#i thought claudius won the a+ parenting award

[isoldmysoultojonahclemence]

Clemence Father

JONAH’S ROUTE JUST CAME OUT ON IKEREV TW AND I’M ON PART 12 AND I RLLY WANNA CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY HARM TO JONAH AND LUKA’S FATHER RN. I TALKED ABOUT HIM BEFORE ON LUKA’S EVER AFTER POST HERE BUT NOW IMMA TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN BC BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE’S AN EVEN BIGGER ASSHOLE IN JONAH’S ROUTE.

BUT ANYWAYS HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED.

SPOILERS FOR JONAH’S EVER AFTER UNDER THE CUT

(ps the screenshots all have that orange recording button bc i want to look at them without having to go through the entire route again. sorry if they’re kinda annoying!)

Aight, so Jonah proposed to MC (well, he kinda just announced that MC is his fiancee from now on but whatever), and he decided to bring her to the Clemence house for this party to meet the family. Luka was there as well, standing in a corner. MC kinda wanted to join him in the corner as well, but Jonah dragged her off to meet his relatives. But they all seemed to dislike MC because she’s not from a good background.

Then, this dude enters the scene:

[Translation:

A dignified-looking man walked over here, looking at me, who is standing by Jonah, in surprise.]

And then, when Jonah goes to introduce MC as his fiancee, his father cuts him off by saying that he never heard of Jonah having a fiancee before. Like, Jonah was in the middle of a super serious and sincere introduction and his father just interrupted like that in a super cold voice. I was already starting to dislike him at this point, but I didn’t wanna fight him just yet.

Also, here’s something that kinda surprised me:

[Translation:

(His looks seemed to be similar to Luka’s, but his disposition...

(It seemed to be 50 times scarier than Jonah when I first met him...)]

I found it kinda weird how Luka actually took after him in terms of looks more than Jonah did??? Like, my original headcanon was that Luka didn’t actually look very similar to his father, which could be part of why he was ignored so much, but I guess he was ignored even when he looks like his father. Ouch.

Also, whenever the Clemence father makes an appearance, the thing that MC talks about the most is how scary/stern his disposition is. He must be someone really ruthless to warrant that kind of description.

After that, his father goes on to guess that Jonah had made the decision to bring MC without consulting anyone in his family because he knew that his decision would be opposed. I suppose that Jonah’s father does know him quite well, but it actually unsettles me more, because he seems to have no regard for the effect he has on his sons. Like, Jonah literally had to fight to keep his head up under such pressure.

So Jonah goes on to explain why he chose not to tell anyone about it, but his father interrupts him AGAIN with this huge speech about how the Clemence bloodline cannot be mixed with a bloodline of unknown origins. They have kept his tradition for hundreds of years, and that every single heir has accepted this fact and chose to marry someone of high social standing. 

Jonah, naturally, was pretty angry, and told his father that he has gone too far. But guess what? This dude ignores him YET AGAIN and tries to convince MC to marry Levie instead of Jonah. Seriously. No wonder Jonah never listens to anyone else if this was the role model he had. I’m really starting to grit my teeth at this point.

Also, something concerning is how Jonah’s father knew that Levie is after MC, since that was classified information. Jonah confronts him about him, but he brushes it off by saying that he was the former Queen of Hearts and he has all the information sources he need. I wonder how powerful he was when he was Queen if he was still so influential in his retirement. And yeah, he totally strikes me as the sort of guy who would order Claudius to assassinate people...

But anyways, Jonah’s father tells him that he’ll pretend as if he heard nothing and walks off, even though Jonah tried to tell him that he wasn’t finished yet. What a guy.

Jonah leaves MC with Luka and goes after his father. Luka takes MC to his room and tells her something really sweet. He tells her that to trust “that guy” (Jonah) and to wait for him, which really showed his reliance on his older brother. Like, even though he rejects Jonah a lot and avoids him, deep down inside he still believes in Jonah. 

And after a few parts we get a flashback where Jonah recalls the conversation he had with his father after he goes after him, and this is where my blood starts boiling.

So the Clemence father reminds Jonah, in a pretty harsh way, that when he had rejected marriage alliances in the past, he has always said that he’ll find someone better. He then goes on to call MC “that kind of person” (as in, a person of low birth and social standing), and Jonah gets pretty mad at him for that:

[Translation:

Jonah: Even if you’re my father, I cannot allow you to call her “that kind of person”...!

Clemence Patriarch: Don’t change the topic!

Hearing his father’s roar of fury, Jonah wasn’t scared in the slightest, and instead glared fierily back at him.]

I find it kinda interesting how the game refers to Jonah and Luka’s father as “the Clemence Patriarch” instead of “Clemence Father” or something. That would probably make more sense, because the term “Patriarch” can refer to a grandfather, an uncle, a cousin, etc., not necessarily a father. But I guess this highlights how his identity as a patriarch is prioritized before his identity as a father.

And then this scene happens:

[Translation:

Clemence Patriarch: Whatever you say! There is nothing more to say, get out. 

Clemence Patriarch: In order to prevent the failure of the first, we still have a second.

Clemence Patriarch: I will disown you as my son, and make Luka the heir of the family, and then he’ll be the one to marry a high-born noble lady.]

DUDE WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

IT DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT??????????? YOU CAN’T JUST DECIDE THAT YOUR SON IS A FAILURE WHEN HE DOES ONE (1) THING AGAINST YOUR WILL AND TOSS HIM OUT AND MAKE YOUR OTHER SON THE HEIR???????????????????

Honestly he makes Jonah and Luka sound so expendable, and that’s really not okay. They’re human beings, his own SONS, not an object to be thrown away when it served its use. Like, if I had any doubts about why Luka left his family before, this scene just explained everything. Who would want this guy as their parent????? 

And of course, as the best nii-sama in the world, Jonah caves.

[Translation:

Even though he wanted to follow through with his own ideals, he couldn’t let his important brother, Luka, be sacrificed.

Not only would Luka have to bear the burden as the heir, a burden that he has been bearing for many years, 

And he would marry some lady who he has never met before, this absolutely cannot happen!

Jonah: Just this one thing...please don’t do it.

Jonah could only bend to his father’s will.]

JONAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY POOR BBY LET ME GIVE YOU A HUG (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ

He’s literally in an impossible position right now. If he wants to marry the love of his life, he would have a sacrifice his precious brother, and if he wants to protect his brother, he would have to sacrifice his fiancee. If he wants to keep them both safe, then the only real solution would be to leave the Clemence family.

Come on, Cybird. Y’all made him turn against the Red Army in his original route and now you’re making him turn against his family now??? When will the torture for Jonah and his stans ever end??????????

And here’s a few other lines from the Clemence Patriarch to disgust you:

[Translation:

Clemence Patriach: I am a generous and maganimous person.

Clemence Patriach: As long as the Clemence bloodline is protected, I don’t care if the heir is you or Luka.]

......I literally have nothing else to say.

Istg this dude is the worst parent in the Red Army, and the Red Army is already brimming with awful parenting skills. Lancelot’s father pretty much neglected him and Edgar’s uncle straight-up abused him, but you could still tell that they cared about their sons in their own little twisted ways. Lancelot’s father eqipped him with all the skills he would need to be King, and Claudius took all responsibility for the Bright family business in the end, protecting Edgar. And then we have the Clemence father who’s all like: i MaDE TwO kIDS foR a reASoN anD ThAt iS To HAVE ONE OF THEM REPLACE THE OTHER/USING ONE OF THEM TO THREATEN THE OTHER IF THEY MESS UP. ALSO NEITHER OF THEM MATTERS APPARENTLY BC THEY’RE BOTH JUST TOOLS FOR CARRYING ON THE BLOODLINE.

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE.

I get that this is only part 12 and he’s probably going to have a redemption scene or at least some whitewashing at the end, but STILL. I really, really, really, really, really don’t like Jonah and Luka’s father.

#ikemen revolution #ikerev #jonah clemence #luka clemence #clemence father #clemence patriarch #ikerev jonah #ikerev luka #i literally hate him so much #i thought claudius won the a+ parenting award #but nah #this guy obliterated him #best nominee no doubt #god i hate him so much

[seosamhmooney]

My Top 5 Favorite Shakespeare Plays

I got so much positive feedback! on my last post (link at the bottom of this post) that I decided to do another one! Two days in a row! Never written so much! That’s not true. But anywho, here are my top 5 Shakespeare plays.

5. The Scottish Play

This is a great play, it really is, so it’s hard for me to be critical. Still, it’s certainly not my favorite and doesn’t even really make my top 3. I’ve seen it live once, but the performance was excruciatingly modern and tried way too hard to be edgy and send a political statement (although what it was I couldn’t tell you). So then I tried watching the Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender adaptation, which supposedly received a 10-minute standing ovation at Cannes. I fell asleep about thirty minutes into it. Does this make the Scottish Play bad? Absolutely not. Lady Macbeth is arguably the best character Shakespeare ever wrote. Ever. The witches make for fascinating storytelling, and Macbeth’s enemies are so well-written, the Scottish Play is (almost) always a fantastic read/viewing. 

4. Romeo and Juliet

Yes, I love this play. I absolutely love this play. I actually read it in its entirety for the first time just a few months ago after having watched Baz Luhrmann’s highly controversial yet, in my opinion, brilliant take on the story as well as having seen a screening of the Met Opera’s production of Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, a fabulous, fabulous opera. Romeo and Juliet is a fan favorite for a reason. It really takes a look at the struggles teenagers go through when dealing with their parents and relatives, but then it oh-so-dramatically tosses the two main characters into this scandalous but so genuine love affair that really has gone down in history as one of the best-written love stories ever told. If you think Romeo and Juliet is overrated or stupid for whatever reason, you really have not taken the time to dive into the material and pull apart the story. Do it. Do it! It’s well worth it. 

3. Hamlet

Easily the best play Shakespeare wrote, Hamlet has just about everything you could possibly ask for in a story (ghosts, romance, family politics, regular politics, murder, suicide, sword fights, a theatre troupe, etcetera; the list goes on) without bogging down what is trying to be told. When so many different elements are introduced into a story, it risks drowning by the things that should make it so great, but Hamlet floats on, strong and sure, because these elements are so well-balanced and melted and molded together. Love him or hate him, you must admit that Hamlet is a fascinating character, and his obsession with and confusion regarding his father’s death and his subsequent mission to kill his now-step-father Claudius drives the story without clouding the narrative of the other subplots, like Ophelia and Hamlet’s doomed love or Fortinbras and the political turmoil that plagues these parts of Europe. An absolutely brilliant play to read and/or watch, it can rarely, rarely go wrong. 

2. Antony and Cleopatra

This play often flies under the radar, not hated by readers or critics but not particularly loved either. It’s just kind of...there. I really stumbled upon this play while doing research on the infamous 1963 Elizabeth Taylor film Cleopatra. I became immediately fascinated by the titular character, a woman so powerful, so fierce, and so seductive that in her lifetime, she seduced at least (at least) two of history’s most powerful men, Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius, or Mark Antony. After reading the play, I was honestly shocked at just how shallow and conceited Cleopatra was/seemed/is(?)! When she learns that Antony has married Octavian’s sister Octavia, her first reaction is to ask how tall Octavia is and how beautiful she is, just to make sure she is still the most beautiful woman in Antony’s life. What?! Surely, this is the weakest character Shakespeare has ever written, right? (You guessed it) Wrong! Though Cleopatra is certainly rough around the edges, like, really, really rough, there is so much to her character than what her tough, Queen of Egypt facade is able to reveal. What we see, and what Octavian sees, is a woman in an extraordinarily powerful political position. What Antony sees, in contrast, is an extraordinarily powerful woman in just another political position, and it is this Cleopatra that I love so much. To simplify things, imagine Romeo and Juliet, only make them two of the most powerful people in the world, throw in a sick naval battle, and marry Romeo to Rosaline halfway through, and this is Antony and Cleopatra. Tragic, ugly, but hopelessly romantic, this is my favorite of Shakespeare’s tragedies. 

1. Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night is easily a favorite play of Shakespearean scholars, but it is often overshadowed by more well-known comedies like A Midsummer’s Night Dream and Much Ado About Nothing and by his tragedies, which typically garner more favor for their dramatic emphases. When I first read Twelfth Night, I was skeptical as hell: I didn’t think I would enjoy a written comedy! I was SO WRONG. This play, when I first read it, had me laughing so hard I thought my stomach was going to burst. I was absolutely speechless! I was reading it as a part of a class on Shakespeare I took in high school, and I will never be more grateful for any other high school class than I am for that one. In addition to teaching me the wonderful world of Shakespeare, it taught me that I can still be surprised by literature and not to judge a work by its genre. Twelfth Night also introduced me to the brilliant performer Mark Rylance, who actually won an Academy Award for his supporting role in Tom Hanks’ Bridge of Spies. Mark Rylance played Olivia in an all-male production of Twelfth Night at the Globe Theatre in London, and holy shit, I don’t think I have ever laughed as hard as I did while watching it. Rylance absolutely stole the show as Olivia, and it easily ranks as one of the best shows--live or screened--that I have ever seen. Twelfth Night is Shakespeare at his absolute comedic finest, and honestly, if you don’t find it the least bit hysterical, see a psychologist. Please.

Honorable Mentions:

The Merchant of Venice

Not a bad play. Portia is actually one of my favorite of Shakespeare’s characters of all time. I just don’t care particularly much for the story in general. C’est la vie.

The Tempest

Again, not necessarily a bad play. Caliban and Prospero are very, very fascinating characters. Again, my qualms have to do with the story; it’s just not very riveting.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So there you have it, folks. Here’s a link to my last post: https://augustine-aloysius.tumblr.com/post/162584659629/my-top-10-favorite-musical-movies. I’m almost positive there’s a way to shorten that so it shows up as a word or two but works as a link, but I’m sort of a technological moron and still rather new to this website, so give me break. Help me out if you want, always appreciative. Cheers. x

#plays #shakespeare #theatre #romeo and juliet #macbeth #hamlet #twelfth night #antony and cleopatra #second post #yay me #how do i shorten the link #c'est la vie lol