#caliban the tempest

[thalassous]

like man im just a guy cmon man like

[ ID: Three different drawings, all on white backgrounds.

The first is of Fyodo Dolokhov, who is fashioned in clothes associated with cowboys, and coloured in a pallet of red, three greens, and yellow. He holds a gun to the sky with his left hand, looking at the camera tiredly and chewing on a stalk of hay.

The second is two fully coloured full body sketches of Ariel and Caliban. Caliban is slightly blurred, clapping his hands and shuffling. Arrows point to him reading, "cannot stop trying to default dance," and, "will trip in 0.05 seconds." Ariel stands still with their left hand behind their back, extending their right. There are arrows that point at them reading, "about to invent the waltz," and one between them and Caliban that says, "desires him carnally."

The third is a fully coloured fullbody sketch of Andrei Bolkonsky sitting down in Lise Bolkonskaya's dress. He wears a forlorn expression, holding his weight with his right hand while his left swings cross his chest. The arrow that points to him is obscured greatly, in white it reads, "NOOoo." END ID ]

[the-tenth-arcanum]

unlovable creatures quotes from: the tempest, shakespeare // henry vi part 3, shakespeare // frankenstein, mary shelley // frankenstein (play), nick dear

[nemfrog]

Caliban, Act II, Scene 2. The Tempest. Wm. Shakespeare. 1860 ed.

Gallica

[the-evil-clergyman]

Prospero, Miranda, and Caliban, from The Tempest for Tales from Shakespeare by Louis Rhead (1918)

[bethanydelleman]

There is something very Miranda & Caliban about Catherine Linton & Hareton Earnshaw meeting for the first time.

Miranda & Catherine: women who have been raised and educated in isolation by their father, seeing a new person for the first time

Caliban & Hareton: orphans who at one time were educated and cherished, only to be reduced to servitude and savagery (one for just cause, the other by no fault of his own)

And yet the endings could not be more opposite.

[nightmareopera]

GPOSE YEAR IN REVIEW 2023 ~ The Allagan Tempest

*world's least enthusiastic jazz-hands* Allag!

(credit for others' characters: Alexandrite @lilbittymonster; Antonio @hermits-hovel; Viola @abyssalmermaiden; Caliban @azure-dragonsinger; Pandora @whatsthisascianbullshit)

[couldtransitionsaveher]

CALIBAN from THE TEMPEST

JUSTIFICATION:

"In addition to being an example of likely Black and/or Palestinian (frequently theorized by scholars on the website I visit for scholarly papers) and a disabled subject of white and abled labor, I believe Caliban, in her "deformity" and only positive relation being a woman outcast by society for being a witch yet still subservient to her, is a metaphor for nonwhite transfemininity in Early Modern Europe. In other words, if she transitioned or even took some sort of estrogenic compound that was available, she wouldn't have been as bad as she was made out to be in the play. Plus, her "aberrant" gender nonconformity through transfemininity being contrast through "acceptable" gender nonconformity like Ariel's, who could stand in for transmasculinity or perhaps the Early Modern English tradition of young boys, often epicene looking, crossdressing, could work as commentary on even how our modern gendered caste system often praises CAFAB or "feminine but not a trans woman, I'm totally a boy/other gender" gender nonconformity as long as it's "acceptable"/doesn't cross the line into gender transgression, while demonizing any form of transfemininity, whether it passes or not. I also personally wonder if Caliban could be an intersex transfem, but I haven't read any articles enough nor have I read The Tempest in a while to judge. Otherwise, I've always stanned Caliban and think she could've been a good trans character." - @sunkern-plus

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[pegaace]

Analysis on Witch from Mercury, Colonialism, The Tempest, and Caliba(r)n

Okay I know this is my first post ever but I was tryna find somewhere to put my thoughts after seeing a bunch of people everywhere slander Caliban and why that is not it and how my boi is innocent, good actually. For qualifications I did an undergrad lit class that covered The Tempest like 2 years ago so that's fine right (apologies to my profs if I fuck any of this up)

Okay so for starters yes by now everyone knows WfM is The Tempest, Prospera is Prospero (or Prospera actually, there was a 2010 film adaptation that had the gender switch already), Aerial is Ariel, etc etc. So therefore Caliban has to be this villainous, "monstrous" creature right?

Haha no sit down cos no that would be boring. (and also kinda racist as I'll explain) Notice how in the original Prospero isn't the villain of the story, not really, he's just getting revenge for being wronged years ago and trying to ship the kids together. But if recent gwitch is any indication, Prospera truly is the villain of this story, breaking hearts and stopping at nothing to destroy the Benerit group AND earth. Now I wonder which other adaptation of The Tempest has Prospero as the big bad HMMMM :thinking:

Enter Aime Cesaire and A Tempest. Written in 1969, it deals with a lot of the more unpleasant connotations of Shakespeares play. Let me lay it all out for you. So you're saying Prospero, a white dude, comes to this island, uses his western magic to overthrow the native witch (Sycorax), wrecks the land of its magic, and then enslaves her son to do his work for him, constantly insulting his appearance and intelligence? HMMMM seems pretty sus (racist and colonial) to me.

Cesaire, writing during a time of decolonial movements throughout the world, was rightfully really mad at colonizers for forcing their way upon natives with violence, and especially with the use of language to control said populations. Caliban has also been repeatedly dehumanised through previous adaptations of Shakespeares work slowly turning him from a man into a monster, not even human. This is similar to how non-european people have constantly been treated in the past.

Now like wait... Forcing communication through a set language? Dehumanisation? Colonisation of oppressed peoples? Where have we seen that before...? HMMMM

(its almost like... permet scores and gundam technology... Calibarn being free of permet links is like Caliban refusing language...)

And here's where I see the great potential of a Gundam Caliban. Gundam is certainly no stranger to decolonial movements (shoutout to my fave Gundam ZZ and the bois in Blue team and the African liberation front) and I think having Caliban as the Gundam to finally end Spacian oppression (perhaps in a sequel idk if Suletta is getting that far after bonking her mom by the end of the season) would be a great take.

As a side note, Aerial is kinda portrayed negatively in Cesaire's work for choosing to work for Prospero in exchange for their own freedom, as kind of a sellout who makes things worse and is ultimately tricked and trapped anyways and... hey! She's in a giant coffin now and Suletta is unhappier than ever! Oops.

Also like I qrted this on my twt but like its important to remember that Caliban is human too, and will respond to accordingly. They (and this might be where i disagree with @adracat a lil on their otherwise excellent posts) arent just a violent unthinking monster, thats just unfortunately how racism often portrays people of colour. If Suletta shows compassion and humanity towards Calibarn, like how she did to Aerial, and how Eri was able to connect with Lfrith in the prologue when Vanadis had failed, I'm sure she'll be able to bring Calibarn over to her side. And because they can connect so fully via human emotions and love (this is where I do agree with adra that love is the answer and key to open the door) (wooo yeah another love powered robot!! G Gundamming time) I dont think Quiet Zero will be able to stop them, as Suletta will have made the ultimate, unmediated connection between woman and machine, becoming one with it in the way Cardo Nabo had always truly hoped for. To don Gundam and live in space.

Okay sorry for the disorganised post but like one last thing I know I said it'd be nice for Calibarn to show up again in S2 but the other theory I have (which might or might not be true cos lets be real gwitch only rhymes, never copies, and i dont even know where schwarzette fits into all this [goatmom gundam my beloved i miss schwarzletta theory still]) is that the ending of A Tempest has Prospero send the girlies off as usual, but then still choose to stay on the island to fight with Caliban forever, till he can finally fully dominate him, cos racists are shit like that. This continues for a rlly long time cos his magics kinda prevent him from just dying of old age and he lives on, like a vampire sucking life from the island (wow capitalism huh) and its implied he and Caliban are just locked in this long struggle to the death until the day he finally croaks and the colonized can finally be free. Now what other gundam has an eternal struggle with fascism hmm?

idk just thought it might be cool for the gundam sisters to push suletta out of the way (maybe out of quiet zero?) whilst trapping prosperas grudge within it for all time, that would also be dramatic and neat lol. Come to think of it if Prospera does it itd be like ZZ again too lol with Haman pushing Judau away.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933), from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare, 1901.

[thalassous]

another one of those. absolutely black out and suddenly theres a doodle page yknow

[long id! readmore time!]

[ ID: Various doodles in different colours from The Tempest on a white background. In the top left, Ferdinand in green rests on his hands and is smiling with his eyes closed. There is text next to him that says, "loved by a very special butch" with an arrow pointing at him. In the top right, Ariel in blue is seen smiling with the text, "AW little guy !!" Under them, while an arrow points to a different, scarier Ariel with text under them that reads, "OH hes a little fucked up actually .." In the middle, there is an image of a whiteboard with two drawings on it. On the left, a half body of Sebastian has a quote next to him saying, "I will show him what a shower scene is... /r" On the right, a bust of Antonio looks with annoyance at Sebastian while text pointing at him reads, "this man does not know what a shower scene is. he is from 1145 (god help him)". To the right of the image, a drawing of Antonio in red barks at the image with the quote, "of COURSE i know what a shower scene is." Sebastian in dark green, below the image, nods his head at Antonio and says, "yes antonio you're very wise like that" and strike through text after, "when is it our turn..." In the bottom left, a bust of Caliban in brown holds up three fingers on his left hand, while he glances apathetic to his right. Above him, text reads, "caliban would celebrate out of touch thursday" END ID. ]

[yloiseconeillants]

JUNELEZEN - Day 30 :: Free Choice

beloved dragon friends - caliban/erasmos belongs to @azure-dragonsinger; antonio/icarus belongs to @hermits-hovel; pandora/panthea belongs to @whatsthisascianbullshit

[zal-cryptid]

Children of Lucifer Morningstar

DC characters - Takehiko, Caliban, and Aurora

[gloriousmonsters]

the way caliban and ariel are described in some of the shit I'm running into trying to find a production of the Tempest to watch is kind of sickening tbh. about a 1993 production's Ariel

He spoke and moved slowly and deliberately, maintaining a cold hauteur in all his dealings. There was still an audible gasp from the audience when, in response to Prospero's affectionate words of farewell, he spat in his face. He then stalked away to the back wall of the set and opened a hitherto undetectable door through which he passed to freedom.

omg the guy who was enslaved spat in his former enslaver's face!!!! so cold and mean

Alec McCowen's gentle, school-teacherly Prospero was threatened not only by this unyielding spirit but also by an unusually rebellious Miranda and a terrifyingly muscular and sharp-taloned Caliban

prospero is so gentle and nice you guys i can't believe he was menaced by his mean scary slaves :(((

you know the scene where Prospero tells Caliban he's going to torture him, in detail, for cursing him out. what choice does he have his slave is being SO insubordinate >:(

[wallbeatjournal]

2x12 The Wicked and the Divine, Riverdale (dir. Rachel Talalay)

The Tempest: Ariel in the Cloven Pine (1907), Paul Vincent Woodroffe

[styxbugg]

uh yeah, the fraggles perform the tempest

@resident-dumb-fuck this is for you

[shredsandpatches]

this post reminded me of the really bad paper I wrote in undergrad on Doctor Faustus and The Tempest and how if I'd had any idea what I was doing it would have focused on how the character whose magic is depicted as benevolent is much more domineering and shows much more of a will to power (bad) than the character who just straight up summons demons

(Thinking more about this also gets us to the additional wrinkle that Prospero does have actual power over Ariel while Mephistopheles is only bound to Faustus by the purely human function of a contract)