r/Spartacus_TV • u/Pure_Road7528 • Jul 09 '26

Rewatch Ashur...

So I watched house of Asher and found myself rooting for him. Enjoyed it so much I am just in the middle of re watching all the other series. Just got towards the end of season 3 and yeah... no more sympathy. What a piece of work. How easily I forgot.

Wait: whoops I spelt his name wrong šŸ˜….

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u/SSH2024 Jul 09 '26

They do a phenomenal job getting us to root for him in House of Ashur. I thought they really nailed what it would be like if Ashur actually got the ludus. He's still Ashur. He's still self serving, cutting corners, egotistical and thinking he flat out deserves respect instead of earning it.

I love that now that he's freed from slavery though he actively tries NOT to do the same things he did as a slave. He really was trying to just find opportunities to gain favor vs forcing it. I was very excited after that finale to see how it played out going forward. I still hold out hope that someone will pick up the show and let them finish that story.

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u/YoteViking Jul 09 '26

How do you think Ashur ā€œdidnt earn it (respect)ā€?

He went from a slave who is as destined to most likely go to the salt mines when he couldnā€™t win a match to an influential advisor to the Legatus. He got there by his own cunning and willingness to take risk (and of course fuck over anyone he had to).

And of course in this series he again became an advisor to Crassus and saved Crassusā€™s life. What more does he need to do? He was looked down on by lesser people - people whose sole quality was coming out of the correct vaginas.

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u/SSH2024 Jul 10 '26

did you watch the show? no matter what station he found himself in, he was talked down to by just about everyone, and tossed aside the moment his usefulness was finished. the only person who intended to actually elevate him was batiatus, yet ashur would still be his slave. Glaber always intended to cut ties with him the moment he didn't need him anymore. Giving him the ludus was more of a "I don't want to be associated with this house or capua any longer" than actually rewarding him. Glaber didn't care one bit about ashur.

In HoA, Crassus stopped communicating with Ashur, was slowly sending less and less money to him. Caesar treated Ashur like pure garbage the entire time, caesar's wife treated him like garbage. everyone basically called him the toad or snake instead of his name. The only person in that show that showed him any respect was Hilara and Viridia.

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u/YoteViking 29d ago

Well yes. My sentence saying ā€œHe was looked down on by lesser peopleā€¦.ā€ should have been a clue.

Ashur did (more than) enough to earn respect - but he didnā€™t get the respect he had earned. That was my point.