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[a-reader-and-a-writer]

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[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ every mention of "close"

[motherdanger]

"Something is lurking outside of the church."

this fic by @complet1st is my current lifeline. what an absolute blessing. everyone go read.

[fecklesheckleshacklesschmeckles]

oh i'm sorry WHAT reece shearsmith's part in house of fools was as the love interest of MORGANA ROBINSON?!

god fucking damn i may actually have to watch that now o.O

[flippyspoon]

Among many complaints about that show it drives me nuts that after s2 of Disco you would never have any idea that Michael had ever spent time on Vulcan much less spent several formative years there living with a Vulcan family and following the Vulcan Way -it's like it never happened.

[carcarrot]

so in other news im becoming some sort of tv archive freak

[a-model-of-propriety]

I find it fascinating to trace the development of Jekyll and Lisa's relationship through the various versions of the musical. On the surface, not much changes; Lisa (or Emma, depending on the version) Carew, fiancée of Henry Jekyll, watches helplessly as he dives deeper into his obsession with his experiments, only discovering the true reason for his isolation when it is too late. Whether we look at the Lisa of the early demo recordings, the Emma of the Broadway productions, or any version in between, her role and her fate remains largely unchanged.

Even so, her relationship with Jekyll, specifically its portrayal in their song(s), underwent arguably the most rewrites of the entire show. While (very early drafts of) some songs, such as "Alive" and "Murder, Murder", appear as early as the very first demo recording in 1986 (and by 1987 Lucy's main songs make their appearances as well), Jekyll and Lisa's main duet of "Take Me As I Am" does not appear until 1994's "Gothic Musical Thriller" album, after which the song does not undergo any significant changes.

In TMAIA's place, the pair sing several different songs, including "Love Has Come of Age", a duet version of "Someone Like You", "The First Time", and several more. In the 1986 demo, half of the songs are duets between Lisa and Jekyll!

Out of all the rewrites and cut songs, why did "Take Me As I Am" manage to stick? And why was it the only true Jekyll/Lisa duet to survive revisions?

Though earlier drafts of Jekyll & Hyde devoted more attention to Lisa and Jekyll's relationship (which I, as resident Lisa fan, thoroughly enjoyed), the extra songs did very little, if anything, to progress the plot or develop the show's major motifs. Most early Jekyll/Lisa duets were generic love duets, serving no other purpose but to tell the audience that Jekyll and Lisa were, in fact, in love with each other. Most of these early duets exist mainly to serve this purpose, bogging down the story because they did nothing to address any other aspect of the story than their love and longing. The songs were, in the grand scheme of the show, redundant.

This is where "Take Me As I Am" stands out from the cut songs. While it still serves the important function of Duet To Show How Much They Love Each Other, TMAIA also speaks to the underlying motif of "known vs. unknown". The reason Lisa and Jekyll love each other, at least when we first meet them, is that they truly know, understand, and accept each other. Only when Jekyll starts hiding (pun intended) things from her does their relationship start to show cracks.

From the very beginning of the show, Jekyll's "need to know" the secrets of humanity is set forth as a driving factor of his character. It is in the pursuit of knowledge that he starts down the destructive road of the plot. His desire to know is central to who he is (and, through him, central to the show). Because "knowing" is central to Jekyll's character, Wildhorn centered his and Lisa's relationship on knowing each other. For Jekyll, Lisa is security. She is the only person that knows him, and he knows that he can depend on her to remain a constant in his life. She won't abandon him, no matter how far he dives into his experiments.

Where Lisa represents knowledge and stability, Lucy represents the unknown that Jekyll dives into as the show progresses. Lucy says herself that "no one knows who [she is]", framing her as the opposite of Lisa. Her life is foreign to Jekyll, and she is the person that inspires Jekyll to experiment on himself. Lisa is the known, but Lucy is the unknown that Jekyll desperately needs to understand.

Without "Take Me As I Am", Lisa loses the "known vs. unknown" significance that makes both her and Lucy more compelling characters. None of the earlier songs (with the possible exception of "If You Only Knew", which I desperately want more productions to include) provide that symbolism, which is why, in the end, TMAIA was the only one that could survive revisions.

[abirdie]

Gael García Bernal in El pasado (2007, dir. Héctor Babenco)

(these gifs also feature Analía Couceyro, Mariana Anghileri and Ana Celentano plus a host of supporting artists)

Gifs are all 540px wide so you can click to see larger.

[other gael filmography gifsets]

[rottingangelic]

alive 1986 demo

there is a wonder in knowing that i've

finally arrived

to being alive

there is a fire that's raging inside

un sanctified

being alive

like the night, full of secrets

mysterious, dark and unknown

i'm still unsure what i seek

yet i'll see it alone

i've never felt such a power and drive

i've been deprived of being alive

now that the fury of my hunger thrives

will i survive being alive

lust is the greatest desire

nothing could be too perverse

like coals to a primitive fire

i'll quench my thirst

it's the feeling of being alive

let them see that tonight i'm alive

and tonight i can take what is mine

it's the feeling of being edward hyde...

wait! what's this?

it's her..

i thought i had lost you

fate! ah, miss

it's her

now i have got you

wait! what is this?

who's he??

where have i seen him?

too late, ah i'll wait

she'll see

there'll be another time..

on the mark as usual, love?

even when half-pissed you don't forget

ol' luce, ay?

you are a ravishing creature

don't i know it!

well come on in, love

you'll catch yourself the death

animals trapped behind bars in the zoo need to run wild and free!

predators live by the prey they pursue

there's no escaping from me

lust is the greatest desire

nothing could be too perverse

like coals to a primitive fire

i'll quench my thirst

tonight i'll rob the heavens blind

steal it from the gods

tonight i'll take what should be mine

dominate the odds

and i know i'll live on forever

tonight i will take what is mine

and i'll show the world that forever

and ever the world will remember

the name edward hyde

it's the feeling of being alive

let them see that tonight im alive

and tonight i can take what is mine

it's the feeling of being edward hyde

it's the feeling of being alive

let them see that tonight im alive

and tonight i can take what is mine

it's the feeling of being edward hyde

[dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram]

Did you see the exerpts from Gemmas book about Kit Connor and how he was called a queerbaiter and forced out of the closet. Very pointed. She said " whenever someone uses a label for themselves it can be empowering, but nobody "owes" us a label. They should be offered not demanded." Reminds me of harry saying his sexuality "is my personal experience, is mine."

https://x.com/tammy28x/status/1836183145965596963?t=Pa-wM1Ibkq_04kZYjKEztA&s=19

I hadn't seen that excerpt anon. But I don't really make much of it - I don't think we can know whether an excerpt is pointed without seeing the wider context.

Also I think it really doesn't help our understanding of what Harry and hasn't said about his sexuality if people put quote marks around things that are not actually quotes. I thought that quote sounded off - and Harry had never been that direct. What he's quoted as saying is: "I've been really open with it with my friends, but that's my personal experience; it's mine." We don't know what he was responding to - the exact framing of the conversation - and it matters.

The extracts did make me worry that her book is going to be pretty banal. Which is what I was expecting, but still. I sometimes think Gemma Styles has been cursed. She's someone who is interested in writing and has some skill in writing - but the very thing that has brought her an audience, also makes it unsafe for her to say anything substantial or interesting.

[veidtveidtveidt]

As the eagle-eyed among you may have noticed, they've put up a restoration of Furcht on the Bundesarchiv, so you can watch it there. I also have a 1080p rip and that's now been added to the masterpost, so drop me an ask if you want to grab a copy to keep. It has Danish intertitles and German subtitles.

[frances-baby-houseman]

I've already bought my ticket

[motherdanger]

heaven help him

[axisiris]

22.How Can I Continue On/Pursue The Truth/I Must Go On/Possessed/In the Silence of the Night/Your Dreams

IN A WORLD OF ARDENT MADNESS- YOU SEEK THE LIGHT, BUT YOU ARE BLINDED BY THE SADNESS- THAT'S YOURS TONIGHT. YET UNTIL YOU FIND THE ANSWER- YOU WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE, YOUR DREAMS ARE A PART OF YOU, YOUR DREAMS ARE THE HEART OF YOU.

[the-sisters-library]

I’ve been slowly trying to go back and read or listen to the handful of Horus Heresy novels I skipped on my way through the series. I’m realizing why I skipped them.

Currently listening to the anthology Mark of Calth, and except for an interesting story about the origins of Erebus’s athames, the rest is just painful drudgery.

[bedlamsbard]

One of the weirdest things about MCU fandom is the cultural amnesia about stuff not being canon that is, in fact, canon, just because it didn’t happen at the point in time that people expected it to happen.

“The Avengers should have all lived in the Tower together but they never did :(” is the quintessential one, because...they did. It was in AoU, and later in CACW, after they moved out to the compound.  of course, AoU and CACW are the most divisive movies in the fandom, so I’m not surprised that those particular details are overlooked, but it’s a little frustrating.  (actually, a lot of this is stuff that was established in AoU and CACW, which are the next big ensemble films after A1.  AoU has...hmm...The Horrors and CACW is...CACW...but like. dudes.)