#Dead Odysseus AU

[vint-knight]

Seeing a ghost...

Hermes, God of Travels, Speed, Tricks and Messages, what a delightful god that one is, born from Maia, creating the lyre from skinning a turtle and killing the cattle of Apollo, this god had quite a beginning, throughout the years nothing really shocked the god, except for some occasions of course, but on this specific day, this would shock the god the most.

Flying about the skies, Hermes had a gloomy look on his face, which is very unlike the god, but believe me friends, he had just lost one of his great grandsons, even though said, great grandson made a mistake in angering the god of seas, Hermes found amusement in him, hearing of how witty he was, he didn't feel like sending the news to Itacha, even told most of the Olympians not to bring in the news, for he did not want to hear the anguish it would cause to his family, especially Penelope.

While reminiscing on these thoughts, Hermes decided to stop by Aeaea, the island where the daughter of Helios, Circe lived with her nymphs, he and the goddess were quite casual with each other, only having minor conversations, he did not much care for the men she would make into pigs, very much understanding the reasoning.

As he was gliding down to the forests of Aeaea, the god found a figure, and almost flew into a tree if he hadn't stopped so quickly, his bright blue eyes that bared no pupils of any human widened, the figure was... a corpse, a corpse of a man, but this wasn't just any man, the man had short longish brown hair, which was slightly damp, his skin looked pale and bits of bone and rotten skin was shown, he still held some strength and beauty in his looks despite being a corpse, then there was the eyes, those grey eyes that so resembled his step sister Athena which he would joke how they looked related, the god gently flew down, not believing at the sight before him, it was Odysseus, Willy Odysseus, thee Odysseus who sacked Troy, the Odysseus who raced Penelope's father for her hand instead of trying to earn the Helen of Sparta's, the one who tried to escape the draft by pretending to be mad while planting seeds, that Odysseus was standing before him

The god of travels could muster out one word, one that sounded confused, startled, but most of all hopeful "Odysseus?"

The corpse lifted its head, the jaw was slightly half torn, showing teeth, it muttered out a strained word, but it was clear enough for the god to hear "Her... Mes?...."

And like that, an actual smile came on the god's lips and a horde of gleeful cackles came out from his mouth.

[kasel-the-mightless]

Pov: You, waiting 7 years for this idiot to get out of Ogygia

It's should have been a reference of my design for Poseidon, but at some point it all went wrong and now I have a bunch of sketches where Telemarket befriended Poseidon like Hiccup befriended Toothless from 'How to Train Your Dragon'

[just-an-enby-lemon]

An Epic!AU where instead of ignoring the Telegony we shape it into a terrible tragedy.

Or where Odysseus chooses to save Astanayx and raise him as his own.

In a decision he knew he would one day regret Odysseus promisses he will one day tell the boy his origins - before Zeus can - and if need be convince the boy to kill only him and not Ithaca (as he would by that time had spend his final years with his wife and son). And to ensure he would keep it he named the boy Telegonus (meaning "born away"), so one day the kid would ask about his name and that would be the day Odysseus would tell him the (probably watered down and very "it was all Paris fault") truth .

Except as their journey became more and more dangerous and more and more man died it became clear that the boat was not a good place to raise a child. The boy, it apparead would die anyway. And Odysseus would not anger Zeus for nothing. So he left the child at the first safe place: at Circe's hands.

Raised by Circe, Telegonus never discovers the truth of his past, he dreams with a voice that tells him to find his true origin, but Circe lies (or maybe tells her truth), and sends him to find Odysseus, the father of his early memories.

But when he steps on Ithaca he is driven into a mad frenezy by Zeus that only stops when he kills Odysseus. The rest of the story is Telegonus trying to redeem himself but also understand what happened and why.

Telemachus joins him, as it was Odysseus last wishes and the two part on a journey that involves meeting a lot of figures from the Troyan war. (My Telemachus X Neoptolemus [and Telemachus X Nausicaa maybe] agenda that no one else has because why would they figures right about here in my head along with Astanayx meeting Andromache cause Andromache deserves some happiness)

Penelope and Circe also met at some point.

There is no Penelope x Telegonus/Circe x Telemachus because I hate it.

[fangirlingpuggle]

For EPIC au: Where the gods are currently trying to get ride of the Suitors without breaking rules of hospitality, Aphrodite makes the wrong choice to accidentally make half of the suitors be in love with Telemachus, and it’s just chaos on both sides, especially for Aphrodite from the other gods that yell at her for making things much worse. So when Odysseus comes back, and he over hears what the suitors plan to do, he goes from one to hundred and it’s just killing time now.

All while Aphrodite is just trying to stay clean because if Odysseus finds out it’s her fault for half the suits to be in love with his son it’s going to be a flashback of Ruthlessness all over again. Take how you will with my ask, and expand on it and go feral on it. you have my full consent to take it at how ever you want.

I just instantly got the image of Aphrodite being like 'I can fix it, I can fix it, I can fix it' while also trying to explain herself 'Look there was so much tension!' and 'I mean they are kinda cute to-' while all the other Gods are just freaking out because Odysseus is going to end her.

Not just Odysseys but also they are trying to stop Penelope from finding out because if she finds out then she will go full murder mode first on suitors then on Aphrodite. Ares is very proud and would be ok (and very proud) if it was just suitors but he's honestly pretty sure Penelope could actually find a way to kill a goddess if there is one.

Aphrodite also being like 'Hear me out' and trying to justify herself like 'When have I ever been wrong before' and the entire pantheon are just there staring all remembering the fucking Trojan war.

[odysseus-of-ithaka]

(hiii!!! @4mph1r1t3 here!! this is just a silly continuation of my rp with @ruthlessness-was-mercy :3)

𝐎𝐃𝐘𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐂𝐀.

𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢 𝐚𝐦?

"I DID WHAT I FUCKING HAD TO. YOU THINK I CANT TAKE YOU? DO YOU WANT TO FUCKING FIND OUT?"

He takes a second to breathe. Screaming wasn't the answer to any sort of conflict, he should know that by now.

"Amphitrite, you can't do this to me. I worked too hard for this. You are not hurting me or my family. Now get out of my way."

Odysseus took mental note of where his dagger was. With help and Posideon's strong immortal(?) body, a small bit of the trident had broken off. It was welded to the tip of a dagger made of the best bronze in Greece. He had assumed that this might be necessary. He didn't like using it. It reminded him too much for what happened, but it seemed he might have to.

[gareleia]

THE KNITTING SAGA BUT ODY PULLS A BRUCE WAYNE

update: my co-writer friend FINALLY got a tumblr account, so I can tag them now!!

previously: part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4

okay, bear with me for a moment. odysseus' perspective in all of this would be fascinating. and you know what is also fascinating? the way we can do whatever we want in this AU. so we can and will keep baby Astyanax alive.

to start with, Ody doesn't kill the baby. obviously. the reason is that, while he's having his fascinating little soliloquy about the morality of child murder in JAM, some terrified nursemaid that had been hiding somewhere in the room (I imagine her behind a conveniently shaped vase) picks up a dagger and stabs him in the shoulder from behind.

obviously she fails to do the deed, and he quickly and almost automatically kills her. but he's still stabbed. non-lethally, but enough to greatly hinder him.

Ody decides to go back to his people to get first aid. he can't bring himself to kill the baby, but he also can't just leave it there for others to find, because there's no telling if the remaining Trojans would rescue the boy, or if the Greeks would take him as a prisoner/slave or adopt/lose him somewhere where Odysseus can't ensure Zeus' prophecy won't come true. so Ody takes the baby with him.

the soldiers are,,, not impressed.

Eurylochus, looking at the infant: so, uh. what do you have here, captain? Odysseus, avoiding eye contact at all costs: a smoothie-

Eurylochus in particular is beside himself thinking about the implications. but overall people are too happy about finally going back home to really make much of a fuss about it, so it's fine (for now).

anyways Odysseus is still on edge about the baby's (and everyone else's) safety, so at first he tries to bring the boy with him everywhere. but his injured shoulder doesn't allow him to actually carry the kid too much. so that job falls to Eurylochus.

Eurylochus is soooo enthusiastic about the prospect, especially when the infant starts biting his chest, trying to nurse.

the baby: h o n g r y eurylochus: ARGH! GET YOUR GODS' DAMNED KID, BRO! odysseus: it don't bite eurylochus: YES IT DO

Odysseus prohibits everyone from using the baby's real name, both to keep its origins a secret from potential enemies, and to avoid getting attached to it (in case he actually decides he wants to kill it). so Eurylochus nicknames the baby Aphe, from greek "αφαιμάσσω", which means "to leech". because the damn brat keeps biting him.

eventually he and Poletes get into a heavy debate about whether or not it's mean to call a baby a bloodsucker, and Ody, who'd been having a crisis of faith, steps in and settles it for good.

from this point on, Astyanax the Prince of Troy is officially dead. and Odysseus is bringing home his infant son Aphemachus the Prince of Ithaca. etymology is somewhere along the lines of: afaimasso (to leech) + machos (war) = Aphemachus (the blood-sucking war; the war that sucked our blood)

Eurylochus is the one who Aphemachus had gotten attached to the most, due to all the carrying (and the biggest boo). He cries all the time when they're apart, and only Poletes seems to somehow be able to distract the boy, so they end up watching him in shifts.

aphemachus: *wailing in the dead of night* eurylochus, groaning: poletes, your leech is awake. poletes, also groaning: until the sun is up it's your leech.

Odysseus at the same time is still having doubts, so he doesn't trust himself to be too close to the baby.

those thoughts will haunt him for years, and will eventually play a huge role in their relationship, even after Ody starts forcing himself to spend time with his new son to forge a bond that would hopefully stop Aphemachus from destroying Ithaca.

Aphemachus indirectly saves Poletes' life. because when they reach the cyclops' island, Poletes stays behind with the majority of the soldiers to look after the baby. as a result Polyphemus doesn't kill him.

the downside is, Polyphemus almost gets a drop on Odysseus, and in an effort to push him away from danger Eurylochus gets severely injured. his right shoulder never quite recovers, and very deep down he blames Odysseus for needing help in the first place, because not freezing up in battle is the first and most important lesson they were taught as children, and then Ody went and froze up anyway.

sidenote, in Mutiny later on Odysseus will intentionally aim for said shoulder, exploiting the weakness that Eurylochus will have been very put out by and insecure about. just to add to the overall drama.

what none of them know yet, is that Odysseus had royally pissed off Zeus by ignoring his 'friendly advice' of infanticide. so much so, in fact, that Zeus tasks Ares with ensuring that Aphemachus grows up to destroy Ithaca.

as a result, poor kid grows up with the voice of bloodthirsty God of War in his head, constantly trying to convince him that everyone secretly hates and wants to kill him, that he's been stolen from Troy for nefarious purposes, and that it's his duty to avenge his REAL family. so, basically, your standard run-of-the-mill gods-induced paranoid schizophrenia.

odysseus: so, what do you want for dinner? ares: YOUR HEAD ON A SPIKE aphemachus: a bagel ares: NOOO aphemachus: two bagels

as you can guess, the poor boy's mental health is... Not Great™. he grows up a difficult kid, sensitive, too smart for his own god, prone to angry outbursts. think a cross between Damian Wayne and Jason Todd. he's also very paranoid, and remember that Odysseus still has doubts? Aphemachus can sense that, and that scares and angers him more, which makes him lash out, to which Odysseus also tries to keep his distance even more. he doesn't have much experience at actual hands-on parenting, and it doesn't help that he's not sure if he has a right to act as a father to the boy he had indirectly orphaned and directly almost killed.

poletes, exasperated: aphe, dear, we've talked about this. you know violence is never the answer, right? aphemachus: right. aphemachus: violence is the question, and the answer is YES-

so the most consistent positive influence Aphemachus has in his life are Eurylochus, Polites, Perimedes and Elpenor - until the latter dies and Perimedes decides to stay away.

Eurylochus is the stone-faced stern mother hen. he's the one that makes lists upon lists in his head of what the baby, and later toddler, needs. he enforces bed time, makes him eat as healthy as possible on the ship, etc. as such, his status as 'favorite' is quickly revoked once the kid grows old enough to complain.

the new favorite is Poletes, who spoils Aphe rotten and has a hard time saying no to anything. he's the fun uncle who's always down to play games.

Perimedes and Elpenor are like semi-responsible older brothers, who teach him about all kinds of stuff. Perimedes is the type to give Aphe lots of different chores to keep him occupied, and Elpenor, in contrast, tends to whisk the kid away to get him to relax and unwind. he also likes to teach Aphe about stars and constellations. meanwhile Peri 100% had handed toddler Aphe a knife as a prank to test everyone's situational awareness (think Stabby the Roomba), and got shit from everyone.

eurylochus: let me see what you have! aphe: a knife! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ eurylochus, going through all stages of grief simultaneously: NO!

Ares, while he detests lying and 'cheating', doesn't want to wait until Aphe grows up to make him wreak havoc. so instead he starts trying to trick the kid into accidentally causing bloodshed. and most of the time he targets Polites, because the peace-loving fool is an affront to everything Ares stands for.

this results in Aphe often running in between someone's legs at most unfortunate times, spilling liquid where people walk frequently, hiding fish hooks in food as a 'joke'…

it comes to a head with a contraption born out of every inch of cunning Ares possesses (not much), all Aphe's wild child imagination and many of Perimedes' trap-making lessions. it's a glorious thing, straight out of something between Home Alone and the Final Destination series.

Nobody ever really catches him, blaming the near-accidents on pure bad luck. Poletes never once notices that something is amiss, thinking he's just clumsy. the only reason he's still alive is because Elpenor is somehow always there to run interference.

Elpenor is the only one to suspect Aphe, but, since he's a dumbass alcoholic, nobody believes him, even his boyfriend Perimedes. Ares gets fed up with this and starts making Aphe target Eple instead, but before anything could really be done Ruthlessness happens, and they come to stay with Circe.

elpenor: I fear no man aphe: (✿◠‿◠) elpenor: but this thing… this thing scares me

it's only after Elpenor's untimely death that Perimedes starts to take his concerns seriously, but it's too little, too late. it's actually an honest to gods accident that Aphe has nothing to do with, but Peri had sat through so much paranoid, drunken rambling from Elpe that it just clicks to him. he blames Aphe, and, despite not voicing his concerns (because nobody would believe him either), he makes it abundantly clear that he doesn't want anything to do with Aphe anymore, to the boy's dismay.

finally, a few important notes on continuity:

in this AU the journey is a bit slower-paced than in canon, so instead of Act 1 happening almost at once after they left Troy, in the Knitting Saga after the Polyhemus fiasco, pissed off Poseidon decides to torture them first before the execution, so they are lost at sea for a couple years in between Remember Them and Storm, before Poseidon gets bored and decides to kill them for good. then they spend a year with Circe as she cooks up a way to send them into the Underworld, in the meantime hoping that Poseidon cools down somehow. then the Underworld and the Thunder Sagas happen a couple months apart, and then Ody (and Aphemachus, who is kept alive by the gods purposefully, so he has a chance to grow up and destroy Ithaca) spend 5 years with Calypso, and then another year trying to get to Ithaca.

Telegonus still exists in this AU, despite not being the son of Odysseus and Circe. instead, he is the unwanted son of Circe and some unnamed sailor from that first batch that she had taken pity upon and let her guard around. because of being born a demigod and living on a magical island his aging is a bit wonky, but he appears to be around 12-15 years old. he's a charming, confident, precocious child, who takes after his mother in personality and approaches. him and Odysseus get really close in the time that the crew stays on Aeaea, because Telegonus is not (as far as Ody knows, at least) prophecized to harm Ithaca and Odysseus desperately misses Telemachus; while Telegonus just imprints on the first dad-shaped adult he sees. Aphe is sad and desperately jealous.

aphemachus: d-daddy??|･ω･) odysseus: do I look like- ಠ益ಠ telegonus: you are my dad! you're my dad! boogie-woogie-woogie! (~˘▾˘)~ odysseus: awww!! yes!! what a good boy!!(✿◠‿◠) aphemachus: ಠ_ಠ

fun fact, Ody considers leaving Aphe on Calypso's island. Aphe, who's like 8-9 at the time, almost expects him to do so. only on the morning of their departure do they have a heart-to-heart about how Ody was a shitty, emotionally unavailable father, and how Aphe only ever wanted to be loved.

fun fact 2, telegonus will make another appearance later ٩(๑･ิᴗ･ิ)۶

[ghoztlyterror]

Shit post, Antinous x poseidon

[leading-with-the-heart]

<< bear in mind this is pre-war!! go make a new tag ya silly >:D /vnf /silly /lh >>

<< cap!Polites and his wife Eleni ( @sweetestl0ver ) met at Ody + Pene's wedding with Eleni being Pene's maid of honor (childhood bestie)! so have some silly fluff of flustered Polites trying to figure out who she is :D >>

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[Polites had always been the rather stoic type when it came to romance, being one of the only ones left spouseless upon adulthood. Odysseus had asked him to be his best man at his and Penelope's wedding, and he'd gladly accepted, though a certain someone there changed the fact he'd never been much of a romantic.]

[Something about Penelope's maid of honor made Polites' heart flutter, butterflies swarming in his stomach during the celebrations following the ceremony. Though he was able to play it off in front of his friends, he practically melted into a flustered puddle when he and Odysseus went to get changed into more casual attire, beyond confused at this point. Who is that woman? And better yet- what is this feeling??]

[Once he heard Odysseus leave his room, Polites left the room he'd been staying in as well, rubbing his face with his hands in a feeble attempt to hide the flush of his cheeks.]

"Odyyy... I fear I may- I may have a bit of an issue..."

- @not-the-man-you-knew

A truly lovely day it was. Odysseus had thanked the gods who blessed them with clear skies and joy felt by the guests and all who attended the wedding. It was a day he would never forget, even when the celebrations had died down to a more relaxed evening with his and Penelope's close-knit connections.

Odysseus did not get far from his room before Polites' voice met his ears. Immediately, the new king looked to his best friend. His earlier smile was replaced by a soft frown, his eyebrows knit in concern at the expression he had never seen upon the other man's face.

"Poli, what is it?" He paused in the hall, his gaze flickering over the other man, searching for any clue that may lead him to the problem.

[the-storyteller78]

Y'a reckon you could sketch Penelope or Odysseus in a cowboy version of the Iliad/Odyssey?

@cowboy-iliad-au

I reckon I could 😜 This was honestly so fun, and it gave me a chance to practice drawing a man, so thanks for the request! I might add to it later and include Penelope, but here’s cowboy Odysseus for now~

(And if the wrinkles and folds of his clothing don’t make sense to you, don’t worry. They don’t make sense to me either. Which is the problem. 😀)

[deadbaguette]

Gripping Telemachus by the shoulders like ohhh this is the guy I’m going to project ALL my found family feels onto

[a-mirror-of-memories]

PJOxEpic the Musical fans grab your tissues

After watching Neil illustrator's new animatic (go see it if you haven't yet) I wondered: what if before encountering Odysseus and his crew Polyphemus was a lot like Tyson where it comes to personality?

[vint-knight]

I need to get back to my zombie Odysseus AU (It's specifically EPIC version)

[ask-dead-odysseus]

"528 men under your command!"

(528 men under your command!)

“….. the fact of my men actually started singing that at once…“

[cherubic-pragma-punky]

Hey Penelope of Ithaca here. I'm 19 and me and Odysseus are finally engaged! I have 2 twin daughters named Astraia and Angelina, they both are 4 years old and the little angels of my life. I recently came back from a 7 year war and I'm.. "blessed" by Ares, the god of war.

| ooc: i will also rp as present penelope too so dw! |

I talk like this , I think like this , I talk to Ares like this , and i am ooc like | ooc: this |

Likes: Odysseus 😍, My angels (Asteria & Angelina), Ares, Fighting, Planting, Odysseus 🤤, Singing, Dancing, Writing, Training, and more! | ooc: I'm too lazy |

Dislikes: Getting dirty/Anything dirty and Hermes 🙄

Gender: Female (obviousl)

Age: 19 (almost 20!)

Pronouns?: I'm not quite sure what these are but I guess she/her?

Body count: depends on what you mean, for killing, minimum is 836, i'd say 6494, probably higher.

Masterlist

anons: tbd

my family and friends! | ooc: y'all I rlly need rp friends so don't be shy! |

odysseus:

telemachus:

athena:

ares:

polites:

eurylochus:

ctimene:

anyone else:

Tags: #🪻: a deadly flower (backstory or smth abt war/fighting) , #🪻: a rose needs it's thorns (family stuff) , #🪻: when are monsters people (odypen) , #🪻: always watching (god drama) , #🪻: show them that you've got some bite (open start) , #🪻: don't go down little lion (headcanons) , #🪻: punky shows her spunk (anything penny related) , #🪻: when the sun sets the moon rises (replies, asks, anons, etc)

TW: there will be mentions of SA, gore, suicide, self harm, and other dead dove topics so don't say I didn't warn you.

OOC INTRO

hi guys my name is Acacia but you can call me Ace or Cia or Selene or Melania whatever you prefer. Acacia and Ace are most used

I'm 16 (turning 17) and I swear I'll try to make Punky as canon as possible but still have a bit of the quirks i wanna give her. I like lots of stuff that I'm too lazy to type out lmao i really hope we can be friends. I think you guys will like Miss Punky or as most call her Penelope, TTYL! (pls interact with my blog I need rp frens)

[limblesstar]

thinking about how if im following the loose story of kotor 2 the first time patroclus meets odysseus he would 1. be in his underwear from having just woke up from torpor 2. find odysseus in a prison cell

absolutely HILARIOUS scenario.

[faithfulcat111]

ST Epic Cycle AU feat. Buckingham as Menelaus and Helen

Quotes are from The Illiad, The Orestia, The Odyssey, and Helen