#juliet is a hopeless romantic and ophelia has so very much love in her heart
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eldritch-blasted-bagels Ā· 9 months ago
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Excuse my brain rot and the fact that I was a theatre kid BUT-
What Shakespearean Monologue I Want to See Each BG3 Companion Perform
Wyll
ā€œO Soft, What Light Through Yonder Window Breaksā€ from Romeo and Juliet
Of course. There is no other option.
This man is a hopeless romantic and, I adore him, would not get the point of the play but would have so much fun playing Romeo.
Everyone in the cast would also be hopelessly in love with him.
(Bonus) ā€œOnce More Upon the Breech!ā€ from Henry V
Oh this man would KILL this monologue. The battle cry? The rousing of his men against an impossible task? Itā€™s what he was made to do, itā€™s what the character was built for.
Equal and opposite to how heā€™d absolutely slay as Romeo, he would make an amazing Henry.
Karlach
ā€œO, Then I See Queen Mab Hath Been With Youā€ from Romeo and Juliet
I almost, almost gave this to Astarion because I think he could also do it justice, but he already had two monologues.
Justā€¦ love u Karlach you can say whatever nonsense and I will nod along. Also absolutely ragging on your friend and getting carried away in the bit feels very in character for her.
I feel like she doesnā€™t really do acting but she would come support her friendā€™s productions however she could.
Astarion
ā€œTo Be Or Not To Beā€ from Hamlet
Hear me out; I think it would either be so over dramatic or the best damn rendition youā€™ve ever heard.
Contemplation of mortality, pain, existence? Astarion is at his best when heā€™s having an existential crisis.
This man was also just built to play Hamlet. You could replace this with ā€œā€˜Tis now the very witching hour of night,ā€ ā€œO, that this too too sullied flesh would meltā€ Or any of his soliloquies and what I said still goes.
(Bonus) ā€œDost Thou Not Suspect My Place?ā€ from Much Ado About Nothing
This is one of the best comedic monologues Shakespeare has to offer and I wonā€™t be told otherwise
Specifically based on the line of Dogberry describing himself as a tasty piece of flesh while also being Dogberry and flouncing about, being hysterical, because someone called him an ass.
(Bonus 2) (Sorry this man is very Shakespeare coded) He would be such a good Puck in A Midsummer Nightā€™s Dream. Just a little shit.
Gale
ā€œO, She Misused Me Past the Endurance of a Block!ā€ From Much Ado About Nothing
Just as I think Astarion was built to play Hamlet, Gale was built to play Benedick.
Heā€™s just enough of an ass but also fucking comedic enough to pull this off and make it hysterical. Like Benedick, he also just keeps talking.
(Bonus) Learā€™s Storm Monologues
I think at his worst, Gale could do Lear some fuckin justice in his performance of that specific piece, and that slow descent into madness.
Laeā€™zel
ā€œI Would Eat His Heart In The Marketplaceā€ from Much Ado About Nothing
Itā€™s a take Iā€™m so here for and I think sheā€™d get really into scolding Benedick for being a dishonorable coward.
Just think about the potential delivery of ā€œOh! If I were a man! Iā€™d eat his heart in the marketplace!ā€ gives me chills.
I donā€™t ship Laeā€™zel and Gale necessarily but I think if you put them in a production of Much Ado together it would be cemented as a bar-standard production.
Shadowheart
ā€œO What a Noble Mind Been Oā€™erthrownā€ from Hamlet
She kins Ophelia and you canā€™t tell me otherwise. Also specifically, in this, the context of being used as a pawn by everyone in her life feels appropriate.
(Bonus) Let her play Joan of Arc in Henry VI. I donā€™t know why sheā€™s so Joan of Arc coded in my brain but let her do it.
Halesin
ā€œAll the Worldā€™s a Stageā€ from As You Like It
This one is the one Iā€™m least confident about but the world-weary and worn nature that it can take on feels very Halesin and I think he would do a performance in such a way that it sends you spiraling into an existential crisis.
(Bonus) Minthara
ā€œAnd Dashā€™d the Brains Out!ā€ from Macbeth
Again, I just think Minthara would kill as Lady Macbeth.
But, I donā€™t think ā€œOut damn spotā€ would be where she shined; I think these moments of absolute murder and ambition would.
Also inspired by the production (in DC I think?) where they had to cut Lady Macbeth literally smashing a baby doll on rocks during this monologue because the audience found it too disturbing.
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whiskerwheat Ā· 7 years ago
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shakespeare is bad opheliet is good
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