Why Telemachus Wasn’t Trained To Fight

Why Telemachus Wasn’t Trained to Fight

Learning how to be a warrior was typically a fairly important part of an Ancient Greek prince’s education. That would likely be the case in Ithaca too as we can see with Odysseus even as a boy. No untrained child would have been able to defeat Athena’s boar so he clearly was taught to fight. So why was Telemachus not given the same? There’s perfectly able guards so it wouldn’t be from a lack of people to teach him.

Then I started thinking about how much more threatened by his presence the suitors would be if Telemachus could hold his own in combat. His mere existence is already a claim to the throne but they see him as unfit and too soft for the crown. They might not have waited so long to try to get rid of him if that perception didn’t hold. So Penelope might have intentionally withheld that part of his studies to make him seem less dangerous to the suitors.

No one would have thought twice about pushing around someone they knew could take it no matter their age, but the way that Telemachus says that they’re “getting” dangerous in ‘Legendary’ implies that it’s a new development. Sure, they could just be tired of waiting (which certainly still plays a part) but fighting an untrained twenty year old sounds much better than fighting an untrained fourteen year old.

Morro

So.. is there like a canon reason why he’s still obsessed with being the green ninja after all these years? I’ve always just assumed that it’s because he died and is now forever stuck in the mindset he had when it happened with no chance of ever growing and becoming more than he had been. But let me know if there’s an actual reason that’s been stated either in the show or by the creators.

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stayamongother

1 month ago

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stayamongother

11 months ago

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stayamongother

7 months ago

Ooc: This is arguably my most popular blog so I’m gonna try my hand at one of these because I struggle with self care.

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stayamongother

2 months ago

The Elemental Dragons

Okay, so everyone knows that the elemental dragons haven’t been used for a while (Season 8 was when they stopped if I remember correctly). The usual explanation is just that the writers forgot or thought they made the ninja too powerful. But! What if the ninja can’t use them? The dragons are all about facing your insecurities and problems then accepting them, but they’ve all been earning enough trauma over the years that they aren’t able to do that anymore. It’s all been piling up until the dragons began to refuse their call.

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stayamongother

11 months ago

Cole: "WHAT’S YOUR TYPE"

Kai "tall, pretty smile, blue eyes,,,"

Cole, desperately, as Kai bleeds out: "YOUR BLOOD TYPE "

Kai: "oh"

Kai looks down: "red"

Zane: "B positive"

Cole: "THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE POSITIVE, ZANE"