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Nero's Mother Is a Killer and He Wants to Kill Her
Nero's mother is a very much an invested parent in every aspect of his life she chose his wife for him who he hates. The thing that eventually really prompts Nero to take drastic action and commit matricide is that he falls in love with a woman called papaya but cannot divorce octavia while her still alive. He decides that he has to murder her so that he can divorce octavia so that he could then marry papaya. But what he wants is her murder to look like an accident because he wants to keep all of her popularity and kudos of having a cool mom.
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