Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140829002738/@comment-226878-20140830034559

If I accepted the easiest answers at face value, there would be no point to ever stating my opinion, because I'd just be another sheep. Not to say that I'm contrary for it's own sake.

Let's not forget that Achilles, like Thor, basically lived for battle. It enlivened him and he really didn't have any friends outside of the military as was common in that era in which many men had metaphorical (if/when not actual) romances with other men, particularly soldiers.