#kenneth brannagh hamlet half implied *hamlet* was claudius's bastard. he certainly looks more like him than like king hamlet

[lizardrosen]

ah you see, polonius has two hands, and each of his lovers are adding another to the count, that makes four!

and yeah... yeah, that would be a good reason to keep them apart

funniest possible solution to the timeloop story is if laertes finds out that his dad and claudius used to hook up and he and ophelia do their level best to matchmake them, so claudius doesn't even think about killing king hamlet so he can marry gertrude

it's not the route i'm going, but i do keep chuckling about it