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That silly Starfighters website has removed James Marsters from their "Decimus" page. It says "Updated Cast Picture Coming Soon" or something. I suppose Jimmy just wasn't good enough to make it onto such an amazing show with such a talented cast. I'm sure he's just devestated about not making it onto "Romans in Space."
*time to history!geek out*
Ya know, if you're going to make a show based on the Roman system of republicanism, you should really do more homework about how said system was actually set up. Also, Romans had names that were very specific with rules of conduct about how to address one another. A Roman citizen (a free man) has three parts to his name, usually. First, is the praenomen. The praenomen is your personal name, which is what your family would call you, which you usually inherited from your father if you were the eldest son. There are only about 11 praenomen that could be used. Next is the nomen, which is your family name. Finally is the cognomen, which is used to distinguish different members of the family who might have similar names. The cognomen describes some feature of the first person to have that name (it may not always hold true as it is passed through the family). Example: Marcus Tullius Cicero (praenomen, nomen, cognomen). If you say that a character is part of the Praetorian guard, then he should be called by his nomen or cognomen. Therefore, if James's character is named Decimus, which is a praenomen, he would not be called Praetorian Decimus. He would be called Praetorian *insert nomen/family name*.
Dear fake producters of a crappy fake show,
Do your fucking homework, you lazy lying bastards.
Love,
Your lord and master, Fenderlove... and all the history geeks of the world.
P.S. Choke on a fasces, you scumbag.
*time to history!geek out*
Ya know, if you're going to make a show based on the Roman system of republicanism, you should really do more homework about how said system was actually set up. Also, Romans had names that were very specific with rules of conduct about how to address one another. A Roman citizen (a free man) has three parts to his name, usually. First, is the praenomen. The praenomen is your personal name, which is what your family would call you, which you usually inherited from your father if you were the eldest son. There are only about 11 praenomen that could be used. Next is the nomen, which is your family name. Finally is the cognomen, which is used to distinguish different members of the family who might have similar names. The cognomen describes some feature of the first person to have that name (it may not always hold true as it is passed through the family). Example: Marcus Tullius Cicero (praenomen, nomen, cognomen). If you say that a character is part of the Praetorian guard, then he should be called by his nomen or cognomen. Therefore, if James's character is named Decimus, which is a praenomen, he would not be called Praetorian Decimus. He would be called Praetorian *insert nomen/family name*.
Dear fake producters of a crappy fake show,
Do your fucking homework, you lazy lying bastards.
Love,
Your lord and master, Fenderlove... and all the history geeks of the world.
P.S. Choke on a fasces, you scumbag.
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(ps. Didja get that spectacular Hawkins!Slash pic?)
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You should do a "fun" painting of Justin like the Birth of Venus with a big seashell and his flowing gorgeous hair.
I wish James could have weighed in on the whole kerfluffle issue. I bet he found it hilarious.
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I can only imagine what James thought of the whole Starfighters fiasco.
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Oh yes, and I've photoshopped out the other guys -
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kitten death? or puppy love?
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Re: kitten death? or puppy love?
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and the kitty lived! :D
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