I can’t reblog this fast enough. My tears are getting in my way.
imagine if the song of achilles was just a written narration of patroclus recounting all of his memories to thetis, as seen in the last few pages where they were talking,, that’s why everything was written in past tense rather than present. patroclus is made of memories because that’s all he ever will be if not permitted to join achilles in death and we are literally witnesses to his life, just as thetis was prior to her honouring of patroclus’ soul
Update.
I went back to this restaurant and…
Umm, so I was at a restaurant with my family last night and I found these…
There were a lot of other titles with different fandoms, but these were my favorite.
Your right, time is precious. Nothing you do can get you more time, death is inevitable. All the more reason to live while you can.
Like Gandalf said, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
As I write my Aralas fic I keep trying to come up with ways for Aragorn to become immortal. Even though my fic is set 60+ years before FOTR, and Aragorn won't die in cannon for another 190 years, I am forced to deal with his mortality compared to the elves. 210 years is a VERY long time, but when it is compared to an elf who has already lived over a millennium, it's basically moments.
I've tried to come up with loopholes, like Eru made Tuor immortal, couldn't he do that for Aragorn? Couldn't Legolas sneak him into the undying lands like he did with Gimli in cannon? Aragorn is technically part of Elros's bloodline, so theoretically shouldn't he be able to choose between mortality and immortality like Arwen?
But in the end I keep coming back to the same place. Yes, there are plenty of ways I can make him immortal, but maybe I don't have to. Maybe in the end Aragorn dies and he and Legolas don't get to be together in the undying lands, and maybe that's okay.
When characters constantly cheat death it cheapens it, it takes away its meaning. Aragorn, and the rest of the men for that matter, were given the gift of mortality, a precious, precious gift in the eyes of Eru. Why should he give that up?
Nothing can last forever, not in life and not in fiction. Shouldn't it be enough just to enjoy it while we have it?
I just read The Song of Achilles and am dying. THEY DESERVED BETTER!!!
So there are these 2 kinda homophobic boys on my swim team and i might, kinda, be writing gay fanfic of them. They’re both wearing speedos and are almost noise to noise trying to be “big” and “intimidating”. How am I not suppost to ship them? They keep saying, “no homo” and I’m in the corner thinking, “yes homo”
so yeah, now I’m writing fanfic.
They’re also light haired x dark haired.
A little Aragorn for you in these trying times?
The fellowship is in high school
they all end up with in-school suspension for a week.
Gandalf is the teacher that watches them.
all become friends (also free the school from the tyrant of a principal Sauron, but whatever)
Frodo
freshman
Gay
He/him
has anxiety and depression
adopted by Bilbo, his rich gay uncle
best friend (and later boyfriend) is Sam
I don’t know what he did to get suspended
Sam
also a freshman
Bi
He/him
likes gardening
crushing really hard on his friend Frodo
Merry
freshman
Ace
he/him
trans
best friend with Pip
got suspended for setting off fireworks in class
Pippin
freshman
Pan
he/they
flirts with everyone
set off fireworks with Merry
stoner
Aragorn
Junior
Bi
he/him
substitutes sleep with coffee
loves horses
never washes his hair
adopted by Elrond
somehow ended up dating Legolas (has no idea how he manged to be so lucky)
probably smoking weed behind the school right now.
got suspended for pulling out a knife during school (the teachers have have no idea how he got it.)
Legolas
also a junior
He/they
Pan
has more hair produces than anything else (except maybe pictures of Aragorn)
captain of the school archery team
suspended for climbing school buildings
Gimli
Senior
what is gender?
Aro/Ace
spends as much time as they can in the art studio
got suspended for creating a real axe and bursting into a classroom saying “here’s Gimli!”
Boromir
senior
Bi
he/him
on the soccor team
a big softy
loves his little brother Faramir
pretty much adopts Merry and Pippin as so as he meets them
got suspended for starting a fight with the other jocks because he didn’t like the way they were treating people.
also toying with the Idea of Arwen being a cheerleader and falling for Eowyn, who is in a biker gang, but we’ll see. I might add more characters later if I end up writing this but this is the basics.
The elves always seem to blame man for evil and darkness. Always saying they’re weak and gullible. But it’s not the elves who continue to fight even after the walls breached, It’s not elves who charge into scores of orcs, who attack the black gate with no hope that they can win for the slight chance that it will help Frodo and Sam. I’m not saying the elves are not brave or did not help destroy the ring, they did. I’m just saying they have no right to call mortals weak.
The elves lost hope and most sailed to Valar, the humans lost hope and charged to war.
ur first and last recent emojis are ur gender now. mine is 🅱👨❤💋👨
I am crying now. This is so sad. Try again Spot, it’ll work next time. Race is head over heels for you!
Spot: hey so I was wondering-
Race watching Jojo and Albert doing something stupid
Spot: um if you maybe
Race: STOP
Race: I’m sorry I have to go stop my friends I’ll see you later
Spot standing alone: I wanted to know if you wanted to go out on a date with me
Spot: yeah that was worth practicing for three hours in the mirror
(She/they) this is now a fandom blog I guess. enjoy my stupid content!
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