The top 10 things that'd happen in "Paris took Penelope instead of Helen AU." (according to me):
1. Hector, Patroclus & Achilles will all die because they love narrative doom.
2. Penelope and Andromache would become (more than) friends and spend time at the loom.
3. Odysseus goes nuts like Diomedes in his arestia.
4. Some canon things remain the same?? (Trojans blaming Penelope, Priam and Hector being friendly to her..etc)
5. Aphrodite and Athena would be constantly arguing because Athena is yk, obviously with Odysseus.
6. When the Trojan horse comes in, instead of mimicking the voices of their wives (like Helen did) as a test, Penelope would know ts is NOT a truce offering because she KNOWS her husband and his things.
7. Penelope would help in the killing of the Trojans? (Like Helen did in the fall of troy in some texts)
8. Odysseus would kill Paris. No negotiations. Rip.
9. Would you fall in love with me again but everyone is dying in the background.
10. ..yay, a cursed happy ending!
Plot twist:
Penelope says she likes Andromache now and they both just run away to Italy with Aeneas' crew and Odysseus settles in with Diomedes.
