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My secret is that my wife was in an extremely bad period in her life when she entered into a contest for knitting supplies. She loved knitting as a teenager and wanted to get back into it as an adult, but felt like we couldn't afford it. She wouldn't buy anything, and wouldn't let me get anything for her because it would be "a waste of money." So when she got an email from a knitting newsletter she followed talking about the contest, she entered and won third place - a little basic kit that got her excited to start and started pulling her out of her dark place.

This is when you go "aha. You cheeky devil. Did you cheat slmehow? Is that your secret?" But no. My secret is, I faked it all. I created a fake knitting blog, and sent it to her as "something I found." I ran it for a few months talking about made up craft projects with photos off the internet and things. Then I faked the contest, sold some of my possessions to buy the "prize" and let her win. Six months later I stopped posting and she didn't even notice. She still talks about that prize she won as turning her life around, and she'll never know I invented the whole thing.

Now this is some real lover shit!!!

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✨ Beso de tres || Hermes, Odiseo y Penélope !!

Hermes transforms into Alexander (from Act I) to unnerve Odysseus. Hice un pequeño edit con el primer dibujo y la canción, pero no estoy segura de subirlo y lo dejé en Tiktok.

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Odysseus Laertiades

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Circe: I can’t get you home but I’ll get you to the underworld instead Ody: Ody: Uh… that sounds a whole lot like you’re gonna kill us? Circe: *sighs*  Circe: I’ll release your men and i'll get you to the underworld instead Ody: Ohhh Circe: Ody: Wait. You’re helping us? 

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"I discovered Epic, the musical about a month ago and it has completely taken over my life

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an odypen doodle i drew while listening to Hamilton videos

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"Or am I dreaming once more?"

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Short rough Odypen comic :D (text in alt if you can't read it)

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help i just imagined a silly little scenario where penelope just keeps meeting people that, for some mysterious reason, act very familiar with her. she doesn't question it at first since they typically welcome her more warmly the second they hear her name and well, that's better for her!

one day, the strangest thing happened. she meets one of the gods (it's probably hermes.)

penelope, as pious as her husband, is ready to bow, flattery at the tip of her tongue when suddenly, the god's like, "oh hey. i know you. you're penelope. oh wow, you are beautiful! well, duh. of course, you are. that makes a lot of sense, actually. i mean, who'd wait 20 years otherwise, right? hey, could you wait here for a sec? i gotta call the others about this- hey! hey, hera! hey! guess who i met!"

(aka penelope unknowingly becomes very popular because odysseus would NOT shut up about her during his journey home to the point that the first thing most people say when asked about odysseus is "ohhh you mean the guy that like, has a crush on his wife? penelope's husband?")

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you ever think about the fact that the siren in epic couldn't tell that Odysseus isn't scared of the water, or that he didn't have a daughter, didn't know he was running from Poseidon, couldn't get anything from him because of the beeswax in his ears - except the image and sound of his wife, because Penelope is so clear and constant and present in his mind that it was the only thing the siren could accurately show him?

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I think others already did this but oh well

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OdyPen WIP 😭❤️

I love them so much

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Young Odysseus and Penelope before the horrors™ (the trojan war) from my fic "The Dream of You"!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64653187

commissioned from the talented @justvea18! tysm for this!! 🩷

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Odysseus: Ask me why I love my wife.

Diomedes: Don’t-

Achilles: Why do you love your wife?

Diomedes: (groans)

Odysseus: (pulls out a 200-slide presentation)

Odysseus: I'm so glad you asked.

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Odysseus: No, you're cuter

Penelope: No, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'����𝘦 cuter

Odysseus: No, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 cuter

Telemachus: There are literally over 100 people dead in our house, guys.

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It occurs to me that Athena was likely very fond of Penelope as well as Odysseus and Telemachus, not only because of her own cunning but also because of her weaving. Athena was a goddess of cunning and weaving and how did Penelope trick the suitors for so long? With a plan centered around trickery and weaving. That whole family is Athena’s special little guys.

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You know. While I do appreciate the headcannon that Odysseus and Penelope had absolutely sick nasty sex as soon as he got home, my opinion is actually that they went straight to bed and slept through the night and well into the next day, getting the best sleep either of them has gotten in 20 years.

Because like. We know why Odysseus would need to rest finally after being in the Trojan war and then being hunted by gods and monsters for the next ten years.

But Penelope.

Penelope was home. Waiting, and then she was told the Trojan war is over and Odysseus should be home any day. And then months passed and then that turned to years. And now suitors are claiming her husband is dead and she needs to choose someone else. And at first they’re polite about it but then they grow increasingly…not so polite about it.

Odysseus was battling monsters, yes. But Penelope lived with them. I imagine she spent every night sleeping lightly, knife in hand and facing her bedroom door—maybe not sleeping at all. She wouldn’t be able to stop all of them but she wouldn’t go down without a fight.

And nearly ten years passes like that.

And then Odysseus finally makes it back and all the suitors are dead. Yeah, fucking him is nice but holy shit she needs to fucking sleep.