#scoffelees

[broccolidevourer]

World AIDS Day

Paying tribute to the four OG jellicle kittens who left us way too young, and the four remarkable actors behind the makeup.

Add other kittens you'd like to remember below, and other actors, and… they'll be with us forever

Love&Remember

[naturepointstheway]

Just a few gifs I got from Terrance Mann's Rum Tum Tugger

Very early at the start, you see two legs belonging to Mistoffelees running off behind him (then he never reappears again--he has his dignity to keep, okay?)

The random catfight Tugger picks with one of the other cats gets me every time - also, Terrance nailed that claws out thing with his hand, damn.

Gotta love Bomba swooning here (it's definitely Bomba, I'm positive of it) while Tugger's doing the hip gyration thing:

[gaylittlewizardcat]

Whenever Misto gets the line “My manner is vague and aloof” I want to explode like no one who is vague and aloof would describe themself in such a straightforward way, if they really wanted Misto to sing part of his own song (which I find counterintuitive as a whole (see: the vague and aloof line)) it would have been so easy to give Tugger the lines “His manner is vague and aloof, you would think there was nobody shier” and then giving Misto the “But my voice has been heard on to roof!” line it would make so much more sense cause it would prove the point of the lyrics instead of going against it why don’t they do that instead it makes NO sense to have a character describe themself as vague and aloof wHY

[gaylittlewizardcat]

The results are in, and the winner is…

Mistoffelees! (he is an uncountable noun)

But why are there so many of him?

Thank you everyone who voted :] I had a lot of fun

(PS. The “secret other thing” is that Mistoffelees is the plural version, and the singular version would be “one Mistoffel”)

[gaylittlewizardcat]

2, 3, 16!!!!

2. A headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

I don’t actually know what to put here, I love a lot of common headcanons but I’ve done that since the beginning shdhdhd it’s not a headcanon but tuggerlurina? In the beginning I just thought they were kinda meh but now I see what an incredible power couple they are <3

3. A character that fandom has helped you appreciate

Alonzo! I don’t think he’ll ever be one of my favorites, but I love seeing people talk about why they like him. I love seeing him in fanart and fanfics too :3

16. A tiny detail in canon that you want more people to appreciate

Some older Broadway based designs give Misto a little fluffy white patch on the left side of his waist and I think it’s so cute and would love if more people knew about it <3 because it’s mostly in older designs and it’s just a little detail there aren’t super many great pictures of it, but Scoffelees sometimes has it!

[gaylittlewizardcat]

Jonathan Mercer as Mistoffelees in US tour 5

There is, as far as I know, a total of two pictures of him where you can actually see what he looks like.

He also happens to be today’s “which Misto makeup design am I going to be Not Normal about?”

[gaylittlewizardcat]

Help

[gaylittlewizardcat]

I am suing anyone who says tunnel vision

[gaylittlewizardcat]

It is he

No one asked but I’m gonna ramble about his design and the different places I got it all from <3

In every single picture of every production I’ve seen where Misto has had a white leg warmer with a big black spot he has worn it on his right leg, this includes the times Timothy Scott wore one such leg warmer. However, Scoffelees’s design varied quite a bit during his run, and most of them would actually have more white on his left leg than his right, which is the opposite of how Misto’s chorus designs look in general. I started out only planning on making his left foot white, but changed my mind, and gave him the spot before realizing I had the image mirrored. Since I had already decided which hand was going to be white (the right one is almost always more white than the left) and which way he was going to be turned (in order to mimic John Napier’s concept art for his solo outfit) I didn’t want to change it, so now it’s like this. I am very happy with it but the fact that it’s on the wrong leg for a spot (but the correct leg for a Scoffelees based design) annoys me just a bit.

The design is a mix of Misto’s chorus and solo designs. The white leg and hand, as well as the mix of white and black in his bib PLUS the white spot on his left side is quite typical for his chorus design, while the sparkly jacket and his tail being pure black is typical for his solo outfit. The mix of white and black in the bib was pretty common in early Broadway designs and adds to the scruffy sort of creepy look I really like from early US based productions. The white spot is something I find really charming but it doesn’t show up all that often among productions.

His makeup/face is inspired by, obviously knowing me, Scoffelees, but also quite a bit of Jonathan Mercer’s Misto, who may actually be my all time favorite Misto makeup design, and is only overshadowed by my love of Scoffelees because there’s a total of two pictures of him </3

I also just want to point out how fluffy all his white fur is while all his black fur is really sleek. This isn’t for any particular reason, I just like it :) also. beans.

Also I made his eyes yellow because I like to pretend I understand color theory (something about breaking up all the purple) but I do not <3

[gaylittlewizardcat]

Looking through the entire Mistoffelees gallery on the fandom wiki for wig inspo as if I don’t already know I’ll be basing it on Scoffelees

[gaylittlewizardcat]

*falls to the floor, punches it, cries* Scoffelees <3

[gaylittlewizardcat]

3, 4, 8?

3. Favorite replica costume?

There are so incredibly many to choose from so this one took a bit of thinking, but I’m actually a big fan of the mystic twins’ costumes from the current UK/international tour. The texture of both their markings and their fluffiness is really nice :]

I can’t say for sure these are my favorite costume ever, but they’re the ones that stuck out in my mind when I thought about it

4. Favorite non-replica costume?

My interest in non-replicas is actually pretty limited, but I love Gothenburg Misto

8. Favorite makeup design?

As much as I love Scoffelees, Jonathan Mercer’s Misto from US tour 5 takes the cake

However, if you’re wondering which production I generally like the look of most it has to be original/early Broadway. I’ve always been a fan of the bolder lines and less human designs, they’re so cool <3

[gaylittlewizardcat]

Now that I’m working on my wig for the first time in three and a half months I may start being unnormal about Scoffelees again

[gaylittlewizardcat]

If you were to crack open my mind like a can of cat food and look inside, He is there. Scoffelees.

He lives there.

Rent. Free.