#patroposting

Phase 1: The song of achilles

Well really it all started in late 2023 when I read madeline miller’s hit book the song of achilles after my best friend recommended it to me and I FINALLY decided to read it. Quite obviously I was devastated by the end. I related and still heavily relate to tsoa!patroclus, I really connected to his nature as someone who is also so kind that I easily turn into a pushover. Seeing his gentleness flourish in a setting as brutal as war was reassuring, and watching his confidence grow to the point where a god had to stop him felt empowering in a way. If the scrawny exile from opus can nearly scale the walls of troy then I can ask the waiter for no onions, y’know? I love tsoa!patroclus like a son, though my full on obsession had not started yet.

Naturally when my brain latches into a new thing I like, I start making playlists and pinterest boards and watch animatic after animatic. Youtube caught wind of my new patrochilles kick and decided to recommend a very special video to me.

Phase 2: Hades game

On my recommendation page I found my beloved wife “hades - patrochilles dialogue & story” now, I had heard of the game hades before this but I never played it. It came out after my initial greek myth phase I had from like 7-12 so I didn’t really bat an eye at it. But when I learned they had PATROCHILLES in the game, well I couldn’t ignore that. I clicked on the video and in the blink of an eye, my life was changed forever.

Achilles was the first to speak, and his deep honeyed voice immediately caught my attention. I was so used to seeing twinkchilles that this new buff dilf caught me off guard, but NOT in a bad way. IMMEDIATELY I was like “oh yeah I fw this heavy” and eagerly kept watching, excited to see how the devs would portray my beloved baby boy patroclus. But oh, he was not a baby any longer. No, he was a man. And a damn fine one at that.

There. In that calm little glade, amongst the swirling sea of teal and the trickles of the lethe, I saw him… my wife. Patroclus hadesgame. Everything about him blew my mind; his design, his voice, his demeanour, his story, EVERYTHING! It was here that I knew I would dedicate my life to this fictional man as a priest does to god. To see patroclus as a broad, hunky dilf with a deep voice, sad brown eyes and clinical depression changed me for better and worse. To me, patroclus hadesgame is peak patroclus. Supergiant games perfected the formula and we will never have a depiction of him this perfect ever again. This is not just lightning in a bottle it is a hurricane in a pill capsule. He is my patron saint. He is my everything. Patroclus.

Phase 3: The iliad and beyond

Time passed and I played hades in early 2024 and proceeded to fall in love with every other character in the game. Eventually I decided to finally pick up the iliad later that january as I was curious about the source material and I was lowkey just falling back into my greek mythology phase (it felt like coming home tbh). I picked up emily wilson’s translation at my local bookstore with my friends and started reading it very slowly over the coming months.

I can’t entirely remember my initial reaction to iliad!patroclus but I remember being very excited whenever he was mentioned, which still occurs to this day. I remember being so hyped when he was kicking ass in book 16 and being shattered when his ghost visited achilles and begged for their ashes to be mixed together. After a while I have now grown to have an even greater appreciation for iliad!patroclus.

From there I found paris the musical through tumblr. When I first listened I adored this new bitchy patroclus that puts a spin on his usual kindness, kindness that still shows through every once in a while. Ptm!patroclus is very special to me because he is a massive cunt who sacrifices himself for his only friend who is also a massive cunt. Stream what price a friend right now.

Conclusion: I am mentally ill