okay more genuine FAQ here this one is actually serious, i’ve had ppl saying they don’t know the character they got so just brief descriptions of who’s who if you’re curious and unfamiliar all explained in terms i think tumblr users will understand
romeo montague- okay no one who got romeo or juliet asked who they were, but just for clarification, romeo’s a bit of a drama queen guy who falls in love fast and hard with pretty much anyone. before juliet he was head over heels for this girl rosaline, and i bet you if this play weren’t a tragedy that romeo would be in love with a different girl by the end. he’s pretty emo too, he writes poetry in his notebook, he complains to his friends over how lovesick he is, he’s, yknow, a weird teen. if he were alive today he’d have a fursona and listen to nightcore angel with a shotgun.
juliet capulet- she’s a 13 y/o girl who is… damn i wasn’t gonna talk about tragedy and themes for the character descs but it’s hard not to for her; she was robbed of the chance to find herself by dying so young & she was dealing with a lot of expectations being put on her. she’s a kid living out a wattpad fantasy yknow? she’s pretty optimistic and trusting, but also she knows what she wants- she’s arranged to marry this guy, paris, and she absolutely refuses. getting with romeo’s a little act of teen rebellion and giddy excitement to actually be with someone who likes her. if she were alive today she’d read a lot of x reader fanfiction and probably have a picrew icon of her or an oc.
benvolio montague- romeo’s cousin, one of the more reasonable guys. if you’re familiar with hamlet, think horatio. he’s not a stick in the mud or anything, i mean he’s hanging out with romeo and mercutio i don’t think you could be a stick in the mud and survive being near them. he still gets into fights and stuff, but he knows how to suck up to authority when he has to. he tries to keep romeo on the right track and all, but romeo’s too busy sighing and doodling hearts to actually do anything. if he were alive today he’d be the one telling romeo and mercutio to just block people online and move on (but when he does that himself he always tries to say something before he blocks the other person so he gets the last word)
mercutio- my personal favorite character, romeo and benvolio’s friend, kinsman of the prince. he makes puns, pokes fun at romeo’s angst, gets into fights, makes more puns, and dies. he makes puns as he’s bleeding out, never before has someone committed to the bit this hard. he’s loyal to his friends, but being neither montague nor capulet, he’s actually pretty chill with both families. he loves to go off on weird tangents & have wordplay competitions with romeo. he’s got that sorta dancing through life attitude. some sans undertale energy if you will. if he were alive today he’d make videos and only pin hate comments and respond to them like “damn are we about to kiss rn 😳”
tybalt capulet- juliet’s cousin, and once again remember we are talking about a play from 1597, who has a crush on her. he’s known to be rather quick to provoke. after the whole incident of romeo sneaking into the capulet party, he swears to get revenge and tries to challenge him to a fight. whenever i think of tybalt there’s this video that comes to mind of a pomeranian dog snarling and growling and biting. im sure he’s normally fine, we’re just seeing him when he’s going through it so we don’t have that much normalcy to compare him to, but juliet’s really upset when he dies so they were close at least? if he were alive today he’d be the guy leaving the hate comments on mercutio’s videos & getting irrationally angry at people online over fandom discourse.
juliet’s nurse- pretty much raised juliet- yes juliet does have a mother, but she’s closer to her nurse- oh, and not like, a medical nurse. nurse as in she nursed juliet when she was a baby. she had a kid herself one, though that kid passed away, so juliet’s even more of a surrogate daughter than she already was. she’s a bit of a comic relief character, like mercutio, often going off on long tangents, and making a few raunchy jokes, but she’s also one of the only people who knows romeo and juliet get married- she helps arrange for them to meet. her scene reacting to juliet’s “death” is heartbreaking though- and it’s the last scene she’s in. if she were alive today she’d be looking after juliet and telling her weird stories that juliet would find boring at the time but later after she’d grown up would reflect on like “what the fuck did she mean by that”
friar laurence- the guy who marries romeo and juliet & the guy who comes up with the “fake your death” idea. it would’ve worked, too, had it not been for the other friar who went to give romeo the letter explaining the situation being stopped from delivering the letter by the plague. he gives romeo a good pep talk, hides him when he is first banished for a little bit- he’s a kind and wise old man who’s just trying his best to help some kids out… but it doesn’t really work out that way. if he were alive today he’s be making those youtube videos where an expert in a certain field gives advice to people about that field.
also since some ppl were wondering: romeo, juliet, mercutio, and tybalt die. the other three live. there’s also a guy named paris who dies but he didn’t fit the theming of the quiz i don’t think so he wasn’t included, and i couldn’t come up with anything for the prince and lord/lady capulet/montague, of which only lady montague dies.
also also i would love any further chances to infodump so questions are not only allowed but encouraged-
