LMAO ‘Don’t tell my mommy, but I’m running away guys >:3’ scene from Telemachus in Book 2
“… My friends! Come on, let us go fetch the rations;
they are ready in the hall.
But quietly— my mother does not know…”
Oh Telemachus you teenaged (early 20s) rebel
RIP Telemachus you would’ve loved Taylor Swift’s Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me
RIP Odysseus you would’ve loved Betty by Taylor Swift
life in death or something like that
(Telemachus crashing out in Book 2 of the odyssey)
“‘… you make me so unhappy! This is pointless!’
He stopped, frustrated, flung the scepter down,
And burst out crying.”
btw the scepter was previously referred to as a “talking stick”, he’s crying in front of ALL the suitors & Greek men he called to council, and he brought up two dogs with him while talking for reasons unspecified.
They were emotional support animals because I said so. Argos was not among them.
Me with the manwhore au:
*first introduction*- Oh that's funny.
*sees sexy fanart*- Oh...that's *cough* I'm just going to reblog that here.
*finds self scrolling through the tag on tumblr, looking up related smut on ao3 to read later, imagining a version I'd write*- ...wait
(Athena, disguised as a man, to Telemachus)
“Tell me now— are you Odysseus’ son? You are so tall!”
✋it’s the way she never misses the opportunity to point out that Odysseus is short
(Telemachus to Athena, who is disguised as a man)
“Dear guest, i will be frank with you. My mother
says that I am his son, but I cannot
be sure, since no one knows his own begetting.
I wish I were the son of someone lucky,
who could grow old at home with all his wealth.
Instead the most unlucky man alive
is said to be my father— since you ask.”
TELEMACHUS WHAT? “Since you ask” my ass. This is the first time he’s ever spoken to this man (Athena) and he is laying it all out on him (her).
I know that that’s because this is how the audience learns information but that doesn’t make Telemachus any less mopey. This man is so done with everything, he even tells Athena multiple times that he doesn’t believe Odysseus is alive anymore. BAHAHAH perf. No notes, diva 💅
Fairies when they say they know a place:
Abandoned factory