Rome during the reign of Nero was a glorious place for the emperor and his court; there were grand feasts, tournaments for poets, and exciting games and circuses filling the days and nights. The pageantry and pretentious displays of excess were sufficient to cloy the senses of participants as well as to offend the sensitive. Petronius, a generous and noble Roman, a man of the world much in favor at the court of Nero, is intrigued by a strange tale related by his nephew Marcus Vinitius of his encounter with a mysterious young woman called Ligia with whom Vinitius falls madly in love. Ligia, a captured King’s daughter and a one-time hostage of Rome, is now a foster child of a noble Roman household. She is also a Christian. The setting of the narrative was prepared with utmost care. Henryk Sienkiewicz visited the Roman settings many times and was thoroughly educated in the historical background. As an attempt to create the spirit of antiquity, the novel met with unanimous acclaim, which earned the Nobel Prize in literature for the author in 1905. As a vision of ancient Rome and early Christianity it has not yet been surpassed, almost a century later.
Reylo vibe recommendation by @ewa-jednak-chce-spac sees similarties between Quo Vadis and the reylo dynamic due to the fact that one of the main plots involves a romantic storyline between a violent young soldier from a noble family (Marcus Vinitius) and a young, innocent, christian woman(Ligia). Marcus is obsessed with the Ligia and kidnaps her and proceeds to get a redemption arc.
Reaching far beyond sword and sorcery, The Scar is
a story of two people torn by disaster, their descent into despair, and
their reemergence through love and courage. Sergey and Marina Dyachenko
mix dramatic scenes with romance, action and wit, in a style both
direct and lyrical. Written with a sure artistic hand, The Scar is the story of a man driven by his own feverish demons to find redemption and the woman who just might save him.
Egert
is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical
philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a
mysterious man known as “The Wanderer” challenges Egert and slashes his
face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize
his cowardice. Unable to end his suffering by his own hand, Egert
embarks on an odyssey to undo the curse and the horrible damage he has
caused, which can only be repaired by a painful journey down a long and
harrowing path.
Plotted with the sureness of Robin Hobb and colored with the haunting and ominous imagination of Michael Moorcock, The Scar tells a story that cannot be forgotten.
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When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member. Aral and Cordelia survive countless mishaps while their mutual admiration and even stronger feelings emerge.
Sci-fi space opera classic.
Capable and honorable woman and infamous warlord come to understand and love each other.
If I were to use a very short and over-simplifying descriptor it would probably be “Jane Austen in space”.😉
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I just watched the Russian fairytale “I am Dragon” after @fuck-yeah-monsters-and-villains recommended it and that movie has a massive Reylo vibe all over it!! Besides it’s so colorful, has great shots, loads of slo-mo and is kind of a tease, because most of the time there is a strong tension between the dude and the girl but they can’t touch and you find yourself yelling at the screen for them to just jump each other.
Also awesome and also Reylo like –
Dude has a dark side that he can’t control
Kidnaps the girl
Dislike and mistrust at the beginning
She helps him be more human
Cliff scene (lol, even several)
What I would like to see in ep. 8 or 9 – Fanservice. All. The damn. Time. He doesn’t own clothes and even if she get’s some for him, he still flashes his abs. We get a peek of his butt at some point.
He has a superpower (can see/control the wind) and teaches it to the girl.
He lets go of his beloved and it breaks his heart (Beauty and the Beast style)
Spoiler!! – She decides that she must follow her heart and calls to him and he takes her again, and she tames the beast inside of him. Happy fucking end.
Monsters and Villains 