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[sanctuaryofspirits]

Info will be under the cut since I cut this up into individual characters.

I need to make different versions of MLP!Odysseus throughout his journey. It's been a while since I have touched these designs. This is the Troy saga to roughly around end of the Ocean saga design. (Circe-Thunder has his mane and tail progressively get more disheveled + unkempt beard. Wisdom saga actually is where his horn breaks during "Love In Paradise". By "600 Strike" MLP!Odysseus has heterochromia (red/brown) due to his encounter with Poseidon. His horn is also reformed by Ares' own primal magics for a time to aid in the Ithaca saga. Post EPIC, MLP!Odysseus is living with his broken horn, but has found ways to still use magic {great granddad is Hermes after all}.)

Much like my Polites, this is my personal headcanon design for unicorns. His coat is based on the night sky. The golden leaves are an indicator to his position of where he rules (think something along thee lines of before Celestia and Luna taking over as princesses with how ranking works).

For my design choices, it was very unintentional to be similar to the Wisdom saga colors. When looking into the colors that were associated with Odysseus, blues and purples were brought up a lot. I believe teal as well, though I do not remember off the top of my head. With the star and night themes, it's kind of to note that the night time normally is associated with illusions, and Odysseus is very much known to play tricks (Saying his name was "Nobody" to the cyclops, or the Trojan horse for a couple examples.)

So! I may add a beard to my MLP!Penelope, but I kinda like the difference here. When making her, I felt that basing her off of a sunrise was the right way to go. Her cutie mark is to represent the weaving, with the patch behind it being blue for wisdom. A trait normally associated with Athena, and Athena being Odysseus' mentor, it made things work well.

I have also realized that I will end up traumatizing MLP!Odysseus since MLP!Penelope has yellow/gold coloring, and Zeus' lightning illusion of her basically has those very same colors too... Well- now I will suffer the consequences of my actions now.

In all seriousness though, I absolutely adore her design, especially since it's a simpler design.

Ok- so- I did not remember to color MLP!Telemachus' line art. That's my bad. But anyway- his theme is based on a cloudy summer day. He has his mother's eyes because a) it's a nice focal point to the face, and b) it's a way for Odysseus to know that this is his son. The freckles were to fill out the space on his face as it looked bare since I didn't do much with his hair this time around.

As for his cutie mark the wolf is to represent family loyalty and the nickname he is given in the musical "Little Wolf/Wolf". The undrawn bow is to contrast the bow + arrow on his father's, showing his perspective on others. MLP!Telemachus is still willing to greet with open arms.

Hopefully you all enjoy this. Though I'm fine with them myself. As stated, I will probably update them so their bodies don't look so dog-like.

[sanctuaryofspirits]

Well, here goes nothing. This is my interpretation of Polites from EPIC: The Musical as a pegasus. Reasoning for him being a pegasus? I thought it would look cool if I were to recreate Open Arms in the MLP universe. Especially with him and Unicorn Odysseus.

Now, I’m fully aware that MLP pegasi do not look like this. This is just a headcanon design. I personally prefer this. Even if it’ll be a lot more complicated to make art.

Didn’t shade the picture as I didn’t want to deal with shading. Probably won’t be shaded later either.

Now, for design choices I took for Polites. Yellows and greens are interesting. Yellows typically are to indicate happiness and joy. Greens normally induce a sense of tranquility, peace, and harmony. With Polites character in “Open Arms” being the way that he’s normally portrayed, these two colors make a lot of sense. For the cutie mark, it’s to harken back to “Open Arms”, as well as his impending death. The length of the ghost pony mostly is to keep the design simplified, but also make a note as to the fact Mr. Jalapeño likes to traumatize us with Polites singing “Open Arms.”

I genuinely have no qualms with it though. I actually find it very sweet and I understand why it’s put in so many times. The musical is about ruthlessness and when to be that monster. If Polites didn’t die, then what’s the need? If Eurylochus did listen to him and left the wind bag alone, or didn’t start the mutiny? He has a point. We need to hear a musical about ruthlessness and when to let it out.

If I had to say what Greek story I’d love to hear about in a musical, maybe the Iliad or possibly a story that follows the stories of the gods. With the second one, possibly taking it in a “Ride the Cyclone” -esq way. Could be one or multiple.

Either way, I am just really happy with the results!