It Is Not A Love Story
May. 13th, 2004 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sadlikeknivesIt all happened because of Helen, yes. But it's not a love story. It's the story of a great big war fought while the lovers holed up in the city fucking for the glory of Aphrodite...or something. As far as I can tell, the only time Paris actually showed up to dance was after Hector got killed, and then he just shot him from afar*.
The Trojan war is a war story. It is a tragedy. But it is not, per se, a love story. And that's one of the things that kind of worries me about Troy. It's lower on the scale of worries than the lack of gods and the muttered rumors that Achilles lives (I mean, the hell?) but it's still a worry.
I fret. I obsess. My obsessions shift with the seasons, but mythology's always been a big thing for me. And maybe it's just me, but I always thought that, though Helen was the cause of the war, she wasn't the freaking point.
*note: I of course refer to Paris here, not the extremely lovely gentleman playing him. I, personally, get all hot and bothered when Orlando Bloom draws his bow to kill something. And has anyone actually paused to think about how hard it's going to be to criticize Paris without getting mobbed by rabid 'OMG how dare you say Orli is a wuss!!1!' fangirls after this movie comes out? Wah.
An amusing exchange:
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teleute12: Whatcha doing?
vampychick: Reading Paris/Hector slash. You want?
Telly: No thanks, I prefer to keep my incest in fandoms I'm more familiar with.
Vampy: It's really hot.
Telly: Okay!
Vampy: *with affection* You are really just a simple creature.
The Trojan war is a war story. It is a tragedy. But it is not, per se, a love story. And that's one of the things that kind of worries me about Troy. It's lower on the scale of worries than the lack of gods and the muttered rumors that Achilles lives (I mean, the hell?) but it's still a worry.
I fret. I obsess. My obsessions shift with the seasons, but mythology's always been a big thing for me. And maybe it's just me, but I always thought that, though Helen was the cause of the war, she wasn't the freaking point.
*note: I of course refer to Paris here, not the extremely lovely gentleman playing him. I, personally, get all hot and bothered when Orlando Bloom draws his bow to kill something. And has anyone actually paused to think about how hard it's going to be to criticize Paris without getting mobbed by rabid 'OMG how dare you say Orli is a wuss!!1!' fangirls after this movie comes out? Wah.
An amusing exchange:
teleute12: Whatcha doing?vampychick: Reading Paris/Hector slash. You want?Telly: No thanks, I prefer to keep my incest in fandoms I'm more familiar with.
Vampy: It's really hot.
Telly: Okay!
Vampy: *with affection* You are really just a simple creature.
