#song of Achilles

[gaytricorder]

they song of achilles’d us i’m sick

[kingstarkingslay]

What if the reason why we get so attached to fictional characters is because they were supposed to be our soulmates but we were born in different universes

[judasofsuburbia]

i would hold on for all it's worth || a patrochilles missing scene

rating: teen and up || pairing: patroclus and achilles || word count: 1782|| read here

summary:

For someone like Aristos Achaion, one might think he would have servants to do what Patroclus was doing. But after sleeping all day while Achilles was out, purely so he would be awake for his return, Patroclus was happy to do this.

Happy might be a bit of a stretch. Still, he was not about to give this task to a servant, someone whose time with Achilles is much more meaningless. 

Every second left with Achilles felt precious.

or: during an after battle bath, patroclus tends to achilles the only way he knows how.

thank you @seths-rogens for beta editing and also simply being the best<33

[cryingclownish]

If she said jump she would've jumped. It doesn't mean that she would've wanted to.

When doomed yaoi meets doomed yuri

[thevampirepoet]

I actually love them

[snowberry247]

Achilles, telling a story: Anyways, then I fell on my bottom-

Odysseus: Oh my gods is Patroclus okay?

Achillies: ...

Odysseus: ...

Odysseus: Continue, please.

[fennytama]

Achilles/Patroclus and Epic Odysseus/Polites got too close of parallels and I'm losing my absolute mind over this OTL

[weirdgirlvampire]

Oh characters doomed from the start we’re really in it now

[cityelf]

Left is MY FIC, right is the ACTUAL BOOK QUOTE IT WAS INSPIRED BY

(Mask context: masquerade ball / cinderella au)

It has been doing numbers EVERYWHERE and I only found out from this lovely person who commented on Ao3:

So yeah I guess if anyone wants to read an 8 year old Song of Achilles fanfic written in a fever dream after watching Into The Woods, be my guest

[tenoart]

Hector of troy- because most art I see of him is in armour or scary and that needed fixed

[za-ra-h]

The Song of Achilles

[edmcmayonnaise]

@painlandweek Day 2 - Myths & Legends 4koma about Charles' admiration for the totally non-romantic and not at all tragic relationship of Achilles and Patroclus.

[elianzis]

"I swear it"

[lestatdelivncvurt]

I will recognize you in total darkness, were you mute and deaf. I will recognize you in another lifetime entirely, in different bodies, different times and I will love you in all of this, until the very last star in the sky burnt out into oblivion.

— Achilles

[thementalhealthisdropping]

[tuverras]

on tragedy, fate, and inevitability.

oresteia, robert icke // theatre of the oppressed, augusto boal // song of achilles, madeline miller // the book thief, markus zusak // antigone, jean anouilh // revisiting mockingjay ahead of the hunger games prequel, entertainment weekly // romeo and juliet, shakespeare // h of h playbook, anne carson // war of the foxes, richard siken // the road to hell (reprise), hadestown // planet of love, richard siken // they both die at the end, adam silvera