#DANCES

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Aziraphale: I want a proper apology.

Crowley: No.

Aziraphale: With the little dance.

Crowley: I don't do the dance.

Aziraphale: I did the "I was wrong" dance in 1650, in 1793, 1941…

Crowley: Fine! [doing the apology dance:] You were right, you were right, I was wrong, you were right. Okay?

Aziraphale: Very nice.

[thebarroomortheboy]

SUSPICION (1941) | dir. Alfred Hitchcock

[nilo05]

horse..

[pebbleyoufindonthestreet]

a human’s touch..

[pinkiepig]

I see clown/jester character I go nuts that’s just how it is

[pipthegreat]

How I feel rn

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

HE FINALLY ARRIVEDDDDDDDDD YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[illustratus]

La danza delle Ore (The Dance of the Hours) by Gaetano Previati

[90s-2000s-barbie]

February 4, 2008 🪩

[cupcakehamster64]

UNPROCESSED VOICE LINES ( without the robot filter, NOT MY VIDEO, timestamps under cut )

0:00 - Glamrock Chica

1:18 - Glamrock Freddy

3:36 - MOON POOKIE WOOKIE BO BOOKIE :)

4:05 - Roxxane Wolf

5:45 - Ruined Roxanne

8:20 - SUNNY WUNNY BUNNY UR SO FUNNY :)

[shepherds-of-haven]

hi i hope you're having a good day! this may be quite silly but i'm curious, what are some typical dances for the peoples of blest?

Hi there! This was actually sent in for the Patreon Q&A in April, but something horrible has happened to Patreon's site in the last several months, where after a certain amount of text, the text editor becomes horrifically laggy and crashes constantly, meaning I did all the work (i.e. watching so many medieval and ancient dancing videos and reading all about various cultures and their dances) to answer this question, but the website stubbornly would not let me type up my answer in the existing Q&A post... 🥹 So I kept losing all my progress on this one and ultimately ended up giving up, but I still wanted to answer it, so I hope it's okay that I answer here!

The short answer: the typical dances for the people of Blest obviously are going to vary widely between cultures as well as classes within those cultures. People from the southern isles dance quite differently from people in the Eastern Continent, who in turn dance differently from people in Jalis. I'm not going to cover too much of the kinds of dancing that we don't see much of in the game, though I will note that Ket and Hunter cultures tend to favor dancing more as a form of story-telling or individual expression (often seen in plays or festival rituals where specialized dancers are playing specific roles or parts), with elaborate costumes and dance techniques being employed in each culture (some traditional Ket dancers use fans and masks, Hunter dancers often dress in swirling costumes with rattling beads and employ hand-drums), rather than the communal dancing we might envision in, like, ballrooms or barnyard line-dancing. The Elves have a mix of both, with dance as "performance" as well as dance as "socializing" utilized in equal measure, and performative dancing is seen as a high art form that deeply utilizes perfectly synchronized music, color coordination, and movement to create mesmerizing group displays, almost like synchronized swimming or Cirque de Soleil type experiences. Mage culture, in general, doesn't put a lot of emphasis on dancing, as many Mages tend to trend introverted, solitary, or unathletic, so as a society it's not viewed as a really vital skill or even a part of their larger culture outside of the usual school/festival dancing, which isn't so much taught as it is just stumbled into.

Anyway, the two primary forms of dancing we seen in the game are what the nobles do and what the commonfolk do. I imagine dancing among aristocrats (formal balls, the Trade Minister's gala, parties at the Sun Court) to be pretty similar to what you'd see in Regency-Era dancing, with waltzes, quadrilles, and cotillons being the most common style.

However, it should be noted that the "English country dance" that was typical of the Regency era (where men and women form two lines, facing across from their partner, and are not permitted to dance alone as a couple, but side-by-side alongside others) is not something that is present in Blest. If you've seen any Austenian movies like P&P 2005, you know what I mean.

^ So not this!

It may factor into a dance a noble has to do once or twice in their lifetime, but it's pretty unusual, and a guest without a noble background (like Riel or the Shepherds at the Trade Minister's gala) wouldn't be expected to know it.

Among the commonfolk, dancing typically takes place during festivals and holidays, in the streets or on the village green or town square, not within a formal venue such as a ball. As such, there are really no formal moves or styles ascribed to this kind of dancing--it's primarily dictated by what kind of music is playing, and you basically just jam out to it however you want, in a group, couple, or as an individual--but the closest real-world equivalents I could liken it to would be the medieval carole or free-style polka. But there are no formalized rules other than basic proprietary/decency, and even then that can be pretty lax once the drink is flowing.

However, while I don't have any formal name for it, mostly I just imagine the dance scene from A Knight's Tale. :)

[thebarroomortheboy]

I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) | dir. H. Bruce Humberstone

[machetelanding]

[wawagoblin]

cotl headcanons cause my brain is crazy

the goat is definitely from the same universe but hes an alien from a different planet.. explains why when both the goat and lamb enter the mating tent tentacles come out of it. i also like the idea he doesn't understand social cues hence why he screams at babies. he overall is just very confused of how he teleported to the lamb and why the social norms are very different compared to his home planet. i know both goat and lamb are gender neutral but i personally see the goat as more masc and the lamb as more fem. i like the idea of a big strong woman going "heheahah im ur god" lol anyways thanks for reading thats all there is for now, i love my silly little alien goat ideas :3 (this is the goat)