rarwrr"
Yeah, he didn't actually give up Polites' "Open arms" thing until "Six Hundred Strike"
In "Get In The Water" Ody doesn't jump straight to planning, scheeming, attacknng, or anything really. He actually tries to reason with him, to use compassion and sympathy. He tries to relate to Poseidon and apologizes, encouragung him to forgive.
Then when he's in the ocean, sinking, Poli, Eury, and Anticlea sing to him. But their words are different from the usual.
Eurylochus, is encouraging him, rather than criticizing him.
Anticlea is telling him that she loves him, instead of making it seem like he let her down.
But Polites' what he said. That is what gave Odysseus the ability to go Ruthless on Poseidon. Instead of what he's always been saying, which is "This life is amazing, when you greet it with open arms." He now says, "You can relax my friends, I can tell you're getting nervous"
This is him telling Odysseus, "I know what you've been through... Do what you must to see them."
This 'acceptance' is what allows Odysseus to abandon any form of compassion and mercy and why he's able to be as ruthless as he is.
That's also why he was quick to kill Eurymachus, he mentioned open arms, Odysseys didn't need that philosophy anymore, dead.
Also, y'know when he says "My mercy has long since drowned" ?
yeah thats bs. It only drowned like, 4 hours ago, when he was sinking in the ocean. Because yes, the spirits whre pushing him up. But Polites took his philosophy down with him.
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