I'm a big fan of Ragnatela and I had a couple questions/comments about the story.
When Patience escapes after the mansion arc, is Leonardo truly unaware of her whereabouts until she goes to the opera with Salvatore? Why didn't he kidnap her again the second he knew where she was and force her into marriage? How angry is he that she's sleeping with Salvatore?
Does Leonardo intentionally punish Patience's loved ones (Flora, Michael) in such heinous ways because he's jealous of people she has affection for? The way he tortures them seems way above and beyond what the Borghese gang does to their victims, even their enemies like Gerald Nizzolla.
I really like the way you wrote Leonardo's gender expression and the way he blends masculinity and femininity. His manicured nails, flowery perfume, faux gentle manners but the way he still sees himself as a patriarch that Patience must submit to and a man that all women are beneath. Him scratching Patience all the time was so funny to me, except the opera scene where he attacks her p*ssy with his nails was traumatizing to read LOL
Really interesting questions, thank you so much for submitting these!
He was totally unaware. Remember, Salvatore was the one who brought her there to show her off to Leo. Leonardo was not expecting to see her at all. There was no way to track her at that time; she had basically stumbled half-conscious to the house of her last client. As to why he didn't recapture her, cat and mouse, remember. He likes the chase, and he likes toying with her.
He was very, very unhappy that she was sleeping with that inbred pig farmer. He doesn't lose his composure easily, but during the scene in the opera house, he was completely recalibrating his hatred to focus on Salvatore. Their rivalry has existed before the start of the story, but it gets very personal after that, and Leonardo stops at nothing to make him suffer.
Partially. Her affection towards Michael definitely plays a role in his sadistic treatment of him. He specifically tortures Michael because Patience had been in love with him and worried about him. I don't think Flora was targeted for jealous reasons as much, instead of simply to hurt Patience. She is not as much of a romantic rival as Michael was, being a middle aged single mother. I think his victimization of her was pure sadism and to hurt Patience, not out of any jealousy.
Thank you! Leonardo definitely has a bitter complex with femininity. As Patience says, “His life was molded to women in an indescribable way. Leonardo was obsessed with femininity--wanted to embody it, with his carefully manicured nails and red lips and that golden curly hair that he took care of so jealously. He wanted to own it, wanted to grasp the whole of womankind in his arms and force them to obey his every whim.” Yet he targets women with the worst and most sexualized abuse imaginable. Patience's pussy puts up with a lot of strain during the story, it's no wonder it shorts out during the ending. It just throws up its hands, tosses in the rag, and says “you win. you're not doing shit to me anymore.” and leaves the ring.
Thank you, this was a great trip down memory lane. Boy do I miss these characters, lol.
