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[coffeeandcalligraphy]

almost at 3k for the day <3 how silly of me <3

[otomelavenderhaze]

I'm not sure but it seems to me that at some point you had thought about what mclul would have been like if Rayan had stayed married or had a child, can you talk a little more about these headcanons?

I'm pretty sure those were asks that answered in the past - at least the one with Rayan having a kid already when he met Candy in ul.

I think I've mentioned that sometimes I think about alternative scenarios, one of those were Chloe still alive and she and Rayan getting a divorce during mclul, and I also remember me saying that even if Rayan was married I would still play his route - nothing is sacred to me.

But those are just cuz I like the chaos and cuz I grew up watching brazilian novela which is very dramatic, kinda toxic and just the worst garbage to consume - which I did consumed extensively while I was growing up, that and fanfic, it ruined my life. Worst than drugs for sure.

Normally when I picture that one with Chloe still alive is either Chloe is a villain, driven by pure spite and all that good stuff, if she had a mustache, she would twisting the ends of it non-stop. Rayan probably was the one who asked for the divorced and he moved out from their place and is living alone. He was sick and tired of love, but he couldn't help falling for Candy. Chloe often makes things difficult to go through, she always wants more that she's entitle to get, but only cuz she knows that's the best way to drag the situation out and make Rayan forever stay in that fight with her - that's how she keeps the control over him, through their endless fights.

Candy knows he isn't divorced yet, Rayan told her about why the left, about the fights, and how sometimes he couldn't help himself and fight back Chloe with words (of course), but how he was tired of it all.

I would like to think that even though Candy and Chloe will have some tense moments, in which, Candy will act as the adult of the situation, Chloe will realize that whatever she had with Rayan in the past now isn't there anymore; they both twisted and ruined it beyond repair and she will come to that realization specially because of Candy. At the end Chloe will let him go and accept the divorce (she will get her fair part and maybe move away to another country or something to rebuild her life - I do love a happy ending for everybody despite their flaws and shortcomings, besides for a relationship to turn bad, it takes two).

Now the Father!Rayan one: I thought the most cliche kind of story, in which the kid, a boy or a girl don't really matter, around the age of 3 or 4 actually likes Candy and because Candy kinda will help Rayan in situations outside of Anteros and they will grow closer because of those. Also, in this headcanon, Candy just loves and knows how to take care of child (maybe he's a older sister? Maybe she have worked with small kids in the past?).

There's also the most movie like scenario with a kid around 7/10 years that is a) trying to be the cupid for their father; b) hates the person their father is dating at first but that person wins them over and they end up accepting it.

I like the a) option better because I found it more lighthearted and fun. Maybe with a girl it works better but I KINDA, actually, I lie, I would 100% make it a boy, because I love the idea of a mini Rayan walking around the campus trying to fix his father non-existent love life while also being very picky about who would date him.

Mini Rayan would very much be like his dad, but hella more practical and assertive, despite being very child-like and adorable in how he wants to make his dad find happiness. Always making plans and small traps that never work to get Candy and Rayan to grow closer, Candy find them adorable and since she also likes Rayan, she just wings it and somehow make the date work.

I would see them being friends with each other, mini Rayan would complain about how his father have no game and no charms and Candy would simply laugh it off because it couldn't be far from the truth but since Rayan choose not to show that side of him very often around his son (or anyone for that matter) she understands why he would think that way.

Rayan would realize what his son was doing after the 3rd "incident" kkkk which he will be angry at the boy, but not angry enough, because part of him feel relief and happy that mini Rayan is so taken by Candy - Rayan would also scold her lightly for letting the boy get away with those pranks, she will laugh off and ask him how she was suppose to stop such smart and headstrong child.

When mini Rayan tried to pull those again, Rayan will stop him in time but actually turn it into a oportunity to spend time with Candy and sometimes even with his son and her. At some point mini Rayan will realize that he didn't need to do anything anymore to bring them closer and actually do the opposite: start giving them also time to be together. But of course, the best is always when the 3 of them get to share moments together, like a family.

I had a lot more to say about the kid one kkkkkk cuz of course, I find it cuter and more light to think about.

Lately I have me into the "unexpected pregnancy" one too, because I like the angst, but also because it's more about Candy making choices and dealing with the consequences of those choices - which gives her more personality in my head and I'm always for that.

[the-firebird69]

So Trump is probably in court now people know if he is he's got his mouth open saying I can't believe it's over stuff like that and just saying you told her yourself and your a****** playing and your ass and I'm playing and he says yeah so and some stuff and try and get his son to attack him for the money and stuff so what I kill him so what's the big deal he'll come back and it's forces will fight yours and you're a moron that's one scenario always just come in and get rid of Dan's people it's not that hard so he's a douchebag and her son doesn't care about your ass and I'm playing at this point you're asinine plan at this point you're a nothing to him but you wash your constant threat because of that and because of what you do elsewhere and going after you and you're getting smaller and smaller and soon to be gone with your big mouth going still

Thor Freya

There are several attacks last night with the spaceships and Mars the attack and it was the warlock it was about $200 billion versus 400 billion put some warlock last and they lost the ships and then they tried to attack Venus with 200 billion out of the 418 billion or something and they lost and this morning they're left with around 380 billion total so they had a meeting and said we're going to go down to nothing because some of us are sick but they said it that way and they could hear our son's name good go down to nothing so I can get you out of here you can blame other people try and put me in prison but can't because you don't have ships I need you out just a stupid f****** idea and you're going to die they heard it and started blabbing and blabbing and blabbing and say you're the one who's going to die going to fly over with the ship and kill you and have enemy support one ship and finally did close then they'll get caught that's what it's like having power they get upset and said how you going to do it again so that it's going to be too late by the time it happens to you. I'm sick and tired of hearing you two boy you're going to pay for it too you're a little s*** everyone's killing your people all over the world it's time for you to shut up and you don't even know what you're so God damn dumb you're going to pay for it too bad you don't have a memory of the torture so I'm just going to make sure that you're dead and I need you to be. So Brian heard this so you said my plans ruined so of course your plans ruin your tit on a bull it is morons that you're idiots are using no the max or the idiots and they're willing to give up an area because the other area will succeed so you see you're a bunch of suicidal queer boys this is going to be a lot easier than people think. So he shut up and he said he can take the ships and fly around and you don't care and that's what they're saying as soon as you have a point instead of course I do you probably have the same idiot plan this more on does you're not going to extort from us a penny no one red cent so BJ leans in and says we'll see about that so don't you have to fight off your f**** Trump that you told us about cuz you're so good at it I guess you're repeating it over and over cuz you don't remember it. People in the meeting start getting sick and save you people are fighting over and don't realize it's hard you're a freaking done and we start moving in and killing these idiots off that's what they're saying I'm going after them pretty hard and attempts to get money from you is proving that there's a bunch of them doing it there's a lot of these idiots and it's way too many and the economy keeps recovering because of it the people get a little better and start helping to get rid of these morons right now the rate of attrition is 0.1% an hour that means in 10 hours 1% of these warlock die probably that each and every one of the kinds including the pseudo empire but still in what 37 days will all be gone if that rate continues and it's not really true it's more like 16 or 17 days and they don't really care I guess so we're moving on but yeah that's only a couple weeks these other things are additional that was attrition you've had enough to say don't you think oh powerful one or you won't use the secret correctly you're a f****** s*** dumb yeah the clones are running around having you do it

Thor Freya

Olympus

Zues Hera

[aroace-cat-lady]

The Extraordinaries

Fuck you TJK and your stupid tendency to make me have feelings. I hate you so much for that.

Anyways, it's 2:50am rn. And talking about this book is gonna take me a long time. Because I absolutely loved it.

Like. I just don't know were to start. The dedication made me cry. The first chapter is one of the most hilarious yet deepest things this guy has written. His foreshadowing is amazing (hate you for that too, Klune). I'm never gonna get tired of his writing, from his representation to his sense of humor.

I do think this book isn't for everyone. I adored each second of it for plenty of reasons: the characters are fantastic, the premise is good and this fucking guy just has a way to make you want to eat the stupid book with just a couple of pages. But what really did it for me was the way he portrait neurodivergency.

Screw you, Rick Riordan (/j you're pretty ok). Nicky Bell is the kind of character I would protect with my life. I wish I was joking. But he's just that. I hate to feel seeing, and normally reading about a character I relate embarrassed me and it's uncomfortable for many reasons but mostly because it doesn't happens too often. But this guy. This guy. God, this guy. It didn't make me feel just seeing. It didn't make me feel like some personality tread. It make me feel... valid?? Idk how to express it. THE POINT HERE IS that reading this goddamn book was like reading a booklet about my brain. Wasn't weird, because TJK didn't made it weird. A brain is a brain even if not every brain is the same. Was amazing. And thank god my biggest hyperfixation isn't a real human being but a book character cuz ohhh Lorde, I would've been just like Nicky.

And the verbal vomit was so relatable I swear to fucking god--

And I read some reviews on goodreads and I stand with what I said before: this isn't for everyone.

I'm pretty use to how TJK writes his books. I know that the first 30-50% is gonna be one thing, after that TJ blows your mind/breaks your heart, then you start crying/panicking, but finally all the pieces fall in their places, and we have a wholesome final chapter, it ends. And then TJK announces Midnights: 3am tracks and you won't sleep 'till 5am.

This works for me. I know it doesn't for everyone.

Now, this is the first book of a trilogy. Which means is an introduction to such trilogy. I trust TJK enough to know the couple of breakdowns I had reading this won't compare to the tons of crying I'm gonna have to go thru while reading the other two parts.

Okay so. I pretty much talked about what I wanted to talk, so now I'm just gonna point out a few things I also loved from this book:

Secondary characters. All of them are incredible.

Plot twist?? Tbh I have never been good to know when a plot twist is a plot twist cuz most of the times I'm like Yeah, called it. And I did called it. All of them. So, yei me :)

Skwinkles Salsagheti. Look, I'm mexican. I took this personal. I'm gonna go full fangirl mood at the store because a white guy decided to put them in his book. I'm serious, independence day don't make me half as proud as it did that his wholesome ship gifted this stupid candy to each other.

Ao3. Tumblr. I don't need to say more.

Seth Gray. God. Nicky and I are the same cuz we both know this guy is the most adorable human being and feel a need to squeeze him everytime he shows up. But I'm aroace and Nicky is Nicky so we had different reasons to do it. But still. Adorable.

References. I have this thing were is curse TJL very loudly everytime I see a reference to his other books. Like, there's no other scenario were I scream YOU SICK SON OF A BITCH as much as I do reading TJK. It's amazing.

Definitely I'm missing some stuffs. But least assume they are cool stuffs.

Okay, so. I have to point out this too: the mc's dad is a cop. Some ppl got mad because of the way TJK talked about cops here. In the "this is police propaganda" way. I didn't feel it like that, but I'm not american. This was published in 2020, which means was written between 2018 and 2019. I'll let you guys decide what to do with this.

To conclude: it's 3:34am my dad is throwing up in the bathroom and fuck you TJK cuz I'm gonna keep reading your stupid books cuz the queer representation just hits different. And they make me laugh so much. And just. Screw you.

[lovetenya]

𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝟏𝐚.

warnings: these are just headcanons mostly focused on them, but the reader is gn, of course!

note: this was suggested, and inspired by this. also, i haven’t written for some of these characters before, so i hope i do them justice!

scenario: ua’s normal childcare professional is out sick, so you’re teamed up with another class 1a student to take care of the ua teacher’s kids while they’re at a hero banquet. all of the kids are well behaved, but most of these guys aren’t around kids much, so it’s a learning experience.

mina ashido.

mina is great with kids because she fits right in with them and will listen to them babble about their interests for HOURS because it truly is interesting to her to learn what makes them happy

and she’ll ask you “wow! did ya hear that y/n? she just said that pelicans can turn their stomachs inside out! isn’t that great?”

she just wants to learn whatever she can from them, because she thinks that they have just as much to teach us

i feel like mina is the type of person who gently inserts self love rhetoric and feminist ideas into her conversations w the kids, because she just wants everyone to be uplifted and for them to notice their strengths without being held back by other people’s opinions

she’s always felt that it was easy to be outwardly excited and to have fun, so she’s really good at getting shy kids out of their shell and helping them to let loose, and will encourage you to open up to them a little bit and be a little warmer

she loves to dance, so she’ll host dance parties with the kids and start something goofy like a conga line and lead them around the common room, making them all giggle like crazy

tsuyu asui.

tsu doesn’t really like the loud noises that kids sometimes make, so she’s more likely to organize a game or put on a movie for the kids to watch to keep things calm and steady

she’d let em pick a nature program or an animal-related movie so that she could chime in & give little facts here & there and make them smile!

tsu is a good babysitter because she encourages kids to be curious about their surroundings, and doesn’t mind at all when kids ask questions about her quirk

she’ll show and tell them whatever they want to know, and will even leap out of excitement sometimes!! she’s so cute!!

katsuki bakugo.

contrary to what other people sometimes say, i don’t think that he’s going to be outright rude to kids or yell at them constantly. yes, i know, he was brash with them in those couple episodes, but he’s blunt—not a bad person. he’s not going to just scream at kids for no reason.

sure, he might get frustrated, but he still wants them to feel safe and protected. that’s what heroes do.

and what better way to keep them feeling safe than teaching them self defense techniques?

he’d be all serious like, “alright, so if a villain has you in a chokehold, what do you do?”

and they’re sitting in front of him, all wide eyed and starry lookin, entranced with what he’s teaching them

“who teaches kids this kind of stuff?” you think. (he does)

i also think katsuki is the kid of person who’s going to cook for them and keep them occupied in that way.

he usually likes making complicated stuff, but he has no problem making it less spicy if it means they’ll calm down for a little bit to eat

while everyone’s eating, you look over to him and see him helping a kid hold their chopsticks, before softly praising them, “there ya go. you’ve got it now.” and giving them a small high five

he’s not someone who’s going to be outwardly soft, so doing things for kids like teaching them things or cooking them meals is how he shows he cares.

tenya iida.

tenya likes to tell and read stories with kids, or help them with their homework if they’ve got any

he’ll do terrible voices for all the different characters and make all the kids laugh

he’ll sit patiently with them and will explain the stories or problems just like a teacher would

and he’ll notice if you sneak them any candy, and will call you out discreetly by holding out his hand for some and saying “what? you’re not going to give me one?”

any and all messes will be cleaned up by the kids, and they’ll be lined up & ready when the teachers are ready to come and get them

kyoka jirou.

i think she’d be better with older kids because they’re easier to maintain and entertain (in my opinion)

they don’t ask as many random questions, which sometimes overwhelm her, and they’re more likely to listen to what she has to say

i can see her being really flustered with the attention they give her, because they think she’s so cool, but she’s still pretty relaxed cuz she doesn’t wanna freak them out

she’ll let them have lots of snacks and would play music for them!!

“does anyone know what this instrument is called?”

“that’s right, good job! wanna hear what it sounds like?”

she’ll show them as many instruments as they wanna see, and tries not to blush too hard when they cheer and applaud

denki kaminari.

if you think kids bounce off the walls with energy, they’re about to meet their match with mr. denki kaminari.

he’s the kind of person to challenge them to foot races and to go way too hard in go fish

and he’d do little pranks where he let outs a little shock when they high five him

needless to say, the kids are exhausted when they make it back to their parents

eijirou kirishima.

he. loves. kids.

he thinks they’re so fun to be around and that they’re the next generation of heroes, and they’re full of endless potential!

he’s 100% willing to be a human jungle gym and will play wrestle with them to their heart’s content while making sure they’re not being too rough with each other

he’d compliment them for the smallest stuff, saying “wow! that was super manly, kiddo!” cuz he doesn’t want other people to question their abilities

he’s not the greatest cook, but he’s helpful, so he’ll help you cook for them!

he’ll encourage the kids to help however they can, and will let them stir the bowls while encouraging them!!

lots of high fives and “woo-hoo!”s

izuku midoriya.

izuku adores children’s curiosity and how their questions never seem to end

he can relate to it, because of course he loves compiling information and learning as much as he can about a topic

if one of the kids was a fan of all might??? they’re babbling together about all might’s greatest moments and they’re demonstrating how the move went and how the villain ran away pathetically

he’s very soft w kids because he knows how weird he is.

he agrees that it doesn’t make sense for someone of his size to be that strong, but reminds them that everyone’s quirk works differently, and that they shouldn’t judge people for their quirk or how it chooses to manifest

he’s so understanding and kind w the kids whose quirks haven’t manifested yet, because he knows how bad it feels to feel like you’re es than average, and assures them that it’ll come soon! and even if it doesn’t, you can still make a difference!

which is all the more reason for him to be as gentle as possible, following around the little ones like a mother hen and making sure they’re not gonna walk into something or put a toy into their mouth

would probably tire himself out trying to keep track of all of them and they would all fall asleep in a big hug pile 🥺

mashirao ojiro.

has a lot of fun with kids, because he’s used to being overshadowed by some of the higher achievers in class 1a

but kids think he’s cool because his quirk is so unique and they can’t help but be fascinated and ask a million questions on what he can do with it

he’s happy to share, because lots of people underestimate him and don’t pay attention to what he has to say

would give them rides on his tail and let them pet it (like denki does!)

hanta sero.

he just kinda lets them do their own thing and follows along to make sure that they don’t hurt themselves

would strap a baby to his chest with some tape just to keep them secure with him

and would answer a thousand questions about his quirk without tiring, because he remembers what it was like to be curious of peoples quirks, and he knows they’re not staring to be disrespectful

i think he’s another one that would cook for them, and feel really accomplished when they’re all satisfied

mezo shoji.

although he’s a badass, that’s exactly the reason why he’s the one most hesitant to deal with kids because he’s afraid that he’s going to scare them away

however, he didn’t account for them finding him to be the most fascinating person they’ve laid their eyes on

he would scoop them up in his arms and carry them around and let them use him like a jungle gym

he’s very very gentle with them because he tends to underestimate his strength and would never be able to forgive himself if he was to bring them harm, but he never does because he’s so careful

shoto todoroki.

shoto never really dealt with kids, so he’s hesitant about everything he does.

he’s seen the destruction that his quirk “causes”, and he’s horrified to thing of what could happen if he gets overwhelmed.

shoto underestimates his tolerance and patience. he’s very good with kids, and is very good at getting them to listen.

all it takes is a little flurry of snow and they’re suddenly at full attention for shoto.

ochaco uraraka.

she likes kids, but she’s not very good at being strict with them

they want to read another story? of course she can read another!

they want another snack? sure! why not?

she tries not to let them walk all over her, but they’re just so cute, and she can’t resist.

she’d make their toys float around the room to make them laugh

and they think she’s a princess because of her “magic” and how she wears pink :)

momo yaoyorozu.

momo is like a mom!

shes great at planning things for them to do and keeping them in line and occupied

games are organized and cooperative, so nobody loses!

although she’s not usually like this, she’s more than willing to give hugs and feel better kisses if someone is to bump their head :(

she would feel terrible if someone got hurt on her watch, so she’s encouraging them the be safe if they’re going to be active!

makes lots of fun little snacks for them to eat, with cute faces and stuff, and doesn’t mind to see her hard work enjoyed by such good kids!

end!

[ketchup-monthly]

Sanders Sides D&D 2

Ooh fresh take: Jan is virge’s patron and that’s why there’s beef

Also: Jan is some sort of fae related being

Jan: i need you to do something for me Virgil: no Janus: that's not how this works!! Virgil: watch me :P

Okay so I was thinking of Patton as a cleric cuz ooh healer however, Patton as a Druid makes me so happy

I want logan to have Rage

(Also that could tie nicely in an arc about Logan learning to accept feelings)

but barbarian logan is going to be a scholar again and is gonna be smort

bc hes logan. he cant be not smart

Oh I figured he’d be the bbeg that eventually joins the party (hurt/comfort baybee!)(Remus)

he was the bbeg but then joined the party as a bardbarian or just a bard

plus, actual bard who accidentally casts vicious mockery instead of bardic inspiration

Side note: please include a scene where Remus attempts to seduce the dragon

also with this second au, i can start them at like level 5 so people can multiclass

Pat as cleric/druid

gasp logan as artificer/barbarian

janus sorcerer/rogue

because basically everything but alchemist would work well with barbarian, but alchemist feels very Logan

bc mad scientist being actually mad

alchemist logan making an experimental potion and going "here im not sure what this does but im sure its fine! someone drink it"

Remus does it voluntarily, but Logan usually tries to get Roman to drink it

Virgil will occasionally drink it when he's on his last legs and is just like.....100% done with the party

remus as a wild magic path barbarian and just fucking teleporting or doing something equally ridiculous whenever he rages

Oh my god Remus with rage would be a force to be reckoned with

You gotta describe the first time he goes into a rage really dramatically

obviously virgil is trying to "escape" his patron, Janus (really just do whatever he says to not do out of spite)

Eldritch knight roman

Feywild warlock virgil

hey so in the second d&d au, should roman and remus be actual full siblings but like remus went darkside and like romans just trying to get back at him for putting a dark stain on the family name

hey hey hey what about warforged Logan? (essentially a robot)(so like "i dont feel anything" becoming real)

okay hear me out. elf roman and elf base simic hybrid remus. so like maybe the reason remus went darkside was experimentation? so like. hes elf but special

FALLEN AASIMAR VIRGIL

virgil just transforming in the middle of a combat scenario and like his eyes turn into black pits and flightless skeletal wings appear on his back and like everyone near him has to make a charisma check and like he deals extra necrotic damage

Pat is the one human stuck in a band of misfits

so with it, roman would be a full elf, and remus would be an elf that has tentacles bc octopus

So robot logan

i meant literally he doesnt feel anything

like he has all the emotions, but he doesnt physically feel the need to like eat or sleep or stuff like that

he just.....he pretend he don't have the feelings.....but he do.....he feel so much and he hides it all in his littol mechanical heart <3

plus......if he warforged, then like.....AC huge

he stands in front of friends.....he protecc...."no, i don't have feelings, i am physically incapable of affection" but he do!! he do! he take hits for them because he do!! he care so much

Bro he spouts all this and then he uses a reaction to dive in front of someone and everyone’s just like oh

LIKE ROMAN STILL BEING MEAN TO LO BC HE THINKS HE DOESNT HAVE FEELINGS BECAUSE HE DOESNT HAVE A HEART BUT HE DOES

hey hey everyone needs to grow

and logan standing up for himself and other people stepping in and saying no stop thats not right

plus if canon wont give me roman facing the consequences of his actions towards Logan......

but also Roman learning how to properly handle his own emotions and how he interacts with others

logan who doesn't view himself as anything more than a machine to be useful to others

the party giving logan love and affection until he slowly learns his own worth as a person

Roman and Logan not getting along (maybe Roman has a Lore reason to distrust Warforged, maybe not) and slowly learning to trust each other

when Logan is feeling real down or having some issue, Roman actually comes through to help him, showing how far both characters have come

Okay yes but also can we please give Roman more confidence than canon? Like I’m sooooo sick of low self esteem being played for laughs or just being really really sad

this boy is going on a mission and will slap his brother upside the head and tell him to shut tf up remus youre not a monster just come back home and he will do it alone if need be

OKAY SO WHAT IF HE ORIGINALLY WENT ON THE QUEST JUST TO STOP REMUS ONCE AND FOR ALL BC ROMAN THOUGHT HE WAS A MONSTER, BUT ALONG THE WAY, AND AFTER LOGAN, HE CAME TO REALIZE THAT NO, JUST BECAUSE REMUS (AND LOGAN) ARE DIFFERENT, THEY ARENT MONSTERS, JUST DIFFERENT

AND LIKE IN THE FINAL PUSH TO MAKE REMUS JOIN BACK WITH HIS BROTHER, ROMAN IS PROJECTING HIS OWN FEELINGS ONTO REMUS AND EVERYONE IS LIKE WOW BRO YOU GOOD THERE, BUT ITS A BIG MOMENT FOR LOGAN, ROMAN, AND REMUS

im unsure as to how, but it happened when he was an older teen/young adult. a simic scientist either picked him (read: kidnapped), or remus volunteered (potentially to escape court life, unaware what exactly the experiment was going to do to him physically

bc also, remus and roman are royalty

so like. how best to get at the nobes/royalty/rich famous people than by turning their kid into a monster

wait, wait, wait, because i'm lowkey a sucker for this trope, but i'm not sure if it fits Remus: the experiments left him with some fairly significant physical pain/uncontrolled magical reactions. through some combo of trying to deal with that and trying find a cure for his pain, he keeps like....absolutely wrecking random towns on accident but also deliberately wrecking certain places looking for either a) vengeance on the guy(s) responsible or b) someone who can make the pain stop

SO LIKE. WILD MAGIC BARBARIAN DOING WEIRD SHIT TO HIM WHENEVER HE RAGES

AND LOGAN COULD MAYBE HELP WITH THE PAIN AND SHIT

BC ALCHEMY

Yknow, for simplification purposes, we could say the True Bbeg just gave Remus lycanthropy and Remus hasn’t managed to control it yet

lycanthropy but simic shit?

Mr. I-Don't-Have-Feelings sees the poor dude in pain and also Roman in emotional pain from seeing his brother in pain and is absolutely like "i must resolve this like right now, immediately" because he definitely doesn't hate seeing his friend suffering, or his friend's brother whom he's just met

he definitely doesn't relate at all to the idea of someone else shaping your body and absolutely does not sympathize with Remus's plight

i was thinking the grappling thing and either manta glide or the ability to breathe underwater for the simic stuff, but like he doesnt have control over the tentacles yet?

Manta glide seems like we could have fun battle scenes

he just jumps off a cliff to avoid mushy talk/dealing with his actions/roman

Roman: Remus just because you're a monster and though i wish i was an only child-- Remus, jumping off a cliff: byyeeeeee Patton: Roman, look what you did! Virgil: dammit jan what did you do? Janus: why do you think i had anything to do with that? im a fae, not a genie Logan, thinking: what an asshole. i wish i could do that

oh my god Logan always being tired mentally bc he cant sleep

Oh my gosh I love that. So Remus got kidnapped super young, (from royal family) they never found him, as a result Roman had to grow up super fast (side effect: lowkey inconsiderate and forgets to ask for others input). Meanwhile, Remus was experimented on by True Bbeg and came out with some trauma and super cool additives

yep! chronic pain and ptsd and all sorts of other shit!

so like, simic hybrids are usually created when they're adults. but what if the true bbeg decided to go younger to see what would happen, and thats why remus has chronic pain and stuff

he was still growing when his genes were spliced, so hes dealing with growth plates shifting and his body maturing and puberty and body changes and stuff

Pat is going to have a lighthearted story. Im saying that now. Hes the one without all the baggage

Sure, but his parents have to lowkey be the really kind people who are surprisingly always down for violence

everyone: multiple crises Pat: y'all need help Pat: love and affection in spades for his little band of misfits

Patton (which I think would be pretty simple, honestly he might just see danger and jump in and suddenly everyone in the party has Feelings)

Logan

Mhm. So how did he grow up? Was he just poof created? Wait

What if he was created by the king?

To make up for remuss disappearance

wait, wait....angst......he was created to fight (hence the barbarian stuff) but alchemy is his real passion

wait so like. a second son???

hes there to replace remus?

Yea! (But like in a sympathetic grief way) But that causes a bit of a complex in Roman and ergo Roman and Logan have a bit of a beef

okay so like. hes there to be a companion for roman, and like take remus' place, even though hes not actually in line for the throne?

LOGAN AS A KNIGHT

and just......the conflict of being created for a specific purpose (plus being, you know, robot and technically incapable of deviated from said purpose) vs the fact that he actually does have independent consciousness and like....wants to live life for himself

the parents made Logan a barbarian in hopes that him and Roman would be safe

okay. so logan was created by the king with the sole purpose to take remus' place as romans brother/companion, and to be his like guard? protector? and fight, but logan wants to be an alchemist and study shit

wait, wait, wait.....thinks about Asimov's Laws

he.....his first operative is protect (specifically protect Roman)

oh man. so hes literally just a shield

his second level operative is just like.....care for Roman's emotional well-being, but he doesn't really know emotions because he was kinda just spawned and nobody told him how

and he just....kind of....lets Roman treat him like garbage and take all his grief out on him because he's staunchly in denial of both having feelings or knowing how they work

Anyway Yea so Logan created by royal family in place of Remus which created angst between the two “brothers” and identity issues in Logan. Their arcs are learning how to healthily process emotions plus Roman apology and Logan commits to alchemy

So big question: why did virge make a deal?

Tricked

he gave janus his name

and instead of janus like killing him or whatever the fae do to people who break the rules of dealing with the fae, jan was like. hey. i'll give you magic, but do what i say

Janus is lawful neutral, but leans towards being selfish

hes self serving, but he has a strong set of morals and rules he follows

Tho I want to Virgil to also not be pushover so let’s say loophole happened and Jan has to stay with virge (hence why Jan is a part of the party)

okay so a couple of the rules are dont give a fae your true name and don't try to figure out their true name

So

what if virgil accidentally gave up part of his true name, and got stuck in the deal, but then figured out janus' true name

so in the same vein that janus had control over virgil, virgil now has more control over janus

he still gets his magic from janus, so he cant break free completely, but virgil has more freedom and can occasionally tell janus what to do or when to shove it

there should a running gag where virge can explain how he learned Jan’s true name but Jan can make something loudly censor him every time

(he learned his name bc once he heard janus practicing his evil genius voice and talking to himself in the mirror and janus said his true name)

so maybe janus sent virgil on the quest to protect a town or stop something related to remus, but virgil dragged him along

he might just be trying to protect a town thats close to a ley line, or something fae-related, and they just happen upon the whole thing

janus is selfish. but lawful vs chaotic is where he comes through, in morals vs doing whatever. janus has a strong set of loyalties to the fae, and to himself

so like....Remus is just too close to Jan's stuff and he wants to take him down

Virgil is just like....exhausted and said "fine, but if i gotta do this, you're coming, too"

or at least figure out a way to protect his place, even if it doesnt mean fully taking out remus. just moving him would work for jan

Janus: virgilllllllllll hes going to mess up my magic storage locker Virgil: Jan, its empty Janus: but its mine

Yea. Remus attacks a city away from the fae: Jan: Yknow I’m gonna sit this one out Virge: oh no you don’t, get up

Or

Janus vs Janice

so his real name is Janus, but Virgil calls him Janice

Virgil: This is Janice Janice: with a “U-S” Virgil: mhm, sure Jan

I'm a big fan of just like any of the old theory name being various aliases for Jan

Damien, Dante, Ethan, Declan, etc, etc

[bigskydreaming]

Headcanon that Dick handles explosions BADLY, and Jason thinks this is about him and how he died, which is understandable given that Jason also handles explosions badly (if they’re not caused by him, ie ones that he’s unprepared for - which makes for a very unconventional argument in favor of being the one to introduce explosions into any particular situation and thus preemptively control that particular factor there, but then again, Jason’s an unconventional kinda guy and also I digress).

So one time there’s an explosion and both Dick and Jason are on edge in its aftermath, because of it, and so Jason snaps at Dick for being visibly rattled by it because he’s trying to distract from his own lingering uneasiness like he’s all Self, get it together Jay, its been years, you should be over it by now, even though he knows damn well trauma doesn’t work like that, its just that he WANTS it to because this is INCONVENIENCING HIM, dammit, and thus he is edgy and irritable and snaps at Dick like oh fucking suck it up, I’m sick of you getting all worked up every time there’s an explosion around us because you’re so bothered by what happened to me like, its not about you, and you being a jittery freakshow because you’re all like, oh no, lemme hijack my brother’s trauma and make it my thing is really annoying, so knock it off.

And Dick gets all quiet and pensive and is just staring at him for a long while, like he doesn’t quite know how he wants to respond to this, and so Jason doubles down and commits to staring back for as long as is necessary to win, because like, look that’s just how being siblings works and also he’s right. Except he’s not, because when Dick finally does speak, its to say with a kind of pinched, controlled attempt at keeping his voice emotionless so as not to betray any kind of anger but also hurt, and also, it doesn’t work....

So he’s just like, please don’t take this the wrong way, Jason, because I certainly don’t mean to take anything away from your own experiences or imply that I wouldn’t be affected by them just as a reminder of what happened to you, but the effect that massive, unexpected explosions have on me has nothing to do with that actually. It just triggers certain memories and emotions from the time my city was nuked by supervillains.

And then he walks away stiffly and Jason’s like aww, fuck, because the downside of not letting yourself be someone your brother feels comfortable unburdening himself to because you’re worried that means you might risk unburdening yourself to him too and that’s just unthinkable, is like, its very easy to stick your foot in your mouth when there’s a decade and a half’s worth of active superheroing in your brother’s life where he could have been the victim of or exposed to any number of ordeals, injuries or traumas and that you have no clue about, other than maybe two or three of them....and just because two heroes have shared traumas or triggers or overlap in some traumas or triggers, that doesn’t mean they stem from the same place or are equivalent or even trying to be, its literally just that they occupy similar spheres of existence/experience, but either way, its really just not a great idea to assume off the bat that any given other hero has no possible relationship with the very same experiences or traumas or triggers you struggle with yourself.

And I know people are gonna try and make this a competition thing or a gotcha moment against Jason stans or try and compare and contrast explosion based traumas but hashtag Literally Don’t Tho, because that’s honestly not the point and I do actually mean it when I say that shit is tired and boring, and they’re both allowed to be traumatized for different reasons and scale and scope are utterly irrelevant when we’re talking about two different brothers engaged in two different post traumatic stress reactions stemming from two different sources. 

This absolutely literally is legit just a headcanon that’s not about blaming Jason or saying he’s a bad brother at all, this is just a possible glimpse of their dynamic at some point, based off a scene I was picturing for a fic I was writing at some point and never finished, wherein Dick’s triggered by an explosion to a degree that’s even worse that specific time than Jason’s reaction to unexpected explosions normally is on average. With the difference being that this explosion had a greenish tint to the flames and Dick just fucking freaks and throws himself at Jason to protect him, and gets hurt in the process and thus Jason freaks and gets pissed at Dick because he feels guilty Dick got hurt because of him and also is legit pissed because he thinks its cuz Dick was reckless out of some misguided attempt to protect him from something that already happened to Jason, and thus is stupid.

But in reality, the reason for this particularly extreme reaction from Dick to this particular explosion is that the greenish tint triggered a highly specific and intense recall to the memories and emotions Dick had surrounding Chemo’s bombing of Bludhaven, since Chemo’s radiation powers gave that explosion a greenish tint too. And thus Dick’s reaction here also included channeling his overwhelming impulses of that time, in which he literally ran back into the radioactive fallout zone without any of the appropriate gear, because he was so lost in the headspace of ‘all these people dying is all my fault because the villains were targeting me specifically’ that this overrides all conscious cares for self-preservation, as well as awareness of his brother’s own competence and skills. 

And thus also this post is about how fucking obnoxious it is that anything that includes both Dick and Jason having trauma reactions in the same scenario usually devolves into compare and contrast or better yet, Who Wore It Best, because that shit absolutely makes it all but impossible to explore entire facets of this fucked up family’s interpersonal relationships and dynamics, when its always treated as being about blaming one person or another for hurting another’s feelings or trying to rank the most hurt in any given scene, and sometimes its really just as simple as character x kinda stuck his foot in his mouth and made things tense and uncomfortable between him and character y for a little while and that’s all it needs to be, not an invitation to The Roast of Character X, Let’s Expose Him For Being A Horrible Person, instead of just them both being brothers who occasionally set off emotional landmines around each other due to no great flaw of their own but rather just due to the fact that their lives mean they inevitably both exist at all times as islands adrift in a sea of potential emotional landmines.

This post was brought to you by the letters ADHD and also fuck you punctuation, what’s so great about you anyway.

[migleefulmoments]

Dear sweet lord. Ajw has just casually suggested that Darren and Chris have struggled with depression over their “closeted relationship.” Now, they could both struggle with depression, they aren’t exempt from mental health just because they’re rich/famous. Anyone can be depressed. But you don’t just go around making those assumptions about people you don’t know. What in the hell?

Ajw didn’t write the post but she did reblogged it and she only reblog what she wants to convey as truth. 

The post is essentially masterpost of what convinced justcantgetenoughcc’s that Chris and Darren are married. Every single piece of evidence is more  juvenile and asinine than the last. She “saved the best for last” and just wait...

This post proves how little the cc fandom needs to believe anything they want to believe because everything CC is made up in their heads. If you are writing the story, you don’t need much to prove it is true. They live in a world of baseless nonsense. 

I will admit, I am shellshocked at how absurd this is. I’m used to their cruel and baseless attacks on Mia and their petty criticisms of everything Darren, but to be confronted with proof that the foundation of “CrissColfer are married” trope is nothing more than air shook me. 

So...let’s look at it...(my comments in parenthesis).

One of the WHAT IFs that has been haunting me…

justcantgetenoughcc

We know they got engaged over the 2012/2013 NYE holidays. 

(”we” don’t actually know)

(Wait...this goofy joke between Chris and Alla is what they are basing the engagement on? Chris telling his publicist that she would have to cover up “lots of stories, per usual” is it? This is clearly a joke because Chris NEVER does anything crazy...that’s why it is funny. Why would he Tweet that if it was true? He is smarter than to Tweet “don’t forget we have to hid the body tonight”. 

(The bird reference... I know I once know what it means= but I can’t remember. How is it a reference to Chris is engaged to Darren?). 

(This is the “ring” they have sold their souls swearing is on his finger and that it indicates he is engaged TO Darren. I don’t even know if there is a ring there and he clearly never wore a ring after this blurry photo SOOOOOOO...NOPE)

(I know someone told me about where Darren went during this same Glee hiatus and where Chris was returning from in this pic.  If someone can fill in the details of this trip and I will edit this post. Maybe Chris went to South Africa? Maybe? And Darren went where?)  

And yet they went ahead with the FAKE encage in January 2018.

—

I always believed Chris and Darren were married. There were a lot of serious hints in that direction from the guys themselves.Like the wedding in the woods and Alla’s hints to name a few. (Here we are seeing them once again hang their hats on their TLOS theories. The wedding in the woods is related to Darren and Chris exactly how? Alla’s hints to name a few? What few? You showed one Twitter exchange. This is a case of you wanted it to be true so you just believed it was true and then filled in “proof” to suit you and since you don’t listen to anyone who disagrees, you didn’t need to make your proof very  foolproof)

Offering this as an admission that we weren’t always told about their personal lives. So marriage could fall under this category of sometimes true rumors? 

(Um...yes? So Chris saying this in an interview is what you are using as your proof? ok?)

We even noticed and speculated that Chris wore his actual engagement ring in the Glee “The Proposal - 5.01” episode. I mean that’s the ring that Darren/Blaine slipped on Chris/Kurt’s ring finger and they switched it back to the Glee prop ring later. Many of us noticed the rings were slightly different after.

(Ok, this is nuts. Chris did not suddenly pull out his ring- after NOT wearing on for 2 full years- in order to wear it for some of a scenes in Glee. Many of you “Noticed”? Ugh)

***WHAT IF NOLA was just a FAKE wedding if you take into consideration… no rings, no wedding bouquet to throw, no real ceremony, no real family stepping out with the couple and other inconsistencies… It was funny that Darren’s recent casual pap-walk outfits were more dapper than his wedding suit in NOLA. There are several posts out there laying out all that in detail.

(So, here we are... Darren says he is straight for 9 years, he says he loves Mia in several interviews, says he is lucky to have her in several award speeches, he says he is engaged to her. He let us see small glimpses of their life together- at their home and their bar, a bar which he said he owned with her and he called it their “bar baby”. On the day they are clearly getting married- I can tell because their family and friends are all there, Mia is wearing a big white wedding dress and Darren is wearing at tuxedo, there is a photographer and several wedding attendants=wedding.  On the day there is an obvious wedding YOU believe it is a FAKE wedding based on some untruths you refuse to stop repeating- namely that the paparazzi photos were taken after the wedding simply because ENews- had NO insider info- speculated they were coming out of the wedding because they saw a bride and a groom. You also believe that those photos were somehow representative of the entire wedding rather than just what they are- the bride and groom headed to the car that took them from the cocktail party to the wedding. They took pictures while they were in that gorgeous care. So after Darren told us that he and Mia were engaged and he spoke about their wedding many times in the press and we saw photos of lots of people attending the reception and we know their best friends were there and Vera Wang was there but you believe the wedding was fake because they didn’t share photos of the actual ceremony. You believe however, that Chris and Darren are married because you have a grainy photo of Chris you claim shows a ring that he wore once, a satirical exchange between Alla and Chris about covering up his bad behavior, another joke about untrue rumors, a joke about a bird and a made up story about 2 rings during the Glee proposal scene? Cuz that is all perfectly logical and exactly what a grown up would surmise from this evidence. Simply for the sake of the truth I must say: The photos of Darren and Mia we have seen of them coming out of the hotel were taken  before the wedding. ENews were wrong. We know this because they now have rings and because the wedding was held at the Museum. It’s funny to me that CCers can’t accept this fact when you listed some of the reasons yourself :No rings, no bouquet, no family... not that you have to have any of those things to make it a real wedding.  A real wedding is simply a vow which can be a simple as “do you promise to take this person in sickness and in health blah blah blah” and an officiant has to sign a marriage certificate. That is all it takes to be a real wedding-everything else bells and whistles. I got married 24 years ago and didn't throw a bouquet because the tradition is outdated and tired. We will never see the vows or the family “stepping out” whatever that means- because that is private and for them and not us)(I don’t understand the comment about Darren’s causal pap walk is more dapper than his wedding suit...please don’t tell me they are claiming that his zebra pants and Dalton sweatshirt are “more dapper” than his beautiful designer tuxedo because that is beyond juvenile and petty. That is something a 10 yo would say. You might not like Darren’s wedding style, but the wedding was for Darren and Mia and not a fandom of haters)     

They were so young and so ill-prepared for the harsh bearding and constant separations they were subjected to. Not to mention the pressure both the beards put on them. They may’ve broken up a couple of times - with all the cruel and intense contrived situations and beards/bearding that played out right in front of our eyes and quite possibly other behind the scenes nightmarish scenarios thankfully hidden from us… 

(Now we get to the fantasy portion of the show...the fanfiction he/she is writing as they go along...this kind of speculation where strayers are victimized is never a healthy way to think about someone you know very little about. This is a classic rescue fantasy)

Chris and Darren don’t seem to be the type who will run out and get divorced at the first sign of any discord. They were too in love and they thought they were “IT” for each other and no strangers to being under PR pressure. Depression even. Both of their parents have/had solid marriages and no one needs to be told of Chris’s childhood circumstances. I don’t think either one would cave under pressure of any kind or over a few spats. 

(Here we get into absolute fanfiction. Nothing is rooted in any sort of reality...this is their fantasy playing out in their heads in minute and inappropriate detail. It is NEVER Ok to fantasize about someone else’s mental health or to put a diagnose on a stranger. Depression isn’t something you use to justify your concern. We know nothing about their parent’s marriages. Nobody ever knows what happens behind closed doors).

Translated, that would mean their marriage is still very much intact, despite the storms they had to continuously weather. (ugh)

It wasn’t just me spinning a tale with my vivid imagination. A lot of the fandom believed CC to be married. 

(You are right about this-it is the entire fandom spinning a tale with a vivid imagination...that doesn’t make it any better). 

There are so many CC hints out there that are so adorable.  (I can’t wait)

Just like Darren’s touch or the sweep of his hand over Chris’s back EVERY SINGLE DAY… as he was leaving the stage after their Klaine routine at Glee Live. It wasn’t done for anyone else’s benefit - BUT JUST FOR CHRIS… as the stage lights were turned down or off completely. The cameras caught it in the subdued lighting. And we, the CC fandom ran with it. 

(I never watched Glee Live and wasn’t aware of the CC fandom’s bananas back then- so I have no idea what this is even about...anyone? anyone.. Bueller?). 

Glee Live was in 2011 but Hedwig on Broadway was from APR - JULY of 2015.

One of the biggest CC hints for me was the Chris Col-FUR that Darren introduced into his Broadway show, specifically on Chris’s birthday - May 27, 2015 and kept it going all the way to the closing show on July 19, 2015.

(riiiggghhhttt because a funny, clever joke -on stage- about a former costar is PROOF they are married.) 

Why “Chris Col-FUR on Hedwig in 2015”,unless THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY AND UTTERLY IN LOVE and SERIOUS ABOUT EACH OTHER?!!!

In 2015!!!

(The leap in logic here is astronomical and scary. Why did he tell the joke? Because it is clever and funny. They were friends. The joke doesn’t need for them to be anything more than friends for it to work. “I know a guy”. It wasn’t “I’m fucking a guy”)

Look at this set of tweets from Belasco, from the same day - Chris’s birthday.

(aaannnd here we see how gullible the fandom can be when it suits their needs. Anyone can tell a story and as long as it proves CC is real, nobody questions it. it doesn’t matter if it is stupid-like the one where Max Adler saw a girl wearing Darren’s merch sunnies and asked “are you a fan of Darren’s” and without being asked, he proceeded to just unload about how awful Mia is, how everyone hates her, how Darren is such a pushover he doesn’t know how to get rid of her. The story is basically Max sees sunnies, asks if she is a Darren fan, and then speaks for 10 minutes straight about the evil Mia, they wrap it up with small talk about the area and everyone leaves. There is DisneyPrincessModelWorld who has been trolling them with “insider stories” and “the ghost” for years, and now we have this nonsense...)

Darren looked up on many days and you don’t need me to offer any clarification here.

I have trimmed the pictures to get past the new rules.

(Yes, Darren TOTALLY looked to the rafters where Chris was often hanging from his bat wings. He would spend the show sending heart eyes down to his lover- and Darren, who is so terrified to breach THE Contract that he married a woman he detests, couldn’t help himself...he had to sing to his man and look up, giving away Chris’s hiding place show-after-show. Risking being caught was worth it to sing to his man and to gauze longingly in to the darkness where he just KNEW Chris was hanging) 

(oh look, the BEST is last....)

Keeping the best for last…

(Oh, another lie posted to social media that the CC fandom ate up because CC Confirmed. Damn, I was expecting something concrete...some real proof...this was the “best” after all. Instead we have a completely absurd fabricated quote written either BY a CCer or for a CCer) 

And YET…

We are being asked to believe that Darren ran off and married his beard… - who was supposedly in a relationship with another man (there are rumors about beard being married to Hudson) the best part of 2014 - 2018. Give or take… as I don’t follow them or track them. 

(Yes, you are being asked to believe that because that is what happened- there are photos and a hundred or so guests who witnessed the entire 4 days of events leading up to the wedding. There are candid photos of the reception inside the museum posted on their friends’ social media). (This might be my favorite statement “There are RUMORS about beard being married to Hudson”, who could have started those rumors? and of course, rumors make it true so this is a slam dunk)  

Now, if it was all in our imagination, that would be one thing. 

(It absolute is ALL in your imagination. Everything here- including “the best you saved for last” is just your imagination, but I’ll play along...whatchagot?)

Pic courtesy - Just Jared

My apologies for posting her picture. Forgive me for not masking her face as I need to make the point below.

(You are NOT forgiven, it is Darren’s wedding day after all and you claim to be his biggest fans so posting his bride shouldn’t be a problem) 

Why do they all (including Ashley Weston) look like ‘deer caught in the headlights’ immediately after?  

(Oh, THIS is your Proof? Proof that Darren and Mia didn’t get married? a picture of a bride and a groom and some of their groomsmen. You aren’t doing very good here. Your “proof” is a photo of everyone looking shellshocked coming  out of a building on their way to their wedding ceremony?  Well, let’s think really hard...thinking... thinking.. why would they look shellshocked? Maybe because they were ambushed by paparazzi they weren’t expecting and didn’t want)

As if they have no clue what to do next.  I have never seen a newly-wed couple with that same expression.

(Yes, I would imagine that is exactly what they are thinking...worrying that the paparazzi just spoiled their opportunity to get married without the world knowing. Worrying that they might get ambushed by multiple paparazzi at their reception creating a nightmare. Worrying that the paparazzi might get inside the museum and catch the wedding itself. I actually believe you- I am sure that you have never seen newlyweds ambushed by paparazzi. I think this is the first thing you have said that is actually accurate and credible)  

Now we have ajw’s tags: 

#i always though CC was married as welli don't want to make any firm statements yetbut i lean it was staged and not real hence why the did it in NOLAI am sure however there will be more pics of the sham ceremony and suchthey fucked up the encage royallythey need to at least make this seem a little more real

(I am shocked that she actually believed they were married. I thought she just said that to convince her minions. I mean on Saturday night I figured out she meant it. Watching all of them go right back to the very techniques and beliefs the led them to such a meltdown on Saturday is interesting. They have no adaptation skills and no self preservation instincts. I love that she keeps stringing people along like a good narcissist. “I will be announcing my pick for _____(insert some swamp dwelling bottom feeder) for _____ Cabinet position). I love the rationale the it was in NOLA was because it was staged....because Hollywood isn’t perfect for staging a fake something. I can’t believe she said “fucked”. I didn’t know she had it in her. So she’s back to doing everything she did before she decided she needed pull back some. She’s back to harassing Mia, victimizing Darren, claiming she is his biggest supporter because she will rescue him from the horror that is Ryan Murphy. blah blah blah).  

[thefederalistfreestyle]

Wallace Smith is hanging from a beam. The Hamilton actor, one of the principals in Chicago’s staging of the mega-hit musical, has to hit a specific mark during the song Yorktown, near the end of the first act. Alexander Hamilton is about to announce what Smith’s character, Hercules Mulligan, has been up to (spoiler: he’s a spy!) while Hamilton and George Washington are trying to win independence for the colonies. If you’ve ever watched a gymnast hang from the high bar and then propel himself into a handstand, you have some idea of what Smith is about to do. He swings his legs back and then uses his core muscles to kick his whole body, launching forward. He lands near the front of the stage just as Hamilton yells “HERCULES MULLIGAN!” Then Smith breaks into one of the show’s more memorable raps. This maneuver takes strength, skill and timing. If Smith fails to land at the right moment it will throw off the flow of the musical. He has to do this correctly every night because every night the theater is full of people who have had the date blacked out on their calendar for months (the Chicago version of Hamilton is sold out through the end of the summer, and tickets are scarce come September.) There are fans who know every word of the platinum soundtrack, who have watched every video on the the show’s YouTube page, and who follow every actor’s social media account with devotion. With so many people awaiting Mulligan’s entrance or the Marquis de Lafayette’s tongue-twisting raps or the Schuyler sisters’ flirty songs, the actors who create Hamilton every night must have the discipline of a professional athlete to ensure the fans who were able to get tickets for each night’s show are dazzled. At the PrivateBank Theater in Chicago, Hamilton is staged eight times a week. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. for night shows and 2:00 p.m. for matinees, but the cast members’ work starts well before curtain comes up the opening song, Alexander Hamilton. Chris De’Sean Lee is a young actor who plays the Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman who fought on the patriots’ side during the Revolutionary War. Hamilton — the show, as well as the character — is non-stop, so actors have to be in top shape to impress the people who inhabit the PrivateBank Theater’s seats every night. Lee works out shortly after waking up each morning, mixing cardio and weightlifting. “It’s really about getting my heart rate up, burning fat, conditioning to be able to do something long term. At this point, it’s really fine. I don’t find myself getting as tired doing the shows as before,” Lee said. Smith and Lee are both avid Golden State Warriors fans, but Lee adds a layer to his workout Steph Curry doesn’t. Since Lee has to spit Lafayette’s rapid fire rap while also jumping off a table and landing softly, he hums on the treadmill. He’s practicing not just using his vocal chords correctly but also working on timing his breath. “I’m rapping 13 words in two seconds. You have to be really fast, it’s in a French accent, and you have to be understood all while preparing to jump off the table,” Lee said. “For so long, I was constantly in my head about when to breathe.” Smith’s days also start with a trip to the gym, while Samantha Marie Ware, who plays Peggy Schuyler and Mariah Reynolds, is a big fan of yoga and pilates and works with a trainer three times a week. They stay in shape not just to manage the eight shows a week, but also to fit in the Tony-winning costumes that were made for them when they were cast for the show. [. . .] As with athletes, avoiding injury isn’t their only aim. They want to make sure they are at in peak shape for every performance and that means being mindful of when, and what, they are eating. “Because the corsets are really tight, it’s really hard to eat a larger meal. What I try to do when I’m in a show is I’ll eat something light for dinner, and I’ll keep snacks at my station,” Ware said. But the biggest reason they are so mindful of their nutrition is their voice. Soda pop, dairy, beer, fried foods — they all can affect their vocal chords. Much as a pitcher or a quarterback has to protect his arm before all else, Hamilton’s cast must protect their voices to deal with the show’s intense lyrical load. Their voices being even just a bit off means they may not hit the notes required. They have to time eating carefully so the food doesn’t sit in their stomach when they’re performing. “Most foods create some kind of phlegm or dryness to your vocal chords. A lot of foods I could eat that wouldn’t affect my voice in a drastic way, but I don’t think it makes sense to perform at anything less than 100 percent. Being at 98 percent, that bothers me. I feel like eating puts that 98 percent of my vocal chords. I just don’t do it,” Lee said. He admits to splurging on unhealthy foods on off days, though. Protecting their voice also means not letting the the show take over their voices; like athletes in a long-distance run or swim, they don’t want to get caught up in the moment and use too much too early. Hamilton features heated rap battles, loud speeches proclaiming freedom and in some cases, buddies getting drunk together while waxing poetic about the future. “When you’re miked and your voice is being amplified, sometimes, when your adrenaline is pumping, you want to push vocally. Scream louder. Sing harder,” Smith said. “There’s no need to push. It really helps the performance when you are easing into it. Vocally, it’s very easy to injure yourself.” For principal actors, sticking to a routine is key. They know exactly when they should go to sleep, when they should eat and when they should warm up their voices to make sure they are in peak shape by curtain. Ware starts singing in the shower at home, and quite often, to her cat. Lee puts his warm-ups on Instagram, singing everything from Mr. Rogers to Stevie Wonder to N’Sync. [. . .] Hamilton is expected to stay in Chicago for two years, and while much of the original cast is intact, there are still times when the cast needs to miss performances. When vacation, injuries or an ill-timed bout of laryngitis comes up, swings and understudies are called upon. Swings are the theater’s bench. They fill in for the ensemble when someone is out sick or on vacation. They have to be at every show, even when not performing. They have to be ready to jump in if another performer is sick or injured. “We one time had someone call out at half hour. It could be short notice, sometimes we know ahead of time,” said Gabriella Sorrentino. “I even at one point, someone got hurt in act one, and they threw me in for the second half. I’ve had all scenarios happen.” With the chance to go on at any minute, she has to stay limber and strong enough to take on any part in the ensemble. In Hamilton, cast members move props and sets into place, often as part of a song’s choreography. Since she can be tasked to take over any role, she has to be able to do the heavy lifting. She also has to be able to sing any of the women’s five singing tracks in the ensemble. Sorrentino is not just a swing but also the dance captain. She helps run weekly rehearsals and prepares new cast members for the show. Brady left his role as Aaron Burr in early April, and Sorrentino prepared Daniel Breaker to step in. During shows, she’s watching from the wings, taking notes to give to the ensemble. Unlike in many musicals, where the ensemble or chorus comes out just for specific songs and dance numbers, the Hamilton ensemble is onstage for most of the night. There are 50 numbers in Hamilton, and dancers must do everything from waltzing to breakdancing numbers. “The first week, when we were rehearsing in New York, and I think all the swings would agree with me, we were all in a little bit of shock with how much content is in the show,” she said. “It’s kind of neat to be part of a show where, in other shows, ensembles are not in shows as much. We’re really the show. We really are backing up the principals. The ensemble, we’re the foundation, the backbone to the show.” When Jimmy Garoppolo filled in for Tom Brady at the beginning of the 2016 NFL season, Patriots fans still expected their team to win. When an understudy or swing is onstage, there should be no difference in the show. “I know how, especially for Hamilton, people have been waiting for years to come and see the show. I know how important it is for them to see it and take it in, and I know how important it is for me to do my job and make sure they enjoy it,” Sorrentino said. “It’s the balance of me giving to them what they want, and then them receiving that information. And it’s evident. When we go to the stage door, people are in awe of the show.” [. . .]

How the cast of 'Hamilton' stays in shape to turn the world upside down, nightly (For The Win)

just cuz it’s a passion doesn’t mean that it’s easy! great article on the rigors of doing a show like Hamilton, including more on how Wayne Brady dealt with injury during his time with the Chicago company & how some of the principals switch characters between acts