#for taking his boyfriend Marcus Flavius' side when the Seal People welcomed him with open arms

[faeymouse]

Having now finished The Eagle (2011), I can say I've never been more confused about whether or not I like a piece of media. Do I think the whole premise surrounding that stupid golden eagle was cool? No. Did I feel any shred of sympathy for the "plight" and "noble sacrifice" of the Romans that got their butts handed to them? Lol no. Would I read a 500k+ word fanfic of Esca and Marcus having a slowburn romance north of Hadrian's Wall, never to return to Rome at all? Absolutely.

#babbles #the eagle (2011) #just can't vibe even slightly with the whole concept of 'wow this indigenous population sure is inhumane! #Those poor besieged Romans sure do deserve a win!' like no they were the invaders. They were the bad guys. Esca is absolutely in the wrong #for taking his boyfriend Marcus Flavius' side when the Seal People welcomed him with open arms #the romans fucked around and found out past Hadrian's Wall they didnt deserve the stupid symbolic eagle #i do love that very Pride and Prejudice style confession scene in the pouring rain between Esca and Marcus tho #like if we could just cut out everything except the marcus/esca pining id be over the moon 10/10 #but unfortunately the rest exists and i just don't like it there's my review