#gayusoctgayvius

[i-am-a-hog]

4, 10, 13—but for 13 describe a moment of annoying Straightness because lbr... who hasn't been annoyed by the straights before lol

4. Who’s the best Gay ™ icon? - Me.

10. Have you ever been to a pride event? - Yeah! 2015 and 2016 in my home town. Pretty lowkey but nice. And last year I was in Glasgow and it was absolutely amazing. 

13. How often do you get tired of the straights? or as you phrased it: describe a moment of annoying Straightness - The last time I got SO ANGRY at Straight People TM was when this girl in the band I’m in did ‘I Was Made For Loving You’ but she changed the “cause girl I was made for you” into “cause boy I was made for you”. ????? I’m mad. still. months later.

[paddyfitz]

gayusoctgayvius

OMFGGGGGGGG HHAHAHAHAHAH

Only topped by our camp queen declaring at the morning meeting in front of two managers that I was going to be marrying crush soon and that when we work together it’s like we’ve got magnets in our pockets dragging us together.

[catilinas]

3 with the lucius cornelius trifecta: lucius cornelius sulla, lucius cornelius cinna, lucius cornelius scipio asiaticus

3. fuck, take a bullet for, murder

take a bullet for sulla, fuck UP cinna with ROCKS (assuming this is who even is he cinna and not conspirator cinna), ??????? there are several scipio asiatici and the only one i know anything abt is the one who a) DIDN’T LIKE SATURNINUS, and b) got his troops seduced by sulla so. yea i’d murder him :*)

[enemyofrome]

HELL SHIP CLAUDIA AND LIVIUS..... BLEASE

Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling/vice versa

claudia, she’s always in a hurry to kill a man and doesn’t have time for doors

one time she did multiple laps through a revolving door bc she was busy complaining about livius to her gal pals and didn’t notice

Who doodles little hearts all over the desk with their initials inside them

livius, and then he promptly sticks a dagger through them

Who starts the tickle fights

claudia, probably

Who starts the pillow fights

any conversation that takes place within range of a pillow automatically becomes a pillow fight

Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile

livius, watching claudia cuddling bb livius minor :’{))~~~~

Who mistakes salt for sugar

livius mistakes salt for everything

claudia mistakes everything for salt

they are no longer allowed to cook, ever

Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1am in the morning

livius, up late grooming his Tragedy Beard and brooding on past wrongs

Who comes up with cheesy pick-up lines

claudia, when she’s trying to make livius jealous (cf. black rocks 210 BCE)

Who rearranges the bookshelf in alphabetical order

LIVIUS WHEN HE’S PISSED OFF

also rage cleans the house and attacks every dust bunny on claudia’s stuff

Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies

claudia

Who buys candles for dinners even though there’s no special occasion

livius probably

then he’s like NOPE these are just for uh…… salt distillation purposes

Who draws little tattoos on the other with a pen

livius when he’s feeling sappy

claudia draws moustaches on livius’ face every time he’s having a clean-shaven phase

Who comes home with a new souvenir magnet every time they go on vacation

claudia except instead of magnets it’s disembodied heads

Who convinces the other to fill out those couple surveys in the back of magazines

LIVIUS

“we’re only 56% compatible THIS IS GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE”

[send me a ship!]

[bravemercutio]

FOR THE SHIP THING...... brutus and porcia...

Who starts most fights?Porcia. She’s very direct, so most conversations that might become fight-y are probably initiated by her, since she values communication.

Who surrenders at the end of most fights?Brutus, pretty often, though Porcia will admit when she’s been wrong.

Who is more likely to cry during a fight?Porcia. She’s someone who feels strongly.

Who is more likely to storm out during a fight?Neither. They aren’t one to storm away, and don’t like to leave things unresolved.

Who is louder in fights?Possibly Porcia. Brutus has a very sort of decidedly even tone.

Who is more likely to throw things in fights?Neither. They’re not throw-y people, and neither are very physical in a fight.

Who is more likely to bring up past mistakes?Mmm, both. Both of them, when there’s a problem, have a goddamn list of citations. It starts to resemble an academic debate sometimes.

Who is more likely to give the silent treatment?Brutus. When he’s upset enough, he kind of clams up or shuts off. So it’s not the silent treatment in the classic sense but the effect is similar.

Who is more likely to blame the other?Eh? I don’t quite think either is more likely.

Who is more likely to blame themselves?Mmm, Brutus but only slightly.

Who gets jealous more easily?Porcia; but not of other people/romantically. She’s fine with Cassius, etc. It’s more, in canon, of Brutus’s ability to do directly what she can only indirectly effect.

Who is angered more easily?Both, but Porcia is a little more demonstrative. They might both be angry as hell, but hers will look more obvious than his.

Who is more likely to break off the relationship?Neither imo

Who is more likely to threaten to leave?Neither

Who is more likely to actually leave?Beyond their being a civil war and they Gotta? Nah

Who is more likely to forget the other first?I’m not sure tbh; we never got to see them widowed long. I also dont think either of them forget anyone easily.

@gayusoctgayvius + ship meme

[owlask]

@gayusoctgayvius for making my week with the new tags ;)

[andypartridges]

Once you get this, you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly. Then you have to send this to ten of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool~) 🌈🌈

hdhfhdjdkds thanks jocelin ily

- i’m pretty adaptable and flexible to change- i’m a decent guitarist- i have nice handwriting- i can be fairly witty sometimes- i’m quite imaginative

[clodiuspulcher]

proquaestor and plebeian aedile!

proquaestor: a bad take which should be destroyed forevermoreExtremely predictable choice but I’m just so shocked at the PERSISTENT POPULARITY of this insanely archaic misogynistic and bad take: Livia as Arch Evil Empress secretly working against Augustus to kill all his potential heirs and then also killing him is my least favorite Roman history take in the Entire world. One, we should be able to recognize that these stories are. Insanely Fabricated (Marcellus died of typhoid/malaria/what have you, lets do an episode of house md about it), why on earth would Livia wait until Augustus was 77 to kill him, you fools, actually on that note why on earth would she actively plot and work against him and against the stability of the family/dynasty/etc to such an extent?). Two, they’re also poorly attested in the historical sources, NOT EVEN SUETONIUS makes such bold claims, and even Cassius Dio says they’re rumors and considering the shit they both put down as cold hard facts that should Say Something about the validity of these. Three, we shouldn’t be in the habit of uncritically reproducing the words of ancient historians anyway: we should constantly be interrogating and criticizing and analyzing these sources, we should ALWAYS be questioning their validity. Four, we should also recognize the extent to which misogyny informs ancient (male) historians and that stories about Livia and other powerful women are uh. manifestations of Roman Male Anxiety about women in positions of power so they shouldn’t be taken seriously (also they rely on / reproduce misogynistic tropes about women/stepmothers in particular that are prominent in ancient literature so. even an ounce of critical thinking could dispel this take forever)If i Never have to have an argument about Livia with someone in a position of academic authority again I will die fulfilled.  plebeian aedile: ALREADY ANSWERED, but you can go through my Etruscan Art tag if you want more of the same,

[garland-on-thy-brow]

no. 5 with second triumvirate!

kill: Octavian. I just know he won’t fit into my plans, whatever they might be.

betray: Lepidus. First I’m going to find out if he knew about the conspiracy against Caesar, because I have my suspicions, and overall I’d like to know him better. Then betray.

have on your zombie apocalypse team: Antony! Gonna be a lot of fun.

[carlpalmer]

giulia!! I send u: 11, 14, 22

thank u so much jocelin!! (i’m sorry this is so late btw also happy new year!!)

11. Something you want to do again next year?already answered!14. Favorite book you read this year?idk if this counts as a book but at school we had to read a compilation of short stories by my fave brazilian author and i rly love it i’d recommend his work to anyone who’s into realism. his name is machado de assis

22. Favorite place you visited this year?the place i have the best memories from last year is from my fave place in my city, this big ass avenue that is the brazilian equivalent of times square i’d say if i’m not being too pretentious lmao. i didn’t rly visit any new places besides my mom’s hometown but i’m not too big on small cities

[aconissa]

39 and 40!!

39: What book that has made you cry?? soooo many lmao, but most recently it was probably ‘not about heroes’, a play about wilfred owen and siegfried sassoon written by stephen macdonald

40: How do you feel when you find a typo/spelling error in a book?? it makes me incredibly uncomfortable and mad at whoever failed to catch it in the editing stage

lets talk books & blogging

[expo63]

gayusoctgayvius replied to your post “incredifishface reblogged your photoset and added: ...”

pete is openly bi, so maybe he really feels an affinity to the film/book?? I'm only speculating here though hahahha but he's great :D

That was totally my first thought too. :D

But then I made the mistake of reading the Wikipedia version of Pete’s sexuality, and, disappointingly, that was all ducking and diving and retraction hmmm. But such disavowal is so widespread (especially among earlier generations), that I’m disinclined to give it too much weight. Maurice had a charity premiere (one explanation) – but (more interestingly/I speculatively like to think) Pete could’ve been part of the Merchant Ivory extended social network...

More vaguely Pete-ish trivia: Ivory wanted to cast Mick Jagger in one of his much earlier films, The Guru...

[paddyfitz]

gayusoctgayvius replied to your post: anyone wanna read my oral sex scene to tell me if...

JUST SEND IT BONS

you pleb, it needs 40 re-writes and 4 hours of procrastination before i can send

[catilinas]

worst of, best of, and fiction quote for silo the saturnalia snake's buddy MARCUS LIVIUS DRUSUS

you know? drusus is so controversial im combining best and worst into just pure Moments bcs i have no clue how to judge Any of these things

the uhhhhhhhhhhhhh oath…… dude….drusus…….that’s Iconic. i think brunt(?) also suggested the oath augustus got everyone to swear was based off drusus’ oath and. a) that probably is significant somehow, b) in the tv show about gens livia that exists in my mind, copying it was livia drusilla’s idea,

apparently having a mental breakdown after the senate Found Out about the oath. and then the italians sent him fan mail

adopting his son m. livius drusus claudianus…… Livia’s Dad…..

i translated some velleius paterculus where he gets a guy to build him a Huge house and the guy is like. ok but if it’s got big windows and is on a hill people will just look Into your house?? and drusus was like MAKE THE WINDOWS BIGGER so everyone can know what im UP TO

this is the same house that cicero bought after his consulship for too much money that he also Did Not Have i think?

also the same house silo was just like….dangling small children out of the windows of…..you know…..chilling out in……

i dont fucking understand any of his laws but they were definitely Something

threatening to chuck caepio off the tarpeian rock. Bye Bye Onion Boy,

getting killed Like That…. truly everything about his death was Iconic!!!

the fact that in the velleius paterculus description of it he was just killed “a gladio” and that’s the only info you get… Thanks VP…

stabbed to death In His Ridiculous House

The Murder Chiasmus™

*drusus, literally dying* WILL THE REPUBLIC EVER HAVE A CITIZEN LIKE ME AGAIN??????? (ecquandone, propinqui amicique, similem mei civem habebit res publica?) 

like who even does that

🎬: a quote from fiction (movie, tv show, or book)

[Silo] occupied the locus consularis, the place of honour to Drusus’s left; Caepio was reclining upon the couch at right angles to Drusus’s, a less honoured position because he was part of the family rather than Drusus’s guest.“Complaining about me again, Quintus Servilius?” asked Silo without concern, lifting one thin brow at Drusus, and winking.Drusus grinned, his eyes resting upon Quintus Poppaedius Silo with a great deal more affection in them than they held whenever he looked at Caepio. “My brother-in-law is always complaining about something, Quintus Poppaedius. Take no notice.”“I don’t,” said Silo.

[historic figure meme]

[enemyofrome]

2 with salt couplé & sugar baby, 4 with scip, hannibabe, & spicy mayo

2. marry, cuddle, sleep with

i’d marry claudia whenever she’s not currently married to livius, she’s $$$$ so she can afford another sugar baby in her fancy st. leonard’s penthouse

cuddle hasdrubal HE DESERVES IT……. SOFT DISASTER BOY WITH BEAUTIFUL FLOWING HAIR

i guess… i have to sleep with livius then… we’ll both lie back and think of salt

4. adopt, be adopted by, marry

adopt a lil sciplet he’s a good boy and will stage gladiatorial games in my honour if i die in battle

i can’t marry hannibabe since he’s already married to my adoptive son sciplet so he can adopt ME and give me all his $$$$

marry spicy mayo. neither of us understands how our family tree works anymore. we move to menorca, he opens a spicy restaurant + culinary school and runs a cooking show, i sip cocktails in a diamond-studded deckchair on the beach every day

[send me three names]

[bravemercutio]

@gayusoctgayvius HECK YEA IT IS

@shakespeep IKRRRR and with a splash of milk im in heaven