#Romeo and Juliet prompts

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Romeo and Juliet Prompts! These are written with the Hungarian musical production in mind, (seriously it slaps and it slaps hard. It’s so dark, gothic, and sexy.) but I guess any adaptation of the play could work. Pls tag me if you’re inspired by any of these ideas and I’d love to read it! 🎭🧡

1. You’re Mercutio’s best friend and are secretly in love with his uncle, Prince Escalus. You know you shouldn’t be and your love is unrequited. He’s so much older than you, and he’s too great and too high above you. He’s a Prince and the leader of Verona, while you’re just a commoner of low birth who comes from nothing. You’re not a woman of noble blood nor do you come from a family of status like the Montagues or Capulets. In your late teens and still unmarried, you’re considered an old maid and undesirable to most men. One or both of your parents may be dead already and you’ve been managing on your own. You’ve only shared a few words with the Prince while visiting Mercutio. His position is an important one and he’s always so busy; Verona is a demanding city to watch over so you doubt he’s ever really noticed you.

You thought you were being discreet and hiding your love for the Prince well, but Mercutio is an observant man. He’s known for years of your love for his uncle, and is sick and tired of watching you pine for him. He encourages you to stop skirting around and finally do something about it. Just walk into Escalus’ study and confess your feelings for him. Mercutio is stubborn and won’t let you leave or run away until you tell his uncle you love him. If he rejects you, at least you’ll know for sure and can move on with your life. You’re terrified you’ll only make a fool of yourself, but Mercutio has a feeling his uncle won’t deny you. The sooner you can start courting officially, the better. Mercutio jokes that at the speed you and his uncle have been going, he’ll be dead before you marry. After his untimely murder by Tybalt, you and Escalus are both deep in grief. You finally decide to marry, posthumously fulfilling Mercutio’s wish.

2. You’re Prince Escalus’ illegitimate daughter, but you’re still able to live comfortably and later achieve a measure of social standing due to your father’s noble blood. You may be a bastard, but you’re the daughter and so far only child to the Prince of Verona, which is nothing to scoff at. When your mother first came to Prince Escalus with news she was with his child, he wasn’t so sure if you were actually of his blood. Due to his demanding position as Prince, they hardly saw each other beyond sharing his bed. For all he knew, your mother could’ve been lying and trying to pass off another man’s child as his for some sort of monetary compensation or other personal gain.

But the moment you were born further confirmed you couldn’t be anyone else’s child but his - You had his eyes. As you grew up, you resembled him more and more in both looks and mannerisms/personality. He tries to be a good father to you, but he’s often absent because to his never-ending duties and the restrictions of the time period. He can’t raise you, but he’ll send you or your mother money or do what he can to support you. When he’s too preoccupied with his obligations, he may send out his servants to keep an eye on you and report back to him so he knows you’re happy and in good health.

As you’ve grown up, you’ve very rarely spent time with or even talked to your father. The only time you’re able to be alone with him is if he summons for you. You’ve only been inside the castle a handful of times, but you’ve cherished each of your father’s visits. You appreciate his efforts to make time for you, knowing it’s near impossible and a rare treat if he can sit down and take a break. As you grow older, you can see the toll the feud between the Capulets and Montagues is taking on your poor father as he tries to keep the peace. You wish there was something you could do to help him and end the feud. After Mercutio and Paris’ untimely deaths, he finally orders the rivaling families to reconcile and make peace. Meanwhile, he wants to marry you off so that he knows you’ll be safe and taken care of after his own inevitable death. He can’t bear to lose more of his kin to the blade or the plague that’s ravishing the country. Your arranged husband is your cousin, Valentine. He’s Mercutio’s brother and one of Escalus’ only surviving kinsman.

3. You’re a servant in the Capulet household and Tybalt’s secret lover. Thanks to the seemingly never-ending animosity that exists between these noble families, breaches of the peace have become an all-too-common occurrence on the streets of Verona. You’ve been involved in fights against Montague servants at least twice now, wanting to defend your lover’s family against their sworn enemy. You’d always end up with bruises or cuts, and another servant has had to patch you up. Tybalt would sneak into your bedchamber to check on you after everyone else has retired for the night. He’d scold you for being so reckless and make you swear to him never to involve yourself in a brawl for his sake ever again. He appreciates your show of loyalty to him and his family, but he hates whenever you get caught up in the middle of the violence. He’s been infected with harshness and a cold sense from an early age. His childhood was stolen and thus his life is full of violence. But that doesn’t mean he wants your life to suffer the same fate as his. Seeing your purple eye or the blood seeping through your bandages makes his temper rise. The Montague household dared to lay a violent hand upon you, so he wants the blood of a Montague on his sword for their offense.

Another brawl breaks out but you keep your promise to Tybalt and stay out of it, instead watching as a bystander within the jeering crowd. Once Prince Escalus arrives on the scene to put a stop to the altercation, he warns the street brawlers that they must put down their swords and listen to him, or he will have them tortured. He severely chastises both households for disturbing the peace thrice now and issues an edict: If any member of the Montague or Capulet family disturbs the peace again, they will be put to death.

After Romeo secretly marries Juliet and refuses to fight Tybalt, you try to intervene and dissuade him from drawing his sword, worried that the Prince will have him killed. But Tybalt is too consumed by his anger and hatred of the Montagues, and your efforts are for naught. Unlike you, Tybalt believes the Prince's warning is an idle threat. No one else really believes that he would execute Capulet or Montague.

Desperate to stop the heated duel between Tybalt and Mercutio, you throw yourself between the combatants. It happens so fast that your lover doesn’t have enough time to react or stop himself before he accidentally stabs you instead of Mercutio. You had inadvertently shielded him with your body. Your wound may or may not be fatal. While you’re breathing heavily and trying to stop the bleeding, you can hear the hoof beats of the Prince’s horse fast approaching.

4. Ever after AU: You secretly attend the Capulet ball with your brother Romeo and his friends. While he falls in love with Juliet at first sight, you catch the attention of Tybalt. It’s a masquerade ball and everyone is wearing masks, so he doesn’t know who you are nor do you know who he is. You’re his dancing partner for almost the entire night. In those blissful hours you spend together, you never tell him your name or let him remove your mask. Are you being coy on purpose or do you really not want to tell him your name? He takes you by the hand to somewhere quieter where you can be hidden from the crowd. It’s in this secret place that he kisses you. Just when he takes off his mask and you realize who he is, he sees your brother kiss Juliet. He flies into a rage and storms over to Lord Capulet, while you and Romeo take that as your cue to leave. If you stayed any longer, Tybalt would surely try to kill your brother. When Tybalt realizes you’re gone and he never got your name, he scours Verona in search of you, his mystery maiden.

You’re later sent by Romeo to the Capulet house to deliver a message to Juliet for him, but you’re intercepted in the gardens by Tybalt. You don’t want to betray Romeo by revealing the true reason you’re here, so you make up a lie that you’ve come to see him. He pushes you away, claiming he’s in love with another woman and is preoccupied with searching for her. He’d never want anything to do with the likes of you, a disgusting Montague. He insults you and your family name, not realizing the other woman he speaks so highly of is you. You dress up and meet at more masques, but always slip away before he can see your face. If he persists in his pursuit of you and asks for a name, any name, you may give him a false one.

You accept Tybalt’s invite to attend Prince Escalus’ ball, wanting to tell him the truth yourself. But your secret is cruelly exposed in front of all of Verona by Lady Capulet when she tears your costume and rips your mask off. Tybalt is in denial. Dear God, it can’t be true! He couldn’t have fallen in love with a Montague! Lady Capulet accuses you of being a lying, devious little pretender and orders you to bow in front of Tybalt and tell him the truth, you insolent fraud. This is a nightmare. You’re scared and crying but don’t know what else to do to get him to believe you, so you tearfully kiss him on the lips. When he realizes your kiss is the same as his mystery woman, he steps backwards in shock. You were one and the same all this time.

He spurns you in front of the entire court and refuses to listen despite your pleadings. He does nothing to help you and abandons you. Prince Escalus looks on in concern as you fall apart and run away from the castle just as it begins to storm. It isn’t until many days later that Tybalt will realize what a horrible mistake he’s made in betraying your trust and throwing you to the wolves. Prince Escalus or someone else may confront him later and call him out on the disastrous scene the Capulets created in the middle of the masque. He or she may express disappointment in Tybalt’s harsh treatment of you. Tybalt has always been his parents’ puppet. They taught him to thirst for blood. What they wanted was burnt into him and he always did without question what their thirst for revenge demanded. Tybalt is told in no uncertain terms that his parents have been dead for a long time, and if he still won’t become his own man or yield in his hatred of your family after this, then he doesn’t deserve you.

Either way, the young Capulet will come to his senses sooner or later. He’ll want to find you and beg your forgiveness. This feud has taken so much from both of your families. So much blood has been shed and lives have been lost on both sides, and for what? Pride? Ego? It all seems so meaningless now. He’s wasted so much time hating your family. When he finds you, he’s going to call you by your real name and kneel before you not as a Capulet, but as a man in love. Could you find it in your heart to forgive him and be his wife?

5. You’re Juliet’s older sister and your parents arrange for you to marry Prince Escalus, even though he’s so much older than you and you barely know him. You’re only a girl, a woman, so your wishes and wants don’t matter. Your parents are unwilling to postpone the wedding, despite your pleadings. You’re reaching an age where being an unmarried woman is unacceptable, and your parents refuse to let you be an old maid. The Prince isn’t getting any younger either and will need an heir. You’re scared of not only marrying a stranger, but living up to the expectations of being Princess of Verona. You lock yourself in your bedchamber and don’t let anyone in to see you, not even Juliet or your Nurse. Tonight you will mourn for the life you wanted but couldn’t have, and tomorrow early you will marry the Prince.

While neither you nor Escalus are overtly enthused at your wedding, your husband does his best to fulfill his marriage duties and take care of you. He knows you’re scared about consummating your marriage, so he’ll be gentle. He wants to make you feel safe and give you pleasure on your wedding night. Don’t pay attention to any witnesses that may be in the room. Just focus on him and only him, and let him help you relax. If you ask him to stop, he will. He knows this isn’t the life you would’ve chosen for yourself, but he wants to make you happy even if you never love him. While he’s your husband by law and you’re now Princess of Verona, he hopes that even if you never fall in love, that you can at least be friends. He hopes you’ll grow fond of each other, in time. You may not love each other now, but if a child is born of your union and love comes later, he’ll be just as elated. As the leaders of Verona, you each have specific obligations to fulfill, but you’ll still try to make the best of it.

6. You’re Romeo’s sister and are arranged to marry Tybalt to bring an end to the feud once and for all. Enough is enough, it’s time to let this long-standing grudge go. The Capulets and Montagues are wealthy and established families, both alike in dignity. So for all practical purposes, they should be allies rather than enemies. Your marriage was one of obligation and convenience, and your new husband doesn't want anything to do with you at first because of your family history. He’s still in love with Juliet and may either consummate your marriage begrudgingly or not at all. After you’re caught in the middle of a random brawl or attacked in the street, he saves you. You thank him but he waves it off, claiming it’s his duty since you’re his wife and he’s your husband.

He doesn’t realize he’s grown to love you until you part ways for a while and he hears false news claiming you succumbed to the Plague. Believing you dead, he mourns for you in private and nearly gets himself killed in his recklessness due to his grief, until you return to Verona and explain that there was a miscommunication and your servant was misinformed. ‘Twas not you who died, but a cousin or friend you were visiting. And it ‘twas not the Plague but childbirth to which she had succumbed. She had a similar hair color and body type to you, so anyone watching her funeral from afar could’ve easily mistaken her body for yours. The babe lived and you were delayed in returning home because you were asked to stay by her grieving widower until a nurse could be found.

7. You were Juliet’s sister who was betrothed to marry Count Paris. You were the city’s most beautiful rose, but you became infected with and later succumbed to the Plague. While spending your final days isolated in quarantine, you knew you were dying and that your chances of surviving were slim to none. In your final lucid moments, you had a mourning ring made for your intended, composed of a lock of your hair under crystal set round with diamonds. Paris purportedly burst into tears upon receiving it. Unbeknownst to you, your cousin, Tybalt, was also in love with you and mourned for you in private. He never dared to confess his unrequited love for you while you were still living. When your body was first interred into the Capulet crypt, neither man could kiss you for fear of infection. So instead they kissed their hands and then bid you a farewell kiss from afar.

Even years after you were gone, Paris and Tybalt still mourned for you and what could’ve been. They visited you in the Capulet crypt (sometimes individually, sometimes together) and left flowers for you. Some days they’d stay with your body for hours. Paris was so determined to marry your younger sister, Juliet, because she reminded him of you. His love for her is what kept him going. If it wasn’t for her beauty and spirit so uncannily resembling yours, he feared he would’ve succumbed to his grief and committed self-murder to join you, despite knowing it was illegal and a mortal sin. When Juliet shared a kiss with Romeo at the Capulet ball, Tybalt was so incensed and blinded by his hatred for the Montagues that he later slew Mercutio in the streets of Verona, only to be slain in turn by Romeo’s blade. In your cousin’s dying moments, he prayed to God to reunite with you in heaven.

After Juliet drank the sleeping potion to feign death and evade her arranged marriage to Paris, he returned to the Capulet crypt to mourn for yet another would-be bride. After losing his duel with Romeo, the young Momtague drags Paris's body inside the Capulet tomb and lays him out on the floor beside you, fulfilling Paris's dying wish. He prays for God to have mercy on him and reunite him with you, much in the same manner as Tybalt had done before him.

8. Much Ado About Nothing AU (sort of): You’re the illegitimate daughter of Lord Montague but are unaware of the circumstances surrounding your birth. You grow up with Tybalt in the brothel, raised by your whore mother while his father teaches him to treat women as objects and nothing more. But despite his father’s teachings, you fall in love with him when you become a woman. He treats the other whores as objects to use, crawling into their warm beds but not caring for any of them. Except you. You’re the only woman Tybalt loves, so you and he have a secret affair. At first it was just sex but became much more over time. He opened up to you and you became his confidante, comforting him and listening whenever he needed a shoulder to lean on. You were the only one who could calm his unpredictable temper. You both know you’d never be permitted to marry due to your low breeding, so you conspire to elope. You seek the counsel of Friar Lawrence, and he marries you and Tybalt in secret. For a few days, you live in newly wedded bliss. Consummating your marriage was far from the first time you had been intimate with each other, but your wedding night just felt different, in a good way.

But the servants of the Capulet and Montague households know everything and somehow the truth of your lineage is brought up. The rumors spread, and soon the streets of Verona are abuzz with gossip from the villagers regarding Lord Montague’s bastard daughter and her liaisons with a Capulet. When Tybalt hears you’re technically a Montague, he publicly shames and abandons you despite your pleadings for him to wait. You insist that you really had no idea Lord Montague was your father and implore for Tybalt to listen to you, etc. but he doesn’t. Though illegitimate, you still have Montague blood in your veins and Tybalt is disgusted. Unbeknownst to him, Romeo and Juliet have also secretly wed, so even though he spurned your marriage and left you to the wolves, he’s still related to the Montagues.

Do you later commit self-murder out of grief? Do you conspire with Friar Lawrence to fake your death so Tybalt will learn a very valuable lesson of what life is without you, as well as be shown the destructive results of not having enough faith in his wife? Will Tybalt realize he can’t live without you and ask for your forgiveness, your lineage be damned? Is Tybalt later chastised by Friar Lawrence, Benvolio, or another character for his betrayal of your trust and told to come to his senses and get over himself? If he doesn’t yield in his hatred for the Montagues, then maybe he doesn’t deserve you. Does his hatred of your family and conflicted feelings towards you drive him to later get killed by Romeo’s hand when he challenges him to a duel? What happens next is all up to you.

9. You’re raised in the Capulet household as Juliet’s sister. Your mother, Lady Capulet, is eager to find husbands for both you and Juliet, loving you both equally. Instead of Juliet, you’re the Capulet daughter Count Paris seeks to marry. He had already approached your father early in the morning and asked for his permission to take you in marriage, carrying a large bouquet of beautiful flowers for you. Paris hopes you’ll be his wife and mother to his children.

“I brought flowers for y/n. Please be so kind as to give me permission to marry your lovely daughter! I’m a wealthy man, young and handsome. I want this girl and I’ll get her. I have a house of my own. I don’t need her dowry. I’ll pay. I only want the fair y/n for my wife!”

“Lord Paris, you’ve taken me by surprise. You’ve seen her, she’s not grown up yet. I’m asking you - shouldn’t you wait a little? Wait a little before you marry her. That’d be the clever thing to do. She’ll be at the ball tonight - Just charm her, ask her to dance. But believe me, just look at her. She’s just a child. Don’t marry her too soon!”

Unbeknownst to everyone except Lady Capulet herself, you’re not actually Lord Capulet’s biological daughter. You’re the result of an extramarital affair she had with another man sometime after Lord Capulet’s desire for her dwindled and he started taking mistresses and having affairs with other women. She slept with her husband just enough so the timing of your birth would still match up and she could successfully pass you off as his blood without leaving room for doubt. While having dresses fitted for both you and your sister for an upcoming masquerade ball, your Nurse tells you and Juliet to just look at your mother and that she can always find consolation if your father isn’t in the mood. Despite your mother’s insistence that she’s never cheated on Lord Capulet and has never been with anybody else, you and Juliet share a knowing glance as if to say, “Of course not, mother. Of course you haven’t.”

She tells you and Juliet, in her own words, that “Your father doesn’t love me the way he used to. On our wedding night his desire reached the sky. I was standing there naked and he went wild. That’s how it was. I used to be so beautiful - even more than either of you. No wonder he wanted only me. But as the years passed, his desire became less and less fierce.”

Yours and Juliet’s dresses for the ball are beautiful but more provocative than your father would like. They’re clearly designed to suit your mother’s taste and catch men’s eyes so you and Juliet can secure husbands. Paris dances with you at the ball for most of the night and woos you, despite Tybalt being overprotective and trying to interfere by keeping Paris away from you. As the Prince’s nephew, he’s a very young, handsome and wealthy man. He has a house of his own and has proven he’s more than capable of providing for you for the rest of your lives, but making you happy is another matter. So he spends more than enough time courting you properly and getting to know you.

Following Tybalt’s untimely death at Romeo’s hand, your father finally gives you away to Paris, hoping you can lean on your new husband and forget your grief. You’re set to marry on Thursday, news which makes your husband-to-be ecstatic. You’re not overly enthused due to Tybalt’s death casting a shadow on your heart. He was your favorite cousin and you’ll miss him terribly. But you’re content with your fate; Paris is a good man who truly loves you, but you just can’t get over Tybalt’s death so quickly despite your parents’ good intentions. You’ll be Paris’ joyful bride like your parents want you to be. You know you’ll be expected to give him children, preferably a son, and you just hope you’ll be a better mother than your own was to you and Juliet. You love your Nurse, but you want to raise your future children yourself. What does the future look like for you?

10. You’re Juliet’s sister. Instead of her, Tybalt and Paris are both in love with you. Paris approached your father, Lord Capulet, and sought his permission to marry you, while holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers for you. While Tybalt’s love for you is unspoken. You’re the only woman your cousin has ever loved, but he keeps his feelings to himself. But ever since Paris came along as a rival suitor, both men have been competing for your love. They both hope to win your father’s favor and secure your hand in marriage. Though Lord Capulet had urged him to wait a few years, Paris was still encouraged to woo you at the Capulet ball. When confronted by Tybalt at the masquerade and asked if it’s true, Paris confirms what he already knew, much to his annoyance and dismay.

“Paris, is it true what I’ve heard?”

Yes, Tybalt! I asked for your lovely cousin’s hand!

“But why in such a hurry?”

“So that another man doesn’t set his eye on her, Tybalt.”

Paris says this with a knowing smile, quickly looking Tybalt up and down, as if sizing him up while Tybalt looks away, before walking away to rejoin the dancing and merriment. Paris steals you away from your current dance partner, grabbing your hand while you’re in the middle of a twirl. He tries to keep you to himself as he kisses your hand and pulls you in for another dance, but Tybalt comes between the two of you and ushers Paris away from you. While Tybalt and Paris are busy constantly cutting in and trying to keep you away from the other, you run off somewhere and get caught up in the crowd of party guests. Which man will win your heart and be your husband? Tybalt? Paris? Neither? It’s up to you.

[heartorbit]

the narcissist fools himself

[nemesyaaa]

AND I SAID " ROMEO TAKE ME SOMEWHERE WE CAN BE ALONE."

AND MY DADDY SAID " STAY AWAY FROM JULIET. "

“ I TALKED TO YOUR DAD, GO PICK OUT A WHITE DRESS. IT'S A LOVE STORY, BABY, JUST SAY "YES. ”

🌹 it was a tragedy but you were already hooked. if you die for me, i would die for you, as he always murmurs in your ears.

romeo!jj who knelt down for you the first time he saw you in that rose garden, on one of his knee, dressed in his shining silver armor. he was a fallen prince that reached for his sinned princess.

romeo!jj who complimented your sublime, long dress, a gift from your father, but who wanted to see you without it.

romeo!jj who helped you lace up your corset, but had to refrain from touching you in front of your servants every time your breasts bounced above the cleavage.

romeo!jj who helped you undo your dress, sliding the threads through his hands, while kissing your skin every time he undid a lace.

romeo!jj who liked to irritate your father because he was young and arrogant. romeo!jj who showed up at balls where he is not invited, drinks from the cup of wine of your dad before throwing it on the ground, and sneaking among the guests to find you. you. the woman he seeks and wants. romeo!jj who kicked out all the dance partners you had, just because he was the only one who can make you dance.

romeo!jj who fighting your father with his precious sword in front of everyone, while making you dance. he was meticulous, his blade never touched you.

romeo!jj who may loose the fight but will end up finding you on your balcony later while you wait for him in the light of the moon.

romeo!jj who kissed you passionately, with the love you deserved. romeo!jj who was all dirty after a long battle, messy sweaty hair that smell victory, bruises on his pretty young face, and blood but who refused to be far away from you.

you were his juliet to whom he wrote love letters with ink stains but you loved to smell his scent in every word.

romeo!jj who was not a music lover but such a fan of hearing you play the harp late at night.

you had tried to teach him but his hands were always somewhere other than on the tiny fragile ropes.

romeo!jj who forced you to leave your prison while your parents slept to take you to have fun. you threw yourself off the balcony and he caught you in his arms. but often complained about the size of your dress. sometimes, jj fantasized about seeing his princess in silver armor.

you had tried to push him away dozens of times, but it never worked because he was stronger than you at this game. romeo!jj wanted you, and even if he had to have the world against him , it didn't matter, because he would let this world burn for his only love.

romeo!jj who fought duels with all his rivals, and who took pleasure in capturing you whenever he could. he had a big white horse and took you for rides. sometimes he dreamed of being an evil prince and kidnapping you, and locking you in a giant tower. but you were too beautiful in his eyes to be hidden from the world.

you were his juliet, the one to whom he revealed his scars, to whom he let see his weaknesses, his true nature, weak and sensitive.

you were his juliet and he agreed to cry in front of you because of his father.

you were his juliet, a sin. but he was in love. no matter how much hell tormented him, he would descend there for your beautiful eyes.

he was your romeo, and he taught you how to use the sword, one hand on your waist, and another on his weapon. romeo!jj who had engraved the initials of your name on his blade.

he made you a soldier capable of fighting, but you remained his princess who would never be able to kill anyone. but you didn't have to worry, that was his favorite part. fighting for you.

he was dressed to kill every person that pissed you, and make him jealous, and you were dressed to be his favorite pure and soft angel. and in the future, his perfect wife.

romeo!jj who knew how much your families hated each other but couldn't stay away from you for more than five minutes. romeo!jj who planned to run away with you.

romeo!jj who knelt in front of you one day, “will you marry me ?” with the most precious ring in his hand. romeo!jj who had found nothing better than to make you cry on your birthday with his surprise. romeo!jj who wanted nothing more than for you to be his.

even if your father humiliated him yesterday because a capulet would never marry a montague. that the blood of your family was superior to others. that he would never have you.

there had been another fight between the two. he never gave up, even when your father placed a blade against his throat, forcing jj to go on his knees. you begged your father to not kill him. while you cried your heart out, jj's blood stained your dress, he whispered in your ear.

“ already in tears for me? i didn't fuck you well yet. don't be a crybaby, princess. your romeo will not die tonight. ”

you wanted to hit him. but you smiled at him when he got up.

but you knew that his own father had also beaten him for this betrayal and shame that was your love for each other.

“ my father is going to kill you.” you said with a soft voice, your fingers stucked in his blonde curls, while he was on his knees, his hands on your waist covered by your big princess dress. and his eyes all over you.

“you are the only one capable of killing me. and you've already done it a million times.”

“ don't die, jj. i forbid you. you think you can conquer everything like achilles, but you will die because of your ego. you are young and i still need you."

" you trust me ? "

"my father is a monster. he won't be afraid to kill you."

" are you afraid of dying with me?"

“nothing scares me more than dying without you., jj. ”

but you had let yourself be blinded by love and happiness, you could never have known, neither you nor jj, that it was the last time you kissed his cold and bruised lips.

and the saddest part was that you died without knowing where your romeo was. you had both been consumed.

you had forgotten god, and you had been punished with jj for that.

credits to @daddldee for the dividers <33 moodboards was made by me. and i'm proud fr 😭 yes, it's inspired by love story/white horse by taylor swift, dont ask me why 😔 i dont think it's really angst but yes, both jj and reader die at the end💀

[cursedzucchini]

You know what? Fuck it

DC x DP prompt #3

I think at least lmao.

Anyway! Jason starts making videos on YouTube for one reason or another (is really stressed, no one listens to his rants Abt books who cares). His content is mostly bad books he read or really really really long rants Abt pride and prejudice. Like 3 hours on one tiny detail he noticed on his 214th read through.

He's kinda popular, mostly bc his terrible books videos. He talks Abt the ones that made him the most mad, which coincidentally are mostly romance and supernatural. Like he's one of the well known figures in the supernatural romance critique group (whcih is pretty small, but well). (Also he doesn't show his face on camera, bc secret identity and stuff, it's just his voice over a video of something mundane, like the sky or a room in which is a fly or something)

And now this can go two ways, that i can think of (w dead on main in mind at least)

1) one day Jason finds a book which is supernatural romance and is actually good. It has a kidna cliche system for the supernatural stuff, but with a refreshing twist. The characters have depts and flaws, yet are still very likable. The plot is actually interesting and overall the story's theme is death, not belonging anywhere and overall stuff that is very close to Jason's heart. The story doesn't shy away from violence and it is suprisingly accurate.

(I'm.gonna reblog this w pretty long idea of what this book could be Abt, bc i don't wanna annoy ppl lol)

Anyway Jason kinda falls in love w it, and it becomes famous for being the first novel Jason rated positively or something.

Meanwhile Danny, who was told by jazz writing is good way to get his feeling out, and just wanted to make a quick buck, is really fucking confused how tf did his book become so popular and who tf is this nerd who rates books for a living.

(basically big fan Jason and suspicious/awkward Danny lmao)

2) there is a famous series on Jason profile. It's the worst fucking series he ever read and it's just fucking awful. All the characters are fucking terrible, always going on and on about one thing, the romance sucks in a way that isnt even funny. Jason would love to believe some wrote this as a joke, if it wasn't for the absolute cringefest this was, and it wasn't a whole ass series!! Like who writes 12 books for a joke?

Danny ducking Fenton that's who. Dude was so ducking annoyed at his rogues, he threatened them w writing a terrible romance novels abt them. The ghosts, knowing his terrible grade in literature backed off for a moment, before someone crossed the line. And write Danny did. It was the worst thing he had ever written, the love interest was perfect caricature yet still faithfully go the original. And Danny, because fuck them he lost sommuch sleep over that one prank, decided to publish it. (The book was pretty thin so it didn't take that much time writing it). Unfortunately it became immensely popular in the infinite realm. So the ghosts started crossing lines on purpose. Before Danny figured it out, he had already published his fifth book and was writing another three. After some bargaining, getting a book written Abt them as a piece of shit love interest became a reward.

And while yeah, he had to say his writing was terrible and the books sucked, some small part of him was kinda proud y'know? Like a mother of her twelve ugly as fuck toddlers.

So when he saw some nerd on the internet not only shit talk his book, but also get money of it?

Danny decided to haunt him (just like his books did him, now that everyone knew Abt them thanks to this guy)

(enemies (sorta it's not that serious tho) to lovers ala terrible writer Danny who hates his books and kinda famous YouTuber hasn't who also hates Danny's books)

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Fuck this is way too long wtf. Anyway imma reblog this w 1) book idea. Might add whatever i think the twelve books could be Abt. Pls if u want to add anything to this pls do!!

[deepwaterwritingprompts]

Text: We share the lake with monsters. Every five years, to keep the peace, each family sends one champion to a cabin to fight to the death. But this year, neither one of us actually plans to play.

[theobsidianpage]

Thus with a kiss, I die...

25 writing prompts compiled from Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare:

[Please feel free to use! I would love for you to tag me if you post any writing pulled from or inspired by this list so I can read all of your amazing work! <3]

Image: Gustav Klimt, The Death of Romeo and Juliet (detail), 1886–7.

"These violent delights have violent ends..."

"Don't waste your love on somebody who doesn't value it."

"Parting is such sweet sorrow..."

"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs..."

"I am fortune's fool..."

"Under love's heavy burden do I sink."

"You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings and soar with them..."

"...dreamers often lie."

"It's easy for someone to joke about scars if they've never been cut."

"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorns."

"I must be gone and live, or stay and die."

"Give me my sin again."

"Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied..."

"...where two raging fires meet together, they do consume the thing that feeds their fury."

"I have a soul of lead, so stakes me to the ground I cannot move."

"I love someone. She doesn't love me."

"Some grief shows much of love, but much of grief shows still some want of wit."

"There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men..."

"What must be shall be."

"If love be rough with you, be rough with love."

"In truth...I am too fond."

"I have no more care to stay than will to go."

"Well, we were born to die."

"Tis not so sweet now as it was before."

"I long to die."

[jjmaybankssurfergf]

Anyone got rudy fic ideas????

I love this so much, Romeo and Juliet has always been my favorite ❤️🥀💫🪐🌞📝🎼

[fsugirl1]

In honor of the last week of shows, here’s Tom in Romeo & Juliet:

I still feel so lucky I got to see it. I think Tom should be incredibly proud and I’ll be following the rest of the cast to see where they shine next.

[miraculousfanworks]

Fanfiction Prompt

Marinette: Call Romeo and Juliet idiots all you want. But might I just point out that Mercutio got stabbed in the gut and instead of seeking medical attention he stood up, made a pun about it and died Chat Noir: Exactly how I would go out.

Prompt by blue-mango

[tybaltism]

day 22: daydreaming

[heavywoolcoat]

[live-from-flaturn]

A dialogue promt for you bestie

"Love is for fools"

"What makes you think youre any clever??"

Or

"I love you so much im gonna kill you."

"Can i haunt you after??"

"....that was surprisingly smooth"

Do with this whatever you will, hope you have a good dayweekmonth and happy writing!

YESSSSSSSSSSS. Thank youuuuu. This went weirdly Shakespearian places.

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"Love is for fools!" Chay declares. He slams his head into the bar and Ohm laughs from beside him, patting his shoulder in false comradery.

"Really, now? Because yesterday you said love was the source of all happiness and the driving force of life."

"I was mistaken."

"And what has changed between then and now?"

"I thought I'd fallen in love but he... ugh. He's chosen to become a MONK!"

"He has one of the only decent derrieres in town and now he's going to join the temple!? What a waste!"

"I know!" Chay sighs again and waves the barmaid over. Ohm motions her away just as fast and she winks, hurrying to the next patron. "Now what?"

"How about we go to Macau's family party tomorrow evening? It may prove useful in helping you forget whatever his name is."

"Hm..." Chay considers for a moment and slides to his feet. "Porsche forbade me from visiting their family home, remember? Some feud with his lover's family."

"And when have you ever listened to Porsche?"

"Touché."

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"Forswear it, sight!"

"Here we fuckin' go."

"I never saw true beauty 'til this night!"

"I'm sure you haven't- Wait, are you sober?"

"Completely," Chay can't tear his gaze from the handsome stranger across the room. His dark eyes bore into Chay's with all the intensity of a wild cat's; he must know this man's name. "I'll be back."

"Wait, no, that's-"

But it's too late. Chay's fate is already sealed and with it, that of Bangkok's two most powerful families.

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And then Chay and Kim do Romeo and Juliet but wayyyyyyyyy more successfully because it's them out of everyone.

[madmanwonder]

Prompt

Drama Class

When Naruto is picked to play Romeo for a play and Juliet is about to be casted, Sakurai volunteers to be Juliet. He might be a guy, but in the past it was men who played parts for women, and he can pull it off well. Can he convince the drama teacher, mainly because he wants to kiss Naruto?

Sakurai: I could do the part of Juliet. I might be a guy, but I can pass as a woman with my slight build and feminine look as well as makeup to sell it. And the bonus, history shows that men can played the parts of women quite well. And I want to prove to modern era that men can play women part as much women can play men part.

Kurenai looked at the young pink-haired man with a deadpan look on her face before she glanced over to Naruto who was playing the part of Romeo and right back to Sakurai.

Kurenai:...I am not going to give you the part of Juliet unless you prove that you have the skills and commitment to play the part. *thinking* 'and I am not going to indulged in your tsundere-like 'crush on Naruto-kun either if you somehow managed to get the part.'

[hourcat]

ANDDD piarles + 45 for the soulmatism 😘

45: Vampire and Hunter

Charles can smell him across the room. Or—he can smell what’s on him, anyway. There’s a scar from where his crucifix had burned him the last time that aches a little at the smell of the gold-plated iron: a perfect mark between his shoulderblades, deep enough that it’d actually left an indent in Charles’ skin he’d only noticed after, crawling into his coffin for the night. The scent of it had burned his nostrils the whole day through, but he’d paid it no mind.

No one fucks him like Pierre does, hunter or otherwise.

“Charles,” his voice calls, sounding strained from where he must be perched. “Are you here?”

“Yes,” Charles answers back immediately, and regrets it for a moment when he realizes just how desperate he sounds. His brothers keep telling him he has to cut Pierre off if he’s not going to feed on him, for a multitude of reasons Charles chooses to ignore, but it’s little moments of self-awareness like this that make him recall the warnings. It is unhealthy to be so attached to a human, Arthur had offered. Also, he is a hunter!

Two good points. Charles should not be so fond of a human, let alone a hunter of all things—he is a vampire, and has been a vampire for hundreds of years. There have been many beautiful human beings that have crossed his path, his bed.

None of them are like Pierre, though. Pierre, whose footsteps come stumbling forward unevenly, weight off-balance. The moonlight pouring through the window of the abandoned barn they always meet in is almost like a spotlight, the way it illuminates his forbidden lover from almost total darkness. For a fleeting second, Charles wishes he could see him in the sun.

“Charles,” Pierre says again. His voice has gotten softer with proximity, but is just as strained. A few more steps and Charles can tell that he’s drunk. Hence the stumbling. “Charles, my Charlo, my love—” he lurches forward and grabs hold of Charles, burrowing his face in the cold crook of his neck as he takes a shuddering breath.

“Pierrot,” Charles murmurs in reply, closing his arms around Pierre’s now-trembling body in an embrace he hopes can at least seem warm. “What has gotten into you? Are you okay?”

With a low groan, Pierre extracts himself from the embrace and instead presses his warm, alive hand to Charles’ cold, bloodless cheek. “My love,” he repeats, voice impossibly softer, “they know.”

“Who knows? What do they know?” But even asking the question feels ridiculous, because from the despair in Pierre’s voice, there’s only one answer. He hopes to whatever higher power that created his species that that isn’t true.

Pierre chokes on a broken little sound. “My brothers,” he whispers. “I don’t know how, Charles, but they—they know.” He takes another big, shaky breath. “About you and me.”

Charles has been running from vampire hunters for centuries. There is nothing he has not done to survive. He’s loved and he’s lost, he’s torn humans limb-from-limb, he’s sucked the life out of all things great and small. But here, in Pierre’s devastated arms, fear strikes him in his beatless heart for the very first time, like he’s being staked here and now. It’s not just any hunters that know of his existence. They are Pierre’s brothers. His brothers. Charles has brothers, and he’s been harboring a fantasy for too long that he’ll get to introduce them to Pierre someday: that maybe they’ll welcome him into the fold, that they’ll understand why Charles is in love with him and keeps him by his side, why he’s never once drank from him no matter how sweet he smells.

But that can never happen. It can never happen because his brothers are too old-fashioned to accept a human into their lives. It can never happen because Pierre is a hunter, and even though Charles knows he’d never kill a member of his family, the rest of his coven do not.

And now, it can never happen because Pierre Gasly’s family of vampire hunters now are aware of his existence, and for as boundlessly as he loves the man standing before him, he cannot extend that love to people who pose an unspeakable threat to his own family’s safety.

“Oh, Pierrot.” It’s all Charles can say. His brain will kick in, eventually: there will be a plan to turn him, even with his hunter blood, and there will be a plan to run away with him, and there may even be a plan to leave him behind the way he’s left so many other lovers through his life. But as Pierre collapses back into his arms, crushing his warm, blood-hot face against his ice-cold cheek, Charles can’t think of a thing right now but this: the thrum of Pierre’s pulse in his ears, the surprising strength of his human body, the memory of where they’d been only a few nights ago.

(Here. They’d been here, in this barn, buried in the old, dry hay as Pierre made the sweetest love to him that he’d felt in over two hundred years.)

“I am so sorry, mon ange,” he whispers defeatedly, hot tears spilling down his cheeks.

Charles swallows thickly. “I am too, my love. I am too.”

[ragsweas]

Sunday Hobbit Prompt

The Ur's and Ri's are old feuding families. A city divided, constant war and a distaste follows them.

Yet when the sons of these two families disappear on the same day, at the same event, everybody is left flabbergasted. Now it is up to the friends of these families to find the truth behind the hotel where this happened, the Arkenstone.

[bilightningwhumper]

Bilightningwhumper's AI-Less Whumptober 2024 Collection

*planned queued posts to be at 4:30pm each day until the end of October; links here will updated sometime after because I have work when the posts are queued*

Excerpts using prompts from @ailesswhumptober for my planned "Shadow of a Shield" (MCU fic collection), "The New Eden Institution" (fairy tale retelling fic collection), and "Temptations of Fate" (Romeo and Juliet Angels/Demons AU variation fic). So, warnings for spoilers ahead, but I'm doing my best to keep them minimal. Short and sweet. Well, short and whumpy, lol.

"Shadow of a Shield" chapters will be labeled with "SoaS" in the title

"The New Eden Institution" ones with "TNEI"

"Temptations of Fate" with "ToF"

Hope you enjoy!

Day 1- Torture Tuesday- SoaS

Public torture/public use, stress position, “If you cry, we’ll go easy on you.”

Fic: Plight of the Canary (Mare's story) PoV: Mare- Bucky and Nat's daughter Summary: Mare wakes up to a nightmare

Day 2- Whumperless Wednesday- SoaS

Unfortunate fall, car accident, “Don’t move. You’ll be okay.”

Fic: Shadow of a Shield (Jamie's story) PoV: Jamie- Steve and Peggy's daughter Summary: An attack on the Starks has old memories flooding back to Jamie

Day 3- Trauma Thursday- SoaS

Shared trauma, survivor’s guilt, “It’s not your fault.”

Fic: Plight of the Canary (Mare's story) PoV: Mare- Bucky and Natasha's daughter, Will's twin Summary: Becca comforts Mare after they get Jamie home

Day 4- Fright/Freaky Friday- SoaS

Painful transformation, non-consensual body modifications, “You’re a monster.”

Fic: When an Angel Falls... (Becca's story) PoV: Becca- Steve and Bucky's daughter Summary: Becca is changed... forever

Day 5- Sensory Saturday- SoaS

Overstimulation, migraines, “I can’t take this anymore.”

Fic: Shadow of a Shield (Jamie's story) PoV: Jamie- Steve and Peggy's daughter Summary: Jamie has a sensory overload away from home in the midst of high school drama

Day 6- Surprise Sunday- ToF

Multiple whumpees, self sacrifice, “I’m the only one who can do this.”

Fic: Temptations of Fate (Romeo and Juliet Angels/Demons AU retelling) PoV: Morgan- Romeo Summary: The mission ends, but not the way anyone planned... or wanted

Day 7- Medical Monday- TNEI

Field medicine, running out of supplies, “Hold on, we’re going to have to improvise.”

Fic: Just Right (Goldilocks retelling) PoV: Tressa- Goldilocks Summary: Practical first aid used on Tressa when she's discovered after breaking into a stranger's home

Day 8- Torture Tuesday- TNEI

Rope burns, gagged, “You’re so much prettier this way.”

Fic: Forever Prey (Red Riding Hood retelling) PoV: Sienna- Red Riding Hood Summary: After her punishment for disobedience, Director Wolf comes to free Sienna

Day 9- Whumperless Wednesday- SoaS

Hypothermia, heatstroke, “You look pretty pale.”

Fic: When an Angel Falls... (Becca's story) PoV: Bucky Barnes Summary: Bucky meets someone... new?

Day 10- Trauma Thursday- SoaS

Self worth issues, pushing away a loved one, “You don't need to earn this.”

Fic: Flight of the Reaper (Will's story) PoV: Will- Bucky and Natasha's son, Mare's twin Summary: Will wants to be left alone but his mother is as stubborn as he is

Day 11- Fright/Freaky Friday- TNEI

Hallucinations, truth serum, “Why would you even say that?”

Fic: Hollow Mirror (Alice in Wonderland reteling) PoV: Natalie- Alice Summary: After Natalie drinks some tea, she starts having weird experiences

Day 12- Sensory Saturday- TNEI

Isolation, sensory deprivation, “Can you feel me? I’m right here, whumpee.”

Fic: Picture Perfect (Rapunzel + Hansel and Gretel combo retelling) PoV: Leslie- Rapunzel Summary: Leslie attempts a reunion with Josh after the first one didn't go so well

Day 13- Surprise Sunday- SoaS

Whumpee using themself as bait, defiance, “Take me instead.”

Fic: "When an Angel Falls..." (Becca's story) PoV: Becca- Steve and Bucky's daughter Summary: Mariya comes for Becca, but she's too sick

Day 14- Medical Monday- TNEI

Seizures, concussion, “See if you can follow my finger with your eyes.”

Fic: "Just Right" (Goldilocks retelling) PoV: Tressa- Goldilocks Summary: Tressa has a trip to the doctor

Day 15- Torture Tuesday- SoaS

Waterboarding, removing body parts, “Don’t break down on me yet.”

Fic: "Flight of the Reaper" (Will's story) PoV: Will- Bucky and Natasha's son, Mare's twin Summary: Waking up after an attack, Will has an unpleasant surprise

Day 16- Whumperless Wednesday- TNEI

Drowning, hostile environment, “I don’t know how anybody could survive that.”

Fic: "Final Piece" (The Last Unicorn retelling) PoV: Galen/Ame- Unicorn Summary: Galen and Esme attempt to escape notice of the search party after running from the Asylum

Day 17- Trauma Thursday- SoaS

Abandonment, misunderstanding, “Why did I even think you cared?”

Fic: "Shadow of a Shield" (Jamie's story) PoV: Jamie- Steve and Peggy's daughter Summary: The Halloween Dance has Jamie making new discoveries...

Day 18- Fright/Freaky Friday- SoaS

Mind control, possession, “Everybody will end up despising you.”

Fic: "Plight of the Canary" (Mare's story) PoV: Mare- Bucky and Natasha's daughter, Will's twin Summary: Mare has ghosts of memory haunting her

Day 19- Sensory Saturday

Disassociation, losing a sense, “I wish I could get you back.”

Day 20- Surprise Sunday

Enemy/Stranger to caretaker, accidental de-aging, “I’m absolutely not qualified for this shit.”

Day 21- Medical Monday

Drugged, ambulance ride, “This will make you feel better, okay?”

Day 22- Torture Tuesday

Forced (to kneel/watch/hurt somebody else), whipped, “Do not look away.”

Day 23- Whumperless Wednesday

Fever, passing out, “Hey?! Stay with me, okay?!”

Day 24- Trauma Thursday

Deconditioning, relapse, “It’s normal that you need more time.”

Day 25- Fright/Freaky Friday

Humiliation, betrayal, “How could you?!”

Day 26- Sensory Saturday

Electrocution, burning, “This is going to sting.”

Day 27- Surprise Sunday

Before vs after, Alternate universe, “Well, there’s a first for everything.”

Day 28- Medical Monday

Internal bleeding, needles and stitches, “I didn’t think the wound was that bad…”

Day 29- Torture Tuesday

Ownership, branding, “Everybody will know that you’re mine.”

Day 30- Whumperless Wednesday

Poison, delirium, “You’re not making sense.”

Day 31- Trauma Thursday

Panic attack, facing a phobia, “You need to get out of here!”

Full collection on Ao3 (or will be at the end of October, lol) here: