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Book 3, Part 3.2: Sassy Helen is Sassy

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I KNOW IT’S LIKE A WEEK LATE *sobs* I have been having such a hard time getting used to this working 40+ hours a week in retail standing on concrete being nice to people all day. IT’S SO HARD.

Anyways. I’ll be doing the best I can, but with the holidays coming up I have no idea if I’ll be able to keep any sort of consistent schedule which I KNOW is terrible to do on a blog but I don’t see that I have much of a choice? Other than taking a hiatus which I don’t want to do because I feel like that’s too close to a death sentence. Wow. I’m dramatic.

ANYWAY.

Helen really is a sassy girl. I love it.Paris is ridiculous and hard to take serious. Although, I just finished reading By Helen’s Hand by Amalia Carosella and I love that she shows a different side to Paris.

And I know when Helen says Paris would be “speared to death” she’s talking about an actual spear but I can’t help but imagine Shakespeare showing up with a mug of ale and laughing about euphemisms. Oh, Shakespeare.

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To Read Book 2 Recap Click HERE.
To Read Book 3 Recap Click HERE.
To Start Book 4, Meanwhile in Olympos Click HERE.

Book 3, Part 3.1: Aphrodite Intervenes

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Sorry this is a week late, my dears! Working 3 jobs caught up with me, as I picked up some extra shifts over the weekend and it pushed all of my plans over into a pile. I am going to step down from teaching for a little while (at least) while I try to get a handle on this double-retailing thing. I am not used to working to retail jobs at a time. It. Sucks. Don’t do it unless you have to, for reals.

ANYWAY. Wednesday we should *fingers crossed* be back on track and hopefully there won’t be anymore interruptions, but with Thanksgiving and Christmas/Yuletide on the horizon I cannot make any promises. However, I shall promise to do my best, because doing these posts are the only non-retail thing I really have in my life right now, so I need that.

I hope you have a good day my lovelies! I shall see you in Olympos on Wednesday.

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Book 3, Part 2.2: Preparing for the Duel

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I love how everyone is convinced Paris is going to lose the duel *cry-laughs*

My text says that Odysseus was thoughtful right in the middle of sacrifice-time and duel-time and doesn’t say why. Honestly, who knows with that man. He could be thinking about a speech, or some sort of plot, or dreaming about french fries. I know I would be.

Polydamas shows up (he’s in the panel with Diomedes). I’ve only drawn him sitting down and I kind of regret having him stand. I feel like he just always lounges around everywhere.

ALSO, if you need a reminder of who the Trojans are click HERE.

In the last panel Odin shows up. He really needs to be wearing a fabulous wizard hat, but I wanted one of his ravens to be sitting on top of his head (yes, that is a raven *ahem*). For those of you who don’t know, Odin sacrificed his eye in order to gain wisdom/knowledge. He is not actually in The Iliad, but when I imagined Zeus complaining about the burden of knowing things (which he was born with and didn’t need to sacrifice body parts for) Odin just popped up being all, “Really?” and I knew I had to sneak him in here. Mwahahahaha…

Next time we will actually be able to get to the dueling part. SPOILERS, Paris doesn’t die.

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To Continue and Read Aphrodite Intervenes Click HERE.

Book 3, Part 1.1: Paris is a Coward

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Oh, Paris. You ridiculous boy-child. You have no concept of how much death you will cause, truly.

There are a couple of reasons why I have made Menelaus the way he is, but definitely one of them is to highlight just how ridiculous Paris is.

Also, poor Hector. He does not deserve any of this. Nor does he deserve the weird hair and facial hair that I gave him, but life is not fair to Hector, so neither should his hair be.

To Read Hector Makes a Deal Click HERE.

Book 2, Part 3.2: Death Comes at the End…

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I honestly do not know what the “shaggy heart” reference means. Maybe that he’s like a mule? Wild-hearted? Courageous? Who knows?

BTW: Myrine (sometimes spelled Myrina) was an Amazon Warrior. She supposedly fought Atlanteans back in the day. This is an important reference because of the tradition that later in the Trojan War Penthesilea, an Amazon, shows up and fights Achilles.

Also: bird omens were a big deal back then. Etruscans were mad good at reading bird signs, but apparently some Greek dudes were pretty good at it too.

AND now we are done with Book 3. Huzzah! Only 21 left to go! Sunday we shall start in on Book 4.

Have a good Wednesday!

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Book 2, Part 3.1: Homer and Random Greek Dudes

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Yes, those are horses. No, they are not giraffes or dinosaur hybrids.

Also, marsh parsley is similar to celery, apparently, according to my eldest sister’s research.

Also, Menelaus so badly wants to be important, but no one is paying any attention to him. He didn’t even make it into the strip this week, poor guy

And I think that is all! The end of Book 3 will be up on Wednesday! Huzzah!

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Book 2 Part 2.2: A Prophecy and A Prayer

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Agamemnon is such a moron. Really? You’re going to blame Zeus for all this? Because that’s so smart.

Also, I don’t know what happened to Nestor. He turned into, like, a Southern Pirate Who’s Pretending He Might Be Scottish? I’m not really sure?

Also, Menelaus really wants to be important, but he just isn’t.

ALSO, in other news, I am going to be upgrading so I will have room for pictures. Huzzah for having a retail job. ALSO, I got a new drawing pen, which was exciting.

Next time we learn random stories about random people that aren’t really necessary for the story.

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Book 2, Part 1.2: Odysseus is Persuasive

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I am not sure if I will have a post up this Sunday because of room but… We shall see.

If you enjoy Odysseus and Homer re-tellings GUESS WHAT? There is a collection of short stories coming out 17 October 2017 called A Sea of Sorrow. I’m excited for it. Feel free to check it out. I know one of the authors, and she’s pretty awesome. She’s also written books about Helen that I highly recommend.

That’s all for now! Have a good week my lovelies.

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Book 2, Part 1.1: Dreams and Lies and Troy Will Die

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There you have it! The beginning of Book 2! I should be able to finish this one up in three parts, but it may take four. I’m still planning stuff out.

Also, Phoenix amuses me. He’s the one pretending to be an insect while Ideomeneus is just like, what?

On Wednesday we will return! There will be Odysseus whacking people with sticks and running around. Huzzah!

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