#penelope odyssey

[k0fkoa]

Odysseus I like your wife

[bleeding-seraphic]

More from this au

[money-and-dandellions]

odysseus: opens his mouth

eurylochus: I know you love your wife

odysseus: but-

the crew: and that she has beautiful hair too

the prophet: and that you miss her

the dead crew: terribly

athena: and that she is smart

athena: very smart, please do not correct me

the sirens: and that her eyes are the prettiest thing you have ever seen

odysseus, nodding along: also-

the fucking ancient Greece: we know you love your wife, odysseus

[chatnoirebene]

I am Penelope of Ithaca!!!

I took inspiration from @gigizetz for the design

Warrior!Penelope AU

[dootznbootz]

Sorry, not sorry but I see this too often and it bothers me :)

Before people get mad: Notice how I put “Me and Penelope fans” there? I know there's others. this ain't about you <3

edit: This is about how people in the fandom prioritize Odysseus and Telemachus (and even Diomedes, who is not in the Odyssey) despite the Odyssey also being HER story as well. I've seen many fics about Odysseus and Telemachus in their youth, and never really seen that for Penelope.

[peablesart]

not even the depths of the ocean could come close to quenching the drought of my heart in the absence of you

tiktok has hardcore not been pushing this out like I’ve tried twice anyways

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[logolepsy-babble]

I heard someone say this, so we’re sharing.

Rick Riordan loves his long standing romances to mirror Grecian romance myths.

Percy and Annabeth mirror Odysseus and Penelope, how they love each other and Percy was thrown onto the island of Ogyia with Calypso. Even through the wars, he fought for her. He fought Polyphemus. He could never forget Annabeth regardless of what was thrown at him.

Nico and Will mirror Orpheus and Eurydice. They both went to the underworld. Will could never leave without his Eurydice, Nico. He traveled the Underworld and turned around on the stairs to see Nico. He used song to open the stairs of Orpheus. He proved multiple times that he would not let himself live without Nico there. He was weaker than Nico, but he would fight for him. Their love had the approval of the Gods and Hades, in specific.

Honorable mention: Silena Beauregard and Clarisse La Rue. You CANNOT tell me they weren’t in love with each other in the good luck, babe/casual/I wish you were a boy sense. anyways. Achilles and Patroclus. Clarisse who despised most except Silena. Silena who was kind-natured and sweet but still could be strong. Clarisse who was relentless, cruel, strong, and a valiant fighter. Clarisse who boycott the war. Silena who wore Clarisse’s uniform to break the boycott. Clarisse who brutally k*lled others because the one she held most close to her heart died. Clarisse who loved her best friend, Silena.

[the-willow-in-dis]

Penelope from the odyssey! (also epic the musical) with her #1 simp Odysseus!

[whotfletamothhyperfx]

I find it so hard to make people ACTUALLY look related cause i only draw found families instead of biological ones so this is the closest i will probably get lol

[clownytheram]

Athena is terrified of Penelope.

Not because of her posing any physical threat to the goddess-

but because of the anger that sleeps behind her eyes.

Penelope is good at hiding it, of course, but Athena still sees it while the queen watches training. The anger is not unwarranted, Athena did abandon Odysseus and was too harsh on him as a child, and Penelope is clearly intent on making sure that won't happen to her son. Athena can respect that [and she does].

If Athena is honest with herself [she rarely is] she knows why she's scared, not of any physical retribution [Penelope is far smarter than that] but of what may happen if Penelope decides she is a threat. She knows it wouldn't take much persuasion to keep Telemachus from training with her, even less for Odysseus, and if Penelope decides to do that Athena knows she won't stop them [she can't, really]

Sometimes she feels weak to feel this way [a goddess fearing a mortal? What a joke] but then Penelope will call the two away, to join her in finding something in the library, to look at her newest weaving or painting, and the two will bound off with smiles on their faces, only a muttered apology and farewell in her direction. She generally leaves when that happens, not bearing to wait for them to return. [she does not see their disappointed faces when they return and see her absent]

Athena thinks Penelope knows the power she holds, knows what Athena fears.

So she keeps her touch ghost light when helping Telemachus aim, allows the two to stop whenever they need while running, prefers them to spar with each other, rather than herself. And even when the do spar with her she pulls back, careful to not let her claws graze their skin, going defensive more often then not. She's sure Odysseus noticed, but he hadn't said said anything beyond a few joking remarks on how different her training was now. She shrugs those remarks off, keeping any touch light and fleeting, silently begging Penelope to not take her friends away, to not leave her alone again.

[k0fkoa]

Penelope whyyy??? U know I'm to shyyy 🥺

[gigizetz]

Waiting...

[clover-doodles]

my epic! penelope design! :3

[soarinsugar-homerblog]

Oh OKAY so when PENELOPE doesn’t finish her art WIPs she’s a “strong female character” and “using her intelligence and cunning” but when I don’t finish my art WIPs I’m just a failure >:( That’s okay I see how it is.

[dootznbootz]

Penelope is also Athena's pet/blorbo/special little mortal/etc. and if you think otherwise you're straight up wrong.

You're also wrong if you think Athena only likes Penelope because of Odysseus and/or Telemachus. As if Athena didn't see a young Penelope pull some shit and immediately think "Oh! Another mind to mold! C'mere you! Let's do some riddles and weaving!". Athena was happy that two of her favorite pets have met and fell in love!

[sparkledbun-random]

Gen z Telemachus trying to teach his father the HOT TO GO! dance after all those years Odysseus didn't know what's happening around him (our disney princess tried penelope as well and may or may not have succeeded)