#ceslu

[borgialucrezia]

“It felt like it was meant to happen. Of course they do have sexual feelings for one another, but it mostly comes from a deep, deep love. When it happens there’s pain, there’s relief, there’s the feeling that it was inevitable. There are so many emotions involved in that sexual act that it couldn’t have been just jumping each other’s bones. [Laughs.]." — FRANÇOIS ARNAUD

[elephantlovemedleys]

HOLLIDAY GRAINGER and FRANCOIS ARNAUD as LUCREZIA BORGIA and CESARE BORGIA in THE BORGIAS (2011-2013)

[getagirlie]

love and devotion.

françois arnauld and holliday grainger as cesare and lucrezia borgia.

[ultraviolencekisses]

the borgias textposts part 2

[envythesnow]

the final shot of the borgias being lucrezia pressing her face into cesare’s shoulder and being fully covered by him, almost devoured, as he claims her for himself thus symbolizing her giving herself over to him completely… ohh this type of cinematic excellence will never be replicated on television again i fear

[captainscifi22]

[lostinfic]

Cesare and Lucrezia's relationship retold through clips of shows and movies set in modern times, featuring Holliday Grainger and François Arnaud.

(My first fanvid because I couldn’t fit all the scenes I wanted in a gifset, and like most of my fics, it’s an AU.)

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

cesare x lucrezia for song recs? 👀

A timeless classic! I present: the unholy family 🗡️🕊️

You find your way into my blood. You are the one that's one too much, and never enough. You'll be my morning after headache. You'll be my help-me-forget this heartbreak. Just like poison in my veins. You are the kiss I should forget, My one night gone too far, my favorite accident.

When they sold your soul to the highest bidder I broke down and cried Now I'm older and the road is clearer I got nothing left to fight Turn the light on call out to someone Thought I saw your face [...] Don't ever let go, my love We are the lovers, the dreamers You won't take us alive, believers Into the night, follow the sound We'll hold it down We'll be holding it down We'll have the last laugh

Let it all burn down around us Let the cruel consume the just Let the sin we swim in drown us Let the world shatter Into dust Nothing else matters Only us

And it's killing me when you're away And I wanna leave, and I wanna stay And I'm so confused, so hard to choose Between the pleasure and the pain And I know it's wrong, and I know it's right Even if I tried to win the fight My heart would overrule my mind And I'm not strong enough to stay away

Enjoy ✨

[iamabodybeggingtobeacorpse]

via @johannesburchard

thinking about how cesare's feelings for lucrezia got colored romantic because of rodrigo's ambition and him pinning the two oldest boys against each other and never showing cesare affection, thinking his eldest son was stronger than juan and that juan needed his gentleness and affection more. but the thing is, cesare did need his father's love and because he never showed it to him, cesare found that kind of affection elsewhere. in lucrezia-- her adoring gaze, her soft fingers playing with his chin or the strings of his clothes, in the way she melted into his touch. and of course he began to feel unnatural things for his sister (she felt safe in only his arms, sought out his advice on love and marriage because she trusted only him) and of course he didn't fight it, maybe he even encouraged it when he shouldn't have, but it wasn't with malicious intent. he didn't know what it was he was feeling, what she was feeling until it was too late. by then the damage was done, and as he himself said, "impossible loves.....I am very much afraid they can become an addiction". it wasn't like he wanted to feel these things for her. but how could he not when she was the first to understand he was miserable in his role in the church ("don't be sad, brother. maybe papa will become pope and you can be who you want to be"-- in their very first scene together!!), the only one who didn't run from his dark side-- she embraced it, even, and weaponized it when it suited her (and he was happy to let her, even using her desire to see their brother dead as an excuse to kill juan for his own ambition), creating this idea that he could trust only her to love him. I think, to him, it seemed pure enough not to question it even when there was undeniable sexual tension brewing between them because, above all, he just wanted to protect and serve her because their father wouldn't (and just because that is how he shows his love/how she receives it), and shower her in sweetness, with gentle touches because that's what she deserves (and because that is the other way she receives love & he shows it. speaking of love languages? i've geniunely never seen a ship have such perfectly complimentary love languages the way these two do!?! like oh my god?!! she wants someone to serve, protect, idolize her & show her gentleness? he does exactly that. he needs someone to love and adore him unconditionally & shower him in affection? she fits that 100% AJSKGLHGSLD but I digress lol) anyway....all this to say: do I really think cesare groomed lucrezia? no. or, at least, I think that's oversimplifying it. it was out of either of their control, and a direct result of their father putting his ambition above his love of his children. it's really fascinating how those daddy issues pulled ceslu closer together where it shoved a wedge between them and juan. (i'm sure @lucreziahelaena would be the more appropriate choice to write up an essay on the juan aspect of it all, though hahaa)

have I mentioned they're my roman empire? (because they are lol) <3333

[honestlyihavenoideawhoiam]

"I can only feel the love of Christ through you" was genuinely insane and it did something to me

[cinderflower]

Have you given any thought to MiqTrin/Mal pet names? Or is the way they just say each others names normally romantically familiar enough?

I'm not going to lie petnames aren't usually something I give much thought to, especially with settings like ER lol, but what I am a sucker for is twisting the meanings of titles and name modifiers for forbidden relationships like theirs to give them that subtle romantic meaning that they can use openly front of others (dear sister, dearest Miquella, my dear twin, my loyal blade, etc). I imagine they use them often enough that they don't even consciously think about it most times, but every once in awhile they might use it in a bit more risqué setting. I'll also sneak in a classic 'my love' every once in awhile too!

[borgialucrezia]

lucrezia and cesare's chemistry still gives me whiplash to this day even though i've rewatched the show million times like sorry but their nachos could never be reheated on tv ever again

[elephantlovemedleys]

when we’re together, god seems to sit in the room with us. and when you’re away, i manage to forget you. and then…one touch of your hand and god comes rushing back.

[getagirlie]

Lucrezia and Cesare.

borgias (2011-2014) & the borgias (2011-2013)

[ultraviolencekisses]

the borgias textposts part 7

[captainscifi22]