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destielette · 2 years

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Poor Jensen , no, I’m not gonna elaborate, if you know, you know 👀

#Destiel #Cockles #Jensen Ackles #Dean Winchester #Castiel #Cas #Jensen #Misha Collins #Deancas #Jenmish #Spn #Dean Winchester Is Bi #Lady Doth protest too much #methinks #Bernie Sanders meme #Mine

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electric-beaugaloo · 3 months

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I see your “Alice and Celia are anagrams” post and raise you a “Alice and s1 Jon are wearing the same hat”

S1 Jon is desperately skeptic bc he’s scared & doesn’t feel in control so he’s bluffing in a way that comes across as unlikable. I think Alice is also haunted by the job but faking her way through it by bullishly insisting others don’t think about it… also in a way that can come across as unlikable.

#not me tho I love my good friend Alice Dyer who has never done anything wrong in her life #highlight of the episode to me was the implication that she’s a tall girl #wife material #tmagp #the magnus protocol #I just think she’s brought up the fact that this job doesn’t bother her a tad too much #something something the lady doth protest

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ravenkings · 3 months

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#this is very much a ‘the lady doth protest too much’ situation imo…..#twitter

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uhbasicallyjustmilex · 6 months

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if i had a nickel for every time alex turner told all of glastonbury he shares a bed with miles kane, i’d have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's still weird that it’s happened twice…

#“we don't. we dOnT. WE DON'T”#oh alex #methinks the lady doth protest too much #maybe he was just overcompensating that second time because he was like 'SHIT i can't believe i've done it again'#poor silly little man 💗#miles's companionable 'we don't' right at the end too 🥺#they don't help themselves #milex #milex vid #tlsp #the last shadow puppets #miles kane #alex turner #arctic monkeys #lulu posts

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trashcanzaddy · 4 months

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maomaos intrusive thoughts are so funny because they're always jinshi!

source: light novel vol 6, chapter 10: the bad dumplings

#the lady doth protest too much #the apothecary diaries #kusuriya no hitorigoto #maomao #jinshi #jinmao

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ssaalexblake · 1 month

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dw is a mid kid's sci-fi tv show and it's quality level has been mostly entirely consistent (mid, basically, with the occasional very good episode to balance out with crimes against humanity it sometimes produces) the whole reboot, and anybody acting like the Only thing going into peoples opinions of the characters are writing preferences are either Deeply naive or are trying to hide something they know people will not take kindly to.

#dw shit #but look. If you seriously think the one Single doctor without depth is 13 then that is a You having a woman issue. it just is.#there's lots of it #there's thousands upon thousands of words of meta about her and her characters online #as there is for Every Other Doctor #because they All have depth #if you fail to see it the one time you're Not presented with a dude that's not my problem #nor am i gonna hold any hands #i'm not trying to convince you of anything i'm not your mother #but sometimes a duck is just a duck and I will call it a duck #this isn't about Liking the story it's about having a brain not cooked in misogyny to even See it #to start with (you failed the challenge)#kinda hoping the large number of people living up rtd's ass will save gatwa from some of this treatment but i'm not holding my breath #'but I personally would never!' okay but... what about all your buddies??? what about everybody else?? if you're distancing yourself from #Those Bad People you are admitting they exist and there was no point getting pissed at me for pointing out they exist #the lady (gender neutral) doth protest too much #look i don't like Rose much (the og) but you can Bet i've seen some Questionable takes on why she's bad and i'll call them that #the classism and the sexism and the noxious fumes #you can just. Admit that. Even about characters you dislike lol pls

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tall-glass-of-nope · 2 months

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Let’s talk about “the lady doth protest too much,” because it’s a phrase I heard and used before I knew the actual context. And now, after I’ve finally gotten the context, I find myself continually thinking about its intent.

When I first heard it, (and pretty much exclusively how I still hear it) it’s been used to mean “it is suspicious that this person is denying something waaaay too hard.”

Ex. “The PR people keep insisting this chemical won’t harm the environment. They doth protest too much, methinks.”

And I never questioned that usage, because it makes sense.

Then I read Hamlet, and found that the line comes from a scene wherein Hamlet is trying to trick the people around him into revealing their guilt by having actors perform a thinly veiled parody play of his current predicament as he sees it.

In his actors’ play, the character that parallels his mother is solicited by her husband’s killer — who is also her brother-in-law. And the actress in the show denies her solicitor several times before succumbing to him.

When Hamlet turns to his mother and asks what she thinks of the show so far, he’s looking for her to see herself in the part. To react, or provide some kind of recognition of what she’s done. To condemn the clearly uncomfortable situation her character is in. But all she says is

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

And I LOVE analyzing that, because my personal takeaway is like.

You know how you can write a whole poem or story about someone who’s wronged you, and they’ll read it and not see themselves in it? Yeah. (If you don’t know: this happens. A lot.)

So, whether or not she saw herself in the character onstage, My interpretation is that Gertrude (Hamlet’s mom) is revealing that her decision to marry Claudius (Hamlet’s uncle) was not a tearful and tormented decision made under coercion and duress. (Which is how Hamlet has experienced seemingly every major decision in his own life, and explains why he’d find this lack of passionate waffling to be offensive.) For better or for worse she’s revealing she just… didn’t say no to her brother-in-law.

And from there you can get into the why behind all that and her motivations and whatnot but that’s beyond the scope of what I’m trying to get into here.

“The lady doth protest too much” doesn’t read to me like condemnation of insincere delivery. Not exactly. The difference is kinda subtle, I guess.

A more parallel usage of the phrase is difficult to imagine, then, because there is some amount of self condemnation that it should invoke.

Me: “I baked you these cookies”

Them: “I shouldn’t; I’m watching my figure”

Me, knowing full well I ate five of the cookies before boxing the rest up to give: “The lady doth protest too much. Take the cookies.”

#hamlet #words #analysis #the lady doth protest too much #methinks #Shakespeare #am I making sense here?#anyone else think about this?#language #phrases #Gertrude #the mouse trap #context #on my mind #late night thoughts

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librarygf · 1 year

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lestat: i love just walking and talking with louis, my love louis :’)

louis:

#damn chill lmao #hes constantly on about how ugly and annoying lestat is sdgfhd. methinks the lady doth protest too much #interview with the vampire #m

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obviouschild2014 · 4 months

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Oh its so crazy btw that im realising in real time how many quotes and phrases we hear referenced everywhere all the time are just lines from hamlet

#never did shakespeare in school so didnt have that early exposure to ut #beyond shes the man starring amanda bynes dhdhdndnjd #but like ‘lady doth protest too much’ and ‘to thine own self be true’ and even ‘goodnight sweet prince’ thats all hamlet! whoda thunk #sh

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civilization-illstayrighthere · 10 months

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Johnny: wow kerry thought he was living in my shadow? shit. I had no idea. wow. this is news to me.

Also Johnny:

#johnny silverhand #kerry eurodyne #cp 2077 #EDIT: if you’re seeing this from the tags pls check the reblogs for some good meta courtesy merge-conflict #youre a mean girl johnny silverhand #he talks soooooo much shit and has all this nasty masculine bravado #SECOND FIDDLE!#like but why does he have to mention that. btw V I’ve never been jealous of him IN MY LIFE OK #damn johnny. did we ask? you coming in hot #the lady doth protest too much i think. i truly think he realized long ago #that kerry had the potential for musical greatness/ superstardom #and his reaction to protect his own ego is to shit on that #not maybe fully realizing that kerry was taking all that to heart and internalizing it #because he DOES sound hurt on dark matter’s roof when kerry forlornly talks about being in johnnys shadow #but its like. damn dude. too little too late.

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jennycalendar · 4 months

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NOT everyone enabling me. listen i have written 0 words of that gethan fic and i wanna write it so bad and i have a whole vision as to what it would look like and it would be my very first canon compliant happy ending for giles but also I HAVE LIKE 20 OTHER REAL PUBLISHED FICS TO FINISH. don’t make me be impractical and chase down giles and ethan getting married because giles has given up on life as a whole & ethan accidentally realizing that he wants to learn how to support and take care of giles and help him heal…..

#musings #don’t make me do that……….#(the lady doth protest too much methinks)

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herotome · 4 months

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Could we maybe give warden a cheek kiss as a thank you for something that would make him blush? I would also melt into a puddle if it happened. He's just a puppy.

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Maybe

#I would want him to react positively to it....#I worry the lady (warden) will doth protest too much and hurt yalls feelings #but then again there could be subsequent dialogue choices to show hurt feelings vs being totally shameless and he can react more appropriat #ly perhaps hmm HMMM #steeples fingers

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walshball · 2 months

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https://x.com/beckytaylorgill/status/1768297754323767544?s=46

Emma don’t piss me the fuck off

#condemning player to player relationships as the Chelsea captain ijbol #the lady doth protest too much I fear!!#the most succesful players in the league are knuckle deep in their teammates you’ve just got to accept it #can’t think of an instance where it’s caused an issue #not that we’d know I suppose but still #emma hayes #chelsea etc

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agnesandhilda · 9 months

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intrusive thoughts are horrible to have but as a concept it's kind of funny. I'm terrified of this thing but also obsessed with it. what am I, catholic?

#bolo speaks #methinks the lady doth protest too much syndrome

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mewvore · 1 year

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"I'm arguably the least single person on earth" so part of a polycule, then?

Nah, just one romantic partner, the love for said partner just happens to be so huge and I get ultra laid and I touch so much grass and I'm absolutely well adjusted socially and it culminates into a negative single person sum

#The lady doth protest too much #But I'm telling da truth its just 5am and my brain is goop at this hour

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indexcard · 2 months

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i hate that kind of teasing where people act like you're lying about how you heard of something embarrassing to make fun of you for engaging with the embarrassing thing, even though you just said you literally didn't engage with it. like no actually i did read about skibdi toilet in the new york times. why would i make that up

#blah blah blah #it really just makes my skin crawl when people are like 'suuuuure you did' and i am actually telling the truth #i find it the most awful kind of teasing and mockery and i push back against it on principal #i know it makes me come off like 'the lady doth protest too much' but i have integrity #i will not stand for someone joking about me like i'm lying. i don't lie in detectable ways. sorry!

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