ext_15551 ([identity profile] quigonejinn.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] quigonejinn 2008-01-27 07:19 am (UTC)

Re: bed, schmed...

This is a belated reply, but I've been trying to flesh out the idea of Antony as an animal besides a big cat -- I mean, it's the obvious one for how Antony is a very, very, very dangerous man underneath the pretense of being vulgar and fucking everything female in sight, but I've been trying to figure out an alternate just as an intellctual exercise. I've rewatching Rome, and it's striking how socially-oriented Antony is. He's intensely loyal, but to people, not to ideas or causes. Remember his little shitfit when Atia suggests that he betray Caesar? And how Antony finds strength at the end by hanging with Vorenus?

Antony, I think, is fundamentally a guy who needs to follow a leader. you know? Which makes me think maybe you could make an argument for him being a wolf, albeit one that acts like a dog most of the time, but it'd draw a fascinating line underneath his proper Roman suicide. And ahaha, if we go with Plutarch's version of Antony's youth, it just adds to the scandal, doesn't it? Young man of distinguished family spending his days cavorting with actors and prostitutes! AND HE HAS A WOLF FOR A DAEMON, TOO. :O :O :O


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