I'm sure you all know the tale of Romeo and Juliet, so I thought, why not do some Shakespeare with my TLOK OC and Mako? And uh...this is my belated Valentine's day present to the amino? I guess.
I solely decided to do this au because I have no life /j If this is literally the Mystery of Penquan Island I swear...lol who knows maybe he'll finally get a love interest. Idk I'll keep you guys updated on March 4th, 2025.
The prologue of Mako and Naomi calls the title characters “star-crossed lovers”—and the stars do seem to conspire against these young lovers.
Mako is a Montague, and Naomi a Capulet. Their families are enmeshed in a feud, but the moment they meet—when Mako and his friends attend a party at Naomi's house in disguise—the two fall in love and quickly decide that they want to be married.
A friar secretly marries them, hoping to end the feud. Mako and his companions almost immediately encounter Naomi’s cousin Iroh II (solely for the purpose of the AU are they related.), who challenges Mako to a duel. When Mako refuses to fight, Mako’s friend Wu (he isn't a prince in this version, and I sort of found him annoying.) accepts the challenge and is killed. Mako then kills Iroh and is banished. He spends that night with Naomi and then leaves for Mantua.
Naomi’s father forces her into a marriage with an iral's son from the Fire Nation (much to the young lady's discomfort). To avoid this marriage, Naomi takes a potion, given her by the friar, that makes her appear dead. The friar will send Mako word to be at her family tomb when she awakes. The plan goes awry (unfortunately), and Mako learns instead that she is dead. Wanting to reunite in the afterlife (the Spirit World) in the tomb, Mako kills himself. Naomi wakes, sees his body, and takes her own life to reunite with him in the Spirit World. Their deaths finally appear to end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues, and Mako and Naomi are given a proper funeral and burial, and the two lovers reunite in the Spirit World, finally at peace with the world and each other.
Notes about this AU!
One, Naomi and Mako are happily canonically married in my version, and will remain so, but aren't yet, because they're currently engaged.
Two, you don't have to check this out if you don't want to, and I tried my hardest to mix Shakespeare in with Avatar. (Solely because I have no life (as a joke) as stated in the beginning.)
Three, I will NOT be doing the prologue for this play. It takes up too much time in my opinion.
Four, I might release a sequel for this (like Hamlet or Julius Caesar depending on how well this is received.)
Five, Naomi is MY original character. Anything about her, her backstory and who she is as a person, ask me if you wish to use her in any other shape or form.
Six, Team Avatar (Korra's team) is on Ember Island when this happens. Everyone is played by actors, and not themselves.
Seven, Naomi and Mako are currently engaged, and get married shortly thus after the play.
Eight, Korra and Asami are happily dating. Please respectfully get off my post if you're homophobic.
Nine, Bolin attends with Opal to this Ember Island play.
Ten, Shakespearean plays are pretty popular in the world around this time. Naomi and Asami's favorite is Hamlet, Korra's is Julius Caesar, Bolin likes Mako and Naomi (Romeo and Juliet) and so does Opal, Mako himself likes A Midsummer's Night Dream and Macbeth.
Thank you, and enjoy the play.
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