#Noel Cruz

[rwac96]

The Uninvited (RWBY Crossover Shitpost)

(Loosely inspired by @brokentrafficknight's Pyrrha birthday posts)

Noel: "Weiss? Have you seen Jaune around--?"

*Noel Vermillion blinks, taking notice of Weiss being without her team...only accompanied by Neptune Vasilias*

Noel: *blinks* "Where's your team?"

Weiss: *irritated* "Apparently, they ditched me to head to Pyrrha's birthday party at SchneeWorld!"

Neptune: "Weiss, I'm sure it was a mix-up."

Weiss: "In reality: Yang, Blake, or Sun 'forgot' my invitation!"

Neptune: "Oh, c'mon! I'm sure neither of 'em would do that to ya."

Noel: *blinks, pondering* "Hold on...Makoto, Tsubaki, Tao, and even Ragna left for SchneeWorld..."

Weiss: *looks at Noel* "Wait, you don't mean--?!"

Shallot: *barging in* "WEISS! We have a problem! My teachers and their families got kidnapped!"

Tifa: *annoyed, walking in after him* "Uh, yeah...not that conclusion, 'genius'. I thought Shinra did the same thing when my friends weren't around...until I remembered what day it was."

Bleiss: *stomps in* "THAT CEREAL CUNT PURPOSEFULLY 'FORGOT' MY INVITE!"

Shallot: "Wait? Invite?" *thinks* "I DIDN'T GET AN INVITE TO SNOWLAND?!"

Weiss: "SchneeWorld, you dunce! And I highly doubt she would invite you or my trollop of a twin to her party!"

Bleiss: "Yet you're here with us, bitch."

Neptune: *looks around* "Wait...I didn't get an invite either!"

Tifa: *annoyed* "I'm sensing a pattern here."

????: "HELP!!"

*Shantae, in elephant form, comes crashing through the wall, shifting back to her humanoid form*

Shantae: *groaning* "Somebody please stop 'em...."

*Ryuko & Satsuki come barging through the fresh hole, fighting one another*

Ryuko: "WHERE'S MAKO?! WHAT DID YA DO WITH HER?!"

Satsuki: "I DIDN'T KIDNAP THAT IMBECILE!!"

Tifa: *grabbing both girls* "Ladies, ladies!" *bonks their heads together* "Enough!"

Ryuko: *rubs her head* "Ow! The fuck, Bar Boobs?!"

Satsuki: *rubs her temple* "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't disembowel you for that?!"

Shantae: *slowly getting up, deadpan* "....Mako went to Pyrrha's party and neither of you was invited."

Ryuko: "THE FUCK?! THAT BITCH!"

Satsuki: *scoffs, sheathing Bakuzan* "Which one? The imbecile or the spartan?"

Ryuko: "PYRRHA! Who do you think?!"

Neptune: "Okay...makes sense why you guys weren't invited...but why me?! I'm a handsome face that any babe would invite parties to. Why would a sexy gladiator lady not let me come?"

Weiss: *clears her throat* "AHEM!"

Neptune: "What?"

Bleiss: *shakes her head* "Such boyfriend material, Frost Tits."

Weiss: "Oh, be quiet!"

Jessica: *knocking on the window from outside* "Guys? Did we miss the party?"

Korra: *outside* "Don't tell me your invites got 'misplaced' too?"

Lucy: *outside* "Hold on...YOU MEAN WE GOT LEFT BEHIND ON PURPOSE?!" *wails*

Shallot: "So...this wasn't an accident?"

Bleiss: "NO SHIT, CAVE ALEIN!"

[hedleylamarr]

"Nina, no. I gotta go, I can't be late."

Noel (2004)

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Training Day (2001) directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer

[iwasgoodtoyoumikey]

‘My God, he's a freak himself, and his masks are just as ugly’

Ismael rolls his eyes before bringing a paper cup of coffee to his mouth and taking a sip. That jerk Noel Kluggs disliked the prisoner at first sight. Moreover, probably Michael's gaze – very often the novice ordered the patient not to look at him.

‘Masks are like masks,’ Cruz says, ‘get off the guy.’

‘Are you defending him again?’

‘I'm not... just shut up, okay? You shouldn't care about his masks.’

‘They're even scarier than my neighbor's smelly clay figurines, she makes them out of shit.’

Cruz snorts: laughter runs through him along with disgust, and he shakes his head. He knows it's all a matter of habit. Michael had been making scary masks almost since he arrived here, but they had never aroused the old warden's dislike. Only, perhaps, anxiety and sadness.

[delaruecaalapluma]

“Siempre en el camino del amor”, de Maximiliano Herráiz

Presentación de su libro en el CITeS

El jueves 08 de junio de 2023 a las 19.00 horas, en el CITeS – ‘Universidad de la Mística’, se llevó a cabo la presentación del libro “Siempre en el camino del amor” de Maximiliano Herráiz, con la participación del director del CITeS, el carmelita Jerzy Nawojowski y la psicóloga María Noel Firpo, que ha cooperado activamente en dicha publicación. Maximiliano Herráiz, es carmelita descalzo, doctor…

[pupsmailbox]

MUSIC ID PACK

NAMES ⌇　abby. ace. adagio. adam. adria. adrian. adriane. aero. alex. alice. angus. ann. anthony. apollo. ari. aria. ariane. ariette. avril. axl. axton. bill. billie. billy. blaze. bohemia. bon. brad. brian. bruce. cade. cadence. cadentia. cantrelle. charlie. cher. chester. chordelle. chordette. chordiene. chrissie. christine. cleo. cliff. coda. cosmo. crescenette. crescenne. cresciene. cruz. dahlia. danny. dave. david. dax. daze. dolce. dolcette. dolciene. dolciette. don. doremi. duff. dusty. echo. eddie. electra. ember. ensemblette. enslette. enzo. eric. estelle. faye. flash. fleetwood. florance. floyd. flux. forte. frank. freddie. geddy. geezer. gene. george. ginger. glenn. glimmer. grace. gregg. halen. halo. harmonette. harmonie. harmony. harp. hayley. helena. iggy. isis. izzy. jack. jasper. jett. jimi. jimmy. joe. john. juno. kade. kai. kairo. keira. keith. kian. knox. krist. kurt. larkin. larry. layla. liam. lindsey. lio. luna. lux. lyric. lyrical. mac. malcolm. maynard. medley. meliene. melodie. melodiette. melody. micheal. mick. mitch. moxie. muse. musette. musine. nancy. neal. neil. neon. nick. nicko. nicky. noel. note. notesie. notesy. nova. octavia. onyx. orchestrae. orchestraette. orchestraine. ozzy. paul. pax. pear. pete. peter. phil. piper. pulse. quest. randy. rave. rhea. rhythm. rick. ringo. riven. robert. roger. ronnie. rosa. rose. sabbath. sable. serj. sierra. sky. skye. sona. sonata. sonette. songbird. songesse. songette. songstress. sonia. sonic. sonnet. spark. steve. steven. stevie. strobe. symphonia. symponiette. talia. taryn. tempo. thom. tim. tom. tony. treble. trix. vibe. viola. violette. violiene. vyn. xara. zack. zeppelin.

PRONOUNS ⌇　aero/aero. ba/bass. band/band. base/base. beat/beat. black/black. blink/blink. bpm/bpm. chili/chili. crash/crash. cream/cream. cue/cue. cure/cure. door/door. dor/doremi. drop/drop. dru/drum. drum/drum. eagle/eagle. echo/echo. electric/electric. electro/electronic. fla/flash. flu/flute. flute/flute. for/forte. forte/forte. glo/glow. guitar/guitar. gun/gun. har/harp. heart/heart. hot/hot. hx/hxm. hy/hym. iron/iron. jam/jam. journey/journey. jump/jump. ke/key. kiss/kiss. la/lala. las/laser. loud/loud. ly/lyric. machine/machine. maiden/maiden. mel/melody. metal/metal. mix/mixed. mu/muse. mu/music. muse/muse. music/music. ne/neon. nirvana/nirvana. no/note. noe/note. note/note. oasis/oasis. oct/octave. pearl/pearl. pepper/pepper. perform/perform. pi/piano. pia/piano. piano/piano. pink/pink. queen/queen. ra/rave. radio/radio. rage/rage. re/reverb. red/red. reverb/reverb. rhy/rhythm. riff/riff. rock/rock. rose/rose. rush/rush. scorpion/scorpion. scream/scream. shred/shred. shx/hxr. shy/hyr. sing/sing. soe/song. soe/sonnet. sol/sola. song/song. spike/spike. stone/stone. string/string. stud/stud. sync/sync. tem/tempo. tempo/tempo. thxy/thxm. thy/thym. tra/track. tre/treble. treble/treble. trumpet/trumpet. tu/tune. tuba/tuba. tune/tune. vi/vibe. vio/violin. vocal/vocal. wa/wave. yell/yell. 🎤. 🎧. 🎵. 🎶. 🎷. 🎸. 🎹. 🎻. 🎼. 💥. 📹. 🔊. 🔋. 🔌. 🗯️. 🤘. 🥁. 🧑🏻‍🎤.

[ofashesandmoonlight]

There had not been a coherent thought as Alexia had attacked the stranger. All that resonated was the intense sensation that she to defend herself. Fueled by alcohol it could have turned deadly. Thankfully some coherent thought managed to slip through her snarled mind and she let the man fall to the floor with a dull thud. "That will be the last time he grabs a woman's ass without permission." Words murmured to herself as a small justification for the force of her actions. Any moment she expected to be booted from the bar for the trouble she had caused. Instead there was someone offering to buy her a drink.

"It's bad ass to grossly overreact to a creep?" Despite the sentence a rueful smile curved up her lips, "Whiskey, neat."

closed starter for Lexi @justcruzing

"You know, you're pretty badass." Noel said with a smile as they approached Lexi. They weren't the type of person to start many physical fights, so they had just stared in awe as Lexi dropped a guy with her sick moves. Lately, they were more interested in physical fights since there was nothing they do magic wise. And with imminent threats looming over them and their family, they had started kick boxing. But still, that felt so little compared to the absolute force of nature Lexi appeared to be. So Noel approached her to try and see if the other would teach her. Who didn't love a fight club? But they wanted to be smooth with it, so they put their arm on the bar and looked at Lexi. "Can I buy you a drink?"

[happy-lemon]

No Rules Legacy - Favorite Spouses

I've already shared my favorite heirs, so now that the legacy is complete, I'm going to share my favorite spouses. Who was yours?

Noel de la Cruz (Generation 2)

Fun fact: Noel was a random homeless townie that Kana befriended in high school.

2. Jeffery Dean (Generation 1)

3. Ciaran Delaney (Generation 8)

Fun fact: I used Nara's college nemesis, Jacob Salaman, as the base sim for Ciaran.

4. Kekoa Solomon (Generation 6)

Fun fact: I made Kekoa for Daisy, but she had such a wild time in college that he never had a chance.

5. Marzhan Koziyeva (Generation 5)

Fun fact: My daughter made Marzhan back when she was still playing.

6. Zoya Melville (Generation 10)

Fun fact: Zoya was a game-generated roommate when Dylan went to university and I only changed her hair, clothes, and makeup.

7. Alejandro Luna (Generation 4)

Fun fact: Alex was a random explorer in Shang Simla that caught my eye and I grabbed him for Noelle.

8. Mason Shimada (Generation 9)

9. Anna Beck (Generation 10)

Fun fact: Anna was married to Suzuki Hinata in another short-lived save of mine and the two of them shared a single brain cell.

10. And even though he redeemed himself in the end, Ben Trigger (Generation 3)

[most-mistreated-characters]

THE MATCH UPS (Round 1)

Left Side

Jesus vs. Tori Vega

Trina Vega vs. Yellow Guy

Scott Evil vs. Todd Jacobson

Jesse Pinkman vs. Candace Flynn

Jack Kline vs. Megamind

Sheldon Cooper vs. Sunny Baudelaire

Isadora Quagmire vs. Leafpool

Morrigan Crow vs. Filthy Rich

Bubble vs. Theodore Templeton

Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz vs. Butters

The Cabbage Merchant vs. Meg Griffin

Starscream vs. Sam Puckett

Freddie Benson vs. Spiders

Ants vs. Tony Stark

Mabel Pines vs. Amy Pond

Mary Jane Watson vs. Nathan Byrne

Bees vs Alberto Scorfano

Finn vs. K1-B0

Wheatley vs. Bucky Barnes

Klaus Hargreeves vs. Will Graham

Viktor Hargreeves vs. Harry Dresden

Crosshair vs. Bruce Banner

Jaskier vs. Anya Jenkins

Saw Gerrera vs. Kira Yukimara

Chloe Valentine vs. Christopher Lightwood

Xion vs. Loki

Aaron Hocthner vs. Mouse Gerwitz

Sasuke vs. Marcus

Matsuda vs. Kanji Tatsumi

Hades vs. Ursala

Sam Winchester vs. Yamcha

Gamzee Makara vs. Tavros Nitram

Right Side

Bill Woodward vs. Charlotte

Jonathan Sims vs. Tim Stoker

Violet Baudelaire vs. Donald Duck

Klaus Baudelaire vs. Hunter De Vil

Skylar White vs. Peeta Mellark

Miles O'brien vs. Chloe

Alicent Hightower vs. White Out

Gwen Cooper vs. Sera

Sadness vs. Logan Sanders

Steve Harrington vs. USA

Will Byers vs. gary gergich

Papyrus vs. Hunter

Hooty vs. Nico Di Angelo

Raine Whispers vs. Sally Acorn

Shadow vs. Zuko

Ken (The Bee Movie) vs. Mike Hanlon

Mammon vs. Frodo

Boromir vs. Castiel

Juzo Sakakura vs. Tasha Yar

Klavier Gavin vs. Faramir

Ellie vs. Skoodge

Vanessa vs. Anders

Asgore Dreemurr vs. Malyen Oretsev

Sara vs. Derek Hale

Dylan Dalmatian vs Sansa Stark

Luis Cabrera vs. Chara Dreemurr

Lance McClain vs. Guillermo de la Cruz

Ian Rider vs. Ezreal Leasra

Yumena Kyusaku vs. Asriel Dreemurr

Denji vs. Rachel

Bain vs. Colin Robinson

Noel Levine vs. Sakura Haruno

[isfjmel-phleg]

Noncomprehensive list of books that are retellings of/inspired by The Secret Garden

Moongarden by Michelle A. Barry

The Tarnished Garden by Alyssa Colman

Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline (upcoming)

The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber Logan

The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden

Misselthwaite / Return to the Secret Garden by Susan Moody

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter

The Making of May by Gwyneth Rees

A Bit of Earth by Karuna Riazi (upcoming)

The Edge of In Between by Lorelei Savaryn

A Secret Princess by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz

The Painted Garden by Noel Streatfeild

Return to the Secret Garden by Holly Webb

The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir

Disclaimer: This list is for informative purposes, and inclusion of a title does not necessarily constitute a recommendation from me. I've read only about half of these so far, and at least one of them I will probably never read.

[gaiahypothesims]

Noel Cruz

[rwac96]

Does Pyrrha send pictures of herself and Jaune having fun in the after party to her rivals? Like a stamp that she is best girl.

(previous post)

Weiss: *exhales* "She did..."

Bleiss: *far away* "THAT BITCH!!"

*Bleiss knocks over random objects, then throws a plate against the wall*

Weiss: "It's been Hell here."

Noel: *blue-eyed* "Strangulation...Cremation...Disembowelment..."

Neptune: "WEISS! She's doing that thing again!"

Shallot: "SLAP! HER!"

Neptune: "I'm not slapping a doe-eyed, cute angel like Noel!"

Tifa: "...I'm seriously failing what Weiss sees in you."

Neptune: "Can ya not--!?" *gets pushed by Noel, letting out a 'manly' scream*

Horologium: *has Lucy inside his compartment* " 'I'm not coming out until you guys calm Noel down,' she screams in distress."

Noel: "Immolation...Evisceration...Flaying..." *gets slapped by Shallot*

Korra: *holding Ryuko back* "How about helping us out here?!"

Jessica: *holding Satsuki back using her ring, with Shantae, who's in elephant form again* "Seriously?! You two get right back to fighting each other?!"

Shantae: *groaning, using her porcine nostril* "C'mon, knock it off!"

Ryuko: *struggling* "TAKE THAT BACK! I AIN'T IMMATURE!!"

Satsuki: *struggling* "THEN RETRACT YOUR 'BUSHY-BROWS' REMARK!"

Weiss: "...I need an aspirin."

[najaitspurple]

In other news: I'm officially starting a fanfic!

Big Hero 6: The Revived Series

Characters:

1. Big Hero 6:

Hiro Hamada

Baymax

Gogo Tomago

Fred

Honey Lemon

Wasabi

2. Big Hero Allies:

Heathcliff

Professor Granville

Karmi

Mini Max

Globby

Megan

Chief Cruz

Roddy Blair

Rishi Patel

Aiko Miyazaki (New)

Regina Miyazaki (New)

Supporting:

Aunt Cass

Professor Callaghan

Olivia Mole

Professor Kameela (New)

Mr. Sparkles

Noodle Burger Boy

Hyper Potamus

Crushroom

Hangry Panda

Villains:

Obake 2.0

Mechadama (New)

Mr. Yama and co.

The Fujitas (New)

Hardlight

Momakase

Mad Jacks

Nega-Globby

Di Amara

Chris

Cobra

Other characters:

Tadashi Hamada

Noel Miyazaki (New)

Mr. Miyazaki (New)

Ms. Miyazaki (New)

THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED EVERY TIME I FEEL LIKE ADDING A NEW OC OR CHARACTER ON MY ALT ACC, GimeGimeMore

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[felikatze]

FELI'S BLORBO BRAWL

i love tournament brackets. i love submitting my favorite guys. but you know what? I don't like it when my guys lose. So I propose a tournament where ALL guys are MY guys.

RULES:

rules are added and subtracted at my discretion

there are no submissions. handpicked only.

one entry per fandom. if multiple blorbos qualify for one fandom, they enter together

no fandom i deem "too popular." this is blorbos that belong to me and maybe like 3 other people max.

there are 64 contestants.

brackets start whenever i get to it and are open for as long as i decide on a whim

the tiebreaker grima clause: in the case a tie occurs, there will be a three way rematch against grima. the version of grima is selected at random. this clause proceeds until i run out of grimas.

now it is up to YOU to decide which of my little meow meows is the best, even if you've never heard of these guys! and if you HAVE, you probably did because I was talking about them.

Or you have the same interests as me, in which case, ily.

LO AND BEHOLD: THE CONTESTANTS.

i am not telling you source materials at this point in time.

SIDE A PART A

Teobaldo Leonhart vs The Obituary Writer WINNER: Teo

Tora vs Rivka WINNER: Rivka

Millard vs Doug Eiffel & Hera WINNER: Millard

Camo vs Otus WINNER: Otus

Ayin & Carmen vs Ces & Sel WINNER: Ayin & Carmen

Yamato Hotsuin vs Prince Dreambert TIEBREAKER: Yamato & Dreambert vs The Creation WINNER: The Creation

Russel Seager vs Estio WINNER: Russel Seager

Ross vs Haruto WINNER: Ross

SIDE A PART B

Allen vs Perry WINNER: Perry

Melissa Foddebrat vs Scarlet WINNER: Scarlet

Iruma Suzuki, Clara Valac, Alice Asmodeus vs Tali, Rose, Catt WINNER: Iruma, Clara, Alice

Rudyard & Antigone Funn vs Stocke & Eruca WINNER: Rudyard and Antigone

Christo vs Mao WINNER: Christo

Oliver vs Geo Stellar WINNER: Oliver

Yan vs Felix Honikker WINNER: Felix

Eni Voraformia vs Cain WINNER: Cain

SIDE B PART A

Etranger vs Nagyunn WINNER: Nagyunn

Adol Christin vs Kanata Kanbara TIEBREAKER: Adol & Kanata vs Fall F!Grima

Yellow vs Rider WINNER: Yellow

Outboxer & Yellow Tempest vs William G. Maryblood WINNER: Will

Mary vs Lumie WINNER: Lumie

Dimitri vs Leon Stamatis WINNER: Dimitri

Remme vs Valier / Reinhardt

Jack vs Hikari

SIDE B PART B

Victor Vale vs Brane & Retina

Ii-chan vs the Janitor

Melia vs Serenoa Wolfort & Frederica Aesfrost

Nero vs Pastille

Riley vs Soma Cruz

Ashe Bradley & Noel Levine vs Copen Kamizono

Parona vs Mihui Yang

Polka Shinomiya / Corpse God vs Kim Gong-ja

[jaxs-beanie]

Hadestown Tour Notes

I saw Hadestown on February 5, 2023! I took notes during the show, and here they are if you wanna read them! Our Orpheus was Jordan Bollwerk, and the Workers included Jamal Lee Harris, Eddie Noel Rodriguez, Cecilia Trippiedi, KC Dela Cruz, and J Antonio Rodriguez. Eurydice was Hannah Whitley, Persephone was Brit West, Hades was Matthew Patrick Quinn, and Hermes was Nathan Lee Graham. The Fates were Dominique Kempf, Belen Moyano, and Nyla Watson.

ACT 1 Workers out first to start the show, then Fates, then everyone else. Hermes was sweet to Eurydice, gave her a bit of a hug. Audience laughs as Hermes poses, gets us ready, then brushes us off. Hades snaps a hand against his hip to dance, Persephone goes down from balcony, Eurydice jams out to the drums, Hermes is happy to be here, Hades just standing looking serious. Jamal’s worker has a turquoise hat.

In Any Way the Wind Blows the Fates shoo Orpheus away from Eurydice; he finds a match and is reaching out when Hermes gives Eury one and is sad. Hannah’s Eurydice has a very rich, deep voice. She feels like she was a Fate in a past life. Hermes goes soft on liking to hear Orpheus sing and then is in denial. Audience gave big laugh on Come Home With Me and ‘the man who’s gonna marry you’ and ‘when you become my wife!’ Eurydice felt sleepy-grumpy at first but got total awe when she saw the flower, very alert and in disbelief. Orpheus was very careful and affectionate towards her but with a straight back, like he wanted to prove himself.

Orpheus is zoned out for Epic 1 on ‘as if I’d known it all along’, feels very in tune with the mystical side to the songs. All of his Epics feel very improvised and on the spot. Hermes says ‘Hades… and Persephone’ drawn out on Hades. After ‘go on’ his singing and confidence got stronger. On ‘twice as bright’ the light got bright and Persephone stood. Audience laughed on abrupt grumpy ‘but that was long ago!’

Seph kissed Hades and got no reaction. Workers cheered and went ‘yeah!’ after ‘anyone want a drink’, Eddie chatted with Eury and Seph about something. While Hermes was grooving with the band and Persephone, Hades was alone and sad. I felt bad for him. Orpheus’s toast was a lil drunk but very improvised feel, eyes shining. A Worker (or Hermes?) slurped their water loud during the toast to laughter. Couldn’t tell who took Orph’s guitar but I think it was Antonio.

Hermes soft on AIEK intro, Persephone in love with their love. They were very heartfelt and a careful, intimate dance, while Hades read the paper and refused to look at them. Orph in total shock at Eurydice’s big kiss. In Way Down Hadestown, Hades packs up and slams the doors on the Fates verse. Eurydice interested in Fates and Hermes, Persephone seems very sad. Hermes enjoyed trash talking Hades and seemed grumpy at him, as did Seph; audience laugh on ‘I missed you.’ Orpheus stomps the floor when moving to protect Eurydice, effect like puffed up kitten. One male Worker has a really deep voice, and they all gather around the doors for the end of the song.

HC Hannah Eurydice has Seasonal Affective Disorder cause as soon as winter came on she was sleepy sad again. She was scared of the storm and brushed Orpheus’s shoulder goodbye with her hand, I think KC gave her the jacket. Epic 2 felt improvised too, felt more and more in tune the more Orpheus sang. Hadeseph appeared on the balcony for Chant 1. Persephone was upset at first then horribly sad. Eurydice was terrified of the storm and screamed for Orpheus. Hades got a huge bright spotlight on the cathode ray’ verse. Hermes was desperate to get Orpheus to listen and broke character a bit. Hades feels like a charismatic used car salesman, secure and powerful but sleazy. Eury trying to run to Orpheus but the fates turn her around, Persephone is crying on her final chant verse before ‘this neon necropolis!’

Persephone slammed doors on final Chant note and saw Hades leering at Eury. Audience laughed at his first “HEY.” He was all smooth, slick oil in HLS, said ‘poet’ like a dirty word a la Tom Hewitt, very playful ‘lemme guess.’ Eurydice ran back and forth during the intro to Chips, tried to give Hermes her ticket or look to him for help but he wouldn’t budge. Atropos felt like she was leading her sisters in the song and directed their maenad energy, afterwards Eurydice felt super depressed. Hermes opened the ‘door’ to Hadestown and seemed like he was reassuring Eurydice that her journey there would be safe.

Hermes playing with the coin bag/putting stuff away on the table when Orpheus finds him. Orph falls to his knees as Hermes picks up the flower and regains his strength on seeing it. He felt lost at first but found his footing, then during the ‘suck your brain’ verse he fell and crawled a bit but got up and kept going, disappearing through a crack. In wall song the wall got brighter every verse as Hades got more manic up until ‘what do we have that they should want?’ It felt like he was leading the workers in investigating the wall. Seph and Eury exchanged pointed glances as she appeared, and Hades didn’t undo his tie or jacket until she disappeared beyond the doors. Audience laughed at ‘anybody want a drink?’ closer.

ACT 2

Band came out and the lights dimmed, Hermes and Seph came out arm in arm but he had his jacket on and she did a bump instead of a kiss. During Our Lady we all cheered for the band but loudest for Audrey on the trombone and the keyboardist. Persephone wasn’t too sad or at least hid it well. She and Hermes toasted and drank together, and then she drank some more and went to ‘sleep’ near where the Workers come out.

Way Down had harsh red light, Eddie was the Fates’ model worker as they showed off what Eurydice would look like some day. Eury ran to Hermes for help but he couldn’t do anything. She was horrified and then depressed in Flowers, from her performance I feel like Euryhades was a thing. I noticed the lighting in Flowers is very gloomy and dark, similar to Doubt Comes In but a lil lighter. The big hug and spin was adorable and so cathartic, when Hades showed up everyone looked annoyed/scared that he woke them. Persephone was defensive of Orpheus, the Fates stopped him from reaching for his guitar. Hades was so gleeful and mean telling him about the contract, Orpheus was in utter disbelief.

Hades watched the Papers fight with his arms crossed, then at the end motioned like that was enough. Atropos held the guitar for Nothing Changes, Orpheus is in disbelief and sorrow and then becomes strong. Persephone was in the center as the workers quit their work, Hermes was all for this rebellion. Orpheus was a mix of angry sad and defiant in his verses and hopeful as the workers began to stand. He led them through the door, Eurydice following in last and barely making it, as Persephone stood in shock.

Persephone was crying at the beginning of How Long, especially when it came to Orpheus’s love for Eurydice. She said ‘I know’ kinda snippy like she wasn’t surprised Eury meant nothing to Hades, then tons of emotion on ‘But she means everything to him!’ Hades walked away from her on ‘the logic of kings’ and it ended with them face to face super close up in an argument.

Hermes was all for the riot in Chant 2 and described it gleefully. Hades watched the workers, then grew agitated when they stopped. Eury and Orph were leading the revolt. Hades was growly on the music of machinery and all the lights blinded us. He was sing-songy at first for the ultimatum but snarled ‘the Great Beyond’ as a threat.

For Epic 3 Eury gave Orph a hug for luck. Hades said ‘Awww, it’s about me?’ like ‘aw, how cute.’ Orpheus started scared but got very breathy and sad on ‘a man in love with a woman.’ As the Workers began to sing, Hades made slicing motions with an arm and ‘told’ them to knock it off, but they kept going, he did this twice to no effect. 2 Workers held hands as they walked off the center table. Orpheus got breathy and sad at the end of Epic 3, the audience gasped when Hades made the flower. Hermes didn’t do the shoulder thing like some other Hermes do, he just took the mic.

After the dance Hades kneeled before Persephone and buried his head in her chest, then they stood and hugged for 3 minutes, her leaning into him. Audience was sniffling during Promises, Workers were all huggy and sweet. When Hades said ‘I dunno’ the audience laughed. The Workers were crushed and crumpled over, heads in hands like all was lost, Orphydice hugged and were super scared. Hades walked over to Orpheus like he wanted to smite him but Persephone stopped him so he went to think.

Matthew’s Hades His Kiss the Riot felt very villainous for a lot of it, he shouted lines like ‘freedom…Freedom!’ and snarled others, like ‘bravery can be contagious!’ His shadow on the wall grew the more agitated he got. For the terms and conditions he was more subdued, then going back into ham mode for the very end until the final ‘and doubt comes…’ he took a 10 second pause and his final ‘doubt comes in?’ was a broken question, unsure of himself. Hermes was sad and soft laying it out but eager to help Orpheus beat this curse. The Workers and Eurydice were very hopeful, and Hades approached Orpheus to shake his hand; Orpheus was hesitant to and did so reluctantly. Persephone left on the balcony stairs.

Doubt Comes In super dark teal lights with fog. Orpheus stumbled a bit before righting his way and lalalaled as reassurance, the Fates’ lanterns glowed and nothing else. I felt like Jordan’s Orpheus was slowly forgetting himself and who he was/why he was there on the walk out, he sounded more and more unsure of his own existence. A chain of Workers was behind them, then as the turn they were chorus members waiting for his exist. Audience gasped at the turn, and Eurydice’s final ‘Orpheus’ was long, drawn out, and quivery like a ghost.

Hermes was sad and serious, but not broken—ready to try again and get it right, with a soft ‘but we sing it anyway’ and suddenly the floodgates opened and he burst with emotion on ‘CAN YOU FEEEEL IT? LIKE A TRAAAAAIN!’ Persephone came down from the balcony, she and Hermes twirled, Hades appeared on ‘it’s a love song’ and also came down. We gave a standing ovation. Hades blew us a kiss, and Hadeseph clung to each other during Cups. The audience cried a lot. Hades and Jamal talked about something as they walked off after the end of the show.