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I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

Just like you can’t write a Jesus that is unforgiving, or a Judas that doesn’t betray Jesus in the end, you can’t write an Odysseus that’s not cunning and deceitful and full of hubris. Those are the traits that make him Odysseus. You can give him PTSD from the Trojan war, sure; you can explore the complexities of his character and any guilt he might feel about his actions, and still have him feel like Odysseus; I think the novel Circe by Madeline Miller does it fairly well, for instance. But you can’t write an Odysseus who is a good, honest, straightforward man trying to grapple with his war crimes, simply because that is not Odysseus. And in the same vein, if you want to write a take on the Odyssey but you want to forgo all exploration of the original themes and concepts in favour of your own ideas, it would be worth it to look for a different epic poem that might be a better base for your ambitions.

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Both Danny and Vlad somehow end up in the DC universe and clockwork made of Vlad not be able to use his powers or manipulation and forbade him from starting his own company. So they ended up teaming up together because of what other choice did they have they still hate each other but they need to put their survival first

Somehow both of them get jobs at W.E and enjoy working there.

for a time

Brucie Wayne the bane of their existence. Somehow the man is always around them and somehow always trips over their gadgets the things that they made for the medical supplies. Of course he apologizes and pays them double the amount to fix them but at this point it became a pattern to the point they can tell he's investigating them.

But the Brucie persona is killing them every single time.

The amount of PR and the amount of work this man makes them do because of his stupid actions is coming to the point where both of them are supporting each other in alcoholism

It comes to the point where they genuinely despise a man because of his persona because ghosts tend to be more honest and even Vlad the one who deceives and lies as if it's second nature to him actually becomes disgusted with it to the point where he made a promise to himself never to become like that again.

It comes to the point that even when Bruce genuinely starts to like them they're both like "wtf get that thing away from me"

At a gala Bruce wink at vlad?

Danny hands him the flask as Vlad drinks the whole thing at once.

Bruce trips conveniently on Danny's couch? Vlad is already giving him the cleaning supplies

They both go into a cafe hoping to relax? Bruce is there and they're avoiding him like the plague and genuinely deflate when he loudly says hello to them and makes them go over to his seat.

Interview that Danny has to supervise for some damn reason even if that's not his job? Looks at the interviewer with a look of helplessness and begging for help

Bruce complaining about not knowing how to cook and how Alfred is out of town? Vlad somehow gets dragged into the matter forced to cook for Bruce and every time Bruce compliments him he feels like another part of him withers away

They go to metropolis for a break? He's there.

Star city? He's there

Coastal city? Again he's there

France? He's there yet again

They go to Atlantis? He's always there

At galla's they genuinely I'll give each other the bottles of wine every time Bruce Wayne walks in there's no way they're doing this sober. And when there's no alcohol? They try to get out of there as soon as humanly possible

Their hatred hatred for that one man is enough to power a whole building and create friendship alliances