#lord capulet

[pixie1111]

romeo and juliet is so overrated that it’s become underrated

[c-skye07]

12+ hours of pain and suffering and (i think??) its done

[queenforthirteen]

immediately after meeting Romeo, Juliet whispers to the nurse, “If he be marrièd / my grave is like to be my wedding bed.” (I.V.148-9)

this echoes later in the play, when she learns Romeo is banished. she takes the cords (presumably to hang herself), and once more tells the nurse, “I’ll to my wedding bed, / and death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!” (III.II.149-50)

fast-forward. Juliet is begging her mother to delay her marriage to Paris, if even for a few days, “Or, if you do not, make the bridal bed / in that dim monument where Tybalt lies.” (III.V. 212-13)

but where are we getting this motif from? death and weddings? why would a thirteen-year-old girl talk so freely about her own death, and equate it to love and marriage? it’s almost as if her fate is already decided.

because it is. that’s where Lady Capulet comes in. in the same scene as above, Juliet’s mother tells her father, in front of Juliet, “I would the fool [Juliet] were married to her grave.” (III.V.145)

no wonder Juliet is so ready to end her life in all of these scenes throughout the play. how often has her mother told her, in different words, that she wishes Juliet were dead? and how many more times has Juliet’s pain gone unnoticed by the adults in her care?

that’s the beauty of this tragedy. there’s no prophecy. there’s no oracle. there’s no drawing of straws, but each character’s fate has already been sealed before the play even begins. no adult in Verona will offer help to Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, or Tybalt. they all go practically unnoticed until after their deaths.

even Friar Laurence, privy to Juliet’s pain (“I long to die / if what thou speak’st speak not of remedy,” as she tells him IV.I.68), abandons Juliet in the tomb, with the corpse of her husband, and a dagger, to save himself. all of these children were abandoned. all we have now is their legacy.

[cronchy-dumbass]

things you will regret having said to your daughter

Lestat de Lioncourt and Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire / Lord and Lady Capulet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

[loganslowdown4]

side tweets— 🐈‍⬛

Virgil’s caught ‘secretly’ reporting about the cat… uh oh 😄

[aloysia1000]

I might have created a very metaphorical illustration for this week 🤔​Yet I have zero regret about it 😇 It's the longest chapter I wrote for my résj Tycutio fanfiction, a very important one.

I hope you'll like it ❤️​🩷​🧡​💛​

[the-hipster-nugget]

[thesquirrelqueer]

another &j costume design! this time instead of designing for a specific person, I decided to play around with the concept of a nonbinary capulet costume to suit some of the incredible nonbinary swings who cover lord and lady capulet! I pulled concepts from both capulet costumes such as the more masculine tie of lord capulet and the more feminine skirt and boots of lady capulet as well as adding in more androgynous elements such as a halter top corset. extra special shoutout to jourdan ibe who inspired this project in the first place!