#bythos

I zoned out for a while and a while became a few days somehow since my last ramble. To give myself a break, I designed one of the Ichthyocentauri (because that's not exhausting at all)

I love Bythos more than Aphros and he has no myths/mentions by himself like Aphros does lol (Truly it stems from me feeling bad because of it and then clinging to him)

Sorry this took a little longer to respond to

I'm embarrassed to say that it was a lot harder than I had wanted 😭

At first it was my main oc Aphroula, she was initially named Alluras but when I was naming her twin Ophelion I was like.. hey why does she not have a Greek name, that's not fair

And then I had to get creative because for some reason, trying to find names derived from Aphrodite is so DIFFICULT (I've been obsessed with Aphrodite for a while so I was determined to have a name that was derived from her for my main-oc-that's-kinda-my-sona, no exceptions), so I went by suffixs/diminutives

It's also something I made canon that Aphrodite gave her this name herself as a token of being one of her favorites

You can also pair this with the ongoing joke that since Aphros named Aphrodite that way with his own name, it makes it seem like it's kinda passed down in a funny way

For Ophelion.. Well I didn't have an exact focus on how, his name was easier because him and Jason Grace sorta were meant to mirror Medea and Jason but good ending (?) except Jason dies anyway but I figured this name was the most suitable whether or not he's connected to Jason

Though, there's also this one I did recently as one of his alternative names to match Aphroula's (so the twins seemingly look like they are named after Aphrodite's sea uncles that cared for her during her sea days I think it's cute) but it's his other main names like how Aphrodite sometime is referred to as Kythera and alike

I really don't want to change his official name it's been a year and a half 😭 getting Aphroula to change her name was already a headache

I tried to look for an alternative Greek name that fits Aphroula to match with Ophelion (Cuz Aphros-Bythoulis and if we follow this alphabetical pattern then for Aphroula it's N-Ophelion) but no name starting with N fits her ... so for now she won't have an alternative name

Yeahh- I haven't lived for a while on here but hey! I'm kinda vibin' at least! As of late, I've been extremely hyperfocused on the Trauma Center series! I used to have an account that posted a variety of sketches of the main big bads (like GUILT, Neo-GUILT, Stigma, etc.) but I ended up deleting it sadly... For now however I'll just post this little silly here! Mostly drawing some of the Neo-GUILT from memory (and in a slightly silly context since they're kinda stuck in a set of jars being studied and they do NOT like it...) (Unfortunately exculding Aletheia because I have no idea how to draw her...)

Also! Bonus Sige for ya because Sige be my beloved and my favorite out of the quartet!

Bythos | Chthonic Gates Unveiled | 2024

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From Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #004, “Shape and Nothing More”

Art by Tradd Moore and Heather Moore