#just thinking about how achilles’ vanity is what killed patroclus. that’s what led paris’ arrow to his heel not anything else. AND HE KNEW.. | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

isyoursummer · 2 years

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the greeks really had something going on w destined tragedy huh.. how humans lie oblivious as fate piece-by-piece slowly drags them into a tragic fate until everything horribly clicks in place.. the notion of the tragic flaw.. characters who were born to die

#just thinking about how achilles’ vanity is what killed patroclus. that’s what led paris’ arrow to his heel not anything else. AND HE KNEW..#they were born to be the halve of each other’s souls yet they were also born to be torn apart #see when i think about things like this #i always get reminded of primal humans #humans who literally started civilization #and how they were faced with such heavily human values that cannot be avoided no matter what #life #choice #love #death #no matter how far you run they will find you. your existence is infinitely small when compared to the apathetically grandiose #nature of these values #so they conjured up stories to try and break them down into intelligible parts!#and they dove into the human soul to try and understand!!#the song of achilles #rina rants

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