Empire, Part Two

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Apparently my brain has had its opportunity to reassemble itself. The portions deemed worthy of noting from the second part (or, in terms of the original broadcast, parts 4--6, as I gather) are as follows

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[dontcrosscross]

*giggles* I love how you use first-person even with a show as terrible as this. XD I think I only got through parts 1 and 2, do you think I should take up the mantle again?

Brutus and Cassius live out their lives in exile?

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This sounds suspiciously like a honeymoon. ("AND CASSIUS MADE A DINNER TO WHICH BRUTUS INVITED HIS FRIENDS", LOL)

Empire is, in my opinion... so bad it's amazingly, hilariously terrible. And I've only seen the first two parts, so. Have you seen HBO's Rome? Brutus and Cassius got slightly shafted (there were supposed to be 3 seasons, but the last two got conflated into one), but Brutus is adorable and sad and you want to feed him soup, and Cassius is SO CUTE. ;-; *points at icon* There they are!

[fog_shadow]

By default, Cassius does tend to exist in the first person rather than the third for me

[gignocum]

[reads]

[does a double take]

Dear gods, Cassius, not you too . . .? WHAT IS IT ABOUT MY MOM!?!?!

[sighs, shakes head despairingly]

Maybe that particular addition to our tech run wasn't so unusual after all.

[fog_shadow]

About your mother . . . there's apparently this one series of novels where you and Caesar are about the same age and Servilia is a courtesan. (more wtf?) No, I haven't read them, and no, I don't intend to . . . except maybe the one that covers the mid 40s. ;P

Evidently not. Anyway, it does begin to seem that, rather than your wife, it is your mother who is the hottest woman in Rome. Actually, this was another one in which you were not ostensibly married. (So, my dear Brutus, how about it? ;) )

[gignocum]

Wait . . . this is the universe in which we actually have a chance of leading on our days to age? A universe in which Romans don't even fight proper battles in proper strait lines?!?! [OCD!Brutus goes a little ballistic]. DO THEY EVEN PUT THEIR TOGAS ON PROPERLY? DO THEY!?!

[scratches head, sips tea]. I do admit, though, this idea of Morbid!Snarky!Brutus is . . . two parts wut, one part amusing, and one part fascinating. Flippant!Antony sounds quite cool [concurs with the FTW of that phrase]. And . . . [pats Octavius on the head].

[fog_shadow]

Well, in their defense (why oh why am I trying to defend them?) Octavius is fighting with a disgraced legion who's been hanging out in the woods for a decade or something (actually I'm a little confused about why they're hanging out in these particular woods, but nevermind), and since they've clearly picked up a couple touches of, say, Germanic dress, they at least might as well have adopted Germanic battle tactics as well (they did ambush some people earlier). Antony, however, is apparently too stupid to manage to force a battle in the open.

Yes and no. When they're being all Senate-y they do it mostly correctly passably faked (I've only just gone back and looked closely at it). I had noticed when watching the first time that they have all the fabric on the left side piled up on the shoulder, leaving their left arms completely unencumbered, which, as you well know, is impossible! It transpires, however, that this is because the toga proper (i.e. the wrappy thing) is a lot smaller than a real one (if their tunics weren't ankle length

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[rolls eyes] Even I have enough sense not to fight people in the woods. (Or, idk, maybe here I don't.)

[Scoffs] Toga wusses. I mean really, how many of these series and movie producers do we need to send memos to the effect of "TOGAS: UR DOIN IT RONG"? When they have the resources to do it, to! Cheating on fabric, free left arm? What do these senators think they're dressing for; gymnastics? May as well strip down and join the naked race. Sure, they had some awkward times in the BBC version, but I've at least got to appreciate them for trying to do as the Romans did. These cop-outs have no respect for the mundane trials and tribulations a Roman aristocrat, the art that goes into simply walking up stairs without looking like an idiot. Left arm mobility. Really

[fog_shadow]

Well, you don't really fight anyone, so I couldn't say. You probably wouldn't, though (because you're on the evil side, after all ;) ).

[laughs] No respect indeed. Either that, or they're too cowardly to show off their calves. (This coming from me, of all people O_o .)

Yeah, pretty much; maybe even a hair more like me than you. Oh, I have it! This Brutus looks like the BBC's Casca. Which probably doesn't help me taking him too seriously as Brutus. His lines don't either, but, yeah.

Oh gods, no. You pretty much realize in the first half hour or so that this Octavius is really nothing like history or Shakespeare or anything. (After all, he is the VERY reluctant hero.)