A Star-Forged Ruby

coriolanus? isn’t that a type of parsley?

you’re thinking of coriander. coriolanus is a french scientist from the 17th-18th century.

no, that’s coriolis. coriolanus is when two things are connected

No, that’s correlation. Coriolanus is a fairly attractive seabird.

No that’s a cormorant. Coriolanus is a kitchen device that you use to remove the core from apples and pears.

no, that’s a corer. coriolanus is an aura of plasma that surrounds a star.

Nope, that’s a corona! Coriolanus is a perforated bowl used to strain off liquid from food, especially after cooking

no, that’s a colander. “coriolanus” is one of the pauline epistles from the christian bible

no, that’s corinthians. coriolanus is a small orange-colored oval fruit, or a fruit-bearing tree that produces this fruit.

no, no- that’s a kumquat. “coriolanus” is a large group of dancers who perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre.

you’re thinking of a chorus. “coriolanus” is a plain but reliable model of car made by toyota

no, that’s corolla- “coriolanus” is a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet

No that’s a corner. Coriolanus is a type of sea creature which commonly forms the basis of reefs, such as the Great Barrier

No, that’s coral. Coriolanus is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet.

No, that’s a cornet. Coriolanus is a strong fabric made of twisted fibers that academics like to wear as pants.

No, that’s corduroy. Coriolanus is that stuff they inject you with when you break out in hives.

No, that’s cortisone. Coriolanus is the name of the Frankish dynasty founded by Charles Martel.

No, that’s Carolingian. Coriolanus is the outer layer of grey matter that covers the surface of the cerebral hemisphere.

No that’s the cerebral cortex. Coriolanus is a state in the United States of America that is shaped like a square and includes the city of Denver

Nope, that’s Colorado. Coriolanus is a horn-shaped container that symbolizes–

…s-symbolizes…

I think i might be into knife play…

#so do ALL productions of Coriolanus dissolve into homoeroticism and knifeplay#like is that a Thing#or is that just how they’re doing it nowadays?#I just remember Ralph Fienne’s Coriolanus being really sexually frustrating

Yes.  Coriolanus is extremely gay.  You would actually have to wrestle with the text to completely de-gay it.  It’s easier to just roll with it.

like this part: Aufidius and Coriolanus are longtime adversaries (of the obsessed-with-each-other-only-I-can-kill-him-variety). When Coriolanus is ousted and betrayed, he goes to join up with Aufidius.  This is how he is received:

                                 …Let me twine Mine arms about that body, where against My grained ash an hundred times hath broke And scarr’d the moon with splinters: here I clip The anvil of my sword, and do contest As hotly and as nobly with thy love As ever in ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valour. Know thou first, I loved the maid I married; never man Sigh’d truer breath; but that I see thee here, Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw Bestride my threshold. 

awink!

#also #knives and swords are usually used as dick puns in #Shakespeare #so it makes sense to use the physical props as a visual marker #of the threatening and violent eroticism at play between to two main characters #like #this could kill you but it might also be my metaphorical dick

Bringing this one back.

I saw the NT Live simulcast of this production, and good god YES it was this gay. Also: Hiddles is covered in blood near the end of the first act, and I wanted to lick it all off of him.

Why do I have this on repeat. 

And why are people giggling. I wasn’t giggling when I saw it in the opera house for the first time, I was… desperate for air.

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That production of Coriolanus was really good, tho. Normally I find that play a bit dry, but I was riveted, and the character motivations made sense! Also, THANK YOU to director Josie Rourke for just going ahead and letting the gay subtext be text!!!

My coworker is gun obsessed and she was telling me about snipers and how exceedingly rare it is for someone to be a successful sniper. Of course my mind immediately applied these random tid bits to Bucky Barnes.

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