natkatok: Darren Criss and Evan Rachel Wood on Little Shop of horrors, the most adorable duo #darrencriss #evanrachelwood #littleshopofhorrors #broadway #theatre #offbroadway #suddenlyseymour #glee

bru & dee’s friday movie night (3/?) ◆ little shop of horrors | 1986

finally finished an artwork for the first time in ages yay!

It's my 7 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

what the fuck this is news to me ???

Hatchetfield musicals + putting on a silly little show within the show

Eva Noblezada's last wait for me reprise

📷: Rachel Chavkin

Hadestown - Broadway, August 14 2023

Flowers / Come Home With Me (Reprise)

Performed by Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney.

Eva’s final performance.

Hadestown - Broadway, August 14 2023

Flowers / Come Home With Me (Reprise)

Performed by Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney.

Eva’s final performance.

Eva Noblezada's last wait for me reprise

📷: Rachel Chavkin

The fanmade Gravity Falls episode called Return to the Bunker is now out!!

I'll give my 2 cents below so, spoiler alert from here on out!

I loved how the episode was done. The artists did some amazing work with the animation and storyboarding for it. It surpasses in many ways even the work on Deep Woods. The VA's all did an awesome job too, with all of them being very close in getting to the voices of the original characters. I think the story was also really creative, fun and lore/character building. I've always longed for an episode diving into Mabel and Ford's bond and this episode did a great job with it. I also loved stuff like Stan and Dipper bonding, Wendy having more than just a background character role for once, how it explained stuff like the rift crack and especially that insane ending that makes it feel almost like a canon episode.

I have heard some negatives in regards to stuff like how Ford was handled by a lot of the Ford fans in the community which isn't too surprising given his character's love. I will admit personally that I felt Ford could have been handled better and as a retired fanfic and episode idea writer myself, it's not how I would have handled Ford, but I don't think for a sec it was unsalvageable. I think it would have worked better if Ford had more reasoning to why he was acting like that beyond trust no one, or that the end had him perhaps do what he did when they all were asleep so we wouldn't see the heartbreak in Mabel over that, but it is a fan episode. It's not how I would do it or probably Alex Hirsch, but that's us. I also feel there were plot holes here and there that were a bit hard to ignore that made the episode feel a bit clunky compared to how it was advertised.

But truth be told, the effort to put something like this together outweighs the flaws in it and I mean, it's fanmade so it's not actually canon or going to affect the show overall. IMO, Lost Legends had a lot more problems in how it handled the Mabel situation in ways (though that may be a bit of my left over Ford critic speaking from my younger days in the fandom when I was getting into all sorts of arguments over the Mabel issue with Ford fans on GF Amino but that's a tale for another day).

All in all, it was a great episode. If I had to give it a rating, I'd say 7.5/10 or 8/10. A huge congrats to the whole team for finishing it and releasing it. I know from speaking to Deep Woods members just how long and difficult these things can take to make and no matter the story, I'll always have respect for the artists and VA's who bring fan projects like this to life. What other cartoon has a fandom as dedicated as this one? Gravity Falls fans are one of a kind and 11 years on, we still show our love for this show in a greater way than other fandoms ever can.

To sum up, I have my pluses and minuses with this episode. Some are ones most fans will agree on and others will likely be a bit harder to do which I get. But my overall final take on it is good and my final rating out of 10 is a firm 7.5-8. I will agree though that Ford could have been handled better. Even back in 2018-2019 when I was writing fanfics and a bit more..."aggressive," in my stance of Ford to say it lightly, I did my best to write him in a way I felt was more aware and compassionate than RTTB Ford was. I am happy with how the episode handled Mabel however. I was so afraid they'd pull a Don't Dimension It type pattern but it was way better and I felt it was a decent step towards a Ford and Mabel like story. Still a way to go but not horrible.

But those are my two cents on Return to the Bunker.

he is stimming

literally the most challenging drawing i’ve made ever (but i DID IT)

was listening to heathers and had a vision

did you or do you know anyone who recorded bj closing night?

mayhaps I did, mayhaps I didn't.

jane & talia having a picnic :)

Hi, my brain, rather than giving me useful ideas, came to me with this.

okay okay concept

so, like, karnak mentioned near the beginning that the choir's will is their own. what if like, the choreography for the songs were all just loose 'we gotta end up here at some point, break it down in between' bits.

so, example,

during noel's lament, after noel slaps mischa, maybe karnak's original intention was for them to just hold eachother close, or for mischa to dip noel.

but when mischa pulls noel in, and the two try to trade tongues, karnaks like "huh! that's a little extreme. gay rights, i guess."