Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, ep 3

By now, my crush on Crixus is raging utterly out of control. But those looks and that intensity are pretty much a killer combo.

I would happily watch a Crixus show, actually. I find his fierce, almost religious seeking of honor as a gladiator such an interesting thing - if you think about it objectively, he is basically an enslaved POW (at least if they follow history - either way, he's a Gaul, so he was captured somehow) risking his life/killing people for the entertainment of a useless mob. All the talk of honor Batiatus et al. engage in is pretty much pretty words to brainwash their property. OTOH, with little choice and in a militaristic society (and coming from one, the way all the gladiators must have), there is a perverse status thing attached to it, and I can so see how someone can buy into all the false talk of 'honor' - but it's how utterly devoted Crixus is to it, even in comparison with the rest, that fascinates me. I will find it interesting to see how/why he will join the rebels.

Regarding Team Evil - The main thing that episode 3 taught me about them was that I never ever want to see John Hannah unclothed again. Actually, I think he should wear a Roman equivalent of a turtleneck. Also, the makers of this are devoted to threesomes, which is fine, but when Batiatus-Lucrezia-Gaia were going at it, all I could think of was how you could just set fire to the bed and get rid of all of them at once. Oh, and I don't know where their casting director keeps finding utterly repellent-feeling people to play Romans, but good job. This dude made my flesh creep:

I hope he dies.

Also, it was nice to find out that the whole creeptastic stuff Gannicus and Melitta in ep 2 (and that slave girl whose name I didn't catch, in ep 3) were forced to do, was all for nothing. I really do want all these Romans dead pls.

I think Gannicus-Oenomaus friendship is in for a rough time - the whole 'I was forced to sleep with your wife for entertainment of our bosses' is kinda hard to overcome. I hope Oenomaus never finds out but this show being what it is, I doubt my wishes will be granted. I am totally impressed by how Melitta is holding it together. That woman is amazing.

Also, is it weird that I both ship Gannicus/Melitta (because, the angst!) and Oenomaus/Melitta? Because I do.

If I were into slash (and if I didn't rabidly ship Crixus/Naevia and Gannicus/Melitta), I could see slashing the two men. As is, I will content myself by looking...I think this show has the best-looking cast I've ever seen. I also like the weird sorta-mentor thing Gannicus has going on with Crixus.