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Myth Aphrodite in her most calm day the moment she sees Ares passing by:

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Redraw of THAT shot of Ares from Blood of Zeus but with my design of him 👀

Silly thing i made bc its been trending.

Here the base for it

This is when Ares was born lol.

I know some people would think that Hephaestus would be better but according to the mythology, Hephaestus was Hera's own child while Ares is Hera and Zeus' son. And also bc often time Zeus doesnt like Ares too.

A bit too late for this, but here is my submission for @agapidraws dtiys+ some of her additional design for her modern-day Ares and Aphrodite .

Somehow my dream always have them serenely lounging in the soft sandy beaches, with the peaceful rolling waves splashing over and dripping wet all of their clothes; and I feeling like that mood is never too old and outdated. Scattering some flowers in the sea too, adding some spices to the romantic mood. With the sea being all glassy clear, all bubbly and refreshingly cool, while Ares’ and Aphrodite’s faces are looking directly towards the endless Mediterranean blue sky.

You never fail to amaze me with your amazing attention to detail and your unique style!

Athena, for example, represents the idealized strategy of war and was the patron Goddess of Greek Heroes from Perseus to the Legends of the Trojan War. She is often found leading heroes to glory, was the apple of Zeus's eye, and was everything one could want as a patron war Goddess. But you kind of have to ignore that she decreed a city to be burned to ash for not winning a beauty contest with ontological beauty.

Ares meanwhile was the God of the brutal side of war, and was often followed by the Kerses, Eris, his children Phobos and Deimos (literally fear and dread), and half the children of Nyx and he's a God of the sheer reality of War where violence rules, people die in fear and dread, and plans give way to the sheer raw need to survive, and wasn't nearly as favored by Zeus as Athena was. But strangely enough he also keeps the ugly side of war off the battle field and tends to meet his opponents directly rather than with trickery and isn't much of a grudge holder unless his children are involved.

Me now, older, wiser: Bruh, it was so based of Poseidon to send a dolphin to woo Amphitrite, that sounds so cute. Also there is no record of them having a big fight or something, they are truly the most chill couple.

Abduction of Persephone VS Marriage of Amphitrite btw

I don't want Ares to be an unproblematic good guy who protects women, I also don't want Ares to be the big bad God of Evil that needs to be stop by his noble war goddess sister Athena. I want the Ares that exists outside of the Iliad.

I want the Ares that was there by the bedside of a lover as she passed away giving birth to their son and willed it so that she could still produce breastmilk so that she could give their child one last gift before she died.

I want the Ares that stopped Hermes from amputating the limbs of his granddaughter and great grandsons just because Aphrodite was petty at her because she chose Artemis over her.

I want the Ares that saved Thanatos from the hands of Sisyphus when the other primary Olympians, the entire house of Hades, and the children of Nyx did not.

I want the Ares that danced with his daughter Harmonia at her wedding to a man that killed his sacred Drake and got punished with indentured servitude rather than death...

I also want the Ares that willfully got busy and freaky with Enyo in the blood and gore of 49 men slain by their brides.

I want the Ares that is the father of Fear and Dread and friend to Chaos and Destruction.

I want the Ares that dances in the destruction of cities.

I want the Ares that sired a son that would kill his brother, rape the sister of his wife and cut out her tongue, an act so barbaric he punished him by turning him into a falcon.

I want the Ares that is the favorite consort/husband to one of the most terrifying Goddesses in Greek Mythology.

I want the Ares that spent his childhood working out his divine aggression by being a violent menace.

I want the Ares that was the father/patron saint of women warriors that were on chronic demon time.

And...I want an Ares that was sacred to Thrace, not Sparta.

"Is it true that Ares killed a son of Poseidon for raping his daughter and that's why he's called "Protector of Women"?

Hmm...yes and yes but no respectively.

Ares did in fact respond a son of Poseidon named Halirrhothius raping his daughter Alcippe with brutually murdering him, we don't get details on the specifics but considering a trial was involved it's difficult to imagine it being pretty or dignified but the trial did end with Ares being innocent and having a hill called Aeropagus named after him so that worked out for him.

Kills the guy who tried to assault his daughter and refused to apologize for it when he got put on trial (it was ruled justifiable homicide by Athena btw). 

The only time he’d been captured in battle was when he was protecting his mom from being captured by giants who wanted to forcibly marry her.

Found and Freed Thanatos when he was imprisoned by Sisyphus when no other Gods could

Helps found the Amazons by helping their founder escape her abusive husband and becomes their patron God.

Genuinely loves and respects Aphrodite as her own person

One of his epithets is “feasted by women”.

Ares in Modern Media: 

Meatheaded sexist asshole out of an eighties teen movie.

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