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[notsolonedesert]

@fl0ral-ghost I'm so sorry your ask somehow got deleted??? But you asked for Ody's reaction when his son was born.

Luckily I was there and made this live and 100% accurate depiction of Telemachus' birth.

[choccypnji]

Athena: You stay positive. You always believe that everything is going to work out. How do you do it?

Telemachus: Well, I'll tell you my secret, ma'am. 𝗜 𝗟𝗜𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙.

Athena:

Telemachus: Every morning when I wake up, I say "everything's gonna BE OKAY~" 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗜'𝗠 𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚. And I don't know how much longer 𝗜 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗢 𝗜𝗧. wheeze

Athena:

Telemachus: Have a swell night, ma'am! :D walks away

[randomgreekfandomspals]

Penelope: So do you ever hear Athena in your head anymore?

Odysseus: Sometimes

Penelope: What does she say?

Odysseus: Sometimes she makes plans to murder everyone within a ten foot radius

Odysseus: Other times, she reminds me to pick up bread for Telemachus because Telemachus likes bread

[choccypnji]

Sirens: They look at the sailors, having transformed into their lovers.

Sailors: Wow...

Odysseus: CAREFUL, MEN! These are SIRENS. They can take on any form you desire to LURE you INTO THE WATER.

Polites: pointing at one of the sirens Why does that one look like me?

Siren! Polites: winks

Sailors & Polites:

Odysseus: Oh! Uh... I don't know... That could- that could be for anyone... anyone here. And we don't have to judge.

Perimedes: ....Let's just avert our eyes to- um... Wait, why is that one just a plate of cow?

Eurylochus: LET ME GO TO HER!!

Odysseus: NO!!!

Eurylochus: LET ME GO TO HER, CAPTAIN!!!

[choccypnji]

Before Would you fall in love with me again:

Telemachus: Father,

Odysseus: Hm?

Telemachus: I have something for you.

Odysseus: What is it?

Telemachus: But.... promise not to get mad, okay? Behind his back, he is holding a bag filled with soap, clean clothes, perfume, and various other items

Odysseus: ...... He is covered in the suitors' blood, and on top of that, he is quite filthy from his beggar disguise and having gone unwashed for a long time.

Telemachus: Sorry... I just couldn't send you to Mother in that state.

[justvea18]

Different sources say Telemachus married Naucissa or Polycaste, and a good chunk likes Telemachus and Pisistratus. I just imagine him and Odysseus talking like:

Telemachus: I don't know if I'm ready to have a queen, let alone be a king.

Odysseus: So there's this princess who rescued me, she's about your age, she's Nausicaa

Telemachus: Huh?

Odysseus: How about Nestor's Daughter, Polycaste

Telemachus: Father...

Odysseus: Or his son, Pisistratus

Telemachus: Father stop.

[choccypnji]

The night Odysseus killed Astyanax in Troy:

Polites: Are you okay...?

Odysseus: Yeach...

Polites: Have you been crying?

Odysseus: ...No...

Polites: ... Do you wanna talk about it?

Odysseus: No....

Polites: Hesitates for a moment ....Do you wanna hug?

Odysseus: ..... Yeach.... in a tearful voice

[murasaki-cha]

After the Ithaca Saga, I believe that Odysseus thought he and Athena were officially done forever and would only occasionally see each other because she was mentoring Telemachus now. He really thinks there's no way they can reconnect anymore and attempt at a friendship this time, but he's fine with it, he can accept it.

That is until Telemachus goes up to him one day like:

"Hey father, can I ask you something?"

"Yes son, of course."

"You mentored under Athena before right? Do you happen to know a friend of hers?"

"Oh I... I wasn't aware Athena had friends before. She was very adamant about that "No Friends" rule back then... kind of stings."

"Oh really? She talks about him a lot."

"Does she now? *mumbling* must be so special about this fRieNd of Athena..."

"Yeah she told me about this one time he wanted to impress someone, so he climbed on all the way to the tree branch next to the balcony of their room and leaned against the trunk to look cool, but he kept talking to Athena in her owl appearance so he didn't notice the other person going to the balcony and he got so spooked when they called out to him, he turned too fast and lost balance, slipped, smacked his ass on the tree branch and broke his arm when he fell, so he had to wear a sling for 3 months and couldn't sit down for 2 weeks."

"....call Athena right now."

"Why-"

"ATHENA!!!"

The second Athena appeared, Odysseus threw himself at her, on one hand going "YOU CONSIDER ME YOUR FRIEND WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO!?!?!?!" and on the other going "WHY ARE YOU TELLING MY SON ALL MY EMBARRASSING STORIES!?!?! THAT WAS BETWEEN ME, PENELOPE AND YOU!!"

He was actually crying. Athena has absolutely no idea what is happening or what she should do. Telemachus just discovered a whole new side of his dad and might know where he gets it from now....