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like vines we intertwined by maximumqueer
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
09 Dec 2025
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'“Tell me, bright eyed one, what is to befall me?” My family? he thought, unable to bear sounding the words out loud.
“The ruin of your kingdom. Plague for your people, your flocks. The failing of your crops, the dissolvement of your allyships with neighboring lands. Unless-” she said, cutting him off as he opened his mouth to cry out, heart heaving in pain, “you do as I instruct you. Raise your daughter,” she gestured to the babe cradled in his arms, “as if she were your son. Raise her as you would a Prince, and, when the time is right, pass your throne down to her, making her King. Do this, and you will save your kingdom from ruin. Do not, and all I said will come to pass.”'
Odysseus, born a daughter to Laertes and Anticlea, is raised as a son to avoid a prophesy given at the time of her birth. She navigates her life in between the strict worlds of men and women, constantly walking the razor thin edge to ensure that her secret is not discovered, and the unique freedom she has managed to carve out for herself, does not go up in flames. Despite this, her and Penelope still manage to find there way to each other, drawn together like intertwining vines.