#and count it as singing

[loaflovesdoodling]

"Why I can't see

that I am the me

that I was born into"

[tiger-quoll]

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: musical

[suja-janee]

Bireena request: 2/5 (request from anonymous)

Uhh slight boobie warning under the cut vvv

The titan versions get along a little TOO well hehehehehehehhehehe

[raggedy-spaceman]

Ineffable husbands + singing

[chremes007]

that one customer named Jin 🍵

[thepetitepiper]

I really enjoyed Neil Patrick Harris as The Toymaker in the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special!

Then, it got me thinking... Neil Patrick Harris plays a lot a musically inclined villains, doesn't he? I can name four just off the top of my head:

1. Dr. Horrible in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

2. Music Meister in Batman: The Brave and the Bold

3. Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate Events

4. The Toymaker in Doctor Who

Guess that's what happens when you can sing, dance, and play fun, campy villains.

Any others that I'm missing?

[sysig]

You're still standing off to the side. Somehow, center stage has shifted from under your feet without you realizing, and you're standing in the wings, performing to no one.

Starring Role (Patreon)

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

Hc that after Rindou loses in a fight he pouts a lot then spends the next few days with his headphones practically glued to his head. He uses music as a way to work through his feelings after being beaten.

He's gonna need a lot after that one

[mintaikk]

I think about this a lot

[hoperays-song]

I've realized that there's this specific type of found family that I adore where it's just this one extremely concerning kid going around doing all this dangerous and reckless stuff and just summoning all these parental figures to them who all end up so stressed out and going "Kid, kid no. Go get some sleep, take care of yourself. Please, I can't keep doing this. Please just stop."

[f-oighear]

I love them so much. So, so much.

[missholloween]

The only characters that sing (and in a way, twist) the Great Astronomical Discoveries motif during TGMH apart from the Stratfords are Benjamin and John. And let me tell you, I love what they do with it.

Benjamin's take comes first, during Benjamin's Appartment/The Radiance. After days of listening to the Stratfords talk about their hoax, of seeing how they meticulously crafted their stories and the world clamor them, Benjamin has finally given up and is ready to betray the Stratfords. So, he invites Margaret to his appartment to reveal their hoax. Benjamin uses the same language he's learned from the Stratfords, and so, the great astronomical discoveries motif starts playing.

For the first time in the album, it's not a victorious melody: it doesn't sound grandious anymore, it doesn't have any build up, it's just Benjamin and a piano. Curt Mega's performance is really sober, as he's trying to cover up his own emotions. He only fails to do so in "to advance their own career", where he bitterly laughs, losing the beat for a second. Although a bass and another string section join for the climax they quickly go away, as Margaret also joins the sad melody. Even if Great Astronomical Discoveries brought the Stratfords fame and renown, it has also deceived and hurt many. It is satisfying to hear two of its victims sing it then.

That's also why, in John's Choice, it's Herschel's time to speak, we are expecting something similar to happen. The music stops, all the characters await, and Herschel starts to talk... And the melody is More Than This. It's subtle, and one may not notice it on their first listening or if they're not that familiar with the soundtrack. But then there's a crescendo, and John starts singing Great Astronomical Discoveries.

The passion, the energy, the love that comes from John's voice (in another amazing performance by Curt) blows away both the audience and the characters that were there. He has the same accompaniment as Rose and Samuel did, but there's a key difference: there's no harmonies. And it doesn't matter, because really, what a chilling performance. There's also something very poetic about John taking the Stratford's position and being in control of his story after all the hoax.

TL;DR I love the Great Astronomical Discoveries and everything Matt does with it in part 3 of TGMH. Curt totally kills it every time he sings it in any way <3

[rahabs]

No, I'm sorry, this musical is so much fun and also do you know how starved I've been for a musical movie where the songs are sung well? And all the people in this movie can sing. Some of them are even singers in their professional lives, and it's just. Fun. It's a fun movie. People should go see it.

[fizzcosplays]

HOW ARE THESE THE SAME ACTORS

LIKE I RECOGNIZE NATHAN BUT NPH?!

Anyway I love ASOUE

[sneeb-canons]

Fine and Mayday look SUPER similar. And have VERY similar wardrobes. It's so bad that only Jouse can reliably tell them apart, and he does that by scent. Mayday will use this to fuck with the rest of the Jashverse because "oh hey it's Fine :)" no that is NOT Fine. The biggest thing that sets them apart is their cadence! Mayday usually talks way faster than Fine (154 and 82 bpm respectively) BUT when Mayday slows down purposefully to seem more like Fine he's a little too slow! (halved speed is 77 bpm) So if he talks for too long and someone's paying very close attention they can notice "huh, that's not how Fine talks"! Also if he gets excited he slips back into going really fast which makes it very obvious lol (Fine also speeds up when excited but not near as much) [btw I'm not saying they talk at like. 154 bpm and whatnot. Just that's the song bpms which I used as inspo lol]

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