#rc shakespeare’s code

[romanceclub-confessionss]

Confession:

why are edmund and edward both in one story? like, isn't one of the first rules in writing is that you don't make two character names sound the same? idk i keep checking who's who between them 😭

[dumpingscreenshotshere]

▶️ Amy (the writer of Desert Rose and Shakespeare’s Code) shared in her chat:

1️⃣ There will be more scenes with Regina and Merlin/Morgana in Season 2.

2️⃣ We will see a new love interest in the April update.

3️⃣ Season 1 will have 10 episodes instead of 11.

🟢 Amy also made a post about the Season 1 finale of Shakespeare’s Code: "I wrote the final episodes of Season 1 while in extreme anxiety, but I put a lot of effort into them. You’ll understand why later. I get that these episodes might cause a strong reaction—I totally understand—but I did everything I could with the anxious energy I had at the time. 🤡

At moments like these, I’m always afraid of accidentally revealing something from Season 2, but I do know for sure that it will have all my favorite scenes with each love interest. I wrote two scenes while listening to Ursine Vulpine feat. Annaca – Without You—the song has strong associations with one of the story branches. I highly recommend it, it’s unreal."

[snow--witch]

I have to say something as a mixed person: I'm very happy that RC is daring to create mixed-race MC's, it may seem silly but it makes me feel more human. Sometimes it's strange to belong to two ethnicities because people remind you that you are neither, that you are just something exotic that don't belong fully anywhere

This version of Amabelle is like me, half european / half japanese and we have the same eyes 😍

[jillfvs]

ah yes, the two genders

[ratanslily]

I see that there have been a massive imbalance in m/f li ratio in Shakespeare's Code, and I raise you: gender of choice Hobello.

Yes, I know there shouldn't be many goc lis because male and female experiences are different but!! Hobello is a frog!! A magical frog, they can take any form!! So what harm does it make if they had a female form too? (Now that they're a li)

[zhoras-bitch]

One chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance one chance

[astarotha]

Me reading Shakespeare's code every update

[papercook1e]

I kind of hate that whenever someone says that they find SC to be confusing, there's always people in the comment section being like "DID YOU EVEN READ THE BOOK, YOU IDIOT??" and as someone who read it and found it confusing, I would just like to say that I've read the Alchemist and deception point and SC is 100x more confusing than those books. If you're going to introduce 50,000 subplots then you also gotta know how to switch between them in such a manner that people don't find it confusing. You give hints and then go "SIKE, the murderer was someone else all along" what was the point of foreshadowing then? Unpredictability is exciting only when you're able to make sense of it.

[romanceclub-confessionss]

Confession:

"Amy: stop asking me about Hobello! Just read the story!

Also Amy: here are memes about Hobello, here's kissing scene with Hobello, here's his character profile, here's your daily jokes about Hobello being LI. Other characters don't get even half as much attention, but of course it's bad fans that want to know what they can expect from the story. 

Not saying that harassing author/demanding adding him as LI is justified, of course not, but also maybe stop baiting everyone and focus on anyone or anything else from the story? It's like consistently adding fuel to the fire and then getting angry that it's still raging. "

[dumpingscreenshotshere]

Renée has a new rival

[imsorryifyourelate]

for those who's also cannot follow the plot here's summary:

**Past:** One witch is beheaded, and another is about to be burned, but a lightning strike scatters the crowd.

**Present:** Amabel is bathing and catches Norman spying on her. He and Tedd discuss the asylum for the mentally ill and recent murders in a nearby town. Amabel feels a sudden surge of rage and bloodlust, realizing it’s time to summon the Master. He tasks her with going to the asylum, finding a special artifact, and anointing it with the blood of a descendant of the Protestant priest who imprisoned him. The Master assigns Hobello, a shapeshifting creature (toad, crow, cat), to assist her.

Amabel encounters a pirate in a tavern, Edmund the Sea Devil, who boasts of his adventures and catches her attention. Hobello helps her lure him outside, where she senses his magical power but doesn’t yet understand its nature. At home, someone bursts in, calling her by her real name.

**Past:** Robert Dudley consults a seer to locate Amabel.

**Present:** Dudley confronts her, revealing her past: when she was to be burned, lightning struck, and she fled, married a sickly nobleman, changed her name, and soon became a widow. Dudley tests her abilities and gives her an ultimatum: help England by investigating murders at the asylum or face execution.

Amabel arrives in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she reunites with Edmund and meets Regina. At night, her bloodlust leads her into the forest, where she fights a red-eyed monster but loses consciousness. The next morning, a stranger helps her out of the forest, but a corpse is soon discovered nearby. Chaos ensues as everyone blames each other. Amabel touches the victim’s heart to uncover details of the murder.

At the asylum, Amabel meets Joan, who asks her to wash a patient. She overhears a conversation suggesting sinister plans for her. Joan shows her torture tools, triggering memories of her own past suffering. She encounters Cordelia, who is accused of a relationship with Christopher, a patient.

Amabel washes an old man who begins to harm himself, seemingly controlled by his daughters, Goneril and Regan. With help from Henry, Rogers, and Ralph, they subdue the "demons," but the old man dies. Cordelia mourns her father while Joan scolds her.

Amabel begins teaching Aurora, who shares details about Shakespeare’s sick son, Hamlet, and other family troubles. Aurora gives her a parchment with mysterious verses. Amabel visits Shakespeare, who is distraught over his son’s illness.

Back at the asylum, Amabel learns of Eugenie’s possession. Joan initially refuses to let her in, but Ralph prays, calming Eugenie. Christopher Marlo, believed to be possessed, is brought in but reveals he’s an actor pretending to be demon-possessed. He threatens Amabel but she offers him a partnership.

Amabel is summoned by Robert Dudley, who urges her to hurry with her mission. She ventures into the forest with Edmund and experiences a vision. The next day, while cleaning, she is interrupted by Edward, who tells her Dudley is waiting. On a walk, she meets Ralph, but her thoughts are consumed by mysterious verses:

*"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet."*

[snow--witch]

Asian and male Amabelle version looks like my cousin and I'm laughing a LOT 😂🤣😅

[jillfvs]

this took me way longer then i would like to admit..

[ratanslily]

Princess and the Frog 👑🐸

[zhoras-bitch]

I'm not big on villain paths usually, but the potential of curse path MC x sinful Regina fascinates me. Two women embracing their darkness and getting back at the society that failed them. The ultimate 'I support women's wrongs' path.

[malbontesmrs]

I… can’t believe I’m one of those people who wants the non-LI white boy but…

Agh he’s so cute. I loved him anyway, but now I just want my weirdly flirtatious frog companion to stay human and love Amabelle/Roxanne for eternity.

(Thank god for save slots because I still love Edmund, too).

Anyway that’s it. That’s the post.