#the circus of life

[lore-gore]

@astral--horrorshow @krowsindulgences @parasolyaa @savannahwiththegreeneteyes

List of Ride The Cyclone cut songs and fan songs that I think would be cool to feature in the rp:

Tragic Fact except it's a Noel solo and the choir backs. Just him getting angry at having to haunt a dead end town. Also let's be honest Tragic Fact is such a Noel title.

My edited version of Play To Win. (Made to fit current Ocean and get rid of the ableism.) Basically Ocean is reflecting on her life and having a crisis.

Cookies cookies and some lemonade/Celebration. The choir finds some food and decides to throw a party. Someone worries about the food being likely expired while another answers that it doesn't matter because they're dead. Misha brings out alcohol, which could spark a conversation something like this:

Ocean: Is that alcohol?!?

Misha: What, it's a celebration!

Ocean: I thought that was a sacred tradition for birthdays?!?

Misha: Oh yeah, I lied to get you off my dick.

Ocean: What.

Misha: Well, exaggeration. In Ukraine it is normal to let a kid drink every once and a while with family. Usually at celebrations, like birthdays.

Ocean: How many other things have you lied about?!?

Misha: Oh, many things. You are very gullible.

Ocean: *Exaggerated shocked face.*

Ballad of Jane Doe Reprise. This would happen after Jane finds an old discarded newspaper with the choir's obituaries on it. Jane sees that she has none, and asks for some time to mourn herself since no one else did. This scene is probably what puts an end to the party.

The Ballad of Penny Lamb could be turned into a duet. Perhaps by the name Duet of Death? Anyways Ocean apologizes to Jane and expresses their regret that Jane wasn't able to come back and that she shouldn't have wasted time, to which Jane responds with how she couldn't have known, and that deep down she knew it was too good to be true because death is final. But Ocean says it isn't final because here they are. It would be split up like this:

Jane (Ocean backing)

So far it's been a life of the struggles

I survived

Ocean (Jane backing)

Of doing everything I can

So that I'm worthy of life again

Jane (Ocean backing)

Yet I float and spin around so lonely

Ocean (Jane backing)

Alone, for one wish

Not to love, again

For love is loss

And loss is pain

Jane (Ocean backing)

I weep and mourn

Where no one can see

Ocean (Jane backing)

Yes, the sunrise is the sign of another day

Jane (Ocean backing)

Of spinning round in the dream of life

Both

I wish you could spin around with me

Jane (Ocean backing)

If only for one day

Ocean pulls up Jane and they start dancing

Jane

(Descending high note as Ocean dips her.)

Ocean (Jane backing)

Why can't you return?

Return?

Turn with me, return!

They tenderly kiss

La La Love. Noel and Misha centered song. Maybe Noel sees the relationship blooming between Ocean and Jane and wishes that he could have that, to which Misha takes the opportunity to ask him out. Noel asks what about his fiance, and Misha tells him that him and Talia are polyamorous. The song is like a recalling of the song Talia, showing that Misha has room in his heart for both of them.

Space Age Batchelor Man 2018. The choir is bored and someone asks for Ricky to tell another one of their stories.

A World Inside. This song screams trans joy. Newly out Savannah asks Constance for advice. If I had footage of USC's Sugar Cloud it would have been perfect to make an edit to with this song. She had this gorgeous purple skirt covered with stuffed animals and a matching jacket and some of the choir members took the train and billowed it behind her, and then she got on the rollercoaster cart and ribbons were pulled out of the dress and they danced around her while making the cart spin.

Mentaly Insane. One of Misha's songs on his YouTube channel. Misha shouldn't even sing this, he should just play it on his phone. And then afterwards Ocean tells him it sucks. Might end up editing this song.

And of course these are just Ride The Cyclone songs! But any song you feel fits your character you can use!!! (Please share with me please please please.) I wanted to feature songs in the roleplay since it's a musical.

Had an idea that in the roleplay when someone does a solo they are able to sorta possess the other choir members, like before, except it's less strong and there's no Karnak giving them this power. Rather their emotions simply influence the choir, pulling them in. It's happens either on accident, as is the case when this first happens as well as Jane's song, or they willingly allow them to do it order to offer support. Like "let me be your vessel babygirl." Super short songs and group songs don't really have this effect. Except for obviously You Drop!, but they were all more of in a trance.

Speaking of You Drop!, I've mentioned this before but the og video got deleted. I ended up posting a few parts of a cover of the song to you and the creator responded!!!! She said he was doing a recover, and just needs to edit it. (I bet by the time I release my edited version, she will release his video.) I will reblog parasolyaa with the video once it releases along with a response from Jane. (Her laughing weirdly). Because might as well.

Also, to clear up any confusion, yes, you are allowed to go more than once. Sometimes characters will have convos with each other. I just said to put that you are going next in the comments so we don't reblog at the same time and can take our time to respond. Other than that it works like a normal roleplay. Add on when you feel your character should. (Even if it's just an action.)

Currently trying to keep the roleplay alive while everyone (including myself) is busy. Once winter break begins we should try to get back into the swing of things!!!

Edit: Seeing people outside of the roleplay liking this post, so I wanted to add a link to the rp!

Here's a link to the latest addition:

And the character sheets:

[naitmeir]

bunnydoll core

[ruizpizzaria]

"Drown yourself in the digital lake!"

as they should

definitely real tadc plot leak caine told me himself

edit : what the FUCK 18k+ notes holy shit guys thanks??!?

[hezuart]

I like this show a lot

~~~

I got to mimic so many unique art styles… I’ve never been so excited and proud over an art piece in a very long time! Inspirations below!

Zooble: Pablo Picasso, Pop art, Digital 

Caine: AI art, Airbrush 

Kinger: Albert Gleizes/Cubism, Leonardo da Vinci/Sketches

Pomni: Mozaic, Glass

Gangle: Impressionism, Still Life, Oil 

Ragatha: Youth Drawing, Crayon, Colored Pencil Jax: Max Fleischer & Grim Natwick Vintage 1930’s Cartoon Kaufmo: Liubov Kuptsova, Wassily Kandinsky & Farnaz Jahanbin/ Abstract Art  The Amazing Digital Circus (C) Gooseworx

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Circus performers (1940s, 1950s)

[ghostbsuter]

Very much inspired by this !!

—

Phantasm crashed into the side of a building, the rest of his team- the TeenTitans- stayed back. They were otherwise occupied, with the rest of the H.I.V.E. five attacking them.

They'd gotten a new member, one with a similar, nearly identical power set of their own new member.

Phantom.

Phantasm and Phantom, two mirror look alikes, they went absolutely feral whenever one was in sight. It was driving Robin mad, Beast Boy had joked about cloning but after they started to actually consider that option.

"Well, well, well." Phantom mocks, glowing green to Phantasm's red.

"Shut. The fuck. Up." Phantasm charges again, throwing the other into windows with a growl.

They kept bickering, hitting and injuring each other, until—

"Stop being so annoying!" Phantasm shouts, baring his fangs. Phantom, in return, stuck his tongue out.

"You're just jealous I got the Villain role!!"

At this point, their respective teams had called a draw and watched them fighting.

"You're a lousy villain!"

"I'm having the time of my life beating the shit out of you actually."

"I'm calling jazz."

At that, Phantom starts glaring. "I thought we agreed on not bringing this up to our sister?"

[six-tooth]

they'll figure things out eventually

[zombiefruits]

The Ballet

My favorite piece so far, it's only about five inches tall but it took me a very long time

[nightwingsgirlfriend]

jay jay siwa

[gravegrime]

Are Ỷ̸̢̢̖̺̞̠̩̰̟̗̘͎̤͌̋̌̄̑̔̋͗͐̐̕͜͠Ŏ̵̢̜̺̯̫̜̍U̷͎͔̤̩̥̫̺̱̞̞̩͉͂̽͛̑͗̐̐͐̍̊̂̋͛̊̕ ready to see the mind boggling mystery behind door number 1!?!

I am blown away by how endearing @gooseworx and Gltich Production's pilot for The Amazing Digital Circus was! You should check it out NOW!

[lore-gore]

Saw this comic by @icepoptroll and thought: "we need to do something similar in our roleplay."

And then I proceeded to draft this:

Song ends.

(Pause.)

Ocean: I just wanted them to pay attention to me. But no achievement could ever make my parents give- give a shit about me! Because they never did. So I just kept climbing and climbing, until eventually it wasn’t about them anymore. Winning just became who I was. I became so obsessed with the climb, that I forgot where the top was. I hurt the people who actually gave me happiness for a goal that would never be reached because it never existed.

Ricky: You really did, Ocean. You constantly infantilized and talked down to me, calling me sweetie despite the fact you didn’t even know if I was sweet. You didn’t know me at all. You treated me like a charity project, rather than seeing me as a person. You reduced my value down to my physical disabilities. You called me useless. You said I’d never learn to read, even though I do know how to read, I love to read actually, and even if I couldn’t, even if I had low cognitive ability, that doesn’t make me below you. I honestly wish you just ignored me like everybody else.

Ocean: I’m so sorry, Ricky. You didn’t deserve that.

Ricky: I know. There’s no undoing what you’ve done, Ocean. Not just to me, but to everyone in the choir. But what you can do is be better. Start treating us with respect and learn from your mistakes. Apologies only go so far.

Ocean: Thank you, Ricky.

Ricky: You’re welcome, Ocean.

Obviously needs tweaking to make it truly fit their characters, but I think I nailed the vibe down.

@krowsindulgences @astral--horrorshow @parasolyaa @savannahwiththegreeneteyes

[greykolla-art]

I figured out how to draw mr. teeth-eyes! 🥳

[stolos]

🎪Closing night, huh?

Nobody here knows what idv is💔

[sicklyseraphnsuch]

Okay. But. Kinger can only have memories when he's in the dark. So *not* actively breathing (which they dont need to do - which they can forget to do) means Kinger lights up like a little lamp

By being a lightsource himself, he can never have darkness.

Which means, Kinger actively (and never forgets) to keep breathing - keep maintaining the illusion of life - because if he allows himself to truly truly forget, he will lose the only way he can keep his memories...

DO YOU UNDERSTAND???? GRIEF IS THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE!!!

[emma045]

[johntorrington]

i love the terror fandom we’re so starved for new content my entire dashboard has been full of images of the cast on a smoke break