#( briseis counts for many women since she also represents cassandra polyxena and takes the vengeance of clytemnestra

[streets-in-paradise]

Wait … I'm going to full ramble about this topic because now that someone made me think about it i believe it fucking deserves more attention.

Troy (2004) was written by the same guy who later worked in Game of Thrones. GOT, the piece of media that skyrocketed popularity of the " we brutalize women for the sake of gritty realism and give every fem character a 'rape made you stronger' arc " trend.

However, in Troy every woman whose canonical fate in the source material was being raped was saved from this. Even if the scene where Achilles saves Briseis it's a bit unconfortable to watch, those men don't get to rape her. Hector uses the power of self awareness to warn Andromache and get her ready to fight the fate she had on the original story. During the sacking of Troy, Briseis kills Agamemnon on a scene that clearly reverse mirrors what happened with Cassandra and the lesser Ajax.

This movie had few female characters, but the few it kept they respected. Despite being older than GOT, it treated its lead ladies with kindness.

I freaking love Troy and you all can suck my left one.