#Cycle of Silence

[gavran-vrani]

[ronehmke]

[katerinaaqu]

Here is a little thing that came from the post of @deadbaguette which you can see here

Have you noticed how little dialog Achilles and Patroclus share in the Iliad? Achilles is a talkative man. He exchanges long and even philosophical dialogs with most people he encounters, with his peers and even his rivals and enemies. But his scenes that involve Patroclus hardly mention any dialog between them and yet their scenes are the most tender and most talkative.

They prepare food, they entertain their guests, they just sit by each other. They hardly speak. Homer was telling us all along; words were not needed between them. Their actions spoke for them; their closeness and their intimacy. Their scenes are peaceful amidst the war: silent amidst the loud noise and speeches. That is why the loss of Patroclus speaks so loud; the piece of peace in the flame of war was lost.

Which is why also Achilles found closeness to Antilochus next. Antilochus who also hardly exchanged a word with him and yet he was there in his lowest, just holding his hands to keep him alive out of fear that Achilles would try and kill himself. Achilles wanted someone to hold his hand. Antilochus did that both literally and metaphorically

They do not need to talk. Their closeness is enough. The absence of both of these silent yet close and intimate relationships so violently by war destroyed Achilles beyond repair. He lost Patroclus by violence and war while he was absent. He went on a lament and on absolute rampage by killing his enemies, performing human sacrifice and hubris against the dead. He lost Antilochus and he lost the last bits of his sanity, slaying Memnon and pushing carelessly the Trojans back uncovered and was killed by Paris. The strongest of Greeks fell from the hand of the arguably weakest Trojan because all that was left of his strength was gone; his strength, his will to live and his sanity. He was already tripping. At that moment he was beyond saving.

I am surprised I don't see more people talk about it

[excelsiant]

The worst thing that could happen is that they stop being friends.

Adam Parrish, Ronan Lynch and Richard Gansey III in THE RAVEN CYCLE (2024)

Part 1 | 2

[hermesmoly]

“But why now?—because Menelaus has beaten your handsome Paris, and hateful as I am, he longs to take me home?” Helen of Sparta still knowing her soulmate’s heart after a decade of war everybody

[steven-sandner]

In the silent embrace of a dead tree, a profound testament to the cycles of existence unfolds. Stripped of leaves, it stands as a stoic monument to the passage of time, whispering stories of resilience and the profound beauty that persists even in the aftermath of life's inevitable changes. In its skeletal form, there lies a poignant reminder that within every conclusion lies the potential for new beginnings, as nature weaves its intricate tapestry of renewal and rebirth 🍂🌳

[thattransboyaled]

anne shirley cuthbert, aled last, wylan van eck, adam parrish and natalie goodman understand me better than i understand myself.

[fallen-goldfishcracker]

God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers (Wyll fans stumbling across egregious misinterpretations of his character)

[omokel]

ME CORE !!!!!

two losers from earth / life worth missing (car seat headrest) / everyone i've never met (leith ross) / blue lily, lily blue (maggie stiefvater) / night in the woods / in stars and time / radio silence (alice oseman) / i was born for this (alice oseman) / sally face / welcome to night vale / rumi / comic by @their-we-go / shadow the hedgehog.. / the scary jokes tumblr post / good morning (omori) / i saw the tv glow / screenshot of my horoscope from like two months ago

[hella1975]

i cannot stand the aot fandom this is not a new take at all they are universally intolerable but oh my dayssss u are FORBIDDEN from making ANY take about the show it's actually insane to watch. 'aot is perfect' no show is perfect. 'tell me you didnt get the show 😂🫵' people have different opinions/interpretations about things. 'eren is a good guy they could never make me hate him' i think there's actually 4 seasons and two movies explicitely using him as a tool to show that no one is 'good' or 'evil' they are only trying to survive. hello. the fandom r all so far up aot's ass that they actually discredit its writing in the process and it would be laughable if it wasn't so frustrating

[ronehmke]

A spell to break the spell.

[vaguely-concerned]

first of all rye 'hello fellow kids' ingellvar there is nothing in this world or any other I wouldn't do for you. second of all, considering where this story ends... I'm going to die. this conversation -- and how much he genuinely believes what he's saying at this point -- held up against the fact that in a couple of months max he's going to get her killed (well. that's how he feels anyway) and then go against everything she believed in and stood for as a person in the end and have to live forever with knowing that's how he honoured her sacrifice. (and live with how easy it is to live with, the way he doesn't regret what he did at all. she'll haunt him from time to time, that's fine, he's a watcher he's loved many a ghost before and will again. but that won't.) 'no one is beyond help? oh lace I'm so so sorry, wherever you are now please forgive me for who I am, but after what he pulled and by the time I'm done with him on my watcher's oath he will be beyond help. I'll hold every hand in this world that reaches back but his'. and she'll still be gone.

'or none of this matters'. im so fucking sad I feel sick *through tears* this is great I love fiction I love this game (embarrassingly genuine as is my wont)

[glbtrx]

Reading the final battle I finally understood the real reason CP caused Morzan to die pre-inheritance. Not because he would have hunted Eragon or Murtagh, not because he would have been an added force to the Empire, but because when the group meet Galbatorix, Eragon reveals that Brom is actually his father, and therefore that Selena cheated on Morzan with his greatest enemy.

I mean, pretty awkward, right?

[ninjacat49]

Kaliis Idraban Gilwraeth you’re so beautiful I love you 😘

[penicillinsteve]

As a vintage fashion nerd it was my duty to put Clarice in some 80s fashion rambles about the outfit in the tags

[potledom]

I don't know you. I don't know anything about you. I have a gift and I take it from you. Whatever you come in with, I read you.