#when i met brad i got things signed for 4 different characters and i was still sad i couldn't pick more
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exdeputysonso ¡ 10 months ago
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top 3 Brad characters?
Ahhhhh picking just three is hard!!
1) I have to go with GrĂ­ma because I've loved him the longest. While I only really got deeper into Brad's whole filmography over the past year, my GrĂ­ma love dates back to high school. 2) Uhh next I'm going to say Hazel Motes. He's so unwell in a way that compels me but also makes me feel deeply for him. 3) Finally, also unwell but in a more fun way: Jack Dante. It's just such a fun performance, Brad really killed that role.
Anyways aside from the distress in having to narrow this down, I appreciate the question! 😂❤️
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sscsldcp ¡ 8 years ago
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Something Rotten Tour: Previews
This is going to be a LONG post with a lot of notes from the Something Rotten Tour! I saw it January 14th and 15th in Schenectady.
WARNING: SPOILERS. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE TOUR. YOU WILL ENJOY IT MORE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE CHANGES. TRUST ME. 
If I wrote UPDATE, its something that either changed or I didn’t notice the first night but did in the next show
Welcome to the Renaissance: Instead of saying ‘and everything is new’ the minstrel said ‘whats a famous bard to do’
UPDATE: He was perfect this time!
It is so weird seeing the new ensemble, especially when two shakespeare understudies next to each other, because they look identical
2 ensemblists had to pull open the theater for the beginning since nothing is mechanic
Nick and Bea’s house is made of 2 different boards and a door, also brought on by ensemblists
MAGGIE AS BEA IS SO CUTE. Its similar to Heidi’s Bea but not exactly like her
During Right Hand Man, when she says ‘Then I’m your go to guy’ he does finger guns and when Nick said ‘You’re not a guy’ he does these half assed finger guns back
When she says ‘So don’t be a sexist pig’ she grabs Nicks collar, pulls him down to be shorter than her (she is probably 5-6 inches shorter than Rob), then puts him in a choke hold while she continues singing
Instead of flopping down on the bed, Josh kneeled down then crawled in a circle once or twice like a dog before settling down
AUTUMN. IS. GORGEOUS. Her Portia was adorable, although it sounds a bit forced
Bro Jerry was hilarious. He got so many laughs in places that didn’t get laughs before
Shylock was so funny. It is weird seeing someone who's younger (50s-60s as opposed to 78) in the role but he brought new life to it
Nostradamus is a mixture of Brad and David. Not quite as outgoing as Brad (nothing can replace Brad!), but very very funny
New shoes for A Musical!! No longer red, now sparkly purple and green!
UPDATE: the shoes changed because now they work for both A Musical and Bottom’s Gonna Be On Top, I’m assuming this was done to lighten the load of shoes needed for tour
Still weird seeing the set being brought on by the actors
I Love the Way was adorable as usual, I love Autumns singing voice, she reminds me more of Kate than anyone else
Autumn doesn’t say ‘IT’S A LETTER’ which upsets me deeply
SHAKESPEARE VALET IS NO LONGER ITS OWN CHARACTER. ITS JUST A LEATHER BOY WITH A HAT.
Will Power was the same, except the stage, again, is dragged out by the leather boys
I am loving the new leather boys though (no one can replace the broadway leather boys, but for a tour cast I love them)
New Shakespeare Jackets! This one is a sparkly silver, similar to the last one, and the act 2 jacket is all gold and very shiny. Its basically the Sciottospeare jacket revamped
Instead of the ‘thanks for helping with my wood’ line, Rob screamed at the leather boys ‘WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!’ and they were so confused
Nick screamed off to Bea ‘IM GONNA BE A FATHER’ before he was alone on stage and did the usual ‘I’m gonna be a father….!’
Portia is wearing a coat similar to the blue one in I Love the Way in pastel green for the party scene
Before she falls over, she tried to sit on the bench, but someone was sitting there, so she stumbled around to the back and fell forward on to her stomach behind the couch instead of backwards
“CHESS. No wait that cant possibly work” was changed to “HAIR. That would just be weird”
Bottoms Gonna Be On Top had a few changes
In response to “Master Bottom you’re such a wonderful writer”, instead of saying “Why thank you”, Rob said ‘I can hear ‘em now!’
Instead of Lord Clapham saying “You’re the greatest” and Shylock saying “You da man!” Shylock says “You’re the greatest” and EVERYONE- Nigel, Bea, the Ensemble, and Shylock say “You da man!”
Hard to Be The Bard was pretty much the same, just different tracks did different things (I know a majority of the tracking at this point so I can say for sure things were changed)
In We See the Light, the male puritan carry in the benches while they all walk in singing ‘no no that won’t do’
Bro Jerry has 2 less puritans following him (he has 2 instead of 4)
UPDATE: Josh dropped the hat. He almost dove for it, but the throw was nowhere near him
Nigel and Portia didn’t dance during we see the light! I think it works because its supposed to be their dream, so when they danced it kind of ruined it. Now they stand in the middle of everything holding each other and its adorable
UPDATE: Dancing is back!
After Nigel goes ‘Let it speak for my soul’ he usually sits down at his desk and starts writing while the troupe comes in and then they start rehearsing. That was not the case.
After he said it the first time, the music changed and he said ‘Let it speak for my soul’ again, AND THEN “Sure as the day, follows the night, sure as the sky turns to blue, this much I know, this much is true, above all else in whatever you do, to thine own self be true” in a new tune
Then, Nigel wants to start with “The Princes Soliloquy”
Normally when the ensemble starts saying ‘this much I know, this much is true, above all else in whatever you do, to thine own self be true’ they do a soft shoe tap number with the music while Nigel watches. NOW- the music stops and they start singing a cappella, and Nigel joins in. Personally I am not a fan of this change
Update: I miss the tapping, but the a cappella this time was REALLY GOOD
To Thine Own Self is not really as much of a song anymore. It’s become more like arguing to music with the chorus being sung. If you saw previews its similar to that. I have most of the dialogue typed out if anyone wants it. Here is a snippet where there was a MAJOR change.
Troupe+ Nigel: “Sure as the day, follows the night, sure as the sky turns to blue, this much I know, this much is true, above all else in whatever you do, to thine own self be true” -
Nick: It’s beautiful but we don’t have time for this. I know, for a fact, that Omelette will be known as perhaps the single greatest play ever written 
UPDATE:  It drastically changed from Nick appreciating what Nigel wrote to him 
Nick: *screaming* ‘WHERE’S THE OMELETTE!?!?!?!?!?!?!??’ 
The ensemble also would put on jackets before they started on broadway, however there are no longer jackets
Shylock line change: He walks in and says “Nickkk you’re not selling any tickets…. BECAUSE YOU’VE SOLD OUT!”
New eggs and Omelettes! They seem MUCH lighter and I think the eggs are collapsable
Someone dropped their omelette tonight but was able to catch it
UPDATE: Omelette was a mess today. First, a piece of bacon nearly ended up in the pit. Then one poor guy had such bad luck with his egg. First his yolk undid inside his costume and went out the bottom, leaving him with 2 feet of fabric around his feet. He tried his hardest to tap but he nearly fell over because he was getting stuck in the fabric. Then, the egg shells on their head are magnetic, and I think their are multiple magnets (there is one on the side for like a piece of ham or a mushroom once they turn into an omelette) and his egg shell got stuck on the wrong magnet which ended up covering his eyes. At that point, the poor guy gave up and tapped off into the wings.
Court scene: ‘Exit Shakespeare!’ is followed by ‘Shakespeare’s leaving’ at which point everyone in the stands runs after him
Stage door: It was INSIDE which was amazing. Night 1 I met Rob, Josh, Maggie, and Adam. There were maybe 20 people in a nice calm line that night.
Adam greeted me with ‘Hi Sweetie how are you!? Thank you so much for coming!’
Rob greeted me with a hug and saying how it was so sweet that I came
Maggie is SO SWEET. I told her how I’ve seen it *just a few* times on broadway and she was like oh my god thats amazing, thank you for coming!
The next say stage door was MAD. There were probably 60-80 people there just mobbing the stage door. Adam, Rob and Josh came out again, and this time Daniel Beeman (my second favorite in the ensemble AND Shakespeare u/s), Kyle Anderson (my favorite in the ensemble and Nigel u/s, he took over Brian Ogilvie’s track), and Scott Cote (Brother Jeremiah) came out.
Daniel, Kyle, and Scott clearly were not planning to stage door and were shocked when they opened it to the mob that was there. Daniel was super sweet and signed autographs and took pictures anyway. As did Scott, who also appreciated that I thought he was the funniest Brother Jeremiah after I’ve seen the show so many times. However, Kyle really did not want to stage door. As soon as he walked out, he stood against the door and was like ‘OH MY GOD.’ He truly is Nigel, and he will make an AMAZING Nigel and I hope he replaces Josh once Josh’s contract is up. He signed a few autographs before he ran out. I sadly didn’t get to talk to him, and even though he was standing behind me I figured I should just leave him be.
I talked to Adam for a bit and asked if he got new jackets, which he confirmed and was very impressed that I noticed.
I waited for the mob to dissipate a bit before I talked to Rob, and once it did I asked him about the line changes, mainly ‘WHERE IS THE OMELETTE’. Rob said they asked him to try that in the show that morning (I saw a matinee, so maybe at 4 or 5 hours earlier). I told  him how with that line I can finally see Nick as a bad person, like you are supposed to. He appreciated that because that is what you are supposed to be thinking there.
I really love this cast, at leas those who I have been fortunate enough to meet. They are all such sweet people.
All in all, I enjoyed the tour. It is definitely not broadway, but it is as close as it could get. A lot of the changes help to clear up confusion that may have been there, and the rest make the show better as a whole. There are some things I miss from broadway, but this isn’t broadway, its the tour, so it is a good time for a change! If the tour is going anywhere near you I would definitely recommend going!
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tartareus ¡ 6 years ago
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VANISHER
here’s vanisher’s file. unlike most of my characters, vanisher is open and  lowkey selective. he’s a side muse that draws aspects of the movie and the comics.
fandom: deadpool ; xmcu
preferences: unplotted threads ; starters ; memes
shipping: semi selective
GENERAL INFORMATION.
full name: unknown ; goes by telford porter 
nickname:   vanisher ; ford ( only his friends call him that )
age:  38  \ verse dependent
date of birth: december 18th 1967
date of death:  presumed dead in 2018
place of birth:  unknown ; the USA
zodiac: sagittarius
gender: male
nationality:  american ( possibly with some german ancestry )
religion: none
orientation: closeted bisexual
relationship status: single  \ verse dependent
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES.
face claim: brad pitt ; alexander dreymon   \ verse dependent
height: 5'11
hair color: dark blonde ; brownish
eye color: blue / greenish
tattoos: a matching couple of tattoos “hugging” his ribs
distinguishing marks:   sharp jawline
clothing style: nothing fancy, practical clothes.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
spoken languages: english ; portuguese
financial status: mid to lower class
education level: unknown
occupation: x-force member ; thief ; drug lord and brothel owner ; adventurer
FAMILIAL INFORMATION.
mother:  unknown
father:  unknown
siblings: unknown
children:  none
BIOGRAPHY
he’s not sure when it came back, or if it had started to begin with, but Telford Porter was aware of his powers earlier than most mutants. growing up in an orphanage, he was always good at hiding from the staff - behind the doors, under beds. till the day he vanished.
his earlier life wasn’t stuff for stories, poor young boy goes to the city to try find a way to his life - something that would make him proud to say ‘ yes, i did this.’. but life’s not a fairy tale, and soon he falls into the underworld of crimes. he’s not cut for a life of begging, so he aims higher and higher - so high that his eventual fall is even greater. he was a strong teleporter, unbeatable. until he met The Professor.
Charles wiped Ford’s memories when the boy was twenty something, after a small but brilliant fight against the x men. without his memories, it took him years to realise the extention of his powers. during one of the many revolts at the prison he was in, he found himself in danger, only for something happen. suddenly, the guards couldn’t see him - as if he had vanished in thin air. controlling his breathing was the hardest thing he did, but he eventually manage to walk out of the prison in secret.
one would think his jail time had turned him into something better, but the contrary happened. still with no memories and learning how to control this new found ability, Vanisher took his crime life back picking up where he had left and started to track down his own past. 
he eventually found out the truth, and settled in a small town, waiting - practicing his abilities once again. in two years he becomes a drug lord of some sort and that’s where his story truly begins.
he is getting older but not wiser and, still he craves the same dream he had as a young boy - he wants to do something worth it. so he steals, now from his rivals (the bad guys, as he likes to think of them) to try and make it up for his past mistakes. it does little to no good.
he gets sicker and sicker - maybe it’s an effect of the excessive drinking problem he insists he does not have - and finally returns to the city, in one of his safe houses, well... not exactly a house. his brothel was a little slimy thing, but the girls ( his girls ) were nice and kind enough to help him.
he goes on with his life, more like a ghost than a man, till the day he comes across a sign - deadpool ( that sick fucker in the BDSM red suit that appeared on the tv news ) was pulling together a team of mutants. he doesn’t think much of it but heads inside that room anyway, refusing to show his face at first, just to be sure.
perhaps that one encounter with Xavier had an effect on him, but once he joins the team, he still doesn’t trust them to see him - after all, if they can’t see you, they can’t hurt you, right? he always hated flying and heightes were not his thing, but when Pool tells him to jump, he does it.... only to fall in his death - or so it was thought.
there’s something strange about time, he had to admit, it’s affect was never tangible and yet, it remained fierce and strong. when Red saved Peter, changing the timeline once again, Vanisher teleported himself to the nearest safe corner, barely alive. 
VERSES
as most characters found here, VANISHER is multiverse & multiship ; crossovers & ocs are more than welcomed !!
CANON VERSES
( VERSE 1 ) ---------- permits are for homo sapiens ; a quasi canon compliant from the movie and comics.
( VERSE 2 ) ----------   tba ; tba
( VERSE 3 ) ----------  tba ; tba
AU VERSES
( VERSE 4 ) ----------  tba  ; tba
( VERSE 5 ) ----------  tba  ; tba
( VERSE 6 ) ----------  tba  ; tba
EXTRA INFORMATIONS
as i write him, i’ll dump here some infos \ hcs that are important to know before approaching him.
the reason behind he is almost never seen is both because he is wary around people he doesn’t trust and because being invisible actually makes him spend less energy than being seen. in the end, it requires less energy to force his clothes to become invisible than to make himself visible as a whole.
bitter to no end, he does not care much about looks ( his own included ) or money itself. 
he can teleport up to 11 people with him, and is capable of partial teleportation ( eg: teleporting only his hand ) but in smaller ranges, he still has to practice that, though, as it’s limitations are still unknown to him.
he is proud to be a mutant and, for years, was a supporter to Magneto’s ideas. nowadays, he still is proud but human lives have started to matter to him.
he is a trained marksmen and a amateur technician; 
he possesses avarage strength and fighting skills of a man of his age and build ;  his overall stamina and speed when teleporting are, however, are heightened.
his teletransportation differs from Kurt Wagner’s. Vanisher uses a purely psionic ‘trigger’, that way no smoke or smell is seen. furthermore, he possesses an instinctual extrasensory ability that prevents him from materializing all or part of his body within a solid object, like a wall for example. he is capable of teleporting to any place within his teleportational range, whether he had seen it or not, without danger of harming himself.
Ford is depressed at his core, his favourite copying mechanisms are drinking and having sex - and both have lead him to become sick;
he does not use drugs ( aside from the occasional marijuana cigarette every now and then ), he sold drugs for long enough to see what could happen if he got addicted;
his favourite team member is Domino, she is rather amusing.
he once spent one year in Brazil to learn portuguese.
WARNINGS !
this character is selective. his views \ actions are not the same as the mun. do expect cursing, drug abuse \ mention, violence  and bad behaviour to be mentioned \ played here. as usual, everything will be tagged accordingly so you can blacklist. i will simply delete anon hate.
CREDIT
this character belongs to the marvel  universe and i claim no ownership or affiliation with the character and the faceclaims here listed above. however, i do claim ownership of my personal headcanons written here as well my interpretation of the character. all rights go the actual owners
*VANISHER icon credit: they were made by me ; psd by kingsleigh ( same psd used for all characters in this blog )
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