homeric old man yaoi

i just really like menelaus

[garfield-69]

Idk, here take a glittery gay Yugi.

[menelaiad]

when i find myself in times of trouble. homeric old man yaoi comes to me. speaking words of wisdom -

[menelaiad]

happy pride <3

[menelaiad]

I know Menelaus was the clingiest mf alive when Helen was pregnant with Hermione

helen: i'm going for a walk outside.

menelaus: i can carry you.

helen: you don't have to -

menelaus: 🥺 the ...🥺🥺 bebeh ...🥺

helen:

helen: ... you can hold my hand.

menelaus: ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[menelaiad]

did i break up with my boyfriend because he spent all of yesterday pissing me off? yes. and i'd do it again.

[menelaiad]

booked an overnight stay in a haunted castle

[menelaiad]

https://www.tumblr.com/menelaiad/797220061789257728/menelaus-the-younger-son-of-atreus-had-loved

WHO IS THIS BOOK FROM??

LOADS OF PEOPLE ASKED ME THIS. AND I NEVER REPLIED BECAUSE IT'S BOOK ONE IN A QUARTET AND I WANTED TO READ THEM ALL BEFORE HYPING THEM UP/RECOMMENDING THEM.

but my lazy ass has still only read the first one. so i will say i liked that one. i have not read the others so idk about them. BUT the first one ... is very good. well, more promising than most homeric modern receptions. i was a HUGE fan of menelaus' portrayal tbf, he was very ... realistic and ... normal. which is all i can ask for at this point. i also listened to the audiobook of it and his voice was fucking elite im just saying.

it's from BOOK ONE (A Primce of Troy) from the troy quartet series by lindsay clarke.

[menelaiad]

Have you ever written fanfics?? Would kill for Menelen from you

i ... have dabbled.

my ao3 is here. but i mainly just post old man yaoi i cant lie.

BUT i can try and do a menhelen! i can give that a whirl.

[menelaiad]

my local council is now reform

[krushing]

Did you see him or not? I didn't.

The Scarecrow / 허수아비 (2026)

[menelaiad]

Menelaus and Helen were the very first mii’s on my island (I’ve only played the demo) and they were sooooo pookie. He wanted to be her friend immediately, and she was so besotted by him

[menelaiad]

i want that stupid tomadachi game. i want to make menelaus and give him head rubs and gifts.

[menelaiad]

confession time: even as an ancient history lover and yaoi goggle wearer and a whimsy infused, angst devourer ... i cannot stand any of mary renaults books.

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

just got a vision fully formed in my mind of an early 2000s high school romcom based on the iliad

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

greeks and trojans are rival school football teams. hector is the captain and the rivalry has suddenly turned personal bc his brother (called something douchebaggy like preston) (also on the soccer team) “stole” the cheerleader girlfriend (obviously named ellen) of the rival’s school’s captain. the gods are the high school teachers and administrators who hold absolute power over the fate of the students idk. b plot where ellen’s cousin penny is always getting stood up by this guy (called lee or something, short for ulysses) because he keeps finding himself in increasingly improbable situations and never makes it to any of their dates but swears he’s going to get there one day. she works on a friendship bracelet for him every time she’s waiting for him to show up and he never does and tells herself when she finishes it she’ll just forget him and go out with the many other guys who are very into her but she always ends up undoing the bracelet whenever it looks like it’s going to be done.

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

to be honest not sure how dragging hector’s lifeless body around troy could fit into this so im cutting the achilles storyline

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[menelaiad]

love that odysseus allowed himself to get beat up by the greeks before sneaking into troy, as a means to help his disguise. you know full well aga and dio were rolling up their sleeves and fucking BODYING him because 'they had to. for the mission.' meanwhile ajax is swinging the little fucker over his head like a jump rope.

[menelaiad]

Therefore, when creating Menelaus in a work of either fiction or one that is educational, they must look to Homer and study Menelaus in his own time. They must look to The Iliad, in Book 17, when he is compared to a mother protecting their baby, they must look to Book 3 when Menelaus not only shows great fighting prowess but also takes on a fight single handedly so that this war may end and his men can go home. They must look to The Odyssey and see how in Book 4 he is a man still wracked with guilt after twenty years, a man who carries the deaths of hundreds of Greeks on his back and the man who has rebuilt a relationship with his wife who loves him and who he loves deeply in return. Menelaus should be portrayed and remembered as this man, this Greek hero.

i was balls deep in the menelaus cocaine when writing my thesis conclusion lmfao

[re-kaa]

[menelaiad]

i love that odysseus is named odysseus [the angry one] because his grandfather literally looked at this tiny baby on his lap and said, with his whole chest, 'so many people have pissed me off in life that you will be a reminder of how much i have been pissed off. go forth.'