#like bro Jonathan DID show off the ring but like... Mention your Father sir | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

wayward-wren · 1 year

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okay so i can KIND OF understand why they changed the plot of Gladiators of Capua, cos a) Jonathan's Angst Arc may have been a bit heavy for live action kid's show and b) I don't think the budget could have handled the Colosseum. HOWEVER -

Jonathan's motivation is amusing to me. Dude gets kidnapped and thrown into gladiator jail and is like 'welp this is my life now ig'. His father is out here STRESSING and Jonathan's just like "i'm going to DIE here I gotta learn how to FIGHT' doesn't even consider trying to get word to his father. Not to mention Nubia and Lupus ALSO get picked up off the street and put to work like bro. Learn to say no. (I guess for those two they are in information-gathering mode so it COULD be a useful thing. But Jonathan fully goes "welp gladiator time' and it's so funny to me)

I am also kinda sad we don't see the full 'Jonathan Angst and everyone thinks he's dead' arc cos that is what got me hooked on the series in the beginning.

#roman mysteries #wren rambles #this show is lowkey bad but i am having good fun #the character motivations are Questionable at times #the way all THREE of them get mistaken as slaves and are like welp guess this is my life #like bro Jonathan DID show off the ring but like... Mention your Father sir #he is a reasonably well known doctor #you're not letting your family think you're dead in this timeline #that is a resource you can use to convince people you are Not A Slave #this is my favourite book/the first one i ever read and it is making me want to reread so bad

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