Spring is here, and with it the Best TV of the Year! (The Borgias + GoT Reviews)

[sherrilina]

I feel like this year many of my shows have been a tad lackluster, so I'm so glad to finally have The Borgias and Game of Thrones back to be excited about each week! \o/ And DW is back too with a new companion at last, which is also interesting, though I think I will save my review of that for another post

Comments

[sherrilina]

Lmao, and here I was just reading YOUR entry about The Borgias! ;) Glad we mostly agree! And lmao @ your fantasy for Micheletto...IDK if he is attracted to ~nice men~ though! :p

And okay cool--I still have to read your GoT thoughts too, actually! :)Though watching The Borgias right after GoT, I was struck all the more by the difference--like how in TB, the last time we saw a brothel it was in the service of an awesome female power play arc/alliance, not for male gaze fanservice. *le sigh*

[sherrilina]

Yesss re: Vanozza--she is a player in her own right, just like Giulia (and I love how their relationship moved on from one-sided jealousy to one of associates, discussing tips and working together now and then. I love love love Giulia's line in the Pilot about how women spend so much time hating each other because they are powerless, but that they should really be allies instead--preach!). And I've loved seeing her expanded role so far this season...

And lol, re: fan service: indeed, where are the tight leather pants for the ladies' gaze?! ;)

[redfeu]

Yaaaaay so excited it's back, too. :D

hen there was Mama Bear Vanozza bringing all the wisdom to the yard with restraining Cesare
Omg yes, I love how the women on this show actually get important things to do and are clever. And yes to your Cesare comments, and yes to sassy Sforza, and everything! :D

(so tired of the hamfisted way they keep working in gratuitous female nudity--looking at you Bronn!) and but then they had to spend a solid TEN MINUTES or so on Podrick losing his virginity in order to satisfy their "male gaze/gratuitous nudity" clause! *rolleyes* -
This. So much.

Lol at "get their warg on". But I'll be the sole GOT fandomer still cuddling Jon. *cuddles him*

[sherrilina]

Yesss it's wonderful that unlike on CERTAIN shows, the mother gets to be a savvy power player and not just a mother worried about her children, ahem.

Lol there are plenty who like/want to cuddle Jon Snow in GoT fandom...I will want to cuddle him more once he grows the hell up and gets into his more meaty storyline in the last couple of books. (Before then though...well I don't get why people Stan him as much as Sansa stunning bewilders you! ;)).

And nice Loras icon!

[wheatear]

YES to everything you said about The Borgias. I love Caterina Sforza. Cesare's troubled relationship with his father looks interesting too.

Dany/Jorah: This season made me ship it, negl

I SHIP IT LIKE BURNING. help.

I hope you soon transition into the more interesting character you become in the books Jon, and soon!

Does he become more interesting? Thank god tbh, because the only characters/storyline duller than Jon right now are Robb and his contingent.

[sherrilina]

I have loved Cesare's dynamic with his father from episode 1, it's just so rich in angst and tension and FEELS, and I love how it has progressed--and how the shadow of Juan and that eternal rivalry still stands between them (another dynamic I looove--f*ck it, I love ALL the dynamics within this messy family on this show! ♥

I SHIP IT LIKE BURNING. help.

YAY, one of us, one of us! :D Ugh I need help too, I know it's wrong but...I can't help it. Love your icon!

Does he become more interesting? Thank god tbh, because the only characters/storyline duller than Jon right now are Robb and his contingent.Lol, you are a woman after my own heart on this as well! ;) Yeah I could not STAND Jon for the longest time (and still find him boring and annoying on the show thus far, though marginally more interesting with Ygritte there to snark off of him), but he does begin to grow up and get over himself and do some interesting things...I didn't believe it either when I heard people say this, but it's true--I was really surprised! :p

[probing_grays]

I tend not to use the phrase character assassination...but I would use it for that Cat scene in 3.02.

[sherrilina]

Lol yep, pretty much, glad you agree too! I mean, she doesn't like Jon, distrusts him and finds him a threat to her trueborn children as any woman would in her situation, but actively wish for his death? NOPE.

BTW, how have you been coping with the The on stuff? What do you think so far?

[thedoingofit]

Ah! I can't wait until I actually have time to catch up on these things... Only three more assignments between me and summer... :)

[sherrilina]

Yay! I can't wait to hear your thoughts...:D Are you current on season 2 for both shows?

[thedoingofit]

Halfway through season two for both, although I only have a few episodes left of GOT. THAT'S how behind I am, ha ha!

[sherrilina]

Oh my, you do have a lot of catching up to do! Did you see 2x05 "The Choice" for The Borgias yet? Because that is such an epic episode...and you are in for a treat with the last couple of episodes! ;)

And heh there are more episodes of GoT each season than TB so you must be more than halfway through there...