#i don't really ship them all that much because ethan.. you deserve better but i still think mia is a-okay so it's cool i guess

[rottysphere]

Apparently I haven't posted this one here?? Take these bunnies why don'tcha

[dervampireprince]

Hi Prince. I just listened to one of your Erik audios for the first time and it's gotten me interested in The Phantom of The Opera now. What would you suggest watching as a first introduction to it?

oooo okay okay okay okay. so. you'll quickly realise how much of a nerd i am for phantom, look, i had a whole two years where this was all i was drawing and thinking about and making up my own aus and comics and just. a lot.

if you want a musical watch the 2011 live concert 25th anniversary performance, it's not exactly the same staging as if you saw it on the west end of broadway, but it's pretty close and it's professionally filmed and it's a good easy way to get into the musical. if you're not bothered about something pretty i'd recommend any recording with ethan freeman as the phantom, that man makes me sob. i know a lot of people got into the musical via the 2004 film adaption but... but, i don't be upset if you love the film, it's not a great film and it's not sung the best. so i'd always recommend watching a live version of the musical over the movie version.

now if you want something non musical well i first have to recommend the actual original novel. it's wonderful and it's one of the few places you can actually find the character of the daroga, who is almost always cut out of every single phantom of the opera adaption, which is not a good luck when he's the only poc in the book. and he deserves to be included for being the only man who can cope with putting up with any of erik's bullshit, like can you imagine having erik as a friend, this man deserves a medal. the andrew lloyd webber musical cuts out entire characters, rearranges the plot, and makes up a backstory for erik which is taken from 'phantom' by susan kay, a novel that is basically published fanfiction, but in the novel and older stagings of the musical erik's backstory wasn't explained and i think it's better that way.

and if you're wanting something to watch that's not a musical, there are many film and tv adaptions. the 1990 miniseries with charles dance as erik is so sweet omg, it's the nicest like morally good version of erik, i want to just hold him, he's often called "cherik" by the fandom (mashing up charles + erik) and he's just a sweet little baby.

another movie that's an adaption of phantom even if you didn't know it? a monster in paris! it's cute, it's animated, it's a musical, i wanna take Francœur home and look after him.

other movies? there's a lot. i'd stay clear of a few in particular because they're... either really bad or way too trigger warning inducing (i'm talking about you rat phantom), there's the original (well the first ever phantom film was actually before this, but it's lost media) 1925 black and white phantom with lon chaney, that's one of the most book accurate but not really because once again, no daroga... or well sort of daroga, but not really. but there's so many movies and i haven't seen most of them so i can't really say which ones are good or not. the most known ones are the 1925, 1943, 1962 and 1989. however there is also The Phantom of the Paradise, which is a rock opera horror musical movie with the very talented Brian de Palma as director, very cult 70s film.

did you know there's other musical adaptions other than andrew lloyd webbers? he actually made his musical because he say ken hill's phantom of the opera musical on stage and wanted to make his own. the next popular after alw's would be Phantom by yeston and kopit, there are some beautiful japanese productions by takarazuka of that musical (an all female acting troupe where yes the male characters are played by women).

don't watch love never dies. don't. it's. webber's bad fanfiction of 'what if erik and christine banged during the original musical and what if i ruined the personality and character and agency of all the female characters, but also made raoul just horrible because i ship erikstine 4ever and also i can definitely do basic addition and the 1910s definitely take place 10 years after the 1880s"... sorry if you like love never dies, you're a braver soul than i.

if you can find a copy of it, the 1980s manga adaption that i was lucky enough to find a copy of on yahoo actions jp a few years ago is beautifully illustrated. as is like every japanese publication of the book, which they also have published it multiple times as a children's book?? well the illustrations are pretty.

and if you like metal you might wanna listed to nightwish's cover of 'the phantom of the opera' from webber's musical.

[ameliterature]

A new AnderPerry Analysis

I will never get over the fact that instead of the OG screenplay's version of Neil being overly sour when he and Todd were alone and Todd being overly self-pitying, that (romantically or platonically), the movie version didn't make them project their worst traits onto the other as much.

(btw I never read the book sorry)

The "No <3" scene's main argument could've easily went on about Neil getting pissed at Todd for telling him to ask his father, that he wasn't just letting him be. The IMPORTANT moment, was right after seeing Todd afraid of Neil, the latter had that LOOK of REGRET.

OG script (no mention of Neil's regret/expression)

Todd and Neil basically ignore each other and Neil's protectiveness of Todd at the end is minimized :(

Movie Version

Properly displaying their current character flaws:

Neil: Hidden/Obvious resentment towards his father affecting his mood

Todd: Todd's reluctance to speak out more (esp after being shut down)

Fear, anxiety, shame

Regret, shame, frustration

This version of Neil knows he sounded like his father, he knows what he said was something damaging to Todd's motivations, he knows he doesn't wanna be like his father.

This version of Neil has empathy, which is why during the flying desk set, RSL and Ethan made a better effort to write a new Friend-bonding moment to bond over their shared parental neglect; rather than the OG 5.98 line

OG Script: Todd being self-pitying, Neil not comforting him properly.

Movie: Neil actively shows his character and tries to cheer up Todd <3

Neil actually understands Todd's plight, and rather than brushing off Todd's experiences, he decides to provide Todd with the paternal friendship he wished he got in his moments of doubt.

That's why before I even shipped these two, my natural instinct WAS to think they were best friends. Platonic soulmates that needed each other to validate their doubts, albeit Neil was the one who acted upon it first.

That's why it hurt more that Neil took his own life, because you literally see way more progress and hope for Neil's character compared to the OG script's heavily complacent or resentful Neil Perry.

Maybe, in Tom Schulman's mind, the OG Neil was always planning to end things this way, but for the movie version of Neil Perry that Peter Weir and RSL made had more to lose, more pain, was more lost and trapped because even after finding something that visually makes him happy, it was taken away from him.

[Side Tangent]

In my own way, it was harder to also accept that THIS version of Neil would want to take his own life because you'd think with a better perspective in life, with a greater friendship he could have with Todd in the future, that he would opt not to end things this way... but that's the point :( You can never tell who's really in pain, people may appear cheerful and happy on the outside, but depression is the same pain for all those affected by it.

[Tangent over]

The importance, again, of the Neil and Todd of the movie? They were far better friends/partners in the movie because they were actively improving each other. Neil and Todd, platonic or romantic, needed to have met each other. They deserve each other. To either lift up, improve, find someone else to understand and worry about than themselves. To have a friend you really needed.

Bonus:

The Dock Practice Scene didn't have "God I love this" "What, me?" lines lmao Ethan and RSL just shoved that in there to be fruity /j /lh

See? Don't ever say all we do in this fandom is mindless shipping, I think about this movie constantly <3 The themes are *chef's kiss*

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[mischievous-barnes]

euphoria thoughts (rant)

disclaimer - euphoria s2 spoilers! so please don't read if you haven't watched the first 3 episodes. Talk about violence, trauma suicide, addiction and nudity.

thoughts below cut !!

okay so i was thinking of doing these for the first four episodes but decided that three was better because there is a lot going on!

Jules / Rue / Elliot :

As much as I love them (rue/jules), they really shouldn't be in a relationship, they need a lot of work on themselves because they bring out things in each other that are not good.

I don't really know how to feel about elliot, I don't necessarily think he is bad, but he definitely is not a good influence in rue. We don't have a lot to say about him, so I just don't have my mind made up about him. (Felt some vibes with him and jules at the end of ep3).

I HATE rue at the moment, am sorry, but you are really gonna gaslight your sister into thinking you're going to kill yourself just so you can do drugs, lie to your girlfriend about your addiction, bring a suitcase full of drugs to an NA meeting where people are vulnerable to that and insult and offend Ali with something private he shared with you about his addiction and expect me to be okay with you ?? nah. I know she is sick (because being an addiction is a disease) but they way she is acting is horrid and she is going to hurt a lot of people.

Jules deserves everything, and am so sad for her because she knows something's up with rue but is being lied to. On another note am loving her style this season she looks beautiful !!

Maddy / Cassie / Nate :

The whole maddy/cassie/nate thing is messy and i hate every second of it because I think my girls deserve better than nate fucking jacobs.

With that said I am so upset with cassie, i get that she has trauma and seeks validation from men, but that doesn't excuse her actions (only explains them), out of all the men your going to fuck your best friends ex ??? like that doesn't make sense to me and yeah in the first episode she was drunk and easily persuaded but the fact that she carried on doing it behind maddy when she had the opportunity to end it is just awful, and she knows it in the back of her mind. And am not in any way gonna defend nate because he is just awful all around and has zero loyalty to anyone but himself but I didnt expect the betrayal from her. Like she saw the abuse first hand that maddy was going through and she still went and put herself in that situation, am just so angry at her.

I do have a soft spot for maddy I relate to her (and kat&lexi) the most, she has mistakes and wrongs as well don't get me wrong but i can understand her better in a way. I really really hope she doesn't get back together with nate and go back to the cycle of abuse because is really easy when is all you know, so am just hoping my girl finds a way out of it. Also like the bits of friendship we are getting with her jules and kat <3 and the babysitting scenes are really wholesome and gives us other side to her.

fuck nate jacobs.

Fez / Lexi :

love them love them. think they are really cute together even though i don't really know how that relationship would work but so far am ship them so hard and are the two characters that haven't pissed me off at some point during the whole show (s1&2).

Fez doing the lords work and beating nate was cheffs kiss apart from that he is all around very nice tbh pretty chill just minding his business.

Lexi, i was longing for more of her character and with ep3 i fell they are really giving more of her by separating her from only being cassies sister or rues friend

So pure so amazing hopefully her play goes well and fez comes to see it :)

Kat :

kat is struggling to understand who she is and same tbh, the scene of "self-love" was an amazing way to portray how social media and society makes you feel.

the whole realtionship with ethan is shaky , I liked them in s1 and still do but I also understand how kat is feeling which inevitably affects her relation (kinda fell bad for ethan because kat is not communicating her problems so he is kinda clueless)

also the effect of fan fiction, writing and reading it at a young age and how it affects her expectations of sex and love are definitely a big issue because she is imaging an unattainable version of what her relationship should look like based on fantasy, and it's never gonna look like that especially in highschool.

want to see more of her i feel like the been cutting her time in the show and i dont like it ! read it was because of a discussion between barbie and sam which i find foolish

these are my thoughts so far!! i still have a few comments but the post is long as it is. love u guys <3

[chasethesun18]

A couple episodes ago, when we talked about Lia, I must admit it was the first time she irked me. A case involving Gordon and his family is the exact kind of case I'd love for Magnum and Higgins to get in on for the bonding it could give us. I really had little to no patience for Lia taking on the role, though I didn't necessarily disagree with her keeping Gordon('s very understandable anger) in check before he could do something that could hurt his career. Then I realized: any storyline involving Magnum and Higgins, the spotlight will be on them, whereas, for this episode, it needed to be on Gordon. Lia is practically a non-entity; she, as a supporting character, wouldn't overshadow Gordon. And if, at the same time, we got a tidbit of insight into her character? Two birds, one stone. Setting her up now as a straight-laced, by-the-book cop makes for good contrast if her upcoming secret involves matters that are, let's say, extralegal in nature. I'm theorizing that her outburst at Magnum was done for the same effect. Whether it worked or not in endearing her to the audience, ehhh...I let it go. Better things to focus on.

Which I'll get to in my next ask...let's go!

(2/2) I know I'm not the only one whose mind went to Hannah when Magnum tells the groom to grieve for the woman he thought he knew (paraphrasing here). Though, I couldn't help myself from hoping it's foreshadowing the end for Magnum and Lia, considering we know she has some secret that's yet to be revealed. The Miggy shipper in me wants the show to extract whatever narrative value it is looking for in Lia and be done with her, all as quickly as possible. The afterthoughts I had kinda nixed the idea. For one, our boy deserves better than to be retraumatized by love again. Two, secrets are a heavy theme this season. So, naturally, Higgins has one. And if hers has the potential to bring them closer together, it's way too soon for me to assume that Lia's won't also do the same. This one is me trying my level best to temper my expectations. I don't want to get mired in timelines before I become disappointed in what the writers have in store. Ngl, that's what I felt when Ethan stuck around after the season 3 finale. But...not only did he do his job in making Magnum feel envious and wistful- to my shock, he also got Higgins to compare her feelings for him to her ever-expanding love for Magnum in a roundabout way. So hey, bygones for his runtime. I'm hoping Lia can do the same. Rather than break his trust and his heart, I hope the relationship naturally falls apart while simultaneously proving Higgins as The One. I know the overall objective is Miggy; I'm not worried. Only a matter of when and how. And to those inquiries, I'm not going to drive myself crazy trying to speculate. I give you permission to pull out this receipt if you ever do see me going nuts someday.

to save the scrollers lol:

sometimes yall tell me stuff and i really do be feeling like a casual fan because i did not know lia is gonna have a secret but im here for it. definitely agree though, that scene rubbed me the wrong way for sure.

yes, 100% agree. similar to what i said with higgins and ethan, i don't want either of them being hurt by love again. i thought they both needed a relationship after the painful one, which for magnum should've been abby. i guess they had to cut that short because of the actress leaving so they needed to bring another in to do the whole story?

definitely don't drive yourself crazy! just enjoy it as it comes. personally, they are one of my easiest ships so im pretty much down for whatever, as long as they dont go backwards. i was expecting a little more this week, so that was a tad disappointing, but overall show wise im much happier with it this season than last

[soaringlanddormitory]

What are everyone's future careers maybe? :0 Since I don't think I ever heard it in completion. Also for faves, going by generation: Lina, Hang, Yuliya and ahdhd honestly picking a fave from the 91st Gen is sorta hard because they're all iconic in their own right to me but idk, Dai makes me laugh so much so I guess Ill pick him.

Oooooo future careers!! A lot of them actually have joint restaurants because that’s how close they got together hfhgfgh but I’ll show the list!!

Also !! I’m glad you have faves for each gen !! Honestly hdfghdfg Dai is way too fun so fair

Henrique and Lina

Henrique actually took a business major once he graduated from Totsuki! Lina on the other hand started up her restaurant already in Japan! They had a long distance relationship for a while before Henrique came back and built... a restaurant literally besides Lina’s. They’re sort of teaming up in a sense because meals for his restaurant, and the sweets from hers!

Mi and Tatsuya

They made a restaurant together! However, their rivalry is still on in the kitchen. They always have a competition ongoing, whether it be the most served food or who can make a new menu better. Sometimes even the people in the restaurant can hear the banter and it... doesn’t upset them They’re interested on what they are talking about. [They acted married for some years before actually getting married]

Christelle Morin

She successfully built her own restaurant when she went back to France! She has a total of three restaurants. Two in France and one in Japan [in the request of Dai]. She actually also took college in an elite cooking school in France! [She went to Totsuki because in the France school, they were only offering it in college, not high school]. 

Dai Adachi

After he graduated from high school, he actually majored in education! Once he finished college, he decided to apply to be a teacher of Totsuki and he was accepted! He was one of the best people in his generation, and he was praised for his jump in skill once he came back. [He also wanted to see the children of his ships, but that’s just a bonus].

Kaoru Atitarn

He got to open the restaurant of his mother again, but after hearing the story of what happened to his family by Dao, he also opened his father’s restaurant as well. He’s currently managing and cooking for two restaurants, but they open alternately [so he does travel a lot]. He decided to go straight to cooking after he graduated from Totsuki instead of college.

Masae Milas

Before successfully getting the diner of her family because she still has to beat her father in a cook off, she spent some months in Greece itself so she can learn more about her specialty. However, she came back to Japan to learn more things about it too. After about 3 years after graduation [and studying about food in those 3 years], she became the lead chef of her family diner.

Everlyn Shea

She is the one who has the most branches for her restaurant. She has 5 restaurants in total. Three in Britain, and the two others in America. She’s one of the more busy ones and she’s keeping up with her family’s reputation of chefs! She decided to minor in Psychology and Business, but major in Culinary Arts.

Sung Yong-Chol

Despite what his family claims [and being a big disappointment to them], he still decided to become a chef. However, he also did follow what his family wanted. He doesn’t actually prioritize his restaurant, but he focuses on his acting career more. However, he does open his restaurant every Weekends! He has a famous restaurant in Korea which people can get in only through reservation.

Shizuya and Yuliya

Unsurprisingly, they have a joint restaurant together! They are also one of the first people in their generation to get married! They have a family restaurant in Ukraine and Shizuya is the lead chef and Yuliya is the sous chef but also the business head. Shizuya took a major in culinary arts and Yuliya took a major in business management!

The Whole 93rd Generation of this Dorm

They actually have a joint restaurant. No joke. These 4 are extremely close to each other and they didn’t mind the idea that Miray brought in! They’re their own family now. Ethan was the one who hesitated the most but he agreed at the end thinking his younger brother really deserved to be the chef of the family restaurant instead and he realized how... he wanted This more than the family restaurant. The other’s didn’t even hesitate in agreeing to this! 

Hang and Ethan took a culinary major! Meanwhile Miray took a Business Major and Lyron took a Chemistry Major!

[salvatoreschool]

'Legacies' Creator Julie Plec Teases Hope's Future, New Characters & What's to Come in Season 2 (Exclusive)

Warning: Spoiler alert! Do not proceed if you have not watched the Legacies season two premiere.

Season two of Legacies kicked off on Thursday, and fans have questions!

The first episode, titled "I'll Never Give Up Hope," saw Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell) escape Malivore and return to Mystic Falls. However, she was distraught after realizing that her sacrifice to defeat Malivore meant that everyone's memory of her would be erased. It also definitely hurt when she saw that her boyfriend, Landon (Aria Shahghasemi), had moved on with Josie (Kaylee Bryant).

Elsewhere, Lizzie (Jenny Boyd) and Josie continued to find out more about the merge and the ascendant, while their father, Alaric (Matthew Davis), tried to track down who it was that they have forgotten. It's going to be an exciting season two, Legacies creator Julie Plec tells ET, as she dives into what fans can expect in the upcoming episodes.

ET: We saw Hope get out of Malivore and back into the real world. Will she create a new persona for herself when interacting with others, or will she introduce herself as Hope and try and make people remember her?

Julie Plec: It's something that we get right into in the second episode when she has the opportunity to come clean, and we'll see what it is that she decides to do. And it's not going to be the same from person to person.

Why have it be different from person to person?

We just thought that there are certain things about Hope that are very mature and very sensible and very intelligent. And then [there are] parts of her that are emotional and impulsive, and we wanted to reflect those sides of her personality based on how she handles coming back into a world where no one knows who she is.

Fans are obsessed with the "ships" on the show, what can you tease about Hope's upcoming personal relationships?

Hope ends last season willing to take a bullet, so to speak, for her friends, which is ironic because she began the first season not caring whether she had friends or not. And now that she has come all this way and really bonded and formed her squad, to be back in this world where her squad doesn't know she exists is painful for her and sets her back in an emotional place that she hasn't sunk in a long time. There's a lot of growth that she has to do there, working through what it feels like to not matter and to be alone. She has to learn how to deal with the loneliness that comes with the choices that she's made for herself.

We know Freya (Riley Voelkel) is coming back. How was it having someone from The Originals cast be a part of Legacies? Will Freya remember Hope?

I can't answer the second part of the question, but I can say that I love being able to bring in characters from the first two shows [The Vampire Diaries and The Originals]. It's always great to see these actors again in our crew family, and no one was more beloved than Riley when we worked with her. To be able to have her again on our set was a big homecoming for everybody.

Everyone wants to know, when will we see Hope's full tribrid come to life?

That appends to asking when Elena Gilbert will become a vampire, and the answer is: One day, certainly, but not anytime soon.

Josie and Lizzie are learning more about the ascendant. How much more will they learn about it and the Gemini coven, and will they get to interact with their uncle, Kai?

I would never admit that that was happening [laughs]. But what they do decide to do is, at the top of the next episode, they have agreed to not let themselves be consumed by the questions of the ascendant, knowing that the person that it leads to is so evil. So they each try to double down on living their lives in front of them, which sets them down their own independent paths and further away from each other.

There are a lot of new characters this season. How will they change up the school dynamic?

We love introducing new characters into this world, because it's always fun having new humans interacting in our supernatural world and new supernaturals interacting with our human world. For example, in early episodes we have two new human kids in characters named Ethan (Leo Howard) and Maya (Bianca Santos). We'll meet them in the next episode. And we'll have a great new headmaster (Alexis Denisof), who comes in replacing Dr. Saltzman, who brings a whole new set of rules and ideas about how these kids should behave, and it shakes things up a lot.

Is there a supporting character's storyline that you are excited about and will surprise fans this season?

We're having a lot of fun with the Sebastian (Thomas Doherty) and Lizzie storyline. Sebastian is a new character that we meet in the next episode, that has a lot of great fun and a lot of great surprises.

I really love Landon this season. I think that what he is going to be going through, how he grows and how he's just this perfect specimen of respectful, conscientious, smart and kind, caring person, any man or woman would be lucky to have him. To see him explore life without Hope, in the sense that he remains that good person across the board, is awesome to watch.

Speaking of Sebastian, would you describe him as more of Stefan or Damon Salvatore?

He's definitely seems more of Damon, for sure! And he's got some blue, blue eyes too, which is really nice.

And Landon, as the Phoenix, does he become stronger every time he dies? Will we learn more about his powers?

Those are questions that we also ask ourselves in the writers' room. So those are very good questions. People will have to wait and see how we decided to answer that. It's possible [that fans will learn more about his powers].

Switching gears to Landon's best friend. Will we see any progression between Rafael (Peyton Alex Smith) and Hope? How will their friendship evolve now that we know he has a crush on her?

When we get Rafael back, it will still be in the window of time where people don't necessarily know who Hope is. So she's this strange, mystery girl who saved him from his plight and I think it will potentially ignite a whole new round of interest from him.

So, even if he's in wolf form he doesn't remember Hope?

I guess we'll have to see.

Let's talk about OG Vampire Diaries alum, Alaric. Will he get a love interest this season?

I would love for Alaric to find happiness and be in love. No one deserves it more and no one has suffered more. We'll see if that losing streak continues or if he can finally meet the one. We shall see.

There was also a sweet nod to "Aunt Bonnie" in the first episode. Will fans be seeing more of those small mentions and moments of past characters?

We are going to try and do that as often as we can without making false promises about who we might see. I would love to be able to deliver on that as much as possible.

How would you sum up season two?

It's a season about discovering the holes inside of you that you don't know you have and the things that you do, for better or for worse, to fill those holes. And, how you can be your own worst enemy or your own greatest hero. You just have to find a way to believe in yourself so that others can believe in you.

Legacies airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on The CW.