On this day, October 8th, 2022, in an alternate universe where all my wildest dreams come true, Sekai Kawasuji is born.
I’m honestly feeling rather emotional? Sekai is my oldest active OC and by far my favorite. He’s just... my sweet little guy. Just Arukenimon and Mummymon’s young son who has the personality of a fluffy cloud and likes drawing and basketball and watermelon and rainbows. When I created him as a kid, with the intent of giving my favorite characters the happiest thing I could think of, I gave him an extremely specific day of birth that was so far away... and now it’s actually that date? He’s here? That’s wild.
Anyway. Here’s my boy Sekai. With his mom and dad who love him very much and are trying their best. You can do it guys, I believe in you. I made him all good and cute special just for you. ❤️
I cried so hard watching the Newsies UK cast's Olivier performance last night and I want to talk about why!
Firstly, I just love this show so much! I can't afford to travel overseas which means I haven't gotten to see much of the UK production, sadly, so this medley was an absolute treat! Honestly, it blew me away! It brought me to happy tears to see that this show and these songs are in such great hands! BUT it goes so much deeper than that.
Two actors in this cast are disabled. As a disabled person myself, I can't tell you how validating it feels to see people like me being cast in professional theatre. Unfortunately, it's still rare. Even in a show like Newsies which features disabled characters and is based on a historic event that was led by a disabled person. It makes me feel incredibly encouraged and empowered to see them up there on that stage! (Especially given that one of them is visually impaired like me!!!) Mukeni Nel and Matthew Duckett, y'all are my heroes. 💜
And, of course, I lost it when the Brooklyn girlsies came out! Historically, women and girls also worked as newsies and were involved in the strike, and it feels SO good to finally see that represented in the story!
I can't stress this enough: REPRESENTATION 👏 IS 👏 SO 👏 IMPORTANT! 👏
(Also, I want to see this show so 👏 damn 👏 bad! 👏 😭)