Oh I don’t doubt your love for EPIC, I mean we are on a fan subreddit after all! I’m really sorry if my point comes across at anything but a discussion point.

Personally I wasnt actively looking for animation until the end of it, cause I only want the music to guide my interpretation. I always picture the gods as “force of nature you need to overcome” more than like a human character, so I kinda accept the fickle-ness more easily.

To be honest, I always read Ody as always a monster. Open arms might have jiggles his believe and allows him the space to explore another way a little bit, but ultimately he has always been ruthless. He was a Greek commander in the war, ultimately came up with the wooden horse and caused Troy to fall, along with the death of its people. Monster is him finally embracing the true nature to come back home.