#not a single flop song

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reasons why Mar i Cel is great and you should totally watch it even tho it's in Catalan and there's no translation available:

it's basically Romeo and Juliet but better because pirates AND a musical

also big actual ship on stage that moves, the production value is insane

based on real historical events

such bangers

i like the love songs that's praise enough

pirates (yes, again)

enemies to lovers actually, she tries to kill him at least once

[ceaseless-watchers-special-girl]

oh look, nyx did another essay post. it's about peter nureyev. surprise, surprise.

hi okay. hello. i'm about to sob about peter nureyev for the 1538495th time

re: the next right thing from frozen 2

at the start of thief's honour part two, nureyev is fucking done. slip is gone, juno is gone, he has no way to contact rita, he is completely and utterly alone with people who share none of the priorities he has. the people of vivopolis vote to leave juno and slip behind, and nureyev is past hope and in the dark badlands beyond.

his life has somehow, impossibly, gotten even worse. he had slip, he lost slip. and perhaps slip would always be lost, perhaps he would never get slip back. but at least he had juno, no matter how many times he tried to push him away.

now, he has no one. no one at all.

ok, going waaaaaay back to brahma now, about thirty years ago. whoever had that headcanon about slip being a bit older than nureyev. yeah. that. nureyev was fascinated by slip, how he lived and operated in a way which seemed so reckless to nureyev and yet, he was smart enough to never get hurt because of it.

nureyev followed slip all the way to saraswati because slip was his only ticket of brahma — but more than that, slip was the only person nureyev could trust at all. and on those lonely nights, when nureyev could barely leave the homesick district they'd settled in and slip would go out for work all day, slip was the only thing nureyev had.

and then, slip dies. and it's nureyev's own fault. he's gone somewhere nureyev cannot follow, and the grief is so overwhelming he thinks it might consume him. he can barely think straight, all he knows is in that moment, he will do anything to get his slip back. and so, when the executives offer him that deal, he takes it. because all he can think about is making sure this doesn't happen again, righting his wrongs, doing the next right thing, and everything else can be filed away under For Future Consideration.

and then, he meets juno. and he follows juno around, trying to keep him safe, trying to make juno's life better.

and juno leaves.

and nureyev thinks, well, that's it for me. so long, happiness. he's been churning out payments for dokana for almost twenty years, he's spent so long fighting for slip that he's worried he'll never get him back so he wants to stop, but he can't let it all be for nothing so he refuses to stop.

the only reprieve he had, the only joy he allowed himself, was juno steel. but juno's left. and nureyev doesn't know how to keep on living anymore. he doesn't even know who he's living for, at this point. so he takes a step, and another, and another. and he does the next right thing.

For Future Consideration.

and all he can do on the carte blanche is plan his next move, his next steps, taking every hit and happiness as it comes, cherishing the highs, soldiering through the lows, and putting the future off indefinitely because it hurts too much to even thing about.

and when he leaves the carte blanche, it's the worst he's felt in years. maybe ever. because he had a family, he had a love, and he left it all behind for his debts, because he knows that ultimately, he must return to slip. his loyalties lie with slip, and there is no getting out of that fact.

and so he slips into the night, alone, and he stumbles towards a light he doesn't even know exists. but there must be a light, somewhere. they always say there's light at the end of the tunnel, don't they? he doesn't need to know what it is. if he just keeps going, just keeps moving, he'll get there eventually. he has to.

and then, all too soon, the moment arrives. he's at the end of the tunnel. and slip is right there, waiting to come back to life. waiting to see his petya again. slip will come back to him, and everything will never be the same again.

and juno is lost, juno is captured, juno is most likely dead all because of him, and everything will never be the same again.

what, indeed, is the honourable choice for the thief to make?

mr jackson, or mr steel. which will it be?

and then, slip sings to him. and nureyev listens.

and he does the next right thing.

[prolibytherium]

Have I inspired any of my meager following to listen to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway yet or do I need to post harder and more annoyingly

[christakisbang]

not the prayer type but currently praying to anything that can hear that those images in the pre-order preview are just placeholders ❤️

[pixel-axel]

absolutely LOVED bit city (so excited for the next episode) and i adore chanse, but he is incredibly wrong about chappell roan being a one hit wonder lmao

[horangslay]

CANNOT stress enough how much I LOVE Gunil's deep vocals, everytime he gets a line I go insane

[thrilling-oneway]

Alexa play snow halation it’s december 1st

[iwatcheditbegin]

Idk if I was forced to sit in the nosebleeds at sofi I’d be keeping my mouth shut about ttpd and anything Taylor.

[gonnalosemydougdimmadomedamnmind]

Whoever it was that said Dick and Bruce had major Athena (as Bruce) and Odysseus (as Dick) vibes from the concept album Epic the Musical.... was totally spot on. Like it's not a 1:1 comparison but damn if it ain't close!

[lovelywingsart]

Give me things to blab about, I'm exhausted and can't sleep and not in the greatest headspace at the moment

Or at least things to think about and reply to in the morning

Lots of 'letting out emotion' happened tonight both online and irl and jm just...... tired

Basically send asks, is what I'm saying

[taegularities]

in honour of kookie day, come and tell me what your favourite jk moment, picture, live, etc., is. anything that you find comforting or fun or that makes you love him, i'll start 🤍

[hella1975]

it really is me and marcus mumford against the world huh

[spinoff-antithesis]

you said (don't eat the acid) (the universe is magic). (you don't wanna be changed like it changed me)

[spohkh]

heres how guilty by taemin can still win the top spot in my spotify wrapped

[hongjoongpresent]

24 hour livelock lockdown tbh

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Aha - Take On Me 1985

"Take On Me" is a song by the Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. The original version from 1984 was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. The 1985 international hit version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low.

In 1984, Andrew Wickham was the international vice-president for Warner Bros Records America, and their A&R man in London. He immediately signed A-ha to Warner Brothers America, after learning several previous attempts had failed to make "Take On Me" a commercial success. The next release was not successful either and featured a very ordinary performance video. He authorised considerable investment in the band: on Slater's recommendation, renowned producer Alan Tarney was commissioned to refine the song. The new recording achieved a cleaner and more soaring sound. It was re-released in the UK, but the record label's office in London gave them little support, and the single flopped for the second time.

Wickham placed the band on high priority and applied a lateral strategy with further investment. Steve Barron directed a revolutionary rotoscoping animation music video which took six months to create, using professional artists. Approximately 3,000 frames were rotoscoped, which took 16 weeks to complete. The single was released in the US one month after the music video, and immediately appeared in the Billboard Hot 100 and was a worldwide smash, reaching No. 1 in numerous countries.

At the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, the video won six awards: Best New Artist in a Video, Best Concept Video, Most Experimental Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Special Effects in a Video, and Viewer's Choice, and was nominated for two others, Best Group Video and Video of the Year. It was also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Video at the 13th American Music Awards in 1986.

"Take On Me" received a total of 95% yes votes, and is currently the most liked song on this poll blog! 🥳