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actuallyjustabiscuit · 2 months ago

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No but like the fact that Odysseus’ ruse to feign insanity as an excuse to not participate in a war was unveiled the second his precious infant son’s life was threatened only for him to be burdened with killing a baby anyway really hammers in the Greek tragedy of it all doesn’t it.

“The blood on your hands is something you won’t lose, All you can choose is whose”

#in exchange for denying the child of Hector a chance to grow from a boy to a man #Odysseus was denied the privilege of watching Telemachus do the same #in case you didn’t know Odysseus being forced into the Trojan War was his own damn fault #the suitors of Helen had to declare a binding oath to ensure they would avenge her marriage should it ever be compromised #that was his idea #because he thought he was being clever but instead it came back to bite him in the ass #epic the musical #epic odysseus #epic telemachus

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