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For Tommy to be Theseus, what did that make Technoblade?
With his speeches, his Withers, his mockery of the word 'loyalty'?
Was he Lycomedes, taking Theseus in, only to betray him in the end?
Or was he too self-centered, was he a hero in his own story, a story of betrayal and deceit?
Could he be Achilles? Maybe Ajax? Strong, impossibly strong warriors, who were on the side of the Greeks during the Trojan War, which was one with false hope and security for the Trojans?
Did he consider Tommy even worthy enough to be a part of his story? Even a little bit, if not a main plot point? Did he care that he was treating a child like a grown soldier, like a war-torn veteran? That all he did was add to the trauma and betrayal building up in the boy who was hurt by everyone he met?
And who was Philza? With his wings, one might think Icarus, but there was no struggle, no one to ignore the warning of reaching too far, no euphoria of escape, only to fall, crash and burn like broken, caught prey. Who is he? An immortal, uncaring for those around him, his only concern being his old friend, an anarchist whose beliefs contradict each other?
Is he Thanatos? Is he merely a slave to his immortality, a servant to a force that cannot be tamed? Or could he be Achilles, so strong, untouchable, willing to destroy or create, only based on the will of his closest companion.
Or perhaps Odysseus, the strategist, the traveler, a man who spent years to get home, losing people along the way, favoured by a goddess...
Odysseus, who plotted the deceit of the Greeks in the Trojan War, who took Circe's magic from her leaving her to rot without it.
Not that he would care.
Why should Phil care for the ramblings of heroes and myths, when he himself is one? Why should he entertain the comparisons? What good does it do him? For he too, is a hypocrite, a man who would prefer to blame his issues on anyone but himself.
A man who didn't visit his son until it was too late.
Ah. Wilbur. Wibur, the musician, the man with a silver tongue, charm unlike any other, and mad. Madness that ran through him like blood ran through his veins.
Shall we call him Orpheus? A musician who played the lyre, voice uncontested, able to sooth the wrath of Hades and Persephone? His tale ends tragically, but not the same as Wilburs.
Perhaps we may see L'Manburg as Eurydice, but L'Manburg was never truly lost, only buried by the actions of those who wished it gone. Manipulated and spurned.
But Orpheus isn't the only musician in Greek mythology, a god is one as well. Apollo, god of music, of healing, of archery...
Apollo, who was fiercely loyal to his family, who fell in love many times, rejected or accepted, he was a romantic. Apollo, who took the Trojans side in the war because he was ordered to.
Apollo, who, with a breath, guided Paris' shot to Achilles heel, felling the great warrior and gaining temporary victory.
Perhaps he was Apollo.
But now?
With two of him, it's hard to tell. A ghost, happy and bright, and a spirit in the afterlife, who claims to wish destruction upon everything. Two of him, which existed at the same time.
Perhaps he is Persephone, who ventured to the underworld for her own wanderlust, who was named Kore, 'little girl', 'innocent', before she became 'destroyer'. Perhaps, her mothers overprotective nature drove her to seek love from the cold god of the underworld, who really wasn't so cold, only outcasted.
Perhaps Wilbur is not the leader everyone said he is. Perhaps he holds the same charisma, the same pull as Dream, only more dangerous, able to manipulate the world around him, twist the narrative to his favour.
Perhaps neither Wilbur, nor Dream, can be considered good.
Is anyone good? Truly?
Tommy certainly has been painted to be, and there is no logical way he can be evil, he's only a child. Children are products of the enviroment around them, growing up in war, in revolution, Tommy cannot be evil.
So, is Tommy Theseus?
He is certainly called so, the Blood God himself dubbing the child with the title.
But Theseus was a prince. Theseus was a prince, he had a father who cared deeply about him, and Tommy? Tommy is an orphan. Tommy never had a home, and while the narrative of giving yourself up for your home may fit, Theseus' story is so much more.
Theseus traveled to the underworld on a foolhardy, suicidal, mission to kidnap Persephone, he kidnapped Helen of Troy before Paris ran away with her, his story was not just of self-sacrifice, but also of arrogance and stupidity, and Tommy has never truely fit Theseus as anything but story progression.
A character that fits him, though?
Perhaps Atlas. Carrying the weight of the world on his back, always carrying, never stopping.
Cursed and forever alone.
For Tommy had Tubbo, once, but people move on, and Tommy must stay in the same place, holding the sky, making sure that everyone is safe, that everyone's attachments are safe.
But Atlas was a titan, and Tommy is a child.
And childrens arms get tired.