#shut up caroline

[thecaroliner]

cartoons do not “need” or “deserve” live action remakes, and saying that they do is such a disservice to animation

#I’m not specifically talking about atla here btw. just in general #shut up caroline

[breadsacrifice]

I,m genderqueer or something happy pride 

#shut up caroline

[thesquirrelqueer]

What is HTDIO?

How to Dance in Ohio or HTDIO is a musical about 7 autistic young adults in a counseling group getting ready for a spring formal. All 7 of them are played by autistic actors. It is based off of a documentary of the same name. The show focuses on the relationships between characters as they prepare for the formal as well as face some of their biggest social fears.

The show had a short run at Syracuse Stage back in 2022 and started previews on Broadway on November 15th, 2023. It is set to officially open at the Belasco Theatre on December 10th, 2023.

Who are the characters?

Remy (played by Desmond Edwards) - The youngest of the group, a genderqueer cosplayer with a budding TikTok channel and a love of fashion. 16, any pronouns.

Caroline (played by Amelia Fei) - A bubbly college freshman who is just getting into her first real relationship. Best friend of Jessica. 19, she/her.

Marideth (played by Madison Kopec) - The newest member to the group, very shy but loves geography and Australia. Oh and just like fun facts in general. 18, she/her.

Drew (played by Liam Pearce) - A senior in high school preparing for college. Loves electricity and electrical grids. 18, he/him.

Tommy (played by Conor Tague) - The "class clown" of the group. Uses humor to cope with being self-conscious. Wants to get his drivers license. 22, he/him.

Jessica (played by Ashley Wool) - The confident best friend of Caroline. Loves fantasy stories, especially ones with dragons in them. 20, she/her.

Mel (played by Imani Russell) - The oldest of the group and the one who has been there the longest. Works at a local pet shop and loves reptiles and self-help books. 24, they/them.

Dr. Emilio Amigo (played by Caesar Samayoa) - The therapist in charge of the group, trying his best to get his clients to break out of their shells. he/him

Ashley Amigo (played by Cristina Sastre) - Dr. Amigo's daughter. Used to be a dancer but due to an injury is back in Ohio helping out with the group. she/her

Johanna (played by Darlesia Cearcy) - Caroline's mother. she/her

Terry (played by Haven Burton) - Jessica's mother. she/her

Where can I listen to/watch it?

Currently there are no video recordings of the show available (yet), but they did release an EP with 4 of the songs on it on Spotify which you can check out here

#htdio #how to dance in ohio #broadway #musicals #shut up dani #spectrum club 7 #remy htdio #Caroline htdio #Marideth htdio #drew htdio #Tommy htdio #Jessica htdio #mel htdio

[celticcatgirl2]

“…questionable friends….”

“Oh so YOU must be the CEO of racism…I’ve been waiting for this smackdown for a LONG time Bitch….Racism ends right here and fucking now!!!”

“Babe…again I appreciate you standing up for me but again….that’s not how structural racism works…”

#shut up alex #personal #rwby #yang #blake #caroline cordovin #alice rewatches rwby #weiss #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #weiss schnee #bumbleby #blake x yang #yang x blake

[lxstingravity]

@dreamdancerdotfile is proud to present their assistant the newest aperture science product to you! only downside currently is the fact that this radio only seems to play one song...

was playing portal again and infected @woahimnotcrazy with the brainworms, welcome to hell the family! enjoy your stay and have fun suffering from with the caveline feels :)

#cosplay #portal #portal 2 #cave johnson #caroline portal #aperture science #aperture laboratories #i love getting people into my fandoms by simply never shutting up about them #i mean honestly its your own fault that you joined my stream on discord AND DECIDED TO STAY THROUGHOUT ALL OF PORTAL 2 #caveline

[petruchio]

also like there are several major eras in tumblr history and each is distinctive in its own way and each is informed by the eras that came before it but the common thread is that you have to be deeply weird to have started using tumblr in the first place. and the form that weirdness can take is variable to be sure, but the thing is no true normie has ever been so intensely obsessed with something that they thought “i need to make a blog about this.” and that’s what sets us apart. tumblr has always been the perfect app for obsessive weirdos. and so no matter what era you joined or what thing was the original impetus for creating your blog, now we’re all just still on here. and we’re just, like, hanging out.

#weird girl club FR #like basically. at some point in any tumblr users life. #someone was like hey i love how much you love [thing] but i can’t keep listening to you talk about it #and instead of shutting up and moving on #your average tumblr user fired up this site and started blogging about it #caroline speaks

[icepandawarrior]

It's 2024, and I am more than tired of hearing this weak ass take. I've seen it on Twitter, Instagram, and damn Tik Tok.

"Cami is just a Caroline clone."

"Klaus was only interested in Cami because she looked like Caroline."

SHEEP AND PARROTS IN THE TVDU FANDOM COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE !!!!

You've all been saying this lame shit since 2014, and I wasn't invested in the damn franchise back then. If Cami wasn't blonde, y'all wouldn't be saying a damn thing about how she's trying to be like Caroline. Rebekah, Mary Louise, and Liv are also blondes, but you don't pull that shit with them...

Y'all have this weird entitlement thing going on where Caroline is the messiah of everything and its existence. And anyone who dares disagree or call her out or let alone breathe around her (or the guy she's interested in at the moment) is suddenly beneath her. But hey, "girls support girls," or you're misogynistic...

#another draft i'm finally posting #at least this one's a month later #caroline forbes #... #carebear #camille o'connell #cami #rebekah mikaelson #rebekah #liv parker #liv #mary louise #mary #anti caroline stans #anti klaroline #kl*roline #tvd #to #shut up kylee #fandom shiz #🧛‍♂️

[andromerot]

ok sorry i hate the appeals to jesus in serious political posts about palestine. palestine is for real and i DO NOT CARE about your religion it does not impose morality to me and i hate it can you take this seriously

#i suppose its very respectable from palestinian christians but please shut up about jc caroline from ohio

[tennis-kittens]

Fedal H2H collection • 2009 Madrid Open (x)

#bringing back baby fedal bc Roger won't shut up about it #Baby Rafa softly pulling on Roger's sleeve is so precious i'm sobbing #Playing Roger's 'I remember Rafa when he was younger and he was so shy' in my head over and over again #I'm still mad that we got rob of Roger softly taking a confetti out of Rafa's hair #bc whoever was in charge of filming the ceremony decided it was more interesting to film the confettis falling off the sky #GREAT TIMING SIR #Also Rafa congratulating Dinara in Spanish and then saying 'Caroline sorry for today' in English will never be not funny to me #roger federer #rafael nadal #fedal #fedal h2h collection

[thecaroliner]

this is probably mean but I genuinely wish I could never hear anything about Taylor Swift again

#I don’t even have anything against her I’m just so sick of hearing about her #shut up caroline

[breadsacrifice]

My experience living in a college housing area can be summarized by the fact that I just heard someone drunk sprinting down the street screaming HIT ME HIT ME WOOO

#shut up caroline

[thesquirrelqueer]

one thing I love about the article in htdio is how each character reads the part that specifically hurts them the most

- jessica wants to move out of her parents house and live on her own. she reads “indeed they are unlikely to experience most of life’s many milestones like living independently” throughout the show jessica is shown to be preparing to live alone and the article implies that all her hard work is for nothing because she won’t be able to do it.

- caroline daydreams about getting married some day and having a family. adding on to jessica’s phrase she reads “or getting married and having children” caroline is a romantic, marriage is very much something she looks forward to doing. in saying that autistic people can’t get married or have children, it in a sense views us as kids who are never allowed to grow up, even if we want to.

- tommy is a character who lives in the shadow of his allistic younger brother. even as an older sibling, he still sometimes feels younger due to how autistic people are infantilized. he reads “this generous doctor has given his differently abled patients the next best thing: a spring formal” referring to jessica and caroline’s lines about autistic people not being able to grow up like “normal” people so in lieu of that they get to have a formal instead.

- mel is someone who knows who they are and their non binary identity is very important to them. they read “for one evening they will be transformed into kings and queens. for one evening they will be celebrated” mel has expressed many times in the show their discomfort with cisnormativity and heteronormativity with the formal so the article leaning into these gendered categories hits hard.

- marideth is shown to deal with a lot of sensory issues, especially with sounds. she reads “they will also face their worst fears: a nightclub full of lights and sounds that could trigger tantrums, meltdowns, or worse” it also feeds into the stereotype that all autistic people do are have tantrums and meltdowns. while these things do happen to autistic people, it’s very dehumanizing to imply.

- drew, who doesn’t want to “be the poster child for if he can then you can” reads “so when you’re feeling nervous about that tough conversation at work think of the brave boy with autism asking the girl he likes to the dance” it’s also interesting that drew has been struggling for a lot of the show to ask out marideth, so this line is an even bigger slap in the face to him.

- remy is an interesting case. he reads “these inspiring kids may be terminally human but thanks to dr. amigo they won’t let their special needs stop them. if they can do it, what’s your excuse?” remy actually gets a song in response to the article called “nothing at all” in which they talk about things such as “nothing about us without us” and how he is so much more than his disability. it’s also important to note that remy is the only character under the age of 18, so having them read the section calling the group “kids” is especially poignant.

#htdio #how to dance in ohio #musicals #broadway #shut up dani #jessica htdio #remy htdio #caroline htdio #drew htdio #tommy htdio #mel htdio #marideth htdio #htdio spoilers #this accidentally turned into an essay sorry not sorry #long post #media analysis

[oleander-comic]

I already posted a normal Caroline drawing on my main for Caroline Appreciation Day but I decided to do something small here too because, well, this comic IS kinda Caroline-centric.

#oleander comic #i dont think im gonna tag it :/ #dont wanna be like annoying lol. #caroline portal #ok maybe i will tag it #so like sorry for never shutting up #anyways #cad23 #caroline appreciation day

[thesoupisburning]

caroline is glados. caroline is glados's mother. caroline is glados, but in the way that gerard way is my chemical romance. glados deleted caroline. caroline was not deleted. caroline and glados go out for robot coffee every fifth tuesday and on the fridays in between. glados and caroline are mortal enemies. caroline is in the walls. caroline is in the turrets. caroline's body is in glados's mainframe. glados was always in caroline. caroline will never leave glados. caroline is glados's humanity and love wrapped up in one little program. caroline is glados's slipping sanity and sadism. glados worships caroline as a god. glados imprisoned and repressed caroline to the deepest pits of digital hell. caroline and glados are each others only friends. when she was being built, caroline spoke to glados every night. caroline wishes she were dead. caroline wants nothing to do with glados. glados wants nothing to do with caroline. glados has tested at her behest for years. caroline is in love with chell. glados is in love with chell.

#portal #portal 2 #glados #caroline #chell #listen sorry for the massive tags #wrote this while insane and tired one night #figured it might do well on the tumblr #im so good at this #<3 #soup shut up challenge

[rroaddkill]

Edit that took like..2 hours surprisingly.

#i may habe cried a little making it shut the fuck up. #chucky #childs play #lexy cross #caroline cross #horror #salem is thinking

[hyyyperfixated]

“is it problematic for a teenager to have an adult celebrity crush??? 😟 😟 😟” literally calm down i had a crush on harrison ford at 7 years old when he was in his 70s and i’m fine.

#plus i’m Into blake now is that problematic is me thinking he’s hot problematic he’s a Legal Adult and i’m not aaaaaah scary. #shut the fuck up it’s Fine #how can it be problematic if nothing is happening because he Does Not Know I Exist #also for a short time i was 15 dating a 18 year old i think this here is alright #caroline is talking