A Midsummer Night’s Paper Dolls
Paper dolls, paper dolls, paper dolls yay.
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In order, Titania, Hermia, Helena, and Hippolyta. I’m not doing all of these when they’re set – Shrew is going to be bustle dresses, for instance – but I do love a Grecian Midsummer. I always identify a ton with Helena, but in all of the worst ways – she has absolutely TERRIBLE taste in men, she blames Hermia because the terrible boy she wants picked her (not Hermia’s fault!), she makes, just, so many ridiculously poor life choices. I love her. I want to sit her down and have a talk about her feelings and whether she really loves that dick Demetrius or if maybe some of that wanting to f up Hermia’s elopement plans has to do with maaaaybe her feelings for Hermia? Maybe a little?
Also, Hippolyta is all, “What, this labrys? This is just a decorative wedding axe, totally chill, quite asking question, Theseus. Our wedding night is going to be great and I will totally be your dutiful prisoner wife tomorrow and not a widow. Ladies, let’s talk tomorrow about the benefits of the Amazon life.”
I’m casting these based on body position and attitude as much as anything – the Hippolyta doll is going to be a lot of assertive ladies because of her stance — but also Hermia specifically references being ‘low and brown’ (short and dark, or possibly tanned), and calls Helena a painted Maypole, so clearly there were height and complexion considerations too with them.
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