#Sophie Sparks

[willstafford]

Life's a Peach

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford upon Avon, Wednesday 6th December 2023 David Wood’s masterly adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic children’s book offers many challenges for theatrical production, and so part of the fun for me is waiting to see how key scenes will be staged: the shark attack, the hundreds of seagulls, the giant peach itself… Director Emily Myerscough…

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#Barry Purchase-Rathbone #David Wood #Dee Alder #Elizabeth Foster #Emily Myerscough #Emma Beasley #Hal Sandle-Keynes #Hattie Jamieson #James and the Giant Peach #Madison Griffiths #Olivia Powell #Paige Hopper #Pamela Hickson #Roald Dahl #Sophie Sparks #Steve Bizley #Stratford upon Avon #The Bear Pit Theatre #Tom Purchase-Rathbone #Zoe Mortimer

[fumifooms]

Howl’s moving castle dunmeshi AU

I’ve cracked the code I know why I love Marcille x Chilchuck so much. They’re literally just like Howl’s Moving Castle Howl and Sophie. Okok indulge me for a sec I’m about to dump so many pics and ramble for a bit. I want you to see my marchil vision. It’s fabulous extra cringefail hopeless romantic drama queen x grumpy old sad angry caring hardworking person cursed to be here & cursing fate and giving tough love to everything in a miles radius. No one is safe. From either of them. Calcifer or Micheal is Izutsumi. Wait wait no Calcifer is Senshi and Michael is Izutsumi. Senshi as Calcifer works bc Calcifer is just chained to Howl and is there reminding Howl to not die and take care of himself, giving hints about how to break the curse to Sophie, also the fire demon cooks the eggs and bacon checkmate. And then LAIOS IS TURNIP HEAD OH MY GOD THAT WORKS OUT PERFECTLY. Chilchuck & Marcille, screaming terrified of the weird scarecrow chasing after them, meanwhile the weird scarecrow that’s harmless: :(. Wizard Suliman is Falin and the second fire demon is Winged Lion, so bam everything comes full circle.

I’m assuming most people who’ll see this post maybe saw the movie but not the book, and what you need to know is that the movie makes Howl so much dreamier and collected and cool, whereas in the book he’s just a drama queen 24/7 that’s it. He’s a wet cat dressed in expensive sparkly glittery gowns that needs to be yelled at to do anything he needs to do. He complains. He bemoans. Meanwhile Sophie is, honestly pretty like in the movie? Less contrarian and anger issues but will grumble and yells while cleaning nonetheless. Hardworking but will pathetically sit down on a chair in a dark corner to cry about her aching bones and OHH this is ALL because she’s the eldest child and she was doomed for unhappiness and no one can ever love her… So she’ll whack everyone into order and purge her feelings through aggressive cleaning and using weed killer. IS THIS NOT GIVING MARCILLE & CHIL TO YOU?!

There’s this funny widespread take from the fandom:

And it couldn’t be more true in a marchil context either. Like come on. For all of this post just swap the names of Howl for Marcille and Sophie for Chilchuck.

(Last one with the art by Cookiekappa on Tumblr)

Tell me this isn’t so Marcille. Tell me Chil wouldn’t run away from home thinking he’s failed life and is no longer in shape to work and now has to waddle in self-pity, seeking out wizards which he hates and finds shady bc it’s his last option, and then end up a maid & cleans everything out of spite and also worry for the person living there. Tell me Marcille wouldn’t throw a depressed slime tantrum so bad that it causes a partial town evacuation because her wails summon unknown horrors, over her HAIR. Forget slime she’d blow up the house instantly. She would breakdance as refusal to go see the king. Chilchuck would call her a slitherer-outer and she would gasp in offense and they’d have a fight.

Marcille having full on poems laying around and then Chil & Izu seeing them and being like "Ah yes, this must be a spell, it makes no sense and is so extra, just like how silly our resident witch and her magic is". Izutsumi going "Okay peepaw I’ll teach you how to use a magical bucket just take one step forward-" and they immediately fuck it up and they’re left stranded in far unknown lands. Chilchuck complaining that HIS BACK HURTS. And at every turn or something mildly inconveniencing him "NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS TO THE MIDDLE CHILD".

And can we talk about the aging motif, the curse… Marcille never letting herself grow close to someone even though she does all these grand gestures for them at first. Meanwhile her fear of loss stares at her straight in the eye whenever she looks at 90 years old Chilchuck, and her deciding to not run away from their relationship is what ends up healing both of them. She gets over her fear of intimacy and he grows over feeling like a terribly dull unlovable failure. Me sobbing when I remember how Sophie’s curse of being old is a self-inflicted manifestation of herself thinking she’s romantically unlovable and weak…….

This is it for now but rest assured that I want to make art of this, have these memes for now

#Dungeon meshi #au #marcille donato #chilchuck tims #marchil #Fumi rambles #crossfandom stuff #I might edit in other details or things I think up of for this au wether scenes or analysis points #I did interpret chil’s character differently than I usually do in order to make him fit more in sophie’s shoes but it still fits imo #My soul needs an absolutely seething malding old Chilchuck maid au. It sparks joy. Go get it peepaw fuck shit up clean that house #He has a strong will and a gift he can speak life into things because he can motivate ppl by speaking frank and true ILY

[fromtheseventhhell]

Another bad news... Sophie and Kit reuniting for a gothic horror movie set

https://x.com/FilmUpdates/status/1756044361236873565?s=20

Not the zionist link-up...who's gonna be doing the acting?

#ask #anon #horrible people and horrible actors they need to pick a struggle 🙏🏾 #huge day for annoying GOT stans though #a sorely needed paycheck for both of them considering they've both been the opposite of booked and busy since GOT ended #considering Sophie just had a new project that released that made zero noise? it's not looking good for them #why do I feel like they did this on purpose to try and spark Got nostalgia for the snow sequel? 😭 #I know they both miss that consistent paycheck bad!

[imissjensi]

tw: brief mentions of the holocaust and slavery

obsessed with the idea of keefe stumbling into an american university and just walking into a us history lecture and finding it interesting so he keeps going. and he learns about how the us government has term limits and a system of checks and balances to prevent one group from becoming too powerful, and thinks about how that could be applied to the council. he learns about how women had to fight for their right to vote and are still fighting for equal rights and thinks about how those with lesser abilities need to work harder to be in the nobility. he learns about slavery, and thinks about how the elves did nothing to stop the enslavement and abuse of thousands upon thousands of humans. he finds a computer and does his own research.

he learns about the ADA, and how it is illegal in the united states to discriminate against someone on the basis of disability, and he connects it to the talentless not getting the chance to be nobility solely because of their lack of ability. in the same vein, he reads about therapists and mental health professionals. about how working with a mental health professional can help someone through their mental and emotion issues. he thinks about how if marella's mom had someone like that in addition to elixirs, maybe she wouldn't go through all that scorn. he comes across cps, and thinks about how if he or tam or linh had a support like that to help stop the verbal abuse they all went through, maybe they would be better off. he reads about the civil rights movement, and how if millions of black americans had not put their foot down and forced action from the people in power, they would not have gotten their rights. and he thinks about how the gnomes had to practically demand the council to say something about the plague. he reads about world war 2 and is horrified at how the elves did nothing to prevent the millions that were killed, and how they instead pulled the human assistance program entirely. he reads about eugenics, and is disgusted with the realization that this is what matchmaking is.

he reads about the horrific loss of life all over the world that could have been prevented. that should have been prevented. by elves. his people. and he thinks about how so many of these events can compare to elvin history. and he can barely stomach being able to call himself an elf anymore.

he thinks about something he's thought about many times. that the lost cities needs to change. but for the first time he seriously considers that they should change like the forbidden cities. that elves have plenty to learn from the people they shut out. he is determined to take what he's learned and to spark that change.

because it's one thing to go from one deeply damaged world to a perceived perfect one. but it's another thing entirely to come from the perfect one and go to the damaged one and be hit with the realization that their awful past is your world's present.

#long post #shannon istg if you make keefe go into hiding his entire stay in the forbidden cities i will personally riot #obsessed with the idea of keefe being the one to spark a lot of the change and to bring back the human assistance program #because sophie is used to living in a fucked up world #she just went to a different one with a coat of shiny paint on it #yes she wants to change it for the better but at the same time she is used to it #meanwhile keefe actively learning about history and making connections between these horrible events and his CURRENT world #like the comparisons are not in the past they're in the present #RIGHT NOW elves are being matched based on genetic compatability. gnomes had to demand action a few months ago. discrimination based on #race gender and disability has been illegal in the us for years but talentless still can't work in the nobility or go into elite levels. #children of multiple births are still being scorned and judged by everyone #this history is all in the back of sophie's mind she hasn't learned about humans in years #but keefe can learn about it now and take the information on how change is made back to the lost cities to help everyone. #kotlc fandom #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc headcannons #kotlc keefe

[diablo-that-first-spark]

Act III sketchdump 24-02-01

I can't believe I let the first month of 2024 pass without some kind of That First Spark-related work! Bah, sacrilege!

Featuring:

Lyndon and Quiet posing like the absolute BOSSES they are! (And they know it ;) )

Quiet having some balancing issues.

Dahlgur Tuon is reunited with Amaniel.

Tyrael and Sophie share a terribly needed hug after the mortal angel's frankly catastrophic journey across Sanctuary.

I am working on Ch77, which is shaping up to be the final one in Act III (and I will do my best to keep it that way), and after that, I'm going the plan the cccrap out of Act IV, and hopefully deliver you cupcakes an ending worthy of the Diablo franchise.

There are currently some important projects in the way, however. I hope I can share them here soon.

2024.02.03.

#that first spark #diablo fanfiction #inarius #tyrael #sketchdump #act iii #the drawing table #sophie sketch #lyndon sketch #quiet sketch

[carewyncromwell]

“That rhythm of town starts calling me down... It's like a message from high above!”

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HPHM Cardverse developed by @ariparri​ // image inspiration from a scene in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog // original background photograph 

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Well now, who’s this dashing person? No way could this upstanding man ever be the type to ditch his comfortable position on the court of Spades and become a Joker -- right?

Hahaha, yeah, this is Jacob Cromwell, long before his Escape Artist days, back when he still happily worked for the infamous “Counselor,” the Jack of Spades, Duncan Ashe! Looks like he’s just about to head into work, getting off the trolley so he can walk the rest of the way through the capitol to see his OTL buddy, Ashe. Today he’s by himself and looking chipper, but trust me, on those days he could bring his little sister Carewyn with him into the capitol, you’d find Jacob in an even more cheerful mood. It was not uncommon back in those days for Jacob and Carewyn to end up entertaining the passengers of the trolley with their singing, since Jacob would be so thrilled to share his work with his sister and spend time with both her and Ashe, and Carewyn would just feed off of Jacob’s enthusiasm. ^.^

Music accompaniment while working on this piece included The Trolley Song from Meet Me in St. Louis, Merry-Go-Round of Life from Howl’s Moving Castle, We Built This City by Starship, Why Should I Worry? from Oliver and Company and Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog. Jacob’s outfit, if colored, I see following Duncan’s color scheme quite a bit -- Jacob even has an ascot similar to his boss’s. You also may notice that if you count up all the spades in Jacob’s outfit -- including the fingerless Spade-themed gloves -- that he’s wearing exactly nine spades, which corresponds to the card I associate with him! 

Much love, all! Hope you have a magical day! ♠️

#hphm #hphm cardverse #cardverse au #hogwarts mystery #my art #jacob cromwell #interestingly even if the image inspiration was from patf I honestly got the brain spark for this at work #since I was working at dca specifically in hollywoodland where we have the red car trolley!! #and I dunno I thought the image of jacob taking that kind of a trolley to work in the cardverse was adorable #then I thought of sophie doing that in howl's moving castle couldn't find any reference shots I liked #and so darted over to that one of tiana which I liked much better! #jacob wears those fingerless gloves because most of his work for ashe involves various scientific research #some of which involves him working in a lab with various chemicals and others getting his hands dirty and working with machinery #he puts on sterilized gloves over those gloves while in the lab but when he's working with mechanics those fingerless gloves help a lot #also of course jacob rolls his sleeves up because sorry ashe but he's never going to be as buttoned-up and professional as you #also yes for the record this boy never grows taller than 5'7" #so yes this bundle of chaotic good energy is smol but strong boy and I love him #just don't tease him about his lack of height you've been warned XDDD

[chuwush]

The girls showing off each other's weapons.

All the fan kids have been drawn. I just need to get them all together.

I hope characterizations are right. Atlas doesn't have a lot on them that I can find. And it's been a little sense I read through Pyrite's describe / backstory so pardon anything out of character.

My art feels a little off lately probably because I'm drawing characters I haven't really before it happens.

Sophie belongs to: @alexxs-stufff she's the fox / wolf one in the top image.

Pyrite belongs to: @certified-dork Stole them again hehe.

Atlas belongs to: @the-jester-irl Poor kid is in a weird family.

And Trixie belongs to me¡

Sorry for the @s still feel weird and rude for doing it.

#spark the electric jester #spark tej #Not my oc #Except for Trixie she's mine. #sketch #Mini comic #Sophie is happy and not blushing at Trixie I want to clarify that. #fanart

[peaceliliesandtea]

i don't care if it makes me a normie, basic, etc. i love coldplay. i want to go to one of their concerts and jump up down with a little bracelet that flashes on my wrist or on those plates that contribute energy to the show. the scientist? god tier song. come up to meet you, tell you i'm sorry!!!! green eyes, also god tier. and honey you should know that i could never go on without you!!! am i a fan of the newer stuff? hmm... less so. anyway, as i was saying, consider this a written acknowledgement that i will always be a coldplay girlie

#sophie's diary #lol i just found this in my drafts... was clearly on one about coldplay #is this my most normie belief? yes #is it correct? also yes coldplay forever #sparks brings me some next level comfort #the way i was 4 years old when parachutes was released

[baeshijima]

i love how cynos route is just him teaching u how to play genius invokation tcg and giving u a limited edition card + a deck box he made himself (with ur name engraved in the leather bc he takes care of u like that 😩)

#sophie talks : i accidentally stole the heroine's role and now the male leads won't leave me alone! #this was sparked by reading his genius invokation tcg deck box story JGLJDFH #NO BC I LOVE HIM SM AND ITS NOW ACTUALLY GIVEN ME IDEAS ON WHAT TO WRITE FOR HIS PART OF THE FIC AAAKKHLSALFK

[teyviary-art]

sketches n doodles from 2007

fifteen

zinnia

sophie

satellite

fifteen but louder

ink

tatter

sparks

#system history #eye contact cw #long post #art of teyvians #art of fifteen #art of zinnia #art of sophie #art of satellite #art of ink #art of tatter #art of sparks #2007

[ilovebylersblog]

THIS SONG IS SOOO SOKEEFE CODED. i’m obsessed w this song rn. gracie never misses. it’s adorable how she has taylor swift references in this song AHHHH

#sokeefe #gracie abrams #sophie foster #keefe sencen #there’s HOLY GROUND beneath them and SPARKS FLY when they kiss

[bobblehatworshipper]

#Phoenix Mercury #Skylar Diggins Smith #Diana Taurasi #wnba #Shey Peddy #basketballedit #sportsedit #Brianna Turner #Sophie Cunningham #Phoenix Mercury vs LA Sparks #28 July 2022 #gifs by me

[soadoya]

race result asides spa was fucking great they really did a good job for what I saw

#and i had a stand at eau rouge like best place ever got chills watching the cars make sparks and then disappearing #but yeah they stepped up their game #also love that all the colleagues who hadn't had a chance to come here were saying to me how beautiful the track is 🥰 #sophie goes to spa

[robynsassenmyview]

Mommy dearest and a gut full of lava

HOLDING onto the stars. Sophie Joans in Ile at Theatre on the Square in Sandton, until 6 April 2024. Photograph by Philip Kuhn. LET’S FACE IT. Your family is probably as full of oddities and anomalies as mine is. But when Sophie Joans takes pen to paper and uses every part of her extended blood line to tell a story that is wild and truthful, off the wall and ludicrously entertaining, everything…

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#Daphne Kuhn #Ile #lava #Loftus Mohale #Mauritius #Melidah Thakadu #My Weight and Why I Carry It #Philip Kuhn #Reggie Mathebe #Regina Dube #Richard White #Ryan Stopforth #Sandton #Sophie Joans #Spark in the Dark #Tasmin Sherman #Theatre on the Square #volcano

[imissjensi]

i am mentally preparing myself for the keeper crew to go to the forbidden cities in stellarlune and for there to be at least a page and a half where they find a hamilton ad and discuss it and sophie has to explain what musicals are and who hamilton was and biana or fitz or someone else is like “why would they make a musical about this shitty guy” and sophie is like “i don’t know! why are we even talking about this” because if i am counting correctly the keeper timeline is currently in late 2014 / early 2015 which is close enough to the boom of hamilton for shannon to reference it and for that i am terrified.

#actually the cover of stellarlune is just sophie maruca and marella performing schuyler sisters #kotlc #kotlc fandom #keeper of the lost cities #if the book is dual pov keefe finds lin manuel miranda in nyc and gives him an idea for hamilton #keefe giving lmm this idea is like the human assistance program and sparks the lost cities to bring it back #idk guys i reread the land of stories books and got to that part where they’re in irl nyc and talk about hamilton #i think they got it confused with hamlet and red riding hood thought hamilton was hammy-shakes for a while #anyways fantasy stories taking place in 2015 having characters go to the real world scares me #because there is always the threat of a hamilton reference #i was a very big fan of hamilton back in the day so i can slander it

[diablo-that-first-spark]

Five years of That First Spark

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, the good guys has gone through so much shit up to this point that they earned an entire stained window  composition in a church somewhere on Sanctuary. XD Trust me bro, it’s canon. ;)

Joke’s aside, welcome new and old readers, and thank you so much for giving this story a chance, whether it was a few weeks or years ago! Thank you so much for your patience with the sometimes rough update schedules. Thank you so much for spending your time to read the new chapters. Those who comment on the fic, or reblog my posts here, thank you so much for taking the extra time to do so. Thank you, @ephemeracrux and @fuyukotheduckling for your feedback and company.

Five years is a damn long time and I’d have never guessed I would actually reach this point. I don’t want to draw out this post, but honestly I can hardly wrap my head around this whole road. It’s incredible. And a very hefty chunk of this achievement is due to the readers who showed support in some way.

In the name of the entire TFS cast, thank all of you so much! :) Onwards to bigger better things! In the end

Everything is going to be alright~

2022.10.15.

#that first spark #diablo #diablo fanart #inarius #anniversary #malthael sketch #tyrael sketch #lyndon sketch #haile sketch #kyla sketch #geralt sketch #abd al-hazir sketch #sophie sketch #adenah & izba sketch #rathma sketch #ashava sketch #the drawing table