Meme.

[the_grynne]

It's Friiiiddaaay! *jumps*

Raining very hard in Shanghai, but I'm not going to let that spoil the prospect of an evening at JZ Club tonight, where there is always live jazz and apparently you're allowed to smoke inside again.

But first, a meme:

Leave the name of a character from a fandom you know I'm in, and I will tell you:

* How I FEEEEEL

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[orange_crushed]

Please give me all of your thoughts on Cesare. I am having intense feelings and I would dearly like to compare notes. ♥

[the_grynne]

* How I FEEEEEL about this character

Oh Cesare. :( Has so much ink ever been spilt on an individual who almost became great, who was so close and yet so far from his goals, who is so much more famous in his failure than his opponents in their success? I became enthralled in Cesare Borgia when I was 14, reading up on Machiavelli for the first time in history class. His cleverness and strength of will, the speed with which he could turn an idea into action, his sense of timing, was brilliant and beguiling. Perhaps knowing that he would end tragically, and still so young, allowed me to admire him despite his reputation for cruelty.

The way he is being portrayed on The Borgias is very sympathetic - perhaps a little too much so, given the history, but I cannot fault the character that Neil Jordan and Francois Arnaud have created. There's a quote from Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones (the book) that goes:

"So many vows ... they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for

[notexotic]

I have SO MANY thoughts on what you've said here, but unfortunately I'm short on time and won't have internet for a few days. I'll be hitting up your inbox soonish!

[the_grynne]

Can't wait to read them!

[the_grynne]

I'm ready to see Cesare the athlete and warrior; in fact, I hope they show that side of him before he officially leaves his seat as cardinal.

Yiipppeeee! That was sooner than I expected. :)