Sometimes I just randomly remember the frankly exhausting story of the 2020 West Side Story revival and I have to go through the wiki page just to make sure I haven't forgotten anything because it is SO MUCH that poor production just couldn't stop taking Ls
Production made some WILD changes including, but not limited to: cutting "I Feel Pretty" and overall making the show so short it didn't even have an intermission, changing the ballet choreography to hip-hop (no snapping), casting POC actors to play the Jets, giving the characters iPhones, and using giant screens with pictures of the actors as the majority of the set design
Two of the five main actors got injured before previews even ended, one of which delayed their opening night by two weeks and the other just had to leave the show permanently (the latter then went on to be in the Steven Spielberg remake in 2021)
One of the other three main actors had been fired from their dance company and a previous show due to SA allegations, which led to extreme backlash and protests outside of the theatre (idk any details about this, just an added layer of insanity to this show)
They found out like six months after closing that they weren't eligible for the Tony Awards because they opened on February 20 and the cutoff date had been moved back to February 19th due to COVID
SEE NUMBER TWO AGAIN IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT ONE INJURY THEY WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR A TONY AWARD
If they had opened on their original date, they would have won Best Revival of a Musical because they would have been the only show that was eligible (assuming they got nominated, I'm still mad about The Lightning Thief)
The lead producer later "stepped down from his active roles in Broadway production" because a bunch of his employees came forward and exposed him for being such a toxic boss he got bullied out of the industry
Like, imagine being just Some Guy in the ensemble or the crew just trying to do your job and all this nonsense happens
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so the air in central new jersey (and the rest of the US east coast) sucks right now because of *checks notes* canada??
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HEY GUYS I WROTE ANOTHER FIC WOOOO
this time its an owl house one-shot all about the feeling of growing up that i wrote to help cope with the emotions of moving out :DDD
Relationships: Amity Blight & Luz Noceda, Amity Blight & Luz Noceda & Willow Park & Gus Porter, Hunter | The Golden Guard & Luz Noceda, your honor they are simply the best of friends and i love them so much
Characters: Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Gus Porter, Hunter | The Golden Guard (The Owl House), Willow Park
Additional Tags: #Fix-it, #Post-Episode: s02e21 King's Tide (The Owl House), #Spoilers for Episode: s02e21 King's Tide (The Owl House), #Tree Climbing, #Title from an Oh Hellos Song, #Luz Noceda Gets a Hug, #Hurt/Comfort, #Emotional Hurt/Comfort, #Character Study, #The Human Realm (The Owl House)
Summary:
“My friends!” She called out, letting her voice take on an overly dramatic tone, “You have traveled far and wide to visit our little park, and for that I thank you! Now, I’m sure that you all have many questions as to why I brought you here today.” She paused slightly, hoping that one of her friends would take the hint and be willing to play along.
“Why did you bring us here?” Hunter called out, causing Luz’s face to break out in a grin. She nodded her head towards him ever so slightly in thanks, hoping he would understand.
“I’m so glad you asked my friend! Today, I, Luz Noceda, powerful witch apprentice, student of the great Eda the Owl Lady—” she made sure to place a hand on her chest for extra dramatic flair, “— shall be teaching you all…” another pause for dramatic effect, “… how to climb a tree!!”
Applause broke out from her four friends, each of them watching her with smiles on their faces. Good. She was glad that she was still able to bring them joy.
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Luz tries to teach her friends how to climb a tree, and is forced to face the reality of growing up in the process. Luckily, she has some very good friends by her side.
Title from Bitter Water by The Oh Hellos
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Effloresce snippet
Quartz glimmered, caught in the bone. Augurs did not use what was freshly killed, but found. Only what the mountains had only taken their toll from, shaped and aged into something powerful.
It was the glyph for summer.
Kali, who’d been the one to teach Cassian what his name meant, who drew the bones, one foot in war and one in the long-dead line of clan mothers- Kali shook her head. Tapped the back of Cassian’s other hand, and dropped a second bone into his palm.
Summer- for longing, for lightening, for Cassian-
The second draw was blood.
“She is a sword,” Kali said, unsympathetic to the ravages of Cassian’s overflowing heart. “A storm. I’d chose to fly it.”
Illyrians had been a martial people long before their existence had been reduced to an endless assemblage of High Fae wars. It shown even in secrets. Blood of the hunt, blood of battle, slaughter dishonorable, or this: blood, in making. The seething of a sword. The birth of a child. The death of a dream.
A portent that was as much a warning as a welcome.
She folded Cassian’s fingers over bone, and smiled. “Always knew you’d lead us somewhere, kiddo. Your heart is too big to bleed alone.”
Cassian laughed. “I’m more than five hundred years old, Commander.”
A crackle, more than an answered laugh, beads in her hair tinkling like so much rain. “Maybe when you’re two thousand I’ll stop seeing the little terror that kept crashing into damned trees.”
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What would you say is an art piece your most proud of and one you are most ashamed of?
i dont really have a good answer for that!! i am, however, really having fun with outlining and planning a hypothetical Season 4 of Sonic X
I just finished writing episode synopses for all 8 episodes of the 06 Solaris Incident Arc. That was,,, a ride trying to plot the game out for a TV format, while also clarifying and changing parts of the story to make 06 more cohesive (and also shove Chris in there. He's the one who revives Sonic in this version btw)
But while I haven't fully refined my draft, I am proud of how I included an interesting thematic question to be explored with each story, as well as gave Elise a bit more agency in her own choices. Making sense to that game is rough, lemme tell you
I am not ashamed of a single project of mine as all my works are brilliant and I am not a coward
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Hello, I’m Marie.
This blog is a side blog, dedicated to helping me improve my writing through making small fics. Drabbles and/or single chaptered works is what I’m going for. For ideas, I’d love to ask you to send prompts in my ask box for me to write. It could be as specific as you want or even just a name for inspiration. Thank you!
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