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rionaleonhart) wrote2005-11-14 09:56 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2005-11-14 09:56 pm
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The Doomed and Crazy Love of James and - er, of Banquo and Macbeth.
(During an adaptation of Macbeth. Macbeth, sometime after his killing of Duncan (ZOMG SPOILER), has been told that 'pigs will fly' before he is harmed (and I didn't see the end, but I wonder how they handled that? 'Where's that pork we were going to cook? Wait a second - what's that going past the window?'), and has got a bit cocky and also even more insane that he was previously, which was pretty damn insane. He has just been yelling at the people working under him. He and Banquo are now alone, sitting on a bench in a cloakroom or something.)
Banquo: ...you're forgetting the most important thing about running a kitchen. (pause) Respect.
(Yes, this version of Macbeth was set in a kitchen. Don't ask me why.)
Macbeth: (very quietly) ...I'm sorry. (reaches out to lay his hand along Banquo's cheek.)
Riona: ...wait, what?
(Banquo looks as if he is having the same thought. Suddenly Macbeth pulls him into this weird half-hug, pressing his (Banquo's) ear against his (Macbeth's) chest, and asks him, half-laughing and half-crazy-sobbing, whether he can hear his heartbeat.)
Riona: ...wait, what?
Banquo: (says something that I can't quite catch. Macbeth releases him and stares into his eyes.)
Macbeth: (all crazy-intense) But you love me.
Banquo: ...yes.
Riona: STOP APPEALING TO MY LOVE OF INCREDIBLY SCREWED-UP ROMANCES MY GOD.
Banquo: (starts talking about his son and the cycle rides they have sometimes.)
Macbeth: (with a rather creepy half-smile that makes you think dear God Banquo don't tell him anything seriously asks quiet questions about where exactly the cycle rides are, whether he feels like having one tomorrow dear God Banquo don't tell him anything.)
Banquo: (tells him.)
Riona: ...well, of course I knew what was going to happen, but I thought that, uh, maybe, in this adaptation... if I thought 'don't tell him' loudly enough... well, he's doomed now anyway.
Macbeth: (catches hold of Banquo's hand as he passes and kisses it, his eyes unfocused.)
Riona: AGHDGIFHDASJF ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?
SO YES. FINE. I NOW CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT MACBETH/BANQUO.
DON'T JUDGE ME.
I CAN SEE YOU JUDGING ME. STOP IT.
Banquo: ...you're forgetting the most important thing about running a kitchen. (pause) Respect.
(Yes, this version of Macbeth was set in a kitchen. Don't ask me why.)
Macbeth: (very quietly) ...I'm sorry. (reaches out to lay his hand along Banquo's cheek.)
Riona: ...wait, what?
(Banquo looks as if he is having the same thought. Suddenly Macbeth pulls him into this weird half-hug, pressing his (Banquo's) ear against his (Macbeth's) chest, and asks him, half-laughing and half-crazy-sobbing, whether he can hear his heartbeat.)
Riona: ...wait, what?
Banquo: (says something that I can't quite catch. Macbeth releases him and stares into his eyes.)
Macbeth: (all crazy-intense) But you love me.
Banquo: ...yes.
Riona: STOP APPEALING TO MY LOVE OF INCREDIBLY SCREWED-UP ROMANCES MY GOD.
Banquo: (starts talking about his son and the cycle rides they have sometimes.)
Macbeth: (with a rather creepy half-smile that makes you think dear God Banquo don't tell him anything seriously asks quiet questions about where exactly the cycle rides are, whether he feels like having one tomorrow dear God Banquo don't tell him anything.)
Banquo: (tells him.)
Riona: ...well, of course I knew what was going to happen, but I thought that, uh, maybe, in this adaptation... if I thought 'don't tell him' loudly enough... well, he's doomed now anyway.
Macbeth: (catches hold of Banquo's hand as he passes and kisses it, his eyes unfocused.)
Riona: AGHDGIFHDASJF ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?
SO YES. FINE. I NOW CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT MACBETH/BANQUO.
DON'T JUDGE ME.
I CAN SEE YOU JUDGING ME. STOP IT.
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Main character? Totally oblivious. Poor cousin.