2025-02-04 0:50:41 ¶ ●

sometimes you gotta write an insane rant and then save it to drafts

2025-02-04 16:26:27 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

gabrielmorrison:

> Liking a villain character is cool but it also sucks ass cause there’s always ppl that are like ‘aw no precious baby did nothing wrong UWUWUUWUW’ like no asshole they’re bad that’s why I love them leave me alone

2025-02-09 1:51:37 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

mcaelius:

> they hate to see a boytoy exiled

2025-02-09 4:04:43 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

mushroominawaterbottle:

> they call me the guy whos afraid of everything because. what was that. whos there

2025-02-11 1:45:23 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

nosongunsung11:

> collection of posts for a very specific dynamic

2025-02-11 4:39:06 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

hairscare:

> for you and your warped reflection

2025-02-11 4:42:52 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

jame7t:

> I see you’re trapped in my gay and stupid maze again

2025-02-11 21:53:21 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

disgustinggf:

2025-02-11 23:44:23 ¶ ●

hey anyone out there who’s actively in the king lear fandom (as if we have a fandom), if you ever made edmund content just tag me in the comments pleaseeeeee

I want some edmund content

I am once again begging for it

2025-02-12 4:21:16 ¶ ●

# when the bowl is super

2025-02-13 0:59:08 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

souvlakicokane:

> ## If I’m blocked I hope ur mutuals rb me. I hope ur mutuals’ mutuals rb me. hope my shadow darkens ur dashboard forevermore

2025-02-13 2:07:58 ¶ ●

hamlet is so good I can’t believe I forgot how good hamlet is

2025-02-13 2:52:14 ¶ ●

see there’s one specific reading of hamlet that I need and adore, and am always looking for in any production

when hamlet’s calling the ghost. by the line “I’ll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane” (usually the “royal dane” part is cut from productions)– I need each title to be said with increasing uncertainty and desparation

## “I’ll call thee Hamlet!”

## “King!”

“…father?”

and when ‘father’ is said with infinite softness.

and 'father’ is said with yearning and longing and grieving.

and hamlet is reaching out to his father, who is standing right in front of him and won’t respond.

2025-02-13 3:34:42 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

aliensexdream:

> gertrudlsnacht:

> > does anyone know if we have fun tomorrow?

> we’ve got abysmal dogshit tomorrow

2025-02-13 3:37:27 ¶ ●

kinda always wanted some significant historical event to happen on my birthday but with how things are going now– I’m gonna hold off on wishing for that this year

2025-02-13 17:56:32 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

boydykedevo:

> i think the worst thing in the world is seeing two characters with something weird as hell going on between them and you think to urself “wow i love the weird as hell thing these characters have going on between them” and you open archiveofourown.org and find out everyone else thinks they would actually be in a very normal romantic relationship

2025-02-13 22:58:38 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

unicornofthemidwest:

> My fairly niche Much Ado About Nothing take is that Don John should be a teenager. Give me sulky teen Don John being dragged along by his much older half brother. He’s “not of many words” because he doesn’t want to be there, and he’s on his phone in every group scene. Conrade and Borachio are his little high school buddies who suck. Everyone else is having a great time as twenty-/thirty-year-olds and Don John is bored out of his mind and decides to cause problems on purpose.

2025-02-17 3:37:08 ¶ ●

# we did this online game in class where we send these characters to different courts to learn about the court system and–

## ah yes, Bullets McGee who wants more gun rights :/

## almost all the cases lost their appeals, but I’m so glad there’s such realistic accuracy in this game that this is the one case that won 🙂

2025-02-17 4:59:05 ¶ ●

having an absolute time going through old files on my computer and found a TCOMC parody of Say My Name from Beetlejuice where the count is explaining to andrea the plan of being overdramatic about names in court cases

2025-02-17 5:03:47 ¶ ● ⬈

edettethegreat:

> having an absolute time going through old files on my computer and found a TCOMC parody of Say My Name from Beetlejuice where the count is explaining to andrea the plan of being overdramatic about names in court cases

ALSO a Satisfied from Hamilton parody for Edmond and Mercedes’ engagement

2025-02-17 5:17:59 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

edettethegreat:

> edettethegreat:

> > having an absolute time going through old files on my computer and found a TCOMC parody of Say My Name from Beetlejuice where the count is explaining to andrea the plan of being overdramatic about names in court cases

> ALSO a Satisfied from Hamilton parody for Edmond and Mercedes’ engagement

JUST FOUND ANOTHER ONE

parody of Last Day of Summer from the lighting thief musical for villefort working on the benedetto case and betuccio delivering the intel to benedetto

2025-02-17 16:32:58 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

arrantknave:

> edettethegreat:

> > see there’s one specific reading of hamlet that I need and adore, and am always looking for in any production

> > when hamlet’s calling the ghost. by the line “I’ll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane” (usually the “royal dane” part is cut from productions)– I need each title to be said with increasing uncertainty and desparation

> > ## “I’ll call thee Hamlet!”

> > ## “King!”

> > “…father?”

> > and when ‘father’ is said with infinite softness.

> > and 'father’ is said with yearning and longing and grieving.

> > and hamlet is reaching out to his father, who is standing right in front of him and won’t respond.

> Jamie Parker’s take comes pretty close to this!

> I’ll call thee Hamlet (Act I)Jamie Parker BBC Radio 4

> I could never forget how broken up he sounds near the end.

# OH?? 👀 👀 👀

2025-02-17 16:39:53 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

thereweresunflowers:

> feeling ill thinking about about how in the robert icke version of hamlet they changed laertes’ “this sword is too heavy, let me see another” to be him wanting to switch out the poisoned sword and trying desperately to stop the tragedy rather than asking for the poisoned blade. an adaptation so compassionate the characters themselves are trying to break free from the tragedy and still can’t

2025-02-17 20:03:06 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

followtheechoes:

> did gertrude know that claudius killed king hamlet? when?

> she knew his intentions before he acted on them

> she knew before act i, and she wanted king hamlet dead

> she figured it out before act i, but they were already married by then

> she figured it out after the murder play in act iii scene ii

> she figured it out after she talks with hamlet alone in act iii scene iv

> she figured it out when ophelia is going mad in act iv scene v

> she figured it out when ophelia died

> she figured it out before the duel in act v scene ii

> she figured it out during the duel

> she figured it out as she was dying

> she never knew

> See Results

> tagging @butchhamlet who inspired this by asking everybody to get more insane about gertrude

I was always in the “she always knew, she finds murder attractive, I love my evil women >:) ”

but it would be so tragic if she figured it out as she was dying.

your son, who you thought was crazy, was right.

he was trying to warn you and you punished him for every action he did to preserve your life.

and now you’re dying.

and now it’s too late.

2025-02-17 22:44:37 ¶ ●

# trying to look up the cast of a production I saw a few years ago and—

this is hilarious

this is what true Gloucester Brothers Equality looks like

this is also incredibly unhelpful

2025-02-17 23:23:25 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

necromycologist:

> necromycologist:

> > hmm. it’s almost like lying has consequences.

> changed my mind. i heart untruths and nothing will ever go wrong for me ever

2025-02-18 2:50:17 ¶ ●

every time the groupchat talks about astrology the temptation to screenshot and use it for Edmund King Lear memes is strong. but I resist

2025-02-18 2:53:43 ¶ ● ⬈

edettethegreat:

> every time the groupchat talks about astrology the temptation to screenshot and use it for Edmund King Lear memes is strong. but I resist

actually please use this whenever your local groupchat goes down the atrology rabbit hole

(alternate version under cut)

2025-02-18 16:56:04 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

fishparasite:

> fishparasite:

> > that woman is not a girlboss she is a victim

> a female character does something terrible and some people can’t afford to consider her own personal tragedy. so they make her a girlboss. #feminism. but she’s as tragic as the rest of them.

2025-02-18 17:27:17 ¶ ●

I don’t post about laertes enough but I wish I did

2025-02-18 20:35:20 ¶ ●

incredible! local girl discovers that if she dresses cishet, she’ll get recruited to join sorority!

2025-02-19 0:30:15 ¶ ●

do I ever talk about how tybalt is actually a surprisingly calm and reasonable guy. or do I only talk about that in school essays

2025-02-19 2:54:39 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

fujoshifeminism:

> pseudomuse:

> > badcompanys:

> > > I find it weird that every time people personify the Seven Deadly Sins, they’ll make six of them portray the doer (someone who IS angry, someone who IS slothful, etc), but then they go to Lust and portray them as object being acted upon (someone OTHER PEOPLE would lust after).

> > > Like honestly it would be more accurate to make them some scruffy white dude with a fedora than a sexy girl with curves.

> > This speaks to me on a deep level.

> Thank you for this

but I’m so drawn in by the alternative, where each of the seven deadly sins is a temptation upon those around them to commit those sins.

lust is whatever you’d be most attracted to.

wrath is one of those obnoxious guys who always purposely misunderstands any complaint you may have to twist your words into something entirely different.

greed is a very naive person who’s constantly in situations where people would take advantage of the naiveté. Constantly forgetting valuables in crowded places too.

sloth is a caring(?) friend who keeps encouraging you to rest and ditch responsibilities.

envy is the rich, charismatic, valedictorian who has their life together and is clearly moving on to bigger things.

gluttony is a grandma who offers everyone more food than they could eat.

pride is someone who’s just slightly worse than you at everything. the classic rival type who’s always one step behind.

2025-02-19 3:11:39 ¶ ●

idk idk I just think ‘thou nature art my goddess’ is in conflict with 'the excellent foppery of the world.’ and I think he’s being sarcastic. I think he’s saying “well ok if y'all are so insistent on me being born evil, I guess you’re right. I was just born evil. you’re so right about everything, I’m gonna go follow the script you set out for me, ok?”

2025-02-20 0:11:58 ¶ ●

anyway hot take but Lacy by Olivia Rodrigo is a Helena Midsummer Nights Dream song. about Hermia.

thank you for coming to my ted talk

2025-02-20 1:48:21 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

blackcatarts:

> “hamlet depression” this “goodnight sweet prince” that when I was a sophomore I begged my english teacher to let me write a monologue for banquo’s ghost and then she told me it sounded gay

YESSSS BANQUO’S GHOST APPRECIATION POST

2025-02-21 1:41:50 ¶ ●

me every time I post: guess I gotta create the content I wanna see in the world 🤷‍♀️

2025-02-21 4:21:21 ¶ ●

honestly so tempting to upload papers I wrote for Shakespeare class here

or at least paraphrase

because my professor basically wanted us to write papers that were completely unique and original so everyone had to give her our hottest takes

2025-02-21 18:04:17 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

helen-cooper-fan-account:

> I hate those hamlet polls going around asking, for example, “was Gertrude unfaithful to king hamlet?” because I can’t just pick “yes” or “no.” Truthfully I think both are true. Something I love about Hamlet is that there are so many ways to read and understand it. I cannot definitely say one reading is correct over another (albeit with some exceptions) because each production that does something unique with the reading has something different to say and I love that! Maybe in one production Hamlet really loves Ophelia, maybe in another she really wasn’t all that important to him. Maybe in one production Gertrude cheated on King Hamlet, maybe in another she really did love him.

> Theatre is versatile like that and it’s part of what makes it so special

and if Gertrude was cheating on King Hamlet, I’d want it to have been going on for long enough for Hamlet to have to question whether Claudius could be his biological father

just for an extra layer of drama and complication in the Drama And Complications Play

2025-02-21 19:54:24 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

midnightportals:

2025-02-23 6:56:15 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

renaithri:

> renaithri:

> > save me characters doing fucked up things out of self-preservation…..characters doing fucked up things out of self-preservation save me………..

> save me character who made an undeniably terrible decision but man i dont know what i would have done either………

2025-02-23 21:53:02 ¶ ●

my calculator app is squaring negative numbers into negative numbers and Im crying doing stats homework with a clearly broken calculator app

2025-02-23 22:26:47 ¶ ●

graph paper my beloved <3

2025-02-23 22:51:20 ¶ ●

# someone help arnold with his magical clams :( a goblin ate his stats :(((

2025-02-24 2:42:43 ¶ ●

Edmund and Hamlet ahhhhh

see they tend to both be guilty of the same stuff. love forging letters that get people killed. love getting into duels that get themselves killed. have messy relationships with those around them. people who are trying to defend them get poisoned. their primary adversaries are blood relatives. they’re both into performing and acting. Enjoy lying and bluffing so much.

2025-02-24 3:40:45 ¶ ●

just clicked on my queue tab and all the scheduled posts I have are king lear posts scheduled for the upcoming eclipses

2025-02-24 6:06:53 ¶ ● ⬈

aretheybisexual:

> Do you know this (implied) bisexual character?

> Orsino from William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

> Yeah, I know him!

> I’ve heard of him

> I don’t know him

> See Results

ok let’s throw this at the shakespeare crowd

2025-02-24 6:55:57 ¶ ●

Edmund was the Earl for a solid 5 seconds there and that’s something we collectively forget so easily

like it’s so easy to just think Edmund the Bastard and forget Edmund, Earl of Gloucester

If act 1 Edmund could see act 5 Edmund, he’d be so proud. He wouldn’t even care that he ultimately died– he won. He got the Earldom, he got two of the King’s daughters romantically pursuing him, he’s the most powerful person in England through those things alone.

2025-02-24 21:25:37 ¶ ● ⬈

##

Yoooo I love all your Edgar takes so much!!

I feel like the teeny tiny King Lear fandom is very Edmund focused (or maybe I'm stuck in an echochamber), so it's nice to see Edgar getting some appreciation as well

fweet-prince:

> Thanks!! I do love that bastard dearly but Edgar is my beloved as well he makes me crazy

> Also tagging some folks who are also Edgar enjoyers: @suits-of-woe @butchhamlet @princesskuragina

2025-02-24 23:16:35 ¶ ● ⬈

edettethegreat:

> incredible! local girl discovers that if she dresses cishet, she’ll get recruited to join sorority!

incredible! sorority girl exposed to my presence for two days, decides to quit her sorority!