#getrude

[francoisl-artblog]

BeetleGert, BeetleGert, BeetleGert !!

It's the beginning of the spooky month ! Finally ! The spookiness, the ghostly stuff, the BeetleGuys, the Mansions 2 HD, the Special Halloween whatever, and the candies indigestion. What's to love ?

Anyway, with the release of this last BeetleJuice movie, it was the unavoidable move. Gertrude already have green messy hair, it basically draws itself.

Gertrude and IHF (c) Skottie Young & Images Comics

Beetlejuice (c) Warner Bros

Artwork made by me.

[hamletkin]

Hamlet characters sexuality hcs?

oh boy!!! what a can of worms. before you all boo me i'm going to leave a disclaimer here that this is just my opinion based off of both the text and vibes. i'm sorry if you find this disappointing but i think a lot of these people are straight and there's nothing we can do about it except write fanfic . for the sake of my mental health i'm going to say these are modern hamlet headcanons and will say that some characters don't know WHAT sexuality they are. because i honestly can't see too many of these characters being like "yeah i'm demiromantic asexual, actually" in conversation. i just can't. and i want to stay true to the characters more than i do throw labels around. also this is just for FUNSIES please have mercy

Hamlet: MY BISEXUAL ICON no one can tell me otherwise i'm so sorry this man is bisexual. i think he feels shame about these feelings

King Hamlet: straight as his sword, lbr he's homophobic

Gertrude: also heterosexual

Claudius: heterosexual and just the worst about it

Ophelia: i see ophelia as demisexual (male leaning) but she doesn't know it yet due to what i imagine to be a rather conservative upbringing. so she thinks she's heterosexual and just goes on about her day but there is opportunity for turmoil there

Laertes: this man is bisexual and unashamed though he's not about to tell his father (lbr polonius knows)

Polonius: heterosexual

Reynaldo: heterosexual

Horatio: homosexual but he's not vocal about it at ALL. no one knows except for him and he's okay with that

Voltemand: heterosexual

Cornelius: heterosexual

Rosencrantz: thinks he's straight but is in love with guildenstern

Guildenstern: thinks he's straight but is in love with rosencrantz

Osric: that's a gay man tell me i'm wrong

Francisco: heterosexual

Barnardo: bisexual, he and marcellus have fucked several times

Marcellus: gay

Fortinbras: since he's also a foil to hamlet he MUST be bisexual, right?

Gravedigger: he has known his gravedigging companion carnally but he's definitely not gay

[tamsinswriting]

The solutions to the tragedies of Hamlet and Macbeth

I just finished reading Hamlet and can't help noticing how passive Ophelia and Getrude are in comparison to other female Shakespeare characters (I think Shakespeare is making a point about patriarchy here, but anyway).

In particular, I couldn't help contrasting them to Lady Macbeth.

Then, I realised:

Switching Lady Macbeth with either Ophelia/Getrude would have averted both tragedies.

Lady Macbeth was the one who bullied Macbeth into taking action when he doubted (see her 'bash my baby's brains speech'). So, if she's gone, this is what happens in Inverness:

Macbeth: I really don't think I should kill Duncan. He's my king, and my relative and he has rewarded m lately. Besides, he is a good man.

Ophelia/Gertrude: You are absolutely right and I support you 100%. I can't believe I married such a clever man.

Macbeth: Then, it's settled. I will never murder Duncan!

Meanwhile in Denmark:

Hamlet: I don't know if I should kill my Uncle. I mean--

Lady Macbeth: What kind of a son are you that abandons the needs of his father? His spirit tasked you with this righteous act and you dare turn your back on it? You pathetic, measly coward! If I were given such a task, I would execute it and rejoice in the knowledge that I have avenged by poor, tormented father.

Hamlet: But--

Lady Macbeth: What 'but'? Are you a man? Then you must act as a man! When Claudius is partying, I will make sure that his wine is particularly strong. Then, you will sneak in and stab him when he and his guards are all in a drunken sleep. If we're clever, we can make it look like a suicide, or that his guards stabbed him.

Hamlet: . . .

[saphicallysad]

the best improvement i’ve made is imagining all of getrude’s lines from hamlet being spoken by moira from schitt’s creek

it really adds to the ambiance

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

Ok but the Hamlet and Gertrude scene, specifically the one from the David Tennant version is truly one of the most riveting and tense scenes in all of theatre history. Hamlet just Breaks, like all the fear and paranoia he’d been trying to one up and outsmart just comes to a head in his murder of Polonius and after it comes just brutal and raw honesty. Everything is out on the table for these two, all of their shit, and yet it’s clear that they still love each other (if any of you fuckers say one thing about an Oedipus complex I swear to god) and need one another. It’s certainly Getrude’s heaviest scene and one of Hamlet’s heavier and god it’s just Hamlet’s vulnerability forcibly breaking through and it it never talked about quite enough

[bestsnogever]

my roommate and i give all of our succulents old lady names

[nsemkekanews]

Suspended Getrude Torkornoo files injunction to halt committee probing her removal - Nsemkeka

Suspended Getrude Torkornoo files injunction to halt committee probing her removal – Nsemkeka The suspended Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to restrain a committee set up by President John Mahama to investigate petitions seeking her removal from office. In the suit filed on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, the Chief Justice is…

Suspended Getrude Torkornoo files injunction to halt committee probing her removal - Nsemkeka

[conspiracytheater]

Falling apart or falling into place?

In Act 3, Gertrude’s plan is unintentionally kicked into high gear when Hamlet alters the play. Gertrude knows that slow and steady wins the race, but Hamlet clearly doesn’t get the memo as the actors, pantomime Claudius’ murder strategy which is waaay to obvious. To the audience she appears composed if not disinterested at the subtle digs toward her infidelity (get over it Hamlet!), but on the inside her gears are whirring. This is the point in the play where I believe Hamlet goes from faking his insanity to actually going crazy. If Gertrude is actually the evil mastermind I think her to be, then Hamlet’s following actions are too illogical and frenzied for him to be sane and still following her plan. Logically, Gertrude is aware that the cat is out of the bag and Claudius now knows that Hamlet suspects him of murder. She knows that he will go to the church to gather his thoughts and reflect and realizes this is the perfect opportunity for Hamlet to finish him. She flees to her bedroom and brings Polonius with her, just in case things get dicey (literally). However, Hamlet doesn’t kill the king, throwing a wrench in Gertrude’s initial plans and supporting my suspicion that he is going mad for real. He instead chooses to storm into Gertrude’s room in a rampage, ranting and raving like the madman he probably is. Gertrude’s cry for help results in the death of Polonius which works in her favor, but her carefully laid plans seem to be falling apart…