[ SECRET POST #2240 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2240 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That's the point. The first few seasons were very cleverly crafted to only show us Romans being dicks; we didn't see any normal Romans who get up every day, go to work, tend to their kids, and try to scrape by. Along with Spartacus and his compatriots, we as the viewer have been denied access to the humanity of the Romans. We've been shaped to see them as upper class slave-owning douchebags, and during Vengeance that's mostly who we saw bearing the brunt of the rebels' attacks (with the exception of the Roman army, but they're largely constructed for us as a faceless mass carrying out the will of the upper echelon of Roman society).

Now that we've seen how horribly the rebels have treated the normal, everyday Romans of Sinuessa en Valle, we've been able to get the other side of the picture that we were missing. We see why the rebellion had to be put down. Their motives started out good (slavery is bad and must be stopped!), but as in the case of everything ever, it gets fucked along the way, the principles get distorted, and innocent people get caught in the crossfire.

[sootyowl]

This.

I have been loving this season so far for all the reasons you listed. War is never black and white. I love how the show is acknowledging that good people die in a war no matter what side you think is right or wrong.

I still love Spartacus and co. (and really believe Spartacus thinks what he is doing is for the best and tries to limit casualties), but I love that I sometimes don't know who I am rooting for in a scene.