Main discussion thread

[Dryunya]

Way ahead of thee.

[Scarab]

Way ahead of thee.

So I see

[WackyMeetsPractical]

Hey guys! Juliet's posted on her blog. If you want to go and corrupt her some more, now's your chance.

[Goldude]

I have a feeling that Romeo and Juliet's relationship is going to continue to devolve. Then they'll break up for a period of time until something happens which causes them to get back together. And then possibly die.

[Sicon112]

I have a feeling that Romeo and Juliet's relationship is going to continue to devolve. Then they'll break up for a period of time until something happens which causes them to get back together. And then possibly die.

Unfortunately, you are probably right. OK, when the hell did the plot of 99% of all shipping fics cross the wall, and what the hell do I have to kill to get rid of it?

[Goldude]

Unfortunately, you are probably right. OK, when the hell did the plot of 99% of all shipping fics cross the wall, and what the hell do I have to kill to get rid of it?

You must commit sudoku.

[Flitterbie]

Okay, I don't know if someone has pointed this out, but there may be a slight problem here: Juliet's 12, and Romeo's 19, memory serving. Has anyone pointed out that this relationship could get him arrested, or am I just missing something?

[Adell]

Haha, oh god you're right! I totally forgot about that! Maybe it's for the best that he's avoiding her right now...

[WackyMeetsPractical]

Okay, I don't know if someone has pointed this out, but there may be a slight problem here: Juliet's 12, and Romeo's 19, memory serving. Has anyone pointed out that this relationship could get him arrested, or am I just missing something?

I think that would depend on the legal age of consent in whatever country they are currently in. I'm not sure if they've even stated what country they're in. I don't know if the legal age really changes that much from country to country, but I only know what it is here and the US, and I'm not one to assume the same of every other place in the world.

[Flitterbie]

Okay, I don't know if someone has pointed this out, but there may be a slight problem here: Juliet's 12, and Romeo's 19, memory serving. Has anyone pointed out that this relationship could get him arrested, or am I just missing something?

I think that would depend on the legal age of consent in whatever country they are currently in. I'm not sure if they've even stated what country they're in. I don't know if the legal age really changes that much from country to country, but I only know what it is here and the US, and I'm not one to assume the same of every other place in the world.

There's only a very small number of countries where 12 is legal, mostly in Africa/Middle East, and I highly doubt they're in that region.

[NeverSlender]

Okay, I don't know if someone has pointed this out, but there may be a slight problem here: Juliet's 12, and Romeo's 19, memory serving. Has anyone pointed out that this relationship could get him arrested, or am I just missing something?

If Juliet's 12 and Romeo's 19 how the hell are they at the same school?

[Dryunya]

Juliet mentioned that she is Younger Than She Looks.

[NeverSlender]

Juliet mentioned that she is Younger Than She Looks.

*Slaps*

Drink!

And ok, I suppose that works.

[The Finch]

On the idea of Child Marriage, in the time that William Shakespeare wrote "Romeo and Juliet," parents wanted to have children as quickly as they could, so they legally married their daughters to boys that are of the parents choosing at incredibly young ages, like 14 or 15 years old. Romeo was older than Juliet in the play, since he was 16, and she was 14, and Juliet was about to get married to Paris. They fell in love at the Montague's dance and eventually got married in secret by Friar Lawrence. The time that I think our predicament is happening is just after Romeo kills Tybalt, who killed Mercutio, who was Romeo's friend along with Benvolio.

Just remembered that from English and Themes and World History last year. Just thinking aloud...

[Scarab]

On the idea of Child Marriage, in the time that William Shakespeare wrote "Romeo and Juliet," parents wanted to have children as quickly as they could, so they legally married their daughters to boys that are of the parents choosing at incredibly young ages, like 14 or 15 years old. Romeo was older than Juliet in the play, since he was 16, and she was 14, and Juliet was about to get married to Paris. They fell in love at the Montague's dance and eventually got married in secret by Friar Lawrence. The time that I think our predicament is happening is just after Romeo kills Tybalt, who killed Mercutio, who was Romeo's friend along with Benvolio.

Just remembered that from English and Themes and World History last year. Just thinking aloud...

Well at least that's a far less dangerous age gap, I guess... I dunno, honestly I never saw their relationship as working long term, it was their situation that made the whole thing so tragic. It was never a LOVE story - it was a story about the consequences of shoving your family problems and prejudices on your children and how teenagers are prone to overreact. Or something like that anyway.

...Wait just a thought here guys, this may have already been discussed but how the HECK is she even IN a school? it sounds like she's at least in highschool but if she's anywhere higher... don't you have to pay for stuff like that? They have no form of legal identity.

[Adell]

Well at least that's a far less dangerous age gap, I guess... I dunno, honestly I never saw their relationship as working long term, it was their situation that made the whole thing so tragic. It was never a LOVE story - it was a story about the consequences of shoving your family problems and prejudices on your children and how teenagers are prone to overreact. Or something like that anyway.

Romeo and Juliet was never a love story, it was a tragedy. Most people seem to associate the story with true love, but the actual idea was that they were just blindly in love and caused a lot of people to die in the process, including themselves.

[WackyMeetsPractical]

...Wait just a thought here guys, this may have already been discussed but how the HECK is she even IN a school? it sounds like she's at least in highschool but if she's anywhere higher... don't you have to pay for stuff like that? They have no form of legal identity.

I got the impression that they stumbled into a university. It seems to me that these students, which I assume are a part of a sorority and a fraternity, have taken a liking to the two characters, and sort of took them in. It's easy enough to sneak somebody into a college class, especially if it's large enough. The history class that Juliet has gone too could easily have had 50 or even 100 students, and she could just sit among them, blended in with the rest. The art class she discussed going to is a bit more of a riddle, since the teacher that gave her notes would surely know whether she's registered or not, but I guess it's possible they made some sort of arrangement earlier.

[Pixelmage]

...Wait just a thought here guys, this may have already been discussed but how the HECK is she even IN a school? it sounds like she's at least in highschool but if she's anywhere higher... don't you have to pay for stuff like that? They have no form of legal identity.

I got the impression that they stumbled into a university. It seems to me that these students, which I assume are a part of a sorority and a fraternity, have taken a liking to the two characters, and sort of took them in. It's easy enough to sneak somebody into a college class, especially if it's large enough. The history class that Juliet has gone too could easily have had 50 or even 100 students, and she could just sit among them, blended in with the rest. The art class she discussed going to is a bit more of a riddle, since the teacher that gave her notes would surely know whether she's registered or not, but I guess it's possible they made some sort of arrangement earlier.

Julliet sort of lampshaded it:

They have all been so kind to me—in fact,
they extended me an honorary membership to the sorority! They said that I will
still have to attend formal recruitment in the fall, although hopefully by then I will
be back at home, married to Romeo!

[Wysp]

I am a bad, bad person.

I told Juliet about Twilight.

[NeverSlender]

I am a bad, bad person.

I told Juliet about Twilight.

You monster. You don't realise what you have unleashed. We all have to READ that blog.

[Pixelmage]

Mods. Ed. Joe. Mr. Administrator.

ANYONE WITH THE POWER TO DO IT. Please...
Erase Wysp from the multiverse. He's too big a monster to be left here.

[NeverSlender]

It's fine, I'll just knock him out and throw him in a dumpster, which I will take to the coffee room and feed to Cthulhu.

[IslaKariese]

I am a bad, bad person.

I told Juliet about Twilight.

*stares, then pulls all of the characters from the RPG thread to aim their strongest attacks at him*
You don't even get the benefit of last words, you son of a [BUY SOME APPLES]!

[Wysp]

it is a far, far better thing--!

[Sicon112]

it is a far, far better thing--!

OK, so he knows last words, but THAT SHALL NOT STOP MY VENGEANCE!!! *Steamrolls him with a wall of flames the size the Eiffel Tower*