#if Achilles chooses to fight the Trojans he'll die during the war

[atlantic-riona]

Batgirl #9 (2000) // the Iliad trans. Caroline Alexander // Táin Bó Cuailnge trans. Thomas Kinsella

#cassandra cain #dc #batgirl #batman #web weaving #I've wanted to make this post for years now #when I first read this scene in the comic I almost screamed!! the choice between a short life and glory or a long life and mediocrity. just #AHHHHHHHHH #anyway DC should do more with this Cassandra Cain is SUCH an interesting character with #the way she shares characteristics with classic heroes of myth and legend #I mean all superheroes do to a certain extent #but they're usually not this overt #may never do this again lol I have zero programs for this and it took forever #but also the more I focused on it the more parallels I found #Achilles and his mother #Cass and Lady Shiva #heck even to some extent Cúchulainn and Cathbad #who may or may not be his grandfather #if Cass chooses to get Shiva's help she'll have to come back in a year to fight to the death (and she expects to die) #if Achilles chooses to fight the Trojans he'll die during the war #if Cúchulainn picks up those weapons (choosing to fight for glory) his life will be short #if Cass chooses to do things Bruce's way (choosing her father) she'll can be Batgirl again #but never with the same skill level #if Achilles chooses to return to his father's land he will never achieve fame and glory but he'll live a long life #you can't really see it in these snippets but Cúchulainn's already made the choice and it can't be taken back #but you could parallel it with Conchobar's anger or with Cathbad's prediction of woe coming to that child #they're his mother's family but they are the paternal figures here #and in the end all three choose perfection and glory and fame over a long life of mediocrity #ANYWAY I find it fascinating #dc once again please hire me