#starmania meme

[plynyl]

Never posted this outside of discord, little animation I made to test my new software

[rinasunny]

"bring some coke to the party"

[chocolateluma]

- What a week, huh?

- Marie-Jeanne, it's Wednesday.

[capitaletele]

if you're still taking title prompts, "I've got the whole world in my hand" for the first pairing you think of !

Oh hey, remember this meme? In true me fashion I asked for prompts and then never actually answered, but I am in high procrastination mood again so here goes.

This is obviously an angsty Sadia fic, in which she's standing on the Naziland balcony, watching the party while recalling all the ways everyone in the building have wronged her and how she's about to take her revenge on them all.

[Angst! Obvs 😅]

She thinks about the way Cristal made her feel, way back when they were [doing something as fancy teenagers together, idk, they had the same violin tutor or horse-riding coach or something], and how she even tried to be a boy for her, but Cristal walked away the second she got a chance to work at TéléCapitale anyway so it didn't matter. About how Cristal didn't even suspect when she saw her again, despite all the hints Sadia dropped in the first few days, her heart pounding every time Cristal came into view like she was 15 again.

She thinks about Zéro, who she knew when he was still an idealist who was going to tell his dad to go fuck himself on top of all his millions; when they would get high together and lie on the roof of their military school "for troubled boys" and make grand plans about how to improve the world together; before Zéro came of age and was drafted into the War for a decade and came back a dead-eyed, insufferable, entitled wannabe-dictator asshole who wouldn't let her past his security anymore because he was too afraid of what the papers would write.

She thinks about Stella, whose posters were on her bedroom walls, and who's become a wreck of a human; and about Ziggy who was so ready to sell out it was too easy to lure him to the dark side and make him spill all of Johnny's remaining secrets, and about how every single person in this room tonight, celebrating Zéro's victory, is likely just the same spineless pit of cowardice and disappointment.

Except Johnny, she'd thought. She hadn't expected anything but he'd surprised her. He wasn't like the others -- until the moment that he was exactly like everyone else. She thinks about how she could have saved him, would have saved him, if only he'd done what he was told for once in his fucking life. About how she could have loved him, if only he hadn't had a dick for a brain, pointing towards Cristal from the moment she stepped into the room like a fucking compass towards the North, just like everyone else.

About how none of them have ever deserved her, and about how kind she's being to them all, really, ending their poor little pathetic lives that weren't even worth living anyway, mercy-killing them right here in the middle of a party so they will die with the taste of champagne on their tongues and a dumb smile on their lips.

Except for the ones she's going to kill face to face, of course. Both of them, or perhaps just one; she hasn't decided which one yet.

Whichever will hurt her the most, so she can feel alive again, just for a second before the end.

[starmaniamania]

[fiireicee]

I promise I’m working on a real illustration but for now take this

[braimee]

so i’ve been thinking about starmania. like a lot. and in the midst of some of the awesome conversations i’m having with @starmaniamania ( who is an absolute treasure btw ), it has come to my attention that there is an alarming number of parallels between A LOT of characters. and while some of them are fairly noticeable, some others are not and i’ve been particularly blown away by the amount of parallels i was able to find between Johnny and Stella

now here me out

i’ve had this realisation when thinking about Stella and Zero’s relationship, and particularly the moment in Ego Trip where she kinda realises that Zéro is absolutely not good for her, but decides to stay with him anyway because he’s the one keeping her career alive or whatever

and so that’s basically a song where a character decides to follow her partner, even if she knows deep down it’s not a very good idea, and that she’ll ultimately end up unhappy

and honestly, that sounds a little familiar, because that’s exactly what happens to Johnny. he knows that if he follows Cristal’s plan it’ll end up badly, and he goes anyway. and well, you know what happens next :(

so that’s two characters being confronted with a choice by their partner, choosing to be with them even if that means ending up unhappy, and loosing everything and ending their own lives, almost at the same time and basically for the same reasons— pure despair. and while Johnny follows Cristal out of love, Stella follows Zéro because she feels like it’s the only way she can exist

and @starmaniamania pointed out to me that Johnny and Stella both have a song where someone basically shows up and tells them about a way they can be famous ( that would be Sadia et Johnny and le Télégramme de Zéro à Stella ), and that with both characters you can pinpoint the exact moment they start to listen/be interested in what is being offered to them

and my latest discovery is that the melodies for Trio de la jalousie and Stella de retour à la villa/La demande de Zéro à Stella are identical. now i don’t know it it’s obvious and if i’m just stupid— because honestly it’s not the first time i miss some very obvious stuff— , but i had never noticed before

and it makes sooo much sense, because both songs are about the breaking point in a relationship, a very tangible one between Johnny and Sadia, and a more subtle one between Stella and Zéro, but like i’ve mentioned before it’s the moment she realises he doesn’t really give a damn about her, and you can’t really come back from that right

and in both songs you have a character telling another one to piss off— Sadia leaves and Zéro stays— but it doesn’t really matter because in both songs that’s where the characters seal their fate. Sadia is the reason Johnny looses everything, and Zéro is the reason Stella looses everything

anyway, that’s all i have, and now that i think about it, it’s not that much, but i thought it was interesting to point out :D

[cto10121]

Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome: Tag Masterpost

Cto10121 is finally doing a personalized tag masterpost!!! It’s about damn time. Anyhoo, hopefully this will make it easier to find most everything of interest in my blog.

Me, Myself, and I

Cristina Reviews: General tag for my reviews of books, movies, musicals, and TV shows.

Cristina Reads: General tag for books with text, quotes, and screenshots.

Cristina Opines: My cold takes.

Cristina Has An Unpopular Opinion: My hot takes.

Cristina Is Silly: Technically I have a sense of humor.

Cristina Memes: Badly, but she does.

Cristina Metas: General tag for my nerdy griping.

Icon Fun: I had tons with those icon memes of yore.

Ask/Reply

I Come Anon: For anonymous asks.

Books & Literature

Cristina Is An English Major: Main tag.

Popular Fandoms

Twilight Meta: Meta on Twilight.

Anti Anti Twilight: This is a pro-romance blog above all, but honestly it doesn’t deserve it.

Twilight Clownery: Tumblr’s hatred of Twilight has much to do with hate, but more with love clownery.

SAB Meta: Very critical meta on Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone. See also: Anti Malina, Mal Me Cae Muy Mal

Darling Dorkling Darkling Done Dirty: I originated this tag and don’t you lot forget it! Defense of The Darkling from Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone.

HP Clown Takes: Harry Potter clownery is real and so I eat it.

Shakespeare

R&J Meta/RJ Meta: Meta on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Struggle Is Real for both Shakespeare and Presgurvic meta. I also did a read-through on Arthur Brooke’s version.

R&J Clown Takes: It’s a whole series by this point. See also: RJ Clown Takes, RJ Clownery, R&J Clownery.

Romeo Hate Dumb: So much material that I literally had to create my own tag for it. Thanks for nothing, world.

Hamlet Meta: Meta on Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Hamlet Clownery: I foresee this will be a thing.

Shakespeare Meta: Meta on Shakespeare’s plays in general.

Shakespeare Clownery: Might as well create this tag because I know I’m going to need it.

Life of Will: Meta on Shakespeare himself and his life.

Musicals

Romeo et Juliette: General tag for Presgurvic’s musical. Also Roméo et Juliette.

RetJ Meta: I like to talk about this musical way too goddamn much.

RetJ World Domination: The whole purpose of this blog by this point.

Original French RetJ

Revival RetJ

Takarazuka RetJ

Hungarian RetJ

That Production That Must Not Be Named: You lot know exactly what I mean.

Idaho RetJ: This exists.

Notre Dame de Paris: General tag for the Plamondon/Cocciante musical.

Elisabeth: General tag for the Kunze/Lévay musical. Also with the das.

Rebecca: General tag for the Kunze/Lévay musical. Also with the das.

My Writing

That’s kind of my main thing. I still have my AO3 and Fanfiction.Net accounts, as well as a sister blog here, technically.

Lyrics and Translations

The agonies of a certain English translation of RetJ has driven me to a life of crime lyric writing, beginning with RetJ. I also uploaded whole scripts to my lyrics website; those are more or less the latest versions.

My Lyrics: My general tag for all my translations, including pop and world music.

RetJ English: English lyrics for Presgurvic’s Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l’Amour.

Notre Dame de Paris English: English lyrics for Cocciante’s and Plamondon’s Notre Dame de Paris.

Elisabeth English: English lyrics for Kunze and Lévay’s Elisabeth.

Starmania English: English lyrics for Plamondon and Berger’s Starmania.

Tanz der Vampire English: English lyrics for Kunze and Steinman’s Tanz der Vampire.

[atouchofsass]

[bandmaiko]

starmania memes

[birdbathbabies-blog]

Une emission francais avec des vrais franco's.  Profitez d'un experience culturel.

Kraft Dinner - Lisa Leblanc

Rafael - Carla Bruni

Il est 5 heures, Paris s'eveille

Road Trip - Les Chiens de Ruelles

La Vie en Rose - Dame Gaga

Love Me, Please Love Me - Michael Polnoreff

Tous Les Meme - Stromae

Etoiles Filants - Cowboys Fringants

Ces Gens La - Jacques Brel

Quand On Arrive En Ville - Starmania

Pas Si Pire Que Ca - Pepe et Sa Guitare

[noscorpsaladerive]

five things meme

tagged by @ayse-haseki-sultan (thank you eloise <3)

5 things you’ll find in my bag: 
 1. wallet 
2. keys 
3. student id 
4. lipstick 
5. kleenex

5 things you’ll find in my bedroom: 
1. clothes everywhere 
2. shit ton of makeup 
3. musical memorabilia 
4. candles (specifically the mountain lodge candle) 
5. an unnecessary amount of ridiculously tall heels

5 things I’ve always wanted to do in life: 
1. Travel 
2. Learn languages 3. Finish my cosplays 
4. Perfect doing winged eyeliner 
5. Go to Disneyland

5 things that make me happy: 
1. Cats 
2. My friends 
3. Delicious food (especially if it involves goat cheese) 
4. Musicals 
5. Jamming to music in my car

5 things I’m currently into: 
1. moscato 
2. STARMANIA 
3. this lipstick called corset from lancôme that’s like matte yet not and a nude-y pink with like gold undertones??? idk i love it 
4. Day6 
5. K.A.R.D

5 things on my to do list: 
1. Finish all the forms and shit for my visa for France!!! 
2. Write my research paper so I can be done with this fucking WGS seminar 
3. Start packing to go home 
4. Put my laundry away 
5. Wash my makeup brushes

5 things people may not know about me: 1. My dad wanted to name me Hedwig 2. People ask if I was named after Ella Fitzgerald (I was not) 3. I once went to France three times in one year 4. I’m currently running (or helping run) six blogs 5. I can’t think of a fifth so I’ll just say that I almost cried over a cat named Small Fry this morning

tagging @europeansdomusicalsbetter, @francofolle, @missthethunder, @dreamconstructor

[hazelandglasz]

Letter E for the song meme

Edge of Glory by Lady GagaEgo Trip from StarmaniaEl Ha Maayan by NoaEmpire du Cote Obscur (L') by IAMEnglishman In New York by The Police❤

[chocolateluma]

Happy pride month from Monopolis

[starmaniamania]

🥩🔥

[starmaniamania]