I have been writing Roman slash. There's Horace/Virgil/Propertius (where Propertius is Captain Jack Harkness, since that's the point of sodomy_central) and Horace/Virgil. The two fics aren't related, except in theme. There's nothing too explicit in either, but lots of reference to Roman debauchery and Roman poets' physiques.

Why I love Virgil:

( look into their little bee faces... )

Virgil is such a chore, even when just typing his stuff out. So very long winded, and I like to be very literal about latin, which means there's a lot of "having been done"s and so on. He and Ovid probably tie for most awkward to translate (there's some wonderfully transparent bits in both, but on the other hand they both like to throw themselves ( Read more... )

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I have been in the mood to write something all day, but I've completely lacked the inspiration. And the motivation, in all honesty. And, let's face it, I really ought to be doing my reading for Monday ( Read more... )