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Nel
is 40% done
i got so fed up reading about politics - and its the same shit over and over again - i had to skim. niccolò is about to be sacked from florence. exciting times!
— Sep 24, 2025 12:54AM
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Nel
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There, he scoured ‘every nook and cranny one by one,’ until, eventually, he happened upon a likely-looking ‘young thrush’. After satisfying himself that the bird’s ‘disposition was generous’, Niccolò started kissing it, and then ‘ministered to several of its hind feathers.
[bird=rent boy]
i like how hes just casually sharing his gayscapades with his friend Vettori. florentines, eh.
— Sep 24, 2025 11:42AM
[bird=rent boy]
i like how hes just casually sharing his gayscapades with his friend Vettori. florentines, eh.
Nel
is 45% done
Still another, Donato del Corno, had opened a new shop, which, judging by Niccolò’s rather arch description, was actually a male brothel – and it seems that Donato was not above sampling his wares.
its always the men named Donato.
— Sep 24, 2025 02:26AM
its always the men named Donato.
Nel
is 25% done
most of this book is niccolò trying to negotiate while signoria just drags their balls and cant decide on anything. no wonder the medici eventually ousted them.
— Sep 23, 2025 04:34AM
Nel
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“During his brief encounter with Cesare in Urbino, he had been struck by the duke’s dashing appearance and martial spirit: This lord is very splendid and magnificent.”
bro totally had a crush on mr red minefield.
— Sep 22, 2025 11:37AM
bro totally had a crush on mr red minefield.
Nel
is 9% done
Even the bell of San Marco was punished: removed from its tower, it was whipped as it was dragged through the streets, and exiled for fifty years.
take that u wicked bell. no more tolling for u!
— Sep 19, 2025 03:17AM
take that u wicked bell. no more tolling for u!
Nel
is 8% done
niccolò writing love poetry to giuliano medici was not on my bingo card tonight but ok we roll.
— Sep 17, 2025 12:32PM
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E wrote: "Maybe gotta throw Mac to the side for a week or more, Nel. Over 700 pages, and you're at 40%.
Ooof."
technically the book itself covers only 70%, the rest is housekeeping stuff like bibliography, etc. im at 50 now so ill finish it in a couple of day. plus its going much better now with tales of niccolò's whoring around. :D
Over 700 pages, and you're at 40%.
Ooof.