#suburra 3

[spadotto-ottodespade]

Stagione 3 in DVD

(non si sprecano neanche a fare i blue ray🙃)

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Aurelia'

[santipietroepaolo]

[imaginary-wanderer]

Imagine being back to when you first started watching Suburra: Blood on Rome, not knowing how it all ends.

[shitfridge]

see you die very easily, just like any other man *poses the body in from of the coliseum in the most dramatic way ever*

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

The Copollogism Essays - Part 2: The Assassination Scene

Part 1 (The Tent) ~ Part 2 (The Assassination) ~ Part 3 (Lester's Reaction) ~ Part 4 (Leo's Questions/Seeing Commodus Again) ~ Part 5 (The Arena) ~ Part 6 (The Waystation) ~ Part 7 (The Yacht) ~ Part 8 (The Final Moment)

Analysis: Part 1 (Apollo and Commodus as Individuals) ~ Part 2 (Toxic Relationship?) ~ Part 3 (Codependent - Or Is It?) ~ Part 4 (Other Thoughts)

Oh ho ho ho. Here it is. The One You Have Been Waiting For.

A little personal background–

This was the scene that I remembered that made me pick the Trials of Apollo books back up last year.

It was this scene that brought me back into the fandom.

Everyone say thank you to this scene because it is a masterpiece and I sure damn well hope I do it justice.

Anyway. Let us begin~

I KNOW WHAT YOU are thinking. But, Apollo! You are divine! You cannot commit murder. Any death you cause is the will of the gods and entirely beyond reproach. It would be an honor if you killed me! I like the way you think, good reader. It’s true I had laid waste to whole cities with my fiery arrows. I had inflicted countless plagues upon humanity. Once Artemis and I slew a family of twelve because their mama said something bad about our mama. The nerve!  None of that did I consider murder.

None of that, none of the deaths Apollo has caused, did he consider murder.

But Commodus’s he does.

This has always stuck out to me, even when I first read the books. 

The praetorian prefect Laetus had pulled me aside only an hour ago: We failed at lunch. This is our last chance. We can take him, but only with your help. Marcia, Commodus’s mistress, had wept as she tugged at my arm. He will kill us all. He will destroy Rome. You know what must be done!  They were right. I’d seen the list of names—the enemies real or imagined whom Commodus intended to execute tomorrow. Marcia and Laetus were at the top of the list, followed by senators, noblemen, and several priests in the temple of Apollo Sosianus. 

Something that was pointed out by @amiti-art was how Apollo’s priests were set to be killed. This is baffling for a couple reasons: 1) Apollo is well known to deliver terrible punishments onto those who even treat his priests with disrespect (Agamemnon in The Iliad got a nice plague for his disrespect); and 2) Why would Commodus do this? Why would he specifically kill Apollo’s priests?

I suggested it could be a way to “get his attention” so to speak. Because remember, in Part 1, we know Apollo left after Marcus has died. And now, Commodus is deep into his paranoia and lashing out at everyone and everything he perceives as a threat.

Perhaps something triggered him to think the priests were some sort of threat, or maybe he’s so far in his delusions that he thinks he can have everything be “fixed” if he draws Apollo back to him. As we saw in Part 1, Commodus looked to Apollo first at the news of Marcus’s death— maybe even now, he’s trying to rebuild that bridge because everything’s falling apart.

If so…he did not think it through 😬 I mean… *eyes the plague Agamemnon got; Clytemnestra being killed by her own son for murdering Cassandra* yeah…things don’t end well for those who mess with the people in Apollo’s cult.

I pushed open the bronze doors of the emperor’s chambers. From the shadows, Commodus bellowed, “GO AWAY!”  A bronze pitcher sailed past my head, slamming into the wall with such force it cracked the mosaic tiles. “Hello to you, too,” I said. “I never did like that fresco.”

*wheeze from alder* I get the feeling there was very casual banter in their relationship lol

Commodus knelt on the floor, clinging to the side of a sofa for support. In the opulence of the bedchamber with its silk curtains, gilded furniture, and colorfully frescoed walls, the emperor looked out of place—like a beggar pulled from some Suburra alley. His eyes were wild. His beard glistened with spittle. Vomit and blood spattered his plain white tunic, which wasn’t surprising considering his mistress and prefect had poisoned his wine at lunch.

This whole paragraph really gives you a glimpse into Commodus’s mindset, even if we don’t see his thoughts. He is quite literally at his wit’s end. His mistress and prefect have just tried to assassinate him. Everyone is against him. He is completely alone; no father, no lover.

Except Narcissus.

But if you could look past that, Commodus hadn’t changed much since he was eighteen, lounging in his campaign tent in the Danubian Forest. He was thirty-one now, but the years had barely touched him. To the horror of Rome’s fashionistas, he had grown his hair out long and had a shaggy beard to resemble his idol, Hercules. Otherwise he was the picture of manly Roman perfection. One might almost have thought he was an immortal god, as he so often claimed to be.

Not very important but short-haired teenaged Commodus canon 👍

Sike, this can be important because it is INTERESTING that Commodus deviates from the traditional Roman culture here. He grows his hair out, as well as a beard. Roman men didn’t typically do that.

But you know who does?

Greek men. Such as Heracles (which is why Commodus does so.)

I find this VERRRYYY interesting, especially paired with his relationship with Apollo. Because if you look at Commodus…he’s not very Roman, no? I’d say he’s more Greek-flavored than Roman.

Because here’s the deal: Besides the longer hair, Commodus (historically, at least) also liked to sing and dance. That was 100% accepted for men to do in Greece, but in Rome?

Rome had a very convoluted attitude towards singing and dancing. It was essentially “oh the upper class OBVIOUSLY can get SUPERB teachers for it, but if they're TOO GOOD AT IT they are NO BETTER THAN A WOMAN OR A SLAVE!!!!”

The kicker here is that the Greeks were typically slaves within Rome. They were regularly hired by the Roman elite to perform music and dances.

(Interesting how Apollo is their god, too.)

Out of all the Romans, out of the Roman elite…Apollo falls in love with the most Greek one he can find.

What’s even better is that Commodus continues the trend of ‘Apollo’s lovers are related to his domains’ because of music and dance.

That is what they bonded over. You bet Apollo made Commodus feel better over what he liked doing when the society he lived in looked down on it.

My poor, precious heart 🥲

“They tried to kill me,” he snarled. “I know it was them! I won’t die. I’ll show them all!”  My heart ached to see him this way. Only yesterday, I’d been so hopeful. We’d practiced fighting techniques all afternoon. Strong and confident, he’d wrestled me to the ground and would have broken my neck if I’d been a regular mortal. After he let me up, we’d spent the rest of the day laughing and talking as we used to in the old days. Not that he knew my true identity, but still… disguised as Narcissus, I was sure I could restore the emperor’s good humor, eventually rekindle the embers of the glorious young man I’d once known. And yet this morning, he’d woken up more bloodthirsty and manic than ever.

Ouch. Owie. This hurts.

Time to discuss Apollo’s disguise now.

Narcissus, now, was a real person. But it appears in the RRverse, Narcissus was Apollo the whole time. And Apollo’s goal here was to, and I quote; “restore the emperor’s good humor [and] eventually rekindle the embers of the glorious young man I’d once known.”

Apollo initially disguised himself because he wanted to stop Commodus from going down his bloody, awful path. Apollo had been keeping such a close watch on what was happening that he knew things were getting bad enough to warrant his interference, with the hope of steering his former lover away from a dark fate.

*insert ‘I can fix him!’ meme here* ah, Apollo. If only you could RIP

Also wow, Commous wrestled Apollo— Apollo, who beat Ares in a wrestling match— to the ground? And would have broken his neck if he were mortal?

I’m guessing Apollo was holding back here, considering…well, considering the ending of this scene heh. But I doubt Apollo was a slouch even holding back, so Commodus is probably very good at hand-to-hand combat. Sheer brute force is exactly his style.

I approached cautiously, as if he were a wounded animal. “You won’t die from the poison. You’re much too strong for that.”  “Exactly!” He pulled himself up on the couch, his knuckles white with effort. “I’ll feel better tomorrow, as soon as I behead those traitors!”  “Perhaps it would be better to rest for a few days,” I suggested. “Take some time to recuperate and reflect.”  “REFLECT?” He winced from the pain. “I don’t need to reflect, Narcissus. I will kill them and hire new advisors. You, perhaps? You want the job?”

It’s really telling how much Commodus trusts Apollo— that is to say, Narcissus— here.

It’s also telling how Apollo— his lover— is using his father’s words to get him to stop.

Marcus Aurelius’s advice is coming out of Apollo’s mouth, but Commodus has no idea; he does not know it’s Apollo telling him this.

Not until it’s too late, that is. When it’s revealed once and for all that he has no intention of stopping.

But it does make you wonder what Commodus would have done if he had known it was Apollo. Would the combined might of his father’s advice and his lover be enough to prevent him from killing more innocent people?

Or would it have only made things worse?

I did not know whether to laugh or cry. While Commodus concentrated on his beloved games, he turned the powers of state over to prefects and cronies… all of whom tended to have a very short life expectancy. “I’m just a personal trainer,” I said. “Who cares? I will make you a nobleman! You will rule Commodiana!” I flinched at the name. Outside the palace, no one accepted the emperor’s rechristening of Rome. The citizens refused to call themselves Commodians. The legions were furious that they were now known as Commodianae. Commodus’s crazy proclamations had been the final straw for his long-suffering advisors.  “Please, Caesar,” I implored him. “A rest from the executions and the games. Time to heal. Time to consider the consequences.” He bared his teeth, his lips specked with blood. “Don’t you start too! You sound like my father. I’m done thinking about consequences!”

Apollo is once again putting on his Marcus Aurelius hat.

But once again…Commodus does not listen. He’s done listening to wise counsel. He’s done doing what other people have told him to do.

He’s emperor, after all.

Nobody can stop him. He’s blessed, after all. Who would even try?

My spirits collapsed. I knew what would happen in the coming days. Commodus would survive the poisoning. He would order a ruthless purge of his enemies. The city would be decorated with heads on pikes. Crucifixions would line the Via Appia. My priests would die. Half the senate would perish. Rome itself, the bastion of the Olympian gods, would be shaken to its core. And Commodus would still be assassinated…just a few weeks or months later, in some other fashion. I inclined my head in submission.  “Of course, Caesar. May I draw you a bath?”

Read no further if you wish for a happy ending 😢

Commodus grunted assent. “I should get out of these filthy clothes.”  As I often did for him after our workout sessions, I filled his great marble bath with steaming rose-scented water. I helped him out of his soiled tunic and eased him into the tub. For a moment, he relaxed and closed his eyes. I recalled how he looked sleeping beside me when we were teens. I remembered his easy laugh as we raced through the woods, and the way his face scrunched up adorably when I bounced grapes off his nose.

Their relationship was more carefree in nature. It was more teenager-esque, with Apollo even saying “when we were teens”, despite the fact he is merely a teen in body.

Even so…

I sponged away the spittle and blood from his beard. I gently washed his face. Then I closed my hands around his neck. “I’m sorry.”  I pushed his head underwater and began to squeeze. 

Apollo begins with gentleness. With cleaning him off. He doesn’t immediately kill him— perhaps to give both of them one last moment of peace.

But then that gentleness turns to murder.

Commodus was strong. Even in his weakened state, he thrashed and fought. I had to channel my godly might to keep him submerged, and in doing so, I must have revealed my true nature to him. He went still, his blue eyes wide with surprise and betrayal. He could not speak, but he mouthed the words: You. Blessed. Me.

Apollo is forced to reveal himself in all his glory— and in that moment, they are both aware of his betrayal. Commodus is floored by what he sees— by who he sees.

This isn’t merely his trainer who he has grown to trust.

This is his lover who he has loved for decades.

The lover who blessed and reassured him that everything would be fine.

But it’s not.

Apollo’s the one with the hands around his throat, and all Commodus can do is throw his promise back in his face: You. Blessed. Me.

*and this is the moment everyone knew: they started bawling*

Tissues, anyone?

The accusation forced a sob from my throat. The day his father died, I had promised Commodus: You will always have my blessings. Now I was ending his reign. I was interfering in mortal affairs—not just to save lives, or to save Rome, but because I could not stand to see my beautiful Commodus die by anyone else’s hands.

And even at the end, we can still see the toxicity that permeates their relationship.

Commodus took Apollo’s love and support for granted. He thought he could do anything he wished because he had the love and blessing of a god.

Apollo loved Commodus so much that he couldn’t stand the thought of someone else killing him. He could have kept his own hands clean of the kill, but he did not.

Because he wouldn’t be able to bear it to allow someone else to do the deed.

His last breath bubbled through the whiskers of his beard. I hunched over him, crying, my hands around his throat, until the bathwater cooled.

Even after Commodus is dead and gone, Apollo stays sitting there. Crying. He is utterly distraught by what he has done, and will continue to torment himself over it.

Perhaps even for eternity.

Britomartis was wrong. I didn’t fear water. I simply couldn’t look at the surface of any pool without imagining Commodus’s face, stung with betrayal, staring up at me.

That, my friends, is how you write an ending. That is how you write a tragic, doomed romance.

This is the deepest romance in all of Rick’s books. And we’ve only gotten through the flashback scenes.

We— and Rick— are merely getting warmed up.

[segretecose]

hello bianca! i'm trying to learn italian, is there any italian media you could recommend? doesn't matter if it's advanced, it's just to get used to the sound of the language, thank you <3<3

i always recommend older italian films (60s, 70s) to beginners because after that italian diction ceased to exist but honestly if you want to get used to the sound of contemporary italian (local dialects/accents included) you can probably give some tv series a go. suburra, l'amica geniale, sopravvissuti are some examples off the top of my head. i don't really watch or listen to much italian stuff but i know a lot of learners enjoy lucrezia's channel

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FIC WRITER INTERVIEW

Tagged by @energievie and @nevermindirah thank you guys!! this looks fun :)

tagging if they so wish @youssefguedira @gaal-dornick @roboticonography @cafecitowriter @zairaalbereo <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 

37

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 

693,923 😳

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Technical Support w 788

Double Tap w 728

Sunbeam Garden w 450

the way the night knows itself with the moon w 403

I carved out a place in this world for two w 375

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do and I enjoy it a lot, with the couple exceptions of some comments clearly done in bad faith with I've gotten once or twice

5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I don't really do angst endings, but the closest might be per diventare immortale only bc it's "open"

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

All of them I'd say, but perhaps Technical Support bc the epilogue is super cheerful

7. Do you write crossovers?

Not really my jam, but I have done some scattered Wolf (2013) / Diabolik (2021) musings with discord friends

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Outright hate nah, just some bad faith comments yeah

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Whenever the mood (rarely) strikes, and of the kind that the mood strikes lol

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not afaik

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

just the one, the way the night knows itself with the moon but I brainstormed a few as part of events!

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

"all-time" is a tall order, I'm too much of a multishipper to settle for one. Oldest now relevant again is probably Percy/Annabeth but I was never super active online about it

14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

I have 40k of a modern AU CarolMaria kdfic I started ages ago (last open rn is 2021 and it's older than that) and got stuck at the end bc I couldn't quite figure out the sequence of events. It has SO many scenes I love but I can never quite get back to it (the MCU's current storyline doesn't help either :/)

Another is a throwaway doc of a Monthy Python-style medieval comedy for TOG that I never sat down to brainstorm

15. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm good at creating visuals without needing suuuper lenghty detailed descriptions

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

I get too wordy and over-complicate my sentence structure, it's why I usually try to get a beta that has no issues tearing my writing apart to streamline it

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I enjoy it! I routinely use different languages in my every day life so it feels natural to me. I think rendering everything to English can be flattening and strip characters of their richness sometimes, while I also understand there is a line between incorporating a character's cultural bg and making a caricature of it, so I try to get the right feedback before I hit post and I'm always open to talking it out.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Unposted Percy Jackson, posted the MCU (A Lot Of Issues)

19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

Don't think I have a particular craving atm, perhaps Spadeliano (Suburra: La Serie) but I have no plot for that, or maybe Kanthony (Bridgerton Netflix) bc when I went looking for fic nothing was quite was I searched for. Oh or Lupin (TV) cause I getting into Youssef's head when he's working with Assane promises to be so much fun, though it wouldn't be shippy

20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

I genuinely cannot pick, they all have reasons why I like them

[queenneferadenile]

Shows i like, in no particular order and only live action:

- the strain, but only until that one thing happens with Vaun, then I do not like it anymore.

- alice in borderland, including Niragi and everything he does.

- Gannibal. It’s about cannibalism. It’s great.

- kakegurui, I want season 3.

- re:mind, the twists and turns are great.

- justified. The homoerotic tension between Boyd and Raylan is undeniable and fantastic. And Tim Gutterson was meant to be canonically gay but they admitted they intentionally didn’t include that because they’re cowards.

- the expanse. I am so salty that I can’t watch it online.

- battlestar galactica. The show that made me even more unhinged.

- devil judge. Again with the homoerotic tension, also great social commentary.

- fiery priest. I want season 2.

- arthdal chronicles, I love Yang cha.

- penny dreadful. I am not normal about this show.

- what we do in the shadows. Is there another season to come?

- the Orville. My only beef with it is there isn’t enough alara kitan in it.

- suburra blood on Rome. This show makes me go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- sweet home. I love love love it.

- semantic error, this show is so cute

- kinnporsche, I haven’t seen all of it but I really like what I’ve seen.

- All of us are dead. This show is dreamy

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TV Show Tag Game

Rules: list 8 shows to let your followers get to know you better I was tagged by the lovely @isabellehemlock, thank you hun!! 💕

These are a few of my favourites at the minute, in no particular order: 1. The Last of Us (😢) 2. Derry Girls 3. 9-1-1/9-1-1: Lone Star 4. Narcos 5. Poldark 6. Suburra 7. Lockwood & Co. 8. Merlin (a classic 😂) I'd love to see what you guys say: @disregardandfelicity @sellkii @stevenslilwave @little-ruru @beepbeepsan @tobebbanburg @theanity @zairaalbereo but no pressure to! :3 (sorry for spam guys,, thought I posted this earlier but turns out I saved it to drafts)

[linaxart]

2023 TOG fanart wrap up!

[2021 wrap-up] [2022 wrap-up]

That time of the year again! This one was a weird one and I feel like generally I was way behind the numbers I reached previous years but lets see:

This year I drew 62 TOG fanarts out of 96 digital pieces. On closer inspection:

I featured the characters 87 times:

Joe: 34

Nicky: 23

Nile: 11

Andy: 8

Booker: 9

Quỳnh: 7

By ship/grouping:

Joe/Nicky: 14

Family*: 4

Andromache/Quỳnh: 3

Andy/Achilles, Joe/Booker/Nile, Nile/Moose: 1 each

*fanarts where platonic relationships were the focus/the whole gang was featured

Solo character drawings:

Joe: 19

Nicky: 5

Andy: 1

Quỳnh: 3

Booker: 2

Others section:

Originals: 7

Suburra: 5

Diabolik: 4

Grishaverse: 3

Kenzarelli: 1

So, in total it's a little less than last year, and less varied, not surprising given the lack of new material (the sequels WHEN???) and that my inspiration has been on and off this year due to life and again, no new material :(

Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who's been interested in my art, who has rebblogged it or left a kind comment, they all mean a lot and feed my wonky inspiration well <3 thank you too to my fellow artists on @theartguard still chugging and drawing and keeping each other inspired and motivated despite it all <3<3<3

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⟰ history of julius caesar ⟰

i posted this ages ago on a side blog but i don't use it so i'm putting it here

⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎… ⋙

in honour of the ides of march i will cover the history of julius caesar.

note: i have cross checked my infomation and researched to the best of my ability though i am human and not immune to error if there are any mistakes please let me know and i will correct it

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gaius julius caesar was born on july 12th or 13th in 100 BC or close to that year in suburra in now modern day italy to nobles lucius cornelius cinna and aurelia cotta.

before reaching adulthood caesar was engaged to a woman named cossutia who died in 84 BC. it is unclear if they ever married and has been a debate between historians. caesar first married in possibly 83BC to cornelia as they married after the death of caeser's father in 85BC or 84BC. in 76BC cornelia gave birth to his only legitimate child julia and the only child he acknowledged. cornelia died in 69BC.

caesar joined the roman army in 81 BC at about 22. in 79BC two years later he was able to serve as staff for a legate and saved a persons life and was awarded a civic crown of oak leaves.

he was deployed by his general on a mission to nicomedes, who was the king of bithynia to negotiate with him in order to acquire a fleet of ships which was successful positively impacting his military career.

in 72BC caesar was elected to be a tribune. during the spring of 69BC caesar left rome to secure hispania.

during 67BC caesar married pompeia after he served as quaestor in hispania, they divorced in 62BC after pompeia hosted the festival of the bona dea which no man was permitted to attend but publius clodius pulcher managed to get in disguised as a woman, apparently to seduce pompeia. he was caught and prosecuted for sacrilege, caesar gave no evidence against clodius at his trial and he was acquitted. caesar divorced pompeia saying "my wife ought not even to be under suspicion".

in 59BC caesar was elected consul at the age of 40, late that year he married calpurnia and they stayed married until his death.

in 58BC julius caesar became the govener of gaul and stayed there for 8 years gaining more land for the roman empire and commanded over 50,000 men.

on the 26th of august 55BC caesar first landed in britania though the romans didn't conquer britania until 43AD.

in 49BC the senate ordered caesar to hand over his army to their control which he refused and advanced on italy but paused at the river rubicon/line that divided gaul and italy. he ignored the roman law prohibited a governor to leave his province and advanced to confront his enemies in rome which the senate considered a treasonable offence but there was little they could do.

in late 48BC caeser first arrived in alexandrea, egypt to kill gnaeus pompeius magnus or pompey who he killed that year and continued to pick off his enemies one by one during the next 3 years.

caeser met cleopatra when he first arrived in alexandrea and started their affair shortly after meeting. on the 23rd of june 47BC cleopatra gave birthto their son caesarion.

in 45BC caeser retrurned to rome as a dictator but allowed the senate to continue working except that he replaced disloyal senators with his own appointments of loyal men.

in 44BC caeser declared himself dictator for life and on march 15th or the ides or march he was killed by 23 stab wounds though 60 men agreed to assassinate him. his last words were 'kaì sý, téknon' this is most often translated to 'you too, my son?' the words kaì sý found in greek comedy and on mosaics translate to 'screw you'. julius caesar died surrounded by friends.

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⟰ other infomation ⟰

around 64BC caesar had an affair with servilia that continued until his death. servila was the mother of his friend brutus

calpurnia was a teenager when she married julius caesar in 59BC

shakespear changed julius caesars last words to 'et tu, brute' which translates to 'you too, brutus?'

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⟰ glossary ⟰

legate: high ranking military officer in the roman army

tribune: an elected official in ancient rome

quaestor: ancient roman public official

hispania:iberian poeninsula and its provinces

consul: ancient roman official - highest elected political officce in the ancient roman republic

gaul: france

britania: britan

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⟰ refrences ⟰

britantica

national geographic

history learning site

unrv history

totaly history

history today

university of chicago

ancient egypt online

greece is

wikipedia (basic info ie, lovers, children, parents, birthday, ect)

⟰ other wikipedia references ⟰

cossutia

cornelia

pompeia

calpurnia

caesarion

[wernerherzogs]

I see you finally found your way to Suburraeterna! What did you think of it? (we have a Suburra Discord if you're into that, it's very small but we have THOUGHTS)

to be perfectly honest the show should've been killed for good this season. D: but i did enjoy parts of it!!! kept watching till the end for Spadi, and unfortch he and Cinaglia made a compelling duo (they also did most of the Acting this season lbr). also loved Nadia and Angelica however i think their relationship had not been sufficiently developed before, so the Known Scene did not hit me as much as Aureliano's ending back in s3, for example. oh and also Spadi and Victor (i think this was his name?) were great, it was nice to see Albe guide him the way he should've been guided and protected by someone, too. </3 overall like 6/10 at most, rip, but Suburra was never like. Prestige Tv, so it's fine!!! it's good evening entertainment!

[krimiqueer]

Nine Some people I'd like to get to know better

I almost missed your tag, @silverysnake! Thank you 😊

Last song: a random song, I'm currently listening to the "Discover Weekly" playlist on Spotify (very nice to discover new relevant artists)

Favourite colour: black

Last show/movie: last show was Suburræterna. Loved the first show, Suburra, but this "sequel" feels... strange. Last movie was technically Cottbus Kopflos from Polizeiruf 110.

Current obsession: making my own knitwear? Does that count? lol I'm tired of expensive and basic pullovers made with crappy acrylic yarn. Also, I'm making one in crochet right now and crochet clothing can't be made on a machine so less exploitation of people in sweatshops who make crochet clothing by hand...

Flavour: I recently realized that lemon was absolutely among the few flavours I really love, sweet or savory.

Relationship status: oh so single

Last thing I googled: probably something about Baldur's Gate 3 or about cat illnesses (my very seniot cat is sick, he's under basic medication to see how it goes but... it's weird)

Tagging @krejong (I hope you're enjoying S2 of Suburra!), @cactusismydisguise and @mabeh!

[doyouhearthefranzising]

suburraeterna episode 1 spoilers under the cut (liveblog)

context: i have not seen suburra season 3 except through tumblr posts 😂

spadì has a normal-people job? or at least hobby?? is he enjoying his life?? and then he gets a call from his mum? the cold-open is already giving me so many feelings

hm who are these people with the many glasses on the table? new players?

he's being nice to a dog :) and then annoying anacleti-family shows up being dicks :(

wait, those priests are the same dudes that were just watching football on the telly very working-class guy like??

very intrigued about the new players on the church-side of things.

he's pulling up to the anacleti residence with this ridiculous family car, isn't he? okaaay isn't that the door to the apartment angelica and spadino used to live in? oh!! angelica's baby-daddy?? angelica got herself a boyfriend! (husband?) who sees to enjoy sleeping with her! you go girl!

nadia!! with the aureliano neck tattoos!!!

"you think i took angelica from you." OH alright

after this conversation between the siblings i have questions about the current relationship between nadia and the anacletis

and we have a name for likes dogs and sleeps with angelica!

oooh a flashback! so those four children are damiano, his two siblings and spadì. the german subtitles omitted his name in that conversation, btw, which i find unfortunate. so, damiano and spadì go way back. that's gonna be interesting.

oh shit that is a big portrait of aureliano. i hope that means he's gonna be plot-relevant in some way?

second sex-scene in less than 25 minutes. it really is european.

would having seen season 3 explain why adelaide and angelica are so chummy with nadia, or is that something that happened in the gap?

the world of politics. i had not missed it.

oh, cinaglia has left politics. but more like, "left" politics.

oh shit was that scene in the flashback the last time spadì and damiano had had contact?? and that's the connection between damiano and the anacletis? that is a complicated situation to be in, to say the least

alas, the spanish (?) leftist (?) cardinal (?) dude is also buddies with shady people. how could he not be.

jesus christ, that is a massacare

OH SHIT ANGELICA

so that was not a call from his mamma telling him to come back, but a call telling him his ex-wife had stabbed his mamma to death. alright.

way to shuffle the cards.

how am i supposed to go to bed after this

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currently reading: Orientalism by Edward Said, after years of trying to find it! And also on my eternal Diabolik mission, I'm at #118. And slooowly rereading @fadagaski's A Matter Of Choice bc it's just the sweetest and I love it

last film: cinema I think it was Simone, and at home Saltburn!

currently watching: the Percy Jackson series weekly, The X-Files on and off, and rewatching Suburra: Blood on Rome

currently craving: A bed and a coffee

currently consuming: nothing, but see previous

three ships: so hard to pick and I'm sure I'll think of more the second I hit post but Joe/Nicky, Kaz/Inej, Steve/Peggy

first ship: probably Percy/Annabeth is the first ship I liked in a fandom way, the first I wrote and posted for is Steve/Peggy

favourite colour: greensssssss

currently working on: mostly work stuff (rip) but I got some sketches from this morning to build on, and a fic that while it's been languishing in my docs for months, just last night I added some words so it counts

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