Why yes, I am completely unoriginal. Why do you ask?

[raeschae]

So yesterday, vamphile posted a poll about what she should write next. This morning, while working on a Creative Control time stamp, I realized that I have three WIPs that I could possibly turn into new stories, but I don't know which way I want to go, or even if I should try. So I'm totally ripping off Vamp's idea and leaving it up to y'all.

Where do I go? What do I do? Prod me. Guide me. Prompt me. HELP ME!



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Comments

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

Ah. Good ole' Bill Shakespeare. I used to love him.

[strangeallure.livejournal.com]

I still do, I have to say - I've seen more productions than might strictly be healthy - but this paper makes me want to tear my hair out a little.

But hey, other people are busy fighting the apocalpyse, right?

I love your icon, btw.

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It serves me well on so many occasions.

I used to think he was over-rated, but classic is classic for a reason, kids.

Think your prof would be okay with you just handing something in that says, "I would have written this paper, but I decided to fight the apocalypse instead?" I'd give you mad points for that. (Which could be the reason I'm not a professor of anything.)

[strangeallure.livejournal.com]

I was the exact same way - and there are still plays and scenes that don't work for me - but over time, I came to really appreciate his work.

Much Ado has some of the finest and wittiest banter written to this date, and if you don't think Richard III is one of the snarkiest, most ruthless and badass characters ever, you're probably dead inside a little. (Accidentally, there are great movie adaptations for both: the Emma Thompson/Kenneth Brannagh and Ian McKellen one, respectively.)

Think your prof would be okay with you just handing something in that says, "I would have written this paper, but I decided to fight the apocalypse instead?" I'd give you mad points for that.

- Worth a try, right? Or I could give him some gay porn I wrote and hope for a heart attack. Too bad I actually like him.

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

First of all, yours is a GREAT icon and I love it.

Second, Iago's my favorite bad ass character, because he's pure, unrepentant and irredeemable evil, and that's always fun. Also, because my brother played him once in college and came across so ruthless, I was actually scared of him for a minute. Much Ado, I agree, is brilliant, and there's something about Midsummer Night's Dream that equally confuses the fuck out of me and fascinates me all at the same time.

It's crazy how many films are still being made on the premise of those plays, whether they try to disguise it or not. Time-tested, tried and true - if you can find nothing else to love about the man and his work, he certainly tapped into resounding human emotions and themes in a way that few have been able to replicate.

[strangeallure.livejournal.com]

Thank you! MS-Paint FTW!

Yeah, Iago is very badass. Othello is also an interesting play in that Shakespeare breaks theatrical conventions and has Iago lie in the soliloquies and asides, where characters were always expected to tell the truth at that time. Iago is so badass, in fact, that there's another paper on him waiting for me once I finish the current one. Woe!

It's crazy how many films are still being made on the premise of those plays, whether they try to disguise it or not.

- Absolutely. And Shakespeare used earlier sources for most of his plays, too. Just goes to show that it's not so much about originality, but about doing it right.

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

It's so true. Solomon wrote, in the bible, that there's nothing new under the sun. And that was back then - how the hell can we hope to find anything brand spankin' new now? There are new and exciting ways to say things, but at the core, we're still saying the same old things.

God, now I've depressed myself. Awesome.

[strangeallure.livejournal.com]

Don't be depressed. Have a cookie!

It's supposed to be a comforting thought. We all go through the same things, we are all ultimately the same, we are all connected ... blah blah blah.

Scully is laughing - and you should be, too.

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well if Scully is laughing . . .

Sorry, I ran out of appropriate icons awhile ago - I only have 35.

[strangeallure.livejournal.com]

Your icon is ALWAYS appropriate. ALWAYS, do you hear me?

(And I only have 21, so ...)

[raeschae.livejournal.com]

It is rather impressive, that one. Hm . . .

I have thirty-five, but a bunch of them are for my 'verses, so I can't use them all the time. *shrugs* Oh well - what're ya gonna do?