#killer ranting

[infamousodysseus]

odysseus with the suitors: i swear to the gods, i'm gonna send every last one of you straight to fucking tartarus with your heads detached from your fucking necks-

telemachus: yeah! and i'm gonna feed your heads to argos!

odysseus, with tears in his eyes: oh my gods. he really is my son

[infamousodysseus]

is this a safe space to admit that i really don't like the odysseus mpreg aus. or the aus that have odyseidon but penelope is dead. or the manwhore odysseus aus. because i don't 💔

[infamousodysseus]

i think odysseus glazing is overrated. he wasn't that great. he's hypocritical and flawed and honestly not that great of a captain. he's a great strategist and can definitely think under pressure but that doesn't bode well for his personal relationships. he's such a selfish character and this might surprise some of you (lie) but i genuinely disliked odysseus at first.

i'm not saying that he's like pure evil. but it's weird how some people will genuinely act like you're an idiot for liking eurylochus more than odysseus. this is more tiktok specific than anything, but a lot of people in the fandom act like eurylochus is somehow worse than calypso & antinous combined. and those same people don't realize that, had they been in his shoes, they would be making the exact same mistakes. eurylochus was absolutely right to warn odysseus about the danger of the gods— aeolus was the one who made sure to spread doubt among the crew. odysseus was the one to ask for help without considering the price for it first.

i don't plan on policing what people enjoy in epic but i just wish it wasn't such a pain to interact with the fandom. you can hate eurylochus all you want but dont come at me with "but circe! but the windbag! but the cow!" bullshit just because EYE like him. not targeted at anyone here just the fandom on tiktok in general

[infamousodysseus]

odysseus was literally having a breakdown in the underworld, being haunted by the voices of the 558 men he failed, unable to sleep or dream to escape this hell, and having the same repeating nightmare about the infant

meanwhile polites: lalala! 😄🌈✨ this life is amazing! i'm dead, but this life is amazing! remember to have open arms! ✨

[infamousodysseus]

okay. i just realized what tiresias was talking about in no longer you. i'm so dumb

song of past romance = would you fall in love with me again! literally a song about odysseus telling penelope that he isn't the love she knew in the past, and asking her to love him just the same anyway

sacrifice of man = referencing scylla (not the horse and the infant)! ody literally sacrifices 6 men in the future. how could i have missed that

portrayals of betrayal = scylla again, possibly mutiny (not keep your friends close)! poor ody. poor eury

brother's final stance = i suppose mutiny or thunder bringer, as these are the final times odysseus tries to save his men/as well as the last time the crew stands united against a single force

(i see you) on the brink of death, draw your final breath = monster. like odysseus' literally kills his humanity after no longer you. his humanity was the thing that drew its final breath. AAAA

at least, this is my interpretation! i always thought it was odd that tiresias would talk about things in the past when he's a prophet, and odysseus wanted information about his future journey. maybe i'm just dumb and i'm the only one who didn't know, but i figured it out! (hopefully)

[infamousodysseus]

poseidon should've whooped odysseus' ass harder. after that first "ODYSSEUS OF ITHACA!!" it should've been curtains for him. i want more fanfics of odysseus suffering. i want more odysseus suffering, period. i don't think his 10 years away were enough

[infamousodysseus]

happy father's day to poseidon! and poseidon only. nobody else....

[infamousodysseus]

up thinking about how utterly devastated the crew must've been after scylla. how conflicted and angry they must've been, after putting so much in their king for over a decade, after losing so many friends, after seeing him do so much to keep them alive... only to sacrifice six of their own anyway. how furious they must've been after realizing he'd do anything to get home, even if it meant sacrificing others. his own men/friends.

and i think about eurylochus, the one who they turned to for guidance in their righteous fury, and i wonder if he felt guilty at all. looking into their faces and knowing that in another universe, their anger would be directed at him instead. i wonder if he felt guilty seeing some of the faces of the men he was willing to leave behind at circe's island. i wonder if he feels even worse seeing the absence of the ones he did plan to leave behind, knowing he got his wish in a twisted way.

anyways, good morning!