also, I'm pretty sure maximus was a white knight too, they just niggered him up for the show. His blackass role in the show had the obvious handycaps that you need to have a "good" blacktor. One of the first thing he does is chimp out at the shit-tire-contraption where he grabs the nasty ass rim of the toilet and tries pathetically to rip it off. The biggest handicap they had for the actor was that he was in the armor for most of it, so his acting doesnt have to be that good. His entire arc is a virtue signal. In one of his first scenes he disappoints his teacher with his lack of education yet somehow he flies up the ranks due to help from that very same teacher who seems to think his spirit is more important than his education. He sentenced titus to death giving him maximus as his squire. Alot of the story seemed to have to compensate for maximus's niggerliness by dumning down the other characters, even side characters and quest givers. The scene with the head was cringe, like maximus had all the cards and if anyone wanted to get the head they would need him. I feel like they should have handled that way differently.