Several Romeo and Juliet stories did very well at yuletide this year.
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Dana - Jan 18, 2005 5:12:04 am PST #9441 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Anne W. - Jan 18, 2005 5:12:50 am PST #9442 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
There can be a Shakespeare fandom?
Hamlet and Horatio were so doing it.
Connie Neil - Jan 18, 2005 5:20:47 am PST #9443 of 10000
brillig
Claudius/Gertrude sneaking around before Old Hamlet was offed.
Dana - Jan 18, 2005 5:21:29 am PST #9444 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And Rosencrantz/Guildenstern.
brenda m - Jan 18, 2005 5:40:36 am PST #9445 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hamlet and Horatio were so doing it.
Not to mention the serious Hamlet/Laertes UST.
Connie Neil - Jan 18, 2005 5:50:29 am PST #9446 of 10000
brillig
Hamlet/Ophelia isn't even a stretch.
Vonnie K - Jan 18, 2005 6:08:21 am PST #9447 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Dude. Antonio/Sebastian. Like, not even a subtext.
Plus, there's all that yummy genderfuck in that play. I'd be surprised if someone hadn't written Olivia/Viola-Cesario femmeslash-in-counter-drag, or whatever you call it when women dress up like men.
Betsy HP - Jan 18, 2005 11:08:01 am PST #9448 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
Romeo/Mercutio.
erikaj - Jan 18, 2005 11:16:44 am PST #9449 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
That has to be somewhat canonical because I spotted it, and my instinct for such things is hardly unfailing.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2005 11:36:28 am PST #9450 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
They went that way with it in Tromeo and Juliet.