ForestGremlin (maxverstappenhasbettertitsthanme)
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A Long Time Coming by ForestGremlin (maxverstappenhasbettertitsthanme)
Fandoms: The Iliad - Homer, The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
19 Oct 2025
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At Ilium High, the rules are different. Legacy matters more than truth, secrets buy power, and silence is the price of survival. An elite school for the wealthy and well-connected, it promises success to those who keep their heads down, and ruin for those who ask questions.
Helen just wants to disappear after what happened at her last school, but her beauty makes her a target all over again.
Diomedes, quiet and fiercely loyal, would rather box than speak, but he's drawn to the girl who won’t let anyone in.
Odysseus is brilliant, insomniac, and unraveling, haunted by a night he barely remembers.
Penelope is determined to be perfect, even as the pressure makes her fall apart.
Clytemnestra is angry, at the school, at her sister, at herself, and not sure who she wants to protect.
Hector is trying to hold everyone together, his siblings, his team, his future, even as everything burns down around him.
Paris wants to be seen.
Cassandra wants to be believed.
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was it my august by wyrmwood (archangelgf)
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
20 Mar 2023
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Achilles scoffs. “My dad could’ve called anybody. He has a million drivers—”
“Your dad,” Patroclus says, firm, “is worried about you.”
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Singer/influencer/nepo-baby Achilles is going through his first celebrity meltdown in the heart of LA. At his father Peleus' behest, his ex-best friend Patroclus is there to bail him out of jail at 3 in the morning. Somehow, their friendship gets repaired in the process.
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- Part 1 of the sun swallows up the world
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Bookmarked by ForestGremlin (maxverstappenhasbettertitsthanme)
18 Oct 2025
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you know how to ball, i know aristotle by SeaJem
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
05 Oct 2025
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Reader, I have taken liberties.
In other words, a "so high school" inspired Iliad/Odyssey modern au. I attempted, at least, to bring in all of the stories of the Iliad/related works. I will put in notes what inspired each chapter once we get into the actual plot. These are all interpretations, of course, but there are in fact, sources.
Updates are fridays
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- Part 1 of the tortured poets department
Bookmarked by ForestGremlin (maxverstappenhasbettertitsthanme)
20 Jul 2025
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Well, Maybe I'm In Love by AirQuotes2962
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums), The Odyssey - Homer, The Iliad - Homer
22 May 2025
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What if the entire Iliad and Odyssey was just one night? What if that night was actually a modern frat party with a bunch of dumb college kids? Well, that's what this is!
Menelaus is throwing a party to get back together with Helen, Achilles is picking fights about homophobia, and Odysseus just wants to get to his girlfriend Penelope but keeps facing setbacks.
Inspired by a Tumblr post that theorized about this exact scenario.
Bookmarked by ForestGremlin (maxverstappenhasbettertitsthanme)
18 Jul 2025
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only one thought of mine by sillykeychains
Fandoms: The Odyssey - Homer, EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
26 Dec 2024
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She smiles when Penelope picks one of the names and then goes to the person sitting next to her.
Penelope unfolds the paper slowly, anticipation swarming around in her stomach.
Odysseus.
Fuck.
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or, they're doing secret santa, and penelope needs to find out what to get her classmate.
Bookmarked by ForestGremlin (maxverstappenhasbettertitsthanme)
19 Jul 2025