Feeling Cute Today. Might Commit Acts Of Hubris

Do you ever think about how Hamlet starts after the king’s death - after Hamlet has fallen into depression - therefore, we have no idea of knowing what Hamlet was like before all of it went down?

Do you ever wonder what Hamlet was like before tragedy struck? Who was the man Horatio and Ophelia were in love with? Who was the man that the people of Denmark adored?

Because I do. All the time.

i wish everyone who makes up lore and intricate storylines for poorly written / under developed / side / minor characters a very pleasant evening 

Hamlet: Bad news: My uncle locked us out of the castle.

Good news: We didn’t have to wait along for a locksmith. 

Bad news: Laertes finds it very concerning that I know how to pick locks and has tried to unlock more of my Tragic Backstory ™. I was too embarrassed to admit that the reason I learned it was because, at thirteen, I figured it was the kind of skill that would impress cute people. 

Good news: A cute girl saw me do it. 

Bad news: It was Ophelia, and since she’s already seen me fall out of several trees, cry over a fawn that was just too damn small, and knows I can ride a unicycle, She’ll never think I’m cool no matter what I do. It’s too late. She knows.

so I was talking with my brother the other day and I mentioned the new Barbie teaser trailer that came out and it prompted him to pitch me that instead of doing the live action film, what they really should have done is continue to do more of those animated Barbie films except instead of adapting the typical fairy tales, they should have Barbie play classical and historical figures such as Joan of Arc, Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Medea from Jason and the Argonauts, Mary Antoinette, etc.

and ideally these films should still be PG-rated so that a whole generation of kids will grow up watching these films and then later on in adulthood write posts like ‘TIL that the barbie film i grew up watching was actually based on the story of Joan of Arc.’

who do I call to make this happen because I think my brother is on to something here…

going into second hand bookstores and seeing the worn out paperback you’ve been trying to find for months and finding an odd bookmark inside the musty pages feels like divine providence

i don't think with my brain i think with my heart and it's disastrous

the first people to ever use terms of endearment for each other must have been so in love i’m in tears just thinking about it

their addiction to serving despite having like 5 seconds worth of screen time should be studied

colin morgan as ariel, the globe theatre, 2013

Ophelia: You looked stressed.

Hamlet: Thanks, it’s the stress.