FANMIX: Meet Me In the Middle (Cesare/Lucrezia, The Borgias)
Title: Meet Me In the Middle
Fandom: The Borgias, 1968/Vietnam War AU.
Pairing: Cesare/Lucrezia, but other POVs are here, too.
Warnings: This fanmix insinuates consensual incest and has a political perspective.
Notes: Created for the au_bingo square "Post-Atomic Age". There is an accompanying fic available here.
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?
*
1.
Be Calm - fun.
I think they want something
I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe-
and be calm.
Be calm.
I know you feel like you are breaking down,
I know that it gets so hard sometimes-
Be calm.
*
2.
Sunshine (Go Away Today) - Jonathan Edwards
Sunshine go away today,
I don't feel much like dancing.
Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life-
Don't know what he's asking.
*
3.
Orange Crush - R.E.M.
We are agents of the free.
I've had my fun and now its time to
Serve your conscience overseas (over me, not over me).
Coming in fast, over me.
*
4.
Serpent Charmer - Iron & Wine
There's a serpent charmer, pair of shoes and wander.
Speeding ticket, you're not leaving that last land of slaughter.
Strange words that we hold on back into the river,
Good girls come and kick you in the shin.
*
5.
Seasons In The Sun - Too Much Joy
Goodbye Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I got along.
*
6.
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
You shut your mouth, how can you say
I go about things the wrong way.
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does.
*
7.
Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only) - The Beatles
- Instrumental -
*
8.
High Hawk Season - The Mountain Goats
The summer will reveal itself to those whose hearts are true
And to the faithless few.
Rise if you're sleeping, stay awake.
We are young supernovas and the heat's about to break.
*
9.
We Will Not Be Lovers - The Waterboys
The touch of your flesh is tough to resist.
Planets collide, collide at the smack of your kiss-
But you can kiss your brother,
Because we will not be lovers.
*
10.
Angel Of The Morning - Merrilee Rush
Maybe the sun's light will be dim
and it won't matter anyhow.
If morning's echo says we've sinned,
well, it was what I wanted now.
And if we're the victims of the night,
I won't be blinded by light.
*
11.
Only The Young - Brandon Flowers
Mother its cold here, Father thy will be done.
Thunder and lightening crashing down-
They got me on the run, direct me to the sun.
Redemption keeps my covers clean tonight.
Baby, we can start again.
*
12.
Lovers In A Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies
When you're lovers in a dangerous time,
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime.
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight-
Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.
*
13.
Sister Golden Hair - America
Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise,
And I just can't live without you, can't you see it in my eyes?
I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find.
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind.
Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it-I don't mind sayin'-I just can't make it.
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Fandom: The Borgias, 1968/Vietnam War AU.
Pairing: Cesare/Lucrezia, but other POVs are here, too.
Warnings: This fanmix insinuates consensual incest and has a political perspective.
Notes: Created for the au_bingo square "Post-Atomic Age". There is an accompanying fic available here.
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?
*
1.
Be Calm - fun.
I think they want something
I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe-
and be calm.
Be calm.
I know you feel like you are breaking down,
I know that it gets so hard sometimes-
Be calm.
*
2.
Sunshine (Go Away Today) - Jonathan Edwards
Sunshine go away today,
I don't feel much like dancing.
Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life-
Don't know what he's asking.
*
3.
Orange Crush - R.E.M.
We are agents of the free.
I've had my fun and now its time to
Serve your conscience overseas (over me, not over me).
Coming in fast, over me.
*
4.
Serpent Charmer - Iron & Wine
There's a serpent charmer, pair of shoes and wander.
Speeding ticket, you're not leaving that last land of slaughter.
Strange words that we hold on back into the river,
Good girls come and kick you in the shin.
*
5.
Seasons In The Sun - Too Much Joy
Goodbye Papa, please pray for me,
I was the black sheep of the family.
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much wine and too much song,
wonder how I got along.
*
6.
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
You shut your mouth, how can you say
I go about things the wrong way.
I am human and I need to be loved
just like everybody else does.
*
7.
Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only) - The Beatles
- Instrumental -
*
8.
High Hawk Season - The Mountain Goats
The summer will reveal itself to those whose hearts are true
And to the faithless few.
Rise if you're sleeping, stay awake.
We are young supernovas and the heat's about to break.
*
9.
We Will Not Be Lovers - The Waterboys
The touch of your flesh is tough to resist.
Planets collide, collide at the smack of your kiss-
But you can kiss your brother,
Because we will not be lovers.
*
10.
Angel Of The Morning - Merrilee Rush
Maybe the sun's light will be dim
and it won't matter anyhow.
If morning's echo says we've sinned,
well, it was what I wanted now.
And if we're the victims of the night,
I won't be blinded by light.
*
11.
Only The Young - Brandon Flowers
Mother its cold here, Father thy will be done.
Thunder and lightening crashing down-
They got me on the run, direct me to the sun.
Redemption keeps my covers clean tonight.
Baby, we can start again.
*
12.
Lovers In A Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies
When you're lovers in a dangerous time,
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime.
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight-
Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.
*
13.
Sister Golden Hair - America
Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise,
And I just can't live without you, can't you see it in my eyes?
I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find.
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind.
Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it-I don't mind sayin'-I just can't make it.
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