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When he was younger Odysseus definitely forced Athena to learn a secret handshake between them. It's elaborate with like 5 steps and Athena grunted and complained every time they did it.

Post Ithaca saga, Athena was leaving and she went to greet Ody and Penelope along with Telemachus and when she went to greet him both of them instinctively did the secret handshake perfectly. It took them both 10 seconds to process what they had just done.

anyway it ends at a tie, agamemnon shuts the whole thing down because:

a. his best strategist is not able to focus during battle strategy meetings because he is so tired and exhausted, plus his voice is gone.

(I guess I have this one? I hope it’s saucy enough😞 I’ll make more I promise….👨‍🍳)

Based on Odysseus’s boar hunting scar on his thigh.

Yes! With his dad, little Keith could play as rough as he wanted, as long as he didn’t bite. His dad would get down on the floor and wrestle with him for a while and pin him down under a leg when he needed a break. It was all good.

But when Keith was around human kids his own age suddenly he was “too rough” and “going to get someone hurt” and “needed to play nice”. He thought he was playing nice! Other times, the other kid might think he was trying to start a real fight and things would escalate more than Keith intended. But really, was it his fault these other kids never learned the difference between a play fight and a real one?

Eventually, Keith realizes that rough housing just isn’t something he gets to do anymore and stops, but he has a hard time figuring out what to do instead.

At the Garrison, he meets Shiro, and the two of them really bond on the training mat. At first, Keith takes all of their fights seriously, but as they get to know each other better, they start horsing around a bit more. If they’re at the gym off peak hours, there’s no one to criticize them for not using “proper technique” or not taking things seriously enough.

Shiro learns pretty quickly how to tell when Keith is up for a serious match and when he just wants to mess around. He catches onto the fact that this is part of how Keith bonds with people, and he’s happy to play along.

(Years later, Shiro will wonder if this is where he first learned to read galran body language and whether this knowledge might have helped him subconsciously in the arena.)

But Antok is the one who really teaches Keith how to play. One day after a particularly frustrating day of training, he just casually slings Keith over his shoulders and starts spinning until Keith’s confused shouts morph into breathless laughter. He drops Keith gently on the ground and stands ready, arms spread in invitation and letting his tail slap the ground once for emphasis.

Keith gets it. He doesn’t quite know how he understands, but he does. Still dizzy, he charges. In a proper fight, it would be a stupid move, but this isn’t a proper fight. Antok trips him easily, but at just the right angle to help him into a recovery roll that lets Keith spring easily back to his feet.

It’s not so much combat as an improvisation game, and Antok is less an opponent than a guide. He offers openings, teases Keith into taking certain shots, and then rewards him with a playful toss or tumble. Sometimes Keith will try a last-minute feint or twist, but he’s not trying very hard and it all ends the same.

It’s silly and rough and fun, and Keith revels in the fact that he doesn’t have to think too hard about any of it. It all just seems to come so naturally. At the same time, he also doesn’t have to hold anything back. He can move as fast as he wants, push as hard as he wants. He barely has a chance of hurting Antok when he’s trying. For once in his life, he can just cut loose.

It ends with Keith on the floor, breathless and smiling, almost giddy. He hasn’t done anything like this since he was little. He says as much, and Antok just ruffles his hair into a fluffy mess.

They see a time skip of any length and go

1.) Unlike Wattpads vote system that let's you like each chapter, the ao3 equivalent kudos only allows one per work. Everyone is generally quietly annoyed about this. To engage with each chapter, you're heavily encouraged to comment. Trust me, it makes people's day.

2.) Ao3 has no algorithm. By default it's latest updated work first. You can find things to your taste through searches, filters and tags.

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If you could kudos every chapter, it would screw up the search system for people who sort fics by kudos. It would bury amazing one-shots and shorter fics under all the 40+ chapter fics.

1. are all involved parties adults? (including planned observers)

2. did all involved parties give informed consent while able to give consent meaningfully (including uncoerced)?

3. did the actions stay within the bounds of said consent, not adding on new things while someone was unable to meaningfully consent?

if yes to all three: IT'S FINE

if it passes all three conditions and you still think it's morally wrong: you're judging based on your own sense of disgust, not any reasonable moral framework!

if you are trying to say "okay but what if...": did you read what i just fucking said??

he keeps on cackling until he realizes he’s unintentionally being too loud and sees his daughter looking at him with startled, shocked, watery eyes, leading to a crying toddler.

“wait! what happened?! what’s wrong?!” luffy asks and sits up, stretching both arms to grasp the little girl and hold her close against his chest.

“she thinks you were being mean to her,” zoro firmly responds, a small smile coming out of him.

“whaaaaaattttt?!!!!! i don’t want to be mean to her!” luffy pouts at his still-sobbing daughter, so he pats her back as an attempt to calm her down, just like what chopper taught him, and it rapidly works, resulting in only small sniffles starting to come out of her.

“attagirl! no more tears! i’m so sorry for being a meanie! will you forgive your silly daddy?!” luffy coos to the baby girl with the high-pitched baby talk he solely uses for her. he rubs his nose against her cheek, picking her up and swinging her into the air each time a new giggle comes out of her.

“see?! now she doesn’t hate me anymore!” luffy brags to zoro, smooching and pretending to bite their daughter’s face, which is one of his favorite things in the world to do with her and it’s making nonstop laughters come out of her small body.