#because i don't think id be able to stop myself from giving away major spoilers for the actual fic

[englandsgirl18181234]

Last one, I promise. Do Penelope and Odysseus ask new arrivals for news of Athena?

No, no, you're good, I swear!! I'll answer any questions you may have with absolute glee! This AU has consumed my soul and I have no one to talk about it with, and asks you send will be met with gleeful cackling as I type out my rambling thoughts!

And they absolutely they do! They take turns depending on who they're asking, though situations can vary wildly.

They've all gotten into more than one fight when the people they ask try and talk bad about her in front of them. They know she's done horrific things, she's a Goddess, divine beings are well known to do such things all the time for very petty reasons.

But they've all done terrible things as well. They not exactly going to judge her for it.

Penelope ignored how a few of the worst suitors were poisoned and many people that broke laws were executed at her word while she ruled in Odysseus's stead for 20 years. She couldn't do anything about the suitors because of Xenia, but the rest of the kingdom was under her rule and she made sure they knew it when they thought she was weakening.

Telemachus personally helped kill both the suitors and the servants that betrayed him and Penelope, and that's not including everything he did during his own reign as King.

And Odysseus both directly and indirectly slaughtered Thousands during the Trojan war, particularly with his Trojan Horse plan, to say nothing of everything that happened over the course of his journey!

They love Athena just as much as she loves them, which is Really Saying Something. They will absolutely fight Anyone that's badmouthing her in front of them.

In other words, yes they ask newcomers about her All The Time and they get into A Lot of fights over it.

Telemachus and Odysseus have actually gotten into several fights with well known historical figures over their love for Athena, particularly those from the Roman side of things. And they will get into Many more when they find out just how badly the Romans hurt her in their actions.