#i award them no points

[hoperambling]

we were wondering how people who were antisemitic but also racist would respond to this. well, here's the answer: just absolute nonsense.

dude wtf

[the-scarlet-witch-22]

My only complaint with the Agatha Assembled episode is I could have listened to Kristen and Robert Anderson-Lopez discuss music for at least another hour. Other than that no notes.

[ingravinoveritas]

Oh, this is such a difficult--if not nearly impossible--choice. Both David and Michael were utterly brilliant in their respective roles, but in completely different ways.

Having seen both plays this year (albeit one of them on a screen instead of live), I have to consider each performance in the context of the production. Michael as Aneurin Bevan was the anchor of his play, the central performance around which all the other performances revolved, and a steady presence in the midst of an occasionally chaotic staging. David as Macbeth was a shining light at the center of a taut, intense ensemble in a play that was minimalist in design yet immaculately staged.

The one thing I can say with certainty is that neither production would be the same without their respective performances. Both of them elevated either the material they were given (Michael) or the performances of everyone around them (David). But putting them up against each other is really challenging because they are such wildly different characters and performances.

What I would really love is to see this end in a tie with David and Michael both winning, but I know that isn't likely to happen. But I also know that if one wins and the other doesn't, Michael will be the one celebrating David's win the loudest (and vice-versa). So in thinking of this particular award, I can only think to vote with my heart and feel reassured that Michael and David (and Cush!) are more than deserving of it, regardless of what happens.

What do you all think? Any idea who you are voting for? I'm interested to hear what folks have to say!

(To vote for the 2024 What's On Stage Awards, click here.)

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

"Cuhut it out- you guys!" "Nu-uh, not until you're all perked up first! You don't want those gym challengers meetin' with an ol' mopey leader, do ya?" "Whitney's right, dear friend. No need to hide that beautiful smile of yours, alright?~"

What it takes to cheer up Johto's beloved ghost boy 👻💕

[r4trave]

i dont care about space shooters i dont care about mecha i dont care about frame rate i dont care about hyperrealistic graphics i dont care about team shooters i dont care I DONT CARE !!!!! GIVE ME WEIRD GAMES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[amidnightqueery]

I don't hate my job or anything, but man, being a float educator is so fucking thankless

[copia]

had to leave the heavy music awards after only 1 award announcement that sleep token were nominated for; obviously the whole show was incredible but if sleep token have anything planned for a possible win later and i could have been there to see it if i'd stayed another hour ... i will be distraught

[bredforloyalty]

the last few years have been a nice detour* but i think it's time to get back to being cringe

*: not that i wasn't cringe recently just that i need to crank it up and lose followers also

[crowcryptid]

Crazy that astro bot is the only interesting exclusive game between xbox and PS too bad they had to shoot LBP in the head because as we know only 1 cute exclusive is allowed at a time

Great news for PC playeZZZGZGggzgzgzgGGRTTTTZZZTRGRGRGGGGGG <- being tased

[uranium]

i know its been a month but i still cant believe how badly i was fucked over by one of my best friends like WHAT!!!!!!

[itspileofgoodthings]

also it’s interesting because. my family is deeply unsentimental (in a very powerful way) and society is divided into the pretty heartless or the pretty sentimental (generally speaking) and I’m sort of this walking heart wound of emotion trying to straddle these lines (and having a hard time of it!) but one of the things that does guard me from being more sentimental than I am is the secret cruelty and unfairness that lurks at the bottom of all sentimentality.

[risoria]

idk. idk... i have so many things that i want to express and say and that weigh on me every single day - but i can't, bc there's a wall in my brain preventing me from sitting down and Doing things, and i also fumble my words and can't actually get things out the way i organize my thoughts in my head... some of these things i've been trying to say for over a year, some of them for a few months, but all of them are Constantly in the back of my head as Unfinished Tasks that makes it so i can never feel like i am Done with anything, ever, because im not... anyways, my point is... i dont want to, and i wont, tell my parents the full extent of how badly i've been doing the past 12 months because i don't want to hurt them but i /have/ at least been able to express a few feelings that weigh on me, and that i have never said before, which takes a ridiculously disproportionate amount of effort... so anyways i truly love it when these texts of mine always go completely ignored or not even read at all lmao, it feels very good! !! ✌🏻but oh well we're used to it, we keep going.....

[chrismcshell]

been spending a fair amount of time rotating both my morrowind and oblivion player characters in my mind since starting morrowind. i love you bug the khajiit i love you frederick beetroot the argonian. blorbos from my games but theyre actually mostly blorbos from my own brain

[ingravinoveritas]

Did you see this picture yet? The first thing I realized was Michael's hand on David's back and their lovely smiles.

Hello! Yes, I did certainly see this group picture that was posted this morning, after every other picture had been posted. This is from Georgia's Insta, so for those who haven't seen the original post, here is a screenshot, along with a close-up of Michael and David, so we can see a little better:

It seems that Georgia's hashtag has been causing some confusion due to her use of an idiomatic expression, so for non-native speakers, the word "tits" has multiple meanings--colloquially, it's another word for breasts, but in British slang, a "tit" also refers to someone who is a fool or an idiot. So Georgia is saying here that she has tits, Anna has tits, and Michael and David are a pair of "tits" (idiots), which gives us the number three.

I did notice and enjoy that there is a "beading" theme to this picture, between David's suit and Anna's dress. I actually very much like her dress and how flattering it is, and it's something I would wear myself, although probably in a different color than white. I also love the way David's jacket sparkles, and there is something about him wearing it while standing next to Michael (who looks one box of bleach away from Aziraphale) that makes it have even more of a "the angel and the Starmaker" vibe to it. Because it's them. You know?

That was a large part of the impression I had of this picture, as it were. Of there being two distinct couples here, but perhaps not the couples you'd assume. It actually reminds me a lot of the picture that the four of them took in Lapland last year, which also looked like two gay couples rather than two straight ones. They all seem to look very comfortable in this arrangement as well, in a way that I felt was somewhat absent from a few of the pictures that were posted yesterday.

To your point, though, I did notice Michael's hand on David, and the warmth that radiated out just from that single touch. His hand is also noticeably low on David's waist, which echoes how we've seen Michael with his arm around David in the past, and is a lovely complement to David's hand being near Michael's neck. Michael's hair is also a bit disheveled compared to the red carpet photos, and I love the idea of it being messed up from a snogging session he and David were having in a coat closet before the girls pulled them out for a pic. Actually possible? Maybe, maybe not. But it's still a delicious thought.

Another thing I noticed is that there is something to the way Michael and David draw the eye in this picture. Georgia and AL are posing/smiling in the same exact way they do in every group picture...although unlike the others, this one wasn't a selfie, and so I wonder if that could be why they seem to be giving off a sense of discomfort to the camera. With Michael and David, the feeling is more one of hesitation. The warmth and crackliness and connection is still there, of course, but it's also almost as if they're holding back, somehow. Which doesn't seem very much like them, at least from what we've all see over the years.

It is a nice picture overall, though, which makes it unfortunate that Georgia's caption sort of takes away from the moment a bit. And given that she's been in the habit of adding these types of cutting comments/tags to a lot of her recent posts, it feels less like "British humor" and more like knowingly taking a dig at Michael and David. She could have just as easily posted the group pic without the hashtag, so at least for me, that's what makes her using it feel so deliberate.

So those are my thoughts on the Oliviers group picture. I am glad that we actually did get one of Michael and David, and to know that they did have the chance to interact at the event. I'd love to hear what other folks think as well, so feel free to add your perspective in the comments. Thanks for writing in! x

[thebigqueer]

thisis probably rich coming from me cuz im sure im just being hypocritical when i say this but you kno wwhat !!! sometimes i am not open to cues and i need people to spell shit out for me ok!!!! please do not expect me to just imemdiately understand shit if you dont communicate your feelings with me ok!!!! i am so so sos mad!!!!

[driftingballoons]

Mom: “God why do you give up so easily you can’t expect to be perfect immediately”

well you see mother when I’m not perfect immediately you burst into flames and bite my head off