#sorry I have really strong feelings about Black Patroclus

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I can’t believe they still haven’t made a movie version of song of Achilles 😒 it’s long overdue and they need to cast Timmy as Patroclus

Actually I would hate that. And yall know I love me some Timmy. Pasty white Patroclus is so lazy you gotta look at the text !!! you gotta look in between the lines!!! Achilles’ mother Thetis hating him for being “less than” compared to Achilles who is a half god. Deidameia slapping Patroclus, calling him “ugly” and summoning him to have sex with her. (Which was rape. Men of color (men period for that matter let’s be real) being raped is a topic people don’t discuss enough and the power imbalance of a woman in power and a man of color being raped by that woman ??? Unheard of). It’s so clear that Patroclus needs to be Black. Now I’m not saying because all of this negativity he faced IS WHY Patroclus should be black. I’m so over the pain and suffering of black people in film. UNLESS IT SERVES THE STORY IN A POIGNANT WAY NOT SEEN BEFORE. Patroclus is the beacon of kindness, love and compassion in the story. He has all 3 of those things no one else is the story seems to naturally possess. And to portray a black man as that, it would be really great to see instead of cold, hard, angry and ignorant. Usually when black people in a story have those characteristics they are a plot device, to the white main character. (Bubba in Forrest Gump, rue in the hunger games,) the story really begins once that black character reaches their demise. But with TSOA that isn’t the case, the story actually ends once Pat dies and why?? Because The song of Achilles is Patrolcus’ story, he’s the narrator. Patroclus wouldn’t be the plot device, everyone else AROUND him and their shortcomings would be.

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Pink, Blue, Red and Others

Achilles pushed the door to the club and straightened his jacket, listening to his friends talking by his side as the loud music played in the place.

They walked to the bar and each asked for a bottle of beer as they continued to chat. Paris, black shirt stretched on his chest and back, laughed as Menelaus told another really bad pun and Achilles chuckled, taking a sip of his drink.

A song that started to fade in played in synch with his eyes meeting a boy across the dance floor. He waved and Achilles took a few seconds to recognize who was.

The man that lived on the floor below his own. He knew little about the other man. He saw him once or twice at the neighbourhood gym and once bumped shopping carts at the supermarket, but he only knew his name.

Patroclus, Achilles remembered.

Brown curls crowned a manly face as he waved again and put his own drink on the table he was with his friends. He got up and started to walk towards Achilles and the blonde noticed how it fit with the song’s rhythm.

He smiled in amusement.

“What’s up?”  He chuckled as the blonde frowned and suddenly Patroclus took his hand in his and pulled him to the dance floor. Achilles only had time to put the bottle near Menelaus’ and both men stepped in the dance floor facing each other.

Achilles didn’t really know what to do, but Patroclus clearly had an idea if the way he touched the blonde’s hips were any indication.

He saw the full lips mouthing something and frowned, trying to follow the moves the other’s hands were giving him.

“Feeling kinda tempted and I’m pouring out the truth.” he heard and Patroclus’ hands left his hips as he begun moving with the music. Achilles finally understood the lyrics as Patroclus sang again “Just fading out this talk ‘cuz all I want is you.” he chuckled and motioned to Achilles to follow him.

The blonde smiled as the chorus begun and couldn’t help the laugh that escaped as he sang with the brunette, copying his moves.

“So come over here and sit next to me.”

Both men seemed to know exactly what the other would do as they synchronized their movements, facing each other as the song kept going.

His hand held Patroclus’ as they both spun and walked to the same side, mirroring the arm gestures and the back claps.

“Got no plans to make it stop.” Patroclus smiled as he changed sides with Achilles and the blonde laughed, hearing him singing “Do you wanna keep the light?” their voices mixing with light laughter as they both slid on the dance floor, catching some people’s attention.

“So come over here and sit next to me.” Achilles sang and Patroclus smiled as they clapped on the right, stepped to the left and clapped again.

How he could have such harmony with a man he barely knew?

“We can see where things go naturally.” the brunette sang as they raised their arms and linked fingers.

Their hands found one another and they spun again, not letting go when they finished spinning. Achilles held Patroclus’ fingers with gentleness as the singer reached a higher note.

Patroclus’ eyes were darker than normal under the blue and pink lightning. The brown curls looked soft and Achilles had the urge to touch the brown skin in front of him. The sweat that glowed under those shades made the blonde’s stomach jump and a cold feeling go down his spine.

“Yeah it’s alright…”

The chorus was coming to an end, ready to catch up the final part of the song and Patroclus smiled in a way that Achilles had to hold his breath as he just dived and kissed the other.

His hands held Patroclus’ face in place as the other’s own found his waist and he kissed him back. Achilles’ eyes opened briefly as he leaned back and Patroclus blinked before opening another radiant smile.

They both laughed as Patroclus let go of Achilles and they finished their dance, copying each other’s moves, this time Achilles had his back to Patroclus and they clapped in opposite directions, laughing.

The song’s end came and they looked at one other, smiling in a knowing manner, looking deep into each other’s eyes. Achilles leaned in and held Patroclus’ neck, touching his forehead with his and closed his eyes.

His heart stomping in his chest.

“I’m sorry.” he laughed, letting his hands fall from the other’s neck to rest on his biceps. Patroclus shook his head and chuckled.

“For what? You’re an amazing dance partner.” he smiled and Achilles lowered his gaze, taking a step back as another song began.

“I kissed you…” he began, but stopped, not really knowing what to say. He was sorry for kissing the other so suddenly, but the memory of that sensation, the correspondence, made him backtrack in his thoughts.

“Why are you sorry?” he smiled in a manner that showed only his upper teeth and Achilles’ knees felt weak “Do I kiss that bad?” he frowned.

The blonde shook his head and someone bumped into his back. He looked over his shoulder and noticed they were the only not moving, so he took Patroclus’ hand and walked out of the dance floor, near the bathrooms. He got a glimpse of Paris looking at their direction, but ignored whatever was the feeling settling on his stomach.

“You’re a really good kisser.” Achilles began and Patroclus smiled, touching the blonde’s waist with both hands “Is just… I went with the flow and I’m really sorry for kissing you like that. It just felt so… Hn… Fitting for the moment an-” he stopped when Patroclus’ lips covered his own, body pulled by strong hands.

Achilles’ eyes widened, but he smiled, raising his hands to the other’s nape, resting them there. He sighed as Patroclus leaned back and looked at Achilles’ mouth for a second, before focusing on his eyes. The red light mixed with the others shone around them, letting Patroclus see all the misplaced strands of hair.

“I’m sorry for kissing you like that.” his thumbs traced the blonde’s hips “It just felt so fitting for the moment.” he chuckled.

Achilles’ cheeks burned, but he laughed with the other, pulling him into another kiss.

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OOC week: media & entertainment

Favourite band(s): as of right now, i’m really goddamn into the 1975!!! but i would be Remiss if i didn’t include one direction here because they literally owned me for like 4 years, and they still kind of Do own me rip. i also really like bastille, troye sivan, carley rae jepsen, and little mix.

Favourite song(s): at the moment, my favorite song is ‘caroline’ by animé or ‘perm’ by bruno mars.

Favourite book(s): i will be honest, i have not been the best about keeping up with reading since high school or college, like my attention span is really nonexistent so reading is Hard, but!! some of my all time favorites are the secret history by donna tartt, the song of achilles by madeline miller, and 1984 by george orwell.

Favourite quote: “Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it’s all a male fantasy: that you’re strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you’re unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur.” -margaret atwood. this quote literally fucks me up every time i read it.

Favourite movie(s): here we are…..here it is……so, my favorite director in the entire world is david fincher, and i have loved almost all of the movies he’s made except for the ones that he himself does not love (he shits on alien 3 and the game so often i feel like nobody ever needs to criticize him for making them bc he doe it himself). but my favorite fincher movie without a doubt is the girl with the dragon tattoo, with the social network coming in at a close second and fight club and gone girl consistently duking it out for third place. honestly, my favorite movies are literally just david fincher’s filmography. other movies i’ve enjoyed, for various reasons are: lion (2016), nerve (2016), y tu mama tambien (2001), skyfall (2012), the incredibles (2004), wet hot american summer (2001), rush (2013), blackfish (2013), magic mike: xxl (2015), alien (1979), the hunt (2012), weekend (2011), mr. and mrs. smith (2005), x-men: first class (2011), shame (2011), brokeback mountain (2005), and the riot club (2014)

Favourite tv shows: oh……lord okay, lost is my favorite goddamn TV show of all time, and i will never love anything the way i love lost. just need to put that out there as a disclaimer. but others are: queer as folk, buffy the vampire slayer, grey’s anatomy, sense8, unreal, black mirror, torchwood, house of cards, skins, hannibal, scandal.

Are you active in any fandoms right now? not really. everything i care about is either dead or irrelevant at this point, and i’m honestly very okay with the fact that i’m not in a fandom and can just sit in a corner and watch all of the fandom drama from the periphery.

What fandoms were you active in? my first ever fandom on tumblr was queer as folk, and it was so chill bc the show’s been Dead for years so there was literally nothing to fight about, bless. except for how some people??? like michael??? Gross. but anyways, i moved onto supernatural, doctor who, and sherlock (rip) and was there for a Good Long While, but i matured out of it honestly and moved onto game of thrones, where i stayed until louis tomlinson and harry styles walked into my life and everything i touched turned into one direction.

What tv shows or movies did you watch as a child that were fundamental to how you grew up? i think desperate housewives was the first show i ever binge watched??? so that led to like??? my entire fascination with TV, and it also led me to queer as folk which was basically the biggest help i could have ever had in figuring out that i was a Big Gay Baby. but also buffy was soooo influential because it was not only a fun genre piece that gave me my fantasy/sci-fi fix, it was also just like?? these bad ass women doing bad ass things. and also it was the first of many Gay Taras that would come to television :’)

What’s one thing you collect(ed): the brand of tea my mom drinks always used to come with these little ceramic figurines and i thought they were so fucking cute, and i have them all lined up on my chest of drawers back home in massachusetts??? they’re so silly, like they change depending on the month you bought the tea during so some of them are pumpkins for october or little cupids for february or snowmen for january. they’re so goddamn adorable.

Spotify or youtube? spotify 100%!!!!!!

Netflix or those sweet, sweet illegal downloads? netflix 100%!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever been to a concert? If so, whose? my first concert was when i was twelve, and i saw three days grace, breaking benjamin, and seether all at the same time. can u say Emo Extravaganza. but since then, i’ve seen one direction four times, troye sivan twice, halsey, green day, marina and the diamonds, and bastille! i’m also going to an ariana grande concert in march solely bc i want to see little mix, and they’re opening for her soooo :’)

OTP: listen……it is so RARE for me to ship the main pairing of a show especially when it is a STRAIGHT pairing, so the fact that i love jack and kate from lost as much as i do is a wild goddamn ride. but also brian and justin from queer as folk are…end all be all of OTPs….and more Recently, fitz and olivia from scandal literally own me. also shout out to the OG gays, achilles and patroclus.

NOTP: sorry but don’t even try 2 take 2 me about april and jackson or cristina and owen from grey’s cristina deserves to be w jackson bc he’s just as pretty as her and that one time they made out killed me, april needs to stop talking, and owen is an ass. also richard and catherine are no good because catherine could be a fun character but she isn’t. she’s just horrible.

Currently watching: i’m actually not watching any TV right now?? i’m in a slump rip. but i’m waiting for grey’s and scandal to come back in like 2 weeks and looking for something else to watch.

Currently reading: a biography of elizabeth bathory because i really really love her and am going to be writing a script about her this semester, and also crush by richard siken.

Currently listening to: 24k magic, bruno mars’ new album, i am so into it!!!!!!

If you could make everyone read one book (or script), which would it be? i added the script part bc tbh if i could make aaron sorkin’s the social network required reading for every human being on this planet, i think……i think i would be able to die happy. but book wise, i definitely want to say gone girl by gillian flynn. i haven’t finished the whole thing, but i know enough to know that everyone Should read it.