Hello readers, I am Poseidon, the mighty God of the sea.

The students at Hawken School are reading the book The Odyssey, in which I play a powerful role. The story involves the tale of a king named Odysseus and his son, Telemachus. Some, like Odysseus, believe my role is to make everyone’s life hell. However the reason for this is because I feel unappreciated. The other Gods sometimes have meetings without me because they think I will take the information I gain and use it against everyone. If they are reading this, I would like them to know that if I gained that information about the other characters journeys, I will not necessarily use it for harm. But the anger I have inside makes me want to ruin the book, hurt the characters that have previously hurt me, and stop them from accomplishing their goals.

If I were a little more accepted as part of the group of good Gods, I would feel better about myself. This is one of the reasons I started this blog, to clarify why I do some of the things I do. Also, I want the other Gods to understand that I sometimes have a stressful life just like them. I would also like Athena to hear me out, and understand I am not as bad as I may seem. I do have a lot of power and I sometimes use it in harmful ways out of frustration. Though I do understand the ways of using such power for good, which I would like people to recognize, because I am going to try to do more of that. I am not going to lie, I love getting attention, so when I stir up a massive storm, it makes me feel happy that observers are impressed with my strength. I want to be known and to be heard, it is as simple as that. In a story where I occasionally cause harm to other characters, sometimes people forget that I have reasons for doing those things. I feel like people tend to stereotype me as a mean guy, so I hope to defend myself on that account. And even if I do some horrible things, I always have my reasons.

The final reason I am beginning this blog is to let out my feelings, to have the opportunity to speak freely. Speaking out will be my own sort of therapy, to be able to do some self-reflection in attempt to understand myself better, and if other Gods and people see what is on my mind, they will understand me better. This blog will help others see all the sides to me. I want everyone to know that I have strong opinions, but am willing to listen to other sides of issues. Like I mentioned before, I am selfish. That is why I want you, my blog readers, to keep reading up on what I have to say, because there is always more to someone than you know.

Happy Blogging!

-Poseidon