#Geoff Laurens

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This came to me during my break and I had like two minutes left to make it. Does my math check out?

[tomatoluvr69]

Beautiful beautiful day laying on a woven blanket on our secluded lawn in the sunshine reading books…made gingerbread muffins with raspberries…so nice…do this soon…go lie outside soon…laze the day away outside…soon

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Voiceplay Visuals: Hide And Seek (Ding Dong!)

This was Voiceplay's Halloween video of 2022, released on the 8th of October, and features Lauren Paley, who I don't really know anything about, but apparently she's popular on Tiktok and is known as "the stairwell siren" due her typical choice of singing location. The song is originally a Vocaloid song, but Voiceplay gave it a little bit (understatement of the century) of Disney flair, or more specifically, Disneyland flair, as the video is filmed as if you were watching a performance inside the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland, literally. This might not be one of my most-favourite videos to watch or VP songs to listen to, but I gotta admit that the visual stuff is freaking insane in this video, and I do have a fair few things to talk about with this one, so let's get into it!

(Warning: this post includes a fair bit of infodumping)

I'll get to each person individually in a minute, but first check out the set design! Like a lot of Voiceplay's videos nowadays. this was filmed at Pattycake Productions studios, and Tony Wakim was heavily involved with this one - credited with costuming, props, puppeteering, and direction, so shoutout to him! And shoutout also to Layne, the other half of Pattycake Productions, who arranged the cover and was in charge of the video concept.

I've never been to DisneyLand/World (I've never even been overseas, and there are no Disney parks in Australia), but when I was a little younger (like during mid high school?) I went through a bit of a phase of interest in Disney parks, wanting to learn stuff about them and watching shows from the parks on YouTube and stuff (if only I had been watching shows from Universal Studios in Orlando...), so I'm not entirely unfamiliar with the Haunted Mansion ride/attraction, and I currently have Disney Wiki on hand to help provide further elaboration and comparison pictures.

Alright, character time!

Let's start with Cesar in the middle, who is absolutely serving as Madame Leota, a disembodied head in a crystal ball who conducts "an otherworldly séance in an attempt to summon spirits and assist them in materializing." (And I'm not meant to be talking about the arrangement, but I would feel bad if I didn't mention that the "serpents and spiders" incantation that Cesar does before the beat kicks in is actually part of Madame Leota's incantation, not from the Hide And Seek song!) (Also fun fact: Madame Leota was originally voiced by Eleanor Audley, who also voiced both Lady Tremaine in Cinderella and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty!)

Could you immediately tell based on just the thumbnail which one was Layne and which one was Geoff? I did actually get it right (could I really call myself a devoted Geoff stan if I didn't?), but honestly I did start to second-guess myself a little.

So in the left-hand column here, we have Layne, and my god Tony and Rick Underwood both really went off for this one. Layne is playing the Hatbox Ghost, who looks like this!

And if it weren't enough to be wondering how long Layne spent in the makeup chair for his extremely ghostly appearance (note that he's also completely clean-shaven, which is quite rare for him, but obviously necessary for the character look), then next we have Geoff, in the right-hand column, and do you see why I don't watch this video a lot? 😅 (I'm mostly joking, I'm not that shallow, but he's still practically unrecognisable!)

Geoff is playing The Caretaker (who apparently has the semi-official name of Silas Crump), who is the groundskeeper for the mansion and its adjacent cemetery, and he is terrified of the undead residents within the manor. He looks like this!

(Geoff, I know you love to call yourself "old [and boring]", but this is ridiculous 🤣)

(Not even 30 seconds into the video yet! Shoutout to anyone who actually reads this whole post!)

Next, we have Lauren, who is playing "The Bride". Apparently there were two iterations of this character in The Haunted Mansion, and I'm not sure which one Lauren is playing, or whether she's going for a mix of both, but here are pictures of the two versions:

The second iteration of The Bride (on the right) is known as Constance Hatchaway (not a typo!), and is one of the figures depicted in the Stretching Room's portraits. Apparently she had a habit of decapitating her husbands with a hatchet (hence the surname), and then stuffing their heads inside of hatboxes as trophies (lovely). According to lore, one of her husbands came into the possession of the manor now known as the Haunted Mansion, which she then inherited after her husband met the same grisly fate as all the previous ones did.

And finally we have Eli, perhaps the most recognisable member in this one, as Alexander Nitrokoff, another figure from the Stretching Portrait Gallery. He looks like this: (and yes, this portrait basically depicts his untimely end. Rip.)

(10/10 casting choice, I must say, and outfit on point as well 👌)

OKAY, we've finally got character lore and introductions out the way, now we can actually get on with the video!

This picture is very similar to the first picture in this post, but I have more things to say about this set up!

One, I love the ghostly visual effects on Lauren, with the glowy ethereal outline of her silhouette, and the slight translucence on her dress! No clue who was responsible for visual effects/editing on this one (it doesn't say in the description, but maybe Layne?)

And 2, correct me if I'm wrong but are Geoff, Layne, and Eli all lit in different ways? Eli has a warm-coloured spotlight on him, Geoff has more of a cool-coloured spotlight on him (I think?), possibly angled different to the light on Eli as well, and as for Layne I'm honestly not sure, but he stands out in a really interesting way. I have a feeling that the lighting on him is such that it makes him look like an actual Haunted Mansion/Disney Parks ride animatronic (especially when combined with deliberate movement/acting choices in the video). Nobody is credited with lighting for this one, but I'll still place a bet on who helped with a lot of it (at the least) anyway!

"Ding dong, you can't keep me WAITING!!!"

(Acting was on point across the board for this video, I must say)

"I can sense your horror!"

(JESUS-)

Absolutely loving Cesar's makeup in this one ngl (I wonder whether he coloured his face and/or hair blue for filming this or if that was just all done via editing?)

(Also great face Eli)

Honestly if not for his unmistakable vocal timbre, you could easily not realize this was Geoff at all. Rick did a ridiculously good job of making him (and Layne) look completely unrecognisable! Like is Geoff wearing facial prosthetics or something? His eyebrows look fake, the eyebags look like they were done with more than just regular makeup, and even his cheeks look thinner? Man I really wanna join VP's Patreon at the behind-the-scenes tier! But alas! Money!

Geoff: "Just wait, you can't hide from me"

Me while listening to the song on Spotify: 👉👈 👀

Me while watching the YouTube video: 😧😬

You can't have one of your members dress up as the Hatbox Ghost for a Haunted Mansion style video and not feature the character's main "gimmick" of his head moving from his neck to the box that he holds! And well, all things considered, Voiceplay did a pretty decent job of it! (And hey, even Disney themselves struggled with it - the character was removed from the attraction within only a few weeks of the ride's opening, and didn't actually return to the ride until 46 years later, in 2015, for the park's Diamond Anniversary Celebrations!)

"Knock, knock, I'm inside your room now" "Hello!"

Voiceplay are just showing off at this point honestly 😝 (I wonder how long this video was in production for? Seems like it would have been a big project taking at least a full month, if not longer)

Also haven't yet mentioned it but it's cool how the full group shots are shot in a way that makes it look like you're watching this from one of the ridecars (people-movers?) of the Haunted Mansion!

Oh dang I completely forgot about Cesar's/Madame Leota's crystal ball floating up in the air!

And there you have it folks! Maybe not one of my most picture-heavy posts, but quite possibly one of the most text-heavy! Now time for me to not watch this video again until October at the earliest!

(Also, since I'm skipping over the Christmas videos (for now at least), we're finally into the 2023 bunch of videos! (Though I'll be skipping over Nothing Else Matters and In My Room, sorry!))

[towritecomicsonherarms]

The Paybacks #2

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Dexter: The Sixth Season 2011

[dropoutdottv]

😂🔊Now presenting: the trailer for season three of 'Make Some Noise'! Premiering June 24th.

Make Some Noise season three is our biggest and noisiest season yet and will consist of a whopping 20 episodes with host Sam Reich back behind the desk.

Featuring the return of the Noise Boys (Josh Ruben, Zac Oyama, Brennan Lee Mulligan) and an incredible slew of guests: Anna Garcia, Chris Grace, Carl Tart, Ify Nwadiwe, Ally Beardsley, Erika Ishii, Geoff Ross, Izzy Roland, Jacob Wysocki, Jacquis Neal, Jeremy Culhane, Jess McKenna, Jiavani, Kimia Behpoornia, Kurt Maloney, Lauren Pritchard, Lou Wilson, Nick Mandernach, Rashawn Scott, Ross Bryant, Vic Michaelis, Zac Oyama, Zeke Nicholson, Paul F. Tompkins, Talia Tabin, Victoria Longwell, Devin Field, Rachel Bloom, Hannah Pilkes, D.J. Mausner, Malachai Komanoff Bandy, Mimi von Schack, Maame-Yaa Aforo, Sarah Claspell, Ryder Dunagan, Caitlin Reilly, Pete Holmes, Bri Giger, Echo Kellum, Angela Giarratana, Corin Wells, Ben Schwartz, and Ryan Gaul!

[real-total-drama-takes]

Reboot cast and who I think their fav was (ik TECHNICALLY only the first season of the og is canon in the reboot but imma pretend the second season takes place like two weeks after)

Bowie - honestly either Heather or Leshawna, maybe both

Lauren - LOVES IZZY but loved Gwen's fashion

Wayne & Raj - saw Katie and Sadie and went "they just like us fr‼️", they also love Tyler

Zee - dude probably liked all of them tbh

Damien - canonically didn't watch the show but I think he'd watch it after being eliminated, I think he'd like either Courtney or Damien

Priya - Diehard Courtney Stan but rooted for Gwen in the finals

Julia - was a heather Stan when she was younger but pretended to like Lindsey

Nichelle - Leshawna was her icon but she had a special place in her heart for Lindsey

Chase - kinda hard to decide between Duncan, Geoff, or Tyler

Ripper - Owen, no doubt, bitch you wanna be him so bad, you will never be him. He's also probably a minor Ezekiel Stan and thinks he was cheated for his "based" take about women💀

Millie - Gwen, leshawna, or DJ, idk, they feel the most sensible I feel like shed like them for that

Emma - Defo a Lindsey stan, no.1 Lyler shipper, their everything she wanted in a relationship but never got

Mk - I don't feel like she'd like anyone specifically, she'd root for whoever was the sneakiest or had the best strategy

Axel - Eva, to this day she still thinks her aggressive queen was done dirty

Caleb - either Leshawna or Bridgette, Justin was definitely an inspiration to him tho

[daniarts19]

The Total Drama Characters if they are animals.

I’m doing a update to my animal au list, just for things

Hosts:

Chris McLean- Weasel

Chef Hatchet - Alligator

Blaineley - Fennec Fox

Josh - Labrador retriever

Don - Golden Eagle

Island/Action/World Tour Contestants:

Ezekiel: Opossum

Eva: Honey Badger

Noah: Aardwolf

Justin: Peacock

Katie: Meerkat

Tyler: Border Collie

Izzy: Red Panda

Cody: Mouse

Beth: Quinea Pig

Sadie: Chinchilla

Courtney: Jackal

Harold: Canadian Goose

Trent: Silver Fox

Bridgette: River Otter

Lindsay: English Cocker Spaniel

DJ: Deer

Geoff: Sea Lion

Leshawna: Brazilian Toucan

Duncan: Grey Wolf

Heather: Snow Leopard

Gwen: Corsac Fox

Owen: Panda

Sierra: Striped Skunk

Alejandro: Jaguar

Revenge Of The Island Contestants

Staci: Parrot

B: Elephant

Dawn: Owl

Sam: Sloth Bear

Brick: German Shepherd

Anne-Maria: Black Panther

Dakota: Flamingo

Mike: Mash Deer

Jo: Spotted Hyena

Scott: Red Fox

Zoey: Gazelle

Lightning: Zebra

Cameron: Rabbit

Pahktiew Island Contestants

Beardo: Bison

Leonard: Pangolin

Amy: Saluki

Samey: Saluki

Rodney: Moose

Ella: Squirrel

Topher: Black Footed Ferret

Dave: Abyssinian Cat

Scarlett: Rat

Max: Mole

Jasmine: Kangaroo

Sugar: Pig

Shawn: Amardillo

Sky: Cheetah

The Ridonculous Race contestants

Tammy - Tapir

Gerry - Cobra

Pete - Rattlesnake

Ellody: Mongoose

Mary: Beaver

Laurie: Alpaca

Miles: Goat

Jen: Ring Necked Parakeet

Tom: Hyacinth Macaw

Kelly: Mink

Taylor: Mink

Mickey: Chipmunk

Jay: Chipmunk

Lorenzo: Tazmanian Devil

Chet: Warthog

Rock: Striped Hyena

Spud: Sloth

Dwayne: Lion

Junior: Lion cub

Crimson: Hawk

Ennui: Vulture

Stephanie: Asian Rhinoceros

Ryan: African Rhinoceros

Carrie: Sheep

Devin: Dhole

Emma: Siamese cat

Kitty: Siamese cat

Jacques: Husky

Josee: Lyxn

Brody: Harbor Seal

Sanders: Doberman Pincher

MacArthur: Pitbull

Total Drama Island (2023) contestants

Caleb: Horse

Axel: Wolverine

Nichelle: Tiger

“Scary Girl” Lauren: Fruit Bat

Damien: Bat eared Fox

MK: Raccoon

Wayne: Reindeer

Raj: Emperor Penguin

Ripper: Spotted Skunk

Zee: Giraffe

Chase: Coyote

Emma: Tabby Cat

Julia: Swan

Millie: Hippopotamus

Bowie: Crane

Priya: Indian Peafowl/Peahen

I just hope I do some fanart for their designs and maybe redraws too.

[wanlittlehusk]

ok actual favorite reads of the year list

i'm very into you by mackenzie wark and kathy acker

mercury retrograde by emily segal

bear by marian engel

sex goblin by lauren cook

mona by pola oloixarac

unlicensed: bootlegging as creative practice by ben schwartz

the quick and the dead by joy williams

moby-dick by hermy

i used to be charming by eve babitz

someone who isn't me by geoff rickly

please kill me by gillian mccain and legs mcneil

this young monster by charlie fox

tentacle by rita indiana

stories in the worst way by garielle lutz

narrow rooms by james purdy

[wheredidalltheusersgo]

The Aftershow AU headcanons

Trent and Courtney have a bad habit of being pushed into pools

Tyler still can't do a kickflip

Sierra has to BRAWL with the urge to take home every pigeon she sees

Geoff once had a baby shower that involved an exploding cake, courtesy of Brody, Tyler, Izzy, and Lindsay. Very few people made it out of that party without bits of frosting and pink cake in their hair.

Duncan is Trisha's babysitter. She is terrified of him because she thinks he's secretly a vampire or a werewolf. She snuck into way too many of her parent's movie nights

Trisha tried to play dead to scare Duncan off, but that just ended with him having to wash ketchup and fruit punch out of her hair.

Leshawna is practically a magnet for excited dogs, she's approached by at least one whenever she goes out.

Around the holidays, Gwen makes the dumbest paintings ever and sends them to everyone she knows.

Harold roams the house late at night, he has scared the hell out of Leshawna several times by standing silently in the living room or kitchen.

Geoff is a certified Peanut Dad

Courtney glares at Cody and Harold whenever they make Ace Attorney references about her job as a lawyer

Trent and Owen talk in their sleep

Scott fell off the roof of his farmhouse once

Eva once found Lauren hanging from the ceiling fan when she was 4. She didn't bother questioning how she got up there

All of Geoff's friends have received at least one Hawaiian shirt from him as a gift

Izzy snorkels in the bathtub

Noah gets bad cases of the midnight munchies

Heather laughs whenever little kids trip and fall down

Justin, Lindsay, Brick, and Dakota watch Mean Girls and Legally Blonde religiously

Justin and Alejandro constantly commission Brick for outfits

Ezekiel loves going on ferry rides

Duncan, Alejandro, Mal, Scott, and Sam have a yearly tradition where they go to an Amusement park, have a mini eating contest, and go on the wildest rides to see who can last the longest without vomiting. The winner gets a free favour from each of the losers.

Trent owns a motorcycle

Geoff is an honorary member of the Drama Brothers, but he only sings/performs with them once in a while

Bridgette took Lindsay surfing and watched her get obliterated by a wave

Lindsay enjoys water skiing with DJ and Bridgette

Duncan got him and Scott matching possum onesies

Cody makes biscuits on Alejandro like a cat

Lindsay begs Gwen to go on slushie-dates with her

Alejandro forgets to tie his hair up on most rollercoasters, much to Heather's annoyance. She yanks his hair mid-coaster to scare the shit out of him so he ties it up before they go on any more rides

Geoff has a Mariah Carey cosplay that he wears while singing "All I want for Christmas is you"

Duncan dresses up as the grinch every Christmas

Trent and Harold are forklift certified

[td-brick]

MILO TD HEADCANON MASTERLIST for every gen and pretty much every character. Btw this isn't Every Single Headcanon I have it's just lgbt stuff but. yeah. ANYWAYS

GEN 1:

Eva - cis girl, butch lesbian, she/they

Noah - transmasc, aspec lesbian, they/he/she

Justin - transfem, aro gay, she/he

Katie - nonbinary, demiaroace lesbian, they/she

Tyler - trans girl, butch lesbian, she/her

Izzy - genderqueer, aroace, any pronouns

Cody - nonbinary, aspec bi, he/she

Beth - transmasc, lesbian, any pronouns

Sadie - trans girl, ace lesbian, she/her

Courtney - trans girl, lesbian, she/her

Harold - transfem, lesbian (sometimes butch but it's not my main headcanon for her), she/her

Trent - bigender, aroace, he/him

Bridgette - bigender transmasc, butch lesbian, he/she

Lindsay - trans girl, femme lesbian, she/her

DJ - bigender, butch lesbian, any pronouns

Geoff - he dgaf. unlabeled, any pronouns

Leshawna - trans girl, femme lesbian, she/they

Heather - cis girl, lesbian, she/her

Gwen - nonbinary, aspec bi, they/she/he

Owen - nonbinary, bi, any pronouns

Sierra - demigirl, aspec lesbian, any pronouns

Alejandro - intersex girl, arospec butch lesbian, she/her

GEN 2:

B - unlabeled, butch lesbian, he/they

Dawn - transmasc, femme lesbian, he/she

Sam - trans girl, bi, she/they

Brick - trans girl, butch lesbian, she/her

Anne Maria - cis girl, femme lesbian, she/her

Mike - transfem, bi ace, he/she/they

Jo - cis girl, butch lesbian, she/her

Scott - trans girl, butch lesbian, she/her

Zoey - transmasc, lesbian, any pronouns

Cameron - trans guy, gay ace, he/him

Lightning - nonbinary, gay, they/he/she

Further mikesys headcanons:

Chester - cis guy, gay, he/she

Svetlana - trans girl, lesbian, she/her

Vito - bigender, butch lesbian, he/him

Manitoba - transfem, butch lesbian, he/she

Mal - demigirl, aroace, he/him

GEN 3:

Leonard - genderfluid, lesbian, any pronouns

Ella - bigender, aroace lesbian, she/he

Scarlett - cis girl, aspec lesbian, she/they

Jasmine - cis girl, lesbian, she/her

Shawn - transmasc, lesbian, he/him

Sky - transmasc, acespec lesbian, he/she/they

GEN 4:

Caleb - nonbinary, aroace, he/him

Axel - transmasc, aspec butch lesbian, he/she

Nichelle - trans girl, femme lesbian, they/she

Lauren - genderfluid, femme lesbian, any pronouns

Damien - nonbinary, aspec butch lesbian, he/him

MK - nonbinary, demiaroace lesbian, they/she/he

Raj - cis guy, gay, he/him

Wayne - nonbinary, butch lesbian, he/him

Zee - nonbinary, aroace, they/them

Emma - cis girl, lesbian, she/they

Julia - cis girl, lesbian, she/her

Millie - trans girl, aroace lesbian, she/her

Bowie - genderqueer, gay, any pronouns

Priya - cis girl, lesbian, she/her

[jules-has-notes]

Panic! in Four Minutes — VoicePlay music videos

All singers are performers, but VoicePlay have definitely earned their moniker as the theater kids of the a cappella world. When they decided to create a medley of PatD songs, they wanted their own accompanying videos to have a bit of the same short-film aesthetic as the band's original videos. What ensued was a mid-summer location shoot, a kidnapping scenario straight out of a heist film, and even a dramatic cliffhanger.

Details:

title: Panic! in Four Minutes, part 1

original songs / performers: all songs by Panic! At the Disco — "Victorious"; "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"; "Emperor's New Clothes"; "Miss Jackson", feat. Lolo; "The Ballad of Mona Lisa"

written by: all songs by Brendon Urie in collaboration — "Victorious" with Mike Viola, Morgan "White Sea" Kibby, Jake Sinclair, Alexander DeLeon, Rivers Cuomo, & CJ Baran; "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" with Ryan Ross & Spencer Smith; "Emperor's New Clothes" with Jake Sinclair, Lauren "Lolo" Pritchard, Sam Hollander, & Dan Wilson; "Miss Jackson" with Dallon Weekes, Lauren "Lolo" Pritchard, Jake Sinclair, Amir Jerome Salem, & Alex Goose; "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" with Spencer Smith, Butch Walker, & John Feldmann

arranged by: Layne Stein & Earl Elkins, Jr.

release date: 13 July 2018

My favorite bits:

the rhythm section's crisp beginning

that incredible chord from the end of the "Victorious" intro section doubling as a frightened scream

Earl's focused tone on that falling chromatic line

everyone slumping in their seats during the first transition

Eli's defiant rock grit on "Emperor's New Clothes"

slipping that key change into ♫ "anywa-ay-ay" ♫

adding chair and chain sounds to Layne's already impressive percussion (and using the latter as a radio edit)

J.None's lovely falling run on ♫ "rationality" ♫

such beautiful harmonies on "Ballad of Mona Lisa"

Geoff's subharmonic drop on ♫ "believe" ♫

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Details:

title: Panic! in Four Minutes, part 2

original songs / performers: all songs by Panic! At the Disco — "This Is Gospel"; "High Hopes"; "Say Amen (Saturday Night)"

written by: all songs by Brendon Urie in collaboration — "This Is Gospel" with Dallon Weekes & Jake Sinclair; "High Hopes" with Jake Sinclair, Jenny Owen Youngs, Lauren "Lolo" Pritchard, Sam Hollander, William Lobban-Bean, Jonas Jeberg, Taylor Parks, & Ilsey Juber; "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" with Jake Sinclair, Sam Hollander, Lauren "Lolo" Pritchard, Imad Royal, Nathan Abshire, Suzy Shinn, Tom Peyton, Tobias Wincorn, & The Budos Band

arranged by: Layne Stein & Earl Elkins, Jr.

release date: 20 July 2018

My favorite bits:

the panicked (ha!) heartbeat sounds

Layne's gentle timbre on the opening of "This Is Gospel"

everyone jerking against their chains as Earl belts out ♫ "let me GOOO" ♫

the soft bell chords under Eli's lead section

Geoff rounding out the low end as Eli sings ♫ "all tied up" ♫

Layne putting his increasing frustration into the percussion through rhythmic breathing

Earl mouthing "What the fu–?!" when Geoff haphazardly tosses the key so far out of his reach

that blazingly high ♫ "SaturDAAAAY" ♫ from J.None

all the others cringing away from the bomb as much as they can when the timer nears the end and Geoff takes a wild guess at which wire to cut

finishing on pure octaves for that last ♫ "vic-tor-i-ous" ♫

Trivia:

These videos were filmed at an abandoned sawmill previously owned by the Wilson Cypress Co. in Palatka, FL. According to the guys' various anecdotes, the place didn't smell great, and there were some wasps flying around. The things they endure for their art.

The original PaTD videos for three of the songs included in this medley — "Say Amen", "This Is Gospel", and "Emperor's New Clothes" — contain a continuous story known as the Devil's Key trilogy. It stands to reason that the key around Geoff's neck is a reference to that.

One eagle-eyed viewer spotted another bit of PatD inspiration in the visuals for these videos.

J.None has said that the B5 wail in "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" is the highest note he's ever hit. Considering that he's a natural baritone, and now sings bass with the SeaChanters, that's darn impressive.

Similarly, Geoff's E1 at the end of "Ballad of Mona Lisa" was his lowest recorded note at the time. (He has, of course, surpassed that by half an octave in the years since then.)

Makeup artist Dana Bracewell from Makeup and Creative Arts provided the fake dirt and injuries. (No singers were actually harmed in the making of this video.)

The cover art was designed by VP's longtime friend and collaborator Rek Dunn.

The guys demonstrated the opening tape pull for production assistants Rek and Hayley in the trailer where they got gussied up. Hayley ended up doing it in the video.

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The Facebook upload of "Part 1" racked up two million views in a day and a half, six million in less than a week, 10 million before the end of the month, and 15 million in just over three weeks. After six years, it's sitting just under 30 million.

It also nudged them over 600,000 followers on Facebook.

A fan brought the first video to Brendon Urie's attention on Twitter, and he passed it along to his fans, which certainly didn't hurt.

A few fan artists were inspired to capture the guys' predicament, and speculate about the aftermath.

art by amedamatoame (師旋)

art by Clara Meath & Leon King

VoicePlay's video for "Billie Eilish in 3 Minutes", released a little over a year later, is a prequel to this story, showing how they ended up in so much danger.

Some fans have embraced a headcanon that the video for "Queen in 5 Minutes" is the next episode in this story, and that Earl ends up in the hospital because Geoff cut the wrong wire and failed to stop the explosion.

The unified video was originally only available to Patreon patrons, but it was uploaded to VoicePlay's TikTok account after five years.

During a break in filming, Eli's shared a story about a mishap that occured while he was playing Fortnite.

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They also used their break time to practice a little stunt work.

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They even created a suitably dramatic trailer for this two-parter.

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A single-track audio version was later included on VoicePlay's "Citrus" album, which compiled most of the songs they recorded from 2017-19. Because the individual songs had already been made available digitally, that album is exclusively a physical item that can only be purchased at live shows or through their website.

[tomatoluvr69]

I didn’t really ever read short story collections, I guess because to sit and read for the amount of time you want to read, you tend to get interrupted by the abrupt change from story to story I guess? But I’ve just started keeping a collection from some authors I like on my standard books app that came with the phone, and that’s been so amazing, when I find myself waiting around for whatever reason in public or at work, I can read some and it feels like the perfect thing bc unlike a novel length book, I can go for months in between if I want. Highly recommend

[acaplaya-musings]

Voiceplay Visuals - Thriller (part 1 of 2)

(The video isn't a two-parter, but this analysis is! You can find part two HERE, but there'll also be a link at the bottom of this post!) VoicePlay's cover of Michael Jackson's Thriller was released to YouTube on the 12th of October, 2024 (and/or on the 11th - you know how it works), and features the one and only J None, back again with the group! Actually, in case you haven't fully realised it yet, of the 4 Halloween videos that VP has done since he stopped being a permanent member, J has returned for 3 out of 4 of them! (The exception being 2022's Hide And Seek/Ding Dong, ft. Lauren Paley). Also, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but this might be the first time Voiceplay has covered two songs by the same artist in the same year? The first obviously being The Way You Make Me Feel (which has been submitted for consideration to be maybe nominated for a Grammy in two categories!?!) But anyway, I don't wanna get off-topic, and of course I'm not actually here to talk about the music/vocals/arrangement (I did that in a separate post which you can find HERE); I'm here to talk about everything happening on screen! And boy is there a lot to talk about, such that I very quickly realised I would absolutely have to make two posts in order to mention everything (like what I did for Classical Chaos). So enough of my introductory yapping, Let's Get Into This!

Introductory shot! Actually this was the video thumbnail that Patrons got for early access (though I hit play without even looking at it anyway), so we went in way more blind than the rest of y'all did!

The moon lamp once again making an appearance in the background! Geoff first got it for his Jack's Lament video, and then VoicePlay used it for Classical Chaos earlier this year. Also I wouldn't be surprised if some of those gravestones were reused from Jack's Lament as well tbh. (And trees possibly from Be Prepared and/or Classical Chaos?)

Oh yeah and maybe you might see something on the floor behind Cesar's legs? Don't worry about it, it's probably nothing! 😉 😝

(More below the cut!)

J sings "under the moonlight...", and Cesar turns to look back at the moon! (And Layne turns his head as well)

Also the beam of light coming from the top left area shining down to the centre of the floor reminds me of the similar lighting effect from Song Of Durin ngl (as always, Eli was credited with lighting for this one - shocker to no one, and he always kills it every time!)

Also quick comment on the clothing, I like how they're all wearing black and red, but with each with their own take on it. Layne has red shoes (so does J), Cesar has red plaid pants, and J, Eli, and Geoff all have red shirts (and J has red and black trousers (or whatever they are), and Geoff has ripped jeans with red showing through underneath). And of course it's always nice when Geoff is wearing an actual proper colour other than blue! 😁😝

Not fully a visuals thing but I forgot to put it in my musical thoughts/commentary post - I like how Eli sings "you're paralysed!" and then the background vocals sing "you're para-!" but they din't finish the word, as if they've been stopped, or rather paralysed midway through singing! And this is highlighted in the video by Cesar here, so it is still kinda a visual thing as well!

Hey I think that person figure thing on the ground behind Cesar and Layne has gotten closer! It's still probably nothing though, it's fine /j

Actually nevermind, it's not fine - watch out Layne!!!

On my first watch-through of this video on Patreon, I mostly just watched it start to finish without stopping. The only two times I paused were right at the start to take in the starting shot and kind of "psych myself up" to get through the rest of it (again, not knowing anything about the video), and then I rewound a few seconds and paused to try and get a better look at who this zombie person was. And then I stayed paused for like a hot minute while I absolutely died laughing because omg KATHY!!!!! 😂🤣🤣

*YEET*

(Oh the genuine delights of frame-by-frame scrubbing 😂)

So here's some BTS info for you: Geoff was in charge of the production and direction of this video (and song arrangement) (though Tony also helped out with direction too), and apparently his initial idea was for Zombie!Kathy to "bite" Layne's leg, and then just make a face or something as if he tasted bad, and then crawl away or whatever. It was Kathy who had the idea of what actually happens in the video! Geoff wasn't sure at first, but she told Layne the idea and he loved it, and yeah it was absolutely hilarious - definitely VoicePlay Brand Of Dumb (affectionate).

Also you don't really see anything of the ""body double"" that Layne kicks away, but VoicePlay (Geoff specifically I'm presuming) decided to credit 'her' in the description: "Flying Stunt Zombie - Greta The Gruesome" 😂 (Kathy meanwhile is credited as "Production Manager and Floor Zombie")

And also despite being hardly seen, VoicePlay and crew put effort into making Kathy and the doll "Greta" (bought from a Spirit Halloween store inside the same mall as Pattycake Studios) look like each other! Kathy has since posted a couple pics from the videoshoot with her and "Greta" in full makeup and costuming on her Instagram - Here's a link!

Cesar is Concerned (and/or confused, lol)

And so yeah, Kathy was on the floor at the back right from the start! (Though I didn't notice her there at first till the second time around.) Kinda like Geoff's Monster Mash video in that regard! (someone on the Discord server (I believe it was Huldra?) made a joke about this being the result of Narrator/Scientist!Geoff's creation going horribly wrong, lol)

You doing alright there Layne?

*AAAAAAHHHH...*

*...CHOOOO!*

(Oof, rip Cesar!)

Also kinda neat how the lights change back to red right on Layne's sneeze (momentarily going purple in between as well!)

So not only did Eli maybe get some in his eye, or at least almost do so, but Cesar's wiping his sneezed-on hands on him!

Eli: Cesar dude what the heck? Cesar: Hey don't blame me! Layne was the one that sneezed in the first place!

Not exactly an air guitar, but Geoff does kinda look like he's playing some sort of invisible instrument here and it's low-key intriguing to me

A very quick sideways head/neck jerk from Cesar - the first warning sign that the zombie-ness has spread to him as well!

Yep, now it's Cesar's turn!

Shoutout to Cesar's gold painted nails! Very pretty!

And also shoutout to Layne's acting/movements in this video! In most VoicePlay videos you'll likely notice that he has "self-conducting" movements in a similar way to what Geoff does, and you might even notice similar hand movements across multiple videos. But in this video, from the moment he starts looking a bit more sickly/"zombie-like", his movements change a little as well - looking a bit more jerky and stuff, and he seems to mostly be keeping his hands open and flat like in this picture here - less bending of fingers or any sort of fluid "drumming" motions (maybe meant to represent a bit of growing rigor mortis?)

I only just thought of the rigor mortius idea/"theory" just before, and then we get this ~2 second group shot at the start of the bridge section, and Layne barely moves, despite there still being audible percussion - it definitely seems like a deliberate choice! (He's still beatboxing, or at least lip-syncing to it, but it's rare that he keeps his body so still in a video while he's still doing percussion)

Watch out Eli - I think you're next!

*Pfft* rip he's gone

(Cesar in the BTS video: "Can I go for his head?" Geoff: "If he consents to it")

"Well that's not good"

"They're out to get you..."

Geoff isn't the only person to look directly at the camera/viewer in the video, but the verse he does here definitely feels the most like an actual warning, especially with the way he conveys it on screen here, and I guess it lines up nicely with him doing the monologue later. (Also low-key "close all the windows, lock the doors, unless you're careful he'll get yours" vibes ngl)

(Oh and necklace spotted!)

Also this bit low-key reminds me of the end of VoicePlay's Running Up That Hill video, after Ashley levitates and everyone else is just practically frozen, moving only their eyes (and mouths)

Oh no Geoff watch out!!!

(But also goddamn why does he look so good here? Like even with the hands and everything, almost looks like a freaking painting!)

Honestly I find Geoff's bit here really interesting - he's concerned/worried, but he doesn't actually look massively terrified, and he doesn't look like he's ready to run or fight. Like maybe he's almost already accepted the fact that he's next, and it's just a matter of how and when?

(That'd kinda sorta line up with the This Is Halloween video actually, in that everyone is slowly turning into creepy monsters, and Geoff appears to be the one least resistant to it (yes this video can be connected to a lot of other VoicePlay/Geoff videos, and I love it))

(Oh and I gotta give my love to his grey-white parts of Geoff's hair - truly this man ages like fine wine <3)

Not the hair!!!

And down he goes!

(And literally, he was in fact pulled straight downwards! Bent the legs, and Cesar and Layne helped support his weight so he didn't topple straight down - it was kinda amusing to see it happen in the BTS video ngl)

One last thing I will point out is that the jump across to J following this bit is actually not a cut or some fancy transition edit - Geoff's section to J's section is one continuous shot. But with that being said, this is still where I'm cutting this post off, because it's the halfway point (not counting the credits), and I've hit image limit! (I had to remove two images here to make it work but otherwise I managed!) Go find part 2 HERE!

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Headcanon full names for the TD contestants

I figured that I should share my list of headcanon full names of each of the characters of Total Drama, with a couple of exceptions here and there (i.e. Chris McLean, Blainely O'Halloran, Alejandro Burromuerto, Cody Anderson, Harold McGrady, Devon "DJ" Joseph, Dakota Milton, Lightning Jackson, Cameron Wilkins, Nichelle LaDonna, Valentina MacArthur). Results may possibly vary.

Original Total Drama contestants

Gwendolyn York (sharing the same name as the York Region)

Trent McAllister

Duncan van Jensen

Courtney Ferrera

Heather Yang

Lindsay Berglund

Tyler Greenwood

Bethany Collins

Geoff Baskerville

Brigette Heinemann

Justin Carroway

LeShawna Martin

Isabella Crampton

Eva Alexandrova

Sierra McAnthony

Katie Bisonette

Sadie Jeong

Ezekiel Brimstone

Revenge of the Island contestants

Michael Holmvik

Zoey Abendroth

Brick Hopkins

Scott Bronson

Josephine "Jo" Arnold

Samuel Braxton

Anna Marie Lombardi

Dawn Nicholson

Beverly "B" Norwood

Staci Murray

Pahkitew Island contestants

Shawn Romero

Jasmine Abbott

Sky Rouleau

David Corduroy

Sugar van Hoffman

Amanda Dufresne

Samantha Dufresne

Topher Fellows

Ella Grimm

Maxwell Hunter

Scarlett McGrady

Rodney Fieldston

Leonard Hammersmith

Winslow Beardman

The Ridonculous Race contestants

Devin Letterman

Carrie Brennan

Thomas Wesley

Jennifer Walcott

Brody Simpson

Stephanie Fairchild

Ryan Carmichael

Rosalind Sanders

Josée Guillaume

Jacques Beaumont

Emma Zhong

Katherine Zhong

Stuart Rockford

Theodore Spudman

Dwayne Broker Sr.

Dwayne Broker Jr.

Kelly Greenwood

Taylor Greenwood

Jay Henderson

Mickey Henderson

Ennui Craven

Marie Crimson

Tammy Lundgren

Laurie Delcroix

Kristoffersen Miles

Ellody Newton

Marie Poindexter

Chet Levett

Lorenzo Antonelli

Gerry Drummond

Peter McLean

Total Drama Revival contestants

Caleb Edwards

Priya Rouhani

Millie Baldridge

Hezekias "Zee" Wanchai

Julie Martinson

Mary Kate "MK" Chung

Wayne Rupert

Raj Samaroo

Bowie Davison (based on the late English pop star)

Emma Wahlgren

Damien Laurence

Ripper Alderman

Axel Emerson

Chase Rodgers

Lauren "Scary Girl" Metcalf (sharing the same name as the actress)

Why don't you share me your fan name ideas?

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So uh here's a list of the fandoms I'm in and some ships I have!

Tags are gonna go crazy with this one, but here are the requestable ships you may ask of me, my limit is two per person.

Dandy's world

Generational gambling

(Shelly x Vee x Gigi)

Hateful dreams

(Shrimpo x Astro)

Teacase

(Rodger x Teagan)

Flowerballoon.

(Dandy x Looey)

Sodatapes

(Dandy x Poppy)

Box craft.

(Tisha x Scraps)

Tragedy hugs and Comedic jokes

(Dazzle x Goob and Razzle x Finn)

Jewelry box

(Glisten x Boxten)

Snack box

(Sprout x Boxten x Cosmo)

Fruitcake

(Cosmo x Sprout)

Animal nature

(Flutter x Brightney)

Cookie run

Horrific holidays

(Dark enchantress x Eggnog cookie)

Flamecane

(Azure flame staff cookie x GingerBrave)

Alcoholic dragon

(HollyBerry x pititya dragon cookie)

Wild candy

(Wild Strawberry cookie x GingerBrave)

Mirrored desires

(Pomegranate cookie x Kumiho cookie.)

Lively nature.

(sugar swan x millennial tree cookie)

Smoke

(Wind Archer x Fire Spirit)

Moonlit sea

(Sea fairy x Moonlight)

Stolen bullets

(Chili pepper x Rye cookie)

False stars

(Shadow milk cookie x Star dust cookie)

Non-artifical gingerbread

(Strawberry cookie x GingerBright)

Strawberry flavored candy cane

(Strawberry cookie x GingerBrave)

Vanilla lilies

(Pure vanilla x white lily cookie)

Bitter wealth

(Golden cheese x Dark cacao)

Disventure camp.

Overworked vegan

(Ellie x Gabby)

Nerdy actor

(Dan x Riya)

Crazy overworked Actor

(Riya x Ellie x Gabby)

Disappointment

(Yul x Grett)

Rich books

(Nick x Alec)

Rich dancer

(Yul x Nick)

Mentally challenged gamer

(Ally x tess x Hunter)

Golden doughnut

(Tom x Nick)

Fearful cowgirl

(Ashley x Will)

Book leader

(Lill x Alec)

Lead actor

(Lill x Riya)

Fitness actor

(Grett x Riya)

Total drama

Wolf dancer

(Dj x Heather)

Gothic CIT

(Gwen x Courtney)

Gummy worm lawyer

(Noah x Cody x Emma, the race one not the reboot)

Smelly pranks

(Ripper x Chase)

Infected actor

(Axel x Nichelle)

Chemistry nurse

(Priya x Damien)

Scary gameshows

(Scary girl/Lauren x Priya)

Breakthrough act

(Nichelle x Emma the reboot one not the race)

Charming dancer

(Heather x Alejandro)

Aggressive farmer

(Courtney x Scott)

Mistaken fashion

(Jo x brick)

Gothic nerd

(Cameron x Gwen)

Aura flims

(Dakota x Dawn)

Gothic Aura

(Dawn x Gwen)

E-scooped

(Noah x Izzy x Eva)

Crazily strong

(Eva x Izzy)

Bullied singer

(Sammy x Ella)

Manipulative scientist

(Scarlett x Amy)

Party surfer

(Bridgette x Geoff)

Australian Zombie

(Jasmine x Shawn)

Melodic Olympics

(Sky x Ella)

Guitarist model

(Trent x Justin)

Gothic strings

(Trent x Gwen)

Food insanity

(Izzy x Owen)

Food nerd

(Noah x Owen)

Mirrored lovers

(Kadie x Saide)

Dancer blogs

(Tom x Jacques)

Cold cop

(McAuther x Josee)

The amazing digital circus

Checkmate

(Kinger x Queener)

Spinning shapes

(Gangle x Zooble)

Jester mask

(Pomni x Gangle)

Shaped jokes

(Pomni x Zooble)

Jester doll

(Ragatha x Pomni)

Ragged Alligator

(Ragatha x Gumigoo)

Gummy jokes

(Pomni x Gumigoo)

Bunny bandit

(Jax x Gumigoo)

Doll faced princess

(Loolilalu x Ragatha)

Funny candy

(Loolilalu x Pomni)

Intelligent jester

(Caine x Pomni)

Robotic rabbit

(Caine x Jax)

Abstract panic

(Pomni x kaufmo)

My little pony

Fancy cowgirl

(Applejack x Rarity)

Competitive designer

(Applejack x Rarity x Rainbow dash)

Cowgirl speedster

(Rainbow dash x Applejack)

Animal baker

(Pinkie pie x Fluttershy)

Farm animals

(Applejack x Fluttershy)

Ykw? I'm not tagging all of those ships. Fuck that, anyways, I hope y'all find a ship you'd like to request.