#when in rome i guess

[thecalciumcollector]

new post, WHAT THE FUCK? HUH? WHAT. THE SHIT.

#its all falling apart #When in Rome I guess #ninjago dragons rising #I loved season 2 so much #But WHYD IT END LIKE THAT???

[brother-emperors]

spartacus and crassus :)

this is actually a rejected panel from a much longer comic I’ve been fucking around with on and off for awhile- I had plans to do a long form spartacus comic for a long time, I just keep missing the last book on my research list in second hand stores 😔 I always have money when the last copy sells out aughhh

anyway! I might call crassus my girl in the group chat, but I’ve actually spent more years wishing that spartacus got to run crassus through on his sword and then read the fate of rome out of his entrails. ALAS. on that note, isn’t it kind of interesting how spartacus’ funeral games for crixus turn roman order upside down and feel like both a foundational sacrifice and a curse? isn’t it kind of fun how crassus will not die in rome, and neither will pompey, who came in like a vulture to take credit for crassus’ work? (it’s VERY fun)

Plutarch, Crassus

#Spartacus and Crassus have a very specific kind of narrative foil dynamic with each other that I find extremely compelling #Team spartacus bc I love to see rome eat itself like the horrible machine of violence that it is #and then cower in the face of what it created #That one doc that dramatized the starting spark was spartacus not being able to turn away from a Roman soldier #raping another gladiator. That’s what it all comes down to. Christ #Team crassus when the cast is just Romans because oh you are weird. Crassus you are so fucking weird. What is happening there. #BLAH anyway. panel rejected bc the scene needed to be bigger. grander. more bodies on the ground #Spartacus still get to call him a dog tho. Tahol Crassus! Tahol!!! #usually I have more to cite. Like. Most of my gladiator stuff is backed up on a flash drive! but guess what is not compatible with #An iPad. My flash drives. Bc I literally only use this for drawing work 🥲 also reading/researching on a screen like this is hell #spartacus #marcus licinius crassus #spartacus tag

[kyouka-supremacy]

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#So............... No Akutagawa #Little more to add. I can't wait to see where Dostoyevsky's backstory is going but there's still little to comment on #When they mentioned Rome I was like 👀👀👀👀👀 #Time for my greatest fear to become reality? (Twinkified anime character Dante Alighieri) #I used to think “oh no I don't want Dostoyevsky to be immortal because then I won't be able to ship fyo/zai :((( ” #But now that it happened I'm very indifferent to it lol like. #Dating an immortal human (?) being won't make it even to the top ten weirdest things Dazai has done #It's interesting to see Dostoyevsky had a previous contact with Bram. I wouldn't have imagined they knew each other before. #And then they met again and Bram is a popsicle. Ahah. Dostoyevsky must have been like. Serves you right. #What else. The whole Fukuchi deal is... Eh #Teruko's whole role in this chapter is something of the most sexist thing the author could muster #But like. Okay. We are not talking about this I guess #random rambles

[leofrith]

hidden one leofrith. you agree.

#going insane again #its about the being untethered from the thing that's been your life's purpose for as long as you can remember #and then finding a new family and a new cause to fight for 🤌 #when leofrith still goes to rome to kill burgred but he's going as a hidden one. do you see do you understand #posts that are just for me. you're all welcome to look at them tho i guess ❤️ #leofrith #ky posts text

[bunkernine]

society if hoo had them at uni age and the lost trio went to chb and chiron is like "how tf are ANY of u alive and unclaimed". wilderness was just community college.

#on a serious note this changes a lot actually. annabeth and percy would not be in chb anymore so when percy goes missing #its like. a genuine possibility and fear because demigods don't make it that old. there is also some added time between tlo and tlh as well #further adding to jasons isolation as being even WEIRDER than everyone else. he also would've been praetor for longer so maybe the romans #wouldve cared more. this also does away with the plot hole of ppl not giving a shit that jason piper and leo (and dylan) straight up #dipped. introducing piper especially to a summer camp makes chb less appealing because they're too old for that and thus makes their #departure from chb make more sense in toa. yet also it opens up the possibility of new rome uni.... which i cannot see any reason as to why #leo would not go there!!!!! outside of being banned cuz he bombed new rome lol. but pipers sexuality arc works for college too!!! ur never #too old to find urself. but also this is the question of if you are able to relatively function in society (this is more for piper leo fran #and i guess percy) then why would you even fight this prophecy??? anyway lol them being college aged is perfect cuz percy is literally #going to a new place and having a new transition with new ppl... like u do in college LOL. now the question is would hazel still be 13. nic #is a lot older at this point and perhaps has the same age gap as bianca and him did 🤔 cant remember. but also don't know why hazel was 13 #in the first place lol. idk. in my college hoo she is just a senior in hs about to graduate from spqr and thinking about staying there or #possibly going to newru after seeing frank make the decision the previous year! SAD! #anyway in hoo. percy and annabeth are sophomores. frank and the lost trio are freshman. #but then in toa. percy annie frank and the lost trio are all graduating cuz percy got held back and Annabeth failed after tartarus fr. #but then also know that piper never went to newru and is adamant about going to mortal uni. and leo kills in newru but is bored. nvm i #forgot he died 🧍‍♂️ ummmmmm ok. ignore leo. and jason actually. so um. ok that really threw me off but are u getting it. that's when apollo #is like 'heeyyyyy i need help pwease 🥺' and they're all like 'dude.' #OK! #but also i ackowedge that this is a children's book and i am not its demographic so god be with you.

[silvercaptain24]

Growing up is weird

#silver rambles #vent #that post about the ‘how you knew someone else came from money’ is just. sticking with me #mostly cause as a kid I didn’t realize how bad off we were #like. I didn’t realize we got groceries from the food bank run by the church my dad worked at until I was a teen #it just. affected me subtly I guess #being worried about a $2 difference in shoes when I needed new ones because I liked the more expensive ones #and my mom having to convince me that it was fine #it still sticks with me #it’s really hard sometimes to not think about cost if my dad and I go get lunch or something #I’ve never been to another country #meanwhile my friends would go to Rome and Sweden and India and Greece and Mexico for their 12 year old trips #I stayed in the same state for the one with my mom and only went a state over for the one with my dad #but like #yeah. I always sorta knew #I just. couldn’t have told you that I knew #all the little things you didn’t know growing up #I didn’t know about the groceries thing until yeah. I was…16-17 I think #and now we’re much better off and I have my own job (technically two) but like… #hhh. #why is my brain fixating on this? idk #sorry #needed the thoughts out

[chuchaaay]

(Rome, 2023)

I took AP European History when I was a sophomore in high school so imagine the overwhelming emotions I felt witnessing everything I’ve learned come to life. Plus the Catholic girl in me was thriving. I think I love my small, simple life 🖤

#this is a queue #please I want to go back and explore more! #it was honestly one of my bucket list 😭 #it reminded me of that meme #“’you know you made it when you’re eating pasta in the streets of Italy’ #yes yes I guess I did #also no taxes there haha so I splurged #ahhhh I want to travel more #Rome #Italy #Europe #Rome travel #travel #travel blog #me #!! #personal #Roma #photography

[j-ellyfish]

Changing the official human names of Countries feels so uncalled for most of the time, I really do not understand it. Are some names rarely used nowadays? Well duh, they're centuries old. It just makes things confusing to me, I'd rather keep it inaccurate than confusing 😶 It's not like Hetalia was ever meant to be very accurate in any sense anyway.

#like I get it for cases like Lukas I guess? although it's still confusing when an official name exists albeit inaccurate #but like oh god stop changing the Italies' names #and I think Berwald sounds better than Björn for Sve 💔 #literally oh my god stop using Lorenzo for South Italy #at least 'Romano' has 'Rome' in its root although it's not popular in the South #Lorenzo sounds more Northern and would unironically fit Feli better than it would Romano #but still #STICK TO FELICIANO AND ROMANO PLS #hetalia #ary spoke

[ehh-is-the-name]

so basically here's my understanding of the groink situation:

taylor came back to apologize, groink commented accepting it when he is not black which upset alot of people

groink later made an apologize on discord

his first apologize was terrible, so he make a second one

im not black so i dont have any say i just observe, but basically that's all i know, groink left to reflect on his mistake so idk what happen to aib

i hope i didnt make any dumb mistake in this, im rlly dumb, if someone can cover this topic better than me plz do lol

oh my fucking god, are you serious...?

I was genuinely worried he did some fucked up stuff he was apologising for. People are seriously labelling him a racist and a bigot over this? I can't with this drama.

#And before anyone gets on my ass #yes. I am black. #I think it's really weird that this is what opinions around this have to be based on #but when in Rome do what the Romans do I guess #fandom drama #animated inanimate battle #tw racsim

[archduchessofnowhere]

Queen Marie Sophie of the Two Sicilies, Rome, circa 1861

Via Gallica

#actually I have no idea when this pic was taken but it's from her time in rome and she looks fairly young so I'm making a guess #but it could also be idk 1864 #queen marie sophie of the two sicilies

[andthebeanstalk]

Me, an American, researching the fall of the Roman Republic and noticing some... parallels:

Image description: a gif from what looks like a 90s anime film, showing a woman leaning in to look at a computer and seeing that it is glitching and repeating itself. She looks at it wide-eyed in concern and fascination.

#original #american politics #rome #roman empire #really Rome fell multiple times in a way. I feel like the Roman Republic dissolving and becoming an Empire is a kind of fall. #listen. i want the state to dissolve as much as the next guy but we have got to get on this community organizing and defense business ASAP #because when empires fall it often ends most poorly for the folks who are already the most in need of help #and that is the extent of my modern knowledge. my ancient-world knowledge tells me now is a good time to invest in #horse-mounted combat. #so i guess i should learn more about the gun debate as it pertains to Black liberation bc i only ever hear the white side of the gun debate #and I'm not saying that Erik Killmonger was RIGHT i am just saying that he was actually probably right and there is a reason that the film #had him strangle an old woman and burn the sacred flower grove after becoming King of Wakanda and the reason is that otherwise he is #just the hero of the film. #and we can't have a marvel film that isn't painfully centrist and we can't have a marvel film that changes the social landscape of the #shared universe #anyway i do still think mounted combat sounds rad as hell but it is possibly outdated lol #also i heard this great limestone recipe for building GREAT BIG DOMES #which seemed important to Rome. their domes outlasted their shitty government anyway. #if anyone shows up claiming to be the next Caesar kill him immediately. but watch out. he has a nephew who will HUNT YOU DOWN LIKE DOGS #that was an octavian caesar joke. he was julius Caesar's great nephew and (posthumously) adopted son #and also the single scariest bitch in roman history. if this was Heathers he'd be the red one. and also Veronica would die halfway thru #because you DO NOT WANT TO FUCK WITH OCTAVIUS CAESAR

[hetaliafucker]

The 2022 Ebenezer Scrooge just gives me Arthur but as a Gilf vibes and I'm just. I need. I need AU fanart of Arthur as the 2022 Scrooge.

#On my knees #Alfred could be Isabel because we love Usuk angst and it fits. Listen to Later Never Comes and tell me that doesn't scream- #-Alfred deciding he's fucking off to start a revolution #Francis can be Christmas Present because that man was CAMP and Framcis woulda slay #Matthew could be Christmas Past because she kinda looked like Isabel in the movie so tracks I guess? #And he's be sassy with Arthur I think #Gilbert can be Christmast Future because. Creepy little sad emo pale man scaring Arthur for laughs is funny #Acts creepy and mysterious and then drops the act aorund the other ghosts and it just pissing himself 'You should have seen his face!' #Antonio could be Past too because. Bad Bitch Trio too so. Either way. #The Cratchit's could be the UK bros 💀 Tiny Tim < Petite Peter #But also would he do that to family? It could be he lost Peter when he was younger. Like Scrooge with his sister #So the Germanics could be the Cratchits? With Lichtenstein dying I guess? Who knows #What if it's Holy Rome 💀💀💀 #Anyway- #Hetalia #Christmas Carol #Arthur Kirkland #Ebenezer Scrooge #Hws England #I'm. Not tagging everyone else.

[catboyrightsdefender]

in9 wild ass show got me looking gayly at pride n prejudice 1995 mr collins' tits

#.txt #guess he's aging like fine wine. i mean i was already looking when he played cicero in hbo rome soloo #sooooo* #but still. wild.

[currently-having-a-gay-crisis]

it’s my fave tumblr day!!!

#ides of march #rip caesar #i guess #et tu brute #my fave day on here #the posts are all just so good #julius caesar #the real roman’s revenge lmao #when you really think about it #ancient rome #the ides of march have come #but they have not passed #you know #anyways that’s all

[kingkangyohan]

the energy of this french Kpop Magazine with Got7 front cover and Ji Sung postcard

found on Vinted EU

#same vibes of my travel mug #yes #you know #when in Rome #spend all your free time on vinted i guess #the devil judge #tagged for REASONS #kill me heal me #got7 #Ji Sung

[beachboysnatural]

Decided to watch The Scarlett O’Hara War instead because I trust Tony Curtis to be good as David Selznick and so far the only things that have irked me are that Paulette Goddard was a brunette (at least in 1938) and Chaplin wasn’t that old yet

#i'm pissed that olivier is apparently not a character in this because he was highkey instrumental to the whole thing #but i guess if the whole thing is from the hollywood perspective it makes sense #is this how samael feels when they watch hbo rome because i get it