#a song from moulin rouge

[a-libra-writes]

do you have any romantic headcanons for rocky rickaby from lackadaisy? 👀

sweats ...yeah uhh yeah i got a whole lot so this may be long-winded and not particularly organized.....

Shout out to @pomegranate-pen and @lackadaisy-headcanon-supply-unit for also doing Rocky posts that gave me more food for thought and helped me solidify some thoughts 🤔 i def recommend their blogs as well

Firstly, this is a whole-ass crush-at-first-sight. Infatuation, even, because "crush" feels too light a word. The feelings just hit Rocky and he starts wanting to talk to this person more, or at least see them. This has happened many times in his life and the people almost always tell him off or just avoid him. He's aware of how he can ... be, so being brushed aside and outright rejected isn't new. But this person is talking back! And seems to want to?

In that case, he really can't help himself. He wants to be in their good graces, and learn more about them, and impress them! Oh, he'll do so much for you. Anthing, really, he'll run himself ragged, especially if it's something you really need done. You won't even realize how much he went through, you'd puzzle it together based off his beat up appearance and the state of the car and Freckle grumbling about something as he tries to hide the blood on his coat. Don't let him go so far, and make sure he rests.

Once the relationship is more official, Rocky may still feel the need to keep doing so many things for you, to make himself "useful" to you even if he already "has" you. It's a bad habit of his that's deeply ingrained and rooted in insecurity that you'll be tired of him or realize how burdensome he is and be done with him. It's better to channel his energy into helping with simple things, like fixing your car or getting some groceries or just keeping you company while you finish up work. Still, given his exuberant energy and clumsiness, even those simple things can get a little ... much. But perhaps that's part of the charm. He really is trying.

But hey, there will be endless poems and songs for you. Some spur of the moment, some words and phrases he's turned over and over in his head for a week and they all just spill out as soon as he sees you. Rocky probably isn't aware how sweet and romantic it is unless you spell it out, and that only encourages him further. He hums and taps out little melodies that remind him of you, then grab his violin and string them together. If you like theater, even better, he'll recite romantic lines and stanzas until the sun comes up. More than once you two have had an impromptu reenactment of the Balcony Scene, much to the Lackadaisy crew's annoyance.

Oh, and the pet names, they are endless. There's fairly normal ones like "angel" and "sweetheart" then some that are just ... A long string of poetic references to your eyes and smile and general being. "Don't run out of adjectives, dear," You've said more than once.

He's so disgustingly in love, it drives them a little batty, however at least you sort-of-kind-of keep him out of trouble? Or at least, you ground him a bit ... Okay, not really, but you patch him up afterward and he's more likely to take his nervous energy to you, not the bar. But if they have to hear about how the light sparkles in your eyes one more time --

(Mitzi really hates to get you involved with the business, but if you've got a steady head and can handle a gun, well ... I mean, if you can handle Rocky, maybe you're a good person to keep around ...)

And on the topic of patching up, good lord have you had to do it many times. If you weren't experienced in first aid before, you learn it quick. The black and purple bruises are the least of it, there's cuts and abrasions and don't even get started on the concussion. Sometimes, he's still surprised how upset and angry you get when he staggers up to the door and looks like he was put through a wringer. He'll try to be more careful for your sake, but ... well, he tries.

And tries and tries ... Are you noticing a pattern? When it comes to dates and nice things, Rocky really isn't experienced, but he wants to try, because it's for you! He'll get all sorts of advice from Ivy and Mitzi (he asked Viktor but ran off before he got the response) and does his best with it. It's tough if you're clearly from a well-off family, or used to the finer things ... But in the end, you both have the most fun with simple things. Going out for a fast drive in the country, or playing music together, or just chatting endlessly about everything until the sun comes up. He really, really can't remember the last time he was with someone for so long and so happy - except, maybe when he was staying with his aunt and Freckle? But there wasn't nearly this much talking and laughter. It's like a dream, or being drunk, or being endlessly inspired, or -- aaaand he's off waxing poetic again.

It's not just all the music and poetry, it's all the affection! Rocky soaks it up like he'll die without it, and, well ... He really went so long without such company and affection, perhaps that's true. He wants to be held, he wants to lean on you, he wants you to take his arm, he wants kisses and attention! It's just so affirming and reassuring and comforting, if you two have to go a while without seeing each other, he finds himself getting antsy and lonely. He travelled along railroads for years by himself, and suddenly being away from you for a few days is hurting this badly?

If you're someone who dislikes or is uncomfortable with physical affection, it'll be very tough, because he wants it so badly and he just does it without thinking. He'll rush at you for a big hug instead of saying "hi", or brush shoulders and lightly entwine your tail with his while he pests you about what you're working on. He wants to be considerate of your personal space, of course, so it'll take time and a lot of reminding him what is and isn't appropriate for you. Sleeping next to him means you will get cuddled and it's tough to peel him off once you wake up. At least he's a bit better about it in public, and at the bar, because Viktor can peel him off.

(An important caveat is if you're male or present as such, he's obviously far more careful in public, even if he's obviously on pins and needles for when it's safe to hold you again).

Another thing is the co-habitation, this being the 1920's and dependent on your family situation or upbringing. This may already be a "line" you both have crossed, since Rocky often shows up at your doorstep battered and ends up crashing on your couch, or you just say screw it and let him crash there after going on a run together. Actually sleeping in your room or, even more shockingly, moving in is something he has a hard time with. It's almost nerve-wracking. On one hand, isn't this what he wanted? Doesn't this prove you really, really want him around? But on the other hand, actually having that is somehow scary. Having a proper roof and a warm bed and food right in the fridge is .... a bit of a change from the living arrangements he's had for the past 5+ years. It takes some adjusting and easing into it.

Long story short, he is just a bundle of affection and adoration and quite a bit of insecurity and a little mania. Just ... a bit. Don't worry about it.

#'your song' from moulin rouge intensifies!!!!!! #i wont apologize for this i am obsessed with these fucking jazz cats #lackadaisy x reader #rocky rickaby x reader

[ashleyslorens]

BRITNEY on BROADWAY

#& juliet #moulin rouge! the musical #moulin rouge #once upon a one more time #ouaomt #and juliet #broadwayedit #musicaledit #musicaltheatreedit #theatreedit #broadway #britney spears #* #britney in 3 shows... this is the future liberals want #mr only gave me one portion of a song to work with so making these gifs was hard lol #also the ouaomt songs and length might not be 100% accurate #since there's no cast recording yet i had to use a tracked audio from the most recent previews to make this #but anyway happy opening night to them!

[night-lie]

he gave me more, he gave it all to me

#today i learned the good bit in elephant love medley from moulin rouge was written by a beatle #wings #wings the band #silly love songs #paul mccartney #tlouedit #the last of us #tlouhbo #tlouhboedit #bill x frank #bill and frank #wanted to try a style i never do aka tiny font no cropping no color i just brightened it a bit #my instincts were fighting me the whole way making this #self-made gifs

[peppermintsandbones5]

Oh to love and be loved in return (I’ve never been in a relationship and I’m delusional)

#girlblogging #moulin rouge #i’m insane about the music in this #the movie version obviously #this might be from an actual song but idk what it is #so it’s moulin rouge song to me #ewan mcgregor #nicole kidman #coquette #musical #im delusional #delulu #i’m just a girl

[clowningclownn]

One day I'll fly away Leave all this to yesterday Why live life from dream to dream And dread the day when dreaming ends?

#got the idea for this from the song “one day i'll fly away” from moulin rouge lol #song is linked under cut btw #idk if the execution was exactly as i was thinking but eh #im not messing with it any more lol #sherliam #william moriarty #william james moriarty #yuukoku no moriarty #moriarty the patriot #ynm sherlock #mtp sherlock #sherlock holmes #mtp #ynm #ynm william #ynm fanart #mtp william #mtp fanart #fanart #comic #short comic #my art #art #yuumori #Youtube #pickle picture post

[smallboyonherbike]

(this is a list chosen from my personal showtunes playlist and not like definitive best showtunes bc i truly haven't listened to a new musical since hamilton unfortch, which is on me. also i'm mostly thinking of movie version or sometimes OBC but think of whatever version you like)

#megamazing #polls #poll #if i weren't too lazy to run multiple brackets this would make a fun bracket #but also then i'd have to include showtunes i don't know and i'm not gonna #go down that rabbit hole bc i'd wanna listen to them all #also it HURT to choose one song per musical #i had to kick off one day i'll fly away from moulin rouge sigh #to be clear i know these aren't all the most popular song of each musical it's just my faves in the moment

[bloodcoveredgf]

girl.....

#giggling at your song from the moulin rouge soundtrack making it on the list this month #also the site is receiptify

[timemachineyeah]

For some reason I misread that last poll as “what is the Billy Joel song?” as in if someone said to you, “y’know? the Billy Joel song?” what song would you assume they are talking about, so I answered Piano Man, but now I see it’s asking what’s the best Billy Joel song so I have to change my answer to For The Longest Time which is cheesy as hell as all Billy Joel is but also unfortunately is also part of my personal pantheon of Favorite Love Songs because it fits within the category of Silly Love Songs and I maybe adore those

#the main defining factor of the category is: if it is not already a part of the love song medley from Moulin Rouge #then how easy is it to imagine it being added? #specifically the ewan mcgregor perspective #so like 1. could you actually serenade someone with it 2. does it take on a conversational tone somehow 3 #3. is it almost embarrassingly earnest? #timemachine wuz here

[stellerssong]

HOW am I supposed to fit "doesn't actually like musicals" into the existing Swan lore. It's too early in the morning for this

oh i can answer this! when i say i "don't like musicals" i mean it in the same sense that people who have written hundreds of thousands of words of star wars fanfic say "i hate star wars and i wish it was good" or when people who can pinpoint down to the run, issue, page number, panel, and speech bubble where you should start reading their favorite comic say "one day i'm going to burn down dc headquarters and i'm not joking." hope this helps!

#chatter #this makes it sound like i actually know shit about musicals. that is not true either. #in reality ''doesn't actually like musicals'' mostly just means ''i am a filthy modern broadway casual who can't even rattle off #all the major works of sondheim from memory'' #which i acknowledge is embarrassing. i'm WORKING on a piece from sunday in the park with george okay i'm TRYING to get cultured #but it's HARD because there's lots of ACCIDENTALS and i'm a SOPRANO and i CAN'T READ. #also in a very real way sometimes people write musicals that are not good and i think they shouldn't do that. #i think people should write good and not bad and i also think people should stop fucking putting jukebox musicals on bway. #i know they move ticket sales (?) but i think they are lazy and boring and i don't like them. #this also applies to moulin rouge the musical with all due respect to karen olivo. write a fucking original song. #(i say ''write a fucking original song'' but then pasek & paul are like ''hey'' and i'm like NOT FUCKING LIKE THAT so.)

[landlordevil]

I cant listen to roxanne from moulin rouge anymore bc we had to do a dance unit to it in high school and the boy i was paired w was supposed to "lead" but i ended up leading bc there was a lift only I could do. There was like 20 layers of heterosexuality my dance teacher was operating on and we dismantled them all. And I now equate that song with her going "oh well haha I guess it's ok if the girl picks the guy up it's just a little unusual haha" thanks we're 16 and it doesn't matter ☝️

#>takes the dance class instead of the gym class just so i didnt have to go into changing rooms #>gets this shit instead #sorry moulin rouge mentioned in some tags and it awoke a memory from deep within me #its a smexy song though. i like it a lot. but i hear it and it all comes back

[wowbright]

@redheadgleek it's got Ewan McGregor

#moulin rouge #moulin rouge! #ofmd #fanvid not mine #I love the use of the interludes for snippets of dialogue #violence as the problem not sex #but also the positioning of violence as the problem is just as fraught as the positioning of sex as the problem in the song #both the song and the video are told from the spectators point of view and not the agent's #the singer views Roxanne's engagement and sex work as inherently demeaning but she probably doesn't #steed views Ed's engagement in violence as inherently demeaning even when it is an appropriate response #don't demean yourself Ed #when Ed orders the torture and death of the French Captain who guess what Stede is already condemned to die under the rules of piracy #and the torture threat is probably not carried out given how difficult and time-consuming it would have been #but still it is important for Ed to make in asserting his power and humanity to somebody who refuses to see him as human #I mean look I am not into torturing people with snail spoons IRL #but this is a narrative and the problem with Ed's violence is not that it demeans him #but that it is psychologically costly #I mean that's the whole reason he farms out his violence to other people #because it costs him too much #and yet narratively it is necessary and justified in a lot of cases #even if in real life we don't condone murder #fiction is a place to explore ideas and meaning #ofmd meta #Youtube

[crimmson-sight]

you ever hear a high note so beautiful you want to live inside it forever??

#this is about aaron tveit's version of el tango de roxanne from moulin rouge #best 43 seconds of any song ever actually #kinda deeply disappointed that the spotify version doesn't have that amazing high note at the end :((

[shapoopy178]

So yeah last night was pretty cool

#was really neat to see how they update the music to keep it contemporary-ish #very different soundtrack from the movie #(and no ewan mcgregor 😡) #pro: lots of men in skirts and corsets and fishnets #con: of all the music in the show apparently the sia song has to be the one i can't get out of my head this morning #honestly the guy playing zidler stole the whole show #might be in love with the guy who played christian tho #hes kinds of a mid actor but hes got a hell of a voice and hes so gd pretty #moulin rouge #moulin rogue broadway #eric anderson #aaron tveit

[theatre-stuff]

Screaming about Crazy Rolling from Moulin Rouge

Like okay. Roxanne is amazing. Phenomenal. Transcendent. BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT CRAZY ROLLING.

Where it starts then where it ends. I’m cry. Happy chemicals running rampant through my brain. The way it’s all quiet and slow to start off and builds up until it explodes?? Peak song. 11/10

Personally I’m obsessed with the track because of the growls thrown in there. That has me on the ground.

The desperation and determination we hear from Christian that bubbles into a bit of rage is impeccable, his slightly unhinged, vaguely menacing ‘you’re gonna wish you never met me…’ background vocals are just. Peak act II Christian. I love it. I’m weak. Shaking.

The whole track is so intense that it makes me want to blast it in my ears and forever ruin my hearing. I want to write it into my DNA.

Anyway that’s all thank you

#unhinged rambling #musical theatre #musical theater #musicals #broadway #broadway musicals #songs from musicals #moulin rouge! the musical #moulin rogue broadway #moulin rouge #this owns my soul

[handsomegentlebutch]

Moulin Rouge is “just a jukebox musical” to you. To me its the best thing I’ve ever heard.

#butch speaks #moulin rouge #this musical fucks SO HARD #el tango de roxanne is my fave song from it #obsessed

[xmcu-fietro]

I’m living alone for the summer and what’s amazing about living alone is that you can do incredibly silly things without any fear of judgement. Exhibit A: It’s almost 1am and I’m walking around in my Agatha costume from last year’s Halloween, just because I can. I’m swishing my cape. El Tango de Roxanne is playing on my record player. Life is great

#I mean don’t get me wrong it’s generally not this good. but right now I’m having fun and I want to appreciate that #so yay for costuming and capes #sorry my Moulin Rouge hyperfixation from my main blog is bleeding over a little #but that song is SO GOOD #agatha harkness #agnes wandavision #the wandavision finale #(the costume is the one in the finale)