Romeo x Juliet 01

[joiedecombat]

Japan proves that Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet is exponentially more interesting when:

A) Verona is a floating sky city and

B) Juliet cross-dresses and swordfights.

Also, omg pretty.

That is all. For now.

Edit: Tip to the online anime reviewers who are shocked and dismayed to find that the anime is not a faithful adaptation of the play: this series is by Gonzo, also responsible for the Seven Samurai anime with all the futuristic mecha combat. And all of the trailers for Romeo x Juliet showed flying horses and sky city and Juliet sword-fighting. It is not like you did not know what you were getting into.

YOU FAIL.

Seriously, disliking the series on the basis of the first episode is one thing. Disliking it for stupid reasons is another. The original play wasn't all that great to begin with, so remarks about "I don't remember that from Shakespeare's play" aren't so much funny as they are... dumb.

Comments

[annwyd.livejournal.com]

Floating sky cities (pegasi!), cross-dressing, and swordfighting makes everything better. In fact, I should come up with an AU set in a floating sky city that involves cross-dressing and swordfighting for all my fandoms.

...I think it'd do really well with Ouran in particular. But then, that already has cross-dressing.

[joiedecombat.livejournal.com]

Oh god, now I'm tempted to try to come up with AUs in that theme for all of my fandoms. Not to write them, just to see if I can come up with the ideas at all.

And for Weiss Kreuz, that means Ken has to dress up like a girl.

Again.

Poor Ken.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Do you guys know how much I support these moves? THIS MUCH.

My arms are spread out wide.

[fiddlersgreen.livejournal.com]

Shakespeare would totally have written about flying cities and flying horses if he'd thought he could get away with it.