re: Alexander The Great needs a new epic series

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Can’t wait for the gay sex scenes

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I mean, I agree this is over done in movies and TV today, but they could stick to the actual history and include a bunch of gay sex scenes, and probably be pretty accurate. I’m not saying Alexander was straight up a homosexual, but there is pretty good evidence that his dad‘s assassination had partially to do with a male lovers quarrel. And go read about all of the ways Alexander mourned the death of Hephasteon, that’s not something you do for someone who is just a “best friend”. I do think the trope of “everyone from antiquity had a gay lover” is overblown, but it was way more common for otherwise straight men to have gay lovers back then.

So there you go, something for everyone! And there are tons of different races and religions involved in this story, it really does check all the boxes!


And yes, the siege of Tyre was absolutely bad arse. The dude literally dammed up the ocean just so he could sack a city to pray in its temple and leave.