#Benvolio deserved better!!

[breadbut3d]

Thinking about how at the end of the play Benvolio is the only one of his friends to be left alive so he now just has to live out the rest of his life alone because they were his bestiest besties ever and now their all dead. :(

[lou-wilham]

There is nothing better than a cheese tour through time and space except. . .

It's cover reveal day for @ellebeaumontbooks & I's first co-author project Benvolio & Mercutio Turn Back time!

BLURB:

Verona has 99 problems—including a time machine.

All Benvolio has ever desired is a peaceful life alongside his spirited—albeit quarrelsome—roommate, Mercutio. But as the story goes, the course of true love never did run smooth, and when tensions between the Montagues and the Capulets reach a boiling point, Benvolio and Mercutio are dragged into the mess Romeo makes of all their lives.

Then an older version of Benvolio crashes into their lives, offering the opportunity to change fate, Mercutio does as he always does—seizes the chance. There's just one problem: no deal is without strings, and this one involves a deadly secret that Mercutio is determined to take to the grave.

What follows is a lively adventure through the ages, replete with love and heartache. Amidst the chaos, this inseparable duo will unravel the true depth of their friendship.

A riotous romp of a retelling of Romeo & Juliet. Side effects of reading may contain laughter, heartache, and a need for more. This light, sci-fi fantasy is the perfect shelf companion to The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian, Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall, and The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles.

Publication day: July 31, 2024

Genre: Adult Sci-fi Fantasy Romcom

Tropes: Friends to Lovers, time travel, retelling, and they were roommates, deal with the devil

Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/bmturnbacktime

Pre-order a Copy w/ a signed bookplate: https://forms.gle/qtTcP2Tgh6Vfbw3u8

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193907562-benvolio-and-mercutio-turn-back-time

Cover Artist Credit: @oblivionsdream

Tag for: @jokeringcutio

[mamadalena]

It's not hard to imagine why Still Star Crossed was cancelled with an unfinished story.  Yes, the show isn't outstanding and has many flaws. But in the distant 2017, a black and dark-skinned actress and a white guy as leading couple, with a spectacular multiracial cast, settled in Renaissance Italy ... Well, I could imagine the racist roar. 

[ilredeiladri]

Benvolio is the Horatio of R&J

thoughts on Benvolio 🤔

he's a great friend for real. very patient. sometimes I wonder how he puts up with my shit

[colesstar]

favourite romeo and juliet character? important question. there are three (3) right answers

Hello @tybalttruther

anyways Benvolio, he deserved better like WHERE WAS MY GUY IN THE LAST SCENE???????????????? I will travel back in time (#inMyKruxEra)(tothefirstthanksgiving) hold Shakespeare at gunpoint (ill make a quick stop in like the states to get one) and force him to add Benvolio in. Like get balthasar OUT WHERE IS DEAR BENNY FETCH HIM HIS LINES???? i fear that Benvolio WAS in Act 5 Scene 3 it just got lost in time (omgKruxandAcronixReference???)

what the fuck did i write a whole ass paragraph on BENVOLIO (no hate to him) robin i feel like you’ve infected me with your romeo and juliet juice

[kaiya-sims]

Things i want to do in Veronaville:

- Bring back Claudio and Olivia and make her pregnancy come to term (undecided on the name for the baby but I would assume it would be a boy)

- Contessa Capp is alive, she was meant to be playable originally which we can see from her bio

- I may bring Cordelia and Caliban back too just because IMO VV has too many unnecessarily dead sims. Sure I guess there is the fued but it makes VV seem very empty with all these random dead sims

- Hero Monty deserved better and honestly I might bring her back pregnant just because

- Bring Viola Monty back as a teenager

- Give Viola an identical male twin (Sebastian)

- Potentially keep Viola and Sebastian living in the shadows of Romeo and Mercutio to create some sibling rivalry? Maybe they’re forced to live in the family house with Claudio & Olivia while Romeo & Mercutio live with the grandparents as potential heirs?

- Somehow rename Benedick and Beatrice Monty without taking away from Viola who is already established as a VV character (I hate that they give these names to twins but I don’t like renaming B&B to Viola and Sebastian since the discovery of Viola Monty’s existence)… I was thinking of naming them after Shakespeare’s real life twin children Hamnet and Judith but I’m not sure. The other option is Robson & Crane from Comedy of Errors but I don’t think either of those names sound particularly feminine for Beatrice…

- Create Benvolio and Rosaline from R&J but give them their own separate families so that we don’t just have three families in VV (maybe one of them could be the child of Puck’s bio parents for a twist which would technically make them Puck’s bio sibling?)

- The usual Romeo & Juliet storyline will play out but with more characters alive for the feud i think it would add deeper dynamics (i.e. Cordelia was neutral from Contessa’s bio)

- Tybalt and Mercutio will eventually be a couple… their enemies to lovers storyline is just *chefs kiss*

- I would also like to recreate Puck’s biological parents and potentially Bottom’s too since we’ve had confirmation from the storytelling images and game files that these sims were most definitely deleted

- Hal Capp’s face must be fixed!!! I would also like Miranda to have more involvement - maybe she falls for Benvolio or Rosaline instead of typically getting involved with Mercutio?

- Kent Capp is 100% gay there is no doubt in my mind I’m sorry to those who ship him with Bianca they are just besties

I mayyyy look at the alt VV by dreadpirate and also the more historically accurate VV i’ve seen on MTS and take some inspiration from both of these too but these are the general ideas that I have for an almost ultimate good end VV??

[enchanted-lightning-aes]

Role-Searching

A/N: just a tale of a dude and his friends chatting about Shakespeare, heh.^^ Word Count: 642 T.W/C.W: None

***

A plethora of posters clutter over a memo board of a dorm room, where a person occupies it. The ceiling light shines upon him as he hypes himself up. As if for a performance. Clad in casual attire yet his countenance emanates with determination.

"I defy you, stars!" Kalani throws a fist into the air, raising his head upwards. He lowers onto his knees, clutching onto his heart.

The door opens as two girls enter, sharing expressions of bemusement and slight bafflement. One of them sets a foot forward, making a face.

"What are ya doing?" Padmaja asks, lifting her brows. "Are you comin' down with something?"

Kalani does a mock gasp. "No! I'm rehearsing! For the audition this Friday."

"Ah, yeah." Vĩnh nods. "For… for some Shakespeare story, right?"

"Dude! I'mma nail that audition!" Kalani whoops, bursting into a laugh. "Those casting directors are gonna be dazzled!"

Padmaja crinkles her nose slightly. "Hmm, what play?"

"Romeo and Juliet," he answers with a sigh. "As the leading man!"

Vĩnh compresses their mouth, scratching the back of their head. Padmaja's jaw drops as her eyes widen.

Kalani's one of the coolest guys they've known. He's got a genuine knack for acting since middle school, extending it as a professional goal. And the guy covets plenty of leading roles after devouring and reading various screenplays.

Padmaja clears her throat, regaining her senses first. "…Romeo? Why not Mercutio? Or Benvolio? Or someone that doesn't die?"

"But it's how the story is." Kalani lowers the script. "It's supposed to be a tragedy, after all."

"I think you should pursue the part of Paris. He's a low-key chill kinda guy, ain't he?"

"But he isn't main lead material," Kalani points out with a pout.

"Buddy, I respect your goal of the arts." Vĩnh sets a hand on his shoulder. "It's a profession that deserves more respect than it's got."

"Thank you, I appreciate it."

Padmaja gives a pleading look. "But we know you're capable of more."

"Is it wrong of me to want to be first Hawaiian Romeo?"

"No, just… I just think you deserve a better story to star in."

"Hmm, good point. Well, how about 'Much Ado About Nothing'?" Vĩnh suggests. "It's got a lead who's witty and skilled at banter! And Beatrice does a good smack down!"

"Yeah, that's great for starters!" Padmaja smacks her hands together, its immense clap causing Kalani to wince.

"Oh, Lord, there's so many Shakespeare leads to choose from! Hamlet! Orsino! C'mon, anyone except Romeo!"

"You should go pursue a role for a character by any other name!" Padmaja crows, clapping him on the back. Then she snickers. "See what I did there?"

"I know Romeo and Juliet's been widely debated numerous times," Kalani says. "Just let me take a crack at it, alright? Once it's over, I can get any other role I desire. It's gonna be a major break-through. It depends if I get the part, of course."

"Already then!" Padmaja smiles. "You ought to practice for that audition!"

The girls shake their heads just as Kalani harumphs while taking center-stage of the room.

"By any name that's true and so," Kalani says while pressing a hand against his chest. "For here I am to offer thee more than what you have. More than what you have ever imagined. For us to have a chance, you must be willing to hang on to… wait, this stuff's way too poignant for Romeo to say. Doesn't it?"

"Yeah," Vĩnh replies, shrugging. "Try to take it down a notch."

"And don't forget to add some saucy movements!" Padmaja winks. "Since we all know Shakespeare plays can be… y'know."

As the girls perch onto a bed, Kalani goes on with his rehearsal. Reciting the play's lines and eliciting some snickers. Immersing in its story with mirth and exasperation in equal measure.

***

[mesanthropi]

please welcome my bootleg wlw romeo and juliet set in a college au!! in this au, paris dies suddenly of murder and rochelle montague (who's a 4th year college student + detective trainee) catches herself curious as to why. while all this is happening, she has her girlfriend juliet capulet! who's shocked at paris' death but is somewhat glad that she gets to stay with rochelle.

tldr of plot: rochelle plays danganronpa and the killer will shock you (wlw) (death) (a lot of it) (ft. tadeo (tybalt) and mars (mercutio) mlm) (bernadette (benvolio) deserves better)

did this for a group project. we're so doing this. i made them my ocs atp

[margridarnauds]

If I may ask another, Romeo et Juliette?

A musical that I have a very, very complex relationship with.

It was one of my first French musicals -- not one of my favorites (I have ALWAYS been an Atia and Chouet girl), but one of my first. Good music, Aimer was one of my eternal, lovestruck romantic songs from my teen years, the OTP song to end all OTP songs; Verona was one of my favorite musical songs (once an Escalus fucker, always an Escalus fucker), I loved C'est le Jour (being used to historical lit and period dramas means I have....no reaction to first cousin marriages, so I shipped Tybalt/Juliet, sorry lads.)

There used to be a dedicated French musicals fandom on here, so I was talking with people who were more invested in it than I was, me and a friend once listened to the London cast together and memed it to death. And when that community imploded, I joined the RetJ fandom more specifically after a couple of years. And...I did enjoy it. I was mainly in my own little corner, but I was talking about it, I was creating content for it. I didn't agree with everything, especially the way that Japanese productions were routinely dismissed, and I thought that people could be very harsh on individual productions in a way that wasn't particularly fun, but...I did enjoy the experience. I did enjoy working with other people, especially since, as a Toho fan and ESPECIALLY as an Escalus fan (and as someone who really cares about the women more than Mercutio), I was very locked in my own little corner with a few other people.

I fell in love with the musical. And with Shakespeare's original. I still think that this is My Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, because it is really wonderfully faithful while modernizing it without being grimdark or cynical (yes, even the Hungarian.)

And...I refuse to go into details, because I have no intention of dredging up old ghosts, but it ended. Badly. I evacuated myself from the communities I was part of, leaving them to someone who hated me because I didn't want to split the fandom. I wanted to leave quietly, discretely, while potentially keeping some bonds. They used it as an excuse to spread their smear campaign to my old circles, something that I only found out about over a year later. No one bothered to tell me. I noticed that people were pulling away, some people have even blocked me on here, or else quietly unfollowed me, but I didn't know why and I tried to convince myself it was paranoia. I reached out to someone and they assured me that nothing had been said about me. Something I later learned was untrue. I won't accuse that person of lying, because I don't have a timeline, and I understand wanting to keep the peace, but my reputation and my mental stability were NOT acceptable collateral damage. I was suicidal, dammit, and I'm not just mad at the people who started the smear campaign, but the people who didn't bother to listen to me when I needed them the most.

And...I would say I'm not bitter about it, but actually, I am. Of COURSE I'm bitter about it. Even if I wasn't the most active member, I was there for years. I deserved better. And it has profoundly impacted the way that I still carry myself in a fandom context, because some part of me is always looking behind my shoulder. (I. Have never been able to join the BG3 fandom in the way I'd have liked to for a number of reasons, including my ongoing fear caused by this incident.)

...but, by the same token, I did rebuild myself, bit by bit, with Takarazuka musicals, including the Zuka RetJ. I wrote RetJ fanfic for myself and, without having a fandom to worry about appeasing, I wrote what I wanted -- some of my longest fics of the last three years have been Benvolio/Escalus fics that I almost CERTAINLY wouldn't have published when I had the dead weight attached.

So -- gorgeous musical, the Toho production will eternally have a place in my heart. I'm very happy that I can look at it without shaking now.

[laughdamnyou]

You ever have something that you made an opinion on years ago and you never thought to reevaluate it? I have many, but the one I am talking about is Sherlock Holmes. I mean the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It wasn't that I thought that it was bad, I just assumed it would fly over my head and be too clever and/or too serious. I had similar opinion on Shakespeare's works until I actually read some (Benvolio deserved better and Beatrice and Benedick are the best couple). I want to try Sherlock Holmes again (last time I tried it was when I was 10 and I'm in my 20s now)

[lou-wilham]

Verona has 99 problems—including a time machine. . .

All Benvolio has ever desired is a peaceful life alongside his spirited—albeit quarrelsome—roommate, Mercutio. But as the story goes, the course of true love never did run smooth, and when tensions between the Montagues and the Capulets reach a boiling point, Benvolio and Mercutio are dragged into the mess Romeo makes of all their lives.

Then an older version of Benvolio crashes into their lives, offering the opportunity to change fate, Mercutio does as he always does—seizes the chance. There’s just one problem: no deal is without strings, and this one involves a deadly secret that Mercutio is determined to take to the grave.

What follows is a lively adventure through the ages, replete with love and heartache. Amidst the chaos, this inseparable duo will unravel the true depth of their friendship.

A riotous romp of a retelling of Romeo & Juliet. Side effects of reading may contain laughter, heartache, and a need for more. This light, sci-fi fantasy is the perfect shelf companion to The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian, Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall, and The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles.

Publication day: July 31, 2024

Genre: Adult Sci-fi Fantasy Romcom Tropes: Friends to Lovers, time travel, retelling, and they were roommates, deal with the devil

Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/bmturnbacktime

Pre-order a Copy w/ a signed bookplate: https://forms.gle/qtTcP2Tgh6Vfbw3u8

Pre-order the special edition: Lou Wilham, Benny & Mercy Pre-order La Plata 2024 - Beventi

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193907562-benvolio-and-mercutio-turn-back-time

Cover Artist Credit: @oblivionsdream

[ehhgg-art]

shh. they’re having a moment.

[agentsofoakenshiield]

I just remembered that still star crossed exists but only got one season and now I am SAD

[probablyahuman]

I can't believe that shakespeare invented the bury your gays trope

[inkykeiji]

i just wanna say that on your aes blog, im so in love with shakespeare that i knew the quote in ur bio right away. i wasnt an english major but when everyone rolled their eyes when we had to read hamlet or any of works of his, i was giddy lol his works can be confusing to read but how can one simple sentence pack such a punch??? shit my heart lol

AAAAAAH IM SO HAPPY!!!!! ME TOO I LOVE HIM SOOOOOOO MUCH literally so much i wrote shakespeare fanfiction which i guess is really just an adaptation at this point LMAO

hamlet is my favourite out of all his works!!!! i could go on for HOURS about how incredible of a character hamlet is. he endlessly inspires me in my own work aaaah and you’re so RIGHT i literally live by that line it’s incredible

[panhasablog]

I’m still thinking about a big crossover of survivors of Shakespearean tragedies attending a support group together (or something like that)