#amsnd

[aintnoliebyebyebye]

now i'm not much of a shakespeare nerd but listen here:

i really really need to see a production of a midsummer night's dream where nick bottom and peter quince just are so in love. either brotherly or friendily or romantically it doesn't matter so long as their delightful chemistry doesn't go unnoticed. they're stupid and hilarious and idiots and they are so so in love. every adaptation i've seen just glazes over their relationship completely and there is SO much potential here and idk i need someone to pick up what i'm putting down!!

[almost-an-artist]

Our HS is putting on A Midsummer Nights Dream right now, and I wanted to make pins for everyone! So, I drew these out!

They're so silly, and I spent a lot of time on them, so I was like, why not post a couple on Tumblr?

There are just a few, from top to bottom, left to right, they are:

Lysander (Me!), Hermia

Helena, Demetrius

Theseus/Oberon, Hippolita/Titania, Puck

[myheartissetinmotion]

rsc midsummer trailer RSC MIDSUMMER TRAILERRRRRRRR

iii.ii helen with smudged makeup and a single falling lock of hair!! a levitating love-in-idleness!! the mechanicals being literally perfect!! oberon’s cool af eyeliner!! a shower of rose petals for what appears to be a more tender than comical tania/bottom!! puck magically lighting the ghost light!! the lights in general!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[withasideofshakespeare]

not sure if images work. i am once again asking for thy trans shakespeare headcanons please & thank you. i will Stop entering your ask box and leaving just not tonight

by the way in response to trans tn response (<3 love it) i raise thee t4t seb and ant (tn) (but also tempest) (reasoning: hits you w transgenderification beam)

ALL of my current Shakespeare trans HCs in one post??? I am going to try...

Hamlet:

Hamlet- he/they, transmasc (afab) (I’ve talked about this theory a few times, and I like it a lot for a variety of reasons! See my other posts.)

Ophelia- she/they, ftnb (projection. PROJECTION!!!)

Horatio- either mtnb he/they OR everybody’s token cis friend (Non-binary Horatio makes for 1. a beautiful t4t couple/throuple if Ophelia is here too and 2. a fun story about Horatio’s gender crisis upon meeting Hamlet. Token cis friend Horatio is just funny. Hamlet and Ophelia discuss their shared genderqueer experience and Horatio gives them a thumbs-up like “I don’t understand this but I love you.”)

Laertes- she/him, genderfluid. (I saw Laertes played by a woman the first time I saw this play and now that experience has combined with all the masc Laerteses I have seen to create genderfluid Laertes.)

Rosencrantz- he/they, mtnb (Their name shortens to “Rose”. There is no way he’s cis.)

Macbeth:

Malcolm- they/he or they/them. I cannot decide which direction they’re trans in. (I am generally very attached to Malcolm. Maybe I’ll write a post about this later because there is way too much to say here.)

Lady Macbeth- she/they (Lady Macbeth would insult you for “having pronouns in your bio” but would also hit you for using their pronouns incorrectly.)

I HC like all the minor characters in Macbeth to be trans in one direction or another (not for any good reason, I just think they should be) so trans Macbeth characters speedrun: Caithness- she/they, transfemme; Angus- she/her, transfemme, Ross- he/him, transmasc.

Twelfth Night:

Sebastian- he/him, ftm (Explains identical twins of different genders and I like the complexity it adds to his relationships- see my other post.)

Viola/Cesario/Vi/Visario- they/them, ftnb (Again, this explains the twin thing and I really like the idea of Vi using their identity as Cesario to explore their gender.)

Antonio- he/him, either ftm or token cis man (Similar to Horatio, you either get a great t4t pairing or a slightly confused cis man pulling a guy out of the ocean and inadvertently getting a lesson about trans people.)

Maria- she/her, mtf (Literally no reason, I just think she is transfemme.)

Much Ado:

I haven’t read this one in a hot minute, but Beatrice is a she/they icon.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Puck- they/them (Fairy gender doesn’t work like human gender, but they’re queer even for a fairy.)

Moth- she/they (Fairy gender things. Honestly, this goes for all Titania’s attendants.)

Titania- she/they

Oberon- he/they

Peter Quince- he/they (literally no reason, it just works)

Helena- she/her, transfemme perhaps (maybe he/they Lysander also?)

Romeo & Juliet:

I saw an all-trans/nb production of this play and now pretty much everybody is trans.

Romeo- he/they, ftm (t4t R&J!!!!)

Juliet- she/they, mtf (t4t R&J!!!!)

Mercutio- they/he, probably performs drag shows in his free time (the queerest person in this play, I love them.)

Juliet’s Nurse- she/her, mtf (Transfemme elders deserve love)

And that is all of my trans HCs off the top of my head.

[garsils]

more midsummer stuff

[duartue]

Love's stories written in love's richest books. To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.

@emiliadicarlos: make me choose between romeo & juliet or [ a midsummer nights dream ]

[beecampbell]

Watch "Kiss With A Fist - Chapter 1 from A Midstranger Night's Dream" on YouTube

The first episode of my Veronaville/Strangetown series, A Midstranger Night's Dream, is out! Check it out on youtube if you like having fun and enjoying yourself 😌

[rknchan]

hermia: looks like a cinnamon roll but actually can kill you

lysander: looks like can kill you but actually is a cinnamon roll

demetrius: looks like can kill you and actually can kill you

helena: looks like a cinnamon roll and actually is a cinnamon roll