The Borgias: love the first two seasons, do not love the third with the exception of a few episodes, to the point where I was relieved when it was cancelled, not least because I could see where this was (likely) going even before Neil Jordan described the ending he had had in mind. That my emotional investment was with the family dynamic (as in ( Read more... )

Third day of the meme:

More composition and fierce quality (6108 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Borgias, Historical RPF, 15th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sancia & Vannozza, Sancia & Rodrigo Borgia, Sancia/Juan Borgia, Sancia & Alfonso, Sancia & Lucrezia Borgia, Rodrigo ( Read more... )

One last bunch of Yuletide recs while we're all still anoymous, and also: happy new year to everyone! May 2014 treat you well.

( recs for The Borgias, Historical RPF, Lord of the Flies, Puss-in-Boots, Here Be Dragons, The Third Man and The Wire )

Twitter yesterday reminded me of this, because the strand of Lucrezia's hair which had been kept with her correspondence with Cardinal di Bembo and which Byron pinched when he saw it in Milan in 1816 has been found. How do we know Byron made off with the hair and was in general Lucrezia-fannish? Because he wrote all about to his sister Augusta. ( Read more... )

Aka the unplanned series finale. Which I have extremely mixed feelings about.

( Most of which, I freely admit, have to do with my own biases )

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So, I may, um, have gotten to watch this episode a tad early. Because I was worried. But zomg so worth it. I cannot wait for a week until I write my review, I must do it now. Aka: the episode in which the key to the season turns out that clearly Neil Jordan saw Jeremy Irons as Henry IV. in The Hollow Crown and during a certain scene exclaimed "I ( Read more... )

In which Neil Jordan takes up the writing pen again, which means we get s1 call backs. Also a time jump.

( The year of the Jubilee )

In which my historical knowledge proves a bit distracting for the whole Naples storyline, but never mind, I determinedly squashed it in favour of enjoying watching Lucrezia do politics. Also, Micheletto's love life goes as Micheletto's love life goes.

( A chessboard has no Pope )

Part of the Over 40 ficathon. I filled my prompt, saw the story was immediately visible, so it's apparantly not date-hidden, and thus, without further ado, more Borgias fanfiction by yours truly:

The tongue of men and angels (2573 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Borgias
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
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