nucci vs ci chimici

[TruBellezzan]

ive found out for you... i asked my mum
This is exactly what how it went:
"Mum, where's Tuscany?"
"Italy, I think, now where's my duster? I only put it down a couple of minutes ago!"
"Is it like, a city?"
"No, it's several, a bit like a county or a state... Where IS that duster??"
"It's here Mum. In your hand."
"So it is!"

[Alex]

HAHAHHAAH...well..i foudn out 2....i think...never sure with my aunt..but she says its not Venice and probably around florence and the northern part aroudn there..so..that should be Tuschia..rite?

[Mary]

Oh dear, maybe I should put you guys out of your misery.

Tuscany is a Region of Italy, which includes Florence, Siena, Pisa and Lucca (Giglia, Remora, Moresco and Fortezza). Venice is in the Veneto, is different Region. Tuschia = Tuscany.

Is that OK?

Mary

[Alex]

thank you ;D ...maybe i shoulda paid more attention in geography..altho im sure they dont teach stuff about italy ..that mite make it more interesting ;D

[Alex]

wait..dont the di chimici own more than that though??

[TruBellezzan]

Yeah, I think so... They had quite a few didn't they? Maybe Tuscany covered more at some point? Or maybe it's just one of Talia's differences to our world?

[Alex]

no..i think he only took that section because the areas in other parts of talia where their other possessions are aren't totally ruled by di chimici..so he just took the title for wuteva area he ruled fully ;D ..he obviously couldnt take talia's veneto cus he didnt have Bellezza ;D

[[giulietta-off dreaming]]

Wow look at how quickly the topics of threads change (I've noticed this a lot)

ok, to answer the nucci vs. di chimici question:
I think I sided with the nucci all the time, except for where Gaetano was concerned because the di chimicis were weirdos for most of the trilogy (to me, anyway), and plus, they didn't like Arianna, and she's my favorite character. Gaetano's cool, though, because he was nice.

There's more about the Talian cities in the "Talia" section of www.stravaganza.co.uk and... yeah.

[Alex]

*looks shocked* ..u sided with the Nucci? wow...oh well..it's not so shockin...sided with the di chimici cus they're cooler ;D ..but i hate Niccolo cus of what he did to Arianna..and Luciano....altho without his interference Luciano would've never stayed and become Duke ;D..but still. and he cheated in the duel! grr..servedhim rite....but i like fabrizio and carlo and gaetano better than the nucci brothers...carlo was just followin his fathers orders when he killed davide..so..i blame it all on Niccolo..not the di chimici in general.

[TruBellezzan]

I swung between supporting both... whenever the nucci were angry or upset, i was like "Poor them!" and when Duke Niccolo was suffering hardships, like with his sons, i was like "Oh no, poor them!" I'm easily swayed, but i think overall i support the nucci, aside from gaetano, and the girls... oh maybe not. Oh, I don't know!!

[Alex]

just cus their whole family is considered all-powerful and kinda mean doesn't mean they all are...DIE NICCOLO..oh..wait..he already is..oh..well . I guess i felt kinda bad for the Nucci ....only really near the end tho

I feel sorry for all of both of the familys - Niccolo did what he did mostly for the continuation of his family line, and as a rash act of jelousy. Thats all. You cannot characterise an entire family as evil because of the mistakes of one man. And they were not all mistakes - Look at what Silvia did - she sent an innocent woman to her death for exactly the same reasons as the DiChimici. Every coin has two sides, every story has two view points.

Mary Hoffman could have equally written a story about a valiant familys struggle to hold onto its power as it crumbles from the inside, a single city and its ruthless rulers threatening to destroy everything that their forefathers have slaved for, even died for, and the tragic love story of the head of the family trying to keep everything together in the name of honour. His forbidden love, the arrogant and beautiful princess, who leads him on then spurns him for another, and its final, tragic climax. Loyalty, Lineage, Pride and Power, woven into the blood and bones of every DiChimici, the weight of a thousand years of ancestry falling upon his son, an untrained prince, who is faced with the impossible task of uniting the family once more.

I personally think it would be rather good.

[[giulietta-off dreaming]]

Well, yeah, the di Chimici I guess weren't err... that bad, it just sort of annoys me how power-hungry they are, or at least how power hungry Niccolo was.

[Rosie]

yeah. niccolo is a jerk, but the rest of the family is ok. u notice when the families of the brides and the brothers had their own little paragraphs, they all seemed a little exasperated w/ niccolo and his plots. and carlo was just a poor, misguided instrument, product of a barbarous, schemeing daddy-o. hee hee. so in cof i mainly sided w/ the di chimici.

now, in com and cos, thats a completely different story. hee hee. story. hee he.

o and btw, i agree w/ giulietta. it is simply *amazing* how fast these threads *completely* change topic. ;D

confusingly yours!

rosie

[Rosie]

i luv the way i think!! now, if only everyone else in this world could do the same... everything would be so much simpler...

btw, i'm not talking about this forum. i'm just in 1 of my happy quirks where all my previous posts make me laugh. hee, hee!

i probably won't be posting for a while-- i'm going 2 the beach next week. and yes, i kno that there's a place for me 2 put stuff like this, but i felt like being talkative and posting.

pointlessly yours!

rosie

ps. is this considered padding? or speed posting? oh, i'm so sry if it is and i promise i'll stop whith the pointless stuff! (man i had a hard time getting that out- im typing so fast i keep making mistakes.)

[TruBellezzan]

i'm like you, i sometimes feel happy for no reason at all...

[Rosie]

it is a rare gift, tru, cherish it...

[beamer]

Same here...I liked the Nucci since the Di chimici are ebil

[[giulietta-off dreaming]]

you've got to feel sorry for the Nucci. They lost all their sons but Filippo, but Niccolo erm... he HAD two, while he was alive. And he has a huge family in general, but the Nucci family is much smaller (it seems) so I bet Camillo and Davide meant a lot more to them. Gaetano said he might not even RECOGNIZE some of his relatives. itwas something like "I don't think he'd be able to tell the Duchessa apart from one of his nieces if she wasn't introduced"

[Rosie]

hey i posted something what happened 2 it? gaetano said niccolo might not be able 2 tell the duchessa apart, he wasn't talking about himself

rosie