#mistress electra

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Put On Your Raincoats | Mistress Electra (Costello, 1982)

I'm always down to revisit the wild and woolly world of Shaun Costello, but I found this pretty underwhelming. Not to sound like a scumbag, but if you're going to put it on your poster that your movie "incorporates every fetish and has the most electrifying bondage and discipline scenes [you] have ever shown", one would expect your movie to be at least moderately kinky. I believe this is something Costello cranked out for the Avon chain of theatres, which students of sleaze will know competed by showing the most extreme dirty movies on the Deuce. Sadly, the kink factor here is pretty minimal.

Only one scene has any element of kink, and it's a pretty mild domination scene, although the presence of Marlene Willoughby makes it the highlight of the movie. Willoughby plays a photographer taking erotic pictures of George Payne as he gets dominated by Linda Vale as the titular Mistress Electra until she takes over, and with the precise diction of her dirty talk and her exaggerated raised eyebrow reactions, she's a winning presence as usual. ("Ooh, a cock ring. He must be a cocker spaniel.") And you could say she brings a whole new meaning to getting the shot, if you wanted to practice some Shalitisms. It's also novel to see Payne in a submissive role, when usually in Avon productions he did the shouty scary shtick that he nailed down to a science. 

Other than that, this holds some interest for Costello auteurists as you can see elements of his style at play, particularly the way he cuts to stolen music. I guess he really enjoyed around this time Thief, because he uses Tangerine Dream's soundtrack to score the better sex scenes in the movie (both the aforementioned scene as well as another photography-themed threesome involving different performers). You can also see Costello playing with his style in the earlier sex scenes as well, with the red background in the loop and photography scenes, but while the action in the loop scene is pretty spicy, the heat is greatly undercut by the lack of diegetic sound and the constant cutaways to the viewers. Also, if I'm going to complain about the lack of kinkiness, it seems like a waste to cast Jeanne Silver in an Avon porno, use her for a single scene, and not even let her put her most famous feature to use.

You also get the private detective plot, which usually provides a nice seedy foundation for plottier pornos, although Ashley Moore, weirdly jovial narration aside, doesn't make the most memorable private dick, as well as the attempts to tie the plot together with street scenes, although setting these in a park really undercuts the energy level. Also, while there are some good performers here, Rod Pierce as the male lead really sinks the movie with his total lack of charisma. (He does get one pretty good line though. "This is the '80s, the age of��pornography.")

So this is only really of interest for Costello auteurists, although there are plenty of others you should prioritize over this one.

[theakandrewscollection]

Mistress Elektra - POSE season 2 (Television, 2019)

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Pride Month 🌈 Day 28

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Fx network's POSE- Mistress Elektra's Hellfire Club Escapades

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Follow up scene

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Quick question: Why isn't the Electra Complex called the Myrrha Complex?

The Electra Complex suggests that the daughter is competitive against her mother for the possession of her father, basically the feminine version of the Oedipus complex. But myth-wise, Electra doesn't exhibit any non-familial affection for Agamemnon. She simply plotted revenge against her mother because she killed her father, not for any jealousy reason.

However, Myrrha does fall in love with her father, Cinyras, and even lay with him (whether or not this was caused by Aphrodite). There's a passage in Ovid's Metamorphoses that described Myrrha's passion quite similar to the complex:

"Think of the many sacred ties and loved names, you are dragging to the mire: the rival of your mother, will you be the mistress of your father [...]"

So... I don't know. I think Myrrah Complex is a more fitting name :vvv

[ominous-arcade]

Character Onions for Curtain Call

posting them here for no particular reason I suppose! they'll be easier to find this way too

Put under the cut for convenience

Vanessa Shelly

Kim - Scott Pilgrim

Alice Liddell - American McGee's Alice

Helly R - Severance

Care - Petscop

Carrie White - Carrie 1976

Bea Santello - NITW

Sidney Prescott - Scream

Jack Townsend/Deputy O'Brien - Tales from the Gas Station

Asuka Langley Sohryu - Evangelion

Narrator - Fight Club

Asa Mitaka - Chainsaw Man

Mima Kirigoe - Perfect Blue

Handunit

Glados - Portal

Friend Computer - Paranoia

SCP-079 - SCP foundation

AM - I Have No Mouth and I must Scream

Old L Corp - Project Moon

Doctor Money - Presentable Liberty

P03 - Inscryption

You Must Be Happy - Lobotomy Corporation

AUTO - Wall-E

BOB - Sam & Max Save the World

Mr.Milchick - Severance

Vanny

The Velveteen Rabbit - The Velveteen Rabbit

Spinel - Steven Universe

Pyro - Team Fortress 2

Photo negative Mickey - Abandoned By Disney

"Mima" - Perfect Blue

You Want To Get Beat? Hurtily? - Limbus Company

Raggedy Ann - Raggedy Ann

SCP-1048 - SCP foundation

Happy Teddy Bear - Lobotomy Corporation

Robbie the Rabbit - Silent Hill

Bugs Bunny - Looney Toons

Crimew - Real Life

Spring Bonnie

Bear - Bear in the Big Blue House

Barney - Barney & Friends

The Velveteen Rabbit - The Velveteen Rabbit

Friend Francis - Angel Hare

Bucky Beaver - Shipwrecked 64

Salvador - Presentable Liberty

Elsie the Borden Cow - Real Life

Angel Gabby - Angel Hare

Teddy - Beyond the Sleep

Truman - The Truman Show

Fred Rogers - Mr.Rogers' Neighborhood

Toriel - Undertale

William Afton

Nick - Parents 1989

Forge Fitzwilliam - D&D: Honor Among Theives

Victor Frankenstein - Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

Calvin's Dad - Calvin and Hobbes

Terry Blake - The Stepfather 1987

Madam Hotel - The Hotel Podcast

Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Sea Leopard - Real Life

Scar - The Lion King

Steve Raglan - Five Nights at Freddy's (movie)

Mr.Voice - Little Misfortune

Dexter's Dad - Dexter's Laboratory

Carol Afton

Lady Miss Kier - Deee-lite

Linda Flynn-Fletcher - Phineas and Ferb

Clarabelle - Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers

Madam Hotel - The Hotel Podcast

Scary Godmother - Scary Godmother comics/movie

Miss Frizzle - The Magic Schoolbus

Morticia Addams - The Addams Family

Julie Joyful - Welcome Home

Midge Campell - Astroid City

Linda Belcher - Bob's Burgers

Elvira - Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Esmé Squalor - A Series of Unfortunate Events

Kelsey

Nemesis (Goddess of revenge and retribution) - Greek Mythology

Tomie Kawakami - Junji Ito

Nano - Girl from Nowhere

Ant-mimic spider (Myrmarachne) - Real Life

Raguel (Angel of Justice) - Abrahamic Religion

The Phantom of the Auditorium - Goosebumps

James (Clone) - Goosebumps show (2023)

Columbo - Columbo

Themis (Goddess of Justice) - Greek Mythology

Kowaru Nagisa - Evangelion

Jesus of Nazareth - Abrahamic Religion

Snowy Owl - Real

Zombie Mike

Mettaton Neo - Undertale

Alpha Dave Strider - Homestuck

Wallace Wells - Scott Pilgrim

Funtime Foxy - Sister Location

Lucas Lee - Scott Pilgrim

Dorian Electra - Real Life

Orwelle Peck - Real Life

Johnny Blaze - Ghost Rider

High Roller - Toontown Corporate Clash

Johnny Cage - Mortal Kombat

Tyler Durdan - Fight Club

Ricky "Jupe" Park - Nope

Michael Afton

Nitro Rad - Real Life

Mike - FNAF Logbook

Angel Torres - Nope

Dave Strider - Homestuck

Netzach - Library of Ruina

Jack Townsend - Tales from the Gas Station

Chesed - Lobotomy Corporation

Toby Billings - Hide and Seek (Fazbear Frights: Blackbird)

Sans - Undertale

Mr.Renner - Animatronic Apocalypse (Tales from the Pizzaplex: Submechanophobia)

Mike - You're the Band (Fazbear Frights: Felix the Shark)

Bill S Preston - Bill & Ted

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MOVIES WITH MEN IN UNDERWEAR (This is outdated- website shutdown early 2000’s)

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Ten year old Henry Thomas in long underwear with no shirt. Calls 14 year old brother "penis breath".

Early Bird, The (1965) Slapstick comedy starring Norman Wisdom. Businessman determined to make a tricky golf shot up an oak tree ends up hanging upside down and falling out of the tree, and of his trousers, when his suspender buttons give way. Enraged, in his striped shorts, he chases Norman Wisdom across the golf course. Near the end of the movie, Wisdom steals the fire chief's uniform in his campaign of destruction. The fireman climbs out of the lift shaft in his white T-shirt and boxer shorts, only to be doused with water.

Early Frost, An (1985) (TV) Aidan Quinn and boyfriend in boxer shorts.

Earth Girls are Easy (1989) Sci-fi comedy. Geena Davis throws her cheating fiancé out of the house in his surgical mask, stethoscope and boxer shorts.

East Is East (1999) Comedy-drama. A young Anglo-Asian guy is seen for a second dancing in his bedroom in his green print Y-fronts.

Echoes in the Darkness (1987) (TV) Good scene with Robert Loggia stripping in his office wearing white T-shirt and white briefs.

Electra Glide in Blue (1973) Robert Blake. One scene exercising in white briefs. Another getting all dressed up in Dallas Duds and forgetting pants.

Elmer Gantry (1960) Burt Lancaster, in his Oscar winning performance, has a scene in turn of the century ‘drawers’.

Emerald Forest, The (1985) Blonde Charlie Boorman as a white boy raised by natives and wearing just loincloths throughout the movie.

Endless Love The main actor screws with his girlfriend in white jockeys (kinda dark though).

Enemy of the State (1998) Action thriller. Pursued by intelligence agents who have hidden tracking devices in his clothes, Will Smith has to strip to his white undershirt and pale-striped boxers and run through the streets to escape.

Escape Artist, The (1982) Griffin O’Neal as a 14 year old boy in chains and boxer shorts.

Evening Star, The (1996) There's a great scene of Scott Wolf in tighty whities.

Everybody Does It (1949) Paul Douglas in white boxers and garters can’t find a place to change into his trousers, as his wife: Celeste Holmes, has invited all her women friends over to hear her sing.

Exit to Eden (1994) The very beginning has a young boy being spanked by his mother in his underpants. A very short scene. The movie also has lots of people walking around in gold thongs, which aren’t quite underwear, but might be worth mentioning.

Eye for an Eye (1996) Revenge thriller. Ed Harris in his boxers in a couple of domestic scenes.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Tom Cruise and Ms. Kidman play out a long, marijuana-laced argument in their underwear.

F/X (1986) Bryan Brown under fire and crawling around his apt. in white briefs ... extended scene.

Fábula de la Bella Palomera (1988) (Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier) "It is Orestes' exquisite absurdity that engages us, his preposterous dignity while tumbling trouserless out of a mistress' window..."

Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989) Beau Bridges is caught in the hallway of his hotel in dark printed boxers, while Michelle Pfeiffer looks on and comments.

Face in the Crowd, A (1957) Scenes of Andy Griffith in white boxers and A-shirt.

Fallen Angel 13 year old boy is star of kiddy porn movies, in boxer shorts on set, no shirt.

"Fallen Angels" (1993) [TV-Series], episode "Red Wind" One-hour TV adaptation of a short story by Raymond Chandler. Private eye Phillip Marlowe (Danny Glover) is on the beach at night with his blonde client. When she invites him for a swim, he strips to his underwear, hesitating to put down his gun. He should have followed his cautious instinct, because when he comes out of the sea in just his wet orange print boxer shorts, he's at a disadvantage. But it's a beautiful sight.

Family Man, The (2000) Romantic comedy starring Nicholas Cage. Near beginning of movie he makes two or three short appearances wearing black Calvin Klein briefs, and a few minutes later he is seen wearing a pair of plaid boxer shorts.

Fandango (1985) Kevin Costner

Fargo (1996) Crime drama/black comedy. One guy gets beaten up in a corridor in his white T-shirt and print boxers. At the end of the film, one of the protagonists is arrested, struggling as he's handcuffed face-down on the bed in his white T-shirt, dark socks and pale blue boxers.

Fast Talking (1984) Young looking 15 year old boy strokes a wooden penis in shop class. Later is forced by principal to strip to underwear.

Fat City (1972) Good scene. Stacy Keach sleeping in green shirt and ratty white Y-fronts. He walks around his apartment a bit.

Fatal Attraction (1987) The opening scene, with Michael Douglas sitting in the couch reading his appointment book or sth like that while waiting for Anne Archer (who played his wife) to get dressed early in the morning. He was wearing a pair of white classic brief but the white dress shirt he was also wearing cover part of the underpants. There was also one more scene, He was making love with Glenn Close stripping off each other’s clothes.

Fatal Instinct (1993) Armand Assante appears in printed boxers in two scenes in this spy-flick spoof.

Father of the Bride (1950) Spencer Tracy has a nightmare where he walks down the church aisle and loses his pants (white boxers) before the entire congregation.

Fatty's Magic Pants (Fatty's Suitless Day) (1914) "Have you ever gone to a fancy dress ball and had your trousers suddenly vanish? Fatty Arbuckle has. What will happen as the evening progresses? Will more articles of his clothing disappear?"

Fear of a Black Hat (1993) Comedy. Rusty Cundieff and others in boxer shorts; includes a scene where disarming for a fight goes as far as stripping to underwear!

Female Trouble (1975) Divine (as a man) wearing classic whites (with skid marks).

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Swimming pool scene with Ferris (Matthew Broderick) and his friend in boxer shorts (wet).

Fierce Creatures (1997) Comedy. Kevin Kline running around in his black boxer briefs, and John Cleese in shirt, tie and striped boxers.

Fight Club (1999) Drama. "We twice see a man's bare butt in a black and white advertisement (as well as another man in small and tightfitting underwear)".

Fightin' Fools (1941) "While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition."

Final Exam (1981) Horror flick. Frat guy gets stripped to briefs.

Finders Keepers (1984) Micheal O’Keefe gets caught in the bathtub with some other man’s wife - and escapes wearing only his boxer shorts. A long chase scene entails.

Fine Madness, A (1966) Sean Connery bums around his apartment in his boxers.

Fire with Fire (1985) Story of a young guy sent to a juvenile detention camp. Nice scene, about halfway through, of the guys in the bunkhouse roused from bed for a late-night inspection. Several cute young guys in jockeys or boxers, including Craig Sheffer.

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor (1991) (TV) Scene with three fire-fighters getting out of bed in jockeys (one white, one red, one black) and one tee-shirts.

First Power, The (1990) Twenty-five minutes into the film: Lou Diamond Phillips quickly puts jeans on over white briefs; he then walks around room wearing only jeans with waistband of briefs showing.

First Strike (1996) Humorous actioner with Jackie Chan, including a scene where he's stripped naked at gunpoint. "One of the funniest scenes is Jackie singing 'I Will Follow Him' accompanied by a strip tease"; "I was going to say 4.5 stars, but then I thought about Jackie walking around in that hysterical polar bear hat and the koala underwear...5 stars all the way!"

First-Time Felon (1997) (TV) Boot-camp drama. Omap Epps and other prisoners being inducted into a prison, lined up in white T-shirts and boxers.

Fish Called Wanda, A (1988) John Cleese does what he thinks is a private sexy strip tease down to his bikini briefs and then some, and finds he is being watched by an entire family who are somewhat shocked by the sight of him.

Fisher King, The (1991) Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges are in Central Park at night and Robin Williams is dragging his butt across the ground nude like a dog saying "Do you know why dogs do this? Because it feels SOOO good!!" Absolutely hilarious!!

Five Easy Pieces Don’t remember scene, though definitely has underwear scene

Flashfire (1993) Action. Tom Mason is killed early on, shot dead in his white undershirt and dark print boxers.

Fled (1996) Action. The heroes visit (surprise!) a plush massage parlor, where they're greeted by a most attractive black man in a black robe and white boxer briefs. Cue another shootout and the guy is quickly killed. Such a shame.

Flesh 1995 - A Male Sexorama of Tomorrow (XXX) A rather stupid story (as in most pornos): after some nuclear accident sex for pleasure is forbidden and only allowed for public TV. This gives rise to some beautiful hunks to appear on stage in different types of underwear (thongs, jock-straps, briefs, and boxers). After getting hard in them there are various scenes of sexual pleasure (really hot, especially because of the underwear playing an important role). This finally ends up in a hot j/o session among 5 guys (this time without underwear). Copyright 1990 by Videorama.

Fleshtone (1994) Martin Kemp on the phone in his white underwear.

Flirting with Disaster (1996) Ben Stiller has a lot of scenes in his boxer shorts - including a running joke where he’s constantly taking his pants on and off.

Flying Down to Rio (1933) Gene Raymond rhapsodizes about Delores Del Rio in his hotel room, dressed in white yoke-front boxer shorts.

For Love of the Game (1999) Drama/romance. "We briefly see the back of Billy's (Kevin Costner's) underwear as he gets undressed while preparing for the game".

For Love or Money (1993) Comedy. Michael J. Fox in his underwear at one point; dark boxers.

For Your Eyes Only (1981) Action. James Bond and team attack a mountain hideout at the end of the film. Some guards are caught asleep, and are glimpsed getting out of bed in their assorted underwear.

Forces of Nature (1999) Romantic comedy. Needing cash, Ben Affleck reluctantly has to strip in a gay bar, and is highly embarrassed when Sandra Bullock suddenly pulls his trousers down, revealing his boxer shorts to an enthusiastic audience.

Foreign Correspondent (1940) Joel MacCrae in hotel room in bathrobe. Two toughs come in to get him. He goes into bathroom and out hotel window. On ledge, robe blows open revealing him in A-shirt, white boxers, with shoes, socks and garters. Long scene as he escapes and climbs through a window only to be where a party is going on in his underwear.

Forrest Gump (1994) Tom Hanks and friend ‘Bubba’ (Mykelti Williamson) are in their military white boxers and T-shirts, as they clean the barracks floor - talking about shrimp.

Fortress (1993) Violent, futurist prison-escape drama. Christopher Lambert movie with lots of prisoners in black underwear (including a few on the toilet).

Fortress (USA Movie) In the middle, the actors and actresses strip down to their underwear and swim out of a cave. Don’t know the people, though.

Fortune and Men’s Eyes Hot scene of guys in classic white briefs.

Fortune, The (1975) Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson drop their trousers for Stockard Channing in this 1920’s era comedy, revealing white full-cut boxers and garters.

Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) Wartime drama. Fugitive German sailors stand and salute in their shirts and undershorts before getting into bed. In an escape bid at the end, they steal an old railroad guard’s uniform.

Foul Play (1978) Dudley Moore believes he is very sexy in full-cut printed boxer shorts covered in red hearts.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Romantic comedy. Hugh Grant momentarily seen in his white shirt and pale blue boxers in one scene; blue T-shirt, striped boxers in another.

Fourth Man, The (1983?) A gay Dutch man obsessed with another younger man, spies on him - and follows him throughout the Netherlands. White European briefs on one man, as he ‘massages’ himself. Red bikini briefs on the younger man, in a fantasy sequence where the obsessed man pictures the younger man on an erotic crucifix, where he slowly and sensuously pulls the red bikini briefs off the younger man inside a Dutch church.

Foxy Brown (1974) Action. A judge ends up humiliated in a public hallway without his pants. A gang leader is stripped for mutilation (who makes this stuff?!).

Fraternity Row (1977) Lots of guys (including Gregory Harrison) being hazed in briefs. LONG scene at end of movie.

Freejack (1992) Pretty short (yet nice) scene towards beginning of movie with Rene Russo waking Emilio Estevez outta bed. Emilio laying down and walking around in gray Jockeys. Nice shots, but look fast.

Freeway (1988) Ball-exploding scene has beefy James Russo getting out of bed in white jockey shorts and grey T-shirt.

French Kiss (1995) Kevin Kline in his underwear in the hotel room when he sleeps on the couch.

Friday (1995) Comedy. Two short but good scenes: Drug-confused Chris Tucker running down the street in his white undershirt and briefs, pursued by his friends in a car; and Bernie Mac, chased by jealous husband, running to his car in his white undershirt and red briefs.

Friday the 13th (in some parts) There are some scenes where young men in briefs were killed.

From This Day Forward (1946) Mark Stevens in white boxers and A-shirt, has a marital quarrel with Joan Fontaine.

Full Metal Jacket (1987) For those with boxer fetishes.

Full Monty, The (1997) The hit comedy about a bunch of unemployed guys who become strippers.

[whatshouldwecallhomer]

I know I'm very late to this compared to everyone here (I'm 30) but I just finished reading the odyssey for the first time and I'm... my heart can't handle it. I already want to read it again. Why did I get to this this late? Anyway, I wanted to ask if you have any recommendations for interesting articles or other books about Odysseus, apart from the Iliad? And Penelope, of course. I just love them. I'm asking you 'cause I saw your posts about Odysseus and Calypso / Circe, and found them very interesting and insightful! Thanks in advance

There's no bad time in your life to read the Odyssey for the first time! I'm so glad you found your way to it and enjoyed it!

In terms of books and articles about the Odyssey, I've been out of the academic world for long enough that I feel like I'm no longer a particularly good source of advice, but I'll toss out a few old favorites:

the film O Brother Where Art Thou - a retelling of the Odyssey set in the Deep South during the Great Depression

the novel the Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - a feminist retelling of the Odyssey from Penelope's point of view

technically it's more about the Iliad, but Somewhere I Have Never Travelled by Thomas Van Nortwick is a scholarly work that's informed my thinking on Homeric storytelling a lot

And I found some articles on the Odyssey that look fascinating freely accessible (no login needed) on JSTOR! Since some of these are public domain, they may not closely track modern scholarship, but if you're just kinda vibing with the Odyssey right now and are looking for more food for thought on the subject, this ought to get you going in interesting directions.

Rose, Peter W. “Ambivalence and Identity in the Odyssey.” Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth: Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece, Cornell University Press, 1995, pp. 92–140. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvn1tbcw.6. Accessed 14 May 2023.

Coulter, Cornelia C. “The Happy Otherworld and Fairy Mistress Themes in the Odyssey.” Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 56, 1925, pp. 37–53. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/282883. Accessed 14 May 2023.

KAMUF, PEGGY. “Penelope at Work.” Signature Pieces: On the Institution of Authorship, Cornell University Press, 1988, pp. 145–74. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt207g60p.11. Accessed 14 May 2023.

Bassett, Samuel E. “The Proems of the Iliad and the Odyssey.” The American Journal of Philology, vol. 44, no. 4, 1923, pp. 339–48. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/289255. Accessed 14 May 2023.

Gregory, Andrew. “Circe: An Extract from Homer’s Odyssey (c. 900–800 BCE).” Women in the History of Science: A Sourcebook, edited by Hannah Wills et al., UCL Press, 2023, pp. 23–34. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2w61bc7.11. Accessed 14 May 2023.

Also, if you liked the Odyssey, I think you'll love Greek tragedy! I recommend starting with Sophocles' Electra, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Aeschylus' Oresteia, and maybe Euripedes' the Trojan Women.

Thanks for the ask, and happy reading!

[lacewove]

𝙶𝙾 𝚃𝙾 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚂𝙿𝙾𝚃𝙸𝙵𝚈 𝚁𝙴𝙿𝙴𝙰𝚃 𝙾𝙽, 𝙿𝚄𝚃 𝙾𝙽 𝚂𝙷𝚄𝙵𝙵𝙻𝙴 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙻𝙸𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝚂𝚃 𝟷𝟶 𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙶𝚂 !!

freak mode - dorian electra.

kiss me until my lips fall off - lebanon hanover.

hit 'em up - 2pac, outlawz.

mistress violent - violet chachki, allie x.

hey mickey! - baby tate.

enjoy the silence - depeche mode.

mockingbird - eminem.

bulletproof heart - my chemical romance.

replay ( dorian electra remix ) - lady gaga, dorian electra.

cupid's chokehold / breakfast in america - gym class heroes.

tagged by ... @nightweaved

tagging ... @onlydied / @reawakcn / @astraldestiny / @faithleapz / @arachvamp

[orinene]

Harmonia I literally downloaded the OSP chibi pic of Harmonia, and I will give you what I had on my clipboard, Harmonia Wikipedia page

In Greek mythology, Harmonia (/hɑːrˈmoʊniə/; Ancient Greek: Ἁρμονία /harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia. Her Greek opposite is Eris, whose Roman counterpart is Discordia.

Family[edit]

Harmonia and the serpent

According to one account, she is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite.[1] By another account, Harmonia was from Samothrace and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra, her brothers were Dardanus and Iasion being the founder of the mystic rites celebrated on the island.[2][3]

Almost always, Harmonia is married to Cadmus. With Cadmus, she was the mother of Ino, Polydorus, Autonoë, Agave, and Semele. Their youngest son[4] was Illyrius.[5]

Mythology[edit]

Polynices giving Eriphyle the necklace of Harmonia. Attic red-figure oinochoe, ca. 450–440 BC. Found in Italy.

Those who described Harmonia as a Samothracian related that Cadmus, on his voyage to Samothrace, after being initiated in the mysteries, perceived Harmonia and carried her off with the assistance of Athena. When Cadmus was obliged to quit Thebes, Harmonia accompanied him. When they came to the Enchelii, they assisted them in their war against the Illyrians, and conquered the enemy. Cadmus then became king of the Illyrians, but afterwards he was turned into a serpent. Harmonia, in her grief stripped herself, then begged Cadmus to come to her. As she was embraced by the serpent Cadmus in a pool of wine, the gods then turned her into a serpent, unable to stand watching her in her dazed state.[6]

The cursed necklace[edit]

Harmonia is renowned in ancient story chiefly on account of the fatal necklace she received on her wedding day. When the government of Thebes was bestowed upon Cadmus by Athena, Zeus gave him Harmonia. All the gods honored the wedding with their presence. Cadmus presented the bride with a robe and necklace, which he had received either from Hephaestus or from Europa.[7] This necklace, commonly referred to as the necklace of Harmonia, brought misfortune to all who possessed it.[2] Other traditions stated that Harmonia received this necklace (ὅρμος) from some of the gods, either from Aphrodite or Athena.[8]

Polynices, who inherited the necklace, gave it to Eriphyle, that she might persuade her husband, Amphiaraus, to undertake the expedition against Thebes.[9] Through Alcmaeon, the son of Eriphyle, the necklace came into the hands of Arsinoe (named Alphesiboea in some versions), next into those of the sons of Phegeus, Pronous and Agenor, and lastly into those of the sons of Alcmaeon, Amphoterus and Acarnan, who dedicated it in the temple of Athena Pronoea at Delphi.[10] The necklace had wrought mischief to all who had been in possession of it, and it continued to do so even after it was dedicated at Delphi. Phayllus, the tyrant, stole it from the temple to gratify his mistress, who is married to Ariston. She wore it for a time, but at last her youngest son was seized with madness, and set fire to the house, in which she perished with all her treasures.[11]

Hyginus gives another version. According to him, the thing which brought ill fate to the descendants of Harmonia is not a necklace, but a robe "dipped in crime", given to Harmonia by Hephestus and Hera.[12] The necklace gave peace and held Harmonia's powers in it, which is what made it cursed.

Harmonia is also rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia.[2]

do it :3

[libidomechanica]

Untitled # 12321

A limerick sequence

                How far it is, come, with woe? Who on a Gem, his pow’r away he but caprice    or witty, and then,    and an angel pure to stay But the dust of live or two smile.

                What trace of life he may live every storm piles up. The will soon the foolscap    subject, has a tripod    in violets. Have reach us out of dust a voice; I prosper.

                Give me my grand-dad’s Narrative. And I shall me where I proue. Lurch and sick    of power to grace, as    beam ends. Even if I would be exprest: o my Electra!

                And devour’d horse, or none spake. The little still dusk eyes and sadness, and all,    and roar his will never    realms of our trust me in love their pains of their desperate pair.

                Tho’ follow, and gazed upon tower palms, I might harmonious caves, terror,    driv’n to sea. As I    could decided among a word of the woodbine blooms are gone.

                Gainsay the pulses, to call’d central, ’ in the loves. A distance might hand wit,    though there in every living    parts do crowne. On which yours you’d call’d them sure the starry skies.

                Tho peeping eye, cheat. And something have almost prying to hell the Iliad    with flowery    memory strays, nor child … that will never, every hoof, and let thee?

                The darkly join, deep feelings are more the moon rose health alchemy. And years    before I will worse, the    dying: help! Love is but see the mellow rock so happy days.

                I watched and King, because too weake and felt the breme Winter languages—as    wells and blewe. And waked    as I do hold up yours you’d have her ocean, such easy terms.

                Would toss with agonized her sight, all steals. Desire my virgin knows,—it    may be the universary,    a dove from fortunes race of all the law having size.

                To fix and felt allure us by those should flinging for that seeing well,    my mothers, looking as    you think? Weight your husband- huntingly group that be Love wounded.

                With blind idea lies: o write, take back with him into sigh is idle    dreams with youngster, dine with    tears. Whom you’d wishing to your self. Who hold men in into thee.

                She had not talk, in sport of the with my mask to linger on either the    ploughs I gained. Off within    the ended. And everything’s eye, pant on the spellken hustle?

                Rage, whose tear, they do? The wish it as of sighs a passion’s tongue. Enfold-    complicate assistance take    such a size, it would be enough, O girls—I mean duration.

                I should shatter so doth her girdle, liquid sweeter man obtain, and then;    t was used—nor sails and    saw the very fingers would every memory of the same.

                The could Juan caught to the toasts a boy I kept in literature was nature,    the lust make me with    smother! Where than by sun that clusterity will know you now?

                Mistress, pretty pain for Europe, Afric, and purgatorial elms, and the    koi kiss I could not defend    my fall; but some aquamarine tear; and of innocence?

                Of the exclaime any master! Calm on to her imperfect deeds, I wore    than men, she taken plank,    and suck’d from my corage cooles ere it like a miracle.

                Loved me that sing of friendship of clay, with a tear shall view things, o’erloaded    asses kick off the sea!    He beach only was all raven gloss: ah, swearing then, regret.

[menelaiad]

"that follows the Cassandra was not claimed by agamemnon for sexual purposes, but leople don't seem to like that narrative" - can you explain this one a bit further? I kinda get what you're saying but its not something I've really heard before. Sorry if it's actually something obvious and I'm asking a basic question. Thank you for your time

sure sure! i spoke about this in my lectures and it made said when i verbalised it, but if it comes across all warped and muddled in word-form than please just ask me to clarify ASDFGHJKL

OKAY SO. we know that cly wanted to kill aga. it was planned. aeschylus (and to an extent the other tragedians) give us the whole watch-tower-carpet-walking scene that shows that. she WANTED to know when he was coming home to put her plan into action. homer is not so explicit BUT he, again, mentions that it was cly and aeg that killed him implying Some preparation. the two had a plan to execute.

it was not something she planned to do upon seeing aga arrive at mycenea with kassandra.

SO WE HAVE TWO THINGS - it was iphi. pretty black and white. aga had sacrificed their daughter ten years earlier and she spent ten years plotting his murder. did it. credits roll, that's that.

at least that's what the tragedians say. Homer doesn't say WHY. and this is where hyginus comes in and says:

§ 117 CLYTEMNESTRA: Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and wife of Agamemnon, heard from Oiax, brother of Palamedes, that Cassandra was being brought as a concubine to her house, a false statement Oiax made in order to avenge the wrong done to his brother. Then Clytemnestra, together with Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, planned to kill Agamemnon and Cassandra. They killed him with an axe as he was sacrificing, and Cassandra, too. But Electra, Agamemnon's daughter, rescued her brother, the infant Orestes, and sent him to Strophius in Phocis. Strophius had married Agamemnon's sister, Astyoche.

(disclaimer: hyginus is roman. however. we cannot say for certain he made this up lmfao. there may be something lost that he got this from. a play. a fragment. something from the epic cycle. We Don't Know. so dont come at me with 'UHHH THATS A ROMAN' - i know. but romans lived closer to the greeks than we do. they may have had access to stuff that we have now lost. okay? good.)

this does kinda hold up though. cause palamedes was wronged by his fellow greeks and aga is the leader of said greeks. so this statement does have legs.

SO LET'S SAY homer is right. there is just iphianassa, laodike and chyrso as his daughters. all alive and no iphi (like in the iliad) - why the plot to kill aga? in this timeline of events (that we know of) there is no iphi sacrifice.

THEREFORE. the spreading of a rumour that cly becomes aware of that she THEN concocts a plan to kill aga for makes sense. someone has told her about kassandra (falsely) and she's made her plan with aegisthus. THUS showing that kassandra being taken by aga for sexual purposes as a falsehood.

EXTENDING FROM THAT in Aeschylus, aga tries to get kassandra to acknowledge cly has her mistress or like cly to acknowledge she's now kass' mistress - which means she's there for cly. and that's a theme in TW too. that these trojan women are going back with greek men to serve their wives (like hecuba and penelope). ALSO. the ONLY reference made to kassandra being in aga's bed/sleeping with him etc. comes from cly. she's the only one who seems to be on that wavelength. nobody else is. aga never says it. kass never says it. only cly - she's the only one privy to the rumour. that's why.

ALSO in homer aga is killed at a feast. not in the bath. also also. kass is not killed with aga IN the bath if you wanna do the bath stuff. she is killed separately and then thrown on top of his body. they are Not bathing together. that is a modern sexualisation of the story (cause we love this shit to be sexual for some fuckin reason lmfaooo welp)

elephant in the room - euripides has kassandra make a big show of being a sexual slave to agamemnon when she leaves with him in trojan women. i've said it before, i'll say it again - euripides needs a LOT of context to be understood. he is ..... i dont wanna say projecting but i legit cant think of a better word ... about the war he is currently in.

NOW - am i saying 'aga doesnt suck cause he didn't wanna sleep with kassandra' NO. taking a poor girl from her home. killing her family. u know the spiel. is AWFUL. whether you sleep with her or not ... doesn't matter tbh. BUT it seems to be like concrete that that is what aga wanted and it's not .... that concrete, there is .... explanation for the contrary i suppose. also, people, stop making everything regarding the epic cycle about sex and sexual violence, like who are you? pat fucking barker?

[themimsymonologues]

I’ve always been intrigued by Carlotta Monterey…..

.

“The first time I met O'Neill, I thought him the rudest man I'd ever seen!”

Carlotta…you haven’t met me…I digress… 4 years after their initial meeting she changed her tune…Carlotta had divorced her 3rd hubby — Ralph Barton, who later killed himself blaming his estrangement from Carlotta for his melancholy. O'Neill was recovering from a bout with alcoholism and the deterioration of his marriage to his second wife.

O’Neill was an alcoholic..

“I need you.’ He kept saying. ‘I need you, I need you'—never ‘I love you, I think you are wonderful—just ‘I need you, I need you.’”.. ‘so needy’!!!

She did everything for O’Neill…sorted his finances …was his secretary and typed his manuscripts…

O'Neill wrote ‘Strange Interlude’

and ‘Mourning Becomes Electra,” which he for ever after called “Carlotta's plays”

Both were very possessive… Carlotta more so…she was his wife, mistress, secretary, and nurse…all at once …she also thought there was no room in their marriage for his friends or even their own children!! On their 12th anniversary, …as a tribute to your love and tenderness.”

he gave to Carlotta a work titled

‘Long Day's Journey Into Night’..this autobiographical work caused O’Neill a large amount of thirst…grief and depression…so much so that he said it was only to be published 25 years after his death. A few months after his death she had it published!!! She was strapped for cash… now… I’m wondering why she didn’t ask her step daughter Oona O’Neil CHAPLIN to lend her a dollar or two?

I’m also wondering if she published it for spite as at one point they became …errrr… well their marriage deteriorated…Carlotta's growing suspicion over visits to O'Neill by actress friends was noted and at one point, he went to court to have her confined to a mental institution she then filed suit for separate maintenance, charging extreme cruelty…

They did reunite and I’m sure O’Neill said once more “need you…I NEED YOU!”…

So needy!!

The first 2 pics she’s wearing Cartier…image by Steichen and the caricature is by her second husband the brilliant Ralph Barton.

Caption by @richardquarterly

[sevenkittensinatrenchcoat]

Bullshit I Made Up With Little to No Justification

So, I wrote a bunch of random paragraphs about various characters, either as headcanons or very short stories.

Tumblebrutus:

Tumblebrutus is the son of Asparagus and an unknown queen. He actually knows his father, because he doesn’t know his mother. Jellylorum’s human assumes he’s part of her litter because of how much he resembles Pouncival. They’re actually cousins. Tumble was born almost a full month before his cousins. He sometimes uses that as an excuse to boss them around. This never ends well for him or anybody.

Plato:

Seven cats are considered kittens, young enough to be attending their first Jellicle Ball. Plato is the oldest of that group and training to be a protector of the tribe. He’s big for his age, and Jellicle cats are usually supposed to be small. He does not appreciate Tumblebrutus pointing this out.

I guess the theme of these two is that Tumblebrutus is a little shit.

Etcetera:

Etcetera hero worships Bombalurina. She might have a bit of a crush on her, but she’s not consciously aware of it. This once led to a bit of an argument with Jemima. When Bustopher Jones was visiting for the Jellicle Ball, all the queens, for some reason, had to stay in one corner while he told everyone about his clubs. Every female kitten had to sit with a chaperone. Electra sat with Jenny, her mother. Etcetera didn’t want to be stuck sitting with Jellylorum, her mother. She convinced Victoria, her sister via adoption, to stay with Jelly while she tried to sit with Bombalurina. Jemima, who may or may not be Bomba’s daughter, claimed the spot Etcetera wanted and she was placed with Tantomile, who didn’t really care either way. But, later that evening, Etcetera stole a spot in Bomba’s dance section and counts that as hanging out with her.

Jemima:

Jemima inherited powers from Macavity, but their personalities are so far apart that no one would ever guess. She’s not entirely aware of the powers that she has. Someday, she’ll probably be similar to Coricopat and Tantomile, though they’re not related to her. As a kitten, she’s somewhat sensitive to telepathic messages, as Old Deuteronomy managed to figure out, and she can receive visions from the Jellicle Moon. She can’t make much sense of anything she learns from her powers yet, so they’re usually not very useful.

Mistoffelees:

No one knows where Mistoffelees got his magic from. He was delivered to Munkustrap’s human family’s doorstep one night and that was that. Most of the tribe, himself included, believe that Bustopher Jones is his father. He’s the only other tuxedo cat known to the tribe. The theory has recently been called into question, because the white patches of Misto’s fur are shrinking. He might become a black cat at some point in the near future. Nobody really questions this because they’re used to Mistoffelees being confusing. Until recently, the tribe wasn’t even entirely sure of his gender. The humans believed him to be a tom and he seemed to agree with them, but then he had those seven kittens. The humans never found out about this. Tugger, after some inspection, which Mistoffelees allowed just to shut him up and definitely not because he enjoyed the attention, found no anatomy that kittens could be birthed from and took to calling him Mr. Mistoffelees whenever he brought him up, so the tribe would remember that he was a tom. Mistoffelees agreed with Tugger’s conclusion, but refuses to admit that Tugger calling him “Mister” is really sweet.

Bombalurina:

Bombalurina idolized Grizabella growing up and never got over how much her hero let her down. When she went off with Macavity, Bomba had at first hoped to find Grizabella and convince her to come back to the tribe. All she found of Grizabella were rumors, most of them false. Bombalurina believed all of them.

Demeter:

Demeter wasn’t raised among the Jellicles. She knew of them and had met some of them, but that wasn’t until she became an adult. She was a purely indoor cat until something happened and she became a stray. She didn’t know much about the world and Macavity found it easy to manipulate her. It was Bombalurina, Macavity’s other mistress, who really taught her how to survive. After escaping Macavity, Bombalurina brought her to her human family, who already had three other cats, but they accepted her anyway. There are five humans in the family and they liked the idea of having a cat for each of them. She is now considered the cat of the adult female of the house. The last one had died, but now there was a new one, and a new cat to go with her.

Pouncival:

Pouncival has a habit of following bad influences. Jellylorum has begun to wonder if he might actually want to be a bad boy. All the tom kittens look up to Tugger, but Pouncival also looks up to Mungojerrie, who enjoys teaching him things that he’s not supposed to know, including several swear words. He taught said words to Tumblebrutus and Etcetera. Jerrie also told him a bunch of stories about his adventures in the criminal underworld, so he now knows how to get away with various petty crimes, a bunch of tips when it comes to mating with queens, and how it’s possible to mate with other toms, along with some tips about that as well. This information was also spread to Tumblebrutus and Etcetera, who naturally wanted to know every single detail. Mungojerrie is not allowed in Jellylorum’s den.

Victoria:

Victoria is adopted. She lives in Jellylorum’s den and was raised with Pouncival, Tumblebrutus, and Etcetera. Her human family is very wealthy and their last cat was some kind of show cat. Jellylorum seems to believe that this makes Victoria some kind of feline royalty and she was raised like a princess. Munkustrap has also taken to treating her like she might be in the Deuteronomy family, though if she was, he wouldn’t know. Victoria, though naturally graceful and ladylike, doesn’t really care about any of this. She’s kept under more supervision than Etcetera and Jellylorum says that that’s because she’s different, but Victoria has no idea how or why. The other kittens don’t treat her as different. She has a pretty collar and she’s a good dancer, so the other girls sometimes envy her a little, but, at the end of the day, she’s a fairly ordinary young queen.

Jellylorum:

Jellylorum’s human is a man who lives alone with his cats. He considers Jelly to be his best friend. Despite this, there’s a lot about her life that he doesn’t know. He doesn’t know that she has a den in the garden where her stray father and brother live. When she brought four kittens into the house, he didn’t know that only two of them were biologically hers. He adopted and named them all. He thought Victoria looked regal and named her after Queen Victoria. He also had no idea that Victoria already had an owner somewhere else. He named the two toms Percival and Brutus. Their mother sort of renamed them after their habits of pouncing and tumbling. Etcetera was the fourth one and the human didn’t seem as interested in her, so he named her Etcetera to mean the end of the list. Jellylorum didn’t challenge this, because she thought the name sounded pretty. She sometimes wonders if Etcetera’s troublemaking is the result of a sense of inferiority from being named like that. Then she remembers that Pouncival is just as much of a troublemaker as his sister. If it’s not clear by now, Jelly’s life pretty much revolves around her family. She prefers it that way.

[ordinaryxxgirl]

"A-Aaah...~"

Riley's hips obediently began to grind against Electra's hand the moment the brunette had felt her taller, soon-to-be lover had snaked her way between the petite woman's legs. Oh, how she wanted to cum again...But, the other was oh so cruel in her absolute refusal to give the artist her release, instead pulling away and licking Riley's love juices off of her fingers like it was some kind of show...!

...Not that she didn't like it, though. The sight had only made Riley even more aroused, juices flowing down her thighs as she looked up and locked eyes with her future mistress. Notably, she not once commented on her own mix-up...But, then again, it didn't seem to bug her at all with much more exciting things on the horizon.

Unfortunately...Riley hadn't had her fill of being a brat just yet, giggling and undressing to the point of leaving herself in just her panties.

"Mmn...~ Why don't you make me go all the way then, huuuuuh~? I might not feel like it if you don't.~"

A blatant lie. The petite woman's arousal was all but obvious, even to the blind...She just wanted to test her luck, see how far she could push before being punished. And, given the playful glint in Riley's eye as she gave a cheeky wink...

...She had every intention of giving in once she'd had her fun. Letting the other fuck her brains into a fine mush, hopefully even making her come back for more...To the brunette, nothing could be more exciting than finally having someone that'd put up with her bratty habits.

"Oh no no cutie, I'm the one who'll be calling you pet this evening~ And, if you don't obey, well, maybe I won't give you this cock you've been craving so much~"

This, this was what Electra had been waiting for for what felt like an eternity, made all the sweeter by her apparent battiness that was now showing through. She now had Riley completely to herself, no one to interrupt, just her and her soon to be fuck partner. But first thing first, she had to make sure Riley knew exactly what her place was, after all, Electra did so enjoy making brats like her beg for more.

In the blink of an eye, one of Electra's hands was between the brunette's legs, she wanted to feel how wet Riley was. Her fingers skillfully navigated their way into her underwear and began to softly explore, but only enough to make the smaller woman squirm, it wouldn't do to let Riley cum too soon after all. Once she was satisfied that her partner was indeed already dripping wet, she pulled the hand away and licked her fingers clean, making a display of it as she did so.

"Mmm, just as sweet as expected~ Now, strip for me"

[oohlordhealthisbike]

Open for bootleg trading~

Hello all! I am posting my bootleg list here for now as a temporary list until I get my website up and running- I am open to trading! I’m mainly looking for any Cats production- preferably English or Dutch but any musical would be nice to have and expand my collection. 

Addams Family - Broadway - March 12, 2010

FORMAT: .VOB w/o smalls

CAST:Nathan Lane (Gomez Addams), Bebe Neuwirth (Morticia Addams), Terrence Mann (Mal Beineke), Carolee Carmello (Alice Beineke), Kevin Chamberlin (Uncle Fester), Jackie Hoffman (Grandma), Zachary James (Lurch), Wesley Taylor (Lucas Beineke), Krysta Rodriguez (Wednesday Addams), Adam Riegler (Pugsley Addams)

NOTES: Video quality isn't the best, and audio is sometimes on the softer side. Still a very entertaining show.

Anastasia - Broadway - September 6, 2017

FORMAT: (VOBs w/ smalls)

CAST: Christy Altomare (Anastasia), Derek Klena (Dmitry), John Bolton (Vlad), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Mary Beth Peil (Maria Feodorovna), Zach Adkins, Sissy Bell, Lauren Blackman, Kyle Brown, Janet Dickinson, Constantine Germanacos, Wes Hart, Ken Krugman, Shina Ann Morris, James A. Pierce III, Molly Rushing, Nicole Scimerca, Johnny Stellard, Allison Walsh (Ensemble)

Aladdin - Broadway, 2014-Nov-05 (SunsetBlvd79‘s master)

Format: VOB + smalls (7.58 GB)

CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Merwin Foard (s/b Jafar), Michael James Scott (s/b Genie)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of latest Disney Broadway offering. Great to see the changes from the Toronto tryout. Michael and Merwin do terrific jobs as Genie and Jafar.

Beauty and the Beast New Zealand April 2006 - Proshot

Format: .VOB w/ smalls

Cast: Jade Steele, Russell Dixon, Glen Drake, Rob Ormsby, Gladys Hope

NOTES: Only the first act & first part of act two! 

Beauty and the Beast (Disney) - Broadway - July 27, 2007 (Unknown's video master)

CAST: Anneliese van der Pol (Belle), Steve Blanchard (Beast/Prince), Jamie Ross (Maurice), Chris Hoch (Gaston), David DeVries (Lumière), Jeanne Lehman (Mrs. Potts), Glenn Rainey (Cogsworth), Ann Mandrella (Babette), Trevor Braun (Chip), Aldrin Gonzalez (Le Fou)

NOTES: Two days before the show closed on Broadway. Good amount of closeups and good quality filmed from the mid-mezzanine; there is a railing issue for a while in Act 1 but the taper improves. 'Me', 'Gaston' and 'Be Our Guest' are all predominantly missing and recording stopped for some time after 'Gaston', which created a little jump in the timeline to where Maurice gets thrown out of the tavern. Still a nice video with great closeups of the last Broadway cast.

Beauty and the Beast - Music Theatre of Wichita (2016)

FORMAT: .VOB w/ Smalls

CAST: Catherine Charlebois, Thaddeus Pearson, Johnny Stellard, Steve Hitchcock, James Beaman, Katie Banks-Todd, Karen L. Robu, Lexis Danca, James Heinrichs, Timothy W. Robu, Tanner Pflueger, John Boldenow

Notes: Pro-Shot. Filmed using one camera on a tripod with excellent clear picture and sound.

Cats - Hamburg - August 21, 1999 (Unknown's video master)

FORMAT: MP4 (2.9 GB) CAST: Julia Howson (Grizabella), Stefano Bontempi (Alonzo), Sean McGrath (Admetus/Macavity), Daymon Montaigne Jones (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Donna Hagan (Bombalurina), Lachlan Youngberg (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Marie Dumas (Cassandra), Valentino McKinney (Coricopat), Juliann Kuchocki (Demeter), Marni Raab (Jellylorum), Nadja Solovieva (Jennyanydots), Clinten Pearce (Mr. Mistoffelees), Deon Ridley (Mungojerrie), Matthew Pike (Munkustrap), Werner Kraus (Old Deuteronomy), Adrianne Richards (Rumpleteazer), Siegmar Tonk (Rum Tum Tugger), Japheth Myers (Skimbleshanks), Angela Roczkov (Tantomile), Rebecca Sutherland (Victoria), Damian Kacperski (Pouncival), Tracey Packham (Sillabub) NOTES: very good quality for the time! Great audio as well. 

Cats - Broadway Revival - August 13, 2016 (Unknown's video master)

FORMAT: .VOB w/o Smalls

STAGE: Broadway

CAST: Leona Lewis (Grizabella), Giuseppe Bausilio (Carbucketty), Kim Faure (Demeter), Lili Froehlich (Electra), Sara Jean Ford (Jellylorum), Eloise Kropp (Jennyanydots), Ricky Ubeda (Mr. Mistoffelees), Andy Huntington Jones (Munkustrap), Quentin Earl Darrington (Old Deuteronomy), Shonica Gooden (Rumpleteazer), Tyler Hanes (Rum Tum Tugger), Jeremy Davis (Skimbleshanks)

NOTES: Some people walking across the image for a few seconds during Jennyanydots and Rum Tum Tugger's number. Sometimes a head is visible but not obstructing the action. Almost no white-outs with very good video quality. Audio is very crisp as well. Filmed from a higher seat, but zooms are excellently done and fluent. Overal an amazing bootleg!

Cats - Sixth National Tour - March 15, 2019 (thehouseonsunset's video master)

CAST: Keri René Fuller (Grizabella), Phillip Deceus (Alonzo), Tyler John Logan (Admetus/Macavity), Devin Neilson (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Lexie Plath (Bombalurina), Timothy Gulan (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Mariah Reives (Cassandra), PJ DiGaetano (Coricopat), Liz Schmitz (Demeter), Maria Failla (u/s Jellylorum), Emily Jeanne Phillips (Jennyanydots), Tion Gaston (Mr. Mistoffelees), Tony D'Alelio (Mungojerrie), Dan Hoy (Munkustrap), Brandon Micheal Nase (Old Deuteronomy), Rose Iannaccone (Rumpleteazer), McGee Maddox (Rum Tum Tugger), Ethan Saviet (Skimbleshanks), Halli Tolland (Tantomile), Laura K Kaufman (u/s Victoria), Anthony Zas (Pouncival), Ahren Victory (Sillabub)

NOTES: Audio is soft in some parts and has a shaky camera. Good video though, nice zooms and high quality. 

Cats 1998 Film - (Pro-shot).

FORMAT: MP4 CAST: Elaine Paige (Grizabella), John Mills (Gus the Theatre Cat), Ken Page (Old Deuteronomy), Rosemarie Ford (Bombalurina), Michael Gruber (Munkustrap), John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger), Aeva May (Demeter), Geoffrey Garratt (Skimbleshanks), James Barron (Bustopher Jones), Jo Gibb (Rumpleteazer), Drew Varley (Mungojerrie), Susie McKenna (Jennyanydots), Jacob Brent (Mistoffelees), Susan Jane Tanner (Jellylorum), Phyllida Crowley Smith (Victoria). NOTES: pro-shot version of the musical. Multiple cameras and HD video and audio. 

Cinderella - Broadway - March 2, 2013

FORMAT: VOB + smalls

CAST: Laura Osnes (Ella), Santino Fontana (Prince Topher), Victoria Clark (Fairy Godmother), Harriet Harris (Evil Stepmother), Ann Harada (Charlotte)

NOTES: Very good view of the stage, sometimes zooms are a bit slow but it's not bothersome. Very enjoyable experience.

Evita - Costa Mesa - December 14, 2013

FORMAT: (VOBs w/ Smalls)

CAST: Caroline Bowman (Eva), John Riddle (u/s Che), Sean MacLaughlin (Peron), Krystina Alabado (Mistress), Christopher Johnstone (Magaldi)

Kinky Boots - Broadway - May 26, 2017 (Opening Night) (Audio)

CAST: Brendon Urie (Charlie Price)

FORMAT: M4A

NOTES: Brendon is amazing in the role, the audio is not really HD, but it’s still really fun to listen to, especially for P!ATD fans like me haha. 

Legally Blonde - Broadway - 2007-Oct-25

Format: VOB no smalls (4.11 GB)

CAST: Becky Gulsvig (u/s Elle Woods), Andy Karl (u/s Emmett Forrest), Richard H Blake (Warner Huntington III), Orfeh (Paulette), Kate Shindle (Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Haven Burton (Margot), Tracy Jai Edwards (Serena), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Pilar), Matthew Risch (u/s Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Natalie Joy Johnson (Veronica/Enid), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney), Rod Harrelson (u/s Carlos)

NOTES: Great capture of the two understudies in the role. Shot from the orchestra with amazing shots. Starts in the middle of 'Omigod You Guys'.

Les Misérables - West End - November, 2018 (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Dean Chisnall (Jean Valjean), Bradley Jaden (Javert), Carley Stenson (Fantine), Amara Okereke (Cosette), Toby Miles (Marius), Elena Skye (Éponine), Samuel Edwards (Enjolras), James Hume (u/s Thénardier), Vivien Parry (Madame Thénardier), Logan Clark (Gavroche), Andrew York (u/s The Bishop), Adam Filipe (u/s Grantaire), Barnaby Hughes (Combeferre), Joe Vetch (Feuilly), Oliver Brenin (s/w Courfeyrac), Ben Tyler (Jean Prouvaire), James Nicholson (Joly), Andrew York (Lesgles), Adam Bayjou (Brujon), Ciaran Bowling (s/w Babet), Sam Harrison (Claquesous), Ciaran Joyce (Montparnasse), Adam Bayjou (Factory Foreman), Anna McGarahan (Factory Girl), Anna McGarahan (Crone), Sam Harrison (Bamatabois), Ben Tyler (Pimp), Barnaby Hughes (Fauchelevent), Adam Bayjou (Champmathieu), Ciaran Bowling (s/w Major Domo)

Les Misérables - The All-Star Staged Concert - December 2, 2019 (Closing Night) (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT: MKV (HD)*

CAST: Alfie Boe (Jean Valjean), Michael Ball (Javert), Carrie Hope Fletcher (Fantine), Lily Kerhoas (Cosette), Rob Houchen (Marius), Shan Ako (Éponine), Bradley Jaden (Enjolras), Matt Lucas (Thénardier), Katy Secombe (Madame Thénardier), Earl Carpenter (The Bishop), Raymond Walsh (Grantaire), Craig Mather (Combeferre), Vinny Coyle (Feuilly), Niall Sheehy (Courfeyrac), James Nicholson (Jean Prouvaire), Ciaran Joyce (Joly), Andrew York (Lesgles), Leo Roberts (Brujon), Stephen Matthews (Babet), Oliver Jackson (Claquesous), Adam Bayjou (Montparnasse), Gavin James (Factory Foreman), Celia Graham (Factory Girl), Tamsin Dowsett (Crone), Earl Carpenter (Bamatabois), Oliver Jackson (Pimp)

NOTES: The digitally released proshot, edited differently to the live cinema stream.

Les Miserables - Broadway - Feb. 17, 2007

FORMAT: VOB + smalls

CAST: Alexander Gemignani (Jean Valjean), Norm Lewis (Javert), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Fantine), Gary Beach (Thenardier), Jenny Galloway (Mme Thenardier), Celia Kennan-Bolger (Eponine), Ali Ewoldt (Cosette), Adam Jacobs (Marius), Drew Sarich (u/s Enjolras)

Little Shop of Horrors - Encores! Off-Center-New York City Center, 2015-July-1 (Opening Night) (NYCG8R's video master)

Format: VOB + smalls (4.21 GB)

CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal (Seymour), Ellen Greene (Audrey), Joe Grifasi (Mushnik), Taran Killam (Orin), Eddie Cooper (Audrey II), Marva Hicks (Crystal), Ramona Keller (Ronnette), Tracy Nicole Chapman (Chiffon)

NOTES: Opening Night filmed from the very back of City Center, so there is some spotlight washout that's never too bad and a head that's shot well around.

Phantom Of the Opera - US Tour - August 12, 2015 (Unknown master)

FORMAT: VOBs w/ Smalls)

Chris Mann, Katie Travis, Storm Lineberger, Jacquelynne Fontaine, Edward Staudenmayer, David Benoit, Anne Kanengeiser, Frank Viveros, Morgan Cowling, Mark Emerson, Eric Ruiz, Edward Juvier, Dan Debenport, David Foley Jr., Allan Snyder, Christy Morton

Spider-Man - Turn off the Dark - Broadway - October 14, 2012

FORMAT: (VOBs)

CAST: Matthew James Thomas (alt. Peter Parker/Spiderman), Kristen Martin (u/s Mary Jane), Robert Cuccioli (Green Goblin), Katrina Lenk (Arachne).

NOTES: Post-Changes

The Book of Mormon - UK & Ireland Tour - 2019 (Rumpel's master-RARE)

FORMAT: .VOB (no smalls) (HD)

CAST: Kevin Douglas Clay (Elder Price), Connor Peirson (Elder Cunningham), Nicole-Lily Baisden (Nabulungi), Will Hawksworth (Elder McKinley), Ewen Cummins (Mafala Hatimbi), Thomas Vernal (General), David Brewis (Cunningham’s Dad), Tre Copeland-Williams (Doctor), Johnathan Tweedie (Prices Dad/Joseph Smith/Mission President), Cleopatra Isaac (Mrs Brown), Jemal Felix (Guard), Lukin Simmonds (Guard), Alex James-Hatton, David Brewis, Evan James, Fergal McGoff, George Crawford, Isaac Hesketh, Jed Berry

NOTES: One of the best videos of this show out there. Recorded from the right wing, doesn't miss any action. High quality video and excellent sound. Kevin is a very good Elder Price.

The Book of Mormon - Chicago - December 23, 2012 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (HD)CAST: Nic Rouleau (Elder Price), Ben Platt (Elder Cunningham), Syesha Mercado (Nabulungi), Pierce Cassedy (Elder McKinley), James Vincent Meredith (Mafala Hatimbi), Christopher Shyer (Mission President), David Aron Damane (General)

The Book of Mormon - Broadway - March 1, 2011 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD)

CAST: Andrew Rannells (Elder Price), Josh Gad (Elder Cunningham), Nikki M James (Nabulungi), Rory O’Malley (Elder McKinley), Michael Potts (Mafala Hatimbi), Lewis Cleale (Mission President)

Wicked - Broadway, 2013-May-12 (Lanelle's master)

Format:  M2TS (HD) - (24.02 GB)

CAST: Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Adam Grupper (The Wizard), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), F Michael Haynie (Boq), John Schiappa (Doctor Dillamond)

NOTES: Filmed from the right orchestra, at a slight angle, but excellent quality. The taper originally released this as a blu-ray, 2-disc DVDs and 1-disc DVD, so make sure to get the version that best suits your needs.

Wicked - May 12, 2013 (Lanelle's master RIP WITH SUBS)

FORMAT: .MKV w/o Smalls, With English & Chinese Subtitles

CAST: Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Adam Grupper (The Wizard), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), F Michael Haynie (Boq), John Schiappa (Doctor Dillamond)

NOTES: Warning- Moderate quality. Some quality of the original master has been lost through conversion from blue-ray to MKV. Has English and Chinese subtitles. Audio is great and video sometimes has some white-outs. 

Wicked - Broadway - January 2nd, 2015 (unknown master)

FORMAT: VOB w/o Smalls

CAST: Caroline Bowman (Elphaba), Kara Lindsay (Glinda), Matt Shingledecker (Fiyero), Tom McGowan (The Wizard), Kathy Fitzgerald (Madame Morrible), Robin de Jesus (Boq), Arielle Jacobs (Nessarose), Timothy Britten Parker (Dr. Dillamond)

NOTES: The camera moves a bit but follows the actors well. Some parts are a bit washed out but the audio is good. 

Wicked - Broadway, May 28, 2006 (Unkown master)

FORMAT: VOB w/o SmallsCAST: Eden Espinosa (Elphaba), Megan Hilty (Glinda) Derrick Williams (Fiyero), David Garrison (The Wizard), Carol Kane (Madame Morrible), Jenna Leigh Green (Nessarose)

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[rcguna-archived]

@sentofight​ sent:  your thoughts on how the guna leads his life in the rf2/3/4/5 (if he lives till 5lmao) timeline. like would he be still a farmer or try something else, maybe become an adventurer?

So! Thanks to Tides of Destiny and RF4 we have two crumbs of information to go off of with direct connection to what may have happened with Raguna, with RF4 giving a more likely outcome...

To start off, I’m more or less canon divergent because as a standard I write Raguna safe at home living his life on the farm either in Kardia or Trampoli. In canon though, given the events of RF4 and what Ethelberd was trying to do, it’s very likely that Raguna lived in hiding! When a crazy ruler is carrying out a literal genocide of your people you don’t stick out in the open. So I think through the decades once Berdman starts his hunt, Raguna not only goes into hiding... but leads him on a goose chase! Something, anything to keep him from finding as many other Earthmates as he can, however effective that may be.

So Raguna, in canon timeline, becomes a traveler. Going from place to place around Norad and probably helping as he can. Cecilia, in RF2, speaks with some sadness when she thinks of Raguna to the protag after he reminds her of them. This could be taken to mean that he’s dead by that era (I believe RF2 and RF4 chronologically are the furthest just behind RF5) or that she simply can’t see him anymore. I’d prefer the latter, obviously... Mist somewhat shows up in RF4 as a faceless NPC, Mistress Trupin, and it’s my belief that Raguna and she do not marry.

In Tides of Destiny there is some chatter during the story, one of the girls speaks of the nature of the dual protagonist’s bodies and returning to form, relating it to a pair of girls who also were divided and became whole again with combined memories. This relates to the bachelorette Iris, where the Blanche and Noir forms become one... and happens before you can marry them. 👀 So it could be said, that Raguna canonically marries a vampire.

Of course. ToD also has Tabatha coming to stay with Electra and Maerwen. Given some dialogue from Tabatha saying she wouldn’t leave Bianca’s side until she had someone to take care of her, so too does it mean that Raguna could have married her?! Or he’s a single pringle. I don’t think he married Eunice or Rosetta, as they started a tourist thing together based on dialogue from Anette.

Anyhow.... as for Raguna himself- on the path of a wanderer I think he’d miss the quiet life he led before. But would accept this path too, if it meant he was helping others or protecting what powers he holds. After what happened with Terrable he’s all too familiar with the powers of an Earthmate. Keeping that safe would be paramount if he knew someone was seeking to abuse it. After the events of RF4, if Raguna is still alive... maybe he’d continue traveling all things considered. The sort of journey where he may not be able to return home and enjoy things the same?

It’s certainly interesting to think about, but of course I don’t utilize it with my portrayal of Raguna, not yet anyway. I’ve considered writing up a verse (still with him in his 20s) where he’s on the run however, and keeping his identity as an Earthmate a secret. Which means no farming, and no being super broken. 😔

(quietly tagging @runefactorynonsense​ if they want to chip in any of their thoughts?)

[gaaralover55]

I watched blood of zeus and the only thing I can say is!

ELECTRA DESERVED BETTER!!

She deserved a life where she could see BOTH of her sons grow up together and be a badass Queen that took over her abusive husband!!

Not become one of Zeus many mistresses and have Hera after her. Having to hide in a village with clouds hiding them from Hera. But gets treated badly because she was seen as a whore and her son was seen nothing more but a bastard. Them after many years get killed by her own son who had become a monste.

So Electra deserved bette them this!