#defending r&j

[montagueandcapulet]

Hooo boy...

Just ran across this, and all I can say is, I'm so glad for the people who actually understand the play. I can't even with the comments.

[montagueandcapulet]

Some gems from the comments. (Calling @cto10121: Clown alert!)

The one who's "romanticizing and making excuses for" Romeo and Juliet is one William Shakespeare. If you want a version of the story that thoroughly disapproves of them (officially, at least), you may enjoy Arthur Brooke.

See, I think you're mixing up the romance with the feud here...

If that's the only way you're able to make sense of it, then may I gently suggest that not every play is a hyperrealistic psychodrama where everything is to be taken literally? Sometimes things are stylized for dramatic effect. I recommend these posts for beginning reading.

See above response. Just had to add this one for the (admittedly accidental) substitution of Macbeth for Hamlet. It gave me a good laugh.

No seriously, where does this age difference idea even come from?

I like how Olivia includes Juliet in this one. Silly Juliet! If she'd only taken a moment to check that Romeo was really dead, she'd have ... found out he was really dead.

TIL that talking to someone twice = stalking. Also you can stalk someone in less than eight hours. Probably less than four, honestly.

Oh yeah, and apparently the play ends in a double murder rather than suicide!

Y'all can keep at it with that “Romeo and Juliet fell in love in five days how immature” shiz but Macbeth went from no murder to yes murder in like one afternoon and I feel like one of those is a significantly bigger problem than the other

[enbysiriusblack]

if you try to insult james or sirius, remus is the first to defend them, even if they deserve it

lily: james and sirius can be so rude

remus: they've never been rude once in their life

sirius: she's litr right

remus: no

[whitebookposts]

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it was about time i finally sat my ass down to learn to draw lyle properly

lyle bbygirl i love you sm but why are you such a pain to draw thank god he wears a cloak most of the time. idk what I would do if I had to draw out all his legs every single time but if you ignore the complexity of the design, he is actually very unique and fun looking. his multiple mouths\eyes and general build allows for a lot of very expressive and unique poses I will probably keep making little changes to his design as I go (esp the face markings, they r a bit experimental and idk if I like them), but this is a good start to getting the hang of his anatomy

[aberooski]

Respectfully?

SOBBING 🥹

[montagueandcapulet]

Let me guess: "They should have gotten to know each other better instead of rushing off to get married right away." (rolls eyes)

“They could have handled it better—” how????????Juliet was going to be a victim of child marriage to an older man and Romeo was on the run for manslaughter. They could not go to their parents (see: feud), they could not go to the authorities (see: Romeo at large for killing Tybalt), they literally just had the Friar and Nurse. Literally how could they have handled it better?????????

[shigarakitomura]

got limited on twitter because I told xqc to 'kay why ess' so I'm here to not be silenced and say that I hope xqc and dream and gnf and wilber soot all kill themselves in 2025 I am manifesting it for this year I will find so much unbelievable joy from it but rn I just need dream to do it. like immediately I hate that man I hate him so much I'll even do it for him if he's too pussy

[montagueandcapulet]

Funnily enough, the story that occurred to me while reading this (apart from Romeo and Juliet, of course) was Anakin and Padmé from the Star Wars prequels. It was a post from a passionate shipper that got me to re-examine those movies.

drinking with Shakespeare - about star crossed lovers

"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-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Doth with their death bury their parents' strife."

-prologue of W. Shakespeare’s „Romeo and Juliet“, early 1590s.

Star-crossed lovers: a term that refers to a couple whose romantic relationship is fated to end in tragedy.

It implies that the stars and fate are aligned against the lovers, signaling that their relationship is destined for sorrow and misfortune. To put it simply, doomed love.

I bet if Shakespeare was alive now, he would be one of those people asking for your zodiac sign on the first date. Just a hunch.

Star-crossed lovers are one of my favorite paradoxes.

While they end up broken or dead in the end, somehow, they always have the most enchanting love story.

I mean, just think about it:

Two souls intertwined, dancing across the cosmic dance floor, twirling beneath the constellations’ glittering spotlight. Their movement becomes one, in sync with the celestial rhythms and choreographed by fate itself.

The beauty of their free will and chaotic being in the face of predestined steps.

Many philosophers believed star crossed lovers to bear the purest form of love, its essence.

But are the celestial bodies really against them, or are they merely playing dice with destiny?

I prefer the latter, if that surprises you at all.

Although, coincidences? The universe is rarely so lazy.

I do believe in fate, that some things are just meant to happen. 

Thing is, it’s all about mirrors. The universe is mirroring us, so the predestined steps are only predestined because you took them, and you only took them because they are predestined.

I should stop feeling bad about dances that didn’t work out, because you never know what the universe has planned. I’ll just take my steps and someday, maybe you’ll join me.

It’s either this theory or: Shakespeare and I are a bunch of late night drinkers that happen to write and be dramatic. He is a Taurus after all.

-x

gk

pssst, listen to: another life - jadu heart

[oceanwithouthermoon]

https://x.com/d3kutism/status/1741579841764475157?s=46

it should be illegal to be this fucking stupid so loudly and confidently omg..

mfs on the internet preach about "media literacy" yet they completely gloss over the fact that the only damn things that kusuo "canonically" is are a tsundere, an unreliable narrator, and a fucking liar LMFAOOO.. babe thats like basic reading comprehension, im sorry..

EDIT: it should go without saying not to send a person hate just because of a silly post like this one(+i dont have any reach anyway so im sure it wouldnt happen, but i wanna say this nonetheless lol) but i would just like to say that i just checked and realized that this person is 15 years old, so like... yeah, too young to be arguing with grown people on the internet. dont take this too serious or send this person hate pls lol..

[imtheiliad]

this is the most beautiful and brilliant staging of the balcony scene and you are telling me i probably won’t see it in person.

[cathymee]

cont. i love rambling in the tags + no u can never make me make a post that has like 100 words in it

[bitchface24-7]

Do you still do Yandere Viktor or Yandere Jayce? Could you make a dark story about these boys, plss... I don't see much dark fanfic about them

WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING - JAYVIK X READER

synopsis: you don't realize how obsessed they are with you. How possessive they are. It isn't until it’s staring you in the face do you realize how depraved your two friends are, and you're kinda into it.

warnings: yandere J and V, kleptomaniac J and V, stalking, thoughts of non-con somnophilia, a touch of non-con somnophilia, dirty fantasies, low-key oblivious R, getting Eiffel towered at the end, Grammarly as me beta

genre: m/m/f or m/m/m

p.s. … don't judge me. I did say I'm one of the writers y'all should come to if you want taboo topics done, I'm letting my freak out ok? Ok. Hope y'all enjoy it! ❤️

You've known these two men for quite some time now.

You met Jayce first. You two shared a few classes at the academy and even partnered up a few times for partnered projects. He's sweet, kind, funny, and a teensy bit naive. He's so focused on assignments, studying, and his personal project, that he doesn't see the swath of men and women wanting to get into his pants.

A lot of your classmates and even some of the professors can't stand you. Because if Jayce's work doesn't have his attention— you do. They want the delectability of Jayce Talis all for themselves, instead he's giving it all to you.

(And eventually Viktor.)

You stayed in Jayces dorm room more often than your own. Eventually, you just kinda… moved in unintentionally.

Both your clothes shared a closet and a dresser, your fragrances joined Jayces, your toothbrushes sat in the same cup together. It was domestic.

You started to notice some of your underwear going missing. But you thought nothing of it. Shit goes missing all the time, the dryer once ate one of Jayce's vests. Your undies are no match.

(What you don't know is that Jayce has them in a box hidden away in his under-the-bed storage system. The same drawers you have on your side of the bed. When he gets the chance— the very few chances he gets, he fucks his cock into your undies. His tight grip caused delicious moans to escape his plump lips. He envisions what you'd look like wearing them, and cums when he envisions you taking them off shyly and spreading your legs. Your sex dripping with its arousal.)

Everything was going well, until the apartment blew up, Jayce went on trial, defended his project and you vigorously, and at the end of it all— lost his research and wasn't banished.

The breath of relief that escaped you was monumental. Then everything else became a blur. You met Heimerdinger’s Assistant Viktor, you broke into his office, you proved Hextexh could work.

Viktor became Jayce’s second partner after that.

And you officially joined the scandal that caused all this mess.

T’was the start of a wonderful friendship!

(full of depravity, thievery, and lust)

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Jayce and Viktor work hard, constantly to improve Hextech and to improve the lives of both the citizens of Piltover and Zaun.

You make sure that they also take care of themselves.

You help out in any way you can.

Bouncing ideas off one another, being a second pair of eyes to an equation, ensuring they take time off to eat and sleep. Their shining light in a neverending cloud of darkness.

Jayce has a relatively good sleep schedule.

Viktor's is horrendous.

So much so that you bought a good quality bed hidden away in an alcove of the lab, and a few futons to rest on. Viktor is too determined to continue working. He won’t stop to leave to go back to his tiny apartment for a few hours of sleep.

There have been too many times you've caught him passed out at his desk for you to allow this to keep happening.

So you bargained.

He can stay in the lab as long as he wants, but he needs to get at LEAST six hours of sleep per night.

He fought, he fought hard until you said now everyone has the opportunity to stay overnight at the lab if they get too tired. That working when exhausted leads to more mistakes and injuries. Being able to take a small nap can rejuvenate the mind and get you to solve that mind-numbing problem you couldn't before.

When you added in the puppy dog eyes regarding Viktor’s health… he folded like a wet piece of tissue paper.

(it also helps he gets to see you in pyjamas, all messy and purely you. How you toss and turn at night, how your hair gets all fucked up in the morning because of it. How delicious you are, served on a silver platter without realizing it. Viktor’s been tempted to touch you. When he's still up working and he sees you passed out on the bed. How soft would your skin be? How plump? Are your lips always that tempting? Your legs are devilish, your back desirable, your ass biteable, and your chest begs him to fondle it.

He does. One night he does. He fondles it as lightly as he can. Tweaking your nipples until they're rock hard, a shiver and mewl escaping your lips. He sees you wiggle a bit in your sleep, your thighs clenched together as he continues his assault. When he spots the wet patch on your pyjamas; it's over for him. He quickly whips his dick out and rubs one out. His one free hand leaves your chest and trails down your body, eventually hitting your wet spot. When you moan loudly— a mix of his and Jayces name, he cums. It almost hits you in the face. After that, he has a few ideas he wants to pass by Jayce.)

You can't help but smile as you see how close Jayce and Viktor have gotten over the last few months. You've heard rumours about both men, how they can be standoffish. Sometimes a bit impatient when someone doesn't understand what they're explaining.

But they flow together like one unit— it's incredible to see. Besides, they're always sweet to you, so you take all the rumours you hear with a grain of salt.

Especially the dirty ones.

How they are in bed, what their cocks are like, how they sound, their dirty kinks, how they rock their partner's world. The thing is, both of them have taken partners that look strikingly similar to one person.

You.

Your hair and eye colour, your haircut, your height, your body type. They're going after your doppelgangers. Most recently you heard about them taking their partner at the same time.

(you're NOT jealous)

(… you are so jealous)

And you keep losing things! You don't know how much underwear you have left. Also, your favourite fragrance has… changed. You used at least a quarter of the bottle, and you remember denting the cap when you accidentally dropped it.

Now there's a brand new bottle on the vanity you and Jayce share. You remember asking him what happened to your old bottle but he looked so flustered and could barely put a sentence together that you came to a charming conclusion.

Jayce accidentally broke your old one and got you a replacement as an apology.

You can't help but smile at the flustered man and give him a kiss on the cheek for his sweet actions— you swear you heard him whimper.

(the old bottle never broke. It's in the lab hidden away in his desk in a secret compartment. That way he can spray it in the air when you're not around— and he and Viktor can still smell you.)

That night, when Jayce and Viktor stayed late in the lab, you touched yourself to the thought of them. How sweet they are, how handsome, how sexy. They're all yours, and your greedy little heart couldn't be any happier. You don't even attempt to be quiet, knowing you're the only one at home.

What you don't realize is Jayce and Viktor heard the whole thing. Viktor had quite a bad coughing attack so Jayce decided to take him back to his place to get taken care of. They could sleep for a bit and go back to the lab. Your wonton moans completely derailed that train.

And everything comes crashing down one day in a way you never expected.

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The next morning as Jayce and Viktor bicker over what to have for breakfast, you accidentally drop your chaptick. Thank god you hadn't opened it yet, but it rolled under the bed on Jayce’s side. Without hesitation, you drop to your knees to get your chapstick— instead you find something else.

A massive box piled high with all your missing undergarments. You stare at the box in shock. You thought they just went missing! The drier ate them! It’s done that before to socks and one time to Jayce's vest! You never even imagined Jayce stealing them.

With a fire in your veins, you go to confront him.

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That confrontation went horrendously. Jayce felt no shame, Viktor admitted to… appreciating you when you slept in the lab to try to get some heat off of Jayce, that riled you up further, and then Jayce spat out that they both heard you last night touching yourself like a dirty little whore.

That shut you up.

What’s currently shutting you up is Viktor’s cock shoved all the way down your throat as Jayce pounds away at your sensitive hole.

Fuck it feels so good being plugged up on both ends. Jayce grunting and whining as Viktor commands him. His voice low and moans so sweet. You think you’re in your own personalized heaven.

That is until Viktor sets his sights on you again, “You’re not so innocent either. I remember when you left your journal at the lab accidentally. I may have… taken a small peak. Your desires are so perverse my dear. Wanting to sit on Jayce’s face. Have me finger and choke you in the lab. Being tag teamed by the both of us. Then we heard you last night. Panting and moaning out our names, like a slut. So… how’s the real deal compared to your dirty fantasies? I bet you actually liked knowing how desperate we are for you. That Jayce stole your underwear, that I defiled your body as you slept. You moaned so sweetly for me that I almost came on your face.”

Jayce and you both moan loudly at Viktor’s nasty words. The vibrations cause Viktor to hiss through his teeth.

“Viktor… they like that. Holy fuck, they like that a lot. Your words made them clench so fucking hard.”

The smirk Jayce gets in return for those words can only be described as devilish. Before you know it, every dirty thought, fantasy, and kink is said to you.

“I want to litter you with all my marks. My teeth, my bruises, my cum. You're mine. You're Jayce's. You're ours.”

“I want to see what you look like tied up and overstimulated.”

“Jayce has a deep desire to fuck you standing in front of a window. He's droned on and on about it in the lab when you're not there.”

“I want to see you spent, shaking, and crying. One day we'll dedicate a day purely to fuck you.”

You cum, violently. You're shaking, whining, and feel amazing. Jayce cums after you, balls deep inside you as he groans, and Viktor cums last. His balls touch your chin as he shoots his load down your throat.

You're all panting in the king-size bed, spent, and heavily satisfied.

Eventually, you break the silence, “Jayce, what happened to my bottle of,” you gulp a big breath of air, trying to catch your breath, “Eau De Parfum? I assumed you broke it.”

“It's in the lab. We use it every once in a while when we miss you.”

You awe at that, “Creepy, but very sweet.”

“You love us.”

And dammit he's right, you do.

You shouldn't. But you do.

…. send me to horny jail *boNk*

[montagueandcapulet]

Hear, hear!

What kills me is…Shakespeare didn’t have to make Romeo and Juliet actually love each other if the whole point was Not To Do The Hate, People.

He could have just done a West Side Story (ha) and said, “Look at these nice basic-ass teens. Cute crush, won’t last, whatever, but they still Deserve Rights(tm)” and focused his art on the destructiveness of the feuding. Fleshed out the reasons for the feud and satirized the upper-class, rich, shallow, violent society of Verona. Have the teens get destroyed by that violence as a symbolic linchpin.

He didn’t have to make Romeo and Juliet the actual protagonists. He didn’t have to make them so similar in outlook and values and personality. He didn’t have to make them react the same to good and bad news. He didn’t have to have their diction echo each other, didn’t have to make their first interaction with each other into a perfect sonnet. He didn’t have to inject any of their interactions with fucky soulmate vibes. He didn’t have to bend and twist and break the canon of his source material to depict R&J as truly in love.

He did it because their love was and is the point. Otherwise, the play would be pointless. Also because he shipped them. For important literary reasons, of course. But he did.

[m00na333]

there are theories i hate, but "lady stoneheart crowns Jon Snow/resurrects him as a way to redeem herself" is definitely one of them. Not because I think that she's correct in her treatment of him, but because it's a fundamental misunderstanding of LSH and it robs two other characters of the conclusion of their arcs.

First of all, LSH is not Catelyn Stark. She's a personification of the cycle of violence, revenge and the way it dehumanises people. The once kind, courteous and wise lady is willing to forgo guest right to hang Brienne. The woman who advocated for Tyrion to have a trial for his crimes goes straight to executing her. The woman who tried desperately to stop Rickard Karstark from killing the Lannister squires tries to kill Podrick Payne. LSH is a corrupted, denigrated vindicative mimicry of Catelyn Stark, bent on vindication. I don't think that the political intricacies of her son's claim are important to her.

Also, LSH frees Jaime Lannister and starts the chain of events that will lead to the Red Wedding because of her daughters, because of Arya and Sansa. As her death and resurrection is tied to her daughters, so will her rest. Arya pulls her corpse from the river, Sansa is trapped with a man who is obsessed with her and repeatedly impugns her honour. Arya will give the gift of mercy to Mother Merciless, and Sansa will defend her mother's honour, telling Littlefinger the truth of that fateful night. Through her daughters, and her love for them, Catelyn Stark is doomed. Through her daughters, and their love for her, she will be laid to rest.

Also, Catelyn Stark doesn't think about Jon snow very much, and almost never with personal enmity, apart from literally the worst day of her life. Cold, distrusting, distant, yes; but not enough so that this is the one thing that's polluting her memory.

I love Jon, don't get me wrong, but why is Catelyn Stark's lack of relationship with him more important than her very real and consequential relationship with her daughters?

On Jon Snow, I think that the suggestion that he needs, or desires, the acceptance and approval of someone who was distant and judgemental his entire life is misguided. Jon Snow's entire journey has been coming to terms with his bastardry. With Ygritte, at the wall, as Lord Commander, when Stannis offers to remove it from him. It is a weight, yes, but he has gotten stronger. Resurrected Jon Snow will be more wolfish, less concerned with honour.

Moreover, if you subscribe to the theory that R + L = J, and the weirwood wedding theory, isn't it much more satisfying for Jon to find out his destiny, than to be accepted for his bastardry?

Not even that, I would hate the implication that one of the most well-written characters, who is so driven and complex and principled, needs to be "forgiven" for existing. imho, Catelyn crowning Jon sort of retroactively justifies it .

TL;DR, this theory strips two characters of their rightful storylines, simplifies and denigrates two others

[yourimagines]

What he likes about you fluff

* English is not my first language I apologise

* Triggers: Fluff

A = Admiration, what he absolutely adore about you: That you love his family, you love his mom and his mom loves you. Your also very gentle and quiet just like him

B = Body, what is his favorite part of your body: He loves your legs, they way you wrapped them around him when you cuddle him, he loves to lay his hands on them, just touching your warm skin.

C = Cuddling, how he likes to cuddle: He likes to be the big spoon but he loves it when you just cuddle him when he's sitting on the sofa or on his chair behind his computer.

D = Dates, what his ideal date with you would look like: Staying at home, playing video games together.

E = Emotions, how he express his emotions around you: He doesn't, he mostly keep them to himself, sometimes they slip up and you just hold him, telling him it okay.

F = Family, does he want one? If he does, when: Yes, he loves to start a family with you, he loves to have children with you and getting a dog or cat.

G = Gifts, how he feels about gift giving? What is his habit when it comes to this: He gives spoils you silently, you come home and there are flowers in a vase or some new shoes you love.

H = Holding Hands, when/how he likes to hold hands: He hold your hands when he's anxious, squeezing your hands a little bit, checking that your still here with him.

I = Injury, how he would act if you got hurt: He will get anxious, pacing around and calling his mom for support. He hates it tho.

J = Jokes, does he likes to joke around with or prank you and how: He likes to joke around, he likes to play around when you guys are playing some video games, distracting you.

K = Kisses, how he likes to kiss you: Soft but deeply on your lips. He also places a lot of kisses on the top of your head an hands.

L = Love, how he shows you he loves you: He remembers the small things you like or do, he sees everything and makes sure your always okay. He also makes sure his mom will cook some food for you because he knows you love her food.

M = Memory, favorite memory together: Having a game night for the first time together. The laughs and the fun that night was the best you guys ever had. Playing around and just being yourself with him.

N = Nightmare, what is his worst fear: Leaving him, losing you, you being hurt, hating him. just everything, he hates his anxiety.

O = Oddity, what is one quirk he haves: He's secretly a nerd in video games, he has a steam deck and he always carries it with him.

P = Pet Names, what he likes to call you: Darling and babe.

Q = Quality Time, how he likes to spend time with you: At home, playing video games or just go our for a walk close by.

R = Rhythm, what song reminds you of him: Tortoise by Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn. When you hear this song, your mind wanders off to him. You need him and he needs you, you miss him when your not with him and life is not the same without him.

S = Secrets, how open is he with you: He tries to be open with you but sometimes his anxiety is in his way, he wants a good communication but needs some help sometimes as he cover up his emotions a lot.

T = Time, how long did it take you to get together: It took awhile, he thought you didn't liked him till a friend of him told him otherwise, he asked you out by text message and asked you later if you wanted to be his.

U = Upset, how does he acts when you’re upset: He thinks it's because of him, he freaks out and gets upset as well, when he knows it not him he stays quiet, thinking how he can fix it.

V = Vaunt, what is he proud of, Does he likes to show you off: He's proud that you like his family, that you like to game with him and that you support him

W = Warrior, how would he feel about you fighting? Would he fight for you: He wouldn't like it but would support you, he would defend you

X = X-Ray, how well can he read you: He knows when sometime up, he knows everything as he sees everything.

Y = Yes, how would he propose to you: Some where private but anywhere what you like and say yes to him

Z = Zen, what makes him feel calm: Knowing you there, holding your hands, listing to music and playing video games. he also calms down when he's alone.

[maraudersoncrack1981]

THIS.

(CHEEKY WEE RANT IN THE TAGS)

this is how jegulus antis see them and lily