Shakesfic: With No Less Terror Than the Elements: notes towards uncovering Act IV, Scene ii of Ri

[marnanightingale]

With No Less Terror Than the Elements: notes toward uncovering Act IV, Scene ii of Richard II

A SPANK INFERNO OF THE ROSES PRODUCTION

By the King's Two Bawdies.

Bawdy Natural (Authorial Intent and Pornography): commodorified
Bawdy Politic: (New Historicist Reading and Existential Wank): angevin2

Dramatis Personae:
Richard of Bordeaux, sometime Richard II of England
Henry IV, sometime Henry Bolingbroke.

Warning: The sexual content of this fic, though middling explicit at best, contains enough dirty bad wrong that both the author and the editor needed a stiff drink before, during, and after editing it. Readers familiar with the text will immediately apprehend the nature of the dynamic we propose to explore. Others are advised to read at least Act 3 Scene 3, Act 4 Scene 1, Act 5 Scene 4, and Act 5 Scene 6 before proceeding. In fact, just go read the play. It's fabulous. We'll wait for you.

And therefore, Baldwin, sith thou wilt declare
How princes fell, to make the living wise,
My vicious story in no point see thou spare,
But paint it out, that rulers may beware
Good counsel, law, or virtue to despise.
The Mirror for Magistrates, 5.22-6 (1559)

wilt thou, pupil-like/Take thy correction mildly, kiss the rod/ And fawn on rage with base humility/Which art a lion and a king of beasts?

Comments

[black-hound.livejournal.com]

*points to icon*

*gladly joins you taking all the dirtybadwrong along for the ride*

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

*loves on you a whole bunch and also on the icon*

Don't miss the feetnote, they're the best part :)

[black-hound.livejournal.com]

deposing and greyhounds. Who could ask for anything more? *g*

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

like a bad, bad doggie...