#soderini

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

Ok! I am flying to Italy soon so will be hurtling through the sky in a metal tube for seven to nine hours.

Therefore! If anyone has prompts please hit me up. I’m continuing my attempts at learning how to write short things.

In the mood for the usual suspects: Downey, Vetinari, Napoleon, Wellesley, Grima, Eomer, various people from early modern Italy and France (eg Machiavelli, Soderini, Sanudo, Richelieu and so on), etc

Also open to other options though! I think most people here know my interests both in fandom and in terms of history 🖤❤️‍🔥

[twopointsevenoneeight]

I Medici- Lorenzo il Magnifico finale

Continuo a tediare l’internet con i miei pensieri su questi ultimi due episodi, che ne valgono almeno il doppio:

Partiamo da un dato di fatto, ovvero Soderini infame per te solo lame (ricordi dai libri liceali)

Lo ripeterò fino allo sfinimento: Contessina lascia il segno anche da defunta (e comunque vederla scalda sempre il cuore)

Clarice che tira un pugno a uno degli assalitori non ha assolutamente prezzo, inoltre ha sempre le parole giuste al momento giusto quindi very nice

Bianca, per quanto alla fine ti ammazzi il fatto che se ne vada, ha una coerenza davvero impressionante.

Qualcuno salvi il soldato Carlo (aka: è stato carino immolarsi per Clarice)

Elefante nella stanza, Giuliano de’ Medici: potrei essermi commossa ad un certo punto; fin dall’inizio della puntata inizi a soffrire per tutto il dolore che prova, che però prova a contrastare(♥️). Cosa molto importante: non muore per un colpo alle spalle ma per armare e “proteggere” il fratello (triste quasi quanto la morte della mamma di Nemo); indi per cui mi sento di dire assolutamente: Giuliano ti si ama e tutti avrebbero cambiato la storia ieri sera. (Da notare: muore con gli occhi rivolti verso la cupola)

Non mi pronuncio troppo sui Pazzi, mi sento solo di dire that’s karma bitch (bonus: il Papà è una bandiera al vento)

La BROTP (o qualsiasi altra cosa fate voi) tra Lorenzo e Francesco ce la meritavamo tutti dai

Sarò nuovamente ripetitiva ma Botticelli hai totalmente la mia anima, ma proprio tutta. A un certo punto ho avuto quasi l’istinto di abbracciarlo (vedasi: quando distruggono quel capolavoro con Simonetta e Giuliano oppure quando non vuole più dipingere sigh), inoltre il momento in cui quei due disgrziati si guardano e Giuliano si scusa è mortale.

La scena finale è stata meravigliosa, proprio come la Primavera (‘Perché dopo la morte viene la vita’)

Allego il capolavoro di Sandrino

Bonus:

Ottimo cast, menzione speciale a Bradly James (che fa anche stories in italiano per alla serata), Matteo Martari, Sinnøve Karlsen e Aurora Ruffino.

Brava mamma Rai che continua in investimenti giusti.

Ultimissima cosa: ho sentito il nome Leonardo (credo), mi aspetto quindi grandissime cose dalla terza stagione (che sarà più o meno un pungo allo stomaco ma vabbè)

idiozie passate uno e due

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

Savonarola: We’re going to make Florence the new Jerusalem.

Niccolo Machiavelli:

Niccolo: are we?

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Savonarola: and that is why you should fear the wrath of god and spurn earthly vanities lest you burn in the fires of hell. There is a reckoning coming for Florence, and it will be made of fire and of water and you will know the sword and pike and the lance of the lord—

Niccolo: yeah I feel that way about France and all those mercenaries from Urbino too.

Savonarola: that wasn’t - I wasn’t - never mind.

—

Niccolo: the worst thing has happened

Vettorri: what now? Did Francesca leave you again for Orlando who you’re certain is just using her as rebound since his lover boy ditched him for a richer man?

Niccolo: I was trying to forget about that situation so thank you for that, my friend. But no, that wasn’t it.

Vettorri: in that case, carry on.

Niccolo: I went to hear Savonarola speak because my wife’s brother’s friend’s cousin kept going on about him.

Vettorri: oh no.

Niccolo: and I was stood there thinking: this is all bullshit. But then, horror upon horrors, I felt a creeping sense of shame come upon me. Something I’ve never felt before and don’t ever want to experience again. So I decided to not visit my other mistress tonight.

Vettorri: you’re setting her aside??

Niccolo: absolutely not. Why would I do that? I’m just being good for a night then plan to go back to sinning full force tomorrow. Never let me go to Mass again. Bad idea, all around.

Vettorri: how you are still alive is a mystery to me.

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Soderini: have we thought about mercenaries as a solution?

Niccolo: no. Never. Over my dead body. Absolutely not. Get those mercenaries off my lawn. No one wants them.

Soderini: you are aware that we are financially and physically unable to support a standing army right.

Niccolo: a man can dream, Piero. Let me have five minutes of bliss.

Soderini: fine. But once you’re done blissing out I need you to steal a bridge for me.

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

top 5 historical figures you wish had lived/been ''professionally active'' longer because it would be interesting to see what they would have been up to

bbahahahahahahahah lol

1. Napoleon - I feel like I don’t need to expand on this At All. 

2. Soderini - I would have been interested to see where he would have taken Florence had Savonarola not so rudely interrupted. 

3. Cesare Borgia - ONLY because he is a HOT MESS of a Disaster of a human. And I love me some hot, hot messes. God what a messy bitch you were Cesare. 

4. Julius Caesar - Just curious how all of that would have played out with him as dictator for life - like would he have taken the crown, would he have stayed where he was in terms of the political titles? What would that have done to Rome? The eventual Roman empire? etc. 

5. Thomas Cromwell - I mean Henry admitted he was an idiot for executing the bloke. But yeah, I would have loved to see how his life would have played out had he lived. Especially after Henry’s death and that whole Jane Grey kerfuffle. I mean, would it have happened had Crum been alive? Who knows. His own authority rested with Henry as his patron so without the king ... but still - would have been interesting. I mean after Edward’s death it was Mary and Elizabeth and both had Good Reasons to not like him. But still - I’d have been interested to see how his life would have gone had he lived. 

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Thank you! <3 

Five Character Ask Meme

[vincent1760]

#Osimo via #Soderini #incendio di un modulo abitativo. Le fiamme si sono estese alla vegetazione adiacente. Non si segnalano danni a persone. (presso Osimo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDBpib4pU64/?igshid=1czb9y9vtvgoe

[labelleaude]

*Il post del curatore* Michelangelo, Soderini e il sultano “È piccola, ma attira lo sguardo per i colori che ricordano quelli del Pontormo, a cui è stata a lungo attribuita, la tavoletta che rievoca un evento accaduto a Firenze tra il 1504 e il 1506: il sultano – riconoscibile dall’abbigliamento “all’orientale” – aveva inviato ambasciatori in città per convincere Michelangelo, qui in piedi dietro di lui, a seguirlo a Costantinopoli per costruire il ponte sul Bosforo. Il gonfaloniere Pier Soderini lo persuase però a rimanere.” Di Ludovica Sebregondi #500Firenze Mirabello Cavalori, "Michelangelo, Soderini e il sultano", post 1564, Londra, The National Gallery

[remis-velisque]

Although Tommaso’s death went virtually unrecorded by his contemporaries, he had had a remarkable career. In large part through his own abilities, he had succeeded in making himself the second citizen of Florence, and despite the repeated internal conflicts in which he had been involved, he had always managed ultimately to be on the winning side. Although he had been forced to subordinate his views and objectives to those of the Medici family, he had succeeded in generally collaborating with them in Florence’s interests. Moreover, he had been able to use Medici authority to advance his own interests, as a result leaving his family in a position of prominence which few Florentine clans could match. Although many citizens blamed Tommaso for having subverted the city’s liberty in the interests of a narrow èlite, Tommaso might console himself that he had pursued what he felt to be Florence’s interests, and that he had remained personally committed to the principles of public service and freedom of consultation throughout his life.

Excerpt from The Soderini and the Medici by Paula C. Clarke