#queen gertrude

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Naomi Watts as Queen Gertrude & Daisy Head as Cristiana in Ophelia (Film, 2018).

[mikothemushroom]

Gertrude Robinson doodles

[two-bees-poetry]

What are the roles of characters like Hamlet Sr., Claudius, and Fortinbras like in your Hamlet AU?

I'm so glad you asked! The backstory I've constructed for the three of them is heavily inspired by what I imagined when I played Gertrude.

Hamlet Sr and Claudius (identical twins) grew up in Elsinore, alongside Gertrude.

Gertrude always had feelings for Claudius- ever since they were children, she'd known that, and eventually it was clear to her that her feelings were returned. Her parents, however, had other plans. When Hamlet and Claudius's parents died, they left the house and the money to Hamlet, and Gertrude's parents new from that point that it was Hamlet their daughter was going to marry.

Gertrude has never been a person who makes her opinions known. Hamlet asks her to marry him. She says yes. She buries any wish for anything else, and does her duty. She marries Hamlet, and she gives him a son. They're happy. They're happy enough. She likes him- she even loves him- and maybe it's not a passionate love, and maybe her heart hurts when Claudius visits and he smiles at her, but it's companionship. It's enough.

Eventually, though, it's not enough for Claudius. He had a life he meant to lead, and he wants to lead it. He wants the wife he always meant to have and the house he always meant to live in. Eventually, he decides that he's done waiting. If Hamlet dies before his son is eighteen, Claudius gets the house. Hamlet Jr is sixteen. He doesn't have much time to lose.

[shouldtheydivorce]

Reason:

The circumstances surrounding the marriage are suspicious. Gertrude married Claudius almost immediately after her first husband, Hamlet Sr, gets murdered by his brother, who's no other than Claudius himself. A good majority of Gertrude's character is ambiguous and left up to personal interpretation, so there's the possibility that Claudius forced her to marry him. And if you want another character's opinion on the marriage, Gertrude's son ain't having it and is pissed off about his mom and uncle marrying, especially so soon after his dad's passing, which honestly, fair enough.

[inky-squid-art]

look at this stupid thing i made last year. i hate him i need him dead

[l1ghtbr1nger]

my rhaenys the conqueror fancast

naomi watts in ophelia

[the-self-is-not-static]

I think that a really cool fanart for Hamlet would be Ivan the Terrible Holding His Son, but have it be Gertrude holding Hamlet.

[greyycey]

so i had an idea.. 😝

[doomed2repeat]

Fan Casting Modern Shakespeare

Adaptation: Modern take Hamlet with a Succession meets The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) vibes

Hamlet, the depressed, conflicted, irresponsible procrastinating son of an elite family, tasked with seeking out revenge on his uncle for the murder of his father, whose memory is haunting him. Played by Luke Newton

Ophelia, Hamlets love interest. A delicate young woman driven to madness by grief and despair. Played by Anya Taylor Joy, Taylor Russell, or Mia Goth

Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother. Ambiguously played as either an accomplice or a pawn in the murder of her husband, she quickly remarries her husband’s killer to maintain her status. Played by Gillian Anderson or Rachel Weisz

Claudius, Hamlet’s stepfather, uncle, and father’s murderer. The villain of the story but a smooth talker. Played by Daniel Craig or Jared Harris

[cleverclove]

Lesbian Claudius so that Hamlet’s speech about “frailty, thy name is woman” is lesbophobic as well as sexist and also because Shakespearean yuri is my shit

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Naomi Watts as Queen Gertrude in Ophelia (Film, 2018).

[often-requested-rarely-mentioned]

If queen gertrude has 100 defenders, I am one of them. if she has 50 defenders, I am one of them. if she has 1 defender, I am her. if she has 0 defenders, I am fucking dead

[secretly-a-catamount]

Fictional mother-son duos, but they’re eldritch horrors

(because I said so)

[blorbo-court]

Submitted by Anon

[theofficialpresidentofmars]

something is rotten in the state of Denmark…

Art Credits:

elena-illustration, earl-grey-tea-of-gloucester , charleshyde , fruitjuucy , bananadramaaa , stripedroseandsketchpads , John Austen (pls tag me in art of this play so I can make more edits LOL)

Audio Credits:

DT’s Hamlet (2009) , DyEdits! on YT