the signs as shakespearean archetypes

macklesufficient:

aries: the honorable but temperamental soldier (hotspur, coriolanus, pericles)

taurus: the sassy servant (mariah, mistress quickly, paulina)

gemini: the impish but omniscient jester (feste, puck, lear’s fool)

cancer: the puppyish lover boy (romeo, orlando, valentine)

leo: the wronged but extremely glam queen (cleopatra, titania, hermione)

virgo: antonio

libra: the ambiguously gay best friend (horatio, benvolio, don pedro)

scorpio: the creepy duplicitous one no one suspects of being creepy and duplicitous (iago, richard iii, lady macbeth)

sagittarius: the “i fucking told you so” character (kent, queen margaret, prince escalus, )

capricorn: the controlling single dad (polonius, prospero, baptista)

aquarius: the spunky cross-dresser (viola, rosalind, imogen)

pisces: the manic pixie dream virgin (miranda, perdita, cordelia)

the signs advice when you’re having boy troubles

*before you’ve even said anything* “lmao dump him”: Capricorn, ARIES, Gemini
“you gave a boy??? power to hurt you??? a b o y?”: Leo, Libra, SCORPIO
“ummm same?? i was just about to come to you???”: Cancer, Virgo, PISCES
*gives you super deep advice then ends it with “…but idk” so they’re not responsible for the outcome*: AQUARIUS, Sagittarius, Taurus