To Be and Not to Be

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Author: Aviv_b
Title: To Be & Not To Be
Written for tw100, challenge 186 - Arrows
Rating: G
Characters:  Ianto, Jack
Disclaimer: Not mine; Aunty B's and RTD's
Summary:   Ianto & Jack, day 5 CoE.

A/N: A drabble based on rewriting Hamlet's soliloquy, Act 3 scene 1 since that's what came to mind when I saw the prompt.

 

Outrageous are the slings and arrows of fortune. To have survived Canary Wharf and weevils, stoner blowfish and a sea of troubles only to die of an alien fart. He has shuffled off his mortal coil; no more will heartached dreams haunt him.

The man remaining must sweat and grunt for all eternity, must bear the Whips and Scorns of time, must endure the calamity of so long a life. He must bear the dread of never reaching the undiscovered Country. His conscience makes him cowardly, he turns away and runs.

His sins be remembered forever. Aye, there’s the rub.

 

Comments

[bk_forever]

Tragic though this is... it's damned funny Shakespeare style, at least to me! Alien fart indeed =S

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Thanks - Shakespeare had this way of throwing in a joke/insult during very serious stuff and its the only thing I can claim as original in this story. Almost every other word is directly from the soliloquy.

[bk_forever]

Sadly, I seem to be the only member of my family with any appreciation for Shakespeare - everyone else just goes "Huh? Why do you want to watch that?"