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The tragic disconnection between Lucrezia Borgia and Juan Borgia::

What I find sad and compelling about Juan and Lucrezia's relationship is that every time he genuinely makes a gesture to make her happy, it inevitably ends up being misguided, resulting in her getting hurt in some way. Like the debauched play he had prepared for her as a surprise at her wedding to make her smile, not realizing that it would anger her husband and cause him to hate her and her family even more. The Paolo situation is where their dynamic changed forever. Juan, as someone who was assigned as the protector of the family by his father and is already feeling inadequate and incompetent in his position, already saw Paolo as a threat. A guy who could expose his sister, calling himself the father of her child, making demands to see her? Had Juan known what Sforza did to her, the hell she was living, and how she found solace in Paolo, most probably, he would've let Paolo live. He legitimately believed getting rid of him (and he was motivated by jealousy as he has incestuous feelings for Lucrezia)—was the right thing to do—and expected applause for his misguided notions of protecting his family's honor. He didn't realize how much he hurt Lucrezia and tried to make her understand that he did it to protect her honor and didn't mean to hurt her. When he realized that she tried to avenge Paolo and kill him, he made a speech about how their family triumphed because they weren't dysfunctional when they came to Rome, that they should always stick together, and that he's motivated by wanting safety for all of them. After he came back from Spain a changed man, he gifted his sister something that positively represented her—a stunning rare panther in a gilded cage—a genuine gesture to reconcile with her and earn her respect. However, it bites her, and they're unable to make peace. And after Cesare betrayed him at Forli, he spiraled once again, and he realized that no matter what he did, he would never earn his siblings' respect, specifically Lucrezia's. This realization made him hurt her by lashing out at her and dangling her baby from the balcony, which also gave Cesare the motivation to do what he always wanted and justify his jealousy by murdering him.

"I had an amazing personal journey to go on with that character and hopefully I presented it with a sense and reality and hopefully you will feel a bit sorry for the guy. I don’t think he’s useless. Everyone says he’s a useless coward. He’s just placed in some shit situations. He’s not afraid of dying in that sense, he’s afraid of not being liked or loved and being left by his family. Whether they know it or not, they have been ganging up on him from the very beginning of the first season. What’s the problem with him? I think he’s lovely. I think he’s really kind and compassionate and cuddly." — DAVID OAKES

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And even if you chose To lock yourself away If I listen close I can almost hear you say... Once I was real, once I could feel some feeling once in a while

JUAN BORGIA in THE BORGIAS (2011-2013) Brad Kane — Once (Inspired by this edit)

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friendly reminder that this blog loves both apollonia vitelli and kay adams and won't tolerate any hate on my posts <3

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"Mickey, you had me worried when I didn't get in touch with you."

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SIMONETTA STEFANELLI as Apollonia Vitelli in 'The Godfather' (1972)

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Simonetta Stefanelli as Lucrezia Borgia in 'Young Lucrezia' (1974)

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Your blog is very nice, Apollonia, despite her short appearance in The Godfather, she is an attractive (her beauty is natural without cosmetics), are there new pictures of our beloved Simonetta

thank you <33 yeah apollonia is absolutely gorgeous, and simo is just talented. these are the latest pics of her :)

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Is she a nice person?

She's a little tough and a reserved person, you're gonna need to impress her if you want her to like you, but overall she's the sweetest and the funniest. a unique gem <3

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Al Pacino photographed by John Bryson in January 01, 1975.

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anyway, simonetta's son (Brenno Placido) has sent me a voice message of simo thanking me for the fanpage i created for her on Instagram. he also said when i visit them in rome he'll invite me in a dinner and meet simonetta 💖

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hi! i've been very busy and i miss posting on this blog. just wanna pop in and say i love simonetta with everything i have <3

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Al Pacino as Francis in 'Scarecrow' (1973)

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~ Apollonia ~

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Simonetta Stefanelli as Lucrezia Borgia in ‘Lucrezia Giovane’ (1974)

~ dir. by Luciano Ercoli.

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Simonetta Stefanelli as Lucrezia Borgia in “Lucrezia Giovane” (1974) dir by Luciano Ercoli.

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“She was all ovals - oval-shaped eyes, the bones of her face, the contour of her brow.  Her skin was an exquisite dark creaminess and her eyes enormous, dark violet or brown but dark with long heavy lashes shadowing her lovely face. Her mouth was rich without being gross, sweet without being weak and dyed dark red with the juice of the grapes.  She was so incredibly lovely that Fabrizzio murmured, "Jesus Christ, take my soul I’m dying,” as a joke, but thew words came out a little too hoarsely.  As if she had heard him, the girl came down off her toes and whirled away from them and fled back to her pursuers.  her haunches moved like an animal’s beneath the tight print of her dress; as pagan and as innocently lustful.  When she reached her friends she whirled around again and her face was like a dark hollow against the field of bright flowers.  She extended an arm, the hand full of grapes pointed towards the grove.  The girls fled laughing with the black-clad stout matrons scolding them….As for Michael Corleone, he found himself standing, his heart pounding in his chest; he felt a little dizzy.  The blood was was surging through his body, through all its extremities and pounding against the tips of his fingers, the tips of his toes.  All the perfumes of the island came rushing in on the wind, orange, lemon, blossoms, grapes, flowers.  It seemed as if his body had sprung away from him out of himself.“

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Simonetta Stefanelli as Lucrezia Borgia in ‘Lucrezia Giovane’ (1974).