Shakespeare would have been a Shawol
Yes, I really do believe had be been alive today (and into Korean pop music), Bill Shakes would have been a fellow in our fanclub. After all, it's no great secret that he was biual, but -- come on -- his taste in men makes it very obvious that he would definitely appreciate the SHINee eye-candy. ~.^
I never was able to contextualize this sonnet so well before I became a Shawol myself:
Sonnet #20
A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion;
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue, all hues in his controlling,
Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created,
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she pricked thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.
In short, some femmy-looking boy caught his eye (imagine Key or Taemin especially), who he says looks better than any woman out there ("A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted") and is not only better looking, but a better person also; less fake and stuck-up (he has a "woman's heart" without all the "false" and "shifting change"). This SHINee-look-alike is so bright and beautiful that he "steals men's eyes" and "amazeth" women's souls (both very carnal implications). In fact, this guy is so beautiful that even Nature herself fell in love with him ("fell a-doting"); he has the ability to make men and women both want him. But since she made him with a ("But since she PRICKED thee for women's pleasure" is a double entendre; prick = ), he's engineered to please women better. So in the end, they trade in the commerce of love in place of lust, proving that they are superior to the superficiality and shallowness of women.
LMAO!
This is what happens when you mix studying and fanfic-writing. Your brain gets all Mced. I quite personally am in love with the term "master-mistress of my passion." It so makes me think of a naughty 2min/JongKey-master/servant/concubine scenerio. IDK. Oh, well... maybe I was able to inspire some of you to read some Shakespeare, at least. He was a pretty cool guy -- and quite the masterly ert. lol
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