Tyler Welton-Stewart

MALIK DELGATY - Warm Welcome (2022)

Jordan

JT ready for me

BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE 1x01 “It’s Called Hazing, Look It Up”

The so very handsome Danny

My head in the rainclouds,

my heart in the sky

~ Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

("song of achilles" spoiler warning!!)

i think one of the saddest things about "the song of achilles" is achilles' change in personality throughout the book. the first half or so, he's a boy who seeks adventures, a boy who laughs all the time, a boy with light and hope in his eyes. a boy who says he will be the first happy hero.

and then, he is the hero. the legend. the one who will lead them to victory. but with that comes darker things. with that, he becomes the boy who can defeat twenty-five men at once, the boy who can kill a man from an impossible distance, the boy who you should be scared of.

the final change that comes is after patroclus' death. after that, he becomes the boy who seeks vengeance, the boy who cried so loud the skies shook, the boy who has a part of his soul missing.

reincarnation au in which achilles is haunted by bad dreams of seeing patroclus' dead body, his now boyfriend who he recently started living with, so he keeps waking up at night to check his breathing— patroclus has started noticing, so he holds him close to his chest every night so achilles can feel his heartbeat against his cheek, and it's the only way achilles can sleep peacefully.

One of the first things Achilles ever says to Patroclus is “I do not like to lie” and Patroclus spends a majority of the book commenting on Achilles’ honesty and how much he upholds it.

Remember when Helen’s draft was announced and the first thing Achilles did upon hearing Patroclus’ name was turn to him with no hesitation and basically say “We’ll lie to every power-that-be on this entire continent if it means keeping you safe”?

The saddest part of Song of Achilles isn't the fact that Patroclus or Achilles died.

It's the fact that Patroclus had to sit and watch as Achilles lost his mind. He watched helplessly as Achilles went and killed Hector so violently and fulfill the prophecy, which then led to his own death.

Patroclus watched the love of his life slowly kill himself and there was absolutely nothing he could've done to prevent it.