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So, Day Two of New York! Well, actually, I crashed when I got back to the hotel again (is this that Jet Lag stuff?), so I'm writing this on Day Three, but here's the recap:

So my Aunt accidentally booked the Statue of Liberty ferry for 9am instead of 2pm. At 7.30am. We ended up having to rush to Battery Park to catch the boat, using the Subway. No pics of that, too many people's faces everywhere.

What I did get a picture of was this:

Apparently, a Church.

Anyway, while we were waiting for the ferry I saw more helicopters than I usually do in a year (my helicopter diet is mostly made of Search and Rescue ones), and the Disney Cruise Ship Treasure passed and played "When You Wish Upon A Star" on the horn.

But yes, Lady Liberty:

Managed to finally have some breakfast, of mediocre lukewarm pizza.

What can I say? It's a fun and interesting experience to see this literal icon of America up close. It's a little bittersweet, given that America has never fully lived up to her promises, both the original idea of her creator (Liberty and Justice for all) and the reinterpretation by Emma Lazarus ("Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free"). But she was always supposed to be ideal to strive towards.

Also I got to see the bolts that hold her to the pedestal!

It was like 30 cents and another security screening to go up the Pedestal, would recommend. Great view of Manhattan from there:

Also, the original (though heavily modified over the years) torch is found in the nearby museum.

After that, we went to Ellis Island, because it's on the same ticket. Actually, that ticket's great value for money, €25.30 for Liberty and Ellis.

I didn't take many pictures, but it was a very interesting experience. Irish emmigration to America has never really stopped, but I am of a generation where it slowed to it's lowest levels. If I had been born in any other generation, it's likely I would have had to leave myself for America.

Case in point, my Aunt who's with me on this trip did emigrate to America. She spent a decade in California, before being able to come back to Ireland in the 90s.

So after we got back on dry land, we made our way through the Subway to the Oculus, the big fancy Mall:

Grabbed some lunch in a nearby deli my Aunt likes.

And then we went into the 9/11 Memorial Museum.

...so. I have a complaint. And it feels shitty to be complaining about a memorial, but I swear it's a fairly serious complaint.

We were ushered into a theatre, where we were told we were going to be shown a 26 minute movie before experiencing the exhibit. We assumed it was going to be a film about the events of 9/11.

We were wrong.

It was a very detailed film about hunting and killing Bin Laden. Like, animated diagrams of troop movements during the raid.

It felt celebratory and congratulatory and the CIA director was grinning and saying people were chanting "CIA! CIA!" in public when the news broke.

It was a propaganda film and incredibly clashing with the tone of a fucking memorial.

The rest of the museum is well-done and appropriately sombre except for the section where it goes back to the topic of fighting Al-Qaeda with ever mentioning the millions of Afghanis and Iraqis that died-

Sorry. Yeah. Mostly well done except for those two sections and the random brick from the Abbotabad compound. Just sitting across from the exhibit on the long-term effects of the dust clouds.

Yeah, that kinda threw me and my Aunt. That felt inappropriate and not in keeping with the intended tone.

And after that we went back to the hotel.

Yeah. Bit of an awkward one.

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4 for the ask bottom 5 thing :)

4. Bottom 5 artists (a lot of these are purely aesthetic dislike and have nothing to do with how "good" or "bad" the art is):

Rob Liefield...this is low hanging fruit but like...

2. Kenneth Rocafort: kori and cassie...im sorry..

3. Francesco Mattina: insanely talented but i've never been a fan of hyper-realistic airbrushed art

4. Frank Quitely: i don't dislike his art it more just unsettles me. specifically how he draws women. idk something about the proportions is so unnerving to me; he also gave us the iconic Emma Frost tuck cover tho soo you win some you lose some ig

5. Greg Horn: again, not a big fan of hyper-realistic art

Thanks for the ask!

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Monthly Muppets: Muppets Wizard of Oz: CG Fanservice Chickens, Tarintino and Boring Segments Oh My!

Hello all you happy people! I”m Jake, I review comics animation and now muppets as I welcome you to Monthly Muppets, my now monthly look at the films of one of the greatest groups in all of media. Hence the title. 

Last month we took a look at Muppets In Space, to many the weakest of the Muppet Films. While it had it’s problems including a horned up Josh Charles, a piggy subplot that had her mindwiping for fun and profit, Animals Kathy Griffin Sexual Harassment and not enough of WCW Champion David Arquette, I still found it to be a decent film, full of great gags, classic funk and Bobo. You really CAN’T hate a film that uses Bobo a lot. 

So for the next one my friend, patron and co-pilot on this strange journey Emma decided to go lower with a film with an even worse rep.. and this time warranted. And she even went the extra mile: turns out despite being Disney made, this film ISN’T on Disney+, nor streaming anywhere. So i’d need a copy and Emma agreed to reimburse me for it. Luckily I hit a good sale so I got this thing and the christmas movie buy one get one free and kermit’s swamp years not as free but still, we’re set for whatever she wants to throw at me. So yes folks my first buisness reimbursment for this blog.. was Muppets Wizard of OZ. 

So let’s talk about this thing. This film is a milestone as it’s the first major muppet production following Disney buying the Muppets, the first of MANY emperial expansions over the years but one of the biggest. The Muppets, through ups and downs were iconic. And thanks to Jim Henson and co always thinking ahead all the iconic cast had actors despite many of the originals having retired or tragically passed at this point, and all of them had experince playing the parts.  So they were ready to go. And while a prime time low budget dtv movie SEEMS like a weird way to stage their comeback it makes a LOT of sense: Disney had no clear network as the muppets werne’t JUST for kids and thus putting it on disney channel didn’t seem quite right, but ABC didn’t either, so they needed time to figure out where exactly to do a series if they did and it was a LOT of pressure to do another theatrical film and expect that. This way if the film bombed, they could regroup do more smaller projects and figure out what to do while ironing out the kinks. This is all conjecture mind but given what a mess this film is, it’s clear Disney didn’t know what to do with their newfound goldmine of characters. The fact it took them till Disney+ to fully re-releaes the muppet show also speaks to that. And their treatment of the muppets in general. 

And make no mistake this film is a mess. As a first impression for Disney owning the muppets it’s a bad opening statment and on it’s own without that pressure it’s still not good. And while I could end the review there.. i’m being paid good money for this so join me under the cut as we explore a blunder someone likely got fired for with Muppets Wizard of Oz

We start our film.. with a music video for our main character Dorthy, played by RnB star Ashanti. 

Yeah we get Dorthy singing about how she dosen’t want to be in kansas and how much kanasas sucks and how much she wants to get out of town and become a big star. Something she also spends all of the first ten minutes talking about when possible. 

So yeah the song is.. fine. Not really great or up to muppet standards.. but it’s still what the fuck as all hell. Like... this is how you open a muppets movie. Not with a title card or shenanigans or the mupppets talking about it being the opening credits, that’s next month. No with the human character singing about how much Kansas sucks. I mean she’s not wrong, aside from my cousin who had a lovely wedding there and a very nice vintage stock i’ve been to twice most of kansas is long stretches of nothing. Leaving Kansas is the logical thing.

But it’s not for Dorthy’s aunty em, played by Queen Latifah. Now I like Queen Latifah a lot. Living Single alone made me a life long fan, criminally underated sitcom, so it pains me to say this but she sucks here. As she learned the hard way quite a bit, even she can’t save a piece of shit. And in this case she can’t because the script gives her nothing to work with comedically or dramatically, so she’s left just playing a domenering, controlling aunt who as the ending outright confirms wants her Niece to stay not fo rher own good, which would be fair as the entertainment industry is filled to the brim with sex monsters and just plain monsters.. and not the good kind like Thog

#givethogadisney+spinoff

So this character could be played sympathetically.. but isn’t instead trying to prevent her niece from going to an audition at 3 for the muppets .. because of the lunch rush. 

I’m gonna need a list to explain why this is nonsense

1) I’ve worked food service. I don’t any more because my anxiety was overwhelming it’s why this blog supports me (In theory in practice I need more people on patreon, plug plug), but I did it for more than enough years to tell you that’s not when the lunch rush is. The lunch rush is from around 11 to 2. Sometimes i’ts later sometimes it’s earlier, but it’d be ending as Dorthy was leaving.  2) Apparently it takes Dorthy a while to get there so she has every right to leave before 3 to get a fair shot, especailly given how unpredictable things are with the muppets. I mean Swedish Chef tried to murder Kermit’s nephew once you don’t think he’ll try and murder a kansasian for susitance if he gets hungry? You can think Kermit’s auditioning people while he’s disposing of a corpse? Think 3) IT’S THE MUPPETS YOU SOULESS HARPY 4) It’s one day. Your niece is asking to leave early, not have the day off leave early.  Thankfully her uncle isn’t as blockheaded. He’s played by David Alan Grier, who I also like and whose also wasted by this movie. Which reminds me

Celebrity Count: 3 Won’t need that for a while. This films budget could only afford like.. 5 name actors. David Alan Grier’s character is also insufferable but for diffrent reasons. Unlike Queen who tried to play things straight, Grier tries to ham it up. Which would work.. if this muppets production let him actually act alongside muppets. Against normal people he just comes off as a schitcky weirdo whose emotoinally abused by his wife. 

So Dorthy goes to the audition which is apparently far away, as she arrives by 4.. and the muppets have closed up. THere’s also a weird old man there. He adds nothing and I hav eno idea who he is if he is someone. As we do earlier muppet films get used to that. 

She does find the muppets bus... but Miss PIggy is miss piggy and dosen’t let her audition though Kermit takes her demo tape because he’s a nice guy. You always take someone’s demo tape. Esepcailly when they hand it to you in a wallmart and ask nicely. And yes that happened, i’ve just been too busy to listen. 

So Dorthy returns home and mopes telling Aunty Em “I hope your happy you got what you wanted”

So Uncle Em talks her into it. We also find out Toto is a king prawn here as they wouldn’t let her get a dog. GEE I WONDER WHICH MUPPET WHO WAS CONVIENTLY ABSENT FROM THE AUDITIONS IS GOING TO PLAY TOTO. SUCH A MYSTERY IS THIS.  It goes poorly as both come off like assholes: Aunty Em offers to take her for Karoke... you know to the person who just lost an audition directly due to you, and Dorthy fires back “I don’t want to be stuck like you” So....

But soon a storm’s a comin so our heroes head for the shelter.. only for Dorthy , the dumb brave asshole, to run back for Toto and get caught in it. One torando and trailer transpiration later and it’s...

And it’s here Pepe enters the picture as himself, and is also naked. And for some reason Dorthy has child sized clothes the fuck?

Also Pepe hits on her because of course he does. I know some people don’t like Pepe. I’m not one of those people, I think he’s neat.. but i’m also of the mind he CAN be annoying if not used correctly. The same principal applies to Mrs. Piggy. Some personaliteis on a character are just so big and bold that you can overdo it if your not careful. You can probably guess where this film lands. 

The two find themselves in munchkin land, which sidesteps the whole “using people with dwarfisim as WACKKKYYY CHARACTERS “ thing by making them rats. Still better than making them “magical creatures” honestly, it’s weird how Disney somehow learned the wrong lesson from this. Point is it means we get my boy rizzo! 

After Pepe tries to leave Dorthy with the rap for the murder of the wicked witch of the east, her sister stops by in a hilarious roll as she’s also played by Miss Piggy, as are all four witches. Yes four this film is the rare oz adaptatoin that remmebers theirs four directions. Good on you movie... remembering directions and such. 

IT’s hilarous because the normally diva as hell piggy is overly nice instead, hugging the rats and having come to visit her mean sister. She also takes the death in stride once i’ts clear the murder was incidental and gladly helps Dorthy with her goal. She can become a star in oz but has to go visit the wizard, whose a music producer here because this film wanted to base things around a pop star because that dosen’t date the movie and music stars can always act. So she reluctantly agrees to get a stepping

Since we have a break for a second and since I don’t want to keep insulting it without context, Ashanti.. really dosen’t act well in this film. She has the energy of a piece of carboard with a line drawn on it. Singing wise, while I don’t know her music as i’ve said, she sings really well.. but acting wise she just has this weirdly low energy. And look she’d just started acting, that’s fine and all.. but it dosen’t work with the muppets who are all pretty high gear and whose actors have had more experince. In contrast other productions that cast a human usually pick someone either sedate on purpose to contrast, like the guy in muppets take manhattan, or someone who can keep up like Marshall Erikson Jason Siegel or human chemical toilet Ricky Gervais or god’s gift to comedy Tina Fey or have a character necessary to the story like the kid from treasure island or ebenezeer scrooge and find an actor decent enough to work well with the muppets.  Here they try to focus on a person with the personality of a fax machine and it dosen’t work at all. Our heroes are supporting characters in the story and they should always be feature players. 

So with that you can guess the next part i’ts time for the scarecrow.. whose kermit. Kermit dosen’t have a brain. Kermit the leader of the muppets is playing a dumb dumb. I get parts were limited and the other guys fit it better but it just dosen’t work and Kermit just comes off like himself with a few dumb jokes thrown in because you do’nt fuck with tradition I guess. He questioned the witch, he got tied to a pole, Ashanti frees him, moving on. 

Next we have the tin man whose a robot this time.  He looks a  lot like gonzo but he is an ibm. But he can’t love anyone sincerly, yours truly because the wicked witch took out his heart when he wanted time off with camilla. It’s clever twist honestly and one of the few this film actually makes which baffles me since both treasure island (see you in april!) and christmas carol had plenty depsite still following the main plot. Here it’s just “eh we gotta do this throw gonzo in there since he’s the only one with a stable relationship” 

Now Fozzie fits perfectly, both being lion and tiget adjacent bear and being afraid of people, so him being cowardly fits. We get a song afterwords that’s way too good for this movie. I’ll give Ashanti’s acting some crap, though I feel it’s also onto inexperince and bad direction so not too much, but she CAN sing really damn good. The songs here are pretty good for the most part, and she’s a large part of that. The song is a wonderful psyching up song. 

So with our party assembled we have.. an hour of this left

So it’s time for the poppy fields aka that part of wizard of oz you always forget, a hip club with Clifford and Electric Mayhem.. who are wasted as they dont’ get to really do antying. Predictably everyone starts to pass out except Gonzo and Kermit since their not human.. er whatever and frog in this. They drag pepe out who barely gets out a summoning chant the rats gave him and we get a great scene of them using gas masks and getting dorthy and fozzie out. Sadly we don’t get to see them firebombing the place afterwords in said masks because budget. 

So then our heroes make it to oz... with ... 50 minutes left. I remember the times because this film is an endurance test. While it dosen’t come across in recap, scenes tend to drag and most damingly for the muppets.. they aren’t funny.  There are a few good gags here and there but outside of one bit on the horizon most of the gags or choices just.. aren’t funny or clever. There’s no meta gags, no clever subversions or puns, the characters are just kinda shoved where they fit the most. They TRY to have a music theme, but that falls flatter than my self esteem. The emerald city is just scooter , bunson and muppet that terrifies my niece into not watching muppets giving ashanti a makeover. And also making her into kelly clarkson for a moment because this film needed to up how dated it is. The film is just boring.. i’ve tried my best to make jokes and I feel I have but it just stretches on and on with no purpose or real jokes. 

Speaking of which...

OH right i’m getting paid for this one. Okay well here we are the worst part of the film. 10 minutes, yes TEN MINUTES of pure torture. For starter it’s formulaic: each member of the group visits the wizard, he torurtures them in some way, he drops them down a shoot, rinse repeat. He mocks kermit’s lack of itnellgence, intimidates fozzy, and just tells ashanti he wants the witches magic eye in exchange for  them getting stuff. 

Okay fine Gonzo is there too but we’ll get to that. What makes it terrible, if at least a little laughbly so.. is the dated as hell CGI. Oh my god. If this sequence weren’t so boring, it’d be hilariously bad. It looks like a late 90′s rpg cutscene. It looks like what I theroize george lucas’ dreams look like. it looks like reboot  threw up. it looks like a twelve year old programmed it. 

And our cgi attractions are just lamely uncreative and hilaroiusly stpuid. We have a giant orc head that looks like boss nass because someone liked Episode One, a dragon that looks like Smaug caught scabies, and ..... and....

No I cannot because what i’m about to mention sounds like a fever dream or a lower back pain dream. But I swear this actually happened. So Gonzo’s scene... (steels self) Gonzo’s scene his him talking to a scantily clad poorly rendered giant woman

Oh it gets worse not only does this thing.. hit on Gonzo.. but Gonzo admits he’s only into chickens. So the giant cgi woman with a seductive voice transforms into a chicken while Gonzo VISABLY gets turned on by it and I slowly die inside.  I swear the backpain might be a blessing because I had a few days to process this and cushion processing this while catching up on craig of the creek otherwise i’m pretty sure that scene would’ve droven me to lovecraftian levels of maddness. I’m still not convinced typing about it won’t do the same for you but I need the money for this and I can’t just write “this sucks please make it stop” over and over again. I have professional pride. I”ll review crap but I won’t skimp on it

So after scarring for me life the Wizards sets our heroes on their journey to the wicked witch of the west, played by Piggy. And their a biker gang. Which COULD be neat, having a biker gang as her minons, having her in leather but having miss piggy as the witch without being greened up or anything other than her biker uniform and magic eye jammed in one socket kinda mutes it. There IS a clever gag in that the water dosen’t kill the witch by melting her but will make her skin shrivel up and that she can only use bottled water as a result. I will also freely admit Johnny Manana acting as her right hand is fun. He was a lounge singer on muppets tonight. I haven’t seen him because like this movie it’s not on disney plus as disney tends to choose what to add from their back cataloge via this wheel alex hirsch gave me for 5 dollars and a jar of my tears. 

But still I like a rat pack style guy hanging around. And he has a monkey sidekick, who dosen’t love monkeys. 

But the biker thing falling through just speaks to how.. lifeless this flim is. It puts in the bare minimum of effort. And look i’ve been there, there’s some reviews i’m not proud of how bad they turned out. Sometimes you get burnt out. But this was your FIRST PROJECT with one of the most beloved IP’s of all. How could you not use your whole ass for this Disney? HOW?

Anyways, Piggy quickly catches our heroes and we get the worst song of the movie. Mostly because the chicken cgi sex monster didn’t mkae a song out of her orgasms. And now i’ve had that thought excuse me for a moment

Okay so yeah this song is just.. eh. It’s not TERRIBLE i’ve heard worse, but it’s just so mediocre depsite having such promise> it’s piggy singing with a gang of bikers! I should feel something! But the chicken seduction and poppy fields and lack of anything to actually care about don’t. We have a flat main character who can carry a tune but not this movie, weaker versions of three iconic muppets, piggy doing her usual thing but in a biker outfit, all so our heroine can eventually go back home to an emotoinally clingy aunt and her walking schtick of a husband. People give shit to muppets from space and while it’s not perfect, it at least made me care about gonzo finding his family. Abotu kermit not loosing his friend. about Bobo doing the right thing and quitting his shitty job to rejoin his friends. About that werid butler whose name i’ve always forgot but dammit I hope he keeps his teeth. This film makes me care about nothing and that’s just not how the muppets work. They make you laugh but they make you give a damn if they live or die. Here I don’t care if they die. IT’d make the film go faster. 

So they get tourtured and nearly killed, but Pepe summons the rats, everyone escapes and we prepare for our final battle between dorthy and the witch.. and THANKFULLY we get something I do care about. A scene I genuinely think is one of the great muppet scenes and great cameos in their history. We cut... to Quintin Tarinto pitching the final action scene. 

Admitely the main draw is just Kermit looking utterly terrified while Quintin pitches the scene, just like anyone Mr Tarintino has ever pitched to.  Even Harvey Weinstien and he lacks the capacity for human emotions.  

But what makes this work is partly because it feels like Quintin. The g-rated version sure, as kermit says this is a family film. They likely had to cut out him saying fuck, cunt , and fucking horse cunt 80 times a piece, wanting shots of miss piggy’s feet and for her to get bisected. But it still feels like his manic energy to have katana’s, wall runs and explosions. Just because the last one is more micheal bay dosen’t mean the man dosen’t love his fire. A man dosen’t have Mikey Madson fake set on fire unless he really loves burning things so I buy the “BURN BABY BURN. “

But more than that unlike the rest of this film.. it feels like the mupets. Them bouncing off a guest, letting the guest been wha thteir famous for and writing accordingly. Having kermit be the pitch guy makes sense because he’s usually in charge and is belivieble to scare shitless. And the complaints, being too expensive, bheing too violent fit and the finale him ferally crawling up the table only to reveal just kicking her, with the same manic green goblin energy he’s had the whole segment. Genius. THis is what I wish the film was. This is the muppets: using their characters to make us laugh. We’ve seen what Kermit’s dealt with. To see him utterly unraveled by someone who ISN’T  amuppet for a change is fucking hilaroius. He’s dealt with such weird shit but even he’s scared by this maniac and it works because.. well Quinten Tarintio is a maniac. An ocasoinally loveable kind but he is mildly nuts. 

This big just works and earned mr. t his billing..... which yes he’s billed on this film which kinda kills the suprise but frankly after so many soul killing minutes of film this shook me back to life so i’ll take it. 

So Dorthy kicks piggy who shrinks which is also funny, theyt ake the eye, and the bikers reform as they never wanted to be evil but had to follow piggy because magic eye. So they go to oz and bust the door down and we do get a clever twist. Turns out the glasses oz made everyone wear I never mentioned because the sequence that followed still haunts me. Turns out the cg things were just thta, projections you need the glasses for. And it’d work better if said cg didn’t look like it was made in runescape or you know they used actual practical muppets lik ea repsectable operation but hey, this film has so little going for it i’ll give it that. 

The Wizard turns out to be a hollywood bus driver played by Jeffery Tambor. Because having one film with this asshole in it wasn’t enough. He does a good job, still sucks as a person, I went through this last month. He gives the rewards in a hilarious looking wig: a golden microphone of courage, a heart for gonzo and even brings camillia to him, and bran for kermit. That’s not a typo that’s just a great gag. Ashanti however rejects her gift since she’s realized she wants her crappy home life back and wants to go home where it’s real.  So the Wizard and Ashanti seek out the miss piggy we haven’t met, she and kermit flirt and she sends them home. Ashanti goes to the diner where it turns out she’s been missing for a few days. She decides to stay and blah blah blah.  And this.. is why this bit dosen’t work. The there’s no place like home bit dosen’t work when your home sucks. Me i’d love to work in a diner but that’s as the owner. I’d gladly go back to food service if I could be luke danes is what i’m saying. Point is for me there is no place like home because I have a loving mother, brother, niece and nephew, as well as a great extended family and friends. Friends who sometimes pay you 15 dollars to review a tirefire but friends who also let you pick the next one after that and who still pay you 15 dollars a month to review muppets, which usually isn’t this painful a job.. i’ve only had one other muppet review before this but i’m going to go ahead and say I won’t feel this bad again. It’s okay to not want to stay in a situation where you feel your soul dying as long as your careful. 

But Kermit arrives with the demo, having chose her because of course, Ashanti turns it down but then Queen Latifah’s heart grows three sizes and she lets her go, she sings with the muppets, and we’re out. Thank god. 

Final Thoughts:

Well actually it was pretty .... 

This film is terrible. And it’s the worst kind of terrible: it’s boring, padded and has a cgi nightmare trying to seduce gonzo. It was a chore to watch, it was hard to review at times as it’s just so boring. And that’s a cardinal sin: good or bad the muppets SHOUDLN’T be boring. It shouldn’t waste all but one guest star. It shoudln’t be this. Thankfully as much as they’ve mismanged the muppets at times, Disney did at least make better films eventually which we’ll get to some day. For now though

NEXT TIME: It’s time for one of the classics as we go alll the way back to the second muppet movie. It’s off to foggy london town as Kermit and Fozzy are twin detectives hoping to stop a frame job on poor miss piggy. It’s the great muppet caper and it has to be better than this. 

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Belle!!

MY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes happy to :) also putting under the cut bc yeah i went off naturally <3

first impression:

it was this moment in which i chose to stan:

gosh. literally an icon. anyway when the movie was coming out and they announced it would be emma i was like nice that’s perfect!!! even though i wasn’t hyped for the movie before i watched it, i was still like yes very good decision. and she KILLED IT thank you have a nice day

impression now

MY SHE!!!! EFFERVESCENT!!!! MY BELOVED!! MY QUEEN!!!!!!!!! i love her so much. painfully defensive of emma’s performance and the yellow dress so jot that down. i just love her SO dearly. my badass thorny queen.

favorite moment

goodness. GOSH. i have a very soft spot for her reaction to the library after adam walks off. the little noise she makes. she’s such a cute little dork!!!!!! also i can’t find a gif of the exact moment but it’s right after this when she twirls around and makes the little noise?? ANGEL??

but i love all of her. her curiosity and her no-thoughts-head-empty bravery and her stubbornness and her KINDESS… ugh. i love her

idea for a story

i love working with her wrestling with entering into royal life. it’s just so opposite of how she lived, and how she expected to live out her whole life. like sure she’s a dreamer but i just don’t think she actually expected to marry a prince🤔 lol. it’s a little out of left field!!!! but obviously she takes every bull by the horns so she jumps into this new life best she can. and of course adam thinks she’s the most amazing human ever so he has full confidence in her. but i think her own self-confidence falters a lot, because she’s just so out of her depths.

i haven’t really said any specific story but i’ve thought about like, her getting to know the ladies of the court, and just feeling so out of place with them. and she decides to start a book club with them and it doesn’t pan out at first but she’s determined! anyway that’s just one example but i like thinkin about those early years as queen and how she gets into it. traveling and learning so much about global economics and politics, reforming the education system, finding ways to help the lower classes because she understands both ends of the social hierarchy now. gosh i could go on, but you get the idea!!

unpopular opinion

it seems to be unpopular to think that emma did well in her role, and that the yellow dress looks good and dances beautifully. so uhh?? sorry you’re boring and enjoy hating things. get well soon besties <3

do you want me to cry? i’m gonna cry if i look at these gifs too long. anyway. look at how they dance together!!!!!!! shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!! you guys are so loud!!!!!!!!!!! okay anyway no stay focused. the hand thing in the left gif kills me. what? when adam twirls in the right gif. WHAT? LYDIA PAY ATTENTION NEXT QUESTION

favorite relationship

can you even imagine. is it even a wonder. i’m gonna explode. the landlord and landlady of my head your honors:

have you seen them? can’t believe they’re real. anyway

favorite headcanon

mmmmm so many. she loves baking and cooking, i think growing up with her papa they cooked a lot together. she sings to herself all the time, adam always knows when she’s coming because he can hear her voice echoing in the halls. she goes to bed early but she often has insomnia and wakes up in the middle of the night. sometimes she wakes and bothers adam but sometimes she goes for walks around the castle. or she might light a candle and read. or go get a midnight snack. also one for growing up since you did that for jo!!! she used to climb up on the roof out of her bedroom window and lay up there and stargaze. she first did it when she was like 11 or so. she always thought maurice didn’t know she was doing it but years later he told her he knew and she was like :”0

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(adam’s version) (maurice!)

[writergirl719]

Not to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty sure the plot I made up in my head watching the lyric video for Florence + the Machine's banger theme song is better than the actual plot.

My version:

Estella is an idealist with a love of fashion who starts out in the industry as an assistant to Iconic Fashion Lady Emma Thompson. But Emma Thompson (I don't know her character's name, okay, sorry) is cruel and terrible and Estella becomes cynical. She creates the Cruella alter ego as a way to undermine Emma Thompson by crashing all her cool events and shows with her own show-stopping stunts and amazing dramatic fashion. Gradually, Cruella climbs up the ranks of the fashion world, displacing Emma Thompson as queen, but leaving Estella behind for good.

[pairingpodcast]

Episode 78: Sherlock Holmes (with Sara Ghaleb)

Emma is joined by local genius Sara Ghaleb (Arden, Historical Hookups) to discuss one of the most iconic figures in modern literature, Sherlock Holmes. We cover everything from Sara's top 5 Holmes stories, to critical literary analysis, to salty takes on TV adaptations, to using wine knowledge to solve a murder. If you're not a fan of Sherlock Holmes before this episode, you will be after. Plus: Sherlock Holmes: successful freelancer, Wicked Women, doing drugs for science, House M.D., Mormon Mafia Cults, and Watson: Equal Opportunity Horn-dog.

Content Warning: discussion of racism and drug use.

Make sure to follow Sara on Twitter @SaraGhaleb, and be sure to check out Arden @ArdenPod and Historical Hookups @HistoricalHooks.

[tabloidtoc]

People, May 25

Cover: Valerie Bertinelli Learning to Truly Love Myself 

Page 1: Chatter -- Pete Davidson on a woman delivering drugs to his mother’s house during the pandemic, Regina Hall on looking forward to going to a salon after quarantine, Jake Gyllenhaal on his shifting priorities, Ryan Reynolds on isolating with wife Blake Lively and their three kids, Katy Perry on finding alone time while staying home with fiance Orlando Bloom, Cardi B on how she spent Mother’s Day 

Page 2: 5 Things We’re Talking About This Week -- Tom Cruise prepares for takeoff, Cobie Smulders sparkles again, Robert De Niro wants to play Andrew Cuomo, Selena Gomez gets a cooking show 

Page 5: Contents

Page 6: StarTracks -- Fun with Furry Friends -- Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas walking their dogs 

Page 7: Priyanka Chopra Jonas and her dog Gino, Ryan Reynolds and a baby goat, Justin Theroux walks his rescue dog Kuma, Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes walking her dog Thunder in Miami -- Please Adopt, Don’t Shop 

Page 8: All About Family -- Lauren Akins and three daughters Ada James and Lennon Love and Willa Gray on Mother’s Day, pregnant Lea Michele and mom Edith Sarfati, Blake Shelton and sister Endy and their mom Dorothy, Mario Lopez and his sons Santino and Dominic 

Page 9: Maren Morris and her first son Hayes Andrew, Chris Hemsworth and wife Elsa Pataky and his mother Leonie, Fergie and her mom Theresa, Kevin Hart and his pregnant wife Eniko and kids Kenzo and Hendrix and Heaven 

Page 10: Sarah Michelle Gellar wearing the prom dress from the season 1 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Brody Jenner on an electric surfboard in Malibu, Jessica Chastain FaceTimed a friend from a park in L.A., Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall placed flowers and a wreath at the Balmoral War Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day 

Page 12: Cute Couples -- Pregnant Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt gave husband Chris Pratt a quarantine haircut, Selma Blair and boyfriend Ron Carlson wore masks during a Mother’s Day coffee run, Eva Longoria and husband Jose Baston go for a walk, Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren 

Page 15: How Adele changed her life 

Page 18: Heart Monitor -- Rob Giles and Caterina Scorsone separating after 10 years, Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez going public, Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson split, Ray J and Princess Love divorcing 

Page 20: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son Archie’s first birthday at home in Los Angeles 

Page 21: Kristen Bell on pandemic parenting, Elon Musk and Grimes all about their baby’s wild name 

Page 23: Katharine McPhee on love and a Smash reunion 

Page 24: Passages, Why I Care -- Mackenzie Davis is helping educate girls in Kenya 

Page 25: Lost to COVID-19 -- Roy Horn 

Page 27: Stories to Make You Smile -- a beagle and a bunny forge an unlikely and unparalleled friendship, a tea shop turns TP’ing from a prank into a present 

Page 29: People Picks -- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend 

Page 31: The Great, One to Watch -- Never Have I Ever’s Maitreyi Ramakrishnan 

Page 32: The Trip to Greece, Snowpiercer, Q&A Daveed Diggs 

Page 33: Labor of Love, Lucinda Williams -- Good Souls Better Angels, The Story of Soaps 

Page 35: Books, Star Picks: Quarantine Reads -- Katie Couric, Sebastian Maniscalco, Nikki Reed 

Page 36: Cover Story -- Valerie Bertinelli loving the way I am today -- after decades of worrying about her weight the star, now 60, says she’s finally learning to find the joy inside 

Page 42: Justice for Ahmaud Arbery shot dead while jogging -- he was killed while out for a run but it took 2 months and 1 viral video for authorities to make an arrest 

Page 44: Double Talk -- Emma Thompson and Beanie Feldstein -- our funny friendship -- the Oscar winner and the rising star talk about accents, chocolate and their new movie How to Build a Girl 

Page 46: Little Richard -- Rock’s Wild King -- the pompadoured star who launched classic hits like Tutti Frutti and Lucille was sexy, fierce and didn’t care about rules and good golly, what a performer 

Page 49: Tracy Morgan can’t wait to hug everybody -- the proud dad and star of Scoob! and The Last O.G. is spreading love and laughter during lockdown 

Page 52: DNA Expert CeCe Moore -- the woman who solved 109 criminal cases -- the genetic-genealogy supersleuth has turned murder into a science and forever changed the way law enforcement catches criminals 

Page 57: When Stars Were Students -- High School Hopefuls -- as seniors these celebs aspired to do great things, now they hope to help inspire today’s graduates -- Yara Shahidi, Barack Obama 

Page 58: LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai, Megan Rapinoe, Lena Waithe 

Page 60: Jerry Stiller -- a life of laughs -- the comedian who became a superstar at 66 made a career from family, fatherhood and Festivus 

Page 62: Andre Leon Talley -- in and out of Vogue -- he worked alongside fashion’s legendary Anna Wintour for decades and now he reveals what it took to win and keep his seat in the front row 

Page 66: Creativity in Quarantine -- Masterpiece Makeovers -- people around the world are taking the Museum Challenge and reimagining iconic works of art 

Page 70: Molly Sims finding joy and staying sane -- the actress and model talks about life at home with 3 young kids during quarantine and how a little humor always helps 

Page 73: Face Masks We Love -- Andy Cohen 

Page 75: The Best Drugstore Eye Creams -- Drew Barrymore 

Page 87: Second Look -- Darius Rucker 

Page 88: One Last Thing -- Wendi McLendon-Covey 

[incorrectmag7quotes]

RED HARVEST favorite thing about them : He didn’t wanna deal with people, so he pretended he couldn’t speak their language. And then just casually revealed that he could, at the end of an intense serious conversation, by telling them that he was hungry. Just.... Fucking iconic. least favorite thing about them : Pshhhh... Ummm... Uh... Not enough screen time?  favorite line : “I’m hungry.” brOTP : Sam or Billy OTP : Freaking Teddy. nOTP : Ummm..... Bogue? I dunno. Red’s a chill and adventurous dude, I could see him fitting well with anybody, really. random headcanon : So. I put this in one of my fics. But I think his name has nothing to do with the violent badassery that it implies. I think he was just born during harvest time when the tree leaves were red.  unpopular opinion : Um. Uh. Again.... Don’t really have one, I don’t think? song i associate with them : I made a 30 second video of him to the chorus of Remember The Name. favorite picture of them : Okay. So. It’s terrible quality and I had to screencap it myself. The scene is too dark, and the moment happens so fast that it’s blurry,  BUT. This is my favorite shot of Red :

LOOK AT THAT SMUG LITTLE SMIRK!!!

He got exactly the reaction he was looking for. Not only was he fucking with them, but he successfully lightened the mood and distracted everyone.Fucking Epic.

JACK HORNE

favorite thing about them : Unwavering calm in the face of everything. This is a man who has found pure acceptance of the realities of the world, but also keeps fighting to make it better. It’s admirable. least favorite thing about them : Fundamentalist Christian who won’t shut up about it. Just sets my teeth on freaking edge and brings up bad memories. favorite line : “You little shit! We got a lot to talk about! Don’t walk away from me!.” brOTP : Sam OTP : The widow nOTP : Emma, maybe? I dunno. I don’t really notp any pairings in this random headcanon : I think after they have that talk, Jack and Red form a bit of a father&son bond. (In an everybody lives au, anyway) unpopular opinion : I don’t think I have any. song i associate with them : I don’t really have one, I don’t think. favorite picture of them : 

What in the world?! Just... I can’t.... He just saunters into this high intensity high tension moment, just.... strolling along, eating some jerky, looking like he doesn’t quite know or care what’s going on. Everyone else is smoldering and posturing, and he’s just.... “Sup, boys?”

[swanqueeneverafter]

What Dreams May Come, Pt.40

Battlefield. (The fighting continues... and Richard isn't handling it at all well.) Richard: (Babbling while fighting:) "I should have stayed with Roberta. Why do I always have to be so damn heroic?” Tiana: “You've got a lifetime to be with Roberta! You've got one day to be immortal. Today, you can be... (Tiana sees Will get knocked to the floor:) Will!” Richard: “I don't want to be Will! I want to be me! (Tiana leaves to defend the fallen Will Scarlett:) Where the hell are you going?!” (Meanwhile, Gabrielle now faces Gareth who charges at her with his sword raised. Skillfully using her sais, Gabrielle blocks the blow and kicks Gareth backwards into Richard, knocking the helmet off his head.) Richard: (Turns to face his attacker:) “Gareth?” Gareth: (Removes his own helmet:) “Richard? Look. I know you're upset, and I know I've got a lot to apologize to you for.” Richard: “Don't be ridiculous. (Placing his hand on Gareth’s shoulder:) It's just good to see you again, my old friend.” (In the distance a horn blows and a purple light pulses through the battlefield, causing everyone to stop fighting.) Jasmine: “What was that?” (The horn blows a second time and a third army appears. It is Arthur’s army of the undead.) Richard: (As they approach, goes back to back with Gareth:) “Whoa! Whoa, whoa. Where did you guys come from?” Royal Box. (Madelena looks on excitedly.) Queen Madelena: “You can control the dead?” Morpheus: “Oh, yes. Not only control, but make them stronger. (Using his magical wand, Morpheus sends out another pulse of purple light:) Ha!” Queen Madelena: (Looking through the telescope:) “They're kind of attacking everyone, our men included.” Morpheus: “Well, you make a cake, you break a few eggs.” Another Battlefield. (Having just been fighting among by his undead army, Arthur suddenly finds himself alone surrounded by both the Camelot and Dun Broch armies.) Arthur: (Backing away slowly:) “Now wait... Morpheus, he betrayed me.” Merida: “Aye, like we said he would, yer fricking eejit.” Lancelot: “Perhaps you’d like to surrender now, Arthur?” (Looking around at the hundreds of sneering faces, Arthur drops his sword to the ground and raises his hands meekly.) The Royal Box. Queen Madelena: “So, how do we do this?” Morpheus: (Clicks his fingers:) “Simple.” ♪ When you need a lift ♪ ♪ When you're feeling low ♪ ♪ When you think that things will go your way ♪ (Begins dancing with Madelena:) ♪ Oh, there's a little gift everyone should know ♪ ♪ Try it, and it's sure to make your day ♪ ♪ It's called D'Dew, D'Dew, D'Dew ♪ (Uses his powers to push a man off a ladder:) ♪ Doo D'Doo doo doo ♪ (Pies a man in the face with his own pie:) ♪ It's the kind of voodoo that we few who do D'Dew do ♪ ♪ It is evil? Sure, it's true ♪ ♪ Still, good things ensue ♪ ♪ When you do D'Dew D'Dew, D'Dew ♪ Queen Madelena: “This is amazing! I want a turn! Show me! Show me!” Morpheus: “Ooh, relax.” (Moves to stand behind her:) ♪ Keep your shoulders straight ♪ Queen Madelena: “Like this?” Morpheus: ♪ Lift your chin up high ♪ Queen Madelena: “I'll try.” Morpheus: (Raises her arms out wide:) ♪ Think of all the happy thoughts you know ♪ Queen Madelena: ♪ Okay, just don't let go ♪ Morpheus: ♪ Picture those you hate ♪ Queen Madelena: “Yep.” Morpheus: ♪ Shrieking as they die ♪ Queen Madelena: “Got it.” Morpheus: ♪ Then just snap your fingers ♪ ♪ And hello ♪ Queen Madelena: (As Morpheus presents his wand:) “Whoa.”

Circle Of Stones. (Henry lays dying on the ground, his family around him, Ella still squeezing his hand.) Henry: "I'm so, so, sorry." Ella: (Tears falling:) "We have to do something." Gothel: "There's nothing you can do, except accept my terms." Regina: "Fine." Henry: (Weakly, as she stands:) "No, no, no!" Zelena: (Stepping in front of her sister:) "Regina." Regina: "Zelena, move." Zelena: "This is not what he wants." David: (Points his sword at Gothel:) "I will not let this happen!" (With a casual wave of her hand, Gothel freezes Zelena and both Charmings in place.) Emma: (Stands:) "Mom? Dad?" Gothel: (Chuckles:) "So, have you finally come to your senses and decided to surrender?" Emma: "I'll stop you." Gothel: "Will you now? Do you know what I see when I look at you, Emma? The little girl who was all alone in the world. A girl who's weak, without hope, miserable." Emma: "I'll show you misery." (Emma attempts to use her magic, but nothing happens.) Gothel: (Laughs:) "You can't do this alone. You were always headed for this moment, Emma. Your parents actions guaranteed it. (Conjures the storybook to appear at Emma's feet:) See for yourself." (Stooping down to pick up the book, Emma fails to notice a loose page fall out. It is the depiction of the Charmings journey through their dreamscape.)

Battlefield. (Listening to Morpheus and Madelena sing together, Gareth finally realises the truth.) Gareth: “She betrayed me.” Richard: “Gareth. (Fighting off an undead soldier:) Yah! You've got to move! Come on!” Gareth: “Fall back, men!” (Gareth, Richard and the others retreat while the undead army keeps coming.) Royal Box. Morpheus: ♪ And that's it, D'Dew, D'Dew, D'Dew ♪ Queen Madelena: (Now using the wand:) ♪ Do d'doo doo doo ♪ Morpheus: ♪ Do d'doo doo doo ♪ Queen Madelena: ♪ Do d'doo doo doo ♪ Morpheus: (Dancing together:) ♪ You can say adieu to those you own an I.O.U. to ♪ Both: ♪ Any dude who you'd undo ♪ ♪ Bid him toodle-oo ♪ ♪ When you do D'Dew, D'Dew, D'Dew ♪ Morpheus: ♪ Your highness, that's your cue ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ Queen Madelena: ♪ Time to use my new D'Dew doo doo ♪ "Oh, my God. I can do magic! Big day.” Circle of Stones. Continued. Emma: "I haven't been alone for a long time, Gothel. I have my family beside me, always." Gothel: "But they can't help you now, no one can. Now give me what I want or watch your son die." (Looking around desperately, Emma sees no way out of their situation and makes a decision.) Emma: (Walking closer to Gothel:) "Just let them go. I can give you what you want. I can bring you back." Regina: "No, Emma!" Emma: "I'm sorry, this is the only way." Gothel: "That's right, Savior. Save your family." Emma: "Just get it over with." (Before anyone can stop her, Gothel plunges her hand inside Emma's chest, pulling out her heart.)

The Battlefield. (With the Undead now attacking both armies, the fighting continues.) Royal Box. (Watching with glee, Morpheus stands ready with his wand.) Morpheus: "Looks like they want to make a game of it. Ha! Fine by me. ♪ Doo d'doo doo doo ♪ Queen Madelena: “Please stop. You already sang that one.” Morpheus: “Sorry. It's just ridiculously catchy.” Queen Madelena: “And I don't care about anyone else. Gareth does not get hurt.” Morpheus: “Very well, My Queen. Random thought... There's some very vicious-looking weapons in the armory. Now that you're the Dark Empress, why don't you go and pick one out? Give you that... iconic look.” Queen Madelena: “And do you promise that Gareth will be fine?” Morpheus: “Ooh, pinkie swear. (As Madelena walks to the armoury, Morpheus holds up his wand, an evil look in his eyes:) Yes.” (The battle has now spread into a nearby town, the heroes having to navigate along narrow streets as the Undead stalk them.) Will: “Hey, guys, I found a way out!” Royal Box. (Using his powers, Morpheus closes the doors, blocking everyone inside.) Morpheus: “Sorry, that exit is closed.” Gareth: “Come on! This way!” (Suddenly, a loud screeching is heard overhead and a dragon flies into view.) Hook: (Riding on her back:) "Aim for the Undead ones, my love! Send them back to the Underworld where they belong!" (While everyone runs for cover, Maleficent swoops down and breathes fire, scorching the earth and dozens of the Undead in her path.) Richard: (Watching with awe:) "Oh. My. God. A real life dragon! I have got to get me one of those!"

Armoury. (Madelena walks through the armoury looking to choose something suitable.) Queen Madelena: "Hmm. What to choose. (Sees a long, sinister looking spear:) Ooh, queenie likey. (Walking over to it, her path is blocked by the appearance of a portal, from which the Evil Queen steps out:) Who the hell are you? Don't you think you're a tad overdressed?" Evil Queen: "I like to look my best for battle. (They begin circling each other:) You may be the Dark Empress, but I am the Evil Queen." Queen Madelena: "Hm, never heard of you." Evil Queen: (Chuckles:) "Then I'll be sure to make a memorable first impression." Queen Madelena: (Grabbing a weapon and cracking her neck:) "Okay, then. Bring it." Evil Queen: (Using her powers to bring a spear to her hand:) "With pleasure." (They fight, exchanging parries and thrusts with Madelena quickly disarming the Evil Queen who then conjures two swords into her hands. Twirling them menacingly, Madelena looks on, unimpressed.) Queen Madelena: "Are you done?" (They clash once more, Madelena managing to knock one of the swords from the Evil Queen's hand before having her own weapon sliced in two. Kicking the Evil Queen backwards, Madelena tosses her useless weapon to the ground and picks up a whip, while the Evil Queen conjures another sword. Using the whip, Madelena knocks the sword out of her hand once again.) Evil Queen: (Wincing, looks down at her nails:) "I just had these done!” (Madelena screams and uses her newly acquired powers, which the Evil Queen blocks with her own. As their magical battle intensifies, the sky above them darkens. The combined energy of their powers bouncing off each other causing a tornado to appear above them. So focused on destroying the other, neither woman notices the cyclone until it's too late. As the tornado sweeps them both up into the sky, Madelena and the Evil Queen continue their battle while they head up into the clouds and out of sight.)

Royal Box. (Morpheus stands with his wand raised, controlling the Undead army when Richard arrives behind him.) Richard: "You must be the Lord Morpheus I've heard so much about.” Morpheus: (Turns and lowers his wand:) “Oh, King Richard, I presume.” Richard: “You know when you presume, you make a ‘pres’ out of ‘u’ and ‘me.’" Morpheus: “Sorry, what... What does that mean?” Richard: “Not sure. (Draws his sword:) Care to dance?” Morpheus: “Love to.” Richard: “Excellent.” Morpheus: “Let's be clear, right? When you say ‘dance,’ you mean ‘fight.’ You don't really want to dance.” Richard: “Correct... fight, not dance.” Morpheus: “Yeah.” Richard: “Sorry, d-did you want to dance?” Morpheus: “No. Ri... Come on, kind of weird.” Richard: “You know, sorry. This face-off isn't going great. Would mind if we started over?” Morpheus: “Yeah, sure.” Richard: (Clears throat:) “Well, well, well. If it isn't the soon-to-be-dead Lord Morpheus.” Morpheus: “Oh, much better. You know, you have no idea what that sword makes you, do you?” Richard: “Of course I do... Not. No, I don't.” Morpheus: “Well, it makes you the One True King to unite them all.” Richard: “Really?” Morpheus: “Yes. (Raising his wand:) Pity, you're going to die.” Richard: “Well, we'll see about that. Aah!” (Using his wand, Morpheus sends the sword flying from Richard’s hand to land inside a large rock.) Morpheus: (Chuckles evilly:) “So, any last words?” Richard: “Just four. Look out behind you!” (Morpheus turns slightly and Richard charges him.) Morpheus: (Waves his wand and sends Richard flying backwards:) “Come on now, Richard. Did you really think you could defeat me? I created you.” (Chuckling, Morpheus walks down the hill to retrieve the sword, but finds he can’t pull it from the stone.) Richard: (Stands and stalks towards Morpheus:) “If what you say is true, and I really am just your creation, then why do I see fear in your eyes?” (Morpheus raises his wand again, but Richard sidesteps it, grabbing the wand and shoving Morpheus to the ground. Richard then breaks the wand over his knee.) Morpheus: “No!” Battlefield. (Immediately, the remaining Undead soldiers vanish.) Tiana: (Standing back to back with Gareth:) “They’ve gone.” Gareth: “Let’s get out of here.” Royal Box. (Richard pulls the sword from the stone and moves towards Morpheus. Grabbing a spear, Morpheus arms himself and they begin to duel.) Battlefield. (From below, Tiana and Gareth watch them fighting.) Tiana: “Look.” Gareth: “I can't believe that's the same guy who cried when he got jelly on his fancy pants. (Shouting encouragement:) Good man! Get him!” Royal Box. (Richard parries, spins and elbows Morpheus in the face.) Richard: “I shall ask you the same thing: Any last words?” Morpheus: “Wait! Richard... I am your father.” Richard: (Stops:) “Really?” Morpheus: “No, not really, I can’t back that up.” Richard: “Right, yes. Silly me.” (RIchard raises his sword high in the air.) Morpheus: “Oh, nuggets. (Richard strikes:) Aah!” (Morpheus staggers backwards, clutching his chest before shimmering out of existence. Richard stands tall with both armies cheering him from below, hailing him as the One True King.)

Circle Of Stones. Continued. (Gothel stands holding Emma's heart in her hand, Emma having fallen to her knees, gasping.) Gothel: (Attempting to crush the heart:) "No. Why won't you die?” (Gothel gasps and drops the heart as a white light pulses through it.) Regina: (Glancing down at the loose page of the storybook:) "Because her heart's stronger than you think. Emma, look. (Regina slides the page over to Emma who looks at it:) In this world, your parents gave you a weapon to defeat the darkest of magic." Emma: (Reading the page, Emma then looks up at Gothel standing over her, and begins to sing:)  ♪ Once I lived in darkness ♪ ♪ Out there on my own ♪ ♪ Left to brave the world ♪ ♪ Alone ♪ ♪ Everything seemed hopeless ♪ ♪ No chance to break free ♪ ♪ Couldn't hear the song inside of me ♪ (Grabbing her heart, Emma replaces it inside her chest. Gothel attempts to blast her with magic, but it has no effect.) (Standing:) ♪ Once upon a time, a song inspired them to be brave ♪ ♪ They gave me up because my fate was as the one who'd save ♪ ♪ The world from all dark magic and the wicked it can do ♪ ♪ They placed a song inside my heart ♪ ♪ More powerful than you ♪ (Emma sends out a blast of magic herself, awakening the Charmings and Zelena.) Regina: “Emma, keep going. You can do it.” Emma: ♪ All the years of running ♪ ♪ No, not anymore ♪ (Glances down at Regina:) ♪ I know what I'm living for ♪ ♪ I'm no longer searching ♪ ♪ Turns out all along ♪ ♪ The answer was inside me ♪ ♪ With a song ♪ (The last note sends out a pulse of white light, wiping out the witches in the coven, freeing her family, curing Henry and causing Gothel to explode into millions of pieces.) Snow White: (Rushing over to hug her daughter:) “Emma. (They embrace:) Emma. How did you do it?” Emma: “It was the song you gave me.” David: “What do you mean? What song?” Emma: “It doesn't matter. It's not important. What matters is you were with me and together we saved our family.” (Looking down, Emma sees Henry recovering, Ella cradling his head in her hands and Regina looking both relieved and proud.)

[system76]

System76 News: Platinum Luxury Bonus April Edition

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As the 4th month of the year comes to a close, we celebrate the 4th release of Pop!_OS, which had updates to GNOME, Ubuntu, and the Linux kernel, as well as new additions such as Dark Mode, Slim Mode, and Refresh Installs. Continue reading to get the scoop on what’s next for Pop!_OS and more!

Firmware

Coreboot is one step closer

We’ve expanded our Coreboot testing to the Intel model of Thelio. Galago Pro models and the Darter Pro have also received bug fixes for suspend, and improvements have been made for Thunderbolt. There are still some bugs buzzing around Coreboot, but initial tests look promising.                                  

Pop!_OS

Updates Galore with 19.04

In case you missed it, Pop!_OS 19.04 landed on the 18th! Here are a few features and upgrades released in 19.04:

The Slim Mode option maximizes your screen real estate by reducing the height of the header on application windows.

Dark Mode gives your applications a relaxing ambience for nighttime viewing. Both Dark Mode and Slim Mode can be activated in the Appearance settings menu.

Refresh Install allows you to reinstall Pop!_OS without losing Users and any data in your Home directories. This feature is available from the recovery partition on new installations (not upgrades) of both 19.04 and 18.04. For more information on how to do this, see our article on using the recovery partition.

Pop!_OS icons: The icons for Pop!_OS applications, files, and folders have been redesigned to complement GNOME’s icons under their new design guidelines. If you’re grieving the loss of the previous look, don’t fret; Pop! Planet offers the older icon theme as an option.

GNOME has been updated to version 3.32

See our blog post for thorough details on all the new updates and instructions on how to upgrade. Note that 19.04 will continue to see more features to help improve the desktop experience, so stay tuned in social media for those updates.

Software Packages

Discord and Alacritty were packaged for inclusion into our repos, though they will not appear in the Pop!_Shop until the appstream metadata is also added to our repositories.

Lutris, Gamehub, and VS Code have all received version updates.

Alacritty is a terminal emulator that uses the GPU to render the terminal and its contents. If you wish to set it as your default terminal application, you can do so by running the following command:

sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

Thank You Pop!_Volunteers

@stratact submitted a patch to refactor some of the code in Popsicle

@stratact also wrote a library and tool to aid with creating DEP11 appstream metadata, which is now a Pop! project.

@kylecorry31 has migrated development of the Do Not Disturb extension to our repos, which have also been updated. Repo

Conferences & Meetups

Upcoming Events

LinuxFest Northwest | Bellingham, WA | April 26-28

System76 is headed to LinuxFest Northwest on April 26th-28th! Come visit us at our booth over by the raffle area. Meet Emma, Thomas, Aaron, and Levi of our support team (and Alex, who also does things) and enjoy some banter with us about Linux, superheroes, the color pink, and any other topic you’re in the mood to talk about! We’re not too picky. Be sure to join Jupiter Broadcasting and System76 for our parking lot BBQ on Saturday, April 27th! RSVP on Meetup, where you can see all the details, or with Emma.

KiCon | Chicago | April 26-27

Louisa, our VP of Marketing, will be at KiCon in Chicago on April 26th-27th to talk about our work in KiCad designing the IO board for the Thelio desktop line. PCB there or be square!

Pop!_Release Party | Denver | May 4

On May 4th, come join us at our office in Denver, Colorado to celebrate Ubuntu and Pop!_OS 19.04 release! Meet System76 staff and members of the Colorado Ubuntu community, indulge in food and beverage, and take a tour of our factory. RSVP on Meetup, where you can see all the details, or with Emma, and May the 19.04th be with you!

Past Happenings

GNOME Party

On April 20th, we gathered at The Grateful Gnome in Denver to celebrate the release of GNOME 3.32! Drinks were shared. Tales were told. Pointy hats were dearly missed, but we still felt at gnome among friends.                                     

Press Coverage

Linus Tech Tips

Pop!_OS was featured on Linus Tech Tips this month! Watch hosts Anthony Young and James Strieb reenact the Matrix as they discuss gaming on Linux with Pop!_OS!

Level1Tech review of Thelio

Stares into the camera abound in Level1Tech’s new review! Enjoy the many faces of Wendell as he unpacks his first impressions of Thelio.

Opensource.com article on System76 manufacturing

Don Watkins of Opensource.com discusses System76’s use of open hardware in manufacturing Thelio.

Destination Linux and This Week in Linux

Michael Tunnell from Destination Linux and This Week in Linux was in Denver this month and decided to drop us a visit! You could say we were...his Destination. We treated him to lunch and a grand tour of le factory. We’re looking forward to seeing his reactions to his visit on his shows this week!

Customer Stories

Rock the TASBot for Mental Illness

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We are gathered here today to play The Hunger Games! Under the read more you can read just how the game went. I’ve used the Hunger Games Simulator so I have no influence on this. Thanks, anon for the great submission!

Cast:

ALL CURRENT TAKEN SKELETONS

OPEN SKELETONS

ALL ADMINS

MYSELF

SOME ICONIC MEMES CREATED WITHIN THIS RP

May the odds be forever in your favour!

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds.

POTATO, Noah, Cath, and Lola share everything they gathered before running.

PLASTIC SURGEON severely slices Hunter with a sword.

OOC KERMIT runs away from the Cornucopia.

August finds a backpack full of camping equipment.

Gossip Girl runs away from the Cornucopia.

Raf takes a sickle from inside the cornucopia.

THE CORRUPTER runs away from the Cornucopia.

ADMIN ROSE runs away from the Cornucopia.

ADMIN SUSIE grabs a shield leaning on the cornucopia.

Simone runs away from the Cornucopia.

BIANCA DEL RIO finds a bow, some arrows, and a quiver.

SECRET ADMIN runs away from the Cornucopia.

EMMA STONE scares Lucille away from the cornucopia.

Chelsea finds a bag full of explosives.

THE STARLET runs away from the Cornucopia.

Lena grabs a shield leaning on the cornucopia.

THE AMBITIOUS grabs a sword.

ADELAIDE KANE runs away from the Cornucopia.

Jeong runs away from the Cornucopia.

ROUND 2

Jeong overhears EMMA STONE and SECRET ADMIN talking in the distance.

OOC KERMIT begs for Simone to kill him. She refuses, keeping OOC KERMIT alive.

Noah constructs a shack.

ADELAIDE KANE dies from hypothermia.

BIANCA DEL RIO practices her archery.

THE STARLET thinks about home.

ADMIN ROSE fishes.

PLASTIC SURGEON constructs a shack.

Lola hunts for other tributes.

Gossip Girl discovers a cave.

ADMIN SUSIE, Lena, Raf, Chelsea, and THE AMBITIOUS hunt for other tributes.

THE CORRUPTER receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

POTATO stalks August.

Cath camouflauges herself in the bushes.

Lucille searches for a water source.

ROUND 3

Carnivorous squirrels start attacking the tributes. Chelsea survives. PLASTIC SURGEON is brutally attacked by a scurry of squirrels. ADMIN SUSIE survives. Raf survives. Cath uses the squirrels to her advantage, shoving Noah into them. POTATO uses the squirrels to his advantage, shoving BIANCA DEL RIO into them. THE AMBITIOUS survives. Lola, in agony, kills Lucille so she does not have to be attacked by the squirrels. Gossip Girl survives. Lena uses the squirrels to her advantage, shoving Simone into them. August survives. EMMA STONE survives. THE CORRUPTER survives. THE STARLET tries to kills as many squirrels as she can, but there are too many. OOC KERMIT survives. Jeong tries to kills as many squirrels as he can, but there are too many. ADMIN ROSE uses the squirrels to her advantage, shoving SECRET ADMIN into them.

10 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Hunter District 5 ADELAIDE KANE District 5 PLASTIC SURGEON District 11 Noah District 11 BIANCA DEL RIO District 6 Lucille District 9 Simone District 6 THE STARLET District 10 Jeong District 8 SECRET ADMIN District 9 ROUND 4

POTATO destroys THE AMBITIOUS's supplies while she is asleep.

Gossip Girl, August, THE CORRUPTER, and ADMIN SUSIE tell each other ghost stories to lighten the mood.

Raf, OOC KERMIT, and Lola cheerfully sing songs together.

Cath's trap kills Chelsea.

EMMA STONE tends to her wounds.

ADMIN ROSE quietly hums.

Lena is unable to start a fire and sleeps without warmth.

ROUND 5

THE CORRUPTER begs for ADMIN SUSIE to kill him. She refuses, keeping THE CORRUPTER alive. EMMA STONE sprains her ankle while running away from Gossip Girl. ADMIN ROSE tries to spear fish with a trident. THE AMBITIOUS goes hunting. Lena collects fruit from a tree. Raf diverts Lola's attention and runs away. August attacks OOC KERMIT, but he manages to escape. Cath receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor. POTATO receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor.

1 cannon shot can be heard in the distance. Chelsea District 10

ROUND 6

ADMIN ROSE cooks her food before putting her fire out. Lola cooks her food before putting her fire out. THE AMBITIOUS receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor. Lena destroys EMMA STONE's supplies while she is asleep. OOC KERMIT and POTATO run into each other and decide to truce for the night. ADMIN SUSIE and Raf run into each other and decide to truce for the night. August kills Cath as she tries to run. Gossip Girl screams for help. THE CORRUPTER dies from hypothermia.

ROUND 7

Lola questions her sanity. Raf practices his archery. Gossip Girl explores the arena. ADMIN SUSIE diverts ADMIN ROSE's attention and runs away. EMMA STONE begs for POTATO to kill her. He refuses, keeping EMMA STONE alive. OOC KERMIT defeats THE AMBITIOUS in a fight, but spares her life. Lena sprains her ankle while running away from August. 

2 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Cath District 7 THE CORRUPTER District 4

ROUND 8

Raf loses sight of where he is. Gossip Girl and OOC KERMIT talk about the tributes still alive. THE AMBITIOUS tends to EMMA STONE's wounds. POTATO quietly hums. August receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor. ADMIN ROSE starts a fire. Lola stays awake all night. ADMIN SUSIE tends to Lena's wounds.

ROUND 9

EMMA STONE attacks Raf, but he manages to escape. Lola explores the arena. ADMIN ROSE forces ADMIN SUSIE to kill THE AMBITIOUS or Lena. She refuses to kill, so ADMIN ROSE kills her instead. August is pricked by thorns while picking berries. OOC KERMIT and Gossip Girl hunt for other tributes. POTATO searches for a water source.

1 cannon shot can be heard in the distance. ADMIN SUSIE District 2

ROUND 10

THE AMBITIOUS sets up camp for the night. ADMIN ROSE dies trying to escape the arena. August sees a fire, but stays hidden. OOC KERMIT questions his sanity. Gossip Girl unknowingly eats toxic berries. Lena sees a fire, but stays hidden. Lola sees a fire, but stays hidden. Raf starts a fire. EMMA STONE lets POTATO into her shelter.

THE FEAST, ROUND 11

The cornucopia is replenished with food, supplies, weapons, and memoirs from the tributes' families. EMMA STONE convinces OOC KERMIT to not kill her, only to kill him instead. THE AMBITIOUS decides not to go to The Feast. Raf decides not to go to The Feast. Lola decides not to go to The Feast. POTATO stabs August with a tree branch. Lena dies from an infection.

ROUND 12

EMMA STONE receives a hatchet from an unknown sponsor. Lola, Raf, POTATO, and THE AMBITIOUS hunt for other tributes.

5 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. ADMIN ROSE District 1 Gossip Girl District 12 OOC KERMIT District 12 August District 1 Lena District 3

ROUND 13

POTATO tends to his wounds. Lola stabs Raf while his back is turned. THE AMBITIOUS convinces EMMA STONE to snuggle with her.

ROUND 14

THE AMBITIOUS discovers a cave. EMMA STONE pushes POTATO off a cliff during a knife fight. Lola dies from an infection.

3 cannon shots can be heard in the distance. Raf District 4 POTATO District 8 Lola District 2

ROUND 15

EMMA STONE cannot handle the circumstances and commits suicide.

The winner is THE AMBITIOUS from District 7!

[cdyssey]

Once Rewatch: The Thing You Love Most, 1x02

“I’m your mother.”

“No you’re not.”

:’(

S1 Regal Believer gives me all the angsty feels.

JFKHsskja. I forgot about Maleficent’s horse with a horn taped on top of its head unicorn.

“Weren’t you about the same age when you were to be married when she ruined it all?” Ooh, packed line by Mal. It foreshadows 1x18, cues us in on the grudge Regina holds against Snow, and for all my DQ shippers out there, reveals that Regina and Mal were close enough for her to have learned about Daniel.

“Well, it’s her wedding night. I doubt she’s suffering right now.” GOD.

I love how intricate this curse casting is as opposed to in later seasons where it’s just like, “You get a curse and you get a curse! Cast a curse for nothing more than half your heart or your money back guaranteed!”

Emma: What is her deal?! She’s not a great people person. How did she get elected?

The expression on Emma’s face when MM tells her that she’s supposed to be Snow White is the perfect balance of tender, disbelieving, and vulnerable.

“His mother is a... very complicated woman, and over the years, her attempts to try and bring Henry closer have only backfired.” Regina’s using him rn, but I feel like this is an honest assessment of her; really, Hopper’s always been apt at getting a good measure on her.

@Emma: What a look, babe.

I think the single, greatest tragedy in this show was the loss of Emma’s S1 wardrobe. It was the perfect encapsulation of her character.

This has always been one of my favorite acting choices of Lana’s—how she always bends down to be on eye-level with Jared. <3

In framing Emma, Regina’s intention is to change the narrative, to make Emma the ‘bad’ one. She hasn’t evolved enough to realize that what she really needs to do is change the narrative about herself, to let down her walls and let Henry in.

But that’s just the thing. Regina doesn’t know how to let anyone in.

At this point, all she can do is push her loved ones away.

And hurt them.

And, as we’ll soon see in the case of her father, destroy them.

She has a looooong way to go.

AJDFKL. ICONIC.

Regina: Oh, now you’re trying to protect me?

Henry Sr.: It’s what I do.

Regina: I know. You’re the only one who does.

This string of dialogue is pretty revealing in light of later events. In the EF, Henry Sr. was Regina’s sole protector, the only living person who tried to stand between her and evil... but admittedly, he was never a very good protector. He always bowed down to forces greater than him—first to Cora and now his own daughter—and I think Regina recognizes this deficiency in him even as she understands the extent of his love for her.

“Father, you’ve always loved me, but it’s never been enough.”

It is insane how well Bobby and Lana play off each other.

Lana’s unfazed expression as Rumple screams in her face.

Bobby’s gentleness (that isn’t quite gentleness) as he strokes Regina’s cheek.

Amazing.

“What I love most died because of Snow White.” A&E knew for a very long time that Daniel was the impetus for Regina’s spiral. It’s crazy that we won’t see the payoff of this for sixteen more episodes.

“You have no soul. How in the hell did you get like this?”

V. good question, Emma.

Tune into the next six seasons of Once Upon A Time to unlock Regina’s troubled past!

“But I can’t keep living like this. What Snow did to me, what she took from me... it’s eating me alive.” Snow (well, Cora, really, but Regina believes it’s Snow) took more than Daniel from her; she took away a future that Regina could choose for herself, her potential to be something other than what somebody else has made her.

Henry Sr. dropping words of wisdom: “Power is seductive, but so is love.”

Snow, Emma, and Henry sharing a love for cinnamon sprinkled hot chocolate is so cute.

Also, another tragedy of OUAT—the loss of these honest, little talks between Snow and Emma. As the years went by, there weren’t as many as before, even when there should have been, and it’s a shame because Ginny and JMO have spectacular chemistry together.

Oh, #$@%$. He’s awake.

The vagueness in the dialogue here allows 3x09 to happen without a hitch! Regina’s not quite sure of Emma’s identity, and that can be chalked up to the forgetting potion.

Rumple staring unblinkingly at Regina as he takes a bite of one her apples, strolling past her without looking at her, and then throwing that apple over his shoulder when he knows she’s watching is a POWER MOVE.

Wow, I love this show.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Why is fanon!Magneto always such a smooth badass? Erik Lehnsherr is one of the most socially awkward characters I can think of at any given moment. It’s just that he also doesn’t give a shit about how much he confuses the hell out of others and I love it. There’s hardly any scene with him in it where he doesn’t say or do something unapologetically weird. But he doesn’t care. He’s iconic.

This is the guy who points at Wolverine’s original claws like: “Imagine if they were metal” without any context that he could possibly know of. He just saw a new mutation and had to point out how much better it would be if was metal. He has an office in a giant evil underground super-villain lair and the only furniture is a desk and a Newton’s Cradle desk-toy that he was constantly controlling with his mind. If it was about the clicking noise or having an impromptu weapon, he could have used a normal desk-toy but NO he also needs to show off to his underlings during whatever meetings they had.

He took Shaw’s helmet and what is the first order of business? He had to go paint it pink and glue horns on it. He started wearing capes before there were any other super-heroes or villains around - he was the first one to put on a cape, the original. He just picked up a cape and put it on for no other reason except that HE WANTED ONE. He walked in on Hank’s and Raven’s date to give her body positivity lessons. He shoved a teenager off a satellite dish while the poor lad WAS TALKING ABOUT TRUST. 

When Charles was mind-reading Emma while in the mansion of an enemy general he went to get crackers and a drink like he a bored guest who regretted coming to this dull party. He caught the blackbird and asks Mystique - who can’t fly - “When will these people learn to fly?” - while he’s the dude who floats around at a snake-pace without any shelter from the weather. He mocked a mutant teenager’s hair. He’s a weirdo. Have you ever seen him without that stupid helmet on? That’s weird.

[writemarcus]

After last season's much-buzzed-about Butterflyand Carmen, HEARTBEAT OPERA-the daring young company whose unconventional orchestrations and stagings of classic operas have been called "a radical endeavor" by Alex Ross in The New Yorker-returns to Baruch Performing Arts Center with its fourth annual Spring Festival May 2-13, 2018. Heartbeat will premiere adaptations of two operatic masterpieces, both radically staged, trimmed down and re-orchestrated: Mozart's DON GIOVANNI and Beethoven's FIDELIO. Once again at the helm will be Heartbeat Co-Artistic Directors Louisa Proske and Ethan Heard and Co-Music Directors Jacob Ashworth and Daniel Schlosberg. These four graduates of the Yale School of Drama and Yale School of Music founded Heartbeat Opera in 2014 and have since brought a number of great works of the operatic canon into the 21st century through visionary adaptations, offbeat chamber music arrangements, and visceral productions that put the singers and instrumentalists at the center of the work. Cantata Profana, Heartbeat's "crack chamber ensemble" (The New Yorker), will perform Daniel Schlosberg's new instrumental arrangements, which have been called "ingenious" by The Wall Street Journal. Schlosberg works in tight communication with Ms. Proske and Mr. Heard to create original arrangements that are closely tied to the directors' visions of these iconic operas. DON GIOVANNI'S WOMEN The three women of DON GIOVANNI will be brought into new light by director Louisa Proske as powerful, diverse, and complex people. Donna Elvira is portrayed by the young emerging singer Felicia Moore; Donna Anna is Berlin-based Met cover Leela Subramaniam; and Zerlina is Puerto Rico's Samarie Alicea, who played the lead of Figaro 90210! off-Broadway.

MOZART'S CLARINET The novel element in Mozart's original orchestration of DON GIOVANNI is the prominence of the clarinets, which at that very moment were coming into their modern form as the primary voice of the winds. After a life-long fascination with the clarinet, Mozart finally had access to good players with remodeled instruments, giving him new coloristic expression for a group of late works that peaked with his iconic chamber music masterpiece, the Clarinet Quintet. Daniel Schlosberg's new orchestration of DON GIOVANNI-for clarinet, string quartet, bass, and harpsichord-takes Mozart's lead in his own Quintet to cast the clarinet, like Giovanni himself, as the outsider. The clarinet has a unique capacity to be both the loudest sound, impossible to ignore, and to blend in almost to the point of being imperceptible. Like Giovanni, the clarinet is a shapeshifter.

A FIDELIO FOR 2018 In Heartbeat's version of FIDELIO, Leonore is now "Leah," a young black woman, and her husband Florestan is "Stan," a Black Lives Matter activist who has been wrongfully incarcerated. Leah dreams that she becomes "Leo," a butch female prison guard who attempts to rescue Stan from death in prison. Together with playwright Marcus Scott, Ethan Heard has made the dialogue fresh and American, eliminated two major roles, and altered the ending. Among the four black leads is Angolan immigrant Nelson Ebo, who plays the imprisoned Stan. Born in 1984 during the civil war, Ebo watched nine of his siblings and both parents die due to illness and war. A U.N. representative heard a teen-aged Ebo sing and helped him emigrate to receive formal opera training. Singing literally became his way out of Angola, which had become a virtual prison. FIDELIO is known for its stirring "Prisoners' Chorus," an ode to freedom, hope, and the human spirit. Heartbeat invited six prison choirs to learn and record a new version of this hymn. All six recordings will be layered and combined so that the audience hears the voices of people in prison in Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas, singing together in harmony. Schlosberg's new orchestration of FIDELIO-for two French horns, two cellos, two pianos, and percussion-will channel the emotional core of the opera. The instruments reflect Leah's hope and struggle, from the deep expressivity of the cellos to the bold resolve of the horns. Bolstered by a battery of pianos and drums, the instrumentation pulls listeners through a vast yet intimate journey into Leah's psyche. Heartbeat Opera's<

DON GIOVANNI

Cast & Production Details

John Taylor Ward (Don Giovanni) Wednesday, May 2, 8:00pm Friday, May 4, 8:00pm Sunday, May 6, 3:00pm (Gala Double Bill) Tuesday, May 8, 8:00pm Thursday, May 10, 8:00pm Saturday, May 12, 8:00pm Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Stage Direction Louisa Proske Music Direction Jacob Ashworth New Arrangement Daniel Schlosberg Musical Staging and Choreography Chloe Treat Set Design Kate Noll Costume Design Beth Goldenberg Lighting Design Oliver Wason Stage Manager Dane Urban CAST: Zerlina Samarie Alicea Leporello Matthew Gamble Don Ottavio Nathan Haller Donna Elvira Felicia Moore Donna Anna Leela Subramaniam Don Giovanni John Taylor Ward Masetto/Commendatore Barrington Lee ORCHESTRA: 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass, Clarinet, Harpsichord Heartbeat Opera's

FIDELIO

Cast and Production Details

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Thursday, May 3, 8:00pm Saturday, May 5, 8:00pm Sunday, May 6, 7:30pm (Gala Double Bill) Wednesday, May 9, 8:00pm Friday, May 11, 8:00pm Sunday, May 13, 3:00pm Music Ludwig van Beethoven Original libretto Joseph Sonnleithner & Georg Friedrich Sonnleithner Adaptation and Stage Direction Ethan Heard New Arrangement and Music Direction Daniel Schlosberg New English Dialogue Marcus Scott & Ethan Heard Movement Direction Emma Crane Jaster Scenic Design Reid Thompson Lighting Design Oliver Wason Costume Design Valérie Therese Bart Hair & Makeup Design Jon Carter Sound Design Ian Williams Projection Design Nicholas Hussong & Joey Moro Stage Manager Jakob Plummer CAST: Roc Derrell Acon Marcy Malorie Casimir Stan Nelson Ebo Leah/Leo Kelly Griffin Pizarro Daniel Klein ORCHESTRA: 2 pianos, 2 celli, 2 horns, percussion PRISON CHOIRS: Oakdale Community Choir Iowa Medical and Classification Center, Oakdale, IA Mary Cohen, Conductor Ubuntu Men's Chorus London Correctional, London, OH Catherine Roma, Conductor Kuji Men's Chorus Marion Correctional, Marion, OH Catherine Roma, Conductor Hope Thru Harmony Women's Choir Dayton Correctional, Dayton, OH Catherine Roma, Conductor Voices of Hope Minnesota Correctional Facility, Shakopee, MN Amanda Weber, Conductor East Hill Singers a program of Arts in Prison Lansing Correctional Facility, Lansing, KS Kirk Carson, Conductor

Heartbeat Opera

www.heartbeatopera.org

[kirayamidemon]

When you wanna draw your Mag7......well Mag5 cause I’m missing our Sam, Horne, and Emma (we don’t have a Teddy yet)

@knivestheresnothingtoit @low-x-battery @voteforintensepuppets @geekyelvenchick @rosecreeksashes in all their boys’ glory cause they are cute n adorable as fuck and I wanted to draw them but then the group pic turned into icons or something or other cause a couple poses not coming to me for that full group shot; I still may prolly draw that really later on (see if to add the others as well for a complete group shot)