24 5 / 2012
Hercules reads his script entirely wrong
(reads the word disappointed, when he was supposed to sound disappointed)
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24 5 / 2012
THANK YOU
I’m a Shakespeare addict and fan but i hate that play.
Can we petition going to have Romeo and Juliet replaced in schools by Much Ado About Nothing? We still get plenty of angst but with twice as much (at least) falling-in-love and also it ends with a double wedding! HAPPY ENDINGS FOR EVERYONE!
Maybe then we’d get cultural references to Claudio & Hero or Benedick & Beatrice which would be so much more bearable than all those people try to compare themselves to Romeo and Juliet - unless you are teenagers who are going to commit mutual suicide, that’s really not a comparison you want to make.
It would be AWESOME if romantic paradigms in our culture revolved around Beatrice and Benedick instead of Romeo and Juliet - I mean, Beatrice may have her faults, but she has SELF ESTEEM, for crying out loud; she holds men as her equals, not her saviors (“Adam’s sons are my brethren, and truly I hold it a sin to match with my kindred”). When she falls for Benedick it surprises her, but she doesn’t relinquish her grip on who she is for an instant. Similarly, the sexiest thing about Benedick is his roundedness. He doesn’t ask Beatrice to change anything about herself, and neither does he make empty promises. He threatens Claudio out of principle, not jealous passion - nothing about his anger involves Beatrice. He sees the idiocy in his friend’s behavior clearly enough to stand against it, and I find that sexy as all get-out.
Benedick and Beatrice hold onto their moral compasses through thick and thin. When Claudio and Hero become so self-absorbed and reactionary that they lose their minds a bit, Benedick and Beatrice pull them back into reality, discovering parts of themselves they’ve ignored in the process. Best thing is that they ultimately learn respect and tenderness for one another, without swooning and drooling like children.
Dunno about you, but I call this particular OTP role model material. Away with you, Romeo - Bring me Benedick of Padua, and the tragicomedy of the real world to weather along with him.
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24 5 / 2012
because dicks, that's why: areyoutryingtodeduceme: brodinsons: So I just found this on my dash: I...
So I just found this on my dash:
I like Thor. Loki… I’m not that keen. Bit neutral.
Please don’t tell Tom Hiddleston that. I have a feeling that if I say those words aloud then less than a minute later there will be the sound of a car hurriedly…
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