#i-write-shakespeare-not-disney

[ampresandian]

Would anybody be interested in just a little something I've been working on?

It's not anything official or a leak or anything just like my own little fanfic/draft. I'm playing screenwriter (I've never done it before lol)

[thecapturedafrique]

So while the Wikipedia page’s intro states, “the story is modelled primarily on William Shakespeare's stage play Hamlet with some influence from the Biblical stories of Joseph and Moses,” here’s what it says in the production section:

So it seems like the reality is The Lion King was developed in a way that led it to contain Hamlet elements, someone recognized those elements and then wanted more added to the story, but it led to a forced concept so they decided to use other story archetypes instead.

Ergo, OP is correct and we can finally beat the Hamlet allegations lmao.

I feel like I'm gonna get some pushback on this but I've never understood why ppl describe The Lion King as Hamlet for kids. Like. It doesn't have the same story as Hamlet?? Have you read Hamlet

[pyromaniacbibliophile]

About Me!

names - Elle / L

age - 14-16

zodiac - libra

chinese zodiac- tiger

languages - English, a generous bit of French, and the same of Latin

tags - #elle writes #elle sings #elle sings les mis stuff #elle explodes (me being chaos at late hours) #elle's project (mythologies as tarot)

pronouns- she/her but also not picky

gender- female

orientation- grey ace and pansexual (I think. It is not entirely worked out yet.)

romantic orientation - lesbian (I think)

ethnicity - Brazilian and British

nationality - British

neurodivergencies - undiagnosed ADHD

learning style - visual ig?

personality traits - chaotic, creative, sporty

likes - Hadestown, Kill Shakespeare, Les Miserables, good omens, hp, marauders, hazbin hotel, helluva boss, fire, books, Loki, mythology, chaos, etc

dislikes - homophobia, transphobia, racism, broccoli, etc

hobbies - reading, writing, cuddling dogs, listening to music, doodling, setting things on fire (safely) ((mostly))

favorite music genres- rock and pop and and musical theatre and country, but pretty much anything ever-my main playlist has been accurately described as a ‘chaotic mix’ and is also 19 hours long, for context.

favorite movies/shows - Disney’s hercules, cruella, good omens, the owl house, Wednesday, hazbin/helluva, also descendants (for uma and hook, obviously)

relationship status - single

love languages - physical touch, gift giving

fandoms - most of the media I listed, mostly les mis and marauders rn I believe

aesthetics- your guess is as good as mine

Mutuals- this is going to be a List.

@lemurious - incredible writer

@nocompromise-noregrets - also incredible writer, people go and read this

@miriyummy - bestieee, likes all the best things, also a fantastic writer(actually most people here are)

@permetutotheworld - amazing, fantastic poet in addition

@weirdly-specific-but-ok - chaos personified, the maggot prince

@theonethatburned - chaos and great fun and also fire

@not3catsinatrenchcoat - elle est magnifique

@thee-silly-0ne exceeding chaos and minor evil, also great fun and somehow shocked that I was awake at midnight

@b4rty-r0s13r-w1ll-fck-y0ur-m0m - vague chaos and great fun as well

[thenightling]

Oh, no. It's real. I'm so worried they'll screw it up.

Gargoyles was one of my favorite shows when I was about twelve-years-old.

It was very subversive in how it educated you. You had these Gargoyles from medieval Scotland waking up in modern day New York City and deciding to protect the city as their new home. "Stone by day, warriors by night!" And not only was there an on-going story but there were characters from folklore and literature. The Weird Sisters, MacBeth, Oberon, Titania, Puck... You had to read Shakespeare, King Arthur, and folklore from around the world to understand who or what the characters were interacting with. It tricked kids into being interested in classic literature and I loved it. The show even created a literary / TV writing trope called the Xanatos Gambit. Named for the Gargoyles' main antagonist, David Xanatos (who later redeems himself, more or less) a Xanatos Gambit is when an antagonist has set up a scheme where no matter the outcome he wins on some level. Keith David had voiced Goliath (the main gargoyle) and the main human character was a human, woman detective who was half African and half Native American. And you know if this was made today people would call Elisa's very existence "Woke." My favorite character was the show's depiction of Puck. That was a plot twist I did not expect. To me the episodes The Gathering and The Gathering Part 2 was a big game changer. And they got Broadway icon, Terrence Mann (who I saw live in The Rocky Horror Show in 2001) as Oberon. I really hope this new live-action show is good but it could so easily be a disaster. Please, be good... This show was such a big part of my childhood.

[imagitory]

@andrewmoocow Personally I find them to be misguided. There is a very well-done analysis video I've cited before that talks about the animation and why it ends up looking like AI, and I think it really addresses this argument better than I could --

-- but TL;DR, the animation looks "fake" largely because of stylistic decisions (l.e. turning off motion blur with the thought it would look "more like 2D") that weren't well thought-out. And I actually think the film's writing issues run into the same problem.

Because here's the thing -- writing high fantasy is not as easy as it looks. I can testify to this because I myself am writing a draft for a high fantasy novel right now.

All these years, Disney has been in an advantageous position with their animated films largely being adaptations of previous works, since they're already given a lot of the parameters a writer needs to build a world, plot, and characters. In a Snow White adaptation, for instance, you need a vain queen, an innocent princess, a prince, seven dwarfs, a magic mirror, and a poisoned apple, as well as a fairy tale world where these things fit comfortably. And since so much mainstream fantasy is largely inspired by medieval Europe, that aesthetic remains very familiar with audiences to the point that you need a lot less explanation for things. We don't really need an explanation for the political landscape of Cinderella because we see "fairy tale kingdom" and immediately know it's an absolute monarchy led by generally amiable rulers. We're not surprised when fairies appear in Sleeping Beauty, or when a magical sword predicts who should be king in The Sword in the Stone, or when Tiana and Naveen are turned into frogs in The Princess and the Frog, or when trolls appear in Frozen -- all of these magical conventions fit within the usual fantasy aesthetic and really don't need any explanation or backstory. I'd hazard to say that most people -- aside from those nitpicky critic types who get all hung up on how many servants are in Beast's castle just because they saw a bunch of extra silverware in the Be Our Guest sequence -- just don't bother questioning these things. And the original material also gives some shape and form to the adaptation's story, characters, and overall feel. It doesn't matter how close the finished product matches the original idea or even how familiar the audience is with that original material -- it still provides a jump-off point and sense of focus for the writer(s), the same way fanfiction (even an AU fanfic) can, in contrast to original content.

All right, well, what about those Disney projects that aren't fantasy? Well, in the case of stories like Treasure Planet, Robin Hood, and Mulan, they're still based off preexisting properties that people will find familiar enough that the writers can focus more on the adaptation's unique additions and not focus on detailed backstories and explanations about how the world and societies depicted in the story work. It's a lot easier to just focus on the fantastical elements like the space tech, talking animals, or Mushu and the ancestors if the rest of the story and cast are relatively easy to understand. Even in the case of original stories like The Lion King (which admittedly was largely inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet, but I digress), Lilo and Stitch, and Lady and the Tramp, they still exist in a non-magical world that closely resembles ours, with only superficial changes like animals being able to talk or the existence of aliens. Even quasi-historical settings like The Great Mouse Detective and Atlantis: The Lost Empire look enough like our real-world equivalent that their settings are largely recognizable to us.

In just about all Disney animated films, the screenwriters didn't have to world-build that much. They didn't have to put the character development and plot on hold to explain the rules of the universe these stories take place in that often -- not unlike how writers like Rick Riordan didn't have to explain as much about the country his hero Percy Jackson lives in, because his books are an urban fantasy where our real world is just "plused up" with magical elements. We don't need to know if gravity works on the story's characters the way it does for us. We don't need to be told about the political landscape, history, or terrain of our location. We don't need to ask whether dying is something our characters can come back from.

Wish, on the other hand, is an original story in a high fantasy setting that doesn't resemble our world. People might try to claim it takes place in the Iberian Peninsula, but come on -- Rosas is a completely fictional country in a world that has magic we don't know the rules of and countries that faintly resemble cultures from our world, but we don't know the histories of or how similar they actually are to their real-world inspiration. We also have a cast of characters we've never met in any other media and a story and messages that we know nothing about beforehand. This means that we have no preexisting framework going in for what's possible and impossible in this world; no frame of reference about who these characters are and what their histories are; and no parameters that the plot, characters, and themes must fit inside, whether based on the fantastical story being adapted or a real-world setting that's a lot like ours. And I don't think that Disney really thought through just how challenging it can sometimes be to tell this kind of a story without stuffing the script with a lot of "tell" and not "show," which, as just about any film person can tell you, is the exact opposite of what you generally want. In film scripts, you want to show your audience a lot more than you tell them -- this not only takes full advantage of the visual medium and communicates your point in a much more natural and artistic way, but it also lets your audience think for itself and come to its own conclusions.

Now of course, can you write a high fantasy original story that's easy to follow and evokes a lot of emotion in your audience? Of course! But it does take time and a lot of careful and creative world-building. J.R.R. Tolkien was the king of such things. George R. R. Martin has done it. Neil Gaiman has done it. Ursula K. Le Guin has done it. Even the writer of the Nimona graphic novel, ND Stevenson, did a good job of it! But I think it's quite clear that Wish's script was not in the works that long -- development of the original idea started back in 2018, yes, but it wasn't until January 2022 that it was announced Jennifer Lee was writing it and Julia Michaels was brought on to write the songs, so the film's current trajectory likely wasn't pinpointed until then. And if the film was released in November 2023, then that means Wish's script was finished in under two years. Although there are successful Disney scripts that I daresay needed only that much time (Frozen, for instance, was quite rushed, by all accounts), once again, those scripts were done for stories with some sort of preexisting framework that allowed the writers to skip explaining certain visual or contextual short-hand in favor of focusing on their own creative flourishes in character and story. They were written with a tighter focus on the plot and its players without the need to build a complete stage under them.

The reason some people want to cry "AI!" when they look at Wish's writing is that they're looking at a script that makes the rookie writing mistake of exposition-dumping in an attempt to make its audience care, rather than evoking emotion. That kind of exposition-dumping is something that most novelists usually have to trim and rewrite in future drafts of their work: it's a mistake done while the writer is trying to world-build enough that their audience understands all of these original rules, societies, locations, and characters they're not familiar with. This exposition is then often trimmed down before publishing, and when adapted for the screen it's often trimmed even further or even completely rewritten, in favor of more visual methods of conveying the same information. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz writes about Dorothy traveling down the Yellow Brick Road and about the long journey that takes her and her friends through a lot of side adventures on their way to the Emerald City: it's the famous film adaptation that cuts out the Kalidahs and puts the whole trip to jaunty music for the characters to sing and dance to. Wish could've communicated to us the importance of the wishes to their owners through more visual means, but instead feels the need to reiterate this idea over and over through written dialogue. And again, this is a common mistake by writers when they're inexperienced in creating completely original content, as opposed to spin-offs, sequels, or adaptations of other people's work.

AI writing is generally known for repetitive phrasing and sentence structure, lack of accuracy, and lack of a personal touch. As much as I'll agree that there are a lot of character and world-building choices in Wish that don't make sense, I don't think that's the same thing. There clearly was a story someone (or multiple people) wanted to tell about a person hoarding the precious ideas of other people away, even if it means those ideas can never be shared with the world -- it just wasn't a story that ended up being told that well. And I think this is why Wish is almost worth seeing -- it serves as a good example of why certain writing decisions work better than others and how writing for fantasy projects and/or "family entertainment" is an art form that's worthy of respect when it's done right.

To sum up my stance on the matter -- I think Disney just bit off way more than it could chew and then didn't give its writers enough time to properly digest it.

[wrecklesswriterswrath]

Guys, I promise. I may not know much, but I do know that you'll never get any better at writing if you're not cringy or self indulgent. Please, I implore you. You need to give your brain ample practice to explore your WIP and characters. But you CANNOT do this while also expecting yourself to create masterpieces.

So, to break the idea that authors always have to create masterpieces, here is a non-complete list of every cringy or self-indulgent thing I have wrote. I'm on my 7th draft of my novel, and I've written over a million words in my life. However, this is a complete timeline of all of my writing.

These are my most... Interesting works:

-I began my writing journey with fanfic. Fairly standard. Harry Potter, to be specific.

-I created my first few characters. Roleplayed like mad with old friends that are no longer with me (they aren't dead we just aren't friends anymore).

-1st draft. It sucked. But it exists.

-1st draft of 2nd book. I got 1 chapter in.

-2nd draft. Less bad, still awful.

-A Disney Descendant's AU. Yes, that's right. The musical? I put my stupid book characters there. The song lyrics were actual chapter titles. I was 14.

-A High School Musical AU.

-A stage-play adaptation of the 2nd draft.

-The third draft.

-A MUSICAL adaptation of the 3rd draft. 3-4 original songs still exist somewhere deep in my computer files. It was 2020.

-The fourth draft.

-I begin to roleplay with a good friend of mine. We've done roughly a hundred AUs together, and I've written about a million words in RP alone. I wish I was exaggerating.

-A comic adaptation of my fourth draft.

-A Newsies AU (specifically the Broadway version). I'm 17 now.

-ANOTHER rewrite of the Descendants franchise. This time not even with my OCs. This one was baller. I was almost an adult.

-The fifth and sixth drafts, which both needed to be restarted less than 20k in.

-Ideas for a sci-fi began surfacing around my freshman year of college. I'm yet to actually act on anything.

-The current, seventh draft of my novel. I'm approximately 3 chapters away from finishing.

-A Rise of the Guardian's AU with my novel characters. Not Guardian's of the Galaxy. The animated film about Jack Frost.

-A secret, scheming new version of a stage play based on my novel. I really like plays.

-An AU done through RP called "Malumien Academy" based on the TV show Wednesday, and the film Dead Poets Society. There's at least 50k words to it.

Along the way, I've come up with many concepts. I've roleplayed just about every Disney film. You need to practice. You need to write. You. Need. To. Be. Cringe.

You won't ever be Shakespeare if you can't let yourself have fun.

[2000sangel]

Omg high I saw your post for Adam headcannons and would totally love one! Ty!!!

Personality: I'm generally a very calm, patient person, and I try at all costs to not become angry or frustrated easily. I really just hate the feeling of being angry or frustrated, and I try to be sensitive and gentle with people I stead of blunt or too forward. I can come off as quiet, even shy, but warm up to people quickly and will talk and or listen to someone for hours. I generally am very attentive and supportive of the people I care for, and one of my biggest dreams is to be married one day, though I don't want children. I think a downside of my personality is that I can be a little insecure, and the second I feel unwanted by someone in any way I close myself off completely and become cold, even if I really liked them. I also have a tendency to become very absorbed/intense about whatever thing I'm currently obsessed with. I consider myself very intelligent, especially in the traditional/academic sense, but am not as worldly or as experienced as I'd wish to be, since I've had a somewhat sheltered life in a small town.

Hobbies: I am a huge classic literature fan, and read constantly, especially anything from the 1700's or 1800's, though I also particularly love Shakespeare, Jane Austen and the Brönte sisters. I'd say I always love a good story, no matter what medium it is in.

I also really love to bake, though I'm not much of a cook. But I love just baking some cookies or something with an old disney movie on in the background. I love horror movies, unless they're gory, and I read a ton of comics, especially the original runs of characters like Thor or Ironman by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

I like video games as well, but am embarrassingly bad at them. Like I always put them on the easiest difficulty level possible, and my only strategy consists of doing side quests and random bullshit until I'm so overpowered for the main storyline that I can finish a bossfight on the first try.

And I love love love to shop, at malls, thrift stores or antique stores, and especially bookstores, where I always spend too much money.

I also write smut for people online so there's that.

Hello there !! Thank you so much for requesting, and I hope you have a fun time reading!! ^_^ I had an annoying day so I couldn’t wait to get home and write some of these AHAHA

Warnings for : ...long. It's long!!! Divider Credit : strangergraphics

. * Adam x You Headcanons * .

The first thing that I thought of while reading your personality’s rundown is that you never have to worry about feeling unwanted by Adam, ever. You’re this man’s everything, and he’s not shy to show or admit that he wants your attention constantly. He’s a clingy lover, the only thing he might be closed off about could be whenever he’s feeling down because he’s a bit proud, but he either looks completely fine on the surface if it’s something small or he’s very fucking dramatic about it, so you can tell he’s not ignoring you on purpose. He’s got this slightly attractive habit of telling you outright that he wants to do something together or he just wants you to be close to him;

“What do you mean you have to get up...? I want you by my side, babe...” “Come sit. Want you here while I beat these guys’ asses on this new videogame I bought.”

Adam doesn’t mind you being more on the quiet side, it just means he gets to talk more about whatever’s happening when he sees Sera and how boring it is, about how that one restaurant you guys recently went to sucks ass at making ribs compared to the one before that, about this new awesome idea he’s had for a song... well, let’s just say he’s got quite a few arguments both for you two and to bring out around friends or strangers if you feel uncomfortable coming up with one yourself. He also loves listening to your own rants about things that you love or you’ve learned about, especially when you’re in bed or on the couch in the evening: he will start out half asleep, but get more and more into it by the minute and have very dramatic reactions about whatever you’re talking about, and ask a ton of questions as he’s not the best at immediately retaining information.

One of Adam’s favorite hobbies is teasing you, especially about the fact that you’re bad at videogames and can’t handle gory movies. He plays every game on the max difficulty and he’s the literal leader of the Exorcists! Of course he doesn’t mind some fake gore on a screen. Though he’s super eager to help you with videogames and hug your side with his wing while you watch anything with gore in it, every single time. He’s smug at first, but will eventually pull you into his lap and just enjoy whatever you two are doing in the moment.

 Adam’s also pretty lazy on days where he doesn’t have anything planned...but sure, he will accompany you if you decide to visit a store, whatever kind it is. He’s not too enthusiastic when it comes to bookstores, he will look more at the random things they sell on the side than at the actual books, but he doesn’t mind thrifting and antique stores. At first he was a bit bored, but everything changed when one day the two of you managed to go back home with a black Fender Stratocaster 1979, what he considers one of the best and most unique pieces in his electric guitar collection. Of course, he’s not knowledgeable in the history of most objects that reside in antique stores...but he now gets your fascination towards them and he’s got something to look for as well!

Overall Adam enjoys how many things he gets to learn every day while in a relationship with you. He also considers you very intelligent, and won’t shy away from telling you horrible pickup lines that are related to either how smart you are or something you know a lot about... he mostly does it jokingly and expects a cute or funny reaction from you, but he does mean the words he says.

I kept this for last because I thought it would be sweet; Adam is scared of marriage, hell, he was scared of getting in a relationship with you in the first place because he was not used to receiving that kind of love and attention every day anymore. So it takes a while and multiple conversations to get to a point where he’s comfortable with this, and you have to be patient, but eventually he does realize that you’re in fact not itching to leave him for another man and that reassures him greatly. So one time when you bring it up again, instead of having a full-on conversation about it, he just listens to you and eventually grabs your hands and smiles at you, the sincerest smile you’ve probably ever seen on him, or on a man for that matter. He’s ready.

Adam sucks at keeping secrets and doing things discreetly, but he tries his damn best to organize the perfect proposal because you deserve him doing this as much as he deserves you loving him. The idea of doing it during one of his concerts crosses his mind, but he surprises himself by scrapping it in favour of something more intimate: you wake up puzzled one day, your shared bed lacking the presence of your anything-but-early-riser partner.

It doesn’t take you much to figure out where he is though; the smell of something burning and the sound of his voice cursing Hell and all of its Sinners  immediately guide you into the kitchen, where he’s clumsily trying to make you breakfast...that was...supposed to be in bed. You giggle from behind him, and clearly see his ears going red at the sound of your snickering.

“Ugh...whatever, never trying to be romantic again, fuck...”

You sit at the already set table and enjoy something you manage to bake together after  a bit though, and he does laugh at your jokes, but he’s also a bit quieter than usual...which makes you start to overthink. The voices in your head quiet down however when he gets up and offers to wash the dishes, something he’s always hated doing, and tells you to not worry your little head about anything; he knows that look on your face by now.

Once he’s done he joins you on the terrace of your penthouse, where you’re pondering his overly sweet behaviour. One hug from behind and he makes his presence known to you.

He mumbles something...that you can’t quite catch at first, against your shoulder. Once you ask him to repeat that it surprises you even more how cheesy he sounds, telling you that he loves you more than anything, and that you’re the first thing that has made him truly feel like he’s residing in Heaven. He goes on and on about how sweet, talented and understanding you are, always making him feel like he’s worth something. And of course, how stunning; it’s mainstream to only talk about your facial features though, he decides, and so he moves on to how beautifully tender your hands are when you’re holding him and such.

You’re worried about him, at this point; so you turn around to face him...

...and he gets down on one knee.

[gayahithwen]

Apparently my blog turns 10 years old today, woohoo.

My stats:

513 followers. 107 people I follow. 36 mutuals. 🖖💖

8.5 thousand posts.

Mostly reblogs, with or without additional commentary.

A few originals, most of which are under 5k notes.

1 which broke containment (the landlord post).

My second most popular original post was me commenting on OceanGate and the Titan submersible implosion from a perspective of being disappointed with the writing of this universe.

A random few of my more popular reblog addition posts: ⋄ The 3 dates on your wrist are life goal, meet soulmate, and death date writing prompt story with a positive twist (Untitled short story). ⋄ Did-you-know about JRR Tolkien's response to Shakespeare's Macbeth? The trees actually move. (My addition being, there are TWO non-Men who take down the person who can not be slain by any man.) ⋄ That one addition to that one long thread on why Star Trek is the way it is. As a story universe, the TV verse has always been on the forefront of pushing actual representation. (My addition is about Sulu being Pan-Asian by Gene Roddenberry's design.) ⋄ Stories being predictable. (Chekov, get the gun!) ⋄ Tragedies in stories are supposed to be cathartic. (Subverting expectation should not be a goal in itself.) ⋄ Tips on how to hack your brain to be kinder to yourself. (Don't argue with people who want to be nice to you.) ⋄ A Knight's Tale, and Paul Bettany being glorious. (With me gushing about what to expect from the movie and why I love it so much.) ⋄ Tumblr discussing how some real world events sound like a setup to a horror story, and creating the beginning plot of a horror mystery movie. (I have thoughts on how to incorporate the musical horror into the movie.)

Some of my more political additions that have spread around: ⋄ Man attacks school, kills no one because it happened in the Netherlands, and he and his knives were driven off by teenagers with backpacks. (Gun control sure helps disturbed people not kill so many.) ⋄ Why the queer community call ourselves queer. (Don't help our oppressors by trying to give the word back to them.) ⋄ Thread discussing a Disney annual pass holder and the reasons why his choice makes sense for a whole lot of people. (I summarize the thread by pointing out that no matter what else you think, everyone can agree that there's a lack of walkable community spaces in the US.)

Probably missing some of my popular additions on that list, just some of the ones I could find right now.

Been a pretty good 10 years. Cheers.

[canadiankazz]

ABOUT ME

Hi! Call me Kazz.

Cis. Het. She/her. Mid 30's.

I am a dual Canadian/Australian citizen currently living in South Australia. I grew up in the 90’s, so 90’s nostalgia is my jam. My husband and I have been together since 2011. He is in most of my same RP games. I work retail in a grocery store and have a (useless) bachelor of arts in English and History, a Graduate Diploma in Education and a degree in Library Studies. Orcas are my favourite animal, although I’m also partial to cats, dogs, red-tailed hawks, Australian magpies and guinea pigs.

I’m currently the owner of three guinea pigs named Sable, Neil and Buzz. Check out their side blog HERE.

My hobbies are writing fanfic, playing RPGs, video games and cross stitching.

Link to my Fanfic on Ao3

Link to fuckyeahlabynight Tumblr's largest collection of everything to do with LA by Night and NY by Night.

Link to my Cross Stitching Side Blog

My CURRENT Fandoms include (but are not limited to):

Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss

LA By Night, NY by Night and Vampire the Masquerade in general

Critical Role

Dropout.tv

Doctor Who

Good Omens

I also love SMOSH, Dropout.tv, Last Podcast on the Left (and other true crime/spooky/disaster podcasts,) Disney, Shakespeare, Norse, Greek and Egyptian mythology, most films, musicals and theatre in general. My favourite musicals include Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, Six, Beetlejuice, Hadestown, and Les Misérables. I also love the Starkid musicals.

Past fandoms include Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dresden Files, Star Wars, the X-Men, Spider-Man, Marvel and the MCU, Batman and the DCU, Hellsing, Hannibal, Dracula Daily, Animorphs, Discworld, Game of Thrones, Supernatural, Smallville, Harry Potter, Team Four Star, Achievement Hunter, Death Note, Wolf’s Rain, True Blood, How to Train Your Dragon, Steam Powered Giraffe, Lord of the Rings, Rifftrax, The Sandman, American Gods, and Transformers.

My favourite video games include Dead by Daylight, The Sims 4, Wingspan, Power Wash Simulator, Hunter: Call of the Wild, Stardew Valley, Jackbox Games, Unpacking, House Flipper and Steamworld Heist.

I prefer watching streamers play horror games rather than playing them myself. (I make an exception for DbD, as I’ve become a killer main and that’s a lot less scary than playing survivor.)

I’m also into reading runes/tarot cards and doing some magicy stuff from time to time.

Current RPG games I’m Gming or are playing in:

Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition

Scion

A homebrew game called "Becalmed" using the nWoD system. 

RPG Systems I have played in the past include:

Most New World of Darkness systems. (“Vanilla” WoD, Vampire: the Requiem, Werewolf: the Forsaken, Changeling: the Lost, Hunter: the Vigil and Mage: the Awakening, while also running games with Geists and Prometheans.)

Call of Cthulhu

Dread

Exalted (2nd and 3rd ed.)

Dungeons and Dragons (3.5 and 5th edition)

Spirit of the Centaury

Pathfinder

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Monster of the Week

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG

Apoc World

Shadowrun

Only War

Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

Marvel Multiverse RPG

Please note that though I used to love a lot of things that have *problematic* creators, that does NOT mean I support or condone the actions of those creators. I may still reblog things from those fandoms from time to time.

[ducklooney]

Hi! I'm creating a short story here Grandma Duck is with her family members (Donald, the 3 nephews, Scrooge, etc), they ask her to tell them one of her famous stories, and she proceds to tells a love story (Romeo and Juliet-like), in the end it's reavled that the main couple are ancestors of the Duck Family.

You got ideas (out of the existing charachters already in the Duck Family Tree) who i could use to be the couple?

Hi! I'm sorry that I didn't answer this earlier, I had obligations and the like and I'm often away (sometimes I usually just put posts or my drawings here on my side blog, so I don't get to reblog everything, but that's my problem), but I agree with you and your ideas.

To be honest as far as I know comics and every author makes their own family tree, I haven't come across anything like that yet except for one family tree that might be this one (I think Disney Tokyo artists did it):

Otherwise Donald's ancestors who would be Romeo and Juliet would be like Donald and Daisy since Donald's parents and Daisy's parents would be against the union of the two. And Donald and Daisy would go secretly together away from their belligerent parents and probably went from Italy to America. Although you could make a comic about it, it would be much more interesting and fun, unless he did it before. The only thing I found on INDUCKS is this cover by Diego Bernardo who drew it in 2020 for the German and Danish editions. Scrooge McDuck as William Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet, and Donald and Daisy play them. It would be interesting to see if they are Donald's ancestors, but I highly doubt it. Also Romeo and Juliet ends tragically for the lives of both people.

To be honest, I'm not sure who it could be, as each author's family tree is different, and I don't think I've found a single Romeo and Juliet-like ancestor of Donald's. However, your story is excellent in my opinion and keep writing, so if you need something, feel free to send it to me or ask if something is not clear to you.

I hope I satisfied you with your answers and I'm sorry if I left you incomplete. Feel free to ask if you want. Your idea is really great and it could be added to the story of Donald's family tree.

[brainrot--central]

@i-write-shakespeare-not-disney LOOK AT HIM

[thoughtfulfangirling]

Movie Night

Property: Gargoyles Characters: Elisa and Broadway Words: 1,586 Fics are for fun, so no I do not edit these or rework them. At least right now. My focus is just trying to write again despite very little motivation. While I sat last night trying to think of anything to write however, I remembered a piece of fanart by @youkaiyume that one can see at the top of this post by them. (youkaiyume sorry to notif you but credit where credit is do. Feel free to disregard XD) where Elisa and Broadway are having a cozy night in. At least as I interpreted it. So I decided I wanted to write the scene!

“Can we watch something with a happy ending?” Broadway asked as he carefully lifted the couch to move it back against the wall, making sure not to jostle Cagney. The perfect fuzzy circle of black fur moved only to reveal a reflecting orb to judge the gargoyle's efforts. As the couch touched down, perfectly balanced, a nearly inaudible ‘meep’ marked Cagney’s begrudging approval before the reflected light was consumed by the void of black fur.

“So same as every other night?” Elisa’s amused voice called from the kitchen. Broadway heard the click of the microwave door closing and heard it whir to life.

“Did you make sure to get the buttered kind?” Broadway asked. Elisa had grabbed the wrong kind for the last movie night. He hadn’t even known popcorn came in a version without butter! She’d had to pull a stick out of the fridge and heat some up in the microwave to add before setting in for the show. Which ended up making him cry.

The time before last, they had watched a classic called Peter Pan, which he came to understand was a popular story told to children about a boy who never grows up. Except then last week they watched a version of the story where he did grow up and left childhood behind as completely as he could. It made him cry. It was about growing up being able to take on responsibilities but also allowing yourself to have childlike wonder, and yet one of the best characters died! Before he really got to grow up! They'd had to pause the movie for him.

“I checked it three times to be sure!” Elisa replied, assuring him there would be butter ready to go out of the microwave. Broadway began to fold a comforter in half and lay it in the space the couch had been. The furniture was sturdy enough for him to sit on, but it wasn’t the most comfortable for more than a couple of minutes. He’d taken to sitting on the floor, and Elisa had purchased a new, particularly fluffy comforter expressly for the purpose of ‘making a little nest,’ as she put it, for their bi-weekly movie nights.

Broadway had found himself a fan of these human entertainments, but the more he watched, the more it seemed he didn’t understand. So much of the stories seemed to reference each other. Elisa had begun finding him copies of the classics–the stories that shaped and informed many of the others. He enjoyed a lot of Shakespeare and had been curious when he learned so much media referenced him, but Elisa insisted he would need to see Romeo and Juliet where he learned how twisted the playwright could be. He didn’t like that one very much, but he did have to admit that it helped a lot of things make sense. It made him wary at first if this play was referenced in other things, but Elisa assured him that very few modern adaptations failed to give the heroes a happy ending.

“You want another Disney movie?” Elisa asked after the microwave stopped. The smell of popcorn intensified. Broadway finished putting pillows down for Elisa and cozying into his spot. He knew it would be a moment yet. One bag of popcorn was never enough for a movie night.

“Not if it’s like Lion King!” Broadway said as he turned the TV and muted the news. He switched inputs before turning the audio back on. He hated the news.

Elisa laughed. “You did end up liking that.” She reminded him.

“I mean sure. But it made me cry, and I don’t feel like crying tonight.” He set the remote down and tapped at his knee. For some reason, ti was different when people died in their detective movies, which were his favorite when they were just doing something for fun. It didn't seem quite as real somehow. But a lot of these other things they were trying somehow really clenched at his heart.

Another laugh. “No crying. Okay, I’ll see what I can do. That’s a high bar for you though B.” Elisa said before the microwave started up again, drowning out anything else she would potentially say.

Broadway considered her statement for a moment. Brooklyn and Lexington were out that night again working on the motorcycle which Elisa was sure was junk. She hadn’t tried to persuade his rookery mates not to make the attempt at fixing it, but she didn’t seem to think it could be done. Broadway was of the mind that if she thought that, she was probably right, But Elisa had admitted to him when it was just the two of them that Lexington was quite the genius with anything even loosely mechanical. Which… was true. But this was a strange world. Broadway didn’t get their fascination with those cars and bikes. Those were constrained to the ground, and they could soar through the sky. Given how many people packed into those things, in those narrow streets, despite that they could move fast, it was slow to use any of those things.

But the two seemed to bond over it, to get each other excited with their own excitement. It allowed them to reach speeds and feats otherwise closed off to them. Make them stronger and faster or something. Broadway never really understood this desire for such things, which always just reminded him that in this, he was the odd one out and not them. Gargoyles prided themselves on their prowess at protecting, which speed and strength helped with, and Broadway was content just to spend a quiet evening in with a friend, watching a good movie.

“Have we already done Beauty and the Beast?” Elisa asked after the second bag of popcorn came out of the microwave. Broadway grinned. This was usually when she brought it out for him before making one more for herself… which he still ate half of.

“It sounds familiar.” He replied, scrolling in his mind through the movies they'd sat through. Elisa had at one point tried to keep a list, but nothing really ever came of that. He usually remembered what they watched though. He knew he’d heard of Beauty and the Beast, but he was actually pretty sure he hadn't seen it. Still, with Romeo and Juliet fresh in his mind, he didn’t know if he wanted to watch something with a similar naming scheme.

“It’s one of those animated movies with cute sidekicks and musical numbers.” She told him as she passed him the large bowel of popcorn before retreating back to the kitchen to make the final bag. As Broadway made to bring the bowl to his chest, he stopped as he felt a tiny pressure on his hip. Cagney had gotten off the couch and was now looking to get into Broadway’s lap. He set the bowl down on the coffee table and grabbed the throw blanket off the couch and folded it into his lap before ever so gently lifting the cat on top of it. He smiled down at the silly, tiny little creature. He thought for a moment that it must be nice, to be small and cuddly and doted on as Elisa did Cagney.

“You’re sure I won’t cry?” He asked, running the back of his fingers along the creature’s spine as she kneaded at the blanket, prepping it to be the most comfortable little bed she could make it.

As the microwave ran, Elisa came back out and went to her little tower of movies which had been growing since she and Broadway had become friends. She pulled one off the shelf. This one didn’t look like something she’d grabbed recently for the precise purpose of having it available for their movie nights. Broadway was convinced. A cry movie or not, this was something Elisa loved, and he was curious to see it. They watched things she thought he would like or would help him understand other movies. Tonight, they would watch something that she liked. He gave her a nod.

Elisa walked over to the TV and popped the VHS into the VCR and hit play. She’d let the commercials play while her popcorn finished, and he would let her know if he saw anything in them that he wanted to see.

Cagney settled into his lap, allowing him to pick his popcorn back up and dig in as he let his thoughts go and let the wash of bright colors pull him in. A moment later and Elisa was putting her popcorn and beer (yuck) down on the coffee table and curled up in the nest of pillows he’d put together for her. She gave Cagney a pet, then started in on her bowl.

As the commercials came to a close and the movie begun, Broadway thought once more about Brooklyn and Lexington. They just didn’t have the interest in these movies. They didn’t know what they were missing. Maybe one of these days he could talk them into joining. Or they could have a night in the tower if they could get Hudson to let them use the TV at home. Because this was nice. He was glad Brooklyn and Lexington had something fun to spend their nights on. He and Elisa would enjoy this.

Elisa dropped her head against his arm as the first song started up. “This movie got me through so many stressful college evenings. Sometimes you really do just need something comforting.”

“Yeah.” Broadway replied. “I agree.”

[olderthannetfic]

You're right; we need for diversity in higher ups who can tell what good writing is. By far, I think the most annoying thing about the Disney live-action remakes is that it's clear they're being made by people who fundamentally don't understand the original stories and devalue animation as an artform. Yeah, all the lost boys have to be boys because Peter Pan is about Wendy choosing to grow up and confront adulthood (as a girl) even though it's scary, which is why it starts with her being moved from the nursery with her brothers. Yeah, Eric has to save Ariel at the end of TLM because it's a coming of age story about Ariel and her father. Eric has to save her and all the mermaids at the end, to prove to her father that all humans aren't bad, and Ariel has grown up and can make her own choices (And he's the only one with any experience steering a ship at all, let alone in a storm). The Lion King worked because it was animated, so there's suspension of disbelief. If we think of them as actual wild animals, the story stops making sense. It's just Shakespeare: Hamlet/ (a little) Richard III. It's not impressive or progressive to cast POC in these productions just to improve a company's ESG score when it shows they're just too lazy to do anything new and want to refresh the IP. Now they're talking about Tiana from the Princess and the Frog as this #girlboss for working hard and not needing a man, as though the Strong Black Woman isn't a racist controlling image that we as Black women have to deal with every single day (Not to mention how they're animals for most of the movie and it demonizes an African-based religion, Louisiana Voodoo, with its racist imagery. if they wanted to actually challenge norms, they would've shown the Black woman being a damsel who needs help like everyone else). It's like diversity made by people who don't even understand what it actually means. When will it end?!

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When will it end? In the biggest budget things made in a country with a powerful ethnic group hogging all the power, never.

[iri-desky]

Number 6 for... ALL your works HAHA. I love hearing about antagonists <3

6 - A song that describes your villain / antagonist

THE WAY I STARTED VIBRATING WHEN I READ THIS ASK HEHEHEHE. THANK YOU RAVEL FOR LETTING ME YAPPP I WILL GLADLY PROVIDE YOU WITH MY MUSIC

This one is kinda weird to answer because I'm not the kinda person who often writes direct villains? Like, not in the "disney post twist villain era" way, but moreso I'm not the kinda person who usually thinks "Okay, but who's gonna be the villain" and instead "Okay, how do I write this character that opposes these characters". So technically, yeah, I do write villains, just not that directly.

Anyway I had to do some thinking for this one and for the sake of clarity I'll at least give the name of each of the villains / villain groups + a brief description for each music assignment 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

YAPFEST AHEAD!

🔔 - The Stall

The Stall really isn't a sentient being, moreso a strange force that seems to be fucking with the timeline. Though it does beg one to wonder how it managed to spread to the first place...

Gee, I wonder if this song has a clue towards their reasons...

🚗 - The Ansaldo Family

Poor Tom and Roxy, trying to take a rocking retro road trip (in 2017) ...only to totally not be hunted down by a weird mafia-cult (?) that was originally out for Tom's missing, declared dead father way back in the 70s and 80s and 90s and all that...surely nothing will go wrong?

🦈 - Cha

Doug just wanted to live a normal life up on the surface as the single dad of his kid and leave his past behind, until an old "friend" came calling from down in the hellish world of the deep below the surface...such an underwater hellscape is terrifyingly easy to find.

And Cha sure knows how to handle the place.

💤 - Sandy

If you're wondering, this is also the protagonist.

There really is no enemy in this one other than the protagonist themselves. Half the story happens in their own head. And they have to deal with all their own issues.

💾 - EnCrypt

Yknow, maybe creating those six realistic AI individuals as "perfect" beings (or rather, the protagonists of the story) that they decided to send out on the streets for an experiment wasn't the best idea...

👢 - Vihaan

Can't find it on Spotify sooo;

God Shattering Star - Fire Emblem: Three Houses Soundtrack

There really isnt much of a villain in this work other than geographic conflict between two kingdoms, though you really should question the validity of the Hero God's actions, who promises to bestow the most random of magical, *literal*, tangible gift items upon people in the kingdoms at SOME point in their life, whether it be moments after their birth or hours before their death.

🎭 - The Narrator

Man, you're sick if you think it's okay to assemble a bunch of actors in a mansion and wait for whatever unsuspecting pair of kids (you know, like a certain wannabe detective girl named Emma or a certain shy theatre kid girl Toni) stroll into its depths to start the most traumatizing game of "Who Am I?" in the history of mankind. I mean, who knows about Commedia Del Arte anymore !? Or Shakespeare's stuff..........smh....or theatre conventions....

⚔️ - ...

This one depends.

The Gilded Gallant is a story that challenges the usual good/evil, hero's journey thing. But not in an edgy "oh, we're all grey and evil" thing. But more in a "it's not as easy to define" or "labels suck" kinda way. It's very irreverent kinda unserious about making fun of tropes and such at the start but slowly gets darker as the story goes on.

I plan on this one to be a game, so there'd be multiple routes. Since I don't wanna spoil it, lemme just give you the theme for the "villain" chatacter of this story who I absolutely ADORE, Mischa;

🔮 - Also depends. This one's meant to be episodic so there's constantly a "villain of the week" but lemme just give you a song for the villain lady whose name I won't disclose who's an arc villain at one point; (or maybe at least just kinda a dick)

This ones also pretty unserious but it's got a great aesthetic, I'll tell ya that.

I mean, in a world where magical girls...oh, I mean magical witches and knights, are such a popular thing to the point that people expect them to come around and they're all treated like your run of the mill celebrities and fashion icons for those glitzy and unique outfits, who can you trust?

🧸 - Let's be honest, the enemy here is the entire environment. So lemme give you a song I think just fits the world;

(fun fact, little nightmares did indeed inspire this one!)

Can you really survive in a world as someone who's still (mostly) flesh where most of the world decides to modify their body somehow with mechanical and plastic modifications? Science got a little too advanced. Now everyone can be whatever they want! To...horrifying degrees.

🌕 - Depends on what you consider the "enemy" from the narrative here; is it scientists for accidentally creating a method of contriving authentic life that eventually fell into the wrong hands, letting freaks of nature run rampant and terrorize the earth? The people who took advantage of that? Or is it the strange, ethereal being that's been sighted around town that is making these things much bigger than they logically should be, and making things much stranger...

Either way, this ought to describe it;

HOPE YOU ENJOYED !! :DDD THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WRITE

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[the-dalseum-duet]

THE MOST UP-TO-DATE DALSEUM DUET OUTLINE??

HI HI HI!! IT’S LORE OVERHAUL TIME!!

I have realized that my main issue with feeling dissatisfied with my writing is a lack of direction. I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing. So we’re tightening up some loose ends, changing a few things to make it align more with my vision, and making shit make more sense! Outline! 

so you can better understand my incomprehensible ramblings tag: @svwhssftr

OPENING NUMBER

That’s right bitch we’re committing to the musical route 

As much as it pains me, I’m ignoring the greater Blaire lore for now because it’s all old and needlessly complicated even though I love it. 

I want to go with a tri-narrator route with Sara, Gale, and Sonnet for the first two acts.

Oh yeah it’s four acts lmao. If Shakespeare can have 6+ I can be greedy with four

Because they’re the true supporting cast. Charlie and Noeul are the focal points for a reason. The supporting cast is supposed to highlight their relationship and story beats by contrasting and supporting it with their own. That’s what we’re doing here, but in a weirdly literal way. 

Our narrators acknowledge the audience. They acknowledge the story as it unfolds through song. Idk how else to describe it there are many great musicals who do shit like this. Hadestown. Cabaret. Disney’s Hunchback with the jester guy. 

Sonnet is our first narrator. They represent greed. This is made evident by their role in the first three acts as a static focus of Noeul’s affection. Noeul’s greed is only fueled by Sonnet, whether they intend to fuel it or not. (Spoiler: they do both!) 

Gale is our second. Gale represents judgement. Gale, as their stylist, specifically presents The Council in a way that actualizes their inner self. He judges them and presents his judgement as fact to the citizens of Dalseum. He does this both through his designs, but also as The Council’s unofficial PR manager. He does all he can to keep the drama of The Council stirring. He knows that it’s imperative to keep all eyes on him; judgement makes his world go round. 

My darling Sara is our last. Sara represents conflict. Sara shines when the inner turmoil of the characters finally comes out and causes dominos to start falling.

All of this is actually pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. Just cool. 

First song isn’t really that important tbh. I just have a soft spot for classic musical openers that are big and jazzy. The lyrics are a cautionary tale for what’s about to unfold as any good opener is. Maybe have the narrators set up the set pieces? I definitely want them playing with Noeul and Charlie like little dolls. I think that would be funny.

FIRST SCENE

Thank god this bitch stopped yapping 

Dialogue between Noeul and Charlie in the trunk of her truck over cigarettes and moonshine. On the bank of the swamp in the Blaires’ backyard. 

Charlie’s like “I hate that you’re leaving me but I know you’ll keep in touch. I’ll get used to it.” and Noeul’s like “yeah it’s definitely going to be different”

and Charlie starts yapping— a first of many times— and Noeul shuts her up by gently grabbing her chin and kissing her. crowd goes crazy 

he says “you know I love you and want to be with you forever. I want to commit to you” and she’s like “well yeah ofc we’re committed to each other”

AND THEN HE PROPOSES WHAT

YAY! (for now)

and she accepts eagerly. then he says “and you’re coming back with me”

“what???”

“it’ll be a short trip, if you want. you can always come back here”

*VERY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER*

so Charlie’s like “yesss I would love to come with you omg. I was already packed as I am prepared for every situation possible. and you’re also very predictable and terrible at keeping secrets”

funny in the moment! punches you in the face looking back at it

they kiss again. Charlie hops out and runs offstage to get ready n shit and 

We already have a fucking reprise 

Or a continuation idk

The narrators return to the stage and crowd around the truck to do like. another small verse. like “oooh what’s going to happen now?? chorus again? but spookier?” Noeul takes off his jacket to reveal a tattoo of… unidentified canine that Satis cannot decide rn… and Charlie returns with a spotted brown cardigan wrapped around her shoulders and a suitcase 

Gee I wonder what that could mean

Not as obvious if you can just see them from a distance though 

Stage lights dim as Charlie opens the door to her truck

BUT THE TRUCK IS ALSO A PLANE

THE NARRATORS SPIN THAT BAD BOY AROUND IT’S DOUBLE SIDED

and they wheel it to stage left bc. I like it better on the left.

SCENE 2

welcome to Dalseum bitches

ignore the last plane scene I wrote bc it is no longer canon. Charlie was asleep like the whole time now there was little dialogue 

but they get off the plane and the swamp has changed to the Dalseum’s beautiful capitalistic hell/cityscape. and they step off the plane to be immediately bombarded by Gale and Sara, now in (respective character) costume 

Sara’s like “Noeul what took you so long your dad has been DOGGING me abt this. he needs to see you” and Noeul’s love struck dumbass is like “it’s fiiine I was just making sure Charlotte got here in one piece”

and Gale’s head over heels for miss Blaire. not as a woman but as a concept. 

he’s like “Noeul she is gorgeous. Noeul she is perfect. Noeul she has a kitschy southern accent and curly blonde hair and a small figure and great skin. Noeul. Noeul she is blessed by the angels Noeul. She is your princess.” 

and Charlie right off the bat is like “oh! that’s not”

and Noeul catches on to this and shoos them off and is like “calm down omfg she JUST got here. sara I’ll deal with my dad in a minute. gale. shut up and leave idk. let me have a minute”

Charlie’s like “who are these people. what is happening”

Noeul’s like “ let me explain”

SONG #3

ohh my god do they ever stop singing

no this is a musical dumbass 

jk ik this is another song in a short span but it’s the best way to convey information as absurd as this

this is stupid. this is so stupid but I love it so much. 

1950’s inspired classic Broadway number about Dalseum

this shit is propaganda from the mouth of Noeul himself folks

Noeul sweeps Charlie off her feet into a big, broad number about “oh look at the dazzling lights for miles! and the sights and the smells ooh ahh isn’t it so fantastic! and it’s all for YOU my love!!”

and Charlie is rightfully. amazed. but confused. 

and Noeul also drops some lines about his father being a stock tycoon and the most powerful businessman in all of Dalseum and is set to inherit his riches. which is pretty much equivalent to the throne bc the elite are the government 

taking out the weird outright royalty shit…

I KNOW THIS PAINS ME AS MUCH AS IT PAINS YOU. BUT IT’S A NECESSARY IMPROVEMENT IT MAKES THE THEMES MORE COHESIVE AND LESS SCATTERED

dw it’s all still there but metaphorical! he’s like “the people here call me the prince. did you know that. that makes you. a princess”

and she cannot process this shit bruh she just got here but she’s here for the vibes 

dance break he spins her around in her dress through the halls of The Palace it’s all cute and very classy 

The Palace is still The Palace it was just overtaken by the Sang family and their associated after they infiltrated the original Dalseum government like. years before Noeul was born

end of song. cute little lore dump number 

SCENE 4

introducing the henchmen!

sara starts telling Noeul he needs to talk to his dad again. he finally leaves to go talk to him and decides to throw Charlie out to the wolves 

“oh yeah did I mention she’s going to be on the Council? she’s going to be on the council btw”

Sara’s fight or flight kicks in bc she is threatened by Charlie’s presence. Sara does not like when Noeul’s rash personal decisions bleed into the Council’s affairs so she immediately questions Charlie’s intellect. bc she’s a dumb blonde hick of course what else could be possibly be if she’s really so blind to Noeul’s red flags

(spoiler: she’s smart! just a lesbian looking for a friend)

Gale plays into her being brain dead and asks her all about the ring and life back in Eden Grove and he’s like “wowwww you really lived like that? in a tiny house in a tiny town running around barefoot in your garden? craaaazy I can’t imagine”

and Sara’s immediately like “so what makes you think you’re equipped to handle this lifestyle? you know nothing abt formal manners and respect”

and Charlie’s like “well clearly neither do you if you two are welcoming me like this”

get their asses Charlie

while they’re both lightly gagged by this response she lightens the mood like “eh Noeul’s taught me a lot about how different it is here so I’ll get the hang of it pretty soon” 

some sort of segue here but very important. Gale’s dumbass asks her abt her sex life and she’s like “eh. it’s alright” 

and sara and gale are both like “he’s a freak isn’t he”

and she’s like “no not really. like he respects me. it’s nothing out of the ordinary I would assume. most women probably feel the same haha” read: he does not please me

so sara and gale already know Something is Off Here

but wait… Noeul comes back for a split second in a balcony above them

oh yeah the indoor palace set has multiple stories for shit like this

he’s like “it’s Chea”

Sara and Gale are like “WHAAAT”

Charlie is lost 

Noeul’s like “it’s been them all along. all the shit that was said about me? it came directly from them. you could have easily prevented this”

Sara’s like “your dad was out on a business trip and you were out galavanting with this slut. we had enough on our plates to be worrying about whatever Chea has been doing”

and Noeul’s like “well you should have been. bc we’ve got a hell of a lot of shit to fix. gale what’s my calendar look like”

Gale’s like “entirely empty.”

Noeul’s like “perfect. impromptu public Council meeting tomorrow then? Sara surely you can find the evidence to disprove this”

Sara’s like “?? to disprove WHAT? THEY WERE RIGHT”

Noeul says “this is Gale’s job. let him do it.”

Gale’s like “I can’t possibly do that in a day”

Noeul says “well you better figure it out. Charlie come with me. I’ll show you to our room. And you’ll have to get ready for dinner with my dad in approximately three hours”

Charlie’s like “?? Bitch what”

Noeul’s like “yeahhh he wants to meet my fiancé. I hope you brought something somewhat formal. he doesn’t do anything less than black collar”

Charlie is effectively cooked but he says “lol I can just get Gale to do it actually. GALE get her a dress ready”

Gale comedically groans and says he’ll just adjust some of Sara’s old stuff for her. he does not get paid enough. Charlie goes with him and Sara to get fitted

that’s it for tonight I’ll finish the rest of Act I later! it’s probably going to end at the dock scene w Charlie and Sonnet. which is a loooong way away. don’t be surprised if this changes bc I usually go back and tweak things as I go to make it more consistent 

[wanderingmind867]

Because I'm stressed out right now, and also because i'm a contrarian who hates new things and hates seeing something i don't understand get discussed constantly, i am going to just allow myself to pick some targets to be my punching bags. Better to yell at media than at my dad or at others, i suppose. Although knowing me, i could still end up yelling at my dad before the night's over. I'm not the most pleasant person. sigh...

Anyways, it's contrarian aggression time! My targets: stupid greek mythology musicals! Epic the musical and hadestown and anything that isn't Percy Jackson or Disney's Hercules, I'm going to be attacking you to release some aggression. I don't know why we need musicals about horribly depressing pieces of media made up by horrible people centuries ago, but get out of here! Screw you, Orpheus! Take your tragic harp and go hang yourself with it! Take it too, Odysseus! I can't understand your story because it's written in horrible ancient writing styles, so screw you!

Screw the Greek and Roman afterlife! Might actually be worse than the stupid Christian concept of heaven and hell, and i say that as someone who hates the abrahamic faiths! Screw the illiad, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, and all these other stupid ancient books! One ancient religious text is just as bad as another! It's incomprehensible nonsense, and most of the time it's so sad that I want to strangle the author for making me feel even more depressed than I usually do! Screw all of this nonsense! Burn it, bury it, start fresh with more optimistic myths! I said it! Mythology should be mostly hopeful, not tragic!

I hate tragedy! I hate horror! The only genre I really like is comedy, but heaven forbid we get any good clear, comprehensible ancient comedies! gods forbid! I hate it! And don't get me started on that idiot Shakespeare! If we switch from idiots like Homer and whoever the hell wrote the bible to shakespeare, then we'll be here for another five paragraphs. So I'm ending this here. But who knows? I might come back for Shakespeare later. I certainly hate him enough to do so.