I love this!

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TVGuide.com posted an interview with Steven DeKnight - link - and there were two questions asked about Agron and Nasir. One was actually mine, if paraphrased by the interviewer:

How did the Agron and Nasir relationship come about? Will you continue it in Season 3?
DeKnight: You'll definitely see them in the new season. Because there was so much going on this season, you only got a hint of their relationship, which ultimately worked out to my favor. They had such great, charming onscreen chemistry. They were just adorable together. Agron, who's just a big "I want to kill everyone in my path" [person] suddenly becomes a puppy dog around Nasir. It gave us a chance to do something we hadn't had an opportunity to do with our same-sex couples in the past and actually show the relationship from the beginning and develop it slowly. We did have many discussions early on about a same-sex couple. Should we do something different and make it two women? But Rob Tapert and I, in a stunning male turnaround, both of us felt like it was kind of easy and pandering. I'm not opposed to showing a same-sex relationship between two women, that is something we may explore in the next season. But it seemed like in this time in our society, it was an easy way out. We didn't want to take the easy way out.

How did it come about that you decided Agron and Nasir would swap clothes?
DeKnight: I wish I could take credit for that brilliant idea. That was something actually thrown out by the wardrobe department for that episode, and I thought it was a great addition... the thing I loved about that is we never call attention to it because it's not actually in the script. It just happens, and the audience picks up on it, which is great.

Aww! Calling Agron a "puppy dog"! But he really is. Seriously, if he had a tail, he would wag it like mad whenever he sees Nasir! They're so lovely.

I also agree with DeKnight that making the homosexual couple lesbians would be the easy way out. Not that I don't want to see two girls get it on! But, as convoluted as it sounds, in today's society the "macho men" who tend to watch blood fests like Spartacus would consider a lesbian couple a wank fantasy - but a gay couple something disgusting. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever to me, but it is so. I'm glad that they didn't shy away from portraying two men in such an intimate relationship.

And the clothes! I didn't even notice that but here's the actual proof: someone else's Tumblr link! They all wear clothes in earth colors so I didn't notice it at all but they really did! They actually swapped clothes! Nasir has Agron's coat and his wrist thingy on in that scene where he comes to greet him after Agron and Spartacus free the German slaves. That's all kinds of awesome, seriously! And one of the reasons why I love this couple so much: a) the attention to detail the cast and crew pay when it comes to this pairing and b) Agron couldn't be more obvious in staking a claim on Nasir if he peed on him, LOL! Gosh! \o/