Monday, February 14, 2011

St. Valentine

The history, or some may say, the legend of St. Valentine is quite interesting to me. The emperor of Rome decided that single young men made better soldiers than married ones with families so he outlawed marriage for them. Valentine, who did not think it was right, continued to marry young lovers anyway. After being found out he was sentenced to death and thrown in jail where he fell in love with the jailer's daughter. Before he eventually died, he would send said girl secrets letters and sign them, "Your Valentine."

Of all the crappy love movies to come out lately, why hasn't this been picked up? Secret love, tragedy, Rome, soldiers...it has all the makings. Maybe I'll work on that.

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