Two Cacti Both Alike In Dignity...

Two Cacti both alike in dignity...

Romeo and Juliet  FB-Cacti Cast!- because this is obviously important

Romeo and Juliet as couple:

Romeo:

Juliet:

Friar Lawrence:

Nurse:

Tybalt:

Mercutio:

Benvolio:

Bonus: The Nightingale and not the lark

( this was a co-work with @miertnemabszurd ^^)

What if Tybalt and Romeo used to be friends...

I know everyone is busy shipping Tycutio with its wonderful hate love and tragic, however, my brain suddenly decided to make itself sad by imagining the following.

Tybalt and Romeo being (or having been) good friends.

When they both stilll were kids Tybalt and Romeo used to meet each other quite frequently. Tybalt’s parents were still alove at that time, and while his dad knew, that his brother in law had a feud with the Montagues he did not think this cause enough to quarrel with his next door neighbour. Being neither Montague, nor Capulet the family his family got along quite well with everyone. That the Montagues had a boy exactly the age of his own son, was a lucky coincidence, and an even luckier one was that the boys got along very well-and that even though their tempers couldn’t have been more different.

Romeo was always a bit dreamy, and Tybalt a bit hotheaded, so usually it was Romeo who came up with an idea for a game, but while  he was not sure how to deal with the idea Tybalt would put it into action and take charge of the business. The two boys, occasionally joined by Romeo’s cousin Benvolio had a  great many adventures and lots of fun!

However, after the death of Tybalt’s parents’ things changed. Suddenly Tybalt was in the house of his uncle Capulet. He didn’t feel like he belonged there, though his aunt and the nurse tired their best to make him feel at home he knew his uncle disapproved of him. Not openly, mainly it was the sting that Tybalt’s presence reminded him that he did not have a son of his own (anymore) and also he did not like Tybalt’s connections to the Montagues. Desperate to fit in and become part of his new family Tybalt tried to be the perfect Capulet. he stopped seeing his old friends and even became their enemy. That he missed them dreadfully in this lonely afternoons and was filled with jealousy as he saw them  walking round town with this new boy, the prince’s nephew, the show off Mercutio he kept for himself. He told himself a thousand times he hated everything Montague, till he everyone believed him- he almost beleived himself- But only almost.

After the ball Tybalt feels he has once more to protect the familiy’s honour. The fateful duel ensues.

But can you imagine how Romeo must have felt killing in revenge for his best friend his former best friend?

Romeo + Juliet (1996) dir. Baz Luhrmann

I’m such a fucking simp.

@ethereal-deadly-clover knows for who

That’s so insanely out of context-

I’m such a fucking simp.

@ethereal-deadly-clover knows for who

I just thought of this… Romeo and Juliet are incredibly happy but at the same time unable to cope with their new baby. One evening when the friends meet the little one is especially hard to handle and keeps screaming all the time. The parents’ attempt to calm the child are fruitless, Mercutio’s attempts to cheer the baby up with his antics backfire and result only in more screaming, the teddy Benvolio brought gets flung to the foor and everyone is exasperated. It is then that Tybalt gets up with a sigh and takes the child from Juliet. He rubs the little one’s belly a bit and mumbles are few words. Seconds later to the general astonishment the baby is quiet and soon afterwards fast asleep in Tybalt’s arms. Everyone is baffled and Mercutio gasps “ Why are you so good with babies?” In response Tybalt smiles a little, glances at the baby, then at Juliet and says “I’ve had plenty of practice”