They did not just leech off his estate. They intended to force his wife to marry one of them, and take it entirely. And the alternative was not the threaten them and have them walk out quietly. It was to have them kill him, which they pretty obviously would have. On the other hand, none of that justifies killing the maidservants. That probably exceeded anything Achilles ever did for dickishness.
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Typo Boy - Apr 07, 2009 2:05:21 pm PDT #8724 of 28427
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
DavidS - Apr 07, 2009 2:06:05 pm PDT #8725 of 28427
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Penelope.
Yeah, her!
Know what I'd do? (If I wasn't playing Halo with them.) MAKE THEM LEAVE.
Isn't there some kind of cultural injunction that prevents that? Some hospitality thingie for the suitors or whatever?
They were at war! Hector killed his boyfriend!
Admit it. You've got an Achilles blind spot because of the slash. I don't know if loss of cocksucking is grounds for mayhem.
Dana - Apr 07, 2009 2:08:17 pm PDT #8726 of 28427
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Achilles made a pledge, along with the rest of them, to support whoever Helen married. She married Menelaus.
You want to point at the asshole in that story, point at Agamemmnon.
le nubian - Apr 07, 2009 2:14:24 pm PDT #8727 of 28427
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I read Clash of the Titans in elementary school. It was a trip and a half. I saw the movie years later and it wasn't at all how I imagined it would be.
Branaugh has done very faithful Shakespeare adaptations - I understand his Hamlet is nearly all the original with minor changes. Hamlet is my favorite, and yet I haven't seen his version.
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2009 2:20:28 pm PDT #8728 of 28427
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I read Clash of the Titans in elementary school. It was a trip and a half. I saw the movie years later and it wasn't at all how I imagined it would be.
THERE WAS A BOOK???
Miracleman - Apr 07, 2009 2:20:45 pm PDT #8729 of 28427
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
It'd be like MM and Pete and Sean and ND moved onto your couch for a decade to play Halo. You'd lose it too.
1) I cook and clean. Ask Aims.
2) I suck at Halo.
DavidS - Apr 07, 2009 2:40:59 pm PDT #8730 of 28427
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You want to point at the asshole in that story, point at Agamemmnon.
::points at Agamemmnon. points behind back at Achilles::
I cook and clean. Ask Aims.
Yes, but would you cook and clean at Dana's house?
I suck at Halo.
But you play it, right? So my belabored analogy still holds.
Really it's more the ten years than the players, though.
Miracleman - Apr 07, 2009 2:47:50 pm PDT #8731 of 28427
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I suck at Halo.
But you play it, right? So my belabored analogy still holds.
Actually, no I don't.
Because I suck at it.
Steph L. - Apr 07, 2009 2:49:49 pm PDT #8732 of 28427
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I brought...you...Heineken...you bastard..."
Heineken? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!
...wait, this isn't the Movies thread, is it?
le nubian - Apr 07, 2009 2:58:13 pm PDT #8733 of 28427
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C -
yes! There was a book!
although, now that I've spent some time googling this very issue, I think it was a novelization of the movie. Alan Dean Foster (author of the book) is a well known novelator.