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Rec three fanworks that you did not create

It feels like ages since I've recced anything over here. Here are some things from the various Romeo and Juliet fandoms I've bookmarked in the last couple of years...

Make it a Word and a Blow (2819 words) by NotTonightJosephine
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo+Juliet (1996), Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mercutio/Tybalt, Mercutio/Benvolio Montague
Characters: Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Benvolio Montague, Romeo Montague, Abra Capulet, Petruchio Capulet, Sampson Montague, Gregory Montague
Additional Tags: Everybody Lives, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Mercutio's Hero Dick Saves the Day, Oral Sex, tiny bit of knifeplay, some accidental voyeurism, some less accidental exhibitionism, Canon-Typical Violence, Benvolio is ace-spec, Benvolio and Mercutio are in an open and loving relationship, potential future Mercutio/Benvolio/Tybalt, lots of banter, forgive my attempts to be Elizabethan, and american, I took Some Liberties with the Text, men in lingerie, Tybalt shows his pride in weird ways
Summary:

Tybalt calls Mercutio's bluff, and thereby avoids all the tragedy of the last three acts.

Alternative Title: Nobody Dies and a Blowjob's Fantastic.

I've already enthused about the Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet film. This story captures the sex-and-violence feel of the whole thing and still manages to pull off a happy ending. Masterful.


Romeo and Julius (5 words) by orphan_account
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Juliet Capulet/Romeo Montague
Additional Tags: Fanart, Rule 63, Canon Divergence


A gorgeous piece of art with a genderbent Juliet. I'd love to know what else this artist has created.


If It Were Sin To Love (1597 words) by Alley_Skywalker
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare, Romeo And Juliet - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friar Laurence/Romeo Montague, Romeo Montague/"Rosaline"
Characters: Friar Laurence (Romeo and Juliet), Romeo Montague, Benvolio (Romeo and Juliet), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet)
Additional Tags: Pining, Unrequited Love, Ambiguous Relationships, Pre-Canon, Minor Benvolio/Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Not Actually Unrequited Love, Denial of Feelings, Period-Typical Homophobia
Summary:

Romeo claims to be in love with Rosaline. Maybe only half of that is true.

A very rare pairing indeed - and one that works surprisingly well.