Pedro reading Pablo Neruda’s (a Chilean poet) Spanish translation of one of Romeo’s monologues from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for the Public Theater of New York in April, 2020. (X)
(summaries from shakespeare.org.uk; further summaries and propaganda encouraged)
Romeo and Juliet: The classic story of boy meets girl; girl's family hates boy's family; boy's family hates girl's family; boy kills girl's cousin; boy and girl kill themselves.
Much Ado: Benedick and Beatrice don't love each other but then they do. Claudio and Hero love each other but then they don't but then they do again. Everyone gets married.
“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Jace and Helaena as Romeo and Juliet commissionated by the sweet
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I hate that we think of Jegulus as star crossed lovers cause doesn’t that mean that they meet once, have one ending, and then never again? Like, they have one ending in one universe and then literally never again in any universe, because the stars don’t change just because the universe does.
For example, Romeo and Juliet. They were star crossed lovers. They met, had their (very stupid and unfortunate) ending, and that’s it. We never hear of a story like Romeo and Juliet again.
But, what if… Romeo and Juliet were Jegulus. It would make sense. Two people from two families, hopelessly in love and willing to die if the other has. What if Jegulus already had their ending and that’s why it wasn’t canon, because there was already a universe where they met and ended?
Last night I dreamed that someone invented a new version of chess called Rookmeo and Juliet where two rooks are in love and trying to run away together. To achieve this they have to make it to the other side of the board, but these rooks don't have any visible signs to differenciate them from the rest, just a small mark in their base. Neither of the players knows what rook from the other side is in love with their rook, so they have to play a regular game of chess, fully aware that they might unknowingly kill the lover of their rook. If they kill it, the game keeps going, but their rook betrays them, switches sides and turns into a second queen for the other player. People wrote a ton of essays about the symbolism and metaphors of that version of chess and the creator didn't have the heart to tell them that he simply invented it because he thought Rookmeo was a great pun