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gustavomahler

A vibe é essa.

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littlesparklight

Hektor is forced to linger without being able to go into the Underworld for twelve days.

Is haunting (like Patroklos did to Achilles in coming to him in his dream) always voluntary? And even so, would not Hektor maybe want to reach out, the longer he's stuck lingering, watching the grief around him?

And what if some of the haunting isn't even voluntary?

What if Hektor unintentionally haunted a couple of his family during those twelve days... did people see his spirit in the corridors and rooms? in the stables? Standing by Astyanax's bed?

And then the possible intentional hauntings, born from love and grief and wanting to assure even when there's nothing that can be done;

Does Andromache wake from dreams with her husband's ghostly touch on her cheek, but not having been able to embrace him? How many times? Both Andromache and Hektor yearning, and Hektor keeps reaching out, but they still can't touch.

Grieving parents waking up from dreams where Hektor assures them it doesn't matter if they will be able to bury him or not.

Paris waking up from a dream where Hektor assures him they'll have their talk, but it better not be any time soon (even a ghost can have foolish, useless hopes).

gustavomahler

#iliad

#greek mythology #the iliad #hector of troy #brazil #astyanax

littlesparklight

"In the ancient texts, with a few important and complicating exceptions (e.g. Paris, Odysseus), bodies depicted as dangerously desirable, bodies whose possession is elusive, bodies that impede knowledge (by veiling, deceiving etc.) tend to be female."

(The Body as Argument: Helen in Four Greek Texts by Nancy Worman)

Emphasis mine. But I was reminded of this line recently. Look at them! Neither would undoubtedly want to share this distinction with the other!

neil-gaiman

do the angels and demons in GO speak enochian? or is that not canon in that universe?

I suspect that in the GO universe (in which, remember, Crowley's reaction to Hieronymous Bosch was "What a weirdo,") Enochian was probably just something that Edward Kelly made up to deceive John Dee. ("Why do they think we sound like that? I don't sound like that. What's he doing now?" "I believe he's speaking in tongues." "Well, I don't like it. Make him stop.")