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Tamed By His Spear by sparklight
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
27 Aug 2021
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Paris uses a split second of opportunity to distract Menelaos during their duel, in a manner that is far more favourable to Paris' particular skillset.
This derails the duel completely and still no one wins. Or maybe they both do, in a manner of speaking.
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This is a Torch-Song by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
26 Aug 2021
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The war, being inevitable, needs actors.
Needs instigators.
Needs scapegoats.
A torch might burn happily until it is nothing but ashes, but after that? What is left, when all defenses have been stripped away, looking back at the life lived?
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- Part 9 of Sketches of the Trojan War
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Paris is dead.
Helen ought to be returned to Menelaos, in accordance with not a few people's voiced opinions.
And yet.
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- Part 12 of Sketches of the Trojan War
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,245
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 26
- Hits:
- 415
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Reaching For the Stars by sparklight
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
16 Aug 2021
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Antilochus arrives at Troy, and is immediately smitten.
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Not Even Death Absolves Crimes As These by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
11 Aug 2021
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Time (and death) doesn't heal all wounds.
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Velchania hasn't been celebrated by anyone mortal for about two thousand years, but that doesn't stop Zeus from feeling its pull, or Ganymede from enjoying these three days, for they're still for the two of them, perhaps even more so now with no other distractions to be had. They have lasted beyond what anyone would have expected, knowing Zeus; immortality always offers more, however.
Despite all the time passed since Ganymede was brought to Olympos, there are still gifts that can be given that never have been given before, there are still secrets to be unearthed.
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- Part 14 of Courting Ganymede
- Part 10 of Modern Olympos
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Before the Scaean Gates by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
03 Aug 2021
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Hector falls to Achilles, Achilles falls to Paris.
Connecting them is Apollo, out for blood.
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- Part 7 of Sketches of the Trojan War
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The Trojan war; a mess of conflicts both mortal and divine, personal and interpersonal.
Zeus attempts to balance beginning the war (and the war at all) when it comes to what he, and Ganymede wants, with what his wife and favourite daughter wants. It will leave no one happy, and make the war harder to deal with.
At the same time, Ganymede slowly stumbles into resolution and self-acceptance for something that has been a sticking point of internal confusion, as well as pleasure, for a very long time. Forced by the war, it still gives him some manner of way to endure it the longer it goes on, as well as something to build on for the future.
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- Part 10 of Courting Ganymede
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Elysium is vast, but not vast enough to hide when someone is plain not there.
Hektor gets commandeered into remedying the situation, which was what he wanted, but despite this he almost doesn't do it. Troy still carries too many dark memories, and setting foot within its limits is hard.
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- Part 12 of Children of the Rivers
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Paris' first experience with the gods isn't Hermes and the three goddesses he's escorting; it's the god of war, years earlier.
Issuing a challenge, confident in his competitor, Ares answers the challenge and wins. Contrary to expectations for how these things usually go when mortals have promised something to a god, Paris provides, in full.
That deserves a reward, doesn't it, completely aside from any other, unexpected, associations Ares has of Paris.
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The Best of All Possible Worlds by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
11 Jul 2021
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There are choices which aren't choices, and we should all be fortunate to never find out which, exactly, they are.
Paris isn't so lucky as he wakes up somewhere that is as familiar as it's not, and, over all, completely, utterly, impossible.
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- Part 7 of The Best of All Possible Worlds
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Hyacinthus is still settling in, getting used to being alive again and soon having to face the rest of Apollo's life on Olympos. Hyacinthus isn't the only one who has to meet "the other", however, and Hymen thinks he can deal with that, because his father's happiness is important. Having to face a future life with someone else living in his home matters a lot less when he overhears something that could potentially cause a lot of hurt during Dionysos and Ariadne's wedding, and he's caught in a bind.
Does he tell - and probably set in motion a messy chain reaction; or does he keep quiet - and risk both Apollo and his resurrected lover being dealt pain?
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- Part 2 of A Flower and the Sun
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Xenia Repaid, Broken, Restored by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
25 Jun 2021
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Prince Alexander of Troy runs off with Queen Helen of Sparta, having seduced another man's wife - you've heard this before.
That isn't quite what's going on, the reasons for it not what you might expect, as Menelaos finds out when he comes to Troy to demand his wife back. The solution might also be far easier and more pleasant than anyone involved would have expected.
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The Goddess' Favour by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
21 Jun 2021
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Helen isn't the only one who needs some prodding, but Paris requires far less of it to make him stay where Aphrodite has put him.
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- Part 5 of Sketches of the Trojan War
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 720
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 10
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- 280
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Apollo first sees Hyacinthus while dancing in armour, and he is immediately smitten. Compared to many times before, he hesitates to immediately reveal himself. The god can't stay hidden forever, however, and both happiness and pain will follow in his path.
But though flowers are only temporary when they bloom, they may bloom again and again, even if it might seem as if cruel winter has killed a beloved plant for good.
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- Part 1 of A Flower and the Sun
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There are things you just do not expect to happen, even when you've lived several hundred years among the gods. Being sick would have been one thing, as unprecedented as that would've been after becoming immortal. Finding himself host to something quite impossible will test Ganymede in more than one way, but he doesn't have to go through this experience alone.
In fact, the other half of this can offer some very personal point of view on this sort of thing.
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Cruelties of the Heart by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
05 Jun 2021
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From Menelaos first finding out about Helen and Paris to Agamemnon's unfortunate words at Aulis, the brothers try to help each other, even when that sometimes comes with hurting the other as well.
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- Part 2 of Sketches of the Trojan War
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Raiding Mount Ida's Leafy Heights by sparklight
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, The Iliad - Homer
22 May 2021
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Achilles has seized Aeneas' cattle and reminded everybody of an easy food source to gain (for the Achaeans) or risk to lose (for the Trojans and Dardanians). To deprive the invaders of any more four-legged food, Paris offers to go round up the cattle he used to herd. Meanwhile, Menelaos has taken a small force to Mount Ida in the hope that there might be more animals to round up.
You never know what you might end up stumbling over in the middle of the night.
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Ganymede wakes up staring at a sleeping Hera's face, and he shouldn't be where he is at all, when this is Zeus' place. Whatever was done, needs to be undone as quickly as possible, for Ganymede can't last long. The question is just where Zeus has gone, and how to get there.
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- Part 7 of Modern Olympos
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With the giants defeated, the gods celebrate.
But Gaia has still one more child to turn to in her anger, one which does not just have the ambition and desire to fulfil his mother's request and make it his own, but, compared to the giants, the power, too.
Mount Olympos will stand undefended as the gods necessarily flee to make things as hard as possible, unless both the mountain and the divine order can count on some slightly unorthodox protectors to keep its defenses. Wit and a willingness to sacrifice safety and comfort will have to stand against Typhoeus until Zeus might be found and put back together again.
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- Part 2 of Gaia's Wrath