#troilos

[andros-paidophonoio]

“Troilus, who loved his horses”

[angevinyaoiz]

Delighting in horses!

(What a happy youth with his ponies…sure hope nothing bad happens to him)

[thecordedbed]

25 & 26 achilles ^^

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Achilles was my first Greek Myth hero, when I was - I don't know - maybe about seven. At that time I thought he was FANTASTIC - invulnerable (almost), handsome, brave, heroic - a real Marvel superhero type, which is basically how he was portrayed in whatever Big Book of Greek Myths for Confused Kids it was I had at that time. I loved Achilles so much that I decided that I was going to write a long poem about him and his exploits, which I started to do, and that - funnily enough - is how I discovered that Homer had beaten me to it, and what the Iliad was.

Nowadays, I have somewhat more nuanced feelings about him. Let's face it, the guy was an arsehole, but all of his arsehole qualities were basically what made him FANTASTIC handsome brave and heroic by the standards of his time. Which are the standards by which he should be judged. Even if he was an arsehole.

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever?

In a word, Troilus.

[somanyfandomsomfg]

While I understand this is not the case, a part of me likes to believe that Apollo, Hector and Paris going to that level of targeting Achilles was at least in part cause of what happened to Troilos. Like, that was their son/younger brother. I'm just saying that Hector killing Patroclus because he thought it was Achilles is perfectly justified in this set of circumstances.

[andros-paidophonoio]

Son of Apollo makes a fatal mistake.

Also was reading “In search of Anatolian Apollo” which talks about Apaliunas’ role as the “hunter” (one who ensnares), which is interesting because Cassandra is the one who designates Troilus as the “ensnarer” because in a way he “caught” Achilles and was a stumbling block to his doom—an interesting reversal of his usual passive “prey” role in the story.Also this footnote from it caught my eye:

troilus falling for a very shall we call it, a phantom of the opera situation

[angevinyaoiz]

Patrochilles x Troilus

A goofy scenario I’ve had in my head where instead of getting Super Murdered Troilus just gets kidnapped and this causes lots of problems and annoyances for everyone. Take notes folks, remember to do ur research and consult ur partner before impulsively attempting to add a new member to ur shared harem…

[andros-paidophonoio]

More Troilus…

[angevinyaoiz]

Achilles x Troilus original flavor (overthinking and thinking about visual inspirations below the cut)

never know wtf these ppl should be wearing bc of the mix of eras in artistic depiction but inspired by the meme both what i thinknis the most common vase image i keep seeing

Plus the extremely phallic Sword Pointing combined with Rooster

Troilus in my mind is very indistinct shota-aged bc of the ambiguity but the meme requires a Specific Number Age for the “punchline” so I just went with that. Also bc the emphasis of the horror of the event is often on youth + the scandalousness of death of unarmed very noncombatant little boy (inpubes) so u know, exaggeration for tragedy, as seen in the top illustration which really emphasizes his tinyness.

In this comic he meets his famous fate….but what if…he didnt…read These doodles for more of his unfortunate adventures