itp: The Borgias

[sharpasafawkes]

[IN CANADA, it's Historian and Borgia bonding time! -Or trainwreck-watching time, as the case may be]

At least the opening isn't rubbish...

[Yeah, Yeah]

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[maleborgia]

*oh vague sense of unease, how appropriate you are*

Are these things usually like this? It's very... dramatic.

[sharpasafawkes]

It's an American project... or Canadian, I'm not sure. Either way it's normal for-

-Yes I'm sure that couple romping nude was what these credits needed.

[maleborgia]

Clearly.

*stretching his legs out and crossing them at the ankle. settling down for a long show.*

Is that supposed to be the highlight of this "project"?

[sharpasafawkes]

If it's the same as the Tudors, then yes. I'm dearly hoping they keep it close to the history this time around.

[maleborgia]

It doesn't look like they are.

[sharpasafawkes]

...Yeah, I can tell. Oh what a lovely start.

[maleborgia]

...

*can you tell that this is the face of someone who is deeply offended by his characterization?*

[sharpasafawkes]

[I'm not even being represented here and I'm offended]

I'm going to want a drink after this, aren't I?

[maleborgia]

Let me get them now. Don't trouble yourself to make it wait for me.

*getting up and going upstairs*

[sharpasafawkes]

Thank you.

...and I think that would count as some form of torture.

[maleborgia]

*back in a minute or so, two glasses and two modern, because he's not about to waste his 15th century things on this bottles in hand*

What happened?

[sharpasafawkes]

...

We might need more than that. I Just saw Lucrezia.


Oh. Oh god. Is that-

[maleborgia]

*IF I TURN AROUND TO OPEN THIS THEN ONLY MY EARS WILL BLEED*

[sharpasafawkes]

Oh dear god that's- what on earth is that even on his chin? Because that's not a beard by any means.

I'd just like to say right now that you're not allowed to destroy my laptop until after I've backed everything up. Also don't turn around just yet.

[maleborgia]

Remind me again why I agreed to suffer through this?

*also: drinking. you can pour your own damn glass, he's going for the bottle*

[sharpasafawkes]

[grabbing the other one, fuck he's going to need this]

Remind me why I agreed to this? Oh right, because they didn't entirely massacre the first series.

You know, what kills me is that Jeremy Irons can act when he's got half a mind to do it. I'm not quite sure what he's doing here, I think he's partially drunk.

[maleborgia]

*pouring a glass properly now*

Which one is Jeremy Irons?

[sharpasafawkes]

Rodrigo. No idea who's playing Cesare, but he's doing the accent wrong, and I don't just mean he's not Spanish or Italian. It's like he's trying too hard to do it right.

[maleborgia]

You really don't need to tell me that.

The translator here has blissfully decided to keep that little touch.

[sharpasafawkes]

Yeah, sorry about that. I was hoping that for a story about a Spanish-Italian family they'd go with, you know, actors from the general vicinity instead of England.

[maleborgia]

Please tell me that would be the normal thing to do. This is going to give me a headache. Not all of your popular entertainment is on this scale, is it?

[sharpasafawkes]

No, not all of it. Certainly not a lot of the entertainment I like.

...Juan was not a piss-poor fighter, and for the love of god you don't wear a robe when fighting.

[maleborgia]

No, you do not. This man is an idiot. And before you say anything, I mean the actor or whoever is responsible for this nonsense.

[sharpasafawkes]

Trust me, by now I've learned to split apart the different versions of you. You aren't the one I saw and you're not...

[a search in a side window]

Canadian? Really? Oh come on!

[maleborgia]

*leaning back in his chair, over his shoulder*

Turnbull!