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That might have been a cool way to solve it, but Circe´s role in that might be so messy...(I´m letting imagination run free cause it´s way worse than you might think).

Also it makes Odysseus "children" Telemachus children, and I prefer this over that, but yeah....thematically, character development and so on..The Telegony is awful in all senses. It only creates new character for foundational purposes and does 180º in all preexisting ones, Circe, Odysseus( from faithfull husband to rampant cheater and worse), Penelope(from a wife that was hoping to see her husband to apathetic and marrying a literal child), like, nonono...

Also for better fluff, let Odysseus be with Penelope!! (or the two both die in their loving arms as cute old grandparents or make them inmortal, the two must be united!!!) and when the two goes away; then Telemachus can embark in his journey (Telemachy, it´s also the name of the five books of the Odyssey, hahaha).

It not only avoids the icky parts of the Telegony but get´s a better plot, and maybe if you really want to make Telegonus a thing, make it Circe and Telemachus son, not Odysseus...

Crack Idea where the Telegony is actually about Oddyseus giving Telemachus an adventure of his own to be recognized and remembered as a cool hero or smth, while he enjoys the rest of his years with Penelope ruling Ithica. Telemachus goes on to finish the tasks Odysseus was asked for in book 11.