#this one is for u klavier nation

[okartichoke]

at a concerrttt yyessss yessss

klapollo >:3

design notes

link to masterpost || some quick justifcations/explanations below cut!!:

Birds of paradise <333 Them being of the same bird family is important to me... (honorary mention to the snowy owl for Kristoph) (also honorable mention to the paradise crow) (but i like them having matching ribbons (and the two birds i went with are more closely related))

I originally tried giving Klav the whole fluffy back of yellow/white feathers, but (a) he looked SO over complicated (especially compared to everyone else) and (b) I realized that no other character has back feathers, anyways. so it would make sense he does not either.

The ribbon-tails are similar to Apollo and Trucy's hearts: they both inherit this feature from one of their parents. (One parent is a stephanie's astrapia, one is a lesser bird-of-paradise). (Also of note: the lesser bird-of-paradise also has two long wire plumes, if you look closely)

Tails: (Klav's is basically a ribbon-tailed astrapia's tail btw.) Because the tail is such a notable feature of these species, I'm including it, though they also come from the base of the wing (though I'll probably just draw them as essentially tails in the future), and are much shorter than they would be, were they proportional.

i got very lazy on the individual introduction sheets they're so bad 😭😭 specifically klavier pls just imagine he and his wings look better there 🙏🙏🙏 LOL i hope the other drawings make up for it !! >:3

FINALLY MY CAT!!!! it’s been a while,,, this is him everyday after taking his pills cuz he knows it’s milk time now (image from my dad) (also flat colors and zoom bc me likey this image)

[lesbianboyfriend]

hi jules^_^ do u have any fave aa cases so far?

haiiii my beloved <33 thank you for asking hehe of course i do…i fear this answer will be slightly ridiculous bc well. recency bias towards aa4 anddd about half the cases are my favorite. vey bad at narrowing down to a few. but i’m going to talk about them all anywaysss. also i’m very predictable like. while i find all the cases very fun to play my favorites are the ones that are more connected to the overarching plots/character arcs. okay here we go!!!

from aa1:

rise from the ashes was my favorite!! i missed maya of course buttt i love ema so dearly…plus we got lanamia lesbianisms and lana and ema’s relationship was sooo. i really enjoyed the introduction of the new mechanics as well and i found the case itself to be one of the most interesting ones to solve.

close close second of course turnabout goodbyes…HUGE for edgeworth understanders and also just like. unraveling the characters’ pasts and starting to understand all of them a little bit. plus you get to destroy manfred von karma’s life <33

aa2:

hmm i would say reunion and turnabout and farewell my turnabout are about tied here for me!! my poor maya :((( sweetiest pie ever she didn’t deserve any of that. butt it was super interesting starting to learn more about the fey family and i think mimi and ini are superrrr compelling. also we got pearly!!!! and then farewell my turnabout…scariest turnabout ever. i was convinced at any moment doing something wrong would kill maya. however still narratively really well done and enjoyable despite the stress…and i thought adrian was a really interesting character too!

aa3:

another great game for fey family nation…okay im going to tentatively rank these

bridge to the turnabout!!! such a batshit crazy case…literally everything all coming together about the fey family..great stuff. has franziska!!!!!!! another one having me so scared for my best friend maya. getting to play as edgeworth…lots of really really good stuff in this one. this is also the first time the like. tutorial case really compelled me

turnabout memories. i think this is like. so foundational to understanding phoenix as a character. plus you get to play as mia which is soso awesome. and you get to slap grossberg. really really awesome.

turnabout beginnings…such a wild case. the fact that it was both mia and edgeworth’s first….the way it ended…augh. good stuff

aa4:

aa4 my beloved….this one is just hit after hit. i would say turnabout corner mighttt be my least favorite from the game just because i found wocky so fucking annoying but the actual mechanics and details of the case were super super fun to do plus literally trucy nation!!! like every case from this game is so good. turnabout trump another super fun one for the “tutorial” case like immediately throwing you into the crazy questioning what happened in the seven year gap what’s going on with kristoph everything is so augh. really really good. turnabout serenade is super super fun getting to see more about klavier and introducing valant…only thing that’s so annoying is that stupid concert video they make you watch a million times. and turnabout succession. batshit fucking insane as you put everything together. ahhh can you tell i really liked aa4 hehe

and i just started aa5 but nothing’s struck me so far…intro case pissed me off how they literally sidelined athena in favor of phoenix. and im like halfway through the monstrous turnabout and its fun but like. nothing special

anyways i love you my dear thank you so much for asking hehe ^_^ what are your favorite cases so far!! kiss kiss

[debtsunpaid]

i'm still going apeshit over my new guy while i write their backstory but i'm being a perfectionist about it, so in the meantime here's a few lil things about klavier:

formerly an astrophysicist working for the ESA (and one-time astronaut, but that wasn't always the plan). their colleagues remember him best for their mental math prowess, his ferocity in advocating for their team & their project, the six separate times he almost knocked himself out on the wing of their own spaceplane, and the very, very formal weekly dinners they hosted that no one ever expected to be that formal bc he brought them up like inviting friends over to watch the game on sunday.

re: the dinners: they love to cook for people. love it. very picky about the process and doesn't often like other people helping them (he takes hosting and courtesy towards houseguests very seriously), but doesn't mind people watching or taste-testing. he doesn't do it as much these days, because all the joy was really in the social aspect & he considers themself too dangerous to get close enough to people to invite them over, but they'll still pull out absolutely flawless cutting technique when applicable.

met their fiancée (magdalena) in university bc he was arguing with a professor in the law library where she worked. she came over to tell them to shut the fuck up, and he jumped so badly that she felt guilty later & went back over to apologize, to which he Also apologized & suggested that hitting him with one of the heavier books would have been equally effective. they started talking about each other's work & majors, were going to part ways when the library closed, then awkwardly ended up walking the same way home. to the same apartment complex. for a while after that, whenever klavier went to the library while magdalena was working, she'd catch his eye and pretend to line up a shot with the heaviest book she had on hand, which always made them laugh.

currently a drifting adjunct professor & substitute teacher, as well as an occasional german, spanish, & math tutor. he tends to focus more on teaching/talking about mathematics these days rather than astrophysics, though they've done a few physics lectures here and there; if asked why, they'd say it's because he's still hiding from the german government + MI-6 and it's smarter to avoid being found within his field of expertise. but really it's because the last time they knew what was real & what wasn't was in 1990, the world's ideas about the cosmos have changed drastically since then, and he no longer feels like an expert in anything, or like he even knows the world they're standing on, let alone any worlds elsewhere.

CLIFF NOTES ON THE GOD PROBLEM: klavier was psychically bonded with jallakuntilliokan during his first (and only) spaceflight on the spaceplane hermes because their orbit put them Directly over the geotroniks facility where the magi caecus were firing the fear machine, at the exact moment when john constantine, zed, and marj were completing their ritual to summon its anima (other godly half) and negate its intended damaging influence on the world. but while the beings themselves balanced out, the summoning rituals did not (pagan nation involved 3 people, geotroniks involved 2), and they could not co-exist unevenly in the world, so jallakuntilliokan had to draw on more psychic energy in order to even things out.

luckily for jalla, there was a spaceplane with 3 powerful potential psychics perfectly aligned with the ley lines that it drew its power from, courtesy of string-pulling and secret testing led by the UK magi caecus and klavier's own mother for over a year prior. it was a flimsy backup plan based on the (so they thought) astronomically slim chance the summoning would fail, with the intention that the spaceplane would be intentionally crashed into the facility and some poor suckers would be sacrificed for enough psychic potential + public shock & alarm to rev the fear engine all the way up to its purpose. they just didn't count on jallakuntilliokan sniffing out the supply first.

the other two astronauts were fried, but klavi survived; the burst severely damaged the hermes and it crashed back to earth, veering off course and hitting the baltic sea. all klavier remembers is the burst, seeing his colleagues burn out, the agonizing sensation of something segmenting their brain like an orange, and then being dragged out of the ocean later. he was then secretly held by the german government for three years in the hopes of determining what the fuck had happened & what was now wrong with him, until jallakuntilliokan shoved their consciousness into the Dreaming long enough to take hold of the body and bust out. he's been on the run ever since, all but convinced there's an alien living in his skull, unaware that he's playing host to a god.

[princess-of-purple-prose]

[ID: A collection of tweets by hors d'oeuvres (horse divorce) @/corviiid. They read:

anyway the real dichotomy in ace attorney is narumitsu who dance around being effectively married on the soulmate plane for 30 years before having a tearful revelation in the middle of a murder-conspiracy vs klapollo who are like wanna go on a date after work yeah okay sure 

phoenix is like apollo. take it from me, a married man. ur love life WILL be torrid for 2 decades. 3 if u count the years when u were 8 and working out the connection b/w homosexuality and court but it WILL be worth it. apollo is like klavier is bringing thai food to my apartment

judge: well then. mr. wright? what is this decisive evidence? phoenix: (this is it... i can't afford to get this wrong!) phoenix: TAKE THAT! everyone: ........ judge: this is your wedding ring phoenix: yeah. miles please help edgeworth, standing at the opposite bench: 

kay: you gotta put yourself out there mr edgeworth i mean you never know! mr right could be just around the corner edgeworth: ? no, it's a work day. he'll be in his office downtown. kay: what? edgeworth: what? 

klapollo. is so good and so funny. diva rock-star prosecutor who is like human form of the concept of vtubers. net worth of a small nation state. has his own barbie doll. dating: man who has invented a category called "most normal person on earth" and is trying so hard to win it 

apollo is like klavier i cant date you i would feel guilty if we were dating but i didnt support you by watching your new reality/lifestyle show but i cant because its on at the same time as the local news and i have to write the forecast in my pocket notebook every night

klavier is like ach i understand boyfriend forehead. you are too insecure to join me on the red carpet. i assure you that everyone will find your suit that you bought from target as charming as i do and apollo is like no i know that 

thinking about phoenix wright getting his badge back after eight long years and immediately taking on a case without checking who his client is and then when he finds out his client is an actual fucking orca he's like Aw brother. Golly gee. Well this might as well happen

trucy, mouth full of pocky: so you'd think klavier is the cool one in the relationship. but actually he gets excited about well drafted contracts. it's not him phoenix letting trucy give him a pedicure: so it's apollo? trucy: no phoenix: well, that's all the options trucy: yeah 

naming one child kristoph and one child klavier is really like going these are my two cats this one is named geoffrey and this one is named placemat

does anyone remember that one tumblr post about what if there was an anime where every episode is the protagonist dodging the first episode of another anime because she wants to be just some guy. realising that that's apollo justice

orphaned when father died in a fire and mother disappeared and lost her memory? that's just how it is. won't look into that. raised in a foreign country by a guy who becomes an infamous insurgent? don't want to talk about it. will never bring it up. i want to be a solicitor

phoenix becoming an attorney to see miles again proving he's been thinking about miles for 15+ years and never stops and then in investigations miles proving that he thinks about phoenix like eight times a day every time anything happens but never by name that's too intimate

just a whole ass relationship of miles microwaving a lasagne and thinking This microwaveable lasagne. once so cold, is now warm to the touch. Much like my heart, which was changed by... that attorney

maya voice That's why you bought out the grocery store's entire supply of bratwurst? To meet Edgeworth?! and then edgeworth doesn't even like bratwurst

halfhearted bratworth joke

(miles edgeworth tripping over a crack in the sidewalk) That's right... I could have fallen so much farther if I had not been caught by a certain / End ID]

in honour of twitter violently lowering itself into a pit of lava, i’ve started saving some of my favourite tweets from my twitter account in case it all goes down. i guess i’ll start posting them here on tumblr in chunks - the ace attorney ones go here, though i know i haven’t been all that active lately!

this is also a heads up that i’ve made a new general blog @corviiids for all the yammering that’s been on twitter up until now. if you’re INTERESTED in yammering, you’re very welcome to come over and follow me there too.

[helpfulbug]

ace attorney for the ask game??

YESSS ACE ATTORNEYYYY i have so many thoughts but i never talk about it lol

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

honestly maya i REALLY love her shes so fun but also has a deep story but sadly newer games denied her a character arc in so much as growing up (not that she cant still be goofy but there should be a difference between her being like 15 and 23) but yes really good choice to have her as your companion in most of the cases

but also shes my blorbo in the way i think wayyy to much about the whole implications of the fey clan and the overarching plot of the first 3 games

also also FRANMAYA NATION

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

PEARLY shes everything wah wah wah wah wah i love that she gets to be a rowdy little girl yess violence yess running 40 miles in sandals yesss slapping phoenix wright!!!!! her relation to deliah and iris is also soooo interesting to me!!

she was also done dirty by the newer games but i know she still visits all the time and she and trucy are besties on sight!!!!

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

MIA i cant believe she had to die BC SHE DIDNT NEED TO u couldve introduced spirit chancelling w/o killing her ok!!! i feel like shes every lesbians fave but truly the power she had. her design she had a motorcycle she was a great bigger sister her leaving the clan to become a lawyer her picking up phoenix wahhh thinking about it all sooo hard also her and lana were fucking in college i dont make the rules

i also wanna add franziska here bc ive only mentioned feys up until now but lol what can i say that hasnt been said before the perfect way to built on edgeworth and the von karma debacle epic design epic catchphrases cool wip a women w character arc in a capcom game who wouldve thought also as a german i love how spot on her horse girl name is like i know AT LEAST 5 franziskas that are exactly like her i know shes also a tumblr favourite but every dude bro ace attorney player hates her lollll sorry shes not for you

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

THE DELITES ok theyre so epic and the definition of malewife and girlboss its sooo epic:) ok theyre not really small parts so ill also say officer meekins bc my brother and me would always loose our minds on his parts we thought the feedback from his microphone was the funniest thing in the entire world and we were right

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

not at all controversial but i need to say apollo for poor little meow meow bc he literally is ok

otherwise i would say lotta hart bc shes sooo funny and one of the better recurring "annoying witness" characters

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

redd white bc he killed mia and deserves to suffer for that ohh also the gross producer from turnabout samurai

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

klavier gavin but only bc capcom already did this to him and i think it would be funny also hes fruity enough to be happy in superhell

glub shitto ask promt

[palant1r]

ok so I Don't Know anything about Genshin Impact besides the seven elements that are there but your art is p r e t t y and I'm intrigued. So I'm just going to ask about the characters' elements! Including Phoenix and Maya bc I'm not familiar with the symbolism and couldn't deduce that from the drawings heh

aaa thank u for the ask! highly recommend Genshin Impact, its a very fun mobile game. not everyone has elements nailed down yet, but I'll say which ones do

so basically some characters in the world of Genshin, Teyvat, have these things called "visions" that allow them to use elemental powers of hydro, pyro, cryo, geo, anemo, dendro, or electro. all the playable characters have a vision. these visions' origins are unclear, but they represent their bearer's ambition. every element has an archon, or god, and a region that god rules over, represented by a specific theme. i personally think that, though the archons don't directly give visions, they are given when someone's ambition resonates with the ideals of the archon of an element.

its a pretty common idea that cryo vision bearers are those who felt abandoned or unloved at some point and may have an ambition for belonging. I figured that made it a good element for Edgeworth, Franziska, and Trucy. Edgeworth got his vision when his father died, Franziska got her vision when Edgeworth started overshadowing her as a member of the Fatui (the evil mercenary force of the cryo god), and Trucy got hers when her dad abandoned her. I also was thinking about giving Godot a cryo vision...

The god of anemo (wind) is the god of freedom, and while people joke that people who have dead friends get anemo visions, I think anemo visions get given to those who desire freedom, dedicate themselves to the cause of freedom, or have a free spirit or inquiring mind with a specific ambition associated. also, in gameplay terms, anemo characters make great supports. I gave Maya an anemo vision because, while she wants freedom from Kurain village, she's also willing to dedicate herself to making it a place where future mediums can feel free without having to leave. Also because she serves as Phoenix's support!

Phoenix has a pyro vision. While this fits him because pyro users generally have some passion, and his passion is to find his childhood friend, that isn't why I gave him that vision. I mean, c'mon. It's in the name. I also had him and Edgeworth be originally be from Fontaine, the nation ruled by the hydro archon of justice.

Kristoph has a geo vision. I think geo vision holders make a contract with themselves to dedicate themselves to particular things, a more steady ambition. And Kristoph is wholeheartedly dedicated to his career. He'd do anything for it.

We don't know any dendro characters' vision origins yet, but since the dendro archon's domain is wisdom, i figured characters with the ambition for certain knowledge would have dendro vision. So mia's ambition to find her mother and then prove Dahlia's guilt made me think she'd have one...

I still haven't figured out Apollo and Klavier's elements yet. Would Klavier's simple ambition to find the truth resonate with hydro and geo, or would his passion for shaking things up give him electro or pyro?

[gayambrose]

whOOPS i got tagged by @yahoo201027 to do this like... a week ago, lmao. sorry for the delay on that. but thanks for tagging me! i love these things. i dont talk so much on this blog, so heres a chance for yall to get to know me.

Name: Victoria

Nickname: Vic!!! as you know.

Height: like 5′1″ lmao

Orientation: lesbian :]

Nationality: american! as for ethnicity(?), im half mexican, half white.

Favorite Fruit: honeydew and cantaloupe.....but grapes and strawberries are also pretty damn good. i love fruit

Favorite Animal: red pandas or polar bears!

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: coffee, but like reeeaaally sweet coffee.

Average Sleep Hours: it used to be like 6-7 but lately ive been getting nearly 12, lmao. idk whats goin on

Dog or Cat person: dog! im allergic to cats sadly

Favorite Fictional Characters: TOO MANY.... spongebob, remy from ratatouille, klavier gavin from ace attorney, billy joe cobra from dtmg, chuck from wordgirl, stefon from snl.... oh and the band love handel, from phineas and ferb. thats a long ass list but theyre the top ones!!!..... as for bobs burgers, my faves are gene, bob, mr ambrose, and mickey!!!

Number of Blankets You Sleep With: one or two, depending on the cold... but ALWAYS at least one.

Dream Trip: im not really a travel person! it was to NYC, but i just went!! :D

Blog Created: i started using this sideblog in april of last year. but my main blog was created in july of 2014! damn.

Number of Followers: 364 on this one!

Random Fact about myself: hmmm...... i eat chick fil a like, at least once a week. no exaggeration.

so that was fun! im not tagging cuz i dont have too many friends in fandom, but like, if u wanna do this, go ahead!!! you are hereby tagged!

[paulamdm]

Thanks for the tag my wife @russos-one

10 songs I’ve been listening to recently

pink + white - frank ocean

white ferrari - frank ocean

national anthem - lana del rey

oft gefragt - annenmaykantereit

lovers rock - tv girl

I wanna - ella jane

leichter//kälter - edwin rosen

barfuss am klavier - annenmaykantereit

cruel summer - taylor swift

u might not like her - maddie zahm

Tagging: @meademalove @beauwlwbarca @wosoluv @liawaelti @perfectwhispersss

thank you for the tag @ithinkimokeei 🫶🏾🫶🏾

10 songs i've listened to recently:

sierra leone - frank ocean

let it burn - jasmine sullivan

hang on to your love - sade

kiss it better - rihanna

at your best ( you are love ) - aaliyah

yes - beyoncé

is she the reason - destiny’s child

love language - sza

coffee - miguel

over the influence - the neighbourhood

tagging: @cryingforcrocodiles @iguessweallcrazyithinktho @rwmsdale @mbappesunderwear @liverpool-enjoyer @aechii @bl00dst41ned @collectmytears

[meowllie]

30 questions I was tagged by @blackcontract thenk u for my life my dear friend analysis

1.NICKNAMES: Millie, Mil, Mia all good nicknames 2.GENDER: Female 3.STAR SIGN: Aries 4.HEIGHT: 5'4 5.TIME: 10:40 6.BIRTHDAY: April 13 7.FAVOURITE BANDS: feck, uh, mm... 8.FAVOURITE SOLO ARTIST: ?? ehhh I'm bad at faves lolol 9.SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: Brandy by Looking Glass 10.LAST MOVIE WATCHED: Rock of Ages 11.LAST SHOW WATCHED: American Ninja Warrior 12.WHEN DID I CREATE MY BLOG: a fuckin long time ago 13.WHAT DO I POST: things I like mostly lol 14.LAST THING I GOOGLED: jimmy fallon wearing shaq's jacket 15. DO YOU HAVE OTHER BLOGS: yes but they're secret 16.DO YOU GET ASKS: negatory 17.WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR URL: because I love Klavier 18.FOLLOWING: not a lot 19.FOLLOWERS: 450 I think 20.FAVOURITE COLOURS: purple, light blue, pink
21.AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 6-9 22.LUCKY NUMBER: 3 23.INSTRUMENTS: I'm not good at them but violin and piano 24.WHAT AM I WEARING: cat pajamas cat pajamas 25.HOW MANY BLANKET I SLEEP WITH: 2 26.DREAM JOB: one that pays lol 27.DREAM TRIP: So many...good places....Iceland 28.FAVOURITE FOOD: cheesecake 29.NATIONALITY: American 30.FAVOURITE SONG RIGHT NOW: Don't Want You Back by Bakermat

[gremlinmd]

"Hamlet” at RADA London - My review

(in German only)

Yes. I was one of the lucky ones who saw Tom Hiddleston as “Hamlet” in the very limited run of the production at RADA, directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh. And yes, it was mind-blowing, breathtaking and mesmerizing. Very close to the stage, very intimate. A stunning performance of an incredibly talented cast. And yes, I was suffering from a kind of “post-Hamlet-depression”, as many of the other viewers. I was not able to sort out my thoughts for about a week or so. But however, I tried to write a review for the German theatreblog “Bühnenlichter.de“. It’s not nearly complete, there is much more I could say about this production and how deep it touched me. And perhaps I will rewrite it someday. And translate it into English. We will see ...

Eine emotionale Achterbahnfahrt

(Erstveröffentlichung: 15. September 2017 auf Bühnenlichter.de)

Noch ein Hamlet in London? Das fragten sich viele, als die Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) Anfang August verkündete, dass im September für nur drei Wochen am schuleigenen Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre mit nur 160 Zuschauerplätzen Shakespeares Stück gezeigt werde. Dass die Tickets begehrt wie Goldstaub waren, lag dann wohl auch weniger am Stück selbst, sondern eher an den beteiligten Personen. Verantwortlich für die Regie ist Sir Kenneth Branagh (allseits bekannter Regisseur und Schauspieler sowie Präsident der RADA) und in der Rolle des Dänenprinzen ist Tom Hiddleston (bekannt vor allem als „Loki“ aus Marvels „Thor“-Filmen und der Miniserie „The Night Manager) zu sehen. Die Karten wurden in einer Art Lotterie vergeben, für die sich jeder anmelden musste. Der Erlös aus dem gesamten Run geht an die RADA, um nicht so gut betuchten jungen Menschen das Studium an der Schauspielschule zu ermöglichen.

Ich hatte das Glück, eines der ca. 3.600 verfügbaren Tickets zu ergattern und machte mich also auf nach London. Und ich war, das muss einfach mal gesagt werden, extrem gespannt und aufgeregt. Aufgeregt, weil ich großer und bekennender Fan von Branaghs und Hiddlestons Arbeit bin, gespannt, weil das nunmehr meine dritte Begegnung mit „Hamlet“ innerhalb eines Dreivierteljahres war. Ich hatte mir Benedict Cumberbatch in dieser Rolle bei der National-Theatre-Übertragung im Kino angeschaut und im Sommer war ich in London, um Andrew Scott in Robert Ickes Inszenierung zu sehen. Nun also Tom Hiddleston. Und ich war wirklich neugierig, wie diese Inszenierung im Vergleich zu den beiden anderen abschneiden würde. Vorausgeschickt sei, dass ich Scotts Version sehr beeindruckend fand, modern, gar nicht angestaubt und toll gespielt. Ich fand sie deutlich besser als die Inszenierung mit Benedict Cumberbatch. Was jedoch während der Vorstellung im RADA mit mir (und vielen, vielen anderen Zuschauern) passierte, hatte ich so nicht erwartet. Vermutlich war es die Mischung aus einer brillanten Regie, herausragenden schauspielerischen Leistungen der gesamten Cast, der außergewöhnlichen darstellerischen und vor allem stimmlichen Präsenz von Tom Hiddleston und der Intimität des kleinen Theaters – man wurde als Zuschauer förmlich in das Stück hineingesaugt und das machte das Zuschauen in ungewöhnlicher Weise intensiv und extrem emotional. Die drei Zuschauerreihen im Parkett waren wie ein „U“ aufgebaut, am offenen Ende eine Wand mit Türen und Porträts, gespielt wurde in der Mitte. Dazu gab es eine kleine Galerie, nur knapp über Kopfhöhe der Schauspieler, mit nochmals zwei Zuschauerreihen. Als Ausstattung gab es nur noch einen Tisch, ein Sofa, einen Teppich und eine Kampfbahn für den finalen Fechtkampf zwischen Hamlet und Laertes – alles war jedoch nur temporär auf der Bühne.

Das Stück beginnt mit Musik. Hiddleston spielt Klavier und singt ein todtrauriges Lied, mit dem er – mit Tränen in den Augen – den Tod seines Vaters betrauert. Dieses Lied begegnet uns im weiteren Verlauf des Stückes noch einmal, denn auch Ophelia singt es, wenn sie, bereits der Depression verfallen, ebenfalls um ihren von Hamlet versehentlich ermordeten Vater trauert. Mit dieser Eingangsszene und ihrer späteren Reprise wird bereits deutlich, dass Kenneth Branagh die Figur der Ophelia und ihre Verbindung zu Hamlet anders deutet als viele andere Inszenierungen. Kathryn Wilder zeigt uns eine Ophelia, die nicht einfach Opfer einer unerfüllten Liebe ist, sondern eine selbstbewusste und starke junge Frau, die bedingungslos liebt, aber doch am Ende am Verlust der beiden geliebten Männer, ihres Vaters Polonius und ihrer großen Liebe Hamlet, zugrunde geht. Natürlich sind Liebe und der Verrat an ihr die zentralen Inhalte des Shakespeare-Stücks, aber Branagh arbeitet in seiner Inszenierung vor allem die Aspekte des Ringens um die Liebe und des Kampfes gegen den Verrat heraus. Und so passt es durchaus ins Bild, dass Hamlet während seines Gesprächs mit Polonius in einem Buch mit dem Titel „Reasons to stay alive“ liest. Bei diesen Kämpfen nehmen die Darsteller die Zuschauer mit auf ihre emotionale Achterbahnfahrt, allen voran Tom Hiddleston. Er wechselt innerhalb von Sekunden von fast schon hyperaktiver Fröhlichkeit über rasende Wut hin zu verzweifelter Traurigkeit, Tränen inklusive. Und wenn er seine Monologe spricht, sucht er ganz bewusst den Augenkontakt mit den Zuschauern. Dabei beschränkt er sich nicht etwa auf bloßes „Über die Gesichter schweifen“, sondern hält den Augenkontakt über lange Zeit. Dank meines Sitzplatzes in der Mitte der ersten Reihe auf der Galerie erwischte mich so ein Blick während seines ersten größeren Monologes nach dem Erscheinen des Geistes seines Vaters. Und ich hatte sofort das Gefühl, er spricht direkt zu mir. Dieser direkte Kontakt und die Nähe zum Publikum ist es wohl vor allem, was diese Inszenierung zu einem ganz besonderen und lange nachwirkenden Theatererlebnis macht. Plus einer grandiosen Ensembleleistung, bei der mich neben Tom Hiddleston und Kathry Wilder vor allem Sean Foley als Polonius, Nicholas Farrell als Claudius und Ansu Kabia in seinem Dreifachauftritt als King Hamlet/Player King und Totengräber beeindruckt haben. Doch auch die Darstellerinnen haben Tolles geleistet, haben drei von ihnen doch eigentlichen Männerrollen ein ganz neues Gesicht und damit dem ganzen Stück einen neuen Blickwinkel gegeben. Kenneth Branagh hat Horatio, Rosencrantz und Güldenstern nämlich zu Horatia, Rosacrantz und Güldastern gemacht und von Frauen verkörpern lassen. Es gäbe noch viel zu diesem „Hamlet“ zu sagen, denn es waren viele kleine, aber wirkungsvolle Regieeinfälle, die mir eine ganz neue Sichtweise auf die Geschichte ermöglicht haben. Zusammengefasst kann ich aber sagen, dass ich noch keine gleichzeitig derart lustige wie auch traurige emotionale Achterbahnfahrt beim Anschauen dieses Shakespeare-Klassikers erlebt habe. Und darum kann ich die eingangs gestellte Frage, wie sich diese Inszenierung gegenüber den Versionen mit Cumberbatch und Scott schlägt, für mich ganz klar beantworten: Sie war ganz klar mein Favorit unter den dreien, weil sie es geschafft hat, mich im tiefsten Innern zu berühren und regelrecht aufzuwühlen.

Wirklich schade ist es, dass diese fantastische Inszenierung nur von so wenigen Menschen gesehen werden kann. Doch laut RADA ist weder der Umzug in ein größeres Theater geplant noch ein Mitschnitt für Kino oder DVD, obwohl sich das viele Fans wünschen. So sehr ich jedoch selbst dieses Stück noch einmal sehen würde, glaube ich, dass sowohl in einem größeren Theater und erst recht beim Anschauen eines Mitschnitts sehr viel von der tiefen emotionalen Wirkung verloren gehen würde. Diese funktioniert aus meiner Sicht nur in der Intimität dieses kleinen Theaters.

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@liquor-belle that sounds like an awesome dream trip.

1. Name: Apoorva

2. Nicknames: None

3. Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

4. Height: 5’2”

5. Languages: English, and I can understand but not speak Hindi, Telugu, and Marathi. I am also learning French and as a weeb, i know a teeny bit of Japanese.

6. Nationality: Indian-American (the actual India, not you Christopher Columbuses messing it up)

7. Favorite Season: Winter, because I get to stay home and no one pesters me to go outside. It also lets me bury myself in oversized sweaters and hoodies.

8. Favorite flowers: I like Stargazer Lilies a lot. I think they’re works of art.

9. Favorite scents: Vanilla, books (old and new), green tea, and my Cucumber Honey body spray.

10. Favorite color: Deep blue. A little more bright than navy.

11. Favorite animals: Snow leopards, rabbits, and elephants.

12. Favorite fictional characters: Kaz Brekker from Six of Crows, Klavier Gavin from Ace Attorney, Shinya Kogami from Psycho Pass, Joseph Joestar & Jotaro Kujo from JJBA, White Blood Cell U-1146 from Cells at Work, Yona and Hak from YOTD (I’m a huge weeb, leave me alone), and Trevor Belmont from Castlevania.

13. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: Hot chocolate mostly, especially since my favorite season is winter. Coffee doesn’t work on me for some reason. I do love chai tea though!

14. Average sleep: On school nights - 6-7 hours. On weekends and breaks - 9-10.

15. Cats or dogs: Cats

16. Number of blankets: 4 (and I still get cold, my family thinks I’m an abomination)

17. Dream trip: Backpacking across Europe with my best buds. Spain, Italy, France, Greece. I wanna see it all.

18. Favorite singer: Madison Beer.

19. Followers: 69 (niceeeeeeee)

20. Random fact: My most precious treasure is a journal that says Fucking Brilliant on the cover in bright gold calligraphy.

Tagging: @megaacourtoffeysand

Thanks for the tag @cassiabaggins !

Rules: Answer these 20 questions and then tag 20 blogs you want to get to know better.

1. Name: Sacha

2. Nicknames: Sach, loser

3. Zodiac sign: Libra

4. Height: 170 cm

5. Languages: Dutch, English, a bit of French

6. Nationality: Dutch

7. Favorite season(s):Spring I guess

8. Favorite flower(s): hmm I like sunflowers

9. Favorite scent(s): freshly baked bread

10. Favorite color(s): anything pastel

11. Favorite animal(s): hedgehogs!

12. Favorite fictional character: oh boy here we go; Charlie Weasley from Harry Potter, Samwise Gamgee from LOTR, John Watson from BBC’s Sherlock, all the dwarves from the hobbit (don’t make me choose), Jester and Caduceus from Critical Role

13. Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: c o f f e e

14. Average sleep: like 6 hours I guess?

15. Cats or Dogs: dogs beech

16. Number of blankets: usually one

17. Dream trip: a road trip though Europe

19. Follower count: 10

20: Random fact about myself: uh im really not that interesting lmao

tagging anyone who wants to do it!