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[by-your-leave]

Shoutout to the N64 Shadow Temple/Bottom of the Well no one’s doing it like you

[xbelovedstar-dustx]

15 Questions about the Muse(s)

Tagged by: @dragontamer05

Tagging: @iixiplaytimeisoverixii @kaibagirl007 @diverse-hearts and whomever else wants to try

Yami

1. ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ?

"Not to my Knowledge, However the name Yami means Darkness"

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED ?

"Honestly a few days ago, Stress from work gets to you man..."

3. DO YOU HAVE KIDS ?

"No...but I think I'd like to."

4. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT ?

"Meh, I say its depends on the situation."

5. WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ?

"Usually if they have good intentions around me or my twin."

6. WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOR ?

"My eyes are violet, however according to Aqua, its an Orchid Violet. The color changes depends on my emotions, like it darkens if im upset and it gets lighter when I'm happy."

7. SCARY MOVIE OR HAPPY ENDING ?

"Happy Ending...I'd like one personally..."

8. ANY SPECIAL TALENTS ?

"Besides my magic, I'm a damn good cook If I do say so myself! The cafe where i work actually has a few of my orginal recipes on the Menu. I'm also decent at baking, but that's another challenge...."

9. WHERE WERE YOU BORN ?

"I was born in a small village six hours away from Domino City by train. We actually lived away from the village in a big house near a forest where my siblings and I played a lot when we were kids."

10. WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES ?

"Cooking and learning new recipes. I can also sing a little."

12. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED ?

"Does...Kendo count? I used to fight with bokken than I got an actual Katana which I never really used."

13. HOW TALL ARE YOU ?

"5'2."

14. DREAM JOB ?

"I'm pretty much already doing it, But being a chef. However if I was going bigger, My own restaurant!"

15. FAVORITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL ?

"Besides whenever I got to cook, I actually decently enjoyed Social Studies.

Aquamarine (Aqua)

1. ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ?

"My full name is a Gemstone, and it means trust, truth, and letting go."

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED ?

"Like...Yesterday...I was watching a sad video on YouTube. I'm an idiot."

3. DO YOU HAVE KIDS ?

"No, But i'd like some one day!"

4. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT ?

"Not really...if I do, I try not to."

5. WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ?

"If they feel like kind people or assholes."

6. WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOR ?

"Ruby Red! But it brightens and darkens depending on my mood."

7. SCARY MOVIE OR HAPPY ENDING ?

"I want a Happy Ending. "

8. ANY SPECIAL TALENTS ?

"I'm an amazing artist not to toot my own horn. Oh I can do magic too."

9. WHERE WERE YOU BORN ?

"Same place as Yami was, we are twins after all."

10. WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES ?

"Besides drawing and doing commissions, I actually find some comfort in singing and dancing sometimes."

11. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS ?

"No."

12. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED ?

"I trained with a Bo Staff when I was younger and I probably still remember some old techniques if given a Bo Staff now."

13. HOW TALL ARE YOU ?

"5'2"

14. DREAM JOB ?

"I'd love to be a full on artist and maybe work for a gaming company or an animation studio!"

15. FAVORITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL ?

"Besides Art, I loved Literature in school."

Brunhilde

1. ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ?

"Not to my knowledge, but Brunhilde is a Valkyrie name I've heard."

Hey Admin Sidenote: Brunhilde's original concept was another version of Ponyo, So thats where her first and middle name comes from ;)

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED ?

"Hum....I think a few days ago.. Forgot why."

3. DO YOU HAVE KIDS ?

"I'm 14..."

4. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT ?

"Nooooooo what makes you think that..."

5. WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ?

"If their Aura is good or bad."

6. WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOR ?

"Royal Purple, but my siblings say it can brighten and darken with emotions."

7. SCARY MOVIE OR HAPPY ENDING ?

"Happy endings are cool, but scary movies make me laugh."

8. ANY SPECIAL TALENTS ?

"I can fly unlike my siblings, I can sit on clouds, I can use magic and oh I can sing I guess."

9. WHERE WERE YOU BORN ?

"Third verse same as the first."

10. WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES ?

"I like playing videos game's, and I like trying to write Monster World or DND campaigns. I practice my singing but away from others."

11. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS ?

"No."

12. WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED ?

"Don't play sports."

13. HOW TALL ARE YOU ?

"4'9"

14. DREAM JOB ?

"I dunno."

15. FAVORITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL ?

"Uh...I really like music and I'm pretty decent at other subjects I guess."

[nonsensical-rants]

So, I 100%ed the Kingdom Hearts Franchise.

Alright. This might be a long take, just saying that now. But I know exactly where to start. This franchise. Is not as confusing as the entirety of the internet would like you to believe. It's mostly due to bad writing decisions here and there. I mean, yeah if you wanna have every single detail and definition ingrained into your brain. Then of course it can get complicated, but what franchise lasting as long as Kingdom Hearts isn't annoyingly convoluted? I can't think of one.

So my thoughts about  the series is that they're pretty good! Both as a story and as games, with some very big exceptions. I wanna say that you should definitely not try to 100% all of these games in chronological order in rapid succession. It will drain you. I can confirm this beyond a shadow of a doubt. After I beat KH2 it really start to hit me. Chain of Memories was fine, if not a bit tedious to get all the cards and Riku to level 100. But other than that I more than enjoyed my time with the game.

Heartless are born from the darkness in peoples hearts. Nobodies are created from the husk of a body left behind in the creation of a Heartless. While Unversed are born from supreme negative emotions that live inside us all. The stronger these feelings are/the person is, the stronger the heartless/unversed and nobody. Especially strong people can keep their identity when transformed into Nobodies. Thus explaining Organization 13. Only the keyblade can truly defeat these creatures. What's so hard about describing that to someone? It isn't that far fetched in terms of the fantasy genre.

Though personally. I have an enormous hatred from Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance. Despite trying to keep an open mind about any and all forms of media I come across, I cannot ever get behind this title in the series because it is just too much and strays too far from what i consider to be "Kingdom Hearts". The gameplay was not fun for me personally, the story was iffy at best in comparison to the others and it really felt like the biggest amount of padding. If you have to do that to become a Keyblade Master, I think i'd rather stay as a rouge agent like Sora did for 99% of the series.

The dream eater system was probably the biggest factor here as for 100% completion you have to get every single dream eater, and every single skill that they can give you which means leveling a lot of them up to the point where they have points to buy said skills. Which takes forever. And then there's the Dream Eater tournaments, which I would have never gotten past without cheap strategies I found online. Usually I get everybody to max potential in these games and give the best items and accessories all around. But as soon as I got the platinum I ejected the disk and took a break. I felt like I needed it.

Alright, putting that behind us. The difference in fighting styles from game to game can get a bit jarring but in the PS4 re-releases it can usually be adjusted too in about half an hour to an hour's worth of gameplay. Chain of Memories was fun, but tedious like I mentioned. And Birth By Sleep was actually a fresh of breath air (until you get to the secret boss fights that is...) If it wasn't for my need to see that 100% bar next to the game title I would classify these games as something everybody should try out and enjoy. They are fantastic experiences. So lets go in order for a bit.

KH1 is a classic story, going through Disney worlds with a fine mix of Final Fantasy. Meeting the princesses and seeing they are "Princesses of Heart" that have strength beyond muscles. Able to use the power of Light and what not. There's a few hiccups here and there (like Cloud and Sephiroth not acting like how they are in FF7 but everyone's already mentioned that.) But aside from that and the bad platforming, its a genuinely fun game to 100% and I'd highly recommend it. Maybe even try to get cosmic arts for everyone so you can have 16-19 MP bars. It gets silly.

Chain of Memories i've already mentioned a lot so far. So I don't think I need to go that in depth. Fun to go through but wouldn't recommend 100%ing it because it takes far to long. The story is actually pretty decent and isn't that complicated. Sora and the gang lose their memories of KH1 because of the magic witch Namine, while we get our first look at Organization 13.

KH2. The golden child. Still played by many to this day and its obvious to see why. The game play is crisp and fantastic as I remember it from my youth. Traveling to Disney worlds again (and not card versions of them that have no people except for cut scenes, like CoM) and having a constant looming threat over your head while you try to have fun on your journey. Its great. I have yet to do a level 1 critical mode (as that's not required thankfully) but I did thoroughly enjoy my regular Critical play though. Story still isn't that bad yet. Organization 13 comes in full force, trying to get a new version of "Kingdom Hearts" so they can restore their humanity. I'd highly recommend 100%ing this one as well. Would also recommend maxing out your stats and putting on multiple Full Bloom+'s and Shadow Archieve+'s for the fun of it.

Birth By Sleep. Still not that bad honestly. It comes at a weird time though, and the story telling kind of requires you to have some outsider knowledge so that you're not thrown for a loop the entire time. So it feels weird to go back in the past, but also necessary for the story as a whole. Fun game to play minus the hundreds of mini games you need to do for all three main characters. If it wasn't for that I would recommend playing this game to completion. It's hard to reach higher levels though and as everyone's who played the game knows. Terra sucks at End Game compared to Aqua and Ven. I beat the Secret bosses by sheer luck and I would not go back for them. You do get to learn the origins of what makes most of the future events play out though and you even get to see younger versions of Organization 13. Back when they weren't evil!

Nothing eventful happens in Re:Coded.

Dream Drop Distance... Already talked about it. Let's move on before i'm forced to remember dream eaters and their annoyingly high pitched theme song.

Birth By Sleep 0.2: A Fragmentary Passage. Really good demo for KH3 in all honestly. I had a fun time with it and seeing Aqua's pain and journey through the realm of darkness for a whole 10 years was interesting.

And now we're at Kh3. The big game we waited so long for. And its... Alright. Nothing really spectacular. The graphics are certainly splendid and gameplay feels great! If not a bit too floaty. Thats a problem for some people, especially those who were avid fans of KH2. But I had no problem with it. I have yet to play it on critical but i've heard it makes things far more entertaining. As for story, its also alright. Not the grand ending I was expecting but it was really fun all things considered. Just another ride through more modern Disney worlds. But no Final Fantasy! I get that they feel KH can stand on its own legs now but you can't take out half the formula that people fell in love with originally. Then there's no battle arena or replayable boss fights. Doesn't have to be the Real Orginization 13. Just any replayable fights with end game gear would be enough.

As for my real problem with the games. Is the treatement of the third member of the original trio. Kairi. Oh, how this character has divided a good portion of the fan base just by existing. It feels like all the time that she is just a damsel for Sora/Riku to save and rescue. In the first game, thats fine. Whatever. She was unconcious the whole time and had her heart within Sora. Chain of Memories was a game about Sora losing his memories and Riku overcoming his darkness. Thats also fine. But in KH2. Really? She gets a keyblade and can't even handle a group of shadows? The lowest level of heartless? It's embarrassing. She's supposed to be a Princess of Heart. What's that even mean anymore? It doesn't even seem relevant.

KH2 should've been her moment to become a party member just like Riku did. I dont care that it means you could possibly not have Donald or Goofy. KH2 felt the most like the penultimate ending to the series than Kh3 did in my opinon. Having the choice between your KH1 buddies (Sora, Donald and Goofy) or the Island Trio (Sora, Riku and Kairi) would have added excellent variety and much needed development for Kairi as a person rather than leaving her as a one dimensional damsel in distress who has a Nobody with more internal conflict and character motivation. Moving past that... BBS is a prequel so nothing for the original trio except for meeting Aqua/Ven/Terra. And we come back to the dreaded DDD again.

If my vision for Kairi in KH2 couldn't have become a reality. Then why wasn't DDD Kairi's game? The set up was perfect. The heroes of light need to train to overcome almost double the amount of darkness agents. Kairi (and Axel) are practically beginners at wielding a Keyblade. It should've been their time to shine and get some love while occasionally helping Sora and Riku in their Mark of Mastery exam. Why did it have to be something you do alone? Well actually you're not alone you have the stupid Dream Eaters. Regardless it could have been the newbies learning how to get to Kh2 Sora's level while Sora goes beyond his limits.

As for KH3, it's just awful. Kairi's treatment is awful and everyone knows it. She said she was gonna help but hit one whole heartless in the finale. Better than KH2 i suppose. And as for the argument of her being "too weak" to try anything agaisnt Xemans. Really? She couldn't even like. Step on his foot? Pull agaisnt his grip or switch which hand the blade is in? Since the keyblade can teleport to your hands when you need it. I don't expect her to randomly become a Keyblade Master, but. I think we all would've prefer if she just did ANYTHING over what actually happened. It's sad. I hope KH4 will give Kairi the proper treatment and character development she deserves. But for all we know it might be another Sora/Riku dual protagonist game like CoM or DDD. What do you think?

[choisgirls]

Easter HC’s

Happy Easter my loves!

(If you don't celebrate Easter then... Happy Sunday!)

((And if you prefer the religious aspect of the holiday then.... um... Amen? IDK IM NOT RELIGIOUS IM SORRY))

I felt that, since we currently aren't accepting requests, I would write a little HC with some Easter themes for you guys!

Okay enough talking, here you go my dudes <3 ~Admin 404

 *YOOSUNG:

               -He wanted to do something a little different for Easter

               -Instead of the standard basket full of goodies, he wanted to have some fun! Play around! Go outside for once!

               -"It's so nice outside... it'd be a shame if we didn't enjoy it.... if we just sat in here.... doing nothing...." "Yoosung are you okay? Are you sick?"

               -He grabbed two spoons, a bucket with some unfilled water balloons, and your hand, dragging them all outside

               -You helped him fill up a bunch of water balloons, laughing when you realized they had little patterns on them like Easter eggs or little bunny faces

               -He announced the two of you were going to have a spoon and egg race, but with water balloons!  

               -But he gets really competitive? But it's always really playful, never hurtful!

               -He's knocked the spoon so the water balloon drops, or he bumps into you on "accident"

               -After his 7th win, he's laughing at you and gloating that "Shooting Star" is the best Water balloon racer there ever was. He stopped laughing when you hit him in the face with a water balloon

               -The rest of the race turned into a water balloon fight. The both of you ended up completely soaked, running, and giggling like children. Once you were out of water balloons though, you two used the spoons as if they were swords and continued to run around like complete dorks

 *ZEN:

               -"BABE WAKE UP I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU" "Zen it's 6 in the morning this better be important or I'm killing you"

               -He has you get dressed, hands you a piece of paper, and shoves you out of the house?? This early in the morning?? He won't unlock the door?? YOU'RE GONNA FUCKING KILL HIM

               -The piece of paper had a location on it and a memory he had written down on it- it was the coffee shop the two of you and Jaehee frequent. When you got there, the manager handed you a basket with a single plastic egg in it, and another piece of paper with- surprise- another location and memory associated with it

               -After a while, the scavenger hunt got harder and harder. He'd write down a memory and you'd have to start to figure out where to go next

               -At each place, you found a single plastic egg. Curiosity got the better of you and you opened a few of them

               -Inside were different puzzle pieces? He put together a scavenger hunt for puzzle pieces? What kind of moNSTER

               -The last clue sent you home where he sat at the living room table, waiting for you

               -He helped you put the puzzle pieces together, the pieces revealed the picture you were putting together was your favourite photo of the two of you, with "I love you" scribbled in his handwriting in the corner

               -You absolutely loved it and couldn't stop smiling at how dramatic and over the top he was with it, but it was still super cute! But there was a puzzle piece missing? You turned to ask him about it and you found him holding up a plastic egg covered in glitter. You opened it to find not only the last piece, which was a picture of a heart, but also a ring.

               -He turned a nice shade of pink but had the brightest smile when he saw your eyes light up. The whole day was amazing, fun, and just absolutely beautiful. You loved all of it, and especially him, there was no way you could say no

 *JAEHEE:

               -She woke up that Sunday to find your shared living room covered in hand-made paper decorations, coloured construction paper scattered across the floor, a basket full of goodies she couldn't quite make out, and you standing in the center of the chaos with a large smile on your face

               -"MC, do you care to explain what all of....this... is?" She asked, side-eyeing the large paper rabbit you've hung against the bookshelf

               -"It's all part of a game! It's the Bunny Hop game! We pick these coloured cards, and move to that colour, sort of like Candyland!"

               -You gestured over to the basket sitting at the end of the "board", and gave her the brightest grin you could

               -"Winner gets the basket of goodies!!! Okay okay, come over here!! Hurry, hurry!"

               -She laughed at your enthusiasm and joined you at the start, taking turns moving across the "board" from colour to colour

               -THIS GAME WAS A LOT LARGER THAN SHE ORGINALLY THOUGHT? IT WRAPPED AROUND THE KITCHEN, THE STUDY, EVEN OUTSIDE???? MC HOW EARLY DID YOU WAKE UP TO SET THIS ALL UP?

               -At the end of it all, she finally realized that you had rigged it so she would win. The basket was full of some of her favourite coffee beans, a bunch of caramel chocolates, some rare Zen merchandise, and a gift card for her favourite book store

               -She had no words?? You literally set this game up just for her to win? This is the sweetest thing anyone's done for her in a long time

               -The two of you shared her chocolates throughout the rest of the day as she's cuddled against you. As a thank you for the day, she cooks one of your favourite meals for dinner. she also makes you play the bunny hop game a few more times because?? Its cute and fun and she just wants to enjoy it let her have this

 *JUMIN:

               -On Easter, you wake up to a basket full of goodies, correct?

               -When you live with Jumin, you wake up to like 5 different baskets

               -There's even a basket for Elizabeth omg what a cutie

               -EACH BASKET HAS THEMES!!!

               -A few are full of items pertaining to your favourite interests/hobbies, another is dedicated to candies and chocolate, and the largest was by far the one he was most excited about

               -It held a beautiful outfit, dazzling accessories, and even some shoes??

               -He was grinning from ear to ear when you turned to ask him about it and he held out some tickets towards you

               -A play?? This dude's seriously taking you to a play?? What a NERD but you couldn't help but get just as excited who's the nerd now, mc????

               -IT WAS ACTUALLY THE CUTEST LITTLE PLAY ABOUT AN EASTER BUNNY BRINGING GIFTS AND JOY TO CHILDREN AND YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THIS DORK TOOK YOU TO THIS (it wasnt even a play pertaining to the religious aspect of the holiday?? it was a grown man in a bunny suit?? and he loved every minute of it??)

               -When the two of you got home, you gave him his own Easter basket, full of cat-themed accessories, bottles of his favourite wines, and a hand-made coupon book full of tasks and actions he can cash in on (which he laughed at because?? you both knew you'd do any of these if he just asked)

 *SAEYOUNG:

               -It was too early in the morning and Saeran was pissed at the both of you

               -He had to hide dozens and dozens of plastic eggs around the house for the both of you to find

               -But Saeyoung was COMPETETIVE AS FUCK

               -He loves you, MC, but he's gonna find the most eggs. He's gonna get the most candy. He will reign supreme

               -BUT SAERAN HID THEM REALLY WELL??? THERE WERE A LOT THAT YOU COULDN'T GET TO AND CURSED THE WORLD WHEN SAEYOUNG RAN UP BEHIND YOU AND GOT THEM

               -There was one up like in the door of the attic? You found Saeyoung dangling from the opening

               -"Uuuuh MC, since you're soo nice and sooo amazing..." "I'm not bringing you the ladder" "MC PLEASE"

               -He actually threw a pity party in the corner of the living room when he lost the Easter egg hunt? "YOU'RE BEING A CHILD, MAN UP, CHOI" "LEAVE ME ALONE MC"

               -At the end of the day though, the two of you sat watching cliché Easter movies and eating the pounds of chocolate the two of you collected

               -It's not surprising that the two of you ended up in a sugar induced coma, spread out of the couch. Saeran looked at the two of you in disgust as he stole a handful of his brothers candy, so you'd have more than him when the two of you woke up

 *V:

               -Why is there a large canvas sitting in your living room whERE IS THE FURNITURE

               -V was standing there in an old t-shirt and shorts, smiling at you proudly, which makes you question just what he has planned

               -The entire room is covered in layers of old sheets, painters paper, and cartons upon cartons of eggs scattered about the floor

               -"MC! Look! We can make art with paint instead of photos this time!" "But V, you have your camera set up right here, it's set for rapid fire" "No it's not, ignore that" "IT'S RIGHT HERE" "No it's not"

               -Once you've changed into the appropriate painting attire, you look around for some brushes, and more importantly, some paint

               -You watched as he picked up an egg, smiled at you, and threw it at the canvas. The egg shattered, leaving a large paint splatter across it. That's when it clicked that the eggs are hollowed out and full of different coloured paint

               -The two of you take turns just throwing different colours, laughing, and shoving each other playfully

               -After a while, throwing the eggs at the canvas turned into throwing them at each other. He even smashed a few full of light blue paint over your head

               -"Look, MC, now you've got hair like mine"

               -The fight didn't end until the both of you were covered head to toe in paint, and he had enough pictures of the two of you playing to make a full scrapbook of its own. You even laid on the ground and made a paint angel, and he drew a little halo above you and everything

 *SAERAN:

               -He watched in confusion as you filled a ton of different bowls full of vinegar and food dye

               -You had almost every colour you could think of and he wasn't sure what you were even going to do with it?

               - After an explanation that, you take hard boiled eggs and set them in the liquid so you can colour and decorate them, he was just left with more questions

               -"Why would you do that? Couldn't you just eat it? What's the point?" "Stop asking questions and just dye some eggs"

               -He watched you use a clear crayon to draw some designs on the eggs, dip them in multiple colours, and tried to do the same

               - his first few eggs were literally just black

               -He actually enjoyed drawing little bunny faces on some of them. There were even little egg versions of the two of you!

               -A while later, he realized that the dye sort of...dyes your skin, so he wanted to mess with you

               -He got a paint brush and started to paint little pictures on your arm while you tried to finish dyeing the eggs

               -But it was really relaxing and you couldn't help but let him do it. By the end of the night, the two of you were not only naked, but you guys were covered in adorable little paintings! He loved them a lot and didn't want to wash them off in all honesty. Though the two of you reeked of vinegar and Saeyoung had to exaggerate and wear a clothespin on his nose the whole next day

[veilingofthesun]

My Tänk Om(If/Then) review/report part 1

This will probably be very long, so I apologise in advance for that. I’ve made one part for each act to make things easier for both me and you. But I look at this also as a way for me to look back on Tänk Om and remember all the little details. Some small notes to get us started:

*It’s not set in New York. It was intended to from the start, but when they started working on it they realised that it wouldn’t work that well. Us swedes would not know about all the places they mention or get the New York jokes or references. Instead it’s set in an unspecified northern european big city. What was Phoenix on Broadway is simply described as the countryside, and sometimes a very small village. Which makes more sense for swedes...

*They’ve slightly changed some of the names...She’s still called Elisabeth, but with the way we spell it in Sweden. And her nicknames are Lisa and Betty, again, a more Swedish thing. Josh is called John, Stephen is called Steffen. Kathy is called Katarina. Oren/Otis is called Martin/Markus. Jake is called Tim and Cooper has no name. Well, he probably has but they don’t mention it. Probably to suit the rhythms of swedish better, I guess.

*Staging, choreography, scenography and costumes are more or less different from the Broadway production.I’ll talk more about those things later. Even though those things are a bit different, the story and the characters are exactly the same. Same thing with the dialogue, some minor tweaks so things will make more sense to us, but it’s mainly just the New York parts that has been tweaked a bit. After rewatching the broadway boot after seeing Tänk Om, I’ve noticed that the dialogue in some scenes has been extended a bit.

It’s still the If/Then that I know and love and fell in love with though.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, lets move on to the review.

It starts with Elisabeth running onto the stage, over the ramps and down on the ground. Then she makes the “Hey, it’s me” phonecall. 

What if

What If is really well made, the lightning really complements the scene and the choreography is awesome.The ensemble (which is brilliant and are fantastic singers and dancers) dance and move around on the ramps behind Elisabeth. Combined with the lightning they create silhouettes on the ramps and almost become a part of the scenography. The ensemble are all dressed in light grey clothes. The combination of all these things is visually stunning.

Lucas and Kate meet for the first time when Lucas comes riding on his scooter and almost smashes into her (he uses the scooter throughout the story to get everywhere and sometimes carries it on his shoulder)

You can tell from the start that the chemistry between Lisa/Kate is perfect. Lisa and Kate have an incredible bond and they’re very sweet and natural together. They put their arms around each other and laugh and giggle a lot.

Kate’s face when she says: I’ll get used to the name, Betty, is hilarious. It looks like she has swallowed something very yucky.

Lucas and Betty are equally good together. It’s heartbreaking to watch in a way. Because you can really tell how much he wants them to be together. I don’t know if it’s the live experience or if this Lucas pines extra much for her...It’s probably more visible live though..

Speaking of Lucas, in Lisa’s storyline he has his hair out and in Bettys storyline he wears a manbun. (He’s a total pro at making a manbun really quick and sometimes he dramatically shakes it out like in a shampoo commercial) It’s quite a clever way to help the audience keep track of which storyline they’re watching..

It’s A sign

It’s A sign is so well performed by the ensemble and Karolin Funke who plays Kate. She hits the high notes perfectly. Plus she’s hilarious and has perfect chemistry with both Lisa and Anne. This number is really cool, the costumes are very modern and edgy, but not over the top. Funny thing: When Liz replies No! to Kate, John says Yes! loudly. One thing I really like is that when Kate and the ensemble start singing about who’s read their signs today, John comes over to Lisa and Anne and sits down with them. Lisa and John only have eyes for each other. So Anne makes a typical ‘Jenn Colella Anne’ face and goes to join the others and John sits down next to Lisa. So they sit and chat and look embarassed by Kate while she sings. I thought it was a nice little addition. You get to see that they both feel it’s something there and that they do really enjoy talking and getting to know each other a bit. When John eventually leaves, Lisa is incorporated into the choreography. (You can really tell how much Linda, who plays Elisabeth enjoys that. It’s basically the only time she gets to dance)

A map of New York

In the meeting with Steffen, when he says: You should take the job. Betty replies: As a stripper? and knocks over the architectual table and the buildings spell out Tänk Om (as you can see in the trailer) It’s quite cool.

On the date with the ice cream guy, Lisa “accidently” spills her ice cream on his shirt before she runs up on the ramp to John. The abandoned guy then gets so upset that he eats the ice cream.  When John says Hi!, Lisa casually replies hi, but then you can see in her face that she has a plan... She the turns around, shouts hi (in a very high pitched voice) and runs like crazy to the ramp, climbs up and throws herself in his arms. When she lets go of him they look at each other and laugh.

On the date with the trader guy he says his lines in english. (the actor who has that track is an american living in Sweden, he says the end line in swedish though...I’m guessing he’s not completely fluent in swedish yet) He’s also a really slimy guy who starts poking her when he talks to her.

When Steffen tells her to romance the site, he makes a exhaling sound and hunches a bit. Which Linda/Betty makes a hilarious impression of.

I love this number though, I’ve always had a soft spot for this song and they all pull it off so well.I’ve always loved the ensemble parts in the choruses and it sounds amazing. Again, it’s very beautiful visually with the gray/blue/green color scheme and a very clean, yet effectful choreography.

I’m very impressed with the translation too, this song is filled with so many street names and specific places, they’ve had to strip all of that away. But the words and sentences they have replaced it with blends in so well. The translation is very true to orginal.

You never know

There’s no pro pic from you never know, so you get a cute pic from It’s a sign instead..

I’m just gonna use this to gush about Christopher Wollter who plays John. He’s like the swedish version of James Snyder. He both looks and sounds a bit like him and has the same mannerisms. He’s so natural and real and plays the role perfectly. But he’s not a carbon copy of James, even though they’re very similar. He’s got his own take on the role. You can’t help yourself from loving him... When he sings the steal your cat line, he looks around as if to spot her cat. I know a lot of people do it, but I like it...

The first thing she does when they enter her apartment is to kick off her shoes (it’s a swedish thing) and then she goes and sits on her bed. No hanging out and drinking wine in the livingroom. Straight to the bed, lol.

Their chemistry really starts to build during this number. They’re so lovely together, you can’t help but smile. I love their conversation before he starts to sing. The way they deliver their lines and play off each other is terrific. In the end, after saying the ‘I look forward to the next chance to spending 70-85 minutes with you’ he takes her hand and kisses it and then he leaves...

This is one of the few numbers without any dancers in it,it’s just John and Lisa sitting on her bed.

Ain’t no man Manhattan

Lucas is really pissed off at Steffen here.  He plays him so angrily in their scene together.

The scenes at the football stadium have been extended a bit. In the middle of Bettys and Steffens conversation, he jumps up and shouts at the referee. The ensemble collectively shouts shut up!. The ensemble plays a bigger part during the game, they shout Yes!, No! and Ohhh! at places that are appropiate to the conversations going on. It’s kinda hilarious, actually. For example, when Steffen says I wanted to be here with you, they go ohhh! And when he says friendship and politics, it gets complicated, they yell Yes!

Instead of having problems with his chickens, Lucas has problems with his beans. (In swedish beans is a slang word for beautiful young women.) When Lucas says that line he puts his arm around Anne and she gives him the ‘Jenn Colella look’ again, kind of like, I’m not your bean.

I like the fact that Anne is the only one of the main characters at the game who actually wears a football shirt and scarf. It’s like she thought: I’m at least gonna pretend that I’m here for the game even if Kate dragged me along to spy on Lisa.

Lucas and David are adoreable together from the start. The look on Lucas’s face when he says you have a house and Hi David is amazing, then he follows him like a lost puppy. And Lisa and John are veery pleased with themselves.

At the hospital party, John literally tears of his surgeon clothes as he runs towards her.

Small side note: I love the ensemble in this (well, I always love them) They sound so beautiful and the harmonies are so powerful.

What the fuck

There was a slight mishap with the props, something wrong with the sink. So one of the stage guys came out to fix it. She had just kissed John and turned to run to the bathroom, spotted the guy in the bathroom  and ran back and kissed John for a very long time. He was still fixing something when she went into the bathroom and her face was a picture. Like: There’s a man in my bathroom! So she giggled through the first few lines. She kills this song though. This one is really close to the orginal setup, there’s not much difference between this and the broadway version. Just her, the bathroom and her men. The setting feels a bit more homely and relaxed. It’s a good contrast to the tense feelings of the characters. Her coat, shoes and bag are spread around throughout her apartment...and she’s on the toilet when Steffen rings the doorbell..

Lucas shows up (on his scooter, as always) and seems really worried about her.

Betty seems more sad here after Steffen rejects her. She actually cries in front of Lucas, which only encourages him to make his move..He’s not being an asshole, but he’s trying to comfort her in the only way he knows.

Here I go

And the love fest for Christopher continues. He just gets John and his character so well. And he and Linda have the most amazing chemistry, it feels very real and it’s beautiful to watch. They’re so synced and blend so well together, both with their acting and their voices. They’re so hilarious together in the conversation leading up to Here I go, their facials and interactions are spot on. She goes through so many mood swings here, she’s angry, annoyed, scared, sad..basically everything. She’s so good at finding the right balance between all these emotions and switching quickly from one to the other. And he just rolls with it and responds in his usual calm way.

Part of their conversation takes place while she’s on the toilet.They have less clothes on than in the orginal. John is just in his boxers and Lisa walks around in a top and panties before putting on a longer shirt after a while.

Another routine without any dancers. Interestingly enough, it’s mostly the Lisa/John numbers that don’t have any dancers in them...

The only thing I don’t like is that they have cut out a bit of Here I go in the beginning. The second little verse before John starts singing has been taken out. I’m guessing it’s because the dialogues has been extended in some places. My guess is that they felt they needed more dialogue in some places and that they felt that the show was too long. Just my theory though...I really like the extended dialogue, but I wish they’d kept the whole song though. But I guess I’m not the right person to ask, I wouldn’t mind at all if it went on for even longer with both the extensions and the full songs. The general public who does not know much about the show might find it a bit too long then...

You don’t need to love me

Lucas hides out in the bathroom during Here I go. He enters the bedroom while Betty’s getting dressed and lays down on the bed shirtless, looking a bit smug. Betty goes into the bathroom and while she’s in there they have the conversation about what they are to each other. The dialogue has been extended a bit here aswell. When he talks about how there’s something more going on, he gets down on all fours and gets big puppy eyes and a sad face. Then he barks like a dog and puts his ‘paws’ up and follows her. And she laughs and affectionally says his name..It sounds kinda silly, and I don’t know how to describe it. But it’s not silly at all in reality, it’s sweet and also a bit sad...

She comes out and sits on the bed and they talk for a while before Lucas stands up and starts singing. While he sings, she sits on the bed watching him. When he sings “your excuse to take a sickday”, he comes over to her and touches her forehead as if to check if she’s got fever..

This number is fantastic. Jonas Brehmer sings it so emotionally and beautifully and the choreography is so beautiful. I really wish you could see it. There’s a single guy dressed in black on the ramp behind him who performs a beautiful dance routine. While he sings, Lucas mimics some of the dancers movements. So they kind of blend into one and the dancer helps expressing Lucas emotions. Again, the dancer creates a silhouette on the ramp behind him with help from the gorgeous lightning. Cue me crying for the first of many times...

You really feel for Lucas here, he’s so sad...(I’m probably gonna write small sections where I talk more about the main actors, but let me tell you: Jonas is amazing. His version of Lucas is so passionate about everything, and he’s also very much at the height of his emotions. He really wears his heart on his sleeve when it comes to Betty. He’s very needy and can’t hide the way he pines for her. It’s heartbreaking to watch)

No more wasted time

Kate’s face and voice when she says: “and three books about women...” is awesome. She really drags out the word three and you can hear how stupid she thinks it is.

This is one of my favourite songs and adore the parts where they all sing together, so I was really looking forward to this one and they did not disappoint. All four of them has got such strong and beautiful voices. Even Tuva (Elena) who looks so small and innocent in all the pictures. There’s a lot of power in her. They blend and harmonize perfectly together, the four of them.

Speaking of Elena, the actress who plays her is great. Very different from Tamika, of course. She plays her a bit more younger, but also happy-sassy. I don’t really know how to describe it...She and Linda have a great connection too. It’s more visible when you see it live how Betty sees herself in Elena and decides to take a chance on her because Steffen did the same for her even though she wasn’t the most qualified. It’s a nice little paralel.

The deputy mayor says to Betty(after talking about inviting the nycc to the groundbreaking): Kiss me from behind and and grab me in the ass (not a perfect translation, it’s a swedish thing don’t know how to translate it properly) in which she replies: You can grab yourself in the ass goddammit! Sassy!Betty.

Fun thing for me: The  deputy mayor has a different accent from the rest of the cast. Won’t mean anything to non swedes, but they’re totally making fun of people from Stockholm (our capital) with his accent. People from Stockholm(at least the inner city) talks in a much more snobbish and ‘proper’ way than the rest of us..

Kate says, it was nice to meet you Steffo! and gives him the evil eye. Steffen!, he yells after her, but she completely ignores him and stomps off with Elena in tow.

After Kate wraps the cape around Betty the ensemble  gathers around her and basically imitates the kindergarten kids, poking at her and pulling at her clothes. It’s like Kate brought the whole class with her to the groundbreaking. Which I totally can see Kate doing actually. Betty makes a hilarious uncomfortable face. Kate’s kindergarteners have made Betty a crown too, which Elena puts on her head. Later Betty puts it on Steffens head before she flings the cape in his face and walks off.

Surprise

Hilarious little thing: When Lucas says hide and David goes to hide elsewhere, Lucas yells: Hide on top of me! And David does, lol. So Lucas lays on his stomach with David on top of him. Their acting when they discuss having kids is spot on from both of them. Lucas delivery of his line is hilarious and the look on David’s face and the way he responds is perfect.

When Lucas finds out she’s pregnant he says OMG! really high, like falsetto high.

When Steffen arrives he tries to shake Anne’s hand. She doesn’t take his hand, instead she glares at him and puts up her hand and almost pushes him away. (I LOVE swedish Anne, but I’ll talk more about her in part 2)

Drunk Lucas is hilarious, he’s even more angry with Stephen. Anne has to pull him away and sends him off to the roof while pointing two fingers at her eyes and then at Steffen. When Lucas interupts Betty and Steffen talking he stumbles and falls flat on his face.

When John finds out she’s pregnant he picks her up and twirls her around (he’s so happy) and she squeals at him to put her down. Kate and Anne “make out” in the bathroom and Lucas and David slow dance in the background of the scene.

Another great ensemble piece. You can tell they love this number, they go all out here. The choreography is really cool, captures the slightly drunk party vibe perfectly. They dance on top of the ramps and they go all kinds of crazy up there. One of them almost takes off his clothes and is pulled back by another one who gestures at him to calm down. One of the ramps opens and lots of balloons flies out. 

In the end, Elisabeth stands on the middle ramp, the Lisa party with John and the big cake is on the right ramp and the Betty party with Lucas is on the left one. In the translation the song ends with Elisabeth singing: Time for a new start. It’s a nice connection to Always starting over.

Okay, that’s it for act 1 (if you made it this far) If you have any questions just ask. :)

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 @herrdrosslemeyer Submitted:

“Spent most of my dwarf-related confession on solas so I’m redoing my gripe. I’m disappointed with how dwarves were handled in inquisition and maybe to a degree in the franchise in general. The dwarf orgins (both commoner and noble) were my favorite in the first game, I liked Orzammar, I liked seeing their society, flawed as the caste system was the fact that they did have such a detailed culture made me really want to explore it more. I liked getting involved with the politics and putting a king on the throne and having that decision really MATTER to my character and his people. There’s so much shit going on with Dwarves you could make a game exclusively about them and never lack for content. I would really like to spend substantial time in Kal-Sharok, it’s supposed to be this drastically different kingdom from Orzammar with its own version of the caste system and paragons. So when inquisition came around the only really dwarf centric part of the story came as DLC, which I still haven’t had the chance to buy, I was really really disappointed. In Inquisition playing as a dwarf barely has any differences from playing as an elf or human. Dwarves can’t enter the fade, they don’t dream, yet at no point does a dwarven inquisitor ever get the opportunity to comment on their sudden connection to the fade or the fact that they dreamed about Haven with solas. The anchor had the potential to affect a dwarven character in uniquely interesting ways and it’s never really addressed. It seems like there were so many missed opportunities there. I’m also salty that we got Dalish and Qunari LIs before we got a dwarfy one. Heck, it feels like we only even got one token dwarfy buddy per game and Inquisition just recycled the same one from DA2. I will say I was happy I got to see what became of Dagna. But how awesome would it have been to actually have her be a companion instead of just a side character? Don’t get me wrong I love Varric as much as anyone does but I already got to be his best friend in DA2.”

Hope you don’t mind me adding some commentary to the submission? Just because I agree with you and wanted to add some things.

So yes, dwarves have been getting the short end for a while now and playing the descent  left me a bit miffed, because here’s a great set up and then when we get to the answers, we’re booted out! I don’t mind being left hanging IF we know for sure that they will follow through but for all we know we will never see Valta again.

DA4 looks to be focused on Tevinter but I have a little hope for da4 because it seems the ancient elves fought the titans, so if we get more info on the ancient world of Thedas maybe we’ll finally get some more Dwarf info? I doubt that the game will be dwarf-centric, just because of the set up to it, but I just hope they get a bigger part?

And yes, it is a shame they didn’t really do anything with the fact that a dwarven Inquisitor has to be freaking out to suddenly be in the Fade. But then there were a lot of things in DA:I when it came to race specific reactions that felt lacking.

Dagna as companion would have been great! I would also have preferred a new dwarven buddy for DA:I, I almost feel like Varric was a remnant they left in from when it was going to be Hawke in DA:I?

the lack of dwarven LIs is so strange because people already wanted to romance Varric in da2, I wasn’t in fandom when da:o hit but I’m sure people wanted to romance Sigrun. We can flirt with Harding and get a suggestion of something might happen and then nothing does! That was such a waste! She’s so cute! Plus they’d done half the work already! I honestly don’t know why they have never done a romance with a dwarf.

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