i delayed the spartacus finale as long as possible but now i have green tea ice cream and procrastination and also tears.
i was holding it together until the battle started and then like, i don't know, as soon as all the romans fell into the ditch i was gone and i'm sobbing. like AND NOW THERE IS THE JUMPING KILL THEM ALL CALLBACKS ARE THE BEST/WORST MY HEART WHAT IS IT I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO EMOTIONAL IN A BATTLE SCENE BEFORE JFC
like i read the av club review first because that's what i do, i'm skittish about gore so i protect myself, but like. ryan was so right i am at the point where i am just like YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT IT CAN ALL BE OKAY YOU'RE THE BEST
ZERO FOR CRASSUS. YOU ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING WORST CRASSUS.
EVERYTHING FOR LUGO. LUGO IS THE MOTHERFUCKING GREATEST.
LOL @ CAESAR. developing a set of feelings now will do you zero good. go away. (/ i really really wanted him and kore to be bffs.
(my ice cream is melty around the edges and fucking amazing. mmm, green tea ice cream.)
lol castus. i never really cared much about him. sometimes i think i am doing this show wrong because i really don't care much for the supporting characters - they are all well-rounded, generally, but like. .. no intense depths of feeling. (like ffs, spartacus is my fave. nobody on the internets seems to like spartacus the most.)
ALL THE JUMPING. MMM, JUMPING.
DIE IN A FUCKING FIRE, CRASSUS.
AW, ALL THE BATTLEFIELD BRAVADO DIALOGUE IS SO PERFECT.
GANNICUSSSSS I FORGIVE YOU EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF YOUR PENDING DEATH. SAXA LOOKS BEEEEEAUTIFUL.
LOL GANNICUS/CAESAR. I COULD SHIP IT.
MOTHERFUCKING SPARTACUS HELLO LET'S BE MARRIED YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND VIOLENT J'ADORE.
OMG I AM SO HERE FOR THE CONTRASTING OVERWHELMEDNESS OF GANNICUS/SPARTACUS I MEAN IN A WAY WHERE I AM CRYING THE UGLIEST OF MOTHERFUCKING TEARS OH MY GOD SAXA
FUCK SPARTACUS YOU ARE THE BEST OF ALL MEN.
SAXA!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OH MY GOD GANNICUS AND SAXA WHY DID YOU BREAK HER HEART BUDDY OH GOD I SHIP THEM SO HARD STILL EVEN THOUGH HE DID HER ALL THE WRONGS OH MY GOD ;___;
WHAT A LOVELY DEATH SCENE I MEAN.
I LOVE THAT DESPITE EVERYTHING THE GLADIATORS STILL WEAR NO ARMOUR. FUCK YEAH GLADIATORS.
NAAAAEVIA
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME SHOW
FUCK OFF AND DIE CAESAR
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
GANNICUS WATCHING EVERYONE DIE FUCKING KILLS ME
(fic about gannicus and naevia reevaluating their post-ludus relationship plzkthx)
NAEVIA LOOKING TO THE SKY JFC
FUCK GANNICUS I JUST
I WANTED YOU TO MAKE IT OUT SO BAD
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THIS IS THE WORST THING EVER
I ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAUSE AND SWALLOW AND EAT ICE CREAM WOW THIS IS THE MOST UPSETTING THING, SHOW WHY
WHYYYYYYY
okay back. let's do this. CAPSLOCK RIGHT BACK ON.
IF THEY SHOW GANNICUS GETTING CRUCIFIED I WILL BE UGLY SOBBING ALL OVER MY KEYBOARD I'M JUST WARNING YOU NOW.
MOTHERFUCKER THIS IS UPSETITNG
CAESAR GET. OUT.
(DUSTIN CLARE IS SO BEAUTIFUL OMG.)
C'MON SPARTACUS I BELIEVE IN YOU
FUCKING KILL HIM
HISTORY YOUR SPOILERS ARE THE. WORST.
OMG FLASHBACKS. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TOME.
AHHHHH. I'M SOBBING. THIS IS LEGIT SO PAINFUL
FFF MUCH LIKE GRABBING THAT SWORD MUST HAVE BEEN
SPARTACUS YOU ARE LIKE. AMAZING.
OH FUCK HE'S GONNA GET STABBED IN THE BACK
SON OF A FUCKING
OH MY GOD
WELL
SHIT SON
CRASSUS WHAT
OMG THIS IS THE MOST UPSETTING VIEW EVER SPARTACUS ;____;
THAT IS A LOT OF SPEARS IN YOU BUDDY
"WOULD THAT YOU HAD BEEN BORN A ROMAN" GET OUT, CRASSUS, HE WOULD NEVER
"BLESS THE FATE THAT IT WAS NOT SO" OMG SPARTACUS I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE SO THE BEST
OMG SURA'S CLOTH
FUCK YEAH TEAM AGRON
SAVE HIIIM ;___;
SOMEBODY GO AFTER MOTHERFUCKING CRASSUS
(BUT I MEAN IT IS NICE THAT HE HAS TURNED AWAY FROM VENGEANCE TO BE AT SPARTACUS' SIDE)
NOOO THIS IS SO UPSETTING AW WARRIROS
GET OUT CRASSUS I HATE YOU
ALSO YOU CAESAR
FUCKING ROMANS
(like i'm sorry, i really want reincarnation!fic where spartacus is a modern revolutionary/ all the revolutionaries?)
NO OH GOD THE APPIAN WAY I CAN'T
I'M SO FUCKING UNPREPARED FOR THIS LIKE SO. NOT. READY.
I'M GOING TO MUTE IT BECAUSE LIKE. GANNICUS.
WOW THIS IS UNPLEASANT EVEN MUTED OMG BB
CRUCIFIXION IS THE WORST AND I'M SO, SO SORRY AND I HOPE SOME RANDO COMES AND STABS YOU AND SAVES YOU
"IGNOBLE END" FUCK OFF CAESAR I SEE YOUR HARDON FOR HIM
OMG KORE
KORE REALLY
CRASSUS YOU'RE THE FUCKING WORST
JENNA LIND HAS THE BEST CRYFACE I HAVE EVER SEEN
OH REALLY CRASSUS YOU CAN SAVE SPARTACUS BUT NOT FUCKING KORE, REALLY. WHAT A SMUG POLITICIAN DBAG.
"FEARSOME TRIUMVIRATE" GET OUT. GET OUT I HATE YOU.
(srsly i would kill for au where caesar saves kore and gannicus.)
OMG OENOMAUS
OH BB.
YOU ARE SO FUCKED IN THE HEAD BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY AS YOU DIE AND I REALLY HOPE THIS MEANS YOU JUST LIKE GIVE UP AND STOP BREATHING BC QUICK DEATHS ARE THE MOST ACCEPTABLE TO ME.
OH SPARTACUS. "ALL SAFE?" I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE OKAY BUT I MEAN I ALSO WANTED MIRA TO BE OKAY SO WHATEVS. (I'M ALSO MAD UPSET THAT ALL HIS PEOPLE AREN'T SAFE BUT.)
NO OMG SPARTACUS DON'T DO THIS TO ME DON'T DIE
PLEASE DON'T
HISTORY IS THE W O R S T
"THAT IS NOT MY NAME. I SHALL FINALLY HEAR IT AGAIN." OH GOD SURA/SPARTACUS FOR EVER.
I AM LEGIT MAKING THE SAME FACE AS AGRON.
"DO NOT SHED TEAR" ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING SPARTACUS.
BEST LAST WORDS THOUGH, OMG.
"YOU SHALL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO YEARN FOR FREEDOM" SERIOUSLY SOMEONE GIVE ME REINCARNATION FIC I WANT IT SO BADLY. SPARTACUS AS THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTIONS, C'MON.
AW NAGRON ARE SO CUTE. AW BABIES.
OMG THAT FUCKING RED SERPENT.
UGH THIS SHOW. THIS SHOW.
I'M SORRY I CAN'T EVEN. THIS IS THE MOST UPSETTING SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO WITH THESE STILLS LIKE FOR REAL. GANNICUS/MELITTA/OENOMAUS GUYS WHY DIDN'T YOU THREESOME OMG THE LUDUS STAFF OMG THE ROMANS I DON'T EVEN
OMG SURA/MIRA/LAETA GET OUT GET OUT
REBELS <333 (none for sybil sry)
THIS IS SUCH A LOVELY THING TO DO
VARROOOOOOOOOOOOO
THE GLADIATORS!!!!
ANDY WHITFIELD.
HOW FUCKING GREAT.
i'm really upset this show is over, but basically that was amazing and they deserved all the seasons
and now i deserve all the fic where history was wrong, okay. also all the reincarnation fic because that shit is my catnip.