Pullo and Vorenus are serving with men that are such opposites of themselves, except when it comes to their darker sides. Vorenus and Mark Antony share a penance for self destruction, whereas Pullo and Octavian both possess a savage ruthlessness when it comes to killing.
You know, I almost take this a different way - Pullo and Vorenus are each serving with the OTHER. Octavian is Vorenus without the conscience and the ability to feel guilt - he's cold, intelligent, a great planner (and in that one episode with the proscriptions, we even got the direct parallel of Vorenus ordering the murders while not getting his hands dirty, while Octavian held back from Philippi.) And Antony is Pullo without the loyalty and the capacity for friendship (IRL, Antony was horribly, horribly disloyal and sold out lots of people for advantage).
I really loved how much SOFTER Octavian is with Pullo - it's like he's kind of that little boy again that I quite loved instead of the cold ruthless man he is now. (Also, I'm reading a biography of Augustus, and I have some fabulous Livia stories to share - including some about eggs and birds :P)
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Date: 2007-03-22 01:46 am (UTC)You know, I almost take this a different way - Pullo and Vorenus are each serving with the OTHER. Octavian is Vorenus without the conscience and the ability to feel guilt - he's cold, intelligent, a great planner (and in that one episode with the proscriptions, we even got the direct parallel of Vorenus ordering the murders while not getting his hands dirty, while Octavian held back from Philippi.) And Antony is Pullo without the loyalty and the capacity for friendship (IRL, Antony was horribly, horribly disloyal and sold out lots of people for advantage).
I really loved how much SOFTER Octavian is with Pullo - it's like he's kind of that little boy again that I quite loved instead of the cold ruthless man he is now. (Also, I'm reading a biography of Augustus, and I have some fabulous Livia stories to share - including some about eggs and birds :P)