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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

#one hundred years of solitude #cien años de soledad #!!!!!!!!!!!! #it looks…like netflix is just going to do this as an actual fantasy 😑 #will still watch it though #you know me #cristina is an english major #when will people realize this novel is a comedy 🤦‍♀️ #i was breathless with laughter through it all #Youtube

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Wish there was this much energy for defending R&J

#hamlet #romeo and juliet #didn’t even know there were articles against hamlet/ophelia #i tend towards hamlet/ophelia truly being in love #sort of. it’s complicated #there is a lot of (deliberate) ambiguity and mixed evidence #i could talk about it if you lot are interested #however r&j is so canon it’s clownery to dispute it #are there even any studies that try to argue against r&j????? #i almost never bother with rj essays #hamlet/ophelia #hamlet meta

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KIT CONNER AND RACHEL ZEGLER AS ROMEO AND JULIET??? THIS IS NOT A DRILL I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL

#romeo and juliet #hmmmmmm #i don’t see zegler handling shakespeare #or is this going to be a loose adaptation? #god i hope not #we need an actually good version with the original shakespeare #the only non-shakespeare adaptation i want is the french musical

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There are literally at least 5 major MAANs I know of (‘90s Branagh, Joss Whedon’s version, the David Tennant/Catherine Tate version, the Shakespeare in the Park version, the Globe Theater one), plus a loose film adaptation that was a hit.

Meanwhile all the recent major R&J productions was that horrible film one with the butchered Shakespeare that bombed, the stupid gnome one, and the Orlando Bloom one. And they still haven’t adapted the French musical.

#😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #romeo and juliet #no i don’t count & juliet fuck it #what do you mean yet another r&j #the leo di caprio is the only major mainstream version #and it’s so overrated #with the second most horrible shakespeare #there have been more stage productions but they haven’t been big #oh and there was the one they did amid quarantine #nobody says ‘why hamlet’ or ‘why macbeth’ #it’s called a classic #classics are meant to be redone!!!!

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“Edward was shrugging out of his jacket. I suddenly realized that I had never once noticed what he was wearing—not just tonight, but ever. I just couldn’t seem to look away from his face. I made myself look now, focusing. He was removing a light beige leather jacket now; underneath he wore an ivory turtleneck sweater. It fit him snugly, emphasizing how muscular his chest was.” (Twilight, p. 169-170)

“He pulled off his T-shirt, already spotted with blood, and threw it to me. I wadded it up and held it tightly to my forehead.” (New Moon, p. 188)

Yeah…what she really wants(tm).

#twilight clownery #twilight #new moon #twilight renaissance #team jacob clownery is on its own level #bella to jacob: you’re sort of beautiful #sort of beautiful 🤣 #i honestly think meyer loves jacob more than bella does

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Let No One Sleep! (Nessun Dorma)

N.B: The inspiration for English lyrics hit me so suddenly about some time ago, I’m shocked, lol. I thought this aria above all would resist English. I still have one dubious line that would require an extra syllable, but the alternatives did not satisfy me completely. I also debated whether or not to keep the interrogative tense, since that makes Calaf a little less of an asshole…but I thought he was arguably worse in English than in Italian, so some softening wouldn’t do much. 🤣 Hope you enjoy.

Let No One Sleep! (Nessun Dorma)

Calaf Let no one sleep! Let no one sleep…

Even you, my Turandot Locked in your sacred tower Will you deny me? Will you defy your stars now All for your power?

Or do I haunt you even so? And by your will my name would know? No, no! Only when I take your lips in mine I’ll break your silence By the morn

My kiss shall free you from the cold chains that conceal you And keep you from me

Chorus His name he’s sworn no one will know And so we are condemned to die By light!

Calaf Give way, oh, night! Let the day alight! Let the day alight I’ll die or you’ll be mine You’ll be mine! You’ll be mine!

#nessun dorma #turandot #my lyrics #opera #english lyrics #heartbreaking: the best aria is sung by an asshole #a beloved opera tradition by this point #you have no idea how obsessed with this aria i was #my middle school self was UNDONE #soul-shattering #i’ve tried to look up earlier english translations but they’re all literal

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Learned Rudolf's part and now I can't remember the main melody. 🫠 Only me, I guess. Anyhoo, I'm shocked by how okay this turned out; I thought this would be a harder song to sing. It only took me long because I decided to learn Rudolf's harmony like an idiot.

The Shadow's Growing Longer (Die Schatten werden länger)

Death Now it’s time to break the silence  Time to offer you some guidance You’ve known me, yes, you’ve known me Cold, alone, still, you have known me  Even as a boy you’ve shown me What you could be if you’d at last decide

Rudolf Death, you’ve come when I most need you  Dearest friend, I knew you’d be true In this world of madness, greed, you—

Death Am here To be your guide

Both The shadow’s growing longer But mankind is blind to his own folly  The darkness growing stronger In his hate, his greed, his melancholy The shadow’s growing longer Either change the tide Or watch the whole world die

Rudolf Captain of a ship soon sinking Wracked by gales, so close to brinking  And I’m trapped, so helpless, thinking  I’m bounded Tied and grounded 

Death Still, you can prevent disaster If you’re brave enough to try it Though the tide moves ever faster

Rudolf It makes me long to die! 

All The shadow’s growing longer But mankind is blind to its own folly The darkness growing stronger In his hate, his greed, his melancholy The shadow’s growing longer Revolution’s nigh So why do you/I linger still? 

Death What are you waiting for? Do what you have to do Do what you must  To reach for power!

Rudolf Power?

All The shadow’s growing longer What must happen has to or it’s too late The darkness growing stronger  But the world is blind and deaf with hate The shadow’s growing longer Emperor Rudolf will soon make war with this fate

#my creation has returned to me #the do it with oatmeal song is that popular i guess #it would be something to show it on broadway #then came those rotten fangirls #i’ll stop now lol

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i think about this moment at least once a day

#ALWAYS REBLOG HUNGARIAN PARIS #the most iconic creep #rómeó és júlia #romeo es julia #romeo et juliette #hungarian retj

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I am of the firm opinion that Book Wicked and Musical Wicked are two separate spheres that should never touch, so the Wicked movie looks to be a certified disaster. So yeah, I’m definitely seeing it in theaters.

#wicked #wicked musical #wicked movie #i am all about the ☕️ #what’s a car crash to an adaptation disaster???? #they have 5+ hours of extra footage!!!! #oh god #hbo could have done maguire’s book as a miniseries #we could have had it all #not this frankenstein #cristina has an unpopular opinion

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Learned Rudolf's part and now I can't remember the main melody. 🫠 Only me, I guess. Anyhoo, I'm shocked by how okay this turned out; I thought this would be a harder song to sing. It only took me long because I decided to learn Rudolf's harmony like an idiot.

The Shadow's Growing Longer (Die Schatten werden länger)

Death Now it’s time to break the silence  Time to offer you some guidance You’ve known me, yes, you’ve known me Cold, alone, still, you have known me  Even as a boy you’ve shown me What you could be if you’d at last decide

Rudolf Death, you’ve come when I most need you  Dearest friend, I knew you’d be true In this world of madness, greed, you—

Death Am here To be your guide

Both The shadow’s growing longer But mankind is blind to his own folly  The darkness growing stronger In his hate, his greed, his melancholy The shadow’s growing longer Either change the tide Or watch the whole world die

Rudolf Captain of a ship soon sinking Wracked by gales, so close to brinking  And I’m trapped, so helpless, thinking  I’m bounded Tied and grounded 

Death Still, you can prevent disaster If you’re brave enough to try it Though the tide moves ever faster

Rudolf It makes me long to die! 

All The shadow’s growing longer But mankind is blind to its own folly The darkness growing stronger In his hate, his greed, his melancholy The shadow’s growing longer Revolution’s nigh So why do you/I linger still? 

Death What are you waiting for? Do what you have to do Do what you must  To reach for power!

Rudolf Power?

All The shadow’s growing longer What must happen has to or it’s too late The darkness growing stronger  But the world is blind and deaf with hate The shadow’s growing longer Emperor Rudolf will soon make war with this fate

#elisabeth musical #elisabeth das musical #die schatten werden länger #cristina sings #my lyrics #unfortunately #elisabeth english #i had 'the shadows will consume you' for the longest #until it finally dawned on me that i don't need to make the shadows plural #just one shadow will do lol #yeah because anything else just didn't feel right

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This is the whole passage in context:

So “anti human” = humans ain’t shit in the Twilight universe compared to vampires and werewolves. Which, yeah, checks out.

ok who wants to break the news to stephenie meyer that women are in fact human

#twilight #twilight renaissance #twilight hate dumb #anti anti twilight #even the antis make sure not to post the whole passage because they can’t argue with her logic #it’s all just ~vibes #but yeah everything she said about new moon checks out #and i literally called out bedward being the soulmate trope #and i just KNEW meyer wasn’t really writing YA i fucking called it #that’s what makes twilight actually good and interesting #it wasn’t just YA pap

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A sentence that I cannot say among my musical circle because I'd be bullied immediately: European musicals are ten times better than Broadway ones 😔

#european musicals #modern broadway definitely #it is so dead it’s vampiric #but no one beats the golden age of broadway #they had genius-level composers #european musicals are the closest we have #immaculate operetta vibes with modern plots #also the PROSHOTS

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R&J Clown Takes Round ♾️ + Part 13

I’m back!!!! It’s been awhile, but I wanted some fresh takes for once instead of another round of stale clownery. Featuring R&J Glorifying Suicide(tm) and It’s A Tragedy, Actually, Not A Love Story, but funnier. On nom nom away

Clown OP is definitely one of those who would think Brutus was honorable for committing suicide at the end of Julius Caesar but clutches their pearls when two teens do it for love.

So, no, R&J is not even about suicide, much less glorifying it. Nowhere in the play does R&J glorify suicide or death—on the contrary, Juliet freaks out when thinking about being buried alive in the tomb and Romeo speaks with horror of the tomb in pretty much the same language. Hell, it isn’t really even about death. Suicide is a means to an end—being with each other. If things were different, they would never even think of the possibility.

Tell me you’re American without telling me you’re American—

Juliet fell in love with Romeo when Paris was a vague twinkle in their parents’ eye. They only decided to have her married off after she and Romeo fell in love and consummated their union.

That would have instantly dissolved at the slightest hardship. Polycules are notoriously fragile. Also Rosaline is literally sworn to chastity, so thanks for the erasure. Also, also, Juliet canonically can’t stand Paris.

Sampson and Gregory joking about killing and raping Montague women is such a knee-slapper, I agree! Seriously, the only laughter I can see emanating from the Theater at the time would be derisive (maybe the creeps and dude bros would be validated, idk). They are so clearly drawn to be stupid boors you’re not supposed to like, it’s more of a satire than anything else.

Rebranded As A Love Story!!!!!

“Rebranded as a love story” “Playing hockey” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I CAN’T

So anyway, for the 500th time, Shakespeare totally shipping Romeo and Juliet together is as canonical as you can get.

As for hockey buddies…well, you’ve got a point there. Because hockey buddies would totally fake their deaths and commit suicide for each other. Hockey is that emotional a sport.

Fiction /= real life is an equation too complicated for Clown OP. This has to be trolling.

#romeo and juliet #rj clown takes #r&j clown takes #PLAYING HOCKEY #yeah sure the story would be ~exactly the same #because hockey buddies would definitely commit suicide for each other 🫠 #tag yourself i’m ‘rebranded as a love story’

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Oh, thank God I’m not the only one who doesn’t see Elizabeth/Darcy working at all. Maybe Austen meant it as an opposites-need-each-other kind of way—Elizabeth being lively and funny while Darcy being quieter but more serious/responsible. There is also a these-two-are-alike-in-their-pride-AND-their-prejudice-so-soul-mates(?) sort of rationale.

But I personally don’t buy it. Being both alike in pride and prejudice is a negative similarity, not a positive one, and these stem from completely different value systems. (Not to mention it is a slightly different kind of pride and prejudice they’re each at fault for). So while it’s nice that they are humbled a little from these, it only opens up the possibility of romance—it does not prove compatibility.

So, no, I don’t think they’d work out either. Darcy may like continue liking Elizabeth for her lively ways and housewifery, having eased up a little, but Elizabeth would definitely be bored out of her mind with Darcy within a year or two. I don’t see him challenging her in a way she would like or even need. I can see Elizabeth’s tongue growing sharper and Darcy becoming colder and it’d be just a bad situation between them. In the end, if Elizabeth ended up still valuing Darcy, it would be just for his estate and her new rank.

Hey so I read your "What is a Romance" post and found it very informative so thank you lol. I was confused about one part tho:

Can a romance focus on a beta couple as well? Generally no. In American romance novels, authors do set up the couple for the next installment, but that is not quite the same as page time and development. Romances focus on one couple at a time—once that couple’s love story is done, writers can move on to another couple’s romance. Stories that have more than one couple tend to be something else entirely.

I wanted to know how this related to works like Much Ado About Nothing (Hero and Claudio) or Pride and Prejudice (Jane and Bingley) (though I suppose that last one is a marriage plot so it might not count anyway).. Isn't Much Ado About Nothing a romance that focuses on more then one couple?

I also wanted to know this because I'm working on a romance novel and there was a side couple that i wanted to give attention to.

…I’ve been waiting for someone to ask this question, ha. Knowing all the while that I’d have to give my very unpopular opinion. Well, here it is (and thanks for in advance for being the one to bring it up!)

So no, I don’t categorize Much Ado About Nothing and Pride and Prejudice as romances, not so much because they have a beta couple, but because of their plots and thematic concerns. Much Ado is social comedy/satire and Pride and Prejudice is a wedding plot. Let me explain.

Much Ado About Nothing

Ah, Much Ado. I know people adore Beatrice/Benedick (ditto, they’re great) and feel very uncomfortable with Hero/Claudio (with good reasons). But ultimately neither of these couples constitute a true romance. Their love in the play function as social satire/commentary on the battle of the sexes. Beatrice and Benedick’s respective sexism (Beatrice’s scorn for men and Benedick’s sexism toward women) make them refuse to entertain marriage/romance and shield their obvious attraction for each other. Ultimately, though, their sexism stems not from ideology, but from personal hurt feelings and/or insecurity, so the moment they hear that the other likes them, then they are eager to cast off their previous convictions. Shakespeare even hints that B&B had been a couple before, so their realization that they actually love each other is not really true romantic development. Claudio’s actual sexism, in the meantime, actually does lead him to reject Hero. Though framed as romance plots, these two strands are part of the satiric commentary on sexism and misogyny.

Pride and Prejudice

So yeah, Pride and Prejudice is almost purely a marriage plot. Austen sets up the stakes very early and very clearly: The Bennett sisters must marry or else their estate is entailed to their cousin. But wait! Elizabeth grows to love Darcy, right? She learns she was mistaken about him, right? Isn’t that romantic development?

Well, no. Romantic development would entail mutual attraction on both sides, foiled by obstacles. While Darcy is canonically attracted to Elizabeth, Elizabeth doesn’t even begin to catch feelings until after she realizes that Mr. Darcy was the victim in the Darcy-Wickham scandal and finding out he was the one who forced Wickham to marry Lydia. Oh, and seeing his beautiful estate Pemberley. 😑 Real romantic. Austen even lampshades this by having Elizabeth joke about it!

So yeah, that is not a romance between two people attracted to each other and struggling with their class hang-ups. This is story of a woman learning that this seemingly snobbish rich dude is actually not that bad once you get to know him and his £10,000 a year manor home.

Yes, Austen was obviously inspired by Shakespeare’s Beatrice and Benedick subplot when she wrote Pride and Prejudice. But while Shakespeare focuses on sexism as the obstacle between these lovers (and the mutuality of their attraction), Austen replaces the sexism with classism and class resentment that both characters need to overcome. All well and good, but there is no more mutuality; Mr. Darcy starts to give her 🥺 from the second he notices her fine eyes while Elizabeth flirts with Wickham and still thinks he is a rich asshole for over half the book. Her change of heart is genuine and humbling, but it does not follow that she should start liking Mr. Darcy romantically. She actually doesn’t until at least the Lydia affair.

The fact that Austen gave little consideration to romantic development (there are few if no courtship scenes between the two) leads me to conceive P&P as more of a marriage plot than a romance one. That is the true goal here, not the love. It is merely enough that Mr. Darcy is established as truly a worthy man to marry. Hence, a marriage plot.

(As for Jane/Bingley, it basically functions as 1) a softer iteration of the classism theme and 2) an obstacle to Elizabeth/Darcy. Again, a marriage plot, and not a romance either.)

#pride and prejudice #cristina metas #cristina has an unpopular opinion #watch the austenites crucify me lol #moreover i think elizabeth would cheat on darcy #it won’t be any grand affair because elizabeth is just not that passionate a person #just minor flirtations #in the end she would be reconciled with her situation #at least she is mistress of pemberley which is gift enough #i just don’t feel any kind of love for darcy that isn’t just admiration and gratitude for what he did for her sister #hell it’s doubtful that elizabeth even finds him attractive

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Hey so I read your "What is a Romance" post and found it very informative so thank you lol. I was confused about one part tho:

Can a romance focus on a beta couple as well? Generally no. In American romance novels, authors do set up the couple for the next installment, but that is not quite the same as page time and development. Romances focus on one couple at a time—once that couple’s love story is done, writers can move on to another couple’s romance. Stories that have more than one couple tend to be something else entirely.

I wanted to know how this related to works like Much Ado About Nothing (Hero and Claudio) or Pride and Prejudice (Jane and Bingley) (though I suppose that last one is a marriage plot so it might not count anyway).. Isn't Much Ado About Nothing a romance that focuses on more then one couple?

I also wanted to know this because I'm working on a romance novel and there was a side couple that i wanted to give attention to.

…I’ve been waiting for someone to ask this question, ha. Knowing all the while that I’d have to give my very unpopular opinion. Well, here it is (and thanks for in advance for being the one to bring it up!)

So no, I don’t categorize Much Ado About Nothing and Pride and Prejudice as romances, not so much because they have a beta couple, but because of their plots and thematic concerns. Much Ado is social comedy/satire and Pride and Prejudice is a wedding plot. Let me explain.

Much Ado About Nothing

Ah, Much Ado. I know people adore Beatrice/Benedick (ditto, they’re great) and feel very uncomfortable with Hero/Claudio (with good reasons). But ultimately neither of these couples constitute a true romance. Their love in the play function as social satire/commentary on the battle of the sexes. Beatrice and Benedick’s respective sexism (Beatrice’s scorn for men and Benedick’s sexism toward women) make them refuse to entertain marriage/romance and shield their obvious attraction for each other. Ultimately, though, their sexism stems not from ideology, but from personal hurt feelings and/or insecurity, so the moment they hear that the other likes them, then they are eager to cast off their previous convictions. Shakespeare even hints that B&B had been a couple before, so their realization that they actually love each other is not really true romantic development. Claudio’s actual sexism, in the meantime, actually does lead him to reject Hero. Though framed as romance plots, these two strands are part of the satiric commentary on sexism and misogyny.

Pride and Prejudice

So yeah, Pride and Prejudice is almost purely a marriage plot. Austen sets up the stakes very early and very clearly: The Bennett sisters must marry or else their estate is entailed to their cousin. But wait! Elizabeth grows to love Darcy, right? She learns she was mistaken about him, right? Isn’t that romantic development?

Well, no. Romantic development would entail mutual attraction on both sides, foiled by obstacles. While Darcy is canonically attracted to Elizabeth, Elizabeth doesn’t even begin to catch feelings until after she realizes that Mr. Darcy was the victim in the Darcy-Wickham scandal and finding out he was the one who forced Wickham to marry Lydia. Oh, and seeing his beautiful estate Pemberley. 😑 Real romantic. Austen even lampshades this by having Elizabeth joke about it!

So yeah, that is not a romance between two people attracted to each other and struggling with their class hang-ups. This is story of a woman learning that this seemingly snobbish rich dude is actually not that bad once you get to know him and his £10,000 a year manor home.

Yes, Austen was obviously inspired by Shakespeare’s Beatrice and Benedick subplot when she wrote Pride and Prejudice. But while Shakespeare focuses on sexism as the obstacle between these lovers (and the mutuality of their attraction), Austen replaces the sexism with classism and class resentment that both characters need to overcome. All well and good, but there is no more mutuality; Mr. Darcy starts to give her 🥺 from the second he notices her fine eyes while Elizabeth flirts with Wickham and still thinks he is a rich asshole for over half the book. Her change of heart is genuine and humbling, but it does not follow that she should start liking Mr. Darcy romantically. She actually doesn’t until at least the Lydia affair.

The fact that Austen gave little consideration to romantic development (there are few if no courtship scenes between the two) leads me to conceive P&P as more of a marriage plot than a romance one. That is the true goal here, not the love. It is merely enough that Mr. Darcy is established as truly a worthy man to marry. Hence, a marriage plot.

(As for Jane/Bingley, it basically functions as 1) a softer iteration of the classism theme and 2) an obstacle to Elizabeth/Darcy. Again, a marriage plot, and not a romance either.)

#much ado about nothing #pride and prejudice #cristina metas #kaleb-is-definitely-sane #ask #cristina has an unpopular opinion #yeah this is going to go over well #but i’ve never been convinced by elizabeth’s love for darcy #homegirl was barely even bothered by her dislike of him #she only truly hated him when she learned what he supposedly did to wickham

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Yeah, it’s not as if it’s titled “Romeo and Juliet” and Romeo and Juliet are the protagonists or something…it’s not as if they undergo significant character development or have any agency in pursuing their love…it’s not as if they have the best and most gorgeous lines of poetry in the whole play and even the most lines combined…it’s not as if the only way their tragedy is even possible is because of their uncompromising great love…it’s not as if Shakespeare literally defied his own source material that portrayed the lovers as selfish lusty fiends and gave the couple actual humanity and character…it’s not as if

romeo and juliets driving theme is not silly teenagers falling in love, it is the male cycle of violence and how children will always be it’s worst victims

and the sooner you guys realise that the better

#william shakespeare #romeo and juliet #rj meta #r&j meta #do not feed the antis by cleaving r&j’s love from their tragedy #they are one and the same