#mic having a bad time

[tyttetardis]

Macbeth Q&A 18th Jan 2024 Part 1

Was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Member's Event at the Donmar Warehouse that took place on the 18th...with the price of the patronages I sure never thought I'd have gotten the chance, but luckily, they also let in some non-members 🥹❤️

The brilliant performance of Macbeth was followed by a very quick cleaning of the stage - thought for sure it would've taken them longer to remove the blood than like 5 minutes - followed by a lovely, little Q&A session.

The Q&A was led by Craig Gilbert (Literary manager) who talked to Annie Grace and Alasdair Macrae (Musicians and part of the acting ensemble) as well as Cush Jumbo and David Tennant.

Anyway, just gonna write down some of the stuff they talked about :) sorry if it's a bit messy! Might be spoilery if haven't seen it yet but is going to!

To begin with Craig remarked that he didn't think he'd ever seen that many people staying behind for a Q&A before (While I was just wondering why some people even left!? Stressful!).

David introduced himself with "My real name is David "Thane of Paisely" Tennant - while Cush introduced herself with "I´m Cush Jumbo - there's only one of me".

First question was Craig asking them what it was that brought them to the Donmar to do Macbeth - to which David pretty much just replied that 1. It's the Donmar! 2. It's Macbeth! One of the greatest plays of all time in an amazingly intimate space - and that the theatre is famous for its quality of work. So he found it quite hard to think of a reason not to do it!

Cush said she'd worked there before and loves the theatre, how it's so intimate but also a great workspace. Followed by her saying she said yes because David asked her. She talked about how important it was for this play to do it together with the right actor playing opposite you.

David says Max Webster asked him about a year ago if he wanted to do the play - he gave him the dates - and since there weren't any obstacles in the way, David didn't have any excuse not to do it.

He then said that he had slightly avoided Macbeth - there sorta being the assumption that if you're Scottish and has done some Shakespeare plays before you have to do Macbeth. Which he joked was a bit odd since it's not like every Italian has to play Romeo. Then he mentioned that Macbeth is probably a bit more of a jock than he is - that it seemed more like a part for big, burly actors.

Max had laid out his initial ideas to David, a lot of which are in the final production, and David thought he seemed lovely, bright and clever and inventive plus it being the Donmar Warehouse! To which joked that he had last worked there 20 years ago - when he was 8 years old! "It's just one of those spaces" - friendly and epic at the same time where it's such a pleasure to be on the stage.

When Craig asked his next question concerning the sound of the play someone asked him to speak louder as she couldn't hear them - to which David joked that they've gotten so used to whispering. But also said sorry, and that they would!

Alasdair explained a bit about the process of the binaural sound - bit I find it a bit difficult to decipher it all correctly, sorry. He did say that a interesting part of it is that it allows them a controlled environment where they can put all the musicians (and even the bagpipes!) behind the soundproof box so "Poor David and Cush" doesn't have to shout over all the racket.

Craig asked David and Cush what their reaction was when they heard about the concept of the binaural soundscape - to which David replied that it didn't quite exist when they first came onboard - Cush joking they were tricked into it. Then she talked about her and David going on a workshop with Max to get a feeling of how it would all work - and get a sense of how it would sound to the audience, as this was one of the few times, they got to hear that side of it. Their experience of the play being completely different to the experience the audience has.

Cush said they can hear some of the sound - like she can hear some of the animal sounds and David can hear some of the stuff from the glass box - but most of their cues and information comes from timing with each other. She said they won't be able to ever hear what the audience hears - to which David joked "We're busy".

It felt like mixing medias - as it all went quite against their natural stagecraft instinct - but Cush found that in the long run it made things very interesting - like they don't have to worry about getting something whispered to each other - as the audience will hear it anyway.

David said the odd thing is that they don't really know what the experience truly is like. He mentioned that to the sides of the stage there's a speaker for them where they will get any cues that they need to hear. Like they can hear the witches - but they can't hear where they are "positioned" - so they have to learn how to place themselves to fit with what the audience hears. They don't hear everything, though. And the audio they hear is quite quiet, so it doesn't disturb what comes through the headphones.

He thinks it's been exciting - that it's a bit like a mix between film and theatre. It's happening live - but it's also like post-production is happening between them and the audience as it's going on. They just have to trust that the audience is hearing what they are supposed to for it all to make sense.

Cush said she thinks in 10 - 20 years, as these technologies has developed, doing theatre like this will feel a lot more normal - not that they will do it ALL the time, but that they will be doing it - whereas now it's still like an experiment. What Cush really like about the concept is that if was done in a much bigger theatre - then people in the cheapest seats would be able to have an experience much more similar to those in the most expensive seats - they'd be a lot more immersed into the action.

David then talks about how it feels extremely counterintuitive to not go on stage and speak loud enough that the people in the back row can also hear you. And usually, if they can't hear you, you aren't doing your job right! But then it felt very liberating. He loves it.

Cush then talked about how it felt odd waiting in the wings for a cue you can't hear - where you traditionally wait backstage and you can hear your cues, you can hear the rythm and know when it's your turn - so it was quite disconcerting to hear silence. So it's basically down to them now knowing the show and each other's timings - like if David is standing at a certain point, she knows how long she has before she needs to say/do something. So you have to watch each other more closely and really focus on what the others are doing.

David asked the musicians if they can hear everything inside the box, to which Annie replied that they get everything except some extra bits in the soundscape. But they can hear the actors on stage. Annie said it's actually a bit of a mystery to all of them what the audience actually experiences - how the big pictures actually look like - they just have to trust that it's there "Is it there?!".

Someone asked if they had had any adverse reactions from audiences to having to wear the headphones. Quite a bit of laughter all around :P then David said "There's the odd person" and something about if someone hadn't gotten the memo before turning up...but not sure how he ended the line. Then once again says that yes, there's the odd person who doesn't like it and that's fair enough.

The same audience member then said he could see the advantage of it in a big theatre where the distance is big, but not in a small place like the Donmar - to which David very quickly, rather passionately replied that it's not about projection, it's about being able to do things you wouldn't normally be able to do live - where they can speak so quietly that they can't even hear each other when standing next to each other. So even in such a small place, people wouldn't be able to hear that. It's about creating a different play - which isn't to everyone's taste and that's fair enough. But for a play that's been done a hundred and seven million times he thinks it's very valid to try and find a new way into the play - even if it's not for everyone.

Part 2

#David Tennant #Macbeth #Donmar warehouse #Cush Jumbo #I messed up this recording sooooo bad #I didn't see people pull out their phones to record it so I didn't dare do that either... #and man did I get a shitty recording out of it :( #and the audio ain't great either...Craig was sitting the furthest from me and didn't have a mic so can be a bit difficult to hear at times #Cush was sitting the closest to me (not that close - I was still in second row!) and David was sitting next to her #while I didn't have a perfect frontal view - the angle I was at did mean that I still got a perfect view of David's adorable smiles <3 #and all his other lovely facial expressions as he often looked to Cush when she was talking and replied to her... #which made it FEEL like he was looking in my direction *sigh* #and he looked so good with his comfy cardigan - skin tight jeans - and his glasses! #You know I have seen David quite a few times by now - but I'm pretty sure this was the first time I saw him wearing his own glasses! #I desperately wish I had managed to capture some pictures or a video---because OMG! He was so lovely <3 #Oh didn't know there was a text limit...or that I had written this much...guess I'm continuing in a part 2

[ecstaticasusual]

(( the Keitoin siblings ))

Frankenstein is the monster

#hypnosis mic #honobono keitoin #ramuda amemura #heipei keitoin #hnbn was in hs during this time #she projected onto hfm and his sister #if she and her brother were on bad term #hfm could not have a good relationship with his sis either #again my girl does not need a tragic backstory #she needs a motive #fanart #my shit

[max-nico]

I think the best outcome would've been Sonic and Tom centric first movie (which we got), Knuckles and Maddie centric spinoff (which we did NOT get), and a Tails and Rachel centric second spinoff (which we could get but I heavily doubt it)

I feel like Sonic & Tom centric/Knuckles & Maddie centric is self explanatory, but I am going to talk about Tails & Rachel because I think they could have a great dynamic. I think they could have a little spinoff in the same vein as the Knuckles series, where her and Tails somehow get separated from the main cast. She teaches Tails how to be more firm and headstrong, Tails teaches her idk... Maybe how to think before acting or how to stop rushing into things. Maybe the plot could even be more local just because Tails is much younger than Sonic and Knuckles, and it would make sense to keep the 8 year old in close quarters. We would get more green hills world building, and we'd still see the main family a little bit while still being Tails centric.

Maybe the plot could've hinged around Jojo being bullied at school, and having Tails learn from it now that he's not the target, but instead a bystander.

Plus if the Knuckles series had ended up being Knuckles & Maddie centric we could've gotten a perfect set up for the Tails spinoff, where instead of a scene with Wade's family we got one with Maddie's !! It could've even been a very similar set up because Maddie and Rachel are sisters !!!

#someone get me in the fucking room where it happens #why are they so bad at their jobs ?? #sth #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #knuckles the echidna #sonic #sonic cinematic universe #scu #knuckles series #knuckles series spoilers #maddie wachowski #i have the mic #hopefully im done being mad about how bad of a job they did by tomorrow #just let me do it next time. obviously sega or whoever can't be tusted with their own characters

[paging-possum]

been watching a lot of art streams while working and I feel like it would be fun to stream or smth but also 1 I dont have the equipment and 2 I would only want my beautiful Tumblr followers to see it and Idk how to do that

#if I made a twitch account to stream working on comics while yapping into my shitty computer mic would you guys still love me #I also have an unimaginably bad attention span half the time because I keep getting up to dance to my music (hence the streams) #which is like. fun. but also girl I need to get stuff done

[strawberrywithlegs]

Hypmic but it’s things that have been said in the GC I’m in, part 2

#my favourite past time is headcanoning Hifumi having beef with various random characters because I know he’d be that petty /pos #I also just imagine that when Hitoya isn’t around the rest of bad ass temple just lose all their self control #not that they had much to begin with #also Ramuda’s YASS pills are canonically his lollipops #hypmic #hypnosis mic #saburo yamada #Ichiro yamada #kuko harai #jakurai jinguji #ramuda amemura #rosho tsutsujimori #dice arisugawa #sasara nurude #hitoya amaguni #jyushi aimono #samatoki aohitsugi #ichijiku kadenokouji

[aprylynn]

Receiptify Time!!! I was tagged by @raplinenthusiasts @epiphanytear and @sevencoloredstar to post my receipts from last month 🥰🥰🥰

Tagging @lauraperfectinsanity @summerwave @hopeinthebox @cosmicdreamgrl @cordiallyfuturedwight @lightedwindows @zerotolove to post your receiptify if you want 💗

#sorry if you’ve already been tagged i just love you all so i tagged you anyway #did i wait to post this until today so that love of a girl would be number one??? #yes yes i did #it has been on repeat while i laugh and cry at the same time #the avett brothers are very close to my heart and make me think of my family and i know my dad would have loved that song #also i agree with that person on tiktok who said if you don’t like le sserafim’s easy than sorry you’re not a bad bitch #obviously completely obsessed #as you can tell by don’t forget me and love untold that i love feeling like i’m being stabbed in the heart as i listen to songs #i’m going to see enhypen in may so i have to learn everything about them before them #and lastly mic drop and wake up appear because i continue to share my spotify account with my 6yo #receiptify

[7-7-cherry]

thank you onibon <3 i'll love you always

#hypmic #hypnosis mic #hypstage #rule the stage #onigawara bombers #i miss them so bad already it makes me sick :( why did they have to destroy hypstage like this aaagghhh #they're legit my 2nd fav division after dotsuhon and it breaks my heart that they'll never get more story #the fact that the haiyuu have openly stated they do not want to retire is an entire bag of salt into the wound too. pain #i'm so glad they existed though and that i was able to get into hypstage before it ended to see them in action in real-time #it was so so so much fun and onibon were so sweet during bop2023 ;-;; #they'll live on in my heart forever #7-7-cherry drawingz

[give-soup-please]

Narrator During a Power Outage Headcanons (reverse hurt/comfort)

After escaping the parable, he’s got a lot of leftover trauma

Most of it doesn’t rise all the way to the surface, but he’s very clingy

He does his best to respect your boundaries, and not follow you to places you don’t want him to go

But deep down, he’s terrified

Of losing you, of going back, of being stuck in never ending offices and hallways

So when your local electric company is doing some maintenance, and the power goes out, he really doesn’t handle it well.

To you, it's nothing out of the ordinary. You roll your eyes because this happens every couple of months, and your neighbors usually gather around to complain about it while wondering how long the current outage is going to be.

To him, he’s suddenly plunged into a too familiar blackness, the kind that appears during a reset. He lets out something between a shout and a yelp and begins to hyperventilate. 

You hear his muffled sounds coming from a nearby room, and wonder what’s gotten into him.

You follow the sounds he’s making until you two are sharing a space again.

“Narrator?” You call out, “Narrator, are you alright?”

He sucks in a breath through his teeth and you feel his presence winding around you tightly.

You were mildly confused, reaching out to pet the air without knowing what you were doing.

He seems stressed, so you decide to try and comfort him.

“It’s going to be okay, man. You’re safe.” 

He continues to coil around you, and you can feel his panic on your skin.

“You’re still here!” he cries, relieved. “I thought you were- I thought I had-”

Something starts to click in your head, a slight suspicion. Instead of confronting him directly about it, you edge around the perceived problem.

“Yes, you’re still here, I’m still here. The both of us are still together, sharing the same space and time.” You bit your lip, trying to think of what else to say, trying to think of the best way to keep him grounded.

“Narrator? I’d like you to answer a few questions for me, if you can manage.” you said, still trying to feel the air where he might be. You weren’t sure if he was someone who needed to be touched while frightened, but you reached out anyway, wanting to provide what you could. 

He takes a deep, steadying breath. 

“Okay. What is it?” 

“Where are you right now?”

“I-I’m in your living room.”

“Good. I know it's dark, but you can still see some shadows on the wall, right? Could you tell me what you see?”

“I- The couch, the table, the television, and you.”

You smiled.

“Good.” This next question was not going to be easy for you, emotionally, but you pressed on. 

“Do you remember who I am to you?”

He scoffed. “Of course I do. You’re my dear listener.” 

You grinned, not sure if he could see it in the dark. You loved it when he referred to you like that.

“Yes, I am.” You said, with no small amount of joy. “And I’m very glad we get to live our lives together. Now listen, I’m going to walk outside. Will you come with me?”

“You don’t have to ask.”

Eyes having adjusted to the lack of light, you found the door with relative ease.

Opening the door revealed the beautiful outside world. The sun was setting, and the remaining light shafted through the leaves in wonderful patterns.

Late night bird song trilled in the air, and you took a deep, grateful breath at being able to experience it all

His tension eased, and you were privately thankful. You’d never blame the narrator for being scared or having a bad day, but it was hard to think straight when his panic started to transfer to you, as it often did when his emotions were high. 

He still curled around you protectively, but you didn’t mind that in the least. You felt the ghost of a hand in yours, and relaxed.

“See?” you said. “It’s all still here, waiting for us.” 

After he was fully grounded, which took a while, you explained the concept of power outages, and you could almost sense an eye roll from him.

“How do humans manage a life where so much happens outside of their control?”

“It’s easier to get through when you have someone to share the chaos with.” 

“Yes, well. I am a rather grand being to share it with, aren’t I?”

Heh. he was definitely back to normal now, but you decided to indulge him anyway.

“Yeah. You are. Wouldn’t want to live this life with someone else.”

He let out a pleasant sort of hum, and you failed at hiding a smile.

“Can we stay out here for a bit longer?” He asked.

“Take as much time as you need.”

#the stanley parable #tsp #tsp narrator #i love him your honor #blorbo #headcanon #personal headcanon #stanley parable #yeah there have been some power outages in my area because our electric company is bad lol #and i wondered how someone with a slight trauma of darkness would handle it #feel free to send requests for headcanons in #im not going to be a headcanon blog mainly #but i do enjoy a good prompt every now and then #can be read as platonic or romantic #platonic self shipping? #yeah i have this weird idea that if the narrator isnt in human form hes a kind of presence you can feel #because there are times when he is closer or further from the mic than usual and it gives me asmr tingles every time #to me that speaks of a kind of spirit that comes and goes or a friendly ghost #i think if he existed in our reality you'd be able to pick up on whether he's in a room or not #sixth sense style? #romantic? #i still cant tell how i feel about him #romantic or platonic #narrator/you #narrator x you #tsp narrator/you

[stellabyystarlight]

background practice ft. hitojaku 🙏

#hypmic #hypnosis mic #ヒプマイ #hitoya amaguni #jakurai jinguji #bad ass temple #matenro #hitojaku #last drawing before school restarts ...... praying I'll have time to draw the next weeks #but anyways the background is actually from some place in yokohama . ? i just wanted to find a decent background to use as a ref LOL #cequi_art

[akkivee]

#kuko harai #bad ass temple #hypmic #hypnosis mic #i know the way i draw him makes it hard to put thought into tho lol #i let go of my long hair kuu dreams a long time ago when it hit me he’s particularly attached to his hairstyle #but it’s still fun to consider lol #i think it’d be equally fun if his short hair was styled differently which is why headband lol #me: *drawing his spiky stud hair band fully intending it to be a sun imagery thing* oh it’s bowsercore #there’s only one wrong answer btw and you’d have to waste time typing out each individual letter in your wrongness #when you could have simply chosen one of the clickable options instead 😌😌😌 #type the cursed and wrong answer and for every letter is how long you will be cursed 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌 #vee is arting

[black-and-yellow]

“Keep it simple.”

Simply Simple is a Mic song. And I’m not just saying that because of my addiction to interpreting lyrics just so they fit to him. 

Version with no chromatic aberration under the cut:

#I want to make things that look like how Cortex Rampage sounds #so yeah #eyestrain tw #just in case #I don't think it's too bad but better safe than sorry #blood tw #while we're here #I went on Google Images for background inspiration and saw people drawing Mic better than I do #so I'm going to have to step up my game #Oh to make one of those pictures that always circulate around the internet #it's only so long before I see my own art pop up in the hizashi yamada tag on instagram on a stolen art account #I've seen a couple of my comics reposted on Instagram without credit before #Like if you're going to repost my funnies at least tell me. I want to read the comments. #bnha #mha #hizashi yamada #present mic #yamada hizashi #time for our regular Lyric Analysis Time #Ok so Simply Simple #I'm going to tell you how it fits the Loudspeaker AU. Even thought this is not a Loudspeaker post. #I am not the way I ought to be. I'm just the way I got to be. is like how he knows he's doing something wrong but he thinks he has to #Or else you might come by injury. I'll hurt you emotionally is obviously how he betrayed all his friends #'I throw a fit and you object to pick up after it' is how he's basically destroying everything he's worked for because he's a weird lil guy #and nobody can just pick up the pieces and act like nothing happened #'I do everything I'm told' is like. He just does whatever the league tells him to to stay on their good side #thanks for coming to my LLT #(Loudspeaker in Lyrics Talk) #you interpret the rest I'm getting some choccy milk.

[seagullcharmer]

also thinking abt the one post that's like 'how come when people talk abt time blindness they're only ever late? hurr durr why don't time blind people show up EARLY??' i hate it. i AM the sort of time blind adhd person who shows up early

#libra.txt #like yeah some of it's the anxiety #but i WILL be ready for stuff way in advance #if you've ever scheduled a voice chat with me please know that i start getting my computer ready at least twenty minutes early #like if you say 'yeah let's call at 6! :-)' at five i'll tell everyone in the house that i have a voice call please don't bother me #and have my mic ready by 5.30 and then just Wait. #unless something has come up and/or i am Inconvenienced #i'm the time blind person that assumes everything takes way longer than it actually does #(except cooking. i'm really bad at estimating cooking times) #it takes 20-30 minutes to get to most of my appts. most of my appts tell me to arrive 10-20 minutes before my actual appt time #if left to my own volition i would arrive to almost all of my appts half an hour in advance #(which works out well for my surgical oncologist bc for whatever reason he always seems to be running ahead of schedule) #(i'll have an appt for 10.30 and get there at 9.55 [check-in downstairs takes FOREVER] and he'll call me back at 10.05) #unfortunately the rad onc is the opposite. it doesn't matter what time i show up. an hour early. half hour early. #ten minutes before the scheduled time. she is only ever late. #i have waited half an hour in the waiting room and then an hour IN the appt room before seeing her. i know she's very busy but. um. please #anyway. yeah a lot of us with adhd run late (my irl friends are almost always late) #but some of us DO show up early to things #i have shown up to appts two hours early on accident #i can be ready to go in ten minutes flat #(which gets frustrating bc my parents will tell me to get up early and then i sit around for half an hour waiting for them to get ready. #that's a half hour i could have been asleep) #perhaps this makes me sound selfish and lazy. alas. i have chronic insomnia and chronic fatigue. i love to sleep. #would love to wake up well rested one day #libra's oversharing again #< should probably be a main tag at this point

[7000f1]

Summer days

#hypmic #hypnosis mic #kuko harai #jyushi aimono #bad ass temple #they're playing sky cotl :) #yes this is because I'm playing and I'm coping #I have no idea how tumblr is going to read screentones so please tap for better quality orz #7000f1 draws #sry anon that asked if I'd ever finish the monhun au #I open the canvas and cry about how hard to draw is the armor for Jyushi #so... give me some time and energy.... maybe also summer gone #tags aren't working again..... hah...

[max-nico]

i saw your birthday fic and i loved your writing style!! what do you think tails favorite thing at the park would be? slides? swings? that tire thing? monkey bars?

Good question !! I think its the merry go round.

Firstly, imagine being spun by Sonic the Hedgehog on a merry go round? You might puke but it's gonna be the most fun thing in the world for that one minute.

Secondly, imagine being able to keep up with Sonic the Hedgehog, and being able to show off not only how fast but how strong you are in a low stress/low danger environment !!! Quickest way to make a friend is to show off how cool you are

#tho if hes buy himself its probably the swings lol #i bet swings as high he can and then jumps off them and propels himself trying to get higher every time #and if he beats his record he'll turn around like 'DIDYA SEE THAT SONIC?!?? LOOK HOA HIGH I WENT!!' #thanks for the ask <3 #sth #sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #i have the mic #asking and answering #writing #tails the fox #tails miles prower #tails sonic #tails sth #sth headcanons #sonic headcanons #ive had such a bad day #the ask in my inbox reeaallyyy made me feel so much better lol

[selenealwayscries]

I WAS JOKING ABOUT BAD ASS TEMPLE FOR PRIDE MONTH ON DISCORD AND THEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WHAT THE FUCK

BAD ASS TEMPLE SAID LOVE WINS AS A THREAT AND IT WORKED WHAT THE HELL 😭😭😭😭😭

#hypnosis mic #hypmic #bad ass temple #cuz nagoya . yknow #its not even pride month over here in england yet and we already got incredible news like this 😭 what the hell #we finally have a second east asian country thats considering legalizing same sex marriage !!!! thats massive !!!!!!!!! #taiwan has been shouldering the burden of being the only east asian place you can legally get married to someone of the same sex 😭 #god this is such incredible news . BAT said fix homophobia and they listened <3 #im going nuts over this news its not even funny #japan has been really conservative about queer people for the longest time and the nagoya court just drops this BOMB onto our laps <3 #i really hope they really do go through with it !!! itll be an uphill battle against a conservative government but itll be so worth it !!!! #anyways i just needed to make that joke o7 the power of BAT sunset cards made their entire division reconsider their homophobic ways <3 #moondrop.txt

[jpivblog]

k.flay (w/ vienna vienna) @ lodge room, 03/07/24

What a good show. Cathartic, not just in the usual "here I am at a musical performance" sort of way-- she had a lot to say about moving on from life's curveballs during the song intermissions. I'm no good with words so if I tried to describe it, it'd sound corny.

Can't state enough about how much I loved the whole boxing setup/motif. She started and ended the show with it and I wish I got some more photos, because the comparison of her at the start of the show versus her after an hour or so of performing is a great visual in relation to the whole boxing match thing. Fighting with yourself is a taxing affair, after all. 10/10

Here's a short clip I took from the end of the show. See:

#k.flay #kflay #pivstuff #flashing lights #i wasnt very familiar with kflay before i semi-spontaneously went to this show so i didnt have much in the way of expectations. #i took video but the audio came out bad. i kept on fumbling my hands around the mic port apparently #for this show i wanted to try and focus on taking better pictures than last time anyway so. i think i was successful on that front. #pivot taking photos