“so what if that book had a bad movie adaptation? it’s impossible to make a completely satisfying movie version of a book, stop complaining!”
Wasn’t he fat tho
They considered letting Shia Lebeouf put on pounds before the filming, and lose them throughout the film, but that would have been extremely unhealthy, especially for an actor his age, so they decided to cut that aspect out.
yknow if romeo had just Cried on juliets corpse for a couple hours instead of drinking poison Right Then they would have been Fine
The moral of the story is: always take time to cry for a few hours before making important decisions.
So I’m more or less being facetious here, but this is actually a thing.
Hamlet is genre savvy. Hamlet knows how Tragedies work, and he’s not going to rush in and get stabby without making absolutely certain he’s got all the facts.
Except once he thinks he has all the facts – once he’s certain that it really is the ghost of his father and Claudius really did kill him, he rushes in and stabs the wrong guy, which starts a domino line of deaths and gets Laertes embroiled in his own revenge tragedy and ultimately results in the deaths of nearly every character other than Horatio.
That’s the irony and the tragedy of the story. Hamlet knows his tropes and actively tries to avoid them, and the tropes get him anyway. It’s inevitable, the tropes are hungry.
I want a sticker that says the tropes are hungry so I can put it on my laptop
i met a scholar once who said that tragedies aren’t about a silly “flaw” or anything, it’s about having a hero who’s just in the wrong goddamn story
if hamlet swapped places with othello he wouldn’t be duped by any of iago’s shit, he’d sit down & have a good think & actually examine the facts before taking action. meanwhile in denmark, othello would have killed claudius before act 2 could even start. but instead nope, they’re both in situations where their greatest strengths are totally useless and now we’ve got all these bodies to bury.
The tropes are hungry and the hero is in the wrong goddamn story.
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That’s true. I need to remember that, too.
I am glad I am not the only person that thinks this. A few times I have gone through my followers because I worry I’ve done something to offend a mutual…
I’m not having a good mental health day and my dad decides to be the alpha asshole today. Awesome. Fucking awesome.
It’s great that mom has friends but I wish she was here so I didn’t have to deal with him alone.
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Thank you. I may have to take you up on that someday. @destielonfire
*hugs*
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Thank you. I know I don’t deserve it, it’s just frustrating. @trisscar368
I would love doggie pics. 🙂
You know, honestly, people who make jokes about or use the word “triggered” as some buzzword for being “offended” or “upset” are pretty much the worst kind of people imo.
Like, I’m sorry, you’re either ignorant or just an asshole. If you’re ignorant, I’ll gladly explain it to you, but if you don’t care I do hope you realize you’re making fun of society’s most vulnerable people and you’re actually an asshole.
I’m not having a good mental health day and my dad decides to be the alpha asshole today. Awesome. Fucking awesome.
It’s great that mom has friends but I wish she was here so I didn’t have to deal with him alone.
@intotheruins
Might be a bit extreme but I’d be lying if I never considered it a possibility. I mean, I could go on about the shit he’s put me through, but I don’t think anyone wants to hear that. I won’t sugar coat it though, he’s abusive, and everyday he’s home I wish my mom had just divorced him. He just pulls of that “I’ll change! Look how good I was at listening that one time” rountine though. He’s such an asshat. *hugs* @trisscar368
lol. I like dogs. 🙂 Swaps and chainsaws probably won’t be needed though.
I’m not having a good mental health day and my dad decides to be the alpha asshole today. Awesome. Fucking awesome.
It’s great that mom has friends but I wish she was here so I didn’t have to deal with him alone.
The thing that upset me the most was the tweet about how someone had been basically told to make the angels white and the demons black.
That is not how it works, especially in my novel that is about angels and demons.
Faith, religion, and the beings that are a part of that religion (angels, demons, etc.) are COMPLETELY up to your interpretation. Don’t let a bunch of stuck up white people suggest you do otherwise.
Making your angels/demons/religious beings white just because people tell you “oh thats how they’re depicted in art and old time stuff” is not the way it should go.
Angels can be just as diverse as humans!!! Please remember such!!!!!
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