Mystery Of Love | The Song of Achilles ANIMATIC

Spoilers (I guess??) for the first few chapters of the book. It won't spoil your reading experience, but just in case.
Happy pride! :D
I planned on doing the whole song before, to show all of the events of the book. But then it started to get really tragic and depressing so I just decided to focus on the blossom of their relationship instead. Honestly, this is one of my personal favorites.
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The Song of Achilles, book by Madeline Miller
Song: Mystery of Love, Sufjan Stevens

[@gigi2820]

I have no idea what yall are talking about, we all know they live a very happy, beautiful life together

[@Aconitums_Poisoned_Art]

If I don’t read them dying, they’re still alive-

[@musicallypan]

yeah! i read the book but for some reason after they went on to go happily ever after there were some weird extra pages after it

[@Spectralyzed]

​@@musicallypanYeah don't worry about those. They're just a depressing "what-if" scenario.

[@expressodepresso5909]

100% they lived happily ever after

[@iliketea1427]

I'm pretty sure they stay with Chiron, marry, and start a family. Yep and nothing bad happens. Ever. EVER. Ha, yep totally. Hector who?

[@Livy_Lov]

"Name one hero who was happy. You can't" "I can't" "I'm going to be the first. Swear it." "Why me?" "Because you're the reason. Swear it." Yep. And that's how the book ends. They live happily every after :')

[@mal64319]

i though he died..

[@Mathew-cj7yd]

​@@mal64319they did, thanks to Priam' sons. And Achilles avenged Patroclus by killing Hector, and Neoptolemus, Achilles's son, avenged his father by killing París (not the city). And if you were joking then sorry, tone is hard to decypher through text 😅

[@Clay_sloth]

@@mal64319SHHHH. STFU. LET US BE DELUSIONAL IN PEACE

[@ayeshasiddika7137]

oh honey, *if only you knew....*

[@jamie4707]

@@ayeshasiddika7137 they know, they're just in denial(i am too)

[@linolada9754]

"I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell, i would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth, i would know him in death, at the end of the world"

[@scarlettegg]

Dang

[@kurou_18]

I just want to be loved like that

[@Salamie_1]

Page number please or chapter

[@kurou_18]

@@Salamie_1 near the end of chapter twelve, page 102 but then again, I'm reading it in pdf, the page might be different printed

[@J-i8d]

​@Salamie_1 page 126 (chapter 12) with the blue cover (with the bow on it)

[@viacrucishector1821]

God that conversation at the end breaks my heart. I have no idea what The Song of Achilles is, but I do know how Achilles and Patroclus’ story ends and it ain’t happy.

[@FiggyG11]

DAM YOU HECTOR

[@Mx.Phoenix]

It's a very well written retelling of Patroclus and Achilles' story and the end is HEARTBREAKING (you know what's gonna happen and yet, it still hurts 😢)

[@nicoleflores2054]

​@@FiggyG11Hector really is homophobic for wanting to kill Achilles and end up killing Patroclus 💔

[@nicoleflores2054]

​@@Mx.Phoenixwhere can I find the story? I'm pretty interested to find more lore about them

[@Mx.Phoenix]

@@nicoleflores2054 it's a book by Madeline Miller

[@hey8726]

THE FACT THAT IM LITERALLY REREADING THIS BOOK RN IM IN TEARS

[@hey8726]

im in shambles

[@bojuu]

i had my tsoa brainrot phase like a few months ago but i've honestly just been able to finally get my hands on the book a few days ago and i haven't been able to actually read it yet. and the thing is: i didn't really think that this fandom was dead in any way, but seeing this new animatic pop up on my page felt so weird😭 wdym this was made 2 days ago, that can't be real😭 it just feels so surreal for some reason. i feel like i've seen every animatic abt tsoa in existense, i know everything there is to know. for new content to just show up (and high quality one, especially)... just feels so weird oh well at least this reminded me that i have to read the actual book as soon as i can

[@abbymcdaniel7969]

You choose to RE-read it I don’t think I could that book took half my soul I can’t let it have the other, props to you! 🩷

[@bunnyfett8537]

this book hurting my feelings 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Kai6.401]

@@bunnyfett8537 what is the book called???

[@crystalinekrys8311]

0:56 their first real kiss had me choked up especially when he turned to Achilles thinking he was already asleep so that he can watch him and Achilles is already wide awake watching him 😭😭😭. Best first kiss no cap

[@moon7shinev150]

God just ripped my heart out how Patroclus just wants to look at Achilles but Achilles is already looking at him

[@theyoungestolympian]

I love how when Patroclus tried to kiss Achilles before, that man FULL ON SPRINTED away

[@crystalinekrys8311]

@@theyoungestolympian shit was so cute. It was giving childhood crush moment like Flipped vibes

[@ChaoticDoodle]

Wow they are such good heterosexual roommates 😄

[@theyoungestolympian]

@@ChaoticDoodle Do you mean homosexual? Heterosexual is straight.

[@SuchitaBhattacharya]

I cried twice from this book. My only consolation from the absolute catastrophic trainwreck that my heart was in was that they did in fact meet again in the underworld.

[@justanowlhousegirl4198]

I think the universe itself would be in shambles if they didn’t reunite.

[@staeriix]

hades !! the game does their story justice

[@Liam-Laurence]

Same it is the only reason I've not gone into rage like Achillies

[@naiprissy]

​@@staeriix I play Hades just to reunite them 😂

[@abuboo29]

So true... That was the only thing that prevented me from dying of depression!!!

[@alexanderkamado504]

Ok this made me feel things.....I've never read the book but I know how their story ends and those last lines just hit me like a sledgehammer

[@Meimoons]

There’s free audiobooks done by fans on KZbin if you look them up!

[@Bigcal1292]

That is honestly the best part about the book. You know how this story ends. You read each page with bated breath. Just waiting for the moment when Achilles and Patroclus' fate are sealed. Watching as the story creeps closer and closer to each character's final moments. Even though it's impossible, you wanna shout out to the characters. Tell them to stray away from the inevitable.

[@Selliia383]

​@@Bigcal1292 u sound like u could be a writer

[@alexanderkamado504]

@@Bigcal1292 Ok but the way you described it tho just..... damn that's poetic

[@ProjectSebastiann]

@@Meimoons TY for this comment! I'm now on chapter 12 thanks to you!!

[@listenboymyfirstlovestory6139]

It's so fucking sad that they died but it's healing to know that they both ended up together in the end....wherever they are, they are together

[@jaideearts]

Theyre both living a life in mount olympus (i hope)

[@peaceandlove3225]

​@@jaideeartsno, they are just dead mortals. They are in the kingdom of dead

[@udayadhas7706]

@@peaceandlove3225 yep they are, i cried reading the book

[@notstoday465]

fun fact in the lyric of this song there's a line that goes "Like Hephaestion, who died Alexander's lover" Alexander and Hephaestion respectively saw themself as Archilles and Patroclus. One also died first, and soon after the other one follow suit

[@jafrinsultana4073]

Yeah, I really love this song as well. Matched too good with this book.

[@Agel-js8tr]

Haha, I love the fact you sent me down a whole rabbit hole just googling this stuff.😂

[@clairepeng1323]

omg im gonna cry fr

[@infernofire6999]

​@@clairepeng1323 its ok to cry

[@thatweebgirl4156]

“Because you’re the reason” “He is half my soul, as the poets say” “I would know him in death at the end of the world” 😭This book makes me believe in love

[@Testing1.00]

And makes one cry a river

[@Vrindatiwari12]

Devastating, honestly, especially Achilles being so proud about his public image but when Patroclus dies his grief is portrayed so well it was so sad...

[@justanowlhousegirl4198]

And the world will say they were good friends…

[@megamindisamazing]

WHATS THE BOOK CALLEDDD

[@Megawowsies]

@@megamindisamazingIt’s called The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller :)) I wish you luck 🫡

[@figaeroth]

"spoilers for the first few chapters" the breath of relief i sighed. thank u for this gift on pride month!!!!!!!!!!!!! love wins

[@gigi2820]

LMAO

[@moon7shinev150]

I absolutely love when Patroclus turns over because he wants to see Achilles but Achilles is already looking at Patroclus

[@KazuneAngel]

This song... this fucking song... No i don't cry... you cry. This is such perfection in every way *Sob*

[@Mika-zl2cr]

No words will ever describe how I felt after finishing this book for the first time. I wish I could go back. But now, as Patroclus said: “I am made of memories” and this book will definitely stay a core memory

[@axle452]

I'm so vividly reminiscing every scene. Don't mind me, I'll just be rewatching this a couple hundred more times

[@brightthesandwing]

I shouldn’t have watched this right after finishing the book It’s safe to say I’m weeping now

[@I-Love-Mythology]

I just did a re-read of the book. Things like this can't physically make me cry for some reason, but I do always get this weird feeling that my heart just drops so I guess that's the equivalent of crying my heart out.

[@notemiehehe]

Me too! But then I cry over things like a fried egg 😅 but yeah I don’t usually physically cry but I cried from a patrochilles song thingy so i have messed up hormones 😃

[@NoaSanaa_18]

The end made me start sadly giggling like a mad person

[@I-Love-Mythology]

@@NoaSanaa_18 same

[@savemyeyebrows6613]

you keep too much pain your heart i think

[@I-Love-Mythology]

@@savemyeyebrows6613 Yeah, maybe

[@theboundlesshumanspirit7457]

We need more actually good adaptations of the Iliad like Song of Achilles 😭

[@dannithespoonlord]

It's okay, I didn't need my heart today. Lemme just *sobs for 6000 MORE years about that book* Incredible work again, friend. Look at those good sweet boys. I'm sure nothing bad will ever happen to such a sweet couple

[@chteretreeart]

Aw man, this is a dangerous combo and I’m obsessed

[@adriacarballo8990]

I’m so glad you didn’t include that weird theory where they died! It’s stupid, they obviously didn’t die, they lived happily ever after

[@hehhehhehheh-wn7zz]

Delulu is the solulu ✨

[@Dan-zc3ou]

Every time meet an historian i ask them if Achilles and Patroclus were lovers. If i get anything other a clear yes i don't bother wasting my time listeling to them.

[@gagigagagigo]

"how many times did you watch it?" "yes" I MEAN Apart from the artstyle i loved the color coding in every scene, if i have it right here: Firstly blue for the times when they were still strangers, a cold color. Then yellow for the times when friendship had already sparked within them, a warmer color and also a bright one, just like their childhood together was. And finally pink for the moments romance was present, the warmest of all colors here. It was such a great detail to include and omG DO I LOVE IT

[@remyoo]

"Name one hero who was happy" THIS LINE ALWAYS GETS ME IN THE FEELFEELS AUGHHH

[@maggs-zo8um]

I love this book so much. I was reading a very different book but took a pause to read this one and I couldn't even bring myself to finish the other book. Song of Achilles made it seem like it would never be worth my time again.

[@SimplyStitchCentral]

Ikr! I read this book thinking it would get me back to reading, be cuz I went from reading 5 books a week to only 1 a week. And now I think I will never read another book again.

[@hinteaaa]

Here 10 raison why i cried on this beautiful animation : 1:the characters are the one that i love the most 2:the art style is wonderfull 3:the music is so beautiful 4:Their story was shown by a perfect way 5: Someone makes a animation about them so i love you 6:The coloring is awsome 7:you're a very talented fellow 8:Happy pride month 9:I loved it 10:shut up this was perfect , pretty,awsome, beautiful and wonderfull,continue like this and thank you ❤

[@toadstool000]

"Because you're the reason, swear it" I"M NOT CRYING YOU ARE 😭

[@Zzromxn]

Oh. My. God. This is amazing. I LOVE The Song of Achilles and I’m so glad someone made an animatic of it. You did so well!

[@lunaluna2043]

It's been years since I read this book. I don't know why I still cry everytime I'm reminded of it😭

[@DragonWeeb]

I’m not sure if this is actually true but. Apparently they wanted their ashes to be put in the same urn so that they’d be together in the afterlife as well 💙💙

[@ignoremeplz4508]

it’s true

[@DragonWeeb]

@@ignoremeplz4508 :D

[@SuchitaBhattacharya]

. “He collects my ashes himself, though this is a woman’s duty. He puts them in a golden urn, the finest in our camp, and turns to the watching Greeks. ‘When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together.’”

[@karararara8806]

This is beautiful ! It amazed me how you art can be funny and lively, tragic and sharp , and soft and pure depending on the subject. The song of achilles is a book who helped me throw one of the most difficult moment of my life, and your animatic depicted everything i loved about this book. Especially about Patroclus actually. You capture is kindness and the calm of his whole narration. Thank you for your work and keep doing what you love !

[@gigi2820]

Wow thank you so much! :D

[@74jf92jd]

"because you're the reason" 😭😭😭😭 istg this book made me cry harder than I had in ages

[@gabimcc8531]

I've bought this book and haven't read it yet, and now I must cancel all my plans today because I need to read it! Thanks for the push and the beautiful art!

[@skeled0gz]

1:03 hurts cause of their ending 😭 (like a thousand golden urns pouring out the sun...)

[@Naru75819]

I cry without fail every time I think of them, every time I reread their story.

[@zaireplane]

i literally love the book and patrochilles so much and this animatic is beautiful i love it

[@derkokos1288]

Literally the first book that made me cry so hard I couldn't breathe I' m not even kidding. I wasn't even aware I had it in me but I just couldn't stop💀

[@NikolaiGogolFanboy]

I just started reading the song of achilles about an hour ago, When I cry this is gonna be my comfort

[@rb_at]

Just finished it. The author had no business being so cruel by continuing to write in patroclus’ pov after his death. I DROWNED IN MY TEARS

[@7Rover]

I KEEP COMING BACK, THIS SONG IS PERFECT FOR THEM AND THIS MADE ME REREAD THE BOOK AT LEAST 3 SEPARATE TIMES

[@Andreas-vu8qe]

Honestly 0:56 just makes me like feel fuzzy and warm it's so sweet but so heartbreaking

[@Anonymouspaperbirdman]

This is so beautiful and touching I’m going to cry. Song of Achilles is always so heartwarming and heartbreaking and the animation here is just so well done it captures it wonderfully I can’t believe there is an amazing animator who has done SIX, Epic and SOA animatics

[@maddoggp8283]

I've never seen an animation that shows actual depictions from the book itself. I am beyond happy I found this. Thank you for your talents.

[@blep852]

this song is so mellow for whats about to come... "What has hector ever done to me?"

[@makokitsune6487]

Ok. Didn't read the book but I can feel this simple honesty of their feelings. Simply beautiful. Loved every second of it.

[@lilly_girl2151]

i have watched this more than 20 times, it's so good ❤❤. this is my comfort video. it makes me happy when i'm sad and makes me sad when i'm happy.. i end up crying everytime. SOCIAL MEDIA WAS CREATED FOR CONTENT LIKE THIS!

[@etrevil]

YOU MAKING A TSOA ANIMATIC WITH THAT SONG- I am so not well. I am crying sobbing falling down the stairs. Your designs are absolutely beautiful, especially Thetis', but the flashes of them growing up has me in a chOKEHOLD AND BECAUSE I AM TYPING THIS AS I WATCHED I JUST SAW THEM KISS AHHHHHHHH- TSOA is just my heart's self-tortorous book it loves to read. Tysm for the animatic the color and vibes are heartwarming and painful when you remember their end. Edit: the little animations are so cute. I loved how Achilles strummed the lyre

[@ChaoticDoodle]

MAN SCREW THIS 😭😭😭 JUST LET ME LIVE IN A WORLD WITH A HAPPY ENDING

[@Danka42]

0:38 THIS IS SO ADORABLE 😭😭😭

[@AtlanticAmi]

I have never read this book- But i know the story of Achilles and Patroclus ..and that last quote just crashed down on me like a avalanche-

[@stratospherestudios5374]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS BEAUTIFUL-- AND THE MUSIC FITS SO WELL, HOW-

[@rafaelaguirre8091]

Oh my. I am a huge fan of greek mythology. I almost cried my eyeballs out at the "Name one hero who was happy. You can't" "I can't " "I'm going to be the first. Swear it." "Why me?" "Cause you're the reason. Swear it." "I swear." I know the original story, and hearing that knowing how teribly it's going to end just feels like a punch to the heart.

[@revvsc]

In my mind they never left Pelion *sobs*

[@acanthus_et_adonis8922]

stap i literally read this like two years ago and have been pushing it to the back of my head, you know, in denial and emotionally ruined, like you do, AND THEN THIS- THIS HAD TO COME AROUND AND I AM A WRECK THASNKYOU VERY MUCH-

[@SunDarling369]

This book is on my to-be-read list and I haven't gotten to it yet, but I have a vague idea of the ending. Just seeing this two minute video made me want to sob for characters I don't even really know. This was so beautiful and powerful, thank you.

[@xisn3136]

Just wanted to say that your animatic was what inspired me to buy and read the book. I’ve just finished with it a few days ago and have not moved on since then! So thank you for making this animatic and giving me a new obsession!! 😭

[@therandomset8670]

*INCOHERENT SOBBING* AN ANIMATIC OF THEM ♡♡ Their story is so beautiful I recommend anyone to give the book a read!

[@bee909]

I'm a big fan of the books and omg!!!! This brought all the feelings back... I can never forget that conversation. Perfect music choice and I love the subtle facial expressions and movements in your animation. Thank you for making this and sharing!! Your style is beautiful.

[@btchlmao5227]

SOBBING CRYING I SOBBED WHEN I FIRST WATCHED THIS IM READING THE BOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME, I HATE THEM AND NEED THEM IN MY BLOOD OMGOMGOMGOMGOGMOGMOGMOGMGOMG

[@ficfan3484]

I've never read this book. But now I have too. This animatic made me

[@LorenaSHuang]

_“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”_ ― *Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles*

[@thetruthisnearer]

This is beautifully directed/animated and touchingly innocent in the way the story is told. Thank you very much for sharing and good luck with your future ideas.

[@sophiapissinini]

THIS BOOK IS LITERALLY PERFECT AND YOU ANIMATION REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART :((( it's a masterpiece.

[@jokie1236]

You capture the moments of the book INCREDIBLY well! I would love to see the entire book animated like this. Seriously incredible job

[@froggyvibes3020]

I just wanted to say this animation is what made me read the book. I cried for days😭😭😭

[@Luciayacult]

This animation made me read the book. Thank you so much for introducing me to my favorite book

[@J-i8d]

I have returned after reading the book. HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME GIGI 😭😭

[@AllForNeilJosten]

I cried a lot during this. Your art is amazing . Thank you so much.

[@argentuum4958]

This song always gets me. No matter where I am, what I do and how I felt before I heard those gentle guitar notes

[@banditclifton1395]

Y'all, I just had a whole adventure So, it starts with me looking for a new musical after my SIX phase. I see EPIC. I start to listen and watch animatics. I get obsessed with gigi. I watch this animatic, Mystery of Love, even though I've never read the book. I decide to get the book. I just finished it today, and I haven't sobbed this hard in a long time Thank you for probably the best book I've ever read!! (And your art is actually amazing. I love it

[@chrisalya]

It's so charming ! ** And this song is sooo right for Patrochilles ! Between this and your wonderful videos on EPIC and Six, I am a very big fan of yours.

[@linh_7]

This video is the reason I read the book. I was so impressed with their love and the book quickly turned into my favorite yet❤

[@Me.The.Optimist]

I'm so happy they lived happily ever after, without any interference ❤️

[@Nescio-0]

Yh same! Like the part about them both being dead is just a dream they had! :'D

[@Me.The.Optimist]

@@Nescio-0 yeah but fr tho at least they reunited in the underworld and became dead homosexual friends 🫶

[@Nescio-0]

Yeah at least. (😭)

[@Night_Hover]

I'm crying, it's so sad and beautiful at the same time

[@_the_ghosts_]

Bro this book shattered my soul and then spit on it I WILL NEVER HEAL

[@onlysofiaa]

one of my fav songs combined w one of my fav books? i’m so glad i found this animatic. lovely art btw!

[@HomingMysticVilian]

Even though heroes are role models for everyone, someone whom we can pray for our safety, they are just people like you and me: whole lives in needing of affection and a safe place where to reside and peacefully rest. Heroes too needs to heal and feel warm. This is in fact what Achilles' story told us, it shows much more than his mere strength: it was about balance and harmony between the divine/superhuman and the mundane. It is about to respect and do not take for granted the true heroes we met in our short, nearsighted... human!, lifespan. Do not ever forget to be charitable, loving and kind!

[@vientttt]

"We will be back in a day" Biggest damn lie. I am crying so much. Thanks for doing this. It's gorgeous.

[@sillygooseiseatingbread]

I will NEVER get over them! Your art is so beautiful, and the animation is so smooth, just wow!

[@nik2513]

IN THE DARKNESS, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.

[@lilly_girl2151]

1 minute and 51 secocnds of beauty, perfection, emotion and art. happyness, sadness, nostalgia and love all stuffed into this beautiful masterpiece

[@logan.bxnnym0chi297]

this animatic melted my heart!! Happy Pride Month!!!!🏳️‍🌈⚤⚥⚧🏳️

[@lilly_girl2151]

its like, the 100th time i've revisited this video. gets me blushing and giggling like a maniac every. single. time. i love you so so much gigi!!!!!!

[@imkyledude]

That moment between the two of them always makes me cry... "Because you're the reason. Swear it." Oh how the tragic love story of Achilles and Patroclus hurts the heart. I read the book through tears, but in the end I absolutely balled... "In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun." Now you must be miserable again with me hehehe This animation is perfection, I adore it!!

[@Theartygoblin]

You ever watch something that you want to consume so many times you want to fuse it with your very soul? This. This friking video right here crying sobbing screaming i love this book and this animation is so sweet-

[@natividadcando8176]

I LITEREALLY CRIED, I JUST FINISHED THE BOOK LIKE WHATT???

[@cheesemochii651]

These two will never fail to break my heart. GIGI I LOVE YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AAAAAAA IT'S BEAUTY IT'S GRACE

[@rockymilne]

I have probably watched this video like 26 times and I lose apart of my soul every time in a good way

[@luverlyjay6340]

Ik Madeline's writing ate because this is basically how I visualized these scenes as I read them, great job, so talented ❤

[@sethumedha]

Beautiful animation!! Got me really emotional and happy at the same time.. Can't say how excited I got seeing them and their love blooming!! The music too..I mean 🙌🏼😭💖 Loved ittttttt

[@landoneroberts]

I haven’t reread this book in three years, and the level of emotion that this

[@sahelisanandi1358]

that last part.....😭😭😭 how can you make these masterpieces??. im hitting replay!

[@OmgIAmHere]

As a person who just finished the book, THIS IS FRIKIN AWESOME. IT REPRESENTS THEIR RELATIONSHIP SO WELL. Btw, I recommend this book x1000000000000000000000000000

[@lamtructhao4716]

just finished the book and this video popped up on my youtube just like a universal message, it's beautifully touching. thank you so much 🫶

[@tryce7752]

yall go read "The silence of the girls" and "the exiled of troy" its from the POV of Briseis and the women captured and enslaved by the greeks, it's hard but you get a new angle at Achilles and Patroclus, one of the best read i had this year !

[@Therebesquare]

The way I’d give everything to see an animated retelling of this book in your style, I’d DIE

[@Zephirite.]

Wow. This is just lovely. All the melancholy and honeyed hope of their younger days with the world literally gold around them, shining and precious...damn.

[@intherain2599]

This is the most beautiful thing i have seen in a while

[@danyul8578]

1:33 two shadows reaching through the hopeless heavy dusk ☹️