#it makes sense. the ambush at sphinx' rock really is a marathon battle. he outlasts fifty men thanks to all those slow-twitch muscle fibers | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

ilions-end · 20 days ago

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statius really waits until book six of the thebaid to let you know that tydeus isn't just short, he's deceptively scrawny-looking, which is why people tend to not take him seriously as a combatant before they've seen him in action

it's so funny. the mesomorphic curse. the gods really gave their angriest warrior the body of a jockey sized marathon runner

#if i was statius' editor i'd tell him to not wait until book six with most of the physical descriptors of his main characters!#that's also when we learn parthenopaeus has exceedingly long hair. i'd been imagining him with fairly short hair #(idk he frolics in the woods a lot. it'd be practical not to get caught on the branches all the time)#AND imagining tydeus with like a bull-necked batista bod because he's strong and explosive. but no turns out he's a WIRY fucker #it makes sense. the ambush at sphinx' rock really is a marathon battle. he outlasts fifty men thanks to all those slow-twitch muscle fibers

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