* ''TheBorgias'' depicts Juan Borgia as a stupid lech whose actions can be explained away by insecurities. And he really does love his family. The real Juan was sometimes referred to as a sort of idiotic sociopath--he was once chided for killing cats. His older brother, Cesare, is a DutifulSon who also loves his family, and would do anything for them. The general consensus is that the real Cesare Borgia was all but a sociopath--the only person he loved in the world was his sister, Lucrezia. (The show does get that right; but he seems to have never felt the loyalty to his parents that the series implies.) While he falls madly in love over the course of the show, he all but stated in reality that the only woman who had any worth in his eyes was Lucrezia. Though the first season is set up as his StartOfDarkness, he was already dark by the time these events occurred. So dark that he would stand on a balcony, shooting at prisoners for target practice--with little sis by his side, of course. The writers may have downgraded him for now due to the fact that few would believe that someone could be that bad that early in his life. Also remember that all these accounts of the Borgias were by their enemies, who of course can always be relied upon to give unbiased descriptions.

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* ''Series/TheBorgias'':
** Juan Borgia is depicted as a stupid lech whose actions can be explained away by insecurities. And he really does love his family. The real Juan was sometimes referred to as a sort of idiotic sociopath--he was once chided for killing cats.
** His older brother, Cesare, is TheDutifulSon who also loves his family, and would do anything for them. The general consensus is that the real Cesare Borgia was all but a sociopath--the only person he loved in the world was his sister, Lucrezia. (The show does get that right; but he seems to have never felt the loyalty to his parents that the series implies.) While he falls madly in love over the course of the show, he all but stated in reality that the only woman who had any worth in his eyes was Lucrezia. Though the first season is set up as his StartOfDarkness, he was already dark by the time these events occurred. So dark that he would stand on a balcony, shooting at prisoners for target practice--with little sis by his side, of course. The writers may have downgraded him for now due to the fact that few would believe that someone could be that bad that early in his life. Also remember that all these accounts of the Borgias were by their enemies, who of course can always be relied upon to give unbiased descriptions.

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