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i wish my life was like an optimistic final song number with all the cast at the end of a musical

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happy 34th birthday Good Omens <3

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wouldn't you like

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2025's ides of march illustration!

I've been doing one a year since the 2022 presidential election*, so. you know! keeping up with the thematic tradition. sometimes politicians compare themselves to caesar crossing the rubicon and you just gotta. process that. do an annual re read of a bunch of different literature that use the ides as their stage. go through commentary on dante's divine comedy. watch a production of julius caesar. for unrelated reasons, ofc.

(*other countries besides america have elections)

it's also funny how people will debate whether or not the optimates/conspirators/whatever were ungrateful assholes in my inbox whenever I post one of these, like the ides of march hasn't been a well established narrative that people have been using to explore other stuff for centuries. take it to an academic conference! we have empire and autocracy and absolutely batshit press conferences to discuss!!

and as always, some reading material! for fun and whimsy. for more on brutus as an established allegorical figure:

The Brutus Revival: Parricide and Tyrannicide During The Renaissance, Mafredi Piccolomini

and on roman conspiracies narratives

Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History, V.E. Pagan

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sorry i cant hang out tomorrow im celebrating the death of a 2123 year old roman politician with a bunch of psychos on tumblr. yeah its gonna be all day

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oh you marched on rome? cool.... i actually marched on rome twice. yeah. not that its a competition or anything but i was a dictator and no one stabbed me lol

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Young king of Argos 🫦

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My ides tiramisu, if you even care

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whoops

guess who's going to rome on the ides of march to see the reenactment of Caesar's assasination to celebrate my favourite tumblr holiday 💢

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i think the reason why the assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the funniest political assassinations is for this very simple reason:

1 guy stabs 1 guy: not funny. that's murder.

2 guys stab 1 guy: even less funny. that's two against one.

60 guys stab 1 guy: uproariously funny. why do you need so many guys.

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Seeing Tumblr find such joy in preparing for the Ides of March warms my little classics-loving heart. It’s like a big group project

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A little early guys

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Here ya go sport, go wild

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guess who's going to rome on the ides of march to see the reenactment of Caesar's assasination to celebrate my favourite tumblr holiday 💢