#mercutio

[losthavenmine]

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

[manny-jacinto]

ROMEO + JULIET (1996) dir. Baz Luhrmann

[shreekofjoy]

Tybalt (The Shakespeare Character) is named after Tibert (The Prince of Cats), a character from the then popular story Reynard the Fox. Mercutio, in fact, mocks him as 'The Prince of Cats' in reference to this.

Therefore, I propose we name him "Garfield" in all modern retellings of Hamlet

[jakciekennedy]

sometimes i forget how good romeo + juliet 1996 is and then john leguizamo comes on screen and it’s like. oh yeah, this really is like the best adaptation ever. and then harold perrineau comes on screen and you’re like, yeah actually this performance should define the role forever. and then when doves cry starts playing at the wedding and you’re like, okay, yep, no one else will ever do it like this. incredible

[pixie1111]

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

[giveme-mysinagain]

“Modern-day Mercutio would call Tybalt Garfield instead of the Prince of Cats” WRONG. He called Tybalt that because it was a pop culture reference, yes, but also because it was a reference to the Reynard the Fox character of TYBALT, the Prince of Cats; a character of the same name, whom he found similarities to with Tybalt Capulet and turned them around so the nickname became an insult. It was a popular character who had something in common with Tybalt.

All that is to say, modern-day Mercutio would call Tybalt Puss In Boots.

[pencilpavlova]

Nobody tell him... 🪶

Cutie patootie on his dinosaur blanket 🦕

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[Combined image ID: a photoset of a grey pigeon sitting very round and cozy on a blue blanket with dinosaurs. In the first two he has a feather on top of his head, but is seemingly unbothered. In the ones below, he is viewed from several angles as he loafs happily. End ID]

[pavpavlova]

Hims googly peepers...