When Dionysus needs to keep Apollo quiet and entertained, he puts on Grey's Anatomy

the parallel between when Dio and Apollo first say I love you and when Apollo breaks up with him is tearing the entire world apart and I swear to Gods it breaks me.

from the positioning, to the delivery, down to the line before being "we need to talk."

It wasn't even in The Rising Son. It might've been scraped all together. But, it's a relationship I will always mourn. Because the concept of it is hilarious.

Here's this boy, who's in a hate-love relationship with his father. If the myths are canon, then his uncle who's the embodiment of "How are you doing, fellow kids?" meme also hates him. And, then there's his oldest uncle. Who is also in a love-hate relationship with his father. Who loves his aunt (the boy's, not the uncle's) that he (the boy, not the uncle) tried to marry.

This uncle also loves his wife. And, his weird pseudo son that is not his pseudo son at all or a son or a nephew or even family. But, he hangs around long enough for everyone to get used to him. So, he's always there.

Now, the boy HATES this kid. And, that's to conceal his love for this kid. Because, again, he's his uncle's pseudo kid who's not really his pseudo kid or family and it'd be weird crushing on him. Especially after the whole "crushing on the aunt" fiasco.

Now, this uncle's pseudo son, who's not really the uncle's pseudo son, gets invited to all the family parties and events because of...your brother. Who this pseudo-son-not-pseudo-son slept with. The issue there is that before sleeping with your brother, he was in a relationship with you. Your uncle knows this. All of it.

What he doesn't know is your side of the story. So, you're a villian to everybody.

But, you still need to vent and go to a bar sometimes. The easiest and most reliable one that won't draw too much attention is your uncle's bar. That he opened for his pseudo-son-not-pseudo-son, but that's a different story. So, you go there and you drink and complain. And, your uncle, who's pseudo-son-not-pseudo-son heart you've broken, is there. And, somehow, despite it all, he actually does listen to you. And, gives advice. Harsh advice, but advice. And, somehow, you feel better after going there.

Then, when it all goes to hell, you turn to your uncle for forgiveness. And, he gives it. In the form of a way to actually help.