I was watching ep 2 of Spartacus: Gods of the Area and then we got to this sequence in ep 2 and my jaw hit the floor. I cannot believe a show went there! This just might be the most fucked up thing I've seen on TV in a while...
So, basically Batiatus and Lucrezia want to catch a particularly rich client, who they invite over to their house and show off their gladiators to (by making them fight to the death while they chat and gossip). And then they decide to really push the deal and offer Gannicus to the client for 'fun.' WTF!!!!!!!!!! I mean, not WTF because I am sure more extreme things happened every day, but it's not something I ever expected to see in a show (or anywhere outside of fanfic, actually).
And if you think this fucked up, it gets worse - the client says he's too drunk to sex anyone up so why doesn't Gannicus just have sex with a slave girl while he watches. Same slave girl? Melitta, Oenomaus' wife - i.e. the wife of his best friend and a woman he actually likes and respects. And she has no choice in the matter at all. So they are basically forced to have sex for the entertainment of bored Romans. I always thought the 'aliens made us do it' trope fandom loves is creepy as hell and seeing it acted out makes me want to scrub my skin off. It's totally horrible. And they cannot help but end up enjoying being with each other, despite hating themselves for it - and I still don't know if this makes it better or worse. Probably the fact that it makes it better is what makes it worse.
Ummmm, I am going to hell but I ship them. Because they are the most fucked up thing I've seen in a good long time.
Have a really spoilery MV:
Yes, I realize very few flisties care about this show, but I am obsessed, hence the posts...