Is he a sadist? Yes, absolutely. A ruthless god? In every tale. Zeus and Hera’s least favorite child? Unfortunately, but the world keeps spinning.

Hot headed, brash, arrogant, blood thirsty blah blah blah. Ares is a being of many things, but a bad father? Whoever started that rumor is going to choke on his spear because he is NOT.

It seems one of his past lovers had fallen for the lies, as when they had gotten pregnant with HIS child, they kept the kid’s existence a secret from him.

Needless to say, he was pissed. Like- he gets his whole gig is being a violent war mongering maniac, but look at Hippolyta! Look at Eros! Does Alcippe ring a bell? He’d kick Nyx in the nose before harming any of his kids!

That’s why he’s currently breaking every sky-traffic rule past and future on his flaming horsed chariot while holding an unholy amount of gifts and offerings and a bunch of sacred cakes since who knows how many birthdays he’s missed?