hhjliuhjliuuhbiohblijoljioiolol i don’t really ship them but I think achilles, patroclus and hector are linked to one another in a symbolic, literary sense. their prophecies and fates are intricately interwoven and this also shows through the passing on of achilles’ armor etc. when one dies it leads to the death of another. i also think there are a lot of parallels between achilles/patroclus and hector/andromache especially in the last chapters of the iliad where they unite and grieve for their loved ones. there’s also a verse in the iliad where andromache tells hector that not only is he her husband but also her father, mother and brother. in other words the boundary of their relationship goes beyond the romantic, and imo this applies to patrochilles too. in the iliad achilles and patroclus act as e/o’s alter-egos, lovers, brothers, parental figures etc. on top of all this i also like to think about who would have been really good for patroclus (lets face it, achilles was in part responsible for his death) and with all this in mind i just doodled him with hector, because i really do think hector has so many admirable qualities and in many ways is the real hero of the trojan war. anyway this is all more based on the iliad than tsoa and i like to make theories about the iliad quite a bit.
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