#a very good time indeed

[studiomaz]

@catbatart commissioned me to draw their (darling?? delightful??) character and I had SUCH a blast, holy shit. I will never not go overboard with glowies.

https://artofstudiomaz.carrd.co/

[monotonous-minutia]

Cendrillon (Chicago Summer Opera, 2022), Acts III & IV

she's so tired and scared but still feels she needs to be cleaning :(

this aria!! I always feel like I'm right there with her

go off Pandolfe

the audience started clapping when he chases them off

actually good opera dad

this is such a cool effect

yay forest scene!

pretty!!

pure diva magic

gay subtitles I keep watching this like "is this real life"

her locket is the heart

i can't handle this!!!!

they both fell asleep on the ground and then the fairies led the princess away during the scene change. always wondered how (story-wise) they'd get separated.

fairy godmother takes one look back...

poor Lucette

back to the ball!!

she has the locket!

princess lineup

don't give up!!

she's here!!

so lovely!!

lookit them holding hands <3

a servant drags stepmom away and Pandolfe is happy lol

together forever at last!

happily ever after <3

omg this was so cute. they managed to make it shorter without cutting any major scenes; missed some choruses and ballets, but nothing super jarring. I got both my favorite duets!

Obviously I love that it's two ladies in love and I wish I wasn't shocked about it being portrayed onstage especially this having been performed in 2022. However I will admit there is something to be said about those trouser mezzos in their pants suits. They both give me feels in different and similar and lovely ways.

overall this is so charming and magical I loved it so much. HOWEVER I cannot believe they didn't let the divas kiss. I mean. come on.

[thesorrowoflizards]

↳ You never know when the good you do may come back around.

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards - November 2023

for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

[canisalbus]

You mentioned before that the people who would have access to Machete's bedchamber would likely already know about Vasco. How did that come up in your mind? Did they get caught in the act or was the subject broached with enough trust? How did those people handle it? Sorry if this is a bit vague but I thought about it today and I'm very interested. :)

I think it just has to be the case, I can't imagine how they could manage to hide the fact Vasco is bunking with him from everyone, for years and years. Machete doesn't live alone, he has staff and servants who do his housekeeping and run his errands. Even if Vasco didn't stay there for any extended periods of time and snuck out the back door to avoid attention, I'm assuming at least the people who do his laundry and change his sheets would eventually detect that some sort of funny business had happened. But the number of people who are in on it is still very very small and tightly controlled. His assistant Vittorio definitely knows and helps to manage this situation, so does his personal doctor, and on top of that maybe a handful of most trusted high-ranking emplyees, which he has vetted extremely carefully and pays handsomely for their discreetness and prudence.

[demonslayedher]

What do you get for the fangirl who has everything?

A spoon.

[parlerenfleurs]

Starting to think, going by the MXTX fandoms, that a lot of people are comfortable with being a bit terrible and not thriving for an ideal whatsoever, because they really really reeaaally want to believe Xue Yang and Jiang Cheng are poor cuties who weren't lucky and the heroes are a bunch of holier-than-thou arrogant bitches who need to be taken down a peg when the text says the opposite, because then it justifies their own faults and hatred of genuinely awesome people who seem to have it better in life and isn't that sooo unfair and isn't it fair that they should suffer to learn what it's like to suffer like them, poor tortured, petty, flawed humans who see themselves in the villains rather than the heroes.

[batcastlesociety]

sigh...

jonathan harker is so cool,,, i wish solicitors were real

[ceruleanterrapin]

a little drawing of a anon question

(it kinda difficult to draw your scar so I'm sorry if its looks wonky!)

Aww, it looks great! Thank you!!

Maybe I should make some coffee when I get home

[sweetshire]

HI FRIEND (even though this is text I am waving so fast at you)

I hope you’re doing well! A couple questions but also please take this as a chance to talk about what you think is cool. Ok two questions: who is your fav lotr character?? If that’s too hard, maybe top 5? I am such a Sam fan, I love that silly little guy. I also love pippin. And I also love merry. And I also love Frodo. Can you tell I like hobbits.

Ok question 2: do you have a favorite sherlock holmes story? And do you have a favorite adaptation?

Secret third question: do you have a hobby that is not your favorite but that you do enjoy doing? Like if it’s on your list, one that’s solidly in the middle?

Ok that’s it!!! Thank you for being in my notifs, it always fills me with joy to see you there hehe <3

*waves back* HEYYY FRIEND AM I GLAD TO SEE YOUUU!! i was thinking about just yesterday bc GUESS WHO FINISHED READING E.W’S encyclopaedia of faeries? me! i did! this was goood. sweet and wholesome and utterly charming <3 and exactly the kind of book i needed to read atp, given that the next few books on my tbr are mostly classics or hard-hitters. u were so right they ARE giving howl & sophie!! these delightful fuckers- they have me squealing & smiling all day 🥺🥰

1. u should know that this is too hard a question for me & when u ask me anything abt lotr i could ramble for centuries but i’ll refrain from listing every one of my beloved characters, which includes the minor ones too obvsly because i’m me :) anyhow! woo *quivers excitedly* here i go: first would be a tie between frodo and denethor- i physically cannot (& will not) choose. also lmao SUCH a contrast in both their, well, character - lol well done, me! (yet they’re soo similar too. yes i find parallels between their narratives AND everything else as well what of it) then in no particular order- eowyn, faramir, boromir (basically all the gondor men <3), legolas, & as u know i adore the hobbits. all four of them -um 5, including bilbo- but MERRY!! i hate to see him brushed aside & unappreciated. justice for merry, and frodo too!! what selfless, sacrificing, lovely dear hobbits *cries* OH OH AND I ADORE SAMWISE TOO i’d be a fool not to. there’s not a person who’s capable of not loving him. no doubt i’ll be cursing myself later for forgetting other dear ones…

2. charles augustus!! god i’m obsessed w the milverton case. what doesn’t it have?? a master blackmailer. a lady killer (she slays -literally ajdksf). hand-holding. h&w being not at all hesitant abt committing a crime - a master detective who’s always used to solving one!! delicious.. it’s the story™ which perfectly captures the true essence of holmes’ character imho. and ‘a study of scarlet’ ofc. irene adler (nee norton) queen i love u. big shoutout to ‘the copper beaches’ also. i like all the stories with the ladies

3. hmm i do! fav one is - u guessed it - reading. to answer ur question: i looove doing henna!! every summer without practice i’d practice it on any hand i could find. i’m an amateur but still i like it. i haven’t been able to do it this summer :( on account of. me & my whole family has been sick/unwell in some way since the past month & a half or so. but i’m planning on applying mehendi or do a painting soon!! (i also liked to collect coins/stamps/buttons or some such as a child - i habit i’m always in danger of relapsing into but shh)

[the-sparkling-diamond-satine]

❤️ (first kiss / realization) for the heart prompts ask game

Hi hi, thank you for the ask!!

New Nini/Satine Moulin Rouge! fic alert!

light up the stage with that age old rapport (say the word and i will follow you)

An accident during rehearsal means Nini has the opportunity to be Satine’s hero. And sometimes the hero gets the girl.

Read it now on AO3!

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

So obviously you're super into BG3 at the moment and I love that for you, but I was scrolling through your Sailor Moon tag the other day and now I've reactivated that old hyper fixation by accident (whoops). There's not really a point to this other than to say I always loved reading your Outer Senshi meta and thank you very much for posting all that stuff back in the day. Hope the salt flats are treating you well.

Well, at least I'm still on about the moon, right? And lesbians? Moon... lesbians?

No but joking aside, this is such a sweet ask, thank you so much for sending it. I know well that feeling of sudden hyperfixation reactivation when a post or a fic or a bit of art hits the right spot and I hope you had fun with it. Really glad I could bring joy to people with my ramblings.

[dustykneed]

💫

("Vulcans do not forget, Doctor. I am able to recall my experiences at will."

"But you miss him."

"That is true, Doctor. Very much. Perhaps it is illogical, but to deny it would be more so, for it is objectively the truth.")

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

[[from incognito-lionbeast]] i spent way too much time on this & don’t think about anything in this pic too hard, but I brought melon & an umbrella to the pool party. ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

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YES!!! Another one joins the pool party!!!🍉 🌊🌴

[cillyscribbles]

im not attracted to men but

[sluckythewizard]

TURBO WIP ALERT

THIS IS MEANT TO BE THE 2ND PAGE OF 4 PAGES. BUT BECAUSE A WARRIOR OF MINE HAS BROUGHT ME A SUFFECIENT SACRIFICE, YOU ALL GET TO REVEL IN THIS EARLY ACCESS. NO REBLOGS THO. HA!!!! THIS IS BETWEEN ME N U CUNTS

HOPE U ENJOY THIS THUSFAR, BUT ALSO I AM TAKING FEEDBACK. DOES IT FLOW OKAY? DOES IT LOOK GOOD? LET ME KNOW