#Song: just a man

[broadwaymusing]

but when does a comet become a meteor?

when does a candlе become a blaze?

whеn does a man become a monster?

[bookish-library]

The Troy Saga, Just a Man

I'm baaaaaack!!! And with chapter two of the Troy Saga staging: Just a Man! The rest should be out soon, just have to finish editing! Super excited to get back to staging!

Ao3 link here, apologies for any formatting issues, it's a little wonky on Tumblr. Story below cut!

Segue from THE HORSE AND THE INFANT

ODYSSEUS is left kneeling/sitting on extension walkway, looking at the baby bundle in his arms. Main stage lights dim, soft spotlight on Odysseus.

During this song, Odysseus does a lot of playing to the audience, making sure gaze is up and out, but free to act as needed.

ODYSSEUS (rising to stand, looking at ASTYANAX in his arms):

I look into your eyes and I

Think back to the son of mine

(gazing into the audience, seeing in his mind’s eye TELEMACHUS)

You're as old as he was when I left for war

He begins to walk the extension walkway, not going onto the extension stage, he is not in the state of mind for that location. Need to end up mid-extension, or going to have to travel quickly later on. As he walks, various motions of bouncing baby, tucking in hair, wrapping cloth tighter, etc. 

(looking out over audience, debating)

Will these actions haunt my days

Every man I’ve slain?

Is the price I pay endless pain?

(He looks down at ASTYANAX, and closes the baby’s eyes)

Close your eyes and spare yourself the view

(despairingly)

How could I hurt you?

(his gaze travels upwards, as if to implore the gods for help)

I'm just a man who's trying to go home

Even after all the years away from what I’ve known

I'm just a man who's fighting for his life

Deep down I would (he clutches his light, placed over his heart) 

trade the world to see my son and wife

I'm just a man

(tone shift, considering what he is about to do)

But when does a comet become a meteor?

(he drops his hand from light)

When does a candlе become a blaze?

(looks down at ASTYANAX. He does not look at him again after this moment.)

Whеn does a man become a monster?

Cue: Mainstage lights fade up, cyc blue at top and orange at bottom, Troy now on fire. 

(He turns and begins to walk up to the mainstage, crossing to sword)

When does a ripple become a tidal wave?

(He picks up his sword, debates, then sheathes it)

When does the reason become the blame?

(He stills, and as he looks over his shoulder to the audience, we see his mind is made up)

When does a man become a monster?

ODYSSEUS turns and crosses to SR, climbing up stairs to reach the top of wall. Stairs are upstage side of wall, with platform on top for Odysseus to stand on. Cue: Crew member to stand underneath platform, ready to catch baby bundle.

CREW: ODYSSEUS:

When does a comet become a meteor?

When does a candle become a blaze? (Climbing stairs)

Forgive me

When does a man become a monster? (on top of platform, he

closes his eyes in

anticipation of what he is

about to do)

Forgive me

When does a man become a monster? (looking upwards, as if to

beg the gods for

forgiveness)

Forgive me

He grabs the baby bundle at the top, leaving ASTYANAX hanging in the air. He closes his eyes and turns his head away as he says:

ODYSSEUS (extending his arm holding ASTYANAX out):

I'm just a man

As he ends his final note, he lets go of the bundle. It should fall upstage of the wall, where a crew member will catch it. DO NOT LET IT HIT THE FLOOR, we should never hear it make noise. Lights blackout as bundle drops. 

[seanflnnerty]

"So all cholesterol is good. Change is absolutely necessary. And whatever you said about hot lady summer, it sounded like you kind of had it figured out."

[machinerot]

[lesbicosmos]

when hozier said "if im a pagan of the good times, my lover's the sunlight" and when hozier said "no grave can hold my body down, i'll crawl home to her" and when hozier said "i slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door" and when hozier said "heaven is not fit to house a love like you and i" and when hozier said-

[xcleanx]

were you sent by someone who wanted me dead? did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed? were you writing a book? were you a sleeper-cell spy? in fifty years will all this be declassified? and you'll confess why you did it… and i'll say good riddance ’cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden…. I WOULD’VE DIED FOR YOUR SINS INSTEAD I JUST DIED INSIDE!!!!!!!!! AND YOU DESERVE PRISON BUT YOU WON’T GET TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU’LL SLIDE INTO INBOXES AND SLIP THROUGH THE BARS YOU CRASHED MY PARTY IN YOUR RENTAL CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SAID NORMAL GIRLS WERE BORING BUT YOU WERE GONE BY THE MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KICKED OUT THE STAGE LIGHTS BUT YOU’RE STILL PERFORMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…………. and in the plain sight you hid……. and you are what you did…… and i’ll forget you but i’ll never forgive…. the smallest man who ever lived.

[chiscribbs]

Disaster Twins Karaoke Battle (alt title: Getting Hyped for the Next Lair Games)

These sketches are old, but I couldn't let National TMNT Day pass without showing my appreciation in some way. I drew these some months ago, while listening to the song Stalemate from the Death Note musical yes, that's a thing, go check it out on loop, and forgot to post them. The song is a bop and I could so easily see the twins loving it, and loving to perform it even more. Massive theatre nerds, the both of them, no one can convince me otherwise.

(In my mind, Leo is singing Jeremy's part and Donnie is singing Jarrod's, but it's interchangeable.)

[rochichan]

its amazing what the brain can do when ur fav character is going through a character arc

[canisalbus]

✦ I'm not sick but I'm not well ✦

[broadwaymusing]

will these actions haunt my days ( every man i’ve slain? ) is the price i pay endless pain?

[bookish-library]

I’m baaaaack!!!! And with chapter two of the Troy Saga staging: Just a Man! The rest should be out soon, just have to finish editing! Tumblr version to come soon

Ao3/Tag info under the cut

Chapters: 2/5 Fandom: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Odysseus & Zeus (EPIC: The Musical), Odysseus & Odysseus' Crew (EPIC: The Musical) Characters: Odysseus (EPIC: The Musical), Odysseus' Crew (EPIC: The Musical), Zeus (EPIC: The Musical), Astyanax (EPIC: The Musical) Additional Tags: Inspired by EPIC: The Musical - Jorge Rivera-Herrans, The Troy Saga (EPIC: the Musical), can't believe that's not a tag yet, Screenplay/Script Format, Song: The Horse and the Infant (EPIC: The Musical), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, I will update the tags as I add songs, EPIC: The Musical Staging, If this was performed live in a theater this is what I think it would look like, Song: Just a Man (EPIC: The Musical), Implied/Referenced Character Death, (it's astyanax) Series: Part 2 of Staging Plans (Epic) Summary:

We've all listened to the soundtrack, watched animatics, and have our ideas of how each song looks, but what if it was performed live in a theater?

Laid out like a script, with staging and lyrics, this is how I think the musical could be staged. This where it all begins, the Troy Saga!

[jkvjimin]

JEON JUNGKOOK + fire stage performances 🔥 (cr. 0613data, namuspromised, moreloveforhobi)

happy birthday, steph! @cosmicdreamgrl 💗

[pocketwei]

Strange as angels dancing in the deepest oceans

[maxsix]

[benevolenterrancy]

May your hardened heart be woken By the soft and distant song Of all you left here unspoken All the shards we keep stepping on - Take this body home Take this body home Call the wind, and let her know Take this life outgrown Take this broken soul Call the stars, call them all And take it high, take it far, take it home