well they don't wanna but they have to anyway <3 so go wild
INTRODUCTION:
Neoptolemus and Orestes are in the middle of fucking killing each other when a divine being stops them. Everyone's confused, they are confused, Apollo's confused. They both get protection from lethal injuries, but they keep getting "chance" meetings when they leave the other's vicinity...
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This is my first time doing smth like this!! I'm open to anything except explicit asks. I'll usually doodle the asks, unless its something plot heavy then you're getting a full blown comic hahahaha- I'm also reblogging neorestes posts I come across on the internet, why not, I mean there's not that many of us anyway...
WARNINGS: although this au diverges from the point of Neoptolemus and Orestes' fight, I'm keeping this as accurate as possible.. meaning there are mentions of slavery, incest, murders, all that greek mythology stuff
Tags:
#plot asks - More serious posts
#ship asks - Posts where they're super cute
#crack asks - very silly
#drawn asks - when yall draw!! I cherish each and every one of them!
#neo asks - for Neoptolemus asks
#orestes asks - for Orestes asks
#side asks - Apollo, Hermione, Deidamia, Electra.... Also Achilles and Agamemnon in the underworld lol
#neorestes reblogs - other people's posts!!
MASTERPOST UNDER CUT
(still updating!) also there may be some repeats bec its good for the story but they're also related to other things!! Also all the chapters at the start of an arc because i can only link 100 posts hahaha-
Stuck Together, huh? - Neoptolemus and Orestes try getting used to answer random questions about themselves. Surprisingly Tame! (Contains their favourite music and colours!)
Don't talk about that - They touch questions out of their comfort zones. (Contains talk about their fathers, Clytemnestra, Andromache, and Hermione)
Trying to get along - Orestes tries to understand Neoptolemus better. The askers help them - in a way they don't appreciate. (Contains their first trip to the underworld, and bullying Neoptolemus.)
Not so bad - Neo mellows out for once, finding that he's starting to trust Orestes more. (Contains talk about Orestes' family!)
Neoptolemus' brother - Oneiros gets brought up. Orestes panics, as he knows exactly where Neoptolemus' brother is. (Contains ONEIROS MENTION OMG!! and everyone trying to get Orestes to admit something.)
Separated - Putting Orestes' guilt against him, the askers put him through mental torment. Neoptolemus returns the favour and saves him. (Contains bullying Orestes, talk about Neo's children, AND NEORESTES HUG!!!)
Intervention - Apollo makes an entrance, giving Neoptolemus and Orestes an odd task of fishing. Welp- they DO need a break. (Contains APOLLO!!! OMG!!! THETIS MENTION!! OMG!!! ONEIROS MENTION!!! OMG!!!)
Closure - Orestes explains what happened to Oneiros. The audience get to talk to him in ths underworld. (Contains ONEIRESTES OMG!!!! Oneirestes, Achilles and Apollo beef, IPHIGENIA MENTION OMG!!!)
Adventure - The two are set for Tauris! They get a new furry companion, and open up to each other. After all, they'll be travelling who knows how long. (Contains DOGGO!!! OMG!!! and Neo's FAMILY!! like aunt polydora, and cousin menesthius!!)
Jealousy - With a lot of things on their mind, Neoptolemus and Orestes get into a hurdle in their relationship(?) (Contains TELENEO MENTION!! OMG!!!! TELEMACHUS!!! and aletes and erigone!!!)
Sleep - After losing their tents, they get tired looking for a place to rest in. They've found a cabin, but it only has one bed. (Contains PYLADES MENTION!! And odysseus! And Alees, erigone, and helen(orestes' infant sister))
Meanwhile - Side asks for everyone while Neoptolemus and Orestes sleep! (IN PROGRESS! will contain Agamemnon, Hermione, and Andromache.)
Dream - Orestes' peaceful sleep is interrupted by the presence of furies growing stronger. (Contains neorestes wedding, holding hands, and hermione.)
Neorestes in Tauris - They've finally reached Tauris, but are immediately captured and taken to the priestess for sacrifice. Hey, why does she look familar..? (IN PROGRESS! will contain IPHIGENIA!! OMG!! and more!)
Redemption - With the three on them on the boat, it was only a matter of time that some things come to light. They talk about things they regret.
Crack
Shipwreck - Neoptolemus and Orestes finally confess their feelings to each other. A ship sails, and a ship wrecks. (Contains: NEORESTES! LOTS OF IT!! VERY CUTE!!! and third wheel iphigenia rip)
Cold Reunion - Neoptolemus and Orestes stumble into the underworld, meeting somr very dead relatives. (In progress)
Hello!!! I am someone who really loves your art. I have three questions (sorry if that is too much): 1. By any chance, which country are you from? 2. Do you have any plans to use Twitter? 3. When did you start getting into Greek mythology? Thank you always for repaying me with such wonderful drawings and videos!!!!
Ohh wowow hihii!! Im from the Philippines!!
Idk if I'll ever use Twitter, it kinda scares me hahaha--- and I'm already struggling crossposting things on yt tiktok and tumblr so probably no! But I do use a secret account to search my name and see people post about me hehehehhehehehhehehehe
I think I startes getting into greek mythology last year around january!! My friend was super into epic the musical and I only got into it after the final arc!! Ofc the first thing I did was go on ao3 and read fics. Somewhere along the line I saw imeda's senses fic and being super into neoptolemus i first read his lore and Philoctetes AND THEN I READ THE ODYSSEY AND THEN THE ORESTEIA AND ORESTES IS MY BABY!!!
Ok so actually idk if this counts but last last year I also got into percy jackson! I'm always into the human characters best though haha
BELOVED HI!!!! hope ur doing well mwah <3 slightly off topic lol im sorry but i was wondering if u still have the agafemnon animatic from last year skdnsjsk since both ur main and the forcefem blogs have been taken so untimely-ly 😔 i couldnt find it on any of my blogs either im so confused :') so i thought id ask directly :3 thank xx
Super basic au idea: after Orestes killed Neoptolemus, he sees his ghost. I think Clytemnestra's ghost haunted him in some stories, though idk if it's actually her ghost or his hallucinations BUT IN THIS AU ITS ACTUALLY HER GHOST AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS A HALLUCINATION UNTIL NEO SHOWED UP!!
in this au orestes can see the ghosts of those he killed! Im actually wondering if i should just make EVERYONE have that ability in this au. Neoptolemus would suffer seeing everyone he killed huhuhu,,,
only the most vengeful ghosts would take time out of their afterlife to haunt someone tho, so when orestes killed him neoptolemus never haunted him since he dgaf. But one day neoptolemus was just skipping around and orestes sees him and PANICS.
"WHY ARE YOU HERE?!?! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD"
"Oh you can see me."
Since neoptolemus is kinda lonely, not able to interact with anyone or anything, he ends up following orestes around and also because he thinks its funny
Que a doomed love story where rhey get to know each other and grow feelings, but they find that they can't pursue a relationship because they were too LATE. Orestes gets a lot of guilt for killing Neoptolemus and listen i get the forbidden ghost x human but neoptolemus coaches orestes to get with hermione in this one (orestes had considered joining neoptolemus in the dead but when neo found out they had a whole talk(
Its a bittersweet ending but neoptolemus is happy being ablr to spend time with his dead father and and his dead father's boyfriend and his dead brother and AH DEIDAMIA at some point in the story, Neoptolemus tells orestes to help send deidamia a message and dei sees her lil baby's ghost(idk how, the same stuff achilles pulled when he appeared in polyxena'a sacrifice prolly) and they hug and spend time together yayyy
i remembered i made a old fight animation i made i never finished where i was gonna make Orestes kill Neoptolemus but ngl i got bored and never finished it
this is why i prefer modeling 😭 sure is hard without zbrush anymore tho at least the rigs work
Merry Christmas (In like 3 days. For me at least.)
Bajshkfdj, this is lowk an old sketch I drew on top of, but I hate how neopronouns look, his head shape and hair is making me angry. Forests arms are so funny to me I made his hands too small.
ALSO YES I WENT BACK TO MY OLD ROOTS NEORESTES, the first thing I've genuinely posted on Tumblr was all of my very cringe Neorestes stuff.
Here's your tag, as always. Icon. @rilyo ‼️‼️(・∀・)