#btw if someone removed aronnax's moustache from that one pic we would have some cute alfred x sarah post tdv fanart ----

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There are actually some very beautiful (... XDD tbh mostly quite odd) official promo pics. For your viewing pleasure

Also, since these are thumbnails that I grabbed from "promobits" uploaded to youtube, we can also glean the following insights from the videos and their video descriptions:

Lukas plays young (???) physics professor Pierre Aronnax, who "is an idealist at heart, a do-gooder - a bit too superficial, but with a big heart". He also loves the song Vater and considers it a highlight of the project. Me too bestie

Marjan plays Aronnax's wife Cecile (an OC who does not exist in the book), who is "very empathetic, she loves her husband more intimately than he is initially capable of loving her"

TB plays Captain Nemo, who is "a visionaire, a cynic, a macho man, a seducer, a leader, perpetrator and victim alike, highly moral but cruel and unjust", but also "unbelievably sensitive"... but also "destructive"

Mark says "I, the harpooner [Ned Land], like to indulge in the more crude pleasures, which is infinitely fun to sing". "A charismatic role", and a "whale hunter" who loves freedom. Literally just a himbo XD He also starts his promobit video "Hallo, I'm Mark Seibert" which feels so himbo ahdhjd, bestie you're like the biggest musical actor in the German-speaking world. Humble king

Ana Milva Gomes is a good fairy mermaid narrator (??? definitely an OC) who lingers between the realms of life and death (yes, really)

Pia is Yvonne, Cecile's depressed lady's maid (OC)

Uwe plays an English EDIT: American captain (admiral) who only appears in one song (afaik this character exists in the book), and he says "It's always a dream to play a man who is so arrogant and self-righteous that he doesn't even realize how much he tramples on others." xD we can tell, Uwe, you're awesome in those roles

René Velázquez Diaz is Conseil, a canon character and Aronnax's servant. The actor is a classical opera singer & sings "the big love theme" of the show is this gay?? if so, excited when he must betray his master

Also, hitsquad has this extremely máté kamarás esque statement/aforism on their youtube bio. A+

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Well, the Nautilus album is... certainly a thing that happened.

I feel like there should probably be some serious workshopping before it gets anywhere near a theatre, but if they ever do stage a production of it, pleasepleaseplease let them go as steampunk as possible for the sets and costumes.