#alexander the making of a god

[lucidasidera]

No, yeah, I’m fine. Totally.

[isabellaofparma]

Besides, you'll be by my side, right? Till the bitter end.

Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Alexander: The Making of a God (2024)

[wulfhalls]

I like when you recap scenes of a show in the tags in insane. especially that alexander one

for context I assume u mean this one. and thank u sjdhjsjjs I do like recapping things in insane

[hephaestn]

Ptolemy tired of thirdwheeling Alexander and Hephaestion in Episode 1: The Boy King

Alexander: The Making of a God (Netflix, 2024)

[spectres-fulcrum]

"Do you not know any mythology?" Hephaestion to Ptolemy after Parmenion made a mythology reference he didn't understand.

THAT my friends is the sass that every Hephaestion seems to has and must have. I love it.

(Also overall I do love Hephaestion's relationship with Alexander but I'm waiting to watch all six episodes for a big analysis.)

[swftmoony]

why is everyone obsessed over romeo and juliet when the holy trinity of gay tragic lovers exits!? like alexander the great, achilles and apollo didn’t lose hephaestion, patroclus and hyacinthus for everyone to forget about them!! like they’re the same but one is a myth, the other is a book, and the one that was real

[angeldmn]

Someone: what's your favorite type of couple?

me: how to explain? a blonde obsessed with his lover with black/dark hair?

[gilbertledino]

Hephaistion : Don’t overreact.

Alexander , already digging their own grave and shoveling the dirt back on themself : I’m not.

[patroclusdefencesquad]

VINDICATION!!

[your-name-is-jim]

Interviewer: Are you very fond of Alexander? Gene Roddenberry: As a matter of fact, I am. I have Mary Renault's new Oxford book―in fact, I'd have everything in the bookstores a few years ago. Passionate admirer of Alexander. Passionate man. [...] Interviewer: There's a great deal of writing in the STAR TREK movement now which compares the relationship between Alexander and Hephaistion to the relationship between Kirk and Spock―focusing on the closeness of the friendship, the feeling that they would die for one another― Gene Roddenberry: Yes. There's certainly some of that with―certainly with love overtones. Deep love. The only difference being, the Greek ideal―we never suggested in the series―physical love between the two. But it's the―we certainly had the feeling the affection was sufficient for that, if that were the particular style in the 23rd Century. [He looks thoughtful] That's very interesting. I never thought of that before. [From Shatner: Where No Man (1979)]

Sooo I watched the new docuseries Alexander: The Making of a God and I was hit by indirect Kirk/Spock feelings because I remembered this interview. And of course I had to make a gifset about it. :)

[toastytrusty]

i'm not the only one who watched that new alexander the great series and completely absolutely irrevocably hyperfixated on hephaestion and alexander right... right......

[violetcancerian]

I apologize for the person I'm going to become with the new Alexander the Great documentary on Netflix

But also as a history major with an interest in queerness in ancient history, I do not apologize

[isabellaofparma]

"But the fates of death await us. So we either give our enemy glory…" "Or win it for ourselves."

Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Alexander: The Making of a God (2024)

[buckyeah]

Not me watching a whole ass show just because the lead actor is a blond bisexual with piercing blue eyes and pink ass lips and named Buck

[hephaestn]

Alexander and Hephaestion in Episode 1: The Boy King

Alexander: The Making of a God (Netflix, 2024)

[deadlywondersofthegreatsea]

metal core hephaestion modern au part 2 u see i had to complete the duo