#kerry said im really sweet omg....

[astheravensighs]

i was tagged by @fawnships again!! gosh I really like doing these thank you ur my fave <33333

3 ships: oh jeez other than like. everyone x me lol. uhhh fawn x kakashi bc yall are invited 2 my wedding now !!! aaaaand hmmm soukoku bc it’s one of the few canon ships I’m not wildly jealous of (bc I shoved myself in the middle of it :U) aaaaand lets see if I can think of another canon characters one uhhhh...... hmmm this is hard lol i’ve been thinking for like ten minutes sdkjfh uhh. naruhina I think??? I always liked hinata and she deserves the man she wants and like. a million dollars and a nice gift basket. shes a good baby

last song: ok I’m literally listening to my favorite jazz composer livestream recording a new song and i’m TALKING to him and he knows my jazz choir teacher and oh my GOD i’m literally so starstruck rn.... god bless kerry marsh hes so freaking nice... he literally is mentioning me offhandedly bc i said i was a soprano and he’s like ‘oh here’s your part!’ omg omg omg omg omg my heart is full of MUSIC (I’m hoping he remembers me bc i had a solo when my choir performed for his venue and aaaaaa..... <3)

last movie: ok ok. ok. calming. calming down lol. uhhhh I watched the blues brothers last actually with the bf! that’s. shockingly related actually lol it’s very accurate to being in a jazz band OR a jazz choir (of which I’ve done both) and my jazz teacher dressed up as one for halloween during my senior year and it’s just like. the whole time I’m like. yes that’s exactly what *insert instrument* players are like. can confirm. especially the fact that the singer (me) will get the whole band into bizarre situations lol

currently reading: I’m reading a ton of stuff rn uhhhh i was reading junji ito’s gyo last night and today i’m working on reading sheet music again (i’m in a very jazzy mood) bc I can’t it read for shite lol so it’s sheet music notation drills for me todayyyyyy :I

currently consuming: enchilada soup??? I think??? idk my mother brought me this and it’s aight so i’m sippin it with some bread to dip it in and a lovely lemonade

food i’m craving rn: oh jeez. like. everything. i rly crave cheese lately and my lactose intolerant ass knows no self control so i’ll pay for it later woops

aaa i never know who to tag oh jeez but uh! literally! anyone that sees this can do it!! you dont gotta be tagged you can just. do it lol i know i love talking about myself so y’all can have the same opportunity bc i wanna know yall better too! <333

[ravenslynch]

Important question: do you HC Ronan’s family from Northern Ireland or the Republic bc in my experience those are wildly different cultures and it changes everything for me if Ronan’s family is actually from Belfast and not like Claire or something

omg im so sorry this got lost! Glad to have found it though, this is a really interesting question. I mean, both probably? As in, I probably think about him as having family in Belfast but also having cousins etc. in the Republic too. You’re right that Niall growing up in Belfast is definitely a very particular cultural experience which could be read to have significant political and historical implications about his character and his family. For that reason, I do generally maintain that Niall is from Belfast and his parents raised him there. But I also like the opportunity for the family to have connections to the Republic as well.

Due to how small Ireland is, I have 3 great grandparents and a grandfather from Belfast, but I also have roots in Kerry/Galway/Leitrim/etc., although at least ¾ grandparents, if not all, probably ended up spending the majority of their lives in Dublin, as have both of my parents and myself. So it isn’t wild to have a mix of different places in his background. I mean they’re different places, and what perspective you’re given from being Irish Catholic in Belfast vs. Clare is totally different for sure. If you visit Belfast and then visit Clare, you’re also going to find that they’re undoubtedly very different places. But also being from Belfast doesn’t mean you don’t have ties to people or history in Clare, even if your cultural experience of your Irishness is in a completely different context and is thus subject to a very particular political/government landscape. Does that make sense? 

Just looking at the Lynch name, you can find dual origins for it. In old Irish families, in numerous counties throughout the island, it was used as an anglicisation of the Irish name O'Loinsigh. But also the Norman de Lench family, who came over in the 12th century with Strongbow, then gave their name the Hiberno treatment (lol where’s the truth what came first which way is up) and it changed to Lynch, and they were counted as one of the Tribes of Galway by the 15th century. Like to be up front, this is v basic research into the Lynch family name on my part, but just goes to show that there are families in every single county that carry the name, and there are different historical directions you can go with that to incorporate different elements of folklore/mythology/history/etc. into the Lynch family makeup which is a v good time imo.

However, I do think that Niall’s Belfast background is meant to be significant. In what way, I don’t know. It could just be Maggie thinking “Oh I’ll make him have an Irish Catholic origin story in Belfast, probably coinciding with the troubles, to further emphasis his rebellious nature while also allowing me access to that sweet Irish mythology/all those Yeats quotes(?) and Abbey Theatre references(??) that I love” which is quite the tactic and a whole other discussion. But regardless of why she chose Belfast, she did settle on Niall being from Belfast, and you’re right that that is a culturally significant place to grow up, particularly for someone of the age bracket we can only assume via guess work Niall was in. So I think it can be important to maintain that connection and I like that it can be used as a way of demonstrating that history and exploring its potential impact.

Like there are numerous hcs/fics I’ve come across that maintain his/Ronan’s Belfast connection, but don’t seem to get the significance of it at all, which is super jarring. Like you can’t just make them live in the North and treat them as living in some colour-by-numbers/horribly stereotyped version of Ireland™️ - that’s bad enough generally but like the complete lack of understanding of the difference between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland just takes it up a whole other notch. Like there are fics that have a historical setting with Ronan living in Northern Ireland and they Don’t Make A Lick Of Historical Sense without an awareness of the issues. They just don’t. It’s like a whole other level to the au that the au isn’t aware of. 

But that being said, I’m currently in the rough stages of a fic that gives Ronan other branches of the family in other parts of the country too. I mean the cross border family is also an interesting thing from my perspective (although I’m not sure how far I’m going to delve into this yet), and, as mentioned before, I want to use elements of mythology tied to different parts of the country, so I think that can add to the narrative too, while maintaining Niall’s identity.I’m probably brushing over things and over simplifying things but you’re right that there’s a difference in a character being read as being from the North or as being from the Republic. I just want people to keep this in mind generally, as long as people do a bit of research into these things/ask an Irish trc fan such as myself or @arbores–loqui–latine for genuine Irish info from a genuine Irish source, the Lynch family background/cultural positioning can be a super interesting thing, probably regardless of where you trace them as being from, though again they’re two very different things. Apologies for totally spitballing with complex issues surrounding Irish identity and history, this probably isn’t my best work tbh, though very much worthwhile to consider. 

[caterpillar-anon]

Here’s my notes from the Tonys

I loved watching the Tonys so so much!! I watched it with some friends so some of these notes are things that they said! Also heads up, this is pretty long so you have to click to keep reading if you actually want to read them.

okay this opening number is very relatable

Sara and josh sound perfect together

of course they’re at pianos

And they look so amazing

omg yesss ensemble

Kerry Washington looks amazing announcing best lead actor in a play

Andrew Garfield’s speech is really great

“let’s all bake a cake for anyone who wants a cake”

ahhhhhhh yes the Mean Girls performance!!!

so what sounds like tap dancing on the soundtrack is actually trays??

aww Taylor must be so nervous i mean that entrance is amazing and it’s the tonys (and I think they may have changed the key so that the songs would flow better together??) and overall that must have been so stressful

but she still did absolutely amazing

barrett and grey are so great together

love ashley park

love kate rockwell

omg when they just kept zooming in on Karen I was dying

Angels in America thing is very cool and terrifying

and the joke about that being what would happen if someone talked too long was definitely @ bette midler

I’m still annoyed by that

okay that my fair lady performance was fun

Lauren Ambrose (eliza) is very very good 

love the can can dancers

this honestly looks like a blast to perform

yay Lindsay Mendez won best featured actress in a musical

I’m so happy

She’s so cute I want to be her friend

She deserves this

Intro for spongebob is the cutest

Yesss

I love tap dancing

No one in the audience looked happy afterwards lol

why would they not look happy?

squidward just tap danced with four legs

honestly go gavin lee for that

tap dancing is great

Sara and josh yellow outfit song is really great

also that outfit looks like one of my dance costumes and I was laughing so hard

The bands visit wins best book!!

He’s shocked he beat Tina fey

He’s so nice aww

Nathan Lane wins best featured actor in a play!

that speech was so sweet

Of course Baryshnikov is announcing for Carousel

Yesssss

Dance is amazing

Six pirouettes okay thanks man

Who is this guy I love him

they are so talented

also fun fact, my school’s supposedly doing Carousel for our musical next year but my school is all-girls so when we saw that the number they were performing was all males we were dying because lol good luck to us

yayyy I’m so happy for Ari’el stachel winning best featured actor in a musical

Broadway debut

He’s so happy he’s crying

Im so happy

that speech was really great

Ashley park is the best

I love when they show her reactions

Margery stoneman douglas kids!!!

matthew morrison is the best

I’m going to cry

Seasons of love

I’m crying

this Harry Potter bit is the best

so cute

Josh groban to Jamie Parker or wait Harry Potter

Yes patti LuPone

yay Glenda Jackson won best lead actress in a play!!!

“Thank you very much indeed”

I love her

Sven coming out in this costume is my favorite thing

James Monroe Iglhart!!

I love this performance so much

Patti Murin is perfect for Anna

Caissie Levy is perfect for Elsa

Caissie’s last note omg she is saaaanging

so so good

I love Frozen

Love this Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera mash up

aww Chris Jackson announcing the in memorium

Dear Evan Hansen aww

this is Will Roland’s last experience with dear evan hansen aww I’m going to cry

This is beautiful

yay Summer the donna summer musical!!

love the announcers

Yes this is amazing

Yes ensemble

Yes jumpsuit

best play goes to Harry Potter!!

everyone in this cast aww

this is so cute

Melissa Benoist announces Once On This Island

I love her!

I love this so much

Hailey Kilgore is amazing

omg his abs

this is really fun to watch I love it

yay Band’s Visit performance!

I’m so excited!!

Omar sharif

Katrina Lenk yesss

she is actually stunning

I could listen to her forever

best revival of a musical goes to once on this island!

Yes cute

They’re so so so happy

Lady crying so much I love her

Rob Deniro announcing

bleep??? standing O?? (later found out he said f- trump lol)

Bruce Springsteenis taking forever

This is like I’m at a retreat

Next verse of Lord I Need You

okay now he’s singing

Tony shalhoub best lead actor in a musical!!

Yes go him

He sounds so nice

I want to be his friend

yay Leslie Odom jr announcing!!

Katrina lenk yessss

She’s stunning

That dress is beautiful

it looks like she’s floating on a cloud

tbh she probably is

go Bernadette Peters love her

The bands visit wins Best Musical!!!!

So many people

So proud

So cute

this closing is so great