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hamlet but if shakespeare was a gen z

Summary:

im chronically online and i have too much free time so i rewrote hamlet as brainrot/memes

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

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ACT I SCENE I

BARNARDO who up guardin they castle

FRANCISCO me lol

BARNARDO get ur tired ahh to bed bruh

HORATIO and MARCELLUS pull up

HORATIO hey besties

MARCELLUS horatio a ghost behind YOU 💜

enter GHOST

GHOST ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

HORATIO chat is this real

GHOST moans

HORATIO chat clip that shi

 

ACT I SCENE II

KING rip 2 my brother lol… but im king now so PARTY ROCK IS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT

HAMLET ick

QUEEN son y u always gotta be on some emo shit. cringe imo

HAMLET it’s not a phase MOM

KING ok but likeee. in da clurb we all fam. so chill

HAMLET fuck off im serving suicidal and depressed at the function 🥀

HORATIO GIRLLL guess what

HAMLET lol what

HORATIO ur dad came back w the milk. but like as a ghost. no cap

HAMLET 😱

 

ACT I SCENE III

LAERTES omg sis im serioussss hamlet is frl an opp. it’s giving fuckboy. avoid at all costs

OPHELIA this is why u get zero bitches lil bro

POLONIUS get ur ahh to france already laertes

POLONIUS so girlieeee what’s been up with u and hamlet lately… spill the tea NOW

OPHELIA ok hear me out: hamlet

POLONIUS AW HELL NAH bsfr hamlet be giving red flag. who let her cook

 

ACT I SCENE IV

HAMLET it fucken wimdy

HORATIO we coldmaxxing out here

MARCELLUS where tf is this ghost

HAMLET sometimes i think i can still hear his voice…

enter GHOST

GHOST gay gay homosexual gay

HAMLET I Found My Dead Father’s Ghost Lurking Outside the Castle at 3AM??!! 😱 *NOT CLICKBAIT*

HORATIO cut the cameras, deadass

 

ACT I SCENE V

GHOST RISE

GHOST RISE

GHOST RISE

GHOST Where’s your anger? Where’s your fucking rage?

HAMLET dad what the fuck are you talking about

GHOST RISE

GHOST RISE

GHOST RISE

GHOST RISE

GHOST RISE

GHOST RISE

HAMLET ok preach tho... time to go crazy mode ig lol

 

ACT II SCENE I

OPHELIA dad i left hamlet on read like u told me to and now he keeps breaking in my room and going “that feeling when knee surgery is tomorrow” and not elaborating

POLONIUS hmmm. i diagnose him with Simp

 

ACT II SCENE II

KING so hamlet’s been acting highkey cray cray lately. i need y’all to find out what’s up

ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN aight bet

POLONIUS GANG. i gotchu. u see, he’s only crazy bc he’s downbad for my daughter. observe

POLONIUS [reads letter] “ophelia, i just wanna be part of your SYMPHONYYYYYY - xoxo hamlet”

POLONIUS and this other one just says “GYAT”

KING LMFAOOO THATS CRAZY. WE CLOCKED HIM FR. CAUGHT IN 4K

QUEEN what a simp what a loser

POLONIUS ik ik i’m a genius [tiktok proud emoji]

HAMLET enters the chat as the KING and QUEEN leave the chat

POLONIUS sup hamlet

HAMLET MUSTARDDDDDDDDD

POLONIUS yo what are you on-

HAMLET on that hawk TUAH [vineboom]

POLONIUS nahhh

HAMLET incoherent screeching

POLONIUS im just tryna get my chipotle dawg

POLONIUS skedaddles as ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN enter the chat

GUILDENSTERN hey… dude… respectfully, tf is wrong w u

HAMLET wdym? i’m jsut a chill guy

ROSENCRANTZ u been actin coocoo

HAMLET i do a little trolling sometimes ok. smh it’s so hard being a silly goose in this anti-whimsy society 😔

HAMLET y r u guys even here lol

ROSENCRANTZ uhhh no reason dw abt it

HAMLET me when i lie

GUILDENSTERN shiiii u right man

HAMLET *sigh* guys. im depressed

POLONIUS reenters the chat

HAMLET i feel so sigma!

POLONIUS there’s some actors coming to the castle—

HAMLET THEY CANT CONTAIN MY SILLYNESS

POLONIUS can u genuinely get help

HAMLET the voices are getting louder

 

ACT III SCENE I

HAMLET chat should i kms yes or no. vote in the community poll on my channel

OPHELIA oh… that’s not-

HAMLET oop jumpscare lmfao

OPHELIA hey im soft blocking u so here’s ur love letters back

HAMLET ermmmm i never sent u letters

OPHELIA they’re here in my hand tf r u on abt? smh all a man wanna do is eat hot chip and lie… fake asf

HAMLET lol ur crazy and no one will ever believe u

OPHELIA alr it’s giving gaslighter

HAMLET bitch it’s giving nun the way ur abt to be SINGLE FOREVER

OPHELIA EXCUSE ME???

HAMLET don’t dm me. don’t pregnant man react me. we’re done

leaves

OPHELIA WHAT THE FRICKING FRICK

POLONIUS ophelia ur a queen. and queen never cry

KING top 5 bruh moments

 

ACT III SCENE II

HORATIO hey

HAMLET smash. next question

HORATIO what

HAMLET what

enter basically everyone else

QUEEN this play better be fire

HAMLET hey

OPHELIA tf do u want

HAMLET ya like jazz?

OPHELIA ayo..

HAMLET it’s miching mallecho… maching millecho… michelle obama

insert the play within a play here (i’m not writing out all that bc it’s boring af)

HAMLET absolute cinema

QUEEN is this fucking play about us?

KING i’m in this picture and i don’t like it

dips

HAMLET oh yeah. it’s all coming together. me in my sherlock era

 

ACT III SCENE III

KING aight fam i have a cunning plan. y’all gonna go w hamlet to england right. imma hit up the rulers there n have him murked

ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN 👍

they leave

KING wait… am i a beta male villain?

kneels to pray

HAMLET i could kill him now while he’s not paying attention…

HAMLET …

HAMLET NAHHHH LMFAO

leaves

KING [getting up] MUAHAHA SIKE IMAGINE IF I ACTUALLY GAVE A FUCK

 

ACT III SCENE IV

HAMLET mom r u a fucking narc

QUEEN BAAAA!!!! No wonder people are homophobic, this is scary AF!!!

POLONIUS [behind curtain] huh

HAMLET WHOMST

cutely stabs through the curtain (valid crashout?)

POLONIUS gagged

he dies lol

QUEEN hamlet wtf that wasn’t very demure very mindful of u

HAMLET uh oh sisters

GHOST enters the chat

GHOST HAMLET LOCK THE FUCK IN

HAMLET am i tweaking.

GHOST JUST PUT THE MURDER IN THE BAG BRO, SHIT AIN’T THAT HARD

GHOST also ur mom a slut ong

HAMLET I SAID IVE SEEN THIS GHOST BEFOREEEEEE

QUEEN nahhh u CRAZY crazy…

GHOST disappears lmao

HAMLET born to dilly dally, forced to lock in 😔

HAMLET mom stop glazing my uncle challenge

QUEEN unrealistic. blocked,

HAMLET wait u remember how im skedaddling to england soon right

QUEEN i forgor 💀

 

ACT IV SCENE I

QUEEN yo hamlet just unalived polonius

KING not poggers!

 

ACT IV SCENE II

ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN yo bro where the dead body at

HAMLET ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

HAMLET L + ur both sponges lmfaooooo

 

ACT IV SCENE III

KING hamlet ur actually bein a massive bitch rn. where’d u hide polonius’s body

HAMLET yk what else is massive? LOW TAPER FADE

KING WHERE’S THE FUCKING CORPSE U LITTLE SHIT

HAMLET i ate him xx

KING [having an aneurysm] GET OUT

 

ACT IV SCENE IV

FORTINBRAS you know i had to do it to em (invading poland)

HAMLET who is this DIVA?

 

ACT IV SCENE V

OPHELIA but i stay silly :3 but i stay silly :3 but i stay silly :3 but i stay silly :3 but i stay silly :3 but i stay silly :3 but i stay sil

QUEEN soooo she’s highkey deranged but likeeee… in a coquette way yk. w the flowers n shit

OPHELIA [sings] from the screen to the ring to the pen to the king where’s my crown that’s my bling always drama when i ring see i believe th

noclips out the room

KING yall this is getting freaky

LAERTES + DANES enter the chat

LAERTES wyd when my GANG PULL UP⁉️

KING rude

LAERTES where’s my FUCKING FATHER you [REDACTED]

QUEEN girly calm

KING when im in a being dead competition and my opponent is polonius

LAERTES >:(

 

ACT IV SCENE VI

FIRST SAILOR y’all got mail

HORATIO [reads letter] “hey sooo funny story i lowk got kidnapped by pirates omw to england lol but nbd. i’m back and i’ve got a ton of infodumping to do so hurry n pick me up pls pookie - xoxo hamlet”

HORATIO chat we’re so back

 

ACT IV SCENE VII

LAERTES #cancelhamlet

KING on skibidi

MESSENGER hey king, opp sent u a letter

KING [reads] “two steps ahead. i am always two steps ahead. -hamlet”

KING wtf

LAERTES omg can i PLEASE kill hamlet PLEASE. i need to kill hamlet so BAD pleasepleaseplease

KING laertes we need to cook

KING how abt u stab him in an Epic Swordfight

LAERTES bet say less

QUEEN enters the chat

QUEEN aur naur cleo the condensation (ophelia drowned)

LAERTES say sike right now ☹️

KING still water?

 

ACT V SCENE I

FIRST CLOWN chat do we dig it?!

SECOND CLOWN yessss dig that grave girliepop, holding space for this frfr

HAMLET and HORATIO pull up

FIRST CLOWN [singing] i’m in the thick of it everybody knows they know me where it snows i skied in and they froze i don’t know nothin bout no ice i’m just cold i d

HAMLET are we being deadass…

FIRST CLOWN wtf dead ppl aren’t asses that’s so rude omgggg

HAMLET :skull:

HORATIO u good?

HAMLET this time i’m really going to do it.

OPHELIA’s funeral procession pulls up

LAERTES this is so sad, alexa play despacito

HAMLET YO square the FUCK UP

LAERTES BITCH???

they literally just throw down in the grave… hamlet pls grow the hell up challenge 😭

QUEEN the girls are fightinggggg

KING WHOA WHOA WHOA guys calm urselves i BEG

HAMLET not laertes thinking he could one up my love for ophelia. ts pmo

leaves

KING erm… well that just happened

QUEEN this is crazier than drake vs kendrick

 

ACT V SCENE II

HAMLET mb for jumping laertes back there, it will happen again. also rosencrantz n guildenstern r defo getting slayed (literally) in england rn lol… L + deserved

HORATIO that’s crazy

OSRIC have you ever had a dream that you um you had you’d you would you could you’d do wi you wants you you could do so you you’d do you could you you want you wanted him to do you so much you could do anything

HAMLET not the ipad kid 💀

OSRIC there’s a duel

HAMLET sounds lit

dropkicks OSRIC out of the room

HORATIO chat i fear we’re cooked

HAMLET nah im locked. trust

enter basically everyone

HAMLET in my defense laertes, who cares like omfggggggg who cares???? like come onnnn

LAERTES fucking KILL YOURSELF

swordfight starts

KING [putting poison in the wine cup] forbidden juice…

LAERTES stabs HAMLET and then they switch swords somehow and HAMLET stabs him back

LAERTES ah fuck. i can’t believe you’ve done this

QUEEN [chugging forbidden juice] i like my wine poisoned bruh

dies

HAMLET yo wtf

LAERTES surprise my sword was poisoned asl so we both boutta die lol. hashtag twinning

HAMLET :/

HAMLET DIE BITCH

stabs KING + pours forbidden juice down his throat

KING i just got pwned

dies

LAERTES get his ass

dies

HAMLET chat it’s so over

HORATIO im actually so done. imagine if i drank poison rn… lol jk jk… unless

HAMLET nooo don’t kys ur so sexy aha

dies

HORATIO :(

FORTINBRAS + army show up to the function 10 minutes late w starbucks

FORTINBRAS srry im late i was busy serving brat in poland

FORTINBRAS yooooo why everyone dead here TFFFF

HORATIO f in the chat for like… basically everyone

FORTINBRAS f

FIRST AMBASSADOR f

HORATIO so ig we need to have funerals and i need to spill all the crazy tea that happened

FORTINBRAS yaaaaas we need all the tea sis

FORTINBRAS wait i ate this denmark invasion up lowk, didn’t even have to do shit… ez gg

Notes:

uhhhhhh she shake on my speare til i iambic pentamet her. or something idk