Why is everyone so mean to Odysseus. Like sure he’s a bit of an asshole, but this is Greek Mythology. Everyone’s an asshole.
The way some people talk about him, you’d think he was a Greekified Loki or something.
Reminder that Greek mythology (or any mythology) retellings are RETELLINGS. They are not meant to substitute the source material, but bolster it
That means that some of them have inaccuracies. Some of them are just plain wrong. Some of them don’t fit in with the world and people of the original work
And that’s OKAY
Because, once again, it’s a reinterpretation, not a repetition. It’s a version of the story colored with someone’s personal biases and that’s absolutely A-OK
As long as y’all don’t start using them as a substitute for the original
(For instance, saying Patroclus was a healer and shied away from fighting, while perfectly accurate in the context of TSOA, is egregiously wrong when applied to the original Iliad
Saying Odysseus told his name to the Cyclops because he was distressed about the deaths of his crew is perfectly fine when it comes to Epic, though in the original myths, it’s more likely to be the much more selfish reason of “you can’t get glory from an event if you don’t put your name on it”
And that’s OKAY
Because it’s a reinterpretation. It’s not going to be a hundred percent accurate, and people need to accept that)
Queer romances and having that one line that just absolutely shreds your heart
Patrochilles and “He is the other half of my soul, as the poets say”
Wilmon and “All the people are fake, they're made of metal. but i like you and that is not fake”
First Prince and “History, huh ? Bet we could make some”
OliverLuc and “I am conscious this could be rather burdensome to hear, but you remain the thing I have most chosen for myself. “
Narlie and “ sometimes people need more support than just one person can give. That's love, darling”
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Fandom : Percy Jackson, Song of Achilles
Genre : Angst/ Romance/ Hurt No Comfort
Summary : (An alternate retelling (a much more angsty retelling) of the "Drakon Attack" scene in the Last Olympian, told from Clarisse's POV) Clarisse had read the Iliad as a child. She knew how the story went. Was that why cold fear gripped her heart when she realized what Silena had done ? or perhaps it was a memory of grief and tragedy, that persisted over even different lifetimes ? Some things not even the Lethe could wash away, and a wound when reopened, hurts just as much as it did when it was first made (Clarisse is Achilles reborn)
Title : Repeating Circles