Rome in pictures: Many faces of Lucius Vorenus

[alexandral]

My head/heart is full of "Rome"-related thoughts. When one starts thinking about future plot developments before dozing of to sleep one must admit that this is serious. And even more so, this week I re-watched my favourite scenes from season 1 and this helped to add fuel to the fire. :D

And this is where posting a collection of pictures helps, because for me life is largely about visuals. I have collected 35 (!!) screencaps involving mostly Vorenus. But of course Pullo is there too because Vorenus and Pullo are one single unit for me.

So, for your perusal: Vorenus, Pullo, sweat, blood, daggers, long pale eyelashes and blue eyes.

Also because "Rome" still occupies my thoughts, I welcome any requests for "Rome" icon making - choose your favourite screencap, let me know if you like a particular text and I will make an icon this weekend.

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

EEEEE! I am so glad you like them!!!

And I cannot stop staring at the shot of Pullo looking over his shoulder. yes, this is a Vorenus post - but I keep coming back to that photo.

This is my favourite picture of Vorenus, from the episode in Egypt. I could not resist posting it. :D And no wonder Cleopatra could not resist too. :D

Lastly - I love that on the last picture from the raft you can see the hair of one of the corpses. I now feel like I have the most morbid humor, but that made me grin.

Actually, I am absolutely with you on this - the whole episode was very much about dark humour for me. Vorenus was so matter-of-factly when he came up with the raft idea. And the way they were talking about dying was so matter-of-factly too.

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

And the way they were talking about dying was so matter-of-factly too.

Hmm..this got me thinking. There is a noticeable change in attitude towards Vorenus' outlook on death in this episode, and in "Son of Hades". True, he doesn't want to die stranded on the island - but he doesn't fear it and feels like he has lived an honorable life.

Now in "Son of Hades" I get the feeling that he is slightly suicidal. Not that he wants to kill himself, but that he wants to die and that his whole outlook on dying has changed dramatically. Am I making sense here?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely. I was saying the same thing to queenofthorns. Vorenus wants to die. I wasn't sure what the Roman Gogs view on suicide was, but as according to [Bad username or site: queenof thorns @ livejournal.com] it was not forbidden. I was thinking at first that Vorenus hasn't killed himself yet because suicide is forbidden.

But if suicide wasn't forbidden by the Gods, I think that Vorenus reached the point where he thinks his life equals Hell and he wants to challenge the Gods. Because they took everything from him. Which is a scary, scary thing.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Bad username is queenofthorns

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

It's very, very scary. I mean if Vorenus had simply lost faith in the Gods then that would be one thing, but instead his faith is still there - but has been twisted and dark - and that is in many ways even worse.

I'm half in dread and half in extreme anticipation for the next episode! There is the Vorenus strikes Pullo scene which I'm very nervous about.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I'm half in dread and half in extreme anticipation for the next episode! There is the Vorenus strikes Pullo scene which I'm very nervous about.

I know!!! I want to see it and I don't at the same time.

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

Exactly! My comfort is that we can discuss it on LJ afterwards! That helps. :D I watched the first season without LJ and the first two seasons of Deadwood without LJ - and that was horrible! No mutual squeeing, no analysis, picspams or icons! *shivers at the thought*

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Just to think of the times when I had no one to discuss films with makes me shudder. :D