#he couldn't have gone through with his rebellion unless pat was on board and pat would never be on board

[johaerys-writes]

Hi! In Walking Disaster, if Patroclus didn’t catch Achilles in time, would he have made it to Thetis? And if so, how would that go? Thank you and I hope October treats you well! (September suuuuuuuucked)

Hi anon! I'm guessing you're referring to Achilles running away from home in Ch. 12 right? I honestly don't think he would have made it very far lmao first of all he didn't really have much money on him or anything else, he just grabbed his backpack and threw in a tshirt and a bottle of water and a couple other things and left, he was too angry to fully plan this out. But even if he did manage to get all the way to Athens and go to his aunt's house where Thetis was staying at the time before her flight back to Russia, I doubt she would have let him stay with her for very long. Not because she doesn't want him, but because Peleus' lawyers are no joke 😬 The last thing she would want would be to be accused of abducting Achilles or something, and have Peleus win sole custody and bar her from seeing him ever again. So flying with him to Stavropol and living there happily ever after or something along those lines is out of the question.

.... but, realistically, if we're being totally honest, I would fully expect Achilles to balk the very moment he reached the train station and turn right back 🤣 because he cannot go even a few steps without Patroclus. Like, as soon as he would walk up to the ticket office his anger would go away and he'd just start pathetically crying because he cannot fathom leaving him behind, then he'd feel extremely guilty that he even contemplated it. Especially since they still haven't cleared the air after their argument a few days back!!! In his own peculiar way, Achilles can sort of handle his mother abandoning him for a second time, but being without Patroclus would just be too much. I simply don't think he'd be able to go through with it.

Thank you so much for this ask!! I do hope October is kinder to all of us 💙