#in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene

[17magpiesinatrenchcoat]

ALL THE SLAY THE PRINCESS ANALYSIS-ISH POSTS IVE FOUND ON HERE SO FAR

As someone who can never really grasp meanings in media beyond surface level, analyses like these are always lovely to read. Here are all the ones I’ve gathered during my short time in the fanbase so far, this is mainly for myself, but maybe it would be useful to someone else!! Also. If anyone knows of any more, please please send them to me!! I will add more as I go too.

I don’t think these all count as analyses, but they all made me go “oooh :0” so yeah

https://www.tumblr.com/momentomori24/735278091386126336/i-just-had-an-epiphany-about-the-cold-that-i-never

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735000176332259328/the-pristine-blade

https://www.tumblr.com/electronicdelusionstarlight/735270452740734976/id-like-to-point-out-that-in-the-wild-if-you

https://www.tumblr.com/dapperrokyuu/735178155760992257/alright-now-that-ive-seen-the-end-slay-the

https://www.tumblr.com/momentomori24/735068416032047104/something-i-really-love-about-the-smitten-is-how

https://www.tumblr.com/geebeeskoos/735078530884534272/the-nightmare-the-moment-of-clarity-might-be-the

https://www.tumblr.com/electronicdelusionstarlight/734951196420358144/id-like-to-point-out-that-while-the-tower-and-the

https://www.tumblr.com/bpdwwx/734705488874422272/insane-over-slay-the-princess-imagine-death

https://www.tumblr.com/satellite-slickers/734633384872132608/slay-the-princess-is-really-cool-because-learning

https://www.tumblr.com/satellite-slickers/734573430353117184/i-just-realized-that-even-though-our-protagonist

https://www.tumblr.com/satellite-slickers/734558408577073153/i-like-how-the-twist-in-slay-the-princess-isnt

https://www.tumblr.com/golvio/734492024048369664/it-was-a-bit-of-whiplash-going-from-the-damsel-to

https://www.tumblr.com/three-lesbians-of-the-apocalypse/734467272705490944/theres-something-so-chilling-about-asking-the

https://www.tumblr.com/in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene/734463751524319232/the-more-i-think-about-it-the-more-not-exactly

https://www.tumblr.com/honeyfizzly/734464645923045376/i-think-the-horror-of-deconstructed-damsel-comes

https://www.tumblr.com/colorful-noircuts/733183847545683968/rambling-about-something-i-realised-in-slay-the hello my lovely mutual!!

https://www.tumblr.com/k20spock/734344272686481408/i-feel-like-i-havent-seen-as-much-discussion-of

https://www.tumblr.com/nerdlordofnerds/734384189011607552/man-dont-you-hate-it-when-you-try-to-rid-the-world

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735338029994115072/oh-for-the-stp-questions-what-do-you-think-of

https://www.tumblr.com/honeyfizzly/735336172257198080/i-really-adore-the-witch-wild-route-because

https://www.tumblr.com/supervillainies/735028943239921664/ive-mentioned-it-before-but-voice-of-the-cold

https://www.tumblr.com/lots-of-little-pink-clouds/734249738756620288/follow-up-thought-tsm-says-when-you-meet-he-gave

https://www.tumblr.com/angelofthemornings/734527183265185792/one-thing-i-like-about-slay-the-princess-is-that?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/metanarrates/734373760026705920/if-you-choose-to-chain-yourself-next-to-the?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/satellite-slickers/734216961853095936/durring-slay-the-princess-our-leads-have-the-only?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/golvio/734035911415857152/tried-the-damsel-route-today-this-shot-and-the?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/electronicdelusionstarlight/733870455536173056/say-what-you-want-about-the-smitten-but-the-man?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/electronicdelusionstarlight/733801315338190848/the-way-the-skeptic-implicitly-trusts-the?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/electronicdelusionstarlight/733269659334426624/the-way-the-shifting-mound-ends-every-ending-by

https://www.tumblr.com/electronicdelusionstarlight/733333027972907008/the-way-the-princess-has-no-name-but-at-the-same

https://www.tumblr.com/justsalpals/733475592170848256/the-spectre-really-had-no-idea-what-she-was-doing

https://www.tumblr.com/electronicdelusionstarlight/733630301609295872/the-way-you-can-only-kill-the-princess-with-the

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735453678374469632/also-what-do-you-think-of-the-adversary-i-like

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735448991864635392/oh-oh-another-question-what-do-you-think-is-up

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735538031989293056/oh-what-do-you-think-of-the-spectre-and-prisoner

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735509320346812416/what-do-you-think-of-nightmare-and-spectre

https://www.tumblr.com/minotaur-asterion/735506279592787968/might-be-a-weird-question-but-what-do-you-think this one isn’t an analysis at all but I thought it was funny

https://www.tumblr.com/birdmitosis/735586819735961601/this-honestly-really-fascinates-me-because-it

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735614693262196736/ohhhh-and-what-about-the-narrator

https://www.tumblr.com/elieclowngamer/735849806204960768/okay-but-like-spoilers-for-slay-the-princess

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735902648917721088/what-do-you-think-about-the-beast-in-stp

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/736242037895168000/what-do-you-think-about-the-fury-and-the

https://www.tumblr.com/k20spock/736789844699807744/birds-and-trees-in-slay-the-princess

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/735509712935829504/what-do-you-think-of-nightmare-and-spectre

https://www.tumblr.com/lipstickchainsaw/736243685245730816/what-do-you-think-about-the-fury-and-the

https://www.tumblr.com/fierce-little-miana/736431035990016000/strange-beginnings-ending

https://www.tumblr.com/chi-the-idiot/736610535159873536/ok-but-we-need-to-adress-how-slay-the-princess

#slay the princess #shut up lori #I’m gonna go hunting for more of these tomorrow #please send me any more you can find!! #on tumblr or anywhere #I must collect these like a crow collecting shiny things #this is the only way I can see all the cool ass deeper meanings in this game #as much as I love metaphors and shit #because of my autism I find it extremely hard to take things beyond surface level/literally #so being able to read stuff like this makes me appreciate art like this so much more #showing me all the depth I cannot see on my own

[sl-vega]

✧Going of Script✧-prologue

prologue-a little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now

THIS SERIES IS CANCELLED: announcement about the cancellation

placing your phone back into your purse, you took shallow breaths

you choked back sobs as you walked through the rain. your fancy dress clings to your body as you hear your heels click against the sidewalk.

you didn't care where you were going as long as it was away from him.

today was supposed to be special, perfect even, it marked your four-year anniversary with your boyfriend chaoxi. you made reservations at a fancy restaurant, got dolled up and everything. only for him to forget the whole event, and break up with you.

he confessed that he was cheating on you. there was another woman

except you felt like the other woman in the situation, seeing as how you were the one being dumped.

you let out a bitter laugh, still walking down some random street, hugging yourself trying to keep yourself warm.

your phone buzzed

walking down the street, you saw lynette's car. she got out holding an umbrella and towel.

"you're soaked" she said as she held the umbrella above your head while handing you the towel, it had her signature teal diamond patterns.

you nodded, whispering your thanks to her as you got into the car, settling down into the passenger's seat. swaddling yourself in the towel as if it were a blanket.

lynette got into the drivers seat and started the car. the two of you sat in silence for a bit.

lynette spoke up breaking the tension:

"do you want to talk about it?" she asked

you looked at her, with your tear-stained face, trying to calm yourself down, but you could only sob.

lynette put her hand on yours, gently brushing her thumb over yours, she was focused on the other cars passing by, but you could tell that she was genuinely trying to comfort you.

"you don't have to talk about it now"

additional notes:

-yes ik this chapter is a bit boring but i gotta set the scene

-only lowercase for the aesthetic

-for those of you who don't know, chaoxi is an npc in liyue who is dating three girls at the same time without them knowing about each other

-the title of this chapter is a reference to the song "a little fall of rain" from les miserables

-i considered making the title "in fair verona where we lay our scene" the title since it references the prologue to romeo and juliet, but it just didn't work

-lightmode cuz why not

✧Going off Script✧

synopsis: Xingqiu's next major english project requires him to write a romance short story, the only problem is that he has zero romantic experience. meanwhile, you just found out that your boyfriend cheated on you, and you need to show him that you're 100% over him, the only problem is that there's no way you can get an actual boyfriend that quickly. clearly, the solution to both of your issues is to fake date each other. all you need to do is stick to the script

spoiler alert: you go off script and end up falling for him

masterlist

(CLOSED) taglist: @freyao7

this series is cancelled

#xingqiu x reader #y/n #genshin impact #lyney #lynette #lyney and lynette #modern au #university au #smau #modern smau #college au #social media au #reader insert #genshin x reader #genshin x you #genshin x y/n

[perpetual-stories]

Writing 101: How to Write a Prologue

To help answer a question that was submitted to me, I’ll go ahead and create a whole separate post for it. I know it’s a bit different than what was asked in but I promise the answer to the question is there!

What Is a Prologue?

A prologue is a piece of writing found at the beginning of a literary work, before the first chapter and separate from the main story. The definition of prologue introduce important information—such as background details, or characters—that have some connection to the main story, but whose relevance is not immediately obvious.

Fitting the definition of prologue, the word comes from the Greek prologos, which means “before word.” The Ancient Greeks frequently used prologue in dramatic works of theater, where it functioned more like a first act to a play.

What Is the History of Prologue in Literature?

The invention of the prologue is attributed to Euripides, an influential Greek playwright and poet who predominantly produced tragedies about the darker side of human nature. Euripides’ plots often featured passion and revenge.

For a good example of how Euripides uses this literary device, consider the prologue to one of his most famous works, “Medea.” In the play, a woman takes revenge on her unfaithful husband by murdering him, his lover, and her own children. But before we get to the action, an old nurse enters the stage and tells the audience some of the facts so far:

Medea and her husband, Jason, are having marital problems

Jason has run off with someone else

Medea has been stricken by grief and has even begun to despise her own children by Jason

What Is the Purpose of Prologue in Literature?

Prologues serve an integral role in fiction writing, as well as playwriting. In modern literature, Geoffrey Chaucer started the tradition of using a prologue with his Canterbury Tales, a collection of 24 stories written from 1387-1400. Chaucer used his prologue as a kind of roadmap for the entire work, which tells the story of a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury.

A good prologue performs one of many functions in a story:

Foreshadowing events to come

Providing background information or backstory on the central conflict

Establishing a point of view (either the main character’s, or that of another character who is privy to the tale)

Setting the tone for the rest of the novel or play

What’s the Difference Between a Prologue and a Preface, Foreword, or Introduction?

While prefaces, forewords, and introductions serve a similar function of providing additional context for the content to come, they have some key differences from a prologue.

A preface is written from the point of view of the author, not a character or narrator. It explains the origins, development, legacy, or aims of the book, and often acknowledges others who contributed. Prefaces are employed mainly in nonfiction books, but may be used in fiction as well.

A foreword is written by a critic, subject matter expert, or other public figure who is not the author. A foreword typically introduces readers to the book by connecting its content or themes to their own experience. Forewords are used in both fiction and nonfiction.

An introduction is written from the point of view of the author, and offers additional information to help the reader understand the subject of the book, including historical context. Prefaces are employed mainly in nonfiction books.

3 Famous Examples of Prologues in Literature

Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare (1591-1595)

One of the most famous literary prologues of all time, this prologue takes the form of a sonnet that introduces readers to the setting and characters of the play, as well as the dire situation in which the two star-crossed lovers find themselves. The prologue begins as follows:

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

Shakespeare doesn’t hold back on spoilers: the sonnet also reveals the play’s tragic ending.

Lolita,” Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Nabokov’s prologue is designed to heighten the controversy of its subject matter. It takes the form of a fictional foreword by an academic, who has supposedly discovered the book and is warning readers of its subject matter prior to chapter one.

“These are not only vivid characters in a unique story: they warn us of dangerous trends; they point out potent evils,” it reads. “‘Lolita’ should make all of us—parents, social workers, educators—apply ourselves with still greater vigilance and vision to the task of bringing up a better generation in a safer world.”

Jurassic Park,” Michael Crichton (1990)

Crichton actually offers two prologues, each showcasing a different style. The first reads like a legal document, outlining the seriousness of an “incident” and the “remarkable events” that followed.

The second prologue is more literary: a short scene, separate to the main story, in which a man is treated for an injury by a doctor in a remote village in Costa Rica. The doctor observes that the man seems to have been mauled by an animal. While treating him, the man wakes up and says one word: “Raptor.”

How to Write a Prologue in 3 Easy Steps

Introduce the main character(s). Some twentieth-century plays have used prologues to great effect. In Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie (1944), the prologue introduces the audience to the play’s narrator, Tom Wingfield, who explains that what the audience is about to see is drawn from his own memories. Tom tells the audience: “I am the narrator of the play, and also a character in it. The other characters are my mother Amanda, my sister Laura, and a gentleman caller who appears in the final scenes.”

Drop hints. Crime fiction and thrillers often make use of prologues to hint at characters, locations, and the mystery that is to come. Sometimes, a prologue may be set centuries or miles apart from the book, and appear wholly unrelated; however, it will somehow tie back into the main plot later in the novel.

Add only relevant details. A prologue should not be an “information dump”: a good prologue enhances your story, rather than explaining it. The best way to decide what to include in a prologue is to ask yourself: what does the reader absolutely need to know before starting to read the main story?

[supersoakerfullofblood]

What does "expositional" mean for writing?

Relating to exposition. (The next part might come off as snotty and pretentious if you've been writing for a while, but I never know who knows what, so)

Exposition is the background information of what you're writing. It's typically introduced pretty early if not immediately and is relevant to the present-tense story but isn't part of it. You pretty much always set the scene in your exposition, as well as some character details, and possibly some suggestions of where the story's going to go.

The intro to Romeo and Juliet is a classic example of exposition:

Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which, if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

In a novel, it could look something like this (taken from my wip):

Brynjar Óskarsson died yesterday, and his son wondered if the gods were happy. The witches said sickness did him in, and as the son reflected, he realized the witches always said sickness did people in; if a man died in his home as Brynjar had, malady would be the root, unless bitter frost wrought its own ache, which was itself a sickness of the cold. And if a man died abroad, wounds on the corpse would signal a cause: one dried, violet ravine through the chest for a sword or ax; two or more clefs for some beast written about in some lay; and a disappearance of the body for the World Serpent or a wolf of similar size. No, if a man was to die in his home, sickness would take him. The son was not happy his father died, though he disinterred from it a sense of comedic karma. Twenty-five years ago, the pregnant Eldrid caught Brynjar in a laughing fit in the mead hall. He coughed beer from his nose. “What is it?” Eldrid asked. He coughed more, laughed more, and she leaned in. “Are you well?” Brynjar nodded and patted her stomach. “What if we name him Óskar?” Nine months later, the fates stitched Óskar Óskarsson in their cloth. The lineage was as follows: Óskar Óskarsson, born of Brynjar Óskarsson, or Brynjar the Comic, and Eldrid, whose personal sway with the law-givers allowed their son to keep the surname Óskarsson in place of what would have been the traditional Brynjarson; Brynjar Óskarsson, born of Óskar of the Sea Traders and Kara the Golden Weaver; Óskar of the Sea Traders, born to unknown parentage, his father being a soldier and his mother likely a woman from a village the soldier sacked.

[tiktaalic]

In fair Verona we set our scene

#etxt

[allthemusic]

Week ending: 4 February 1954

Another two-song week, and we've got a first, possibly - the first song that I think just about everyone could sing at least one line from, regardless of where they're from. I could be wrong about that, of course, or overlooking something we've already heard. But this first song is definitely huge and still well known - though our other contender certainly has an interesting title...

That's Amore - Dean Martin (peaked at No. 2)

This is a big, cheesy slice of pizza quatro formaggio, or possibly a dish of steaming lasagna, but I really like it. Sorry, if you wanted me to have a more sophisticated opinion, it's just warm and sappy, and I love it. It's since become Dean Martin's signature song, and I can't object to that at all.

It was written for a film, The Caddy, which looks like it was a fairly lightweight comedy about a talented golfer afraid of playing in front of crowds who coaches his love interest's brother and ends up going into showbusiness with him. The plot looks thin and to be honest, quite silly, and has absolutely nothing obvious to do with this song.

As you might expect from this, the song is also very silly, from the overdramatic "In Napoli" introduction, which sets the scene almost like Shakespeare's "fair Verona" monologue in Romeo and Juliet, over these dramatic, minor chords.

The chords then immediately give way to something much happier and cod-folksy, with what sound like mandolins or zithers, and some marimbas, later on, and tambourines, and just a fairly upbeat waltz time.

And then the line people know: "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza / That's amore / When the world seems to shine you've had too much wine / That's amore." D'aww, it's sappy but I love it.

It does then devolve into onomatopoeia, with bells going "ting-a-ling-a-ling" and hearts playing "tippy-tippy-tay, like a gay tarantella", and from there it gets properly nonsensical. Seriously, lines like "When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet" would make the Surrealists proud.

While this would normally annoy me, I like it here, because it's a song about the way that falling in love makes you all goofy and leaves you in this sort of loved-up daze. So I can forgive some slightly awkward lyrics, because it echoes the awkwardness of just being absolutely besotted with someone.

It turns into a big party, at this point, with a mixec choir of backing singers chipping in, and a wild sequence of slow-downs and pauses. It's rowdy, in a warm, fun way, like a whole restaurant or inn full of Italian peasants are joining in with you, celebrating being in love. I like it.

And we keep going until a lovely, slow, slightly quieter ending. It's got drama from slowing down, but while it gains in intensity right at the end, Dean makes the very sensible decision not to go for the Big Old Ending that I hate so much. It makes the end of the song feel quite modern, in a way, or at least not as desperately outdated as most David Whitfield-type songs.

Dean, throughout, is really milking his Italian-American heritage, with lots of Italian dropped in throughout, and references to Italian cultural traditions and foods, and I think if I were Italian, or even Italian-American, like Dean, I'd probably feel some kind of way about all this. As a non-Italian, I can just enjoy the cultural pastiche. It does feel a bit like it belongs in a playlist with songs like Mambo Italiano and Nel blu dipinto di blu. You'd hear it playing at Frankie and Bennys, in the UK, it's that kind of vibe - not a bad vibe, but not the classiest.

What saves it is probably Dean's delivery, which always sounds like he's about to laugh, but not in a mean-spirited way, just in a good-natured kind of way. It's annoyed me in other songs, where he sounds a bit smug, but it's impossible to sound smug when you're singing this much nonsense, so it works here. Not a song for every occasion, but it's certainly a happy sort of song for the occasions where it does fit.

I should also say that it makes me think of the "When a fish bits your heel / And it looks like an eel / That's a moray" meme. Which is a niche genre of post that I will reblog every single time I see them, so that also wins this song some points, in my eyes. It's also probably a sign of how popular this song still is, the fact that you can make memes indirectly referencing it, and people of all generations absolutely know where the meme is going and get it, still. Huh.

Absolute banger, change my mind.

The Creep - Ken Mackintosh (10)

I thought this would be about a person who was somehow creepy, like a 1950s precursor to the Radiohead song. I was wrong, but in a good way - this song is such a fun find!

It starts, and you realise immediately that this is going to be a jazzy sort of instrumental, as we start with some striking repeated riffs on what sounds like a bass saxophone? We then get into a shuffling rhythm, and that keeps up for the rest of the track. It's a song that absolutely lives and dies on its heavy walking bass that sort of "creeps" up and down the scale.

It feels like it's doing a less menacing version of what the Dragnet theme did, packaging swing-y rhythms with this sort of heavy, cool, riff-driven sound. You would feel pretty great swaggering around to this, or I would at least!

About a minute in, we get a pretty exciting key change upwards that just ramps up the energy of the whole thing, culimating in this freewheeling, happy-sounding trumpet solo, as the trumpeter messes around over bass and some jazz drums. It's good fun, and it keeps being good fun when the rest of the band comes back in. Trumpets are having a bit of a moment, here in early 1954, and I'm really enjoying it!

You could use this track for the end credits of a film. It's instrumental, it's got just the right amount of happy, carefree vibes, it changes the instruments up just enough to keep things interesting, and it doesn't outstay its welcome, either, just stays around long enough to be enojyable.

We end with a brief drum solo - love a drum solo! - and then the song settles back down, creeping off into the distance as it draws to a close. It's a nice, classy end to a nice, classy song. Certainly an overlooked gem.

Well, both of these songs started strong and grew on me. To be honest, I was ready to slate That's Amore, or at least to explain why I didn't like it's brand of pastiche-y Italian schlock, but I just couldn't. It turns out there's a reason it's stood the test of time, even if it's a bit cheesy. And then we have The Creep, which also comes highly recommended, as a lesser known but very enjoyable listen. Still, my favourite has to be the one that proved me wrong.

Favourite song of the bunch: That's Amore

#uk charts #1954 #dean martin #ken mackintosh

[wanderings-of-alan-and-caz]

“In fair Verona, where we lay our scene…” Romeo & Juliet. We couldn’t travel to this part of Italy without visiting Verona…the setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, and especially Juliet’s balcony 💕 🇮🇹💕🚐👨‍❤️‍👨🗺 #travelcouple #travelcouples #travelcommunity #travelcouplelife #travelcouplegoals #travelcoupleinspiration #vanlifecommunity #vanlifecouple #vanliving #vanconversion #husbandandwifetravels #seetheworld #romeoandjuliet #exploring #travelgram #coupleselfie #couplespics #instatravel #diycampervan #traveladdict #travelblog #travellife #europetravel #adventure #roadtrip #vanlifeexplorers #verona #italy (at Casa di Giulietta) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChthwdVoxwp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#travelcouple #travelcouples #travelcommunity #travelcouplelife #travelcouplegoals #travelcoupleinspiration #vanlifecommunity #vanlifecouple #vanliving #vanconversion #husbandandwifetravels #seetheworld #romeoandjuliet #exploring #travelgram #coupleselfie #couplespics #instatravel #diycampervan #traveladdict #travelblog #travellife #europetravel #adventure #roadtrip #vanlifeexplorers #verona #italy

[the25thviolence]

Return The Crown: Foreword Part 1

Before us resting in that little nook between my two ears sits an unlit stage.  Four shadows clumsily find there way to there spots.  As if waiting for there cue.  Waiting for a sign.  Waiting for----

"Action!”

Yelled a Mysterious Voice. 

“Two households, both alike in dignity.” said The Princess as a spotlight turned on above her head.

“In fair Verona, where we lay our scene.” said Jimmy as a spotlight turned on above his head.

“From ancient grudge break to new mutiny.” continued Claire while yet another spotlight turned on above her head. 

"What the fuck are you talking about?” asked Sean as a spotlight turned on above his head causing him to look up in confusion as he covered his eyes. 

The Princess, Jimmy, and Claire both stopped, turned, and glared at Sean.  The spotlights that were on all of them suddenly going off and opening up the scene to a dimly lit set. 

“Really!” yelled The Princes crossing her arms while staring at Sean.

“I can’t work like this!” yelled Jimmy.

“I am unsurprised.” dryly continued Claire. 

“CUT CUT!” yelled a Mysterious Voice from a directors chair he was struggling to stand up from. 

“Did you even read the script?” asked Jimmy.

“Can you even read?” asked Claire.

“Ok, that was a little much.” replied The Princess while removing her glare from Sean and focusing it toward Claire.

“Wait, what scr--” but Sean was cut off. 

CLAP

CLAP

“Ok ok team lets calm down.” said The Mysterious Voice while clapping his hands and walking forward onto the set. 

“Whatever.” said Jimmy while turning his back to this whole ordeal. 

“How about we take a thirty minute break.  Will come back and just skip to page 23.” announced The Mysterious Voice. 

“The fuck is--” but Sean was cut off again.

“I’m going back to my trailer to get blazed.” announced Jimmy while walking away.

“Uhh, which trailer is that?” yelled Claire at Jimmy while he walked away.

Jimmy held up two fingers in response without turning around and continued walking to trailer number 2.  Claire followed soon after in chase of Jimmy who was on his way to trailer number 2 to get blazed. 

“Hey, its ok.  We all forget are lines sometimes.” said The Princess while walking up to Sean and patting him on the back gently. 

“What line--” but yet again Sean was cut off by someone else. 

“Do you want me to keep the spotlights on?” yelled a worker from above them. 

“No, you can turn them off Melvin.” answered The Mysterious Voice while approaching Sean and The Princess. 

“My name is actually Kyle.” replied the person not named Melvin.

“I don’t actually care.” replied The Mysterious Voice. 

FLASH

The spotlights above turned off and after a few seconds the stage lit up showcasing a giant room in which there stage was located.  Partially blinding Sean for a moment as he tried to locate the source of The Mysterious Voice. 

“Sean, my boy!” bellowed the Mysterious Voice while he aggressively patted Sean on the back.  

“Yes?” answered Sean while struggling to rub the white spots out of his eyes as The Mysterious Voice assaulted him. 

“What seems to be the problem-- You know what, I don’t even care.  Take a break.  Grab a donut.  Come back and will start shooting again, ok?” continued The Mysterious Voice while shoving Sean “gently” toward the break area.  

“Ok?” said Sean while stumbling forward toward the break area.  

“Just follow me.” sighed The Princess while intertwining her arm with Sean’s and pulling him away from the stage area.  

They walked.

For a bit.

But not too long of a bit. 

The Princess threw her hand about above there heads making the words above disappear while Sean stared in confusion.  

“Are you ok?” asked The Princess very seriously while staring directly at Sean. 

“I think so?” replied Sean while getting a little dizzy.  

“Do you remember why were here?” asked The Princess now more worried about the situation. 

“I said “They must need are help”?” asked Sean while having a small fit of confusion trying to remember where those words came from. 

“Yes, you said “We always owe it to him to go back”.” smiled The Princess. 

“But what is this and where did it come from?” asked Sean while pulling snow globe out of this pocket suddenly.

“That’s strange--It looks familiar.” replied The Princess while suddenly leading down and staring at the snow globe closely. 

“Why am I the only one that remembers these things?” asked Sean.

“What things?” replied The Princess while standing up straight and giving Sean a worried look. 

“These things.” said Sean while shaking the snow globe and accidentally dropping it on the ground. 

SMASH

“What is going--” tried to ask The Princess but the room was quickly filled with snow making them both disappear. 

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“Well isn’t this a strange twist.” muttered The Mysterious Voice while turning the page. 

[jminter]

Bard on the Beach Welcomes Romeo and Juliet

Whether it's your first or fifteenth, the #Bard2022 version of #RomeoAndJuliet at @BardontheBeach is sure to be a favourite.

Romeo and Juliet, the third production of the Bard on the Beach 2022 season has taken the stage at Vanier Park. The Howard Family Stage has been stunningly transformed into fair Verona, where we lay our scene by Set Designer Pam Johnson. Director Anita Rochon begins this performance at the end with Juliet waking from her ‘sleep’, after countless productions, films and adaptations, it’s safe to…

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[muzzleroars]

I checked out the concept art and there's no clear example of the words on the black and red parts of. the wings (though they seem to have a strong ripple/maybe eye motif). However apparently Yaldy's gun has what seems to be the word Metatron on the side of it (at least in the art)

WOO MAN NOW THIS IS MAKING ME...HOO....because ok. metatron is the ultimate persona of the justice arcana, which gives this gun a very “diviine retribution” vibe to it. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, everyone knows that itemizing metatron gives the player the nataraja pistol, considered by most people to be joker’s best gun equip. in raw power, it’s weaker than the tyrant pistol yielded by lucifer, but it more than makes up for that by boosting all of joker’s stats. so i find it very interesting that yaldabaoth’s gun might be inscribed with that angel’s name, especially when it seems like yaldabaoth was originally thought of as a very gun-heavy opponent:

it seems like guns were going to be another link between him and satanael, as they were going to be both their weapons of choice (yal seems to go for quantity, while maybe satanael went for quality lol) so following that... the gun given by metatron could be thought of as one of yaldabaoth’s guns - after all, it’s made from metatron, considered the highest ranking angel in heaven who sits right by the throne of god, and its aesthetics are decidedly angelic. i know it’s something of a stretch, but seeing “metatron” written on the side of yaldabaoth’s gun gives an interesting dimension to the nataraja especially to contrast it with the tyrant pistol - lucifer provides pure power while metatron provides more refinement. it’s some DEEP digging to be sure, but i love the implications all the same

#enters with a powerpoint transition effect: hello #it's time for yaldabaoth school #REALLY this is a super neat detail!! #and i deeply apologize to all the shuake headcanons about that pistol dkfhdjfg #but this is throwing me right back into the ditch!! #p5 #yaldabaoth #cake answers #in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene

[artekai]

While every is certainly "happy" what I did notice is how there's a few NPCs who sort of go back to situations it would have been healthier to move on from, and may have even led to greater happiness and fulfillment later? Like I think one couple rather rightfully broke up, but they're together in Maruki's world and I think it demonstrates how his world makes even discomfort or sadness necessary for healthy change impossible because he's concerned with eliminating the suffering in the moment.

Yeah, that's absolutely true! His reality makes it impossible to let go or move on, and I mentioned it once before, but, if you never have problems, then you'll never learn how to deal with conflict in healthy ways, which will only cause you even more problems in the long term. It's a disaster waiting to happen.

#ask tag #in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene #p5r spoilers #not to bring up one of my aus again but this is why everyone in cheat code to happiness is such a petty brat #they constantly get what they want with no effort and they keep asking for more and more #ada//chi and ake//chi don't have to make an effort to solve their differences bc takuto is there to rewrite their memories #and fix their mistakes for them #rumi feels entitled to a relationship and gets upset when takuto doesn't have a romance route #and so on and so forth #i don't claim to be able to make that idea justice of course haha but it's a possibility i love exploring #anyways #thanks for the ask!! the third semester is really interesting :)

[princekirijo]

Ask game! Fighting/dragon

OH THAT'S COOL AF!!!!! Dragon is my favorite type and I LOVE fighting types too so this is epic :]

#asks #in-fair-verona-we-set-our-scene #what a url i love it #dragon/fighting thats an AMAZING combo thank you sm

[yusuke-of-valla]

Ask game! Normal (as in the surprisingly OP type of Normal type, and just in general a very solid typing) and Ice (bc Yusuke!)

Ah nice! Thank you

#alto replies #ask games #in-fair-Verona-we-set-our-scene

[shortpplfedup]

In Fair Verona... Bad Buddy Episode 1

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

For me to write deep dives on a show, I usually have to find a thematic 'in', something that triggers my 'AH YES HERE WE ARE LET ME GET WAY TOO INVESTED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE' and gives me a structure to think and write within. With Aof pretty clearly leaning into the Romeo and Juliet parallels in his adaptation of the novel, down to the structure and progression of the story (I mean, the play literally starts with a fight between the Montagues and the Capulets in the street over an equally stupid hand gesture), obviously I ended up going down the rabbit hole of the most adapted love story of all time.

Now obviously Bad Buddy isn't a direct analogue of either Romeo and Juliet or its source material, and actually starts out by subverting both tales in some interesting ways, such as making the Juliet stand-in an active participant in the feud. But the parallels are so intentional they cannot go unremarked upon. Therefore, I give you...

OUR CAST OF CHARACTERS

PAT as OUR ROMEO

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

PRAN as THE FAIR JULIET

How camest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore? The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here.

PAA as FRIAR LAWRENCE

O, then I see that madmen have no ears.

THE HOUSE OF MONTAGUE

Thou villain Capulet,--Hold me not, let me go.

THE HOUSE OF CAPULET

My sword, I say! Old Montague is come, And flourishes his blade in spite of me.

WAI, KORN AND OTHERS as MERCUTIO, TYBALT AND ASSORTED OTHER HANGERS ON

Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

THE PROFESSOR as THE PRINCE

Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets, And made Verona's ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans, in hands as old, Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate: If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

AOF DA BASED GAWD as THE APOTHECARY

Who calls so loud?

Looking forward to seeing how it all plays out!

Commentary from the Chorus:

I love the 90s romcom vibe of the whole thing, Aof really is trying something more traditional stylistically here and so far it's paying off.

They seem to have simplified both the story behind the family feud and the conflict between the architects and the engineers significantly, and I think that's for the best. I found it a bit hard to follow in the novel.

Pran is such a smug ass...I love it.

They're backgrounding some conflict Pat and Pran had in high school which led to them being separated and there's nothing like that in the novel so now I'm quite curious.

I don't have a sense of the timeline of the story yet, in the novel the bulk of the action takes place in their final year in university but they seem younger here? I don't know if they've shifted the time setting or they're treating this as prologue.

When Pat and Pran see each other again for the first time it's almost as if they were struck by lightning for a moment.

Pran re-starting the stopped watch feels significant. It's almost like they called a time out back then and now it's time in again.

I go back and forth on why they've decided to spoil the story in the closing credits and whether I like that. It's adorable and gives me all the kilig feelings and it seems like Aof wants to make it clear to the audience that this is a romance, but I wonder if the moments will hit the same since we've already seen them.

I was hoping for Lovely Writer heat levels (decently grownup but not terribly explicit) especially because there are some scenes in the novel that I feel are important, one in particular, but with the 830 timeslot I think it's more likely we'll get He's Coming To Me levels (romantic, emotional, a bit cheeky but fairly chaste). I think I can live with that.

#bad buddy #bad buddy series #in fair verona #meta #on art #bl meta series

[sbnkalny]

In fair Verona where we set our scene

#TEXT #In fair Verona where we set our scene meant a lot to him #there were three cats. in an office typing on a baking sheet on the lowest rack

[il-predestinato]

That yacht video is some kind of modern Romeo and Juliet

Naturally, Max is Juliet on the balcony yacht in this scenario. Dramatic bitch. 💁🏼‍♀️

Can't wait until 2022. When two households F1 teams both alike in dignity in fair Verona Australia where we set our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean - from forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-cross'd lovers ... well, fuck I don't even have to change a single line (Shakespeare wrote these opening lines for Lestappen, yep definitely).

#lestappen #elle.ask #anon #yeah throw me some shakespeare and i'll make it about lestappen #deranged absolutely deranged