The Borgias - Cesare & Lucrezia #34: "We are family; we love each other." ~ Cesare, to Lucrezia

**PhoenixRising** · 06-08-2013, 03:04 PM

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1. Any ship with its own love theme screams "True Love"
2. No couple can make nose-bumping a major turn-on
3. Because he only smiles when he's with her
4. Because even dinner knives ship them
5. Because he constantly misses her
6. Because if anything happens to her, he'd die
7. Because if it's up to him, she'll never marry
8. Because they're like Abelard and Heloise
9. Because any other couple on the show who think they're like Abelard and Heloise are F.A.K.E.
10. Because she'll never love a husband like she loves him
11. Because "I should keep you here in chains. I suspect you would be happier." And so would we!
12. Because she misses his hands and he misses her face.
13. Because he'll never forgive her scumbag husband.
14. Because killing her husband is easy and Cesare doesn't want easy.
15. Because he's the first person in the family to hold her baby.
16. Because she doesn't need her baby-daddy when Cesare is around
17. Because he was pacing like a true father-to-be when she went into labor
18. Because she'll always have him
19. Because even history ships them. They're so canon.
20. Because he carried her over the threshold on her wedding night
21. Because they're the ideal lovers.

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Fanvids
My Love | My Heart | Sweet Lavina | Flames | Ships | You're In My Veins | Under The Sheets

Fanfiction
The Ideal - Recommendations on tumblr
Dark Paradise - A (hopefully) Comprehsive Borgias Fanfiction List

Links
Cesare ♥ Lucrezia on tumblr
Absolutely Enraptured on livejournal

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"If you read the history, you find these two, this brother and sister, were utterly fascinated by each other. . . ." -- Neil Jordan, TVGuide.ca
". . . it's a story about two people who are absolutely enraptured with each other." -- Neil Jordan, TVGuide.ca
"I kind of want them to be almost the ideal lovers if they were not brother and sister . . . it's so protective as to being almost dangerous." (from Showtime clip, "Justified")
"I think we chose to play pure love." -- Francois Arnaud, nymag.com
"I think Holliday [Grainger, who plays Lucrezia] and I had a really strong chemistry from the start, and I just really enjoy working with her." -- Francois Arnaud, nymag.com
"There is a deep love and affection...They always have their hands in each other’s faces, but it is innocent.” -- Francois Arnaud, antcomic.com
"You must promise you'll be gentle, for this is love, not war, we are engaging in, my dear brother." -- Lucrezia, The Family
"...you, my dear sister, may teach me more about love and loyalty than I have learned so far..." -- Cesare, The Family
Though in every other instance [Cesare] was the aggressor, with [Lucrezia] - even here- he seemed under her power. -- The Family
"I can't imagine loving anyone as I love you in this moment." Lucrezia, The Family
"Come," [Cesare] said, drawing [Lucrezia] close. "I need you now. For you are what is real in my life." -- The Family
"It is not the pain of your kisses you see," she said. "They are the tears of my longing for you." -- Lucrezia, The Family
C: "To bed him is not the joy it is with me?" L: "My dear love, it is the difference between heaven and hell for me." -- The Family
"There will never be anyone like you for me, for you were my first love." -- Lucrezia to Cesare, The Family
"It was with you I first shared the secrets of my body, as well as the secrets of my heart and the most intimate thoughts of my mind." -- L to C, The Family
Suddenly the sweet face of his sister appeared, and he saw it as a sign, a symbol of their love. -- The Family
Her face had been the vision he'd followed into his victories. -- The Family
"I wish no barrier between us, my brother, my lover, my friend." -- Lucrezia, The Family
"...from this night on, all that is left of my passion will rest with you." -- L to C, The Family
"You must live for me... For what other reason should I live?" -- C to L, The Family
L: "Don't you love God, Cesare?" C: "More than I love you?" -- The Poisoned Chalice
L: "And when will I marry?" C: "Never, if I can help it." -- The Poisoned Chalice
"If anything happened to her... I'd die." -- Cesare, The Poisoned Chalice
L: "I think I shall never have another friend like him." C: "You'll always have me." -- The Moor
"If you hate beauty, dear sis, you must hate yourself." -- Cesare, The French King
L: "I've missed those hands." C: "And I've missed that face." -- Nessuno

Credit: May

~Quotes~

Lucrezia: "Don't hate me."
Cesare: "I regret many feelings towards you, hate is not one of them."

Cesare: "The whole world whispers, you and I are lovers. Should we prove them right?"

Lucrezia: "I want to die, brother."
Cesare: "Will you not talk like that, please!"

Cesare: "Can I hold him?"
Lucrezia: "And wake him? That would be cruelty indeed."
Cesare: "I must hold you then."

Lucrezia: "But we never before had secrets between us."
Cesare: "Some things are better left unsaid."
Lucrezia: "So I must divine then, the dark cloud on my brother's soul."

Cesare: "You are criminally well informed, sis. But I trust your soul is still of the purest white."

Lucrezia: "You will be a handsome Cardinal. Let me hug you!"

Cesare: "Lucrezia, sister, share my fortune and my fate. And remember that wherever I may be, a part of me will always be yours."
Lucrezia: "As I also belong to you, brother."

Lucrezia: "No one here loves me as I was loved by you. I've tried everything, Cesare. No one wants to hear our name."

Lucrezia: "My soul dies when I imagine never seeing you again."

Cesare: "Lucrezia, Lucia, forgive me. All will be well if you forgive me. But you must live, sweet sister, live. We are one blood, one heart, one spirit."
Lucrezia: "Cesare, love me!"
Cesare: "For all eternity.

Cesare: "Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia, we shall be remembered. Be faithful only to me not to him, the unholy father who prays to a nameless god. You shall have the world, not the hereafter. And your name eternal."
Lucrezia: "I shall be duchess of Ferrarra, it's enough for me."
Cesare: "In name but nothing more."
Lucrezia: "In name and nothing more."

Cesare: "I promised you a heart, sister."
Lucrezia: "Whose? Your own?"

Lucrezia: "What does it say of us, brother, that you promise me this and I would accept?"

Lucrezia: "Cesare? I would ask you something.”
Cesare: “Then ask and it is yours.”
Lucrezia: “I would ask you to marry me.”
Cesare: “As you wish. My word is my word. We shall run away. Change our names, perhaps. Live out our days in some small fishing village by the coast. where no one will ever guess who we once were.”
Lucrezia: "To Alfonso."
Cesare: "Yes, yes, I know."

Cesare: "My love for my sister outweighs my grief for my brother."

Cesare: "Are you a shepherd of souls now?
Lucrezia: "And I see before me a lost sheep."
Cesare: "Utterly lost, my love."
Lucrezia: "Then, by hook or by crook I shall save you. You may kiss my ring!"

Cesare: "Don't I know how to organize a party for my sister?"
Lucrezia: "Thank you, Cesare!"
Cesare: "And I think I've done well. Look. I'm the one who chose the guests."
Lucrezia: "They're all courtesans."
Cesare: "Did you desire monks and nuns?"
Lucrezia: "Oh, no! No formalities!"

Lucrezia: "So then, I shall become a nun. For I shall never love a husband as I love you, Cesare."

* a family scene with Lucrezia, Cesare and the baby
* a dance laden with sexual tension
* a kiss on the lips
* secret whispers and clandestine trysts noticed by others
* rumors of incest spreading just to see Cesare and Lucrezia reactions
* a fight between them ending in a scene with lots of emotional tension
* angsty scene with the both of them crying
* jealous Lucrezia and jealous Cesare
* Cesare defending Lucrezia's honour, even what he is doing is mostly lying because something did happen. And vice versa.
* more reactions on how others perceive the relationship, e.g. Juan
* Cesare helping Lucrezia take care of the baby
* Lucrezia going after someone to protect Cesare
* Cesare killing someone because of his feelings for Lucrezia
* Lucrezia wishing the baby was Cesare's
* Lucrezia sitting on Cesare's lap at some official function
* C&L riding out to the forest, away from prying eyes
* C&L admitting their love and feelings for each other in a dramatic scene
* C&L talking further about their runaway plan, this time more serious. Calling each other husband/wife, talking about having children and what they would look like etc.
* Cesare standing silenty in the door opening, watching Lucrezia brushing her hair and holding is breath when he sees a bear shoulder.
* Cesare receiving a hairlock from Lucrezia.
* Cesare watching over a dying Lucrezia, after she lost her baby, begging her not to leave him (sobbing). Otherwise he doesn't want to live and everything he does will be useless without her.
* Lucrezia performing a seductive dance, Cesare is watching her while new feelings arouse in him. Perhaps at the famous chestnut banquet?
* Lucrezia seeing Cesare masked
* Lucrezia watching Cesare taking a bath (inside or outside)
* Lucrezia telling Cesare how handsome he is, while stroking his facial features with her finger.
* Lucrezia asking Cesare to give her a child, so she'll always have him near (a bit silly, but one can only dream).
* And of course: a long romantic kiss and a steamy bedscene!!!
* Lucrezia getting drunk after Alfonso's murder and confessing her conflicting feelings to Cesare

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#1 Lucrezia: "I've missed those hands." - Cesare: "And I've missed that face."
#2 Lucrezia: "And if my husband proves ungallant?" - Cesare: "I shall cut out his heart with a dinner knife and serve it to you."
#3 Cesare: "I beg you not to worry about it, sis. I will find a solution, I swear!"
#4 Lucrezia: "Don't you love God, Cesare?" - Cesare: "More than I love you?"
#5 Cesare lays Lucrezia on her bed and kisses her cheek at her wedding night.

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cheekymonkey503 · 06-08-2013, 03:06 PM

TFTNT Alex

**PhoenixRising** · 06-08-2013, 03:09 PM

You're welcome, Christine!

I had another title in mind, but we can use that for the next one.

Anyone else need to be added to the shipper list?

prettyinpink90 · 06-08-2013, 03:27 PM

TFTNT Alex.

Remember this guys??

Source: Lucrezia and Cesare appreciation blog.
Her pride because he's a military genius.

Source: Lucrezia and Cesare appreciation blog.
His relief knowing she's safe because of "the beautiful deception" he just pulled off to keep France from harming Rome. I swear if he hadn't pulled that off, he would've charged back inside the walls, looked for Lucrezia and ran away with her; to hell with Rome and the rest of the Borgias because all that's always mattered to him is her.

**PhoenixRising** · 06-08-2013, 03:31 PM

You're welcome, Emma!

Yes, I remember!

I want more of that!

prettyinpink90 · 06-08-2013, 03:40 PM

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You're welcome, Emma!

Yes, I remember!

I want more of that!

Me too... but we're never getting more of that.

**PhoenixRising** · 06-08-2013, 03:46 PM

Awwww, Emma!

From what I've seen we're still getting at least a few more scenes in episode 10.

Even though that'll be the last.

prettyinpink90 · 06-08-2013, 04:01 PM

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Awwww, Emma!

From what I've seen we're still getting at least a few more scenes in episode 10.

Even though that'll be the last.

I know Alex... but that'll be it.

Sorry I'm in a terrible funk today guys like I can't see the bright side of all this. I've been watching Season 1 episodes so I guess that would explain my mood.

Whyyyyyyyyy do I torture myself?!

**PhoenixRising** · 06-08-2013, 04:05 PM

Because you looooooove Cesare and Lucrezia, Emma!

And no matter what, we are gonna keep this board open for everyone who wants to come here and torture themselves over Cesare/Lucrezia love.

I'm still hoping we can get something to wrap up the story. I don't know who to be angrier at, NJ for insisting on his stupid movie, or Showtime for not coughing up the money to do it.

Isn't there a middle ground they could reach, like a four or five episode miniseries? HBO does it all the time!

prettyinpink90 · 06-08-2013, 04:24 PM

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Because you looooooove Cesare and Lucrezia, Emma!

And no matter what, we are gonna keep this board open for everyone who wants to come here and torture themselves over Cesare/Lucrezia love.

I'm still hoping we can get something to wrap up the story. I don't know who to be angrier at, NJ for insisting on his stupid movie, or Showtime for not coughing up the money to do it.

Isn't there a middle ground they could reach, like a four or five episode miniseries? HBO does it all the time!

That's what I was thinking like whyyyyyyy not do a miniseries?! Everybody wins: SHO doesn't spend half the money and NJ can wrap it up.

U know what?? A lot of fans are against the movie that NJ is shopping around but I'm for it because I need more C/L and I'll only watch if F/H are reprising their roles.

hermyone · 06-08-2013, 04:26 PM

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Isn't there a middle ground they could reach, like a four or five episode miniseries? HBO does it all the time!

Alex

a 4 episode miniseries would be perfect now and I think not much expensive, using the old settings, costumes, etc. Just a little bit of respect for the fans who gave Sho three years of their attention and believed in Sho's (now false) promises

**PhoenixRising** · 06-08-2013, 04:28 PM

Hey, hermyone!

I think fans are more against what NJ had in mind for Rodrigo ending up in hell, Emma.

But as long as Francois and Holliday got a chance to wrap up Cesare & Lucrezia's storyline with four episodes I would've been happy.

She could've married Alfonso de Estes and been his wife while being Cesare's lover at the same time.

And I have to go, Emma and hermyone.

I work tonight. I'll see you tomorrow!

Night, Emma!

Night, hermyone!

prettyinpink90 · 06-08-2013, 04:51 PM

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Hey, hermyone!

I think fans are more against what NJ had in mind for Rodrigo ending up in hell, Emma.

But as long as Francois and Holliday got a chance to wrap up Cesare & Lucrezia's storyline with four episodes I would've been happy.

She could've married Alfonso de Estes and been his wife while being Cesare's lover at the same time.

And I have to go, Emma and hermyone.

I work tonight. I'll see you tomorrow!

Night, Emma!

Night, hermyone!

I'll admit the Rodrigo in hell plot is RIDICULOUS but I'd only watch the C/L scenes.

Lucresiare · 06-08-2013, 05:36 PM

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I'll admit the Rodrigo in hell plot is RIDICULOUS but I'd only watch the C/L scenes.

Especially after we have been told by Cesare there is no hell.
Come on this show is obviously anti-religious they aren't going to lecture us with morals and punishment now !

DGSAFDMD · 06-08-2013, 09:20 PM

So I literally spent all evening watching their scenes in S3 and some music videos while crying until I fell asleep.... AWESOME EVE.

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