Odysseus needs a hug
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A song without an ending by Shockedcatface
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer
20 Nov 2024
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The tales of Odysseus are meant to inspire, to glorify the hero who defied the gods and triumphed against all odds. But the story they sing ends with his return to Ithaca—a return far from triumphant. What they do not sing of are the nights he spends staring into the fire, his mind replaying the screams of his crew.
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- Part 1 of Odysseus needs a hug
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The Names They Took with Them by Shockedcatface
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer
25 Nov 2024
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Odysseus has always prided himself on his sharp memory, his ability to recall the faces and names of the men who once followed him into the depths of war and across the unyielding seas. But as the years pass in Ithaca, he begins to realize that even his mind is not immune to the erosion of time. The names of his fallen comrades are slipping away.
Desperate to hold on to the memory of those he failed to save, Odysseus begins a nightly ritual: reciting their names and stories, scrawling their deeds into parchment.
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- Part 2 of Odysseus needs a hug
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Broken by the gods by Shockedcatface
Fandoms: The Odyssey - Homer, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
02 Dec 2024
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The gods once shaped Odysseus’s fate with cruel precision—building him into a hero, then breaking him piece by piece. Now, home in Ithaca, he is a shadow of the man he once was. His victories feel hollow, and his family, though intact, seems distant and changed by his long absence.
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- Part 3 of Odysseus needs a hug