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cl-babydew · 4 years

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Another Camp Camp one, and this is a long one: Name the Top 5 things that you like or love about *each* kid from the main trio (Max, Neil, Nikki) and the performing trio (Preston, Nerris, Harrison).

Okay, here we go! XD

Max:

1.) I love how real he is. You know? Like, he may be negative all the time, but most of those times, he isn’t wrong. The world isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, and he’s always there to point that out. Which to me, keeps the campers a bit more grounded. Someone has to do it.

2.) The fact that he can be compassionate in his own ways! X3 Like, he doesn’t want to show that he’s protecting you, or caring for you, so he just keeps up the act he has, while still trying his best to sneakily be there for you and watch out for you. It’s like a sibling thing, “No one can call them that, except me!” I love that a lot! XD It’s cute!

3.) His relationship with the others! I really love seeing him interact with the campers, and counselors! XD It’s always fun! Plus, he tends to learn from many of them, even tho he’ll never admit that! X3

4.) The fact that he’s saved the camp more times then Space Kid can count!! XD The boy literally states that he hates the place!! He’s tried to get rid of it, or run away!! But obviously failed each time! Tho the one time he doesn’t do anything, the camp gets sold!! But yet, all he wants is to save it!! He saved the camp!! If it wasn’t for him, it wouldn’t still be up and running!! Gosh he’s grown so much, and it shows!! The camp’s basically became his home! We all know there’s something with his parents, so I always wonder if he ever were to escape, where would he go? We all know if he had the choice, he’d never go back to his original home. So where? I think now, more then anything, he’d definitely call the camp, home. JUST ADOPT HIM ALREADY, DAVID!!

5.) THE FACT THAT HE LOVES DOGS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER ABOUT HIM! XD AHHH I LOVEEEE!!! If you put him in front of a screen, playing dog videos, he’d most likely spend hours on end watching them!! XD We found one way to occupy him! XD Someone needs to get this boy a dog, stat! XD

Neil:

1.) Neil is a crazy sciencist and I love it! XD This boy does some crazy things!! He’s only what? 10?! For someone to be that age, and be that smart!! It’s crazy!! And I love that about him!! The poor boy just wanted his Science Camp! XD I’m glad he’s at Camp Campbell tho! Definitely wouldn’t be the same without him! XD

2.) The way he reacts when talking to someone he likes, is precious!! XD He’s a stuttering mess, and I couldn’t ask for more!! Not gonna lie, I really did like him and Erin!! X3

3.) HIS NOODLE ARMS!! XD IT’S GREAT!!!! Just, YES! XD👏

4.) This may sound werid, but the fact that he’s shy to use the bathroom when others are nearby, etc. is precious! XD Plus, I can relate! I mean, who couldn’t tho? XD

5.) Sometimes, he’s the sane one of the group, and sometimes he just really isn’t. And that’s okay! XD I love the fact that he tends to have his own crazy moments! He may be logical at one point, and then the next, he’s trying to steal Space Kids blood for an experiment! XD Poor Space Kid!

I just— I can’t! 🤣

Nikki:

1.) I love how hyper she is, to the point she’d probably have to be kept on a leash of some sort! XD I wouldn’t be surprised if that already happened off screen, or soon will in an ep! She just has so much energy!! XD Idk where she gets it from, but it’s impressive!

2.) Her love for her friends is very admirable!! Like for instance, even tho she felt hurt by Max teaming with another group, she was still happy that he “found someone that makes him smile”, even if that wasn’t exactly the case! XD In my opinion, I think she’s the bow holding that trio together!! One more thing, “You know what else I love about Christmas? You guys.” X3 I love her so much!

3.) I love the fact that she hangs out with everyone!! Not just her trio, but she hangs out with all the other campers!! As we’ve seen in New Adventure!! Not only that group, but she’s hung around Harrison, being fascinated by his magic!! She’s just so out there, and it’s such a good thing to see!

4.) She’s pretty innocent, unlike the others! XD We’ve seen this many times! XD I love the scene with David tho!! XD “Did you...” snickers, “hold hands?” XD She’s so precious!! XD

5.) I love how dominant and tomboyish she is! XD I’m so happy she isn’t anything like the other girls from the other camp!! She’s herself, and not trying to impress anyone, or fit in!! She also knows how to stand her ground, she doesn’t need anyone to rescue her from her problems! XD She can handle them. Well, sometimes anyway! XD

Max’s face makes me melt! X,3

Preston:

1.) The fact that he’s a theater kid, is amazing! XD Bless the creators for creating him and adding him to that camp!! Granted, not all theater kids are the same, not as overdramatic as he can be, but most of us can relate to him! XD I hope that we have more episodes with him and his plays!! Hopefully they’re able to reference to some more popular musicals!!! XD That’d be so cool to see!!!! He’s already referred to The Phantom Of The Opera, and Les Miserables!!

2.) I love how overdramatic he can be! XD Also, his shouting tho!!!!! I kinda wonder if he does that becuz he’s so use to yelling at his grandma so she can hear him? I still find it funny how he tends to randomly do it at times! XD

3.) All he wants is for people to enjoy his shows! XD Sadly, not everyone tends to pay attention, and when they do, they aren’t even sure on what’s going on. Tbh tho, some plays/musicals are really confusing, or make no sense! XD I hope one day he’s able to achieve his dreams, and make it to broadway!

4.) I love how presistant and determined he is to entertain others!! Especially in the season 4 episode! He was trying so hard for the campers! He wanted to keep up the laughter and smiles! Deep down, all he wants is for others to appreciate his work, like many of us, so he tries to be satisfied with that one thing, tho we see it was getting tough. He wanted them to appreciate all his work, not just one joke he made. All of it. He’s put so much work into the others, and he wants that acknowledgement! It’s understandable by many of us! When you work so hard on something, but it doesn’t get that acknowledge, yet that other project that you didn’t even try on, got it! It’s nice to know that project got it, but it makes the progress you made, feel like it wasn’t worth it, or feel like it wasn’t progress at all. Okay, maybe I should get back on track! XD The point is, that’s most likely how he’s feeling! This just makes his character more understandable. (Maybe I just look too deep into things? XD)

5.) All in all, he’s a pretty funny character!! I just really enjoy seeing him on screen! I really hope we get more of him in future episodes!

Nerris:

1.) I love loveeee LOVEEE her design!! Like, the first moment I met her, I just fell in love with her character design!!!! Her hair style is incredible, especially on her!! She has plastic adorable elf ears!! X3 FRECKLESSSSS!!! JUST FRECKLESSS!!!!! Her skin color just makes her blue eyes pop (especially in fanart)!! She’s so so pretty!! Not to mention her outfit is precious! X3

2.) Her lisp that she gets from her braces is so so dang cute!!!! XD Ahh I love it!! I love it so much!! She’s just so adorable!

3.) She can be feisty and I really enjoy that! XD Poor Harrison always being the one she picks on tho! We all know why tho! X3

4.) I just love the fact that she tends to spit out random facts and references to larping, even tho I never exactly understand anything! XD Her imagination is great! Not that all the others’ isn’t ether! XD

5.) She’s such a fun character! I would love it if we could have more of her!! And even if she can be a tad rude at times, she can be just as kind and caring, like with Ered!!! Gosh I hope we get more of her!!! XD

And finally,

Harrison:

1.) He’s an awkward dork, and I love him! XD I love how one minute he can be totally confident in what he’s doing, and the next be completely awkward!! I think most of the time, Nerris is the reason for his akwardness, even tho he can sometimes fight back! XD

2.) The fact that his magic is actually real, is something I wasn’t expecting, but I loved! XD It’s crazy!! It’s also sad for many reasons!! This poor boy is seriously going through a lot mentally, and not to forget, physically! Someone plz help him?!

3.) He’s so interesting!!!!! I want more of him!!! A lot more!! There’s so many interesting things to learn about him, and those few episodes that focused on him only led to tons more questions!! GAHHHH I REALLY HOPE WE GET MORE!! XD

4.) Like Nerris, though not as loved, his outfit is pretty cute! X3 I especially love his little top hat and gloves!! Those are nice touches!

5.) At first, I didn’t really care for the way his voice sounded. It seemed at first that the VA wasn’t doing a good job. Though I have to admit, it’s totally grown on me, and I’ve grown to love it as the episodes progressed!! I learned that it wasn’t the VA at all, but how the character was! It really fits Harrison!

Thanks for the ask!! XD This was fun!!

Sorry it took me a while to finish tho!!!

One main thing though, WE NEED A PREFORMING TRIO EPISODE! AT LEAST ONE?!!!!! 🙈 Gosh I want it so bad!

#long post! XD #camp camp #cc main trio #cc trouble trio #cc max #cc neil #cc nikki #cc preforming trio #cc preston #cc nerris #cc harrison

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arethereanyoriginalusernames · 4 years

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ZP stuff for other people

Kayla edition :)

Disclaimer because yes. I do not own Zoophobia or anything like that. This is also not a post made with the intent to police what people do. This is a list of misconceptions and fun facts people can use if they want to. This is all for fun, so I hope you enjoy. Feel free to add your thoughts in replies and reblogs.

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It’s quarantine time, hunnies, so let’s write some fanfiction.

1. The bad girlfriend

Spoiler alert, we're going to be seeing a few misconceptions that involve turning Kayla into a villain, and this is just one brand of it. This one deals with instances where a story portrays Kayla as, surprise, a bad girlfriend. More specifically, she's either portrayed as a toxic partner to Zill, or she causes problems that Zill has to deal with.

On one hand, I blame the writing of the OG comic for this. I mean, literally our first look into their relationship is a chapter revolving around them having relationship troubles. I dunno about you, but having that be an introduction to any relationship doesn't sound like a great idea to me. It can imply that the relationship is not a strong one, and that these characters might not be right for each other. However, due to how Vivz portrays the relationship outside the comic, and in chapter 4, this relationship is clearly meant to be a strong one (they're the school power couple for christ's sake).

Some of you may be thinking that portraying Kayla in such a way is the writer trying to break them up. Except nope! Surprisingly, I see this in works that have almost nothing to do with the couple. Like... guys. What are we doing here? Yes, Kayla can get angry at Zill, but this happens specifically when Zill fucks up real bad. Kayla is usually a nice person, and this side of her is rarely shown in in general.

2. The Temptress

Somewhat akin to the previous, this deals with instances where it's shown to be a bad thing that Zill is dating Kayla at all. This shows up in different ways. To name a few: Kayla is bad because whenever someone upsets her, Zill comes after them; Kayla is bad because Zill spends more time with her than other people; Kayla is bad because she causes Zill to be romantically unavailable to other people, etc. This... puzzles me. I've seen people try to villainize Kayla simply because she's dating Zill, and sometimes because them dating causes Zill to act in specific ways. To name one instance, one fic I read recently had Zill intimate Damian simply because he bumped into Kay at a comic book store, and she inevitably got scared. And the story makes both Zill and Kay to be the bad guys here. Because Kay can totally 100% control what her partner does.

Funnily enough, this bothers me more than the previous, given that there, I can at least understand why Kay is the bad guy.

3. The Bully

Heeeyyy, you guys know how Kay is a nice person, is friendly to most people, and is incredibly sweet? Fuck that! Don't you know that Kay is homophobic, xenophobic, probably every type of phobic (even doorphobic), and will crucify all those who stand in her way? That's right, Kayla caused nine e××ven, world war two, the extinction of the dinosaurs, etc!

I realize that tone can be difficult to read through text, but I assure you that the previous paragraph was satirical. Anyways, I'm sure at least one person here already has a good idea about what I'm talking about, but for the those scratching their heads, let me explain. This refers to when, no joke, Kay is turned into a female Leeson. Her Christianity is used as an excuse to turn her into a stereotypical, oppressive bitch. Thing is, she's kind of, ya know, not Leeson? As shown in pictures of her interacting with characters such as Addison, Kayla clearly holds more progressive ideologies. Also, Kay, as shown in ch.4, is someone who would stand up to injustices, and help those in need. She, like some real life Christians, may simply follow aspects of Christianity that involve not being a dick to people.

4. The High Achiever

In regards to a fun fact about Kay, there's the fact that she's too legit to quit when it comes to being a student. Apart from being the class president, she works hard at her studies, and is a good student. This doesn't just extend to drama either, but likely all her classes.

5. The Dreamer

The previous fact could be due to her dream of making it big as a performer in the E! District. Possibly inspired by her idol, Celeste, Kay aspires to become a star. However, due to the fact that mammals are lower on the social ladder than snakes and birds, this could prove to be a difficult task.

6. The Rival

Kay does have a rival that exists in the form of Baltimore, who I believe goes to another school, if I recall correctly. Baltimore, being an avian, would have an easier time getting success than Kay, and I imagine that conflict between the two would bring that problem up, with Balti taunting Kay about how nobody would want to see her preform.

7. The Aussie?

As pointed out by @eclecticcoyote , Kay being Australian usually gets forgotten about. While we currently have no reference as to how much this influences her lifestyle apart from her voice, this is something that can be played around with and could make for some interesting scenarios.

8. The Voice of an Angel

Listening to Kayla's Headcanon voice, I would say that Kayla's singing voice would be around the tenor range. Not quite soprano, but still higher than alto. Basically, I can see her lower notes hitting the alto range, her usual voice being tenor, and maybe being able to hit some falsetto. Also, looking at what songs Vivz has drawn her singing, Kayla seems to lean towards mainly Broadway numbers for song choice.

She also can play the piano

9. The fighter

A lot of people, I've noticed, like to write Zill as the one who engages in physical confrontation, while forgetting that Kay can kick some serious ass herself. Not only does the chick have them fencing skills for days, she can literally knock out Rusty with a punch. Not sure if ya guys noticed, but Kay doesn't need Zill to do all the punching. She can knock some heads in herself, thank you very much.

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That's all I've got for now. I may have forgotten something, and will make a follow up post if it turns out I did. I hoped you enjoyed, and feel free to request whatever you want.

I apologize for wasting your time

- Spooky S Skeletons

#zoophobia #zoophobia kayla #kayla zoophobia

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kazoosandfannypacks · 4 years

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The GMW gang and their favorite musicals

Okay, so I've been thinking through. In one episode Girl Meets World, they live in New York City, right? So what happens when they discover Broadway? Like, can you imagine Farkle looking up people preforming in Pippin to help him when he auditions for it and then realizing “hey wait, I kinda like musicals” and then sharing some with the gang within two months they all have a favorite musical? And since Farkle's dad is rich, on year for their birthdays, he takes them all to see their favorite musicals? So here’s a fun little headcanon of what their favorite musicals would be. (If you guys like this enough I’ll add a part 2 with a few other character’s favorites :))

Farkle: Pippin. He literally wanted to try out for the lead role in Pippin, so it's a no-brainer.

Smackle: Wicked. If you don't know the storyline of Wicked, there's one part where there's an outcast type girl who this popular girl tries to make popular (which reminds her of when Riley and Maya tried to make her look great in the Girl Meets Smackle episode.) There's this flirt who really likes the popular girl but ends up with the outcast in the end, and it reminds Smackle of her and Farkle.

Zay: Hamilton. He claims it's because the duels remind him of Texas, but it's actually because he loves the sappy love story in it. He's also rather partial to Newsies, because he lives in NYC but his dream home is back out west (and because of the sappy love story)

Lucas: also a bit partial to Newsies, but his favorite has always been Aladdin.

Riley: any musical based off of a Disney movie, but as soon as she figured out Lucas' favorite was Aladdin it became her favorite.

Maya: Dear Evan Hansen- which is about a poor, sad kid with a dad who left and a mom who's never around, who craves friendship and finds it in the rich family across town

Auggie: Lion King. Timon and Pumbaa are just so funny!

Josh: Adamantly denies being a theatre geek to keep his reputation alive, but is secretly saving up to take Maya to see Dear Evan Hansen himself when they start officially dating.

#girl meets world #gmwheadcanon #Broadway #riley matthews #maya hart #farkle minkus #lucas friar #zay babineaux #isadora smackle #pippin #wicked #hamilton #Newsies #aladdin #disney #dear evan hansen #timon and pumbaa

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writing-appreciation · 5 years

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Drama in Drama

Synopsis: Just two theatre nerds best friends... who also have to kiss.

Word count: 1879

Wanrings: Nothing really. Just a sappy drama nerd stuff.

I smiled triumphantly as I looked at the posted cast list. Freshman year it was Aunt March in 'Little Women.' This year it will be Kim in 'Check Please and Check Please Take 2.'

It's not surprising that I made the cast. I may be shy and timid in class, but on stage is where I shine. It also helped that I was in the actual Drama class and was basically the director's TA. Seeing Peter's name on the list was certainly shocking though. He was definitely an appreciator of the dramatic arts (as evident from our multiple broadway trips. Courtesy of Tony Stark), but he didn't seem like an actual preformer.

I pulled out my phone and shot him a text.

"Thanks for telling me you auditioned. Congrats btw, Hank."

A few seconds later he replied,

"I thought it'd be a nice surprise. We don't really get to hang out anymore."

"How do you even plan to do this AND be Mr. Spiderman?"

It was an honest question. He was pretty much always busy since he became Queen's favourite crime fighting spider.

No response. Looks like he didn't know either.

We went through the school day as normal, but we were called out of class for about 15 minutes to discuss the practice schedule. Tonight we would have a simple read through right after school.

We all sat in the comfortable auditorium seats. I smiled at my usual friends and introduced myself to newcomers.

"Sorry, I'm late!" A breathy excuse fell over the room.

We all looked to the doors to see Peter walking in looking disheveled.

I waved him over to me and explained that our director wasn't even there yet. He immediately looked relieved.

As if fate willed it so, the director walked in right after I said that to him.

"Hello, sorry I'm late, but I trust you all were entertained." He said as he walked in and stood in front of the group.

"First things first, I don't actually have scripts for all of us, so some script sharing will have to be done. Betty, Flash you two have the most lines so you'll get personal scripts. (Y/n) and Peter, you guys will be sharing…" he continued to explain, but I didn't really have a need to listen at this point.

Our director invited us on the stage and we all sat in a semicircle. Peter and I sat by one another as we had one script. He was the main guy's best friend. And I was the main girl's best friend. We had a section at the opening of the play, but not anything after until the second Act. We both found the story funny, so we listened to the read through.

"Act two is set up pretty cool. Basically we'll have Kim and Hank sat on a couch centre stage. Girl and Guy will be on their respective friend's side." The director explained as he moved us around.

As there was no couch on the stage, Peter and I just sat cross-legged in the middle of the circle. Betty was a few feet away from me, and Flash was a few feet away from Peter.

"And scene."

This prompted us to begin our scene. Guy and Girl went on about how their date attempts were not going well. It didn't take long to realize Kim and Hank were an item. That's not what threw us off. We were supposed to be playing a video game and just talking to our friends. To be honest, it's what Peter and I do with most of our time.

What made things interesting was the stage direction.

"Think they'll be okay?" Peter read.

"Yeah, they're fine." I replied.

Then our director read the directions out loud.

"They peck each other briefly on the lips. Oh my God."

Suddenly an eruption of laugher and dramatic smooching sounds filled the auditorium.

Peter looked at me with red cheeks that could rival how red mine were.

"Ha! Go on and kiss him!" A student nudged my arm.

"Mr. Reed you literally can't make her do that. It's cruel and unusual punishment." Flash shouted at the director.

"(Y/n), Peter it's up to you guys. We could just do a peck on the cheek." He suggested.

"Pete?" I cleared my throat and asked him.

"I mean, if you're okay with that." He mumbled while scratching the back of his head.

I looked at my best friend. Sure, why not? It's just a kiss.

I leaned in and placed a chaste kiss on his cheek. The momentary contact allowed me to feel just how hot his cheeks were.

I don't think the rest of the group expected me to actually kiss him. Everybody fell deathly silent after. After a beat, Mr. Reed continued to read the stage directions.

We continued our scene as a blubbering mess. Once it was over Mr. Reed began to set up the next scene. Peter and I immediately retreated to our spot in the circle.

A boy next to me, James, smiled and said I looked like I was in pain. I laughed at his comment. He was pretty funny. For the rest of the read through he kept me thoroughly entertained. He had funny comments to make during every scene. I could tell we would become fast friends.

…..

Practice went on for six weeks. Peter magically found a balance between school, the play, and his heroic responsibilities.

At this point, I've kissed Peter more times than I've ever thought possible. We had our lines memorized, but our director suggested we came in to work on our delivery before opening night.

Other groups were in the auditorium too. I instantly noticed James doing something over the top on the back. Just seeing him doing something like that made me smile.

"(Y/n), Peter, perfect, hop on stage and we'll work on your scene."

Peter hopped up first and offered me a hand. Before I could even accept his hand I saw James run on stage. He also offered me a hand up. As I began to develop a crush on James these past few weeks, so I accepted James' help. Once I was on stage, I felt James place a had on the small of my back. He whispered a quick good luck in my ear before running off.

I turned back to Peter and saw him eyeing James as he went in a completely different direction.

"You nervous?" I asked with excitement.

This may be Peter's first play, but it's all a routine to me now. I loved performing.

"Is it obvious?" He nervously fidgeted with his hands.

"A little." I joked and took my seat on the couch.

He followed and looked out to the currently empty audience.

"Okay, you two we need to figure out this scene." Our director came up out of nowhere.

"I looked at other people doing this scene on YouTube and they're just more convincing. I want to capture some of that realness. This time with the kiss, I want you to kiss her cheek, Peter."

"What?" We both said simultaneously.

"I just want to see how it looks. From the top."

We did our scene as usual, but I was so in the routine of kissing Peter that I still went to do it as before. But Peter also went in to kiss my cheek. Before we even processed what was happening we were kissing. On the lips.

I was the first to pull away. I felt my cheeks go up in flames. I heard our director applaud. My mouth remained agape. I looked at his shocked facial expression. His face mirrored mine.

"I'm sorry!" I quickly jumped off the couch. "Peter, I am so sorry. I forgot. I'm so used to doing the scene the other way and I just…"

Peter didn't get to say anything as Mr. Reed stopped my apologies.

"(Y/n), don't apologize. That made the scene 10 times better! We figured out your scene." He walked off to help others with their scenes.

When I looked back at the couch, Peter was gone.

I took off backstage in an attempt to find him. I'd be damned if I let our friendship be ruined by a mistake I made.

But I couldn't deny that kissing him felt invigorating. As cliche as having your best friend be your first kiss, and suddenly realizing you had a crush on them this whole time sounds, it's what just happened to me.

"Hey, so I was wondering if you'd be willing to... woah, where are you in a rush to?"

James. I felt him place his arms on either side of me, locking me in place. My eyes still wondered around, trying to find Peter.

"Uh, yeah, have you seen Peter?" I asked.

"Yeah, he just went outside."

James gestured to the stage exit. I shrugged his hands off of me and jogged outside.

There he was. My best friend for 10 years hiding his face in his hands while leaning on the railing. I heard light sniffles. Had he been crying?

"Peter?" I asked while gently placing my hand on his shoulder.

He visibly tensed at the contact. I drew my hand back.

"Peter, I am extremely sorry, but we can just forget this. Because I don't particularly want our friendship to end like this." I moved so I was now leaning on the railing with him.

In that moment I decided to mask the newly found feelings I had for him. I didn't want to lose him, so if that meant I had to bury what I felt, so be it.

He let out a breathy laugh. "You are oblivious."

I looked at him, expecting an explanation.

He closed his eyes and took a breath.

"(Y/n), I've liked you since 7th grade."

He looked up to meet my gaze. His deep brown eyes showed fear. I even noticed the hair on his arms standing up.

"And you're telling me we need to forget that kiss so we can go back to the friend zone." He added.

I was speechless. Peter having a crush on me all the way back in 7th grade is an insane thought. Seventh grade (Y/n) was not particularly attractive in any way, shape, or form.

"Well, I don't think I can forget it." He suddenly turned to face me fully.

"Peter, that was a stage kiss." I paused, he looked immediately disappointed.

"We need a real one." I continued in a small voice.

He perked up. With some newfound confidence he grabbed one of my hands. He looked down at our hands and then back up to my face. His eyes flicked to my lips. Mine also found themselves looking at his light pink lips. He tucked some loose hair behind my ear and began leaning in. While we were standing, he was too tall for me. I had to stand on my tippy toes to even have a chance to reach him. Even then, he still had to lower himself a tad.

We both smiled as our lips connected. This one was much longer and sweeter than the first.

All previous "feelings" for James disintegrated into thin air.

I had a feeling our scene was going to be 100 times better now.

#marvel #marvel imagines #marvel x reader #peter parker #peter parker x reader #peter parker imagines

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spaceorphan18 · 5 years

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Finding Kurt Hummel: The Purple Piano Project

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3x01: The Purple Piano Project

Welcome to Season 3! I’ll try not to whine too much while we’re here, lol :)

The season starts out on a relatively high note, however, making the whole thing feel a lot more promising than it ended up being. This episode is fun and quirky and there are a lot of pianos for Kurt to drape himself on top of!!

Future Plans

So – we start off the season much like season two – Ben Jacob Israel going around and harassing everyone about their summer vacations and future plans.

Do you see the set up of this shot, guys? Rachel chattering in the front while Kurt tries to be distracting in the background? Well – get used to it, because this Hummelberry dynamic is going to drag us through the next two years, guys, lol. No really – I enjoy Hummelberry in this episode, I do. But we had no idea this was a set up for (I’m sure someone will argue me on this) the worst Kurt arc on the show – Getting into NYADA. And, unfortunately, the Hummelberry dynamic (or more so the writer’s obsession with Rachel not being able to fail at anything) plays into that.

Probably going off a rush of a summer where all they talked about was going to New York, Kurt and Rachel have all their future plans figured out. They’re going to get a little apartment on the Lower West Side (yeah, sure), Rachel’s gonna be a big Broadway star, and Kurt’s gonna be married (legally!!!) by 30. Yes – think about what is said here, I know Kurt has Broadway ambitions, too, but I find it funny that his dream aspirations include getting married.

There are two key things I’d like to point about the whole marriage thing. Kurt says by 30. As we find in this season – not before 30 cause that is Too. Young. But also. Yes. Kurt Hummel wants to get married. And I’m pretty sure he already knows who his groom is going to be.

But anyway, thinking about season 2, and how that started in such a dark place for Kurt, here we have the opposite – bright and shining optimism. Oh, kiddo. This really can only go down, can’t it.

Purple Pianos

Kurt: Why’s the T-Rex eating the Jew?

It’s exposition dump time! As we get filled in that the Glee Club remains uncool after the Nationals debacle from last year. Kurt gets his share of funny lines as we get filled in.

Meanwhile – the glee club is three men down; Quinn pissed off the writers again, Lauren was fired, and Sam just couldn’t work out a contract deal. So – Will gets the idea that placing purple pianos everywhere would inspire new people to join the club. I’m not entirely sure how purple pianos are inspiring, but like Kurt, I’m totally on board with the whole thing.

As seen in the background, the moment he can, he gets himself up and draped over one of the pianos.

See – look how adorable he is on that piano!!!

Anyway – Will bores us with another inspiration speech that means mostly nothing since no one joins glee club anyway….

NYADA – School for Witches

Lol – oh Kurt, you’re making the best faces in this episode so far….

First of all, let’s talk about the fact that Emma thought he and Rachel were dating (omg!), and the fact that he actually takes the pamphlet about ‘Me and My Hag’ (Lol). Secondly, let’s talk about these sillies not doing their research on how Julliard is not a musical theater school. At least Emma is doing the job she’s supposed to be doing in this episode!

And then she steers them in the direction of New York Academy of Dramatic Arts. Oh NYADA and my distaste for you begins, lol…. So, this particular school only takes 20 students a year. Hmmm… Looks a lot bigger than that in season 4 but whatever. And the chances that two people from the same school and graduating year getting in? Doubtful. But this is Glee, so here we go!

Competitive Spirit

It’s the first day of school, and Blaine is still a Warbler, but his resolve is crumbling because Kurt is very persistent (and flirty and adorable) in this scene. You know there’s some interesting meta floating around about this scene recently – about their competitive nature and about how Blaine really isn’t /that/ competitive, but Kurt totally is. He doesn’t mind it at all, really, which means, in a way, that they’re on equal footing. Ah, how that is all about to change.

But what Kurt really wants is for Blaine to be around all the time so they can spend every minute of every day together. Oh, Kurt. Be careful what you wish for. But also – interestingly – they spent all the time together back when Kurt was at Dalton, and Kurt wants that little fairy tale to continue by bringing Blaine over to McKinley. It’s obvious they talked about this at length over the summer, but I wonder what Kurt’s (more serious) arguments were for getting Blaine to come to public school.

But anyway – the fun stuff – just how adorable and flirty these two are here! Hands might not have wandered south of the equator, but they were definitely up to stuff over the summer!

We Got the Beat

I’ve always thought Kurt was very pretty in this scene.

I should probably have more profound analysis.

Well, there’s not much to say, other than Kurt’s used to being bullied by the school, and he’s not about to make himself a target by getting up and singing on the lunch tables, no matter how pretty the pianos are.

Year 3 and Kurt’s still an awkward little dancer. <3

This song is nice and fun and energetic. Not really a favorite of mine, but man, what does it take to get this school into anything? Geez!

You know, for someone who is so particular about their clothes – I’m sure this is like the zombie apocalypse. Poor Kurt. I love the food ray shield.

You know, never once in all my schooling did I witness a food fight.

Kurt is just not having it.

Kurtcedes lives! If only to pass along exposition. And to exchange bewildered looks as Sugar sings her god-awful song.

You know it’s funny – I never noticed how seasons 2 and 3 (and 4 actually) openers have plotlines of – let’s open up glee club for everyone! Except not really because we’re a seclusive little bunch.

Velma and Roxy

Small town is small after you’ve been to the big city. But Kurt has a plan, that they’re gonna out preform all the other Ohio hopefuls so they can get a shot at their dreams. I think, for the first time, I kinda get the purpose of this song (other than the blatant relation to Wicked and connection to season 2), but that they’re already counting in their victory against all the other hopefuls. They’re putting their cart before the horse.

Say what you will about Gay Hogwarts, NYADA does attract the witches….

The song itself is a little ridiculous but the performance is wonderful. I love the choreography of this one. And as always sound fantastic together, and this performance is no exception. Say what you will about how Hummelberry was written – and I will say a lot over the next two seasons – Lea and Chris’s voices suit each other wonderful, and the show seems to latch on to that pretty well.

Transfer

Not exactly a pic of Kurt, I know, but Blaine’s so frickin’ gorgeous in this scene. And Kurt thinks so, too!! Look at that grin!

But I’m kinda fascinated by this, now that I think of it, how Blaine’s all – check me out Kurt – in this kind of suave way. And, oh Kurt, kind of caught up in his own drama to even notice that his boyfriend’s one outfit has changed.

But, just, the excitement Kurt has when Blaine’s decided to transfer. OMG! the boy is so happy.

I love that Kurt has concerns – and they are so totally valid. Blaine did transfer to be with Kurt, and that’s going to play a part in some of their bigger issues. But for now, they can reveal in their happiness and not think at all about nasty, nasty break ups.

And – getting Blaine into New Directions. But since the only competition is Sugar, there really isn’t an issue here.

Oh Kurt – so giddy that he’s once again getting sung to in the courtyard. Can this year get any better?!?!

Everything’s great util you light the piano on fire.

Velma and Roxy II

Kurt and Rachel are so ready for this NYADA mixer! Only to find out that while at McKinley they might be special snowflakes, in the real world, they’re a dime a dozen. I like the reality of this scene, tbh. That you can give your 1 in a Billion speeches all you want, there’s always going to be someone else who seems like they’re more talented than you. There are a lot of things Glee misses the mark on when it comes to college. Or theater. And this scene is a bit over the top. But it does show that, hey, there are a ton of people trying to make it the same as you – and so you do have to ask yourself – do you have what it takes to compete? Or do you just walk away.

I think now’s a good time to bring up the Glee Project. I never watched it, tbh, so I can’t judge what kind of a show it was. But I’m not a fan of the results of the Glee Project. And I don’t mean who won and who didn’t (Damien McGinty? Really?). I mean that I have lots of problems with season 3. But I think one of my biggest is that a show with a cast already overflowing now has to shoehorn these winners into the plot. (I mean, think about how much space the show would have had without Rory) Outside of Unique, I’m not really a fan of the characters that grew out of the Glee Project.

That said, Lindsey Pierce was one of the winners, and her little moment to shine here seems perfect enough. She’s a great vocalist, and I’m incredibly impressed by what she does here. This performance is excellent.

Anyway – going back to Kurt’s story. It’s kinda hilarious how perfect a song choice this is – this group of kids basically stating that anything you guys can do Kurt and Rachel, we can do better. Oh Glee with all its subtleties.

So. Kurt and Rachel make it back to the car and break down crying because that’s what happens when your optimistic view point gets smashed. Poor kiddos.

And then we get Kurt gives Rachel a pep talk v.2.0 (yes, i’ll be numbering these). And it’s similar to the Born This Way talk – that Rachel is good enough to get in because she’s still special. The thing, though, as much as I joke around, is that I do honestly like this scene. Because Rachel is in Kurt’s corner, too, supporting him even though he’s down on himself for lack of extracurriculars. The scene is a balanced one, where they both pull each other out of this dark place, and I can really do Hummelberry when this kind of thing happens.

Gay High-five!!

You Can’t Stop the Beat

Oh, I have waited so long to screencap this. There’s a gif out there that’s even funnier though.

Anyway – there’s a ton crammed into this little scene. Blaine joins glee club, which is yay!! But c’mon, Finn, you’re seriously having issues with Blaine possibly taking the spotlight when you and Rachel get all the solos? And Santana’s out for the week. Why is she only out for one week? Who knows. And then, finally, Kurt’s feeling ambitious and running for Student Body President, and Blaine’s super proud of him. Can’t you tell by the still above?

But the moral of the story is you can pull all of the strings out of the purple piano but you can’t pull out it’s music. Or, er, something like that.

Kurt’s feeling light and airy after that handjob. Oh, wait, nope.

It’s funny, I think this episode still holds up. It’s crammed full of things, almost to a fault, but is still funny and endearing and services all the storylines it’s going to be presenting during the first third of the season. I still really enjoy this episode even if season 3 goes mostly downward for me from here.

It’s Season 3 people. Bam!

#finding kh #for some reason this post was tagged and taken down #who knows #but it's back now!

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High school production of Newsies

Okay I just saw a local high school preform Newsies and I LOVED IT. It was so good and professional and here are some of my thoughts from it;

Crutchies fall at the beginning was so believable, like if I didnt know it was going to happened I would have freaked

Jack and Crutchie singing Santa Fe was amazing and they blessed my ears

Carrying the Banner was amazinging as always and I am officially even more in love with Race because the girl who played him was s o g o o d

The dancing was great for being in limited space and being in a high school

Davey was hella sassy and I was L I V I N G

Like hes not sweet and innocent like Ben Fankhauser plays him

He has attitude and I love it

The girl who played Les was great and had a super nice voice

Also I though she was max 11 years old

But apparently shes a freshman

So she was v smol and adorable as Les

Pulitzer looked shockingly similar to the actor that plays him in Newsies Live

As they walked into Meddas theater they were playing the tune of My Lovey-Dovey Baby from the movie and I almost died

The girl who played Medda also played Finch

And she had such a good voice like wow we stan a queen

Katherine was amazing

She had the perfect voice and was amazing at acting

She added so much sass to Katherine

Like even more than Kara Lindsay does

The set changes were great

Like ya know those metal things they climb on in newsies live? The ones that move around the stage?

Well they had more of a DIY version of those that just were at the back of the stage the whole time

And they had projectors just like Newsies Live and they would change the pictures on them to set the scene

Like I know that's not a big deal

But shout out to whoever controls that shit

Also shout out to the orchestra, they did amazingly

The girl who was playing Katherine got fucked over because her mic kept popping all through Watch What Happens

But she powered through anyways

And she was amazing and so in character the whole time

The fight after Seize The Day had me shook™

Like everyone was all over the place

And the punches and stuff looked so real

I flinched at a few of them

And dont even get me started on how amazing Jack was when he sang Santa Fe

The raw emotion was so heart breaking

His voice cracked a few times and he didnt quite hit the high note at the end but it just added to it all

Honestly I would not be surprised if he makes it to Broadway

Or the girl who played Katherine

Or Race

Or Medda

Like they all were so fucking good

King of New York was epic

When Katherine first came out in the start of act two

You could hear her tap shoes

And I got so fucking excited

The dancing was perfect and they kept a lot of the original choreography

Specs tap solo on the table wasnt in it tho and I was v sad

Letter from The Refuge was a tear jerker

I didnt cry

But I fucking wanted too

How he sang it was kinda different than the actual show and I love that he put his own twist on it

"Go AnD lOoK iT uP tHe PoOr GuYs HeAd Is SpInNiNg"

We stan Davey so much oml

Everytime Pulitzer would yell or raise his voice I would flinch a little bit

Apparently all of the Oldsies were played by teachers

All do respect, but I do NOT want him as my teacher, nope, no thanks

But he played the part SO GOOD

He had a slightly higher voice than I was expecting but it was still great

I'm always a slut for Spot Conlon

But he was the only one who was dressed in red for Brooklyns Here

So it just seemed like he was the only one from Brooklyn

Also he was kinda tall

I was hoping for the ironicness of "dem Brooklyn boys is big" *out walks tiny ass Spot Conlon* like it is with Tommy Broco

Normally I feel like Jack and Katherine's relationship is forced a bit because ~Disney~

But it felt so real between them

Like throughout the whole show they had chemistry

And the kiss and Something to Believe in was GOALS

Like they are the cutest

The key change in once and for all of course cleansed my soul

As it always does

When Roosevelt shook Jack's hand he instantly went over to Katherine to fangirl

Davey was a complete after thought

Also Roosevelt was wearing a huge top hat

And he took it off and put it onto the desk and the first thing Spot did was put it on and make weird faces

The finally was amazing as always

And everyone dancing was so perfect at the end

I could go on for HOURS about how talented these kids are

But I think this is where I'm going to end this shit because I'm ranting

Moral of the story, no matter who's putting it on, go see Newsies

I'm still shook and I saw it 9 hours ago

Also I am so sorry if I left anything out at all haha

I'm just so hyped

Low key I might go back tomorrow just to see it again

Oops haha

#liz speaks #newsies musical #newsies 1992 #newsies #newsies x reader #jack kelly #jack #race #racer #racetrack higgens #race higgens #crutchie #crutchie morris #katherine pulitzer #katherine #katherine plumber #text post

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Absolutely Smitten

"Why'd you make me come to this? I thought you loved me?" I complained to my friend, Chris, who had burst into my apartment and forced me to get dressed to come to a "concert" with his boyfriend. I had told him no, but he was insistent.

"I do, and that's why I wasn't going to let you be alone on a Saturday night."

"But you know how much I hate being the third wheel." He rolled his eyes at that.

"You're not being the third wheel, you're just hanging out with your only friends."

"Hey I have my theatre friends." I point out.

"Ok, your only close friends."

I let out a humph and we continue to walk from James's car to the venue the band was playing. It was smaller than most places but it was big enough to hold over 1500 people at a sold out show. And the show had sold out. The band was called Ex-Mormons and consisted of Nabulungi Hatimbi as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist, Arnold Cunningham as the drummer, Kevin Price as the bassist and backup vocals, and Kevin's brother, Jack Price, on the keyboard.

Now, Connor had heard nothing of them, but Chris was obsessed with them, so he got the tickets the moment they came out (He tried to get backstage passes but they weren't available) and now he was practically running, hand-in-hand with James to the venue and pulling Connor along by his sleeve.

When they got there, the place already had a decent amount of people in it, so the trio was closer to the front, but not right up front.

"I can't believe I'm actually gonna see Ex-Mormons live!" Chris said, while bouncing up and down.

"I know you're excited babe," James laughed at his boyfriends childish demeanor "but we have to wait another 25 minutes til they're on."

Chris frowned but was patient enough to wait for the rest of the crowd to fill in. After about 20 minutes the place was filled and the band was about to enter. When they did it was like a sensory overload to Connor and he didn't really remember it afterwards.

Far into the concert Connor got separated from Chris and James by people moving around and pushing him and soon he found himself at the very front of the venue and his eyes landed on the bassist, Kevin, he remembered from what Chris had told him. He was entranced by his focused face and precise hands playing each note perfectly. His brown hair flopping in front of his eyes of the same color.

Then the brunet looked up as he stopped playing and met Connor's eyes. For a few moments it seems like they're the only two people in the universe. Then the man smirked at Connor and his face flourished into a bright red color as the band moved onto the next song and Kevin went back to playing his bass.

For the rest of the night Connor couldn't get Kevin out of his head, but he was sure that he'd never get to see him again.

*3rd POV still but like with kevin after the show*

Kevin walked off the stage and immediately face-planted into the couch and groaned.

"What's up with you?" Jack asked, flicking his brothers head.

"I'm in love." Kevin said looking up at his band mates.

"Ok that's got to be an exaggeration, how were you not in love before the show and in love after?" Naba pointed out his bs.

"Ok ok, I saw this really cute guy in the audience and well he's my one true love."

"I knew I saw you staring at someone or something at one point. What does he look like." Arnold poked his friends face, until Kevin swatted his hand away.

"Perfect." Kevin said thinking back to the mystery man.

"Elaborate." Naba said, plainly.

"He has red hair and lots of freckles on his pale skin and blue eyes and, from what I could see, a perfect body." He wasn't going to mention what he wanted to do to that body. (I'm sorry but that sounds slightly murderer-ish kevin)

"Man, he seems like a catch," Kevin nodded at Jacks comment "too bad you'll never see him again." Naba hit his arm to shut him up and let their friend/brother have his dream. Kevin just groaned and shoved his face back into the pillow he was holding and let out a muffled sound. Arnold moved to comfort him.

"It's ok, best friend, there's still a chance you'll see him again,and if not then there's more people for you to fall in love with at firs sight." He said while patting Kevin's back. Kevin just groaned in response.

*back to connors POV we'll you know what i mean*

Connor had just finished preforming a play he was in at a local theater and was in his dressing room. As he was changing he let his mind drift and it drifted back to the bassist who had played a few nights prior. He shook the thoughts of Kevin from his head, saying that he'll never see him again and he probably didn't even like him.

After changing he said his goodbyes to his cast mates and off he went. When he was walking to the door he spotted someone outside the door waiting for something or someone. As Connor moved closer he realized that it was the bassist, Kevin, standing and looking around, trying to spot someone.

Connor walked out the doors and his eyes met the brunets as Kevin turned. Connor saw him smile and walk over to him.

"I saw you in the play, you were really good." He told Connor. "I think I also saw you at one of my concerts, what a coincidence."

"Yeah, we did make eye contact, but I thought that I wouldn't get a chance to see you again." Connor said, pushing some hair out of his eyes as he was suddenly aware of what he must look like.

"Well here I am," Connor giggled and Kevin thought he might have a heart attack "You're Connor, right? It was on the cast list."

"Yeah, that's me, Kevin?"

"Yep!"

"Well it was very nice meeting you, Kevin, but I have to get going-" Connor was interrupted.

"Wait, I wanted to ask you, even though we kind of just met, do you wanna go out for dinner tonight? It's my last day here before we all head off to another show." Kevin said. Connor was stunned. Did this handsome man, who he had been crushing on slightly, just ask him out. He felt his head begin to nod.

"Yeah, sure, that sounds great." He said, sounding shocked because he honestly still was.

"Great, here's my number, text me went you can and we can make a plan." Kevin said handing Connor a paper with a phone number on it before leaning down and kissing Connor on the cheek. "Later!" He called as he made his way to his car. Connor stood there for a moment, processing what just happened. When he did his face went red and he looked at the number in his hand.

Good seeing you again xo

xxx-xxx-xxxx

-Kevin P.

*time skip*

"And how long have you been dating the bassist for Ex-Mormons?" The host asked me on the talk show I was on. It has been years since Kevin and I met and started dating and both of us have gotten more recognition. I've been on Broadway as a supporting role and I've been in multiple big movies as both supporting characters and mains. Ex-Mormons has grown in fan base and has be placed on top charts all around the world.

"It's been about 7 years I'd say." I replied and the audience cheered.

"Wow, you two must really like each other to be able to tolerate each other that long." The host joked, we all laughed.

"Yeah well, I'd hope so."

"Well, Connor, we have a bit of a surprise here for you tonight. Everyone, please welcome, Kevin Price from Ex-Mormons!" A spot light came on over Kevin. I gasped because I hadn't seen him in a few months due to him touring and me filming. He had a ukulele and was sitting on a stool. He began to play a song.

He knows this feeling all to well

He feels his heart begin to swell

Handsome stranger,

You've made his insides turn to jelly

He wants to dance around the room

Kiss you until your lips turn blue

But handsome you've made him wonder

Is he pretty?

But it's too late

He believes in fate

He's absolutely smitten

He'll never let you go

As Kevin sang, Connor realized how much the song reminded him of how he and his boyfriend first met. Kevin stood up and walked over to where Connor sat and pulled him to stand before pulling him to the stool and sitting him down. Connor just stared up at the man singing in awe of his voice and the words flooding his senses.

That boy just there yes he's the one

With cupid's arrow in his bum

Handsome stranger you have made him happy

The first in a long time!

Did you just whisper in his ear

Words he only dreamed to hear?

Pretty fella, look at how he's smiling

I think he likes you!

The more he sang, the more Connor smiled, remembering how kevin smiled at him at his concert.

But it's too late

You believe in fate

You're absolutely smitten

You'll never let her go

But it's too late

I believe in fate!

I'm absolutely smitten,

I'll never let you go

He ended the song and the room erupted in applause. When everyone calmed down Kevin stood in front of Connor.

"Connor, I've know you for 7 years of my life and those 7 years have been the best," He started, looking deep into his lovers eyes "we saw each other in the best of time and helped each other out of the worst." Connor thought back to telling both of their famalies about their relationship and how badly that went, luckily they both each other and their siblings. Connor was overcome by a wave of happiness as Kevin continued talking, remembering just how much he loves the other man.

"When I first saw you in the crowd of that concert I said I was in love with you. Now, at the time, it was a bit of an exaggeration but now i can happily say that it's not. I believe that we were meant to be together, we met at my concert and then again at your show, so it must have been fate. Which is why, Connor McKinley," he got down on one knee and pulled out a black velvet box, Connor's hand shot to his mouth "would you do me the honor of spending the rest of my life you, will you marry me?" He finally got out, opening the box to reveal a beautiful silver ring with Connor's rose quartz in the middle.

Tears of joy were coming out of both men's eyes as Connor nodded frantically repeatedly saying the word "yes". Kevin stood up and hugged Connor and the moved to kiss him as the room cheered for the happy couple. The two pulled away and Kevin slipped the ring onto the redheads ring finger and pulled him in for another kiss, this time Connors left hand came up to rest on Kevin's face, letting him feel the cool ring on his finger.

The wedding was beautiful and everyone was happy. Kevin and Connor adopted a little girl and they continued to prosper in their careers, allowing them to live wealthily with their small, but close and loving family, loving every minute of the rest of their lives.

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Frosty Returns REVIEW:

Hello there, everybody. My name is JoyofCrimeArt and welcome to the second review in my month long "Deviant-cember" special event. Christmas time is right around the corner and I don't know about you, but I'm loving it. Christmas is awesome! (No offence to any non Christian or non practicing readers out there. I'm sure your holidays are awesome to, I guess have no personal experience in that department.) The music, the decorations, the food, and the festive feeling of kindness towards your fellow man are all things that make this time of year so wonderful! But one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is all of the Christmas specials. I love Christmas specials. Every year I make it my personal mission to watch as many as I can, from classics like "Rudolph" and "Charlie Brown", to the more contemporary specials like "Olive the Other Reindeer" and "Yes, Virginia." And that's not even counting the really frickin' out there Christmas specials, like "T.I and Tiny's Holiday Hustle." an animated special about hip hop artist T.I. and his family having to team up with an elf in order to save Christmas. Yes, this exist! But that's a review for another day...

(THIS EXISTS!) Today, I want to talk about a different holiday special. A holiday special that features significantly less hip hop and also significantly less holiday. That special would be the 1992 animated tv special "Frosty Returns."

"Frosty Returns" is the a um....sequel?.....Reboot?.....Cash grab? -Of the original Rankin-Bass Frosty special from 1969. This special, however, was not created by Rankin-Bass, but rather Broadway Video's and directed by Bill Melendez. Bill Melendez is most well known for his work on the four theatrical Charlie Brown movies, and this special shares a similar art style to those old Peanuts cartoons. I'm going to be honest here, while I do like the original Frosty the Snowman special, it was always one of the lesser Rankin-Bass holiday specials in my opinion. Like it's not bad or anything, and I use to like it a lot more when I was younger, but it just seems kinda bland compared to some of the other specials. In the original special Frosty was never a super interesting character, and Karen had even less personality then Frosty. The overall story, at least in my opinion, was never super enticing. I guess I've just always been more of a "Santa Claus is comin' to Town." type of guy. Now I don't hate the special by any means, I watch it ever year, and there are stuff in it worth watching. Professor Hinkle is a fun villain, the scene with Frosty melting is genuinely sad, and it's really fun seeing the original crew just go completely bonkers with the sound effects. (Though that part I don't think was intentional.) Sorry if I piss off any die hard Frosty fans out there, (I'm looking at you, little brother!) but I just felt like I needed to show my background with the original Frosty the Snowman special before I start talking about this special. Does this special hold up to the original, or is it just a pale imitation of a true holiday classic? Let's find out together, shall we. The special begins with our weird uncanny valley narrator. A weird uncanny valley narrator is a Frosty the Snowman tradition at this point, and is usually some kind of celebrity who was popular at the time of the specials release. The original Frosty has Jimmy Durante, "Frosty's Winter Wonderland" had Andy Griffith, and this special has Johnathan Winters. Just like director of the Amazing Spider-man films Marc Webb, I'm pretty sure he was only chosen because of his name. Now while all of the Frosty narrator's (with exception of the one from "Legends of Frosty the Snowman.") have fallen into the uncanny valley, the narrator in this special takes the fricking cake! While the other narrators looks a least a little human, Johnathan Winter's in this special looks like an actual gremlin! He's only a few inches tall, and floats around on snowflakes like some kinda sprite. And there's no explanation at all for his existence. He just happens to be like this and where suppose to just nod our heads and go along with it! Also he likes hot coco. This is very important.

Anyway he introduces us to the town of Beansboro, a small town that has just gotten covered with seven inches of snow. We get a brief musical number where all the kids sing about how much the love the snow, and all the adults sing about how much they hate it. The kids love the snow because of all of the fun they get to have in it, while the adults don't like the snow because they have to shovel it, it raises heating bills, makes it harder to drive around, ect. The song is rather good, and but we'll get into this specials music a bit later. After the song is finished we meet our main character Holly DeCarlo and her best friend, Charles. Holly is a shy girl who dreams of becoming a magician, while Charles is a the stereotypical nerd archetype, and kinda looks like a genderbent Marcy from the Peanuts specials. Holly is sad because she was not "invited" to go play in the snow. Now living in the south, I'm far from an expert on snow, but is snow the type of thing you need to get "invited" to? If all the tv specials I've seen has taught me anything I think you just kinda...go out there. All kidding aside though, I get it. She's sad because she has nobody asked to go play with her. I'm just saying, they phrasing is kinda strange. Then Charles asks Holly if she wants to go outside and build a...fertility goddess? Um...as I just stated, I'm far from an expert on snow, but is that something kids do on snow days that I was just blissfully unaware of? Also Is Charles a Pagan? Not the belief system I would expect from somebody who, as the special is going to continually bring up, is a man of logic and does not believe in anything that he cannot solve with logic. Well I for one appreciate the religious diversity this special presents. Bout' time we get a Pagan character in children's media without society making a big deal about it! That's what I say!

pictured Demeter, our Holy Jolly Fertility Goddess.) Anyway, Holly decides that instead of doing...that, she'd rather practice her magic for the magic act because Holly is going to be preforming her magic act during the annual winter carnival in front of the entire town. Holly tells Charles to get into a box and then she gets out the saw. Oh geez, I think this specials about to get a bit dark. Holly doesn't even have another box attached to the box that Charles is in. And the box isn't even closed! Holly clearly has no idea what she's doing and Charles is going to pay the ultimate price for it. This is about to become a very red Christmas. But luckily before Charles goes off to meet Persephone, he asks Holly to open a window because it's hot inside the box. Then a giant gust of wind blows in the room and Holly loses her magic hat. And by giant gust I mean, I pretty sure there's a class five hurricane going on outside and those kids really need to get inside. I mean the wind is strong enough to spin Charles' box around at ridiculous speeds. So then Holly decides to chase after her hat and-HEY WAIT HOLLY, WHAT ABOUT CHARLES?! You're just going to leave him spinning in that box until he vomits, just to go get your stupid hat? It's called priorities Holly, Jesus Christ!

(Bye Charles, thanks for letting me nearly saw you in half!) Holly chases after the hat, and for one brief close up shot we see that Johnathan Winter's is riding the hat. I do not get this. What is the point? Is he guiding the hat to Frosty, or is he just riding it just cause? Holly trails behind the hat, (as it seems this wind managed to blow the hat not only out of Holly's room, but out of Holly's house somehow and down the block. Can the hat open doors?) She bumps into her school teacher, and the teacher talks about how much she hates the snow. There's not much to this scene other then driving the point home that the adults hate snow. After that scene Holly finds the hat it's on the head of a snowman, who just happens to be alive. This is Frosty, this time played by John Goodman, who honestly I really like in this role. He has a very kind and welcoming voice, and it's a lot less "bumbling" sounding then the other Frosty voice actors. Not that I'm trying to knock those voice actors or anything, I'm just saying. Holly tries to introduce herself to Frosty, but Frosty already knows who she is because in Frosty's own words she's a "famous" magician. While yes, this doesn't actually make any sense as an answer I actually really like this scene. Frosty in this special is a lot wiser then he was in the previous Frosty specials, and that's something I really like. Like for example, Holly mentions that she doesn't have any friends other then Charles, and Frosty tells her "Having one friend is a lot more than having no friends." It's a really nice sentiment and a good message for the kids, and to anybody really. Holly's mom walks in and Frosty goes all Toy Story and stops talking or moving because...Well look, if "Toy Story didn't have to explain it then why should this special have to? Oh, there's also a funny joke where Holly's mom calls Holly out for abandoning Charles, saying that he's going to end up "needing to join a support group." Holly's mom talks about how she just bought this brand new product called "Summer Wheeze." the least marketable name for the product ever devised. This product is like a can of aerosol spray that can make snow disappear in seconds! Holly's mom's friend shows up and they start talking like there in an infomercial for the spray. Holly's mom's friend ends up spraying Frosty a bit, causing him to yell. And conveniently nobody seems to hear or acknowledge the snowman's screams of pain. We then transition to the board room of the company that makes Summer Wheeze, and here we meet our villain, Mr. Twitchell and his pet cat, Bones. Mr. Twitchell is a crotchety old curmudgeon played by Brian Doyle-Murray. He's best known for playing Captain K'nuckles in "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" and The Flying Dutchman in "Spongebob." He's also the older brother of actor Bill Murray! I know, it's crazy! He gives a great performance in this special. Now let me lay out Mr. Twitchell's evil plan in this special. It's a pretty complex plan, so try to follow along. Step 1) Make the town love him by getting rid of all of the snow. Step 2) Get rid of all the snow. Step 3) Have the town make him their King out of gratitude. Um......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgxYUxqcg1Q

I swear to high heaven, Mr. Twitchell makes this special. He's so over the top and ridiculous that it's near impossible not to love it. Then, when one of his employees points out the environmental concerns he has his James Bond style cat press a button that activates a trap door under that employees' desk! This villain, man, this villain! He then has his cat, Bones, release an army of trucks to spray the entire town with Summer Wheeze! Let the snowman genocide begin!

By the way, this Summer Wheeze thing must really be a labor of love from Mr. Twitchell. I mean as far as I can tell he's releasing these cars for free. All that Wheeze there using is coming out of his bottom line, unless the town is paying him to use these trucks or something. Then again, I don't think this guy has really thinks through most of the stuff he does. I mean why would anybody buy Summer Wheeze if the company is spraying peoples yard's for free. The next day, Holly decides to keep Frosty in her Freezer until after she comes home from school. What I want to know is what would happen if Holly's mom needed to open the freezer at any point during the day and just saw a talking snowman in there, but that's a question this special doesn't want to answer for us! Also there's a bit where she has to take some turkey out of her freezer to make room for Frosty, then she put's the turkey into her backpack in her rush to get to school on time. Then during class the teachers ask why she has turkey in her desk and she says its for lunch. The teacher tells her to put it away unless she wants to present it as a science project. Holly then, really sincerely sounding, says that she does intend to use the turkey as a science project. It's hard to explain in post form but it's a really confusing bit. Did she intend to bring the turkey or not? Was she intending to use the turkey for her science project or was that just a lie for the teacher? She didn't sound like she was lying. I don't get it. This is another question the special doesn't want to answer for us! Charles is giving a science report about snow, and the environmental importance snow has on the world. Well, it was the nineties, so it was really a matter of time before we got some kind of environmental message. One of the kids interrupts Charles, saying that snow isn't important and his dad says that it gives you heart attacks. (Charles remarks that the kids dad may be confusing snow with chili dogs, another funny joke.) And all the kids start talking about how happy they are that all the snow is melting, so they can do more summer time stuff, like having picnics and volleyball games all year round. Charles points out how snow is important to the environment but none of the kids listen. There are a lot of logical problems with this scene. One, why do all the kids suddenly hate the snow. I know kids can be fickle but earlier in the special the kids love the snow, and that scene took place, like, the day before this scene takes place. Second, I don't get why Charles is so concerned about the environmental aspect of the Wheeze. I mean yeah, it's an aerosol spray so in that regard it's bad for the environment, but if it's just melting the ice it shouldn't be that big a deal right? Again, I'm no snow expert, but snow melts naturally anyway, and this spray is just speeding up the process. One of the environmental benefits of snow that Charles brings up is a source of fresh water, but if the spray is melting the snow it's still making the fresh water, unless the spray itself is contaminating the water. Or unless the snow isn't melting and it's just disappearing, in which case Mr. Twitchell found a way to destroy matter itself, which I think is the much bigger deal here. This special makes a big deal about how important snow is, and while I know different parts of the world are different and have different environmental needs, there are tonnes of places all over the world where it doesn't snow and those places are fine. As long as the snow is still melting things should be fine. And again, maybe there's something in the spray that is bad for the environment, but the special really treats it like it's the absence of snow that's the problem, not the contaminated water supply. Also third, just because the snow is melting doesn't mean that it'll suddenly be a year long summer! The spray isn't actually increasing the temperature of the air! (Well, I mean it is slowly, because of the aerosol, but you'd need to spray a lot of that stuff to make a hole in the ozone layer big enough to create an endless summer.) I mean I've only seen snow twice in my life, but I've still experienced winters! (Though last year it was over eighty degrees on Christmas. That sucked.) Anyway, Holly goes to talk to Frosty, who has left the freezer and is now staying at the winter carnival's ice castle. She tells him about how everybody wants to get rid of all the snow, and how she was to scared to speak out against them. Frosty tells her that it's okay, and gives her some advice on how to be less shy and timid....in the form of a song! The song is actually really good, and one of the most memorable part of the special. I mean, yeah, it does continue to shoe horn in the whole "snow is the most important thing, snow is love snow is life" theme the special has been doing this whole time, and the moral of "when your to scared to talk to someone just sing" is a pretty weird lesson, but dang it the song is really darn catchy! I really feel this is underappreciated Christmas/winter song that really deserves more appreciation! At least until we get to the part where Mr. Twitchell get's his dark reprise verse, and it's basically a weird....rap....I think? That's amazing for completely different reasons!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6PnTmyYT6w

(Also this is unrelated but why does Frosty have a human nose? He says early in the special that once some kid stole his nose to play hacky sack so is it suppose to be a hacky sack? Why does it look so human-ish?) Anyway after the song Charles meets up with Holly and Frosty. At first Charles believes that Frosty is some kind of robot, but Frosty (rather quickly I may add) convinces him that he is a real talking snowman. But then Mr. Twitchell shows up in him limousine and see's Frosty. Naturally, Mr. Twitchell is not at all phased by the talking and walking snowman, and is more concerned with Frosty spreading snow onto his sidewalks. So he does the "logical" thing and sends his pet CAT out to destroy Frosty with a can of Summer Wheeze. SURPRISINGLY this does not end up working. This is what happens when your cat is your elite henchman. Though the cat is able to spray frosty enough to make a massive hole in his chest. Holly is concerned, because there's barely enough snow on the ground to fix Frosty....except for the fact that that isn't true, at all! There is still plenty of snow, just look around you!

But despite the fact that there is still snow all over the place Charles decides to go get some snow that he was saying and pack it all into Frosty. Then they decide to finally do something about mean old Mr. Twitchell. Mr. Twitchell decides to attend the Winter Carnival, and melt all of the snow, cementing himself as the towns hero and future king. Sure, why not. Mr. Twitchell goes on stage so he can be crowned king of the Winter Carnival, when Holly goes on stage to call him out. She talks about how important snow is but Mr. Twitchell is unfazed and unrepentant. So Holly decides to unveil Frosty in front of the whole town and, Hey wait a minute!

Frosty is alive without the hat! That's not allowed! Unless this takes place after "Frosty's Winter Wonderland." Is this a reboot or a sequel?! HAX! I call HAX! So anyway, Frosty decides to sing a reprise of his song to the towns people and everybody in the town immediately decides that they love snow again. No wonder Mr. Twitchell thought he could become this towns king, this is the most easily swayed town in the world! Everybody in town rejoices at the magical talking snowman that nobody questions the existence of. Mr. Twitchell decides to get into one of his weird Summer Wheeze spraying vans and, because he's Mr. Twitchell, decides to let the cat drive. This goes about as well as you'd expect.

FRICKIN' REK'D SON!

I kid of course, Mr. Twitchell survives the crash Holly and Frosty shows him some kindness by giving him the Winter Carnival crown and taking him on a sled ride. Frosty then tells Holly that it's time for him to leave, as he wants to go to another town to help another kid. Holly hugs Frosty and wishes him goodbye and the special ends with weird Johnathan Winters/Mr. Mxyzptlk hybrid telling us that Mr. Twitchell decided to change his ways and go into the sled making business. This change of heart lasted a total of four days until, at the age of one hundred and ten, Mr. Twitchell died in his home and his body was eaten by his cat, Bones. The End. So in conclusion, is the special good? Well that depends on your perspective. On a technical aspect the special is not very well made. The animation isn't very good, with the exception of one scene early on in the special where Johnathan Winter's is actually animated very fluidly. But other then that you can see that this special doesn't have much of a budget. There are a lot of plot points in the special that either don't make sense or only make sense because the characters are so stupid. Also, while the environmental/"snow is totes awesome" moral isn't as heavy handed as I remembered them being, there still pretty heavy handed. Also, this isn't flaw or anything, the background music has a real "Rugrats" vibe to it. I'm not knocking it, but I really wonder if that show and this special had the same music director or something. All that being said the special isn't awful either. There's a lot of stuff to like. It has an excellent voice cast, not just in John Goodman and Brian Doyle-Murray, but also Holly's voice actress, Elisabeth Moss. She was only ten at the time this special was made, but her voice really adds a good level of sincerity to the role. Also while Holly is still a fairly generic character she's still more interesting then Karen. I don't know if the Frosty purist will agree with me on this, but that's really how I feel. Holly has an arc, she starts of timid and shy, but in the end ends up standing up to the villain head on. Also I like how Frosty is characterized. He's a lot wiser, and much more comforting. This probably has a lot to do with John Goodman's performance, but I think the writing had a bit to do with it to. This special has a really catchy song and a really hammy villain in the form of Mr. Twitchell. The other Frosty specials don't have Mr. Frickin' Twichell. So that's a plus in this specials favor. Overall, while I'm not sure if this is an objectively better special than the original, I know I definitely enjoy it more. Sure, it's was most likely made as a cash in on the Frosty brand, but it's an enjoyable cash in! While this special probably has higher highs and lower lows that the original special, at least it's not boring. If your looking for a more well made holiday special with good animation, interesting characters, and a good holiday lesson this special is probably not for you. But if you want a weird, so bad it's good type of special that does have some legitimately good parts in it, even if the special as a whole isn't the greatest, then I highly recommend it! Check it out if you haven't seen it, and come to your own conclusion. So that's my review of "Frosty Returns." But if you think where done with Frosty the Snowman, oh how wrong you are. Join me next Friday, as I tackle the other Frosty sequel that wasn't make by Rankin-Bass, "Legend of Frosty the Snowman." Because, to quote Notorious rapper Biggie Smalls "Mo' Frosty, Mo Problems." Have you seen Frosty Returns, and what do you think of it? I'd love to hear your opinion, even if it's completely different from mine. I'd love to start a conversation. What's your favorite Frosty special, or just holiday special in general. If you have any suggestions for stuff for me to review in the future leave it in a comment down bellow, and I might look into it. Please fav, follow, and comment if you liked the review, and have a great day. (I do not own any of the images or videos in this review all credit goes to there original owners.)

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ethans-a-nerd · 6 years

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Hello! Could I request a Ethan x reader where she's on Broadway, (in the musical 'Chicago') But still a part of teamiplier, so everyone goes to see her? And she's in Cell Block Tango and so when the show is done she's goes and sees the boys and there like... intimidated? But Ethan is intimidated and like...oddly attracted to her? And that's what leads to them confessing their feelings for each other? Sorry if it's such a long request!

Yes. I love this. It's beautiful. Ironically, I wrote this when playing sound cues at a rehearsal for the musical my high school is preforming. It's kinda long so strap in. Sorry it took so long imma working on something really ace for this account :3.

Word Count: 1193

Enjoy- not Alice

"Y/N! Five minutes 'till C.B.T!" You tried your hardest to not roll your eyes at the ASM (assistant stage manager). The boy in question being a good friend of yours.

"You don't say!" You whisper yelled at him. Candace, the wardrobe mistress was giving your costume to the dressers as they took your clothes off hastily, but carefully. The small, lacy, and very reviling set of lingerie that was your costume for C.B.T was pulled over your body. Greg the ASM ushered you to the side wings of stage left.

"Sound cue hold" you held your head up and plastered on a big smirk.

"Sound cue go" the music started and you forced yourself to look pissed.

"Pop" Tina walked out from in front of you.

"Six" Louise strutted out and sat on her respected chair.

"Squish" Abigail moved her hands and joined the other two girls.

"Uh uh" Jacqueline said the rosery prop clutched in her hand.

"Cisero" You said putting your revealed leg out first. You sway forward and you glare at Annalise, the actress who played Roxie.

The song continued, flowing easily. As the other "merry murderes" sang their stories you swayed your hips, body rolled, 'smoked a cigarette', and looked fucking pissed.

Jacqueline finished her beautiful Hungarian song and you stepped up.

"My sister, Veronica and I had this double act. And my husband, Charlie, traveled round with us" you took a 'drag' from your prop cigarette. Keeping the grin from overcoming your face you continued to talk.

"I completely blacked out, I can't remember a thing. It wasn't until later,

when I was washing the blood off my hands. I even knew they were dead"

As the chorus hit you revealed your fury as Velma. You danced with James and Lisa, who played your husband and Veronica. You were dipped, twirled, and carried, the lingerie did little to cover you. You kept singing as you moved into the triangle position with the other girls.

The song ended as Megan sang "Lipschitz". The lights faded to black and you rushed off the stage along with the other girls to change costume. The rest of the show went on without a hitch and by the time it was over you were overwhelmed with pride. Walking out 'Roxie' and 'Big Mamma' you three took a bow.

"Y/N! Holy shit!" Someone said coming up to you once you were backstage again. You grinned as Amy as she gushed about your dancing.

"Thank you so much. It means so much to me that you all flew up here to see me" you blushed as they all stared at you, amazed.

"It's your debut on BROADWAY like fuck we wouldn't come see you!" Kathryn said pulling you into a hug.

You adjusted your robe from slipping. The only thing on underneath was the last numbers revealing outfit. Being onstage was one thing but you weren't flashing anyone close up.

The boys still hadn't said a word just looked shocked.

"What?" You said look from Tyler to Mark, to Ethan. "Never seen a friend of yours dance around in their lingerie." You joked. This caused Mark and Tyler to snap out of it.

"I never expected to be intimidated by a musical" Tyler said and you laughed. Mark nodded agreeing with him.

"You guys were intimidated by me? You guys are fucking nerds!" You cried out laughing.

Ethan stayed quite as you laughed heartily with everyone else. He couldn't help but to replay Cell Block Tango in his head as he looked at you. Taking a shaky breath he gulped. He was pulled out of his intense gaze on you by a nudge.

"Tell her congratulations" Amy whispered noting Ethan's rare silence.

"Ah fuck" Ethan mumbled out causing you to laugh again.

"I've rendered Ethan speechless! Now that is my greatest accomplishment" you smiled at him but turned away, someone calling you. Candace was mock glaring at you and you looked down.

"Oh shit! I gotta change out of my costume. Wait here I'll be right back" you rushed into your dressing room and it closed behind you.

"Really Ethan?" Any and Kathryn said. Mark and Tyler looked over to the three. "You could even tell her how great she did"

Ethan looked down. His erratic heat beat calming down with you being gone. "You know that little crush I had on Y/N when she first joined the team? Well it came back"

The others froze and looked at one another.

He can't tell her Mark thought. If things get ugly she'll remember this night as the night she lost Ethan's friendship. She deserved to be so happy, she just accomplished her dreams.

Amy and Mark exchanged glanced, their minds thinking the same thing.

"Ethan hun" Amy began. She looked at Ethan's defeated expression and looked to the others for help.

"Wait 'till after she's been doing the show at least a week before you tell her" Mark said putting a hand in Ethan's shoulder. "Y/N has a lot on her mind. If you really like her respect her mental health"

At this moment Y/N came bounding back. A pair of shorts and a shirt with a button up opened on her.

"You guys want to go get something to eat? I'm starving" you asked rubbing your stomach. You glanced up and noticed everyone's awkwardness. You have a questioning look to Ethan then to Kathryn.

"Me too, we should go to that one pizza place that still makes healthy stuff" Tyler said looking at you. You smiled and nodded. Ever since you got the part as 'Velma' you had been working out and watching your figure.

"Come on guys" You said looping your arm with Tyler and Amy. They laughed at you and the six of you walked out of the theatre.

You chatted excitedly about the show and the rest laughed and asked questions when appropriate.

"Wait you have people rip off your clothes and then dress you?" Kathryn asked as you told her about the quick changes.

You nodded "it was really weird the first time but I mean they're doing they job and they're helping the show go along"

The others digested that as you all walked some more. The red lights of the restaurant lite up the night and you ran to it excited.

#crankgameplays x reader #crankgameplays imagine #crankgameplays #stay cranky #cranky crew #ethan nestor darling #ethan nestor imagine #ethan nestor x reader #ethan nestor #teamiplier x reader #teamiplier

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ellas-erster · 6 years

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My most recent NYC experience

I was tired the first day

But I thrifted a ton of great stuff

I found two new-ish pairs of vans in my size

And a bunch of flair pants

(I even thrifted a Burberry shirt fffff)

Next day I walked a loooong way just to get to the NYU store

My grandma and I almost got separated on the subway because the door closed on her as once I was in the train

I saw a ton of cute girls who were both too old for me and weren’t in my league

The next day I spent way too much money on broadway and pop culture stuff

(There’s this really great comic book store that I go to every time I’m in nyc)

I got schmackary’s too!!

And

Dear Evan Hansen tickets for like 8 months from now

But like

Still

Then I saw mean girls

And just

Wow

It was mainly obc

Ian played Cady’s dad

Right when the overture started playing I freaked out (but not obnoxiously. I’m civil)

Then Barrett and Grey walked onstage

S h o o k

It was just amazing from start to finish

One joke referencing Russia election interference

And comment targeting boys who ask for nudes and are pervy

And I appreciated them so much

I’m in love with the whole cast

Everyone

Someone in the cast asks me out?

Hells yes I would date anyone in the cast

(Too young to tho Oof)

UHM

ok so (if you’re a newsies stan) you know how Ian Young always spreads his legs reallllllly far when he stands in newsies live?

Yes? Well he did it in mean girls

And I was shook

He was smiling sooo much

And tbh I was watching him, Nikhil and DeMarius A L O T

I LOVE THE CAST SO MUCH OK

I think DMC accidentally said “HA!” Loudly into his mic when he was doing a lift with Erika

‘‘Twas funny

Can I just say

Mathletes 29/10

The best

I was one of the only people to cheer during Kevin G and the Power of Three

Like guys

It’s iconic. Give them love

Even tho BTC wasn’t preforming, Patrick (who played Tyler) is great

Like he’s cute and talented and sweet

UHM so I rushed to the stage door after the final bow

I got to the barrier like right in front of the door so I could see inside

I WAS SHOOK AT THE STAGEDOOR

so it started raining

I met one of the Lulu’s from waitress?????

So it started raining

Oof

So I met Kerry, TAYLOR, Patrick, NIKHIL AND CHEECH

And I got a pick with Nikhil

Made a fool of myself cuz I gave him my full name, then my nick name and he just kinda laughed and then REMEMBERED MY NAME AND SAID BYE TO ME

Then I almost cried ok ok ok

But like wow

It was raining and some of the cast still came out

Actually the sweetest people ever

And just

I loved the show so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much

#mean girls musical #wow #ok

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rescueonefinancialnet · 2 years

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Need some writing help for a comic I'm working on, I also posted this to r/LGBT but feel it's relevant here as well as far as seeking feedback :)

Hi, I am a 19 year old as far as I know for now cisgender bisexual girl. I have a fairly diverse set of original characters I have created over the years, most of which LGBT+. I was hoping that if anyone fits one or more of the traits I have for my OCs they could tell me what they would want out of representation, what I could possibly do wrong, what I should do right, etc. Thank you! Collin Goldman: He/Him age 18 cisgender, MLM, raised very Catholic, only child. My main character. I am not a gay man nor was I raised religious. Benjamin "Ben" Knight: He/Him age 18 Trans man, Aro and Ace, Latino, 5' ft tall, has a large-ish loving family. Now Ben is my second oldest character to Collin, he was a cisgender white blonde guy before I fused him with another character because he and the other were fairly boring on their own. Again now I'm not trans, I'm not aro or ace, and I am white. My brother expressed concerns that with the existence of Encanto and similar media becoming popular I could accidentally make these traits into a caricature of what I intended. Ben was of course created prior to me seeing and loving the movie, but I wanted to see what others thought and how I can do him justice. I also know that it's a nasty trope to make aro/ace people robotic? Ben has always been the heart of his group, although he tends to hold back suppress his more negative emotions bottling them up. He is very empathetic as well. Suki she/her, age 19 cisgender. She is a character I named after the atla character who I love. She is as the first name entails Asian American of some kind, I'm still working out details. She is one of my redeemable villains, and is basically like Honey Lemon from Big Hero 6 in the aspect she is a chemist and uses that to her best ability. She is also a Lesbian, because I wanted a girl friend for my other character Vienna (she/her, age 18 cisgender) also a redeemable villain. Am I accidentally falling into the smart Asian person and mean Lesbian stereotypes with them? Suki isn't the only scientist in my story, most my characters are brilliant except for maybe Collin but he's honestly meant to reflect off of his best friends Ben and Harper as more of a defensive type rather than brains (Ben but also Harper in tech type scenarios) or brawn (Harper). My villains also reflect these traits. Vienna and Suki are "mean" because they're antagonists but grow past that and have reasons for it. Next I have Cantus Schurk he/him age 19 who is some form of non-woman loving non-woman I haven't settled on any labels yet. He is a dancer, preforming, actor, etc. Quite the show man. Is he too flamboyant? Or is he okay? He was once loosely based on music meister from DC, but now more so has similar abilities to Black Canary and a mime/clown aesthetic. He was also raised by his washed up, vain, ex broadway star grandmother who never showed him he was good enough. Blue is Collins love interest, he is also MLM. Blue (he/him age 18) is a darker character, he has a lot of trauma from his time as a foster kid and life in general. He smokes, he drinks, and can well read thoughts so he has a lot going on. I don't do a lot of those things haha. Although I definitely have my own trauma it's not quite the same as him. He has been abused and beaten down physically and mentally, and his walls are built way up. On to Everett They/Them age 18 my main thing is did I make them too goofy? I tend to write personalities and add on a character after. Ev is fueled by my love of cryptids and other mystery type things. They host a podcast with their best friend Lainey. They are also an excellent hacker amongst other things. They have a fashion taste for badly photoshopped tshirts with big foot or other cryptids, and fun pins or jewelry. They often are energetic and a comedic relief type. This ties into the fact that they aren't taken seriously, and honestly struggle with expressing serious emotions or handling serious situations. Their arc involves others taking them seriously eventually through some dire situations. Last two are Derek Dickson and Delainey Marshall. Derek he/him 18, is a bisexual mad robocist with albinism. As well as Ben's self proclaimed rival, this is one sided Ben does not care he doesn't need enemies. Derek is a bit of a flirt, which he always had been even before I projected on to him with my ADHD and bisexulness haha. I'm not too concerned about him but still want feed back. Lainey 18 she/her cisgender, pansexual. Lainey is a journalism major and Everett's best friend. She too loves Cryptids. Other favorite things include sunflowers, Tea, and cartoons. She is honest and blunt. She seeks the truth in everything and is fairly competitive. She is not one to easily push around. She is soft and feminine as well. When creating her she was always a black woman, when I was 16 I had read an article that dark skinned women are less favored in media and or portrayed as agressive, trashy, or manly. Again her personality accompanied the design later on, and I am unsure if there is anything negative about her. She is actually one of my favorites, and I really want her to be done as well as possible. TLDR: I a cisgender, white, bisexual, atheist raised, woman want to ensure my comic characters who verge away from those specific traits are written well and would love to see what other people want to see.

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absolxguardian · 7 years

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Smartphone Hour vs Telephone Hour

So I was listening to Broadway radio, like any normal person, and this older song came on. Now the interesting thing is that the Telephone Hour has a structure similar to Smartphone Hour, so much that I’m pretty sure Smartphone Hour is supposed to be a homage to it. So here are some comparisons.

(I’m going to be writing this explaining the Bye Bye Birde stuff, but not the BMC stuff because the later actually has a fandom)

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So for background on Telephone, I don’t really know what’s happening. But from what I could tell based on a summary I found, this sets up Kim’s and Hugo’s relationship for payoff later. But that doesn’t matter. But basically Kim told her friend that she and Hugo banged so then it spreads across the entire town.

So Smartphone opens with texting and that part of the song has no parrel to Telephone, showing how in the modern age, instead of just having the phone ring when they don’t pick up, you can bug them in text form. Then each of the first receiver’s phones rings 3 times. However, instead of the sound of a ringing phone in smartphone, it’s just Chole reading off the caller id.

Now after the information is first spread in each song, everyone picks off the information and shares it with everyone. It’s pretty similar for both songs, but here are the main differences:

Telephone

In the rapid spreading of information, this guy named Harvey is completely talked over. Everyone he tries to call thing he’s trying to talk about Hugo and Kim and talks over him.

Unlike Smartphone, parts of the song are hostile, with some people talking about how they won’t last or attacking Hugo for loving Kim. In Smartphone everyone shows at least some false performative form of sympathy.

Smartphone

Not counting that text is added to communication as a medium, there are two main differences:

1. Preformative sympathy: Now this is probably just because the focus of Smartphone is a tragedy, but the change in times also makes performative sympathy better. Changing your profile pic and thinking you know what’s happening, making it about you, is so much easy in modern times(I’d link the relevant part of DEH here, but it’s not part of a song).

2. False information: Why Ritch set the fire changes throughout the song. This also probably has to do with the fact there even are questions, but false information is more easily spread when you don’t have to go one to one person.

#bmc #bmc meta #smartphone hour #bye bye birde

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Request: Helpless

Request: Psst hello can i make a req. For number 27 "I'm pregnant" with Lin manuel w/(i like me some negative prego tho Y/N doesn't want that child) angst?

AN: Sorry this took me like years to actually write for you! I hope you like it!

Helpless. That’s how Y/N felt as she stared down at the small white stick in her hand with two blue lines that were straight from one of her nightmares. Y/N wanted kids, to be a mom and have her own family and live in a cute house with a white picket fence, you know the cliche dream. But not now. She had just landed her first major Broadway role which had been her dream since she had been in her first small musical in the first grade as one of the ‘Happy Flowers’. Fast forward 20 years later, she had gotten the role of Eliza, opposite of the creator and walking dream Lin Manuel Miranda. She had never met someone so absolutely perfect in her life. The two clicked, just like there characters and out of pure cliche they had gotten together. Y/N would never admit it to herself but they were madly in love. She didn’t want to let herself be in love with him, telling herself constantly that what ever was going on between them was only because of their stage chemistry, even when their off stage chemistry was explosive. She couldn’t ruin her shot on Broadway by falling head over heels for her first love interest. But of course you can only deny so much until you finally cave, and she did. She caved hard.

“This cant be happening.” She paced back and forth in the bathroom, one hand pulling at her hair while the other continued to hold the pregnancy test. Her emotions were a mess, on one hand she was terrified. There was no way she could have a kid right now, it would ruin everything she had going for herself. On the other hand she was ecstatic, just like every other girl on the planet when they find out they are going to be a mother. Y/N would have to tell Lin, he deserved to know. It was his kid after all. That fact made her feelings more confused. Lin would be an amazing father, there was no denying that. But Y/N couldn’t ask him to step away from what he had created just for a kid, and he could easily tell Y/N that he cant have a pregnant Eliza on stage. Of course Lin would never be that blatant about it, but Y/N wasn’t thinking clearly.

“Y/N we are all ready to go!” Someone knocked on the door of the bathroom. Y/N’s hands were shaking, her whole body was starting to shut down out of shock. She shoved the stick into her bag and splashed her face with water before taking a deep breath and opening the bathroom door. She walked slowly onto stage where everyone was already waiting in groups with all of their things ready to go out for the night.

The bar was packed with all of the Hamilton cast, everyone laughing and talking loudly as they drank and danced the night away. In one corner there was the typical group of theater people who drunkenly were singing “Alexander Hamilton” making up versus to poke fun at Lin. Renee stumbled away from the group and joined Y/N’s side.

“You look far to sober.” She laughed as she tried to hand Y/N a glass. The stench alone coming from the glass was enough to nearly make Y/N drunk.

“I’m not drinking tonight.” Y/N laughed lightly, her hand protesting the drink. Renee rolled her eyes with a smile as she slung her arm over Y/N’s shoulder.

“Well more for me!” Y/N chuckled, shaking her head as she looked away from her to survey the crowd. She spotted Lin laughing across the way with Daveed, his angelic smile was enough to make anyone feel happy. Y/N smiled herself as she looked at him, forgetting for a moment all of the stress she was feeling. She really did love him. How did she get so lucky?

Y/N excused herself from Renee, and slowly made her way through the crowd. Her heart was racing and her brain was in a jumble as she tried to think of what to say to him.

“Lin can I talk to you for a minute?” She grabbed lightly onto Lin’s elbow, grabbing his attention from Daveed. Both of the guys looked to her with smiles as Lin excused himself and followed Y/N through the crowd of couples dancing at the bar that they had all met at. She led them down a hallway and out the back door into an alleyway behind the bar so that they could be completely alone. As soon as the door shut behind Lin he reached his hand out grabbing Y/N’s in his own and turning her around to look at him. His eyes lovingly looked over her features, his brows knitting together as he noticed how worried she seemed.

“Are you okay my love?” His voice was laced with sweetness. Y/N’s stomach doing back flips as she stared at him. She was at a loss for words. Lin was the easiest person to talk to, someone she had spend countless of hours talking to about her life and deepest secrets in the late nights that seamlessly would turn into early mornings and watching the sunrise as they held each other closely. Yet in this moment she could hardly catch her breath and felt sick to just be near him. “Y/N you know you can tell me anything.” His hand reached up and gently caressed her cheek.

“I’m pregnant.” She blurted out. Lin’s eyes grew wide as he stared at Y/N, a smile growing slowly on his lips as his hands grabbed for Y/N’s.

“This is brilliant!” He quickly wrapped his arms around her, scooping her off of the ground and spinning her around in a circle. As soon as he let her down he pulled her against him into a kiss fueled with passion but her moved her hands to his chest and pushed him away cutting the kiss short. “This kid will be absolutely perfect! I need to start writing, I can have the perfect song made up by the time the little guy is born and we can all preform it for him.” Lin pulled his phone out his pocket and began typing away words for a song while he continued to ramble on about what their kid would be like. “We’re gonna have a baby! And I think that maybe, my girlfriend might be jealous because I will love it more than her!” He sang away made up words that made no sense as he grinned at Y/N who just stared at him in disbelief.

“Lin stop.” She reached out and lowered his hand with his phone down. “You can’t be serious right now.” Lin’s singing slowly faded away as his smile fell and was replaced with confusion.

“Y/N whats wrong? We are having a kid! This is amazing!” He cheered again, his voice echoing down the alleyway.

“Lin...I- I cant have a kid!” Y/N yelled, surprised by the power behind her voice. “Not right now. I just got my first ever broadway role. I’m just scratching the surface and making a name for myself. If I leave now to go and have a baby I will never be able to get this dream. I have no time to raise another human! I can hardly take care of myself, how in the hell am I supposed to take care of this?” She pointed to her stomach, her voice getting shakey as she spoke and angry tears starting to fall down her cheeks. Y/N sat herself down on a wooden crate that was near where they stood. Lin followed suit and kneeled beside her, taking her hands in his.“Eliza cant just constantly be pregnant on stage, plus I can’t ask you to leave Hamilton. Its starting to sweep the nation off its feet. We cant just jump ship.” Lin nodded with a small smile as he nodded and listened to what she was saying. He still couldn’t shake the overwhelming excitement and love that he felt in this moment.

“Y/N. I love you, more than words can even express. We will figure this out. We have each other through this that will be enough.” Y/N sniffled and looked up from the ground to meet Lins gaze, a small smile starting to form on her lips. “We can go to the doctors and make sure that this is real. It will take a few weeks before you even start showing and even then who cares if Eliza has a small stomach? When you start getting to the point where you need to take a break from preforming, we will take a break from Hamilton, take a season off. We have already stolen America’s heart, you have stolen their heart. You have stolen my heart. There is no way that this will be the end of your career. AS long as I have a job, you have a job.” Y/N had no words to say to Lin, if she tried to speak it would just result in her crying. She quickly leaned forward and wrapped her arms around him, pulling him tightly against her as she nuzzled her face into his neck.

“I love you.” He smiled as he turned and placed a kiss on top of her head.

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