Why you should watch Spartacus
- Beautiful actors (I know that sounds vain as fuck and not really convincing and why should I put it in the first point, BUT it’s just, I’m really bi and it’s like a fucking dream and if you like to watch beautiful people for hours........ you know what to do)
- Good dialogues (so I watched it with the french version so I don’t know about the vo but the vf is good lmao)
- Gory scenes but with kinda bad special effects (sometimes they’re good and disgusting so be careful, there is some gross stuff here)
- FIGHTS BIG FIGHTS FIGHTS EVERYWHERE DRAMATIC FIGHTS FIGHTS TO THE DEATH
- Ancient Rome. That’s it. If you’re a big fan of this historical period but you still haven’t watched Spartacus, I dont understand what the fuck you are doing. It’s not always historically accurate (or even accurate in general) but still, it’s very interesting and well done (at least in my opinion)
- Aesthetically very pleasing
- The sex scenes (TW rape : a lot of the sex scenes are rapes since, you know, slavery is a thing and there are some really bad people in this, so..... not all sex scenes are great. The show can be triggering for that)
- Almost all characters are problematic as fuck lmaooo so no time for discourse, like who you want, hate who you want and don’t give shit to other people because, spoiler : your fave is problematic too (except Pietros. Pietros is an angel). Also, everyone hates Ashur. We don’t talk about him.
- Not only the actors are beautiful but they’re also FUCKING GOOD AT THEIR JOB
- THE RICH ARE SCHEMING (and it’s kinda fascinating)
- The plot is great, full of twists and surprising (heartbreaking) events
- LGBT CHARACTERS !!!!!!!!!! LOTS OF THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (also spoiler : the show’s ending is a big win for the gays lmao) Bi/lesbian patrician women, gay gladiators (strolling stereotypes of biG sTrONg MAnLy MeN ?????? gay ???????? it’s more likely than you think), etc etc IT’S GREAT REPRESENTATION TOO
- THE HAIR AND THE DRESSES AND THE FUCKING EVERYTHING OF PATRICIAN WOMEN they could be trying to kill me and I would be like oh yeah pls step on me with your royal sandals (the hair and clothes work is gorgeous)
- Caesar is here and he’s hot ! And Marcus Crassus too
- It’s not a funny show but some parts were really funny to me ???? Also Spartacus is a sassy little shit I love him
- C h a r a c t e r d e v e l o p m e n t (for the better or the worse)
- It has 4 seasons (season 0 is a flashback so be careful to start with season 1) so it’s long enough to keep you busy for a moment but not too long that it seems fucking unfinishable (I don’t know, it depends on people but this is just good for me)
- Me watching Spartacus : little gladaitor panties hehehe nippples hehe big muslces
- The first episode is the most boring. Just saying. Like, it seems important because if I wasn’t really interested in the Ancient Rome setting, I would have give up on watching it because the first episode is so fucking b o r i n g (when I rewatch the show, I skip it lmao). So. Just don’t give up during the first episode. Please.
- Diverse female characters trying to be strong (and having different types of strength), or even surviving in a world dominated by men. Ancient Rome wasn’t good for a lot of people and especially women.
- The show is a lot more deep than you think : it’s a lot more than just nude people and sex and fights (I don’t sound convincing because I really like this part of the show too BUT :), I wouldn’t have watched it if it didn’t have a fucking good plot, incredible actors and a lot of interesting topics addressed like love, solidarity, brotherhood, commitment to a great cause - here liberty -, friendship and toxic relationships, death and killing, humanity, betrayal, violence, and all of that in a society based on slavery and the violent dominance of one class over another.
