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cα∂єиcє ([personal profile] beckonings) wrote in [community profile] epcot 2023-04-23 01:21 am (UTC)

That’s different, she—

[ She’s about to go off on Cleopatra’s ultimately Egyptian identity despite her Greek roots compared to Alexander, the glory and pride of the Greek isles, how much “her temptress ways” have always been stupidly one-note in all retellings, but she stops short. She’s already said too much, and the lights are already warning the start of the show. ]

It’s not the same with her. Alexander’s and Cleopatra’s legacies are…they’re not the same to begin with, and the retellings have been even more stark. Let’s just leave it at that.

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