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I just realized that the only time Achilles looks like a “normal” father to Neo is when he is about to off his ass to war

This man has witnessed many things that have traumatized him. I was reading when Demodocus was narrating the sacking of Troy and Odysseus had a flashback and I remembered this meme hahaha

Also somehow some on Twitter hellbent on him being gay and only marrying and having children because of social pressure

Still laugh about my own joke about Richard the Lionheart

Also somehow some on Twitter hellbent on him being gay and only marrying and having children because of social pressure

“The Iliad sang to the Greeks and still sings to us about things that human beings should not forget about war, even if many of us do not want to learn about them in the first place. The Iliad gives us an honest picture of what goes on during times of war. In war, what we know is right will be betrayed or ignored. Commanders away from the action will issue orders in disregard for the suffering of the rank-and-file soldiers who do the fighting. […]Nonetheless, soldiers will experience what the Greeks called the kharme of war, and exhilarating kind of pleasure that can be remembered and reignited as when an addict takes another dose of a drug. Whether men die or live, stay whole or maimed, will depend on blind luck or chance. The bravest and most battle-hardened soldiers will experience intense personal feelings of humiliation and fear - even the noble Hector admits that he is finally facing Achilles because he has been driven by his feelings of public shame for having squandered his army. When he does come face-to-face with Achilles, he runs like hell.”