#Mercutio x Benvolio

[enbysiriusblack]

i love how mercutio is shipped with like. every man. i see mercutio/benvolio, mercutio/romeo, mercutio/tybalt. man is so gay but no one can agree on who he's actually gay for.

[thr4shit]

So, every now and then, I go and watch/rewatch iterations of Romeo & Juliet to see/remember how different characters are portrayed.

The 1968 Romeo & Juliet keeps reinstilling my belief that Benvolio is GAY and is dating Mercutio

APPARENTLY this is an "unpopular opinion" amongst my day-to-day interactions cause EVERYONE I mention it to is like: "...uh.. nah.. I don't see it that way. They're just friends."

FRIENDS? Friends don't have the energy of:

(Imagine this in the stereotypical gay voice, please. It makes it funnier.)

Ben: "Please, can we just go inside? I'm tired of your drama, you're gonna get hurt.

Mer: "Try and stop me bitch."

AND THEN LITERAL LOVE STARING WHEN MERCUTIO IS DYING???

They're husbands, I'm sorry, y'all. They're husbands.

[spindlesaurus-rex]

I want a version of Romeo and Juliet where the Prince goes fucking OFF in his speech after Mercutio’s death.

I want a Benvolio who is weeping as he explains what’s happened, who is trying to hide his

I want actors who take the general iambic regularity of Benvolio’s speech and the slightly less regular metre of Prince’s pronouncement as evidence of the attempt at controlled performance but who just jump on the Caesurae of lines like ‘who, all as hot, turns deadly point on point’ or the messiness of ‘of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled’ if they’re Benvolio and then contrast that with the insane regularity of ‘this is the truth or let Benvolio die.’

And I want a prince who fucking jumps to finish that half line of Montague’s with ‘and for that offense/ immediately we do exile him hence’ and then loses it for the next two lines which cannot be contained by metre but are balanced in rhyme.

I’ve just always loved the way the Prince’s speech juxtaposes the ‘hearts’ proceedings’ of the feud with ‘my blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding’ and the way he cannot speak of Mercutio but personally, the way he speaks of the feud as the proceedings of their heart but of Mercutio as his blood, essential to himself.

Also Mercutio and Benvolio should kiss and I will say more about that if anyone literally looks in my direction.

[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

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

Cover Artist Credit: @oblivionsdream

Tag for: @jokeringcutio

[thebenediktmontagov]

those romeo and juliet rp accounts are my favourite thing rn

[rorygilmoreh4ter]

this is exactly how i see mercutio and benvolio’s dynamic

[glascoo]

mercutio and benvolio wip because they're my blorbos 🫶

[vault--of--amber]

thinking about productions of shakespeare plays where there is exactly one character who knows theyre in a play. benvolio with his "we talk here in the public haunt of men .. here all eyes gaze on us" right before mercutio dies. he knows something is wrong before it happens, and when it does happen he knows only worse will come, so he disappears. he stayed only to try to save mercutio, and he couldnt, so he leaves. he survives the play. the same with horatio, often the voice of reason, staying only to save hamlet from his fate. in the end he is, as is benvolio, alone. but he survives. in a way the plays are about them. in a way this is their story. the only ones alive to tell it

[princeanon]

Romeo & Juliet except Mercutio lives and Benvolio isn’t sad and they’re in love

[theghostparty]

Quand Mercutio nous chantait "la vie est belle" Moi, j'y croyais...

This one goes out to the absolutely wild hairstyle choices they subjected Cyril Niccolai to during the 2010 revival.

[lesbiansforhenryclerval]

Romeo and Juliet is literally just a cautionary tale about horny teens

[thecapuletjuliet]

i know it be not of my business (especially when 'tis matter not of my house) but....

mercutio and benvolio need to have a SERIOUS heart to heart. i mean.... june be over. geteth real. they even adopted a wee grimalkin of their own names! thou art not being slick, you two..............

👁️👁️

[acting-pterygii]

i’ve been listening to nothing but francis forever and i’m your man Mitski for the past six hours so obviously it’s benvolio montague angst time!! i attempted to do some rendering but it’s pretty rough :( someday i’ll get good at rendering. but that day is not today.

characters in order from left to right are valentine, benvolio, and mercutio. designs are taken from Toho 2019 RetJ, white cast. the text and premise are taken from this fic! the original is in russian, and i google translated it into english. btw mercutio never actually appears in the fic but he is mentioned briefly. so i have to draw him now.

alternate versions + closeups under the cut :)

1. without text 2. no text + no funky ghost effects for merc

3. valentine 4. benvolio 5. mercutio

[spindlesaurus-rex]

As mentioned previously, I had one 3% beer earlier and opened up my feelings about Romeo & Juliet like they were a sleeping bag that I might crawl inside and now I’ve been IN MY FEELINGS about Prince Escalus, Benvolio & Mercutio.

And now all I want is a version of Romeo and Juliet where the whole first exchange do act 3 scene 1 is delivered by a Mercutio who is holding Benvolio by the face and pressing his forehead to his.

Because SERIOUSLY the undercurrent of that exchange is so tender and furious it makes me ILL.

It’s about ‘please don’t brawl out here for nothing, I’m calling you good I’m using ‘thee’ my metre is so measured please listen please listen’ meeting ‘I know you, you’re trying to be good but you can’t be because none of us can you’re like me you’ve got mad blood and let me make you laugh because maybe that’s all we’ve got’ and then they’re joking about death and oh it’s simple, isn’t it? The fee simple of your life is an hour and a half?

Fucking FROTHING

[lou-wilham]

It’s title reveal time….

If you love: Time Travel ✓ A satisfying end ✓ Deals with a devil ✓ Doctor Who but make it Shakespearean, Queer and add Cher ✓

You’re going to want to keep an eye out for more news on @ellebeaumontbooks and @lou.wilham’s Benvolio & Mercutio Turn Back Time!

[akiradrabbles]

“He felt the small breaths that escaped him against his skin, and his eyelashes lightly brushed Mercutio’s face. It could not have been any more sincere, it almost confused Benvolio how sweet he was being, he had assumed his kiss would be as fiery as the rest of him.” - Chapter 5, That Summer

AHHH Quite literally OBSESSED with @glascoo ‘s fanfic “That Summer”. I beg every person on this planet to read it it’s fantastic.