The Ithaca Saga Emotionally Destroyed Me 🥹🥹

the sea is lovely, dark and deep. zolu ; 78k ; post-time skip; time loop (temporary) main character death; graphic depictions of violence; mentions of blood and gore; body horror

“What’s wrong with you, Zoro?” Luffy asks, stopping him in his tracks and pinning him in place with a simple look. There’s nothing else to it—not anger, no annoyance, just a tilt to his head and that tiny line forming between his brows as the corners of his mouth dip.

He’s already seen their deaths too many times, thought about them all more than he ever thought he would.

It was never supposed to go like this.

I’m sorry I failed and watched you die and I can do nothing to stop it, he cannot say. I know the weight of you in my arms, know what it’s like to cling to all of you and lose you, and I have lost you and will continue to. I can’t stop it, I will stop it. I can’t lose you again—“I’m fine.”

read on ao3.

Calypso: The stars are beautiful tonight.

Odysseus: You know who else is beautiful?

Calypso (blushing): Who?

Odysseus: Penelope.

Okay I have a vision. Odysseus literally JUST woke up after getting top surgery, and he's feeling pretty loopy and he's also like half-asleep so he thinks Penelope is someone else😭

Odysseus: "my wife, she'll get upset if she sees you touching me like that on my chest.."

Penelope: "I am your wife."

Machine starts beeping

Odysseus: "What's up? ;)"

Penelope laughs

Finished this with flat coloring! Probably the most intense one yet. Odysseus having a good time. Hurray.

Edit: I FORGOT TO TELL THIS WAS A BRIBE! .... This was a bribe guys, from an dear anon. Full picture here

I will never do this again.

When you’re about to grab your girl but you accidentally grab your brother in law instead.

This joke never gets old.

Chat hear me out: Jorge of Ithaca AU

An epic AU where Jorge is the reincarnation of Odysseus, it'd explain the changes in the musical! Odysseus in the Odyssey may not have seen Calypso as... well, THAT. So, he'd (subconciously) write Calypso as a better character.

In the Original Odyssey, Odysseus barely manages to evade Poseidon when he gets back to Ithaca. So Jorge would subconsciously change it to make Odysseus look more glorious than he actually was during that fight.

Odysseus still saw Eurylochus as a friend - even though in The Odyssey, Eury was WAYYYY worse - so, he'd write Eurylochus as someone kinder. The Eurylochus Odysseus saw deep down. The part that cared.

It'd also make for an interesting rp blog

Jorge's just randomly walking during his trip to Ithaca and spots who he THINKS is one of his friends and it's actually the actual character 💀

"Oh, hey Mico! Didn't know you made it to Ithaca."

"....Dad???"

"Mico did you hit your head???'

"DID YOU HIT YOURS???"

Like, if you don't think that's funny as Hell, I don't think you should follow my blog.

I'm just saying, it's a really good concept for an AU!

Menelaus: Helen, you deserve an award for putting up with me.

Helen: You are my award, love.

(meanwhile)

Odysseus: Pen, you deserve an award for putting up with me.

Penelope (with equal affection): Hell yeah I do, you’re a real bitch sometimes.

HAPPY VALETINES DESPITE ME ALWAYS FORGETTING ABOUT IT

Perhaps some odypen to celebrate?

have this ych i enjoyed doing of them :)

ATHENA!!!

HOLD THEM DOWN!!!

40% done :D the animation process is taking tis sweet time but I present to you my favorite frames from this awful (very passion driven) animatic hehehe