#part of me wants it to be bc gnaeus said something wildly out of pocket about brutus's father but i've already written that with sisenna | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

soldatrose · 6 months

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cassius punching faustus sulla as a kid... cassius disliking gnaeus pompeius jr... brutus probably not vibing with him much either on account of "Your Dad Murdered Mine".... brutus being cassius and gnaeus's brother in law and faustus being gnaeus's....

gnaeus and faustus walk into the forum together and brutus and cassius immediately go UGHH

#brother in law duo on brother in law duo violence #reading the last part of pompey's life and fighting the Everything Is Bad emotions by trying to pinpoint the origin of cassius's dislike #part of me wants it to be bc gnaeus said something wildly out of pocket about brutus's father but i've already written that with sisenna #spam tag #end of human pomp #faustus sulla #WAIT MILO MARRIED FAUSTA CORNELIA?#WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE TREES #oh this is good this is really good. the 50bc years must have been amazing.#pompey: you're going to marry into the claudian family / gnaeus [having flashbacks of his dad locking himself at home]: are you sure #then his uncle in law gets shanked by his brother in law's OWN brother in law. gnaeus and faustus sitting together like #i just need some good news.#[camera pans to the next bench where brutus is showing cassius the de dictatura pompei]#cassius: that's a bit excessive don't you think / gnaeus: WATCHU GOT THERE BRUTUS / cassius: nevermind this is going to be hilarious

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