#am i late to the party? hope not

[haruhikamp4]

Cozy☕☃️❄️

[keondrawss]

Then the light faded, and he was gone.

[nikkipettt]

紅の戦士

[goldensunset]

joining the war on autism on the side of the autism etc etc

[sigelfire]

Diego Luna by Carlos Gonzalez for LA Times, 2024

[pabsterrr]

waiter! waiter! more regretevator ocs please!

fellow on the right belongs to @fexarii

these are totally NOT just our roblox avatars. gambler and some slug liker. whats not to love ?

[annebeanoriginal]

"Okay That Attack Was Supposed To Be Way Cooler But Most My Guys Are On Vacation"

[dearweirdme]

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[squwhims]

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

Ok y'all it's time to join the party (very late) on my latest deep obsession, which THIS TIME I am going to allow myself to pursue instead of killing the joy (because of how intense it can get) and share with you!!

And that obsession is Epic: The Musical.

Holy smokes man this thing has remolded my brain, it just somehow hits all of those things which I desperately love in media

Firstly. The music is absolutely exquisite. And not even in the ways you'd normally think! Like--there's such wonderfully detailed soundscaping! The musical follows Odysseus on his journey home, and the songs themselves contain beautifully done effects that basically make the listening experience into a movie in your head. Monsters, crashing oceans, the underworld itself--and not only is this included in non-muscial sound design, it's incorporated into the music itself. The realm of the wind gods uses flutes as the main instrument--because it's a WIND instrument I'm losing my mind

PLUS there's the additional elements of musical "Easter eggs," thematic connections, leitmotifs, instrumentation identification, musical callbacks and even foreshadowing like come ONNNNN it's so well done

All of this with the added bonus that the songs, while cohesive, do not all sound the same, and do not feel like normal musical theater songs. They are the perfect mix between modern music, orchestral arrangements, and a musical theater jam, because they are 1. SUPER great to belt along to, 2. Very much linked together (as explained above) and 3. Very unlike the standard, vocal-focused empty pop sound we're used to (theater) while keeping the innovative, ear-wormy, modern (pop) beat that often feels out of place in theater!

And lyrically this musical is super strong. I spent a ton more time on the music (and will likely write more at length later) because that is what got me obsessed with it, but there's also much to praise lyrically! Unlike most modern "non-theater" musicals, while you can tell at places that it has been influenced by (the ever-present) Lin-Manuel Miranda, it feels authentically unique and independent. So many songs have genuinely profound lines (check out Just a Man, the second song in the saga) and the pop elements never lend themselves to empty repetition. Everything sung or said has a purpose, which I am obsessed with. Yes king go off give us everything

Finally (for now) there's just the genuine love that the creator(s) have for this musical. Jay Rivera-Herrans is the brain behind it (he wrote the entire musical over several years) and like...just look at what he shares about it on his Instagram. He gets so EXCITED!! And not like PR excitement, this is like legit "I'm making silly noises because I can't contain myself" excitement!!! He reminds me of me in that sense because he has SO much love and passion for what he does and the nuance in it and the people who enjoy his work, and he shares that in an unfiltered, real, authentic way, and we need to see more of that in the world.

Anyway, if you haven't heard of it and are now interested, it's pretty easy to catch up--there are 5 of the 9 sagas out right now, but only half of the songs, and Spotify has a playlist or two that has them all in order. It's only an hour and eight minutes worth of listening and I have just listened to it through twice in two days; it really does not get old. And then if you go to Jay's Instagram the rabbit hole is deep!! And he explains a lot of the lore and symbolism and intentionality/Easter eggs in the musical!! I went through all of the content he posted, pretty much...

So there's my official hawking of Epic (if only I had gotten in on this earlier!! The "Get in the Water" song that was trending a while ago?? That's from this!!) and you should go listen to it!!!!

[toastyghostieofthewoods]

I FINALLY GOT THE GRANDEST GAME

[thejadecount]

Guys. Guys I just had the most mind-blowing realization. In the 2012 TMNT, two of Shredder’s minions have names that are like, basically synonyms of his. Like Xever Montes? As in sever. And then Chris Bradford/Dogpound gets turned into Rahzar as in fucking RAZOR?!

This is fucking sending me places

[ofthehands]

@texas-chainsaw-fanworks

For Day 4: Hobbies

TCM actually got me into bone collecting / bone art, so I figured I would try an make a bone chime like Nubbins! Second pic is my favorite bit of bone jewelry I've made so far.

[eveningrainstorm]

new unhinged girl just dropped

[lunarubra]

Alfie x Rose Masquerade Party

And if everything is a dream, what does it matter ... I like it and I want to keep dreaming. -Luis Sepulveda

For Rosie and Alfie, celebrating Rose birthday in Venice during the Carnival. Here you can find her story by the amazing @justrainandcoffee.

[milesworld96]

I HAVENT watched Elimination Chamber yet as I’m just watching Smackdown rn, but I looked at the atdu tag and why are people panicking over them breaking up WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT😨