Juansen Dizon

— Juansen Dizon

reminder that the thoughts someone has does not say anything about how “good” or “bad” someone is, because thoughts have no moral worth at all. yes, this includes sexual and violent thoughts of all kinds. thoughtcrime isn’t real

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name

“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

This is about Thersites by the way.

Everyone else mentioned in the pre-story character list had their rank and important relations listed, but Thersites was none so lucky.

Agamemnon, son of Atreus; king of Argos and Mycenae; leader of the host.

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Achilles, son of Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, grandson of Aeacus, son of Zeus; chief of the Myrmidons from Phthia and Hellas.

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Odysseus (Ulysses), son of Laertes and husband of Penelope; king of Ithaca and leader of the Cephallenians.

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Diomedes, son of Tydeus and grandson of Oeneus; king of Middle Argos, Tiryns and Aegina.

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Patroclus, son of Menoetius; comrade and squire of Achilles.

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Thersites, ugliest of the Greek soldiers; an endless talker.

My guy. My man. Sirs. He's just a guy. He's poor, he has scoliosis and he speaks out against Agamemnon, why must you be so cruel?

Has he no family? For all we know he was born of a rotting broken bone, who is this man's father? Why is he even mentioned here if all you can tell us is that he talks a lot and isn't pretty?

He doesn't even talk that much! He talks a pretty normal amount for the always very long speeches that every single soldier gives. It's wordy, but everyone is wordy, he isn't special. He isn't rambling, he's just speaking 'out of place'.

Not to mention that once you get to him in the actual story, Odysseus beats and belittles him publicly. What the fuck, man, he's just a guy! A little guy! Be nice to him!