I Want A Modern Romeo And Juliet Adaptation Where They Survived.

I want a modern Romeo and Juliet adaptation where they survived.

Where the paramedics the friar called arrived on time, where they were both committed to different psychwards and are forced to deal with the actual issues they have, the undelying reasons why they decided to end their stories the way they did.

I want Benvolio visiting Romeo in the psychward, them gradually trying to fix their relationship, after Romeo's irrationality got Benvolio's boyfriend killed.

I want Juliet facing the truth that her relationship with her parents is anything but healthy, that they tried to force her into an arranged marriage and face the fact that she needs to realize who she is before she can actually take controll over her own life. That quitting isn't the answer, that she has a voice, and, more importantly, a choice, that is her own to make.

I want that please. And If no one is going to write it for me, I'll just have to do it my self.

Hamlet makes more sense when you imagine the main character as a seventeen year old.

Fight me. I beg you.

So, I have a literature question.

The concept of Jon "I spy with my little eye literally everything" Sims wearing glasses is hilarious, I think we can all agree on that by now, but in true TMA fashion, I just thought of a way to make it sad.

When Jon starts working at the Institute, his eyesight is really bad, I'm talking milkglass window bad. But when he becomes the Archivist, his eyes start to improve gradually. This happens over time, so he doesn't notice at first. When he does, somewhere during the events of season two, he doesn't stop to think about it, he's too busy spying on his coworkers. In season three, he realises what's going on, but tries to ignore it as best as he can. He is wearing his glasses during the Unknowing, looses them in the chaos and ends up in the hospital. While he's there, no one thinks about getting him new ones, Martin is dealing with the lonely and the others just don't care enough, and when he wakes up he simply forgets he ever needed them. His vision is completely clear by now and with everything happening he never stops to think about it. Only when he and Martin run away to Scottland, Martin notices the missing glasses and get's him new, clear ones. They both know he doesn't need them anymore, but the gesture is apprechiated.

Did I just make Jon's glasses a metaphor for his humanity? Yes, yes I did.

So I've been listening to podcasts again and I wish someone had done this for me when I started out, so let's sum up and describe some podcasts, shall we?



The Magnus Archives - Jonathan Sims, newly instated Head Archivist at the Magnus Institute, London, is trying to sort through statements of people that claim to have had all kinds of supernatural encounters, while only having a taperecorder to do so, because for some reason, the statements won’t let themselves be recorded on anything else. But I’m sure it’s nothing, right? Supernatural Horror at it’s finest, with incredible characters and worldbuilding. 200 episodes.

Welcome to Nightvale - An incredibly cryptic podcast, set in the fictional town of Nightvale, where all the conspiracy theories are true. Listen to Cecil Palmer, the host of Nightvale Community Radio talk about the happenings in the town, his day and that strange, beautiful new scientist that has come to town. Over 200 episodes, ongoing.

Wolf 359 - Communication Officer Doug Eiffels log of the USS Hepaestus’ journey, observing the red dwarf wolf 359. Twists and turns, some expected, some most definitely not, all in all a good time for all podcast fans. 61 episodes. 

The Strorage Papers - Unsetteling horror stories, found in a storage lot, unraveling faster that a ball of yarn. Can you keep up? And, perhaps the more important question: Can you keep it together? Carefully crafted stories that make you lock your doors twice. 104 episodes, ongoing.

The Penumbra Podcast - The space noir tales of Private I, Detective Juno Steel and his adventures on planet mars. A podcast so mysterious and casually queer, it’s almost addictive. Although their phonecall noise sounds like my alarmclock, the sound design, characters, storytelling and worldbuilding are unlike anything I’ve ever come across. 4 seasons with about 20 episodes.

Camp Here and There - Camp Nurse Sydneys recordings of his daily announcements. If you’re a fan of Gravity Falls, this is that next summer you’ve been waiting for. 34 episodes for now, possibly ongoing, possibly not.



This is it for now, I’ll be adding on when I can. I hope this’ll help someone...       or not.

what if I played the Juliet to your Romeo, because there were no girls around? what if there was always something strange about kissing you as if it was nothing? what if on the last night, you pulled me into a broom closet and kissed me like it was the first time?