#''but how did he not recognize her voice'' she did a really goofy impression idk

[permian-tropos]

The theory/headcanon whatever that me and @excalibutt thought up while playing Bachelor route Day 7: 

Bear in mind it’s not airtight. 

It started with us doodling around being flippant and morbid about Eva’s disappearance because we slept at the Stillwater to be close to the Cathedral to talk to Aglaya, and were wondering if Eva would just despawn, it turned out we had to leave and re-enter the building, which I joked meant she climbed out the window, how did she switch places with Ayan so fast, etc.  

But because we had this wonky timeline where we were going to the Cathedral at the exact same time when Eva should have been, yet of course we didn’t see her Do The Thing, though we received her suicide note while we were literally standing right inside the main entrance (did it fall from the sky?? Daniil look up you fucking idiot!! oh god he doesn’t know) and where Andrey learns of her disappearance quite a while before she actually does disappear...

That set me up to imagine for fun that maybe something else was going on. 

Then we did the main quest where one of the people who’s been spies for the PTB turns out to be a traitor of some sort and once you catch them with riddle logic Aglaya pushes them off the top floor of the Cathedral. She says they did it themselves. They were just having a normal conversation up there with no railings huh. Yeah ok gurl. 

But this evil fuckin thought popped into my head. That person’s in an Executor costume. You don’t know who’s in it. What if it’s Eva?

Because it would be so incredibly fucked UP and twisty if it turned out that was the case. If Eva was one of the people watching Daniil for the PTB, I mean she tries so hard to ingratiate herself to him doesn’t she? And she would be able to keep track of everything he does and send him letters at the right time.

When she says “I’ve figured out a way to help you”, why would her death and consecrating the Cathedral be that helpful to Daniil in the moment while he’s trying to fight the plague? Sure it might prove you can defeat Death in some mystical way, but imagine if she’s aware the PTB want to destroy him, she’s gotten Actually Attached To Her Assignment UWU, and she’s decided to turn traitor. 

She doesn’t give anyone any sign of this, leaving behind a false trail to distract Andrey and writing up a dreamy, sentimental note for Daniil because he can’t be held accountable for her treason if he doesn’t know what’s going on.

And then Daniil doesn’t see Eva jump from the Cathedral no matter when he arrives there, because he does see the Watcher jump. The one he accused of being a traitor and brought directly to Aglaya. 

I’ve always been curious about the fact that she dies in Bachelor route but I’ve been told she doesn’t die in other routes in Classic, as if... you do something that causes her death by succeeding your quests as Dankovsky? But that doesn’t seem right... does it?

I’m not saying this theory actually holds up in canon I just don’t like Eva’s canon story so much sorry think it would be fascinating. 

[bunnis-babes]

Could I request a Kiri scenario, (along with two other class 1-a characters that you choose :) ) where he’s got a fem s/o who was a child actress on broadway who transferred to UA for high school, who still occasionally does shows? Really specific but I’m in a mood lol :P

Kirishima, Todoroki, and Kaminari with a child/broadway star love!

Alright, this is the shit I’ve been waiting for all of my life! I’m so excited to write this you have no idea! Like, ugh, I’m bubbling with joy!!! Also, like I’m assuming that reader is a western star, so she’s not as known in Japan… idk man please don’t yell at me.

Kirishima

🍒He’s probably semi-aware of the western star scene, like he knows a few songs from there and he can recognize a few faces, but that’s about all he can do.

🍒How he initially finds out is by hearing her singing one of her old songs to herself while they were just hanging out. He recognizes her voice and is like, ‘oh cool, she sounds like that one American star.’

🍒He tells her how her voice is pretty and how she kind of sounds like one of his favorite American singers - who he can’t recall the name of

“Oh, yeah that’s me, haha.”

“Bi- wha- excuse me what?”

🍒He is so shocked, but also so amazed and proud and happy and its like - woah she’s so cool.

🍒Immediately compliments her on her voice, and tells her how amazing and talented she is - probably asks her a million questions about her life as a star.

🍒He’s just so surprised and so in awe and is just so happy for her.

🍒After he finds out he probably does some research about her career. What she did specifically, what fans she had, how famous was she.

🍒Dives deep into it and winds up spending his entire night listening to her music, watching her shows, looking at fan content - and he winds up falling in love with it.

🍒Tiredly tells her about it the next day and is excitedly telling her and the Bakusquad about how cool and talented she is.

🍒Other than that, he doesn’t really make a big deal about it, though, pretty aware of how stressful the attention a star gets can be. He doesn’t want her to have to go through that with her own class so he’s pretty quiet about it all.

🍒Asks her to sing for him when he can’t sleep, because her voice is just so soft and soothing and it’s like the only thing that can make him relax.

🍒Honestly, it doesn’t really affect his opinion of her all that much. She’s still his girlfriend, now she just so happens to be a western star. Cool.

🍒Which is a pretty cool thing for them, because something like that shouldn’t affect how she’s treated anyway.

Todoroki

🔥This boy doesn’t know anything about American culture, like at all. No clue. Nothing.

❄️So its simple to say that he has no clue who his girlfriend is, and probably never would’ve figured it out had she not pointed it out to him.

🔥It was so casual too, they wanted to find something to watch, and she requested that they watch an old recording of one of the musicals she did - and he was like ‘oh okay’ expecting it to be like a goofy middle school play.

❄️No, it was not a middle school play, it was a full on professional musical performance, with her as the big star in all of it. So, to say he was blown away was an understatement. He had no words for how he felt.

🔥When she asked what he thought he couldn’t even speak, he was just staring blankly at the screen trying to put a sentence together in his mind.

❄️When he finally did speak all he could manage was, “It was good.” He was just so awestruck he couldn’t function, and he needs some time alone to process what he just saw.

🔥Once he finally gets his thoughts together he goes to find his girlfriend and finally gets all his thoughts out on how amazing he thought she did and how interesting he found the show. He does ask if they could watch more together sometime - and of course they do.

❄️Other than that he isn’t all that vocal about it, he doesn’t really see it as that big of a deal, just a cute thing that his girlfriend does from time to time. So he probably mentions it causally one day to 1-A and everyone fucking looses their mind, like 1) they’re living with a star 2) He doesn’t even give a shit that his girlfriend is a star???

🔥The entire class then finds out that she’s in a show in Japan currently, and Todoroki was going to go and see it without them? Uh, no. Suddenly all of the class is at her show the night it opens, and she just has to act like its normal that her entire class knows about this thing she’s kept relatively secret since she came to Japan.

❄️Todoroki apologizes for letting it slip after the show, which she assures is totally fine, but maybe he should be more careful next time. Then she is torn away by her too impressed classmates and she’s unable to really be with him all night.

🔥When they finally get back to the dorms, she locks herself away in Todoroki’s room and finally relaxes in his arms. She’s just happy to get the affection from him, cause it what she’s been craving all night.

❄️The two of them cuddle the night away, and talk about mindless things, then just before she falls asleep she hears Todoroki whisper,

“You did great tonight...”

Kaminari

⚡️Chances are he probably knew she was on broadway, he just had no clue that it was her on broadway.

⚡️I mean he’s super invested in western pop culture, but he’s also very dense, so he probably knew who she was and just didn’t connect the dots.

⚡️When she mentions it so offhandedly in a conversation, like it was just an after thought, he freaking explodes and is just like: “Holy shit you’re her??? I love your stuff babe!!!”

“Then how come you didn’t recognize me dumbass?”

⚡️He wonders why she left to come to UA, not that being a hero is a bad thing to want, but why give up such an amazing life for this one?

⚡️She just explains calmly it wasn’t for her, and she would rather be here with him and helping people who need it most.

⚡️He finds that so freaking cool, like wow she’s pretty, talented, and selfless? I love her even more now!

⚡️After she explains that he totally asks for her autograph, and he absolutely frames whatever it is she signs.

⚡️It becomes and inside joke of sorts, because he wants her to sign everything like: “Babe, would you sign my coffee mug?”

“Of course, I’d be more than happy to!”

⚡️Everyone else is weirded out by it, but neither of them seem to care at all. It’s almost cute.

⚡️He does a lot of bragging about it too, like “Oh, did you know my girlfriend a super famous star in the west? Isn’t she just the freaking best, don’t you just love her?”

⚡️Yes Denki, now shut up please.

⚡️But for real, he thinks she is just the coolest freaking person ever, and he will never stop telling her that because she needs to know.

⚡️”Babe, you’re the best. You know that?”

“Yes, you told me literally ten seconds ago.”

⚡️She’ll never tell him to stop, though, it’s way to freaking cute to stop.

A/N: I’m so sorry about this, it’s awful and I know it. I hope you can forgive me and enjoy it for what it is? Again I’m so sorry.

[starberry-cupcake]

Disney Concert in Teatro Colón

You folks I cried my eyes out today. The thing hadn’t even started, Donald came out from a theater box dressed in a tuxedo to say hi and I started crying. I was expecting an orchestra and a movie screen and knew I was gonna cry anyway but by the second song, Aladdin and Jasmine were suspended midair in a flying carpet over the entire orchestra and I knew I was in for a journey. By the time the intermission came in, I was bawling and a guy who was recording the crowd for a promotional video was right next to me filming and I was there crying like a baby in the potential promotional video. But anyway, I’m gonna share a bit of a summary, the setlist, descriptions and some pictures (taken when it was allowed to take them) and a bit of an explanation of what this concert was and how it came to be, even if just for my own safekeeping. 

This is a collaboration between Disney Concerts (the part of Disney Music Group which works with licences and promotion for different type of worldwide concert productions, like the symphonic Star Wars concerts or the special orchestra editions of movie releases and so on) and Teatro Colón, their orchestra and conductor (Enrique Arturo Diemecke), their dancers and choreographers, and some stage musical performers and other folk who were brought in for this specific thing (I recognized at least 4 ensemble members from having seen them in local productions of musicals like Bare, Pleybill and Phantom). 

I thought it was going to be like those movie editions which have a screen and the orchestra. It was enough to want me to see it and know for sure I was going to cry, but it ended up having on stage performances with effects, costumes, face characters, beautiful scenery and puppetry. 

Before the show began, Donald, Goofy and Pluto came out from boxes on the sides of the stage to say hi to the audience and once it began Mickey and Minnie also joined. All the fab 5 had costume changes, Mickey was the one to have most of them. 

The setlist was as follows: 

Act I (52 minutes)

Overture (Bob Hilliard/Jimmie Dodd/Sammy Cahn/Al Hoffman/Jerry Livingston/Allie Wrubel/Sammy Fain/Mack David/Ray Gilbert/Richard Sherman/Robert Sherman)

This was a great medley with a lot of things I won’t fully remember but you can guess by the composers listed. It included Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, The Mickey Mouse March, various Cinderella songs (I teared up there), Peter Pan’s You Can Fly!x3, Small World and a Mary Poppins medley, among others. I loved that one of the kids next to me shouted more for Mary Poppins than for any other movie in the entire concert, he was so excited when Chim Chim Cher-ee started. I mean, same. Also in the end there was a Walt quote with his photo and I was crying once more. 

Aladdin

Friend Like Me (Howard Ashman/Alan Menken)

This was sang by 3 singers rather than only one and had a very big choreography including pyrotechnics, ensemble singers, dancers and a lot of props. 

A Whole New World (Howard Ashman/Alan Menken)

I already mentioned it but there was an actual carpet suspended over the orchestra which flew around the stage with Aladdin and Jasmine as they sang this one, with the movie background on a double screen. It was pretty magical. 

The Princess and the Frog

Down in New Orleans (Randy Newman)

I loved how this song was performed but I was confused by Tiana’s costumes in both songs, this one had an entire ensemble singing as well, with props and really nice costumes. 

Almost There (Randy Newman)

Tiana had a costume change but I still didn’t quite understand it because they didn’t match the movie ones. I mean, they were appropriate for the time period, but not quite like any of hers. Maybe they changed the palette because of staging reasons idk. She didn’t have the dress from the parks either, maybe because it isn’t very comfortable for dancing. In any case, Tiana had a great voice and this song isn’t easy to keep up with but she did great. 

Fantasia

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Paul Dukas)

This was just the orchestra with the movie sequence, without any actors until the very end, which I appreciated because I wanted to see the orchestra performing a segment I have so vividly in my mind I can hear it in my head and see what each instrument was doing. Kids got scared because who didn’t get scared with Fantasia as a kid. In the last bit, Mickey came in with his red robe and the two buckets and it was adorable. 

Beauty and the Beast

Be Our Guest (Howard Ashman/Alan Menken)

Lumiere had a similar outfit to the Broadway production and, like in the Broadway production, was one of the only characters, aside from the fab 5, to interact with the audience. Lumiere is always a good MC. The performance was also similar to the Broadway one but scaled down for the occasion, it was like a simplified version of that one, in a way. 

Beauty and the Beast (Howard Ashman/Alan Menken)

The entire audience audibly gasped when Belle and the Beast came in. The performance was based on the Celine Dion/Peabo Bryson version instead of the movie one, so there were two singers instead of one, all dressed in period attire and Belle’s dress was more sparkly than her usual, to glimmer under the lights of the theater. It was so magical. 

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty Medley (Piotr Tchaikovsky)

This was a medley that involved some of the ballet music, including Once Upon A Dream and I Wonder. There were no singers and a couple of ballet dancers in their classic attires for this ballet rather than characterized as in the movie, which is something I’ll mention again later. It was very beautifully performed. 

Mulan

Reflection (David Zippel/Matthew Wilder)

The performance was based on the pop single more so on the movie version, much like with Beauty and the Beast and not like in Aladdin where they kept the movie one. I assume this had to do with length, since it was the only Mulan song featured, so they went with the longer version. There was some choreography and an ensemble together with her on stage. 

Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean Medley (Klaus Badelt/Geoffrey Zanelli/Ramin Djawadi/James Dooley/Hans Zimmer/Sreve Jablonsky)

Well, this was inescapable. It’s not the first thing I think of when I think “Disney concert” but the music is good and it appeals to a big audience and the performance was pretty epic, so it’s ok. The sequences didn’t showcase actors specifically much, it was more an edited track with action and scenes along with the tempo of the music, which was cool. I have to admit I got kind of focused on the fact that as this was going, they were setting up the props for the next segment, which I was looking forward to. 

Moana

Tulou Tagaloa (Opetaia Tavita Foa’i)

There were several effects in the Moana segment and it started with one third of the stage, which had been lowered, coming back up with someone starting to sing, then the opposite third also came up, with the middle of the stage still “submerged” in the ocean. 

How Far I’ll Go (Lin Manuel Miranda)

Moana came in from beside the orchestra and she moved across the stage with the boat still submerged in the ocean. This part made me weep, I’m not even gonna lie. Moana’s outfit wasn’t exactly like the one in the parks but wasn’t as far off as Tiana’s, it was a bit of a blend. This was one of my favorite performances overall. 

We Know The Way (Lin Manuel Miranda/Opetaia Tavita Foa’i)

If the first two parts of the Moana segment made me weep, here I was outright crying. The ocean rose to the shore with several dancers and performers, a part of which used a sheet and movements to lift Moana’s boat and carry it to her, it looked amazingly impressive. 

Intermission (20 minutes)

Act II (43 minutes)

Fantasia 2000

The Firebird Suite (Igor Stravinsky)

This one, much like the segment from the first Fantasia, was just the screen with the animation accompanied by the orchestra. I was surprised they’d include something from Fantasia 2000 but given that there were a good amount of classics included, this one was a good choice with the animation being one of the most well-remembered of Fantasia 2000. It didn’t give me the chills The Sorcerer’s Apprentice did though. 

Hercules

Zero to Hero (David Zippel/Alan Menken)

BOY OH BOY I LOVED THIS ONE. The Muses were great, there was a chorus of ladies and they danced and everything was beautiful. The Muses were on the lower stage in pillars posing as statues and as the music started, the stage came up and they started dancing. Before the song began the orchestra did the intro for the movie with the scene of Olympus and a bit of Go The Distance. 

A Star Is Born (David Zippel/Alan Menken)

PEOPLE WERE SO INTO THIS ONE. The little girl in front of me was dancing so much and I don’t think she even saw Hercules at all because she didn’t know who they were but she was so into it and I’m glad, Hercules deserves more love. These ladies brought the house down in two songs, it was epic. 

Tangled

When Will My Life Begin & Reprise (Glenn Slater/Alan Menken)

Rapunzel came in on a gorgeous piece of scenery painted like her room with props and stairs and the Claire Keane painting and at least 3 grown ups around me sighed when they saw her and I started weeping again. This was the point when I realized I know most of these songs in two languages by heart and I sang along all the Tangled songs in Spanish too. Rapunzel was gorgeous, her outfit was just like in the parks, as was her hair, and her voice was so good. She sang both the original and the first reprise back to back. 

I’ve Got A Dream (Glenn Slater/Alan Menken)

The stage that was lowered came up again with a good bunch of the pub thugs with the Snuggly Duckling on the screen behind. Some where doing pirouettes and it was impressive. Then there were even more thugs coming in and Eugene entered a bit later, when everyone was singing. The crowd noticed, let me assure you. He sang his bit and then Rapunzel did hers and when the song was done, the thugs said goodbye and left them along to sing the last part. 

I See The Light (Glenn Slater/Alan Menken)

OH BOY THIS. I LOST IT AT THIS. The moment Eugene brought out the lantern, the entire theater illuminated faintly with lights and there were projectors with the Corona sun lighting up the ceiling. Now, for context, let me show you some picture of the theater. 

Imagine those lights faintly glowing with he rest of the lights out. Now look at this chandelier. 

Picture that chandelier with its multiple tiny yellow lights also glowing and the ceiling illuminated by corona suns. 

Everything while the stage there had Rapunzel and Eugene and one lit lantern in their hands. Amazing. The Tangled bit was the best bit and people loved it the most as well. 

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Waltz of the Flowers (Piotr Tchaikovsky) 

I personally think this was a bit of a cop out, in terms of song selection, people aren’t immediately thinking of Nutcracker when they think Disney, even if Helen Mirren is my goddess, but the performance allowed the kid dancers to perform and they were so good I can’t complain. They were adorable and the girl playing Clara was stellar. 

Tarzan

Two Worlds (Phil Collins)

So, these performances were a bit strange but I can’t complain because some of the ensemble members are performers I’ve been following for a while and I really like, so I’ll allow it. The group of singers were dressed in rock attire, I guess, not in any sort of Tarzan related clothes, maybe it was a take on making it more Phil Collins-y. 

You’ll Be In My Heart (Phil Collins)

This one was sang primarily by one lead singer and accompanied by the previous ensemble. Remember when I said the ballet dancers from Sleeping Beauty didn’t have their movie character costumes? There was a couple dancing to this song as the singer performed it and their costumes looked more like what I was expecting from Sleeping Beauty than from Tarzan (pink dress, red-ish vest, boots, you know the thing). I wonder (pun intended) what happened there. I attended the very first of 6 shows so maybe it was something that they’ll fix later. 

Son of Man (Phil Collins)

Ok so, here’s the thing. This song is my weakness. I love it. I know it in two languages and I sing it in both. I have an unreasonable amount of love for this song and it was performed so well and Pilar Muerza is one of my favorites and she nailed the song so I’m happy with this. 

Frozen

Do You Want To Build A Snowman? (Robert Lopez/Kristen Anderson-Lopez)

This was sung by only little Anna and it was more heartbreaking than the movie. Only the first two bits were performed and the “hang in there, Joan” bit was so cute. Little Anna did great. 

For the First Time In Forever (Robert Lopez/Kristen Anderson-Lopez)

This one was also just Anna’s bit, and here we had face character singer Anna, with her parks attire (not the coronation one, the other one). She was a good Anna, her energy was really great and she was accompanied by an ensemble to sing with and perform with on stage. 

Let It Go (Robert Lopez/Kristen Anderson-Lopez)

Instead of moving towards Elsa’s bit on the previous song, the medley changed to Let It Go, which was performed fully. I thought this was going to bring the house down but apparently Tangled and Hercules were the favorites over Elsa in this round. There wasn’t a dress change (I have not seen a single Elsa outfit and hair in any incarnation of Frozen by Disney I have liked, not in the parks, not on Broadway, not on UOAT, not On Ice, not here either). But, this Elsa could sing. She was one of the best singers of the day and the competition was tough. I’ve seen this song performed SO MANY TIMES and very rarely I see someone nailing it 100%, this girl did. There were snow effects and light effects but the Tangled effects had already spoiled us from the best of the best. 

The Lion King

The Circle of Life (Tim Rice/Elton John)

This was one of the favorites of the audience, hands down. It was a blend between the Broadway version, with some of the costumes, puppets and stilt performers, and halfway kid-friendly, with some more noticeable animal costumes, which were also very nice. There was a huge ensemble for this one, a kid chorus, the stage elevated again and a row of animals entered from the hallway and onto the stage. This was a huge performance. 

Finale

Fantasmic (Bruce Healey)

Am I the only one who cries when she hears the Fantasmic song? I cannot deal, I don’t know what is. Is it the idea that imagination defeats pain and sorrow? Is it that it brings you to a magical place where good is always stronger than evil? Is it Mickey? I don’t know, but Fantasmic, guys. In this one, the fab 5 were on stage all together, Pluto entered first, then Goofy, then Donald (who was the best, as usual), and then Minnie (who made a pirouette, in those shoes) and Mickey, who said goodbye and thanked the audience. Some of the face characters who had performed came in for a last bow and both Minnie and Mickey brought the conductor to the front of the stage and people clapped and gave a standing ovation. 

And that’s all, my experience crying my eyes out in a Disney symphonic concert. I missed having The Litter Mermaid and Snow White featured, but that’s ok. If anything, I wanted to keep this all in my blog for safekeeping, now that it’s fresh in my memories, because it was an amazing experience I want to keep forever. Also, Mickey told us to never give up on our dreams in the end and that also made me cry.