Just had wild idea for the Rhea!Penelope AU. What if Athena knew that particular secret the whole time and never bothered to tell anyone? Not only does this have so much potential for drama, I can see her and Rhea being close friends/grandmother and granddaughter in this scenario.
ooh, yes! This is an awesome idea! Plus, my Rhea!Penelope AU keeps evolving with new ideas and subplots and backstories and this is a lovely addition!
(my newest AU idea keeps trying to insert itself into as many aus as possible, and I am enjoying the complicated backstory and family drama Odysseus and Telemachus are going to have to contend with if I use the Koronis and Asclepius’s twin idea here as backstory, but also, help? 😂)
and given Odysseus gets murdered by Poseidon in that AU before he can properly reunite with Penelope and Telemachus…the shared grief is going to be another thing they can bond over—Rhea is going to be so furious with both her children and grandchildren when it’s over (except Athena and Hermes). Everyone else is weirded out and jealous of the close bond Rhea and Athena have after her time as a mortal.