tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post114870899168300883..comments2024-03-28T08:22:41.115-07:00Comments on Grow Wings -- the Journal of Laini Taylor: Sunday Scribblings #9: First LoveLaini Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1149076527298089822006-05-31T04:55:00.000-07:002006-05-31T04:55:00.000-07:00I do remember Rosaline, and I always identified wi...I do remember Rosaline, and I always identified with her a lot more than I ever did with Juliet! Having said that, I was a bit of a "Romeo" myself in my teens, falling in and out of love at the drop of the hat. I wasn't as bad as my best friend who was often in love with someone different by the end of one day. But I guess it's all part of the madness of adolescent hormones...Verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734733398990937504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148944217532668802006-05-29T16:10:00.000-07:002006-05-29T16:10:00.000-07:00So true! :)So true! :)Colorsonmymindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424878757140605099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148927065233688332006-05-29T11:24:00.000-07:002006-05-29T11:24:00.000-07:00Great take on the assignment. Poor, forgotten, and...Great take on the assignment. Poor, forgotten, and ultimately lucky Rosaline!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524230831950917735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148922308455240882006-05-29T10:05:00.000-07:002006-05-29T10:05:00.000-07:00This made me laugh- too funny! I never thought of ...This made me laugh- too funny! I never thought of it that way. Great post!!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756541991772750190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148918783397668442006-05-29T09:06:00.000-07:002006-05-29T09:06:00.000-07:00I wrote a short story once with a character named ...I wrote a short story once with a character named Rosaline--she dodges a "Romeo" herself...as for the tragic couple, all I can say is don't all adolescents believe in love this way? Maybe Romeo would have grown up into a well-adjusted, egalitarian, rational man...um, maybe not--but, I know Juliet would have been much better off if only she'd packed away her bitter "puppy love" and moved on.Left-handed Trees...https://www.blogger.com/profile/06057727021295729384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148904717965665852006-05-29T05:11:00.000-07:002006-05-29T05:11:00.000-07:00Wow...where was I?Thanks for bringing this up...fa...Wow...where was I?<BR/>Thanks for bringing this up...<BR/>fantastic piece!Joy Elizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069035948878557530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148884068217921482006-05-28T23:27:00.000-07:002006-05-28T23:27:00.000-07:00Oh Laini! I had to smile at this post - I wrote a...Oh Laini! I had to smile at this post - I wrote a paper for one of my college Shakespeare classes about this very question. What would have happened if Romeo had seen Rosalind at the party before Juliette? How would the story had been different? A blessed wedding instead of a cursed ending for young lovers?<BR/><BR/>BTW - Was it S. Greenblatt who called Romeo the homicidal maniac? :)Kim G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02580039996408082406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148874676300545572006-05-28T20:51:00.000-07:002006-05-28T20:51:00.000-07:00i am cracking up at this idea that she was so glad...i am cracking up at this idea that she was so glad to have not gotten involved with that crazy romeo. indeed.<BR/>love this laini - just love it!liz elayne lamoreuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014874211913051234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148843633708157732006-05-28T12:13:00.001-07:002006-05-28T12:13:00.001-07:00Wow! I'm off to search my bookshelf, so I can rea...Wow! I'm off to search my bookshelf, so I can read the play again.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867218249789726722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148843600303013902006-05-28T12:13:00.000-07:002006-05-28T12:13:00.000-07:00Kind of makes you feel like you are being assaulte...Kind of makes you feel like you are being assaulted by the hot bright light of day after smooth intoxication of the night.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06105270971959281644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148842374870225382006-05-28T11:52:00.000-07:002006-05-28T11:52:00.000-07:00You are so perceptive - and clever!Loved your last...You are so perceptive - and clever!<BR/>Loved your last line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148841188109035232006-05-28T11:33:00.000-07:002006-05-28T11:33:00.000-07:00LMAO! How true! Poor girls, both of them. Romeo pr...LMAO! How true! Poor girls, both of them. Romeo probably had undiagosed borderline disorder! Ha!<BR/><BR/>:)Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680903854519503303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148834803351572312006-05-28T09:46:00.000-07:002006-05-28T09:46:00.000-07:00Perfect! That's all I'm going to say.Perfect! That's all I'm going to say.GoGohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564750293363156213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148829640503994682006-05-28T08:20:00.000-07:002006-05-28T08:20:00.000-07:00Rosaline was just Romeo's training wheels, until h...Rosaline was just Romeo's training wheels, until he discovered his soul mate. ;) Loved this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148824808469538242006-05-28T07:00:00.000-07:002006-05-28T07:00:00.000-07:00I remember hearing all about Romeo and Juliet and,...I remember hearing all about Romeo and Juliet and, at 11, buying a copy of the play to read about what was creating all this hype from my other books. I was shocked that they were 13--"Mom, you can't be in love at 13, everyone knows that!" Thanks for putting a voice to my major problem with that play! xoxoMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099168737641212825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148798856008076232006-05-27T23:47:00.000-07:002006-05-27T23:47:00.000-07:00I am a romantic at heart.Romeo loved. Flicked or d...I am a romantic at heart.<BR/>Romeo loved. Flicked or depthful I cannot say...love however shallow sets a heart on fire, and the blaze goes where it may.Tongue in Cheek Antiqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750859132595134235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148793198833862972006-05-27T22:13:00.000-07:002006-05-27T22:13:00.000-07:00Wow! I had no idea! Romeo - hmmm, what a heartbrea...Wow! I had no idea! Romeo - hmmm, what a heartbreaker!Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354452103151051055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148787469836967242006-05-27T20:37:00.000-07:002006-05-27T20:37:00.000-07:00I've blocked out Rosaline...since my whole 'pictur...I've blocked out Rosaline...since my whole 'picture' of Romeo and Juliet is based on Franco Zeffrelli's 1968 film. Yes, Romeo WAS a boy...a gorgeous, young boy named Leonard Whiting...not that he made a huge impression on my 13-year-old self as I sat enraptured in the BALCONY of the Eureka Theatre or anything... Thanks for conjuring up a good memory. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148781056442802182006-05-27T18:50:00.000-07:002006-05-27T18:50:00.000-07:00(Look who's writing you from HOME! yes, its true! ...(Look who's writing you from HOME! yes, its true! I just figured the whole thing out after 2 hours on the phone with Apple. ) I think this post is so interesting. Personally, I think this makes Romeo look like a loon and the rest of us very, very silly for elevating this to the heights of true love.Alex Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109059018269508607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148774016738570142006-05-27T16:53:00.000-07:002006-05-27T16:53:00.000-07:00Fascinating insight into an age old tale! Not eve...Fascinating insight into an age old tale! Not ever having really studied Romeo and Juliet I have never given it much thought. I find it eye-opening to look at in that perspective - adolescent hormones.<BR/><BR/>JTL<BR/>xxxAnnie Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511943107737624183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148755892498425152006-05-27T11:51:00.000-07:002006-05-27T11:51:00.000-07:00Yes! I KNOW! I had to first study and then teach...Yes! I KNOW! I had to first study and then teach this play and I felt badly pointing this out to my starry-eyed girls. I don't think that this is a play about love AT ALL. I never have. I think Shakespeare was too clever for that. I think this was a cautionary play about getting carried away in your perception of love. Your prof. was right - Romeo was a big dumb maniac. They were both hormonal and young and foolish - and Shakespeare knew it! Knowing now what I didn't know when I was young and foolish, I'm glad to have been Rosaline in a few relationships - definitely! GREAT post, Laini!!meghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041527732133374839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148755767112816922006-05-27T11:49:00.000-07:002006-05-27T11:49:00.000-07:00Love this original slant on the so-called greatest...Love this original slant on the so-called greatest love story. Brilliant!paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148739525983313092006-05-27T07:18:00.000-07:002006-05-27T07:18:00.000-07:00Puts a whole new spin on "young love" doesn't it. ...Puts a whole new spin on "young love" doesn't it. I never realized this part of the story and it's a shame. I probably would have been a little smarter with my own first love, fickle boy that he was.Deirdrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111665177473414894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148736378824912602006-05-27T06:26:00.000-07:002006-05-27T06:26:00.000-07:00Great post Laini and so original, so unexpected. ...Great post Laini and so original, so unexpected. And yes, I remember Rosalind. And No, I never asked myself that question. The "hormonal overexcitement" of R & J justs carried me right away. LOLAnnie Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415548089882625246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-1148735339692609862006-05-27T06:08:00.000-07:002006-05-27T06:08:00.000-07:00PS..in amidst all my bitching about the Bard, I sh...PS..in amidst all my bitching about the Bard, I should've mentioned I thought you wrote a very good post, Laini!!Deb Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322863748665701618noreply@blogger.com