#btw i love those musicals

[ricky-mortis]

So- Spytown?

I’m in love with this au so much

Inspired by @dxppercxdxver ‘s Spies Are Forever/Hadestown AU. Also by @szollibisz incredible, just out of this world art, and @smytherines many, many text posts about it from the past few days.

#ignore the shitty background #and mid lighting #I do what I want #and what I want is to half ass those parts #I just really wanted to finish this bc I love the au so much #was listening to Hadestown while drawing this #did you know there are 40 tracks to that musical??? #that’s so many! #y’know fun fact #I have yet to read the fics this is based on #trust me I’ll read this week I swear #but yeah this was fun #what great musicals #the both of them #btw lemme just say I’m in love with hadestown’s set #so fuckin cool #ok yeah I’m done now #spies are forever #hadestown #agent Curt mega #Curt mega #owen carvour #joey richter #tin can bros #spytown #my art #:)

[canibeanythingelse]

arcane incantation

#GOD. the THINGS i want to do to this mans cervix... FHDSKGFHDKGFGHDS #kaname date more like can i may have my fucking life back asshole god fucking damn #hate his ass. HATE HIS ASS (<- obsessed with him) #aitsf #kaname date #ai the somnium files #my art #this is the first properly painted Thing since like...... was it the ryuki drawing i did ages ago? or like. ig i have a painted comm wip #(that i... need to work on. surprisingly this took way less time than those do! not in a bad way btw i love comms they just take way longer #(for me at least) #also lol 'arcane incantation' is the title of the date residence ost since i got the idea of this from looking at date's house replaying ai #anyways while im here. im going insane over the fucking nursery rhyme-like piano motif in parts of sinkin in the brain #and that being carried over to atrocious insanity 2 but sped up and running through the whole song instead #when those are the two key points where we're hinted/get told about date's identity and like. the major parts where they're the actual Focu #I LOVE MUSIC MOTIIIIFFFSSSSSSS im insane whatever WHAT EVER. #whatever. look at my art Boy.

[psychedelicflyingshark]

Listening to songs with 0 lyrics and still crying about what they're saying

#sometimes i forget that i like music more than a normal amount #like yeah we all listen to music and have stuff we like #but me i gotta have it. all the time or i die #the jukebox in my head never stops baby #(this post is about strobe and anybody can find love btw) #i constantly require New Music to feed the minecraft jukebox of my mind #and ive been chewing on those two #they say so much about the human condition. to me

[this-is-ali]

Y'all, it's 2023. Can we please stop pretending it's cool to hate on Dear Evan Hansen?

#it's totally fine if you don't like it but that doesn't put you above anyone who does #and just because you used to like it when you were younger and less mature doesn't mean that those who still like it are young and immature #and regardless of your opinion deh was a groundbreaking musical that helped destigmatize mental health struggles for an entire generation #that's pretty freaking cool if you ask me #this post applies to literally everything else too btw #it's not cool to hate on anything #why waste your energy griping about things you don't like when you can spend it gushing about things that bring you joy? #full transparency: I love deh. the music is gorgeous the complexity of the story is fascinating and the overall message is beautiful #also I'm talking about the musical. I can't comment on the movie or the novel because I haven't seen/read them. #dear evan hansen #deh #musical #musicals #theatre #broadway #my opinion #rant #food for thought #mini rant #musical theatre

[shimmershy]

🌼Thank you, I'll say goodbye soon

Though its the end of the world,

Don't blame yourself now🌼

#safeutdr #undertale #song is goodbye to a world by porter robinson btw #okay so i like to associate certain music artists to characters that fit the general vibe i get from their music #for example i associate chara with mother mother and the oh hellos #and i feel like porter robinson fits asriel pretty well. especially since goodbye to a world always makes me think of him #my art #digital art #frisk #asriel #asriel dreemurr #frisk dreemurr #frisk undertale #asriel undertale #goodbye to a world #porter robinson #i love how this turned out but OH MY GOSH. drawing all those flowers was a pain i almost gave up. #I'm glad i didn't because they turned out alright. this is one of the most cohesive pieces I've ever done i think. like the bg matches #the characters #it was originally supposed to be less detailed but I'm glad i went ahead and shaded it and everything. :)

[thatonebabybat]

Hey btw having depression is not a requirement for being goth and if you think it is I don't like you. That's a whole chronic illness, not a part of your "goth mindset"/"aesthetic". Please reflect on that.

#“depression makes you introspective and deep” no it just makes you periodically think everyone wants you dead for varying amounts of time #and makes it hard to get up and go to work and eat and sleep and talk to people and do literally anything #if you have depression and you're goth I'm proud of you because being an active part of a subculture is dedication and time and energy #shit's hard. love yall #I understand it usually comes from a place of misunderstanding but don't romanticize people's disabilities pls #mentally ill ppl have it hard enough without you Doing That #goth #goth subculture #gothblr #gothgoth #gothic #I'm mentally ill btw I should clarify that. wont go into details abt it but #I'm speaking from a place of not wanting people to treat my trauma like a fun afternoon activity that you have to do to be goth #you can still relate to and enjoy plenty of goth music without being diagnosed with a chronic illness like major depressive disorder #like a lot of songs are just about concepts like heartbreak or periods of grief or introspection but those are things most people experienc #disabled ppl might experience them differently or more intensely but they're widespread experiences nonetheless. #you don't need a mental illness to “get it” it came free with your humanity actually. you can think/feel deeply abt shit without a diagnosi #I'll stop rambling though #goth music #goth aesthetic #gothcore #mental illness #mental health #depression #goth is about music

[jojo-schmo]

There is a faraway forgotten land in another dimension. In that land, there is an abandoned city. And in that city, there is a lone radio. When that radio is not playing the newest hit by superstar artist Neichel, it’s playing the tastiest, funkiest jams the people of that world had to offer.

(AKA the chaotic Spotify playlist with several of my favorite classic jams that I like to listen to when working on stuff like the Roleswap comic >:D)

#Just in case anyone out there happens to be curious about the music that fuels my personal creative process #I do constantly update this so it's always active haha #but here it is! a little piece of myself #nobody needs to force themselves to like this kind of music btw #this is simply an invitation into the inner workings of my mind haha #drums bass and synth all grant me enormous power #its funny because my dad got me into most of these songs #he hosted a radio show in his youth so he's big into music #so if disco is blasting from the other side of the house I know he's concentrating on something :P #I suppose I inherited that!! hahaha #anyway thank you for reading these tags #love ya #jojo rambles #link #roleswap scraps #Spotify #also there are a few random newer songs that just fit the vibe of the roleswap! #so enjoy those too!! hehehe

[tadpal]

hate being a guy who has solitary hobbies and prefers to do them alone. going to craft circles and bird walks and book clubs and skill classes makes me want to claw out my eyes but unfortunately that's where all the people are

#unfortunately i need new people to simply attach themselves to me like a barnacle and hold on for the ride #i DONT LIKE doing my skills and hobbies with other people but hanging out with new people without an activity is so tiring and grating #AND I LOVE CLUBBING AND LIVE MUSIC AND EVENTS but those arent Meet People activities to me like they are for everyone else #hearing my friends talk about meeting people at a club feels like stepping into a parallel universe.... #.... you guys arent just getting pleasantly tequila tipsey and dancing like an idiot and telling djs you like their set etc #.... flirting at the club??? real??? at THE CLUB???? WHERE THE CLUBBING IS HAPPENING???? ok. alright. #(making out/sex acts at the club is normal btw. but those in my experience just happen)

[pawfulofwaffles]

I have 4 comfort plushies that get to stay in my bed all the time while the rest have a rotation chart of 3 different ones every night since there's so many of them, sometimes I wonder if the other plushies are jealous of the ones that get to stay up there.

#I love all my plushies so much #they are so silly #btw my comfort plushies are #Bearla(A build-a-bear bear that I got in a special place) #Scout the dog(Childhood nostaglia and has bedtime music) #Sylvia(One of those long cat plushies) #Elmo(An Elmo pillow pet for when it's too dark even with LEDs) #plushies #stuffies #stuffed animals #plush toy #wondering if I should tag agere since it relates to my agere #sure I'll tag it #agere #age regression #sfw agere #age regressor #comfort #the world is a scary place #sometimes I need my plushies #thoughtfulwaffles #yall if you got to the end of this congrats!! as a reward #go to @bundlesofblankies #that's me #just don't tell anyone #it'll be our little secret #buh

[uncanny-tranny]

Another thing that should have tipped me off that I was trans was I was raised on country music, yeah? I'm not talking the good country between ~1940-1980, by the way, I'm talking the 2000s, but all those country songs that the man was talking about his girl? I always pictured this distant future where I was like this cowboy who got all kinds of ladies.

I don't think my closeted self would dream of myself being where I am now, but I still do hope being a cowboy is at the least in my future...

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #nonbinary #i love reminiscing about my egg-y self. the fool was simultaneously aware AND clueless as all hell and we love to see it #(the song i still remember this clearly was Gimme That Girl) #i stand by my opinion that 2000s country paved the way for me putting undue hate onto the entire genre #now when i imagine being a cowboy it's like. an emo cowboy. i'll have the cowboy hat but we're playing MCR in my huge truck #it's crazy that i survived over ten years of listening to nothing but that type of country music though #if you're wondering: yes i should be asleep but consider i am in a Silly Billy type of mood #wait should i make a playlist of all the songs that made me euphoric as a kid. i want to see what the overarching trend is #(that is if i can even remember them all...) #also if you read this far (congrats btw) put some egg moment of yours that makes you like 'how did i NOT know' if yoh have one of those

[blue-raeofsunshine]

here’s a really long analysis of cady’s arc in the mean girls musical because i think my favourite version of cady heron is the version from the stage musical.

while the original movie version is absolutely brilliant of course, there’s something about the way the stage musical portrays cady’s arc. i feel like each of cady’s songs really progresses her arc in a way that isn’t done to the same extent by the movie. obviously i know that’s partially because the writers of the stage musical had time to improve on the original and truly think on how to portray cady’s arc.

in it roars, cady’s dissatisfaction with her life in africa and her initial awkwardness in high school is showed brilliantly. though we do see cady’s awkwardness in the movie, we don’t see her feeling less satisfied with her life in africa and I thought that was a brilliant addition.

stupid with love is such a brilliant song. i didn’t truly appreciate it until i watched the new movie :/ anyway getting her internal monologue on aaron and her history with love is a brilliant insight. and honestly i appreciated her crush on aaron a lot more in the musical because of this song. also i liked the bits like ‘do you have an eraser?’ ‘i would love to’ because they’re hilarious

apex predator is an interesting one. i haven’t watched the musical in a while but i’m pretty sure in the stage version gretchen finds out sbout cady’s crush on aaron in this song. so seeing cady’s realisation that she’s not entirely safe with this new “friend” of hers. i don’t remember getting as much of cady dwelling on this in the original movie but i liked seeing it in the musical.

stupid with love (reprise) is a song i don’t have too much to say about, but i liked cady pretending to be bad at math being more of an accident here. it seems to show cady as a little more sympathetic, but still a bad person because of her keeping up the act

i also don’t have too much to say about revenge party apart from it being a good montage of cady, janis and damien’s plan. and the focus on cady ending up with aaron is interesting, showing how cady’s fixated herself on getting with aaron. cady also only agreeing to crack gretchen because of aaron is interesting. the musical puts a lot of focus on cady trying to use manipulation as a way of getting aaron (the taking down of regina, her pretending to be bad at math and the party scene). and i liked that focus.

fearless. this sows the seeds for cady becoming the new queen bee, with gretchen instantly turning to admire cady. we also see this with regina’s part, in her observation of the ‘new hair, new skirt’ - representative of cady’s personality changing. it also shows a bit of manipulation on cady’s end (i did it for me, sure, but also for you) but mostly i think she’s just happy she won. idk i don’t listen to fearless enough to analyse it

am i the only one who imagined a timeskip between fearless and stop? anyway

stop shows cady’s fixation on aaron; talking about her failing math and damien saying ‘my god girl, he’s just a guy’ showing that damien and janis have started to pick up on cady’s changing. also showing that cady can’t stop herself from fixating on aaron. which again. i think that’s very prominent in the musical

more is better is a song i’m salty about being cut from the new movie. i could soend an eternity analysing ut, like the start when cady stops herself from talking about the animals she observed because she fears it will be cringe. or the slower speed of this song contrasting the faster paced songs she sang at the start of the musical. or the fact tbat she’s adopted regina’s sentiment of ‘more is always better’. the mentions of stars and how cady almost sounds wistful. showing that she doesn’t want to be trapped in the role of queen bee anymore either. and showing that she misses the simplicity of her old life. then her bringing it back to the way she’s started dressing. and then that moment when aaron sees that cady has become a plastic; except i liked it more in the musical because you could see the lead-up to his realisation in the verses samg before. when aaron drops the line ‘i would prefer the girl you were’, i believe cady truly realises that she wants to change. obviously the janis bit adds to that as well, but this moment is very profound. then aaron turns cady’s own words back on cady and cady finishes by repeating his sentiment; that she should have thought everything through properly. i might make a post just about this song tbh.

someone gets hurt (reprise) i mean what do i say. this is the big moment where everything falls apart for cady. where she loses her two best friends. and realises she’s become plastic. this paired with more is always better earlier makes these moments incredibly profound.

do this thing is about cady embracing herself again. its a nerdy song, with kevin’s rapping and cady hyping herself up, telling herself she can do it. this song is cady rebecoming herself. also the fact that she solves the final problem in front of aaron, instead of him being absent like in the original movie makes her win more profound. and her realisation that leads her to her speech in i see stars. when watching clips of that song cady seems so genuinely happy and i think that’s what makes this song brilliant.

i see stars. a brilliant finale to the musical and casy’s arx. her realisation that everyone is beautiful and deserves to be seen. and loved. it’s a beautiful song that i sing to motivate myself. the passion in cady’s voice as she sings it makes me trult happy as well, as you can tell she truly believes her own words. its a brilliant song and the rest of the actors joining in at the end makes it more beautiful; she’s convinced everyone of her words. also the line ‘it’s me and you, not us and her’ makes me so happy; showing that people don’t have to gang up on each other.

in conclusion, i’ve said my piece. cady heron is incredible in the original movie and the stage musical, but the way all her songs show her arc in the musical make me prefer it ever so slightly than the arc in either of the films.

#mean girls #mean girls 2004 #mean girls 2024 #mean girls the musical #mean girls musical #cady heron #aaron samuels #janis sarkisian #it roars #stupid with love #apex predator #stupid with love reprise #revenge party #more is better #do this thing #i see stars #erica henningsen #mean girls broadway #i’m meant to be analysing poems for english #but instead i’m analysing mean girls for a post that will be forgotten in two days #what am i doing with my life? #in regards to the new movie btw #i feel like i’m biased because i Adore the stage musical #but yeah her arc isn’t done as well #maybe because it skips a lot of the important songs #what ifs is fine but like #it’s not the same as it roars #probably because it doesn’t have cady’s initial enthusiasm about the world #might make a post in those songs

[queerasian]

succession is simultaneously a:

shakespearean tragedy

postmodern tragicomedy

drama about dysfunctional families and cycles of abuse/trauma

comedy about the absurdity of the ultra wealthy

surreal circus of repressed queerness

political critique of the toxicity of late-stage capitalism

trying to pinpoint exactly what kind of show it is feels impossible, and that's what makes it good – you can rewatch it and experience it from a different lens each and every time and i love it for that

#listened to an interview w the writers who were asked if succession is a tragedy with comedic elements or a comedy with tragic elements #and the answer was basically that they don't really think of it that way and it's impossible to categorize it either way #like there's no real ratio of tragedy: comedy it kind of transcends that at least in my experience #i think the architecture of the story is more like a tragedy but it often expresses itself in comedic moments #and there's the political commentary that underscores it all #and i dont think its really possible to separate all these elements they live together and work with each other #similar to how the opening theme is a mixture of classical music and hip hop and would not be the same without either of those elements #that but with all the different layers that the show exists in #i added the queerness point in not because it's like. a necessarily popular view but because there is a way u can watch it where it's just #*just like. everyone is so fruity and fucked up and repressed #and it's p much canon that none of the side characters are straight #and roman def isn't but i dont think any of the siblings except maybe connor are #and it's like wow this is like the dark twisted alternate universe's queer found family trope #(love it for that. btw.) #i talk so much in tags i should just make another fucking post sorry #succession #hbo succession #queerasian.txt

[mumpsetc]

Ok Genuine Hub for Discussion Here PLEASE Send Me Your Own Lore Dumps/Ideas About This But How Would You Go About Making an Object World Where the Objects are More Animalistic in the Way Their Society is Set Up IE Warrior Cats or Watership Down. Less Spec Bio (Though I Appreciate That) and More How To Completely Remove the Human Society Element Present in Most Object Shows.

#Like The Thing W/ Most Shows is That Even When Theyre Just Set in Fields With No Society Anywhere Everyone Acts Like a Person in a Town #It Feels Like Right Offscreen They Could Walk to a Burger King or Something #And Even With the More Animalistic in Design Things This Tends to Remain. They Dont Feel Like Animals They Feel Like Anthro Furries #My Mutual Icyrose Has Split the DIfference in an Interesting Way I Enjoy But Im Curious About Other Perspectives #Me Personally? Id Probably Do Away W/ Man Made Objects Entirely and Focus on More Organic and Conceptual Objects #As Well As Making Predators and Environmental Challenges More Prevelant #These Furry Objects Never Just Get Their Ass Got By a Flood The Way Warrior Cats Do #Also Theyd Have Funny Ditigrade Stick Legs #Decompose1 Does Those a Lot and I Love How It Looks Aer Characters Seem So Springy and Have a Prey Animal Spryness to Them For It #This is Happening Cuz I Was Listening to Warrior Cat AMV Music Btw

[akkivee]

BUSTER BROS AND BAD ASS TEMPLE🎶

DARE NI MO GENSOKUSASENAI TEMPO🎶

#vee queued to fill the void #RAINBOW SUKERU MIZUHIMATSU NO MUKOU🎶 #NOW WOO WOO (WOO WOO) 🎶 SOU MOTTO WOO WOO (WOO WOO)🎶 #I LOVE WAKING UP WITH BANGERS STUCK IN MY HEAD LMAO #like yesterday my brain kept flipping back and forth between we go with the flow and an idol lol #but those songs have a similar chord progression even my untrained ears could pick up on so the brain just got stuck in a loop lmao #so far the top three songs i keep coming back to are those two and relieve lmao #do not underestimate how bad i will simp for an angry man who was very much wronged and in the right #and let them know by making it everyone’s problem LOL kaibyakumon kikoku daisuki #pictured above is actually the way i have a mental breakdown over hypmic music btw LMAO

[rotisseries]

glad to see we all like to have a normal one on byler tag dot tumblr dot com

#this isn't vaguing anyone specific I see this take a lot. both ways too #you say “will doesn't like taylor” and someone takes it as invitation to be like “you're SO right he's a pretentious little asshole” #or they're like “WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S A PRETENTIOUS ASSHOLE” GIRL WHEN DID I SAY EITHER OF THOSE THINGS #the second one happens more though. at least from what I see #this happens a bit with mike too but it's less common lmao #anyway. I don't think he's a swiftie (or mike) I think it's ooc and I do have detailed thoughts on it #I've put a lot of thought into most of the st characters music taste actually I have this long ass post from october about it #and I DON'T think he's a pretentious asshole. I DO think he's OPINIONATED though #(that boy is very opinionated about things he's passionate about who remembers his review of that movie reviewer?) #but he wouldn't be like. a dick about it when el starts playing taylor around the house #but he's not a swiftie I just COULD NOT see it it isn't his taste #and for both mike and will people are like “well wouldn't they resonate with aspects of her songwriting?” #that is not the only thing that goes into music taste lmao #anyway. just. idk. byler as swifties? it's a no to me it just seems so out of character TO ME #elmax are free game though they love her! #anyway idk some of you like to project your own music taste on your favorite characters and it's fine to admit you're doing that btw #stranger things #byler #will byers

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

i don’t mean this to sound homophobic or whatever but some queer people literally cannot conceptualize that they actively look down on things they consider “basic” or “straight” with an insane level of contempt no matter how much they say they support everyone and everything. like. if i tell you i love riverdale because it’s campy and fun and you give me that look of disgust because you perceive riverdale as some basic lame straight people show. that’s not very like. nice. and then you refuse to hear me out in my show’s defense… and you just wave me off with a “whatever like whatever you like” but you’re still looking at me like i’ve just ordered a pumpkin spice latte while wearing ugg boots and listening to taylor swift. like at a certain point when will you admit you’re not actually very nice about people’s interests that don’t align with yours.

#i just brought up wonka to my friend and she immediately went into how much she doesn’t like timothee chalamet and she would never see this #stupid movie because she thinks he’s so annoying and da da da. #and i was like. well actually i love timothee chalamet i think he’s funny and i’d love to see him in a bad musical… #and i brought this up. because i was GOING to lead into asking her to see it with me so we could laugh at all the stupid parts together #and i didn’t even get there because she was frankly just such a hater #this is the real life friend who just followed me on letterboxd btw #i’m considering blocking her honestly because like. i do not vibe with the way she uses that website and i do not think it needs to be a #social media thing for us. it’s a little insane actually that she would actively want to follow me on there and then her own profile is so. #like it’s mean to say her profile sucks but she doesn’t have a picture or favorites and she doesn’t leave reviews and like. what am i #following you for!!!! why do you use this website!!!! #and i literally said to her girl your profile is a bit lame at least add a picture #and she got so mad at me for this as if i’d just suggested killing her boyfriend #which frankly i do want to do but that’s neither here nor there #like what do you think is going to happen to you if you pick four movies to represent your taste on the movie website. #if you put a little jpeg of a character you enjoy as your pfp. if you maybe express an opinion on something you saw #what fo you think will happen to you if you do those things. #and why. if you’re not going to do those things. did you need to follow ME. who does!!! #and get all up in MY movies and MY opinions and MY head while giving me nothing back…. #like. i say some shit on there ok why does she get to read that but all i get is. ‘watched some czech film from 1965 on december 14th’ #like hello. hi. hello.