I'm still wondering whether the incest-y implications were deliberate or if it was just something that came across differently than it was planned...

As much as I would love to think the writers were playing with us, throwing in a little cestysubtext to please the fans, I think the problem is that Polly Walker is sexyfine and Atia is so sexualized a character that Atia + lips + contact with other people's body = sexy time.

I still remember Atia climbing into bed with Octavia after the Servilia breakup and finding it oddly sexual because a) it was Atia, and b) it was so similiar to Servilia and Octavia in bed together.

Mmm, maybe they are doing it on purpose, lol.

I get that feeling a lot when watching Rome. I'm still unsure whether Tobias Menzies deliberately played Brutus gay, or if the vibes I got were totally off.

It's interesting, I kind of got that vibe from Brutus too. But I'm not sure if it was the writing, Menzies acting choices, or the fact that Brutus was just always dominated by the men around him, kind of fascinated by the virility that he lacked or something. Maybe all three. In any case, I loved Brutus too, and always just wanted to hug him.

Thanks for the link, I'll check them out :D