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Saint La the Twice Martyred, Saint Paul, Saint Tatiana, Saint Cháng Yángjí (Mitrophan), Saint Isaiah, Saint Maria and Saint John of Beijing, martyrs of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion

After much anti-foreign, anti-imperialist and anti-Christian unrest in China, on the evening of the 11th of June 1900, leaflets were posted in the streets calling for the massacre of all Christians and threatening anyone who would dare to shelter them with death.

Cháng Yángjí, who was also called Father Mitrophan, was the leader of the Peking Mission and was the first to be killed, along with his family. Two hundred and twenty-two Orthodox Christians were killed during the Boxer Rebellion and they were all given the martyr's crown. We praise them with sacred hymns, for they were faithful to Christ even unto death.

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Come Through ୨୧ George Russell x Rockstar! Reader

Is rockstar the right word? idk I just know bro is crazy bts, the white boy with Excel persona is fooling NO ONE Georgie boy. Also, Reader has vibes of the Weekend song, hence the fic name.

Lando thinks it's all a joke. He hadn't been crying, screaming and manifesting for the past three years only for his celebrity crush to be dating someone else, another driver that too.

"WHO-" He yells as he storms into Max's room, where most of the drivers had collected, they hadn't decided but they all just gravitated towards the blonde with sweet blue eyes who listened to the vent and gave the best hugs, "AFTER ALL WE WENT THROUGH- WHO IS DATING Y/N L/N?"

All eyes were on him, Max lying on his bed, Charles, Carlos and Daniel with him. Lance, Esteban and Pierre were on the sofa, playing FIFA on Max's PS5, George and Alex were sharing the smaller two-seater, Zhou and Yuki were passing a tennis ball to each other and Logan and Oscar were sleeping, cuddling close on the floor surrounded by pillows, but were now woken up by Landos yelling.

"Lando stop screaming," Charles yelled back.

"No," he simply replied and made his way to the bed where he jumped on top of Carlos and Daniel, the older of whom groaned and grumbled something about his back, but Lando didn't care, he pushed his phone in Max's face, blurring his face in Carlos's neck.

xoxof1

xoxof1 Y/n l/n an infamous British rockstar most famous for her multiple dating scandals and most recently an arrest is rumoured to date a F1 driver.

username MOTHER WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE 😭😭😭

username girl... knowing her it's like Lewis or someone

username fr like hasn't she 'dated' a dozen older guys not to mention her record with women username girl why are you hating like a man, she's iconic and we all know it

username just lost my wife to a vroom-vroom man no one talk to me

Max began laughing, looking up from the post to the distraught Lando currently getting his hair played with by Carlos.

"Mate, I don't think you're her type," he threw the phone back to the whining boy.

"Yeah? And how would you know? I look exactly like Edward!" He pointed to the bassist of the band you were a part of.

"Kelly loves her music..." he muttered, looking away much to the younger man's amusement.

"HAH!" He shrieked, "SHE'S NOT YOUR GIRLFRIEND ANYMORE!!" He laughed to which Carlos pushed his head down, eliciting an 'oomph'.

"I've been told many times," Max muttered to himself and turned to Lando to hear the rest of his rant, though loud and fast, the boy was the best source of entertainment they had.

"Max, look at her band, she's so coooool," he groaned, passing the phone to him again.

Cupidd

Cupidd THANK YOU LA!! We'll be back with 'young, numb and brunette' after this short break!!

y/nl/n My old man said I had to be in Shangai this weekend 🫡 but trust- I will be back to piss y'all off with Eddie asap

edwrdnotcllen MY WIFE HAS LEFT ME FOR A TWINK HELP y/nl/n shut up Eddie your the twinkiest twink I know username I love that they have had multiple partners in the past yet still always call each other husband and wife username I pity her boyfriend 😭 imagine having to compete with a man who looks like Edward

username SHES GOING TO A RACE????

username nooooo pls my parents

username girl they have never dated, both y/n and Edward have had multiple partners and relationships with men and women in the past. Leave them alone, they're adults username FOUND Y/N'S BFS ALT GUYS!!!

"She's coming to China?" Max asked no one in particular but Lando took it as an invitation to freak out.

"Bro please, please, please let me win this one, I'll owe you forever, bro please," Lando tried his puppy eyes on Max but Max jumped out of bed calling his girlfriend, walking out the room trying his best to convince the older woman to not attend the race.

"I have so much work to do," Lando gasped and followed Max out the room.

The race was one to remember, with Max winning but George a close second and Lando barely a tenth away on the third.

He hadn't been able to find the girl anywhere but at least he got points for the team. He went to the McLaren team party and forgot about the other celebration taking place.

xoxof1

xoxof1 The unexpected couple have been revealed in a series of leaked pictures of the private f1 party after the driver George Russell had a podium finish for his Shangai race.

username Mr.Russell I was unaware of your rizz, forgive me sir.

username WHITE MAN DOES IT IN ONE DAY 😭😭😭

landonorris When i catch you george when I catch you

username LANDO??? username he's one of ussssss username bbg you get me 😮‍💨 in ways no man ever has

George woke up with the worst headache he ever had in his life, he was sure he'd never get over this hangover but then he saw y/n next to him, hair tussled wearing the white shirt he was wearing last night.

"Y/n, darling, wake up," he pressed a kiss on her shoulder.

"mmhm," the woman groaned, turning to the blonde next to her and kissing him, the taste of vodka still fresh in her mouth.

She melted into his touch as he deepened the kiss, " Mornin' G," she whispered to him, voice hoarse from the night before.

He smiled in return, placing one last kiss on the corner of her lips. She searched around for her phone, finding it fallen amongst their haphazardly discarded clothes and opened Instagram to thousands of notifications.

She was used to it by now, it was quite fun.

y/nl/n

y/nl/n If I speak... @/georgerussell

edwrdnotcllen @/yn/ln you are so welcome for not squealing as soon as I knew

y/nl/n girl you asked me if you could kiss him after??? edwrdnotcllen And I still am?? username WHAT-

username I just know Lando is fuming rn

username y'all need a third? a dog? a maid?

username it should be me instead of him!!!

username god I see what you've done for others 😭

"Darling, did you post-" George had just begun but his room was rudely broken into, running in he saw a hyper papaya-coloured blur followed by a very hungover Max Verstappen.

Lando gasped looking at the woman next to George, screeching at an inhuman pitch, "HOW'D THIS PIECE OF VANILLA FRAPPUCCINO WOO HER??!?!?" He pointed at Y/n, making the woman laugh.

George offended, scoffed at the boy, "Well if you must know, I met her at Nando's party-" he was cut off once again, this time by the Dutch man.

"That makes sense actually," he said and immediately grabbed Lando by the collar and dragged him out, "Sorry guys!" he yelled after himself.

"I like your friends," Y/n said smirking making the taller man blush and push the woman slightly, before collapsing back into bed, making a silent promise of never trying to out-drink the woman again.

[chock-and-bates]

Hey! I heard you give really great fic recommendations, and I’m currently dying to find some Lestappen angst fics. It feels like I’ve read almost everything out there-though I really hope that’s not true! Could you please recommend me some?

~🥔

oh babe 😍 i went a little overboard with this one but i really, really, really love a good angst fic.

everything i listed in this post that requested angst with a happy ending.

dreaming about silver and gold: after the 2023 las vegas gp, charles realizes him and max can't be together. (one of my all time favorites.)

contagious chemistry: (series, omegaverse) max and charles are exes who spend a heat and rut together.

Tell me what you're willing to sacrifice: charles wonders what max is willing to sacrifice for him.

i'm getting tired even for a phoenix: after the dsq in china, charles goes to his ex for comfort.

the lighter has always been the third wheel: charles and max are having an affair, charles begins to question his worth and has to make some tough decisions.

Silver Spoons and Butter Knives: based on the iconic silver spoons lestappen edit (obsessed with this one lately.)

Let Me Think About Me: charles realizes he deserves better than the way max is treating him, max begins to understand how badly he fucked up.

how can you say you love someone you can't tell is dying?: they've been together for ten years but max still hasn't proposed. charles finally asks him why. (this one HAUNTS me.)

What if this is all the love you ever get: infidelity fic! charles and max make a mistake and have to face the consequences.

in burning red: max and charles have broken up but max still goes to see him receive his wdc trophy.

tell your girlfriend: charles starts to question max really loves him since he's staying with kelly.

all to play for: red bull teammates. it doesn't go well.

Why Am I Crying?: charles goes to surprise max at his apartment and sees something awful. (this one hurts!!)

heartstroke: charles get amnesia and doesn't remember his husband. (wip, hasn't been updated in years, but it's soooo good. give it a shot.)

Too Much: Horrible, toxic situationship. Pretty dark!

I feel the rain (olympics, gymnastics au) max and charles are ex-boyfriends competing in the olympics.

Permanent Mark: max and charles have been broken up for 8 years, but then max tells charles he's retiring. (wip)

baby, i'm the one to beat: they're friends with benefits who are terrible at talking about their feelings but very good at misunderstandings.

Together down the rabbit hole: 2022 lestappen infidelity fic (hasn't been updated in years, but a sentimental fav. one of the first lestappen fics i ever read.)

We Don’t Make Plans Anymore: how max and charles fall apart. one of them moves on, the other realizes they fucked up.

anything, except my love for you: (rule 63, series) max loves charles, but she's tired of being a secret.

Oh, no, there you go, making me a liar: after being left following a one night stand, charles promised himself he would never let max hurt him again.

keep me warm, love me long, be my sunlight: (omegaverse) max and charles are rut partners who develop a pre-bond. they try to separate.

noir désir: pierre and charles are in a long-term, but tense relationship. max is their new roommate.

when I sleep I'm gonna dream of how you tasted: (au) charles is an aston martin photographer, but max mistakes him as prostitute. charles goes along with it, even if it hurts.

and a quick note for my two angst fics if you haven't read them-

morning comes (and you're not my baby): charles and max have break up sex, the morning after doesn't go according to plan.

(i love you) it's ruining my life: they're friends with benefits who made a sex tape. then it's leaked to the paddock.

hope you find something new!! ❤️

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Propaganda

Xia Meng, also known as Hsia Moog or Miranda Yang (Sunrise, Bride Hunter)—For those who are familiar with Hong Kong's early cinema, Xia Meng is THE leading woman of an era, the earliest "silver-screen goddess", "The Great Beauty" and "Audrey Hepburn of the East". Xia Meng starred in 38 films in her 17-year career, and famously had rarely any flops, from her first film at the age of 18 to her last at the age of 35. She was a rare all-round actress in Mandarin-language films, acting, singing, and dancing with an enchanting ease in films of diverse genres, from contemporary drama to period operas. She was regarded as the "crown princess" among the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall", the iconic leading stars of the Great Wall Movie Enterprises, which was Hong Kong's leading left-wing studio in the 1950s-60s. At the time, Hong Kong cinema had only just taken off, but Xia Meng's influence had already spread out to China, Singapore, etc. Overseas Chinese-language magazines and newspapers often featured her on their covers. The famous HK wuxia novelist Jin Yong had such a huge crush on her that he made up a whole fake identity as a nobody-screenwriter to join the Great Wall studio just so he can write scripts for her. He famously said, "No one has really seen how beautiful Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) is, I think she should be just like Xia Meng to live up to her name." In 1980, she returned to the HK film industry by forming the Bluebird Movie Enterprises. As a producer with a heart for the community, she wanted to make a film on the Vietnam War and the many Vietnam War refugees migrating to Hong Kong. She approached director Ann Hui and produced the debut film Boat People (1982), a globally successful movie and landmark feature for Hong Kong New Wave, which won several awards including the best picture and best director in the second Hong Kong Film Award. Years later, Ann Hui looked back on her collaboration with Xia Meng, "I'm very grateful to her for allowing me to make what is probably the best film I've ever made in my life."

Anita Ekberg (War and Peace, La Dolce Vita)— I'm going to be frank with you. Every time I look at this woman, I lose my ability to form sentences.

This is round 4 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Xia Meng:

Anita Ekberg:

“I haven't seen much starring her (YET) but the scene of her in the Fontana di Trevi in La Dolce Vita is some of the most jealous I've ever been of Marcello Mastroianni maybe and that's saying a lot. Cinema history. Historical.”

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Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire in 1965, Alison Crowther is a sculptor and furniture maker working exclusively with English Oak. Having first studied 3D design at Buckinghamshire College and then Furniture design at the Royal College of Art, her first notable commission were the pews she created for the Prior Silkstede Chapel at Winchester Cathedral (1996) followed by Lover’s Seat at Chatsworth in 1999. Over the last twenty years, she has produced significant, site-specific works for international, corporate clients such as Swire Properties in Hong Kong: the Sheraton Hotel at Ghuangzhou, China; and the Shangri-La Hotel’s iconic Ting restaurant at The Shard in London. She has also undertaken many private commissions throughout Europe and the USA, including Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Island.

The way Crowther observes and responds to her material, taking cues from the density, grain and growth pattern creates what Madeleine Bunting described as a ‘dialogue between material and human intervention'. Using tools that range from chainsaws to chisels, she produces work that is sometimes domestic in scale and functional in use, such as Glyndebourne Kissing Benches and sometimes monumental, as with Scale Tree I, created for One Shenzhen Bay. All her work is painstakingly hand-carved from great trunks of unseasoned oak, taken from responsibly managed woodlands within the South Downs National Park. Guided by the natural characteristics of the wood - often embracing the gnarly surface texture - her forms are true to the organic nature of the oak, while also complementing the environments in which they are to be ultimately used and displayed. The wood itself is on a continuous process of change and refinement as the timber ages and weathers, adding to its beauty and character.

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Propaganda:

Sanji

-Sanji one piece es literalmente el pechurina con papa como no va a ser latino ese hombre cocina escuchando reggaeton y baladas de señora

-Sanji es boricua porque te garantizo que él usa adobo goya para cocinar

-Propaganda de la mamá del admin: "me gusta que el papá le diga "Berenjenita"...me hizo llorar" (se vio OPLA)

Candy Candy

-Candy White Andrew (Candy Candy) La mona china número 1 entre las mamis de latino América, visitó México y salió traumada de ahí. He escuchado a amigos de mi madre decir de manera no irónica que Candy era su amor platónico de la infancia. Vamos, tiene acento argentino. Yo sé que quieren, déjenla volverse latina.

-Candy Candy, básicamente la protagonista de una telenovela de chica pobre/chico rico y nada es más latinoamericano qué eso

-También Candy candy porque hizo llorar a mi mamá y mis tías (y a las de toda latinoamérica) cuando murió antony. Iconic

-Candy de Candy Cabdy , voy a quedsr como tremenda tarada si es latina y yo ni sabía pero se lo merece

CANDY candy ya esta aqui?? Siento como no vi a candy en esa lista y de verdad no puede ser porque como es que mis papas tienen su opinion de candy aunque son divorciados y se casaron otra vez y también los papas nuevos también tienen algo de decir de candy. Creo que ella es del anime de 1979 o algo. El punto es que candy debe ser latina

Candy candy otra vez. Toda via si mi papa dice “pero porque candy tuvo dos novios? No es bueno engañar la gente smh” mi mama y mi madrastra se quejan taaaanto no se puede creer

BONUS PROPAGANDA: -Terry de Candy Candy para argentino Explicación: es un tremendo hijo de puta pero es gracioso (saludos desde argentina)

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Usually held in the two weeks after the Olympic Games in the same host city, the Paralympics showcase the best athletes with physical disabilities from around the world competing for their home countries. (The Paralympics are not to be confused with the Special Olympics, which feature athletes with intellectual disabilities.) This year, the Summer Paralympics will take place from August 28 to September 8 in Paris, France.

Quick history lesson: The origins of the Paralympics began shortly after World War II, during the 1948 London Olympics, where 16 wheelchair-using veterans participated. The first official Paralympic Games took place in Rome in 1960 and featured 400 athletes from 23 countries. Since then, the Games have taken place every four years and now feature 4,400 athletes in 22 sports (the Olympics have 32), with 549 gold medals up for grabs.

There are athletes competing from 177 countries (this year’s Olympics had athletes from 184 countries), including 10 countries that have never been represented in the Paralympic Games before, along with representation from the Neutral and Refugee teams. In case you missed it, at the last Paralympics in Tokyo, China earned the most medals, with Great Britain behind it and the US in third.

Since the 1988 Summer Games and the 1992 Winter Games, the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been held in the same cities and venues. Although Paralympians still strive for equal treatment as Olympic athletes without disabilities, there is a large gap in funding between the Olympics and Paralympics.

Where to Watch

This year’s Games will make history as the first Paralympic Games to offer live coverage of every one of the 22 sports played. Like the Olympics, every event at the Paralympics will be available to stream on Peacock if you’re in the US.

If you prefer going old school and watching on basic cable, a select number of events will be airing on the NBC channels NBC, CNBC, and USA Network, along with E!, Golf Channel, and Telemundo, which offers coverage in Spanish. In an effort to make the Games more accessible, closed captioning will be available for every Paralympic event (regardless of the platform). You can also watch highlights and athlete interviews on Paralympic.org.

In the UK, Channel 4 has more than 1,300 hours of live coverage scheduled. Folks can also watch through their streaming service or Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube channel, which will show the entirety of the Games for the first time. BBC, BBC Radio 5 Live, and the BBC Sport website will also air highlights and select coverage. The Paralympics website also has a complete list of where to watch by country.

Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony will begin August 28 at 8 pm Paris time, 7 pm BST, 2 pm EDT, and 11 am PDT. Similar to the Olympics opening ceremony, the Paralympics opening ceremony will be held outside of a stadium at one of the major squares in Paris, Place de la Concorde, and the iconic avenue Champs-Élysées will be transformed into the opening ceremony stage.

The competition starts the following day, on August 29, at 11 am EDT (8 am PDT). Like with the Paris Olympics, the start times will be similarly early and continue throughout the day. The specific timing of some of the events might change, so check the schedule of events on the Olympics' Paralympics schedule webpage.

Blind Football (Soccer)

Blind football is an adaptation of football (or soccer, if you’re American) for athletes with vision impairment played with an audible ball. This men’s competition starts early on September 1 and continues on September 2, 3 and 5, with the gold medal match on Saturday, September 7.

Boccia

Boccia is one of only two sports with no Olympic equivalent. It was originally created for athletes in wheelchairs who have impaired motor function or coordination. To win, each team must get the most balls closest to the white ball called the jack, with athletes allowed to make modifications according to their needs. Men’s and women’s individual games start August 29 and go through September 1, with the gold medal individual matches on September 1 and 2. Mixed pairs and teams start September 3, with gold mixed pairs and teams matches on September 5.

Goalball

The other sport of the Paralympic Games without an Olympic equivalent, goalball is a team sport for the visually impaired and blind, in which players wear special black eye-covering-type glasses so they fully can’t see and are thus more equitable (and honestly, look cool as hell). If there’s anything that the Olympic Games have taught us, it’s that the people go crazy for some out-of-the-norm eyewear. The audience needs to stay as quiet as possible because the ball has bells inside. Thus, the athletes have to rely solely on sound, while they use their whole body to try to block the ball from making it inside the goal. (Lets see Neymar try to do that.) Men’s and women’s games start August 29 with the gold medal games for both on September 5.

Para Archery

The first game played at the early iteration of the Paralympics in 1948, para archery now has men and women’s individual and mixed teams, with wheelchair or standing, and with recurve and compound bows used. Men’s and women’s individual events begin August 29 and continue through September 5, with gold medal matches in individual, teams and with different bows across multiple days.

Para Athletics

One of the most beloved sports in the Paralympics is para athletics, which has been a popular fixture in the games since the inaugural Rome Games in 1960. Today, it spans a wide range of track, jumping, and throwing events, as well as marathons. Because of the wide range of men’s and women’s events, competition begins on August 30 and happens daily with gold medal matches until the Games end on September 8. Check the full para athletics schedule for more specific events’ times.

Para Badminton

Para badminton debuted at Tokyo 2020, although it has been hugely popular for decades. Like badminton, players compete as singles and pairs, as well as standing and in wheelchairs. Group play begins on August 29, with men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles beginning August 31. Gold medal matches take place September 1 and 2.

Para Canoe

The Paralympic Canoe competition features two types of boats: the kayak and va’a (traditionally used in Oceania for travel between islands). Para canoes are basically the same as those used in the Olympic Games, but just have a wider bottom for greater stability. The races begin September 6 with gold medal games on September 7 and 8.

Para Road Cycling

Throughout the years, like many other events, Paralympic cycling has grown to adapt to many disabilities, and uses standard bicycles, handcycles, tricycles, and tandems. In road cycling, there are road races, time trials, and relay events. Both the men and women’s individual and relay events and gold medal races take place daily September 4 through 7.

Para Track Cycling

Para  track cycling is similar to road cycling but takes place on a velodrome track (as the name suggests). Competition is divided into time trials, individual, and tandem or team sprints, using standard bicycles and tandems (all of which can be adapted for the specific athlete). The various track cycling events and gold medal races take place simultaneously August 29 to September 1.

Para Equestrian

Unlike the three equestrian events at the Olympic Games, the Paralympic equestrian program only includes the dressage competition. Para dressage essentially focuses on how well the rider and horse gel, with riders judged on their riding and performance with the horse. All the events are individual mixed, and each competition has gold medal rounds, taking place August 3, 4, 6 and 7.

Para Judo

Para judo is one of two martial arts competitions at the Games. The Paralympics judo follows the same rules as its Olympic equivalent, except it’s practiced exclusively by athletes with vision impairments—and is way more badass, in my humble opinion. (I think I’m allowed to make that assertion since I’m also disabled, don’t come for me.) With the athletes unable to see their opponent, they must use their sense of touch and careful listening—including slight differences in breathing and movement—to sense what their rival may do next. Men’s and women’s matches take place September 5, 6, and 7 and have gold medal matches at the end of each day.

Para Powerlifting

Para powerlifting is a men’s and women’s bench press competition that tests upper body strength where the athletes compete in different weight categories. All of the events are individual and there are gold medal rounds for each competition (which varies by gender and weight class) taking place September 4 to 8.

Para Rowing

A relatively new sport, rowing debuted at the Paralympic Games in 2008. Now, there are five rowing events, including three mixed events. Para rowing rules are nearly identical to those at the Olympics and rowers are eligible for different events according to their gender and impairment categories. The races begin across all categories on August 30, continue to August 31, with final gold medal rounds on September 1.

Para Swimming

Para swimming has remained one of the most enduring sports in the Paralympics since its debut at the Rome Games in 1960. Its popularity is due in part because athletes with all kinds of physical and mental disabilities can participate and doesn’t require any specific equipment. (Prosthetics aren’t allowed either.) Featuring different swims at different distances, athletes compete in breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, and medley. As one of the most popular sports, there are men’s, women’s, and mixed events virtually nonstop with gold medal races near the end of every day, August 29 until September 7.

Para Table Tennis

One of the OG Paralympian games, table tennis actually has a longer history in the Paralympic Games than its Olympic counterpart. When it began, it was only open to wheelchair users, although today athletes are placed into 11 different classes based on their physical and intellectual impairments. Men’s and women’s doubles, singles and mixed games take place August 29 to September 7, with gold medal games every day except September 2.

Para Taekwondo

Para taekwondo is a new competition that made its Paralympic debut at the Tokyo Games. Focused on athletes with upper limb impairments, they are split into two sports classes and divided into weight categories. Men and women compete August 29 to 31, with gold medal matches at the end of each day.

Para Triathlon

A relatively new sport introduced at the 2016 Rio Games, the para triathlon is held over the ��sprint” distance, which is half the Olympic distance for individual competitions, where athletes swim 750 meters, cycle 20 kilometers, and run 5 kilometers. The competition is divided by men’s and women’s, with medals being awarded for each race September 1 and 2.

Shooting Para Sport

Shooters compete in rifle and pistol events from distances of 10-meter, 25-meter, and 50-meter in men’s, women’s, and mixed fields. Depending on needs, athletes compete in a kneeling position, prone, or standing (or in a wheelchair or shooting seat). The games take place August 30 to September 5, with medals awarded each day.

Sitting Volleyball

Sitting volleyball is pretty much the exact same as the volleyball we know and love, except as the name suggests, is a sitting variation of the sport. It’s played by two teams of six players who move around the court using the power of their arms, along with a lowered net that’s 3 feet high. The games start on August 29 and continue until the men’s gold medal game on September 6 and the women’s on September 7.

Wheelchair Basketball

Originally used for rehabilitation and exercise for World War II veterans—wheelchair basketball is quintessential Paralympics. Now, it’s one of the most popular and beloved sports for wheelchair users around the world. Games start August 29 and go until the men’s gold medal match September 7, with the women’s September 8.

Wheelchair Fencing

What’s more badass than fencing? Wheelchair fencing. In this sport that requires discipline (and ability to not flinch when a sword is coming at you), athletes compete in a special wheelchair frame designed for the sport which is fastened to the floor—meaning the fencers cannot move and are always close to their opponent. Just like the Olympic equivalent, wheelchair fencing consists of three disciplines: foil, épée, and saber. The men’s and women’s matches take place September 3 to 7, with gold medal rounds at the end of every day.

Wheelchair Rugby

Wheelchair rugby is a four-person team sport played in specially designed wheelchairs. It combines elements of rugby, basketball, and handball, with players using a round ball. Because it’s such an aggressive sport, it’s often referred to as “murderball.” Need I say more? You’re gonna wanna watch this one. Mixed games start August 29, with the gold medal games September 2.

Wheelchair Tennis

Wheelchair tennis pretty much follows the same rules of able-bodied tennis, except here the ball can bounce twice before the player hits it back. Athletes are divided into open and quad classes, along with men’s, women’s, singles, and doubles. Games start August 30, with gold medal matches September 4 to 7.

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[princesssarisa]

The Top 40 Most Popular Operas, Part 2 (#11 through #20)

A quick guide for newcomers to the genre, with links to online video recordings of complete performances, with English subtitles whenever possible.

Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus

The most famous Viennese operetta, a rollickling comedy set amid Vienna's high society.

Studio film, 1971 (Eberhard Wächter, Gundula Janowitz, Renate Holm, Waldemar Kmennt, Wolfgang Windgassen; conducted by Karl Böhm)

Mozart's Cosí Fan Tutte

A comedy of romantic partner-swapping, its cynical libretto juxtaposed with Mozarts sublime music.

Zürich Opera, 2009 (Malin Hartelius, Anna Bonitatibus, Javier Camarena, Ruben Drole, Martina Janková, Oliver Widmer; conducted by Franz Welser-Möst)

Verdi's Aida

The quintessential "grand opera": a tragedy of love vs. duty and country amid the pomp and pageantry of ancient Egypt, which inspired the Elton John/Tim Rice musical of the same name.

St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2004 (Eszter Sümegi, Kostadin Andreev, Cornelia Helfricht, Igor Morosow; conducted by Josef Pancik)

Humperdinck's Hänsel & Gretel

The quintessential "children's opera," based on the classic fairy tale.

Studio film, 1981 (Brigitte Fassbaender, Edita Gruberova, Sena Jurinac, Hermann Prey, Helga Dernesch; conducted by Georg Solti)

Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love)

A sweet romantic comedy in the Italian bel canto style.

Vienna State Opera, 2005 (Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko, Leo Nucci, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo; conducted by Alfred Eschwé)

Puccini's Turandot

A dark fairy tale of love and deadly riddles in ancient China: controversial in its Orientalism, but with thrilling music, including the ever-famous tenor aria "Nessun dorma."

Opera Hong Kong, 2018 (Oksana Dyka, Alfred Kim, Valeria Sepe, George Andguladze; conducted by Paolo Olmi)

Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)

Another iconic example of Viennese comic operetta.

Metropolitan Opera, 2014 (Renée Fleming, Nathan Gunn, Kelli O'Hara, Alek Shrader, Thomas Allen; conducted by Andrew Davis) (sung in English)

Act I, Act II, Act III

Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

The most famous of all Russian operas, based on Alexander Pushkin's great verse novel of unrequited love.

Kirov Opera, 1984 (Sergei Leiferkus, Tatiana Novikova, Yuri Marusin, Larissa Diadkova; conducted by Yuri Temirkanov)

Verdi's Nabucco

The grand Biblical opera, based on the story of Nebuchadnezzar, that first launched Verdi to fame.

St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2007 (Igor Morosow, Gabriella Morigi, Bruno Ribiero, Elisabeth Kulman, Simon Yang; conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer) (click CC for subtitles)

Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

The world's most famous fairy tale reimagined as a "realistic" comedy of manners with sparkling bel canto music.

Studio film, 1981 (Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Paolo Montarsolo, Claudio Desderi, Paul Plishka; conducted by Claudio Abbado)

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Sorry if you've answered this before but I did search your blog and nothing showed up for me. But I was wondering if you have any favorite fight scenes from movies and tv shows? Like physical fight/combat scenes that actually blow you away by how good they look? Where it doesn't look too choreographed and even though it's stylized, it still looks awesome? For me personally, kdramas take the cake for best fight scenes, and one of my hands down favorite fight scenes of all time was from bloodhounds ep 1 when woo doo hwan's character had to fight to get to his mom. Like I was truly in awe watching that scene, I couldn't believe my eyes haha. Would love to know your favorites and/or thoughts on fight/combat scenes :)

Ooh yes! So. I grew up with martial arts movies, my cousins loved Jet Li so a lot of my favourite fight scenes are from the movies I grew up with

Twin Warriors/Tai Chi Master

Fist of Legend

Once Upon A Time In China

Fong Sai Yuk

and then when I was a bit older and started watching them on my own, I still had affection for Jet Li so:

Romeo Must Die (and I loved Aaliyah??)

Cradle 2 The Grave (with DMX??)

Hero (although I was really more watching for Zhang Ziyi)

speaking of, Michelle Yeoh vs Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? ICONIC

and speaking of Michelle Yeoh, Magnificent Warriors

House of Flying Daggers

I'm always going to love Morpheus vs Neo in The Matrix

The Bride vs Crazy 88 in Kill Bill

can't bring up Kill Bill without bringing up Lady Snowblood

My favourite John Wick fight scenes are in chapter 2

and I do like a good shootout scene. I remember thinking The Town was so mid and did not understand the praise that movie got, I still don't, but it had good shootout scenes

LA Confidential

Heat has one of the most iconic shootout scenes too

The Bourne trilogy actually has some pretty good hand to hand combat scenes, one of which actually got claps in the theatre I was in

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Recently I was overcome by a surge of Shakespeare brainrot which i didn't felt for quite some years (mainly blame it on the fact we had to study Hamlet which is MY FAV PLAY EVER) but it was mostly Romeo and Juliet (RomiJuri) brainrot (my second fav play ever) and subjecting me and my mutual to YA retellings of Romeo and Juliet and I kinda need to vent

So retellings as far as I know don't have a strong rule nor rules at all.

Back then retellings mainly consisted in remploying a narrative schema as seen per how fairy tales works and Romeo and Juliet are one of the many takes on an archetypal take called the Star-crossed lovers (obviously named after the play)

There are different tales about lovers meeting a tragic fate in very region of the world, Grece (Pyrame and Thisbe), middle east (Leila and Al Majnun) even China (the Butterfly lovers) and RomiJuri itself is one of the tale born of thse narrative schema being resused

See Shakespare was actually writing one of his most famous tragedy as a retelling/adaptation of a poem by Arthur Brooke called the Tragical history of Romeus and Juliet, which is itself the result of the translation by Wiliam Painter in his Palace of Pleasure of a short story written by italian writter Matteo Bandello, Romeo e Giulietta, itself inspired by Historia novellamente ritrovata di due giovani amanti by Luigi Da porto which is itself inspired Masuccio Salernitano's Mariotto e Giannoza etc

Suffice to say that Shakespeare's own most famous play is itself the result of a long game of retelling

For my memoir I had to read Nicole beaumont's Poetics of tale, essay on the oral tradition of tales in which she makes a point about how some versions of fairy tales have become so iconic that modern rewriting held these version as the "canonical" one or mostly refers this one when retelling/reimagining/adapting etc. (she takes the example of Perrault's take on BlueBeard as being the new paradigm defining the tale despite it being vastly different from the source he used)

While Romeo and Juliet isn't a fairy tale it defintely relies on a similar tradition when it comes to the usage of the narrative schema and how people mainly turn to the Shakesperian retelling of this archetypal tale when offering a new version, I have seen few stories that takes inspiration from others versions of the tale (I stress it few doesn't mean "never" after all I grew up watching an adaptation of the Butterfly lovers and was still able to connect the dots with Romeo and Juliet, I can still name adaptation of Pyramus and Thisbe, here I am mostly refering to other Romeo and Juliet stories just as Bandello, Da Porto, Brooke or even Lope de Vega)

So the fact we are still retelling this story ourselves even after all this time isn't that much of a surprise but a lot of these retellings were disappointing honestly

And look, I am not what I would call a purist when it comes to retellings

To give you an idea, one of my favorite movies ever is La foile des Grandeurs by Gérard Oury, a very loose adaptation of Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas, yet despite the notable difference in tone and a lot of aspects, I still love this movie and even prefer it over the source material play (sorry Tortor) for reason I could spend the day listing

And when it comes to Romeo and Juliet, I am not picky either : I actually like Romeo x Juliet, Kishuku gakkō no Juliet and Sirius no densetsu aka an adaptation that puts a whole sci fi cosmic twist with Juliet having a Zorro persona where Romijuri ends up living happy, a modern retelling set in a fictional japan where RomiJuri ends up living happy and a story that only uses the narrative schema putting insane mythological twist but ends up tragically

Heck I even kinda digged in Quinnrose's Romeo vs Juliet and it's a literal otome game putting a vampire vs vampire hunter twist

Even more recent examples, me and my friend we are both hyped by AstralShift's new game which is a Divine Comedy retelling where Dante is a girl !!

So clearly my issue isn't liberties taken by adaptations imo if you want to put spin on a story you are free to do so but a concept is only as good if there is little effort in execution and it just crumbles

I don't want writers to feel like they are limited in the possibilities they can pull linked to a certain tell when they want to retell but imo there needs to be some justification to using a source material as inspiration no matter how loose the adaptation is and I think you still need to be somewhat talented of a writer to put certains things off

But honestly most YA takes I have seen on RomiJuri just fall flats because while they might offer something conceptually interesting they do nothing interesting with it or worse they just feel like they are completely missing the point of the original play

See, I think that just because you pull some twist, it doesn't necessarily translate into your own interpretation or take away from the play. For example, does the fact Romeo and Juliet made Romeo Montague into a vampire oresama bookworm means they thought at any given moment Romeo of the play was a vampire ? No

However, most YA novels feels like they are translating of a direct reading of the play which is very irony poisoned and feel like they are reading through one of those meme I despise with all my soul (looking at you the "It's not a love story, it's a relationship bla bla bla" take)

And those kinda ruined interesting concepts to me

For examples, they are obsessed with telling Rosaline's story which is interesting on paper, after all we know little of her and what might have happened to her during the play

Rosaline is a glaring hole, she is little characterized and few is none about her (for example, reading these retellings where Tybalt is portrayed as her cousin made me realize that in reality it wasn't really explicit what type of cousin she is to Juliet because i always thought she was Tybalt's sister or something for no other fault than my own lol) heck we don't even know what her exact relationship with Romeo is (we know he was in an unrequired love with her which she never reciprocated because of her desire to stay chaste but we have 0 information about whether or not Romeo actually went and tried to woo her to begin with or not because as far as I am aware both interpretation can be argued over) so she basically makes a perfect character for a retelling cause she is easy to model as you desire it and she can bring some unique material to the old love story

The problems is the lack of originality in every single one of them, you can find a lot of recurring elements that just makes every single one of these so samey : super girlboss mary sure Rosaline, Romeo is either an idiot or a villain for some reason, shoving my girl Juliet aside, whatever happens to Mercutio, Benvolio Paris and even Tybalt they can either not appear at all or serve as a love interest for Rosaline, but for some reason these retellings love to do it with Benvolio (and i don't like it, literaly each time Benvolio is used in some purposeful way in these retellings it's just to serve as a replacement for Romeo, a consoling price grrr)

I have pondered upon why exactly do people obsess on having Rosie as a protag and frankly, the only way I explain it is what I call a "Watsnonian revenge on a doylist injustice"

Because see Rosaline in the play isn't a character, she is merely the catalyst for Romeo's meeting with Juliet and thus she "isnt given a voice" and "is treated like a plot device" because "she just exist so that Romeo, that swine, can love another woman!" which feels unfair to these writers

Granted they might invoke a lot of the surface level takes about it not being love but lust, hyperfocusing on Juliet's age or Romeo moving on too quickly from Rosaline, but imo THIS is the real reason mainly because of how a lot of these retellings reads as with featuring Rosaline like she is your typical YA heroine who is everything and not like the others girls, who gets wronged by the swine Romeo and this silly little girl Juliet but it's all right because she finds a new man who is perfect and so miuch better than stupid Romeo and she gets everything she deserves because she is soooo much better and deserves soooo much better than stupid Romeo and her romance is REAL true love, the REAL deal while the stupidity of Romeo and Juliet's relationship is exposed to the whole world and yadi yada ugggh

But the problem is that because they follow this specific schema and tropes and plto beats not only are they are all identical to each other but also they are in complete cognitive dissonance

In reality you aren't told Rosaline's story unlike what these claims, they fail to give her a voice unlike what these claims

Rosaline's story would be what ? An intepretation on what her vows of chastity is, maybe a dialogue between her and Romeo where she firmly rejects him, maybe explaining whether or not she actually went to the Capulet party and what happened there from her pov, her remarking Romeo didn't come to see today (if he ever went to see her at all to begin with), shrugging shoulder, going back to usual buisness, hearing of Tybalt's death and mourning over him with occasional swearing to Romeo, back to usual buisness, hearing of Juliet's death, mourning her, going back to usual buisness and uncovering the whole story with the rest of Verona when everythin'g's over

Obviously this means decentering from RomiJuri but that's what a story about Rosaline should be because Rosaline has no horse in this race, she has no reason to be involved with these two's love stories

But these retellings aren't really interested in Rosaline as a character, in reality they just use her as plot device/protagonist to be shoehorned in the traditional plot and thus breaking the original premise in order to retell the story

In short those aren't really Rosaline retelling as much as they are RomiJuri retellings using Rosaline as the focaliser

Again it would be fine if it wasn't just endlessly the same rendition of Rosaline presented to us... like for a character who has so little shared about her outside of her being pretty, a type of fierce beauty who isn't interested in love, you would see some interesting takes especially given how much renditions of Romeo and Juliet can feel unique depending on the adaptation's choices but no, NO

It's always the old same shtick of a "strong independant woman who need no man and is perfect at everything" with occasional hobby changing (Lisa Fielder's Rosaline wanted to become a healer while the Rosaline of the 2022's movie wanted to be a cartographer) and different love interest (often Benvolio because he is Romeo 2, Paris, sometimes Mercutio or Tybalt depending on the mood or even a made up one) and nothing else, no real flaws, no real struggles nothing

So as a result it just becomes boring to follow her as a protagonist because she is just this ideal person who can do no wrong and baaaaa

And of course it's all in the context of a love story that is completely derided like RomiJuri just gets the worst fate possible

O Romeo Romeo, wherefore are you like this Romeo ??? What have they done to my boy, the hate he receive and character assasination is insane

There is a pattern of people insisting on breaking the premise of Rosalie rejecting Romeo in favor of "Romeo and Rosaline were dating but he fell in love with Juliet and threw her away in favor of her cousin because men bad" even tho it doesn't really make sense anymore.

In the play Romeo got rejected by Rosaline and was so sad he was in a state of lovesickness and all mopey and sad, that's because his friends were worried about him (cause he usually isn't like this) that they suggested going to the party in order to help him change his spirit and even find someone who will love him back because what's the point in crying over someone who will never love you back and you know it ? Better move on. What's crazy is that Romeo originally goes "ok i will go but just to see her" but when they are on their way he literaly changes his mind because his guts tells him not to, he has to be FORCED to go there and once he is there he just stays by a corner and doesn't participate in the party (as seen per Juliet saying he didn't even dance)

In the previous version Rosaline's role is even more minor but it still follows the same principle : Romeo falls in love with her, it doesn't go well. According to Bandello, he fell in love and courted her for 2 years without success which made him feel so bad he wanted to leave the country to forget about her but he stayed upon insistance of his friends and they dragged him to all the parties held by the italians noble of the city in hope to find a new love, which means Romeo saw many beautfiul ladies but still couldn't move on until he went to the Capulet party and met Juliet. Brooke also follows this events.

The main difference between Shakespeare's version and Bandello (who got it from Da Porto) and Brooke is the time. In the previous version Romeo was mourning this unrequired love for a moment and tried going at different parties before falling for Juliet, in the play tho, we are introduced to his woe and a few scenes later he falls for Juliet

I suppose it feels more sudden that said given how the play comments Romeo had this behavior for a while through both Benvolio and Friar Lawrence's cues, it seems obvious Romeo was like this before the play but only revealed the reason of his present state in act 1 scene 1 it's not as immediate as many or even I myself like to joke about

In the previous version it seems that Romeo was more affected by it or at least trying but in the play this is questionable and his love for Rosaline feels more like an infatuation that one mistakes for love because they aren't that experienced with it which is crucial in contrast to his love for Juliet who is meant to feel authentic in contrast

Honestly, conceptually it could work if it was in reality centered around Romeo's character growth or if spiteful Rosaline (because that's how she is often portrayed as a reaction to that) would play an antagonistic role in discovering this relationship but softens when she comes to realize Romeo didn't really love her but he is genuinely in love with Juliet and happier but like... they don't do that. The Movie Rosaline made me hope it would go like this but they had to ruin it with the joke ending where Romeo and Juliet are stuck on a boat and realize they have nothing in common (this ending was what made me soldifiy my opinion on this movie as being a parody by the by if you have read the play and payed close attention you know they aren't like that)

The same could be said about Fielder's Rosaline's story and its ending that just feels like a slap on the face where she is trading the tragic yet meaningful death of the lovers for a failed doubel suicide where Rosaline saves Romeo but fails to save Juliet for dumb reasons and Romeo realizes he didn't truly love Juliet but merely felt lust towards her...

Ok but like not only does it makes the reconciliation between the Capulet and Montague makes no sense because it was precisely the loss of their beloved children that made the two families realize the extent of pain their feud caused because they got directly affected in the most gut wretching way possible (in learning they ruined the life of their two kids) but also ???? like for a feminist novel that had gripes with how young Juliet was to the point it was being very preachy about condemning it, it sure had little qualms letting an innocent 13 year old in love dying just to present the other half of the couple and their relationship in a bad light !!

But also while you can call Romeo's love for Rosaline fickle i failed to see how it can be extended to Juliet ??? if anything the differences between how he talks about the two and the everything would hightlight that Romeo had faced character growth where he is ready to be in a committed relationship with Juliet whereas Rosaline was merely a love of youth and I think it's normal ? Romeo is a teenager he has the right to experience such feelings, it's not as though he actually hurt Rosaline since she rejected him (and love) anyway, just because it didn't worked with Rosaline means that he will be like this with Juliet and I think it's very obvious when you pay close attention

Just to give one example on the top of my head, the balcony scene begins with Romeo having at least 3 cute agressions as he witnesses Juliet

But honestly this is only when we get luck because Romeo can face worse

Like this novel called Fair Rosaline, I have been complaining non stop to my friend about how it misses the point of everything in the play.

Look... Antagonist Romeo is conceptually interesting, really and it just sounds hot ok ? But the problem with Romeo Montague is that he isn't made to work as one, he lack fundamentally every good characteristics that makes an antagonist, he isn't protrayed as ambitious nor calculating, he is a gentle well behaved youth whose biggest flaws would be he can let feelings get the better of him (this is a surface level summary of his character heh if I begin to talk about him I won't stop) so to adapt his personality to a more antagonistic one it would require a lot of work but you could present a very charismatic and unique antagonistic

Unfortunately this novel doesn't do that instead it turns Romeo into a 30 groomer whose trapping young girls for a whole ring involving every men in Verone expect those closely related to Rosaline, who in this novel, doesn't want to become a nun and lost her mother and is 15/16 but becomes Romeo's "victim"

And by that I mean that she crossdressed to go to a party held by the Montague and let herself easily seduced because a few sweets nothings later she was in his bed

...honestly this moment felt less like "manipulator" and more like "woman dumb"

And I was also greatly bothered by the authors claims that Romeo in the play could be 30, that he was never portrayed as a teenager until modern days, that he was just into young girls and that he was a groomer and etc.

And no like... Romeo's age is indeed not specified but that's because Shakespeare didn't felt the need to ?? I am greatly bothered by how everyone focuses on Romeo's age but not the other characters when they aslo don't have one ? Also how is Romeo being portrayed as a teenager only modern ? What is a modern acception is the idea that Romeo is specifically 17 which seems to come from the Zeffirelli version but if you look at Romeo and Juliet paintings, he is portrayed as a teenager and some adaptatations of R&J of the 19th century have him played by a women which I am assuming means he felt like a young boy in people's mind (from what I recall women were usually cast to play as young characters) and I have read my fair share of RomiJuri's essays, not even actual scholars would agree because they all consider Romeo to be a teenager

Moreover, in the previous sources (which the author mentionned herself to talk about Juliet being older) this is disproven : Brooke's Juliet is 16 but so is Romeo who is also described as not having had a beard growing up on his chin yet. As for Da Porto and Bandello, their Romeo is 20 but their Juliet is 18-19

So why exactly would Shakespare look at this pattern of Romeo and Juliet being very close in age to the point the age gap and go "ok gonna make my Juliet 13 and my Romeo... hum... how about 30?"

Wouln't it make more sense he both aged them down to the same age ?

It certainly isn't a modern conception honestly, if Juliet is the minimum legal age to be married (13) why can't Romeo also be that age (14) ?

In the end of the day his specific age will never be known but a lot of Romeo's behavior only make sense if viewed him as a teen a 30 year old wouldn't behave like that imo but anyways

"he just likes young girl " is so weird to say and so is play boy Romeo in general like, the guy only love 2 girls, that being Rosaline and Juliet in every version with earlier sources highlighting that Romeo isn't falling in love with the beautiful women he met at the parties he went but even then he ever dated, married and killed himself for one girl that being Juliet

It's very hard to establish a pattern based on 2 girls not to mention that Rosaline being 15-16 is something made up, we don't know her age and scholars usually views her as being older than Romeo for 3 reasons : 1) the Bandello and Da porto version mentionning his love for Rosaline lasted 2 years, he is 20 at the begining of the story or about 20, implying he fell in love when he was 18 and he Brooke version making him fall in love with her at age 16 2) because Rosaline checks every checkbox of the checklists of the typical Petrachan muse who is often portrayed as a woman older than the poet in love to the point it kinda became a topos (for instance in Les Illusions Perdues by Balzac features the poet, Lucien in love with a woman older than him) 3) the comparison between the sonnets dedicated to Rosaline and those dedicated to Juliet, to the point they believe Shakespeare could have written these at different period of his life, regardless textually everything supports the reading that Romeo is just not really experienced with love, he though his infatuation was real love but he had to meet Juliet to realize what was the real deal

There are more I could point I am sure but I also have a problem with how Solomon claims Romeo is taking advantage of the girl's vunerabilities, fills them with empty promises and ressorts to violence like...are we really talking about the same character ?

Regarding him taking advantage of vulnerable girls... he doesn't. Really. Firstly because Rosaline's vulnerabilities are all made up for the sake of Fair Rosaline's plot but don't exist in the play (Rosaline is said to have made vow of staying chaste which would be implying she is a nun but out of her own volition and not against he will unlike in the novel and again she doesn't return Romeo's love at any point) and also because even then he doesnt ? like it's Rosaline who went to the party because the author couldn't come up with a better excuse for them to meet than just using the ball which was how Romeo met Juliet... be serious

As for Juliet she isn't vulnerable when she meets him, she is just passive ? For context, Romeo meets her at a ball the Capulet held so that Paris, a suitor, could court Juliet. Juliet earlier said she wasn't interested but still accepted to try for her parents but as of now she has no real reason to feel pressured ? Also this is missing how Romeo and Juliet's relationship works because Romeo approached her in anon threatening way by using metaphors and was being courtly and respectuous, Juliet could have just ignored him or pretend to not understand the metaphors and he would have probably went away becoming all mopey again, this doesn't happen, instead she goes along and even expends on his metaphor, clearly she is just as interested in him as he is in her and this intereaction is like... essential ? It's what is setting up a lot of motifs in the play and their entire dynamic ?

Romeo also doesn't make any empty promises. If it's refering to Rosaline again, he never was in a relationship with her because she rejected him off the bat so like he literaly never made her any promises... as for Juliet sorry but he is shown constantly respecting his promises to her, like he tells her he would marry her and he does

As for violence ??? The only times Romeo goes into violent modes are when 1) Mercutio dies and he feels remorseful and like he must avenge his friend 2) when he kills Paris in self defense ... that's it. And that' s not even counting the Da Porto, Bandello and Brooke version where Romeo kills Tybalt in act of self defense when he was trying to protect both the people of his house and of Juliet by preventing them from fighting. Romeo isn't a violent person, the Nurse herself say he is as "gentle as a lamb", the only time he is shown to be violent is when he is pushed to emotional limits

And to be honest, even if we put aside the character assasination of Romeo, the Romeo presented by Solomon doesn't feel threatening but stupid (seriously for some reason the Romeo who seduces young girl and throw them away as soon as he is bored doesn't do that with Juliet and instead marries her ?? and that's not even to present Juliet as being more clever that she doesn't fall for the trap unlike all the others girl including our heroine, no that's feeling more like a child throwing a tantrum) which honestly is bad... like really bad it feels like a lazy way to make a character a predator while forgetting to make them actually behave like one so as a result this Romeo feels flat as an antagonist

And it's not helped that he is so one dimensional which is a disservice to Romeo's complexity in the play but also very bad because this isn't really helping the cause ? Like can we stop treating grave subject such as trafficking so lightly and making people behave the one involved are one dimension cartoons villains instead of dangerous individuals ????

And obviously no Romeo and Juliet isn't about how no adult is there to protect poor baby Juliet from big bad Romeo but oh well

What annoys me is that it could have worked if 1) instead of being the actual Romeo and Juliet, it was completely different characters and the antagonist was making the girl believes their relationship was like Romeo and Juliet's when it was in reality not but it was just to manipulate them 2) It was a little red riding hood retelling because LRRH is literaly about that ... oh wait someone already wrote that book (Neil Nehaus Big bad wolf, read it when I was in middle school) 3)It was Paris instead of Romeo, you know, the actual walking red flag in the play

Like it's kinda like Lady Macbeth where I felt that if instead of being a retelling of Shakespeare but rather of Perrault the whole idea would have worked a lot better

And as much as Romeo being turned into a villain or a play boy makes me shiver because it's feeling a lot like diabolization for the sake of it sometimes it can work like Goodbye my Juliet is a webtoon where Romeo is a first presented as a brat and play boy but as we learn more about him we come to realize he is like this because of his father pressuring him with toxic masculinity and as the story progresses he shows developpement so even if he isn't like his Shakespearian counter part he is at least a rounded character

Also needless to say that these adaptations don't do Juliet any justice : one has Rosaline want to marry her to Paris to help him cover for the fact he is interested in men so dooming her to be forevever with someone she doesn't love, the other has her die so her husband can express he didn't genuinely love her and the last one is so infantalized I am wondering if the writer knows how actual 13 year old behaves (seriosly she plays with dolls ??? most girl I knew at that age had dropped the dolls at age 11 !!)

And frankly this is a bad look because claiming to defend a character you do not understand because of what their portrayal reflects of your vision of them is really not a good look

See the problem is that if you misunderstand Romeo, you misunderstand his relationship with Juliet and if you misunderstand his relationship with Juliet, you misunderstand Juliet and vice versa cause they are two sides of the same coins

And even then I can quote some Rosaline retellings (looking at you Go away Romeo) that still presents a Juliet more interesting to follow than the perfect flawless girlboss Rosaline despite the fact that these authors throw her on the side because she "killed herself for a man" or "is 13", even tho it's doing great disservice to a character who is shown to be complex, mature, growing thanks to her relationship, both capable of being sweet and cold and determined in her love for Romeo to go through extremes lenght

Frankly this is my problem with these retellings.

A lot of time the hatred for Romeo and Juliet reads like people are mad they aren't perfect and flawless instead of appreciating their flaws for the fact they are what makes them into complex characters, what elevates them from being simply personas to feeling like actual human beings

However this goes directly against the principle of wish fufillement that we are meant to get from YA. YA relies a lot on idealization of female characters and male protagonist but that doesn't work with stuff like Shakepsare's play where every character is a complex flawed human being

And this is bound to create cognitive dissonance because of the idealization of others characters as oppose to characters made to be fully fleshed out and this also creates this weirder cognitive dissonance of wanting to criticize RomiJuri's love by... playing into tropes it falls into

Let me explain

Romeo and Juliet's relationship is constantly portrayed as not being so great because they are either portrayed as having nothing in common past the first moments, as being just lust or demonized with Romeo being a manipulator etc

Meanwhile, the perfect FL Rosaline has her perfect romance with the perfect ML...

make it make sense ?

How can you tear down RomIJuri's relationship for being unrealistic using overtly cynical arguments while also portraying a type of unrealistic romance that comes from how idealistic it is ?

That's not mentioning how every trope or rather topos criticized that is the fundation of RomiJuri (love at first sight, flirting, etc) is also present for these like believe it or not but every single work of fiction features what we call a "scène de vue", a first meeting involving a type of attraction between our lead and while some such as Aragon in Adrien have tried to subvert it, that still is a type of love at first sight and in a genre of idealization where the narrator or focalizer is musing on how handsome the ML is, I am afraid you are no better than Romeo fawning over Juliet, really

I could go even more in depth in all this really but it's more of a vent than a proper analysis and again I have nothing against YA but that's how novels in this category have turned into and frankly I wouldn't care if they didn't tried to use "feminist retelling" as a buzzword while presenting retellings that are poorely done both as standalone and as adaptations and even feels sexist mainly because of how they treat Juliet in favor of Rosaline like stripping her of her complexity to make her a love rival or a damsel in distress

And again, I do believe people should be free to retell the story as they want after all I don't recall anyone booing Shakespeare for making RomiJuri's relationship shorter, developping Mercutio making his role in the play different than the previous sources or having Romeo die before Juliet wakes up unlike Da Porto and Bandello where he is awake long enough to tell Juliet to live even without him cause he loves her but the thing is before you criticize a change you kinda have to analyze why these changes where made, what do they create etc.

And in those adaptations it feels not only samey but doesn't seem to understand the play as seen per a lot of elements

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translations - traducciones

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my recs - mi recomendaciónes

Type - El Tipo

novel recs - recomendaciones de las novelas

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webcomic recs (includes manhua, manhwa, manga, etc.) - recomendaciones de cómics 

fanfic recs (includes any fanfiction from a web novel source) - recomendaciones del fanfiction

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Action - Acción

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General 

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Harem

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Mystery - misterio

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Origin - El Origen

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