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“Go,” she said, “he waits for you”
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(painted the incredible @wolfythewitch ‘s art in my own style)
Achilles : Patroclus...
Patroclus: Oh no, 'Patroclus' in b-flat.
Patroclus: You're disappointed.
"Patroclus, he says, Patroclus. Patroclus. Over and over until it is sound only."
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
The sun sank below Pelion’s ridges, and we were happy.
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake, loving him in silence.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
He would sail to Troy and I would follow, even into death.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell. I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
When he died, all things swift and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
There are no bargains between lions and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
This and this and this.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
Philtatos.
TSOA, Madeline Miller.
A sly smile spread across his face; he had always loved defiance.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
I am made of memories.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
Pa-tro-clus.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
What has Hector ever done to me?
TSOA, Madeline Meyer
He is half of my soul, as the poets say.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
And perhaps it is greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
We were like gods at the dawning of the world, and our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but each other.
TSOA, Madeline Miller
Historians, about the relationship of Achilles and Patroclus: They were just good friends! Good bros! Nothing really gay about it!
Achilles: "My Patroclus"
Achilles: *sleeps with Patroclus*
Achilles: *the person he is closest to is Patroclus*
Achilles when his bedwife gets taken: *merely refuses to fight* Achilles when Patroclus is killed: *goes on a slaughter spree*
Achilles, when he finds out about Patroclus' death: *screams so loud he can be heard from the underworld*
Achilles: *demands his ashes be mingled with Patroclus'*
Achilles: *kills a fucking river/ defeats a river god when said god is trying to stop him from murdering Patroclus' killer*
Achilles: *murders Patroclus' killer knowing full well it will result in his death, although he wanted to live in glory*
Achilles: *drags Patroclus' killer around the city of Troy, in the dirt, three times, dishonouring him although he partly admired Hector before Patroclus' murder*
Achilles: *refuses to have Hector buried/sent for burial*
Achilles: *has to have Priam come to him and beg for his son's body for him to return Hector for burial*
Achilles: *prowls the battlefield, wanting death, so that he can be reunited with Patroclus*
Achilles: *smiles when he dies because he's going to be reunited with Patroclus*
I can’t reblog this fast enough. My tears are getting in my way.
imagine if the song of achilles was just a written narration of patroclus recounting all of his memories to thetis, as seen in the last few pages where they were talking,, that’s why everything was written in past tense rather than present. patroclus is made of memories because that’s all he ever will be if not permitted to join achilles in death and we are literally witnesses to his life, just as thetis was prior to her honouring of patroclus’ soul
I am crying
the amount of times i’ve listened to this and cried is embarrassing 😎🕺🏻
credit: bookamour on tiktok (i love their account, they have made pieces like this for many other books too)
More The Song of Achilles fanart because I have sold my soul to this book. A little angst for y’all too.
I forgot to sign this one. Please give me credit.
It’s like looking at a rainbow, then you look at the right side of the post and you are blinded by a million rainbows.
this is all i have to say
If I ask my future partner “You’re like the Achilles to my Patroclus” and they say “weren’t they just friends?” I will leave them on the spot.
Okay guys, this is my first drawing that I am posting! I’m so existed! Hope you like it!
It is Achilles (left) and Patroclus (right) inspired by The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
I’m really bad at hands and feet but the rest I am proud of.
I just read this book and loved it! If you need a book to read over the holidays here is a amazing one and will definitely give you some feels.
No but song of achilles hit so hard because it is patroclus telling achilles' story, his song, not that of his deeds, his glory, but the person that he was before and beneath that, it is the story of achilles as a man i- DON'T TOUCH ME I'M EMOTIONAL
“Name one hero who was happy”
“You can’t”
The most painful part of The Song of Achilles is that there would be no story if they didn’t die at the end.
Tragedies are popular because they remind us of inevidable misfortune. The fact I love a book that hurts me is the fucking point and boy do I loathe it sometimes.