Tyler Welton-Stewart

Tyler, 24, Professional Composer, Historical Musicologist. Candle Lover. Heartstopper Stan

[zanephilips]

MALIK DELGATY - Warm Welcome (2022)

[tandemonium]

[babiexmilk]

[malbecmusings]

[schwarzwulf-deactivated20221213]

[henrvcavill]

BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE 1x01 “It’s Called Hazing, Look It Up”

[elnerdo19]

Beautiful Alex Grant ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

[queenmoriarty]

My head in the rainclouds,

my heart in the sky

~ Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

[ohmyboytoy]

[etherealconstellation]

("song of achilles" spoiler warning!!)

i think one of the saddest things about "the song of achilles" is achilles' change in personality throughout the book. the first half or so, he's a boy who seeks adventures, a boy who laughs all the time, a boy with light and hope in his eyes. a boy who says he will be the first happy hero.

and then, he is the hero. the legend. the one who will lead them to victory. but with that comes darker things. with that, he becomes the boy who can defeat twenty-five men at once, the boy who can kill a man from an impossible distance, the boy who you should be scared of.

the final change that comes is after patroclus' death. after that, he becomes the boy who seeks vengeance, the boy who cried so loud the skies shook, the boy who has a part of his soul missing.

[patrochilles-txt]

reincarnation au in which achilles is haunted by bad dreams of seeing patroclus' dead body, his now boyfriend who he recently started living with, so he keeps waking up at night to check his breathing— patroclus has started noticing, so he holds him close to his chest every night so achilles can feel his heartbeat against his cheek, and it's the only way achilles can sleep peacefully.

[namedforvalor]

One of the first things Achilles ever says to Patroclus is “I do not like to lie” and Patroclus spends a majority of the book commenting on Achilles’ honesty and how much he upholds it.

Remember when Helen’s draft was announced and the first thing Achilles did upon hearing Patroclus’ name was turn to him with no hesitation and basically say “We’ll lie to every power-that-be on this entire continent if it means keeping you safe”?

[percshelly-deactivated20240308]

The saddest part of Song of Achilles isn't the fact that Patroclus or Achilles died.

It's the fact that Patroclus had to sit and watch as Achilles lost his mind. He watched helplessly as Achilles went and killed Hector so violently and fulfill the prophecy, which then led to his own death.

Patroclus watched the love of his life slowly kill himself and there was absolutely nothing he could've done to prevent it.

[patrochilles-txt]

thinking of achilles and patroclus finally meeting in elysium after thetis marks his name on their grave;

achilles jumps at him and presses his nose against his like he used to in their youth. patroclus holds him, and achilles hides his face on his chest and sobs profusely. achilles cries and cries and cries, asking for forgiveness. patroclus just holds him close, reassuringly, "there's nothing to forgive", and how could there be? achilles' love for him was so big that it even made the gods fearful. achilles finally looks at him, with tears in his eyes, he smiled at me, and his face was like the sun.

[incorrect-tsoa]

Patroclus: Just to be sure, are you asking me romantically or platonically?

Achilles, down on one knee, ring still out: You did not just fucking ask me that-

[mymoodisno-deactivated20220904]

Historians, about the relationship of Achilles and Patroclus: They were just good friends! Good bros! Nothing really gay about it!

Achilles: "My Patroclus"

Achilles: *sleeps with Patroclus*

Achilles: *the person he is closest to is Patroclus*

Achilles when his bedwife gets taken: *merely refuses to fight* Achilles when Patroclus is killed: *goes on a slaughter spree*

Achilles, when he finds out about Patroclus' death: *screams so loud he can be heard from the underworld*

Achilles: *demands his ashes be mingled with Patroclus'*

Achilles: *kills a fucking river/ defeats a river god when said god is trying to stop him from murdering Patroclus' killer*

Achilles: *murders Patroclus' killer knowing full well it will result in his death, although he wanted to live in glory*

Achilles: *drags Patroclus' killer around the city of Troy, in the dirt, three times, dishonouring him although he partly admired Hector before Patroclus' murder*

Achilles: *refuses to have Hector buried/sent for burial*

Achilles: *has to have Priam come to him and beg for his son's body for him to return Hector for burial*

Achilles: *prowls the battlefield, wanting death, so that he can be reunited with Patroclus*

Achilles: *smiles when he dies because he's going to be reunited with Patroclus*

[therealrichardpapen]

Achilles didn't fight for glory, for honor, or for the Greeks. He fought to die. He fought to die only to be reunited with his beloved, Patroclus. And when he died, he died smiling, because he knew he'd meet him soon.