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withoutveronaYay, a bandwagon to hop on.
"Romeo & Juliet" is a play by William Shakespeare that dates to about 1595. In it, the teenage children of two dignified Italian families that have been at war with each other fall in love at first sight and are married the next day. In a fight, Romeo (the son of the Montagues) kills the cousin of his new wife, Juliet, after the cousin killed his best friend. This leads to Romeo's banishment. Meanwhile, Juliet's parents plan to immediately marry her to a nobleman. Juliet convinces the friar who married her to Romeo to help her fake her own death to avoid the second marriage. A message about the plan goes awry and Romeo believes she has died. He obtains poison and goes to kill himself in her tomb; she wakes just as he's dying, and kills herself. Their deaths reconcile their families, and that is where the play ends.
The 1996 Baz Luhrmann film, "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," is a modern-dress version of the story, set in Verona Beach, Calif. Guns replace swords, and a few plot points are cut for time, but it's a fairly faithful adaptation. I will be using the movie as primary canon
and defaulting to the play for background. (If you want specifics, the big thing I'm following the movie on is that my Romeo didn't kill Paris.)
I'm pulling Romeo from the end of the movie, with the key change that he isn't dead (Surprise!). Instead, after drinking the poison he woke in the hospital having his stomach pumped -- and was promptly banished from Verona Beach for a second time, and eventually sent off to Fandom.
As for Romeo himself, he is Mr. Impulsive. It takes about a nanosecond for him to fall in love, and thinking before acting is a foreign concept to him. Juliet has been dead six months for him, so he's almost ready to move on and will flirt with about anything female. Let me know if he makes you uncomfortable and he'll back off.
He's a decent fighter and an okay shot, but nothing extraordinary by Fandom standards. Mostly, he likes to brood, tease his friends, then brood some more. As long as he's in a good mood, he's friendly. He's never really had to care for himself, so some life basics will surprise him.
He does talk funny. (Though not in iambic pentameter.) Tell him that if it's IC.
Also, if anyone has canon where "Romeo & Juliet" as a fictional work is incredibly important, please let me know.
The others, in much shorter form:
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chasingangela, Angela Chase of "My So-Called Life," is an alumni (Whee!) She has been dating Martin Blank for about a hundred years and is a student at the University of New York in 1998. I stole a few things about her college from "Felicity," but got lazy and mainly dropped that. She is Sensitive, though Fandom has toughened her somewhat.
meetingsnoopy, Melody Valentine of the movie "Josie & The Pussycats," owns Groovy Tunes in town and recently took over as landlady at 33 Apocalypse Ave. She's about the nicest person you will ever meet; she's also a complete airhead. She likes animals, girly things, drumming, and you, unless you remind her of Carson Daly.
And me: I work Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I also have a baby. I'll sneak in tags when I can, but a lot of my playing will be in the evening. I'll try not to drop anything, but please don't take it personally if I do. (Also, yay my boss, for going to a trade show today and letting me work from home!)
"Romeo & Juliet" is a play by William Shakespeare that dates to about 1595. In it, the teenage children of two dignified Italian families that have been at war with each other fall in love at first sight and are married the next day. In a fight, Romeo (the son of the Montagues) kills the cousin of his new wife, Juliet, after the cousin killed his best friend. This leads to Romeo's banishment. Meanwhile, Juliet's parents plan to immediately marry her to a nobleman. Juliet convinces the friar who married her to Romeo to help her fake her own death to avoid the second marriage. A message about the plan goes awry and Romeo believes she has died. He obtains poison and goes to kill himself in her tomb; she wakes just as he's dying, and kills herself. Their deaths reconcile their families, and that is where the play ends.
The 1996 Baz Luhrmann film, "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet," is a modern-dress version of the story, set in Verona Beach, Calif. Guns replace swords, and a few plot points are cut for time, but it's a fairly faithful adaptation. I will be using the movie as primary canon
and defaulting to the play for background. (If you want specifics, the big thing I'm following the movie on is that my Romeo didn't kill Paris.)
I'm pulling Romeo from the end of the movie, with the key change that he isn't dead (Surprise!). Instead, after drinking the poison he woke in the hospital having his stomach pumped -- and was promptly banished from Verona Beach for a second time, and eventually sent off to Fandom.
As for Romeo himself, he is Mr. Impulsive. It takes about a nanosecond for him to fall in love, and thinking before acting is a foreign concept to him. Juliet has been dead six months for him, so he's almost ready to move on and will flirt with about anything female. Let me know if he makes you uncomfortable and he'll back off.
He's a decent fighter and an okay shot, but nothing extraordinary by Fandom standards. Mostly, he likes to brood, tease his friends, then brood some more. As long as he's in a good mood, he's friendly. He's never really had to care for himself, so some life basics will surprise him.
He does talk funny. (Though not in iambic pentameter.) Tell him that if it's IC.
Also, if anyone has canon where "Romeo & Juliet" as a fictional work is incredibly important, please let me know.
The others, in much shorter form:
chasingangela, Angela Chase of "My So-Called Life," is an alumni (Whee!) She has been dating Martin Blank for about a hundred years and is a student at the University of New York in 1998. I stole a few things about her college from "Felicity," but got lazy and mainly dropped that. She is Sensitive, though Fandom has toughened her somewhat.meetingsnoopy, Melody Valentine of the movie "Josie & The Pussycats," owns Groovy Tunes in town and recently took over as landlady at 33 Apocalypse Ave. She's about the nicest person you will ever meet; she's also a complete airhead. She likes animals, girly things, drumming, and you, unless you remind her of Carson Daly.And me: I work Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I also have a baby. I'll sneak in tags when I can, but a lot of my playing will be in the evening. I'll try not to drop anything, but please don't take it personally if I do. (Also, yay my boss, for going to a trade show today and letting me work from home!)
