One Thing I Didn't Expect From The Song Of Achilles But I Ended Up Loving Was How Calm The Relationship

One thing I didn't expect from The Song of Achilles but I ended up loving was how calm the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is.

Like they're deeply in love. They're responsible for all those dramatic but lovely and passionate quotes about love. "I could know him by touch alone", "When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him", "he is half my soul", all of those.

But the relationship itself is so relaxed. They are deeply in love and its obvious but there are so few dramatic, passionate moments like the ones you see in other romance stories, at least moments to do with them as a couple. Most dramatic moments are not about them per se but rather about what's going on around them (the argument about Briseis is one of the few conflicts between them, because most conflicts are more them vs everyone else). They're so confident and self-assured in their relationship and their love for each other that there's no need for drama between them. They're passionately in love but they're also not dramatic about it.

They're passionately in love but the relationship itself is so relaxed. They're like an old married couple. And I love it.

Let’s admit, we all had a crush on Neil Perry from Dead Poets Society and cried when he died. 

⚜️I'd have been so powerful if only Cicero had given me his talent for destroying enemies with words...

A very happy 76th birth anniversary to you Bob Marley. You may be gone but your soulful music continues to inspire and give hope to people across the world. Legends like you will never be forgotten. 

"I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot explain it to myself."

- Franz Kafka