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Ways I can think of that “DanDaDan” differs from other shonen series:
* Female MC is as important as male MC
* Canon romance gets consistent development through the series. I think that’s part of the reason why the MC ships with the rivals (Aira, Jiji) aren’t as popular with the fandom for once. The main ship is actually getting good development, so the fanbase doesn’t have to make up headcanons to fill in the space.
* Flips the found family trope on its head by having the main group despise new people whenever they show up and they even actively try to kick them out. The new people only end up staying because they keep lingering around to the point that the main group just gives up and lets them stay.
* The rivals aren’t emo or angst-ridden. Aira is a delusional tryhard popular girl while Jiji is a himbo drama queen. I’d even go as far to say that the MCs are the ones who are emo and angst-ridden.
* Supporting cast is more than just important, they become integral to the story. I’d say that the further you read into DanDaDan, the more it becomes an ensemble cast where everyone is a protagonist in their own right.
* World-building is all over the place, but in a good way. Most other shonen are pretty consistent with what kind of world their characters live in. MHA is superhero-based, Naruto is ninjas and magic, Bleach is spirits, and so on. DanDaDan feels like the author just throws whatever cool shit they can think of into the story. That’s actually the reason why I wrote in a different post that DanDaDan reminds me more of Marvel/DC than any other shonen series, it manages to capture the catch-all insanity of those comics.
* Doesn’t rely on hidden power-ups. The main characters either have to outsmart the villains or they have to train to get better with the powers they already have.
* The pervert comic relief guy is actually endearing for once. Not because of his pervert tendencies, but because he’s so oblivious to how socially inept he is that it’s kind of funny. This is gonna sound strange, but he sorta reminds me of Thor in Thor Ragnarok. Full of himself and oblivious to how dumb he can be. He’s Thor without the good looks lol.
* Flips the “nerdy outcast loser somehow gets a harem” trope. Instead of making Okarun cooler than how he actually is, the story emphasizes that the women who fall for Okarun are as weird as him. Momo is a weird outcast, Aira has main character syndrome, Vamola doesn’t understand how to human because she’s literally not one, Rin thought Okarun was a vampire (and wanted him to be).
* Flips the “elderly figure in charge of the teenagers” trope. I don’t really get motherly figure vibes from Seiko Ayase, I get more “cool wine aunt who is stuck with her niece” vibes. In fact, there was the arc where Okarun showed up to her in spirit mode to get her help with fighting off the alien invasion and Seiko’s response was, “Well, I’m not in the area and I have other shit to do, so you kids figure it out.”
* The series takes the piss out of the trope of mystical/magical items that the group acquired to get their powers. I mean…the main mystical MacGuffin in the series are Okarun’s balls.
* Okarun was about to go into an “I’m weak / I wish I was stronger / I want to get stronger for my friends” breakdown, but Turbo Granny told him to shut up and keep fighting.
* Not afraid to put the “cool girl” in as many funny situations as possible. Off the top of my head, the series built up Momo as this cool, tough girl who doesn’t take shit from anyone…then several chapters later, Okarun found out she got a job at a maid cafe.
(Feel free to add to the list!)
#dandadan#dan da dan#dandadan anime#dandadan manga#momo ayase#ayase momo#okarun#ken takakura#takakura ken#momokarun#momo x okarun#aira shiratori#shiratori aira#jiji#jin enjoji#kinta sakata#sakata kinta#vamola#bamora#rin sawaki#sawaki rin#seiko ayase#granny seiko#turbo granny#dandadan spoilers#dan da dan spoilers#manga spoilers#dandadan momo#dandadan okarun#evil eye
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Here's my non-spoiler thoughts on Wicked Part One.
This was a grand, epic musical fantasy spectacle in all the right ways. As a standalone film, it was an absolute marvel to witness in cinemas and reminded me why I love musical films in the first place. And as an adaptation of one of my favourite musicals of all time... you fucking did it, Jon. You brought Wicked to the big-screen and you absolutely nailed it.
The cast was pitch-perfect across the board. I have so much to say about our beautiful leading ladies but I'll just say for now that Cynthia and Ariana took such good care of Elphaba and Galinda.
And the music! Oh sweet Oz, it was BEAUTIFUL! Trust me, the singing sounds so much better in the film than it does in the trailers. And the choreography was amazing- that ensemble cast was putting in 110%, it was fantastic.
I cried three times - at the start, at the Ozdust scene (EXCUSE YOU, MR. SCHWARTZ! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, SIR!), and just near the end. Which, well, I'm an emotional gal, but for a story like Wicked, I really wanted to have this reaction. And I got it.
I am so excited to see Part Two next year. Speaking of which, while I had a lot of worries about it being split into two films, I am so glad they decided to do that. Cos I can't imagine the whole story being crammed into one film. It works on stage, but this is film. The pacing is slower but it works. There's more room to breathe in the film. Again, not knocking the pace of the stage version but I don't think that would work here.
Look, I had a wonderful time, and I can't wait to see it again.
I give it 5 out of 5 hair toss-tosses.
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i was gonna do a tiny thing as my contribution to the draw drarry badly challenge and then it turned into a 4-page comic. that i drew on my phone. with my fingers. oh well!
thanks @julcheninred for organizing the challenge!! 😎
#draw drarry badly challenge#draw drarry badly#drarry#drarry art#am i even allowed to use that last one#this is more like... an ensemble cast really#draw all of harry potter's friends badly challenge#this took a while and i'm kind of embarrassed about it#but by day 3 of painstakingly trying to get draco's pointy face the way i wanted it i realized there was no going back
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so have you heard about the ride kamens app game? seems like it's gonna be a twisted wonderland like game with all the riders being hot anime guys now, and it's also gonna be written by yuya takahashi and produced by naomi takebe (apparently it was in development before geats), with designs by the person who did sk8 the infinity, so take that for what you will
have you ever gotten the feeling that a piece of media came into existence just to appeal to you specifically, or
(brb preregistering immediately)
(as far as I can tell you play as an agent who maintains a secret superhero base for riders in the basement of the rider-themed cafe that you run with your butler, and there's some other plot stuff going on but honestly I'm way past sold at this point, this sounds amazing)
#ride kamens#joseimuke games are serious business#show us the henshin forms!!!!#time to overanalyze those silhouettes in the teaser and embarrass myself by not being able to figure out who anyone is#there is 100% a gaim at least#there's one i've convinced myself is w based on almost nothing#and this is assuming they're all main riders too which is probably not true#god i SHOULD recognize more but my mind is blanking super hard and i keep second-guessing myself#(i-is that kiva maybe? den-o? I CAN'T TELL)#i don't think there's a fourze though. the cowardice.#man this is officially a Thing™ now huh#like how in the 2010s monster high kicked off a trend of 'characters' high-school age kids wearing fabulous shoes'#now we have 'ensemble cast of glossy-haired anime boys loosely based on your favorite characters'#this is absolutely not a complaint. i want more and i want them to get even SILLIER.#(i enjoy the sanrio one as well although it seems to be more of a music video thing? i am. a little unclear on it)#god i'm just so pleased that this exists
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Just chiming in as someone who works in theater. You actually wouldn't have to do that much crazy cross casting to do Warriors on stage. There are only 19 non-Warrior speaking roles. It's actually not that unreasonable to cast a 19 person ensemble and give them each a speaking role, and then just have them play background gang members in every other scene. The fewest i could see doing it with is 10 and double casting them, but that's pushing it bc there are 8 Warriors and it stops being believable that they're actually outnumbered. The single biggest issue I can actually see with doing this show is quick changes and costuming. But a total cast of 30 for a musical is really not that many.
#im not counting the boroughs bc theyre not really characters#but even if you wanted to include them#that brings the full cast to 35. really not that many. i could see a director wanting more ensemble on top of that easily#warriors musical#really mad this musical didnt come out last year#bc my uni was desperately searching for a musical with a ton of speaking roles and a decent story and complex roles#for women and poc#and here it is#warriors has nine (9!) lead female roles and theyre not even all sopranos!!!!
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leif is doing his best
(tube link with subtitles under the cut:)
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#bug fables#bf#leif#leif bug fables#kabbu#vi#lotsa bug fable guys it's kinda an ensemble cast I'm not tagging them all </3#dragon doodles#my vids#animatic#rejoice! animatic be upon you#saw someone mention they read all of leif's lines with ice bear wbb's voice and it kinda went from there GFDHS#this took a while so I lay in the dirt now. more chitchatting in the yout description if you want rambly thoughts#I like leif :]#Youtube
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every day i wish that Rats SMP was a cartoon bc it would make the greatest show ever i think
#I've been watching Arietty and the Rescuers a lot lately;;;;;;;;;;;#i just think it would make the cutest fucking cartoon with the funniest plotlines#it would be so perfect#with the ensemble cast you can swap out characters as much as you need/want to#the different animals breaking into the house later in the series would make a fucking BANGER season 2#(like can you fucking imagine. season 2 pilot. theres a BADGER IN THE HOUSE NOW?)#they've even got a halloween special AND christmas special episode it's PERFECT#the whole first season could cover the rats getting used to the house and getting settled in#maybe the season 1 finale is the mum and others coming home#I would absolutely fucking want Owen to be played by David Tennant bc his tenth doctor voice gives me rat owen vibes#rats smp cartoon would be so so so good#cannot fucking WAIT for Rats In Paris#i have a whole scene in my head of like. that episode where Jimmy gets locked in a room all night and is miserable abt it 😭#where he's trapped in the room with the son and the boy is just chasing him around the room for hours#set to the song A Haunted House! from the totoro soundtrack#trying to catch jimmy in a little bug net#there's also this whole wild chase scene in my head with one of the cats chasing Owen Martyn and Scott and the janitor gets involved as well#set to Cat Chase from the Suzume soundtrack#i actually have a whole spotify playlist titled Rats SMP But As A Wholesome Kids Cartoon it has so many ghibli movie songs#(willing to share if anyone is curious i love sharing playlists)#i fucking LOVE imagining Hey Let's Go from the totoro opening credits as a Mitchiri-Neko style marching rats credits sequence#with each verse more characters join the march until all the animal guests and humans are there too#Do the Impossible from Chicory would make such a fucking cute anime style opening showing little clips of all the chaos of the house#i love this idea so goddamn much i fucking wish i could animate ;-;#i would infodump about this idea for hours if i had infinite tag space but alas. maximum of 30
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Happy birthday to my girlwifeguy. Kiryu.
In all seriousness though, I did go on a rambling analysis of his character arc through the years, that you can read down here.
I hope people can appreciate the surprising nuance that he holds, since he's not often discussed!
I wanted to talk a bit about Kuro's character growth through the years, as it is his birthday, since I feel like it goes unnoticed by people most of the time!
Kuro, as we know, is a character that is a reformed Delinquent. One of the running themes of his Character is his self-worth, his regret, and his complex feelings surrounding how people perceive him.
(I also want to pen down my thoughts on the gender aspect of this later)
His 'atonement' arc begins with him applying to Yumenosaki, a place where he could hopefully become An idol that would make his little sister smile. At the time of his enrollment, however, Yumenosaki was not a place of serious study and passion.
Already we can see his core character traits emergent in this decision: His love for his family, His rash decision making and, Most importantly, his desperate desire to change, something, anything.
(In the interest of keeping this brief I will not prattle on too much about Keito Hasumi's involvement. Another time.)
Kuro was, and kind of still is, grappling with grief. Not just for his mother, but Also for himself. He lost himself, in a way. He missed out that normal life, on being a normal brother for his sister, on being a good son to his Mother and a good friend to Shu.
All of his mistakes overwhelm him, he's paralyzed by how badly he's screwed up, and thus resorts to Passive self harm, in an attempt to tip the scales, somehow. If he lets enough people punch him, he might feel like he deserves to have anything.
I cannot stress enough how bad his self-worth issues are. They are arguably the worst in Akatsuki, and that is Saying Something.
Now, after he joins Akatsuki and the war reaches his conclusion, he's decided to swing in the complete opposite way.
This is what I feel is less discussed, his tendency to mask his discomfort and extreme adaptability. He consistently lowers himself, and by consequence, his Own preferences and needs in order to compensate for a variety of things, like:
- His appearance
- His natural temperament and behavior
- His masculinity (again, thoughts to chew on another time)
This is why I really like Kuro's FS1. It marks his growth in !! Era. In ! Era he was extremely ashamed of his past and actively swallowed down most of his irritation, because he was afraid of what would happen if he got angry. He channels that energy into sewing and Karate instead.
He's trying so hard, to be a perfect Senpai, to live up to his Own view of what a 'good person' is: Someone who is unconditionally loving, forgiving and kind, someone who is... Mother-like. I think about that time he said that a Mother is a transcendent being, quite a bit. It reveals so much.
In Unification By Force, we see him finally snap, lash out at Keito, someone who he had repeatedly reassured that he'd listen to, be obedient to. He immediately regrets it, but it also causes him to contemplate their relationship, and more importantly his relationship with his past.
Kuro is coming to terms with the fact he will never be A good, perfect, shiny person. That people like Keito, Souma, Chiaki and Nazuna, that he idolized in a way, are not good people.
You can never become a 'good person', because the only one that can truly evaluate that is yourself, and if you are predisposed to dislike yourself, You can pretty much kiss that title goodbye.
He... Isn't endlessly kind, or tolerant, or polished. His designs that got rejected, came from a suppression of himself, and it showed in his work. He's rash, stubborn at times, airheaded, speaks crudely and brute forces his way Through things frequently. Even though he hates them, these things are what make him Kuro, Even his delinquent past.
And the Kuro he is today, is loved by so many people, who remind him daily, and they wouldn't love him if he wasn't himself in the first place, blood on his hands and all.
He knows as much, when he acknowledges Keito and Souma's patience in response to his ugly side. The fact that both of them are easily able to forgive and remedy their relationship speaks volumes for how much Kuro means to them, and it finally clicks for Kuro.
He doesn't have to overcompensate. He can't pretend that he never made a mistake, but he can't let it control him. He has to come to terms with his past, and his own self and appearance.
The people that care about him are able to immediately identify when his Outfit concept is Forced looking. His final outfit design is him coming to terms with this. It wouldn't have been the same, had they decided to go with the cute stuff that most people wanted. It wouldn't have been Kuro.
In conclusion, I love Kuro Kiryu and his unending drive to be a better person and his care for other people and his journey through grief and self-love and think people should love him for more than just how wife-material he is! He is so compelling!
#enstars#ensemble stars#kuro kiryu#longpost#sqrambles#me creating tags that i will just forget ok. whatever#ummmm i like kiryu a normal amount. hoping this will reach the other kuro character analysts#i think he is a deeply flawed individual like the rest of the enstars cast#brushing him off as just a malewife is doing him a disservice#but also... yk... I am kind of in love with him so I cant exactly say Never do that#i guess it would be better for me to say I want people to love him more deeply!#happy birthday my dearrrrr
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not another new document... new document is the mind killer...
#i really do want to write more wilderness focused things and dig into the culty stuff and more of an ensemble cast#but i have so many things i havent posted UGH#lu rambles
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remembering on my circa 2017 booklr I used to tell people to read Gemma Doyle by describing it as trc but with an all girls boarding school / all girl group in a historical setting… I was trying to do the lord’s work she deserved tumblr fame
#I do think that was an oversimplification of both but. Not totally off base there are some similar char tropes used I’m proud of past me for#the attempt. Also I think I’m going to start advocating for Diviners in that way now that trc fandom is apparently quite miserable post GW#you like gay people doing dream magic? you like witchcraft and ghosts and strong ensemble casts?#you like an ambitious abuse survivor getting a healing arc with learning to control magic/psychic abilities as a metaphor? you like four#book series where the first three books rock and the last book which is named king + corvid is a bit underwhelm who said that?#a positive point in diviners favor is Ling x Wei Mei >>>> RonanKavinsky. Generally find the take on dream magic in diviners more compelling#(although LingHenry + RonanHennessy both being mlm wlw duos who are the dreamers is kinda fun)#anyway. This is not actually a fair comparison because Ling is my fav or at least top two w Theta of the leads and I love Ronan but he is m#least favorite of the trc leads of which there are four all of whom I love so it says nothing bad about him. But it does put me as an#outlier re: fandom priorities..#on the flip side while I love diviners dynamics sadly I don’t think they ever come anywhere close to Gangsey levels of extreme codependency#so I can not care quite as much….#from what I remember the girls in Gemma Doyle are a lot more codependent good for them. Would have to reread to compare codependency levels#Ling and Theta are both my favorite in diviners in the same way Blue and Adam are my favorite in trc and Abed and Annie are both my fav for#community. basically one char who I love and overidentify with (Ling/Blue/Abed) and one char I love who in many ways I’m not like#but in a handful of very niche specific ways I also relate quite a bit. And am fascinated with (Theta/Adam/Annie)#s speaks#very off topic from my initial point which was you should read Libba Bray’s books#and in both cases I have a second and a half tier fav (Evie/Gansey/Britta) who I love fictionally but if I was trapped in a room w them I’d#kill myself. with the white blonde women I’d also want to make out w them debatable if that makes it better or worse#but like. I could not stand listening to them speak for that long I know this#Gansey might just die a third time by my hands…
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you see, Your Honor, you HAVE to pay me to live in Ireland, it's research for a magical girl series--
#my art#sketchbook#irish magical girls#the truth is I'm probably never gonna get the 'accuracy' I'd like incorporating irish myth and folklore into this story idea#at least not without like...... getting a celtic studies degree LMAO and idk if I'm ready for all that#the last thing I need is another celtic tree zodiac moment I'm still so embarrassed about that dlfsajktdsfs ahhaa#it started as something like tokyo mew mew but instead of endangered animals it was irish deities#then it turned into something more like warehouse 13#now it's not really any of those things#in fact it's been pretty solidly burner-ed until I can figure out what to actually do with it#but the protagonist is the one in the middle/on the left her name is Dani Ryan and I love her :') butch jock himbo tomboy golden retriever#the one on the bottom is her friend who does not have a name and the one at the top is her rival (and love interest? 👀)#she doesn't have a name either but I think she did at one point#there are other girls too but these three have the most consistent designs#I really wanted to play with a huge ensemble cast! there was originally gonna be 12...#... one for each tree in the celtic tree zodiac that I now know is fake :'')#............................. I wonder what getting a celtic studies degree would look like
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its been said but man there was no reason why hau couldnt have shown up the moment hala was introduced in the anime
#like there is no good reason they go into his house they see his rooms they hang out with him#its an ensemble cast where they go to school. i cannot think of a single good reason why he couldnt be there at least not as a student#like i guess he and ash are rather similar characters? but them being joyful and liking battles is wheee the similarities end#*where#like hau is more knowledgeable than ash and more in tune with everything than him#he could have served as a mentor role#he doesnt have to be part of the main cast even just have him in a different class and hes a rival#its literally just the cast bloat that could be the issue and thats easily solved#echoed voice#sm lb#and if you dont want him as a rival that early for… some reason…..#just have him appear with hala or delay the first challenge like theres only 4 how hard was it
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this is not just bc of my bias but i do think that to have such a strong ensemble cast they should’ve used all of the side characters more. again i think it was slightly satirizing the people at the top but. i don’t think that really gels with their storytelling style and i think a lot of it would’ve been more effective if they’d given them more fleshed out lives
#i was really hoping we’d get more towards the end#and we did for david a bit which was a pleasant surprise#but most of them just sort of existed#which. ik is sort of the point bc none of them were the actual killers but#they managed a larger ensemble cast with only one less episode with the oa much more successfully i think#though i guess. maybe it wasn’t a larger ensemble cast#i think they could’ve taken the number of guests down by 2 or so and really fleshed out who remained and that would’ve been more effective#but like. they were all Interesting. so i really wanted more depth from them all#ted talks#amateotw
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i have a tenrose figure skating au and i swear to god rotating the concept of fifteen and ruby as pairs skating partners is making me change the entire au. they would be so everything.
#fic talk#previously it was focusing mostly on tenrose but i think it would be a fun ensemble cast.#also i'm generally against having more than one doctor in one au because they're all the same guy to me#but i already have thirteen in here for the bit (the bit is she's ten's twin sister and she keeps telling him she has a girlfriend and he#doesn't believe her until he goes to a team event and thirteen shows up as yaz's date)#(because yaz is on the skate team)#so like at that point why not throw fifteen in there too#the base premise of the au is 'ten and rose get paired up as ice dance partners and both get massive crushes on each other but brush off#their chemistry as like. the chemistry they have to have if they want to win at competitions'#and they're like. terrified of ruining their dynamic as ice dance partners so they refuse to make moves on each other#but i think we could throw some more stuff in there. INCLUDING fifteen and ruby as pairs skaters <3#i didn't have any pairs skaters in the au yet and i kind of wanted them so. :3#i don't know very much about figure skating by the way but i learn more every minute i work on this au#if i make it more of an ensemble cast i have to think of more subplots but THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.
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have you listened to the original 2010 hadestown conept album? what do you think of it compared to the musical versions? :D
the one w anaïs mitchell? I have! I only listened to it after having listened to the Broadway recording but I genuinely enjoyed it! I think the vibe of it is much... earthier? like it isn't as urgent as the obr, and I love that the sounds are v distinct
I think she collabed w Bon Iver and a few other folks? i personally am betwitched by Eva Noblezada so even tho the 2010 version came first, I heard Eva's vocals first and the Impression they left on me is everlasting and ough. Amber Gray..... [incomprehensible noises] but I will say the folk-y vibe is stronger on the 2010 version so sometimes I do like to have it playing when I wanna sing along but in a slower tempo not like it's a big stage but a garage jam out sesh :D
#i like both the versions but i will say i am a big fan of ensemble casts to obr is premiere to me#but when i want something less lofty and more earthier... i listen to the 2010 version#big fan of both. definitely can see how the 2010 version led to the 2019 one#is it 2019? idk i listened to it only this year so!#love to talk abt hadestown op the tragedie is soo <33 heartbreaking gutwrenching. 10/10#mail tag
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going "why'd i feel like it was monday for a sec" earlier & immediately answering it with "oh yeah b/c the summer stock performances 'weekend' is mondays & tuesdays off" and going Whoah just now refreshing myself on the exact schedule when this is the first wednesda & thursday of performances, like, kicking off both days w/2 pm matinees
#having this Enrichment when not only is it [i want to see it] but also feeling more liable to Have Posts than like#casually checking up on a recent off broadway limited engagement like Where's The Posts. where's someone's filmed curtain call. hewwo#even a limited broadway production w/its own dedicated twitter account like Hewwo you never finished your thread hellooo#meanwhile out here Regionally like. erika amato our number one poster it seems....checking up on those fb or ig accounts....etc#it's the revelations that can come through these glimpses like ''idk why the guy in ireland with a pbs travel series had some professional#involvement with the show but he posted the pics ft. the first page of Director Notes & scenes / musical numbers list''#or an ensemble member with a cropped pic of a page of sheet music which confirms [orville gets to sing at all including in a song i already#guessed he'd get to participate in based on detective legwork re: that ireland travel series guy's tweet] ft. harmonizing lyrics w/phil#fun to have something that's at a balance of like; i can't be thee most comprehensive but i can And Will do some fairly thorough digging#and i'll do it more than once especially when like [exhaustively checking for all listed cast & creative team's instagrams] done once can#confirm that not all of them as posting regularly (mostly just erika) (but a few others with Any Recent behind the scenes summerstocking)#don't have to try checking in all thee time on the accounts who haven't / don't post recently or at all regularly#and then of course the scraps of info / glimpses are nice for the Yearning To See It experience#summer stock
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