#it's more wordplay

[princess-of-the-corner]

I remember a video about a Iida that was like "until this day I don't know what UA stands for and it's stressing me out!" And I couldn't stop thinking about it

The only thing that came to my mind is ultimate academy but that's danganronpa

LMAO RIP BECAUSE I MIGHT'VE MADE THAT A THING AT SOME POINT

[meirimerens]

l'homme embras(s)é

[autistickfigure]

i've been practicing something called "doing what i want"

[thewhizzyhead]

ya know, what made epic the musical such a joy for me personally is seeing it actually develop throughout its 4-5 year long history and I don't just mean like from the ground up and everything. I mean it in a way as someone who immediately clocked Jorge Rivera-Herrans as a fellow playwright heavily inspired by Lin Manuel Miranda's style - which fucking meant of course most of the early publicized drafts of epic were raps because of course they are (this is not meant to be a slight because like I totally get him)!

But like actually seeing Jorge apply the lessons in LMM's writing into his own original style that is befitting to the story he wants to tell - and not only that, he literally took his audience along with him on his journey with every tried-and-tested demo and audition and everything, and the actual pre-production and production process of writing an album is something we don't usually get at all, especially in something as extensive as a musical concept album!

Like what really had EPIC make it's mark on the internet and on musical theatre (especially INDIE MT) is that it was a literal Odyssey of sorts - the creation of this entire fucking thing was a journey from beginning to end and we were all invited to witness it from behind the scenes while also having many artists among fans be a part in its creation one way or another, while also observing how Jay had his own artistic development throughout - from someone whose epic was quite obviously heavily stylized after Hamilton, into an artist whose style he can call truly his own.

I have so much more to say on how and why epic became such an iconic piece of work and perhaps being the first MT work in 2020 to truly define the decade, but all in all let's just say I'm glad to have witnessed the growth of an artist - and I'm excited to see what art this will inspire in turn.

[ourtalechara]

OKAY NEATH! FANS LISTEN UP

(analysis of Mr. Pages verse of the MV that I spent a while creating coming up)

I just showed Down Here In London to my singing teacher and luckily for us she a) has a bigger monitor than the phone screen I usually watch Neath! on and b) is heckin' smart, and instantly figured out "pridesolated" as pride + isolated. Which totally checks out! Byron is infact both of those things!

"Promtscivious" is a bit of a difficult one. I didn't ask my teacher what she saw in this one, but she studied it for a moment, and based on her reaction, and my own analysis I assumed she found either promiscuous or prostitution - either of which could be there, but I believe that promiscuous is much more likely. Mischievous is also definitely in there. What I'm uncertain about is to whether there are two words, or three. It's not quite spelled like promiscuous + mischievous, and while that could just be a spelling error (intentional or otherwise) it could also be another word nestled in there.

"Posthumorous" is clearly posthumous + humorous. I'm not quite so sure what this is saying. Posthumous refers to the fact that Harry is dead, and humorous... I'm not quite sure. I mean, I know what the word means, but I don't see why it would apply to specifically Harry moreso than any of the others...

As for what the heck "maudlimiquitous" means, we're still totally lost.

But there's more we can learn from the music video!!

For one, according to the census forms, the ministry representative is named "Stuart Pendium"

Which is really fun!

The full census form cannot be read in any shot, but from what we can read, it looks like this (text in brackets is inferred, while ellipsis indicate the presence of unknown words):

The very top reads "[MINI]STRY OF ACCOUNTING & RECOUNTING", directly under that is a box with big letters that say "[C]ENSUS FORM"

From what we can read, the text directly under that says

"...[E]NUMERATING AND CHRONOCUMENTATIONS OF LONDON'S ... [T]HEIR WHIMS, FANCIES, AND INTRIGUERIES. BY ORDER [OF THE MASTERS] OF THE BAZAAR.

...[T]O THE OFFICE OF MR. PAGES WITH ALL DUE EXPEDIATION"

To the right of all of this is a seal of the ministry of accounting and recounting.

Underneath that the questions begin, the first box holding "MINISTRY REPRESENTATIVE", "BADGE NO.", "CITIZENIZEN", and "ADDRESIDENCE". On all forms, the ministry representative is Stuart Pendium, and the badge number is 19910508.

The questions underneath read "Q1: How many people live in this establishmentation?", "Q2: Is anyone in this establishment enam...rificated o...", and "Q3: How would one define their occupatory pursuits?"

All of the questions are answered as such:

[CITIZENIZEN: R]obert "Honest Bob" Rackett

[ADRESIDENCE:] The Singing Mandrake, Veilgarden

Q1: ...[i]nformal lodger at the Si[nging Mandrake] in Veilgarden. A tenant of C[assie] Haversham and fellow propriet[or]... was unavailable for comment.

Q2: "I should like to find myself ... and a heart with which to share ... no such fortune in such ende[avors]

The only thing I was able to make out for the third question was "absolutely legal"

[CITIZENIZEN: Byron Bri]mstone

[ADRESIDENCE: The Bra]ss Embassy, Ladybones Road

Q1: ... do not count in s...bers as ... end"

Q2: ...[s] and desires abound here; but w[a]... they of yours?"

Q3: "Our duties pertain to planes beyond your limited understanding."

CITIZENIZEN: Cassie Haversham

ADRESIDENCE: The Singing Mandrake, V[eilgarden]

Q1: A residence of the... lady Cassandra Hav[ersham] ... prietor ... [Haversham] [u]na[cc]ounted for? ... [lod]ger Ro[bert [R]ackett]

Q2: ...ons indul... [w]hich to...

Q3: ...er... led ... [i]ng. .. - dan[c]e[d]

While other forms can be seen, none of them are readable.

Additionally, many things on the table are connected via red string. Cassie is the one with the most connections (two strings pass by the pin on her picture, as opposed to the one that everyone else has). By the string connecting Harry and Bob is a scrap of paper with the words "Met with" written on it (likely meaning that the two have met each other at some time). Due to the positioning, one could read it as adding onto Honest Bob's word, making it "Met with Maudlimiquitous" (likely unintentional, but not entirely impossible). In between Byron and Cassie is a scrap of paper with "Fell impassionated with" written on it. There is a pin stuck in it, and the Cassie - Byron string passes through it. There is also another scrap of paper, which isn't attached to any string, and isn't near anyone in particular, but can be found above Byron's head. It seems to say "Regrets mee[ting]..."

There's more stuff I could mention, but this is already long and stuff and I'm tired.

[shallowseeker]

everyone always thinks cas would be into bees but not super lame romantic poetry?

[squeakadeeks]

SLAY SQUAD

more formal photos coming soon but I just finished the full trio and I love them!!

[cormancatacombs]

Thank you for shopping at the Tell-Tale Mart!

Where great deals are just a heartbeat away!

[fukia]

Uncontrollably sobbing;;; I’m so obsessed with how beautifully precious this very specific slade is,,,

He’s got that Bojack Horseman silly, that big round singular eye, and a mask that makes him looks like a fucking splitface tortie/calico/chimera kitty

//deathstroke more like deathheartattack// I love him with all my heart and soul//

[kikuism]

a part of me is always going to grieve that i'll never be able to consume animanga in the original language bc there is sooooo much that's lost in translation and i'll just never get the true essence of what's being conveyed

[discount-elysium]

so I feel like 'Vacholieres absolutely have a derogatory term for RCM based on the reflective patches, but I am just not clever enough to come up with it

like, you can't tell me that all cops have a single universal identifier on their clothing and there isn't some sort of "pigs" or like "jackboots" equivalent for it

[sisterofthesouth]

does anyone else think jasmine and barda’s riddles at the bridge should have been switched

[vimbry-moved]

he was 27

[heraverick]

"today's youth could never handle a world war"

my sister in christ,

NO ONE FROM ANY TIME COULD

this generation is no more or less human than those of the past, you just never truly knew the lives those past generations lived

only the idealized versions, where everyone comes out a living hero

there are NO "pure" heroes from war, best case scenario is a deeply traumatized person who had their developmental years stolen by a fist of imperial steel, with and/or against the swing depending on which side of which fight

the human was not built to stand against nor wield that imperial steel, and those who do will find it's not steel, but lead

lead, whose poison slowly kills them, killer and/or survivor

lead, whose weight bears down on them for the remainders of their lives, killer and/or survivor

lead, who blasts through their fragile bones, killer and/or killed

THE HUMAN IS NOT BUILT FOR WAR

[heightsofmadness]

Persona 5 but all the characters are trans girls accessing fantastic occult power by throwing their masc away

[foursaints]

saints i got the notification that read jude and taryn duarte and i screamed In Real Life

!! i just finished the trilogy yesterday and suffice it to say i am SHAKEN to my core… nothing has hit me like taryn duarte. nothing

i mean she really has everything. stolen child married to a capricious faerie lord. obedient daughter to her family’s murderer. mistress, wife, and courtier. her twin sister is nothing like her (deep down they are exactly the same). killer of her monster bridegroom -> thus retroactively fulfilling what her mother could not. she wears a gown of gossamer and glass. nobody ever knows what she’s really thinking. she lies and cheats and eats faerie fruit for fun.

(i think the duarte twins are both defined by their powerlessness, and their innate discomfort with it. jude has a pathological need for power, to shield herself against feeling weak. taryn copes with feeling weak by making a life out of it, reveling in it, doing everything to make herself seem as powerless as possible. she cannot be discomforted by it, if it’s what she chooses. <- twin girls who eventually snap)