“HEY YOU HUMAN. YEAH YOU WITH THE FANCY OPPOSABLE THUMBS. HELP ME OUT HERE DAMMIT.”
THANK YOU
I’m a Shakespeare addict and fan but i hate that play.
Can we petition going to have Romeo and Juliet replaced in schools by Much Ado About Nothing? We still get plenty of angst but with twice as much (at least) falling-in-love and also it ends with a double wedding! HAPPY ENDINGS FOR EVERYONE!
Maybe then we’d get cultural references to Claudio & Hero or Benedick & Beatrice which would be so much more bearable than all those people try to compare themselves to Romeo and Juliet - unless you are teenagers who are going to commit mutual suicide, that’s really not a comparison you want to make.
It would be AWESOME if romantic paradigms in our culture revolved around Beatrice and Benedick instead of Romeo and Juliet - I mean, Beatrice may have her faults, but she has SELF ESTEEM, for crying out loud; she holds men as her equals, not her saviors (“Adam’s sons are my brethren, and truly I hold it a sin to match with my kindred”). When she falls for Benedick it surprises her, but she doesn’t relinquish her grip on who she is for an instant. Similarly, the sexiest thing about Benedick is his roundedness. He doesn’t ask Beatrice to change anything about herself, and neither does he make empty promises. He threatens Claudio out of principle, not jealous passion - nothing about his anger involves Beatrice. He sees the idiocy in his friend’s behavior clearly enough to stand against it, and I find that sexy as all get-out.
Benedick and Beatrice hold onto their moral compasses through thick and thin. When Claudio and Hero become so self-absorbed and reactionary that they lose their minds a bit, Benedick and Beatrice pull them back into reality, discovering parts of themselves they’ve ignored in the process. Best thing is that they ultimately learn respect and tenderness for one another, without swooning and drooling like children.
Dunno about you, but I call this particular OTP role model material. Away with you, Romeo - Bring me Benedick of Padua, and the tragicomedy of the real world to weather along with him.
Bless this post.
I feel that if Moriarty’s spoof theme is “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees,
then Sherlock’s should be “Another brick in the wall II” by Pink Floyd.
SO WHY NOT? PUT THEM TOGETHERTHIS.
MY LORD.
WHAT
IS
AIR???This is a true eargasm.
Oh dear lord that is perfect.
MEANWHILE IN AUSTRALIA
BOBBLE-HEADED BIRDS
RABBITS MATING WITH RATS
TINY HERBIVOROUS BEARS
PLUSH TOYS MAGICALLY COME TO LIFE
LIZARDS-
WHAT THE FUCK
WALKING FEATHER DUSTERS
THE FUCK IS THIS IDEK BUT IT DESERVES A HUG
THE MOST FABULOUS BIRDS SINCE FLAMINGOS
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING IT’S LIKE A DOG BRED WITH A MEERKAT
WELL IT’S PRETTY CUTE I G- JESUSFUCK
AND MORE LIZARDS
FUCK MAN EVERYWHERE HAS LIZARDS WHAT’S THE BIG D- WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK
AND WHATEVER THIS THING IS WILL FUCK UP A HONEY BADGER
WHAT YOU THINK CUZ IT’S LIKE 80% DESERT HERE WE DON’T GOT PENGUINS FUCK YOU WE GOT PENGUINS IN SWEATERS
HEY I THINK YOU SAW THIS ONE IN A MUSEUM ONCE
ALSO HEY ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL BEACHES ALSO THIS FUCKER
AND THIS GUY
AND THIS GUY WANTS TO KILL YOU TOO
AND HOLY FUCK LOOK AT THIS THING
JESUS CHRIST THEY COME IN POCKET VERSIONS
BACK TO THINGS THAT WANT YOU DEAD
WEREN’T EXPECTING THAT WERE YOU.
SO YEAH, COME VISIT AUSTRALIA.
WE’RE ALL FUCKING WAITING WITH OUR WEIRD SHIT.
P.S.
omg
COME VISIT US, GUYS 8D
“Lion Cub Gives Us His Best Roar”
SO.MUCH.
CUTE.
ROAAR
SQUEAK.
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