So I finally got around to buying The Eagle on DVD a couple of weeks ago; then the Soul Sib and I watched it and without prompting he started giggling over how gay it was. I am so proud of him. All those years of forcing Alexander/Hephaistion on him have finally paid off. *Proud tears*

In terms of links, misspamela sums up how gay the film is very well. I ( Read more... )

BBC's 'Ancient Worlds' you lied to me. Last night I settled down for what promised to be an hour long programme on Alexander the Great and within twenty minutes you had gone through his entire history (badly, I might add) and moved on to his successors. His successors are not him. This is easily recognisable by the fact that the period after ( Read more... )

Ok, further to my last post, where I pondered the possibility of a Classics reading club, we now have classical_club, your fun and exciting place to come and geek about classics books with classicists and non-classicists alike, without judgement.

There is now a book rec post where you can put forward suggestions for the coming year's reading. (In the interests ( Read more... )

Hmmm. Deep and pondering thoughts here. (Actually, not really ( Read more... )

So last week I was whining that I wanted TV recs, and you were all wonderful enough to provide me with suggestions. So, in return I figured it was only fair I rec'd some things which have made me happy this week.

The Navy Lark - I was sort of brought up on this so I'm biased, but it's a radio programme that's being re-run by BBC Radio 7 and I just ( Read more... )

I hereby declare it 'Alexander is awesome' day. Just because I can.

YAY ALEXANDER!

( Let's look at two pretty pictures )

This came from listening to a radio drama today where the Alexander/Hephaistion love was SO OTT. I mean when I hear lines like 'Oh, Phai, hold me', even I die a little inside.

So to celebrate, have some Alexander the Great crack!mini fic. Do not expect coherency, it was done in twenty minutes or so.

Title: A Totally True Story
Rating: PG
Pairings ( Read more... )

It is said that Alexander the Great had long curling hair, which he grew to hide his horns. The only man who knew his secret was his barber; anyone else who discovered the truth Alexander killed ( Read more... )

Sometimes, Alexander, sometimes I think I just do not love you at all.

Then I always take a deep breath.

And realise when I think that to myself, really, I'm lying.

*Headdesk*

P.S. Godamn you Heracles. Why did you have to be so freaking complicated in relation to Alexander I and the first sack of Troy?!...Yes. Thesis is thesis-ing along nicely ( Read more... )

So I swore to myself there would be no more Alexander fic until I had finished the AU prompts everyone gave me. But then I thought, well, I have just finished my dissertation and I did find several references to Alexander in Medieval chronicles as the Antichrist. So really, my whole evil!Alexander idea has been completely vindicated ( Read more... )