#but the writing choices suggest that neil didn't trust the audience to stay on cesare's side unless juan was turned into a caricature

[borgialucrezia]

i was digging through old blogs and then flashbacked that ironic aspect of the fandom when the show was still airing, and tbh it was interesting how people who were biased against juan defended neil jordan from those who rightfully criticized him for disingenuously nerfing his character in his final ep by throwing juan's development (returning from spain as a shaped up and secure of his bastardy especially after becoming a father) completely out the window just to make him sabotage his relationships with his mother and sister beyond hope. he was suddenly portrayed in the worst light possible just to ensure that cesare's actions would appear somehow justified to the audience when he kills him. yet after the s4 script dropped the same people who had defended neil jordan at the time crashed out and became his most obnoxious haters for some of his writing choices for cesare and lucrezia's relationship (such as nerfing the incest and having cesare betray lucrezia which leads her to attempt to kill him). like they clearly selectively accepted questionable writing when it benefited the narrative they wanted to push then objected when similar writing choices affected the narratives they favored. meanwhile i was an unbiased fan who loved cesare and lucrezia's incestuous relationship as well as juan's character, and i didn't like how neil jordan diminished either of them. you just had to be there etc.