#epicthemusicalkin

[fictionkinfessions]

words are hard but its honestly its blowing my mind there are so many epic the musical kin like im used to tiiiiiny fandoms. I feel bad bc everyone else probably had like.a Cool Penelope in their canon and i was juat like. depressed and had self esteem issues lmao. also @ every Telemachus: you are my precious baby and i'm so, so proud of you - Penelope #🧶👑

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[odysseus-king-of-ithaka]

Following in @reigning-kingof-ithaca's shoes and being dramatic by making a missing poster for Penelope.

Please I miss my wife :(

[moonlit-seance]

kincall post time as i don't know if any kincall blogs are ok with mentioning others so. here we are.

hi i'm telemachus from epic the musical/the odyssey. i've found my odysseus and we are both searching for our penelope! my discord is egret_orchids_ and odysseus' is sadkachow. feel free to interact with this post if you want to talk. if you have a discord please let me know!

[fictionkinfessions]

so uh, yeah.

i've kinfirmed (epic!)odysseus and i kind of have. a lot of mixed feelings about that.

i've been trying to figure out what might be different/the same, and there's some concrete things i can tell thus far.

i remember hermes being a more important figure in my journey home, i think? i think me being his great grandson made him feel like he had more of a stake in it, which is kind of odd, considering that oftentimes the gods didn't really put much effort into the lives their children, much less their grandchildren or great grandchildren, but for some reason it mattered to hermes. i think it's cause i had a lot of him in me (cause, you know. the lies and trickery thing). i think i recall ending up good friends/family with him, of sorts. it was nice, i think. especially because he was the one to, um. physically take me away from the island (thanks to hermes and athena for that one, by the way.)

speaking of the island, though really i'd rather not. i... don't really remember her, which is probably a good thing, because from what i can recall, my time there was... awful. absolutely awful. thinking about it makes me nauseous. i can't remember if she actually tried anything physically, or if it was all manipulation and emotional abuse. i have a few other things i remember from it but. i don't really think i want to share those.

the only other thing that really messes with me is that i very clearly remember what it was like to kill. i won't go into much detail because uh. i'm not sure how much is allowed on this blog, and i don't want to overstep boundaries, but i remember the weight of a sword and a bow in my hands. i remember the weight of the trident i used against poseidon. i remember what it felt like to use it. i remember the infant. i feel sick to my stomach thinking about it.

i remember parts of the war, i think. i remember diomedes, he was one of my closest friends. i remember being annoyed that i even had to be there in the first place. i remember the irritation i felt with menelaus. i remember i hated ajax the lesser, i think. i don't know. i think of him and i get angry.

i remember fragments of my journey home as a whole. a lot of it comes in specific emotions that i recall. i remember the dread i felt in the cyclops’ cave, and then the hollow numbness. i remember the grief that i tried (and failed) to force down with each member of the crew i lost. i remember the determination i felt. i remember the terror i felt facing poseidon. i remember the crushing pain i felt in the underworld. i remember what it felt like the moment i decided to "become the monster". i remember the ache of betrayal, the fear inside of me as i faced zeus. i remember the hollow acceptance as i realized my survival would mean sacrificing the remainder of my crew. i remember the depression of ogygia. i remember that fierce desperation i felt when hermes finally found me. i remember the fury i felt against poseidon and the suitors. i remember the relief at finally being home.

i remember becoming friends with circe, i think? the emotions i feel towards her are friendly, at least.

i remember my men, or at least some of them. i remember eurylochus and polites, at the very least. a few glimpses of others, maybe? i remember small moments between polites, eurylochus, and i.

i don’t remember as much of my sister or mom as i’d like. i have vague memories of my sister, and i remember seeing my mom in the underworld.

i remember my mentor, athena. i remember that i was angry at her, but more than that, i felt guilty. she was my greatest friend, and the loss of her presence was greatly felt. is greatly felt. i remember for a time, once i returned back to ithaca, i felt angry again. my mentor had never been kind or gentle, and as much as it frustrated me, i felt that i only ever grew into a stronger man because of it. her teachings were correct, and it was only because of my failings that my journey home occurred the way it did. i was worried, when i learned she was training telemachus, though, because of how harsh of a teacher she had been to me. my son was so very strong, but i wanted him to be better than me. not to have my same failings. seeing her be so gentle towards him when i had never received that treatment from her hurt. seeing how we did a complete 180 on our belief metrics felt odd. how was it that the hard, firm athena that i had known had changed so greatly? but then i remember how much i changed. i wish i could tell her how sorry i am, and thank her for everything.

i remember how proud i felt of my son, telemachus. the guilt as well, at having missed so much of his life. i wasn't there for so much of it, and yet i could not be prouder of the man he grew into. i only wish i had been there to see it.

i remember bits and pieces of penelope, and that hurts. the idea that i spent so long apart from her that her image started to fade from my mind. and yet, the love i feel for her has never, not once, wavered. she is my everything, my love, my penelope.

gods, this turned out really long. sorry about that.

-odysseus (#☕️☁️🏹 -> formerly ☕️☁️)

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[fictionkinfessions]

i miss my father so much but the terrible news is that if i met him again i would not be able to stop saying "m'dad told me! got it from m'dayd!" ITS SO BAD

-telemachus; epic the musical

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[fictionkinfessions]

I can't put these as a single kinfession because it's just basically 1-3 sentences that no one cares about. BUT... because I have multiple, these are the useless kin facts!

I could shapeshift into an owl, that's pretty much canon. However, I also had a pair of barred owl wings that grew out of my back like angel wings. -Athena (all of Greek mythology but mostly Epic The Musical)

Puro liked being the big spoon despite the fact that he was the typical submissive gay bottom that is pretty much memed on. X3 -Colin (Changed)

What Fortnite got right about me is that in my canon I wore glasses. -Gwendolyn Poole

The 2 LEGO Dimensions Portal levels are not canon, but the test chambers and most of my song (only difference is I don't sing about Batman) were in fact canon. Those test chambers were designed for ATLAS and P-Body. -GLaDOS (Portal)

When doing the Galar Gym challenge, I only made it to Stow-On-Side before I gave up for my own mental health. Especially since afterwards Gym Leader Opal said I had a brighter future that wasn't the Galar Gym challenge. So I went back to Alola with the rest of my family. -Lillie Aether (Pokémon)

-#🖤🏳️‍⚧️🐺

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[fictionkinfessions]

reading percy jackson with my cat laying across my chest why is this literally mirroring what i did as telemachus (daydreaming about going on adventures with argos laying on me)

-#✿ (telemachus -> epic the musical)

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[fictionkinfessions]

*banging head against wall*

Please... I can't deal with any more canons that involve incest. Please, kin gods, just leave me alone. I don't want to be known as the incest girl of fictionkinfessions. It was funny the first time but it's getting really old really fast and I don't want this to be a thing. I get enough hate as it is. I don't need more.

Like, it doesn't even have to be me. It just has to happen to someone I know in that canon. (*Cough* see Athena the asexual virgin goddess with her fucked up family tree which is just a fucked up looking ladder *cough*)

The fucking kin gods just staring and pointing at me like "wanna know something funny? I'm going to give her another canon with the funny incest." Meanwhile here I am banging my head against the wall, screaming, and crying because fuck why does it have to be me. Why can't they like, distribute the canons evenly to everyone so we can all suffer. 😭💔

-Ashley Graves ×5 (tCoAaL, an AU, and 3 crossovers), Vi (Arcane), Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer), Athena (Pretty much all of Greek mythology media but most notably Epic: The Musical), and possibly someone from something else (unclear about that right now but I'd rather not think about it) #🖤🏳️‍⚧️🐺

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[fictionkinfessions]

Canon homes?

Ithaca. ITHACA!! Please gods let me just go back to my HOME which is ITHACA

- Odysseus (Epic the Musical)

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[fictionkinfessions]

kinfirmed polites a while ago and now I'm kinsidering telemachus and penelope? what the heck is this !

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[fictionkinfessions]

Now that the Ithaca saga is out and Epic is complete, I want so badly to use it as an excuse to gush about my Odysseus and Penelope and how much I adore them. But I'm scared to for some reason. I don't think our ship is problematic and no cheating was involved in any form but I'm like...idk. What if an Odysseus or Penelope sees it and gets put off? It's stupid, I know. Literally any ship (not that I've actually seen anyone in the fandom ship the three of us together but you get what I mean) even the most unproblematic and canon compliant ones are probably going to make at least one version of the characters uncomfortable.

Gotta love how both of the romantic relationships I remember being in are from rarepair/nonexistent ships though. Like literally I used to date Poseidon and then I go and fall in love with Ody and Penny. Like ok kin gods, fuck you guys! 🖕 -Circe (Epic: The Musical) #🌙🌹🐚

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[fictionkinfessions]

AAAAAAA THE ITHACA SAGA was really good <3 I got reunited with my husband for Christmas <3 also i like that source!me gets to be sad and frustrated and not just Perfect Wife, I was worried about that. but its ok! happy holidays to all the epickin out there! Penelope - #🧶👑

[fictionkinfessions]

Oh no.

It looks like I'm going to be in an Athena shift on the 25th. The last 5 songs of "EPIC: the musical" releases then.

To every fictionfolk: good fucking luck.

-Athena #🖤🏳️‍⚧️🐺

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[fictionkinfessions]

WHO ELSE IS TERRIFIED FOR THE ITHACA ARC? I KNOW I AM - Penelope #🧶👑

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[fictionkinfessions]

omgs so many epic musical kins all of a sudden!!!! That makes me happy it makes me feel like in back with my people, yknow?

-hermes

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[fictionkinfessions]

Hey? Calypso? It’s okay. I know you weren’t taught how to apologize, you were speaking from a place of pain. I don’t think you deserve all the hate you get. I’m so sorry people do this.

Anonymous asked: Oh that apology to Calypso was specifically EPIC’S Calypso.