books

• the song of achilles
  • <history is> a pattern of timeless moments Achilles/Patroclus
    • Achilles knew his truest triumphs would never be strung together in verse to be sung at campfires, knew that no poet or aoidos would ever know his greatest success. No, these conquests – the huff of Patroclus' laughter against his throat, the sharp, sea-salt taste of Patroclus' skin after a swim, the way Patroclus' eyelids fluttered after every kiss – those were Achilles' alone to cherish.

marvel

• captain america
  • there's my territory Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson/Bucky
    • "That's the beauty of this stuff," the salesman said, tilting his head toward the display Bucky had been looking at. "Nobody knows what you're keeping under your clothes. That's between you and yourself."

videogames

• far cry 4
  • syncretism Ajay Ghale/Sabal
    • "Ajay Ghale, son of Mohan Ghale," Sabal announces. He reaches for Ajay's hand, lifting it above both their heads. His palm is slippery with goat's blood. "There's no one I'd rather have at my back, and no one who deserves this honour more. I name him my second, my right hand man, and Lieutenant-General to the Kyrati Army." After the war comes the cleansing.