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Darkness and Light... neither are better than the other! It's when they're mixed together, singing in harmony, that our world is painted in brilliant colors!

+ alternate versions of the harmony one because i like them

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Kind of awesome being raised under a rock because I hear about a movie and go yeah I’ll check that out. Never heard of it before. Watch it. Get my DICK blown off. And then am like. Wow…… has anyone else heard about this critically acclaimed film with a 96% on rotten tomatoes that great filmmakers cite an inspiration for THEIR critically acclaimed films……..

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can you reblog a two-part post in the correct order?

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Glinda realizing how beautiful Elphaba is without changing anything about her, not even her clothes.

The only thing she does during "Popular" is take Elphaba's glasses off and pin her own pink flower, a part of herself, into's Elphaba's hair.

"Pink goes good with green." "Goes well with green." "It so does."

Stepping out of my shippy bubble for a second here to say that what adds an extra layer to the scene is that they hired Erivo as Elphaba (commentary on Western standards of beauty).

Seriously, aside from Alexia Khadime (West End production, London), how has Broadway never put 2+2 together? Elphaba is marginalized due to the color of her skin.

Anyway, back to the gelphie brainrot:

I don't know if the upcoming film will change this, but in the musical there's a subtle difference between what Glinda and Fiyero say about Elphaba's beauty. (Thanks to the mutual who mentioned this.)

(Act 2, Scene 4) E: I wish I could be beautiful for you. F: Elphaba-- E: Don’t tell me that I am. You don’t have to lie to me. F: It’s not lying, it’s looking at things another way.

vs. Glinda's often breathless (depends on the actress/performance):

(Act 1, Scene 7) Why, Miss Elphaba—look at you. You’re beautiful.

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Anyway just gonna say w my whole chest that Chuck Tingle is an incredible author who writes compelling characters, hilarious dialogue, and genuinely terrifying villains. I read Bury Your Gays in about a day, made my partner read it, and then gave it to my best friend, @something-of-the-marvelous.

My best friend is a slow reader, by his own admission. It takes him Forever to read stuff, let alone finish things. He started BYG one evening and was finished by the next evening. He brought it into the bathroom with him (for apparently the first time with a book - can't relate, the toilet is one of the best reading spots in the house). He loved it so much, and I felt so happy to give him one of the best reading experiences he's ever had. It was so good. Authors dream of finding "their" audience, but I have maybe never seen a more clear example of an audience member finding "their" book. It was like it was grown in a lab for him (pun ABSOLUTELY intended, if you've read BYG).

Chuck Tingle is paving the way for queer, neurodivergent authors everywhere. He is a shining example of staying kind in a cruel world. Instead of crawling into a hole and never speaking to another living person again after the Hugo Awards debacle, which is what I would have done, he took the high road so far above he basically made a new segment of the stratosphere (which I will now consider the Tinglesphere). He has fought for and earned every ounce of his career, and at the center of all of his work is the idea of writing to bring joy to other people. You can tell. You can see it.

I don't know him personally, of course. But from what I do know - he's an incredible person and an incredible writer. No justifications, no "for an erotica author", no "actually". He's just good, and we don't deserve him. He's sledgehammering space for buckaroos at a table that has historically not been very buckaroo-friendly, and I will always, always appreciate that.

Thank you, @drchucktingle . We love you.

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my mom didn’t believe in lying to children so when I first asked about santa claus as a small child she was like “oh santa claus is another name for a man named saint nicholas who lived a long time ago. he was a very kind and generous man and he loved giving people presents and he would do things like put presents in people’s stockings when they were hung up to dry by the fire, so they would find them and be surprised. so now when we give presents at christmas it’s fun to pretend saint nicholas or ‘santa claus’ brings them. and we hang up stockings by the fire and when we get up in the morning there are presents in them, just like if saint nicholas was still alive to bring them!”

so that thanksgiving one of my uncles said jovially “so mac, are you being good for santa claus?” and little (not quite three year old) mac looked up and raised an eyebrow and said witheringly “he’s dead.”

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Phrases to borrow for my next migraine.

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Dec. 1, 2015 | Gaza City, Palestine

Palestinian schoolgirls walk in front of a rainbow illuminating the sky over Gaza City’s shore.

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one thing i adore about fandom is the “[bad parent]’s A+ parenting” tag on ao3. it’s so universal and so sarcastic and it makes me giggle every time i see it