#christine bmc

[woah-uhuh-uhuh-uhuh]

IM SO HAPPY THE STARS ALIGNED SO I COULD SEE THIS SHOW

#if i didnt go to my college and get into bmc right when i did i would never have known T___T #also EXPECT A PART 2!!!! not leaving this earth until i draw jenna. ........once i finish midterms jldskfjsdlkfjdslkf #(i only had time for this because i was listening to an audiobook of my readings OTL OTL OTL) #//pls zoom in on this guy his preview is so little jkdsfl #be more chill #bmc #baccp #bac bmc #art #michael mell #jeremy heere #christine canigula #michael bmc #jeremy bmc #christine bmc #my art #my posts #bac #jeremy #michael #christine #i put christine in this outfit bc i couldnt find a ref for her full opening outfit #also because her gtikbi outfit is soooo good #um god i hope this looks like the people drawing real people is so hard #guys i am begging you be more 2d /j #also pleeeeease ignore the shittiest rendition of the bac logo youve ever seen #its midnight forgive me U_U #posts

[can-a-tuna-fish]

This photo is taken through a microscope, they are incomprehensible shapes, they are concepts.

#michael mell #jeremy heere #christine canigula #in that order #meremine #!!!! #be more chill #bmc #bmc musical #bmc jeremy #bmc michael #bmc christine #christine bmc #stagedorks #boyf riends #undescribed #my art

[kazoosandfannypacks]

My favorite genre of musical theatre songs is "Girl Has A Hobby." They never had a bad run! "Watch What Happens?" BANGER! "I Know It's Today?" BANGER! "I Love Play Reharsal?" BANGER! "Hiding In Your Hands?" WE WERE ROBBED!

#kazzy's diary #musicals #katherine plumber #fiona shrek the musical #christine bmc #zoey murphy #newsies #shrek the musical #be more chill #dear evan hansen #watch what happens #i know it's today #i love play rehearsal #hiding in your hands #broadway

[eliwithab]

“that’s NOT christine.”

i love play rehearssalllll because its the BEST because it is funn

okay. i took several artistic liberties during this. SHE’S NOT IN COSTUME I KNOW i was gonna draw her in costume but i got LAZY and wanted to draw her normally ok...

TWO they’re in front of the audience. WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?? HAVE A BORING BACKGROUND?? OR WORSE, A HARD ONE?? No. Audience. (this is all lighthearted btw)

so dont murder me for the Plot Inconsistencies pls...

#be more chill #bmc #bmc fanart #be more chill fanart #christine canigula #bmc christine #christine bmc #christine canigula fanart #fanart #digital art #musicals #musical theater #art

[sea-jello]

m supposed to be studying but i tried my hand at them instead and accidentally did rgb. what the fuck are they looking at

#4 more days until i’m free 🙏🙏 #bmc enjoyers uh. can i come back pleas #i haven’t been here in a while #they look so different compared to when i last drew them #jeremy remains my fav to draw i THINK i might have sort of gotten over the michael curse #in which i can never get michaels hair right #and i don’t really like how christine looks but whatever it’s 6am #bmc #be more chill #jeremy bmc #bmc jeremy #jeremy heere #christine bmc #bmc christine #christine canigula #michael bmc #bmc michael #michael mell #jellos scribbles

[daily-neurodivergent-character]

Daily Neuro-Divergent Character #7

Christine Canigula!

From Be More Chill!

Christine canonically has ADHD!

Requested by @rhythmheavensys!

#christine #christine canigula #christine be more chill #be more chill #christine canigula be more chill #bmc #bmc christine #christine bmc #daily adhd #daily neurodivergent

[justarandombrit]

A drawing I did a while ago of Christiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeee~

#be more chill #christine canigula #take a shot every time jeremy says her name #its too many #youd be drunk in no time #bmc #be more chill christine #bmc christine #christine be more chill #christine bmc #i love play rehearsal

[william-austin]

christine saying play rehearsal is THE highlight of her LIFE is one of the most relatable things in that whole show

#'coming here is the highlight-' #'of your day?' #' yeah right. -of my life!!!' #I do too also love play rehearsal thank you #I will forever quote christine canigula for the rest of my life #christine canigula #christine bmc #be more chill #bmc #bmc musical #i love play rehearsal

[yourfaveiskenough]

Christine Canigula from Be More Chill!!

Christine Canigula from Be More Chill is Kenough!

#she’s more like a barbie #real tags -> #your fave is kenough #your fave is #kenough #christine canigula #bmc musical #bmc #bmc christine #christine bmc

[musicaltheatregirlsandsongs]

Musical theatre girl competition, round one

#musicaltheatregirls #girl polls #christine canigula #christine bmc #be more chill #sally bowles #sally cabaret #cabaret

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

christine canigula from be more chill is asexual and lesbian (headcanon)

submitted by anonymous

#christine canigula #be more chill #christine be more chill #bmc #christine bmc #theater #theatre #theater kids #musical #musicals #broadway #asexual #ace #lesbian #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbt+ #lgbtq+ #lgbtqia+ #asexual characters #ace characters #lesbian characters #queer characters #lgbt characters #asexual headcanons #ace headcanons #lesbian headcanons #queer headcanons

[woah-uhuh-uhuh-uhuh]

Christine Canigula was socially ostracized & developed a complex to protect herself: an essay

(suddenly i NEED to infodump about Christine actually so here)

Something I only noticed on rewatch: the way Christine will say something silly and then just kind of gingerly wait to see if Jeremy reacts well to it before continuing, almost like she's asking permission?? (e.g. the gap after the first stanza of "Play Rehearsal"). And it's only after he riffs off her bowling alley bit that she feels comfortable talking about her personal feelings with him (right before "Guy that I'd Kinda be Into"). The same happens with their "weird noise" exchange immediately before "It's pretty killer to sit and chat with you." I know theater relies on being succinct, and that 'bonding over shared quirks' and 'feelings talk' are both just crucial parts of relationship development... but I don't think it's a coincidence that it always goes in that order!

It's like Jeremy has to pass these *trials of weirdness* before she feels safe opening up to him and it drives me BONKERS so I wrote a whole 1000 word thing about it under the cut and this got too massive and I'm sorry. Also some autistic Jeremy meta at the end if that sweetens the pot hehehe

Table of contents:

Why she was ostracized

How she was ostracized

How that might inform her pattern of relationship development with Jeremy and Jake

How gender caused Jeremy's experiences to differ from hers, and how that affects their current relationships with "popularity" and peer acceptance.

1. Why she was ostracized

I am just so certain that Christine has been bullied or at least majorly outcast for a lot of her life. She's very obviously neurodivergent and because of that she can have these obnoxiously deep and repetitive interests, she can't judge if a piece of information will be genuinely interesting to someone, and she doesn't take social cues very well.

She frequently interrupts people when they're talking (an ADHD symptom btw), even when they're literally talking to her about the thing she wants to hear!

(C: "Do you find that? Because I totally find that!" J: "Uh, yeah, I-" C: "-And no matter how hard I try....")

(J: "I know the last thing I deserve is another shot, but-" C:"Jeremy, just... say what's on your mind.") (girl I'm sorry but that's what he was doing..... I have a whole other thoughtpiece on how this particularly fucks with Jeremy while they're dating but thats another thing...)

She doesn't seem confident in her interpretations of people's emotions and she'll ask/talk about them point blank (both theirs and her own) in a way a lot of people would find rude

("Uh, you seem really nervous...") ("Popular people are fucked up! *mutual laughter* …I mean, you're one of them!") ("I am flattered, this is new / still I'm not sure what I should do" <- as a response to getting asked out, that's pretty bold! Plus the entire part where she laughs at Jake's "rich boy routine") (also compare and contrast to Jeremy's "I don't know what I'm supposed to say right now." idk. are your allistic stage dorks in the room with us right now motherfuckers)

I'd go on about her hyperfixations/special interests too but I think Play Rehearsal pretty much sums it up lol

2. How she was ostracized

All this to say that I am CERTAIN she spent a lot of her schooling having "nice girls" patiently let her sit with them at lunch for weeks at a time until they finally get sick of her rambling and faux pas. Only when they leave does Christine realize that they didn't actually care about anything she said... And this happens over and over and over. (I know this seems hella specific but I swear it's an actual phenomenon... at least I'm pretty sure? sdjflksjf)

But anyway, it's clear that by the time they're juniors, Christine has kind of (and I do only mean kind of) figured out what behaviour other people respond poorly to. And from evidence I stated in the intro, I think she's become really careful about which people she lets herself get attached to. She doesn't want this to ever happen again - which means if she's going to hang out with someone, she has to know that they actually care about her, that they know she will sometimes be obnoxious or blunt, and they'll still be okay with that forever.

3. Applying this to her canon relationships

You can extend this to Jake, someone who sees her in her element in drama rehearsal (the thing everyone finds annoying about her because she won't shut up about it) and STILL likes her. I think it's a totally valid reading that her bluntness with him later ("Upgrade") is just because she misreads him / doesn't quite get the social standard that she should be white lying instead. But I think you could also read her as testing the waters. If she's really going to commit to dating this guy, she's gotta know he's okay with her being herself. And the fact that this guy (and I think it's significant that he is a boy, for reasons I'll explain in the end note) genuinely seems to like her is a whole new level of peer validation ("I am flattered, this is new") -- so of course she's gonna fall at least a little! It doesn't hurt that he's "tired of being the person that everyone thinks that I am..." just like her!

Her history with being pity-liked makes Chloe's "advice," that Jake's just toying with her and is going to move on soon, even scarier, because that's genuinely happened to her (on a platonic level) so many times before.

Jeremy is also a good candidate from the beginning because he's weird he's a weirdo he doesn't fit in and he doesn't wanna fit in you ever see him without this stupid cardigan on? that's weird! And she keeps warming up to him not only because they're getting to know each other but because he gets progressively more willing to not only tolerate (as Jake does) but *participate* in her weirdness!

First, she does something weird and he tolerates it ("Play Rehearsal"); the next time she's weird, he participates! (bowling ball before GTIKBI). Then finally finally finally he initiates the weirdness and lets her join in! ("weird noises" exchange before GTIKBI reprise).

And notably, it is THIS moment that canonically signifies that they've hit the apex of their canon relationship development. If there was an achievement called "Befriend Christine," it would have popped up right then and there!!!

IN CONCLUSION: YOUR HONOR I LOVE THEM T_T

4: Christine vs. Jeremy: Gender differences & how that ultimately impacts their social goals

I also think all of this would have happened to Jeremy too if he'd been a girl. But because, generally, young boys feel less social obligation than girls to take pity on the autistic kid (and because boys tend to be more quickly recognized as autistic) he just ends up completely alone for most of his school life (Michael nonwithstanding - and yeah there's an important distinction between your childhood friend putting up with you and knowing that, woah, I guess literally nobody else ever will).

Meanwhile, Christine has had people "put up" with her, and she's SICK OF IT!

That's part of why their complexes are so different, because Christine is trying to check everyone she meets to make sure they'll be okay with her weirdness before she gets attached, Jeremy is trying to eliminate his weirdness altogether because he's never even experienced his peers listening out of *pity* so how the hell can he expect someone to ever listen to him out of *interest?*

Jeremy has never had someone pretend to like him before, so he completely lacks Christine's fear of befriending someone who secretly hates you. He doesn't realize how bad it'll hurt him if he destroys his real self for popularity, if he befriends people who would have bullied his real self. He doesn't know what disingenuous friendship feels like, so like a very young Christine he's still actively trying to get there because he thinks it's the only kind of validation he'll ever get.

Do you see what im saying? Do you see it???? AUAUGUGUUGGH

THANK YOU FOR READING!!! If you have thoughts or even rebuttals please share i am so desperate to discuss the blorbos

#theres gender theres autism theres stagedorks what more could you want #bmc #be more chill #christine bmc #christine canigula #jeremy heere #stagedorks #bmc meta #my posts #meta #essay #my meta #jeremy #christine #character analysis #guys academia ruined me actually #this literally genuinely hits the full word count requirement for a midterm paper i was supposed to start writing today #but instead i did this

[can-a-tuna-fish]

Targets spotted, engage quiet yearning.

#brooke lohst #christine canigula #expanding the bmc polycule to include Brooke apparently #playride #that’s their ship right? #they probably wouldn’t date tbh but I like to think Brooke has a huge crush on Christine #crushing in a way where they’re very comfortable with each other and probably would kiss if they really felt like it #but not in the way where they want to date #first week here I’m already in the rarepair train #do not kick me off!!! I’m on a roll!!!! #be more chill #bmc #brooke bmc #christine bmc #undescribed #my art

[hermesthedestoryer]

Listen guys. You may know Stephanie Hsu from her hit acting from “Everything Everywhere all at Once” but where I know her from is from her iconic 2019 off Broadway and ON BROADWAY recording of “Be More Chill”. GET ON MY LEVEL /lh

#BMC #EEAAO #everything everywhere all at once #stephanie hsu #christine bmc #I WAS HERE #SHES SO ICONIC IDC YALL #MY QUEEN #get you someone who can both act AND sing 🫶🫶

[jarofmayonassey]

they r playing flight rising i think @necromanticzz

#be more chill #squip #christine canigula #bmc #can YOU spot the eeaao references? #the squip #christine bmc

[sea-jello]

this is the funniest thing i’ve ever drawn and i hate it with every ounce of my being

based on this post abt bmc in the phineas and ferb artstyle

without bg ig idk

ignore the michael curse, in which i can never draw michael right

#i’ve never even fully watched an episode of phineas and ferb #i just googled the characters and mix and match traced #so i don’t know how to do different body types but i tried 😭😭 #some things i just had to use context clues and figure out myself #like the shoes and the pants #and the fucking cup i hate the cup #the guy who’s head i copied for jeremy is literally named jeremy it just writes itself #i might do more i might not #idk i don’t want to see it ever again #now i’ve done two for two musicals in art styles from op #and if i ever get around to it i’ll do newsies in calvin and hobbes artstyle #bmc #be more chill #bmc musical #be more chill musical #jeremy heere #jeremy bmc #bmc jeremy #christine bmc #bmc christine #michael bmc #bmc michael #jellos scribbles