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[graculus]

Quote of the day, from episode 6 of Rome: "A large penis is always welcome." ;)

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

Indeed, there is much to be enjoyed... ;)

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

A challenge should be issued to put that line into a fic.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I was laughing to myself about SG-1 meeting a civilisation that values men based on penis size and various members *cough* not being quite as well endowed as you might expect with resultant snarkasm. ;)

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

Looks like Teal'c is fairly endowed. ;-)

Do you remember a challenge eons ago that SG-1 are given a stone penis, and they have to explain it to Hammond when they come home?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I wasn't thinking about Teal'c having anything to worry about... ;)

And I'm sure there's been all kinds of challenges with fertility gods and other priapic statuary, since archaeology is just so very smutty!

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

One reason why I wanted to become an archaeologist. I could discuss genitals with a straight face and be taken seriously. *innocent smile*

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

It's so true...

[graculus.livejournal.com]

It really is. Though I had to wonder how they cast this particular guy - did they phone the agency and say 'we need someone who's comfortable standing around stark bollock naked... and he needs to have a big todger?'. ;)

[cycnus39]

I say that myself all the time!

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Not surprised. ;)

[jensenrick.livejournal.com]

That's always been my motto. Or one of them anyway. ;-)

Isn't Rome just to die for?

How about that scene where Marc Anthony is in the all-together getting his back done. He certainly has no call for shame in the locker room. I think I have a new wallpaper. ;-)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

The only downside so far is the lack of overt hot man on man action but they seem to be prodding at the possibility every so often, and it is HBO so I suppose it's not completely impossible.

And yes, I'm enjoying the series greatly, considering my initial reservations about it with the usual craptacular historical epics, though I was amused by the Romans=Brits correlation. Now I'm just watching for well-known Brit actors to pop up (like the openly-gay Simon Callow in episode 6, god love him).

My only minor quibble so far: Romans didn't have stirrups! Gah! *history geek brain overload*

[jensenrick.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! You said "prodding."
I'm twelve.

Yes, I think they did really well with the historical bits. Makes me want to write a Romanology fic.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Makes me want to write a Romanology fic.

Well, I wouldn't go that far. How many times can you re-tread the exact same story with cod-historicity anyway? ;)

[jensenrick.livejournal.com]

Well it doesn't *have* to be a re-tread, does it? As AUs go, it might have potential.

BTW - "cod-historicity"? Is that "cod" as in "codpiece"?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

They all seem to turn into the same story, though: someone is accused of a crime they didn't commit (or a family member is and it turns out the same way), they're sold as a slave, our protagonist buys them, after some initial token resistance they discover they like being this person's slave in this universe with its mock-Roman slavery thing going on (not to mention threats of castration etc) and fall in wuv, twue wuv with their owner.

I guess I'm just not as fond as all that of culturally-enforced power differentials. It's a bit too much like those 'he raped me but it's okay because he wuvs me!' stories, I suppose.

The only one I've read which has bucked the trend is an entertaining Nero Wolfe story set in Roman times which is somewhat more historically accurate, so I guess that helps immensely and feel free to write one that actually works for that period! :)

And 'cod' also has the meaning of 'to fool or hoax', hence 'cod-piece'. ;)

[jensenrick.livejournal.com]

LOL! A retread indeed. I am more interested in how pervasive the idea of slavery is within the society. I tend to spend more time working out the back story details of an idea than actually writing anything, but I was thinking of an Old West M7 Romanology. Partly because of the fact that slavery is tied to that period, and it would completely change if Rome was still the authority. What would Nathan's character be, if the Western frontier was formed under Roman rules and slavery had never been abolished? Would the civil war still be about state's rights, if not slavery? Would Ezra's occupation be more respectable? Would Josiah have a pagan temple to rebuild, rather than a church? What type of temples are built at far flung outposts of the Roman Empire? And okay, I'll admit it, I am titilatted by the idea that Vin would be sold into slavery after being framed for murder; more fun than being 'wanted' and of course leaves room for sex-capades. LOL!

Ah! Thanks for the definition. Somehow I had this idea that 'cod' was Olde Englishe for 'crotch.'

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Any excuse to threaten Vin's nadgers! :P

[jensenrick.livejournal.com]

Never! I would sooner cut his hair! (and I never do that!)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Someone should - in the early episodes in particular it looks like something's died on his head... ;)

[jensenrick.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, the unforetunate hair extensions. A sad thing.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Yes. Indeed. Exactly what kind of hair was that, because it sure wasn't human... ;)

Not that Ezra and his Scary Sideburns of Doom has much to boast about at the start of the show either.