#does a lil dancey dance

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Eepy writes a fic about two men kissing in the bathroom of a bar while tipsy. In other news fork found in kitchen

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can you see how many fingers i’m holding up ? — from @mindcaterol

" THREE. " despite being said with confidence, the answer was wrong: it was four... 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛. pinching the bridge of his nose to stop the oncoming headache building behind his eyes, a trickle of blood slowly forms from one ear and down his neck– a sonic blast having taken waylon and his golden spear, right out of the air. aforementioned weapon, now laying as a pile of scattered 𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝 somewhere to his left. " shit, that fucking hurt. "

[sashazakbun24]

Possible upcoming simple animation featuring a silly little lotl by a good friendo of mine :>

(wip, and Taffy belongs to @mantisconfetti)

[barkilphedros-hat]

My gender? Whatever Copia’s got going on in the Rats music video

[orphiicheartd]

Kaeya used to be the kind of person to dance/vibe in place when he was younger. Humming something under his breath then bounce slightly to the rhythm, until he got distracted or he felt someone staring

These days, he would only do this if he REALLY feels himself comfortable and calm.

[hyunpic]

i was thinking about skz performing replay and i was like i hope hyune covers taemins parts cause taemin is my shinee bias but then i remembered he doesn’t even got lines in it

[oblivisection]

HE IS INNOCENT

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[neenaatyvm]

Some more thoughts from yesterdays show:

Again, to preface I’m not a theatre aficionado. I’ve been to a few West End productions here and there and my knowledge of Romeo and Juliet is basically from back in Year 8 studying the text and watching R+J, so please do forgive me if I’m a bit uncouth with my opinions.

The set-up

It is very very minimalist. In terms of the set, it’s just the empty stage that they use and the metal grid you see below doubling up as a projector screen which they bring back and forth throughout the show. That Verona sign is literally only seen for like 1 minute and then removed for the rest of the play.

They used the camera operators quite often to show:

(a) whatever was going on outside the stage - e.g. when Romeo / Juliet make their initial entrances, they’re followed down some corridors and steps leading on to the stage; when Romeo (standing on the stage) first sees Juliet, she’s actually in the theatre foyer at the Capulet ball which we see play out on the big screen, as do Tybalt seeing Romeo and airing his grievances with Papa Capulet; Romeo on the roof scene;

(b) close ups of Juliet mainly providing juxtaposition to whatever scene was happening in the forefront - e.g. the Tybalt/Mercutio duel scene is intercut with dialogue from Juliet. They have the boys (Tybalt, Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio) standing in front of the screen which is in the position as in the picture all on their mic stands whilst Juliet is behind the the projector screen with the camera operator;

(c) when the cast were more towards the middle or back of the stage - e.g. the morning after the wedding scene focuses on Juliet and Romeo laying down with heads together but feet pointing opposite directions.

There were literally no props at all in this play (unless you count Romeo’s cigarettes and the fake blood), and no costume changes, apart from Tom but all he does is just take his hoodie off to show the tank top.

The cast use a mix of mics taped to their cheeks and the mic stands throughout the performance. There didn’t seem to be (or not obvious to me) a reasoning behind when they would use the mic stands and when not.

The pre-show and interval music was really good. I don’t think I picked up on any music actually being played during the play, if they did, it was very subtle as compared to the big bass/thrum of the pre-show music.

The performance

The play starts off with the duel between Benvolio and Tybalt. The dialogue itself is performed using the mic stands but in very hushed tones. This seemed to be a bit of a running theme where when you expected big spectacle fights, it was almost told in retrospect with whispered tones. There was some creative use of the spotlights whenever any characters were in front of the Prince akin to an interrogation scene.

Romeo is introduced via the camera shot walking behind him from the hallways onto the stage, where he ends up breaking down over Rosalin. Make no mistake, Romeo is just pathetic, and Tom has him blubbering and depressed sat curled up into himself at the front of the stage. These early scenes he really lent himself into a more traditional thespian actor. You start to see a bit more personality and less Shakespearean once Romeo and Juliet meet at the ball/after the ball.

There’s a good few comedic scenes which really lighten up the play, and brings these characters to life. Personal highlights was Romeo screaming at the top of his lungs when telling Friar he was in love with Juliet, Romeo’s little 🕺 (Juliet and Nurse also have a lil dancey dance). The Nurse character really was a stand out for me (Freema Ageyman is a babe), she was really funny and witty, and pretty sure there was a bit of a background romance being hinted between her and Juliet’s dad.

Loved the diversity in the cast from Caribbean Papa Capulet, roadman Mercutio and Benvolio, and Paris was such a ‘nothing-between-the-ears’ vibe.

Romeo

He was pathetic, he was depressed, he was in lust love, he was angry, he yearned, he begged, he cried, he danced, he laughed, and ultimately he died. There was definitely a lot of scope in what Tom brought to Romeo.

Tom’s stand out scene for me was the banishment scene, the visceral anger of Romeo is palpable, and you really feel it. Gone is the youth and here is a man just angry at the entire world.

Juliet

They did really well to bring Juliet to life in such a believable way. Other adaptations I’ve seen have painted Juliet as this innocent child who almost flutters in and out. Francesca was fantastic in portraying a Juliet who knows who she is, knows what she wants.

We’re cringing alongside her when Paris tried to sidle up to her at the ball, laughing along with her at the sisterly relationship she has with Nurse (even though Nurse makes such a big deal of her breastfeeding Juliet as a baby lmao).

She stands her ground, has an excellent scene with Papa Capulet where he’s telling her his plans of her to wed Paris but she’s adamant not to.

There’s also a gentleness to her and Francesca does so much with just her eyes. There’s a number of close ups of Juliet with the camera and you can just see the sorrow, anger or pain portrayed on her face. Really enjoyed her performance.

Romeo and Juliet

Back to Romeo being a bit pathetic, so their first meet is definitely a bit pathetic on Romeo’s behalf. He’s standing there shuffling on his feat, trying to speak, voice breaking, clearing his throat, and Juliet just looking on bemused.

They start talking and the horny gremlins then jump into kissing because the physical attraction is real lmao.

Tom and Francesca’s chemistry was so good. So much of their interaction relied on the way in which they looked at each other and even from the top of the theatre you could just see the yearning from them both.

Juliet’s balcony scene was a highlight. Again the yearning, flirting and desire, with Jamie having Francesca and Tom literally standing with their faces an inch apart all up in each others spaces for a good 10 mins, it was just electric.

What also was interesting for me was just how well the play does in bringing to life the sequence of events of the play:

Sunday: Depressed Romeo is moping over Rosalin. His boys take him to a party and he fall in lust love with Juliet.

Monday: Romeo and Juliet get married. Tybalt and Mercutio die.

Tuesday: Romeo is banished. Friar and Juliet hatch a plan to stave off the impending marriage to Paris (planned for Thursday).

Wednesday: No one tells Romeo of the plan. He drinks poison and dies, Juliet awakens, sees Romeo dead, also dies.

These were just two dumb kids in reality and it shows.

The Pros

The cast was superb.

The comedic elements.

The minimalism was good, you were sucked in by the performance so the lack of costumes, music, props etc weren’t that noticeable.

The Cons

Mama Montague was probably the least used character in the entire play. We barely saw much of her acting at all.

Juliet’s death was a bit underwhelming for me - she awakes from her slumber to see Romeo dead at her side and there’s no real reaction. She laments their fortunes and follows in death - it just seemed a bit jarring when the rest of the play seemed to be so lifelike to then revert to that bland death scene.

Pacing in the second half was a bit slow. There were one or two scenes with extended dialogue/monologues which I was kind of lost in. I think this was compounded by the literal lack of movement on the stage at those points.

They could think more about what parts should be projected for the screen. Tom and Francesca honestly did so well to really showcase their chemistry literally staring into each others eyes but very little of their interactions we actually got a close up look of.

Still have no idea what ‘stunt’ they were planning which led to the technical delays. None of what we saw in terms of the roof scene would really fall under the stunt banner, unless they were planning something else.

[specific-dreamer]

i love rewatching slimes bc i notice new things everytime

yk that little break in ggah at the beginning right after dally says “we ain’t got money but we got something to prove” ? steve does a lil dancey dance and they all yell steve :(

“some of us are smooth like james dean / some of cold and a little more mean” darry’s obvi the james dean type of greaser. i wont go into depth rn but when he tell pony he’d crash and burn if he wanted to be james dean i dont think he was tryna be mean or discouraging. the thing abt ponyboy is tht he feels too much, he wouldn’t be able to keep his cool and play his cards right. ugh ill circle back to this later i got so many thghts

pony’s got a bright ass fucking flashlight. that’s not important but there’s no way soda falls asleep when pony’s using it 😭

bob is all over cherry in fatd. emotional drunk bob you are canonical to me and me only

“far away from tulsa where people can be people and no body puts you down” poor baby really is in his own world. he is in the bible belt in the 1960s and he believes it’s only tulsa where ppl puts you down 😭😭 like no wonder darry’s so protective of him

omg i never noticed cherry and paul were talking to the cop during rrb

idk which soc it was but one of them bastards tried to take bobs jacket from cherry and now i got beef with him

“do i look like julie andrews” that’s been on his mind for a minute poor baby 😭

then when johnny says he looks like burt lancaster and pony looks offended, johnny also looks offended. like the look on his face reads “alright damn my b” i love them sm ur honor

someone please tell me if i’m tweakin, is pony fighting bob in the rumble. i’m abt to lose it oml

“you gotta go back to school and graduate it’s two more years” ponyboy’s in 10th grade :(

“you’re gonna be the first curtis boy to go to college” you tryna tell me darry dropped out of high school :( im about to pull a dallas winston hold on

“and we love you” sodas was lookin at ponyboy until darry said that. then he look at darry in surprise. i hate it here sm have i mentioned that

bob is also looking down on everyone during finale (tulsa ‘67) and all the socs looks towards him when pony sings “to the hopeless boy with the reckless grin

and with that gn everybody i’m going to bed before i cry over bob again

[squeesquoo]

HE DOES HIS LIL DANCEY DANCE

HOW IS THIS MAN SO CUTE

[preciouslittle-bhaalbabe]

She does her lil dancey dance :3

[manicplank]

When I say The Noise does his lil tippy taps, this is what I'm referring to

his lil tippy taps

he might do his whole dancey dance or just move his legs like so.

[lifemod17]

Behold this smile!

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I AM INDEED BEHOLDING!!! I have been blessed with Smiley Vessel, my beloved!!! fun fact: this is my favorite mask era too so I'm extra 🥺🥺🥺 soft about this.

also he's doing his lil dancey dance AS HE SHOULD!!! I too like to dance around while screaming and singing, except Vessel does it ten folds gracefully than me