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during the movie he keeps asking “do you think that feels good” everytime someone gets facehugged and youre like “um.”

@gorbo-longstocking and i talking about modern caracalla being weirdly obsessed with the face huggers from alien.

imagine having normal people sex with him and he suddenly drops "i'm a face hugger now" on you out of the blue

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again little writing got done im very tired but i HAVE hit 3k words and theyre STILL not in the forum jesus christ

got like no writing done today but i started chapter 15 with 1k words yayyyyy

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i can already tell im not getting any writing done today. im off saturday though, so ill lock in then!!! im just very tired rn :(

got like no writing done today but i started chapter 15 with 1k words yayyyyy

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2.7K WORDS YAYYYYYY SLOWLY BUT SURELY

got like no writing done today but i started chapter 15 with 1k words yayyyyy

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so i worked out some things in regards to how alga gets citizenship and a POSSIBLE emperor wedding, which probably wont actually happen before the shit hits the fan, so dont get too excited. anyway the point of this post is to warn people that geta is NON-MALICIOUSLY going to out alga as trans to the entire senate. to which there are going to be some period typical reactions, such as a focus on their ability to produce an heir and their subsequent societal status when this comes to light. ive done some research and alas. i fear alga is going to wind up in the same category as eunuchs / the galli / castrated men??? idk still working out the details but like. yeah.

just a heads up that may be incoming in the next few chapters, probably either 16 or 17. when it does, it will be tagged at the beginning of the chapter as it usually is! again, just like. fair warning.

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Hello again it's hair dye anon!

Sorry to keep bothering about it, but to lighten the hair Romans used ashes of plant, wood and nuts which could help if you wanted to be a bit more authentic and get the dye to stick better??

Although even then this method wasn't great..

Unfortunately capers don't do a great job with dark green but it's probably the only less horrific ways to get the hair green. Maybe charcoal to darken ?

Anywho, I love Roman cosmetics

OH THIS IS GENIUS. im sure geta and caracalla lighten their hair already, so alga can just borrow some of their supplies. besides, i think itd be cute and intimate for one or both of the brothers to help alga dye their hair. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION KIND ANON <333

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got like no writing done today but i started chapter 15 with 1k words yayyyyy

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Hello!!

After the newest chapter it occurred to me that Alga could definitely dye his hair green back again with capers! They are found in the Mediterranean and were used as a sort of medicine, mainly with tooth ache...or as an ancient viagra.

Anyway don't know if Alga will be made known of this but it is there if you want his hair back to green!

(Although I can't say if the Romans used them on their hair or not)

Sources:

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/food/articles/long-history-caper-mishna-bagels-western-wall

Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature: Being the Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy, Methodically Digested by Johannes Jacob Wecker (1660)

oh my god THANK YOOOOOOOU i have been meaning to hunt for something to dye alga’s hair with realistically. ive done some cursory research on hair dye in ancient rome, and it was all very gross. like crushed leeches and urine, and i was like… you could not PAY me to put that shit in my hair, and im sure algas the same. looks like theyre doomed to be greenless. but capers is genius!!!

i mean, i googled it and i doubt theyd do a great job at dying their hair. but if readers can suspend their disbelief for marianus surviving a full open chest surgery, they can suspend it for caper hair dye. amen. i can incorporate it in chapter fifteen too!!!! i need to add it to my notes. caracalla would see the capers and be like. do you think i need this alga :/

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THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKENNNNNNNNN JUSTINA AND GETA IN DISGUISE WILL BE IN THE FORUM

here are some options because i genuinely cannot choose 😭 i am iffy on having geta or caracalla join alga because algas meant to be Information Gathering on how shitty everyone thinks the emperors are, and having either one with them proposes some problems. but also i think itd be deeply funny to do. IDK. what do yall want my beloved readers.

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geta and Justina winning the poll so far is so funny to me.

I bet Alga and Justina will have "the time of their life" trying to restrain Geta from giving someone a piece of his mind as soon as he hears the first bad rumor about himself and his brother.

How dare people be unsatisfied with the way they rule! They're obviously the best emperors Rome has ever had and there's nothing wrong with the way they use their power🙄 Very ungrateful, if you ask me/j

dude trust that i already have evil ass plans for this now. it took me a second to justify was justina was going rather than a guard but ive decided alga just strong arms her into the little trio. and there are unnamed praetorian guards posted all around in civilian clothing like the fucking secret service. tbh its better geta wins rather than caracalla, because geta at least will have the wherewithal to hold his tongue (to an extent) and to ACTUALLY TRY with his disguise. if caracalla wins/won thered be a scene where alga has to wrestle him into an Actual Disguise that isnt just a fake mustache and no jewelry.

justina is going to be in hell trying to keep these two on a tight leash because you know damn well alga is gonna act like a tourist in nyc in the forum. like woag history in motion this is beautiful…. and justina is like GET BACK HERE I JUST SAW YOU GET PICKPOCKETED :/

im trying sooooo hard not to spoil chapter fifteen but itll be two scenes. the forum and the night after, and the night after was always going to be a geta centric scene. so if geta in disguise wins we will have a geta centric chapter!!! also lucilla will return in chapter 15 yayyyyyy

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here are some options because i genuinely cannot choose 😭 i am iffy on having geta or caracalla join alga because algas meant to be Information Gathering on how shitty everyone thinks the emperors are, and having either one with them proposes some problems. but also i think itd be deeply funny to do. IDK. what do yall want my beloved readers.

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if alga saw a cat and went "hello kitty 😄" not realizing caracalla was watching this how would he react? (i looked up to see if domestic cats were present in the roman empire to make sure this was an accurate question, they apparently were present since at least the roman republic!)

OOOOOHHHH FUN QUESTION. caracalla’s kind of really stupid, so his immediate reaction isn’t the fact that perhaps ‘kitty’ means ‘cat’ but confusion — and maybe a lot of jealousy — as to why alga is calling a cat ‘brave.’ that’s HIS nickname. i dont think he’s above rushing over and inserting himself between alga and the cat. i think what would happen here is alga would promptly deposit their foot deep, deeeeeeep into their mouth in their attempt to deflect. because while caracalla is just jealous of a little animal because, again, that’s his nickname, alga thinks he’s put two and two together. they immediately go “it’s not what you think!” which promptly makes caracalla suspicious. because he wasnt thinking anything, but the ball of lint in his skull has just caught fire, and now he’s definitely thinking.

anyway, caracalla inevitably finds out what kitty really means. what do you mean you’ve been calling him a cutesy word for cat??? is he not your brave lion??????? he is NO kitten. and i do think he would tackle them and wrestle them in the middle of the hallway to “prove” his strength. it would 100% make him horny, so they’d bone and he would forget about the entire debaucle for about a week before remembering like >:0 and going off to show alga just how strong and capable he is by doing various stupid feats. like climbing the tallest tree on palatine hill (he gets stuck and they have to help him down which is just him lunging from the branch into their arms and smushing them) or “dueling” one of the praetorians (who very visibly lets him win)

he gets mad when they call kitty in public, but in private he snuggles with alga and may even meow. they have that man COLLARED on GOD.

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The rush I feel every time you post is a high I’ve been chasing since I first started reading stories in middle school,generally the most exciting time of my life lately. I’ve enjoyed dnbts(and recently more of your work!) so much because the way you write! I sound like a stalker a bit but I constantly check to see if you have any news about,well mostly dnbts but also your other posts because I feel like you just get it and you’re as excited at me about what your doing!!!! Ugh please don’t ever dim your sparkle babe😭. -🍒

YOU READ OTHER FICS OF MINE CHERRY ANON?????? now youre legally obligated to tell me which /lh and you dont sound like a stalker at all. i literally have post notifications on for my fav fanfic writers so i can see any updates, you are among comrades. BUT GOD. I SWEAR MY SPARKLE WILL NEVER DIM!!!!! YOURS BETTER NOW EITHER 🫵🏻

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here are some options because i genuinely cannot choose 😭 i am iffy on having geta or caracalla join alga because algas meant to be Information Gathering on how shitty everyone thinks the emperors are, and having either one with them proposes some problems. but also i think itd be deeply funny to do. IDK. what do yall want my beloved readers.

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Not long ago, i caught myself wondering how I even ended up here. I stumbled upon your work back in february and thought, “why not?” After all, i needed to feed my Gladiator 2 hyperfixation. Now, almost five months later, here i am—writing to you, completely hooked on this fanfic.

You update with incredible regularity! Every new chapter is like an endorphin rush for me. Thank you for that. During this hectic time of exams and graduation, your work is one of the few things that genuinely brings me joy!

Oh my God, I cannot wait for the moment when Alga sets out to restore the reputation of the gingernuts. I’m so excited to see how much he’ll struggle—with everything and everyone!!!

I really hope this is written correctly… or I might die of embarrassment. I just had to write about it so I wouldn’t feel silly later)

HEY SO WHAT IF I PRINTED THIS ASK OUT AND GOT IT PERMANENTLY ENGAVED ON MY BODY FOREVER?

first of all, oh my god, i woke up this morning dreading work to see this in my inbox and instantly erupted into confetti. this is so so soooo sweet to hear, i cant believe youve been reading since february!!! truly, i am honored. along with that, i’m so happy to be able to provide joy at such a stressful time. exams are seriously no joke, and i hope you aced all of yours 🤞🏻, but yeah, god, im so happy to provide.

like i know i say it a lot, and not to be sappy, but i love sharing my writing more than anything. writing that one book ive been working on for over a year was sooooo hard because the only people i could share it with were friends and family. which was awkward, like here is my transgender time travel romance grandma, dont ask too many questions. off topic, anyway— being able to share something i made with a bunch of other people, even if we dont talk personally, is seriously SUCH a gift. its still absolutely crazy to me as it was in 2021 that people actually like what i’m writing. everytime i hear that ive brought someone joy, or helped them feel seen through the characters, or something of that nature it kind of reminds me why i write. like, of course, it’s a hobby i enjoy very much. and i do think that ultimately one should write for themself, not for other people, but having the ability to make people smile by doing something, or making something is soooo fulfilling.

its one of the reasons why i like customer service (to an extent) yeah, working with the public sucks, but even simple things can make someones day. theres a lot of elderly, low income people in the town i live in, and they’ll come in the store in a rather foul mood. but all i gotta do is grin at them, ask them about their day, let them complain about the weather, or even something stupid like finding an item thats right in front of them, because wow. they actually really appreciate it.

thats a really long way of saying thank you for this ask, you really made my day, and i’m so glad you’re able to find joy in my writing. like seriously so glad. if something i create or do manages to help even one person have a better day, isnt that what life’s all about??? anyway. kaboom. i just sploded. bye.

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are you planning on continuing your undertale fic 🏃‍♂️? I’m sure your DNBTS (did I get it right) fic is absolutely fantastic, but sadly I am not into gladiator 😢😵

I AM I PROMISE 😭 more specifically, i will probably wind up working on nemesis & nike out of all of them if only because im almost done with arc 1 of that one and im about to get to a scene ive been DYING to write. every single fic i start, i do fully intend to complete one day!!! im just a slave to the whims of my adhd and those evil gingers have overtaken me mind body and soul.

not to entice you to the dnbts pastures but you CAN read it fandom blind, imo…. 👁️ BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO. ive been deeply considering just saying fuck it and writing that n&n chapter, i have it all plotted out, i just worry my writing will suffer if im not possessed by hyperfixation demons. hiwthi is so very beloved to me but its also so old and i vented A LOT with the contents. so its kind of embarrassing. but the concepts i have for the vacation arc are so fucking funny to me.

but yeah, short answer: i will one day. the fics highest on my docket to continue are nemesis & nike, wolf made for slaughter, displeasures of the flesh, and do not blame the sea. and that johnny storm fic that im sure will be birthed with the new fantastic four movie drop WHO SAID THAT????? mustve been the wind….

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Ahh chapter 14 was amazing I loved it!!!!!

Don't have the time to give a full review & will do a bit later but just a quick message to say it was amazing as always!!!

AAAAAA IM GLAD YOU LIKED!!! im super proud of how it turned out, even if i feel the smut was SO hard to write. excited to hear your full thoughts but no rush >:]