#ie a descendant of a people recently absorbed (by sustained force) into the empire;

[nulfaga]

johanson pilate...that's the post

#jesus christ superstar #jcs 2000 #love a pilate who is just completely shit scared. #partial to the second-to-last gif. it's fucked up from compression BUT i had to keep it that long for his face journey #he is seeing the future. #my gifs #ALSO. i would argue that making him a freak who sleeps beside his armor is in keeping w/ what little we know abt the historical pilate #ie a descendant of a people recently absorbed (by sustained force) into the empire; #whose family was recently raised to eques (knight) rank from the lower class #who groveled and brownnosed for the emperor his entire adult life to get his posting #and who remained insecure and deeply (painfully) loyal to the empire into his stint as governor #so. i'd buy that he sleeps with his stupid chestplate and laurels yeah. especially given imperial paraphernalia/images of the emperor #were to some degree sacred. #i don't think the directors did that for that reason...i suspect they were more about the spectacle than the history. but it's a fun touch. #anyways. i'm normal as you can tell