What Fools These Mortals Be (Shakespearian High School AU)

[originally_dw]

Title: What Fools These Mortals Be
Author: evol_love
Reader: originally
Fandoms: Romeo And Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Measure for Measure
Pairings: Desdemona/Emilia, Mercutio/Benvolio, Olivia/Viola, Orsino/Sebastian, Viola/Olivia/Orsino/Sebastian, Helena/Hermia, Hermia/Lysander, Juliet/Romeo
Rating: G
Length: 00:19:33
Author's Summary: Various shenanigans of various Shakespeare characters when prom season arrives at their high school.
Reader's Notes: Thanks to evol_love for having blanket permission to podfic. :)

So, er... well, this week was the bard's birthday, so naturally the right choice to commemorate that is to record a massively cracky high-school AU. (I also recorded a performance of a Lady Macbeth monologue if you want something more serious). I actually think he would approve of this kind of thing, since the majority of what good Will did himself was essentially AU fanfiction, and this story is just the right mix of funny, bawdy and serious.

As a content note, there's a homophobic slur in here, although it's not aimed at anyone and is in the context of "don't use that word".

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Oh boy, points.

5 (Romeo And Juliet) + 5 (A Midsummer Night's Dream) + 5 (Twelfth Night) + 10 (As You Like It) + 10 (Measure for Measure) + 10 (Desdemona/Emilia) + 10 (Mercutio/Benvolio) + 10 (Olivia/Viola) + 10 (Orsino/Sebastian) + 10 (Viola/Olivia/Orsino/Sebastian) + 10 (Helena/Hermia) + 10 (Hermia/Lysander) + 5 (Juliet/Romeo) = 110 x 2 = 220 (hey, what a shame it wasn't 30 seconds longer, haha)

Comments

[podmod]

nice!

[originally_dw]

I'm kind of cackling at this comment, because I'm not sure whether you're nicing the concept of the fic or the ridiculous crossover points I racked up or what, haha.

I'm still totally gunning for that supersampler prize ;)

[sisi_rambles]

Hi!

Your archive entry is here :)

[idella]

This is so fun and so well-read! I think you capture the fun of the story and I love how great you are with dialogue and banter! I am so keeping this.

[originally_dw]

Eee thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it; I had a lot of fun with this one.