#also cesare never had any illusions that he was the light of his father's life because he misconceived he was always his father's shadow... | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

borgialucrezia · 7 months ago

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"For the good of those who see in us, the defense of our beloved people, whom we love above all else and whose love we reciprocate, requires us to use our children as instruments and bargaining tools to obtain the necessary ends." — Rodrigo Borgia (Lucrezia Giovane, directed by Luciano Ercoli)

#the second juan/lucrezia don't comply with playing the roles rodrigo wants them to...he rages at them and the affection is taken away #mind you he told the both of them that they're the light of his life...while it's true in some ways...he ultimately uses them as pawns #also cesare never had any illusions that he was the light of his father's life because he misconceived he was always his father's shadow...#it was hard for rodrigo to admit the deep and immense love for the perfect son made in his image because he has self-loathe #but in the end he was in fact his father's true heir and his father's everything and cesare realized that when it was too late #too late meaning years of hatred and jealousy towards juan and ended up killing him when he was on the same boat as his. juan had it worse.#because rodrigo really made his kids feel unvalued in different ways; cesare thought juan was the fav while juan thought cesare was the fav #juan borgia #lucrezia borgia #the borgias #theborgiasedit #perioddramaedit #perioddramacentral #tvedit #cinemapix #tvarchive #weloveperioddrama #jeremy irons #smallscreensource #by jen

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