History Awesome / TheTrialsOfApollo

* Subtle, but after Apollo is officially welcomed back and the other Gods have vanished, he and Zeus are left alone in the throne room where Apollo briefly considers [[CallingTheOldManOut calling the old man out]] with a well-deserved [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech diatribe]] that he might actually get away with, considering that they are alone and that Zeus actually seems slightly ashamed of himself. He ultimately decides against it, acknowledging to himself that Zeus is just a narcissist and that there is no point in engaging with him any further, instead resolving to do what many of us have done to escape such people; going NC (No Contact) or in Apollo's case, resolving to spend as little time as possible around Zeus and to limit any and all interactions from now onwards, basically saving himself from being influenced by someone who has no qualms putting his own children to danger just to satisfy his vanity. You go Apollo!

* Subtle, but after Apollo is officially welcomed back and the other Gods have vanished, he and Zeus are left alone in the throne room where Apollo briefly considers [[CallingTheOldManOut calling the old man out]] with a well-deserved [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech diatribe]] that he might actually get away with, considering that they are alone and that Zeus actually seems slightly ashamed of himself. He ultimately decides against it, acknowledging to himself that Zeus is just a narcissist and that there is no point in engaging with him any further, instead resolving to do what many of us have done to escape such people; going NC (No Contact) or in Apollo's case, resolving to spend as little time as possible around Zeus and to limit any and all interactions from now onwards. You go Apollo!

* The Arrow of Dodona's HeroicSacrifice to [[EyeScream critically injured Python]] and allow Apollo to win. Immediately prior, it also fulfills its oracular duty by finishing an aborted prophecy by Python which was meant to seal Apollo's fate and making it into something that ensures Apollo's victory.

-->'''Austin:''' Hey, ''idiots!'' You're going to ''die!'' ''(plays 'Pop goes the Weasel')''

** Commodus actually manages to survive the inferno, [[BodyHorror with his armor melted to his skin]], and gives the order for the Triumvirate fleet to fire on New Rome. Apollo's response is to pin the emperor to the ground and [[MakeMeWannaShout scream with such raw, primal rage that Commodus is reduced to dust]].

* And, on the other end, Caligula managed what the Giants, and Gaia herself, never did: He killed a member of The Seven, and, unlike Leo, Jason doesn't seem like he's coming back.

* The Arrow of Dodona’s Heroic Sacrifice to [[EyeScream critically injured Python]] and allow Apollo to win. Immediately prior, it also fulfills its oracular duty by finishing an aborted prophecy by Python which was meant to seal Apollo’s fate and making it into something that ensures Apollo’s victory.

** Even better? Python’s demise is basically [[HoostByHisOwnPetard a direct result of him attempting to twist prophecy to serve himself]]. He meant for the prophecy to be about Apollo being undone to finish Python’s own rise to power, only for it to become Python being undone to finish Apollo’s quest.
* Subtle, but after Apollo is officially welcomed back and the other Gods have vanished, he and Zeus are left alone in the throne room where Apollo briefly considers [[CallingTheOldManOut calling the old man out]] with a well-deserved [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech diatribe]] that he might actually get away with, considering that they are alone and that Zeus actually seems slightly ashamed of himself. He ultimately decides against it, acknowledging to himself that Zeus is just a narcissist and that there is no point in engaging with him any further, instead resolving to do what many of us have done to escape such people; going NC (No Contact) or in Apollo’s case, resolving to spend as little time as possible around Zeus and to limit any and all interactions from now onwards. You go Apollo!

* Subtle, but after Apollo is officially welcomed back and the other Gods have vanished, he and Zeus are left alone in the throne room where Apollo briefly considers [[CallingTheOldManOut calling the old man out]] with a well-deserved [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech diatribe]] that he might actually get away with, considering that they are alone and that Zeus actually seems slightly ashamed of himself. He ultimately decides against it, acknowledging to himself that Zeus is just a [[Narcissist]] and that there is no point in engaging with him any further, instead resolving to do what many of us have done to escape such people; going NC (No Contact) or in Apollo’s case, resolving to spend as little time as possible around Zeus and to limit any and all interactions from now onwards. You go Apollo!

* Subtle, but after Apollo is officially welcomed back and the other Gods have vanished, he and Zeus are left alone in the throne room where Apollo briefly considers [[CallingTheOldManOut calling the old man out]] with a well-deserved [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech diatribe]] that he might actually get away with, considering that they are alone and that Zeus actually seems slightly ashamed of himself. He ultimately decides against it, acknowledging to himself that Zeus is just a narcissist and that there is no point in engaging with him any further, instead resolving to do what many of us have done to escape such people; going NC (No Contact) or in Apollo’s case, resolving to spend as little time as possible around Zeus and to limit any and all interactions from now onwards. You go Apollo!

* Apollo in the climax. He actually manages to save his friends from a hostage situation that would've resulted in people getting hurt either way note  by revealing his divine form and blinding Commodus and his Germani, allowing the defenders to gain the upper hand. Note the fact that he is nowhere near full strength (by mortal standards), having just regained consciousness after passing out from surviving a sanity-exhausting trip to the Dark Oracle, swimming with one arm while carrying an unconscious Meg, and a blemmyae attack that left his arm broken.
* Apollo is tired, Meg is out of commission, and the blemmyae have him outnumbered and have a bomb to go off after five seconds. How does he solve this? By convincing them the main blemmyae to set the bomb off underwater, [[BlatantLies because everyone knows that the timer doubles underwater]] and then uses the commotion, and a few lucky rocks, and the timely arrival of an army of Peaches to escape.

* Austin pulling a HoldTheLine by distracting a room full of Germani
-->'''Austin:''' Hey, ''idiots!'' You're going to ''die! (plays 'Pop goes the Weasel')''

--> “''No one'' hits my boyfriend,” Will thundered. “And no one kills my dad!”

---> '''Apollo (narrating):''' Rachel pulled out a blue plastic hairbrush and threw it at the nearest barbarian, [[EyeScream beaning him in the eye]] and making him howl.

* Apollo also kills Python, [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing himself in the process]], making him the first main antagonist to actually die. While Kronos and Gaea were scattered, the fact they're immortal gods mean that their return is probably inevitable even if it's sometime slightly before the end of time. Not Python. He gets dropped into Chaos and [[DeaderThanDead utterly shredded.]]

* Apollo also kills Python, making him the first main antagonist to actually die. While Kronos and Gaea were scattered, the fact they're immortal gods mean that their return is probably inevitable even if it's sometime slightly before the end of time. Not Python. He gets dropped into Chaos and [[DeaderThanDead utterly shredded.]]

* Apollo also kills Python, making him the first main antagonist to actually die. While Kronos and Gaea were scattered, the fact they're immortal gods mean that their return is probably inevitable even if it's sometime slightly before the end of time. Not Python. He gets dropped into Chaos and [[DeaderThenDead utterly shredded.]]

* Austin pulling a hold the line by distracting a room full of Germani

-->'''Austin:''' Hey, ''idiots!'' You're going to ''die! (plays 'Pop goes the Weasel')

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* Apollo speaking his own prophecy, when in agony and bound in Herophile's chains in order to summon enough stone tiles to cover Helio's essence so that Medea's spell will fail.

[[folder:The Hidden Oracle]]

[[folder:The Dark Prophecy]]

[[folder:The Burning Maze]]

[[folder:The Tyrant's Tomb]]

[[folder:The Tower of Nero]]