Soldier, Poet, King Animatic - Song of Achilles

The intro portion was initially my final for Animation class, but I finally got around to finishing this! This is my first animatic and I hope you enjoy.

[@ellaruth_s]

"we were all there, goddess and mortal and the boy who was both."

[@ImProbsBusyReading]

I finished this book a couple of hours ago and I highlighted this quote (on a kindle, I'm not a monster) because I just thought it was so poetically beautiful

[@shamusday]

Just finished the book and still wanted more content of Achilles and Patroclus and this is probably one of the best depictions of the book in my opinion, I admit that it did get me a little teary eyed watching this

[@Lizardsareprettycool]

Are we talking about the illiad

[@movablefilms_]

exactly. i just finished the book. and where i am at it is currently 3:06 a.m. so i just finished reading it at night and i can’t stop feeling this disturbingly sad, miserable and empty feeling. this is so sad, how am i supposed to sleep, i guess i won’t. btw this is like the closest thing to what i was imagining while reading the book. like the characters look so insanely alike with how i imagined them.. this is crazy. and also, i’m sorry for saying a lot, i just really need to talk to someone who has had the same feeling about a month ago.. this book is so emotionally pleasuring

[@huhhuh9598]

@@Lizardsareprettycool A modern rewrite of it to be precise

[@Lizardsareprettycool]

@@huhhuh9598 so just like a translation?

[@izekitten56]

@@Lizardsareprettycool The book their referring to is the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It’s a modern retelling of Achilles’ tale through the perspective of Patroclus.

[@sonder_12]

"...he smiled, and his face was like the sun." "Achilles’ eyes were bright in the firelight, his face drawn sharply by the flickering shadows. I would know it in dark or disguise, I told myself. I would know it even in madness." "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." "His trust was a part of him, as much as his hands or his miraculous feet. And despite my hurt, I would not wish to see it gone, to see him as uneasy and fearful as the rest of us, for any price." "I had seen the way he looked at Deidameia; or rather the way he did not. It was the same way he had looked at the boys in Phthia, blank and unseeing. He had never, not once, looked at me that way." “What has Hector ever done to me?” “My life is my reputation,” he says. His breath sounds ragged. “It is all I have. I will not live much longer. Memory is all I can hope for.” "There is no fame greater than this-you will prove to them all that your phantom is more powerful than Agamemnon’s whole army." "His tears fall, but I cannot wipe them away." “My consolation is that we will be together in the underworld. That we will meet again there, if not in this life. I would not wish to be there without her.” “This and this and this.” “I have done it,” she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she has made on the stone. ACHILLES, it reads. And beside it, PATROCLUS. “Go,” she says. “He waits for you.” 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." *"I will never leave him. It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me."* __________________ The Song of Achilles has changed my life. This is the most beautiful book I have ever read, enjoyed, and felt. It will take me forever to find another one that could even come close to what this book has made me experience. *******" Edit: I made a playlist, because I love this book so much. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYGal5WCirp9hpY Another edit: You guys! You keep liking and replying to this, and when I read back my own comment, I feel like crying. Darn this book.

[@johnllasaf2095]

Thanks for this oneee

[@mireyn4101]

Which page was the last one

[@sonder_12]

@@mireyn4101 I don't have the physical copy of the book, only the e-book, so I can't tell you the exact page. But it was on Chapter 10, after they had made love for the first time. ❤️

[@kmjloveskookliet4665]

Why do you make me cry again 😭😭😭😭

[@your_local_sunshine]

Now I'll leave this comment here, please like so I can remember this gorgeous compilation of memories

[@LeCielIndigo]

What a beautiful representation of the relationship between these two cousins. Especially the part where Achilles wants their ashes to be mixed and buried together. Just normal cousin things. On another note: I absolutely loved how you animated the story and the song was a perfect fit.

[@JoJammers]

Just bros being bros🤷‍♀️

[@irinakadalina2182]

Just guys being guys 😏

[@dromankass8655]

I'm sure there was a story somewhere from the Odessey when Odysseus has to venture into the Underworld to find the way home, and he comes across the shades of Achilles and Patroclus re-united in death.

[@feralheartselly0069]

They were roomates

[@mintyyling]

just roomies mingled together in an urn for all eternity 👨‍❤‍👨

[@savemyeyebrows6613]

Achilles was beautiful, and the way his beauty was described in the book through Patroclus eyes only shows how bewildering, enchanting, brave Patroclus himself was.

[@Gauriri127]

The "what has bector ever done to me" hits hard after finishing the book

[@areyoufrweiying]

*Hector

[@kkk-gf6sj]

Bector 😭

[@lesfleursdumall]

EXCUSE ME. who gave you the right to rip my heart out like this. THE END??? THE ARROW REFLECTION IN THE EYE!!!??? jaw=dropped, tears=fallen. this is so good i can't. sobbing the gay angst is too much for me to handle with this song

[@JoJammers]

I appreciate you for the eye reflection appreciation, you're so sweet!!!

[@deli5194]

a beautiful yet sad story. achilles never swallowed his pride but died for love, patroclus never emerged from achilles shadow but lived kindly and briseis never found freedom but at least she died never giving up

[@SammyTheNoahide]

Didn't Briseis get killed by Neoptolemus? Fell into the ocean or something? Her body was never recovered so she is probably still wondering in the living if no one found her body.

[@Georple]

@@SammyTheNoahideyes 😭😭😭

[@beeburn0]

​@SammyTheNoahide I believe she was speared by Pyrrhus when she tried to flee into the ocean, unfortunately😢

[@localspacecowboy]

i just finished reading the book- you absolutely brought it to life, your art is magnificent! i hope to see more works of yours :)

[@JoJammers]

Thank you so much! The book was so vivid and beautifully written, it was a great opportunity to try and capture that!

[@nothingedit136]

Can i get the name of book

[@janetanderson7885]

@@nothingedit136 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[@Ikaros1994]

They were together since children the same as Alexander the Great and Heohaistion you decadent barbarians. They went thru everything together, they were philophers and real men bound by the institution of friendship which was sacred in Ancient Greece. Meaningful and very powerful friendship of souls. No disgusting lie propagated on purpose by a sick barbarian author who seeks personal and financial gain, can ruin their image. Keep believing lies so you feel good about your abnormality. Keep living in your fantasy proof-less world. It’s called brotherhood, lies propagated on purpose by the system and the abnormals in order to give a fake historic depth of homosexuality in order for us to accept it today. Sick parasites. Your abnormality is your own, no amount of lies can change the truth and it hurts you and it forever will. Also gays can’t fight, gays can’t be the best warriors of all time, only men can, illogical non thinking schizophrenic clowns. Keep the holy Greeks out of your disgusting barbaric mouths. Mentally ill parasites.

[@annem4655]

In the book, Patroclus eating breakfast alone when Achilles found him was one of my favorite scenes and you captured it so well! You made me cry over their story all over again.

[@lilaclupin5966]

Oh. My. God. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE!! I recently thought about this song in relation to Song of Achilles and how Achilles could be the soldier, the poet AND the king and was like, someone should make an animation with this. AND THIS!!! IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANYTHING I IMAGINED, I WILL NOW GO CRY AND SEND THIS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE READ THIS BOOK

[@JoJammers]

OMG WAIT REALLY! Please keep going with that idea, it sounds beautiful!! I'd love to see your rendition and story come to life!

[@marianabonina249]

I thought about this and I actually think Patroclus is the king, Achilles is the soldier and briseis is the poet but I get what you’re saying

[@EzekFL84]

it is actually about Jesus

[@lilaclupin5966]

@@EzekFL84 i am aware, all of The Of Hellos songs are biblical

[@momodeleon6221]

I don't know the book that everyone is talking about but this is physically gut wrenching and I'm in tears. I have no idea what's going on but I'm so freaking sad almost had a panic attack. You were able to convey emotions to a complete outsider. This was amazing and beautiful keep doing what you do.

[@JoJammers]

Aw wait if you really almost had a panic attack I really hope you're ok :'0 As for your comment, I'm so happy I was able to portray the story to someone who went in blind. Your words mean so much to me, thank you for stopping by!

[@starbucksmocha88]

I highly highly recommend you read the book if you haven't yet, it's AMAZING! 😍 One of my favourite books of all time not even exaggerating. The audible version is wonderful too, the narrator does such a great job with all the voices 👌💖

[@yor_forger23]

@@starbucksmocha88 name of the book?

[@starbucksmocha88]

@@yor_forger23 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. :)

[@yor_forger23]

@@starbucksmocha88 oh oki. Thanks 😊

[@nelsoda3552]

I have never read the book, but this is a masterpiece. The expressions and the storytelling are absolutely amazing, this masterpiece deserves more views.

[@damiansfavorite]

Same here!!! All I know is that its somehow really, really sad; this gave me a kind of perspective on how sad it is JAHAHAA (Sorry for the grammar. 🥲) Update: I've kind of been doing some catching up on Achilles and Patroclus' stor(ies)y, and damn. It really is very, very sad. 😭😭😭

[@starbucksmocha88]

I highly highly recommend you read the book if you haven't yet, it's AMAZING! 😍 One of my favourite books of all time not even exaggerating. The audible version is wonderful too, the narrator does such a great job with all the voices 👌💖

[@mgkyawmin833]

@@starbucksmocha88 Can you pls give me a link to the audiobook version of the narrator you refer to?

[@starbucksmocha88]

@@mgkyawmin833 there's only one audiobook as far as I know. It's the one on Audible narrated by Frazer Douglas. Just type in Song of Achilles into Audible. 👍🙂

[@daliborvranic1665]

Everyone in the replies who hasn't read the book: DO IT, READ IT, IT IS BEAUTIFUL

[@flintywinty49]

you don’t understand how much pain you have caused the 175k people who have dared to watch this video. my grief is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@adeleaslan8182]

This is both idyllic and heartbreaking. Really makes you want to grow up with your ‘best friend’ in the Greek countryside before losing them to a battle of the gods and crying for years before you’re reunited with your love again

[@Si1verWings]

Words cannot describe how truly beautiful this is. I don't usually leave comments but... just... gosh, every frame of this is stunning. The expressions, the proportions, the settings, everything is on point. The Song of Achilles is my favourite book and this is just amazing. Totally did the book justice! The rest of this comments will be me gushing about my favourite frames lol (Spoilers for the book) 0:24 Oh Achilles, if only you stayed like this for the whole book 0:35 Flustered Patroclus is everything 0:47 Idk why, but this frame of dead Patroclus really speaks to me. It's exaclty how I imagined Pat as an adult tbh 0:51 The absolute look of horror is so well done 1:00 To be honest, I don't know why I love this scene so much, but I do 1:09 Actually, scratch what I said before, Achilles, why couldn't you stay like *this* for the entire book? 1:11 This is cute 1:23 Figs, no context 1:41 I LOVE how Mt Pelion looks! Also Pat's expression is just _chef's kiss_ 1:46 Pat absolutely failing battle training while Achilles is being wholesome is a mood. Idk which mood, but a mood 1:55 This has to be my favourite frame. It's just so wholesome! 2:05 Ima be honest, I'm not sure if this is Achilles or Deidameia 2:20 Briseis makes an appearance! Also nailed the facial expressions here! 2:32 *It was at this moment he knew... he'd f***** up* 2:38 "Go, he waits for you"

[@JoJammers]

Oh my goshhhhh thank you!! Seeing your comment and all the timestamps you put makes me so happy! I'm glad you enjoy my work and the effort you put into your comment truly made my week!

[@beesbrownies]

The way I didn't even notice Patrocles' ghost in the frame until you pointed it out!

[@movablefilms_]

you are so absolutely right about all the parts you wrote. i’m crying my heart out, especially with this song.

[@WaterCanoe]

I'm a newer reader but God what the fuck this book is fucking beautiful. I'm so glad my teacher recommended this

[@rittaeskinder]

Such a heartbreaking book. Reading it twice couldn't even start to dull the pain and emptiness I felt at the end. It was so beautiful and joyful at the beginning, and it just kept getting sadder until the greatest tragedy occurred. I hope to find another book equally as beautiful and great, but this book forever holds a place in my heart, and I'm so glad that you made such a beautiful animation on my favorite novel. Keep it up

[@gradient_rei]

2:29 gave me flashbacks to the first time I listened to the audiobook oh my gods the buildup to Patroclus' death was executed so well

[@viviananazario99]

The scene where we see Achilles grave and see Patroclus name written on it ❤

[@Kingtamayofx]

“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald

[@jossaler525]

I don't know how, but I imagined every single thing just like you did... the landscape, the characters, the settings... IT'S JUST SO SIMILAR

[@klee3471]

I was inspired by all the additional lyrics so here's something I made: Crowns, Brothers, Swords Soldier, poet and king, The three were brothers adored. Content with their chosen paths, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord, Content with their chosen paths, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. There will come a lady, Whose beauty can't be ignored. She will tear those brothers down, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. She will tear those brothers down, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh, here comes the soldier, Swinging his mighty sword, He has seen the lady now, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. He has seen the lady now, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh, here comes the poet, Singing his mighty word. He has seen his brother now, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. He has seen his brother now, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Each man claims the lady, As she watches on, bored. Even as they draw their swords, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. Even as they draw their swords, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Ah, here comes the ruler, With the crown he could afford. Wondering where his brothers were, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. Wondering where his brothers were, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. The king, the myth, the legend, Decides she's his reward. Still, he asks his brothers why, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. Still, he asks his brothers why, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. "The poet is youngest!", And so the soldier implored. The king favors him, he thinks, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. The king favors him, he thinks, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. The soldier, the poet, Their eldest, they had adored. Forgot his blind ambition, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. Forgot his blind ambition. Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Brothers three, no longer, As the king drew his sword. Is ambition not but greed? Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. Is ambition not but greed? Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Soldier and his ruler, Clashed their mighty swords. The poet stood without his song, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. The poet stood without his song, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. The king, he was older, Drew blood, but his brother roared. The king's crown fell to the ground, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. The king's crown fell to the ground, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. "Oh, brother, where is your crown? Little brother, where's your Lord?" The poet's last word was "Please!", Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. The poet's last word was "Please!", Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. "The poet slayed the king, His death was his own reward." So says the new king and queen, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. So says the new king and queen, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. The night after their wedding, The queen held dagger not sword. The soldier's last word was "Please!" Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. The soldier's last word was "Please!" Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. The queen, she wept onions, Dead was the one she "adored". "Assassination!" She cried, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. "Assassination!" She cried, Oh lei, oh lai, oh Lord. A kingdom without king, Is a dragon without hoard. They will burn whole cities down, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. They will burn whole cities down, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. So ends the legacy, Of crowns and brothers and swords. Kingdoms are ruled by queens now, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. Kingdoms are ruled by queens now, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Now do you remember, The city the soldier had warred? The lady was the princess there, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. The lady was the princess there, Oh lei, oh lai, oh Lord. The poet charmed the queen, The king's trust in him, he stored. He will slay the city soon , Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. He will slay the city soon. Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. "Expand our land further!", The king commanded his ward. He was young and made of thorn, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. He was young and made of thorn, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. The city that was torn, Their rulers were shown the sword. Blood ran through the city's drains, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. Blood ran through the city's drains, Oh lei, oh lai, oh Lord. The princess who escaped, Vengeance in her heart, she stored. For the soldier, poet, king, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. For the soldier, poet, king Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. There will come a woman, Whose beauty can't be ignored. She will tear those brothers down, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord. Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh, Lord. She has torn those brothers down, Oh lei, oh lai, oh, Lord.

[@JoJammers]

These are so cute! Thank you for your creativity and comment!

[@klee3471]

@@JoJammers Omg thank you! By the way, I love your video so much, it's so clean and pretty

[@lizziehavens]

i am crushed by the fact this doesn't have more publicity, but i hope you know I am moved by your lyrics, this is beautiful.

[@klee3471]

@@lizziehavens Thank you so much!!

[@alexarussell6822]

It is so beautifully made. You are a genius. Loved the lyrics💖

[@x-evan-hansen-x9722]

why hasn't this gone fucking viral? beyond me, this animatic is so good! your style is simply impressive and i'm in love with how you portrayed the story; their expressions have me sobbing TT

[@m.e.vangel3461]

I know right?! This deserves AT LEAST 100k views...

[@JoJammers]

Thank you so much for this comment, it made my day!!😭 The emotions conveyed in the book were so beautiful and raw. I wanted to get better at telling stories through faces, and your encouraging words motivate me to continue growing!

[@m.e.vangel3461]

OK 712k views now 😊

[@gaygoddess139]

Everytime I think I'm over The Song of Achilles something like this pops up and drags me back down kicking and screaming

[@fizzello6879]

God this is breathtaking, I loved the usage of the song contrasting the images. This is easily the best TSOA animatic I've seen, amazing work

[@JoJammers]

You're so sweet! Thank you so much for watching!!

[@lemon-alia5059]

I was way to frail after just finishing this book and started crying (again) as soon as I saw patroclus under his name 😭

[@millicentwood549]

God I absolutely love that you timed the part with the war escalating with the latter half of the song where it's just intense instrumental. I think this is the closest we'd get to an animated version of the Song of Achilles. Nicely done with this! I love it so much.

[@uhhi8813]

This animatic is amazing, I really don’t have enough words to describe it. You captured all the characters and events so well and I love absolutely literally everything about it. Thank you for such a brilliant animatic and I’m going to be screaming crying over it for the next few days. AAAAAA THIS IS SO WELL DONE I WISH I HAD MORE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT BUT I LOVE IT SO MUCH AND ITS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IVE EVER SEEN THANK YOU

[@JoJammers]

Thank you so much, aghghh you're so sweet😭 We can cry together >:)

[@lucie_loves_life2413]

This animatic just kills me. It captures all the essential plot points in such a beautiful manner. Really your way of drawing expressions and Achilles change in gestures and Mimik. Just fantastic. Thanks for doing the whole song I come back to this video so often ngl. ❤❤

[@liannesedurifa]

I just finished the book today and I needed more of Achilles and Patroclus. I already know their story many times over but it still hurts my heart seeing the end. This is the most beautiful it has ever been animated.

[@AFBozo]

A powerful book, and a truly masterful piece of content being able to capture its emotions in such short time. Really moving.

[@strongfish9198]

I just finished the book, like, literally a minute ago and was sad that it's over but also excited that I could watch the animatics now. Loved yours, it was beautiful.

[@vidhathrinadig4271]

I finished reading the book yesterday and was holding back tears until I came across this video, now the tears wont stop 😭😭Its a beautiful piece of animation💕

[@oonafrisk6567]

This made me start reading the book and yes I did cry a lot and will be crying a lot, because this book just broke me. Thank you, this is a masterpiece.

[@furrymczplayer18]

I don't know what's happening at all cause I've never read the book but FINALLY ONE OF THESE THINGS USED THE ENTIRE SONG!! Usually animations like this cut the song off before it gets to arguably the best part of the song... I'm so happy, other people desperately need to catch onto this.

[@JoJammers]

Yes!! It was more work including the whole song but I felt the entirety of it would add more impact to the animatic. And there's so much lore that I just had to keep in!

[@user-uq8iz8up7r]

Dude have you never herd of Greek mythology, like the Trojan war, or Achilles, or anything, it's like the most famous ancient Greek storys out there.

[@Levonshi]

*Sees this animation video, **_clicks_** pauses video and searches on google, buys the book at a local bookstore, reads it, bawls my eyes out until my tear ducts stop producing tears and then watches this animation.*

[@Levonshi]

OH MY GOODNESS I'M BAWLING MY EYES OUT AGAINNNN *SCREECHES MADLY AND SOBS.*

[@Iisshhaaa]

This book screams LOVE... the way Patroclus have described Achilles on every page and his every action. LOVE YOUR ART 💜

[@june.2069]

This is so well drawn 💖 and the feelings 😭

[@JoJammers]

Yes, my goal was feelings, a lot of them >:)

[@mallymay9439]

I watched this animatic and decided to read the book. Just finished it and came back to this. I am RUINED

[@founderoftheempire8589]

Fun fact Achille's best friend who you see was Patroclus and it was assumed that not only were they best friends but also lovers according to Greek text

[@Vlint_Vorgetson]

To say this book tore my heart out would be an understatement. It was so beautiful, and this animation fits the feelings it gave me perfectly ❤

[@jonahalvarez4325]

I know I’m over a year late but I just finished this book for the first time last night and have been almost grief-stricken since. This is also going to be a pretty long comment, so sorry about that in advance, but I still wanted to post it in hopes that the creator of this animation might see it. I’m not an avid reader, or at least I haven’t been in many years, but I chose to read this book in wake of some personal realizations and admissions with myself and I’m very glad that I did. I woke up this morning and my first thought was of Patroclus and Achilles. I do this stupid/silly thing when I read books where I look at the last word, just for fun. I saw the last word as home and thought that signified a happy ending. Nearing the end of the book when Pat is detailing his death, I was almost in denial. I knew of Achilles and the Battle of Troy, but not to an extent that I knew their story prior to reading. I hadn’t realized what had happened until a few pages later when I realized we were now following Achilles. I had rushed past Pat’s death in an attempt to get to the part with their happy ending. I then read on about Achilles rage and his end. But the part that hurt the most was returning to Pat as a shade, unable to be with Achilles. I thought about how horrible that would be, stuck for eternity waiting and praying for someone to fix it. Then Thetis comes and they talk, at this point I was still reading quickly, trying to finish the book with my eyes clear enough to read since I thought there was more to come, when I read the final page. I was in disbelief and learned that before I started reading the book, when I read the last word, I had actually read the last word of the acknowledgments section, not the book itself. It was this pit in my heart that did not go away as I slept. I dreamed of them and fixing their story. I didn’t know if I wanted them to be real people, their bodies really buried somewhere in Greece, or if I wanted them to be fiction, just another dramatized spout from Greek myth. I wasn’t sure what hurt worse and so I couldn’t choose. It wasn’t until this morning when I woke up, still with a heavy heart when I realized that I needed to learn about where they were. So I researched Elysium and what it meant. I found that Elysium was “a place or condition of ideal happiness.” Thanks to the final statement of the book we know they meet again. I told myself that they were happy together. With as many lyres as they needed. As many figs as Achilles could juggle and Patroclus could throw and catch. With as much space as they wanted to race each other and swim in the sea. With all the things Achilles used that made Patroclus able to recognize him as easily as he could. Both of them, no longer needing to fight for other Kings’ wars and for each other. And with no prophetic timer counting down their separation. I had given them a happy ending that I was comfortable with, and that eased the pain in my chest to an extent, but I still had a feeling of despair gnawing at me. The dread Pat faced before they were able to reunite, I wasn’t able to imagine Thetis and Pat talking and Thetis finally carving Patroclus’ name on their grave. I had read over this part too fast, not truly taking it in in that initial moment. And while I have gone back to read and to understand I wasn’t able to visualize that moment happening in the magical haze that I read the book in. It was separate, almost as if wasn’t real or it didn’t really happen. That was until I watched this video and saw the scene of Thetis and Patroclus and then saw their properly named grave. This book means so much to me already, only having carried its full burden for less than a day, and I’m so grateful that I found this and had you prove to me that they really did get a happy ending. Your work is amazing and oh so beautiful and has affirmed my want to create. Thank you so much.

[@JoJammers]

Hi, I know this is a late response but I had just been scrolling through all the sweet comments from readers, artists, and dreamers alike. I really appreciate you taking time out of your day to share your experiences with the story and I related to it so much!!!!😭 I read the book in class during junior year and also speed ran it by the end because I wanted to get to the part where they were happy together. I treat this animation like a chunk of my heart that this book took, as well as just a tribute to a beautiful piece of art through my own expressions of drawing. Thank you for your support and gorgeous retelling of your experience, I wish you all the best!❤

[@lightningbug__]

this is super late and you might already know this, but there's actually a mention of patroclus and achilles together in the odyssey when odysseus goes down into the underworld in what i think is book 11

[@jonahalvarez4325]

@@lightningbug__ I DID NOT AND I WILL BE READING IT SOON THANK YOU SO MUCH LOL

[@trixie_likes_shipping]

I JUST FINISGED READING YOU MADE IT HURT MORE😭😭

[@ilikefrogss]

I hope you know that I have come to watch this video every single day for about a month cause if the book didn’t break me enough this sure did the job

[@jai7957]

I am in awe. I read this book a year or two ago and it has been one of my favorites ever since. I’m blown away by how incredible this is, even though I haven’t picked up this book in a while, in each scene that is drawn I can immediately recognize what took place. Just wow. I love how you’ve brought these characters to life in such a insanely accurate way, you have immense skill and talent and I admire that so much. Please keep on creating videos, I look forward to seeing this channel grow!

[@JoJammers]

Thank you for stopping by and commenting, your words are such big motivators! I started storyboarding as soon as I finished the book to make sure I didn't forget any details. It's such a beautiful story written so well, I'm so happy to see others gushing over this book the same way I did!

[@reshiejung]

it's been so long since I've finished the book.... this animation brought back memories of me crying at 4am lmaooo

[@wistoragic.fantasies]

Words can't describe how much I love this.

[@35mmonica]

the things i would DO for a song of achilles anime. i loved this so much

[@gael4053]

This is top tier quality you really have an eye por story pacing and your art style is incredible!! Amazing work you should be proud 👏🏻👏🏻

[@JoJammers]

Thank you so much!!😭

[@Isabellaanena]

Just finished the song of Achilles and I loved it!!!!!!! And I believe that Achilles was a soldier, king, and poet indeed.

[@anasalomelima3252]

This is my favorite video of all time. I watch this religiously.

[@WaterCanoe]

Just started reading the book, new to the fandom, fuck im crying. Tore my heart into a thousand pieces.

[@aditipandey3923]

one of the best animatics I have ever seen. You really brought the characters to life

[@karolus_03]

I AM CRYING SO FUCKING HARD RIGHT NOW. MASTERPIECE.

[@tasnimbintayalamgir6948]

I don't know why KZbin is recommending this video to those who just finished this book. Like do you have a problem?? I only finished this book 2 days agao and I'm STILL NOT HEALED YET. MANNNNNNNNN .

[@SolangeloisOTP]

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE! THE WAY YOU CAPTURED THE EVENTS OF THE BOOK- AND THE SONG GOES SO WELL WITH THE ANIMATIC THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH THIS WORK OF ART

[@cacao_0000]

Chills dude, chills.

[@comicalperfectionist.edu23]

HONESTLY

[@bluepapercranesart]

This was amazing, I feel like I should thank you for blessing us with this so thank you I cannot describe how this made me feel except it was amazing

[@JoJammers]

No thank you for stopping by! I really appreciate your kind words!!

[@taldpole9641]

Thank you so very much, dude. Recently read the book and i have no one to gush to when i recall events. This animatic soothes that want of mine in a way, so thanks, again. :)

[@brittanybecker4122]

I haven’t read the book yet but knowing their story this just got me in my feels 😭. Things could be so different💔

[@iainteverseentwoprettybest2427]

This is my favorite book of all time and this is just absolutely beautiful I have no words. Great job👍

[@leleexx]

The way i would absolutely devour a full webtoon illustration of this book like this animation… your art is MAGNIFICENT AND OMG 😭😭😭😭 just finished the book yesterday and I saw your animation today and my heart ❤️‍🩹…… love every second of it just wishing it was a longer adaptation oh my gosh

[@Wxbtoons]

This brought tears to my eyes....

[@dawnbrightlight]

This was amazing. You really captured their friendship and romance from start to finish. And that ending! So brutal and gets me every time.

[@vickynauts._]

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. literally.. for valentine day my history teacher gave us a research to do of "love story in the antiquity". she gave us a lot of examples. BUT, i was reading Song of Achilles, SO, i asked her if i could’ve write about Achille and Patrocle. she said yes. i was literally screaming (and still i am lmao). then this video appears in my home. IT’S TOTALLY A SIGN. in a few hours i will read my research to the class so.. still, your art is so good i love it. (im sorry if i made some grammar mistakes but im italian :’>)

[@theluckyluns7334]

Come ti è andata l'esposizione??

[@vickynauts._]

@@theluckyluns7334 in realta non era un esposizione, dovevamo dargliela scritta solamente. Però ancora non ci ha fatto sapere nulla

[@theluckyluns7334]

@@vickynauts._ ah ok good luck :)

[@Aadhitiya_Murali]

how did it go?

[@vickynauts._]

@@Aadhitiya_Murali it went well, thank you🫶

[@neilomo]

YOU BROUGHT MY IMAGINATION TO LIFE BRO YOU ARE AMAZING THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING WOWOWOWOWOW JUST WOAH PLEASE KEEP DOING THIS THIS IS SO COOL

[@peachfreude]

my satisfaction is tremendous and my day is made

[@yesnt3118]

I NEEDED THIS SO BADLY AND I HAD NO IDEA!! I actually wanted to cry, thank you so much!!

[@evelinmontiel8087]

Les juro que no pude evitar llorar un mar de lágrimas con el libro, aún recuerdo cada uno de los momentos más importantes y lindo para mí, sin duda vale la pena.

[@ravenclaw_ramen]

thank you for simultaneously healing and shattering my heart-just came back to watch this again and i was not disappointed ❤

[@Vanessalovesbooks13]

I want to thank you JoJammers for this. You saved my life. I love you so much.

[@crzixuant_0138]

OKAY BUT WTH WHY IS THIS SO UNDERRATED??? LOVE IT ITS BEAUTIFUL AAAA

[@hangeamaro144]

Wow, I don't have the words to describe what made me feel this, it's too beautiful, I love it💗 Patroclus and Achilles I will mourn them all my life

[@Hiyaeuju]

The way I watch this literally everyday!!🥺🫶

[@volf6121]

finished the book just yesterday, went to watch this. i feel like crying all over again. thank you SO MUCH for making this, its so good i want to play it on loop for the rest of my life. WONDERFUL animatic, GREAT job and you are awesome!!

[@meowthefluffy]

SCREAMING CRYING LOSING MY MIND IM SO UPSET THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND MY HEART IS BROKEN

[@Trickster_B]

Я пересмотрела это уже трижды и пока не планирую останавливаться, а ведь я отношусь к категории людей, не читавших первоисточник)) Очень трогательно, эмоционально, искренне и, конечно же, невероятно качественно - просто вау 🔥🔥🔥

[@iamjessicaj10]

this video is such a perfect way of depicting their story

[@kayleelesmeister3477]

I've lost track of how many times I've watched this. It's beautiful😢

[@storyxobssesedxnerd]

this is beautifully drawn and captures the soul of the book so amazingly. Lovely work! Watched this over and over!

[@cinnamon_cakes142]

Two bros, chilling in a war, one six feet under cause they're not gay

[@magdalenasvancarova1862]

i just found this, watched it a couple times and am literally crying, the book wrecked me, then i read the homer's iliad cuz of it and was starved for more content and now i stumble upon this and literally just crumble, what a video, truly!

[@caramelandjuju]

the scenery omg you captured it perfectly it looks the exact same in my head 💗💗 i love this sm

[@movablefilms_]

Thank you so much for creating this masterpiece. I just finished reading the book and i can swear even better than Patroclus did that i imagined every single character very similar to what i just found here, in this beautifully done animation.. i could watch this, with the song, and the expressions, and the beautiful beige color this is done in, for so many times, and i did. Thank you, once again, and please will me luck because i can’t calm down at how wonderfully sad the ending is..

[@JoJammers]

Thank you so much! It's good to see others were just as crushed as I was reading this. I wanted to get that angst >:)

[@movablefilms_]

@@JoJammers thank you again❤

[@RomeoMontagueidv]

For the ones who think they are *cousins* they are *not cousins*

[@LetheSystem]

The grave with Patroclus' name scratched into it at the end is just- just everything :( I have a love-hate relationship with how bittersweet TSOA is, and you seriously made the book come to life. Thank you so much for this beautiful animatic 🩷

[@evegdavies]

i kept seeing clips of this on tiktok and never knew it was this! it’s so beautiful and almost exactly how i pictured the book whilst reading it :)

[@BinatiSheth]

My dearest OP, keep creating. I eagerly await your next video. Your ability to capture emotions is awe-inspiring. I cry every time I come back to watch this video. Every single TSOA fan I know has been given this link and oh leiii oh laiii, we all cry. Every. Single. Time. Madeline wrote a good book. You created a good animatic. Thank you so much for this. The minor details you've chosen to animate have my heart. Always.

[@tadashihamada6823]

Acabo de leerlo y lo único q me ayudó a pasar el duelo de este libro fue tu hermoso proyecto, no dudes nunca q es una obra perfecta, cala en cada aspecto de la obra y te hace sentir satisfecho de vivir cada cuadro, te amo por crear está belleza, gracias por sintetizar en imágenes vividas el libro q todos lloramos, te amo ♥️

[@JoJammers]

¡Gracias por sus amables palabras!

[@sheilysandoval9415]

Como se llama el libro?

[@tadashihamada6823]

@@sheilysandoval9415 La canción de Aquiles de Madeline Miller

[@emq6892]

so good! love how you did Achilles hair

[@hakimahak7041]

Just finished reading the book a few hours ago and here I am sobbing again. Thank you so much I really needed this video.

[@Outclaw_shorts]

What do you mean? Song of Achilles had a perfectly happy ending idk what this hallucination is.

[@Levonshi]

Technically... *spoilers ahead!* They are happy and united even in death, I imagine Achilles playing his lyre in Elysium with Patroclus laughing beside him and asking Achilles to play more for him 🥹

[@Izabella_26.6]

It bringed tears to my eyes when I finished the book. Madeline is such an amazing autor! Im reading da book again >:)

[@kaylavanelderen963]

HOLY I WILL WATCH THIS ONCE A MONTH ON EVERY 10TH SO I DONT FORGET THEM. THE VIBE. NOO OMG OMG IT DESCRIBES THE BOOKS SO GORGEAUSLY. AND THE ART, ANIMATION. GKNRNJREJRJGR THIS IS FRICKN AWESOME

[@sillygooseiseatingbread]

I'VE WATCHED THIS SO MANY TIMES ITS JUST SO GOOD!! The attention to detail is amazing this must have taken so long! Some timestamps I love

[@palpasaghimire]

hi sorry to bother you but who’s that crying at 2:43 i cant seem to recognise them or am i just dumb 😭

[@sillygooseiseatingbread]

@@palpasaghimire No thats all good, I'm not entirely sure but I think its Achillies, hope that helps :)

[@palpasaghimire]

@@sillygooseiseatingbread oh okay thank you

[@blueberryf1nch969]

This is gorgeous! You really captured the complexities of the story

[@greciavy]

I will never be over this video really. Beautiful work

[@jito7377]

Very good again. I did not expect this to be so long yet have so much details.

[@milky_pink_gl]

1:44 Which scene in the book was this? I finnished it a week ago but I can't recall this part this is so cute omg 😭

[@JoJammers]

Awwww thank you! It's just a montage I added for what I imagined their youth with Chiron would be like. I imagined they'd play around with their strict but patient horse dad as they grew up!

[@UntrainableWizard]

I've not read Song of Achilles, but I've read Homer's and Virgil's stories. I love the animatic so much. Admittedly, I'm more of the idea Patroclus and Achilles were more so best friends than lovers, but the sheer amount of love that people have for, not just the idea, but the characters, does bring happiness and it's introducing a lot more people to the stories of both characters and, let's be real, that's the most important part... 3-4,000 years later, people are still being introduced to new tellings and interpretations of the characters and the stories, and since most of the stories were told as word-of-mouth, I can pretty much imagine there were some nudges and winks thrown in when the ancient Greeks also talked about their "friendship", haha.

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

I wish Neoptolemus was explored more a boy living in the legacy of a man he hardly knew trying to live as best he could for right and wrong until he reached the city of the people that killed his father and caused him nothing but pain and looses himself in vengeance

[@hxbx8237]

best friends with benefits then ;)

[@San-qe9ey]

I saw some of the comments stating that they do not want to read the book as they already know the ending But i suggest you all to still read the book as it is the purest book which i have read and honestly speaking the way it was depicted was something out of our imagination