I realize that pretty much nobody on my flist cares about these, but nothing is stopping my obsession.
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I am beginning to think that the Romans deserve a rebellion not for murdering and conquering, but as a punishment for hair-related crimes. Due to my love of PJ's Tolkien adaptations, I have developed a fondness for longish hair/scruff look (call it The Aragorn) but the evil Romans keep depriving me! At least they let Crixus keep his 'do/beard until the end of Gods of the Arena, but I got barely an episode of Spartacus' take on the same until the evil Romans had his hair cut and shaved him. Booooo!
I approve of Spartacus' fantasies of his wife because that way I get my ship, and also get the whole chained make-outs thing, which is ridiculously hot.
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I don't think Spartacus and Crixus will be braiding friendship bracelets any time soon. (Also, that bath scene featured more male frontal nudity than I've seen in about a decade of other entertainment).
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I love the way he looks at his 'masters' - utterly unconquered. And the way he reacts to Oenomaus' whip. You can kill him but you cannot break him. The thing I love the most about this episode is his reaction whenever Oenomaus or Crixus or Team Evil or whoever start going on and on about the glories of being a gladiator - he treats them as if they are brainwashed persons, which they are. I love it. I love it. I love that he doesn't sway and sees this insanity for what it is. Also, by now I am so invested and irrationally attached to him (it must be that overwhelming intensity and that unflinching attitude) that I just want him to total anyone who even looks at him crooked.
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That's going to end well. And by 'well,' I mean 'slaughter for all.'
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I like Varro! I hope he sticks around! If for no other reason than Spartacus actually smiles around him.
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OK, that was rough. I hope Spartacus guts Glaber. When he pretty much begs to give up his life to save his wife and Glaber gloats how he had her gangraped and sold, and throws her ribbon at him - OMFG die die die die die die die haze of rage.
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Speaking of rage. The way he looks at Glaber can kill. (I think I love the character so because he just might be the most intense and magnetic protagonist I've seen in a very long time. It's full throttle, all the time).
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Even when he is beaten into unconsciousness, he is reaching for her ribbon :(
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Batiatus promises him that if he becomes a good little gladiator and treats Batiatus as a master, he will help him reunite with his wife. And there was nothing else that could break Spartacus except for that. Only I just know it is all lies, and Batiatus will never do anything good or kind in his life. But then what choice does Spartacus have? How can he not jump at the slightest hope?
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So he does.
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Speaking of Team Evil, I realize that they are so evil they would murder a puppy and have on orgy on its remains, but I totally LOLed at the over-the-topness of Batiatus and Lucretia wanting to have sex with each other but deciding it would be too much bother to actually do foreplay to each other until they got turned on enough for intercourse, so they ordered their slaves to get them to that point. Listen, dudes - if you find that turning your SO on is too much bother, maybe you shouldn't be boinking to start with.
I am beginning to think that the Romans deserve a rebellion not for murdering and conquering, but as a punishment for hair-related crimes. Due to my love of PJ's Tolkien adaptations, I have developed a fondness for longish hair/scruff look (call it The Aragorn) but the evil Romans keep depriving me! At least they let Crixus keep his 'do/beard until the end of Gods of the Arena, but I got barely an episode of Spartacus' take on the same until the evil Romans had his hair cut and shaved him. Booooo!
I approve of Spartacus' fantasies of his wife because that way I get my ship, and also get the whole chained make-outs thing, which is ridiculously hot.
I don't think Spartacus and Crixus will be braiding friendship bracelets any time soon. (Also, that bath scene featured more male frontal nudity than I've seen in about a decade of other entertainment).
I love the way he looks at his 'masters' - utterly unconquered. And the way he reacts to Oenomaus' whip. You can kill him but you cannot break him. The thing I love the most about this episode is his reaction whenever Oenomaus or Crixus or Team Evil or whoever start going on and on about the glories of being a gladiator - he treats them as if they are brainwashed persons, which they are. I love it. I love it. I love that he doesn't sway and sees this insanity for what it is. Also, by now I am so invested and irrationally attached to him (it must be that overwhelming intensity and that unflinching attitude) that I just want him to total anyone who even looks at him crooked.
That's going to end well. And by 'well,' I mean 'slaughter for all.'
I like Varro! I hope he sticks around! If for no other reason than Spartacus actually smiles around him.
OK, that was rough. I hope Spartacus guts Glaber. When he pretty much begs to give up his life to save his wife and Glaber gloats how he had her gangraped and sold, and throws her ribbon at him - OMFG die die die die die die die haze of rage.
Speaking of rage. The way he looks at Glaber can kill. (I think I love the character so because he just might be the most intense and magnetic protagonist I've seen in a very long time. It's full throttle, all the time).
Even when he is beaten into unconsciousness, he is reaching for her ribbon :(
Batiatus promises him that if he becomes a good little gladiator and treats Batiatus as a master, he will help him reunite with his wife. And there was nothing else that could break Spartacus except for that. Only I just know it is all lies, and Batiatus will never do anything good or kind in his life. But then what choice does Spartacus have? How can he not jump at the slightest hope?
So he does.
Speaking of Team Evil, I realize that they are so evil they would murder a puppy and have on orgy on its remains, but I totally LOLed at the over-the-topness of Batiatus and Lucretia wanting to have sex with each other but deciding it would be too much bother to actually do foreplay to each other until they got turned on enough for intercourse, so they ordered their slaves to get them to that point. Listen, dudes - if you find that turning your SO on is too much bother, maybe you shouldn't be boinking to start with.