TheUnintentionalRecluse



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    “I wish you did not have to see this,” Odysseus says. “The man I have become…”
    “Is still the man I married,” Penelope finishes. “Whom I love with all my heart and vowed to never leave. He is still you.”

     

    The king of Ithaca returned last night. His first week home, told through the voice of the woman who loves him most.

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    5 times Penelope woke Odysseus up, 1 time she didn’t.

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    A narrative and lyrical capture of the events of Would You Fall in Love With Me Again, with a focus on Odysseus.

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    The real canon relationship between a wet cat murderhobo and a queen with monster(rawr rawr rawr)fucker tendencies.

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    As kings and princes flock to Sparta, vying for Helen, it's clear that Penelope and Clytemnestra will serve as consolation prizes. As the other men strut around like peacocks, one suitor catches Penelope's eye: the little king of barren Ithaca.

    Now she needs make sure to catch his eye in turn.

     

    Or, how to woo a cutie when propriety demands you can't, like, talk to each other

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    “What are you carving?” a few of the children ask, the younger ones hiding behind the backs of their older, braver siblings.
    “I don’t know yet,” the king replies. “But I think it’s important.”

     

    Or: In which Odysseus amasses a small army of Ithacan children, a very large army of wooden soldiers, and the support system to heal just that little bit further.

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