#aibell relevance

[nekotrolls]

you don't have to be nice when you've been kissed by a star 💚

[satsuisquad]

idk if Aibell’s boyfriend has any fuckin friends so I just filled in my trolls

but lmao for his sake I hope not

[nekotrolls]

My little boy 🥰

Throws this at spades @erogurotrolls​ 

[newyorktheater]

Broadway is busy with the Tony Awards on June 9th, but June is bustin’ out all over with new shows on other New York stages. A good number of the openings mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Fairview, at Theatre for a New Audience

Smiley at Repertorio Espanol

“Life Sucks”

Aenid Moloney in “Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom”

Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise

Several acclaimed plays are getting encore productions in other theaters, including  the Pulitzer-winning “Fairview.” Two different one-woman shows adapting the character Molly Bloom from James Joyce’s Ulysses for the stage. The Shed is offering a new Kung Fu musical, and the Atlantic a musical adapted from The Secret Life of Bees.

Below is a list of openings in June, 2019, organized chronologically by opening date, with each title linked to a relevant website. Color key of theaters: Broadway: Red. Off Broadway: Black, Blue, or Purple. Off Off Broadway: Green. Theater festival: Orange.  Immersive: Magenta. Shows marking Stonewall and those on gay themes will include the Stonewall 50 logo:

Many of the gay plays take place in non-traditional venues, and are of limited runs, often just a single performance. They and the theater festival offerings often don’t have official opening nights, so I list them by first public performance.

June 1

Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova at Greenwich House)

An encore presentation of the award-winning play inspired by an actual game that co-creator Scott Sheppard was forced to play in fifth grade, when his school re-enacted a bizarre version of the Civil War.

My review

Zen A.M. (Theatre for the New City)

After years of struggling, Bruno finally books a once in a lifetime project, only to develop major misgivings about participating and completing his painting

  June 2

 Pridetable (Storycourse)

Five courses.  Five personal stories from a diverse and intergenerational team of LGBTQ+ chefs.  A month long pop-up theatrical dining experience

  June 3

Dying City (Second Stage)

Revival of Christopher Shinn’s 2007 play, set in a spare Manhattan apartment, where a young widow receives an unexpected visit from the twin brother of her deceased husband. The play explores the human fallout of global events

Nomad Motel (Atlantic)

A play by Carla Ching, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, about kids raising themselves and making something out of nothing in the land of plenty.

Everything that happened and would happen (Park Ave Armory)

Artist and composer Heiner Goebbels reenacts 100 years of history to show a world in strife through performance, sound, movement, and moving image

Ant Fest (Ars Nova)

The 12th annual month-long festival begins with A People’s History of Silicon Valley, described as “a synth-pop send-up of techno-utopianism and startup bros.”

June 4

Long Lost (MTC at City Center)

A play by Donald Margulies (Dinner with Friends) directed by Daniel Sullivan. “When troubled Billy appears out-of-the-blue in his estranged brother David’s Wall Street office, he soon tries to re-insert himself into the comfortable life David has built with his philanthropist wife and college-age son. What does Billy really want?”

  Little Women (Primary at Cherry Lane)

Kate Hamill’s take on Louise May Alcott’s novel

June 5

“The Bear.Mozart, Salieri and The Bear (West End Theater)

A double bill of short Russian plays: Pushkin’s little tragedy “Mozart and Salieri” challenges the question of who murdered Mozart.  It is partnered with Chekhov’s vaudeville,ieri-the-bear”>

  June 6

Global Gay (La Mama)

Dramatizes the plight of queer people around the world

Part of LaMama’s Stonewall 50 celebration

You Never Touched The Dirt (Clubbed Thumb @ Wild Project)

A play about economic transformation, the dreams it enables, and those it crushes. “The Lis, the Zhaos, the ghosts and the animals engage in a land feud.”

Public Servant (TBTB at Theatre Row)

Theater Breaking Through Barriers kicks off its 40th Anniversary season with this world premiere drama by Bekah Brunstetter (“This Is Us”) about a county commissioner and a woman who needs his help.

June 11

Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare in the Park)

Kenny Leon directs an all-black staging of Shakespeare’s comedy of romantic retribution and miscommunication

June 12

Handbagged (59E59)

The Iron Lady. The Queen. Born six months apart, each woman had a destiny that would change the world. But when the stiff upper lip softened and the gloves came off, which one had the upper hand?

June 13

The Secret Life of Bees (Atlantic)

A musical adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s beloved novel, with music by Duncan Sheik and book by Lynn Nottage, about two runaways in 1960s South Carolina, taken in by beekeeping sisters.

  Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom (Irish Rep)

Aedín Moloney performs as Molly Bloom in a stage adaptation of the Penelope chapter of Ulysses written by James Joyce

Molly Bloom (Fusion at Theater 244)

Irish actress Eilin O’Dea performs her one woman show as Molly Bloom from the Penelope chapter of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”

Convention (Irondale) 

Using an ensemble of 40 actors, the play tells the true story of the 1944 Democratic National Convention; when the people’s favorite, progressive incumbent Vice President Henry Wallace, was denied nomination as FDR’s running mate in favor of the moderate Senator Harry Truman.

13 Fruitcakes (La MaMa)

13 staged musical vignettes about 13 significant LGBTQ figures (e.g. Leonardo daVinci) along with a song cycle based on poems by queer poets such as Wilde, Whitman and Lorca

Part of Stonewall 50 at La MaMa

June 14

Smiley (Repertorio Espanol)

Alex and Bruno’s differences seem insurmountable but they fall in love

  June 15

Veil Widow Conspiracy (Next door at NYTW)

This play by Gordon Dahlquist offers nested versions of a story that begins as a political murder mystery in 1922 China; then 2010 Hollywood; winding up in dystopian Brooklyn of the future.

June 16

Fairview (Theatre for a New Audience)

An encore presentation of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Pulitzer prize-winning play about race and identity

Life Sucks (Wheelhouse at Theatre Row)

Aaron Posner’s acclaimed reimagining of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” is re-opening Off-Broadway

June 17

A Strange Loop (Playwrights Horizons) Michael R. Jackson’s musical about a black, gay writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical: a piece about a black, gay writer, working a day job he hates while writing his original musical

Ode to Juneteenth (National Black Theatre)

Emancipation Jones tells us the true story of “Juneteenth”, the day two an a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation when Union Soldiers finally rode into Texas to announce the end of slavery.

Mel Brooks (Lunt Fontanne)

The first of two performances as part of the so-called In Residence on Broadway series.

June 18

Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson (A.R.T. NY)

A play written by Rob Ackerman and directed by Theresa Rebeck based on a true story about the making of a TV commercial in which a film director puts a movie star’s life in the hands of a very jittery props guy.

Leap and the Net Will Appear (New Georges at Flea)

What happens when Margie (raised to be a good girl; wants to be a lion) leaves home: twenty years whiz by like a moving train

June 19

Imminently Yours (Negro Ensemble Company at Theatre 80)

Descendants of American slaves resist expropriation of their inherited properties.

Out of Line: No Agenda Genda (High Line) Antonio Ramos presents a sci-fi piece of interactive dance theater dedicated to the legacy and memory of queer icons and movement-maker

  SheNYC (Connelly)

The festival begins with The Shoebox, in which four high school best friends write letters to their future selves — and then open them ten years later.

June 20

Toni Stone (Roundabout’s Laura Pels)

A play by Lydia Diamond directed by Pam McKinnon, based on a true story about the first woman to go pro in the Negro Leagues,

Pride Plays (Rattlestick)

More than a dozen play readings from celebrated LBTQIA voices, including Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally and the Five Lesbian Brothers, will be presented from June 20th through 24th

Contradict This! (LaMama)

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret presents a spectacle that is part trial, part birthday, part funeral, featuring original music performed by a host of misfits, drag artists, queers, and a local choir. Part of Stonewall 50 at La MaMa

June 21

Stonewall (NYC Opera)

A new American opera by Iain Bell and Mark Campbell “that captures the rage, grit, humor and, finally, hope of the LGBTQ community’s uprising in a Greenwich Village dance club on one hot night in June 1969. The work is divided into three parts and follows a diverse group of characters whose lives collide at that pivotal moment in history when the police push them too far and they find the courage to fight back.”

June 22

King Phillip’s Head is Still on That Pike Just Down the Road (Clubbed Thumb @ The Wild Project) The councilmen of Plymouth Colony determine how to be Good in the New World.

The Stonewall 50 Plays (Queens Museum)

The One-Minute Play Festival has organized 50 new Queer One-Minute Plays, which will be presented from 2 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

    June 23

Quilt  (Judson Memorial Church)

A musical celebration of those who died of AIDS and those who survived.

  June 26

Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise (The Shed)

The story of a secret sect in Flushing, Queens, that possesses the magical power to extend human life, and the twin brother and sister caught in the struggle to control it. Directed by Chen Shi-Zheng and written by the creators of the Kung Fu Panda movies, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger.

Working (Encores Off Center)

This concert version of Nina Faso and Stephen Schwartz’s 1978 musical based on Stud Terkels est-selling book feaures a cast that includes, Helen Hunt, Christopher Jackson, Javier Muñoz and Andréa Burns

Outside of Eden (New Ohio)

The Ice Factory Festival begins with this mix of opera and theater about the Byzantine Empresses.

  June 27

In The Green (Lincoln Center’s LCT3)

Grace McLean’s new musical tells the origin story of one of Medieval history’s most powerful and creative women: Hildegard von Bingen. Before she became a healer, a composer, an exorcist, and finally a saint, she was a little girl locked in a cell with her mentor, Jutta.

June 2019 New York Theater Openings: Stonewall 50 On Stage! Fairview Returns! Broadway is busy with the Tony Awards on June 9th, but June is bustin' out all over with new shows on other New York stages.

[nekotrolls]

Personally I would love to read a rant about why he is the way he is!

I'm not sure if I can still do readmores from mobile. Content warning for... We will say slavery.

Aibell was smuggled out of the caverns by essentially slave traders--basically pieces of shit who collect oddities and sell them to other collectors.

He was basically raised as a prized possession because how cool is it to literally own someone whose life is illegal? Young Aibell was fine with it because it was all he knew; for the most part he was spoiled and shown off, passed along like a piece of art. As he got older he started absorbing pop culture and started to realize that his situation was not actually okay in the slightest. Teenaged Aibell became a festering infection, completely furious with his place in life with no way to express it.

Between his growing attitude and his powers making themselves known, he was considered too difficult for the last troll who owned his title and sold off for the last time. To Aibell's secret boyfriend. I think Aibell kinda plotted to arrange that.

So now Aibell can do whatever the hell he wants because his ""owner"" is a tyrian and nobody is going to undermine him. However because Aibell was repressed as shit for most of his life now he is a holy terror. A lot of that comes out in the way he pushes at his mate, mostly because it is safe. :( He loves to start drama because he never got the chance to, and particularly he loves starting drama with his mate because he knows how stable their relationship is. 💚 Again because of his upbringing he has a lot of shitty casteist beliefs, so just kinda... Bear with him. He's learning.

A little.

He is a piece of shit but also his mate fully supports him. 😂

[nekotrolls]

I want all the love headcanons for my boys Aibell and Emirae 😘

😘

😍: How does your muse act different once they start to like someone?

Aibell honestly gets meaner? He acts like a complete brat and teases them nonstop because he thinks it's cute when people get mad and he wants to see it, plus he wants to see their boundaries.

Emirae.... 🙃 Em mostly just gets mad at himself because it's stupid to have a crush on someone, but after awhile he starts to lighten up. Makes more jokes, gets more comfortable around them.

💞: In which way would they like to ask their significant other out for a date? And how do they do it eventually?

Aibell doesn't want to ask, HE wants to be asked because he wants to be fawned over and he's spoiled. But he WILL ask, in that he'll just be like "Hey, take me to dinner!" or straight up "ASK ME ON A DATE!!"

Emirae has never wanted to take someone on a date so there's no specific way he would like to do it. Frankly he'll just end up taking them somewhere and when the other asks if this IS a date he'll just shrug and say 'sure'. XD

💗: At which point do they realize that they've fallen in love?

I think it was just all the tremendously bratty shit Aibell has done and gotten away with that made him think 'damn, I wanna do this forever' and made him get all flustered and hide his face.

Emirae... Man, it ain't happened yet but I imagine when he starts to feel just... Comfortable with someone. He hasn't had that an awful lot in his life, and when he realizes that he's not constantly mad or on edge, maybe even seeking someone out... 🤷‍♀️ He's a loner, and wanting to actually be near someone is going to be a major indicator toward 'uh shit I might be in love'.

🌹: What are weird things they start to do once they've developed a crush?

😂 Guess I mentioned above already but Aibell just gets mean and pokes fun. He is awful.

Emi... Emi just stares a lot, when he thinks they're not looking, because he's trying to figure out how and why he got a crush in the first place.

🥀: What would they do when they fell in love with someone out of their reach?

... Lol. Don't be silly. Everyone is within Aibell's reach.

And Emirae... Given his uh, special circumstances, guess he couldn't do much of anything. 👀

🍫: In which ways do they deal with being lovesick?

We have seen Aibell feeling lovesick when his stupid hatesprit isn't around, he sulks and pouts and spends Tilly's money. :/

And I mean what else would Em do... But brood. 😂

🎀: How do they make themselves look attractive for their significant other?

Aibell spends Tilly's money. :3

Frankly every single thing he buys has been curated because Tilly said he liked that cut or colour. He acts like it wasn't but we all know he is a liar.

... Emirae is just effortlessly hot and he doesn't know he's doing it. -_- He also would not care. He looks good for himself thanks.

💍: What do they like about being in love?

Aibell likes the attention above all, but also that he has someone to focus his evil little attentions on as well. 💚

Emirae just like 'well. Guess it's cool to have someone I don't absolutely want to beat within an inch of their life around'.

💔: What do they dislike about being in love?

Aibell can't stand being alone and so he hates most of all that he feels so anxious and sad and ignored when his ~lover~ is not giving him every second of his undivided attention.

And Em just hates the very idea of being vulnerable. 🙃

[nekotrolls]

📔 for AIBELL

Dear die-ary,

Hehehe.

Tonight was yet another boring, tedious dinner party. I got to eat with them because Fortua wanted to show off, so I got to choke down some gross filet mignon and listen to a bunch of tyrians talk about dumb shit like wine.

Course.

There was one there who--just when he thought no one was looking!!--looked just as bored as I felt. It was too cute. I'm sure he never realized I was looking because who really pays attention to me after the whole 'oh wow where did you get that' introduction.

I kind of wanted to bully him a little. ♡

I wonder if he'll come back? I think I wouldn't mind watching him again. Even the fake smile he had to wear at the table was nice. Hmmm. Maybe I can weasel his name out of Fortua's contacts. He barely pays attention to what I do anymore, LOL.

Hehehe. Yeah, I do wanna see this one again. I know what I'll do! I'll get ahold of his name, and stalk Fortua's secretary... and when he doesn't get invited to parties, I'll just send him the invites myself...!!

Hold your applause! Yes, I am a genius! ♡

Hehehe.

It's kind of fun to be invisible.

[nekotrolls]

I'm just gonna throw all our ships at you duh

Oh PLEASE

Jovi/Mojado

pls N O | not shipping it | nah | maybe | I WISH it’d work | yasss | I ship it | wOW PLEASE!

duh. yes part of it is i like seeing Jovi take dick that's bigger than him. Why wouldn't it be.

Aaaanyway yes I'm intensely fucking interested in how this shit develops. Yet also deeply sorry Mojado gets to deal with not only a drunk and depressed Vejove but also Jovi's future rail (they've met ;3) AND the guy who is obsessed with seeing Vejove suffer. This is a fucking trainwreck.

TILLY + AIBELL

pls N O | not shipping it | nah | maybe | I WISH it’d work | yasss | I ship it | wOW PLEASE!

bruh as if my answer could be anything but. I fucking love this dumpster fire. 90% of their interactions have just been the silliest bullshit and it fuels me. I just love the idea of BOTH of them having the other wrapped around their finger but refusing to admit it. Lord.

Raizou/Fivale

pls N O | not shipping it | nah | maybe | I WISH it’d work | yasss | I ship it | wOW PLEASE!

(I mean really please yes, it's pretty much the worst ship? Maybe even worse than Emi/Fivale? ) They fucking deserve each other. Like this is the most unhealthy relationship ever but they're both getting what they want out of it? It's disgusting and yet also stable somehow? Uhhh? Explain pls

EMI/FIVALE!!!

pls N O | not shipping it | nah | maybe | I WISH it’d work | yasss | I ship it | wOW PLEASE!

.... listen I love them, I cannot help myself, can't wait for Raizou to drag Emirae to Fivale and all this bullshit to start all over again. They are awful. And I do mean they because yeah Fivale is gross but Emirae is also such. A fucking asshole.

Emirae × Ryekur

pls N O | not shipping it | nah | maybe | I WISH it’d work | yasss | I ship it | wOW PLEASE!

pls rye ur services are needed. Frankly I can't wait for Fivale to begrudgingly allow Ryekur around his precious pet Emi and for these two blue bitches to torment him endlessly. It's good for Emirae's health ok.

Raizou + Ryekur

pls N O | not shipping it | nah | maybe | I WISH it’d work | yasss | I ship it | wOW PLEASE!

THEY AIN'T EVEN MET YET the idea is just fucking ridiculously funny to me. What if Emirae and Fivale finally bond over their disgust that their moirails are in a black quad? What if it's the most healthy ship in this fucking soap opera of a hive. Just the very IMAGE of those two meeting for the first time and immediately being like "oh... god... I want to bite him" while Emirae stares in horror sends me. Hate at first sight.

[satsuisquad]

fantroll content from the dark ages

[satsuisquad]

I know I’ve got a big ego I really don’t know why it’s such a big deal though 💚

[satsuisquad]

sometimes you just gotta get real shitty and self-indulgent amirite I’m never gonna actually finish this so 👀

[satsuisquad]

>Aibell: Buy a Gift

Is it a gift if you're buying it with money that the recipient gave you?

That's a thinker.

Thinking, however, is not your strong suit. Shopping is! Even though you're a dirty lime, here you are casually browsing the jewelry display cases without a care in the world. Being a piece of property has its perks. Everyone in this district knows who you are, and more importantly who gives you your allowance. They might not be respectful, but they do know not to physically fuck with you.

Yesterday morning you had a fight with your mate--your mate, you repeat to yourself. It's an important distinction. It means you don't have to hold your tongue and defer to his will, it means you're equals even if he holds your life in the form of paperwork. You had a fight, probably over something trivial since you can't remember the cause. This in itself isn't cause for alarm, when the fuck aren't you fighting? The fact that you haven't seen him since is what has been eating at you all evening.

Apologies don't come easy to you, you never know when things are your fault and require apology. Rather than make a gamble, you're going to buy him something pretty! That's a good compromise, isn't it? Sure, the money came from him but it's the thought that counts! You didn't spend it on popsicles and lingerie. That's a gift.

You're thinking of him, of course. You always are. He sometimes aggravates you to no fucking end, but the fact that you're allowed to feel that frustration just makes your black little heart swell.

"I want that." You say suddenly, a gloved finger pressing on the top of the case.

The girl behind the display doesn't even give you a glance. Bitch. You're the only customer in this second-rate shitshow. You clear your throat.

"Excuse me." Honey and venom dripping from your silky voice. You stare her down. "Give me that."

"Oh." She says finally. A snotty little jade. Not even worth a bite, jades taste like shit. "Sorry. Didn't notice you there."

Bitch, bitch, bitch.

You pin up a smile, one that doesn't reach your eyes of course. "Anyway. The tie pin."

She looks at it like a speck of dirt on a pristine table linen. Clearly she noticed the citrine gem that almost perfectly matches your eyes. Eyes that you refuse to hide behind contacts, a little fuck you to everyone in the district.

If T'licum was here she'd probably be more chatty and definitely be more polite. But she's dealing with you now, and it's obviously an unwelcome chore. You've paid in a matter of minutes, the small box clasped carefully in your hands as you practically sprint out the door. No time for pleasantries with this one, even if you did want to talk.

Back home! It's getting late, surely he should have been home by now. If he's coming home. Maybe this is too little too late, and you finally scared him off. The thought is one that almost constantly weighs on your mind, but you still keep pushing him. God, maybe you are stupid.

"T'licummmm!" You chime as you shove the door open.

No answer.

Darkness.

"It's fine. He's just late." You mutter to the voice in your head, shrieking in full panic mode.

YOU FUCKED UP, YOU FUCKED UP, YOU FUCKED UP.

It's like a fucking siren between your ears, and you continue to mumble to yourself that it's fine. It's fine.

Stepping gingerly into the livingblock, you realize there's something on the sofa. Something large, and...

You sigh.

Stupid idiot came home and crashed on the couch. Stupid, fat jerk didn't even text you.

Course, you didn't leave a note and he came back to an empty hive...

Just a couple of dumbasses, you are. Letting your hair down, you gently place the box on the table and invite yourself on the couch on top of him, eyes closing promptly.

"...Aibell?" He says, sleepily.

"Shut up." You reply tenderly. "Go back to sleep, bitch."

[satsuisquad]

An extremely rare Aibell in pants high waisted pants and crop tops are so good ok @textbookdoppelganger

[satsuisquad]

aibell grieva ✝ putting holes in happiness

[satsuisquad]

Don’t take him to the beach he can’t swim 👀 @textbookdoppelganger

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