because the women don't get enough love in this community

[angevin2]

Title: All in the Morning Betime
Play: Hamlet
Pairing/characters: Ophelia
Rating: It's gen and centers around a bawdy song which isn't quoted, so let's just say G.
Word Count: 140
Prompt(s) used: education, from 2/23 (kind of)
Summary: A young Ophelia does not learn about sex but does learn about other things.
Author's notes: Man, I don't know

Comments

[angevin2]

//hugs you

[lareinenoire]

I just love this. That last line is such a gut-punch.

[angevin2]

Thank you! I had hoped it would be. One of the things that gave me the idea for the fic is that I'd been talking to Moi about how the play -- not the play itself necessarily, but certainly the world of the play is very hostile to women. And in Ophelia's case that gets expressed by extreme politeness and then bawdy little songs, and I think she's been acculturated not to really question her status too much, but it's there underneath, and as a kid she's not fully acculturated yet. So that's where this piece came from.

[lareinenoire]

One of the things I've always loved about Ophelia's mad scenes is how much she seems to know (of course, this is open to interpretation, but I like the idea that she's using the madness very much as Hamlet did, to drive everyone around her crazy). And since children and mad people are apparently both known for telling unvarnished truths without thinking about it, you've really made that connection beautifully.

[angevin2]

*loffs you*

[mutatedminds]

Aww, she's so innocent in this. -loves-
The last line is sad in a kind of cute way.

[angevin2]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)