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  1. Public Bookmark 51

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    Polites, this gentle captain of arms, a man vicious enough in his own right against the Trojans, emerges from the war honest and clear-eyed.

    Odysseus returns from slaughtering the son of Hector.
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    or, Odysseus loves Polites, Polites loves Odysseus.
    (But love can only change so much, and what is two men against the wrath of the gods?)

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    20 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 74

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    Already half-convinced that his tired brain had made everything up, Polites turned to make his way back.

    A single sound stopped him dead in his tracks.

    Polites pinched his arm. Pain flared faintly between his fingers. This wasn’t a dream.

    Which meant that, somewhere in Troy, an infant was crying out.


    Divine intervention changes everything.

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    20 Oct 2025

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    Odysseus steps off the cliff, and opens his eyes to Troy. "Tartarus it is, then," he thinks.

    Odysseus steps off the cliff, and Athena unweaves his fate, refuses to let him go. "Try again, my friend," she murmurs, placing her divine mark upon his soul.

    In which Odysseus manages to haunt his own narrative, and tries to make the right choices this time around.

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    Hakoda kills a Southern Raider. This backfires spectacularly. Zuko is just trying to keep four kids from dying while not being a traitor to his nation. Toph is concerned. Sokka finds himself rethinking everything he had previously considered the norm.

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    Kuei orders all of the Fire Nation out of Ba Sing Se after Azula fails her coup. This has wider ramifications than he thought.

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    21 May 2025

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    Zuko knew from the beginning that he was the Avatar, born to bring glory to the Fire Nation and destroy all its enemies.

    (Everyone is an enemy to the Fire Nation.)

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