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mycenaean greece had such beautiful attire and clothing - the bodice and skirts of the women combined with the hairstyles are so stunning, i wish we got more representation of it in the epic cycle characters in general, rather than the boring old classical greek stuff.

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this is such a beautiful painting ohmygod

Penelope awaiting Odysseus by Heva Coomans

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One snippet that could be interesting to see (and It would be a great ansgt) is all the Palamedes thing: how Odysseus act like he lost his head just to stay with Penelope and Telemachus instead to go to war, how Palamedes kidnaps Telemachus from Penelope's own arms and place him in the fields where Odysseus was "working". I see the potential of that and with your way of telling stories, i think something quite cool can be born from that.

Another thing, i saw on your last fic about Odysseus remembering his life with Penelope before the war, that you wanted to comisionate an artist to make a drawing about them in that fic and since i ready your fic about the trojan war, i have been wanting to redraw some part of your work, soooo...

A bit cringy i know jsjsjs hope you like It and thank you for work!

OHMYGOD THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS SO SWEET OF YOU. I'M SO GRATEFUL I LOVE THIS 😭🩷🩷🩷

I'm definitely writing the palamedes thing as well, there's so much potential with it all and it's so fascinating 😭🩷

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Jorge’s new video mentioning the Iliad and saying “Palamedes 😉😉” has got me screaming. This is probably my favorite story from the Trojan war it’s just absolutely insane. Like imagine being so pissed off you have to leave your wife and son for a war that you get a man convicted of treason and executed. Ody is absolutely insane I love him.

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Chapter 2 of Your Dreams are Blameless is out! 🩷

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63995095/chapters/166436761

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Hello♡

Hello! I'm Sil - a university student studying global affairs. My pronouns are she/her and I enjoy all things greek mythos. I write in this fandom (at least, at the moment) - and my fics are down below! Feel free to hit me up with anything, i love to talk, though i'm a bad texter in general so please have some grace!

I do not support AI so please don't put my works through any AI software(?). Thank you!!

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My Works:

General:

I Held Her Hand Tighter:

In the lead up to the arrival of Helen's suitors, Clytemnestra, Penelope and Helen spend an afternoon together talking about marriage and their futures (One shot - part of Days of Olive and Honey series)

The Apple of My Eye:

After God Games, Hera and Athena talk about Athena's parental relationship with Odysseus. (One Shot)

Fighting From Afar:

Odysseus dies during the war. With a prophecy that claims that only the mind of Laertiades will cause the fall of Troy, Ten year old Prince Telemachus is brought to the shores of Troy. (Ongoing 4/6)

Forgive My Wanton Grief:

Penelope of Troy AU side series focusing on the Gods. (Ongoing 1/?)

Your Dreams are Blameless:

After his ship breaks during a mission to retrieve the son of Achilles, Odysseus gets to make a brief visit home - after ten long years at the shores of Troy - and reunite with his wife and son for a few days. (Ongoing 2/6)

Odysseus/Penelope -

My Saved Up Happiness:

It is two weeks after the birth of their son (he does not know that it is two months before he is forced to leave for war) , Odysseus puts aside his duties and work and spends the afternoon with his wife and newborn son. (One shot - part of Days of Olive and Honey series)

The Dream of You:

Stuck at Troy, Odysseus thinks back on the years he spent with Penelope after their marriage. (One shot - part of Days of Olive and Honey series)

My Love I Kept You Well:

Penelope is the one taken as Paris' Achaean Bride instead of Helen - Penelope of Troy AU (Ongoing 7/8)

Odysseus/Diomedes -

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder:

Book V of the Iliad - Diomedes knows that none can see the Lady Aphrodite's true form, that she appears as one's most desired, adored and loved. Yet it still takes him aback entirely when she appears to him as Odysseus. (One shot)

Others -

Of the Art of Destruction and Creation:

Penelope/Diomedes; they bond during one of Diomedes' stays in Ithaca during the Odyssey. Penelope teaches him how to weave. (One shot)

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each and every single one of the snippets of The Atheniad (an odyssey retelling) that the Author Alina posts on tiktok makes me want to weep and cry

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What your headcannon timeline for your characters (like from the suitors of Helen to the war)? (I adore your fics. I can’t wait for the next chapter for for my love I kept you well)

thank you so much!! i'm working on it rn!!

i have a very rough timeline of events, i hc most of the characters are born before Thetis & Peleus' marriage (with the exception of Penelope, Diomedes, Achilles and Patroclus), to make the whole Judgement of Paris make sense timeline wise.

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translation after translation, odypen make me want to weep

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Iliad - Homer, The Odyssey - Homer, HOMER - Works, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Odysseus/Penelope (EPIC: The Musical), Odysseus/Penelope (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Penelope & Telemachus (EPIC: The Musical), Penelope & Telemachus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Odysseus & Telemachus (EPIC: The Musical), Odysseus & Telemachus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Odysseus & Penelope & Telemachus (EPIC: The Musical) Characters: Penelope (EPIC: The Musical), Penelope (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical), Odysseus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Telemachus (EPIC: The Musical), Telemachus (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Mentioned Eurycleia (EPIC: The Musical), Mentioned Anticlea (EPIC: The Musical) - Character, Mentioned Periboea of the Naiads (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Mentioned Icarius of Sparta (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, POV Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical), Odysseus Loves Penelope (EPIC: The Musical), Odysseus is a Simp for Penelope (EPIC: The Musical), Protective Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical), Penelope Loves Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical), Good Parent Penelope (EPIC: The Musical), Baby Telemachus (EPIC: The Musical), pre-trojan war, Before The Horrors, Domestic Fluff, Good Parent Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical) Summary:

It is two weeks after the birth of their son (he does not know that it is two months before he is forced to leave for war), Odysseus puts aside his duties and work and spends the afternoon with his wife and newborn son.

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Okay, look, I'll happily eat whatever you make, but I'm seriously looking forward to that reaction fic you mentioned ages ago. Any details you can drop? 🥺👉👈 (I discovered you through your Telemachus x Neoptolemus headcanons and how much Odysseus doesn't like it)

I love talking about telneo, you mentioning it just reminded me how it's been a hot minute since I yapped about them 😭

the reaction fic is a work in progress!! it's at a 30 chapter count right now in total (I thought it'll be fun to have multiple songs in the same chapter because they flow well together). I'm looking to finish the first 10 chapters before I post because I know I'll get busy in the coming months and I don't want it to impact my posting 😭

there are some written interludes of scenes inspired from the odyssey but also the cut songs in epic, that I added in. I want to add telneo in too tbh but I don't know if that'll be fun or not so that's still something I'm exploring!

I'm sorry I'm taking so long with it 😭🩷

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I'm in the mood to write little snippets of young odypen (before the war) so I'd appreciate it if you guys could send in anything that you want to see (any important moment or milestone of their life – things like that)

because there's so much i want to write that I don't know which one to focus on 😭🩷

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Hi! I'm super enjoying your greek mythology fics! I was wondering how you come up with your fic titles. Do you have something you're quoting, or do you just come up with something based on the vibes? Thanks!

thank you so much!!! my titles are usually something I'm quoting – I'm a huge fan of poetry, so most of my fic titles tends to be verses from a poem or another which i find relevant to the fic, though I do draw inspiration from the occasional song.

there are of course exceptions – Fighting From Afar was named after the other meaning of Telemachus' name that's not referenced within the fic, explaining the role his character has in it as its protagonist.

but yeah that's how I go about with naming!

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THIS IS MY SHIP YALL I'M SCREAMING 😭😭🩷🩷

Peisistratus, Telemachus, and Pyrrhus have consumed my thoughts lately

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I still need to properly read the new chapter BUT THE RELIEF I FELT FINDING OUT IT'S NOT THE LAST ONE- my reunion is coming, yes 😭 and tbh The Odyssey technically doesn't have a happy ending either, yes he's reunited with his wife and son but the 20 years journey is definitely going to haunt him for the rest of his life, so can an ending full of trauma ever truly be considered "happy"?

IM GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT THERE BEING ANOTHER CHAPTER, because I felt so embarrassed about it 😭

and you've got a super valid point about it actually. I like to consider the odyssey as a happy ending because at least they're all reunited but there is so much trauma now between all of them. I get what you mean.

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about to start reading “my love i kept you well”

my new spring break hobby!

wish me luck😭😭

all the best! I don't think it's as bad as Fighting From Afar!! 😭🩷

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random jumble of questions, but when you’re writing your fanfictions do you have specific designs for the characters in mind?

and if you do, are those designs the same for every story you write? or do you have different character designs in mind for each story? and are the designs from your own imagination or are they designs from other artists?

also, if you do have designs in mind, are they all from the same artist or multiple different artists?

because for example, when i was reading “Fighting From Afar” i had qinny’s designs for the characters pictured in my head. so i wanted to know if you had something similar, and also is it okay if readers picture different designs in their head from your own (if you have your own designs in mind that is) because usually when i read like fanfictions and stuff i like to have my own interpretation of how the characters look and stuff so yeah.

just wanted to know😘

CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF FIGHTING FROM AFAR😻😻

okay i love talking about character designs so lessgo~ 😭🩷

yes I do have very specific designs for each character – or atleast most characters – in mind!

they are the same for every story that write because it helps maintain that character consistency in my head, if that makes sense?

some of the designs are a product of my imagination: penelope for example, who I usually portray as blonde with sea green eyes (diverting from the dark hair that she's typically portrayed with in the fandom) I like the consistency it brings - achilles, helen, hecuba, penelope all having a divine parent and being fair haired.

and some of them I tend to take from the amazing artists we have in our fandom. qinny's diomedes; neoptolemus, aphrodite, achilles, patroclus and telemachus from kyleesarthell's (though I draw on pecchbear's telemachus too) but then I also have telemachus have heterochromatic eyes as a nod to his father who he resembles.

so the way I picture each character is just a mix of everything really 😭😭

that being said, how I picture the characters absolutely does not matter on how you picture them! each to their own! I do the same when I'm reading fanfic so I understand entirely how it plays out in one's head, so please feel free to picture them however you want!! (though this makes me want to make a little post on how I personally picture the characters)

THANK YOU! I am still working on Fighting From Afar, I think I might post the next chapter after I'm done with My Love I Kept You Well, because it's almost done anyway and I want to finish it off, but I'll have to see~

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING! 😭😭🩷🩷