THE BORGIAS!
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rogueslayer452JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE LEAKED PILOT AND HOLY SHIT NEW FANDOM OBSESSION!
There's much that I loved about this pilot, I mean from how Jeremy Irons can still get it even while playing a corrupting Pope and committing many sins and totally not helping my priest!kink at all (not that I mind of course), to how utterly gorgeous the look and feel the show is based around, along with how utterly haunting the opening credits sequence is which is totally perfect, to just how engaging the pilot was altogether that the only complaint I have is that I don't have the next episode available to me yet.
However, if there's one thing that I absolutely fell in love with while watching is my new OTP:
Cesare/Lucrezia
YES, THEY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER BUT IDGAF BECAUSE LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE THEY ARE TOGETHER! Seriously, they are absolutely shameless with the incestuous vibes between them (and by shameless I mean shameless, they practically have already announced their undying love for one another in every single scene they are in together, you just want them to start making out already!) Lucrezia is so adorable and precious, and Cesare is all adoring and protective of his sister, calling her "my love" with innocent nose-brushing and just, as;fjdaksfldakfds!!! MY SHIPPER HEART GO A-SQUEEE! ♥ ♥ ♥ I mean, I was drawn into the show because of Jeremy Irons (duh) but dammit, these two have stolen my heart. There's also some homoeroticism subtext, as well. Incest and slash vibes, along with sex, violence, nudity, sin after sin after sin, you know, all that good stuff. ^_^
The Borgias officially premieres April 3rd on Showtime, but I highly recommend downloading and previewing the pilot beforehand just to take a glimpse at how awesome this show is. If you liked The Tudors I definitely suggest watching this, it's really good. Plus with the slash, the incest, the violence and murder, there's just blasphemy everywhere up in this show. What's not to love about that?
There's much that I loved about this pilot, I mean from how Jeremy Irons can still get it even while playing a corrupting Pope and committing many sins and totally not helping my priest!kink at all (not that I mind of course), to how utterly gorgeous the look and feel the show is based around, along with how utterly haunting the opening credits sequence is which is totally perfect, to just how engaging the pilot was altogether that the only complaint I have is that I don't have the next episode available to me yet.
However, if there's one thing that I absolutely fell in love with while watching is my new OTP:
YES, THEY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER BUT IDGAF BECAUSE LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE THEY ARE TOGETHER! Seriously, they are absolutely shameless with the incestuous vibes between them (and by shameless I mean shameless, they practically have already announced their undying love for one another in every single scene they are in together, you just want them to start making out already!) Lucrezia is so adorable and precious, and Cesare is all adoring and protective of his sister, calling her "my love" with innocent nose-brushing and just, as;fjdaksfldakfds!!! MY SHIPPER HEART GO A-SQUEEE! ♥ ♥ ♥ I mean, I was drawn into the show because of Jeremy Irons (duh) but dammit, these two have stolen my heart. There's also some homoeroticism subtext, as well. Incest and slash vibes, along with sex, violence, nudity, sin after sin after sin, you know, all that good stuff. ^_^
The Borgias officially premieres April 3rd on Showtime, but I highly recommend downloading and previewing the pilot beforehand just to take a glimpse at how awesome this show is. If you liked The Tudors I definitely suggest watching this, it's really good. Plus with the slash, the incest, the violence and murder, there's just blasphemy everywhere up in this show. What's not to love about that?
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Date: 2011-03-28 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-28 05:04 pm (UTC)And I have no shame in shipping them whatsoever. I just hope that we actually see them hooking up for real, since it's that canonical to begin with.
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Date: 2011-03-28 11:34 pm (UTC)hey Renee is this yr first time shipping a canon otp? lol ;D
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Date: 2011-03-28 11:49 pm (UTC)lol, it would seem like it would be considering the majority of my ships aren't technically considered canon, amirite? XD
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Date: 2011-03-28 05:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-29 06:21 am (UTC)I find the pilot of The Borgias intriguing, so definitely try it out.
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Date: 2011-03-28 06:01 pm (UTC)I remember seeing the original THE BORGIAS when I was a kid, and the whole vaguely incestuous Lucrezia/Cesare shippiness is all kinds of infamous.
Like I mentioned this Jeremy Irons series at work the other day, and all the middle aged women were like "I REMEMBER SEEING THE ORIGINAL. THERE WAS A LOT OF INCEST."
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Date: 2011-03-28 11:55 pm (UTC)This is the first time hearing about something being made about the Borgias family, and even with that I have vague knowledge on the history of them in general (had to refresh myself on the basics once my curiosity spiked after hearing about this show), but I love how Lucrezia/Cesare seems to be everyone's favorite. lol
I JUST REALIZED: THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST SHOW RIGHT NOW THAT HAS CANONICAL INCEST FOR PEOPLE TO SHIP! LOLOLOL!!
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Date: 2011-03-28 07:07 pm (UTC)Those gifs... DAYUM.
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Date: 2011-03-28 11:45 pm (UTC)Oh yes, there's more inappropriate adorableness between those two. It's like, how can you not ship them? a;sjf;daskf;dlafd ♥
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Date: 2011-03-28 07:55 pm (UTC)Also - totally sailing that ship with you there bb...
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Date: 2011-03-28 11:37 pm (UTC)AND THIS SHIP. ♥ Seriously, I adore them sfm already.
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Date: 2011-03-28 10:54 pm (UTC)ISN'T IT AMAZING AND EXCITING AND FUN TIEMS? SERIOUSLY. EVERYTHING IS SOOOO PRETTY AND EVERYONE IS SOO PRETTY <3
AND MY BOYFRIEND FRANCOIS ARNAUD IS LIKE THE BAMFIEST OF THEM ALL...CHEWING UP THE SCENERY WITH HIS LITTLE MONKEY. snorfle.
And LOL at you already in the slashy subtext.
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Date: 2011-03-28 11:32 pm (UTC)LOL YES AT THE MONKEY. "EXCUSE ME...EXCUSE MY MONKEY" -- INNUENDO CENTRAL, YO!
AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT JEREMY IRONS? BECAUSE DAYUM. EVEN BRINGING THE RELIGIOUS AND CORRUPTION AS THE POPE HE MANAGES TO REMAIN SEX ON A STICK. INCLUDING THE SEX PART, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS SHOWN (SECRET PASSAGEWAY ROMANCES! SEXY SEXY KISSAGE!)
YO, IT'S HARD NOT TO SEE THE SLASHY SUBTEXT THERE. I MEAN, HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?
AND YES, THAT "HARDER MY LORD, HARDER!" SCENE TOTALLY DID IT FOR ME. I MEAN SRSLY. THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TRY, IT WAS JUST THERE. :D :D :D BRINGING IN THE SLASH AND THE INCEST IN THIS SHOW, AND TONS OF BLASPHEMY. ALL THINGS THAT I LOVE. ;D
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Date: 2011-03-29 01:11 am (UTC)It's wrong but Damn it's HOT!
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Date: 2011-03-29 02:55 am (UTC)I LOVE HOW WE HAVE LIKE THE SAME THOUGHTS. LOL AT MY LIFE. LOL AT YOUR LIFE TOO. HAHAHA.
OMFG JEREMY IRONS IS LIKE THE HOTTEST OLD DUE EVER. I MEAN HIS VOICE. RAWR. IT'S JUST LIKE...RAWR. LOL.
Also our gifs are like siblings <3 Or perhaps like Cesare and Lucrezia. SNORFLE.
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Date: 2011-03-29 06:17 am (UTC)FOR REAL, AND JUST WATCHING HIM ON THE SCREEN HAS ME ENTHRALLED. HIS SCHEMING METHODS AND THE WAY HE'S ALL LIKE "LOL U MAD" AT THE REST OF THE CARDINALS. IDK WHY BUT IT MAKES ME LAUGH. AND GOD YES HIS VOICE. HNNNNNGH.
HEEEE, TOTES LIKE SIBLINGS BB. ;D ;D ;D
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Date: 2011-03-30 08:25 am (UTC)What is this 16% that my dl is at?! I need it nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
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Date: 2011-03-30 08:42 am (UTC):D :D :D :D :D
BE SURE TO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK AFTER YOU FINISH WATCHING IT.
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Date: 2011-03-31 06:02 am (UTC)Basically my thoughts are: CESARE AND LUCRETZIA JVASvDSVVAQSDXNvCKSK". I think this quote by Neil Jordan is interesting: "It’s not a story about incest, but it’s a story about two people who are absolutely enraptured with each other.” Which is so exactly what they capture. It's not some dirtywrong creepy thing (uh, yet?), but they just seem so SWEET, like she is the light of his world and she adores him. I basically want to draw hearts all around them both forever and ever.
Beyond my shipper heart going pitter pat, I really like the show. It's all politics and loyalty and backstabbing, which I love. And the acting is phenomenal. Jeremy Irons and his voice should star in every production.
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Date: 2011-03-31 08:03 am (UTC)And that quote sums them up perfectly. They just really are that sweet and loving towards each other, there's nothing creepy or wrong about it whatsoever. He worries about her and wants to protect her, and she adores him. Their love is mutual, they really are enraptured in each other, it's so adorable to see just how much they love one another. jdasf;dajs;fka;slfkd *draws hearts all around*
This show is seriously my new fandom now. There's so many elements that I enjoy, and yes, ITA about you re: Jeremy Irons. unffff
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Date: 2011-03-29 01:00 pm (UTC)I do highly recommend checking it out.
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Date: 2011-03-29 04:11 pm (UTC)Besides slash + incest + blasphemy + showtime = high chances of total awesomeness!!!
This show is deffinitely getting followed.
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Date: 2011-03-30 07:58 am (UTC)Plus, Jeremy Irons. Yum. ;)
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Date: 2011-03-30 06:12 am (UTC)I can support incest, apparently. DO WANT THIS SHOW NOW. MUST DOWNLOAD.
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Date: 2011-03-30 08:01 am (UTC)I've always had something for incestuous relationships in fiction, which it all started with V.C. Andrews novels that damned me forever in that department. For which I have absolutely no shame whatsoever. Hee.
If you need a download link, here's one (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VSTBI06I). It does premiere this week (April 3rd) though idk how many people have Showtime.
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Date: 2011-03-30 08:05 am (UTC)SO EXCITED TO WATCH AND SHIP THIS ADORABLENESS.
Seriously, though, incestuous relationships are quite fascinating. I think it started with V.C. Andrews for me too. I mean, Chris and Cathy are so screwed up but so... compelling. Also, I'm a huge history buff and there are so many compelling relationships between sisters and brothers (or brothers or sisters, for that matter).
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Date: 2011-03-30 08:42 am (UTC)Oh definitely, and ITA that there are incestuous pairings out there that are just so compelling. I find myself being drawn to them. It's the taboo that I find so fascinating, and if that makes me weird? So be it, lol. Chris/Cathy was my first downfall, and it kept going from there. Cesare/Lucrezia in The Borgias are my new recent obsession, and once you watch the pilot you'll be just as addicted to them. Guaranteed. :)
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Date: 2011-03-30 09:07 am (UTC)Have you watched Rome? It has a brief, strange incestuous relationship between two characters that was, I think, the first time I ever saw canon incestuous sex on TV. Maybe. Caligula and Drusilla in I, Claudius hardly count.
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Date: 2011-03-30 09:18 am (UTC)I've seen little bits and pieces from Rome (once accidentally at my younger cousins house while flipping through channels looking for something to watch...and there was a graphic sex scene happening and I'm like, thanks, way to make everything in the room become so uncomfortable! lol) but I'll admit to not getting into the show. Heh.
Well, there was the incest scene from the Mists of Avalon miniseries shown on TNT a while back, but otherwise that's just about it as far as I can remember....
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Date: 2011-03-31 06:06 am (UTC)Ah, yeah, Mists of Avalon. My introduction to Hans Matheson, who is hot. Hehe.
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