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nothing-personal-my-dear · 6 years

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Spartacus: Vengeance Rewatch - Episode 2: A Place In This World

Sex Scene: 2

“Cock”: 7 (plus a few “my cock rages on”)

“Cunt”: 1

“Kill Them All”: 0

“Fucking Gaul”: 1

Slow motion Face Punch: 4

Episode Name Dropped by: -

Memorable Death: THE GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Favourite Line: “Gods save me. I find myself in agreement with a Gaul.”

- I absolutely adore baby Oenomaus.

- He’s so vicious, I am totally here for it!

- “All men can be tamed. No matter how wild.”

- “If I held such desire, you would be split in two.” – that Batiatus family gets the best lines!

- Oenomaus in his Pit wear is fucking creepy.

- I love how bored with everything Chadara is.

- NASIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Loving the shadow fight. And it’s nice to know the gladiators can fight without screaming.

- I know mostly everyone on this show is either NZ or Aus, but this dominus sounds super Australian.

- Ah, good old ‘Tiberius’

- So I read somewhere that back in ancient times it was totally fine for men to have sex with other men, but as long as you were the ‘top’? So this dominus asking ‘Tiberius’ to “place cock in arse” is a really odd thing for those time. But, oh well.

- These slow-mo fights are one of my favourite things about Spartacus.

- Agron isn’t even using weapons this season apparently. He’s gonna use his fists to kill the Romans, or drown them in tiny ponds.

- Fuck Yeah Mira!!!!

- Spartacus loves stabbing dudes through the back of the head.

- All the gladiators grouped together look like a modelling shoot.

- Agron looking at Spartacus like “we weren’t actually given a choice. It was either follow you or die in that fucking ludus. Not much choice there buddy.” Then Spartacus looking at Agron all “shut the fuck up Agron”

- “I am Spartacus” – that line will never not get to me.

- The show of slavery here is amazing. The dominus is on his knees with a blade at his throat, essentially weak, and yet one word from him has his slaves cowering. That’s inane.

- Acer in the background all “yeah buddy, you about to die”

- The moment this guy realises he’s fucked up is brilliant.

- “How could I know that she held meaning?” “Did she not breathe? Did her heart not beat like any other woman’s? Yet you did not see a woman, did you? You just saw something to be used and discarded. You just saw a fucking slave!”

- I weirdly like Rhaskos and Chadara.

- “A rise too slight for eyes to notice.” – YAS MIRA!

- “A skill lacking in most men.” – SERIOUSLY MIRA IS QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

- This scene with Chadara basically explains her entire character. She is of the belief she has to have sex with someone strong and important so she can be safe. She never breaks that way of thinking and it’s kinda sad.

- “The hope of love to come. A danger in its own right.”

- Rhaskos penis. Honestly not as slight as Mira would have everyone believe.

- Salty Sassy Agron is my fave.

- Love that Agron knows Naevia is surely to be fucked up by her enslavement. No one else mentions it at all.

- “Every man has his worth.”

- AGRON AND NASIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- I would love to know what goes on in Nasir’s head when Spartacus removes his collar. I mean he’s basically grown up with that, how utterly naked would you feel without it? No wonder the little dude wanted to kill him.

- Ilithyia’s body slave is gorgeous!

- Flashback penis, again.

- That masturbation scene is so awkward with Glaber walking in, holy crap. BUT I do love that they portray female masturbation.

- Actually all these Spartacus/Ilithyia sex flashbacks makes a whole lot of sense for the end of S2.

- “The gods would rather piss on Rome than whisper in her ear.” I love how bitter Ilithyia is.

- Seriously Glaber, you clearly don’t know how to please a woman. You can’t make her feel like crap then expect her to want to have sex with you….

- GOATS!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH THE FIRST NAGRON EPISODE HAS GOATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My shipper heart is soaring once again!!!!

- Oh crap, I didn’t notice this first time. Mira saying she’s never known the comfort of a bed. Shit man.

- Oh gods, the awkward “what are we” talk. Yikes.

- “Let me never be from them.” – shit man, foreshadow? I’m not ready for that!

- I wanna believe Sparty has genuine feelings for Mira, but I also think he’s just telling her what she wants to hear without outwardly lying. She is clearly in love with him, but he doesn’t feel the same. He’ll never love anyone but Sura (and Varro, if we’re being honest).

- NASIR!!!!! Dude is so brave to take on the legend that is Spartacus. I love him.

- I remember when I first watched this, I started laughing as soon as Nasir started talking. HE’S JUST SO KIWI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- “You but take my masters place.” – so powerful.

- I love how Nasir already has his snarl down pat. He is constantly baring his teeth. I cannot wait for the first hiss, oh gods!

- NAGRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Holy fuck I love the banter between Sparty and Agron, ITS SO GOOD!

- Don’t hit the precious Nasir.

- Don’t lie Agron, we all know you’re into that “wild little dog.”

- I’ll say it again, SALTY SASSY AGRON IS MY FAVE!

- Oh, saw the girl with the penis that looks a hell of a lot less cgi than last time, yay.

- I love seeing Oenomaus fighting!

- “One must learn to kneel if he is ever to rise.” – yeah, but you ever gonna see any of these Romans kneeling? I don’t think so.

- Baby Quentis.

- I do actually really like Titus.

- I honestly thought those hooded figures where rebels. Imagine my surprise…

- Aww, chain around the neck reminds me of a Supernatural episode.

- Oenomaus in the Pits is fucking scary.

- I get that he’s lost and purposeless but Oenomaus is basically committing suicide in a very elaborate way. SOMEONE HELP HIM.

- “You wish to leave this world, I shall ferry you.” – no Anubis, wrong answer.

- AHHHHHH I love Agron training the new recruits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But then again, logically is that really the best option? Agron was only in the ludus for a few months whereas some of the other guys had been there for years. Shouldn’t someone with more experience be teaching the newbies?

- IT WAS A HISS!!!!!!!! A baby hiss, BUT A HISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- I do love how much of an interest in Nasir’s training Spartacus takes. But then later in the season and the next it’s like they were never friends?

- “And when it becomes as a feather? What purpose do you think it shall fly to?” “One of your own choosing.”

- I’m sorry, but Pana is fucking beautiful.

- Agron checking out Nasir. Sweety you ain’t subtle. SEE Donar sees it too!

- Noooo. Lucretia get away from that goat, what did it ever do to you!

- “I so wish to please you,” – hey there sexual tension.

- Okay the woman in market that comes to give gratitude to Lucretia is so beautiful.

- BAHAHA Ilithyia being friends with Seppia is hilarious!!!

- I do really like Marcus and his friendship with Glaber. It’s one of the few friendships where I don’t pick up on any romantic or sexual overtones.

- Seppius and that piece of fruit are really freaking me out. It’s all kinds of gross.

- This whole season seems to be about stripping Glaber down. Everyone (except Marcus) is picking on him and making him feel worthless and small. Poor dude. I mean he’s still an arse, but maybe he wouldn’t have been if everyone cut him some slack. Maybe.

- Crixus is totally posing on that couch behind Spartacus! It’s so overtly sexual, holy crap! Haha!

- NAGRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man, this scene!!!!!!!! AGRON IS SO AWKWARD! Dude cannot flirt at all! He’s so precious.

- AHHHHH DURO MENTION!!!!!!! I’m not ready for that! =[

- Nasir actually looks a little regretful after insulting Agron, MY SHIPPER HEART!

- Mira saving the day!

- “Freedom is not without cost.”

- The ritual is actually pretty cool…but did the goat have to die?!

- Ilithyia isn’t stupid. I wouldn’t give someone so clearly unstable a sharp blade either.

- THE GOAT HAS GOLDEN HORNS!??! Are you kidding me!

- "Your will, my hands” hey it’s back!

- Titus and baby Oenomaus are really sweet.

- Smirking Nasir is beautiful.

- Why was Agron the last to jump out and fight?

- Agron yelling for Spartacus gives me shivers.

- Nasir’s first kill!!! Woo!

- “My brother called me Nasir.” MY SHIPPER HEART IS ON FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- FU-CKI-NG ASHUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Argh! I was so pissed when he came back!

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ibtk · 3 years

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Book Review: Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz & Julia Iredale (2021)

(Full disclosure: I received a free ARC for review through Edelweiss and Library Thing's Early Reviewers program. Content warning for child abuse, animal abuse, and sexual assault.)

The children I spoke of before were like that. They weren’t alike, but they fit together, like lock and key. The boy, Rhaskos, was a slave boy. Unlucky at first. A Thracian boy—(Thrace is north of Greece) —redheaded, nervy, neglected. A clever boy who was taught he was stupid. A beautiful boy whose mother scarred him with a knife. The girl, Melisto, started life lucky. A rich man’s daughter, and a proper Greek. Owl-eyed Melisto: a born fighter, prone to tantrums, hating the loom. A wild girl, chosen by Artemis, and lucky, as I said before— except for one thing: she died young. This is their story. When it's over, if you like, you can tell me what it means.

"I want to tell you the things I never told anyone, in case this is my last chance. When I was alive, I didn’t talk much. So much of what I felt was a secret. I think that’s what I loved about the bear. Neither of us had any words."

Again we walked and talked. I never talked to anyone like that. No one ever talked like that to me. I talk to you still, Melisto. I’ve been talking to you ever since.

The red-haired boy variously known as Rhaskos, Thrax, and Pyrrhos is many things, though few of his masters care to know. He's Thracian nobility, with the scars to prove it - and also a slave, belonging to the wealthy Alexidemus and his soldier son Menon in Thessaly, and then to a humble potter named Phaistus in Athens. He loves horses and is as adept at handling them as he will one day become at drawing and sculpting them. He is a contemporary and friend of Sokrates, though he is powerless to stop his execution. He is an orphan, with a dolphin for a mother; a mother who loves him so fiercely that she curses a ghost to help set him free. He is like clay: common at first glance, but also not; capable of transmuting into creations lovely, clever, and full of value.

The owl-eyed girl called Melisto is seemingly as lucky as Rhaskos is not: the only child of a wealthy Athenian, Melisto wants for nothing. But she is a wild (read: untamed) girl child in a rigidly gendered society that has already predetermined Melisto's future for her: marriage, motherhood, a life of quiet domesticity. When, at the age of ten, Melisto is chosen to serve the goddess Athena as a Little Bear, her life opens up before her at Brauron; this is who she was meant to be. Like all good things, it cannot last.

Rhaskos and Melisto's destinies collide when Melisto frees a bear cub that is to be sacrificed to Athena. Or maybe their paths met even earlier, when Meda/Thratta was ripped from her toddler son. Perhaps the gods nudged them towards each other from birth. Alternately, the gods have nothing to do with it. Who can say? (Hermes, maybe. He has a lot to say and loves to hear himself talk!)

AMBER AND CLAY is ... not what I expected. Normally I'd steer clear of a contemporary (or any!) book styled after the ancient, epic poems (I positively labored through THE ODYSSEY and THE ILIAD in high school!), but the visual element sucked me in. I was under the (mistaken!) impression that AMBER AND CLAY would be heavier in illustrations than it actually is, almost as though part graphic novel. As it turns out, the illustrations - of archaeological artifacts - are a little sparser than I hoped, but they tie into the narrative quite nicely and add another layer of wonder and surprise to the story. The "exhibits" are really well done and do not disappoint.

Additionally, the synopsis had me thinking that this would be a supernatural romance; and while AMBER AND CLAY is indeed a love story, Rhaskos and Melisto are entirely too young to hook up, even by the time they finally meet near the story's end. (It's hard not to envision them - especially Rhaskos - as older than they are, both because the story seemingly stretching across years, and so much happens to these crazy kids to last several lifetimes.) Instead, this is a different kind of love story: AMBER AND CLAY tells of the love between a mother and her son; a father and his daughter; a teacher and his students; a girl and a bear; a ghost and her tether to the earth.

And despite my reservations about those epic poems, Schlitz both honors the form and breathes new life into it. While Melisto tells her story in prose, Rhaskos speaks in verse; and the gods sometimes address us commoners in turn-counterturn, occasionally using more complicated linguistic techniques like elegian couplets (which I barely recollect from HS English). This all sounds incredibly tricky and complicated (and undoubtedly is), but Schlitz pulls it off without a hitch. AMBER AND CLAY is fun and engaging, with a surprising sense of humor and expert sense of dramatic flair.

“Oh, Phaistus, look at his hair! He’ll be beautiful once he’s healed. We’ll call him Pyrrhos!” As if I were a dog. Pyrrhos means fiery. Half the red-haired slaves in Athens are called Pyrrhos.

It is, dare I say, exceedingly readable.

Honestly, I let out a little groan when I saw the "Cast of Characters" on page one, complete with various households and multiple monikers for the same people; but the story, the characters, their relationships to one another - all are easy enough to follow.

Schlitz's characters, both those based on historical figures and those spun from imagination and whimsy, are so full of life that they practically jump off the page. Rhaskos and Melisto; Meda and Lysandra; Phaistus and Zosima; Menon and Lykos; and, of course, Sokrates. Likewise, her descriptions of Greek life and customs left me hungering to learn more. Naturally, the most fascinating custom - that of the Little Bears of Brauron - is also that which we know the least about.

The scenes featuring Melisto and the bear cub are among my favorite in the book. In a story filled with animal sacrifice, this little slice of compassion and respect is life-affirming; to wit:

It turned in slow circles and collapsed with its rump pressed against her thigh. Melisto put one hand on it. It seemed to her that she had never touched anything more real than the bear cub.

For a moment her mind slipped back into the past. She recalled the bruises she had carried from her mother’s pinches, and the sore patches on her scalp from Lysandra’s hair-pulling. She remembered the loathing in her mother’s face that struck terror into her soul. She had never been afraid of the bear like that.

and

On the nights when she waded into the bay and watched the moon, she was barely conscious of the fact that it was she who saw, and the moon that was being watched. In the same way, she did not measure how much she loved the bear. She was the bear.

Likewise, Rhaskos's interactions with Grau/Phoibe are so wonderfully tender, my heart aches just to think back on them. From the moment he renames her (grau means hag) - a change of name that's much more respectful than those Rhaskos was forced to accept - Rhaskos treats his donkey charge with decency and kindness. The same kindness that he himself longs for.

Animals know when things get better. People might not know, but animals do. That very first day, Grau knew I was going to be good to her and I swear to you, she was glad.

Cue the "what is this salty discharge" gifs.

AMBER AND CLAY is such a beautiful story, and I'm glad I took a chance on it. Iambic pentameter be damned.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3861642614

#books #reviews #amber and clay #fiction #historical fiction #Laura Amy Schlitz #Julia Iredale #ancient greece #novels in verse #ghosts #animal sacrifice #child abuse

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ao3feed-nagron · 5 years

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The March

by NotRoman (Manniness)

Sequel to The Army

Armies, allies, and assassins. The march north has begun.

WARNINGS: Basically, if you've seen the TV show, you know what kind of triggers to expect. (I feel that the Starz Spartacus series itself is "Explicit" and, since this fic is a Canon AU, I'm sticking with that rating.) HOWEVER, I will post warnings (such as DEATH, TORTURE, GORE (violent or medicinal), and SEXYTIMES) at the beginning of corresponding chapters. FYI, I have ZERO plans to describe Non-Con/NCS in detail.

Words: 4612, Chapters: 1/8, Language: English

Series: Part 9 of And Prove More Fierce

Fandoms: Spartacus Series (TV), Spartacus: War of the Damned

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Nasir (Spartacus), Agron (Spartacus), Duro (Spartacus), Aurelia (Spartacus), Janus (Spartacus), Donar (Spartacus), Chadara (Spartacus), Crixus (Spartacus), Naevia (Spartacus), Spartacus, Mira (Spartacus), Rhaskos (Spartacus), Acer (Spartacus), Mannus (Spartacus), Rabanus (Spartacus), Leviticus (Spartacus), Fortis (Spartacus), Litaviccus, Lydon (Spartacus), Ortius, Fulco, Vitus (Spartacus), Lysandros (Spartacus), Gannicus (Spartacus), Sibyl (Spartacus), Oenomaus (Spartacus), Sanus, Lugo (Spartacus), Saxa (Spartacus), Harudes (Spartacus), Totus (Spartacus), Vertiscus, Adal, Castus (Spartacus)

Relationships: Agron/Nasir, Duro/Aurelia

Additional Tags: canon AU, canon era AU, So beings the longest of Long Reveals, Because yeah maybe you guys have waited long enough, Nasir's watchful shadow, Agron and Duro's backstory

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imaginesfordayss · 7 years

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You had only recently been sold to the Gladiator Villa when you were assigned to oversee the training yard. You had heard the whisperings of the slave before you taking his own life and this did not comfort you as you made your way down to the training sands.

Over 20 men graced the sands, all in some form of combat practice. You saw a few of them sparring with one another, while others beat at wooden posts. It was a sea of sweat, strength, and testosterone and your anxiety spiked.

“(Y/n)!” A dark skinned man from under the awning yelled at you. You recognized him from before when you met your Dominus. Oenomaus was his name if your memory proved correct, he was the doctore of this Ludus.

“Yes Doctore?” You said approaching him.

“You are my new assistant?” He asked shortly.

“Yes Doctore.”

He studied you for a moment before motioning to the water barrels, “See to it they have water.” You nodded and hurried to the water barrel.

You were just pouring a second cup when you felt someone approach you from behind.

“You’re a pretty little thing.” A raspy voice came from behind. You whipped around to see one of the gladiators eyeing you, a bald man of average height and a taunting face. “You’re Doctore’s new bitch.” He stated, drawing closer to you.

Saying nothing you tried to move around him, but he grabbed you hard by the upper arm. You fear rose quickly as he loomed over you, pulling you closer to his body.

“Rhaskos!”

Both of you turned to see a man with short blonde approaching quickly. He grabs Rhaskos hard by the shoulders and shoves him, breaking his hold on your arm as he falls to the ground. Rhaskos growls deep in his throat as he jumps from the ground, punching your unnamed savior hard in the face, which is met in kind by a swift jab in the ribs by the blonde.

A full on fight is beginning to form when two more men join and pull the two apart. You are frozen in shock and fear at the brutal display of power.

“That’s enough!” Oenomaus yells once his attention is drawn to the scuffle. He marches over to the now crowd of gladiators, “Everyone return to task or the lash will be in your imminent future.”

Rhaskos gives one last rumbling growl before sharply turning away, returning to the sands. You don’t realize how hard your shaking until a hand settles suddenly on your shoulder.

“Are you alright?” It’s the blonde, your savior. Blood is trickling from a cut on his chin and he’s covered in dust and dirt, but otherwise looks unharmed. “Rhaskos is a brute on a good day,” he continues, “You cannot show any weakness or you will fall prey to his advances, and I won’t always be here to stop him.”

You nod silently, still mostly in shock from all that so abruptly went down. He pats your shoulder before turning away.

“Your name!” You spit out suddenly and he turns to you with a questioning look. “I don’t know your name.” You say, nervous.

A slight smile graces his face before answering, “I am Varro.”

You let out a shaky breath, “Varro.” You say testing the name on your tongue, “Gratitude Varro.”

#Varro #Varro imagine #Spartacus #Spartacus Imagine #imagine

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spartacusbrasil-blog1 · 4 years

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Gannicus em Spartacus

Nos anos seguintes a sua liberdade, Gannicus presumivelmente viajou pela Península Itálica e em uma dessas viagens viajou para Sinuessa En Valle. Lá ele conheceu um ferreiro romano, chamado Attius, e eles se tornaram bons amigos. Embora não fosse mais um gladiador, ele acompanhou os eventos que ocorreram em Cápua. Durante esse período longe de Cápua, ele ouvira muitas histórias sobre o "Gália Invicto", que ele conhecia como Crixus e ficou satisfeito ao saber que se tornou campeão após sua partida.Gannicus aprenderia mais tarde sobre a revolta de Spartacus e a morte de seu antigo domínio. Mais tarde, ele descobriu que Rhaskos, Crixus e Oenomaus seriam mortos na arena ad gladium em Cápua. Isso o levou a retornar à sua cidade antiga, querendo lhes dar uma morte honrosa na arena.

Fonte: Tudo sobre Gannicus

#spartacus #frasesspartacus

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naisvalta · 5 years

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when mira is so flabbergasted anyone would willingly sleep with rhaskos that she thinks hes r*ping the woman hes with kdjdjdksksk mood

#i forget the name of the woman i havent watched spartacus in years #j speaks #rape mention

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magterrific · 7 years

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d, f, o, r, t?

d - dorian (almost human)

f - francis (francis the talking mule)

o - oenomaus (spartacus)

r - rhaskos (spartacus)

t - two (dark matter)

send me five letters for five favorite characters!

#asks #maxximofffs #tysm!

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nothing-personal-my-dear · 6 years

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Spartacus : Vengeance Rewatch - Episode 5: Libertus

Sex Scene: they were in a whore house. So lots.

“Cock”: 0 wtf

“Cunt”: 0 wtf

“Kill Them All”: honestly surprised they didn’t say this, being in the Arena and all.

“Fucking Gaul”: 1

Slow motion Face Punch: 3

Episode Name Dropped by: none.

Memorable Death: RHASKOS MY BABY!!

Favourite Line: “I’ve had my fill of games, let us leave the arena forever.”

- I seriously missed the Arena!

- Those Gladiators, I’m loving their style!

- Ha! I love all the dick measuring going on with the Romans, and the woman pulling all the strings.

- They are all so excited for the executions. Savages.

- Okay, so I have a love/hate thing with Glaber. On one hand, he’s a dick. On the other, will people stop putting him down, geez!!!!

- “God of the Arena” awesome.

- HOLY CRAP GANNICUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Gannicus.

- Okay, I hadn’t watched the prequel season when I first saw s2, and I 1000% thought Oenomaus and Gannicus were sworn enemies with the way they were looking at each other.

- I love seeing Oenomaus fight.

- Something I hate about the effect Spartacus has on people is how they doubt themselves constantly and beg for his approval. Agron is prime example. Agron made the right call in saving their people but because Sparty is upset and most of the Gauls are dead he thinks he made the wrong choice and seeks Spartacus’ forgiveness. Seriulsy, Agron is way smarter than Sparty, who lets his emotions guide him and dammed the consequences.

- “Mistakes were made on both sides” – NO they weren’t!

- DONAR!!!!!!!!!!

- “Finally, gods show fucking favour”. I have missed Agron and his swearing.

- Donar and his axe. I love it more than I can say.

- Agron is so adorable.

- “So the gods finally fuck me to the afterlife. Care to join me”

- Donar and Agron are still clearly looking for a fight, which sucks because the man is no real threat. Their thirst for blood reminds me more of s3.

- AGRON!!! I JUST, I CANT WITH THIS MAN, HE IS AMAZING!

- I love how deeply offended Agron is by being called a Gaul.

- EAST OF THE RHINE!

- Lucius is such a grey character for me. When I first watched, I couldn’t tell if he was friend or foe, right until the end. Even in this rewatch, I still can’t place him.

- A split second shot of Agron and he looks like a painting, a marble statue, perfection. He is so gorgeous.

- “You could not have made speech before swinging the last of the wine.”

- Rhaskos is a beautiful man.

- Yeah, Ashur, to the Arena! I wish he died.

- Something I love about Marcus and Glaber is that I never once shipped them, they were so purely bro’s that I never saw a hint or possibility of anything romantic. Even now, they are still bro’s and I respect that.

- Does Varinius really actually want a wife? He really seems like all he wants is sex.

- Oh all the talk of the abortion is intense. Ilithyia clearly doesn’t want to, no matter how much she wants Varinius.

- Nasir’s wound looks super CGI, like that CGI penis from s1. Not good man.

- AGRON BY NASIR’S SIDE AND THANKING NAEVIA IS EVEYTHING. My shipper heart.

- I love how soft Agron looks. THIS IS WHAT LOVE DOES TO YOU BABY!

- I never considered an Agron/Naevia friendship …… still don’t think it’d work. I’m more for Nasir/Naevia.

- “Soiled and Ruined.” = that’s really rough, but sadly understandable.

- Sparty looks so extra spinning his sword. I know you miss your bf, but seriously calm the fuck down.

- Oh wait, Sparty doesn’t give a damn that Crixus is about to die. He’s having a hissy fit because people are praising his name anymore? Get the fuck out.

- Sparty has some bat-shit crazy ideas, but they make for good entertainment. I suppose it’s part of his charms.

- “A woman will always be moved to protect a child.”

- “House of Batiatus”, been a long time since we heard that.

- I do love Lucretia knowing all about abortions though. She is such a Madame.

- Knowing what I know all these Lucretia/Ilithyia scenes are kinda tainted….but that doesn’t stop me from loving the absolute love in Lucretia’s eyes and the trust and forgiveness in Ilithyia’s.

- NOOOO LUCRETIA, DON’T SAVE ASHUR. Fuck you Ashur.

- “The gods yet have use of you.”

- Lucretia is such a badass woman. She is so damn intelligent.

- OHMYGODS I CLICKED PAUSE TO WRITE SOMETHING ELSE BUT IT PAUSED ON AGRON’S BEAUTIFUL FUCKING FACE WITH HIS MEGA WATT SMILE AND EYES FULL OF HAPPINESS AND LOVE!!! This is boy is precious and must be protected at all costs.

- NAGRON BE STILL MY HEART I CAN’T TAKE IT!

- Ahhh, look at that cupping of the cheek!

- I do like that Sparty is super impressed with Nasir’s willingness to fight.

- “This time you stay, and I go.”

- HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK!!!! THAT KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is sweet, and shy, and full of love and affection. Agron looks so soft, just all the soft sweet things.

- As much as I love the Nagron kiss, Nasir’s reaction is off, and totally understandable. He’s a little confused, a little wary, a little afraid, and there’s the hidden joy there too. This might be the first time someone has shown him genuine affection and he doesn’t know how to respond to it. Nasir is just learning what it means to be free, and that means feelings things he’s never allowed himself to feel. His heart is brand new and fragile. He’s scared to let anyone in like that, and I think a part of him is afraid he’ll be reduced to a warm body again. (I could go on, but I’m actually writing a fic about this! Ha!)

- BUT ITS SO HARD TO DENY HOW MUCH AGRON LOVES NASIR!

- I love this pairing so much.

- “I would overtake soft voice with bold words.”

- I honestly don’t understand how Spartacus can trust a man he’s know a few hours to lead his people to safety???? These are people he’s vowed to protect, and he’s just pawning them off like they’re nothing. None of his “Generals” are there to see these people to safety, no one he truly trusts. It’s a big ‘wtf’ for me.

- Oh gods, the camera pans to Agron when Sparty says “we have been divided” and Agron looks so ashamed. NO BABY NO, YOU DID THE RIGHT THING. FUCK SPARTACUS.

- Gannicus sex scene, slow-mo seems a little extra. Not that it wasn’t amazing though.

- The whore Gannicus fucked, is super freaking cute. And I know my wording is super harsh but she doesn’t have a name.

- Gannicus has the saddest eyes I’ve ever seen.

- OH CRAP I DIDN’T REAALISE BY THAT WHORE LOOKS LIKE SYBIL IN S3, how fitting.

- Seeing Lucretia on that balcony looking like a queen is amazing.

- “May it crumble in our wake”

- OH FUCK YOU ASHUR!

- I love how cautious Ilithyia is when Glaber sends the slaves away. She doesn’t wanna be alone with him. Very good instincts.

- Oh Ilithyia, cut so deep.

- “Have we drifted so far, from the love we once held?”

- “You will do as your husband commands.” I am so eternally grateful not to be alive in those times.

- Oh my gods, there is a part of me that really wants Glaber and Ilithyia to make up and be in love again. It’s a small part that comes out during good acting.

- See, I still kinda want a Lucretia/Albinius friendship.

- I didn’t know what the hell Varinius was saying with the Gladiators, but then I looked it up and it was the style of fighting and armour the Gladiators use. I never knew there was such structure to it, which makes it all the more amazing.

- Fuck I’ve missed the gladiator fights. They are more brutal than the battles.

- The store room of the dead is so fucking gross. I love it.

- The rebels popping out of the bloody water is one of the best things I’ve ever seen!

- I really love when they have silent fights.

- Sparty and Agron in the armour is fucking hilarious. They look like little children playing dress-up.

- Donar is so worried about Agron! I love their friendship, and we were robbed of that brilliance.

- I sigh at Mira/Spartacus scenes. It’s like he wants to love her, but he can’t, so he gives her lines he tells to all the rebels but his eyes are little softer so she thinks they’re in love. My queen deserves more.

- “If any of you hold faith in any gods now would be the time to fucking entreat them.”

- “It is an honour to stand beside you on the sands.” THE RESPECT CRIXUS HAS FOR OENOMAUS IS BEAUTIFUL.

- Crixus can’t hide how excited he is to fight in the Arena again, and I love it.

- The crowd throws lettuce. What did lettuce ever do to you? and seriously, these people are meant to be poor…why you throwing away food you cant afford?

- Agron walks more naturally in the armour than Spartacus – who has actually worn armour before (never this lavish but still)

- AGRON’S FACE WHEN SPARTY OPENS HIS MOUTH! He’s all like “shut the fuck up dick head, we are trying to HIDE here.”

- Gannicus loves his brothers, though he has a weird way of showing it.

- “I begin to question fucking plan.”

- NO RHASKOS. DON’T HURT MY BABY. They’re all my babies at this point, lbr, except Spatry.

- I love how Gannicus absolutely NEEDS to be the one to fight Oenomaus.

- I would seriously be going as nuts as the crowd is over this fight. It’s awesome.

- BABY NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RHASKOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M LEGIT TEARING UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why couldn’t they have saved Rhaskos?!?!?!?!?!?!

- Mira is amazingly smart.

- OH I LOVE ILITHYIA HOLDING ONTO LUCRETIA FOR SUPPORT!

- Gannicus is so agile.

- “I will send you to her arms brother.” I AM SO EMOTIONAL.

- I was so worried about Gannicus and Oenomaus

- Taking down the Arena is so fucking brutal and amazing and I love it.

- Glaber protects Ilithyia, Seppius protects Seppia – THESE MEN PROTECTING THEIR LOVES. For now anyways.

- I actually really like Seppius and Seppia for the simple fact that they seem to actually care about people more than status. They cared that Mercarto died, that was very human of them.

- I love a good neck snapping.

- Agron kinda has his own version of a hiss AND I LOVE IT.

- Look at those intestines.

- Cossutius, thank the gods he’s gone. His death was so extra though.

- OMG that cut on Galber’s cheek from a thrown spear is very s1, when Sparty stood in the arena and a spear was thrown at him. wow.

- Sparty throwing his sword, again!

- “I’m not the fool you and your daughter think me.”

- Holy cow, Glaber is so angry and vengeful – oh what a fitting word choice.

- I was so worried they were gonna show us Albinius’ smashed face then.

- I love that Gannicus kinda relaxes a bit at seeing Crixus. I like this friendship.

- It’s so beautiful seeing the Arena burn, after all the lives it’s taken.

- OH THE RUDIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- I’m honestly surprised Donar leaves, as if he wouldn’t wait for Agron.

- Oh gods, seriously, Glaber. Let your wife grieve before you completely ruin her whole life.

- Varinius is a fucking coward.

- WHAT THE FUCK THE WHOLE EPISODE THE WORDS “COCK” AND “CUNT” WEREN’T SAID AT ALL. Am I even watching Spartacus anymore?!

- I’ve noticed on the episodes with a prominent Agron, my comments almost double. I’m okay with this.

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