a lament, on the universe, and forsooth (forsooth! wtf?)

[seperis]

Trufax. I am losing my contractions again.

Many moons ago, due to years of essay writing (which discouraged contraction use), everything I wrote was almost disturbingly formal, but in a very awkward way. I'd broken the worst of the habit by my fourth month in fandom because nothing beats reading your own porn dialogue coming out as a cross

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[manderkitty]

Cicero by way of Hustler?

I think my brain just broke a little. And the classicist inside is crying out for something, anything, to make him more interesting.

(Although his vague accusations of incest can be amusing)

[seperis]

Can you imagine Cicero's House of Pornography? Very erudite, deeply meaningful, with lots of carefully choreographed positioning. I wonder if everyone orgasms in perfectly grammatical Latin?

[manderkitty]

Hah! Cicero's House of Pornography would surely attract all those dirty Roman poets and playwrights. I'm sure Catullus would have a ball. Of course, Cato would be lurking just outside the door delivering dour one-liners and glaring at those grammatically correct repeat customers.

Of course the orgasms are scripted. Where do you think you are? Greece?

[seperis]

True. No one wants an extemporaneous orgasm to ruin it all.

Of course, Cato would be lurking just outside the door delivering dour one-liners and glaring at those grammatically correct repeat customers.

I'm not convinced Stoicism has orgasms. Which would explain quite a bit.

[manderkitty]

Greek is horribly unstructured. Stupid exceptions to grammar "rules" that only cover 1/3 of the words they're supposed to apply to...

You're probably right. That's why the Stoics wrote, you know, to prevent anyone else from experiencing any kind of joy in sex.