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broadway-is-a-thing · 1 year

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#company #company the musical #bobby company #being alive #bobbie company #bobby #bobbie #steven sondheim #sondheim #company sondheim

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h0wv3ry · 2 years

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hi “being alive” isn’t just bobbie’s romantic love and want to be with someone romanticly but also them wanting to connect with many of their friends throughout the show. They haven’t been able to open up to really anyone throughout the show including many of their friends. in this essay, i will-

#company #company musical #musical #stephen sondheim #bobbie company

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x-i-l-verify · 3 months

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Something that I've noticed ever since the Smiling Critters were introduced is that they can so easily be paired off into complementary duos, ones that are specifically designed to teach children fundamental lessons about life and self-care from two different angles. It's really interesting to me.

Like obviously you have Dogday and Catnap, with their sun/moon, dog/cat dichotomy, that stress how important it is to have fun and get things done during the day, but also that it's important to wind down, relax, and get a good night's sleep.

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Bubba Bubbaphant and Craftycorn were introduced as a duo in the Smiling Critter show's intro, and their dichotomy is quite obvious. They are basically the right and left sides of the brain personified. Bubba is the left side of the brain, logical, analytical, focused on math and science. Craftycorn is the right side of the brain, creative and imaginative, focused on the arts and self-expression. They represent learning and academia in all its forms, the different ways people engage with and understand the world.

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Hoppy Hopscotch and Kickin' Chicken form the sportsmanship duo. They are both portrayed as enjoying sports and the outdoors, but in different ways that highlight the different ways sports can be played and enjoyed and also what it entails to be successful at them. Hoppy Hopscotch may be loud and impatient, but she is also a team player, shown in her willingness to slow down her fast pace to make sure none of her friends are left behind. Kickin' Chicken, on the other hand, is laid-back, relaxed, and chill, the described "cool kid" of the group, but he's also described as having a ton of perseverance, more of a "slow and steady wins the race" type of person.

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This leaves Bobby Bearhug and Picky Piggy as the last pair. Fittingly, these two are all about how to meet the fundamental needs of yourself and others. Bobby teaches children how to nourish themselves emotionally through showing and receiving care from others, while Picky teaches them how good food is important to nourish the body and soul. Depriving oneself of either of these things only makes oneself and therefore everyone around one miserable, because those fundamental needs are no longer being met.

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Like fr, this is some pretty genius marketing right here. You have enough characters that every kid will have their favorite, but not so many that any would get lost in the shuffle, because the lessons each one of them would teach would be integral to the group as a whole. It really makes me that much sadder we saw basically nothing of the Smiling Critters during the game itself, because Mob Games struck gold with this concept, only to ultimately do nothing with it. :/

But I guess that's what fandom is for, eh?

#poppy playtime #poppy playtime chapter 3 #smiling critters #dogday #catnap #picky piggy #kickin chicken #hoppy hopscotch #bobby bearhug #craftycorn #bubba bubbaphant #xi writes #tbh that 'slow and steady wins the race' comment makes me really wish Kickin' Chicken was a turtle instead #just to drive home that parallel even further #ngl i've been thinking about making this post for ages but i finally got off my butt and did it #me holding the Smiling Critters like Marge Simpson holding a potato: I just think they're neat!#it'd be a shame if the game company that came up with them never DID anything with them HUH MOB GAMES?#mob games don't walk away from me #MOB GAMES GET BACK HERE I HAVE THOUGHTS-

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avephelis · 6 months

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ohh yeah may as well post these. ideas for egg keychains i made a while back ✌️✌️

#tbh id get them made but idk an australian company that makes charms and international shipping is just. soo expensive.#qsmp #juanaflippa #tilin #qsmp bobby #qsmp trump #avepharts

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iveneverbeenmorestressedinmylife · 3 months

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#is this anything ⁉️⁉️#bobby company #company #company musical #Al's ramblings #raúl esparza

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tiger-balm · 1 month

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"I think it's the shoes. I have bad shoes for sewer" | nick robertson | blue room episode 8

#woe ! nicky bobby gifset be upon ye #his cheekbones !!!#nick robertson #toronto maple leafs #whats that post thats like #boss makes a dollar i make a dime #thats why i post nicky bobby on company time 🥰#anyway hope youre all having a good day <3 #*

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ballpitbee · 4 months

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My display cabinet of Cog OCs

#toontown corporate clash #toontown #oc #ocs #bobby corkensy #whistleblower #nick toxide #critical leveller #cosmo costalott #cost cutter #chester chessie mcnally #head of transport operation #strawman #mort corpson #zombie company

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battle-of-the-bobs · 8 months

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Bracket 1 / Round 1 / Match 10

#bobby company #company musical #bob hale #horrible histories #bob poll

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tangentrina · 7 months

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Kurokumo Gregor ID added to the game when projmoon pls

#PROJMOON PLEASE ... gregor bobbies???#limbus company #gregor limbus #gregor lcb #project moon #fanart #projmoon #limbus company fanart #limbus fanart #limbus gregor

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mangleschmidt · 3 months

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JUSTICE !!!!

#mangleart #don quixote #bobby fulbright #ace attorney #aa #donquixote #donquixote lcb #limbus company #ace attorney dula destinies #fanart #fun fact this is the sixth time i posted this #limbuscompany

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chipadequeso · 11 months

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#if you saw me reupload no you didnt :3 #company #company 2006 #bobby company #chipa art?#stephen sondheim #raúl esparza

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h0wv3ry · 2 years

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okay i love the post you made about being alive from company, and bobbie’s yearning for connection, not just romantic but platonic too

that shit SLAPPED

however. i yearn to i feel like i need to talk about the implications of they/them pronoun using, bisexual bobbie. maybe that wasn’t your intention, and that is okay, but i now have many feelings!!!

oh my GOD! Hi thank you so much!! I never knew I could get asks??? (I don’t know how tumblr works). I really appreciate it and I love going in-depth about the Company so I will talk about its queerness of it. And to answer your question, yes it was lowkey my intention of they/them bi Bobbie….kind of…

First off, here is the link to the post I originally made because it will make its way back at the end of the post.

I do warn you, I have not watched or listened to Company in a while so I might miss lyrics and dialogue that help my points (and if you think of any, please let me know!). I will probably rewatch the 2006 pro shot (which is personally my favorite version of Company) soon so you might get a sequel to this post about it. Also, THESE ARE ALL MY OWN THOUGHTS AND INTERPRETATION. This is just me examining the show through my eyes and everyone sees things differently.

First off, the bi part: I believe it has been mentioned before the theory that Bobbie is somewhat queer. It’s been a theory for years. In the recent revival of Company, there was a workshop version where Bobbie was bi.

It says in the article they didn’t make her bi because the proposal scene didn’t work but they could have easily done it in multiple other scenes.…. Bobbie could have been easily bi by having one or two of her “love interests” not be men instead of keeping them as all men. As much as the revival likes to think they are inclusive with gender and discussion of gender and sexuality, it’s a lowkey very binary, and hetero way of thinking. Then again, I haven’t seen the revival (and can’t because it’s closing) so I don’t know the full discussion of what they do, but they only have one gay couple when they could have done more and normalized that queer couples go through the similar problems as straight couples do. And I’m not saying that it is wrong to have storylines that are centered on being queer (like for example, the revival has talked about how a gay character talking about marriage as a gay man) but if that is all queer people are given, then that’s all people see. Like sometimes, queer people can just you know,,,, exist. The revival changes multiple characters’ genders so they could have easily done it where they could have been multiple queer characters just existing and kept the important change of “Not Getting Married”.

That also goes into another concept with Company that I used in my original post: They/Them Bobbie. So, one of the reasons I did use they/them pronouns for Bobbie in that post is because I didn't want to exclude other Bobbies from other productions and that post is talking about ALL PRODUCTIONS OF COMPANY. If I used she/her pronouns, it would seem like I'm only be referring to the recent revival and not the other productions. If I used he/him pronouns, it would seem like I'm only referencing Bobbie from any other production that isn't the revival. And as much as it seems like this post is going off about the revival, it is a groundbreaking verison of the show.

Secondly, personally, I feel like Company is a show where I feel like Bobbie can be played by anyone and still connect to anyone of any gender. It’s a universal theme of feeling to be wanted and finding your place in the world. As we established earlier, the recent revival changes multiple characters' genders.

It’s been brought up in the musical community more about the inclusion of trans actors in their productions. And obviously, the characters they play don’t have to be trans and just allow for them to just act. For example, there is a nonbinary Tiktok creator I follow who recently was in a production of Sweeney Todd and they understudied Toby and also Johanna. So like, those characters aren’t instantly trans/nonbinary but it allows for a trans actor to do their job just like anyone else. But yes, it would be also awesome that we have a trans character played by a trans actor. That would mean that we aren’t just looking at the gender spectrum in a binary sense and including the in-between and outside too.

Before I get into nonbinary trans Bobbie, I want to say pronouns don’t equal gender, and not every nonbinary person uses they/them pronouns. But in this context though, I will be using they/them pronouns for a nonbinary Bobbie. But I just want to let you all know that gender and sexuality are more complex than people say it is (which explains why this whole answer is literally probably 1.4k+ words).

I feel like Company is a show about the main character trying to find their place in the world. Bobbie is just existing while all their friends are all off doing their own things. And I feel like many trans people connect to that theme of trying to find comfortability with themselves. We live in a world where gender is seen less than what it is. Trying to figure out where you fit as a trans/nonbinary person not just on the spectrum but in the world is tough. And I feel like that goes into Bobbie’s struggle of existing.

Also, even though romantic relationships are not a part of everyone’s life, it is very prominent in the lives of Bobbie and their married friends. Dating as a trans person can be very difficult and I feel like Bobbie trying to find how they feel about that as a trans person would really add to it. And that also works with platonic relationships too! You have to make sure that your friends respect you and your identity.

What other queer aspect that I want to discuss in the context of Company is the aro/ace spectrum. That *lowkey* is what convinced me to write the original post in the first place. I will mention that there is a Youtube video discussing a queer reading of Company and aro/ace viewing of the show. Great video and it is a more in-depth analysis of queerness in Company than this Tumblr post. So please really check it out.

Bobbie doesn’t really see the want to be in a romantic or sexual relationship. For example, when they do have s3x with one of their love interest and tries to get the other person to stay, when the person ends up staying, they regret it. Also, there are times when everyone wants them in a romantic relationship and to be married and Bobbie in one case, literally says to someone, “let’s get married and they will go away”. I’m sure there are many examples that point to Bobbie being aro, ace or both but this is only what I can think of at the moment.

One of the big portions of David J Bradley’s video is the focus on the lyric “alone but not alive” and talks about how that is erasure of the aro/ace community which is a very valid point. If you’re looking at that song from Bobbie trying to find a romantic partner than yes, that line is harmful. It alludes to the idea that Bobbie is “not alive” because they have no romantic partner and that people who aren't in romantic relationships are "not alive".

Personally, how I interpret the lyric and “Being Alive” as a song (that I talked about in my original post) is more of a song of Bobbie not just trying to connect with people romantically but also platonically. Bobbie never really opens up about their feelings except through song and at the end of the show when they finally have their breakdown. Other than that, they are really the audience to their friends’ marriages and each scene with a married couple is more about them than Bobbie. Also, the majority of their friends only talk to Bobbie about their romantic relationships, nothing else. Bobbie just wants to connect with ANYONE and form really any connection. So next time you are listening to Being Alive, listen to Bobbie’s wants without a romantic lens. Listen to them wanting to just have people they can connect to, open up to, and care about their thoughts and feelings. I feel like it makes the song/show better and stops the erasure of the aro/ace community.

I’m sure there is much more evidence to these ideas and themes (which please reblog and add your own ideas too). I love people’s interpretation of shows, especially Company. Because Company is also a very simple show yet complex with its themes (like every Sondheim show) and because of that, it allows for interpretation of many things.

I’ve actually been trying to write a Company screenplay for a while where I just write the characters as just the characters and just cast them to whoever works the best no matter what gender. Not only that would be more inclusive, but it would also add to the idea that anyone can go through these things.

Thanks for reading this!

#company #company musical #stephen sondheim #bobbie company #musical #queer #i could analyze being alive ANY DAY

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im-getting-help · 28 days

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Thinking about Raúl Esparza today 💞💕💞💕