poiz

take away any responsibility odysseus has ever had for anything

make him "Let go of controlling his fate" (he hasnt controlled shit)

actually my biggest problem with the odyssey is that it takes away so much of odysseus's responsibility. he doesnt make a choice to sacrifice his men; it's literally given to him as the only choice. the choice of a plot line where he's basically forgotten everything (and being drugged) when he's with calypso instead of choosing to portray it as him cheating or being assaulted removes so much of the depth of his misery and background for his choices. he doesnt do the "nobody" bit with the cyclops, and he instead just has a little moment of foolish anger. the choices he does make (such as listen to the siren song) have no real consequences.

you could almost call him blameless, and it takes so much of the choice and responsibility and development away.

started off confused

I know tadc is heartbreaking, but I think we should be counting our blessings

Can you imagine if Kinger had done brain scans on his daughters as well as his wife?

I was theorizing with someone about how maybe abstracted people could come back, and then I was wondering if their true names could be a part of that bringing them back. Then obviously there's the issue that Jax likely wouldn't go by Leeroy anymore, and no one knows what name she chose for herself.