Snowflake Challenge Day 07
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meridian_roseDay 7
In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
I'm going to choose a couple of things from my Renaissance shows.
The season two episode of Da Vinci's Demons, The Voyage of the Damned, has one of my favourite ever moments of the show, Leonardo pretending to be Riario to try and secure passage on a ship. It's incredibly convincing; even one of Tom Riley's fellow actors thought they'd dubbed his lines with Blake Ritson's voice, but Riley just did a tremendous job of mimicking the inflection Ritson uses.
see the whole gifset by fuuworld, reblogged at my DvD sideblog
He would have got away with it if it wasn't for the meddling Alfonso, who personally knew Riario and wouldn't be fooled.
Still crop, see the gifset here
The line from the pic below "I would have spared Amelia if I could" is from an earlier episode, but is reiterated in the 'previously' opening to the season two episode "The Ends of the Earth", which includes one of my other favourite moments, the flashback scene which completely changed my opinion on two of the antagonists, Riario himself and his cousin Lucrezia.
Still crop; see the gifset here
Here we see Riario try to save his cousins, Lucrezia's grief, Riario's own shame at his failure to protect them both. Here's where I had some sympathy for Lucrezia finally, here younger!hotter!Riario (which honestly is just Blake Ritson in a wig) started to win me over. Here's where we see the compassion Riario was once capable of, and in the later scenes with Zita, and with Leonardo, we see that man is not completely lost, just buried beneath the necessary cruelty of serving Sixtus.
Finally my favourite, don't give a damn how anachronistic it is, line from The Borgias. I even named my Tumblr sideblog after it. Cesare has, rather understandably, I think, killed someone. Rodrigo, his father, and the Holy Father, is Not Happy because there are repercussions when you murder nobles whose families can support or oppose Rome to such a degree.
Complaining to Cesare's mother, Rodrigo says "He had an unfortunate accident" and she gasps, "Cesare?" and Rodrigo says no. He names the victim, and explains that "He fell onto a knife that…Cesare happened to be holding."
Yes, I'm sure everyone will believe that! :P
full (spoilery) gifset
In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
I'm going to choose a couple of things from my Renaissance shows.
The season two episode of Da Vinci's Demons, The Voyage of the Damned, has one of my favourite ever moments of the show, Leonardo pretending to be Riario to try and secure passage on a ship. It's incredibly convincing; even one of Tom Riley's fellow actors thought they'd dubbed his lines with Blake Ritson's voice, but Riley just did a tremendous job of mimicking the inflection Ritson uses.
see the whole gifset by fuuworld, reblogged at my DvD sideblogHe would have got away with it if it wasn't for the meddling Alfonso, who personally knew Riario and wouldn't be fooled.
Still crop, see the gifset hereThe line from the pic below "I would have spared Amelia if I could" is from an earlier episode, but is reiterated in the 'previously' opening to the season two episode "The Ends of the Earth", which includes one of my other favourite moments, the flashback scene which completely changed my opinion on two of the antagonists, Riario himself and his cousin Lucrezia.
Still crop; see the gifset here
Here we see Riario try to save his cousins, Lucrezia's grief, Riario's own shame at his failure to protect them both. Here's where I had some sympathy for Lucrezia finally, here younger!hotter!Riario (which honestly is just Blake Ritson in a wig) started to win me over. Here's where we see the compassion Riario was once capable of, and in the later scenes with Zita, and with Leonardo, we see that man is not completely lost, just buried beneath the necessary cruelty of serving Sixtus.
Finally my favourite, don't give a damn how anachronistic it is, line from The Borgias. I even named my Tumblr sideblog after it. Cesare has, rather understandably, I think, killed someone. Rodrigo, his father, and the Holy Father, is Not Happy because there are repercussions when you murder nobles whose families can support or oppose Rome to such a degree.
Complaining to Cesare's mother, Rodrigo says "He had an unfortunate accident" and she gasps, "Cesare?" and Rodrigo says no. He names the victim, and explains that "He fell onto a knife that…Cesare happened to be holding."
Yes, I'm sure everyone will believe that! :P
full (spoilery) gifset
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Date: 2016-01-14 06:03 am (UTC)(Though "Two Sforzas" is also a contender.)
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Date: 2016-01-14 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-19 05:49 am (UTC)That Borgia gifset made me actually laugh out loud. Of course he just happened to fall. Right on the knife. Oops.
I started watching the Borgias years ago...and I don't know why I stopped. I don't remember anything about it, but I might have to track it down. :D
I LOVE Leo pretending to be Riario. I was looking away from the TV when that scene started and I honestly thought it WAS Riario so I was majorly confused when I looked back up and there were Zo and Amerigo under the cloaks. Then it cut back to Leo and I had to rewind to watch it all again because I couldn't believe he did the voice that perfectly!
I must rewatch that episode this week with the Lucrezia and Riario flashback. It's weird how different he looks without the beard but with the long hair.
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Date: 2016-01-20 03:15 pm (UTC)Along with the main characters it features their Alfonso ("gaggle of geese") and not-taking-shit Machiavelli with the owl.
Yes, these are some of the reasons S2 is my favourite season. Riario!Leo and Flashback!Riario are great examples of how good these characters and the actors behind them are. I think the flashback is the same minimal facial hair as he has at the start of s2, before the voyage makes everyone hairier :)