#i want one of the suitors to try this tactic and acrually fall in love with telemachus

[theballadofmars]

If I was one of the suitors in the Odyssey, I wouldn't die, because instead of trying to marry Penelope, I would've tried to marry Telemachus.

Think about it: she's definitely NOT choosing a husband, but Telemachus? He's 20 (I think some suitors were around that age?), he's the next king, and he's single.

If Odysseus doesn't come back home? Telemachus will be the next king in some years, if someone marries Penelope you can plot with Telemachus to kill him later, I'm sure he'll be in for the ride.

If Odysseus comes back home? You weren't trying to marry his wife, you were here for his son! Who you love very much and have been helping this whole time! You would gladly help him to kill the other suitors of course you would.

Seriously, how is it possible that, of the 106 suitors, no one thought that the clue was winning Telemachus' heart?