#but cesare didn't know that and therefore had no idea he had his father's trust and love all along

[lucreziaces]

the way cesare always has like five layers to justify his actions is so fascinating to me. take him killing juan for example, there's the surface level reason that he created himself (juan being an embarrassment to the family at forli), there's the layer that is lucrezia's happiness was threatened by juan, then there's the one where he's trying to protect her innocence and her soul from committing the act herself, and then the real reasons; he wants to gain power by taking on the role of a soldier and gain his father's trust/love, but he can't do that with juan still living and breathing because no matter how much juan disappoints their father, rodrigo continues to bestow favors upon him and so cesare never feels his father's love. idk he's just the most fascinating male character to ever exist I think and I will love him until I die.