[ghastmaskzombie]

i think the most appealing thing to me in any possible work of fiction is the deep and sincere expression that the universe is pointless and cold and without mercy, but - and read carefully, because this is the important part - it is worth fighting for anyway.

[biacetenebrae]

Looking at the state of Britain today (and the world really; btw it’s June 29, 2019), my heart cries for all the Discworld novels Terry didn’t get to write to show everyone what fucking, stupid assholes we all are. 

Just saying. I think about that a lot. 

[angrywarrior69]

[v-e-l-v-e-t-g-o-l-d-m-i-n-e]

Over the course of his life Garak had met many people who had ended up wanting to kill him, and regretfully most of these had extremely good reason.

Deep Space Nine novel “Enigma Tales” — Una McCormack

[imnotacommittee]

having an important conversation with my friend.

[greenrevolutionary]

Nothing in my life will be as relatable as Benedick in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (1993), sitting in a bush and making monkeybird noises to try to mislead the guys tricking him into thinking that Beatrice is in love with him.

And nobody actually buying his act.

[eternalgirlscout]

i love productions of much ado where the prince is serious about proposing to beatrice.

a big reason why is that it opens the door to a reading where the “mountain of affection” plot is born out of spite. he doesn’t ACTUALLY expect it to work, he just wants to get back at beatrice for turning him down and maybe benedick too (after all, since pedro doesn’t know john was involved, he has no reason to assume it wasn’t benedick’s fault with all his Obstinate Heresies that claudio misunderstood his intentions toward hero). his real goal is to embarrass them–it’s not his fault they’re actually wildly compatible. i think this adds to the way the masked dance functions as the whole play in miniature; it shows how don pedro is capable of being callous towards anyone he perceives as having slighted him and the real harm he might do with that stubborn streak

i also love this staging because at the end the prince gets told “go get a wife, loser” by the guy who married the woman who rejected him and that’s so fucking funny

[theonewhosawtherest]

The savage bull may; but if ever the sensible
Benedick bear it, pluck off the bull’s horns and set
them in my forehead, and let me be vilely painted,
and in such great letters as they write “Here is good
horse to hire,” let them signify under my sign “Here
you may see Benedick the married man.”

[goldstarsforall]

That Bit When Benedick Begs The Prince To Send Him To Asia Because He Was Talking Shit About Beatrice And She Heard

[bookshopcelestial]

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_{Hey all you dear people who are falling in love with David Tennant as Crowley, I entice you to watch him opposite the stunning Catherine Tate in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, as performed at the Wyndham’s Theater in 2011. Truly, his performance as Benedick is not to be missed.}