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Dryunya wrote:Way ahead of thee.

Goldude wrote: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 wrote: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?

Flitterbie wrote: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?

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

Flitterbie wrote: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 wrote: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?

Dryunya wrote:Juliet mentioned that she is Younger Than She Looks.

The Finch wrote: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 wrote: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.

Scarab wrote:...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.

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

Scarab wrote:...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.

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 wrote:I am a bad, bad person.

I told Juliet about Twilight.

Wysp wrote:I am a bad, bad person.

I told Juliet about Twilight.

Wysp wrote:it is a far, far better thing--!