#ima go back and rewatch that movie for him

[luffythinker]

IM CRYING, IM GLAD YOUR OPEN TO MY SHIKANARU CAUSE EVERYBODY I TRY AND TALK TO ABOUT THIS SHIP DOESNT CARE I actually am making a story i just got to get it all together. IMA SHARE IT WITH YOU WHEN I GOT IT TOGETHER it's really just me changing some events in the story and making it where Naruto and Shikamaru end up together. My plans are to have Naruto end up with Shikamaru, I love Sai/Sakura but Ino loves Sakura and i don't understand the Ino/Sai i'm still watching the anime it's just i never finished my run so i started reading the manga back to the part im at and im at ep 145 of shippuden i think? I'm not allowing myself to finish watching it until my story is caught up to where i am. Back to what i was saying I'm thinking of making it Ino/Sakura/Sai but it's more of "This is my girlfriend Sakura and her boyfriend Sai" my reasoning for this is when Ino witnessed Sasuke pull that guys arms out the socket as a kid it traumatized her, made her scared of him and Sai apparently looks like Sasuke, they were saying he looked like Sasuke a little bit in the anime if i remember correctly. it just creeps her out. I don't think Ino really ever liked Sasuke she just liked him cause that's what was cool when she was a kid so the whole rivalry with Sakura was just built on that idea. I was rewatching some scenes and i think, ok i gotta back track a little bit. I headcanon Ino's famliy is the most chill with same-sex stuff, so like if their daughter was gay they wouldn't mind. Ino puts this thinking in Sakura's head but Sakura's not as understanding as a kid and thinking it's weird cause different households (Not saying her parents were homophobic, it's just never been brought up to her before) Ino finally realizes she's in love with Sakura after she comes to her rescue when he hair gets cut that's the whole of what i wanted to say. So from that point on Ino likes Sakura, Sakura still has her feelings for Sasuke and Naruto's crush on Sakura has gone. I noticed he still asked her on dates but ultimately before and after Sasuke leaves it really hits Naruto that Sakura holds something special to Sasuke. Tsunade even notices it when she watches him leave the room to give them a moment after she heals him, Naruto walks out the room and says he wants her to look at Lee but his body language said "Oh im not needed here" and his feelings looked a little hurt. Another thing Neji developing a crush on Shikamaru before and during the timeskip because those two are the smartest in the group meaning they must work together alot even if they weren't in the same squad, Chunin Neji and Chunin Shikamaru being paired up alot is something i look at with shining eyes. But Neji, he notices Shikamaru's crush on Naruto so backs off, this leads him to back to Lee cause i'm a huge Neji/Lee shipper as well. Now, i've been reading this fic i'll include it here (Love Is A Battlefield by MadamZenobia on AO3) my endgame ships are

Shikamaru/Naruto

Ino/Sakura/Sai

Sasuke/Suigetsu

Kiba/Shino

Lee/Neji

As for Hinata i'm not throwing her away, just changing her motifs a little i guess? She has a crush on Naruto yes, after him being away for so long she has time to work on herself and find herself more. She does like him but it isn't what's going to make her happy. It isn't because i don't like Naruto/Hinata it's cute it's alright but it doesn't make sense even if i haven't seen the movies or episodes that show it. I feel like Hinata needs to do some self reflecting. Naruto is a huge inspiration to her, she's watched him train, become who he is but those two with a family together isn't something i can see happening even if it canonly happened, when i first got into this i didn't see it coming. So in my story Hinata is happy living her best life being single, watching her friends be happy together has brought her so much peace, even watching Naruto be happy with Shikamaru. (I wanna plan a talk she has with Shikamaru about his crush on Naruto and them discussing their feelings about Naruto so Shikamaru doesn't feel like he just took Naruto from her since from his point of view it looks like she liked him first but Shikamaru's had a crush on Naruto since he meet him, Shikamaru met Naruto first. ) I also have an idea of Hinata just wanting to be a single mother in Boruto, and Naruto/Shikamaru adopting and teaching a orphan both their Jutsu's turbsdfuvbhrsu IT'LL BE SO CUTE

i'm not finished with my story im writing but i can give you my fic i'm rewriting, the original version it's Shikamaru and Naruto what a troublesome love story by ZerosWaifu (I don't have a tumblr im using my friend's account they said it's fine so don't worry )

THIS ONE IS SO LONG IM SORRY

I'm so glad you're into shikanaru as well, I have never really found someone to talk to about them!! Please do share your story when it's done, I would love to read it <3

I feel pretty neutral about Sai/Ino, not because I think they are madly in love or anything but in Boruto I like the dynamic I saw of them, plus inojin is my favorite kid so I'm biased here… But I'm also super down for a Sai/Sakura/Ino, with mostly Sakura being the bridge between them!!!

For me, Ino would be a lesbian who had to deal with a lot of compulsory heterosexuality, so she forced herself to have a crush on Sasuke when they were kids because that's just what girls are supposed to do, but after a small breakdown after a fight with sakura she talks to her parents and surprisingly it's them that tell her that she might have a crush on her and they tell her that it's okay if she feels that way and that there is nothing wrong with her.

I think it's pretty accurate that Sakura would be a little reluctant to accept that, but eventually, she does understand that she's bisexual and things become a little easier for her to figure out what she wants and who she wants to be! [Discovering non-monogamy/polyamory is a whole other can of worms so I'm not gonna get into that here unless you want me to!!]

I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP NEJI AND SHIKAMARU. Okay I know they're not your main pairing but a few years ago I read a fic of them that to this day has a place in my brain, I will leave linked it here if you're interested

But yes, for our shikanaru endgame purpose, Neji is very perceptive so he kind of always knew he never really had a chance here, he backs off, and eventually, his feelings for someone else grow which is how we get to neji/lee!!

Also thank you for the fic rec, I'll try to give it a read soon <3 Sasuke and suigetsu is such an interesting ship, I never got into them fully but their dynamic is so fun!

I like your take on Hinata, for me, i ship her with Kiba, he was so in love with her it's crazy, I don't know if you noticed the signs but they would have so much potential, honestly a throuple with shino would work too. But I also really like your take on her talking it out with shikamaru and realizing that her feelings for Naruto lean more toward admiration than actual romantic love, would love for her to have a happy life, would also really adore seeing her become the head of the Hyuuga clan and start making the changes Naruto promised Neji he would do it (and he never actually did it)!!

I think that's all i have for today?? do hmu whenever you want cause i'm super happy to explore more about naruto <33

#shikanaru #naruto #shikamaru #hinata #sasuke #sakura #ino #sai yamanaka #inosai #sakuino #sakuinosai #naruto rarepair #nejilee #kibahina #rei replies

[marc-spectorr]

Hi Callie! 🦜

Omgosh I’ve been meaning to type out a response while at work but it’s been really busy.

I watched Inside Llewyn Davis and I feel like the fandom pariah….I mean I didn’t NOT like it but I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would. Honestly, Oscar really carried that film. I feel like everyone else was a little static. But Omgosh I think it hit a little too close to home for me?? Him just spending the whole movie trying so hard and people just being so freakin mean to him just reminded me of myself and the constant hope of “maybe it’ll be different this time” only to have my hope drop at the next scene was heavy for me. Maybe one day I’ll rewatch it again when I’m a little less sad and it’ll watch differently? Also watched it with my mom and it wasn’t her type of movie so maybe if I watched it by myself I would pick up on more? Idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

BUT I heard you watched the Force Awakens?? What did you think?? I’ve rewatched the scene where Finn and Poe escape in the tie fighter like SO MANY TIMES. I just love Poe so damn much 🥹💕

And yes definitely watch At Eternity’s gate. I have a feeling you’ll love it 🥰

And to the other anon who was talking about The Promise (I meant to look before I started typing…I think it was 🦋?? Sorry! 🤦🏻‍♀️) I didn’t realize how deep the history went….dude just finally finding a trailer of it on YouTube where the comments WERENT disabled?? Whoa…..I feel like watching it is sticking it to the people who even denied it happened and that’s more than enough reason for me.

Callie, how’s your week been?? I hope it treated you well! 💕 💐

Oh and I’m eastern standard time. I’ve been keeping up with your posts even though I haven’t been able to respond. Lol I do have a bit of insomnia so sometimes it doesn’t matter when I see your posts. It could be the afternoon, it could be 2 in the morning 😂

Random question, besides writing, what else do you like to do? Do you have any hobbies?

Cheers! -🦜Birdy 💖

heeeeey birdyyy 🦜💚 (also love the nickname btw haha i wanted to come up with a good one for you too like the others)

:o oOo thanks for sharing what you thought about it! honestly i know these movies are going to be a hit or miss. you’re bound to watch something that’s a big ehh while binging on your fave actor’s entire filmography LOL (the things we do for oscar). i’ll give each one a fair shot tho. but anyway back to llewyn,,, :((( people are mean to him?? gosh my heart can’t cope. who would ever want to be mean to someone with a sweet face like his 🥺 if you decide to rewatch it, let me know if your feelings are any different! i think i have this one scheduled for the week after hehe. it got pushed back since i binged on star wars this week.

speaking of star wars.,,, yEP I SAW THE FORCE AWAKENS. AND THE LAST JEDI AND RISE OF SKYWALKER. all i can think of right now is POE POE POE. especially his scenes in the last film??? i think ima need to watch it again tonight just bc 🥲 uGHH but i cant wait to write for him soon skksksk.

my week has been good! busy as always but what’s new lmaoao. ive been super tired too so that’s why ive been slacking on writing recently /: it’s not that i don’t want to write, i just don’t have the energy to do it which makes me madddd. and omggg!! fellow EST here too haha! so cool knowing we live in the same side of the world haha.

as for other hobbies, i love cooking!!! i also love playing video games, traveling and exploring new places. tbh i haven’t done much of those tho since i’m always at work but i’m hoping to find time soon 🥺 what about you birdy? what are your hobbies :))

thanks for stopping by sweetie. ttyl ilyyyy 💗

#asks #🦜 anon

[night-triumphantt]

I was tagged by by @not-sewell and @wayhavensmasonsbitch and also @lxdy-starfury sjsjsjsj :D

rules: answer 30 questions and tag blogs you are contractually obligated to know better.

(ima tag a few ppl sorry if u’ve already done it, also feel free to ignore, also I just KNOW I’m missing ppl I’m so very sorry :P) @masonsfangs @bobbymckenzie @queerbrujas @agentnatesewell @raleighcarrera @specialistagent-morgan @lilas

Name/nickname: Judie, I don’t really have a nickname but y’all can use N-T if u want, or my name, up to u

Gender: Female (she/her pronouns :P)

Star sign: Aries sun sign and Libra Moon and Rising, I assume thats where the diplomacy comes from XD

Height: *Sigh* 5’ 1”

Time: 2:55 pm

Birthday: March 25!

Favorite bands: IIII don’t feel like I listen to that many bands actually, tho did u know technically Bruno Mars is a band artist, Bruno Mars and the Hooligans XD.

Favorite solo artists: I have, pretty mainstream tastes tbh lolll, (at least thats what my sister tells me, but I maintain that I just don’t have the time to go out and LOOk for new music) aAAAnnyways, I can never choose a favorite anything so Im gonna list a few that I always come back to: The Weeknd, Billy Eilish, Victoria Monet, Ariana Grande,Taylor Swift, Stromae, Logic, Halsey, Ed Sheeran, & Bruno Mars ofc but I just mentioned him XD.

Song stuck in my head: Long Story Short by Taylor Swift

Last movie: Soul :D

Last show: I’ve been rewatching ATLA

When did you create this blog? I made this sideblog, innnnn November-ish of 2019, but wasn’t active til about January of 2020, a whole year guys :D, (I have had a Tumblr for many years at this point tho, I’m not quite sure when I first joined though)

What do i post? Art, mostly fanart for TWC, or choices, very rarely my own OC’s, and then I also RB art, writing, and just, fandom memes loll

Last thing i googled: Industrial piercing after care, I am highly considering one

Do i get asks? Yes sometimes, and I cherish each and every one and I am sorry I am so bad at responding sometimes

Why i chose my url: Originally I just made this so I could find posts abt choices that I liked easier, cuzzzz I don’t have a tagging system, so it was choicesstuff, but then I decided I wanted to post art so I changed it to Night-Triumphantt bc of one of my favorite quotes from the ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ series

Average hours of sleep: Ugh, that depends, I always stay up far too late but I also sleep in hella late if I am able, I’m gonna say a solid 6 average (its that delayed circadian rhythm babeyyyyy)

Lucky number: 7 :D

Instruments: I can play piano, and viola, (Tho its been a while) and I am currently trying to learn guitar as I have ALWAYS wanted to learn it. I just wanna be able to play some sweet sweet riffs man! (I also reaaaaallly want to learn how to play the bass guitar but I told myself I wont drop the money on it unless I learn to actually play guitar this year XDD)

What i’m wearing: A very comfy sweater from an Ariana Grande Concert, and black work pants cuz I am at work loll.

Dream job: If I could do anything w/o care I would love to be an animator, but like, I know the actual job isn’t really for me, so I’m goin into medicine, very different I know but I do really love the medical field.

Dream trip: I wanna go to New Zealand someday, its so beautiful!!

last book i read: Children of Blood and Bone, HIGHLY recommend

Favorite food: Sushi, or Pizza

Nationality: Lebanese :D (also American IG lol)

Favorite song: I can never choose a favorite anything, I do absolutely adore Drunk by Ed Sheeran tho, that one stays in the top rotation always

Top three fictional universes: hmmmmmm, ATLA for sure but Im actually blanking on any other universes lolll

#night talks #about me

[everbrilliantheartbreaker]

(shows up a week late with Starbucks and Psycho Pass season 3 episode 2 thoughts) //spoilers for eps. 2 and 3 ahead//

Tenma being all surprised and excited about him owning a house in Arata’s example I’m emotional but I suppose he would be. they might have a job and lower level police authority but they’re still prisoners with a life sentence for crimes they never actually committed, with, from the few Enforcers’ rooms we’ve seen in the series, not a ton of their own belongings. I’m sure the idea of owning his own house sounds amazing to Tenma (it’s literally just a hypothetical situation but he gets so offended when Arata says hypothetical him sold it hkhskghs)

fact that there are still yakuza gangs around leaves me with so many questions and episode 3 touches on some of them a little more but no actually 3 didn’t clear anything up I still have a lot of questions so in 3 it’s revealed that the abandoned zones were left in existence on purpose to make it easier to monitor those more likely to commit a crime, because majority of them would self collect in areas that promised more freedom from Sibyl’s eyes but I’m kind of amazed that the yakuza is literally chopping people up and selling the body parts on the black market and Sibyl is just letting it slide?? that bypasses “likely to commit” with a flying leap lmaoo is it because they’re in an abandoned zone where there’s no reception for Sybil’s scanners so maybe Sibyl doesn’t know what they’re up to?? in that case that’s. kind of defeating the purpose of the abandoned zones but when Arata’s explaining this we see police drones positioned outside the borders so??? either Sibyl can monitor the people in the abandoned zones through the drones or there’s no reception > hence the Dominators not working in episode 2 and Sibyl can’t monitor the people living there OR Sibyl knows the yakuza were murdering people and selling their body parts and didn’t do anything about it which is it (how long have there still been yakuza in this Japan? Irie looks around the same age as Akane and Ginoza so that + things we find out about his past imply that this gang, at least, has been around a while which would mean they’ve been around since Akane was very young which means Sibyl’s “perfect” Japan we hear so much about in s1 and 2 was really not that perfect which THEN begs the question how the yakuza managed to evade all the public Hue scanners before the abandoned zones were created aaaaaaaaaaa the more I think about it the more questions I end up with what is the truthhh) (there’s still a black market in New Japan???)

I am fairly convinced that Irie only half told Kei about Numakura because it was his job and that the other half was purely to get Kei in trouble

yakuza member: u can’t enforce sht in this neighborhood Kei: lmao hold my beer and watch this

- I just enjoy watching Kei kick ass in general and the scenes of Arata parkouring across the city with the relay line were honestly kind of lovely, but the two interspersed with each other is a particular kind of staging aesthetic/technique I just really like

so far s3 seems a lot less gory and in-your-face violent compared to 1 and 2. more of the intellectual, detective work-centered side. in 6 episodes’ worth of time we’ve only seen like two people get Enforced and the side violence - Tojo falling several stories to the pavement below, Yonehara’s dismembered body, etc. - is all framed so you can’t actually see much of it, as opposed to 1 and 2 and their showing a woman getting beat to death with a hammer and dismembered bodies being made into public art pieces and all that fun stuff 

highly ironic and poetic that the mafia boss who chopped people up ended up in bloody pieces himself all over the same room his victims did

they’ve already gotten themselves into a fair amount of minor trouble with outside complaints in general and Shimotsuki in more specific but Kei and Arata are going to get themselves in some serious trouble one of these days. unlike say, Akane or Kogami, people who joined because it was the best place for them according to Sibyl or maybe because they wanted to make a difference, Kei and Arata joined Public Safety Bureau for their own personal reasons. they are here first and foremost to achieve their own personal goals and are blatantly willing to ignore procedure and disobey orders to pursue said goals. honestly at the time that Mika told them to stop pursuing Sasagawa and come back to base - literally telling them that she had the rest handled, it wasn’t strongly implied, if at all, that she was letting him go - I don’t think they had any reason to think all that was connected to their own personal mission. they went rogue without even stopping to consider that Mika already had a plan for dealing with Sasagawa or letting her explain anything. for better or worse they pretty much do whatever they want and one of these episodes it’s gonna catch up with them big time

...that being said, the two of them being so on the same wavelength that they both hung up on Mika at the same time and were both like aww what a shame...such poor cell signal in this place... was so funny Tenma looked so horrified kshgkjdfg

in Irie and Tenma’s defense, Kei didn’t say how long they were supposed to stand by. a solid 20 seconds counts, right?

...when I said, “if anything happens to Kei and Arata I’m going to kill everyone in this show and then myself”, I didn’t expect “anything” to be Kei getting his ass kicked by Ginoza LMAO

on that note, GINOZA

and Kogami????? Ima be real I haven’t actually seen the movie yet so if there was foreshadowing or an actual scene of him coming back I did not know it and therefore was super surprised to see him also he and Arata just kind of standing there watching each other while Ginoza and Kei scuffle right next to them was highly amusing

Ima be real part two up until now I really did not care for Kogami and actually really disliked him and honestly I don’t clearly remember why at this point but after this episode I’m neutral leaning towards very mild like towards him

Ginoza vs. Kei + Irie and Tenma vs. Kogami is one of those fight scenes that’s actually kind of stupid/unnecessary if u stop and think about it too long and could’ve been easily avoided in 4 seconds if everyone used their common sense and communicated (and followed orders (to return to base) Kei and Arata (and to stand by, Irie and Tenma) but instead is put in as a small dose of fan service for fans who wanna see their faves in a brawl (I’m not complaining at all I was quite entertained) (kind of love that Kogami still carries an actual gun)

Sugo!

honestly scene on the plane where all the other passengers turn out to be holos and vanish revealing the detectives concealed among them was really cool it’s like in cop shows when it turns out a bunch of the people chilling in the background of a restaurant or street are all plainclothes cops and the bad guy was surrounded the whole time

Sasagawa: u can’t prove anything!!! Frederica: tbh my dude idgaf 

Ginoza smiling and waving at Hinakawa before they left MY HEART 

I only caught this while rewatching the ep. and making this post but...the parallels between Kogami and Arata as unorthodox Inspectors more interested in being “detectives” and both chasing their own personal villains and conspiracies that may or may not exist...good stuff

love how much more relaxed and happier Ginoza seems nowadays love how Mika still snipes at him but it’s from a less spiteful place, love that she accidentally admits she thinks he’s a capable officer and how he teases her about it, love that they’re at a place now where they can talk normally 

(love that line at the end of their conversation: “Have you seen Akane?” “There’s no need to. I know what I should be doing for her.”)

Arata still pretending that the call dropped, instead of that they hung up on their boss khfgkdf

(when Mika tells them if they want to stay Inspectors, they need to follow orders and the will of the system...is she referring to whatever happened to Akane?)

Akane and Hinakawa still keep in contact my hearttt

#psycho pass #psycho pass season 3 #psycho pass spoilers #long post #and to think #i almost added this as a rb to my ep 1 thoughts bcus i didn't think i had that many for this ep lol #i was wrong #this is all July's fault she wrote all that meta on s1 and 2 right before 3 came out and now i'm -grimaces- /analyzing/ things as i watch #i've been picking at this for like three days now tho and the whole yakuza/abandonment zone angle is making my head hurt so just take it #i don't wanna think about it anymore #but also @ sibyl turn on ur location i need answers #maybe the drones can scan hues thru their own power #but there isn't reception for sibyl itself to read crime coefficients and thus power the dominators??? #i just don't know #me: i don't wanna think about it anymore #me: *continues to think about it*

[kippentrash]

OH MY GOSH I SAW THE EPISODE FOR THE FIRST TIME LIKE 30 MINUTES AGO AND I CRIED. Cyrus actually said it, no hinting, no going around it. He's gay. I was a Jyrus shipper not gonna lie but Tyrus has overtaken me and platonic Jyrus is amazing! Andi's little smile when TJ walked in...She seems to suspect and I loved her and Cece talking

(2/2 heres my replies to your questions!) I am in the Pacific Time Zone (Oregon/Washington area), I love Andi Mack and Blue Planet for shows, Inception for movie, favorite book ooof probably The Guardians series! I love the color brown, like an amber. I think I might be more pastel, but been told I’m a neon :) -ghostie anon PS I FORGOT TO SAY THIS BUT, when Buffy and Andi were talking about the phone I was like “please don’t fight guys” I love the GHC, them and you deserve the world

AHHHH I"M GOING TO TRY ONE MORE TIME WITH THESE ASKS BUT TUMBLR F YOU SERIOUSLY LET ME SEND ASK AND CRY ABOUT ANDI MACK. This episode was too powerful, Jonah being open, Cyrus coming out to Jonah! The platonic Jyrus is amazing. Buffy and Andi interacting about Marty and Walker (I want them to meet) and TJ appearing! So many tears tbh. I loved this episode and it has all of my uwus forever -ghostie anon

AHHH SORRY FOR THE LATE RESPONSE GHOSTIE I’VE BEEN PACKED BECAUSE I HAVE 3 FRIENDS WITH BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKEND SO MY SCHEDULES A BIT CRAMPED ;w; I’m putting most of it under a cut because I pretty much responded to each part individually so it’s like really long and jumbled whoops

But oh my god same at literally everything ahhhh daklsjda THEY LET HIM SAY THE WORDS “I’M GAY” I’M STILL SHOOK. I’m so glad that Andi Mack and Josh are able to be the ones to bring to the screen this iconic moment in Disney history, especially after everything else they’ve done. I still only half believe it. Wow.

Also like 90% of my wardrobe is black with like 5% red or blue, so I only wore some green accessories ;w; rip. I tried.

If I’m being honest, I never shipped Jyrus but that doesn’t mean I don’t freakin love platonic Jyrus with all my heart. I’m so glad that with Jonah and Cyrus there’s this comfortable and open friendship between guys that’s depicted so well and instead of two guys always trying to act all cool and tough towards each other, it shows it’s fine and honestly beautiful to have two close guy friends care and be so supportive towards one another. Even though Cyrus is gay, that doesn’t change the fact that Jonah will still be a kind and supportive friend and vice versa it’s just a fact that had to be said, and his reaction to it was just AHHH. And same with Cyrus supporting Jonah through his panic attacks, he didn’t lie and say “of course they’ll get easier eventually” because it’s not necessarily true that they ever get better, even if that’s what Jonah wanted him to say,; yet he still did reassure him with “that’s what you need to remember: that they end” to help him out and remind him that it’s survivable. Platonic Jyrus gets all my uwus it’s just so beautiful and AHSKJADHKS

Tyrus has overtaken me as well oh my god that moment was so soft and Luke’s doing freakin AMAZING at making TJ so very soft especially with the “of course I came” line I seriously adore the entire cast so much they’re so talented. Andi and Buffy’s shared look is me with my friends around their crushes all the time or when we’re like owo what’s this?? So that PLUS the texts between them got me over the edge ohmygod

CECE AND ANDI OH MY GOD THAT MADE ME WANT TO CRY. It made me appreciate my grandma even more than ever honestly to remember she’s still here and is always so helpful and supportive and even though she’s not the most fluent in English does her best and tries to get involved and know what’s going on with my life and Ima cry. The recent episodes have been doing really really well with the interactions between Andi and her family and I just adore them so much. 

Buffy and Andi conflict was like “Buffy I get what you feel but Andi I get what you feel too please communicate yall are more understanding of each other but shady is no bueno ;-;” I’m glad though that Buffy did eventually tell both her and Cyrus, but oh my gosh her FACE of defeat when she finally did like “I know what you guys are about to think but please be chill for once in your lives.” Good to see that both Andi and Cyrus are still the biggest Muffy shippers. Everyone’s talking ‘bout Andi’s teasing Buffy about it but did you hear Cyrus’s squeaky “what???” That was the sound of containing yourself when your friend is talking to someone you ship them with don’t change my mind because that’s me with my friends.

I so want all of them to meet (Marty and Walker and TJ) and I’m sad Walker got written off before he and Marty or he and TJ ever got the chance to interact. It would have been interesting to see how Marty and Walker react to each other similar to how we got to see Walker and Jonah interact, and I’m genuinely curious about how Walker would have reacted to TJ and if the others would tell him about old TJ or just leave the past in the past. Honestly I just love the friendships in this show, the GHC + Jonah + Walker + Amber + Marty + TJ + Libby would be the dream. But just from last ep GHC + Jonah was beautiful and even though the moment was inherently romantic the friendship connotations of Tyrus last episode (TJ being there for Cyrus when he needed his friends to support him through the loss in general) was so sweet too. 

TL:DR; I love so much of that episode!!! It’s in a heated battle between Bash Mitzfah as my favorite ep primarily because Bash Mitzfah was so fun and had more time to do more things without having to rush. I need to rewatch it so I can decide but ahhhh it was SO GOOD MY HEART

As for the personal questions, I’ve never heard of Blue Pacific... is it a newer or older show? Oh my Inception is a mind fk LOL, and my brother read the Guardians (I think I’m thinking of the right one, the one with the owls?) awhile back but I never really tried it or got into it I think. How many books is it? :o And ooo a warm color liker, amber’s a nice shade! And lol I like how you see yourself as a pastel while others see you as a neon because they’re so starkly different LMAOO

Sorry again for the late response to your asks ghostie!!! ;w; Hope you have a nice day and weekend you lovely lovely human! Or should I say spirit since I call you ghostie lol ;P

#andi mack #tyrus #ghc #askcan trashcan #ghostie anon #lol sorry its so long #but like i wanted to give a response to everything you mentioned ;w; #hope its a fun read at least LMAO #love you ghostie im sorry again it took awhileeee #nobody cares trash

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Marie Antoinette

The long-awaited “Marie Antoinette” came and went at the Imperial Theatre.

When it was first announced in February of this year, I was ecstatic for several reasons. I had just seen Furukawa Yuta’s performance in “Kuroshitsuji -Tango on the Campania-“ and just couldn’t wait to see him sing again. Not to mention, who doesn’t love beautiful Versailles and all the gorgeous dresses and decadence of that era? I remember having watched the Marie Antoinette movie that starred Kirsten Dunst at least ten times in my university days, and I was completely enamoured with the lifestyle of the French royalty in the 18th century.

Since I had half a year from the announcement of the musical to the actual show, in preparation, I ordered books on the history of Marie Antoinette, read a bit on the French Revolution, started studying French again, and rewatched the movie a week before I went to see the musical for the first time. The more I read the more fascinating it became, and when it opened at the Hakata Theater in Fukuoka, I was browsing the pictures and digest videos pretty much every day until it finally arrived at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo. (Talk about obsessed.)

This is the second time for “Marie Antoinette” to be shown in Japan, the last time being the musical’s first performance ever in 2006. Despite the story being set in France, its origins are actually in Japan, with the musical written by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay (who also wrote “Mozart!” and “Elisabeth”, both of which I also love) and inspired by the Japanese novel Ohi Marie Antoinette (“The Queen Marie Antoinette”) by Endo Shusaku, published in 1985. I have not read the novel, so I will be talking about what I saw in the musical only.

The story revolves around Marie Antoinette as she is taken from Austria to France to marry Louis XVI, serving as the Dauphine of France before becoming the Queen several years later. In the midst of that, she meets Count Axel von Fersen, a Swedish count serving as a diplomat to France, and the musical also zooms in a little on his relationship with Marie Antoinette. However, rather than only focusing on the secret (or not-so-secret) love affair between Marie Antoinette and Count Fersen, the story also brings in a fictional character named Margrid, a girl who lives on the streets and spearheads the French Revolution, leading to the downfall of the royal family. What I really enjoyed about the story was that rather than looking at what Marie Antoinette did in her life, her involvement with the diamond necklace affair, and other events she is typically known for, it shines light on her growth as a person and the conflicts she encounters both as a woman and as the queen of France, and gives depth that goes beyond being a famous historical figure.

The musical this time features a double cast for the roles of Marie Antoinette (Hanafusa Mari/Sasamoto Rena), Margrid Arnaud (Sonim/Kon Natsumi), Count Fersen (Tashiro Mario/Furukawa Yuta), and Louis XVI (Sato Takanori/Harada Yuichi). Since I went to see the musical four times, twice in October and twice in November, I was able to see the same scenes through different “lenses” depending on the actor. It’s unfortunate that I didn’t have the chance to see Tashiro-san as Fersen (as Furukawa-san is fixed for me...), but I really enjoyed each show, and I found that while particular lines by particular cast members left strong impressions on me, they didn’t necessarily strike an impression when said by the other actor in the same role, and vice versa.

Hanafusa Mari, a past top star in Takarazuka Revue as a musume-yaku (an actress who only plays female roles), always had a kind of elegant joy written in her expression even when she wasn’t smiling. Her Marie Antoinette was someone who wasn’t so ignorant as much as voluntarily carefree; the part of her that chooses to ignore the poverty of her people is strong. The voice and nuances she says her lines are very meticulous, and I loved watching her performance. One of my favourite scenes by Hanafusa-san is when Marie has an argument with Fersen in the garden, and right after she says “Meirei yo! Watashi wa Furansu no ohii yo!” (“That’s an order! I’m the Queen of France!”), she immediately regrets it, reverting back to herself as simply a woman, and says in a small voice, “…Chigau no, ima no kotoba, imi ga nai no. Axel… Modottekite…” (“…No, the words just now, they didn’t mean anything. Axel… Come back…”). This part unexpectedly made me teary. I really felt in this scene that she was a girl, yet not just any girl, and that there was a conflict between the two even within herself as she struggles between her own desires, and her responsibilities and privileges.

On the other hand, the Marie played by Sasamoto Rena, another musical actress with a strong musical background, had a more mischievous and young smile, and Sasamoto-san’s Marie looked more like a girl in love who was going through life as any other woman. Sasamoto-san’s voice was deeper than I had first expected, but I found that it fit very well with a lot of Marie’s solos that required her to belt, like Aite wa Hebi (“Going against a snake”). It was my first time seeing the same musical several times with different people playing the main role, and it was fascinating for me to look at how and where they kept things the same, yet different for other parts, and how each cast member’s interpretation of the scene and his or her own character affected this.

I was happy to find that Count Fersen has the first and last solo in the musical. In the beginning, he has a long solo where he sings about his encounter with Marie Antoinette (I believe they were both 16 years old at the time) and explains her history of being married off to France. At the end of the story, he reads a letter informing him that Marie Antoinette (at 37 years old) had been executed. The solo he sings in the last scene is written with the same melody as his solo in the beginning and starts off similarly, which I thought was brilliant in pulling the audience’s heartstrings and bringing the musical full circle. I really like how the music Levay creates in his musicals is reused (this is true for both “Mozart!” and “Marie Antoinette”), first appearing in the first act during the characters’ innocent and ambitious days, then arranged and reused later in the second act when change is forced on the characters and circumstances are no longer within their control. When Furukawa-san sang this solo at the end, I could almost see actual tears glittering in his eyes.

After reading extensively about Fersen and Marie’s relationship beforehand, I did find Furukawa-san’s portrayal of Fersen a little colder than I had expected. I had always imagined Fersen to be a subtle man (this part is okay) with a loving heart who is secretly but completely enamoured with Marie. However, maybe from the influence of Furukawa-san’s own personality, I found that he was portrayed as someone who loved Marie in his own way, but his logic and coolheadedness to be above that (although that may be accurate in a way since their relationship was able to last for so many years). There were several duets and various conversations between the two lovers; however, they were relatively short compared to the other interactions in the musical. Strangely, I didn’t find the dynamics between the two to be overly romantic, but their scenes together to be more like catalysts, briefly describing their relationship and ultimately move Marie’s life story forward.

In the scene in the garden when Fersen tells Marie to look at reality and shouts, “Otona ni narunda, Marie!” (“It’s time to grow up, Marie!”), despite their fight, the Fersen portrayed remains to be a patient man who, seeing Marie happy in her own little paradise, is hesitant to destroy one of her sole oasis in the midst of her turbulent life. Though he had only wanted to give her advice as an act of love, Fersen reconciles with Marie despite their different opinions, as seen when he asks her if she is still angry at the night masquerade. It is unfortunate that this may have ended up being one of the factors that led to Marie’s ignorance of the situation outside of the palace until it was too late for her.

In terms of the set, it was very elaborately made and changed quite frequently, with sets coming in from the back, the sides, and down from above. In many of the scenes that involved a large number of people gathering in one place (the ball at Versailles, the garden, the revolutionaries, etc.), a revolving set was used so that the overall scene could be seen by the audience, with the stage turning at some point to focus on something else that was happening at the same time. The revolving circular set was made with a slope, allowing the scene to make use of the depth of the stage without anything being obscured from the audience when characters moved further into the back. I was also impressed with the details of the set for Leonard and Rose’s shop. The shop set came down from overhead, and real items lined the shelves that were built into the back wall of the set. The door attached to the wall could actually be opened, and every time it opened, the sound of a bell sounded to make it more realistic. Furthermore, the usage of lit torches at the masquerade scene in the garden was particularly beautiful and mystical. Other sets that I particularly enjoyed was the printing shop where the revolutionaries make the posters, and the garden scene with leaves coming down from overhead and an image of the riverside projected onto the back wall, the circular stage in the middle covered in a green carpet of grass.

As for the characters and how they resonated with me, I wanted to support both Marie, a kind girl making the best of her own situation and trying to be happy in it, and Margrid, fighting for her people who were suffering every day while the wealth of her country was dwindling away. Kon-san’s Margrid was portrayed as very energetic and young, whereas Sonim-san’s Margrid was more rebellious, yet with a hidden kindness that shows when she interacts with Fersen and stands up for Marie at the trial.

I really appreciate the fact that the women in Kunze and Levay’s musicals are so strong and three-dimensional. For “Marie Antoinette”, one scene that really touched me in terms of its female characters is when Madame Ranmarre and Marie comfort the children, tucking them into bed and telling them not to be afraid. Even with the revolutionaries storming Versailles and the fear that this must instill in the two women, they choose not to run and play the pillars of support for each other and for the royal family. Although Madame Ranmarre does not have a very big part overall, I was very touched by the scenes in which she does appear, gracefully supporting her mistress and the children. Surprisingly, Madame Du Barry does not make an appearance in the musical—which I’m completely fine with as, honestly, too many depictions of Marie Antoinette’s life focus on her struggles in her early married life as the Dauphine of France.

I did find Marie’s letter that Margrid tries to use as possible evidence at the trial a little hard to believe, seeing how according to historical records, Marie and Fersen used such extensive codes and methods to exchange letters in addition to using pen names and designated messengers. However, the letter does serve as a catalyst for the trust and relationship between Marie and Margrid, and it’s how the musical employs both fact and fiction that made it so entertaining and allows the audience to see Marie Antoinette and her story in a new light.

The music, of course, is amazing. There were so many catchy tunes, and the lyrics were so beautifully written. The ballad between Marie and Fersen when he tells her that he must leave, reused again when he sneaks in to see her as she is detained by the revolutionaries, really pulls the heartstrings, with the sound of the harpsichord and heart-wrenching lyrics: Nakanaide, naku no wa yume ga kanawanai toki / Jiyuu na wakai hi ya shiawase ga mou kaeranai toki / Dakedo ima wa nakanaide / Kono ai dake wa kienai kara (“Don’t cry, crying is for when your dreams are not to be / For when the days of freedom and youth, and happiness are never to come back / But for now, don’t cry / Because only this love will never disappear”). Fersen sings these words again when Marie is separated from Louis XVI and struggling to keep herself and her children together; even in that impossible situation, he tells her not to cry despite her dreams having already been shattered. Despite the lyrics saying otherwise, I cried at this part every single time. Although all of the songs in the musical are spectacular, this song always particularly struck me in the heart.

I was extremely impressed by Sato Takanori, in the role of King Louis XVI, and Yoshihara Mitsuo, playing the role of Count of Orleans. It was my first time seeing both of their performances, but their voices were so mesmerizing and the portayals of their characters so magnificent, I’m sure it was something that only the two of them would ever be able to pull off. I would love to see them again in other productions in the future.

I have so many things I want to say about this musical, and despite nearing the end of December, my mind is still so full of memories from watching “Marie Antoinette”. Fortunately enough, a DVD of this performance of the musical is set to be released next spring, so although it won’t be the same as watching it in person at the theatre, I can’t wait to see it again and relive the wonderful world of “Marie Antoinette” that this production has built.

Although the shows in Fukuoka, Tokyo, and Aichi have finished, there are still upcoming performances in Osaka starting from New Year’s. I really recommend going to see this production if you can—it is amazing and it will not disappoint. You can also pre-order the DVD at each respective theatre for the duration of the musical.

I’m so happy to have had the opportunity to experience “Marie Antoinette” this autumn. And with “Roméo & Juliette”, “Les Misérables”, and “Elisabeth” lined up next year as well, I guess I’ll be quite busy until the end of summer. I can’t wait!

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