#2 houses both alike in dignity
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star crossed lovers, pt 2 | connor bedard
↳ oc hughes sister x connor bedard x brendan brisson + blurb + tiny insta post
↳ au masterlist!
takes place in 2026 with a connor sighting!
warnings: swearing
word count: 4.7K
Two households, both alike in dignity...
oh that love story that was too good to be true, so beautiful and soft and wholesome; was never meant to last. romeo and juliet had truly run their course it seemed. though originally, weren't they destined to be together forever, and never see the fate that the original story predicted?
maybe her brothers were right, kailey thought as soon as it happened. he dug the sword deep into her heart, twisted, and then pulled away. it was if they'd never been together. as if they hadn't spent the last three years together.
but was it the end for miss hughes? was it the end of her journey in finding love with a powerful and notable name within the world of hockey?
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These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume.
kailey pushed jack a bit as soon as entered the kitchen in the townhouse her two brothers shared in jersey. she quickly made her way over to the coffee machine and put a nespresso pod in, smiling once the humming of the machine began. she pulled out her phone and opened connor's message that popped up, and she wished she hadn't. she stared at the screen, allowing it to fade to black. "kails!" jack said hurrying over and putting a towel down, as the expresso spilled over the too small cup. she didn't move. he looked down at her, not understanding why she wasn't moving. he sighed, wiping the counter in front of her, before he heard her whisper. "he broke up with me." jack thought his mind was playing tricks on him, "funny kails." he said turning around to finish making his breakfast. "he br-broke up with me." she said again, louder and more clear. he looked back at her before taking two steps to catch her as she fell backwards, out of shock. he quickly brought her to the ground, holding her closely as she sobbed.
24 hours ago, the two were planning on what they wanted to do for their almost 1 year anniversary.
how could things change in 24 hours?
luke rushed in as soon as he heard sobs, and the look that jack gave him was more than he needed, he knew exactly what happened. the three brothers couldn't have seen this coming from a mile away, they didn't see this happening. ever. they thought that connor was the one, that one that made it past their hard exteriors. the one that had made his way into all of the hughes hearts.
oh how the universe and shakespeare could be so cruel.
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thankfully, kailey was finished with school and had graduated a few weeks before the breakup. so she thought long and hard on where she wanted to be, and who she wanted to be. dawning a new hair color and a will to pull herself out of heartbreak, she settled on sunny california. she moved to redondo beach in los angeles county, moving in with her cousin maya - a longtime family friend of the hughes that dated back to her mom's hockey days at college. the three brothers were crushed to see her leaving so early in the summer, and forgoing the lake house in michigan but she knew she needed to go. or else she'd never leave.
it was around 3 months later, late july when kailey reunited with a very old family friend. brendan brisson, out of the blue showed up at her and maya's apartment for a sunday brunch they were throwing. he came with his brother, and at first they did not recognize her because of her new hair color. since she'd been in california, she hadn't had the inkling or draw to post anything on social media. hence, people were relatively concerned as to what she was up to. sure, her family knew through text messages and private snapchats, but other than that- she'd ghosted the world. she also got off Instagram and twitter, not relishing in the fact that connor was off seeing other people. mere carbon copies of the girl, pre brunette. she hated seeing people tag her in things, hated seeing it come up naturally because of how much she used to look up his name; for shits and giggles she used to say.
that sunday morning though, after grabbing a cup of coffee from redondo beach pier, and a walk up and down it- she retweeted something. which let me tell you, alerted the hockey world and hockey twitter. i mean, the sheer power they held when they were together was out of this world. two great hockey names - connected in a magical way, how could they not? people adored seeing them together and that retweet cemented the breakup, which people had been suspecting for some time. she redownloaded Instagram, archiving her pictures with connor, not able to part with them just yet. she then opened up her groupchat with the boys, ripping the canadian boy to shreds. she'd simply put him into an early grave, by her word choice. she woke up with a vengeance this morning, her brothers thought as 6 messages - paragraphs - came in. her brothers agreed with every last word she sent, they were absolutely dumbfounded and out of this world angry when connor broke up with her via text. and without cause. their original thoughts about guys came back in an instant. they would do everything in their power to steer away boys, if luck would have it. nobody would ever be good enough. though she was a california gal now, they couldn't protect her. though - as much as quinn hated to ask for a favor - the boys had asked trevor and alex keep tabs on her on that side of the coast. the two without hesitation agreed, with trevor making a joke at quinns expense.
they were hoping they could sleep a little easier at night.
but as soon as brendan saw her, he quickly pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. "oh my god - blondie! wait no." and kailey giggled, "you're good! i haven't really updated social media so you wouldn't have known." she smiled widely, before hugging jordan. "how do you know maya?" she asked, "new hampshire, remember?" jordan said and kailey grinned. "should have known. those were...uh the good days." she hummed, drinking her iced expresso. "let me show you to the kitchen." she said motioning for them to follow. they walked into the kitchen, the two looking at the buffet of food. "any coffee? i can make it right now." she smiled, and the two smiled. "im good, im gonna go find maya real quickly." he said walking away so now it was just jordan and the girl.
"how's school?" he asked, pulling her out of her trance. "great! i just graduated" she smiled, and he mirrored it. "congratulations, kails! what did you major in again?" he asked and she smiled, "child psychology." she hummed. his smile never faltered, "that would be you. i remember as kids how much you cared for kids on the lake, and they just flocked to you." he said and it was as if they were both brought back to that time when the days never seemed to end, and sunburns were a regular occurrence. "yeah..im very fortunate things worked out the way they did. gave me this wonderful opportunity to start fresh out here." she said sipping some more of her drink. "oh..yeah. totally understandable." he said picking up her drift, "you knew?" she asked and he nodded. "yeah...jack said something in the group chat when it happened. im sorry about everything, that was real shitty of him. you didnt deserve that." he said sweetly. she shrugged chugging down the rest of the coffee, "good thing I've got nobody watching my every move, anymore." she smirked, leaning closely towards brendan before sliding over the his cup of coffee.
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“Then I defy you, stars!”
jordan ended up leaving at some point in the afternoon, while brendan and kailey spent the day together catching up. the two had always been easy to get on with and used to be thick as thieves during the lake days. she'd never told any of her brothers - because god forbid if she did so - but she had had a crush on him for a few summers. it absolutely crushed her, when he got his first girlfriend in 8th grade and then they never came back to the lake house, so her crush disappeared. she'd never known this nor her brothers, but brendan too had had a crush on the girl.
the two sat on the white plush couch in the living room, as the sun was setting. maya had left some time ago to hang out with a friend and do some errands while kailey opted to stay in for the day. kailey and brendan were in the process of laughing, as kailey got a text message. she pulled up her phone from where it was laying on her thigh, and her demeanor visibly changed. it was a text from connor, asking why she retweeted the tweet this morning. brendan saw her eyebrows crease in confusion, before she shook her head and locked her phone. "let me guess..connor?" he questioned and she nodded. "the fucking nerve.." she sighed, pinching her nose. she stood up grabbing the two empty glasses from the coffee table, and made her way over to the kitchen. brendan followed, "the nerve he has! we've been broken up for three months already and he's upset i tweeted something about being respected by a significant other? whats so wrong about that? he's just upset because im calling him out for it, publicly at that." she said setting the cups in the sink. "don't i deserve respect?" she asked turning around to face the boy. he nodded, walking over to her and leaned against the counter. "you deserve that and so much more. he's got a stick up his ass, that's for sure." he began, "don't ever lower your standards because of him. he's an idiot. he's the one who did that, the one who double crossed you for no reason." he finished as kailey met his eye. "wish i heard that sooner." she hummed, crossing her arms over her chest. she looked down at the ground, "well...im saying it now. and i mean it." he said softly taking a step closer and lifted up her chin just a bit with his hand. she looked into his brown eyes. one's she adored as a kid, and now looking into his- something sparked within. a spark she hadn't felt for some time, long before connor. he took this as an invitation to close the gap between them.
oh, how the universe laughs. or hockey gods.
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it was now two weeks later, and brendan had kailey in his arms this early morning. the two had stayed up talking about anything and everything that came to their minds. they talked about their childhood, laughing over the fact that they both had crushes on one another but never suspected it. they smiled as the other one brought up conversations and significant memories, both happy that the other hadn't forgotten. this morning, she was savoring the warmth and comfort his body oozed, because he'd be starting back up early morning training again. he'd taken two weeks off due to a stress sprain, and now that it was fixed he would be resuming his schedule. "wanna see my parents today?" he softly asked, as he felt her beginning to hum from tiredness. she nodded her head, against his chest and he smiled. "they've been asking about you since i told them i was going to brunch." he hummed, and she slowly pulled her head up from his chest to look at him, "still the favorite hughes, eh?" she grinned before he leaned down to kiss her. his hand found the base of her neck, and the other found the base of her back. she wrapped her hands around his neck, getting as close as possible. they broke the kiss, resting their foreheads against one another.
kailey had a wave of deja vu, pass over her. making her nauseous.
she pulled away from brendan, pulling her phone to her chest, and saw a missed facetime from each of her brothers, and she sighed pressing quinns contact. she sat up, and inched away from brendan so he wouldn't be in the shot. "hey q, whats up?" she questioned, pulling him from whatever jack was saying. "hey uh, i take it you didn't see yet.." he said and that's when he heard jack yelling on the other end. "what do you mean q? why is jack yelling?" she said rubbing her eye, and quinn sighed sending her a screenshot of the instagram post. she clicked on his text and swallowed, anger seething from her. how could she betray her? her friend lisa from college in chicago was in connor's instagram post, somewhere in toronto. she quickly opened up instagram to lisa's page and she was even more angrier. she had been soft launching for almost 3 months already...that traitor. lisa was the one all along, the one that had been seen in pictures but kailey had never paid too much attention to the fact it was the same girl! she hung up on quinn, quickly locked her phone and turning on dnd. "whats wrong?" brendan asked, setting his phone down and pulling her into his chest as he sat up. "he-he's been seeing my friend from school." she said but she didn't cry. she was just angry, and disappointed. how naive she'd been. "im sorry kails." brendan said softly. he felt terrible for kailey, somebody he cared deeply about. and he knew she cared about him just as deeply. but maybe not in the way that he believed.
"lets just uh, lets get going. we should head over so were not late." she said pulling away and getting up to shower. she quickly took a body shower, hopping out to brush her teeth and moisturize before heading into her closet to find an outfit. brendan came up and wrapped his arms around her, as she inspected her outfit. they looked at one another in the mirror, as she finished inspecting, and she smiled once they found each other's gaze. "you ok?" he whispered, and she nodded giving him a small smile. "yes. thankyou for uh, being here with me these past two weeks. it means more than you'll ever know." she hummed, turning around in his arms. he grinned, leaning down and kissing her. deeply. she melted into his arms just a bit before pulling away. "lets get going b." she said pulling him out of her small walk in closet.
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"kailey!" kim cheered, as the two walked through the doors of the brisson's manhattan beach mansion. "kim!" she smiled, disconnecting the twos hand as kim pulled her into a hug. kim swayed her just a bit, "oh my goodness! we've missed you so much sweetie, congratulations on graduating! i saw the pictures, they were just perfect." she said pulling back a bit and kailey smiled. "thankyou! had the best photographer." she hummed and kim smiled. "your mom has always been a fucking gem when it comes to pictures. they were just to die for and chicago being the backdrop? timeless." she fawned and kailey giggled. "thankyou!" she smiled, seeing mr brisson walk from the kitchen. "kiwi!" he yelled with a huge grin on his face, and kim let go of the girl. "pat! so good to see you." she smiled as he pulled her in for a hug. "you too! congrats on graduating, heard you finished with honors." he said pulling away, and kailey nodded. "yep! perfect 4.0. to which jack sent 4 dollars exactly, as his gift." she joked, causing the family to laugh. pat shook his head as he could just picture jack doing it, and so could kim. "your hair! oh my god! i love it, it looks so good." kim smiled, looking over the girl. kailey smiled, "thankyou! thought a little change could be good." she hummed and the brissons nodded. "well, breakfast just finished lets go eat!" pat offered and the three nodded. "good, im starvin!" kailey said rubbing her hands together, "good, we made your favorite!" kim said wrapping an arm around the girls shoulders, making her feel right at home. again.
Kailey and brendan ended up staying the full day at the brissons, catching up and reminiscing over the lake days. it was around 7 when jordan and brisson begged kailey to go get froyo and walk the pier at santa monica. "go! have fun, we'll get together soon." kim smiled, and kailey nodded hugging the two goodbye and then they were off. kailey got in the passenger side, and jordan got in the back. kailey quickly leaned into brendans shoulder, and there hands found each others as well. she looked back at jordan, and he quickly snapped a picture. she rolled her eyes with a small grin on her face. the three sat through traffic, singing loudly to whatever music she put on shuffle. a little bit of everything, which the boys loved. they finally made their way to santa monica and parked right in front of the frozen yogurt place. after that, they walked down to the pier and she stopped at one of the shops that was selling books and other knickknacks, getting a book to read at some point. they walked down the pier for the next hour, with brendan taking a sunset pic of the girl with her book who had the biggest smile of her face, at whatever dumb joke jordan had just said. on their way back to her apartment in redondo beach, she posted that sunset picture on her instagram story.
it broke hockey twitter.
"im gonna walk her in and then ill be out." brendan said to jordan who nodded, and the two got out. he walked her up to the townhouse, two blocks over from the pier. "thanks for today brendan, i had a lot of fun." she smiled, turning towards him at the door. "me too, thanks for being a trooper. i thought my parents would never stop talking." he joked, and she grinned. "no i loved it, it felt like home. like old times. it was comforting. with my parents being far, it's nice knowing that they are out here." she hummed and he nodded. "im glad." he smiled. she could tell he wanted to say more to her, but was fighting himself on how to begin. "just say whatever it is you want to say." she said grinning, pulling her free hand in his. he blushed, looking at the ground. "these past two weeks have been...everything i'd wanted since we were little younglings. and i don't want to go back to vegas in a few weeks, not knowing what we are or if we might have missed an opportunity....to see where things might go." he said looking up at her with hopeful eyes. she bit her lip, thinking hard. she liked brendan, and always had secretly; but was she ready to date again? she didn't want to become the laughingstock of the NHL family sphere. going from one player to the next, but shouldn't she at least attempt to move on? even if it was with another player?
brendan saw the hesitation in her features, and accepted defeat. he was about to say something but kailey spoke up. "i want nothing more than to say yes but what will my brothers say? what will the hockey world say? going from one guy to the next? i don't want to become the laughingstock, besides- my brothers don't deserve that. they don't deserve to take any heat from or about me. besides..i don't want to ruin our years-long friendship b." she said hoping he understood, and he did. "give me a few days, let me go take some time in chicago and ill let you know. ok?" she said with a pleading look. he nodded softly, "thankyou." she said pulling him in for a hug. her arms found his neck, his arms found her back; drawing her in as close as possible. incase, he'd never have her in his arms again.
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she arrived in chicago two days later, her best friend becca from college and lukas reichels' fiance, as well as alex vlasics wife tessa were waiting for her at the pickup area. she strolled her suitcase and carry on towards the arrivals area, and smiled widely when she saw the two holding a small bouquet of peonies and a dunkin coffee. they jumped up and down, as they saw her. she began to jog over towards them before they wrapped their arms around one another. "oh my god!!" kailey shrieked when they held out her iced americano and flowers towards her, while tessa took her bag and suitcase. "guyssss im gonna cry." she said with tears in her eyes. "we couldn't come empty handed." tessa cooed, as she wrapped an arm around the girl, with kailey taking the gifts from becca. the three girls walked out to the car that was waiting at the curb, that sat alex and lukas. "oh my god!" she said smiling widely when she saw the two leaning against the audi. "kails!" lukas said smiling and quickly hugging her, and then alex joined creating a group hug. tessa snapped a quick picture as kailey just laughed. "thankyou guys for coming to get me, i appreciate it very much." she smiled widely, as lukas opened the door for her and tessa. "you are very welcome hughesy." alex grinned as he opened the other door for becca. "where to first?" she quipped.
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the three girls headed towards becca's and lukas' guest bedroom in their chicago townhouse, ready to bombard the girls with questions over her california life. kailey had been awfully quiet the past month and they were curious what had been going on. "girl! what have you been up to?? we wanna know everything!" tessa squeled as she shut the door behind them. kailey blushed while throwing a small smile towards her best friends. "did you meet a guy??" becca smirked, and kailey shrugged. "did he take the one sunset pic?" tessa joined in, sitting across from kailey on the bed. kailey grinned, "I've known him for sometime now....I've known him since we were kids." she began and the girls looked at one another. "who is it?" becca asked. "brendan brisson." she stated, and the two girls thought about who that could be. "wait! was he at usntp?" tessa questioned, and kailey nodded. "oh my god i remember him! isnt his dad like THE agent in hockey? doesn't he work with your dad?" tessa rambled and kailey giggled. "yes...we arent like officially together but somethings there. i just don't know if i want to pursue it. like, i don't want people to create narratives that were never true to begin with." she said putting her face in her hands, feeling defeated. "to hell with what everybody says. if you're happy and you see something with him, go for it." becca said and kailey shrugged. "but my brothers....what are they gonna think? they're gonna kill me." she said tessa forehead creased, "do they not know that you two have been spending time together?" tessa questioned and kailey shook her head. tessa and becca looked at one another, sharing silent words.
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she spent the next week in chicago, reminiscing and growing fond of the memories she'd made the past four years. they caught up, spent quality time together and thankful that nothing from her past had shown up or crossed paths with the three girls. kailey did not need that, at all. she face timed nightly with brendan, him curious at to what shenanigans that three were getting up to. she'd been to 2 concerts, numerous museum trips, countless trips up and down the lakefront, and shopping galore. kailey woke up around 8 am, getting herself put together before heading down stairs. she jogged down the steps, and headed to the kitchen. it was too late, before she realized who was in the kitchen. lukas and connor were laughing at something, that happened at a gym session that morning.
connor caught the footsteps on the stairs first, and then the brunette hair second. he did a double-take, before realizing it was kailey. kailey was on the phone with brendan, before she spotted connor and froze. "ill uh, ill call you back." she said hanging up before brendan could respond. "morning kails." lukas said sipping some coffee, curious to see what was going to happen. "morning lukas." she hummed, heading to the fridge to grab a bottle of water, and her breakfast from the day before. she quietly worked as the two hockey players looked at each other, "ill be right back. im gonna take penny outside." lukas said calling for the small dog, and now it was just the two.
"how have you been?" connor asked as she put the food in the microwave. kailey took a few seconds to respond before turning around. oh, how good he looked. curse the hockey gods. his hair was still wet from the shower, his blue eyes meeting hers and what felt like a sense of deja vu washed over the girl. "I've been good. you?" she questioned, heading over to the expresso machine and began to mess around with the machine. she banged the expresso on the counter, before sliding it into the spot to pour over. "yeah real good. just got back to the city a week ago." he responded, and she nodded. "that's real nice." she hummed, as the microwave beeped. "hows california?" he asked and she sighed, pulling the container out. "its been nice. beautiful as always." she hummed, pulling a few pieces of hair behind her ear. she looked back up at him, "been doing everything i haven't been able to do for a few years." she said, a dig at the boy. he nodded feeling dread wash over him, as her phone began to ring again. she looked over at where it was on the counter, and she let it go to voice mail. she'd text brendan at some point. "hows lisa?" she quipped, biting into her burrito. connor swallowed tensely, "shes good. just started at lurie children's hospital." he said and hailey nodded. "that's nice." she hummed, walking over to the finished expresso and brought it back over to her food.
connor and kailey's tension could be cut through with a knife. even then, it might not even work. "when did you change your hair?" he asked, a few minutes later. "right after you texted me, I thought id try on a different personality." she said sarcastically, "apparently the last one wasn't good enough." she hummed, picking up her container, coffee and phone. connor sighed, "kails-" she cut him off, by turning back to him with a glare. "don't you ever call me that again, so help me god connor." she spat. he was defeated, he knew that much. she turned back and headed back upstairs.
oh how she loathed that boy, who threw away almost 2 years of pure bliss. pure romance. something out of this world. kailey did find out what changed, in those 24 hours and swore she'd place a dagger in their hearts at some point. his last words mere hours before, echoed his love, pure and committed adoration for the blonde. but like life, it can change in a mere moment.
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.”
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kailey sat down on the airplane, about to depart chicago and bring her to sunny los angeles. oh how she'd missed her home, and somebody that was waiting ever so patiently for her to return. she smiled, posting her photo dump from the summer. her first post since march. she deleted her instagram after responding to a few comments, allowing for the chaos to consume the hockey fandom. she turned her phone on airplane, drowning herself with music for the next 4 hours, not daring to look at the messages waiting for her when she landed.
“Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”
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oh, what the universe and all of its stars had instore for the young hughes and the bright superstar.
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@kaileyclara: little bit of this, little bit of that.
tags: tessavlasic, beccamuprhy, jordanbrisson and laurenorlando
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@trevorzegras: wait a min
@jackhughes: wait a damn minute
@kaileyclara: can yall leave
@trevorzegras: no im too busy inspecting every single detail of this post
@_quinnhughes: hughes sighting!
@kaileyclara: hehe
@lhughes_6: who gave u flowers
@kaileyclara: idk
@jackhughes: to the gc!
@_quinnhughes: already there
@kaileyclara: i hate yall
@tessavlasic: I loved having you here bestie, i need to come out soon!
@kaileyclara: i second this!
@beccamurphy: loml returned !
@kaileyclara: i thought that was lukas?
@beccamurphy: he's my second love
@lukasreichel: alright.
@brendanbrisson: im here for the hair
@jordanbrisson: so am i
@jackhughes: im not
@kaileyclara: fuck off
@mayaaa: maybe u r a slut
@kaileyclara: and that would be a fucking lie !
@mayaaa: 😚😚
@adamfantilli: orlando sighting?
@kaileyclara: yes! toronto days hit hard
@laurenorlando: still salty you guys moved
@kaileyclara: me too
@johnnyorlando: absolutely rude
hope you all enjoyed it, please like and reblog if you did-- id appreciate it very very much🥺 oh, and ofc i will have one more part to finish up this little series (:
mutuals from previous part : @privatemythss @boldysswld @trevorzegrizz @jayda12 @simp4hughes @skatesnstuff @slafgoalskybaby @cuttergauthier
#connor bedard#connor bedrd imagine#connor bedard blurb#nhl#hockey#nhl blurb#nhl imagine#hockey blurb#hockey imagine#chicago blackhawks#brendan brisson#umich hockey#umich wolverines#jack hughes#quinn hughes#luke hughes
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2 babygirls who are also boy best friends.... 2 houses both alike in dignity...
#errorink#error sans#ink sans#utmv#underverse#inkerror#draws u gayly#and on the 7th day they said that shall be the new art tag
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So anyway, since we're all throwing theories around:
In the first episode, while Crowley is waiting for Shax to show up, he's reading the Tadfield Advertiser. The headline is "Is Tadfield the Best Village in England?" and another visible article reads "Maple lane post box becomes home to spider species not seen in 45 years".
Figure 1. The headline visible here in an otherwise unfortunate prop error.
In a later episode, as Crowley makes it rain, a woman stops reading a tabloid whose headline is "Elvis Kidnapped By Aliens! Because He Was Too Good".
Figure 2. Hey do you remember how Elvis is canonically still alive because I remember how Elvis is canonically still alive.
So anyway, SEEMS TO ME that Adam is still around being generally... Adam-ish, and these paper headlines are indicating that he's still mildly affecting the world.
So... by the time season 3 starts happening, well... he could be a teenager, maybe? Young adult?
And the Second Coming... well... why not have them be a teenager or young adult too? I heard somewhere that babies can be all sizes.
Unrelatedly, I wonder if Crowley ever helped Shakespeare with Romeo and Juliet?
And I also wonder if two houses, both alike in dignity, can quit making pining moon eyes at each other and deal with the hot-blooded half-humans who are Done with all this Nonsense?
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I was watching Teen Wolf episode 2.08 last night and… did I miss when Derek became on first-name basis with Chris?
I will also have thoughts on Gerard Argent (who I’m still calling Colonel Tigh because fuck I hate that name… Gerard) and his Shakespeare references.
I had been thinking of Peter and Derek as Claudius and Hamlet (my head canon is that Claudius and Hamlet were close and Hamlet Sr was a bit cold and distant, so Claudius’ betrayal would be extra hard to take), then Gerard casts himself as “poisoned king to Chris’s Hamlet” and I’m like… what? What does he mean? He’s either:
1. Hamlet Sr, in which case he’s already dead. I wish! (Not that that’s less trouble on this show.)
2. Claudius, which would be the poisoning king, not poisoned king and in that case I’m on board, kill him Chris! But then that would mean Chris is his stepson? Which means the dead biodad is likely to pop up and be even more troublesome so… no thank you.
Please don’t quote Shakespeare if you don’t know what you’re doing.
(Okay, fuck it, we’re doing this now!)
The Romeo and Juliet references are wrong too! The whole point of R&J is that they’re “two houses, both alike in dignity” and that the reasons for the feud are lost to time. They’re meant to be the same! So the whole werewolf and hunter thing does not fit. Especially when one side has very legitimate reasons for their hatred and the other side is just racist or speciesist. Ugh.
I don’t even remember what their Othello references were about, just that it was dumb and didn’t work!
#chris argent#derek hale#are we on first-name basis#teen wolf#teen wolf season 2#teen wolf first watch#leave Shakespeare alone until you have a better grasp on his works#Peter hale could be Claudius though#or Iago
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arrested development walked so succession could run
Roys and Bluths. 2 houses, both alike in......whatever the opposite of dignity is ❤️
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Personal pet peeve: when people adapt Romeo and Juliet to be about 2 kids on opposite sides of a fight where one side has all the power and the other side is protecting themselves from real danger.
The prologue begins by telling us the two houses are "both alike in dignity"! The fight is over an "ancient grudge"! The entire plot is driven by a pointless fight between 2 rich families, and everyone who dies dies for nothing. If your adaptation doesn't involve 2 groups who are fighting over the stupidest shit possible, it's not Romeo and Juliet
#romeo and juliet#Shakespeare#Every adult in that play failed the kids#Did the kids do stupid teenager shit?#Absolutely#But the adults that could have stopped it or helped failed to#at every point#You know what adaptation I do want to see now#2 kids whose parents hate each other because of a stupid PTA feud#No one dies but someone gets dramatically suspended from school#And Paris is a creep
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camila saw five traumatized kids, one of whom is her own daughter, and decided that la chancla isn't enough. she needs a baseball bat
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one of my absolute favorite things about first kill is that it actually gets romeo and juliet and the starcrossed lovers trope
"two houses, both alike in dignity"
we get some really good lore from both sides, both families stretch out hundreds if not thousands of years, they're treated as equals in the show
both alike in dignity
I'm not a meta writer so here's where my train of thought ended but it's so rare that a piece of media using the starcrossed lovers trope actually gets that part
769 notes - Posted June 11, 2022
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one of my favorite things about the owl house is how much it drags harry potter
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tan france calling me "my love" would, no lies, be the equivalent of three months of therapy for me
1,338 notes - Posted January 2, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
me watching mei doodle her crush: hahaha I did that
me watching priya read what was essentially twilight: hahaha I did that
me watching miriam take care of her friend's tamagotchi: hahaha I did that
me watching abby do.... anything: hahaha I did that
my point? I was all these girls in some way when I was that age
thank you domee shi for creating this movie, it was wonderful ♥️
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worst feeling of guilt is when you vote in a poll and read prev's tags then realize you are in 2 houses alike, both in dignity,
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as i continue building my homebrew setting i just keep realizing that im a sucker for duality
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star crossed lovers, finale. | connor bedard
↳ oc hughes sister x connor bedard blurb
↳ au masterlist!
takes place in 2026 & 2027.
warnings: swearing
word count: 6.2k+
Two households, both alike in dignity...
both families stared in wonder, their level of curiosity overshadowed by peace and happiness. somehow by the grace of shakespeare, the hockey gods, and the beautiful universe; the two sorrowed hearts were once together again.
oh- how fate would have it, bringing these two pearls of the world back together. for good.
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kailey and brendan had been broken up for almost 3 months now. the two were together officially for about 2 months, before kailey pulled the plug. she was not in the correct headspace to be with him, and brendan knew it but hoped that he loved her enough for the both of them. her brothers were shocked to find out about them after the fact. they never did suspect or find out from the instagram post she posted. she never did post anything after that until her and her parents went west for christmas, to spend the holiday with quinn. and you best believe, that quinn (with the other two on facetime) gave her a brutal beating. quinn was upset that she had kept a relationship from them, again. he was upset, disappointed, and felt guilty. he knew how high strung his brothers could be, he knew how they'd go tooth and nail with connor on the ice when they'd meet. connor was dead to the hughes brothers, respectfully. oh, and pretty much every other bestie of theirs...zegras, tkachuks, caufield, turcotte, larkin and everybody else associated with them. they knew they'd go tooth and nail with anybody that came into her life. quinn knew how much she hated that, she hated the feeling of somebody watching over every move. she could never escape this expansive family, the hughes had created long ago. jack went on and on about how much he didn't like her getting with brendan but finished with, "whatever makes you happy sis, makes me happy." and then lukey, the sweetest of the bunch. just said that he'd support her no matter what, but that he'd like to know next time. make sure to give the guy a nice talking to.
she adored them, and everything they'd done for her over the course of her life.
yet, she was ready to make life complicated and messy once again.
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tessa vlasic, invited kailey to her and alex's new years party in chicago. kailey was unsure if she wanted to go, knowing that lisa and connor were both going to be there. though her best friend and college roommate, quickly hopped on facetime for back up and threatened to banish her from the universe if she did not come. kailey caved and said she'd be staying at the ritz carlton, per her brothers. they thought it would be good to head back to chicago for a weekend, before she went back to california. though, they did not know that connor would be there; or else they would have found some way for her to not go.
yet here she was knocking onto tessa's and alex's suburb home, shaking in her heels, at it being 9 degree's out. alex threw open the door, and cheered. "hughesy!" he screamed, alerting many of the other party guests, some even making their way towards the door to say hello. you could hear tessa's heels hitting the marble floors of the kitchen, and then the clunk they made upon the hardwood floor. alex pulled the warm brunette girl into the older house, and he had only taken off her wool coat before tessa had her arms around the girl. a second later, becca's arms wrapped around kailey's backside, and they all spoke in hushed whispers, which was all about their outfits. kailey did a little pose, which earned gawks from the girls and a whistle. "lets get you a drink!" tessa said pulling her best friend with her, along with becca. "so! how was christmas with the family?" tessa quizzed, quirking an eyebrow as she pushed a glass of very expensive champagne. "oh goddd." she said putting a hand to her face, "it was a lot. i thought i wouldn't survive it tbh." she said giggling just a bit. "kails!" she heard lukas cheer from the doorway, and she mimicked his stance. "hey lukas." she said meeting him for a hug, "wheres mack?" she questioned where mackenzie entwistle was; a toronto hockey player and a childhood friend of quinns. "oh no, look what the wind blew in." she grinned, turning around and threw her hands up in surprise. "im hereeeee!" she smiled as he gave her a big hug. as soon as she committed to depaul, quinn made a phone call to the 6'3 right winger, asking him to show her the city and to keep an eye on her. to which he happily obliged, he'd miss the firecracker and his favorite hughes. "hows california?!" he asked as they parted from their hug, and she shrugged with a grin. tessa and becca snickered, drinking more of their drinks. "remember maya? our non blood cousin? i live with her, its been great! and ofcourse, not having to deal with winter is nice too." she joked, which garnered a few laughs. "though you love it, you love snow!" becca quipped and kailey gave her a fake glare. "okay stop hounding me, go away! ill be out there soon." she said jokingly pushing people away from her. "missed you kails." entwistle said giving her another side hug, "you too mack." she hummed before leaning back over the counter, resuming the conversation with tessa and becca.
"i gotta go say hi to a few more people, ill be back!" tessa said going to do her job as a hostess. becca and her just giggled, the bubbly alcohol awakening them just a bit. about ten minutes later, becca said she had to go find lukas about a message she got from his mom, and so that left the girl alone in the kitchen. she switched out the champagne for a seltzer, walked over towards the sink which had a window looking out. soft snow had been falling for a few hours now, and she could only imagine how this part of chicago looked like over the winter season. she heard somebdoy walk into the kitchen, and she turned around. her breath hitched in her throat as she took in the dark blonde, blue-eyed boy she'd once been madly and oh so deeply in love with. though who were we kidding, she'd ever stopped loving him.
not even a second went by when she had stopped, it was if she was incapable of doing so.
"hi." connor said nervously, "hi." kailey responded, turning back around to look outside. her most fondest memories growing up were with her family, when they lived in toronto. oh, how her, jack, and luke would play for hours upon hours outside. her mom was only able to coax them inside, if she promised them tim horton's hot coco. in which that worked only 75% of the time. her and luke's cheeks rosy, their noses numb but a pretty pink. drool hanging from their mouths, and snot coming out as they rolled down the hill behind their house. she'd give anything in the world to go back to that time before everything changed and she'd be plucked from the life that she knew and adored in favor of the boys burgeoning careers.
"whatcha thinking about?" connor asked walking up next to her, and she sighed. "nothing important." she hummed, drinking more of her drink. he looked down at her, cocking his head just a bit with a faint smile, "you were somewhere else. your shoulders were relaxed, your head sagging just a bit and your feet were turned inwards." he said softly and she looked up at him, now realizing just how close he was. their lips only inches apart. he knew her even after all these months. "you think i forgot?" he questioned, and she softly nodded before taking off. she walked back where she had walked through previously, and took the initiative to head upstairs for a breather. lukas noticed the girl look around for a few seconds before he saw her start her descent, and he quickly went to go find becca. connor back in the kitchen watched as she ran off, trying to figure out where he had crossed the line. kevin korchinski walked in to grab another drink, and saw connor standing there. "you good, bro?" he asked taking another beer from the fridge. "um um yeah." connor said shaking his head. "doesn't seem like it." kevin said before taking a couple sips. "i uh said something to kailey just now and well, she ran off." connor said truthfully. kevin nodded, but before he could say anything frank nazar and colton dach walked in. "con, were gonna go play a game, wanna join?" colton asked. "um yeah give me a few minutes." he said leaning on the kitchen island, away from his best friends and teammates. colton nodded and frank clapped him on the shoulder, "dont make us wait too long." and connor nodded still not looking at them.
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One half of me is yours, the other half yours—Mine own, I would say. But if mine, then yours, And so all yours
back upstairs, kailey sat down on the guest room bed. she looked down at her feet and laughed. not a giggle, not an innocent laugh but one that had been held deep within her for months at this point. one that radiated from the very bottom of her toes to the longest strand of hair that she had. connor had been right, he always had been. he could always tell when she was comfortable or lost in a deep thought. or in this case, when she thought about her childhood. her feet always turned inward, something she didn't particularly care for. he always said it was a cute little quirk, and here she was. as she was laughing at herself, connor had begun his own descent up the stairs looking for a breather before heading down to play the game. when he reached the top step, he heard somebody laughing from the exact extra bedroom, he was planning on going into. he stopped right in front of the door and heard the familiar laugh. an angelic and beautiful song, that burned his ears. she heard the floor creak outside the door, and stopped. "whoever is out there, you can come in." she said not sure who it could be.
connor walked in slowly, gauging her reaction but she didn't have one. she stood when he appeared and watched for his reaction. "i um- i can go." he said pointing behind him, but she shook her head as she sat back down. "its fine." she said and he nodded shutting the door and sitting down next to the girl. the two sat there for a few minutes in silence, just listening to the crowd downstairs and faint music playing behind them. kailey sighed looking over towards connor, and as if it was second nature; she outlined his features with her eyes. the soft under-eye bags, the laugh lines that were forming around his eyes, his eyes. the beautiful shade of blue, echoing the ocean. one's that had fires lit within them, when he looked at her; the love of his life. "did you mean what you said?" she questioned, and he looked over. he met her eyes and she could tell he was racking his brain on what he said, "did you mean what you texted me after i saw you this summer?" she questioned. when she had turned her service back on after getting back from chicago, she saw a text from connor. it was a paragraph expressing how he'd never stop loving her, that he would always care about her, and that he'd always be supporting her from wherever he was in the world. and that he was sorry, and how much sorrow he carried against himself because of what he had done to the girl.
connor nodded, "always. it's never changed, and never will." he said softly. "i just want you to be happy with him or anybody for that matter." he said honestly. she nodded, a soft smile forming on her tanned skin. "i havent...i havent stopped loving you. and im afraid i never will con. im terrified ill never be able to move on with anybody, because of that. hell, its ruined one relationship and my ability to clearly think about my future." she said softly. the strings in his heart tugged, at the angelic way she said con. oh, how had he missed the way it rolled off her tongue. through tears she spoke again, "but i know you're with lisa...so i wont keep you any longer." she said turning and standing up. "we're not together." he stated, and she looked down at con. "as soon as i saw you, i broke things off. she'd never be you, and truthfully nobody will be you. not even close." he said as his eyes poured into her's.
"what are you saying?" she whispered, fearing that if she said it loud enough; reality would come crashing down. he stood up, getting closer towards the girl. "what im saying is that what we had, to me, is not over, im not sure if it'll ever be over and i sure as hell never want it to be. i - i was a fool. i thought i knew what i was doing, i thought i knew what to be right but that just made me look and seem a fool." he paused, gauging her reaction and it was a silent plea for him to continue.
he grabbed her empty hand, pulling it to his chest. his hands wrapped around her's, her body relaxing at the feeling of known comfort. "half of my being belongs to you, half of my being is yours-the other half is you. the way you helped me grow over the past three years, grow up, evolve, and change as a person for the better has left an imprint on me. and, the way i evolved was not evident in what i did this spring. i know that and i know that i most likely will never ever change how you feel about me, but i hope to someday gain your friendship and trust once more. because even if we were to never be again, i'd hope that i at least secured your friendship. because everybody in this universe deserves kailey clara's friendship and trust. that is one thing i will die on a hill for." he finished, tears pooling his eyes while soft tears spilled from her's. he wiped them with one hand, while keeping the other one close to his chest.
she sniffled, "you hurt me con. you hurt me when i thought you were the only person in my life who'd never hurt me. not intentionally at least. you broke me with a simple text, but that text echoed a thousand words. a thousand roses with thorns, a thousand wrecking balls and you killed me with those words that you swore you'd never use!" she said her voice raising ever so slightly. her hand stayed where it was on his chest, not wanting to it move. connor felt more tears prick his eyes, as she held his gaze. "you took my trust, my parent's trust, my brothers trust- when you knew how important it was to gain theirs. you knew how important it was to have the approval of my brothers! and you still did what you did. you still spoke to her when you knew the anxiety and the sheer fear over you cheating on me, though i was naive when you said the words, 'i'll never cheat on you my kailey clara, for you are too pure and good to be conned or decieved.'" she paused snatching her hand away from his chest.
"It’s sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it’s actually very rough when you experience it.”
"connor- i thought you were the one. i believed you to be the one that hung the moon and the stars, just for me. i believed that you were to be the one i would marry and grow old with, the one that would make life magical, wild and a fairytale....i thought you were the one that would make everything right in the world. i believed you to be the one who would walk with me every step of the way, to the ends of the earth and beyond for me and with me." she paused placing a soft hand on his cheek, and he closed his eyes savoring this moment. but he was pulled away from it in an instant.
"but when i think of all the love in the world, and all the great memories and experiences we had together, i cant help but be filled with dread and pain over what you did. what you and she did together, to spite me? to make me look like a fool? you embarrassed me in front of the whole hockey community, one that i already hold close with spite. and you knew that! and you still did it, you still dug that dagger deep in my heart, twisted it and pulled it away without a second thought. i always thought that a great and epic love would be worth it and ever so rewarding but no. its quite the opposite, its tortuous, cunning, and nauseating." she finished shaking her head and removing her hand from his cheek.
"please..." he whispered softly, not letting go of the girl. and to his credit, she also wasn't moving. she was seeing how long he'd stand there. "i know there will never be any words or poem or iambic pentameter that will convince you in this moment. but give me a chance, give me the opportunity to prove to you, show you that I've changed. that I've grown up these past few months. prove to you that I'll never let go of you again. that i will never cause strife or discomfort." he paused, as she sniffled. "please let me prove to you that i love you, that I've never stopped loving you, and that what we share is powerful and something memorable." he said confidently with just a smidge of vulnerability.
kailey nodded softly, still holding his eye. his lips parted, eye brows creasing ever so slightly, and she continued to nod. "yes, show me that. show me that you've grown, show me that you still care, show me what I've been missing." she hummed, and connor's lips came crashing down on her's just as quick.
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kailey and connor spent the next hour talking in hushed voices, over her plans to come visit in a month, his by-week plans changing to come out to see her, and their plans on telling those closest to them. they wanted nothing more than to tell the world that they were back together, but also knew how much kailey respected and how much control she wanted and had over the public's view of her. she did not want to cause any backlash on her brothers or her parents for that matter, to which connor respected it. he knew how much flack she got when they broke up, and had felt the reckoning of those closest to the hughes family on him. he'd been beat up and hit, and fortunely lived to tell the tale.
connor held kailey in his arms, as they looked out at the winter wonderland that was currently being created. "whatcha thinking about?" he whispered softly, against her ear. she smiled shutting her eyes, "im seeing luke and i running up the hill in our backyard. jack coming closely behind with quinn. i was 7 while luke was 8, jack 10 and quinn 12. they were bringing up the sleds, it was a snow day, and i sit with quinn and jack with luke. we were racing down the hill, with quinn and i winning by a few inches. jack and luke are screaming and crying for a redo, with my mom is calling us inside letting us know dad had brought home tim hortons hot coco. we didn't budge, we made our way back up the hill. our cheeks and noses about ready to fall off, but our spirits were so warm and inviting, and so mercifully alive." she explained, with connor kissing her exposed shoulder. "looks like you are a canadian girl through and through." he joked and she giggled. "maybe so. but i am a sucker for a tan." she joked.
the two made their way down a little while later, right before midnight. she found her way to becca and becca could tell something was a bit different, and then she put two and two together. tessa grinned from her spot, once she saw connor walk in and then kailey following behind him. the countdown began as kailey made a dash for the kitchen, going to find a fluke of champagne. connor saw her golden hair exit right, and quickly made his way over. weaving in and out of people to do so. she was in the process of picking up a fluke, when midnight came around, right as connor grabbed her by the cheeks pulling her in for a deep and swoon-worthy kiss.
she grasped his wrists, grabbing his cheek when he removed one to dip her just a bit. they pulled apart, smiling wickedly as they rested their foreheads against one another's. they both chuckled, at the realization of what just happened.
love, pain, sorrow, shock, anguish, adoration - all of the above was evident in that very kiss.
their moment was ruined when they heard shouts and cheers coming from a group of people that just so happened to catch the tail end of the kiss. connor pulled her into his chest before they looked back over toward their friend group, their cheeks rosy as deep as a red rose.
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the two had gotten good at keeping their relationship under wraps, besides the team knowing and their significant others. but other than that, only her cousin and best friends knew. she knew her brothers were going to throw an absolute fit when they found out. but for the sake of their relationship and friendship, they decided to keep it private so kailey could work on her trust and respect for connor. connor had been nothing short of what she wanted and needed from him, going above and beyond.
but here the two were, flying to europe to meet up with her side of the family. the two had spent the past week in vancouver and spent time with his side of the family, and shocking them with the news of them being back together. though she knew they'd be more relaxed than her family, but she just kept telling herself she had to rip the bandaid off. her brothers and parents had been in Stockholm for two days when her and connor flew in, she lied and said she had work obligations but her and connor decided to spend one last day with his parents, because when he'd get back he'd be focusing on training. her and connor were meeting her family for a late lunch, before going to do some light shopping and ofcourse, get some coffee that kailey hadn't had for a few years after doing a study abroad.
kailey smoothed down her taupe linen pants and white body suit, fidgeting with herself in order to keep herself calm. connor came up behind her wrapping his arms around the girl, trying to calm her. "what if they hate me?" she whispered, not being able to face that reality herself. connor shook his head, spinning her around to face him. "kailey clara hughes, your brothers and parents will never hate you. even if they are not happy with me, they will never hate you. they love you too much to ever think such a thing. do you remember how many times they threatened to drop everything in order to come out to see you? do you know how many times they asked me if they needed to come out, and be with you and check in?" he paused, and she shook her head. "double digits kailey, double digits over three years. i promise you they don't have the function or ability to ever hate you. they love you too much." he said comforting the girl, who nodded before leaning up and kissing the boy.
"now lets go. i dont want jack to call me and complain that im late." she grinned, pulling connor out of the room.
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the two walked into the outdoor establishment and looked around for her family, and ellen saw her first. her mom got up first and once kailey and connor had made it about 5 feet from them, her mom wrapped connor in a hug. kailey giggled like a mad woman, while her brothers stared at connor with daggers. she turned towards jack who was next to her, and pushed his head and he took it. "if you don't get up in 2 seconds, we are leaving." she said and luke jumped up. his 6'2 stature giving her 5'6 stature a bear hug. "you happy?" he whispered, and she nodded when they pulled apart. "very much." she whispered back, which put a huge smile on his face. after her dad shook connor's hand, luke and connor hugged. truth be told, he always loved connor and had always wished him the best despite circumstances.
"i mean it, we will leave." she said looking down at jack and then over towards quinn. "hey kiwi." quinn said getting up and hugging her. "happy?" he whispered in french, and she nodded. "oui." she grinned as they pulled apart. his limited french vocab from her immersive study over the year, only taking him that far. quinn and connor hugged, while kailey looked down at jack. truth be told, he was always the hardest one to crack in the family. he was the one person she always sought for approval from, and she feared she wouldn't get it.
"hi kails." he finally said but did not get up to greet her. she sighed, sitting down next to luke with connor being in between her and her mom. connor and jack looked at one another, giving each other a respectful nod before the waiter came up to get drink orders.
the two spent the next two hours going over how they reconnected, what they'd been up to, and what they were thinking for the upcoming season. to which, kailey had been thinking about going back to chicago and be there full time, but was still working things out. they all went their separate ways, promising to link up for dinner at the hotel restaurant. besides jack giving connor the silent treatment, lunch went smoothly which connor took as a win.
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"What is past is prologue."
the two headed down to the restaurant, and quickly sat down waiting for her family. connor and kailey held hands under the table, and as jack and the rest of the family walked up, they caught the two having a private moment. connor had whispered something to the girl, to which the only response that she could muster was a warm and inviting laugh. ellen and jim smiled widely as they saw their daughter so calm and relaxed in connor's presence, while quinn and luke slightly nudged jack in the back. jack rolled his eyes and turned back, to grab a drink from the bar. "where is he going?" she questioned as they all hugged and greeted one another. "to get a drink." luke said and without a word, kailey made her descent. "this should be fun to watch." quinn murmured, with luke picking it up and laughing.
she waltzed up next to jack and quickly ordered a martini, "wanna tell me why you've been such an ass to connor and i?" she asked without looking at jack. he looked over at her, stunned at how abrasive she was being, and shook his head. when she turned to look at him, he caught her eye as he took a sip of his spirit. "don't shut me out jacky, don't you dare." she said with passion. he shook his head setting his drink down, "then why are you here?" he paused pointing towards the table, "why are you with him? huh? why are you back with him after what he did? i thought you were better than that, i thought mom taught you better than that, i would have hoped you thought much more of yourself than to do this." he huffed, turning back towards the bar. she stared at him, stunned at what he truly thought. she couldn't believe how he truly felt. she felt tears begin to form, and she wrestled with what to do. she shook her head as jack looked back down at her, and then she was gone.
she made her way out of the establishment, needing to get a breather. she walked outside to the vast, grand, and luxurious estate. she began walking down the rows of grass between patches of flowers, rocks and fountains. she sat down on one of them, feeling exposed. feeling naive. feeling like a fool. she now regrets not saying something beforehand, and subjecting connor to jack's behavior. "kailey." she heard to her right, and she quickly stood up putting a hand between her and her brother.
"you said what you said jack, there's no taking that back." she spat, clenching a handful of her black satin dress in one hand, while running her other through her long waves. she turned away before turning back around, "you didn't even want to ask me anything? you didn't want to ask get to the bottom of everything?" she questioned, and when he didn't respond she continued. "you didn't want to ask me how he makes me feel? how much he's changed? how different things are now? you didn't even care to ask if im happy?" she said through tears now. once jack saw a few tears fall, his demeanor changed. his gaze was remorseful and full of regret. "im sorry kailey, i am. but isn't he the one that hurt you? doesn't that mean he's supposed to be forever scarred in my book?" he countered and she giggled. "he is, but you would know how different things were if you just had asked me today. i get that by not telling you guys beforehand was wrong but i knew i'd rather do this in person than be over 1,000 miles away from each other fighting. and going nowhere with it. i had believed that if you saw how happy he makes me, and how much trust i have with him now would be enough. but you didn't speak to me, us." she paused sniffling.
"you were the one i was most afraid of, and i was right jack. you have always been the one i most revered, the one that i sought approval from over everything. ever since we were little, i wanted to be cool enough for you. i wanted to make playing barbies cool for you, but then you never played with me so i gave them up. i tried making piano seem cool for you so you could do it with me, but i gave that up. i tried making french cool for you..though mom wouldn't let me quit. i have tried for years to make you proud of me, but nothing has ever come to fruition." she paused, wiping some more tears. "you are the one that i have spent my life trying to make you happy. but im tired of it. im tired of trying to make you happy or proud, because that means im not happy. and with him, with connor, i am happy. he makes me so out of this world happy, he makes me feel loved, adored, appreciated, and respected, and he shows me how to love selflessly. if you don't approve of him, then i - i don't know what to do anymore jack. but i know one thing is for sure, is that im not pushing him away, im not giving him up again. he doesn't deserve that nor do i." she paused again trying to read his expression.
"whatever has happened in our past is our past, that chapter is over. this chapter, the one that we are in and creating new memories and moments that will last a saga, is the one i am focusing on. that was our then, our beginning, our prologue to where we are now and where we want to go. he is all i want in this world and more, and i hope you- i hope you understand that before it's too late." she paused, feeling a sense of weight being lifted off her shoulders. weight, that had been their for decades.
she shook her head at her older brother, "you may not accept him, quinn and luke might not accept him but i think the jury is out on that one." she paused briefly to giggle, " but i will not allow for this circus, this blockade or this one man army to keep me from being happy. people might consider us star-crossed lovers and i wont let it end with sorrow or pain. i will not allow it, whether you are in my life or not because of it." she finished.
jack swallowed hard before nodding, "okay." he stated and she gave him a confused look. "okay, show me how much he's changed. show me how things have been made better, amended even." he began. "but i want you to know that no matter what decision you make with him or anything else, i will support you. i will be there for you when you need me. and i promise, i promise you kiwi that i have always been proud of you. you have always made me happy, just by being you. but also, i just couldn't let the world know that i had fun playing with barbies and american girl dolls, because that meant i was with my favorite sibling." he finished with a wicked grin.
she playfully slapped him on the arm, "you inconceivable fool!" she said now laughing. "how did you know that was my favorite movie?" he teased and she slapped him again, "don't tell me that all those times i tried putting on princess bride that you were trying to protect your 'status' or precious fucking ego?! when you really wanted to watch it?" she playfully fumed, and he laughed. "oh yes, its a secret favorite of mine." he mused throwing an arm over her shoulder. "did you know its trevors fav too?" she grinned, and jack threw his head back in deep laughter.
the two walked back towards the restaurant and to the rest of their family. which included connor, lets be honest. "all is fair in love and war?" jim teased as the two sat down. jack and kailey gave each other a amused look and shrugged, "eh. its to be decided." she said as connor grabbed her hand underneath the table. she turned back to him and smiled widely. a wide smile filled with complete adoration for the blue eyed hockey player, that jack caught.
Two households, both alike in dignity...
getting wonderfully and humorously along, that would transform the hockey world as we know it. the long and powerful association, soon to be bridged together by marriage would set up decades of privilege and change to come within the sport of hockey. along the way, linking and bridging other powerful names throughout the hughes' tenure in hockey.
all is right in fair verona...well, in this case - the wonderful and ever chaotic national hockey league.
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can’t wait until mandalorian season 3 when mando goes back to tattooine and mos pelgo and there’s like 3 different marriages between sand people and villagers i’m so excited
#the mandalorian#star wars#i love the 2 houses both alike in dignity who set aside their differences trope#like when alyss marries whats his name the fenn??? in asoiaf
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Reblog if there’s no way you’re going to monetize your blog let’s see where we all stand
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Doctor Who is so funny because it’s a weird sci-fi tv show with a terrible budget and regularly awful little monsters but it’s still out here saying being able to save one person at least is better than none, no one in the world is unimportant, horrors do not need to beget horrors sometimes they can turn people kind, mostly all over the universe you will find Good people mostly people are trying to be good, nothing bright is ever wasted, no one is ever alone, the world may look like it’s ending but hold on and maybe it won’t, love is given not earnt but it must be given, nothing is more important than making sure there are no children crying silently in corners
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All I'm saying is that once RTD comes back to doctor who that budget better drop DRASTICALLY we are returning to our ROOTS if the TARDIS wall doesn't wobble when you push it I DON'T WANT IT
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Alright tell me in the tags, what’s Your Poem? That poem you heard once and it has dwelt within you ever since?
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Two houses both alike in dignity never establishes the level of dignity they both obtain. This is usually assumed to be high, but could in fact be extremely low. Thus an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with both houses being rival clown troupes would not be in opposition to the text. In this essay I will
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romeo and juliet are hopeless now
"Good artists copy; great artists steal."
Was this quote uttered by Steve Jobs when he declared that he was willing to engage in thermonuclear warfare with Android in 1996? Or Pablo Picasso, who was misquoted as he referred to Igor Stravinsky's iteration, while they both borrowed from T.S Elliot's dictum, "Immature poets imitate, mature artists steal." Well, to be honest, it doesn't matter too much because everyone who uttered almost the same message moulded it to fit their own requirements. Regarding art at face value makes us see it as just stories and paintings to be hung on walls or choreographed into melodies and built into cities when there's so much more behind it.
For example, at a quick glance, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is nothing more than a story of two immature children who disregard their parents wishes to get married. But the tale of loverboy and manic pixie dream girl acts as a cautionary tale, a warning for foolishness, impulse, and rivalry; eliminating the repercussions the characters faced from their actions would remove the deterrent, and the play would lose its significance. And that - is what makes his work timeless.
So timeless that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been picked apart and scrutinised hundreds of times; in fact, in terms of movie adaptations alone, this 16th-century story has been staged for the screen over fifty times. But this time, we're having a look at singer/songwriter Halsey's take on iconic literature in the setting of her own discography. Instead of fair Verona, Halsey's entire album released in 2017 titled 'Hopeless Fountain Kingdom' is jam-packed with references as it plays with Shakespeare's original script, and she decides to set the two-hour traffic of her stage in Anorev (wildly creative; I know) - the fictional city housing her modern interpretation of Romeo and Juliet.
And while you may already be familiar with many of Shakespeare's works after being obligated to tap along to his iambic pentameter and pick apart his prose, Halsey has managed to take the cult classic film (Romeo + Juliet 1996) by Baz Luhrmann and reinvent it for herself. She chose to maintain critical concepts and themes like lust, conflict, the inevitability of fate, the idea of death and love that blinds but adds her own like same-sex love, betrayal, female sexual liberation and modern romance.
The houses alike in dignity are Aureum as the Montagues and Angelus as the Capulets. Our main characters are now Solis Angelus and Luna Aureum, which mean sun and moon and represent Juliet and Romeo, respectively, making the quote "star-cross'd lovers" literal. Halsey says that Solis was chosen as the name for Juliet since, in Act 2 Scene 2 of the play, Romeo confesses that Juliet is his sun but, contradicting him, is Luna, meaning the moon. Throughout the music videos, we do not see the original Romeo's homie-o's Benvolio and Mercutio. However, we know that Solis's best friend is [SPOILER ALERT] the traitor, but the audience has no other means to identify him or relate him to since all we see is his withering lack of loyalty. To my excitement, we see some Rosa (depicting Rosaline) content in the music video about the song that describes Luna (or, well, Halsey) reflecting on her relationship with Rosa she had been trying to move on from (just like Act 1 Scene 2 in the original but with the same-sex love twist).
Halsey has chosen not to follow the exact chronological order in Shakespeare's script, but she incorporates key points into each of the five music videos that conclusively create her circular plot. In the 'Strangers' MV, we see Luna and Rosa physically fighting in a boxing ring - symbolising their break up early, and towards the end, Luna meets Solis for the first time. The 'Now or Never' MV depicts Luna and Solis finally getting closer together and realising they love each other. Luna goes to a tarot reader, and he tells her their love is pure, yet there is interference, and before she gets to ask any more questions, she is forced to leave. Shortly after, Solis confesses to his best friend (who is unnamed, thankfully, or else I'd have started using his name to curse), who conveys Solis's secret to the elders of the house of Angelus, and warfare begins and ends as quickly as it started, resulting in bloodshed and civil hands staining with civil blood. This continues directly into the next MV of the song called 'Sorry', which is more of a lamenting ballad where Luna walks through the ruins of the battlefield as she sings apologetically. In the 'Bad At Love' MV, Luna is on the run/banished, much like Romeo after he murders Tybalt. She comes across the same place she took a tarot reading but finds it abandoned.
Meanwhile, back in the comfort of his home Solis quickly sprawls a message onto paper telling Luna he loves her and sends a messenger to deliver it immediately. Again, Mr McTraitorFace (aka Solis's best friend) meddles in other people's business and switches the letters so that it reads as if Solis wants Luna dead and that he hates her (referenced in the lyrics of her sidetrack titled 'Lie' - "I get the message you wish I was dead"). Luna receives this message, and the audience collectively winces as, just like in Shakespeare's original work, another untimely misconception occurs, and the phenomenon of blatant miscommunication strikes once again. Ultimately, the 'Alone' MV shows Luna moving over Solis at a party (which is visually similar to the Masked Capulet house party) and thus, we are back again to the start of the story - where an opportunity may arise for new love to be found.
Halsey herself quotes her story to be a "celebration of death" because it's the end of their "death-marked love", and she's rejoicing as she's revolved once around the circle, and it's time to spin around another chapter while making way for new art to be created.
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Top R&J Adaptation Pet Peeves
Adaptation is hard. Really, really hard. Shakespeare especially knew it; he was one of the best adapters for theater ever, and he himself adapted R&J from Arthur Brooke’s Tragedie of Romeus and Juliet. Since then Shakespeare’s play itself has been given the adaptation treatment and hooo boy, are there doozies, misses, and fascinating failures. Most are published fanfic flops, like the ones I reviewed for my blog, but others tend to be more complicated than that. So without further ado, let’s dive into the Top Adaptation Pet Peeves I’ve personally encountered, or simply tropes and patterns I find annoying.
The two families/groups not being alike in dignity. Yes, I’m looking at all the productions and adaptations that decide to switch the whole rival houses dynamic for a race or class one. The ones who pit a marginalized group against another marginalized group, like Romiette and Julio (Black/Hispanic respectively) are fine-ish. West Side Story also does this, but unfortunately the whole “white ethnic” gang is no longer a thing now, as most non-WASP ethnic white groups are considered functionally white nowadays, so it does become a problem re: the Puerto Ricans being the underdogs to the white ethnics. Some have done a poor/rich, privileged/marginalized dynamic, but you just can’t do it with R&J; it breaks the equality of the pairing. By far the worst of these is the anime Romeo X Juliet, which had the evil Montagues be the corrupt ruling power who usurped the throne from the Capulets (????). Look, the whole point is that the two groups’ differences are superficial and stupid, and that they are more alike than different. This doesn’t work if one group is favored/discriminated against over another. It also leads to disturbing implications—namely, justifying a dangerous and destructive feud and intergroup violence and hatred in general. Another side effect is that it ruins the mutuality of the lovers by bringing in unequal power dynamics where it isn’t needed.
Juliet as a #girlboss/badass/“strong female protagonist”. Many adaptations do some measure of this by having Juliet resist even the first mention of Paris, talk back to her parents and the Nurse, and, for Gong’s These Violent Delights (Juliette Cai as the dagger-wielding daughter of a gang) and the anime Romeo X Juliet, (Juliet crossdressing as the vigilante the Red Whirlwind) actually kick ass and generally “strong female protagonist”-it up. I think this is largely a reaction to Juliet’s canonically marginalized position as a sheltered 16th century maid, mistaking the passivity and lack of agency of her status as a character trait. As a result, we get CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon!Juliet. Just no. The original Juliet, as everyone should know like their own name, was no shrinking violet, but neither was she a YA/anime shonen dominatrix either, and I feel she wouldn’t be even in an AU. Also, by this point it’s so cliché. Juliet is so well-written as she is; why stuff her into this Katniss Everdeen peg?
Juliet as an immature ~bby. Not so much adaptation!dumb, thank goodness, but I’ve seen this small trend in play productions that take the “Juliet-is-thirteen” thing waaaaaay too seriously and either have a tween-looking actress or make the actress play Juliet a facsimile of what a thirteen-year-old is supposed to be like. I especially will never forget the Orlando Bloom production that had poor Juliet deliver her “Gallop apace” on a swing. Awful.
Mercutio being turned into either 1) wacky, comic relief gay or 2) a mystical/sad tragic gay. Mercutio occasionally gets done dirty in either of those two ways and it’s sad. That French Canadian film Roméo et Juliette is by far the most damning offender of the latter take. I don’t like either trope, and I certainly don’t like it for Mercutio, for whom it doesn’t really fit. Also, I feel it’s important to note that as the Prince’s kinsman Mercutio is the most higher ranked and privileged of the three, his being forced into a “sad, tragic gay” mold feels ludicrous. Even his death comes about because he wanted to avenge Romeo’s honor (or, well, more like he really wanted a fight), not because he was Bury Your Gay’ed. Cocciante’s Giulietta e Romeo musical does something unique and has him as an omnipotent narrator, which works a little better than it should, but overall it’s also a miss. Mercutio is Romeo’s foil and a fun side character; outside of that, it’s hard to make him work without changing his character entirely.
Romeo being turned into 1) an immature woobie/“cinnamon roll,” 2) bumbling hero, 3) a himbo/idiot, or 4) evil (!!). My poor boi has been done the dirtiest in so many different ways, it’s hard to quantify or even name them. They range from flattening his character a little to “romantic idiot” to full-on Ron the Death Eater-ing him (yes, that’s a thing, twice!! See Juliet Immortal et al. Or rather not). The last two are mostly in the realms of salty fanfic, thankfully, but the himbo idiot and woobie still inform some actors’ performances. Needless to say, I hate all of this. Romeo is no idiot, himbo or not, and he is as mature as the rest of the youths (he is at least praised by Capulet as a “portly gentleman”). Canonically he is shown to best Mercutio in a game of wits and explicitly restrains himself from revealing himself at Juliet’s balcony. Act 5 shows him coldly but effectively convincing an apothecary in less than a dozen lines to break the law and sell him poison. I don’t exactly know from what stems this woobification of Romeo. Actually, no, I do. Romeo may be climb high orchard walls, playfully roast his friends, talk about how chastity vows are stupid and hope Juliet would cast off that pesky virginity of hers, and kill two characters all he likes, but as soon as he weeps immoderately over being banished/separated from Juliet and the possibility of her not loving him anymore, he renounces his Man(tm) card. Hello, gender roles-based sexism! God, I hate you so much. Please die.
“It’s a dark, ~crazy world!!! Verona is a violent, crass, tacky, dangerous hellhole!!!” Okay, so this is mostly shade thrown at Baz Lurhmann and the Hungarian version of Presgurvic’s RetJ, (the latter more fondly than the former) but it still disappoints me. The whole “fair Verona” thing aside, I think it’s clear that Shakespeare’s Verona is supposed to be a violent, steamy clusterfuck, but with the veneer of wealth and prosperity and genteel good taste that papers over the cracks. It’s the whole appearance vs. reality thing. I still think French RetJ does Verona best, and fortunately most productions and versions get it as a “quaint pretty small town is actually a hellhole” thing (hell, I think even that Gnomeo and Juliet movie made the suburban lawns nice). I just like the contrast, what can I say?
“Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt are more interesting than R&J, let’s make it all about them instead!!!1” This is the weirdest thing, but I think there were some web series (at least one, and no, not Jules and Monty) that literally did this, a weird modern Tycutio AU. But in general, adaptations that overdevelop the feud and the whole Benvolio-Mercutio-Tybalt thing at the expense of R&J are a no-go for me. I like the three and they all have their little crannies of character nuance, but they are less developed and the feud drama less interesting overall than R&J. I also don’t like the ships with any of the three, Bencutio and Tycutio being the most popular set-up. Canonically Mercutio and Benvolio spend most of their time either searching for Romeo or talking about him and how much he’s changed. As for Tycutio, Mercutio disdains Tybalt’s dueling skills and overall they don’t seem to know each other well personally. Both ships have no chemistry with each other and are firmly into fanon territory.
“R&J’s love was like a cinnamon roll, too good, too pure for this world…” Some adaptations, uncomfortable with some of the high-scale eroticism of the lovers, tend towards this. They’re teen sweethearts, high school, if you will, so let’s make them as cute and chaste and ~uwu as possible. Romeo X Juliet tends sickeningly towards this, but that just might be the demure Japanese culture informing the text. But I don’t know. R&J are not exactly horndogs, but they’re not dead either (horny bird metaphor, anyone? Also Juliet’s whole famous I-wanna-bang monologue). It’s secretly condescending too, in that it tries to put down and dismiss R&J as puppy love…puppy love that leads them to an uncompromising position and a double suicide, but okay. Sounds fake, but okay.
“R&J was just lust and it’s kinda their fault, actually—” Nothing will make me loathe your adaptation quicker than this. Fortunately most adaptations know enough not to go that far, but Baz Luhrmann’s version definitely has some of this vibe, along with some forced comedy. Kill it with fire.
#romeo and juliet#cristina metas#rj meta#r&j meta#this is so many decades’ worth of salt#i’ll probably remember others i didn’t talk about
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