#also i think this was my first interview with lin i've ever watched

[pardonmydelays]

fave lyrics from "that would be enough"?

i love this one so much & i also have a fun little story about this song for you, but that's for later (i'm giving you two videos today, be prepared). my favourite lyrics:

look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now - i'm just a basic bitch & it's a classic, i just love it

will you relish being a poor man's wife unable to provide for your life?/i relish being your wife - i love eliza so much you don't understand, she is everything

let me be a part of the narrative in the story they will write someday, let this moment be the first chapter where you decide to stay & i could be enough - my heart, MY HEART

bonus 1: here's a video of lin & phillipa performing that would be enough outside of the theatre, just because i love it & i wanna share:

bonus 2: a little bit about writing the song, but you have to skip to 43:02 (unless you want to watch the entire interview which i recommend because it's great):

[mcalhenwrites]

Since @yume-x-hanabi is taking media recs, I thought I would just make a post in case anyone else might be interested in these series/authors/etc. List contains mainly books and video games. That said, for shows: watch AMC's Interview with the Vampire A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea) by Judy I. Lin The second book is equally phenomenal. The writing is beautiful, the characters are compelling, and the concept is amazing. I savored every word of this series. (Yes, Yume, I recommended this to you before. I'll recommend it again, now that I've finished the second book.) Harvestella I'm not far in this series, but it's been surprising and gorgeous. I'd say it leans heavily into its SE JRPG roots, but it still has that relaxation from farming games. It takes after Rune Factory in that it doesn't rush you along in the story. You can go at your own pace and choose to focus on farming, focus on character stories and sidequests, or you can progress the story. Nabari No Ou, Shonen Note, Shimanami Tasogare... If the manga is Yuhki Kamatani's, you should check it out. Their work is increasingly gorgeous with each new series they draw. All three of those have an English release (we waited TEN YEARS for Shonen Note!) but you can check other languages. Kamatani is my favorite author and artist, their work is an experience. Warning: bring tissues for NNO, it hurts like nothing else.

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles I tentatively recommend this one. It has a short story, but it's one of the most relaxing "farming" games I've played. It has so much charm and beauty. If you like exploration and planting trees and making your various little farms pretty, this game is nice. It doesn't demand much of you, but you can get a lot out of it in return.

The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco First book of two, second is The Ever Cruel Kingdom. Honestly, I just love their writing in general and would recommend The Bone Witch series, The Girl in the Well series, A Hundred Names for Magic series... I love how well they write relationships. Not just romantic ones, but familial and found family, friendship... They are ace at conveying such relationships. I'm currently reading An Unreliable Magic (Book 2 of A Hundred Names for Magic), and I find myself invested in so many characters and their families. The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (aka Trungles) Okay just follow Trungles art on here or twitter, first of all. Second of all, this is a great comic. While it a book for young adults, I think everyone can gain something marvelous from a story that incorporates fairy tales with coming-of-age and language barriers. I fell in love with Tiến's family. Final Fantasy XV I had to try, Yume, I had to try. Still think you'd like Ignis and Noctis. :) A Short Hike I think this story only takes 2-3 hours to complete, tops, and it is worth every fucking penny. It's so satisfying, with great music, fantastic dialogue, funny interactions... It's also incredibly heartwarming. I can share more but I'm ending this rec list here, since it's long and I'm primarily working around what I think Yume might like to check out (not certain on a couple of these). And I definitely recommend them to my followers in general! If anyone ever wants recs from me, however, feel free to ask! I love reccing books especially.

[bi-moonlight]

how my hyperfixation on a musical goes:

i hear about it on social media, decide to watch it someday but that day never comes

then i sit down and finally watch it on an impulse and get emotional and shed quite a few tears during second act

theeeen and it's a new additional step i get also excited that some faces are familiar and google them to be sure and when i recognize them right i get even more excited

then i look for and find (sooner or later) and download the ost album as i first watch a movie if there's a movie

theen i look for and find and download the libretto or a script of the movie

lil step of storing the libretto on my google drive

then i listen to it and read the lyrics along over and over and over (i think by now i've listened to Hamilton more than a hundred times honestly)

then as i get familiar with the lyrics enough i find and watch the obc performance hehehe

alongside all this i watch all i can find on youtube – interviews, other performance clips, more background , i search for it on tumblr, save some jokes and memes on pinterest, follow some actors on Instagram

and slowly the initial excitement fades away but it stays still, whenever i put on the songs it makes me feel things and moves me

what inspired this longass post? well, i watched hamilton a year ago and been obsessed with it ever since, then in the heights movie came out and i did all the above steps and followed lin manuel miranda on twitter and therefore i was very aware of tick tick boom coming out but! i didn't watch it immediately, actually i finally sat down to watch it because my friend also mentioned it and i did more googling and once i realized that miranda directed it (yes i clearly didn't read his tweets lol) and that it's about jonathan larson who wrote rent(that i just knew is iconic and was very high on my 'musicals to watch' list) i went straight for my pc and started watching. and started on the algorithm above and on the step of googling familiar faces i jumped onto the rent.and now i'm obsessing over two musicals at once🥺👍