One more thing that I haven't been making clear enough! What I'm working on isn't just an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.

The work that I am making is titled Ĵwlŷs Kæsar: A FFXIV Tragedy and Annotary in Five Acts. Tragedy, yes. But it's also an "annotary." This work is by me, Ellis Arcwolf.

An annotary is usually a "found" document, a dry academic treatise, or a classic work (like, say, a fictional adaptation of a classical play that happens to be called "The Tragedy of Ĵwlŷs Kæsar" by Liam Meri'a Morvelet). It serves as the central keystone that justifies the presence of the notes.

Those notes (footnotes, annotations, margin doodles, whatever) are true narrative engine of an annotary. This is where the character's voice breaks through the formal constraints to provide personal anecdotes, biases, and emotional truth.

The notes within an annotary aren't just for the reader; they are often written by a specific character within the world, making the act of annotating part of the story itself.

A popular example of this narrative style, which is more often called "ergodic literature," is Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. The "story" is a 999-line poem, but the real narrative is found in the increasingly unhinged side commentary by the diegetic editor.

So that's what I'm doing. That should explain it more clearly. 😊

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I rewrote some of the tragedy I've been working on moving from Shakespeare's 16th century to Morvelet's Fifth Era.

You see, Morvelet didn't write in Eorzean. Or even Early Modern Eorzean. He wrote in Middle Eorzean. And so his REAL language goes a little like this:

Ye blockes, ye stones, ye duller than bestaille!
O ye harde hertes, ye felouns of Allage,
Knewe ye nat Pompêy? Many a tyme and ofte
Have ye y-clumben up to mansiouns hye,
To railes and landing paddes, ye, to vent-stackes,
Your infantes in your armes, and ther have sat
Al the longe day, with pacient expectacioun,
To seen grete Pompêy passe the stretes of Allage.

Read more: https://taper-project.jijivisa.org/#find

Yeah. I fucking turned Shakespeare into Morvelet into FUCKING CHAUCER, then I kept the iambic pentameter anyway.

I can do motherfucking ANYTHING! 🎆

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📜 COMMUNIQUE FROM THE STUDIUM 📜

We are proud to announce the digital hub for The Taper Project™ (MÆT-LP) is now live.

Dedicated to the recovery and iambometrical transcreation of the works of the "Bard of Sagon," Liam Meri'a Morvelet, this initiative bridges the gap between Fifth Astral Era drama and modern Eorzean performance.  

🌐 Explore the Taper Project™ website: https://taper-project.jijivisa.org

Supported by the Sons of Saint Coinach, the Heralds of Jijivisa, the Sharlayan Studium, and Garlond Ironworks, our team of Archons and specialists is currently analyzing The Tragedy of Ĵwlŷs Kæsar.

From quantum aetherophysics to Allagan xenolinguistics, we are ensuring the psychospiritual integrity of these ancient myths and legends remains unbroken.

🕯️ Let the Taper be lit.

P.S. In a few days, the PDF of the full document will be downloadable from this website! I'll post a copy to A Murder of Arcwolves as well!

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