2025-03-02 2:53:01 ¶ ●

me when grapes:

2025-03-02 4:51:02 ¶ ● ⬈

bacchilles:

> hey fellas is it bad that I spent most of King Lear thinking that the daughters were the good guys

no you’re right

it’s so valid of them to be concerned about a parent who’s prone to random impulsive fits of anger in which he exiles people who he loved 5 minutes ago

the Lear antagonists all are so extremely reasonable in their grievances. to the point where I barely think of them when I think of Shakespeare antagonists

anyway yeah Goneril and Regan are the good guys. to me personally.

2025-03-02 7:43:16 ¶ ●

stats homework due 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 12:43 and I’ve done 8 out of 30 problems let’s goooooooo

2025-03-02 7:44:15 ¶ ● ⬈

edettethegreat:

> stats homework due 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 12:43 and I’ve done 8 out of 30 problems let’s goooooooo

ok but in all seriousness the prof. definitely set the wrong due date but he’s the type who’d be like “welp that’s when it says it’s due so. that’s when you gotta do it by”

2025-03-02 8:11:45 ¶ ●

just wanna say that stats is my new latin

like the way I’d obsessively post about latin last semester is how I’m gonna be posting about stats now

2025-03-02 8:47:31 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

edettethegreat:

> edettethegreat:

> > stats homework due 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 12:43 and I’ve done 8 out of 30 problems let’s goooooooo

> ok but in all seriousness the prof. definitely set the wrong due date but he’s the type who’d be like “welp that’s when it says it’s due so. that’s when you gotta do it by”

an hour later and I’ve done 16 out of 30

woooo we’re getting somewhere with this :)

2025-03-02 16:25:33 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

edettethegreat:

> edettethegreat:

> > edettethegreat:

> > > stats homework due 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 12:43 and I’ve done 8 out of 30 problems let’s goooooooo

> > ok but in all seriousness the prof. definitely set the wrong due date but he’s the type who’d be like “welp that’s when it says it’s due so. that’s when you gotta do it by”

> an hour later and I’ve done 16 out of 30

> woooo we’re getting somewhere with this :)

y'all should know that I finished my stats homework around 8:30am

got it done before that deadline :D

2025-03-03 4:06:13 ¶ ●

so the child gets out of omelas. someone lets him out of the room. or he got out on his own. but he’s angry. vengeful. and so he burns down the city that tortured him for the sake of their own prosperity.

and the people see this.

and they say “the prophecy was right! the child got out and look what’s become of us!”

and no one cares that it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. and no one stops to think whether raising that child among their own would have saved both their beloved city and this detested–

2025-03-03 21:50:34 ¶ ●

please encourage me to work on my research proposal that’s due at midnight–

2025-03-04 3:39:31 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

hamletkin:

> me: some of y'all need to chill

> also me: if you so much as breathe the words “blond hamlet” in front of me i will stab you with this toothbrush

2025-03-04 4:15:30 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

hamletkin:

> me: some of y'all need to chill

> also me: if you so much as breathe the words “blond hamlet” in front of me i will stab you with this toothbrush

@gender-snatched OH?? 👀 please share with the class 👀

2025-03-04 4:23:06 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

hamletkin:

> me: some of y'all need to chill

> also me: if you so much as breathe the words “blond hamlet” in front of me i will stab you with this toothbrush

it really do be like that

2025-03-04 4:37:01 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

gender-snatched:

> edettethegreat:

> > hamletkin:

> > > me: some of y'all need to chill

> > > also me: if you so much as breathe the words “blond hamlet” in front of me i will stab you with this toothbrush

> > @gender-snatched OH?? 👀 please share with the class 👀

> ok so i feel like i do have to start my ginger hamlet defense with the fact that im ginger and identify way too strongly with hamlet. so. i mean. i feel like theres a clear root there.

> however i do have genuine reasons for ginger hamlet. one is that i dont like blond hamlet very much because men shouldn’t be blond /j and i feel like black haired hamlet is very shoo in gothic. this only changes with 1) dyed hair hamlet (which most blond hair hamelt is anyways) and 2) hamlet played by a POC

> anyways, reasons i think hamlet should be ginger:

> - makes him incredibly visually distinct in group shots and scenes while wearing all black
> - makes the all black more vivid and mourning-esque because of the pale skin
> - pale skin would blend in with a marble elsinore (my personal design) while his dark clothes would take him out of it (similarly i think dark skinned ophelia wearing white would have the opposite effect of belonging vs wish to belong)
> - you cant dye your hair when ginger unless you want to look very ugly so hamlet continues to be trapped in a body/world that he cant change in his favor
> - if hamlet sr is ginger it’s clear he sees himself in his father. if hamlet sr isnt but claudius is theres that tension of having to see yourself in someone who is terrible
> - and also lets just shake it up a little. blond hamlet black haired hamlet hes been all of this. ginger hamlet? i could be the first ginger hamlet

I was so neutral up until hamlet’s hair color either matching his father’s or claudius’s. that’s so perfect. I need that.

technically you could do that with any physical feature (including but not limited to hair color, including but not limited to ginger). HOWEVER. I do like how distinct ginger is. And I’m completely on board with your hamlet staging color scheme of black clothes on a white marble set.

2025-03-04 4:40:54 ¶ ●

and on that note–

gloucester should share a physical feature with edmund. something not overly noticeable, but something you can’t easily hide. he’s really stuck with physical evidence that edmund is his.

of course the feature could be anything. but given the eye symbolism,, let them both have the same unique eye color.

2025-03-04 4:56:52 ¶ ●

##

have we considered Ashy Brunette hamlet?

Ashy Brunette sounds like the protagonist of some YA novel

in all seriousness, @hamletkin we’ve got more options 👀 👀

2025-03-04 5:03:32 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

edettethegreat:

> and on that note–

> gloucester should share a physical feature with edmund. something not overly noticeable, but something you can’t easily hide. he’s really stuck with physical evidence that edmund is his.

> of course the feature could be anything. but given the eye symbolism,, let them both have the same unique eye color.

@horizon-penblade You see the vision!!

unlike gloucester–

2025-03-04 20:30:39 ¶ ● ⬈

hamletkin:

## kenneth branagh has done more harm to the Blond Hamlet Community than any dark hair hamlet truther could ever dream of doing :(

2025-03-05 1:59:35 ¶ ●

edmund and his tendency to get stabbed

edmund and his tendency to be the only antagonist to not stab anyone other than himself

2025-03-06 1:19:56 ¶ ● ⬈

edettethegreat:

> edmund and his tendency to get stabbed

> edmund and his tendency to be the only antagonist to not stab anyone other than himself

i misspoke :(

I meant he’s the only antagonist to not personally kill or maim anyone

because goneril very much only stabs herself

2025-03-06 3:30:02 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

sarostheghostcat:

> when some random guy has a blorbo opinion i disagree with: blocked you will die and no one will remember your name

> when my beloved mutual has a blorbo opinion i disagree with: i have never considered this, but perhaps i could be won over… your passion compells me my beloved…

2025-03-07 17:50:01 ¶ ●

the unfortunate lack of shakespeare musicals is so sad. there’s so much material there. So much public domain material.

thank you to Shaina Taub for adapting Twelfth Night and As You Like It, they’re both fantastic musicals and I highly recommend everyone listen to them if you haven’t already–

but we need someone out here adapting the tragedies too

2025-03-08 0:09:10 ¶ ●

honestly wish the word Bully had less of an elementary school connotation because if we could regularly call people bullies without it sounding silly it would be such an improvement to most modern terms

2025-03-09 18:49:03 ¶ ●

# statistics saga! back at it with my prof’s taste in hw questions

2025-03-10 0:33:01 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

harrykim:

> he would not fucking say that moments in fan interpretations is frustrating but at least you can ignore it. when the source itself makes him fucking say that that’s when you’re fucked.

but what if it’s sarcastic

“oh well if you’re noble.. in that case everything’s ok you could do whatever you want! of course, of course, I respect the nobility– love all the microaggressions I experience every time I gotta talk to one!”

2025-03-10 0:41:28 ¶ ●

also completely separate headcanon re:edmund trial by combat and the line about forgiving edgar if he’s noble–

I do believe that edmund’s kinda overjoyed at the opportunity to actually beat up a noble and get away with it.

the whole play he’s had to work with subterfuge as his primary weapon because there’s no other way for someone of his social status to safely fight the nobility.

but now he’s a noble. and he can, if he so desires, accept this duel and potentially harm a noble with little to no consequence.

so good for him, good for him :)

2025-03-10 2:35:11 ¶ ●

thinking so many thoughts about a female version of edmund and how much it would change how the audience would perceive her.

because I love generbent shakespeare

I adore female edmund

however when a hot guy is sleeping with everyone in the play, he’s seen as cool

but when a hot woman is sleeping with everyone. well let’s just say people would call her some very rude words :(

2025-03-10 4:53:05 ¶ ●

I fully understand why edmund/goneril is the more populare ship, but can I interest you in the beauty of edmund/regan

the second child. the overlooked child. who lashes out at the world that favors the eldest by default. neither get the benefits of being doted on as the youngest, as cordelia may have had many years ago, as a legitimate child may have had in the gloucester household–

even as regan openly displays more violence and anger than her sisters, she still can’t catch her father’s attention; he’s busy fixating on his firstborn who betrayed him. Betrayed him by not allowing him to keep one hundred knights in her house. he curses goneril’s name and forgets regan’s.

exactly like how gloucester is with edmund.

2025-03-10 4:55:36 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

orlissa:

> I’m sick of internet negativity, so let’s combat it: reblog this and saying something nice/pay a compliment to the prev in the tags.

2025-03-10 19:31:25 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

seraphex:

> its crazy when i like a female character and i think well she’s clearly flawed but at least she’s interesting :) and then i make the fatal mistake of witnessing other people’s opinions on the subject and find out that the consensus amongst fans is that she’s an irredeemable demon bitch from hell

2025-03-10 20:05:11 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

medievaljournalist:

> its a bright new day i hope i dont get mutilated

2025-03-10 20:47:52 ¶ ●

sometime you read a post that makes you go “I understand your point, but your opinions are concerningly ignoring half of the issue, and it’s coming across as you trying to justify one kind of bad behavior with another”

2025-03-10 21:17:26 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

dykelinda:

> blonds really love dying young it’s crazy

2025-03-11 3:19:11 ¶ ●

Someone Gets Hurt from Mean Girls is Edmund-Coded send post

2025-03-11 3:42:00 ¶ ● ⬈

edettethegreat:

> Someone Gets Hurt from Mean Girls is Edmund-Coded send post

“this is performance, this is all self defense, I thought you had the sense to see through that”

OH?? great big eyes emoji at that

2025-03-11 4:53:06 ¶ ●

hamlet vs king lear

the one where everyone is not paranoid enough and the one where everyone is overly paranoid

2025-03-11 4:59:22 ¶ ●

can we please compare the duel at the end of hamlet with the duel at the end of king lear

-the person who issues the challenge is trying to avenge their father

-the person who accepts the challenge is begged not to accept it, but insists on fighting anyway

-objectively not a fair fight (rigged match/unidentified disguised opponent)

-someone gets poisoned and dies around the same time

2025-03-11 5:05:46 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

edettethegreat:

> hamlet vs king lear

> the one where everyone is not paranoid enough and the one where everyone is overly paranoid

@sargent-major-jane exactly!!!!

exactly that! phrased perfectly, 10/10

2025-03-11 14:26:47 ¶ ●

##

im teaching hamlet rn to my 11th graders

and all of your comparisons are making me want to also teach them king lear which i simply. do not have time for.

it’s ok I think hamlet is the more important play for an 11th grade class to obsess over :)

I think the first time I got really into hamlet was around 11th grade

however– for me personally, I read hamlet in 12th grade english lit, and simultaneously read king lear in AP Lit– and somehow still didn’t make all these (seemingly obvious) comparisons until afterwards

[but if you actually want a way to teach both, I’d say the fastest and simplest solution is to read hamlet thoroughly in class, and then watch a production of king lear so you could make comparisons between the two]

2025-03-11 14:49:19 ¶ ● ⬈

##

im teaching hamlet rn to my 11th graders

and all of your comparisons are making me want to also teach them king lear which i simply. do not have time for.

edettethegreat:

> it’s ok I think hamlet is the more important play for an 11th grade class to obsess over :)

> I think the first time I got really into hamlet was around 11th grade

> however– for me personally, I read hamlet in 12th grade english lit, and simultaneously read king lear in AP Lit– and somehow still didn’t make all these (seemingly obvious) comparisons until afterwards

> [but if you actually want a way to teach both, I’d say the fastest and simplest solution is to read hamlet thoroughly in class, and then watch a production of king lear so you could make comparisons between the two]

linking my hamlet/king lear posts here!

hamlet vs king lear; re: having appropriate amounts of suspicion

hamlet vs king lear, re: duel at the end

hamlet/edmund parallels

2025-03-11 14:51:15 ¶ ●

also every time I type duel I gotta also google it because duel and dual are unfortunately two different words that are the same to me.

2025-03-11 16:19:36 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

podcastwizard:

> my most toxic trait is i fucking love work gossip. i play neutral not to be the bigger person or take the high road but to hear slander and hearsay from every side. two coworkers complained about each other to me in the same afternoon and i nearly blacked out from the rush

2025-03-11 16:47:43 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

mythwoven:

> Alternate universe where I literally just to go to school forever (for free) so I can just learn about art and literature and history and languages for 100 years. No job skills. No credit requirements. No student loans. Just learning.

2025-03-11 19:02:45 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

3liza:

> touching grass isn’t enough we should be staging small community productions of shakespeare

2025-03-11 19:43:48 ¶ ● ⬈

edettethegreat:

> the unfortunate lack of shakespeare musicals is so sad. there’s so much material there. So much public domain material.

> thank you to Shaina Taub for adapting Twelfth Night and As You Like It, they’re both fantastic musicals and I highly recommend everyone listen to them if you haven’t already–

> but we need someone out here adapting the tragedies too

# WHERE’S THAT APOLLO DODGEBALL MEME

[article’s here]

2025-03-11 20:46:22 ¶ ●

stats is due in around 9 hours.

and I just discovered you could doodle in excel

also I’m still stuck on question 1

2025-03-11 21:10:46 ¶ ●

# you’re telling me it’s been this easy the whole time??

I’ve been procrastinating on this for hours because I couldn’t understand which formulas were which from my notes but it’s RIGHT HERE ON THE SLIDES

2025-03-12 3:13:54 ¶ ●

am I the designated edmund blog?

yeah I see you as THE edmund account

someone else is, but I see you as a close runner up

Im from shakespeare tumblr but I don’t see you as one of the edmund accounts

Im from shakespeare tumblr but not from the king lear side of it so idk

Im not from shakespeare tumblr

See Results

2025-03-12 13:43:48 ¶ ● ⬀ ⬈

sargent-major-jane:

> edettethegreat:

> > edettethegreat:

> > > hamlet vs king lear

> > > the one where everyone is not paranoid enough and the one where everyone is overly paranoid

> > @sargent-major-jane exactly!!!!

> > exactly that! phrased perfectly, 10/10

> the hamlet would survive othello/othello would survive hamlet discussion but its the parents in the wrong play

gertrude and gloucester are the new hamlet/othello–

gertrude: hey edmund what’s that letter you’ve got there?

edmund: oh it’s nothing

gertrude: sure whatever. Im gonna go get married again.

edmund: ok dear mother, who loves getting married so much that there’s absolutely no way I’m illegitimate in this timeline

–

gloucester: hello boy what’s wrong?

hamlet: uncle claudius killed the king! a ghost told me!

gloucester:…

gloucester: we need to handle this IMMEDIATELY. also I 100% believe in ghosts and need no further evidence to back this up

2025-03-13 1:41:05 ¶ ●

edmund really do be out here being the only canonically, objectively, attractive shakespeare character

2025-03-13 19:42:09 ¶ ●

watching violence and treachery and nodding along the whole time so everyone knows I agree with and support all of it