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A cool thing about british actors is that they act on stage sometimes and I watch these plays in class so it's just great to blush in front of my classmates because 2014 David Tennant is wearing the abducting!Richard II outfit that looks way too much like angel!Crowley's fit from GO s2 if yk what i mean
Pt 2 of Would This David Tennant Character Respect Your Pronouns, And What Would They Do If Someone Else Messed Them Up? (bc @nastasya--filippovna asked for theses ones)
Campbell- Of course! He's enthusiastic and quickly apologises if he or someone else gets it wrong
Hamlet- Gives it his best go, but is too wrapped up in his own issues to correct other people on someone else's pronouns
Richard ||- Probably? He tries, and normally catches when someone misgenders you, and is only a little bit endearingly smug about it
Benedick- if you challenged him to be the biggest trans ally on the planet, he would respect your gender identity so hard. He would dramatically correct everyone, even if they'd already corrected themselves
Arthur Eddington- Pretty normal about trans people, probably. He'd just be glad to find another queer person. He'd only correct someone if he knew it was safe to let them know that you're not cishet
Simon Yates- He'd be a bit awkward and quiet about it at first, but yeah. Eventually, it would become more natural for him to automatically correct people and gender you right himself.
Casanova- Heck yeah. He'd still think you're hot, just hot as a different gender. Definitely corrects people
For instance, Taming of the Shrew suggests Katherine has a limp, though scholars have historically read the reference as a metaphor and no modern productions had ever staged her that way (until one very recently). However, staging a limping Katherine, as Rachel E. Hile points out, completely changes interpretations of the play, especially connected with gender expectations and the play’s “marriage problem.”
A similar pattern can be found in Richard II, where the Duke of York calls his arm “prisoner to the palsy.” Despite modern productions overlooking this impairment, it crucially explains York’s political waffling because he may not be able to leverage physical violence. If there are references to disability or impairments in a play, stage them and consider how they may significantly contribute to meaning-making in the play.
Your art is why I watched Richard II and I am so glad I did.
All my illustrations for David Tennant's magnificent Richard II.
Act One
(No Act Two because 1) it's very short, and 2) he's a complete and utter raging git in it XD)
Act Three
Act Four
Act Five
(Thought I'd throw them up all together because right now it's the art I'm proudest of😊)
“You don't get bored of stories. None of us, as human beings, we just—we never get bored of stories. And I get to tell stories. And each story is new and different, so it's a continuously renewing thing. And hopefully you are constantly getting better at your corner of the storytelling process, and you can—with each new challenge, you sort of have to find a new sort of corner of yourself. And it keeps being difficult, and it keeps being challenging, and it keeps being exciting. And fun as well, if I'm absolutely honest.” — DAVID TENNANT (born April 18, 1971)
I’m still on holiday in the UK, but here’s a quick Richard pic using Artstudio Pro and iPad (feels weird🤣).
Can’t draw anything NSFW cos my 5-year-old nieces are all over the iPad, but I have trained them to love Richard! (They’ve watched the play 3 times now and can do abridged versions of key scenes XD)
honestly? that one David Tennant Richard II Kiss™ is my favourite acted kiss in history
look how ridiculously tender and how achingly desperate it is. so gentle, so kind, and yet so selfish at the same time. i've never seen anything quite so human
just. just look at these
there's something so genuine and chaste about this kiss, while also being gorgeously passionate and heated and...... it's just perfect
David Tennant as Richard II RICHARD II (2013) dir. Gregory Doran
Special request for my fav lil online bro hehe @kinartz
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