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Brush up your Shakespeare
Aug. 10th, 2008 09:53 amWhen I did the unpopular opinion meme for Shakespeare a while ago, several comments expressed surprise there is Shakespeare fanfiction. Now my meme actually was meant as a parody, but of course there is Shakespeare fanfic - in fact, there recently was a Histories ficathon, plus there are always some gems at the Yuletide ficathon - so I thought, why not recommend some highlights of Shakespeare fanfic for newbies?
'Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball: in which young Hal hangs out with Richard II. There is subtlety and subtext, and Plantagenet family dysfunctionality. I'm usually not enamored of either character, and yet I really liked this story, and them in it.
Apple blossoms and laurel leaves: Hippolyta and Titania. Who in many productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream get played by the same actress, shared at least two men, and yet never met in the play. This is rectified. Fairies are not safe.
How like winter has my absence been: an entry in the ever popular "what was Iago's motivation?" game, on one level, and on another remarkably plausible Iago/Othello slash.
Dedicate his beauty: Mercutio/Romeo. Also contains a rare attempt to flesh out Rosaline, making her from a name into a real character, and uses that popular Elizabethan genderswitch disguise game in a new way.
Lastly, there is an unique summary of Hamlet which will change your views... on facebook.
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Nothing to do with Shakespeare, but I just found it and am still giggling: a Doctor Who/Doctor Horrible crossover. In which Donna and the Doctor meet a certain bunch of singing cowboys, not to mention the Evil League of Evil, and it's all the Master's fault because he gave Bad Horse the Doctor's address in case of his demise: Quake with fear!
'Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball: in which young Hal hangs out with Richard II. There is subtlety and subtext, and Plantagenet family dysfunctionality. I'm usually not enamored of either character, and yet I really liked this story, and them in it.
Apple blossoms and laurel leaves: Hippolyta and Titania. Who in many productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream get played by the same actress, shared at least two men, and yet never met in the play. This is rectified. Fairies are not safe.
How like winter has my absence been: an entry in the ever popular "what was Iago's motivation?" game, on one level, and on another remarkably plausible Iago/Othello slash.
Dedicate his beauty: Mercutio/Romeo. Also contains a rare attempt to flesh out Rosaline, making her from a name into a real character, and uses that popular Elizabethan genderswitch disguise game in a new way.
Lastly, there is an unique summary of Hamlet which will change your views... on facebook.
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Nothing to do with Shakespeare, but I just found it and am still giggling: a Doctor Who/Doctor Horrible crossover. In which Donna and the Doctor meet a certain bunch of singing cowboys, not to mention the Evil League of Evil, and it's all the Master's fault because he gave Bad Horse the Doctor's address in case of his demise: Quake with fear!
