#like i was watching bttf yesterday right

[here-am-i-sitting-in-a-tin-can]

when the stupidest fucking things make you think of them and saying it would be weird

[knickynoo]

HELLO, EVERYONE! I SAW THE BTTF MUSICAL YESTERDAY, AND AM READY TO POST SOME (SEMI) COHERENT THOUGHTS!

[Fair warning that some things here may spoil parts of the show.]

• First things first: It was so good. It was so, so, very good. Incredible show. I'd been hearing great things about the show since it first came out in London, and I've been listening to the music since it dropped, so I pretty much went in knowing I'd like it but it still managed to be even better than I thought.

• Just the setup of the theater itself and the ambiance prior to it starting was so cool. The way everything is lit blue and there's all the electrical zapping and humming. THE CONSTANT TICKING OF CLOCKS THAT FILLED THE THEATER. Nothing had even happened yet, and I was like, "This is such a good show."

• My one big cause for hesitation was Casey playing Marty. I know absolutely nothing about the guy, but Marty is just so dear to my heart, and MJF's energy and physicality isn't something easily captured. I had my doubts about seeing someone try to bring Marty to Broadway, but Casey walked onto the stage, called out, "Doc?" and I went, "Yeah, okay. There's Marty."

• For real, though, Casey was phenomenal as Marty. He had the vocal inflection down. The right amount of crackliness. Very good balance of cool kid and disoriented mess.

• Um. HUGH COLES?!? Talk about brilliant casting. I mean it when I say that he somehow seemed more George than George from the movie. The audience reacted with a sense of awe when he started speaking and moving around the stage. It was like Crispin Glover had been plucked straight from the film and injected with More Georgeness. When he did the laugh, the audience went nuts. His physical acting and the way he captured George's gestures perfectly was amazing to watch.

• As I'd expected, Musical Doc is ten times more chaotic and unhinged than Movie Doc. Roger Bart's comedic timing is impeccable. He earned himself frequent howling laughter from the audience from the moment he appeared on stage.

• His "Good thing I kept this radiation suit from my Manhattan Project days" line was a nice touch.

• "Despite my fear of heights, I was standing on my toilet," was such a gem of a line.

• THE DELOREAN. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE DELOREAN. I had no idea how they were going to depict a car speeding to 88mph on a small stage, but THEY DID IT. Astounding. Honestly might be the coolest effects I've ever seen done on a stage. Also, I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the addition of it being voice-activated and talking, but it worked nicely!

• The musical obviously had to trim some parts of the movie—and even omit parts entirely—but it was done so well that you either didn't even notice or miss they were gone. The change from George being hit by a car to simply falling out of the tree was one of these changes. (Marty's under the tree trying to catch him, btw, which is how he ends up getting knocked out)

• I couldn't tell if this was an ad-lib from Casey, but when he was trying to get his pants back on in the Baines house scene, he started struggling a bit with the tangled suspenders that were wrapped around one of the legs of the jeans and muttered in frustration, "Why do I wear suspenders??" Very funny little moment.

• Great chemistry between Bart and Casey. The connection between Doc and Marty was THERE. The musical GOT IT RIGHT. So many hilarious moments between them in the form of completely unintelligible banter, where they're just talking over each other and having like...verbal tennis matches of nonsense. It's hard to describe in writing, but trust me, it was so good. It went something like this:

Doc: "Marty!"

Marty: "Doc!"

Both Simultaneously: *literal gibberish*

• There's a beautiful little addition to the scene when Marty shows up at Doc's house in 1955 and tries to convince him he's from the future. After Doc asks him to take him to this supposed "time machine" Marty goes, "Sure, hang on, I just gotta grab some flashlights." Then he goes straight to a cabinet and quickly retrieves two flashlights without a second thought, to which Doc is like, "How did you know they were in there??" Marty knows!! He knows exactly where the flashlights are because of course he does!!

• Perhaps one of the funniest moments of the show was right at the end of the "Future Boy" number, where the music stops and there's that breaking of the fourth wall moment. Doc and Marty look around in confusion at all the backup singers and dancers awkwardly standing around his house (one of the singers continues dancing/singing long after the others has stopped lol) and Doc wordlessly opens the door so they can all scurry out.

• Doc's dream of visiting the year 2020 where everything is perfect and there's "no disease" got some very loud laughter from the audience.

• Oh. Oh, the scene at Doc's house at night after the demonstration with the toy car. The way everything gets solemn for a moment, and Doc is doubting himself and worried about failing. Marty's lovely little speech about how everything will be okay because he believes in him. He trusts Doc. He knows it'll work and they'll get him home. The way Marty is the one looking after and taking care of Doc in that moment. When he asks, "Do you need anything, Doc? Can I make you a sandwich?" And then when he says softly, "Goodnight, Doc. Pleasant dreams."

THE MUSICAL GETS IT RIGHT. THE WARMTH. THE LOVE. THIS WAS SUCH A NICE ADDITION.

• "PUT YOUR MIND TO IT" !!!! I loved this sequence so, so much. Marty gets to strut his stuff while George flails around trying to imitate him. It was funny, the choreography was great, and we get such a nice Marty and George hug at the end! Why didn't they hug in the movie??

• The audience was super engaged and reactive through the whole show, but it noticeably ramped up in the latter part—starting with the night of the dance. There was such an excitement as people anticipated George swooping in to take down Biff and protect Lorraine. When Biff went down, the audience whooped and clapped and cheered so much.

• EARTH ANGEL! THE MOMENT GEORGE AND LORRAINE KISS. It was just like the movie. The music suddenly swelled, Marvin belted out, "The vision of your happiness", George and Lorraine kissed, and the audience. Lost. Their. Minds. It was as if people were experiencing the story for the first time—that's how strong the reaction was. So cool.

• Audience also went wild at the start of Johnny B. Goode. That was a neat sequence as well. Huge laughs at the "But your kids are gonna love it" line.

• The clocktower scene! Marty handing Doc the letter and saying, "I wrote you a thank-you note; don't read it until you get home!!" LOL. So many amazing effects going on in this one. For those of you who have seen the show, you probably remember Doc running up the clocktower stairs, right? Did the audience nearly die of laughter like they did at my showing? That was truly one of the top 5 funniest moments of the show, in my opinion. It had me giggling hours later once I was home. For those of you who have not seen the show, I don't think I can adequately put into words what was happening during this scene, but it was incredibly funny. It's good there wasn't any dialogue during it, because no one would have heard it with the way everyone was laughing.

• The fire trails on stage got quite the awed reaction. Super cool.

• The hug! We get our Doc and Marty hug at the end! I'm so glad they realized that moment was missing from the movie.

• I liked the shift from Marty waking up at home to him waking up on the bench in town instead. The "George McFly Day" part was a fun addition, and it flowed nicely into Marty's "Power of Love" performance.

• THE CAR FLEW. IT FLEW UP IN THE AIR AND THE WHEELS TURNED IN AND IT WENT OUT OVER THE AUDIENCE. HOW DID THEY DO THAT. IT DID A COMPLETE ROTATION UPSIDE DOWN WHILE CASEY AND BART WAVED TO PEOPLE. If anyone knows of any videos or articles explaining how they did things with the car, please let me know because I can't find anything and I would love to know how they did it! You couldn't see anything holding the car, and i'm so confused! The effects were so good.

• Love how, when the show ended, the giant screen on the stage just said, "Make like a tree and get outta here."

...I think those are all my thoughts. I was planning to write up a post with just a couple of bullet points of highlights and instead. Well. This is what you get from me, and if you've followed my blog for any length of time, you know that. But really, the show was so well done. I had a blast. I bought a pin that says, "Whoa, this is heavy" and I'm going to put it on my denim jacket :)

For those who are planning to see the musical, I hope this helps hype you up for it. And for those who can't see it, I hope this gives you a good look at what it's like!

[mythical-bookworm]

Thanks for the tag! I only joined to fandom in September, so I haven't been here or done anything for to long haha

Also @cheriboms thanks for the tag as well, I was already working on this reblog when you tagged me whoops.

1. Twice....I swear TV never shows it- *starts crying*

2. No, but I want some!

3. I am not a fan of 90 percent of soda, including Pepsi! Nor do I like sugar free stuff...

4. 'Cause I Might Not Make It Back

Look, guys. I love the amnesia trope. Young Emmett and Marty is amazing. This is two birds with one stone.

5. YOU WANT ME TO DECIDE?????

Okay, for humor reasons:

For content reasons:

For awesome looking reasons:

6. Yes sir! I have several incomplete/abandoned fanfics so the only one I've posted is Doctober 2023, but I learned so much from that!

As for art I have done several, but my favorite one has to be this:

7. Zero times 😎

8. Uhhh, see I never recognize actors so if I did I didn't know lol

9. Ok so we got a new car and we were testing it's Bluetooth and we used my playlist. Power of Love came on and Dad was like "Huey Lewis? Wow." And I was just like "I have some random things on here-" ;-;

10. Idk, I don't count that haha, but def a good amount. But I did just fall yesterday on top of my cousin hehe.

11. So I didn't GO see it cause it's across the country. However I found an uhm...another way to watch it.

Needless to say AAAAAAAA ITS AMAZING! All of Marty's little quirks are there and hilarious! Little details about his and Doc's friendship are so adorable! Everyone plays their character perfectly! Awesome songs! 10/10!

12. Funny thing. This question made me realize I have no clue how my parents met. I know they met in collage...and that's it. Whoops.

13. "Silence, Earthling!"

14. Run in the rain- Yes! Marching season overlaps monsoon season so once or twice we were forced to run with our instruments in a panic out of the rain (because there's lightning near and we need to get back inside)

Pull an all nighter- Literally pulled my first all nighter 2 days ago! Me and my cousins swore we wouldn't sleep. The youngest failed at 4 but me and the oldest made it past sunrise at 7 am. She then literally passed out and I got bored so I went to sleep for 3 hours.

Read Science Fiction- Yup!

Drive thru Burger King- Didn't do drive thru, but walked in. Fun story, me and my friends just came back from a comic-con so we all walked in full cosplay! We gave the employees a laugh, especially when the one dressed as Michel Myers came in first with no context haha.

15. I dunno! I have a lot of things ahead of me, but I'm trying not to stress too hard. I'm just going to go with the flow.

Not gonna tag anyone here as a lot have already done this and I'm doing this last minute. But if you want to do it, go right ahead!

BTTF Year-End Tag Game!

This year:

How many times would you guess you watched the first back to the future movie?

Did you get any sweet bttf merch? If so, what!

How many cans of Pepsi Free did you chug this year?

What was a favorite bttf fanfic you read this year?

A favorite bttf fanart you saw this year? (please give us a link, not a screencap/repost!)

Did you create any bttf fanart or fanfic? If you did, what one(s) are you proudest of?

How many times were you late for school this year?

Did you watch any other movies/tv shows with BTTF actors in them?

Was there a memorable moment you heard a Huey Lewis song this year?

How many times did you fall down this year?

Did you get to see BTTF: The Musical? What was your experience like!

How many times did your mom retell the story of how she and your father met?

If you could describe your year in a BTTF quote, which one would it be?

⚡️LIGHTNING ROUND⚡️ Did you get to: go on any trains, skate on a skateboard, ride a horse, drive a Delorean, run in the rain, go to a dance, hang up a clock, play the guitar, pull an all-nighter, read science fiction, or drive thru Burger King this year?

Your future is whatever you make it! So what are you going to make of this coming year?

I tag: @agentmcfly24601 @moonlightandstarshimmer @brinkle-brackle @bg-sparrow @bttf-dork @mrfutureboy @pepsifox88 @tsukinikawatteus @itsthemorph @synthsays and anyone who would like to answer these questions! as always, no pressure!

[abouttiimeadjacent]

ooc: I’ve started writing drafts in my notebook again but it’s been a little while since I’ve written anything down anywhere and my handwriting is shit and it’s gonna be a process typing all that up

[urlmysunshine]

Tagged!!

Rules: Answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people  @bright-eyed-lesbian tagged me, thank you againn ( I think this one is from a while ago I dunno haha)

THE LAST: 1. Drink: peach fanta  2. Phone call: my ex  3. Text message: to my mum  4. Song you listened to: dangerous woman D:  5. Time you cried: saturday i think  6. Dated someone twice: yup  7. Kissed someone and regretted it: yup  8. Been cheated on: Not that I know of  9. Lost someone special: Yeah  10. Been depressed: For a while now  11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: Not yet 

FAVOURITE COLORS: 12. Blue 13. Yellow 14. Blushy pink 


IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: I totally forgot to include my online friends cause YES I HAVE MADE NEW BEAUTIFUL LOVELY FRIENDS ON TUMBLR THIS YEAR omgolly 16. Fallen out of love: Don’t think so.. 17. Laughed until you cried: yeah 18. Found out someone was talking about you: ofc my Mum loves 2 g0ssip 19. Met someone who changed you: Yes actually, a girly who keeps me strong @zestyhuman u my tru luv 20. Found out who your friends are: I guess so 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: yup 

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: Most of em 23. Do you have any pets: A cat called Shrek 24. Do you want to change your name: I’ve grown to like it so nah 25. What did you do for your last birthday: Nothing, I saw my bf at the time and he pretended he didn’t know what day it was 26. What time did you wake up: uhhh idek late haha D: 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: watching futarama 28. Name something you can’t wait for: food I think, thinkin about it 24/7 lately 29. When was the last time you saw your mom: today  30. What did you eat for breakfast: nothing haha 31. What are you listening to right now: moonlightbae  32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yuppp the regrets 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: lies  34. Most visited website: tumblr prob 35. Hair color: brownie  36. Long or short hair: long  37. Do you have a crush on someone: my ex 

GENERAL: 38. What do you like about yourself: my taste in stuffs 39. Piercings: just my ears 40. Blood type: idk whichever one is most common.. o negative? 41. Nickname: summy etc (got lots) 42. Relationship status: numero uno 43. Zodiac: sagittarius 44. Pronouns: She/her 45. Favourite tv show: gilmore girls, adventure time, lots of cartoons really 46. Tattoos: none so far but hopefully that will change soooon   47. Right or left handed: im a lefty n proud 48. Surgery: none   49: Favourite song: prob man of war atm or something mac demarco 50. Sport: GO AWAY 51. Vacation: The furthest ive been from here is wellington.. which isn’t very far. unless you’re asking dream vacay? 
52. Pair of trainers: ive got some red converse that i live in haha D: 

MORE GENERAL: 53. Eating: I just ate about a whole bag of poppa jacks   54. Drinking: peach fanta 55. I’m about to: go to sleep 56. Waiting for: closure 57. Want: lotso shit, rn i’m really just wanting tickets to ariana’s concert but know thats pre much impossible now.. 58. Get married: *magic conch shell voice* maybe someday 59. Career: artist would be the dream but ya know..  


WHICH IS BETTER: 60. Hugs or kisses: i gotta say hugs but damn i love kisses too 61. Lips or eyes: eyes 62. Shorter or taller: taller 63. Older or younger: tbh age differences creep me out but i’m young eh   64. Nice arms or nice stomach: nice arms. all bellies are good bellies hehe 65. Hookup or relationship: gosher my heart is too hurt for nothin right now 66. Troublemaker or hesitant: i’m a hesitant troublemaker wannabe 


HAVE YOU EVER: 67. Kissed a stranger: yup.. 68. Drank hard liquor: ye 69. Lost glasses/contact lenses: i donn’ wear em 70. Turned someone down: I think so..   71. Sex on the first date: does post breakup sex count…. 72. Had an all nighter: too many times 73. Had your heart broken: twice by the same damn dude :( 74. Been arrested: nah 75. Cried when someone died: yeah 76. Fallen for a friend: I think so 

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 77. Yourself: I’ll get there one day lol 78. Miracles: ehh 79. Love at first sight: idek if i believe in true love anymore 80. Santa Claus: santa baby 81. Kiss on the first date: I guess so   82. Angels: nah but like marvin berry’s earth angel? ya  

OTHER: 83. Favourite animal: doggies! 84. Eye colour: brownie 85. Favorite movie: got too many to choose but i always just say bttf cause it’s good n always comes to mind first.

Tagging last 20 peeps in my notes! @partlypeachy @recklesssweetmel @coliare @peachybulb @talesoftruelove @lets-run-away-of-yesterday @smolfrijole @leftsharklester @the-robbers @fleurbloodette @peachesaresnazzy @rachelgranger13 @poppystrawberries @yolkclub @venus-in-blue @creational-mess @littlemisswide-eyes @sailoryuki @katydefinitelydidnot @raydiate n anyone who wants to join in~

[melien]

(Like I don’t have enough projects...)

tl;dr: My old story Futuristic Lover may be getting a reboot with the same characters but different plot, partly inspired by Back to the Future movies which I freaking love and won’t be tired of even if I watch them 4383478 times.

Yesterday I threw myself a Back to the Future marathon (my favourite movie(s) EVER and if I ever find someone who loves them just as much I’ll marry this person right away), which made me delighted, happy, and nostalgic (am I over-emotional about my favourite movies? definitely not, what are you even talking about?). This made me think a little bit about my own old stuff. Given that I’ll always in state of missing Futuristic Lover and no other similar save could replace it for me (and I don’t talk much about it, but Relevace is still one of my biggest OTP’s ;-;) I thought of rebooting the whole story (like, the same characters but different universe) and making it more inspired by the plot of BTTF? With more fun things to happen and more complicated romance thing (let’s be honest, I wasn’t quite satisfied with how it was rushed in the original story). When it was up I had twice less followers (so if you remember it, a cookie for you!) and I have a lot of other stuff going on, but I may decide on this. I guess before starting anything, I have to plan stuff and most importantly, go in the old save and see if I feel it, as it’s such a spontaneous decision.