Reasons Why Hamlet Is Going On Zukos Kinlist:

reasons why Hamlet is going on Zuko’s kinlist:

He’s a sweet and sensitive boy with a passion for the theatre whose life was ruined by the politics of being his nation’s royalty and crown prince. He’s losing himself in the self-destructive and tunnel-visioned pursuit of a goal given to him by his father, whom he holds in a higher regard than he probably should. He doesn’t know how to handle the sudden emotional unavailability of his mother, but deep down he still loves her and is a bit of a mama’s boy if anything. It’s also a miracle he stays alive for as long as he does, what with the constant attempts on his life and whatnot. He’s in constant emotional turmoil and so many of his actions can be read as a cry for help, as his inner sense of morality conflicts with his sense of duty and he spends a lot of his time in two halves, stuck on how to deal with it all. He’s supposed to be the heir of the throne, but his throne was usurped by a second youngest sibling while he was still alive, who he then goes on to defeat during a final climatic fight involving his choice weapon of proficiency, but taking a fatal blow in the process. He’s also very good with swords.

reasons why Hamlet is going on Azula’s kinlist:

Both of them are volatile and dangerous, being willing to kill multiple people directly in an attempt to please their father going so far as to suffering a full psychotic break that ends up destroying them. They both see apparitions of their parents that no one else can, they yell at their mothers and are torn apart at their betrayals, they become increasingly paranoid that everyone and anyone close to them is out to get them. Their closest friends betray them and sell them out, and so both arrange to have them dealt with. Both are cruel to those who are supposed to be their friends, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes purposefully. Both are largely broken people who are a result of the incredibly toxic environment/system they grew up in, whose ability to escape the situation they’re put in and become better people are topics largely debating by their respective fandoms.

reasons why Hamlet is going on both of theirs:

Their story largely begins when the current ruler of their nation is fatally poisoned in order to pass the crown and throne down from the eldest sibling in line to the second eldest, a generation above their own. Royalty, daddy issues, mommy issues, all have trouble with spirits. My Chemical Romance could’ve saved them.

rip fire hazard siblings you would have both either loved and resonated with Hamlet or found the play uncomfortably familiar and not been able to read through it a second time but either way you both would’ve been putting Hamlet on the kinlist for different but valid reasons

neon lights shakespeare is kind of a vibe

sometimes all a girl needs is to be unhealthily obsessed with a play from 400 years ago

GWEN BOUCHARD WOULD LIKE HAMLET WE WIN!!!1! hang on i have to draw some thematic parallels now the situation calls for it

hii anusia :) i have a question: which shakespeare play do you think would be gwen’s favourite? if she even liked any at all, that is

p.s. i love gwen so much, you’ve done an incredible job bringing her to life, the voice acting in the recent ep especially was AMAZING

I think she'd really like Hamlet, have a soft spot for As You Like It, and also enjoy Julius Caesar, King Lear, and Macbeth.

Maybe I'm biased though, as those are some of my favourites (as well as The Tempest - the language is just STUNNING).

And thank you so much! Gwen is on a wild ride at the moment, and it's a joy to portray it.

sometimes i think about the progression of characters-I’m-deeply-engaged-with going from Hamlet to Zuko and it’s just. funny to me in hindsight how well i set myself up for this transition

me being obsessed with Hamlet, a disgraced prince going through the emotional turmoil of the century? i’ve discussed at length the parallels before in multiple previous posts so I’m not going to go too in-depth again but the simple Facts that on top of all the similarities they already had going for them I liked to headcanon that during his fight with Laertes the out-of-turn wounding was in the form of a foil to the eye. leaving a very large gash wound that would’ve scarred and heavily reduced the vision/ability of one of his eyes had he not died in the next five minutes. and also the fact that I continually approached Hamlet’s characterisation from the view that he was a redeemable character who was good at heart (to begin with, at least) and if he’d had like 10% more of a support system he could’ve gotten better and made for a worthy ruler.

so as you can expect, when Zuko shows up

rip fire hazard siblings you would have both either loved and resonated with Hamlet or found the play uncomfortably familiar and not been able to read through it a second time but either way you both would’ve been putting Hamlet on the kinlist for different but valid reasons