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[bebrave-live]

[a-person-on-the-internet]

Only Epic the Musical could have a solid 50% of the fandom say "ooh kinky" after watching a graphic torture scene.

I do not blame any of yall. I can see it.

But also. Damn.

[jhoca]

Aides-de-camp

My favorite revolutionary boys - it’s Washington’s military family! I will always find it entertaining how everyone was really tall and made Hamilton look small at average height. Shoutout to the best rider, Meade 💙 I’ll be so proud if you can tell who is who :) I posted bonus doodles and sketches on my insta

Special thanks to this useful post by @revolutionary-pirate for Meade! Meade doesn't seem to have a portrait like everyone else, so it was very helpful - I used their description and portraits of his family members as reference

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[royalarchivist]

Pac: [Singing] Maybe it's better this way, we'd hurt each other's feelings– Man, I never- I sang this song with Fit, huh? While in Rotterdam. I should– I should have taken pictures of it, or recorded it.

Pac: [Reading chat] "Liar" It's true! [Reading chat] "Fake news, Pac" It's real! Ah, no– we didn't sing that song, it's true– I don't think we actually sang it, no. Or did we sing it? Am I saying fake news without realizing it? Hey, but I sang a song with Fit, didn't I?

Pac: [Reading chat] "Fanfic?" What fanfic? I would never tell a fanfic.

[ Baghera's video of Fit and Pac singing together at Twitchcon ]

[phoebehalliwell]

writing my ideal phole

bc as the show stands i don't like phole. but they Undeniably had the sauce. so i'm writing how phole would have to be in order for me to love them.

episode one

we're scrapping the corny introduction scene i don't wanna see smiley cole i want angst this man should not get to smile til he's in Love. so. instead of darryl being like you better get your story straight because here come the ada and cole's like :D. darryl shall instead say okay decide what you're story is because someone's gonna hafta tell to the ada. cut to cole. i want him next to a cop car. and not a goofy looking one a ridiculously hollywood old fashioned swag car. i want him tinged in red and blue lights and i want Shadows harsh shadows like cutting over his face. and i want phoebe to immediately say i'll talk to him

we're also nixing the little bit of him in the courtroom not knowing what an athame was and phoebe getting flustered we're just going to have a quick confab about how he's gonna win the case no worries he's a lil cocky he knows how good winning this will look for phoebe Especially if he can win it even with her losing the weapon to the guardian.

and then he loses. emilio (creepy bald guy) goes free. they're taking him out of the courtroom where he really leers at phoebe in the hallway while prue and darryl are confabbing or whatever and cole is there almost Immediately slamming him into the wall. phoebe's clearly more enamored with him for defending her like that but cole is failing to capitalize on this moment because he just seems confused. his excuse is because he can't believe the judge's ruling but the truth is he doesn't get why he reacted like that so quickly.

phoebe will Not be describing cole as an angel that line always gives me the ick. she will clearly be obsessed with him and prue will be teasing her about it. but we still want a lil prue disapproval vibe. like oh god not Another bad boy this one's a lawyer ew what a douche you've got to be kidding me. vibes.

i feel like the college campus meetcute with the kick vibes aren't phole enough for me. it's too cutesy. i want something more like phoebe's leaving night class and cole tries to talk to her, she attacks, he blocks, and there's a brief pause as she realizes that ohh this is just cole and in that moment. i want shadows! and i want heavy breathing! bedchem.mp3

we still kinda have to keep the nice calf and can i have it back bc it feels iconic to the ship. i don't know if this is true our not but that's what it feels like.

also keeping the still i know i didn't put on my best case that's why i'm here i'm hoping you can help me do a better job / how / i don't know. but cutting the pressuring her to spill about the athame i think it drives an unnecessary wedge between them where there could instead. be sexual tension

also cole should have a double windsor knot not a single. what is this. amatuer hour? and no white shirts either we are Hinting

we keep the cole/darryl scene as is mainly because darryl eats in that scene. i'm a nice guy!

with cole getting attacked in the parking garage i don't like that emilio got the drop on him especially because he didn't know phoebe was about to pull up so it just implies some regular guy could potench kill the great demon belthazor if he just hit him in the back of the neck by surprise so instead we'll have cole walking to his car. emilio being sneaky. pause. shadows. tension. is someone there. it doesn't seem like there is. cole smirks. maybe takes off his jacket. emilio attacks. cole grabs the athame with the fabric of his coat. some joke about how expensive the coat is and he'll add that cost to like emilio's bail or something idk. prue and phoebe pull up and maybe cole shoves emilio against the car as it stops, emilio stumbles forward trying to regain balance, phoebe whips the door open and knocks him over again, retrieving the athame, woohoo

we keep the cole interrogates emilio scene the exact same. except maybe even cockier because this time he has the weapon

for the whole final battle "freeze the innocents" scene i don't love it because like. well i don't get it. how can piper freeze only the innocents when she doesn't even know who the innocents are. how is cole able to freeze/hold still so easily but he's Not an innocent But later it is implied that he is not immune to piper's power. it's nitpicky but idc i have issue with it. so maybe we have a potion. that'll put innocents to sleep. and they throw it and there a puff and darryl goes down so cole goes down (leo isn't there he's waiting in the wings in case he's needed) and everyone else is awake uh oh!!! big battle scene piper and prue are taking on the riff raff as the judge runs away prue is like he's getting away phoebe go get him so she runs after him hand to hand combat in the judge's chambers she kicks him backwards right as belthazor shimmers in, catching the judge and driving an athame into his heart. belthazor smiles and evil tooth smile and says thanks before shimmering out. prue and piper run in, phoebe stutters trying to explain what she saw. a demon? helped her? hmm....

i will say tho. if we go with the piper freeze thing. and how are we gonna explain this / phoebe decides to hit cole over the head. i would Love it if we could see her line up the hit, say ooh i'm so sorry, and just have cole, not moving, fear in his eyes as he goes ohhh i'm about to get Whacked with a baton. jmm has great comedic talent we should utilize it more.

but basically. point is. i don't want cole revealed as a demon yet. i want more scenes at night instead of daytime. no diffusers i want harsh shadows. and sex appeal!! i want lots and lots of o.o is this allowed whoa hey now levels of sexual tension.

to be continued...

[randompumpkinkiddo]

psst... wake up bae, new viktanya propaganda just dropped

[doodlingwren]

If only the original Saint Seiya anime was a 2014-2018 anime series instead of being aired in the 80s-90s, I can only imagine the sheer amount of animation memes that could have been done. Some of the characters are just so perfect for those, like, if this was a more animation-oriented fandom this would totally be a thing.

[wolfnight2012]

Place your bets now, do we have 1 last Polites reference to look forward to, or 2?

So far, we've had some sort of Polites reference in Each saga

Ocean Saga:

"Open Arms" chords heard in "Luck Runs Out" (confirmed by Jorge in this video here)

Odysseus: "I still believe we can be kind. Lead from the heart and see what starts"

Polites: "We'll be fine if we're leading from the heart"

"Everything's changed since Polites" in "Keep Your Friends Close

Circe Saga:

Circe: "You've given me no reason to bestow you with my trust"

Polites: "You can show a person that you trust them, when you stop & lower your guard"

Odysseus: *lowers his guard by telling Circe his true motivations & gains her sympathy/help in the process*

Circe: "Maybe showing one act of kindness, leads to kinder souls down the road"

Polites: "Kindness is brave"

Underworld Saga:

We actually get Polites back/Open Arms refrain

"I lost my best friend" from "Monster"

Thunder Saga:

The siren uses Polites' instrument while trying to lure Odysseus into the water in "Suffering" (Jorge talks about that in this video here)

Wisdom Saga:

We get Polites back again/another Open Arms refrain in "Love in Paradise"

(Also, check out my post talking about how the Wisdom Saga argues for Polites' open arms philosophy to see just How Much it is referenced/paralleled/called back to in that saga)

Telemachus: "Maybe, it's all gonna turn out great. I know we'll be fine"

Polites: "Whatever we face, we'll be fine if we're leading from the heart"

Telemachus: "Boy I wish I could, so I could bring the world some light"

Polites: "No matter the place, we can light up the world"

Now, it could ABSOLUTELY be a coincidence that Jorge referenced Polites/Open Arms in every saga & maybe the Wisdom Saga will be the last we hear of him

OR, it could be a pattern, in which case, Polites will show up again in SOME way in both the Vengeance Saga & the Ithaca Saga (be it his instrument (like with the sirens) the "Open Arms" chord progression (like in "Luck Runs Out") or the "Open Arms" chorus (like in "Underworld" or "Love in Paradise")

Now, I've already mentioned a few times how I could see Telemachus being used to call back to Polites (such as at the very bottom of my response here) ESPECIALLY after the Wisdom Saga & how much Telemachus parallels Polites both personality-wise & in his beliefs.

So I'm thinking IF we have one last Polites reference it might be when Telemachus & Odysseus finally meet/speak.

Perhaps a semi-reprised lyric (such as another lyric about "bringing the world light" or Polites-like optimism) combined either with Polites' instrument or chords from "Open Arms"

Which could both remind Odysseus of Polites & show that the values of "Open Arms" still live in Telemachus, even if Odysseus couldn't manage to uphold them himself.

(I also like the thought of making it more explicit, with Odysseus acknowledging he sees Polites in Telemachus with lyrics such as "I look into your eyes & I think back that friend of mine. You're as old as he was, when we left for war."[which I got from @midnight-drip art here] BUT, I don't think this is likely)

A Polites' callback could come from Athena of all places, given that in the Wisdom Saga she realizes she was wrong to demand Odysseus turn off his heart.

However

Personally, I like the idea of one last "Open Arms" reprise in the Ithaca Saga, BUT not the chorus.

If you check out my break down of "Open Arms" you'll know my interpretation of "Open Arms" is Polites' noticing Odysseus' stress/trauma & trying to help him heal.

What if after Odysseus takes care of the suitors he's left unsure of how to approach his family? The wife he hasnt seen in 20 years. The son he's never known?

What if they're standing across the stage from each other, both parties unsure of how to proceed, then we hear a soft

"This life is amazing, when you greet it with open arms"

BUT, we don't get the chorus. After the pause, Polites' voice continues:

"I see in your face, there is so much guilt inside your heart"

Odysseus shudders, staring longingly at his family but still not daring to approach them after everything he's done.

"So why not replace it? And light up the world here's how to start..."

Telemachus takes the initiative. He takes a tentative step forward, then another, and another, until he's standing in front of his father.

"Greet the world with open arms, "

Telemachus reaches slowly for his father, willing to breach the gap but unsure if his touch is welcome.

"Greet the world with open arms..."

Odysseus opens his arms & yanks Telemachus into a crushing hug. He starts to sob. Telemachus hugs him back just as tightly. Penelope starts to make her way over, though she gives them their space for now.

Odysseus & Telemachus pull apart just enough for Odysseus & Penelope to face each other. Odysseus extends his hand to her & she slips her hand into his.

Then we get the final line, fading/echoing, as if it were making its exit:

"You can relax, my friend"

Signaling Odysseus can let go now. Its over. He's allowed to let go of "the war and bloodshed" and of the screams.

Then song 39 starts (which like, in my defense, if "Love in Paradise can have both an introduction by Athena AND midway commentary from her, then song 39 could open up with one last Polites reprise)

Not that I think this WILL happen, but it wouldn't be unprecedented for this musical.

Something like this would tie up that Polites/Open Arms narrative thread + it would fit in with the canonical fact of Polites' being Odysseus' emotional/mental support

(Also, check out my analysis/break down of Odysseus & Polites' relationship as depicted in EPIC for more on how Polites is canonically Odysseus' emotional support & his death moves the entire plot)

AND something like this would give the audience closure/reassurance that Odysseus' journey HAS indeed ended. He will relax now, he will put away the sword/warrior, something he wanted to do since the Troy Saga but couldn't (both as an explicit command from Athena & because of the whole Polyphemus/Poseidon business)

Don't read past here if you dont want spoilers for song titles!

[AND, just for funies, if you wanna read a Really long post breaking down the song "Open Arms" lyric by lyric, you can see my analysis of it (and of Polites' character) right here!]

[morganbritton132]

Hey, completely random, but do you have an AO3 account? I just love your EMTTS, and your latest post had a tag about a UA fanfic (lowkey keen to read it, esp considering how hooked I am to your writing)

I do have an AO3 account. I am here if you’re interested.

Be warned though!

I haven’t really posted on AO3 in a long time and that Umbrella Academy fic I was talking about is unfinished and hasn’t been updated since 2021. It’s not abandoned because I think about it daily. I just have not been in the headspace for writing long form fiction but I’d like to come back to it.

Also, big warning.

I am not nearly as fun on AO3 as I am on Tumblr.

I wrote a lot of angst and I had people leave comments saying that the depiction of depression and anxiety was really realistic so keep that in mind and read the tags especially if you check out any of my Stranger Things works. I wouldn’t want to accidentally trigger somebody.

Also, everything I wrote for Stranger Things takes place between seasons two and three so sadly, no Eddie. A very little Robin too because I stopped writing consistently right after season three aired. Billy is featured quite a bit – not really romantically – but I know a lot of people don’t like him so just a warning. He’s there.

[yonpote]

just dipping my toes back in the bear sweater shenanigans (x)

not getting anymore results for raiment.nyc sweaters on depop or mercari, the other ones were presumably sold but its also partly because...... theres now a brand called raiment FASHION based in nyc that sells completely different types of clothes! it seems to be generic or "vintage" style womens clothes of all sorts, cant tell if its a dropship deal or some sorta sketchy thing, idrc since it's not the brand that once ran raiment.nyc on instagram (i havent checked the raiment.nyc website again because i assume it still leads to phishing type scams and im not willing to test it out lol)

kori.world (from where i ordered my scam sweater) does still exist, still selling that like modern street fashion baggy sweaters and jeans type stuff, i just checked their instagram and the comments are all complaining abt orders not arriving lol. i think my order ended up taking a month? im not personally too fussy about delivery times so long as its nothing urgent, but then i had the plethora of other problems that came with the sweater regardless.

just for fun, heres a screenshot of weston koury wearing the all over CAT version of this sweater (idk anything about weston but i know a couple friends who like him lol) note that the cat one was sold in black and orange, which is what i got for the bear sweater, even tho the bear one meant to be black and yellow.

this was from 2020, which is when phil would have bought the sweater. i remember someone commenting on one of my posts that this koriworld did exist alongside raiment.nyc, which i guess tracks and honestly makes me think raiment.nyc may have also always been scammy dropshipping? tho from previous research, raiment.nyc sold those sweaters for $130 USD which doesnt necessarily mean that its legit just bc its priced higher, but idk! the comments on early ig posts seem favorable, but less so as the company or whomever had gone dark.

other things: phil's sweater from The Glue Incident video is also from raiment.nyc! this is probably easily findable on phanoutfits lmao but i figured it out from a third party shop review website that seemed to be connected to raiment at one point

this was just an excuse to post a screenshot of phil :3

i found the tan version of the bear sweater on another website that was just incomprehensible numbers and letters and everything was the exact same price and from all different brands so, 100% a scam probably not even a dropship

also just to double check everything, the first time raiment posted the bear sweater on ig was jan 2020 and the first time kori posted it was august 2020, just to like assure myself that yeah raiment was the original

anyway none of this research has gotten me anywhere closer to finding the actual bear sweater. honestly a part of me is tempted to reorder from the dropship site in a larger size and just see what i get? but like i dont have money to be throwing at forreal scammers like that and i dont wanna support that kinda business. i guess i'll just forever be sad about this unless one day it pops up on depop or another reseller site, but chances are slim. in the meantime....

[kittycatred]

welp....im going to regret this, arent i...........

yepppp.....getting up is a huuuge mistake..........urghh everything hurts

....annnnnd these potions only make it MUTED, of COURSE !! stupid potions cant just do their jobb.......

...wait a minute...whats that....fizzy noise.....? thats odd.....

i should probably check it out though......and probably see how dark's handling ghostie too....or if he scared them away by now....

[yumedoca]

Ok,but Mermaid Saga is absolutely insane..

[happypeachsludgeflower]

Who was going to tell me that I’ve been mutilating Ithaca as Ithica. I was wondering why spell check hated the name of a real place so much. I only just realized two days later after making a bunch of epic posts with the wrong tag that the name is in fact Ithaca.

Note to self, double check the word before using tumblr’s suggested tags and running with it.

[musical-machinery]

Dancing bears,  painted wings…

The first chapter of my Prince Peasley Anastasia AU, now titled “The Beanish Princess Peasley Canavali Fabaceae” is officially up on AO3! Check the readmore for a preview, or go read the full thing over there right now! Enjoy! :)

“Why can’t you come along with us, Nana?” A young princess whines, deepening the frown that sat on her freckled face to punctuate.

She watches with sad eyes as her grandmother approaches her bed, smoothing out its sheets and taking a seat next to the princess. Her eyes, kind and aged, meet her granddaughter’s as she reaches out to take her hands.

“Someone must stay here while you are gone. Who else would manage the castle’s affairs?” She’d console, brushing her thumb across the top of her granddaughter's hand. 

The princess’s head droops. That was the answer she had been expecting, and the exact answer her father had given her when he told her her grandmother wasn’t coming, if only worded differently...

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Ok y'all it's time to join the party (very late) on my latest deep obsession, which THIS TIME I am going to allow myself to pursue instead of killing the joy (because of how intense it can get) and share with you!!

And that obsession is Epic: The Musical.

Holy smokes man this thing has remolded my brain, it just somehow hits all of those things which I desperately love in media

Firstly. The music is absolutely exquisite. And not even in the ways you'd normally think! Like--there's such wonderfully detailed soundscaping! The musical follows Odysseus on his journey home, and the songs themselves contain beautifully done effects that basically make the listening experience into a movie in your head. Monsters, crashing oceans, the underworld itself--and not only is this included in non-muscial sound design, it's incorporated into the music itself. The realm of the wind gods uses flutes as the main instrument--because it's a WIND instrument I'm losing my mind

PLUS there's the additional elements of musical "Easter eggs," thematic connections, leitmotifs, instrumentation identification, musical callbacks and even foreshadowing like come ONNNNN it's so well done

All of this with the added bonus that the songs, while cohesive, do not all sound the same, and do not feel like normal musical theater songs. They are the perfect mix between modern music, orchestral arrangements, and a musical theater jam, because they are 1. SUPER great to belt along to, 2. Very much linked together (as explained above) and 3. Very unlike the standard, vocal-focused empty pop sound we're used to (theater) while keeping the innovative, ear-wormy, modern (pop) beat that often feels out of place in theater!

And lyrically this musical is super strong. I spent a ton more time on the music (and will likely write more at length later) because that is what got me obsessed with it, but there's also much to praise lyrically! Unlike most modern "non-theater" musicals, while you can tell at places that it has been influenced by (the ever-present) Lin-Manuel Miranda, it feels authentically unique and independent. So many songs have genuinely profound lines (check out Just a Man, the second song in the saga) and the pop elements never lend themselves to empty repetition. Everything sung or said has a purpose, which I am obsessed with. Yes king go off give us everything

Finally (for now) there's just the genuine love that the creator(s) have for this musical. Jay Rivera-Herrans is the brain behind it (he wrote the entire musical over several years) and like...just look at what he shares about it on his Instagram. He gets so EXCITED!! And not like PR excitement, this is like legit "I'm making silly noises because I can't contain myself" excitement!!! He reminds me of me in that sense because he has SO much love and passion for what he does and the nuance in it and the people who enjoy his work, and he shares that in an unfiltered, real, authentic way, and we need to see more of that in the world.

Anyway, if you haven't heard of it and are now interested, it's pretty easy to catch up--there are 5 of the 9 sagas out right now, but only half of the songs, and Spotify has a playlist or two that has them all in order. It's only an hour and eight minutes worth of listening and I have just listened to it through twice in two days; it really does not get old. And then if you go to Jay's Instagram the rabbit hole is deep!! And he explains a lot of the lore and symbolism and intentionality/Easter eggs in the musical!! I went through all of the content he posted, pretty much...

So there's my official hawking of Epic (if only I had gotten in on this earlier!! The "Get in the Water" song that was trending a while ago?? That's from this!!) and you should go listen to it!!!!

[coveredinsun]

i wrote 3 different winnix fics in december & january but i realized i NEVER posted them here. so behold, my series of winnix fics where i get further and further detached from canon, and where i also make lew a girldad for fun

1. darling, it’s grand, they just don’t understand

“Act upon what he finds within himself, and only himself,” said Dick, audibly pensive in a way he hadn’t been. “I quite like that.”

“Well, that’s the gist,” said Lew with a shrug. He wasn’t even in the top half of eloquent men. “Honestly, I really hated reading and analyzing Emerson’s essays. He found a way to talk and talk and talk about nothing at all, when he could’ve kept it perfectly concise.”

Like you, Lew almost said. The bullet got jammed. Still, he had a hunch that Dick could read his mind this one time.

Or: July, 1948. Blanche Nixon invites her brother, and his business partner slash lover, to… a baseball game?

6.5k words, fluffiest of the three; my weird band of brothers/a league of their own (2022) crossover fic??? whatever. blanche invites winnix to a baseball game to see her baseball player girlfriend-ish, all the way mae. stupid emily dickinson references because i’m lame and basic, sue me. gay jazz clubs :)

2. november 27th

“Kathy hates it when I call her Maggie, but I think it’s cute that she’s got a little nickname to grow out of.”

“Or maybe she’ll find someone who calls her Maggie,” replied Dick, totally without thinking. “And he’ll say it’s ‘cause it’s easier, sure. But more than anything he’ll like the way it sounds when he says it.”

When Nix looked at him, then, his eyes glittered. His lips were pursed like he needed to say something or he’d shrivel up and die.

There were many things Dick could conceptualize him saying. Luckily, they fell into two neat categories—the things Dick expected Nix to say, and the things Dick wanted him to.

Or: 1942, 1944, and 1946. A study on Lewis Nixon’s history with love, destructive vices, and fatherhood—as seen from the eyes of a wife and a lover.

8.2k words, perhaps the most densely packed with angst of the three. examines lew and his relationships with love and fatherhood, both alongside kathy and alongside dick. ann winters introduction <3 and classic new jersey angst

3. the likes of me abide

“Well, I feel compelled to be a little more brave now,” replied Dick, holding up his gaze like Atlas held the heavens. “I ought to give you an answer that’s more honest.”

But not fully. It was sort of bitingly ironic, the way Lew always put up Dick as the more honest of them. He didn’t find that to be true. Not when there still existed so many selfish desires in his mind, like the one that practically clawed and scratched like an animal just to fit somewhere into this part of Lew’s life. He might never put that desperation into words.

Or: Summertime, 1951. Lew gets back in touch with Kathy.

10.3k words, angsty but less intensely as last time. i go reallyyyyy ham with kathy’s character in this, so take that as a treat. i also actually make lew and kathy’s daughter into a character <3