#coffee hours

[loverpatroclus]

in book 23, patroclus reveals that he and achilles used to “take sweet counsel, apart from the others”. they used to converse with each other away from the rest. they likely shared a number of inside jokes, one always turning to the other when they wanted to relate a funny anecdote. little things known only to them.

until one day, achilles hears something amusing, bringing a smile to his face after a long time. he turns, on instinct, to share it with patroclus. only to realise patroclus is no longer there.

[q-soc-official]

Call me up at my spinephone

[badkarma1998]

Hello welcome to my coffe shop, what would you like?

Oh um, uh, can I... can I get uh... u-um

coffee as black as the pit of tartrus

coffee as black as my soul (full of cream and sugar)

how much vanilla extract can you put in a cup w esspresso and still call it cof?

i drink tea (wrong answer)

Voting ended onFeb 9, 2023

[loverpatroclus]

of all the artistic depictions of achilles in classical art, these two are probably my favourites.

(left: achilles and deidamia by joseph pollet; right: achilles binds patroclus’s wounds by bertal thorvaldsen)

most artistic depictions of achilles show him as either angry of grieving (as he is in the iliad) but these two show a more tender side of his, one that is not often depicted. as for the one with pat, i know That(TM) amphora piece is basically the official poster of their relationship, and clearly thorvaldsen’s sculpture is based on it, but something about this one appeals to me a bit more. the way achilles is much closer to him, his thigh supporting patroclus's injured arm while he mends it. achilles is probably gently admonishing pat for being reckless.

achilles is known for his rage and grief, and all the atrocities he committed during said grief, but these two sculptures stand out for showing his tender and loving side.

[loverpatroclus]

no but i’m so ill about murong chuyi. he was filled with so much love and kindness for the world but was cursed to never be able to show any of it. he made his baby nephew so many toys because he could not get too close to him. he befriended jiang yexue when no one else would. he respected mo xi. he showed gu mang kindness when the whole of chonghua saw him as only a traitor. he was known as the ignorance of chonghua, as someone who was indifferent to anyone but himself. but that had never been the case. he spent his time designing tools that would ease the lives of the common people despite his poor reputation among them. because it didn’t matter to him what others thought, he would still always choose to be kind and helpful. his study was guarded with the most complicated locks yet the doors opened at just the sound of his nephew’s voice.

here was a man who was known to be abrasive and selfish and uncaring, but he had always been filled with so, so much love. i’m going to throw up.

[loverpatroclus]

i simply adore acd's sherlock holmes

[loverpatroclus]

yeah

[loverpatroclus]

— socrates, probably