me, age 14: ugh, romeo and juliet is so overrated, the leads were so fucking dumb and impulsive
me, now: romeo and juliet is a beautiful, important story about meaningless hatred destroying the lives and happiness of countless people, and the leads’ main crime was simply being two teenagers who were scared and in love, and felt they had no one to turn to and no other options. now, who would like to see a 40-slide powerpoint about why juliet capulet is criminally misunderstood and underrated as a character?