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skylermadness · 1 year ago

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Beachside Pizza (Cipactli TF/MC)

(Original Date of Upload: July 26, 2023)

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If nobody else is going to make TF content on the new Housamo guy then I will. When I first saw Cipactli, before they were fully revealed as a transient from El Dorado, I pretty much had already fallen in love with them solely because they were an anthropomorphic reptilian wearing a suit. Then it was revealed who they are, what their profession is, and just about everything else. I'm surprised it took this long for Housamo to introduce a character who doubles as a silver screen actor and a stage actor, but also pretty much plays roles that would make monsterfuckers in-universe (and out) love them in so many ways. In general, Cipactli ended up becoming a big favorite of mine when the event started! Plus I like some of the silly quirks they put to their character. The pizza obsession mentioned in their character profile is one of them... This was a story I wrote in a few days while fueled with the urge to create some kind of TF on this guy. It's another in-universe TF similar to "Subcontracted", although with a different concept and different character (even if said character is still the 3rd version of the Protagonist character). Nonetheless I think it turned out rather well, if not a bit hastily written. Also I will continuously headcanon Cipactli as nonbinary. I'm dying on that hill.

The sounds of soft steps echoed across the walls of a spiraling staircase. On it are three people, two male and one female.

"When you said one of your most talented actors lived in the basement, I didn't expect the entryway of said basement to be a… sewer grate," one of the men, Dex, said aloud.

"Well, the home they've made in the cavern that is our basement is quite astonishing work!" the other man, Oscar, said in response as he continued to walk down the stoney steps.

Dex just hummed in response, skeptical. He had been quite familiar with being on the end of many 'odd jobs' as he liked to call them. Always being called around Tokyo by one guild or another for reasons that are well beyond his general knowledge. Today he was in the hands of the Yurakucho Guild, titled the Entertainers. A group of performers from various sides of the industry. Although something about them has always made Dex feel a bit off.

It doesn't help that the reasoning for him being here hasn't been revealed in full. He wasn't the most familiar in either performance or stage production, although he's pretty sure he could easily get the hang of it like he does most things. But it's hard to really start taking it into consideration when the guild's master, Oscar, seemed insistent in keeping everything a secret. All he knows is he's required to meet one of the main actors of this play: a Transient that goes by the name Imix.

Dex rushed forward a bit, trying to sandwich himself between Oscar and the woman beside them. A lady of many masks named Christine. He nervously tried to whisper to her a simple question, "So what exactly am I here for…?"

"All will be revealed in time," the woman says with a smile. Always a cryptic lady, she seems to be. It made Dex feel more unnerved.

"And that time is nigh as we are almost there!" Oscar proclaimed.

The trio had found themselves slowing down their descent as the stairs gave way to a single corridor. That corridor led to a massive door, an intense humidity emanating outwards from it.

Dex hesitated a bit, the man lagging behind due to the rather absurd sight. Oscar and Christine continued forward however, forcing Dex to swiftly catch back up to them.

"I would be one for theatrics, but we do have to make your meeting happen as soon as possible," Oscar started. His steps began to slow, distance to the door properly closing and prompting him to stretch a hand out to grasp the knob. "Get the two of you familiar with each other as soon as possible and all. I'd prefer not to make it too hasty, but the productions we've had planned for the next month have quite the rigid schedule."

"You two will have all the time in the world to learn about each other anyway," Christine said, following up her superior's statements. "The stage has a tendency to bring people together."

With that a soft click emanated from the door followed by a loud creak. A bright light had rapidly escaped from it, filling the room and temporarily blinding Dex as he finally managed to catch back up to the duo in full.

"W-what the-"

The man's hand was suddenly taken by Oscar, and the guild master led him into the supposed basement of the Entertainer's theater.

It took a few seconds for Dex's eyes to readjust to the new, sudden, bright light, but once it did he was… astonished to say the least.

He was vaguely familiar with something called the Tokyo Cavity Theory. It was a theory that posited a useless expanse existing beneath the city. He didn't really care enough about it to either believe or deny it, but here he found himself well believing it's existence. The Entertainer's basement was the Tokyo Cavity itself, and the expanse that was the Cavity was a heavily foliated paradise to say the least. An evident mix of jungle and beach, sharing the same hot humidity that both environments would possess. It was already making Dex feel a little sweaty. All the while the place was somehow heavily illuminated to the point it was just like the outside, likely due some kind of artificial sunlight set up by the guild.

"As you can see this is very much more than a basement," Oscar said with a smirk. He let go of Dex's hand, stepping back a bit to supposedly let him view the place on his own.

Christine is the next to speak. "Imix is quite talented in much more than acting…"

"Wait, they grew all of this…?" Dex inquired as he stepped forward a bit, looking around at all the dense jungle foliage. It honestly felt oddly familiar in ways he couldn't describe.

"You could say that…" Oscar responded with a knowing smile.

"Now, both Christine and I have some important work to attend to," both the guild master and his guildmate turned to head out the door. "I do believe you should be able to find Imix, especially since they have a tendency to just lounge around the space at their leisure when off-duty."

"I-I guess??" Dex turned around to watch the two leave. "Any specific spot I should look for…?"

"You'll know it when you see it," was the only answer given.

With that the duo of entertainers left the cavern almost as soon as they entered. The door creaked again as it shut behind them, Dex being left in the silent jungle that was the famed Tokyo Cavity. He wasn't alone here, luckily. Or so he was left to believe, anyway. He began to walk on the one trail that cleaved the jungle, blissfully unaware that the door that served as the entrance had been locked once it was shut…

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Sweat slowly dribbled down Dex's forehead, and the young man angrily muttered something as he felt small grains of sand in his shoes again.

"Where the hell is this guy…" he said to himself. It felt like he's been roaming around here for an hour, even if the truth is he's only been down here for twenty or so minutes.

Currently he had found himself back at the beach that the path from the entrance led to. He had gone off into the jungle about twice during the twenty minutes, but it was relatively fruitless and evidently impossible to do proper searches within for a single person like him. Mainly because he really did not want to get lost in the middle of the jungle that was within a cave system that was supposedly the size of Tokyo itself. Then again he wasn't fully convinced that this was not some kind of permanent world collision like the ones in Tokyo Bay.

For some reason his first thought for it was a collision with El Dorado.

Disregarding that thought, he continues to stroll across the beach. Was he searching, was he waiting, he wasn't really quite sure anymore. The only perks of this place was the tropical feel and the surprising lack of bugs. A real paradise, he internally reiterated to himself.

"You'd think a famed acting guild would know how to properly time their meetings," he casually complained, feeling some more grains of sand somehow make their way into his footwear. He does end up idly looking forward for a bit, eyes drifting onto a large reclining lounge chair not unlike those you'd find on beaches.

He'd passed it once or twice before during his searches. It was the only spot in any of the areas he was in that had any sort of non-natural objects. Just a simple chair, a small table beside it, and a closed umbrella on the opposing side to the table. He had also taken note of the table possessing a supposedly unopened pizza box. A peculiar thing that stood out to him, but not one he really wanted to dwell on at the time of searching.

…although his eyes were lingering a bit too long on the box. His thoughts were interrupted by the sudden sound of his stomach growling.

"Urgh, damn it," he swore he ate before coming here. Then again, pizza was always rather alluring.

Dex gave in rather easily. He's been roaming around here for a while, and one slice wouldn't hurt. It's the least that could be done for forcing him to wait so long. Or just forcing him to even search for his client at all.

"As soon as possible my ass…" he angrily muttered as he took a seat on the chair. His legs dangled off the side, feet still digging into the sand as he faced the table. He slowly opened the pizza box, preparing himself to see either bugs or just absolutely nothing. All he would be greeted with however was the smell of cheese, tomato sauce, and meat, all wafting out the container the moment it was cracked open.

Taking that as a good sign, Dex shifted to quickly opening the box instead. Within it sat a standard sliced up pizza. Meat lovers if he had to presume judging by the copious amount of meat chunks and pepperoni that topped the cheese. The smell was practically entrancing though. It filled his brain with some intense urge to just… consume.

Another growl escaped his stomach. With that he just grabbed a singular slice, took a moment to watch the melted cheese stick and hang from the slice, then… bite.

"Mmph… still… warm…"

His words slowed as he chewed. It was originally at a quicker pace, but it seemed to only slow down as he started to feel weird. Was he getting tired? And his brain was beginning to feel a little fuzzy… but it. It didn't matter, the pizza was good. So good that it kept him distracted from the changes beginning to occur within his hands…

It was a bit subtle at first. Nails appearing to become slightly sharper and a tealish coloration formulating at the very tips of his fingers. Subtlety didn't last long though as the changes rapidly evolved. The sharpness of his nails grew more prominent, steadily poking out from behind the tips of his fingers before seemingly shifting in position. The location of them was in the process of moving, going from the edges of his fingers to the very ends of them. All the while the translucent keratin was altering at the cellular level, hardening into a set of boney claws.

Concurrent to the changes in his nails was another set of changes in his fingers and hands. The tealish coloration that entered the tips was moving downwards, slowly but surely making its way to covering the entirety of his fingers. The discoloration was a direct result of his skin changing, the composition of it being shifted into a smooth feel that was a byproduct of their physiology going from human skin to an almost scale-like composition. However a level of softness did remain in the texture, likely due to the aforementioned smoothness.

All while the scales covered his fingers a change in size was settling into them as well. Each one grew thicker and plumper at the same time, easily shifting into massive sausages of appendages. Two fingers on each hand also seemed to be sticking together, both ring and middle fingers squeezing together until they merged into one chunky finger. At the same time the rest of his hands would grow in size as well, a wave of teal washing over them as they stretched out wider and broader. A beefiness would also be added to the appendages, thickening them up as well as the muscles and bone within them bulked up in size. All of this would noticeably cause the pizza slice he was holding to look dramatically smaller within it than it had a minute prior, although it seems Dex hasn't noticed it.

Eventually the scales would travel beyond his wrists and start layering onto his forearms. Although much like his hands, his arms ended up undergoing the same set of changes. The size of his lower arms were the first to grow, their diameter increasing due to the muscles within them getting enlarged drastically. While they did possess a certain thickness before, the transformation only layered onto that by practically doubling his arms in size.

The effects of this would be better showcased once everything moved past his elbows and onto his upper arms. His biceps practically ballooned outwards, as did his triceps, once the changes in skin washed over them. Muscle mass bulking and increasing more, causing the rolled up sleeves of his shirt to strain against them. Creases formed within the fabric as the indents that divided his muscles pushed up against the sleeves in their pursuit of growth. And his shirt's attempts to contain his beefing arms would end up rapidly becoming useless, rips piercing the air due to tears forming at the seams. All of which was because his delts had swelled out well beyond the size that his sleeves would have originally been able to confine them. And judging by the sounds of more rips playing out, the rest of his newfound musculature had quickly reached that size as well.

Although the sounds of his clothing starting to tear was very evident, Dex strangely didn't seem to mind. He was too focused on eating the slice of pizza to really seem to care. Alongside the haze in his mind that just dulled his ability to really focus on anything besides the food for the time being. If anything all he felt was a bit tired, a feeling that prompted him to reposition himself to fully be on the chair and casually lounge upon it. All the while he took another bite of the pizza slice in his hand.

He chews, oddly content despite the situation. The young man was either unaware or uncaring at the feeling of scales starting to etch their way onto his chest and back. The teal coloration had also shifted to a dark shade of navy as they layered onto his upper torso. The width of his body steadily expanded, shoulders starting to grow broader as his form was pushed out to get larger. The size of his body increasing also became evident in the changes on his torso, his pectorals seeming to push out more with each idle inhale he did. More thick muscles are being added into the region at a steady pace, giving the meaty slabs an even harder firmness than they had before. This would only be temporary however as a dense layer of fat accumulated upon the region, a softness being forced upon them. The growth in size also seemed to be getting so prevalent that one of the buttons of his shirt snapped off, showing off the thick shelf of fatty pectorals he now possessed.

While everything had surrounded his very core, beneath all the muscles and fat was a rather peculiar change. It was evident he was becoming a different creature biologically, and it seemed deep down his body was beginning to adjust to that very change in species. A deep chill entered his body, his heart momentarily slowing before going back to its usual pacing. The sweat-inducing heat of the massive cavern was changing to something more manageable as deep within his skin his internal body temperature was shifting. He was becoming cold blooded.

While that occured, the navy blue scales eventually reached his abdomen and a V-shaped segmenting pattern was prominently forming in the scales that layered the region. In sharp contrast to the changes that happened in his upper chest, the transformation in this area seemed to instantly begin to fat. It started with a small bloating as his belly was beginning to round out a bit, his abdominal muscles steadily getting consumed at a slow pace. The consumption would only progress further, the toned appearance getting replaced with a much smoother one as his swelling belly pushed out further. The remaining buttons of his shirt soon started to strain while the split tried to hold itself against his round gut, but it was now rapidly becoming pointless as the mass pushed forward even more. After just a few seconds those buttons would break off as well, the halves of his shirt sliding off his belly as it got even more thick and round. So large and filled with fat it became, practically differing massively from his previous size. So much so that it seemed to be causing the seat of the chair he was sitting on to dip a bit, descending even more as weight was continuing to add onto his form.

If the addition to his weight wasn't enough, there also was an addition to his height that was starting to get put in place. A slight tugging feeling was surging up and down his spinal cord, which caused Dex to idly wiggle a bit in his chair in order to somewhat massage it out. All this would do was allow a significant addition in inches to be applied to the changing man's height. Furthermore, a few lumps started to rise out from the fabric of his shirt on his back as beneath it more changes were occuring behind him. While the scales were obviously cascading downwards towards his rear, a more peculiar change was occurring as boney spikes were poking out from across his skin. They were small at first, but it only took a few seconds for them to get larger enough and pointy enough that some of the spikes across his upper back tore through his shirt. A row of spikes was also forming down the midline of his back, inching closer and closer to his tailbone.

By this point in time Dex had basically reached the crust of the pizza slice he was consuming, although he was evidently planning to eat that as well. Though it became harder to focus on eating as he felt pressure wrack across his own spinal column, especially an extremely prominent one at the base of it.

"Uurgh, damn-" he casually growled as he wiggled a bit more. A small part of him had noticed that his voice was seeming to change. It was noticeably deeper and a bit more guttural. None of that really mattered to him though, he just wanted to slip back into pizza-eating comfort.

It wasn't long before he almost instinctively decided to change his seating position, repositioning himself onto his belly and switching to lying with his top half on the lower end of the chair while his bottom half was resting on the chair's backrest. The least conventional way to sit on a chair, but it was oddly comfortable for him. Especially considering his much more massive size. Plus it allowed him to more easily stare at the lake that the beach bordered.

"Mmm, better��" he said with a smile before going to consume the pizza crust. The sound of his voice again resonated in his ears for a bit, Dex momentarily dwelling on just how rough it was sounding. It seemed like it was bordering on the ends of animalistic yet still at enough of a tone that it possessed a human-like quality still. But another bite into the pizza crust and those concerns were gone. If anything, the new voice he was getting was feeling more normalized within his mind.

He shifted his weight a bit to the side, stretching out a hand and pawing for the table in order to get another slice. While he was doing so, the row of spikes that was traveling down his midline ended up finally reaching his rear. His face scrunched into one of annoyance as he felt the pressure in the base of his spine increase tenfold, but he tried to ignore it. He just wanted to put all his focus in grabbing this pizza slice and-

"Ah, there!"

Pizza finally in hand, he brought the new slice towards his face and didn't even think twice before shoving it into his mouth. The taste and smell only intensified the haze in his brain, and Dex completely lost the ability to care about his tailbone. Or the bump stradily forming from that region. A massive one, slowly but surely increasing in size to the point that it was growing visible in the seat of his pants. Every passing second causes that swelling in his rear to just increase more and more. What could easily pass as an eternity only lasts a short span of time however as just after a few more seconds a slight rip formed in the dark gray fabric of his pants, and then after that…

Shrrrp!!

"Grrrah!!~"

Exploding from behind him was a tail, the new appendage rapidly slithering out from the massive hole it burst in Dex's pants. The tail had a noticeably segmented appearance, its growth appearing as if each segment was being added one by one. All of it was adorned in the beautiful teal scales, and the top portion of the tail had bony spines poking out of it. And much like the rest of his transforming body, his tail was absolutely large in size. The base that was most connected to his body was massive in diameter, and each segment seemed to slowly get slightly smaller until it tapered out into a pointed tip. And it wouldn't even reach the tip until it lengthened to about three feet long, a rather long size to the point that it would have to casually droop off the side of the chair and lay in the sand.

This wouldn't be the only change in the lower half of his body either as the flush of teal would flow down to his legs. The musculature in his legs would be prompted to expand dramatically, much like how it did back in his arms. His thighs were the first to enlarge, muscles bulking in size at a rapid pace. Quadriceps and hamstrings grew in tandem getting thicker and thicker with each passing moment. It was easily filling out the legs of his pants at a rapid rate, only to expand to a size evidently larger than his pants would be able to contain. Everything in the fabric smoothing out more before the sides began to split open and showing the new set of scales that now adorned his legs.

A few seconds after his upper legs began to change, his lower legs started to follow behind them. His pants were inching downwards little by little as the bones in his legs seemed to extend slightly. Although if he were in a standing position it would be noticeable that he was more top heavy, leaving his legs still a little short in comparison to his torso. Alongside that the crus of his legs was slightly shorter than his thighs. Although they still possessed the enormous swelling that was their calf muscles bulging outwards, getting larger and stronger.

In almost an instant the transformation would also jump down past his ankles and onto his feet. The changes in this region were rather drastic, size steadily growing larger and causing his feet to push up against the leather of his shoes. It didn't take long before the confines of his shoes were being stretched to their limits, bulges forming into the toecap while the sides and heels were dug into by his feet. The leather of his footwear eventually started ripping off from the soles, meanwhile toes were beginning to pop out from the front. This was aided by the sharpening of his toenails, them also repositioning to the front of his toes like his fingernails did. The nails gained a bony structure, lengthening out into sharp claws that continued to rip out his shoes. His toes were also in the process of thickening, and two toes on each foot merged together as well.

With another bite into his pizza, Dex idly hums to himself as he stares out towards the massive body of water. It was a song he couldn't quite recall the name of in full, but he felt like he knew what it was. "Heh, darned earworm…"

A low rumble then exited his throat, a sound that was akin to a crocodilian growl. His tail idly swayed behind him, and in general it seemed the biological changes to him were settling in full. He stopped sweating minutes ago thanks to his new lower body temperature balancing out the tropical climate of the cave system.

"Mmph, still feel weird though…" he used his free hand to scratch at his neck. The scales were already halfway up it and were moving further upwards towards his face. At the same time, a golden lemniscate symbol appeared on the right side of his neck. All the while the deepness in his voice would settle into the low, gruff and guttural tone that it had started forming minutes prior. Still humming, he takes yet another bite into his pizza. He casually chewed away, unaware of the teal scales that had now finally begun speckling his jawline and moving forward onto the rest of his face.

While the scales made their way across his head the very structure of his skull was being altered beneath them. The most prominent change came at the front of it, steadily beginning to push forward due to these structural changes. The entire section of his face that was under the eyes grew out, extending forwards more as if to create some kind of muzzle. The bridge of his nose widened while the entirety of his nose itself was squished into the newly forming muzzle, leaving only two holes at the tip of it. Evidently as it was also gaining more shape and definition, the muzzle was also appearing more boxy in appearance with his lower jawline looking more angular while his upper jaw was more rectangular in shape. Within his mouth his teeth were also in the process of sharpening as well.

In addition to those changes were alterations in his facial features. Poking out the sides of his upper lip were two sharp protrusions that still maintained a connection to the rest of his scaly skin. A triad of sharp ridges arose from the ends of his muzzle closest to his face, and right behind the third ridge blossomed a duo of webbings of hard bright blue cartilage that grew to border the sides of his muzzle in entirety. Shortly after his face finished pushing forward, a set of bony spikes had also started to grow out from across his jawline. These spikes continued to grow to form a rugged crag of bone that seemed to make a makeshift beard of some kind.

The changes on the upper half of his face were a bit more lightweight, although his skull structure had shifted on that area as well to become wider and more proportionate to look well with his muzzle. His hairline was in the process of receding as the scales continued to move further up his scalp, and his ears were steadily shrinking away into nothing but holes. The ear holes had also changed positioning during the structural changes, tucked behind two massive bumps that had formed on the sides of his head. The skin was slowly pulling away from the apexes of these bumps as well, even more bone pushing out towards the sides as large horns that were absolutely thick in diameter were growing out of the bumps.

The weird presence of bone only grew stronger with the man's eyebrows fading away, brow ridges pushing forward while oddly stylized bony bits replaced his brows. Meanwhile, as his hairline only continued to pull back, large bony spikes were jutting out the top of his head. These spikes were varying in length, but all of them seemed to curl forward slightly while clustering together to form a fauxhawk-type styling. This would continue until the disappearance of his hair reached the back of his head, in which as it sloughed away it would instead get replaced by a bright blue crest that would grow from the back of his head, down to his neck, and ending at his upper back.

His body had been completely changed now, although Dex persisted in his seeming unawareness as he continued to bite away at the rest of the pizza slice in his hand. Was this the second or third one? He couldn't quite recall. If anything it just feels like he's been sitting here for ages waiting for…

"Mm, what was I waiting for again…?"

His mind was still rather foggy. He couldn't exactly remember what he was meant to be doing, why he was here, who he was- Although everything here was extremely familiar.

His thoughts and concerns were instantly fractured as the sound of some kind of intercom practically blasted from wherever it was in the cavern's overhang. "Cipactli- er, Imix, could you please head up to Oscar's office for your designated pre-rehearsal meeting?" a feminine voice asked rather demandingly over the intercom's speaker system.

The reptile's eyes widened. "R-right!"

He- er, they had a meeting? How could they forget that! Come to think of it, how could they forget a lot of things? That intercom announcement seemed to completely dispel the fog inside the crocodile-like creature's mind, a new identity being revealed that they were unaware was even different from anything prior.

Cipactli wiggled their way out of their resting position within the chair, taking a rather long time to actually adjust themselves properly and stand up. They raised a hand up to their head, a headache still prevalent in their skull as they were continuously unaware of their new self being rooted into their mind. They proceeded to shuffle their way off the beach and towards the path that led to the door out the massive cavern that Cipactli called home. That they definitely seemed to recall rather quickly, alongside their placement as one of the Entertainer's newer actors within the guild.

The recollection and changes in mentality seemed to cause one last change in their physicality. Eyes slitting while their irises and sclera gained a white and yellow coloration into them. Meanwhile a set of symbols steadily emblazoned themselves across the giant reptile's elbows, knees, shoulders, and torso, all of which representing a single thing: a sharp toothed maw opening itself slightly. Many of these weird markings wouldn't stay visible for long though. One final transformation seemed to prime itself, their extremely undersized and rather tattered clothing now starting to grow in size as if it were changing to fit their now much larger body.

As their clothing grew, various alterations were in the process of setting in all at once across it. On their shirt, a standard blue coloration quickly overtook the original white color while the material gained a more silken tone to it. The shirt's collar flattened and lengthened a bit while a portion of their shirt's split folded back and connected with the collar to properly formulate a lapel. A few pockets formed on both sides of the split, and within the split itself it gained golden buttons that were in a flower shape. It seemed as if flowers were a relatively important aspect in this newly formed suit jacket as various floral designs were etched into the suit's collar and lapel.

Beneath the shifted jacket came a new article of clothing. Manifesting across their torso was a yellowish material. It had easily encapsulated their body and stretched over their arms before the new sleeves cuffed around their elbows. The middle of the fabric parted itself into a split down the midline, multiple fastened buttons running alongside it as it formed. A collar also bloomed around their neck, proving that this new article of clothing was some kind of button-up to accompany the new suit jacket. Designs of greenish-colored circles with dots inside them formed around the new shirt's collar, and also seemed to form across the shirt in its entirety. Alongside this, an extremely dark blue tie manifested itself as well, slithering its way around their neck loosely before knotting itself and tucking itself into their suit jacket.

Meanwhile their pants were following a similar change to their former shirt. The deep grays of them get consumed by the same blue colors while the material shifted to silk. All the while they had grown to fit their new size, and stitched themselves back together to fix the rips and tears that the transformation had caused them. The changes with their pants were evidently less complex though, as the only addition to them were a trio of metallic eyelets that formed on both thigh sections of the pant legs.

Meanwhile their footwear were in the process of fixing themselves as well. Ripped up toecaps and heels being repaired as good as new while the entirety of each shoe grew to a size that better encapsulated the much larger and less human feet of the crocodile-like beast. If that wasn't enough, the brown coloration of the material rapidly darkened to a sleek black while a leathery roughness was forced into the material itself. The golden buckle that kept the shoes fastened expanded and properly connected to the leather, shifting into more of a strap that fulfilled the same need.

The last thing that occurred was the appearance of a few stray accessories on their arms. On their right arm formed a golden watch with an emerald-like facet on the face of it. Meanwhile manifesting on both arms, strapped right above the elbows, were a set of sleeve garters. The garters seemed to have a complex design and shape to them, and were primarily composed of a mix of gold and turquoise.

By the time their clothing had finished altering, Cipactli had made their way down the jungle path and was now at the door that served as the exit to their large abode. Placing a hand on the door's handle, they jiggled the knob a bit only to find it was locked. "Grrh, damned thing must've stuck again."

They continued to jiggle the handle, adding a bit more force with each passing second before they ultimately ripped the handle off by complete accident. Luckily this was somehow followed by the sound of the door's lock disengaging. The door creaked open after that, with Cipactli walking through the doorway and casually disregarding the knob on the walkway's concrete floor. "Don't think I'll be needing that anyway. Barely anyone comes down here…"

With that, Cipactli resumed their trek to the staircase that led to the manhole to the surface. A set of low notes reverberated from their throat as they resumed humming the exact same song that was stuck in their head from earlier. It was something from the next play that the Entertainers were slated to rehearse. The Phantom of the Opera...

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carewyncromwell · 1 year ago

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"Although I'd like to join the crowd In their enthusiastic cloud, Try as I may, it doesn't last..."

x~x~x~x

Happy Halloween, all! In the past, I've drawn several pieces featuring my MC's as characters from some of my favorite animated movies, and in honor of that tradition, I decided this year I'd try my hand at Carewyn and Jacob's mum, Lane Cromwell, casting her as Sally from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas!

My history with The Nightmare Before Christmas is a very long one. You young whippersnappers who weren't around when this movie came out might not know this, but when the film was first released, it was NOT the big marketing cash cow that it is now. On the contrary, it was a cult classic at best. Disney had so little faith in the project while it was in production that it was even put out under the Touchstone Pictures banner, rather than with its official company branding. The film's original theatrical trailer, as well, was not a great representation of the film we got, to the extent that when my mum saw it -- especially the scene of the kid pulling the head out of the box at the end -- she was so horrified that she declared there was no way her two-year-old daughter would ever watch something like that. Fortunately my father (who was both a bit younger and more avant-garde and nerdy in his media tastes) already knew Tim Burton for his previous works like Batman and Pee Wee's Big Adventure, and he persuaded Mum to give the movie a chance. Mum was still incredibly skeptical, but we still went to go see it as soon as it came out. And shockingly, not only did I fall in love with The Nightmare Before Christmas at once at the ripe old age of two, but both my dad AND my mum loved it too! And from that year on, it was a holiday staple in our family, one we watched and sang along to every single year without fail. It was The Nightmare Before Christmas that made Mum fall in love with the music of Danny Elfman, and even if she honestly isn't a big Tim Burton fan, she has enjoyed every soundtrack Elfman's ever written for Burton's films. So it was really wholesome for me to draw Lane -- a character partially inspired by my mother -- as our favorite ragdoll, Sally. Like Sally, Lane may be quiet and not as charismatic or dynamic around people as Jack, but she is sweet, sensible, and sharp as a whip, and she will do whatever she has to in order to be free.

Hope you're all well! Much love!! xoxo

#hphm #hogwarts mystery #my art #lane cromwell #halloween #the nightmare before christmas #personal

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misc-obeyme · 9 months ago

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What do you think the Obey Me! character's roles would play in a scripted sketch comedy, including Mc?

Well, anon, I’m afraid I don’t know a whole lot about scripted sketch comedy so I’m not sure how good my opinion on this would be.

However I’m under the impression that comedy sketches aren’t super long, which makes me think that unless they’re doing a whole movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail style, there are probably too many characters to fit into a single sketch.

I also suspect it depends on what the sketch is about.

But generally, it seems that MC is always chosen to be the center of attention so likely they would be the main person.

Actually I kinda think you maybe could fit everybody in if it was a sketch about MC and their life in the Devildom.

Like you got MC just going about their normal human day when all of a sudden BAM demon therapist. As funny as it’d be to have all the characters play exaggerated versions of themselves I think it’d be more entertaining if they had to play each other.

So I think you could do something where MC is kind of the center and everybody else comes and goes, interacting with MC along the way. And occasionally they overlap and chaos ensues.

I’m not entirely sure if this answers the question - there may be some mechanics of sketch comedy that I’m missing here.

Like if you meant more about the entire production then I think Asmo would be good at costumes but he’d also want to perform so he might have to leave costuming to Barb & Levi. I also see Levi being good at lighting & tech stuff. Make Diavolo a camera guy for some reason that just feels right lol. Simeon writes the script but Lucifer directs & nobody can decide if that’s better or worse. Solomon is doing special effects and Mammon is in charge of marketing.

Hmm this is ending up a little bit more about a theatrical production. I used to volunteer at a theatre so that’s what I know more about lol.

Anyway, I hope I somewhat answered the question??

#I did my best #obey me #obey me nightbringer #anon asks #misc answers

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miasiegert · 9 months ago

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Tomorrow...

I'm so scared of flying. I think everything's packed and all set clothing-wise. Issue really is how much to put in my backpack vs my personal item. I'm absolutely terrified of flying, irrationally so.

We saw a preview of our house we'll be sharing with Chaz and it looks wonderful so I'm hoping to get some writing and maybe we'll play Smash Bros or I can convince them to watch "P-Valley" and "Hightown" with me.

I forgot who asked about changes if we directed CATS and I remember I said make it gay. But that's because I didn't think out of the box enough. Having something theatrical but anthromorphic with Bombalurina and Demeter working a pole to a mix of Macavity *by a very trained producer and with a very good MC* would be incredible. Of course that'd require changes, such as people doing vocals as different characters, and probably mostly body paint or boots painted with the colors. Some productions have done interesting things with circuses, but not like this, not where it's solid art.

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Uncle Clifford is nonbinary, she/her pronouns btw. I will not take any "P-Valley" or "Hightown" slander.

Would want Victoria on a combo of a beautiful tight rope and lyra, trapeze for Tumble, Pounce, and Plato. Silks are my absolute favorite so I'd need to think about that because Misto's almost too easy since then you could do the Deuteronomy trick easily.

#cats musical #cats the musical #how i'd change cats #Youtube

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junsei-draws-rotasu · 2 years ago

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Monkie Kid: A Hero Is Born Live blog rewatch

Before I can go to S3, the season I left off and avoided for sometime until it’s available to watch, I needed to refresh my memory.

Oh wow straight to the intro

I also forgot that this has the same studio that animated ROTTMNT cuz the animation is sick!

Fun fact I only started to watch this because of a TIKTOK video of Macaque

The fight sciences scenes😍

Not SWK trapping DBK under a mountain just like Buddha did to him 🙂

Is this how the Journey to the West really ended? I really want to read but I don’t have it in me to read it. I’m just waiting for Overly Sarcastic Productions to make their video

Wow, sick translation Narrator

Ngl I forgot how Monkie Kid characters sounds like. With the fanfics I had read I genuinely written off Tang having a smooth gentle voice

Although MK’s voices caught me off guard

!!! I never noticed this!

This is a nice wallpaper

A warthog vs a pig in cooking… not sure who’s going to win this one /s

M.K. has some nice jams to listen too

M.K. is like me with phone screens. Never bother fixing them :,)

There's our impulsive Monkey!

How does M.K. do that?! How did he climbs—ah anime cartoon logic combined together is dumber than normal

You know I just realized. If this was an anime, you know they would put fan service on Iron Fan Princess

Even SWK was surprised at MK

Is that bull a robot or those arms are just prosthetics?

Oh, it is a Robot… you would think the Robots they created wouldn’t have this much emotions in them.

“Deemed worthy can hold it” what is this? Excalibur?

Just what kind of mystic did you infuse in that gauntlet?

Oh wow, Red Son you actually did it! Didn’t remember that

Can you even call that a mountain anymore? It turned into a hill!

Ooooo, didn’t remember that broken horn on DBK

“I had returned to the world of the living!” You didn’t die DBK, just sealed 😒

"No go away" *proceeds to peck* SWK you little shit

Aw, Red Son’s little face when DBK said excellent 🥹

What’s nothing more romantic than having your first meeting of your partner than landing on them… literally

I’m just giddy and amused by Red Sons antics on trying to look cool and impress his father

“Noodle boy” Oop, he said it!

Really want to put ADHD on M.K.’s character sheet cuz he just zoned out by looking at SWK staff

The two kids in the room having exaggerated expressions while the adults are just there with tired and confuse expression XD

Ah, I seem to forget that M.K. is also a little shit

With DBK’s exaggerated movements, I think I know where Red Son’s love of theatrics came from

The vehicle looks out of place

Not the noodles!

Red Son, why are you always ready to combust?… actually wait, don’t answer that

Oh that poor women’s apartment! How will she pay for it???

“Pigsy going to kill me🥹” Not if Red Son kills you first

Does the actual toy of the car really have a motorcycle inside?

Now how did Mei know M.K. was in trouble?

Ows, the property damage 😬

We all need Mei as a friend. I would know, because I am her

Something rare and expensive… go to a museum, but remembering the plot, it has to be a shoe

I'm sooo using this as a reaction

Props to the cashier to tell an intimidating person to go back in line

This feels like a fever dream but it's not

They’re immediately got to Flower Fruit Mountain?! Where’s the gag of day and night cycles going too fast?! Missed opportunity really

Technology defeated magic, oh how Rise!Donnie would be so smug

Here’s the cliche protag team thinking the MC is dead but they’re really not

Aw 🥺

You know they’re really angry when they’re smiling instead of raging

To think that staff used to be a pillar of a Sea Dragon God

Not my boy M.K. releasing the recent traumatic event he went through

Comparing Sha Wujing and Sandy… they look nothing alike… is this why people likes to write fanfics where Sandy killed Sha Wujing?

Yeah I don’t recall this magical sequence…

Aw, M.K. 🥹

Once again, I’m taken back at the voice

And here I thought it was fanon that SWK had his eye on M.K. as his successor for a while

Man, I would be mad at SWK for thrusting this kid into this situation but I remember now SWK is sooooo

“You believe in ourselves” that… does sound like a good plan

Convenient

Wow M.K. got rebirth into a stone egg

I was about to comment on how history going to repeat itself then I remember the future episodes I’m going to watch and DBK clearly not trap under something

Ow, that’s going to hurt

I’m having severe flashbacks of Krang vs Leo fight here qwq

Here’s the toy shot

I finally get it! Red Son's nickname for Mei! It's because Mei represents the dragon that turned into a horse in the Journey to the West! Wow!

And finished!

#Monkie Kid #SeiWatch #SeiTalks #Monkie Kid SeiReact #rottmnt movie

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bouzoukiplayermelbourne · 21 days ago

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Discover the Thriving Greek Entertainment Scene in Melbourne

Melbourne is a city renowned for its rich cultural diversity, and one of the most vibrant and passionate communities within it is the Greek population. With its strong ties to tradition, music, dance, and food, Greek Entertainment Melbourne offers a dynamic blend of old and new. Whether you're seeking an authentic cultural experience or just want to enjoy some lively entertainment, Melbourne’s Greek scene has something to offer everyone.

A Hub for Greek Music and Dance

One of the key aspects of Greek entertainment in Melbourne is the music and dance scene. Greek folk music, with its distinctive rhythms and melodies, forms the backbone of many social gatherings. Traditional instruments like the bouzouki, violin, and laouto provide the soundtrack to celebrations, festivals, and family gatherings.

Melbourne hosts regular Greek music nights at various venues, where live bands take to the stage and encourage everyone to join in on the dance floor. The "sirtaki," perhaps one of the most famous Greek dances, is a crowd favorite, often bringing people together in a joyous celebration of unity and rhythm. Whether you are a seasoned dancer or a beginner, there’s no shortage of opportunities to learn and experience these ancient dances.

The Greek Festival: A Celebration of Culture

The Melbourne Greek Festival is a major highlight of the city's cultural calendar. Held annually, this vibrant event brings together thousands of visitors to experience the best of Greek food, music, dance, and art. The festival is a true reflection of Melbourne's Greek community, with local Greek Australians showcasing their culture in a fun and welcoming environment. Traditional Greek dishes like souvlaki, moussaka, and baklava can be found at food stalls, while live performances and theatrical shows provide entertainment for all ages.

The festival also offers a chance for younger generations of Greeks to connect with their heritage while sharing their experiences with the wider Melbourne community. This mix of tradition and contemporary influences makes the event a truly exciting and inclusive celebration.

Greek Cinema and Theatrical Performances

For those who prefer the arts and storytelling, Melbourne’s Greek entertainment extends to cinema and theater. The city is home to a number of Greek-themed film festivals and special screenings, offering a chance to view both classic and modern Greek films. These films often explore themes of family, love, migration, and identity, providing a deep insight into Greek culture.

The Greek theatrical scene in Melbourne is also thriving, with numerous plays and performances taking place throughout the year. These productions often incorporate traditional Greek stories, myths, and modern interpretations, providing a rich experience for theater lovers.

Dining Out: A Culinary Adventure

Of course, no discussion of Greek MC Melbourne would be complete without mentioning the food. Melbourne boasts a fantastic array of Greek restaurants, cafes, and bakeries, where you can indulge in the finest Mediterranean dishes. From the iconic gyro and souvlaki to rich casseroles and fresh seafood, Greek food is known for its bold flavors and healthy ingredients.

Many of these restaurants also host live Greek music nights, creating the perfect backdrop for a night of entertainment with family and friends. Whether you’re enjoying a casual dinner or celebrating a special occasion, Greek dining in Melbourne is an immersive experience for the senses.

Greek Community Events

Beyond the well-known festivals and performances, Melbourne’s Greek community also organizes a variety of local events that celebrate Greek culture. From church fêtes to cultural workshops, there are numerous opportunities to engage with the community, learn about its history, and partake in lively social events.

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haeminlgc · 5 months ago

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new faces award

This was the last week of filming New Faces and Haemin could he was honestly sad about it. Despite the long filming hours he had come to enjoy the show a lot as it had pushed him to come out of his shell and shown a different side to of himself, to new and old fans. It had been entertaining to see how his fellow actors had chosen to showcase themselves, on more than one occasion completely immersing Haemin in the moment that he forgot about the cameras on set. Now all that remained was the awards ceremony.

Of course it wasn't a real awards ceremony but it would be good practice for any future award that he might be given (he really hoped that one day he'd be able to snag one, but that was still a long ways off). Haemin wondered what kind of award the production team had cooked up for him as he clapped enthusiastically for his coworkers as they were presented with their respective prizes.

"And now up next is the award for 'the person who blushes the easiest' which goes to, drum roll please.... Yoo Haemin! Well done on this prestigious prize! Come on up."

Just hearing what the award was for dusted Haemin's cheeks a light pink as he smiled bashfully, fighting the urge to hide his face in his hands as he rose and approached the MC. He waved and bowed theatrically to his left and right before grasping the fake award and raising it in triumph.

"Oh my gosh, I can't believe it. This award is… everything," he began feeling the heat creep from his cheeks up the the tip of his ears positive that they were glowing hot enough to be seen underneath his makeup, "Mom, Dad, are you seeing this? Your youngest son has won an award for being easy to embarrass. Isn't it just amazing? I have always dreamt of winning this specific and not at all tailored to me prize and now it's finally in my hand. It's taken a lot of hard work to be able to blush like I do and I wouldn't be here without your support. I would like to thank everyone who believed in me, all my fans and friends, agency staff and CEO. I'll do my best to continue being someone who blushes easily in the future."

With a last bow of his head Haemin scurried back to his spot eager to hide his face in Minkyu's shoulder until he'd regained some sort of normal colour.

#lgc:actingmission #&&; ( solo )#&&; ( wc: 425 )

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Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya - Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon - Rhythm K... Ayrıcalıklardan yararlanmak için bu kanala katılın: ( Join this channel to enjoy privileges.) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqm-5vmc2L6oFZ1vo2Fz3JQ/join Şarkının Orijinal Versiyonunu Linkten Dinleyip Ritim Karaokesiyle Çalışabilirsiniz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLqmL9cPN1E Aykut ilter Ritim Karaoke Kanalıma Abone Olun Beğenip Paylaşın. Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya - Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon - Rhythm Karaoke Original Traffic Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (Title Track): Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon | Raghav,Tanishk, Asees STRUMMING EditIs this strumming pattern correct? 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & [Intro] C F x2 [Verse] C F C Alag tujhme asar kuch hai C F C Ke dikhta nahi magar kuch hai C F C Alag tujhme asar kuch hai C F C Ke dikhta nahi magar kuch hai C Fida hoon main toh Am Ek nazar bas F Ek nazar bas Dm C Ek nazar tak ke C Lage bhi toh yeh Am Aur kidhar ab F Aur kidhar dil Dm C Sang tere lag ke [Pre-Chorus] C Am G Sahi woh bhi lage mujhko G F C Galat tujhme agar kuch hai C F C Alag tujhme asar kuch hai [Chorus] C F Tum se kiran dhoop ki C G Tum se siyaah raat hai C A# Tum bin main bin baat ka F G Tum ho tabhi kuch baat hai C F Tum se kiran dhoop ki C G Tum se siyaah raat hai C A# Tum bin main bin baat ka F G Tum ho tabhi kuch baat hai [Interlude] C F C x4 [Verse] C F Teri yeh sohbat hui mujhe Dm C Naseeb hai jabse C F Thoda toh behtar khuda kasam Dm C Hua hoon main mujhse [Pre-Chorus] C Am G Hai tu hi tu tasavur mein C Am G Hai tu hi tu tasavur mein G F C Kahan apni khabar kuch hai C F C Alag tujhme asar kuch hai ho.. [Chorus] C F Tum se kiran dhoop ki C G Tum se siyaah raat hai C A# Tum bin main bin baat ka F G Tum ho tabhi kuch baat hai C F Tum se kiran dhoop ki C G Tum se siyaah raat hai C A# Tum bin main bin baat ka F G Tum ho tabhi kuch baat hai [Post-Chorus] C Karishme sach mein hote hai C Iss baat ki tu misaal hai C A# Sawaalon ka jawab hai F G Ya khud hi tu ik sawaal hai C Jitni bhi taareef karoon main C Woh kam hai C Am A# Qasam se tu kamaal hai F G Tu kamaal hai [Outro] F G Tu kamaal hai G C Tu kamaal hai Song Credits: Song: Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Music: Raghav & Tanishk Bagchi. Lyrics: Nina Mathur & Tanishk Bagchi. Singers: Raghav, Tanishk Bagchi & Asees Kaur. Mixing & Mastering: Eric Pillai at Future Sound of Bombay Mix Assistant Engineer - Michael Edwin Pillai Director of Choreography - Shaik Jani Basha Dop - Jishnu Bhattacharjee Music Label: T-Series DIRECTOR OF CHOREOGRAPHY - Shaik Jani Basha DOP - Jishnu Bhattacharjee Film Credits Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Dharmendra, Dimple Kapadia Directed By: Amit Joshi & Aradhana Sah Produced By: Dinesh Vijan Produced By: Jyoti Deshpande Produced By: Laxman Utekar Story, Screenplay & Dialogue By: Amit Joshi & Aradhana Sah Music: Tanishk Bagchi, Sachin–Jigar, Mitraz Director Of Photography: Laxman Utekar Co-Producer: Sharada Karki Jalota & Pooja Prem Patheja Production Design: Mayur Sharma Editor: Manish Pradhan Chief Assistant Director: Sunil Shekhar Shetty Executive Producer: Sanjeev Mishra Costume Designer: Anisha Jain (Shahid Kapoor) & Tia Raju Mampilly Costume Designer: Sukriti Grover (Kriti Sanon), Sound Designer: Sanal George Background Score: Sachin - Jigar Music On: T-series Post Production: The Post Co. Casting: Vaibhav Vishant VFX: Redefine Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Theatrical release poster Directed by Amit Joshi Aradhana Sah Written by Amit Joshi Aradhana Sah Produced by Dinesh Vijan Jyoti Deshpande Laxman Utekar Starring Shahid Kapoor Kriti Sanon Cinematography Laxman Utekar Edited by Manish Pradhan Music by Score: Sachin–Jigar Songs: Tanishk Bagchi Sachin–Jigar Mitraz Raghav Talwiinder NDS MC SQUARE Production companies Maddock Films Jio Studios Distributed by Pen Marudhar Entertainment Release date 9 February 2024 Running time 143 minutes[1] Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹75 crore[2][3] Box office ₹133.64 crore[4] Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (transl. Got so entangled in your words) is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language science fiction romantic comedy starring Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon. The film is written and directed by Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah, in their directorial debuts, and produced by Maddock Films and Jio Studios.[5]

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Theatrical entertainment performed by Sailors, aboard HMS Chesapeake, at Aden, 29. December 1859. Drawn by Alexander D.M. MC Arthur

The remoteness of the sea demanded creativity from the seafarers in creating their own entertainment. Some crews produced their own plays. Finding costumes and scenery was not easy, although audiences were probably not too demanding in this respect. However, there are reports of plays with curtains, spotlights and props that even included a door with knockers. Slapstick and melodrama were particularly popular. Outstanding acting and stimulating scripts were not required, but some performances were praised for their organisation and presentation alone. Admiral Nelson appreciated the therapeutic value of the theatrical. He not only encouraged such productions, but also promoted men who showed the ability and interest to entertain the crew.

#naval history #theater onboard #sailors entertainment #18th- 19th century #age of sail

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okay! this is the right place? you said one to two and boy do i have ideas (both GWS related)

a) okay OKAY DO YOU REMEMBER THAT AU WHERE MC DIES THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT. AND SHE LIKE, FIZZLES AWAY AND LEAVES BEHIND THE BRACELET AND ITS ALL OIKAWA HAS OF HER. my little weak heart cracks when faced with angst, but i cant stop thinking about it. and like, what if she managed to tie a little bit of her soul into it, just like alt!mc did with the hair clip, and oikawa picks up on this, and gets his hopes up that's she's alive somewhere, (i can't decide if that's a false hope or not.)

b) okAY secondly!!! remember that one bonus (i think it was a bonus) you did a while back where the twins (both versions) met each other? well, i was thinking about what would happen if some of the main crew from the hyquile universe somehow got sucked over to the other side. some (kuroo, oikawa, ushijima, i'd say kita but part of me thinks he might have an anxiety attack if faced with this situation) i think would be able to handle acting normally fairly well. they'd have a few hiccups here and there, but it'd be little things like not getting major pop culture references, and wouldn't get them arrested or anything. however, the twins + bokuto would absolutely get into a lot of trouble. i could see it starting with osamu throwing another hissy fit about food and refusing to pay (again) and it only gets worse from there. after they get back, everyone has to deal with the consequences of having their alternates running around and wind up telling lies about what was going on/where they were/what they were doing ranging from little white lies to these whole confusing near-theatrical productions (and some of them decide to avoid law enforcement for the foreseeable future, just as an added precaution.) some of them also get hooked on certain foods that they don't have in hyquile and start making requests for mc to bring it back with her. just the idea of idiots in the big city causing issues <3

Ghosts We See // No Saving The Dead

Pairing: Oikawa Tooru x Fem!Reader

Tags: Major Character Death, Angst, GWS-Verse, Not edited

Word Count: 1700+

A/N: The angst in GWS isn’t enough that you want more, huh?

Anyways, new readers, I like to say you don’t need to read GWS to read this but you probably won’t understand the context if you don’t. But, you can still read it without reading GWS-

“I’m sorry.”

Oikawa Tooru, the crown prince of Aoba, doesn’t know who he’s apologizing to. He has a lot of people to apologize to, even more failures and mistakes to be sorry for.

To King Irihata, for not living up to his expectations.

To his Blue Knights, for all the trouble he’s put them through.

To his people, for failing them.

To Iwaizumi, for wasting the years his friend has spent holding him up.

To her, for his lack of insight and ignorance. He doesn’t even know where to begin with her, sorry will never be enough for his inability to save her. It will not fill in the empty grave that carves her last place in this world.

To you, for never learning from his mistakes. Because how can he let this happen again?

He never learned at all. Once is a learning, twice is a mistake.

But ‘mistake’ doesn’t even cut it this time. Not even close.

For someone with his position, mistakes do not exist. There are only costs.

Hefty costs.

Disbursed for with the sweat and tears of those under him, paid for with the blood of those dear to him.

And this time, his oversight was paid with yours.

“N-no...I’m s-sorry, Tooru-”

Rasps, hot and cold as the last days of shedding autumn, pepper his neck with the first of winter’s chills.

Why are you apologizing to him? He should be the one groveling with his head to the ground, soil dirtying the skin of his forehead and clothes instead of tarnishing yours, meshing with the fading warmth of your hands.

It feels like he’s been in this position before, with someone else that reminds him of you but isn’t you, someone that you should never be.

It feels like he’s been in this position before, yet he never was, because she disappeared before he realized it, no body to even hold and bury.

Oikawa holds onto you tighter, as if he can keep you so long as he holds on, as spring desperately clings onto summer, and summer onto autumn.

Autumn doesn’t cling to winter. Winter cares not for whimsical embraces, striking when its hour descends - sometimes later, sometimes earlier. Winter comes when it is meant to but no one ever wants it to knock on their door early.

Aoba is blessed with good weather all around. Befitting a realm whose people are favored with the gift of nature, springs are permeated with the scent of flowers and earthy rain, summers balmy with music and festivals galore, and autumn kind with it’s bounty of harvest. Even winter is a touch less wicked compared to other realms.

Summer season is in full swing in the present, celebrations of all sorts unfolding across this lucky realm. The grass beneath your leaden legs are verdant, welcoming zephyrs brushing the tips of your hair and lifting the hems of your dirty dress. A yellow flower, cute as a button, is blooming bright right by you, petals daring to touch the pinky of your hand that lay limp at your side.

It’s like a cruel joke. A damn fucking joke. None of this fits the chill settling into Oikawa’s heavy bones and your cold body.

“I c-couldn’t do it…” you cough something dry and dreadful, “...I-I c-couldn’t do more-”

“Shhh,” he shushes you, eyes red and planting kisses to weakly blinking lids, parting lips, damp skin, raining petal kisses that would be the envy of spring.

“Save your strength. Help is coming.”

He’s such a damn good liar, isn’t he? He doesn’t know if help is even coming, and even if they are, they won’t make it. Not in time.

Oikawa presses himself to you - head to head, eye to eye, nose to nose, lips to lips - a sad and wishful attempt at passing what life is given to him over to you.

Tears roll down the planes of your cheeks, though Oikawa isn’t sure if they belonged to him or to you. He can’t see through the fog of fear and truth, that he is unable to save you just like he wasn’t able to save her-

How could he have let this happen?

O Great Spirits, if you are listening, if you have compassion - please, please let you stay. Please don’t take you away. He can’t do it. Not again. Not again-

Not again.

You don’t need to come to Hyquile anymore. He will destroy that damned charm he gave you - starlight bracelet and all - that connects him to you and you to him. It is a little bit of him adorning you - and perhaps a little bit of you in his pocket when you’re away, transcending distances and worlds.

His gift used to make his heart beat that little bit faster, tugging the corner of his lip upwards when he inadvertently thinks about you in the moments before his eyes close; wondering what you are doing in your life and world as he falls into dreams, awaiting the moment when morning light stirs his open to see you in his world.

He wishes that he never gave it to you. He wishes that he can take it back. He wishes that he wasn’t so selfish to want to keep you with him then. If he wasn’t so selfish, then you wouldn’t be here right now, withering away in his arms; a rare bloom finally curling under unforgiving wintertide, despite fighting on till now.

If it means that you will keep your soul, your jokes and smiles, then he can live with never seeing you again.

(Please, please, please - don’t take you away. Please, don’t let you leave him)

(Please, don’t leave him)

“I-I’m s-scared-”

Your eyes, that had been falling lower and lower suddenly peel wide, invoked by the ghastly shiver that descends on you; a last courtesy before Death’s visit.

He shushes you again, holding you so tight to him that it must be hurting you (but you can’t feel anything beyond the cold anymore, not even his desperate kisses), arms cradling your head, rocking you back and forth the same way mothers do as they coax their babies to sleep.

“I’m here.” He doesn't recognize his own voice.

“I-I’m here with you.”

Oikawa can’t hear his own cries, feeling your fear as deeply as you do, stuffing his ears with static. Death’s fingers is at his throat as much as yours; had he the power, he will gladly submit his own neck to save yours.

He knows, Oikawa knows, that he will not recover again, if you- ...if you... He barely did when she left. If you went too…he just can’t.

He doesn’t want to think about it, but it was never his choice in the first place because reality is merciless like that. Reality gives zero shits about whether the weather fits the mood, or what anyone wants.

Reality is just like winter.

He is forced to think about days where you no longer exist in either world, when your body goes slack with no warning, head leaning into his neck the same way you do when you seek the comfort of his company for an afternoon nap. He would try to stay still during such moments, to ensure he doesn’t wake you.

Not now though; his shoulder is quivering, frost and trembles creeping all over his back, because no matter how much he doesn’t want to think about it, wishes that this isn’t fucking happening-

Three years ago, his heart broke in fragments of anger and loss, blind desperation and fury painting his throat, gripping his chest in erratic bouts that fed him just enough air to keep living.

Three years from then, now, with summer surrounding him, Oikawa Tooru feels nothing.

Nothing fills your chest any longer and Oikawa feels nothing in his. He feels as heavy as the burden of your lifeless body in his arms. At the same time, he feels weightless as his world, you, fades away from him. He slowly realizes that you also feel weightless, when he sees the stardust that trickles from you - all of you.

You’re disappearing; dispersing the same way as when you surrender to sleep. Only this time, you won’t wake up in your world.

(You won’t wake again)

The last of what Oikawa Tooru will feel - loss, desperation, pain, despair - comes out in a cry, a short gasp that cuts the curtains of summer to pave way for winter’s relentless strike, dispersing to the howling winds alongside all the remnants of you as you disappear right before his very eyes.

(Even when in front of him, he is unable to prevent you from disappearing just like she did)

Like sand between his fingers, only crueler and emptier, Oikawa is forced by reality to watch as you leave him - a second time in a short time, scattering to infinity’s chasm.

(Once again, there is no body to bury)

In the last ghosts of you that glitter between the harsh space of his hands, all that remains is that stupid bracelet with the equally stupid tree charm he gave you.

It taunts him, with silver glinting like starlight in the sun - a remorseless reminder of you and his regrets of ever giving it to you.

It feels heavier than anything he’s ever held in his numb hands, outweighing the burdens of the crown. The ghost of her. The regrets of you.

He grips the bracelet with a vengeance, edges of the charm digging into his palm, and he wants nothing more than to throw it away! Shatter it into dust! - the same dust you have been reduced to.

It could have been the delusions of grief wrought by denial, but for one fleeting moment that feels like infinity, Oikawa thought he felt...you. The essence of your magic - your soul - lingering...

In the quarter of a second it took for his eyes to swing down to the bracelet, hope bloomed once more in his chest, only for it to be ripped and crushed in the three quarters that followed.

What he thought was the essence of you in the bracelet revealed itself to be cold silver, laughing in his shaking hand. A figment of his desperate mind, working against him.

He saw you, watched you, as you dwindled and vanished.

Felt you trickle away as surely as he felt the void that moved into his heart, filling the space that you used to fill. There is no uncertainty to be found, as much as Oikawa wishes it.

Summer surrounds him. Warm. Hot. Fuzzy. Bright. Free.

And Oikawa feels nothing except winter’s cold - your parting gift.

“I’m sorry.”

(An apology to Iwaizumi, he decides)

No, there is no hope, false or otherwise, for Oikawa here.

Please do spare a reblog if you enjoyed this or GWS! <3

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beautifulsnake2162020 · 3 years ago

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Ikevamp headcanons after watching Hamilton

Quick disclaimer: Yes I know this is a show about people who had owned slaves and slavery is bad. Having said that there's a reason why we suspend disbelief for a couple of hours and just allow ourselves to be swept into the story. I also love Phantom of the Opera but I also am aware that this is a story that involves an abusive and toxic relationship. The point is that I am aware that there are problems that needs to be discussed, but I still love the music, the story and the shows okay. This is just fan content not meant to be taken seriously and is just for fun. Okay? Now let's proceed.

I'll be doing Will and Arthur first since I'm currently doing Shakespeare's route and was inspired to do this after MC watches Romeo and Juliet with Vincent and I was wondering how Will would react to watching Hamilton. And Arthur is here because he is my husband/main lover. I might do Mozart and Napoleon next.

SPOILER ALERT: For anyone who hasn't seen the Disney Plus version of Hamilton, there might be some spoilers here (unless you already saw the show or know the story that is).

General Scenario:

You don't know how but Le Comte was able to get the filmed version of Hamilton, a musical which you've told Sebastian that you've been dying to see but was never able to because tickets were always sold out and entering the lottery was going to be a little too expensive for someone who lives in Japan and who doesn't exactly have the money or the time to simply fly to New York if in case she won. You were also excited because apparently Le Comte was able to modify the 21st century tech room that you use for your online classes and was able to get a wide screen and high quality surround sound which made you appreciate his efforts. A part of you was also curious as to how the other residents would react. You were scared that some of them might take offense, especially Napoleon who knew one of the characters in the show in real life. Would they react weirdly for seeing people different from them portray people that they knew? You were also wondering if they might even appreciate some of the 21st century slang that you and Sebastian would sometimes slip back into whenever it was just the two of you alone. After talking it out with everyone and explaining a few more things (like how its probably going to be different since it is a series of captured pictures-or at least that's your closest analogy- being played super fast with the synchronized sound of the actors- or what you were almost tempted to call "Techno Magic") during a dinner in which Shakespeare had decided to be present in, they were actually interested in what this show is about. Napoleon convinced you that he's fine and actually someone else playing Lafayette might even help with the suspension of disbelief since its been awhile since he has last met him anyway. Will even mentioned that while he has read and heard about stories from America, this is probably going to be the first story or production he's going to see from it. The only one who showed any hesitation - to no one's surprise - was Mozart, since he is attached to the kind of music he is familiar with (aren't we all?). But after prodding from both Jean, Le Comte and you giving him the puppy eyes, he finally relents. The day comes when everyone was once again free and for practicality everyone decided to have a meal first so that they won't be hungry during the show and also for you, Le Comte, and Sebastian to explain a few things everyone else may need to know to truly appreciate the show (like how the Presidential system and elections worked during the setting, what the word "Rewind" means, what is beatboxing, etc). So finally everyone gathered into the tech room after the meal, the lights were dimmed and once everyone was settled, you hit play. And as self-predicted of you, you find yourself crying in the end.

William Shakespeare (I'm still doing his route so please don't hate me if I get him wrong. Also no spoilers please).

- He was a bit shocked at first by how exactly up close you could see the facial expressions of the actors as well as the various ways it would cut to another person. He could now understand why you struggled with trying to explain how its played in a theatre but not exactly like the theatrical experience. But as you saw in your periphery, by the time Philippa Soo sings her first line, Will had already adjusted and allowed himself to be an audience and shut off his director and actor mindset (for the most part at least).

- While he didn't specialize in musicals, he found himself paying attention to the story of "the ten dollar founding father without a father." He knows how music could help both the actors and the audience in succumbing to their emotions in a scene and to suspend disbelief from reality. In his productions the words are not overwhelmed by any score but rather complemented to bring out the emotion he wants to evoke and for actors to show. Since many parts of the show has been influenced by the spoken word style without completely removing it from being sung, he has become enlightened with how powerful a show can be when it is done right.

- He not only enjoyed the story (especially the flow of it) and the production (especially some of the more technical details that the other residents hadn't noticed as far as a stage production is concerned), he loved that even the ensemble members had good acting and some of the onstage humor. One of the meta things he enjoyed was the obvious reference to his most superstitious work.

- Once you've seen how he loves analyzing the technical details of the production, you excitedly tell him about a special member of the ensemble who is known as "The bullet" among fans of the show. You could see him being enlightened as he watches the show with you again (this time with just the two of you) and he now sees "the bullet" and the way she interacts with the characters in a whole different light. He was so impressed with this idea that he may have adapted it into one of his new original plays (its not a copy paste of Hamilton's "bullet" but he definitely adapted assigning a member of the ensemble to have a special role that may not be significant at first, but he heavily notes that this member would have to be unique in interacting with any of the other characters).

- He didn't know what to expect from a 21st Century production but he found himself impressed with the prose and writing of various raps and songs. His favorite from Act 1 in terms of rhyme schemes was "Right Hand Man" and from Act 2 it was Jefferson's rap in "Washington by your side". And after settling down a bit his favorite emotional parts were "History has its eyes on you", "Hurricane", and "It's quiet uptown".

- He was impressed with how the double roles was given and how it actually is true for both of their roles in both acts. Ambiguity is one of his favorite things to have in a work, and he gives props to Lin for all the ambiguity he later realizes was in several parts of the show. If he and Arthur had been a little bit more closer, they probably would have bonded over the ambiguity Hamilton's comma in his letter to Angelica (see kids, grammar matters).

- A part of his brain wonders how the real life Hamilton would react to this and if him and Burr would still be enemies. But after some thinking he decides its not worth his efforts of asking anyone to bring them back since a wonderful production of their life has already been made even if it may not necessarily reflect who they truly are. He of all people knew what it's like to be inspired by great figures, it was fortunate that Lin Manuel Miranda decided to make a show about them before he had the chance to.

- You explain that in America Hamilton is one of the lesser known founding fathers of their nation and how it may be because his political opponents later on became Presidents and therefore was able to form the narrative. He becomes inspired by it and begins to search out people or stories who are hidden gems who may not be historically famous but had much more interesting stories than some of the ones he has heard of.

- Afterwards once you are sure that he has gotten comfortable enough with the genre you show him various videos of people rapping to his works and his reactions range from impressed to amused to "that's not what I mean when I wrote that" and you had to calm him down and explain that they can't hear him anyway after he started giving serious critiques on what the text means.

Arthur Conan Doyle

- While he was knowledgeable about many things, America's founding fathers was not one of them. He along with the other residents have gotten used to any rumors or exaggerated accounts of their lives and you and Sebastian have already warned that this is just a fictionalized production of the real person. As a writer of some historical fiction books he argued that he of all people was aware that any work based on history will speak more about the creators rather than the actual people they are writing about most of the time. He was nevertheless interested as to why you have become fascinated with the treasury secretary (and maybe it was with a twinge of jealousy that you began to expressly show admiration to another man even if he wasn't among the residents in the mansion). After all unlike many other residents of the mansion, on the surface it seemed that Hamilton was similar to Theo who mainly played a supporting but crucial role to his brother. He was thankful that you didn't hold it against him and was comforted that you were in a similar place. You even told him that the only thing you really knew about Hamilton before listening to the soundtrack and watching "Animatics" was that he was in the ten dollar American bill.

- And as someone who has delved into writing historical fictions, this was probably one of the most entertaining productions about a historical figure he has seen. He's going to be honest with you in that at first he was wondering if revealing Burr shot Hamilton in the opening was going to hinder him from enjoying the show; but he was pleasantly surprised that this was not the case at all. As a matter of fact it now made him want to find out who the real Hamilton was (although a part of him doubts if the real Hamilton had any regrets at all). According to him, this is why as a fictionalized historical work, the show is a success because it makes you want to find out more about the events and figures of the story (even if it means looking at darker realities that they did). And while the real Hamilton may be a lot different from what was shown, with all the things he went through and all the things he has done (for better or worse), he now wonders why exactly Le Comte hadn't approached him since he seems to be no better or worse than the average resident ("He and Newt could probably discuss mathematics all day."). You then explained that his political rivals (Jefferson and Madison from the show, and Monroe who wasn't shown in the musical) had later on become Presidents and was able to shape the narrative away from Hamilton. "Ron Chernow made Hamilton's biography because he was the lesser known founding father who was fading into obscurity among Americans and Lin read the book and recognized the story of someone who has risen through his writings. And to Lin that was also the story of hiphop." While he wasn't involved in politics as much as Hamilton was, Arthur had enough experience to know what it feels like to have those kinds of people in power. He also knows just how powerful it is to be in "the room where it happened" and how sometimes the real decisions weren't being made in an office but rather in either a private party or the right bar when people in power had their guard down and were more susceptible to being influenced.

- He could relate a lot with Hamilton on many things that he's only comfortable allowing either you or Theo to see. From being just so much more aware of death's inevitability coming for every living thing to survivor's guilt even though a part of him knows its irrational (but sometimes the emotional nonsense just overtakes our perspectives and actions). It's why he could understand Hamilton's need to write as much as he can before he dies. It's why for a time in his human life he had deviated from writing about Holmes and ventured into other genres. He could also relate to the need to prove what type of person he was, and how to go beyond his tragedies to serve people in their own ways. Hamilton did it as a soldier and the creator of America's financial system. And he is doing it as an informally practicing doctor and as a writer. It's a need that he's trying to mitigate since you've repeatedly told him that he doesn't need to prove anything to you or to anyone and to write whatever he pleases. But he also can't deny that it's still somewhere lodged in the back of his head.

- Just like William Shakespeare, in terms of the wordplay found in rap and the ambiguity present in the show and how those things were executed made him amazed and momentarily speechless. He was especially fanboying about "The comma after dearest" and how this essentially shows how important grammar was. It went to the extent that afterwards whenever he would write to you he would address you either as "My dearest, Y/N" or "My darling, Y/N" with special emphasis on the comma (sometimes you could see how there's more ink in the comma than some of the actual words. That's how much he wants to emphasize that you hold the title of dearest or darling). And you excitedly share with him some of the trivia knowledge of the show (like how in real life it was Angelica who originally made the comma mistake by writing to Hamilton as "My dear, sir" in one of her letters and it was Hamilton who was asking her what the comma means and even replied with "Ma chere, soeur") and how Angelica really did reference the Icarus metaphor in one of her letters to Eliza. And even though he wasn't a major musical nerd (he sang for fun), he would now join you in watching Howard Ho's Hamilton videos musically analyzing Hamilton (and would probably try to find a way to use this knowledge to annoy Mozart in some way).

- Speaking of music: Maybe it's because he's biased in his love for you but aside from Sebastian he's probably the one who has no qualms about the hiphop genre and was immediately into the various wordplays that rapping allowed. And because of this his favorite characters in terms of rapping are the ones played by Daveed Diggs (probably more than Hamilton himself even though you've explained that Lin is the one who wrote the whole thing). He even adapts to how Daveed as Jefferson would say Isaac's third law and incorporated it into his "let's tease Newton" kit. That's when you know he really loves Daveed Diggs ("Every action has an equal opposite -" "WILL YOU PLEASE STOP SAYING IT THAT WAY?! I didn't mind the first few times but this is ridiculous Arthur" "It must be nice, it must be nice to have a Newton on your side"). And his favorite character emotionally was Angelica (her raps in Schuyler Sisters and Satisfied may have helped).

- Speaking of the Schuyler Sisters, after watching it with you another time (this time with just the two of you) one of his favorite things to say is that you've got the best of all three sisters within you (Angelica's wittiness and intelligence, Eliza's cares for the more important things in life, and Peggy's humor) with the sexiness of Maria Reynolds. But because he sees all 4 of them in you he has the benefit of not needing to choose among them. Having said that there will be a period wherein he teases you if he makes you "Helpless" or "Satisfied" (and you respond either by kissing him or singing "That would be enough").

- Whenever you would sing as one of the Schuyler sisters he will join you as any of the male characters the moment he masters the soundtrack and could even sing it without the music. His favorite rap songs are "Guns and Ships", "Washington on your side", and of course "Satisfied". He also really loves "Non-stop", "the 10 duel commandments", and "The room where it happened". But his favorite sequence is from "the Winter's Ball" all the way to "Wait for it". Since it has romance, a shocking revelation, and gives insight to the perspective of the antagonist. He's also one of the first people to attempt to learn the choreography whenever he's in one of his mental blocks in writing. Of course he makes sure not to injure himself.

- He posts song lyrics to keep himself motivated in his times of mental block "There's a million things I haven't done. But just you wait" and "I'm not throwing away my shot" frequently appear around his desk.

-And whenever he's feeling low or insecure, just like Eliza you remind him to "Look around, Look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now."

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superfluouskeys · 3 years ago

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Your tags |D i wanted to say lmao, i keep playing this one track from Company that has G'raha's VA and in that production he is like putting on a NY accent? But keeps slipping into his British accent?? And it just makes me imagine G'raha in a play but he keeps goofin and slipping out of character because he's too excited about it

YEAH OMG I remember listening to him do a bit from Last Five Years I think and there are just certain words eg "anything" that are still British LOL. Also omg I'd never listened to that Company soundtrack I'm gonna have to do this now; I'm really into the idea of the mc of that show being genderbent also. His hard r's remind me of Daniel Radcliffe in How to Succeed in Business.

JAKMSDKMAKJFMASFK I honestly feel G'raha would get really into being in a play and be surprisingly good at it once he found his footing; he's just kind of a theatrical person and I think would have a pretty easy time keeping up a character in that context where it's scripted and clearly serves a purpose, rather than a personal deception which we all know isn't his strong point LOL.

#i'm like 2/3 thru not getting married and it's just full british at this point LOLLLLLLLLL #bro i'm gonna lose it g'raha in a play is such a cute idea #college play at the studium---------#exarch agrees to be in a lil show for kids-------------#person in charge is afraid to ask him so they make lyna or wol do it #he's totally fine w it and even looking forward to it #until he realizes wol is gonna watch #i will simply combust good evening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#ffxiv #g'raha tia #square enix hire me this is the side quest i wish to write

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thesuitelife547 · 4 years ago

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WM Acquisition Thoughts

Let me preface this by saying that I’m no expert in business matters, let alone business matters in South Korea, and that this opinion comes from a longtime standing fan of WM Entertainment. Of course we’ll probably never actually know why this acquisition happened or why it came about but I just wanted to give my thoughts about the subject and give some overview. Also, I apologize if this sounds like a report at some points, I did look up some information to make sure that I understood the subject matter as well. This also isn’t trying to defend or look down upon the decision. I’m just using this as my outlet to express and attempt to gain an understanding of the situation.

Also if anyone has any thoughts or opinions they want to share, feel free to reach out through any of the platforms that I’m on!

Thanks! - Marisa

For those of you that may be unaware of the subject matter, it was released today that RBW had secured more than 70% of WM Entertainment’s stock and has thereby made WM Entertainment into a subsidiary of theirs. With the word subsidiary, the most common example that I’ve seen being thrown around is the agreement that happened with Woollim Entertainment and SM C&C. I think it’s important to note a couple of things with what happened there, though. Probably the most important would be that after signing the merger in 2013, it was actually undone and reversed in 2016 and Woollim went back to being its own independent company, kind of. So technically yes, they are a subsidy of SM C&C, I think, at this current moment but what happened in the beginning was a merger. Which brings me to my second point. It’s important to note that what happened between Woollim and SM C&C was actually a merger rather than an acquisition, which it doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen, at this moment, between WM and RBW. Obviously things could change since they do apparently own more than 70% of WM’s stocks now so unless something is outlined in their contract regarding that type of thing, I guess I’d just say that anything could happen.

But anyway, let me give a brief rundown on what happened between Woollim and SM C&C in 2013. First, I think we should understand what SM C&C actually is. That company itself is actually a subsidy of SM Entertainment that was acquired by them in 2012. The company currently operates as a production company, theatrical production company, and travel company but of course has actors, actresses, and various entertainers, it seems like mostly MCs or people who frequently or only do variety, signed to them. Anyway, so what happened is that the two actually merged to create Woollim Label. The definition of merger includes when companies join together to create a new single identity. SM C&C still was a company by itself, though, but I think it was just that Woollim was merged with a division within the company of SM C&C. See, this is a bit complicated, haha. But the creation of Woollim Label shows that it was a merger. However, in 2016, it was announced that SM C&C would be establishing Woollim Entertainment to handle its music business while they kept some of the stock, but not enough for a majority. What that essentially meant is that Woollim went back to being its own entertainment company in a way. SM C&C still has stock, but they weren’t merged together anymore. Rather, I think, Woollim then became more of a subsidy of SM C&C if that makes sense.

Enough of that, though, let’s get back to the current issue at hand.

I find it very interesting that RBW got 70% of WM’s stock. Typically, if whoever is buying the stock wants to become a majority holder, then they just buy enough to make them the majority. Most of the times it’s numbers that are nowhere near 70%. But those companies could be publicly trading their stock and the way that they get the majority is through buying out other companies and company individuals rather than the general public that might have that stock. That’s what different about WM, they’re a private company. That is something that could potentially change, though. Essentially with that 70%, RBW has the say to do what they want with WM but I’ll get into that later. But I think it’s strange that the number 70 just came about from somewhere. I wonder how WM’s stock was previously divided before this and if it was somewhere in the agreement about how the stocks should be divided upon the acquisition, I’m pretty sure it probably was. We’ll probably never know those details, but I don’t know, 70% is strange to me and doesn’t make sense.

To put an example on how strange I find the number 70, let me set up an example situation. I’m not saying that this is actually what happened but just putting in into perspective why I find it so strange. So let’s say that WM’s stocks are divided amongst the people in the company and investors in a way that would make achieving 51% possible, or even 50.1%. Anything over 50.1% would technically give RBW the majority hold over WM. Therefore, in an administrative sense, the majority that they get at 51% would be the same control that they get at the 70%. Maybe RBW aimed for a higher percentage to ensure that they would actually have control and that they wouldn’t somehow get removed as technically “being in charge” or if they got more financial rewards on having 70% of the stock. I don’t know much about the exchanging of stocks, especially in private companies, but 70% seems like a lot even if they want to securely have the majority in the company. If they weren’t comfortable with sitting in the 50% range, they probably could’ve gone to 60% but even then that seems a little high when, in most public companies, the majority is seemingly secured at around 25% – 30%. Once again, though, we’re talking about a private company, two private companies really, so things are definitely different. Also, with private companies, they don’t have to release information about any of this because the general public isn’t involved in any of their business proceedings.

So I’m not sure if it’s the same in South Korea, but at least for the United States, the private company is the one that approves the buying of the shares because they aren’t available on any public platform. It seems that for the most part, the people who have stocks in private companies are either the employees themselves or investors unless the company goes and seeks out people to purchase it. I think the case between the two companies is a little different. I already mentioned that WM is a private company but RBW is, too. RBW was also created from a merger back in 2015 between WA Entertainment and Rainbow Bridge Agency. Therefore I can only assume that either both companies sought out each other or one company went to the other with a deal. Either way, because they’re both private companies, there was no way for RBW to do an underhand deal on WM because WM would have to approve the stocks purchase in the first place. I never suspected that they did, but I thought I’d add it just in case anyone might’ve thought about that happening in the future.

But then another question would be whether they plan to go public or not, as in make themselves a public company where the general public can buy stocks. If that’s the case, then is the 70% that RBW bought going to be available to the public? Then is RBW going to get whatever profits or stuff is associated with those bought stocks? Or maybe to put it in a different perspective, they’re saying the 70% because they already sold the 30% back to the company? If that makes any sense. I guess what I’m trying to say is that maybe another way that this all went down was that RBW actually bought 100% of WM but left the 30% of stock out of it so that, I’m going to assume Lee Wonmin has that 30%, he is technically in charge of the subsidiary? But thinking about that and majorities, that probably wouldn’t hold true because then, if they go public, anyone could get over 30% of that WM stock and then be in the majority over Lee Wonmin. I guess it all just depends on whether RBW has any intention to go public or to make WM a public subsidiary, too.

I know this is getting long but I’ll just end on my opinion about what’s going to happen in the future with this whole acquisition and subsidy stuff.

Like I’ve said before, the 70% definitely makes me nervous a little. I’ve stated my reasons for why RBW might’ve gone for over the majority but at the same time, it just kind of doesn’t make sense why they would want 70% unless to make sure they have complete control. At the same time, they have said that WM will still be able to keep their management in place therefore I’m wondering if maybe the 70% has more to do with the future rather than the present? Technically, since RBW owns the majority of WM, they could essentially tell them to do whatever they want and they could, technically, dissolve WM as a company. They have the majority vote so it wouldn’t be illegal for them to do so, unless there’s some sort of law or certain requirements that must be met that I’m unaware of. I want to believe that there is probably something within their contract about that, though, that wouldn’t let for such a thing to happen. Still, it’s strange and I honestly always think that I’ll see the 70% as a strange number, especially in regard to stocks and shares of a singular company.

I know that it’s been reported that WM’s management is supposed to stay the same but I hope it remains that way. I know that there are some things about them that people, me included, are unhappy with them about but they do treat their artists well and have created unique brands that fit their groups. I guess the only underlying worrying thing would be that 70%. But as long as this stays as an acquisition, and WM remains as a subsidy of RBW, then I don’t see any sort of issue, as long as WM remains in control of their own artists.

Maybe this acquisition is beneficial for both parties. Like I stated before, if there is a decision to go public, they could get more capital overall since stock tends to go up when one company acquires another. Additionally, they may have better, or more, resources to work with since they’re technically working together. Hopefully there are some sort of strengths that each company have that they can work together to create an overall better situation, but that’s all stuff for the administrative side. On the side of the artists, from what it seems right now, it doesn’t seem like much is changing. The companies aren’t merging into one so it doesn’t seem like the artists are technically becoming labelmates. Sure, they may work together in the future, it would be easier to do that with this, but I still think that they’ll identify themselves separately and as part of separate companies since WM Entertainment still technically exists.

The closest example that I can think of where subsidies are involved is when people think about the Disney company or even about Comcast. Sure, both of those companies are huge and it doesn’t really relate to RBW’s acquisition of WM, but it helps to think about how subsidies work in a way, or at least I think so. Both Disney and Comcast are large companies that hold multiple companies underneath of them as subsidies, some that people might not even realize are owned by them. Take Comcast as the first example, I’m pretty sure one of their subsidies is NBC, which they actually 100% acquired in 2013 after only having the majority. Still, Comcast is the parent company. Parent companies are companies that own enough stock in other companies to be considered the majority. The other companies that are under a parent company are considered to be subsidiaries of the parent company. On the other hand, for Disney, they’re considered a parent company to ABC and even Pixar is considered to be their subsidiary.

I guess what I’m trying to show is that sometimes companies are able to govern and manage themselves even if they become acquired by a different company. The definition of a subsidy is that they operate as a separate and distinct corporation and that their obligations are not usually a liability of the parent company.

But I apologize for this being so long and congrats if you made it this far and my thoughts made any sense to you. I wasn’t really trying to get anywhere with this, I was just mainly just using it as an outlet to express my understanding of the situation at hand and maybe try to clear up things that others might have questions about. I wasn’t trying to look down upon or defend the decision made, just trying to gain a better understanding.

If anyone does have any questions, if you want to say something that I might’ve missed, or if you have your own opinions on the subject matter, please feel free to reach out to me on any of the platforms that I’m on! I’m always looking to hearing what other people have to say about the subject. Or even if there’s something else you want to talk about, feel free to ask away!

Thanks! - Marisa

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