#the deadliest man alive

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

So I Spied Another Day...

You know it was a good show when you can’t decide whether your heart is so full from all the love and joy, or so empty because it's over.

Really do buckle up, because this is a long one.

So the show went a little like this. They played the Spies pro-shoot on a giant movie screen, but any time a song started, the audio changed to the instrumental track, the video typically faded to simple background graphics, and the cast came out to perform the number live in concert style. There were also a series of audience participation prompts up on the movie screen, such as standing to deliver a line in unison, giving Lauren a standing ovation for the Pay Attention! Reprise, enthusiastically booing Dr. Baron von Nazi and the still infuriatingly catchy Not So Bad (for anyone who’s curious, in addition to encouraging boos and yelled disagreements with von Nazi, they also cut the audience participation bit from the song).

The energy in the room was so electric and full of joy and warmth. People shouted out iconic lines, went wild for everyone’s entrances, and absolutely lost their damn minds over Curtwen at pretty much every opportunity. And the cast were clearly having just as much fun. Doing This has always been my favorite, and there was something so sweet about them singing it again all these years later. We finally got Joey performing Spies Are Forever (Evil Reprise) again and it was just as chilling and beautiful as you’d expect. And One Step Ahead was just on a whole new level. I don’t want to give anything away, but the details in that performance were INCREDIBLE.

It was simply so special seeing most of the original gang come back while also bringing some new friends along. Shout out to Mariah for coming out at the top of the show so ready to play, setting the tone for the whole evening. Shout out to James for putting his comedy chops on full display (LET JAMES BE FUNNY MORE) and dancing the hell out of One More Shot (another favorite number). And shoutout to Carlos Alazraqui (taking over the roles of Sergio and Vladimir Poopin) and Tommy Link for coming into this crazy part of our world with such enthusiasm and silliness. Brian deserves a medal for agreeing to once again play the most cringe-worthy character in all of Pulp-StarCanWrecked history, and for sounding so fucking good while doing it. Tessa was having a blast in full unhinged glory and I gladly worship at her altar. Lauren is maybe the funniest person alive and deserved her standing ovation, prompted or not. Seeing Joe Walker perform live has been Item Number One on my fandom bucket list since I moved to LA a couple of years ago, and I still can’t quite believe I managed it. I’d wondered if he’d be rusty, but honestly he sounded great; it was like no time had passed. Mary Kate still has one of my all-time favorite voices and her Tatiana remains forever engaging. Joey showed up dressed to slay as a gay evil genius Bond-movie supervillain and proceeded to thoroughly deliver on that promise. And Curt… every time I watch Spies I am increasingly blown away by what he does with this arrogant, broken mess of a character. He clearly loves Agent Mega as much as any of us, and to see a performance refined and powered by such clear and thoughtful passion is just a huge treat.

(And while he wasn’t in the cast, I can’t not mention Corey. Between his roles as director and co-writer, so much of what Spies is comes directly from him and we don’t appreciate that nearly enough. And shout out to Esther Fallick for her wonderful work as Susan and the Informant. She might not have been there in person, but her incredible performance was with us the whole time.)

I know this is preaching to the choir, but Spies Are Forever really is such a special show. It’s a story about recovery, and devastating as it can be, I think there’s also something deeply healing about it at its core. For one thing, I know it played a huge role in mending my relationship with my asexuality. I will forever be grateful to it for existing, to TCB, Talkfine, and the original cast for creating it, and to those same people for maintaining its legacy with the amount of love and care it deserves. It was a privilege to be in the room as so many people came to celebrate this miraculous little musical. There were a couple of minor tech glitches (I wonder if they’ll even include the “big one”—the projector jumping over most of the staircase scene before getting fixed—in the digital ticket version), but nothing that could even begin to damper the magic of the night.

We all know that spies never die (except for Owen and the Informant, oops). And at times like this concert, I think this special little show with its short run in 2016 will prove to be just as immortal.

#anyways I just had the best time #and it took a couple of days because I've been so busy but I had to write down how special it all really was #so grateful #spies are forever #spy another day #tin can bros #tcb #tinlightenment #agent curt mega #curt mega #owen carvour #tatiana slozhno #cynthia houston #the deadliest man alive #doctor baron von nazi #the informant #joey richter #lauren lopez #brian rosenthal #corey lubowich #mary kate wiles #mariah rose faith casillas #james tolbert #joe walker #tessa netting #tom lenk #Carlos Alazraqui

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Semifinals

The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever) - Villain: The Deadliest Man Alive

Friends on the Other Side (The Princess and the Frog) - Villain: Dr. Facilier

#villain song showdown #villain song showdown semifinals #dr facilier #the princess and the frog #spies are forever #the deadliest man alive #tournament poll #Youtube

[szollibisz]

WHO ALLOWED THEM TO DO THIS

god bless @smytherines for the high quality saf screenshots 🙏🙏🙏

#owen babe do you wanna torture this man or fuck him #spies are forever #tin can bros #saf #art #fanart #saf fanart #owen carvour #agent curt mega #spies are forever fanart #tin can bros fanart #tcb #tcb fanart #curtwen #the deadliest man alive #dma

[ghostface-knight]

thinking about how physical trust and intimacy mean so much more in the context of curt and owen's lives than the average couples. in the spying game, you can't let your guard down for a second, because one wrong move could cost you your life. a drink with a friend? they could poison you. a handshake? they could easily inject you with something. a hug? they can stab you in the back.

curt and owen have known these rules for years, and so their relationship speaks to the complete and utter trust they had in one another.

they shared drinks. they hugged. they presumably had a more intimate relationship behind closed doors.

and i'm just thinking about how easily curt's fear washes off his face when owen reveals himself in the russian weapons facility. curt is still in a very compromising position, but he knows that he's safe, because owen would never let anything happen to him.

he's been taught over and over not to trust, and yet he does.

and some of that trust breaks through in their final confrontation on the staircase. even with owen pointing a gun at his head, curt tries to reason with him. curt doesn't just love owen, he trusts him. and in their line of work, that might mean even more than love.

and so when curt makes the decision to kill owen, it's certainly not that he doesn't love him anymore. no matter what owen did as the DMA, curt can't help but love him. but as owen monologues on the staircase, curt comes to an even more crushing conclusion: he doesn't trust him anymore, and that kind of trust can't be rebuilt.

following owen's death, i don't think curt ever truly learned to trust again. perhaps not even tatiana, who had saved curt again and again, could earn his fragile trust. because if owen -- skilled, bright, lovely owen -- couldn't be trusted, than who could?

#this is one of those posts that starts as normal analysis and then veers closer and closer to fanfiction as i lose my mind over these idiots #spies are forever #saf #agent curt mega #owen carvour #curtwen #tin can bros #the deadliest man alive #tatiana slozhno

[mvanqsh]

the torture tango 💥

#i forgor he whips out the pliers here #nobody talk about it #spies are forever #spies are forever fanart #owen carvour #agent curt mega #curtwen #the deadliest man alive #saf fanart #the torture tango

[kairithemang0]

Did you know that I’m a master of torture?

It gets me high

To show you the horror of staying alive?

so I’m gonna prod ya and poke ya and bleed you dry

And just for my enjoyment you will

suffer

suffer

suffer

Until you die ❤️

#spies are forever #torture tango #the deadliest man alive #literally had this in my head all day #tin can bros #tin can brothers #tcb spies are forever

[notadwarf-planet]

Saf textposts pt2!!

#spies are forever #Curtwen #owen carvour #agent curt mega #The deadliest man alive #How do you tag him??? #Idk #incorrect quotes #Textposts #Tcb #🧷 #Pluto thinks

[endy-merimo]

i don remember doing this... (did this the whole morning and was suffering with all these transitions)

#spies are forever #tin can bros #owen carvour #saf #tcb #curtwen #the deadliest man alive #musical edit #my edits #edits #my edit #edit

[thejagermeister]

the pure anger in the dma's voice when he sees curt for the first time and he snarls "you..." really hits different on a rewatch

#spies are forever #agent curt mega #the deadliest man alive #owen carvour #saf

[ricky-mortis]

This week’s schoolwork/notebook doodles

#spies are forever #good omens #black friday #agent curt mega #the deadliest man alive #owen carvour #Richard Dick Big #president howard goodman #linda monroe #wiggly #wiggog y'wrath #good omens gabriel #I was just really bored this week ig #my art

[oodles-of-swagger]

Am I the asshole for faking my death for 4 years, putting on a fake persona, murdering over a thousand people, and plotting revenge on my ex after he left me to die?

I know the title sounds bad, but let me explain. I, thirty something male-

#tin can bros #owen carvour #agent curt mega #the deadliest man alive #spies are forever #curtwen #I thought it’d be funny to do those AITA things but with characters lol

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Bracket D Round 5 (Finals)

This Day Aria (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) - Villain: Queen Chrysalis

The Torture Tango (Spies Are Forever) - Villain: The Deadliest Man Alive

#villain song showdown #villain song showdown round 5 #vss bracket d #my little pony friendship is magic #my little pony #mlp #mlp fim #queen chrysalis #the deadliest man alive #spies are forever #tournament poll #Youtube

[paranormaltheatrekid]

Diversity wins! The deadliest man alive is gay! *gun shots*

#spies are forever #happy spy day #shit post #owen carvour #the deadliest man alive #tin can bros

[ghostface-knight]

i feel like people never talk about owen's line just after the reveal when curt says "you're dead" and owen responds "ah, well, part of me is." guys. the part of him that's dead is the part of him that loved curt. the part that trusted. the part that got joy from anything other than revenge and torture. owen isn't just mad at curt for leaving him -- he's mad that curt killed every ounce of goodness inside of him. he's grieving the person he used to be, and he blames curt. he hates who he is now, and the only thing he can do to get some relief is to hurt the person who he thinks did this to him.

#spies are forever #saf #agent curt mega #agent owen carvour #owen carvour #curtwen #the deadliest man alive

[mangocheese37]

Spies are forever except the torture tango is just DMA tickling Curt with a feather

#has this been done yet #tin can bros #spies are forever #starkid #the deadliest man alive #im rewatching saf can you tell

[kairithemang0]

Name something gayer

I’ll wait

#spies are forever #torture tango #agent curt mega #tin can bros #tin can brothers #the deadliest man alive #owen carvour #curtwen #tcb spies are forever #Youtube