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[gareleia]

THE KNITTING SAGA BUT ODY PULLS A BRUCE WAYNE

update: my co-writer friend FINALLY got a tumblr account, so I can tag them now!!

previously: part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4

okay, bear with me for a moment. odysseus' perspective in all of this would be fascinating. and you know what is also fascinating? the way we can do whatever we want in this AU. so we can and will keep baby Astyanax alive.

to start with, Ody doesn't kill the baby. obviously. the reason is that, while he's having his fascinating little soliloquy about the morality of child murder in JAM, some terrified nursemaid that had been hiding somewhere in the room (I imagine her behind a conveniently shaped vase) picks up a dagger and stabs him in the shoulder from behind.

obviously she fails to do the deed, and he quickly and almost automatically kills her. but he's still stabbed. non-lethally, but enough to greatly hinder him.

Ody decides to go back to his people to get first aid. he can't bring himself to kill the baby, but he also can't just leave it there for others to find, because there's no telling if the remaining Trojans would rescue the boy, or if the Greeks would take him as a prisoner/slave or adopt/lose him somewhere where Odysseus can't ensure Zeus' prophecy won't come true. so Ody takes the baby with him.

the soldiers are,,, not impressed.

Eurylochus, looking at the infant: so, uh. what do you have here, captain? Odysseus, avoiding eye contact at all costs: a smoothie-

Eurylochus in particular is beside himself thinking about the implications. but overall people are too happy about finally going back home to really make much of a fuss about it, so it's fine (for now).

anyways Odysseus is still on edge about the baby's (and everyone else's) safety, so at first he tries to bring the boy with him everywhere. but his injured shoulder doesn't allow him to actually carry the kid too much. so that job falls to Eurylochus.

Eurylochus is soooo enthusiastic about the prospect, especially when the infant starts biting his chest, trying to nurse.

the baby: h o n g r y eurylochus: ARGH! GET YOUR GODS' DAMNED KID, BRO! odysseus: it don't bite eurylochus: YES IT DO

Odysseus prohibits everyone from using the baby's real name, both to keep its origins a secret from potential enemies, and to avoid getting attached to it (in case he actually decides he wants to kill it). so Eurylochus nicknames the baby Aphe, from greek "αφαιμάσσω", which means "to leech". because the damn brat keeps biting him.

eventually he and Poletes get into a heavy debate about whether or not it's mean to call a baby a bloodsucker, and Ody, who'd been having a crisis of faith, steps in and settles it for good.

from this point on, Astyanax the Prince of Troy is officially dead. and Odysseus is bringing home his infant son Aphemachus the Prince of Ithaca. etymology is somewhere along the lines of: afaimasso (to leech) + machos (war) = Aphemachus (the blood-sucking war; the war that sucked our blood)

Eurylochus is the one who Aphemachus had gotten attached to the most, due to all the carrying (and the biggest boo). He cries all the time when they're apart, and only Poletes seems to somehow be able to distract the boy, so they end up watching him in shifts.

aphemachus: *wailing in the dead of night* eurylochus, groaning: poletes, your leech is awake. poletes, also groaning: until the sun is up it's your leech.

Odysseus at the same time is still having doubts, so he doesn't trust himself to be too close to the baby.

those thoughts will haunt him for years, and will eventually play a huge role in their relationship, even after Ody starts forcing himself to spend time with his new son to forge a bond that would hopefully stop Aphemachus from destroying Ithaca.

Aphemachus indirectly saves Poletes' life. because when they reach the cyclops' island, Poletes stays behind with the majority of the soldiers to look after the baby. as a result Polyphemus doesn't kill him.

the downside is, Polyphemus almost gets a drop on Odysseus, and in an effort to push him away from danger Eurylochus gets severely injured. his right shoulder never quite recovers, and very deep down he blames Odysseus for needing help in the first place, because not freezing up in battle is the first and most important lesson they were taught as children, and then Ody went and froze up anyway.

sidenote, in Mutiny later on Odysseus will intentionally aim for said shoulder, exploiting the weakness that Eurylochus will have been very put out by and insecure about. just to add to the overall drama.

what none of them know yet, is that Odysseus had royally pissed off Zeus by ignoring his 'friendly advice' of infanticide. so much so, in fact, that Zeus tasks Ares with ensuring that Aphemachus grows up to destroy Ithaca.

as a result, poor kid grows up with the voice of bloodthirsty God of War in his head, constantly trying to convince him that everyone secretly hates and wants to kill him, that he's been stolen from Troy for nefarious purposes, and that it's his duty to avenge his REAL family. so, basically, your standard run-of-the-mill gods-induced paranoid schizophrenia.

odysseus: so, what do you want for dinner? ares: YOUR HEAD ON A SPIKE aphemachus: a bagel ares: NOOO aphemachus: two bagels

as you can guess, the poor boy's mental health is... Not Great™. he grows up a difficult kid, sensitive, too smart for his own god, prone to angry outbursts. think a cross between Damian Wayne and Jason Todd. he's also very paranoid, and remember that Odysseus still has doubts? Aphemachus can sense that, and that scares and angers him more, which makes him lash out, to which Odysseus also tries to keep his distance even more. he doesn't have much experience at actual hands-on parenting, and it doesn't help that he's not sure if he has a right to act as a father to the boy he had indirectly orphaned and directly almost killed.

poletes, exasperated: aphe, dear, we've talked about this. you know violence is never the answer, right? aphemachus: right. aphemachus: violence is the question, and the answer is YES-

so the most consistent positive influence Aphemachus has in his life are Eurylochus, Polites, Perimedes and Elpenor - until the latter dies and Perimedes decides to stay away.

Eurylochus is the stone-faced stern mother hen. he's the one that makes lists upon lists in his head of what the baby, and later toddler, needs. he enforces bed time, makes him eat as healthy as possible on the ship, etc. as such, his status as 'favorite' is quickly revoked once the kid grows old enough to complain.

the new favorite is Poletes, who spoils Aphe rotten and has a hard time saying no to anything. he's the fun uncle who's always down to play games.

Perimedes and Elpenor are like semi-responsible older brothers, who teach him about all kinds of stuff. Perimedes is the type to give Aphe lots of different chores to keep him occupied, and Elpenor, in contrast, tends to whisk the kid away to get him to relax and unwind. he also likes to teach Aphe about stars and constellations. meanwhile Peri 100% had handed toddler Aphe a knife as a prank to test everyone's situational awareness (think Stabby the Roomba), and got shit from everyone.

eurylochus: let me see what you have! aphe: a knife! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ eurylochus, going through all stages of grief simultaneously: NO!

Ares, while he detests lying and 'cheating', doesn't want to wait until Aphe grows up to make him wreak havoc. so instead he starts trying to trick the kid into accidentally causing bloodshed. and most of the time he targets Polites, because the peace-loving fool is an affront to everything Ares stands for.

this results in Aphe often running in between someone's legs at most unfortunate times, spilling liquid where people walk frequently, hiding fish hooks in food as a 'joke'…

it comes to a head with a contraption born out of every inch of cunning Ares possesses (not much), all Aphe's wild child imagination and many of Perimedes' trap-making lessions. it's a glorious thing, straight out of something between Home Alone and the Final Destination series.

Nobody ever really catches him, blaming the near-accidents on pure bad luck. Poletes never once notices that something is amiss, thinking he's just clumsy. the only reason he's still alive is because Elpenor is somehow always there to run interference.

Elpenor is the only one to suspect Aphe, but, since he's a dumbass alcoholic, nobody believes him, even his boyfriend Perimedes. Ares gets fed up with this and starts making Aphe target Eple instead, but before anything could really be done Ruthlessness happens, and they come to stay with Circe.

elpenor: I fear no man aphe: (✿◠‿◠) elpenor: but this thing… this thing scares me

it's only after Elpenor's untimely death that Perimedes starts to take his concerns seriously, but it's too little, too late. it's actually an honest to gods accident that Aphe has nothing to do with, but Peri had sat through so much paranoid, drunken rambling from Elpe that it just clicks to him. he blames Aphe, and, despite not voicing his concerns (because nobody would believe him either), he makes it abundantly clear that he doesn't want anything to do with Aphe anymore, to the boy's dismay.

finally, a few important notes on continuity:

in this AU the journey is a bit slower-paced than in canon, so instead of Act 1 happening almost at once after they left Troy, in the Knitting Saga after the Polyhemus fiasco, pissed off Poseidon decides to torture them first before the execution, so they are lost at sea for a couple years in between Remember Them and Storm, before Poseidon gets bored and decides to kill them for good. then they spend a year with Circe as she cooks up a way to send them into the Underworld, in the meantime hoping that Poseidon cools down somehow. then the Underworld and the Thunder Sagas happen a couple months apart, and then Ody (and Aphemachus, who is kept alive by the gods purposefully, so he has a chance to grow up and destroy Ithaca) spend 5 years with Calypso, and then another year trying to get to Ithaca.

Telegonus still exists in this AU, despite not being the son of Odysseus and Circe. instead, he is the unwanted son of Circe and some unnamed sailor from that first batch that she had taken pity upon and let her guard around. because of being born a demigod and living on a magical island his aging is a bit wonky, but he appears to be around 12-15 years old. he's a charming, confident, precocious child, who takes after his mother in personality and approaches. him and Odysseus get really close in the time that the crew stays on Aeaea, because Telegonus is not (as far as Ody knows, at least) prophecized to harm Ithaca and Odysseus desperately misses Telemachus; while Telegonus just imprints on the first dad-shaped adult he sees. Aphe is sad and desperately jealous.

aphemachus: d-daddy??|･ω･) odysseus: do I look like- ಠ益ಠ telegonus: you are my dad! you're my dad! boogie-woogie-woogie! (~˘▾˘)~ odysseus: awww!! yes!! what a good boy!!(✿◠‿◠) aphemachus: ಠ_ಠ

fun fact, Ody considers leaving Aphe on Calypso's island. Aphe, who's like 8-9 at the time, almost expects him to do so. only on the morning of their departure do they have a heart-to-heart about how Ody was a shitty, emotionally unavailable father, and how Aphe only ever wanted to be loved.

fun fact 2, telegonus will make another appearance later ٩(๑･ิᴗ･ิ)۶

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Me hicieron una Yassimorfosis!

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Through the Years → Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1,374/∞)

23 March 2023 | Queen Mathilde of Belgium and King Philippe of Belgium pose for the photographer as they arrive for the State banquet at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria, during a state visit of the Belgian Royal Couple to the Republic of South Africa. (Photo by Pool/Olivier Polet/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images)

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অক্টবর ২ (২০২৪) । দেশী রাজনীতি #রাজনীতি #poletics | আতিকুর রহমান ।

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03.05.2024 - Fint ute

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Veljko Krulčić: O misteriju stripa Alack Sinner u Poletu

“POLET”, PERO KVESIĆ, “ALACK SINNER”, IGOR KORDEJ��� I IVICA IVANIŠEVIĆ – ISPRAVAK NETOČNE INFORMACIJE   Večeras je HRT u svojem “Razgovoru s povodom” (voditeljica Morana Kasapović) ugostio splitskog novinara i književnika Ivicu Ivaniševića, koji je uza sve ostalo i stripofil, o stripu je napisao brdo tekstova, a autor je jedne od prvih knjiga na tu temu na hrvatskom jeziku “Sto mu jelenskih…

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[gareleia]

and the shitstorm

💫continues💫

SOOO...WHAT THE HELL IS THIS

First off, I apologize for tagging artists, but you should know about this shit.

I'll quickly bring you up to speed.

YouTube has slowed down in Russia and the authorities are "recommending" to move to domestic platforms like Rutube, which of course can't compete with YouTube in any way.

So, even earlier my friends and I faced that our work was reuploaded to Rutube without our knowledge.

And this afternoon kind people, threw a couple of screenshots with reuploads to RuTube also other artists. I will attach all these screenshots to this post. Among the artists I know are: @anniflamma @gigizetz @wolfythewitch @mircsy

Unfortunately, RuTube has a very shitty system of copyright reports, where they ask you to provide your personal data (passport, address and DOCUMENTS that prove your copyright), so last time with friends this situation was let go, because there were no serious hits there.

Unfortunately, the only possibility now is to try to throw technical reports, but this is also unlikely to work. I will also attach links here for some animations

I'm very sorry for this..

[hlrart]

0185. Polet, the Politoed.

[creepytyan2005]

finally went out for a little walk. and also I’M FCKING LOOSING MY BRAIN WHEN THIS SONG..WHEN..

[airsllides]

airsLLide No. 12418: RA-11325, Antonov 12, Polet, Sharjah, November 27, 1996.

In Russian, «polet» means nothing else than «flight» which explains why titles below the windows. The full name of the carrier whose Il-76 and Antonov 124 freighters once were frequent visitors to airports around the globe was Polet Rossiysskaya Aviakompania (Polet Russian Air Company), although everybody just stuck with the short and easy to pronounce Polet.

The privately owned company was based in Voronesh and offered charter services for oversize cargo and ad-hoc transportation needs. In 2002, it also entered into the domestic passenger business with commuter aircraft. In 2013, it was sued for the alleged non-payment of leasing fees and in November 2014, the carrier had to seize all operations.

[equipocinco5gr]

We Planted Trees in Las Fuentes neighborhood: helping the environment

On Thursday August 20th we did a tree planting in Las Fuentes, we had a specific area to plant the trees, we took out the soil to plant the trees, we planted the trees, every two days we went to check that the trees were in perfect conditions, consecutively we watered them, at the end we fulfilled the objective of the campaign which was to plant the trees and that they weren´t damaged, today the trees are in perfect conditions, today they are big and well cared for. We chose this area because of its PET plastic pollution which affects green spaces and the environment we wanted to help make the community cleaner and greener so we planted them.

For this activity, we brought shovels, soil and everything needed to plant trees and give them a good start.

During the day, Dulce, Leonardo, Polet, Edgar and Alain, helped us prepare the ground to plant the trees, and give them their first watering. We also talked about how to take care of the trees so they can grow strong in the future.

This activity was not a way to do something good for the planet but it also helped bring our team closer together and connect with the people in Las Fuentes. Each tree we planted can improve the air quality, make the area cooler during hot days and provide a safe place for local wildlife.

We thank everyone who joined us, especially Las Fuentes community for their support. We believe that activities like this can make a positive difference, and we look forward to helping the environment again.

Dulce Ximena Ruiz Ruiz

Edgar Ignacio Carrillo Ortiz

Jesus Alain Gonzales Andres

Marbella Polet Apolonio Gabriel

Leonardo Ramirez Becerril

[brerainterni]

There are armchairs that convert into beds. Polet, designed by the renowned designer Achille Castiglioni, is a bed that transforms into an armchair. Or, perhaps, it would be more accurate to say a throne, with its towering backrest that makes it an ironically functional piece of furniture, a vision of design conceived by Castiglioni thirty years ago. The image of a deckchair is enriched with formal elegance and becomes a multifunctional element: part armchair, part bed. Polet armchairs, designed by @achillecastiglioni, signed Twils 📍Come to visit our e-shop (URL in bio) or our affiliated showrooms to project a modular, custom made design solution. #design #designinspiration #italiandesign #moderndesign #minimal #interiordesign #contemporarydesign #twils #brerainterni

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Rue Royale Bruxelles

Photo Olivier Polet

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Željko Krušelj: Početak političkih previranja 1986 i značaj Grakalićeva tekst Budućnost pripada meni u Poletu

Od tema koje su 1986. obilježile omladinsku političku scenu, prvo je povod sukobljavanjima predstavljao 12. kongres SSOJ-a, gdje se Polet svjesno svrstao među najveće kritičare saveznog vodstva. Prijedlog kongresne platforme krenuo je u raspravu još u studenome 1985., kad je Polet, uz iznošenje temeljnih stavova, ponudio i statističke podatke o mladoj generaciji koji su nedvosmisleno govorili da…