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De casibus virorum illustrium by La Reine Noire (lareinenoire) for ghinry
Fandoms: 15th Century CE RPF, Historical RPF
25 Dec 2010
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It was said that Nero fiddled as Rome burned; why should not two men have a civilised conversation as the Romagna did the same?
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09 Sep 2026
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Without expectation, she says unto His silence: “I will never wash this blood away."
“Then I must," comes the reply, and Lucrezia stares not up towards God but into Cesare.
Her brother is here now, and he will take care of her. His hands are on her skin, cupping her face, grazing her throat. He lifts a sodden rag to her cheek, pink through with the water-thin wine of her husband’s blood. Though the muslin scrapes against her skin, she is insensate.
"You will be naked," he murmurs, his words fluttering her lashes shut, "and clean and bloodless again."
If only, she thinks. If only.
Low and graveled against her ear: "And mine."
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or: lucrezia is made naked and clean and bloodless again—and his.
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09 Sep 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
By far the best immediate post-canon fic out there. This is what happened I will not be taking questions.
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The Three Graces by La Reine Noire (lareinenoire) for leigh_adams
Fandoms: The Borgias (Showtime TV)
29 Apr 2012
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When men court destruction, it is the women who must seek renewal. And different sorts of revenge.
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28 Aug 2026
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"Are you mine, brother?" she asks. "Or am I yours?"
There's heat in her voice, though it's tempered by whatever this is that's troubling her. Cesare turns her around in his arms and leans in, touching his forehead to hers. "Is there a difference?" he asks. What does it matter, as long as they are each other's?
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25 Jul 2026
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1960s AU: In the summer before Cesare enters seminary and Lucy goes to college, Juan is drafted into the Vietnam War. While all three must fight the expectations and demands their father has placed on them, Cesare is fighting desires and urges that he inwardly confesses are wrong. But as Cesare tries do the right thing, the world is not making it easy—with Juan's situation reminding him he's running away from destiny, Father trying to set up Lucy with a client's cousin, and Lucy demanding that they always stay together. Can Cesare fight the uphill moral battle, or will he seize what he truly desires and wants?
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19 Jul 2026
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She loves him so much. Her brother. Her protector. Her beloved.
He is the other half of her soul.
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21 Jun 2026
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Sin is easy. Virtue is difficult. In between lies hubris.
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31 May 2026
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Affreschi by liriaen for dr_zook
Fandoms: 15th Century CE RPF, Borgias - Ambiguous Fandom, Wolf Hall Series - Hilary Mantel, Cesare (Manga), Italian Renaissance RPF, 16th Century CE RPF
08 Dec 2018
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The year 1502 draws to a close, and young Thomas wonders where it'll all end... [What's happening here, then? The divine Hilary Mantel's hinting at a Cromwell stint in Cesare's train ate my brain. That, and the killing spree at Senigallia.]
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03 May 2026
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If he is anything like her, then he is never more savage than when he lowers his lashes and looks demure. [Lucrezia (12) can't wait for her brother (17) to come home from university.]
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- Part 9 of Madrigali
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03 May 2026
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La Caccia [Ferrara 1507] by liriaen for aqueenvictorious
Fandoms: The Borgias (Showtime TV), Borgias - Ambiguous Fandom
16 Dec 2017
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News comes from Navarra, and Lucrezia discovers that distance cannot obliterate the past.
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15 Apr 2026
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et in hora mortis nostrae by VegaOfTheLyre for marketchippie
Fandoms: 15th Century CE RPF
24 Dec 2010
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Lucrezia mourns her brother's passing.
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08 Apr 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Probably the best fic I have read about Lucrezia mourning Cesare. Includes a whip-smart, highly political Lucrezia. I cried, a lot.
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Grappling, Envious, and Proud by GeneralHuxNeedsRest
Fandoms: 16th Century CE RPF, The Borgias (Showtime TV)
09 Nov 2025
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The horse the Signoria provides him with tires after a few hours, so he takes post at Scarperia to get to Imola as quickly as possible. He arrives there early in the morning of the following day, and the Duke admits him immediately. He wonders whether the man ever sleeps; it’s not unusual for men in power to keep such odd hours, and he wishes he could drag his tired body to a bed instead; his clothes are covered in dust from what seems like every back country road between Florence and Imola. His thighs are raw from riding, and he’s not sure how much longer he’s going to be able to remain standing.
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01 Apr 2026
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Sí com lo taur [Like the Bull] by liriaen for logorrhea
Fandoms: Cesare (Manga), Borgias - Ambiguous Fandom, 16th Century CE RPF, 15th Century CE RPF, Historical RPF
11 Dec 2021
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They grew up apart; now they need to grow together. And grow they will, for better or worse. [Four glimpses into the future, post-vol. 12]
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28 Mar 2026
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“I heard rumors that my brother had found himself a new shadow. Is that you?”
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26 Mar 2026
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let the fire rain down (watch it flare up inside his heart) by Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine) for obsessivemuch
Fandoms: The Borgias (2011)
16 Dec 2011
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He finds it endearing, the way his sweet little sister has learned to wield her womanly charms like a weapon, even if it's him she's using them against.
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24 Mar 2026
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All great men die young.
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05 Mar 2026
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Mine Eyes Dazzle by La Reine Noire (lareinenoire) for marketchippie
Fandoms: 15th Century CE RPF, Historical RPF
20 Dec 2010
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
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05 Mar 2026
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Cesare purses his lips. ’Is it the intrinsic nature of all things, then, to have these Janus faces as we do? Even the basest of elements have their deceits?’
‘Ask a farmer,’ Machiavelli says heavily. ‘Famine is always a rain away, but I wonder why we so often lend our human faults to inhuman things…the rain is not disloyal, merely indifferent, and that is much more frightening.’
‘Yes, the old gods were gods of the soil and the sea.’
‘Of course,’ Machiavelli half shrugs, looking out over the dark rooftops. ‘We propitiate most fervently those great ones whose chief power is abandonment.’
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21 Feb 2026
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Let no one else intervene in this match.
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21 Feb 2026
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Provoked by vega_ofthe_lyre: "Confessional booths, baby." Timeline c. 1493.
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21 Feb 2026