#pulp musicals: the brick satellite

[sorryiwasasleep]

No… no… hang on, because I’ve cried multiple times listening to this song because of the themes and the vocals, but like… just had a Lightbulb moment 💡… was listening rn and I just gotta talk about this bit in Urania Propitia from Pulp Musicals Episode 2: The Brick Satellite

MARGARET: To the women of the galaxy/Who never got the fame

ROSE: You’ve given me the courage not to write/Under my brothers name

ANNA: You’ve given me the blueprint/And you’ve given me the tools

ANNA, MARGARET, ROSE: History is rarely made/By those who write the rules

Because this line ALWAYS ALWAYS makes me think about the ‘Well-behaved women seldom make history’ quote and that phrase and how it’s so often used to be about women needing to MAKE NOISE rather than in a somber remembrance of all those who DID what they were told, who FOLLOWED the rules because… that was what was expected of them, or even women who didn’t follow the rules and protested and fought back, but weren’t the ones leading the charge, and they were left behind by history because of it. And while there’s much more nuance there that I don’t have the brain power for rn, I tend to sort of… despair sometimes for these women because it doesn’t even TAKE long for this happen even NOW, just a few generations before their names are GONE.

And I LOVE this bit in Pulp for this very reason, which I only literally JUST pieced together in my mind. (Like ofc i knew this line and loved it too, but I didn’t connect it my thoughts about that quote before just now)

The women of Pulp point this out. They toast to them, these women that ‘never got the fame’, never got to be able to do what they wanted, what they could’ve excelled at had they been given the opportunity. And more than that, they THANK them.

Margaret, Rose and Anna are saying: I’ll never know you, but I see you anyway, and I thank you because you’re why I’m able to be here. You are the reason I know things need to change and it’s scary but you’ve inspired me to try my damn best to do that in the ways I can.

And I just… 🥹

#pulp musicals: the brick satellite #pulp musicals #pulp musicals 2 #pulp musicals episode 2 #the brick satellite #Urania propitia #rose stratford #margaret cavendish #Anna Hanover #Matt Dahan #Matt Dahan i love you and your brain and thank you for this wonderful content #feminism #women in history #well behaved women seldom make history #Mariah rose faith #mariah rose faith casillas

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Why experience the emotions of adult existence (anxiety, stress, sadness) when you can instead experience the emotions of repeatedly listening to Pulp Musicals Episode Two: The Brick Satellite (joy, hope, catharsis, transcendence)?

#pulp musicals #pulp musicals: the brick satellite #thank you Mr. Dahan #Matt Dahan #I have had A DAY but damn if Anna didn't build that satellite

[pulpmusicals]

I could get used to adventure 🌴🧱

#pulp musicals #the brick satellite #the great moon hoax #matt dahan #mariah rose faith #james tolbert #curt mega #natalie llerena #musical theatre #kim whalen

[ricky-mortis]

Sir John Herschel you will always be famous

#I love this man #and pulp musicals #haven’t been able to stop listening to it for the past two weeks #guys this hyperfixation is strong #the iron grip it has on my brain is not letting go anytime soon #it’s been a minute since I’ve posted art (literally only two weeks but that’s a while for me) #I swear I’m gonna post more soon #someone set the difficulty up while I wasn’t looking and I’m still getting my bearings #anyways expect more pulp stuff sometime soon #curt mega characters my beloved #also if you got this far in the tags- imma just say shout out to the Blinky’s Rewatch Party discord #literally the best people in the world #pulp musicals #sir john herschel #curt mega #the brick satellite #the great moon hoax #matt dahan

[blondephenobarbitol]

Matt Dahan is doing for John Herschel what Lin Manuel Miranda did for Alexander Hamilton (making him babygirl)

#pulp musicals #john herschel #rose stratford #samuel stratford #margaret cavendish #matt dahan #the great moon hoax #the brick satellite #the ghosts of antikythera #hamilton musical #lin manuel miranda #starkid #team starkid

[sunnymarbles]

hello pulp musical enjoyers ‼️‼️ where are u‼️

#their first duet (its a hoax reprise/carry on) being an absolute banger is how you Know they were fated to be togethr #sunnys arts #pulp musicals #rose stratford #john herschel #sterschel #????is that a tag guys #what are u two calllleddd😭😭 #the great moon hoax #the brick satellite #ghosts of antikythera #mariah rose faith #mariah rose faith casillas #curt mega #for more reachhh ^_^ plus it is in fact their characters so #matt dahan #what a brilliant guy :)) #roschel #THANKS GANG!!!

[its-short-for-jackalope]

click for quality!

reblogs are fab, reposts aren't <3

I started sketching some Pulp Musicals characters around midnight last night and thought to myself, "hey, these look pretty damn good!" so I kept going until 3 am. Today I brought 'em into clip studio to play with them some more, and now I have these!! plus my silly doodles and dumb commentary + jokes. <3

and some versions w/o color! the traditional + digital sketching is a neat combination, I think.

#jack jabbers #pulp musicals #pulp musicals fanart #matt dahan #the great moon hoax #the brick satellite #the ghosts of antikythera #the ghosts of antikythera spoilers #pulp musicals episode 3 spoilers #samuel stratford #benjamin park #chester thomas #rose stratford #margaret cavendish #john herschel #anna hanover #charles t. coram #the traveler #sia #pulp musicals sia #morgan reese #captain aj griffin #kal #pulp musicals kal #ahlaam #pulp musicals ahlaam #artists on tumblr #clip studio paint #traditional art #digital art

[halles-comet]

none of you get me. only carl sagan and ann druyan get me

#pulp musicals #the brick satellite

[violetheart77]

Sir John Herschel should’ve been at the club

#pulp musicals #sir john herschel #john herschel #the great moon hoax #the brick satellite #i write shitposts not tragedies

[godsiero]

had a dream i told matt dahan that if he ever has zero fans, i’m dead, and he started crying?? king u dropped ur crown it’s okay

#starkid #matt dahan #pulp musicals #the great moon hoax #the brick satellite #starry musical #nerdy prudes must die #hatchetfield #tgwdlm #npmd #starkid npmd #nightmare time 2 #the guy who didn't like musicals #nightmare time #black friday

[pulpmusicalsfortnight2024]

Pulp Musicals Fortnight Masterpost

Who's running this event?

That would be me, @snarky-wallflower!

How will this event work?

To participate, make anything from fanart to fanfiction to memes and more! As long as it's about Pulp Musicals and based off of the prompts given, it’s welcome here! As well, any ship is allowed, as long as it’s legal. No incest, adult/minor, anything like that.

When will this event be running?

August 4th to August 18th!

What are the hashtags I should use for this event?

Use #pulp musicals fortnight 2024 for everything you make for this event. and if you're making something explicit, use #pulp musicals fortnight 2024 shadows, so that people can block the tag if needed.

Is there an AO3 collection for this event?

Yes! You can find it here, at Pulp Musicals Fortnight 2024!

What are alternates?

Prompts you can slot in to any day instead of that day’s official prompt, in case you don’t like it or don’t know what to do. You can use all of them, some, or none! You can even use both official prompts and alternates!

Do I have to make something for every prompt?

Make as much or as little content as you want! This week is supposed to be fun for every fan, so do whatever makes you happy.

How do I post?

Anything posted on Tumblr, just tag this blog, @pulpmusicalsfortnight2024 when you make the post! I’ll also be browsing the tags to check every so often. I will be accepting late submissions as well.

If you have any more questions, just ask this blog! I’m so excited to see all of your work!

#pulp musicals #pulp musicals fortnight 2024 #the brick satellite #the great moon hoax #ghosts of antikythera #samuel stratford #fortnight speaks

[not-so-plus-ultra]

A friend dragged us into Pulp Musicals hell and I might or might not have listened to it all like perhaps 5 times today 😳😁 anyway here's a lil Samuel and Mags from the scene of "On The Roof" !!

I am obsessed with these guys fuuhfhhfgg

#thanks for the mental illness avalee #pulp musicals #the great moon hoax #samuel stratford #margaret cavendish #matt dahan #james tolbert #natalie llerena #curt mega #mariah rose faith #kim whalen #the brick satellite #the ghosts of antikythera #antikythera #tgoa #lineless art #art

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

PULP MUSICALS EPISODE THREE

Guys I just got The Brick Satellite on iTunes and got my hands on the digital booklet, and I've been talking to @its-short-for-jackalope, and we've maybe figured out what Episode Three is about?

(Perhaps this has already been announced and I missed it, or everyone else has figured this out already, but I'm fucking excited.) So, uh, potential premise spoilers below for Episode Three.

Okay, so the random guy who tells our quartet that they're in the Port of Hanover is not some random guy, but a character with a name! Morgan Reese! And he's played by Huck Walton (one of the Starry Vincents), who isn't credited with any other role. It seems unlikely that they would give a completely random one-line character a whole name and bring in a totally new actor to play him, and Matt also talks in the booklet about how he's constantly looking ahead to the next chapters, so it's a safe bet Morgan is going to be a major character in Episode 3.

But what role would he play? Morgan mentions that he has to get to his ship, the Ellen Austin. So we looked that up. Turns out that the Ellen Austin was a real ship that would regularly travel through the Bermuda Triangle(!), and in 1881 (!! could be our year!!!) supposedly encountered a strange, abandoned ship near the Sargasso Sea. There was no damage and everything on the mystery ship was in perfect order, but the crew, captain's log, and ship nameplate were all missing. The Ellen Austin tried to take the ship back with it but the boats were separated by a storm. They found it once again a couple of days later sailing erratically with the Ellen Austin crew members who'd been temporarily crewing it missing as well.

I dunno about you, but to me that sounds exactly like the sort of thing Matt would adapt into a Pulp. So I'm betting that Episode Three will take place in 1881 aboard the Ellen Austin in the Bermuda Triangle and deal with this strange ghost ship. Very excited to see what spin Matt puts on it!!

#pulp musicals #matt dahan #pulp musicals: The Brick Satellite #Samuel Stratford #Rose Stratford #john herschel #margaret cavendish #I am so excited about this guys

[pulpmusicals]

“Tell me, do you think that will save us from the brink? That trash isn’t worth the ink.”

#pulp musicals #the brick satellite #the great moon hoax #matt dahan #mariah rose faith #james tolbert #curt mega #natalie llerena #musical theatre #kim whalen

[the-annoying-mom-friend]

john and the earth (pulp musicals) and enlightenment (starry) are both beautiful songs by matt dahan about the beauty of humanity and our need for knowledge and new beginnings and old stories and I cry about them at least once a month because they are beautiful and perfect and no song will ever come near them thank you matt dahan for creating them

#starry #starry musical #starry the musical #jo van gogh bonger #pulp musicals #the brick satellite

[ghostface-knight]

guys i'm feeling so so normal about this song

#pulp musicals #john and the earth #john herschel #screaming crying throwing up #the brick satellite #curt mega the man you are