You Know You've Been in Fandom Waaaaay Too Long When...

[elementalhero]

...we were discussing Romeo and Juliet in my Tragedies class, and I asserted that the story would have been vastly more interesting if the star-crossed lovers had been Mercutio and Tybalt.


Cue a room full of O____o stares.

Comments

[mildmay.livejournal.com]

Oh god it WOULD have been. Mercutio was the only thing I really liked about it when I first read it, anyway.

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

On this read-through, now that I am older and wiser than I was when I was a cute widdle high school frosh, I realize that everything that comes out of Mercutio's mouth is a sex joke. EVERYTHING.

[renaliner.livejournal.com]

PEOPLE THESE DAYS

DON'T SEE A GOOD POTENTIAL MANIFESTO IF IT'S STARING THEM IN THE FACE

HONESTLY

ps. except that btw i firmly believe that mercutio was gayin' for romeo :)

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

THE STUPID THING IS, WE JUST SPENT THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEMESTER CHEERFULLY DISCUSSING HOW OPENLY GAY THE GREEKS WERE

WHAT A DOUBLE STANDARD :/


Also, no wai, Benvolio was totally gay for Romeo. Mercutio and Tybalt had major Ho Yay going on.

[pixie-paramount.livejournal.com]

HOLY YES I AGREE WITH THIS SO HARD ♥

But this is because I hate the play and find the only redeemable qualities about it was the fact Mercutio existed. Everything that came out of his mouth was gold a-and a;ljkdfa

[okroginator.livejournal.com]

Basically everything that comes out of Mercutio's mouth is a sexy double entendre. He's like the Shakespearean version of T-Rex from Dinosaur Comics, only maybe less comically faily.