Linking the Milo vs. Aiolia fight here btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Dg7ecrgwo
Mostly for my personal reference. 

I might be dying because the other day Specter and I were talking about a Star Wars game where you fly a ship and fight against an AI-controlled one and how we had skill issues with the target-oriented torpedoes, and then in this fight you can see Milo basically trying to hit Aiolia with the Leo's own target-oriented torpedo (it doesn't work, but Milo tanks it anyways as you can see with his iconic cross-arm move, whatever it's called.)
I also enjoy Milo trying to sway Aiolia emotionally before they fight and also being a stalker lol (the scorpion fr). It seems really accurate to me.

Other stuff I love:
-Dramatic cape flourish
-Milo's dramatic narrating of the Pope's decisions in general (Milo unintentionally gaslighting Aiolia because the former truly believes the Pope cares for the Saints so much that he'd use a forbidden technique to spare Aiolia's life and believes this so much that Aiolia is about to be convinced by it...meanwhile we ignore the Silver Saints whose ranks pretty much got decimated by the Pope ordering them after the Bronzes instead of ordering a Gold Saint earlier lol)
-Aiolia in general being a lil swayed by Milo's interpretation of the events that he has to default to his faith towards his brother and saying the equivalent of "Okay we fight now. Shut up before I get more confused"
-The Gold Saints calling each other by their full Saint names at least once every time they meet is just so funny
-Milo being Milo (him having to praise Aiolia's technique right before dodging it lmiao it really shows both sides of his pride [he is genuinely complimenting the technique but because of the circumstances it comes off like a backhanded compliment])
-The logic of "your technique is a perfect blend of defence and offence but my scorpion's sting will get to you faster"(??) is so wrong but ends up being right somehow

Btw I see them both as being like 16 years old so this is the equivalent of a wonked-up fight in any other shounen work for me lol

Rip that first shot went right into the heart bruh (the funniest thing about Milo is that he knows how to aim)
HEARTBONES
I know the way they portray Scarlet Needle here is probably to censor it, but I still would like to think that the needle being visible is the result of Milo, who just keeps stalling and stalling. Despite the Pope actually stopping him later.
Plot twist, evil Saga wasn't actually gonna stop Milo, except Milo reasoned for his earlier actions being moral and just so much that he was forced to stop the Scorpio instead to keep the narrative somewhat consistent lol. Milo accidentally saving Aiolia from being killed by himself. It all goes full circle.  

-Galaxian-

"Pope! Why do you stop me! He's a traitor!" is said in the exact same whiney tone as "Pope! Why do you stop me when I finally mustered the resolve to do this (kill one of my brothers in arms) ):" and it hecking gets me every time

-Galaxian-

Now getting plagued by the notion of little Hyoga never going to sleep when Camus tells him to. 
My mind comes up with the stupidest things to the littlest of triggers I swear.

-Galaxian-

It took me 2 hours
Then I got the heck out of there to torture my arms with strength training

I need 10-year-old Shura biceps, please and thank you. 

The funny thing about my school is you don't know how well you do on the final unless the prof feels like inputting the scores (or making the already overloaded TAs input them ig). So if you screwed yourself over by failing the final, the only way you can tell is by seeing the final grade. Oh yeah also if you wanna see what actually happened you have to pay $100 per test. Very nifty.
I do not want to fail any of my finals. Ever.

-Galaxian-

On the mythology front, I mentioned that I like the idea. Still pertains.

From what I can tell, the idea of the lemure and Ker herself are more mythologically accurate compared to Hades the big bad god of death (he isn't that bad but death=edgy oooo. Though ngl the older I get the more I feel like maybe SS's version makes sense too. Bro drew the worst lot between Poseidon, Zeus, and him, and then he has to see the worst of humanity even after they die. 'Course bro is cynical). Lemures are Roman malignant spirits, which generally speaking seems to fit (even if I do think Saga's own evil side is more interesting). And then the Keres are actually related to Thanatos and Hypnos as daughters of Nyx, and supposedly watch the battlefield in search of bloody deaths and bodies (they themselves cannot kill, which answers why Ker herself does not appear in the Hades arc...ig. Now that I know she exists, though, there's no hecking way she didn't try even more schemes, or won't try them after the current Bronze Saints are dead). 

I'm also trying to piece together Saga and Kanon's lore, so here's a shoddy attempt at it ig.
-Both of them were supposed to be the first Gold Saint of the current Holy War/generation, as indicated by a falling star (apparently they're immediately kidnapped by a star upon birth or something idk [plz])
-> But Ker did a lil trollin' and sent in a third Gemini, which Dohko successfully found out to be one of Hades' 108 Stars rather than one of the 88 constellations of the Saints
-> Interesting point here is that Dohko initially ascertained there to be only 1 star, and then 2, and then 3, which to me might imply that from the start, both Saga and Kanon had their fates intertwined with both Gemini and Keres' star? 
-Shion refused to kill the third Gemini because it was only a baby, and then he got pwned by the third Gemini, apparently losing his memories? [idk what happened for Dohko, who retained his consciousness]
-> Ker states that "no matter how weird the Libra and Aries [Dohko and Shion] feel about it, they will only ever perceive the star as a second personality" (but again idk what happened on Dohko's end)
-15 years later (13 years ago from the canon timeline), Saga has become a Gold Saint, as has Aiolos, and Aiolos is announced as the Pope's successor. Saga confronts Shion on the top of Star Hill and assassinates him. He then tries to kill the newly incarnated baby Athena but is stopped by Aiolos. After sending Shura after Aiolos, Saga tries to kill himself to end everything early, but is stopped by Ker.
-> Aiolos dies, and Saga poses as Shion for the next 13 years, mostly being in control of himself but slowly becoming overwhelmed by the evil spirit/his evil half
-One day, while Kanon is still in Cape Sounion's prison, Ker visits Kanon and invites him to assassinate Athena. But despite literally proclaiming that he'll do so a few moments before (he said he'd kill Athena and Saga), he hesitates. Ker is disappointed and leaves him to drown to death.

-Seiya, using Athena's shield, finally/inadvertently exorcises the lemur from Saga,
-Kanon first gets out of Cape Sounion's prison and tracks down Ker (who was watching Saga and Seiya fight, and sees the lemur get exorcised). He tries to pwn her with a trident knowing that she messed with the destinies of him and his brother
-> Ker is, as SS gods are, highly offended that a mortal of all people wounded her, but she swallows her pride because she sees that Kanon already thinks he is evil and as such can be of use to her and the side of Hades (I'm ngl she's quickly becoming my favorite antagonist deity lol wth)
-> Kanon wakes up a few moments later (apparently, like literally in a few seconds) and forgets about Ker. He returns his priorities to tracking down Poseidon with the trident he has found
-With the spirit exorcised, Saga is finally able to complete his suicide in repetenance for everything "he" has done
-At this same time, Kanon (whose history being a Gold Saint I still know nothing about, except he apparently had equivalent training as the Gemini Gold Saint and uhh yeah, idk who else even knew him) has just fallen into Poseidon's Temple (somehow, the dude is speed) and physically felt his twin's death. Saga impaled himself on the chest, so Kanon feels something similar. He condemns his brother's weakness for not completely committing himself to evil and vowed to do better by reviving Poseidon and eventually gaining dominion over the entire Earth

-After assembling the generals, Kanon apparently is confronted by Isaac, who feels from him the aura of a Gold Saint. Kanon shows his face and identity (while apparently knowing that Isaac is the disciple of Camus,,, how does this guy get his info I wonder), but ultimately emphasizes the upcoming Holy War after demonstrating a weaker version of Galaxian Explosion to a guy who is. Literally a teenager. Despite distrusting Kanon, Isaac chooses not to question further at the time or convey his suspicions to the other Marina Generals. 
-During the Bronze Saints' final confrontation with Poseidon, Kanon realizes the Cosmo that stopped him from drowning all these years (dude was pretty much waterboarded by his brother for 13 years. We don't. talk about that) was Athena's, and blocks Poseidon's trident on her behalf. He's then presumed to have died.

-Kanon wakes up or something a little before the Holy War with Hades begins. Bro's not doing too well after getting impaled by a god's weapon (seriously, how), and he considers killing himself like his older brother did to repent for his actions. However, he ultimately decides that killing himself is the coward's way out, and doesn't repay Athena for all the times she saved his life. Consequently, he returns to Sanctuary, remaining in the shadows, presumably taking back control of the Gemini Cloth
-Meanwhile, it turns out Ker is involved with some of the Gold Saint reviving (she thought Kanon died because she thought he was about to kill himself and left him to do that. too bad for her though lol, dude changed his mind). Specifically, she asks Saga if he wants to try to kill Athena again (and the dude says No), but Deathmask and Aphrodite haven't had a cold in their lives ever and the Eighth Hell is apparently too much for them. After seeing them go traitor, and hearing that three other Saints (Camus, Shura, and Shion) have already agreed to go to Sanctuary, Saga agrees to go too (in what I assume is him being able to do math even while freezing for eternity and realising that if Deathmask and Aphrodite are with him, and there are 3 other Gold Saints who agreed to it, then one of the Gold Saints must either be Aiolos or Shion, and those two would definitely have a good reason to agree to doing something treacherous like this. I like this lore. Good on him.
-> Interesting part btw...if Saga was conscious in the Eighth Hell and only Deathmask and Aphrodite were with him, where were Camus/Shura/Shion? The sixth hell?
-> Also as a note, Ker interprets that he doesn't want to be the only goodie-two-shoes/wants to live, but I'm pretty sure that's her conflating him with her impressions of Kanon. Like this is Saga without a Lemur in him lol no hecking way. 
-And then the rest of Hades Sanctuary plays out.

I'm not too sure how to feel about some of the chronology, but some of it is really interesting. Maybe rereads in the future will yield more too.

Ker is ridiculously efficient lol ngl.

Normal people:
Me: Wow this god who caused most of my favorite characters pain and agony for 13 years is so funny! Also dang this lore is cool, I wonder which hells three of my favorite characters burned in after their deaths? 

-Galaxian-

Just to add on to the double treason thing, I mean look, every other Gold Saint standing on the Pope's side roughed up the Bronze Saints a lil. Aldebaran, Saga's illusions kinda sucked at doing anything other than confusing them [outside of conveniently yeeting Hyoga and then getting interfered with by Camus again] but I digress, Shaka beat 'em up, Milo beat up Shiryu and Seiya before Hyoga came, Shura gave them a bad time, Aphrodite tries to stop Seiya. What does Camus do? "Okay bye I'm gonna try to beat up Hyoga again." 
My biggest critique of Camus' character: Sir couldn't this have hecking waited??

And then I'll just drop two nonsensical observations
-The more past one: I've always wondered if the Pisces Cloth being so orange like the Marinas' scales is just for aesthetics or if it actually had a past connection with the Marinas. I think this one is just my fan headcanon though since it's probably an anime-only colour thing. Still, I refuse to give it up lol. :-P Imagine the orange parts were the original Scale and then it's supplemented by pieces of the material for the Gold Cloth. I think that'd be very cool, especially seeing as the first Holy War between Poseidon and Athena had Poseidon win (and that's where the Cloths came from). 
-Ngl Isaac reminds me of Aquarius Mystoria (Camus' technically canon predecessor). Ofc I think both he and I want Hyoga to be the Aquarius instead, eventually, but the resemblance is a bit uncanny. Plus he can apparently counter Kanon's Galaxian Explosion [while Kanon is holding back] even as a Bronze Saint candidate. No wonder Hyoga thought he was more talented.

Kraken Isaac has confronted you about your aura. What technique do you use to reveal your identity?
> I can take him for a spin and get him back in no time. Another Dimension!
> I might destroy him by accident if he can't dodge, but it's fine. Galaxian Explosion!

Choice confirmed: You have chosen Galaxian Explosion!

Dude launched Gemini's greatest technique at a teen former Bronze Saint trainee who got swept away by some strong ocean currents 💀

-Galaxian-

I don't even think that's an I like seeing characters get traumatized post, it's something else and it's not entirely brainrot

Searched Tumblr for the Alone tag and got hit with a list of resources to seek help with
Tumblr I just wanted to use 5 minutes before I go to the gym to see if your users had some cool fanart of Alone from Saint Seiya PLEASEEEE

-Galaxian-

SpecterTheGreat wrote:

I don't even think that's an I like seeing characters get traumatized post, it's something else and it's not entirely brainrot

Nono you don't understand. I am so sane. So well grounded in reality. People don't realise.

-Galaxian-

Okay so I was gonna say something like "But 'alone' as a keyword indicating someone might need help? Out of anything else?? Really??" then I searched it again and it turns out the results are pretty concerning, so apparently the conclusion is that some Tumblr users actually need help. 
'Cause ngl if I were typing "alone" in usually I'd just be looking for some cool art with solitude as the theme, y'know. Like maybe someone facing towards the horizon as dusk approaches and the light fades away and they're remembering all the friends they've lost.  
Okay maybe not the last part. Solitude's such a cool theme tho. 3: If I tagged my art I feel like I'd use #alone casually. 

-Galaxian-

Y'know maybe if the final chem exam was from 12 A.M. to 3 A.M. I would actually do better
Everything makes sense at this hour. 9 A.M. though? Nahhh, like why do I even exist

(for food. For good food. Also more emotional stuff probably, like hugging my mom and hugging you guys [if you allowed me to, virtually]. Also playing
3 A.M. = mental regression to 3-year-old, meaning my maximum age is 24 according to the 24-hour clock and 12 according to the 12-hour clock. Meaning my attempt to use the 24-hour clock is merely a self-delusion)

-Galaxian-

Dang I missed the rude customs officers here. Great to be back

-Galaxian-

I really need to stop typing snake as snack

-Galaxian-