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cillyscribbles · 1 month

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i promised cats metaposting 2 bagpipe boogaloo and i am a bitch of my word here we go

cats 1998: the rum tum tugger + these hands are rated G for grizabella

(theory wank under cut call that catracter development)

(theory wank about munkustrap & grizabella here for those uninitiated)

RIGHT SO unfortunately this one is no longer semi-coherent overanalysis of microexpression but a full descent into conspiratorial madness, so please remain aware of the fact that this is a tangent missing textual support at the best of times. it's entirely possible and even likely that rum tum tugger is genuinely just a bitch to grizabella because that's who he is as a person and doesn't like what she smells like or something idfk. anyway.

welcome to my red string board of why rum tum tugger actually doesn't dislike her for no reason and totally has depth and yeah we're poor little meow meowing a white boy with more hubris than eyeliner, classic essay genre on tumblr, at least he's a catboy this time and the hubris-eyeliner ratio is actually a close call.

anyway, for any of my theorizing to make sense, here are the two headcanons it's all based on:

grizabella is an (ex-)wife of old deuteronomy and the mother of rum tum tugger (and munkustrap if you're so inclined)

grizabella left the jellicle cats at some point when rum tum tugger was a kitten or otherwise a very young cat

and honestly the rest just flows from the mommy issues to be honest. there's a load of alternate explanations and theories and headcanons and mine's by no means the right one necessarily, but i do have to admit the family angst it allows for is balls to the walls insane because it just. it fits what we see on screen so well!

look at this clown i love him. he ONLY does the puff-up at grizabella. and even though that supports my theorizing it's also honestly a bit of a loss i think. it's such an evocative cat-thing. i want him to do that when something jumpscares him lmao. i NEED him to do that at old deuteronomy jokingly and get cuffed on the back of the head by munkustrap for being a professional youngest child. anyway

don't get me wrong, the fact that tugger has a grudge against grizabella isn't anything special, most older cats do; hell, some of them deliberately walk past her Judgementally (bombalurina, notably) or shake their head at her in disapproval (jennyanydots), but it's so pointedly constant and so pointedly Pointed with tugger that it draws my eye. every time she appears, he has to clearly and explicitly broadcast his displeasure with the fact that she's daring to breathe at them.

like, she's not In His Way or anything here. he doesn't have to walk past her if he doesn't want to. he doesn't have to look at her; plenty of other cats pretend she doesn't exist when she looks at them. but not only does he do all those things, he explicitly looks at her and puffs his coat up again. he's walking at a fairly brisk pace toward her and actually slows down to do it. it's such a deliberately mean thing to do it's stuck between really extra and really petty. exactly the same with the jellicle choice scene.

my man's being so petty this should be constituted as bullying lmao. look at that! nobody likes you still! sucks to be you i guess! like. this man would be pouncival doing the fake pranks and scratching her if he was a kitten. he's just, constantly upping his level of mean to her. in the first scene he at least has the decency to walk out in the opposite direction of her.

a really professional youngest child. again, all that ^ is fairly grounded thought on character performance i think if you don't really connect it to anything, but i'm connecting it to abandonment issues for maximum ouch lmao.

so, bear with me for a moment: for whatever reason, grizabella leaves the jellicles, including her husband and kid(s). (if you're a fan of the theory about macavity being the third brother to munkustrap and tugger, i mean, she might've just left with him because he was her kid. i dunno.) and you're tugger. Baby tugger, even. you don't understand why she'd leave you. was it you? were you too much? were you not enough? of course not, but you're a little cat with a lot of pride and all the makings of a Petty Little Bastard in you, so you say fuck all that. i'm not too much; i'm actually more than enough. i'm the best! and i'll make damn sure you never forget it!

i feel like if you include munkustrap in that too it gets to be a really interesting dynamic. tugger's mean and angry and going out of his way to show it, and munkustrap is just kind of. "can we not do this" about it. really seems like he'd rather be somewhere else, but, i mean, welcome to The Unpleasant Shit being his job. professional eldest sibling.

she approaches him and he actively goes absolutely not oh look at that what a nice corner i'll just go stand over there. meanwhile tugger's determined to be all OH! OH LOOK WHO'S HERE!!!! WELCOME HOME CHEATER!!!!!! about it. like i already made a post about this so i won't get into it again but i really don't think munkustrap is all that mad at her, which gives tugger's attitude some nice contrast.

continuing with dynamics for a moment, i feel like tugger either has real Attuned Parental Figure Senses or is surprisingly perceptive for his character? this isn't necessarily connected with the point before, but i mean, he stops his whole entire number MID-DANCE MOVE to point out grizabella. he does do it with great flow though you must admit.

he loves attention!! that's established!! whether or not he's up for it at All Times we can have a discussion about (he really just dips out after his number to recharge for a good while lol) but he's here having the time of his life, BOOM one whiff of grizz and he's tearing down the party decorations, that's it, everyone go home.

i'd attribute it to him just Really Having That Big of a grudge if he didn't also kinda sorta activate his Deuteronomy Detect power during the lad's arrival LMAO.

look at that! he beats munkustrap to it! admittedly i can't see the rest of the stage so it might be that all the other cats already saw it and he's just pointing old deuteronomy out to munkustrap as the latter's too busy looking the other way. but it's still a funky way to get in character traits besides Mean & A Whore!

ok and another notable thing, and to me something really interesting, it that tugger never does end up touching grizabella, even though he has the choice to.

after she's first accepted back via touch from victoria, the cats sort of line up to show their affections too. it's a really nice scene in my opinion, you get the sense that all those cats really are happy to be able to take back an old friend and i'm all for it. but the cherry is that tugger is being Really Interestingly Acted here - he leads cassandra closer so she can reach out to grizabella, but tugger himself stays behind with this sort of blank expression over him. even those cats i mentioned before - jennyanydots and bombalurina - get the moment to hold grizabella's hands and smile and encourage her on. tugger doesn't do that.

grizabella doesn't touch every cat, granted, but even those she doesn't touch are reaching out to her, which is pretty much as good as. they all do enough of that sort of implied gesture throughout the musical that it shows it's affection and acceptance all the same whether or not physical contact is made, like for example old deuteronomy's greeting and the moments before the jellicle choice; the first one's posed similarly to grizabella's return, everyone's trying to touch old deuteronomy, but they're perfectly fine with sort of just reaching out and being reached out to (note mr mistoffelees and bombalurina). in the second one it's even sillier because both munkustrap and old deuteronomy could clear the like 10cm of distance between them, but the reaching and willingness is more than enough for that mutual understanding to come between them. basically intent > result (side note: this is not a good rule for life outside of the cats musical).

tugger doesn't reach out. doesn't try to get any closer than he already got and stays in the shadow behind the rest, just watching her go for a bit before he dips again.

with the way he's squashed behind asparagus jr here i can't tell if he's bowing or nodding or what, but i think it'd be really funny if he was just trying to make himself shrink a little. like hanging his head nope i'm not here don't look at me goodbye. so completely contradictory to his usual vibe it's hilarious.

it is interesting to think about though, in my opinion, that he spends pretty much the rest of the musical in the shadow and separated from the other celebrating cats. he climbs up onto the chest and stays on that platform for the rest of the show while the other cats are being directed by munkustrap to follow and then surround old deuteronomy.

it's interesting - he may be positioned above the other cats physically, but it makes him feel sort of separated if you know what i mean. there's usually this pretty clear separation between munkustrap and the other cats when they're on screen, they might crouch when he stands and reach out to him when he's talking, but this time munkustrap is just down there calling upon the vibes with the other cats, and only makes his way up to old deuteronomy's right after grizabella's gone and it's time for the closing number. rum tum tugger straight up bounces as they're going to the russel hotel LMAO.

he does hype her up as she's going up, which is also really cute. he's off to the side so the other cats aren't really looking at him, but even as old deuteronomy shows her the rest of them, grizabella's eyes linger on tugger's wee rockstar schtick and it just kind of melts me.

anyway. man may be conflicted but he's happy mum gets a retry whether anyone likes it or not. and i think that's nice. :)

#good god yall better enjoy this #cats 1998 #cats the musical #the rum tum tugger #grizabella #jellicle cats #my gif stuff #gifset #movieedit #musicaledit

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missing-sock-misto · 2 months

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So I had done a “Tugger thinks Misto will do a sexy, but instead does a suit upgrade” comic. But what makes Tugger properly blue screen?

I just love the idea that Misto has the ability to fluster the ‘I-am-the-sexiest-thing-you-have-ever-laid-eyes-on’ Rum Tum Tugger. XD

See beneath the cut for the uncropped version of Misto! (Not in a nsfw way, but in a literal “I had to crop the drawing to improve readability” way)

#cats the musical #mr mistoffelees #rum tum tugger #tuggoffelees #misto fanart #tugger fanart #tuggoffelees fanart #cats fanart #cats the musical fanart #cats musical fanart #missing sock misto art #yes M has heterochromia in this one #one of the first times I’ve drawn him not in profile if you can believe it

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roseisblind · 6 months

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@fallenclan

RUM TUM TUGGER FAN ART FOR FALLEN CLAN

Spoilers for moon 46

Rum Tum Tugger,,,

(hi, I've been reading your blog almost from it's start, I AM a big fan of yours!

I grown to love Rum Tum Tugger a lot, I still can't get over their death,,,🥹😭

There will be more fan art, i'm planning on drawing all of your cats,

It will take me a while though,

too bad that I can't send asks,

Anyways have a nice day!)

~Rose is Blind, or Purple Rose anon,

#fallenclan #rum tum tugger #clangen

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dandyshucks · 5 months

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Dandy/Juno/etc || 22 || they/it || Métis

hiya hello!! welcome to my silly little blog where I have a little silly fun rbing/talking about F/Os!! F/O list is under the cut way down there ⤵

I'm totally fine with sharing F/Os except for Guzma (if you tag all your posts abt him then you're a-okay to follow, I'll just block that specific tag)!

if you need to block me please just hardblock me - I have several disorders that affect my memory so if you softblock me I will likely just end up following again and I'd hate to be a pest that way!! no hard feelings, do what you gotta do!!

🔞 there might be (very rare) occasional suggestive posts, but those will be tagged accordingly for easy blacklisting! anything Actually nsfw will be over at my 18+ only sideblog @scandydandyshucks ! 🔞

I upload my selfship fics to AO3 now!

I also have a carrd with more info about me and this blog!

📰 for posts about the ongoing genocide happening, please go to @piplupod my general account

🚫 People who ship pedophilic or incestual pairings and people who write/draw(/otherwise create) porn of children will be blocked, I have zero tolerance for any of that ! Also, the "fiction doesn't affect reality" crowd is strictly NOT welcome here ! 🚫

If you ever see me reblog from someone nasty, please let me know so I can go investigate and deal with it! ∑ദ്ദി˙◡･)

If you need anything tagged, feel free to ask - even with the memory issues, I'm usually pretty good at remembering to tag for things when asked directly ^-^

F/O list under the cut !!

F/O list:

Main F/O:

Guzma (pokemon) (tag: "💜so good at being in trouble", ship tag: "💜a boy and his bug🪲")

Other F/Os (from most active to least):

Wardell Hurst (OC) (tag: "🕯the warmth of your doorways")

Julian (the orbiting human circus) (tag: "🗼got my love to keep me warm")

Shota and Hizashi (bnha) (tags: "🖤napping in class" and "🧡hello radio land!", ship tag: "🖤one lucky listener🧡")

Rum Tum Tugger and Mistoffelees (cats the musical) (tags: "🌟only like what I find for myself" and "✨never was there a cat so clever")

Theodor and Philby (OCs) (tags: "🚪theodor" and "☎philby" and "🚪take me home☎")

Marc, Steven, Jake (moonknight) (tags: "🤍whatever it takes", "🤎float like a butterfly sting like a bee", "🩶the man in the rearview mirror", ship tag: "🌙systems overlapping🪲")

Sun and Moon (fnaf) (QPP?) (tags: "💛lights on!" and "💙nightlight")

The Doctor (doctor who) (tag: "💓doctor doctor gimme the news")

Aziraphale and Crowley (good omens) (tags: "💞oh my angel" and "❤️‍🔥never (not) nice", ship tag: "💞temptation sparks❤️‍🔥")

CRUSHES:

Bart (Bartine) Curlish from DGHDA (tag: "🪚inmate qt 3.14")

Shane from SDV (tag TBA)

Senshi from dunmeshi (tag TBA)

self insert tags:

pokemon: junebug🪲

cats: tickitywick⚙️

orbiting human circus: star📻

DL: dandy🌻

general F/O posts are tagged with 💗

op tag: "dandy.cmd"

art tag: "doodlebug.png"

writing tag: "dandy.doc"

WIP tag: "doodlebug.jpeg"

vent tag: "vent //"

#dandy.cmd #doodlebug.png #pinned #dandy directory #dandy.doc

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soh-da-meatball · 2 years

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The Rum Tum Tugger - designed by @thunderwhenhepurrs

I had such a blast drawing him!! 🥰 I've loved Song & Dance so much since Day 1 and I looked forward to every Friday when a new chapter would be uploaded 🥺💕 Thank you Gabe and Holden @katzenprinz for writing the most wonderful stories, and this is just the first of many other art I will be drawing for this universe ○( ＾皿＾)っ 💕

(also two backgrounds because I couldn't choose!!)

#rum tum tugger #cats the musical #cats musical #tugger #fic: song & dance #my art #meatball art #there's a total of 5 WIP's I have of this story atm HAHA

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clovenhoofedjester · 2 months

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jellicle lineups; part 2/4

MOREEEE !!! MOREEEE !!!

rumpleteazer | 💰 🍹 🃏

PIGTAILS RUMP! PASTEL RUMP. blond rump. that is all. i really love that design. so i use it. the face markings are also meant to look like a stereotypical robber mask. i realized she looks a little fox-like while drawing her, which i didnt mind ! its fun !

her clothing design was already laid out for her so i left it virtually unchanged, asides from the pattern itself. imagine wearing clothes w a print of your best friends hair . that is rumpleteazer

even though 1 of her 3 words are impressionable, i think she is smarter than she lets on. i also think skimbleshanks is her dad. she'd be about 21 in human years

mungojerrie | 💸 🎰 🍾

PIGTAILS JERRIE AS WELL, BITCH ! i saw a jerrie w pigtails after i drew this and i felt so vindicated. i also based his design directly on 2019 mungojerrie because ommgggg transgender calico? trans little calico? i thought he deserved some pearls too. as well as a bell collar! it makes cats sneakier.

his clothing design is left unchanged too, asides from some fluff. he is also wearing a print of his best friends hair . smile 😃

hes just a funny fella. he totally doesnt have a history or anything. hed be 21 in human years

coricopat | 🍷 🔮 ♟

coricopat is pretty close to their replica design—the biggest difference being that the red in their design is warmer/purpler. that and the silver collar! i also had no idea what i was doing with her fit, so expect it to change in the upcoming art i do of him. i just wanted something gothy and flowy

hes also based on thalia, the muse of comedy. to keep the greek mythology theme going, and because i thought it was funny, and because (2x) i like... The Gimmick

i swear to god this cat knows things we dont. hed be like 22 in human years

tantomile | 🎭 🍩 🗝

tantomile is also close to his replica design. she has a gold collar. like i said w/ coricopat, the outfit is subject to change

as she was based on melpomene, the muse of tragedy, i decided to sacrifice identical makeup for the white mark on their muzzle being downturned like the frown of the tragedy mask :] giggle. smile

listen to all advice tantomile gives you. shed be also like 22 in human years

george | 🥏 🧋 🛹

i just had to give this (technical) swing some love. bless this happy background cat and his little :D smile. i decided to give him a simple little fit and made his fur/markings less plain white w some stripes. i think i also based his makeup off a victor costume ??

i think hes pouncival's older brother. hed also be 23 in human years

mr. mistoffelees | 🪄 ☕ 🌬

my silly, my funny. my little guy. i based their general Vibe on his john napier concept art, obc mistoffelees, 1990 paris mistoffelees, 2019 mistoffelees, and like. a fairys kiss of brentoffelees. i wish id have given him a bit of that il sistina style but i already had so many things going on LOL

it was definitely a very fun challenge to balance all of these. i also draw attention to the single white shoe—the cutest detail of timmy scotts misto

i definitely prefer a more visually unnerving, grown misto. and absolutely torn between portraying him as mute or verbal because on one hand... mute misto is so good. on the other hand.... oh my god. timothy scotts voice.jesus christ . i think hed be 23 in human years

the rum tum tugger | 🎤 🍽 🪞

WELCOME TO MY TWISTED WORLD. i really tried to keep tugger as cis guys i really did. but the thrall of a visually transgender tugger was too much to ignore. i already explained a lot of his design choices in my first posted drawing of it but like... blauhh... thigh garter, heart, golden whiskers/lashes. they are there. i also made his makeup a wee more theatrical w/ white on the chin to visually separate him from partridges tugger

i also decided to base his fur more on his obc design. like. terrence mann tugger. platinum blond spotted mane and head fur and such. i think it looks really good

im trying to hit the sweet spot between the goofy/serious/whiny/promiscuous portrayals of the him..... the man contains multitudes, you see. hed also be like 24 in human years and it goes without saying that hes one of deuts sons

AND THATS IT. stay tuned for more !

#cats the musical #cats musical #cats 1998 #character design #chibi #sfw furry #rumpleteazer #mungojerrie #coricopat #tantomile #george #mr. mistoffelees #the rum tum tugger #my art

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dandyshucks-moving · 8 months

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hiya hello!!! I'm Dandy/Juno, 22, they/it pronouns, Métis, and this is my silly little sideblog (main blog is @dandyghest and also @piplupod) where I have a little silly fun rbing/talking about F/Os!! I'm pretty new to the community but I've been self-shipping since I was a kid!

I am a very hesitant and anxious person, but I love interacting with others when I feel like I'm able to!! I might be a little slow to step into interacting w the community fully until I learn the ropes of how the community works but I'm dipping my toes in when I'm able to :]

I'm totally fine with sharing F/Os except for Guzma (if you tag all your posts abt him then you're a-okay to follow since I can just block the tag)! Feel free to block me if I accidentally miss that we share an F/O you don't want shared! (Just make sure you block my main account(s) too so I don't get confused LOL)

there might be (very rare) occasional suggestive posts, but those will be tagged accordingly! anything Actually nsfw will be over at @scandydandyshucks (18+ only over there!).

People who ship pedophilic or incestual pairings and people who write/draw porn of children will be blocked, I have zero tolerance for any of that ! Also, the "fiction doesn't affect reality" crowd is strictly NOT welcome here !

If you ever see me reblog from someone nasty, please let me know! I follow a lot of the community tags and have as many proship tags blocked as I can to catch any bs, and I also try to check the blogs before I rb from the general community tags, but sometimes I may miss things! Just lmk and I'll go look and delete it!

F/O list under the cut !!

F/O list:

Main F/O:

Guzma (pokemon) (tag: "💜so good at being in trouble", ship tag: "💜a boy and his bug🪲") <- if you share him, just let me know what you have all your guzma-related posts tagged with and i'll just block that tag and then I'll be okay to follow back! ദി ᷇ᵕ ᷆ )♡

Other F/Os (in no particular order):

Aizawa and Hizashi (bnha) (tags: "🖤napping in class" and "🧡hello radio land!", ship tag: "🖤one lucky listener🧡")

Marc, Steven, Jake (moonknight) (tags: "🤍white knight", "🤎float like a butterfly sting like a bee", "🩶the man in the rearview mirror", ship tag: "🌙systems overlapping🪲")

Sun and Moon (fnaf) (QPP?) (tags: "💛lights on!" and "💙nightlight")

The Doctor (doctor who) (tag: "💓doctor doctor gimme the news")

Rum Tum Tugger and Mistoffelees (cats the musical) (tags: "🤎only like what I find for myself" and "🐈‍⬛never was there a cat so clever")

Aziraphale and Crowley (good omens) (tags: "💞oh my angel" and "❤️‍🔥never (not) nice", ship tag: "💞temptation sparks❤️‍🔥")

general F/O posts are tagged with 💗

❤️ is for general vampire posts!

art tag: "dandy doodlebugs"

op tag: "dandyshucks"

#pinned #dandyshucks #dandy doodlebugs

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theplanchetteprincess · 1 year

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Assigning the Twisted Wonderland Students Musical Theater Songs

~ Heartslabyul Dorm

Riddle Rosehearts - “Why We Build the Wall” (Hadestown)

“And our work is never done / My children, my children! / And the war is never won!”

Ace Trappola - “Good Kid” (The Lightning Thief)

“I never try to do anything / I never mean to hurt anyone / I try, I try to be a good kid / A good kid / A good son”

Deuce Spade - “St. Jimmy” (American Idiot)

“I really hate to say it but I told you so / So shut your mouth before I shoot you down, old boy (St. Jimmy!) / Welcome to the club and give me some blood / And the resident leader at the lost and found (St. Jimmy!)”

Trey Clover - “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” (Oklahoma!)

“Oh, what a beautiful mornin' / Oh, what a beautiful day / I've got a beautiful feelin' / Everything's goin' my way”

Cater Diamond - “Normal American Boy” (Bye Bye Birdie)

“He's as sober as a judge! / He subscribes to ev'ry charity! / And his hobby's making fudge! / For he's a fine upstanding, patriotic, healthy, normal American boy”

~ Savanaclaw Dorm

Leona Kingscholar - “The Rum Tum Tugger” (Cats)

“When you let me in, then I want to go out / I'm always on the wrong side of every door / As soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about / I like to lie in the bureau drawer / But I make such a fuss if I can't get out”

Jack Howl - “Wait for It” (Hamilton: an American Musical)

“I am the one thing in life I can control / (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it) / I am inimitable / I am an original / I'm not falling behind or running late / (Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it) I'm not standing still / I am lying in wait (Wait, wait, wait)”

Ruggie Bucchi - “Santa Fe” (Newsies)

“Where does it say you gotta live and die here? / Where does it say a guy can't catch a break? / Why should you only take what you're given? / Why should you spend your whole life living trapped where there ain't no future / Even at 17! / Breaking your back for someone else's sake!”

~ Octavinelle Dorm

Azul Ashengrotto - “This Song is Awesome” (Ride the Cyclone)

“Yo yo yo yo yo, this is song to tell you that what you is, is what you got. And I'm here to say that I am the money! / what you is / is what you've got / and I am the money / take a look, baby, he's the real ka-ching”

Jade Leech - “Way Down Hadestown (Reprise)” (Hadestown)

“Mr. Hades set you free / To work yourself into the ground / Free to spend eternity / In the factory / And the warehouse / Where the whistles scream / And the foreman shouts / And you’re punchin' in / And punchin' in / And punchin' in / And you can't punch out,”

Floyd Leech - “Raise a Little Hell” (Bonnie and Clyde)

“I won't get to Heaven / Why not raise a little Hell? / No way I'll see Heaven / So let's raise a little Hell!”

~ Scarabia Dorm

Kalim Al-Asim - “Though the Night” (Bliss)

“Inside, down the hall / There's a diamond mirror on every wall (be mine) / Be mine, follow me / Got a ping-pong table and a trampoline (check it out) / Check out the back garage / Got a pimped-out carriage and an entourage (take five) / Take five, decompress / In a hot Jacuzzi / With a hot princess″

Jamil Viper - “The Private and Intimate Life of the House” (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812)

“And time moves on / And my fate slips past / Is this all I’ll make of my life? / Will I never be happy? Will I never be anyone’s wife?”

~Pomefiore Dorm

Vil Schoenheit - “The Beauty Underneath” (Love Never Dies)

“Have you ever yearned to go / Past the world you think you know? / Been enthralled to the call / Of the beauty underneath? / Have you let it draw you in / Past the place where dreams begin? / Felt the full breathless pull / Of the beauty underneath?”

Epel Felmier - “Sugar Cloud” (Ride the Cyclone)

“I see the world with all its backwards upside down / There's nothing wrong with being the nicest girl in town / Oh, everything's clear / Now that I'm here on my sugar cloud”

Rook Hunt - “The Sparkling Diamond” (Moulin Rouge!)

“Men grow cold as girls grow old / And we all lose our charms in the end / But square-cut or pear-shaped / These rocks don’t lose their shape / Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”

~ Ignihyde Dorm

Idia Shroud - “More Than Survive” (Be More Chill)

“I'm never gonna be the cool guy / I'm more the one who's left out / Of all the characters at school / I am not the one who the story's about / Why can't someone just help me out / And teach me how to thrive”

Ortho Shroud - “Why?” (Frankenstein)

“Tell me why does the breeze blow? / Why do both the flower and the weed grow? / Then tell me why do men fight wars? / Why does God even care? / Why does he listen to our prayers? / Doesn't he already know what we're praying for?”

~ Diasomnia Dorm

Malleus Draconia - “The Music of the Night” (The Phantom of the Opera)

“Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams / Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before / Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar! / And you'll live as you've never lived before”

Lilia Vanrouge - “Not While I’m Around” (Sweeney Todd)

“Nothing's gonna harm you / Not while I'm around! / Nothing's gonna harm you, Toby / Not while I'm around”

Silver - “My Friends” (Sweeney Todd)

“These are my friends / See how they glisten / See this one shine / How he smiles in the light / My friend, my faithful friend”

Sebek Zigvolt - “The Room Where it Happens” (Hamilton)

“I’ve got to be (The room where it happens) / In that room (The room where it happens) / In that big ol’ room (The room where it happens) / The art of the compromise— / Hold your nose and close your eyes / We want our leaders to save the day— / But we don’t get a say in what they trade away / We dream of a brand new start / But we dream in the dark for the most part”

#twisted wonderland #twst #heartslabyul #savanaclaw #octavinelle #scarabia #pomefiore #ignihyde #diasomnia #riddle rosehearts #cater diamond #trey clover #ace trappola #deuce spade #disney twisted wonderland #musical theatre #musical theatre memes #yeah I wasn't going to list out all the characters #this was an idea

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herooffire101 · 1 year

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Magic Cats, and Dragons too, I guess

Okay, this is going to be probably a long one, because I really was, I don't know, prompted by @dididems to infodump on my Cats Magic AUs. I love it when there is magic in stories (please don't assume in relation to that, I prefer a semi-different magic system). and in fanfic as well. My love of magic predates me first reading that author, though I don't exactly remember which book I read that had magic within it. I think it was a book titled A Book Dragon by Donn Kushner that got me into dragons and magic, alongside Dragonology books by the fictional author Ernest Drake. Keep in mind, this love of dragons is just my background on magic and fiction, not the forefront of this infodump.

Now, before me diving into my Cats headcanons with magic, I want to give a generic background on my stance on magic. No, I'm not talking about those silly wand-wavers. I'm talking about Wandless magic. The kind in DnD, The Dresden Files (I haven't even read them, I only know about it because of what I call pop-culture osmosis), in most fantasy genres. Magic is energy, and can be exercised and increased, strengthed. In one original story, and many fanfictions in my head, there can be three general categories. One is Power-type, which means that they can't cast a lot of magic, but the spells they can do are powerful. Another is Technical-type. They have access to a lot of spells, but they don't have a lot of power behind them. The third type is the combo type. Power-Tech. They are the semi-rarest, and the strongest of casters. They can understand a lot about magic in general, and have not only variety, but also the strength to put behind them. In my magic system, those with Autism, especially Asperger's and High Functioning Autism, are more likely to be the combo type. And this isn't getting into Elemental Magic. In my magic system, users have a main element type, and leanings to more subtype elements. For example, one of my fanfics main character has a Fire element main and Lightning sub type (and she's a dragon but this is my fanfic.) She is absolutely weak to Ice, so she can't use Ice.

With this as an example, it's time to go into my Cats Magic AUs. What I do is give them Elemental Magic. Mainly, Fire-Water-Earth-Lightning elemental magic. This is mainly towards Bombalurina, The Rum Tum Tugger, Munkustrap, and Demeter ( and Macavity but we'll get there). Bombalurina I personally associate with Fire, and Demeter is Lightning (color-coded for our convianance). With the Deut bros, Tugger is Earth, and Munk is Water. For Cats, I will not be using my usual Magic system of three spell-casting categories. I didn't do this when I gave them magic, so I will make it easier on myself. You are welcome to use the system in your stories, I just request that you credit me.

Now, onto my reasoning behind these associations. Bombalurina is definitely a powerful character, that much is true. She has the ability (definitely aided by magic) to draw attention. This can be used in a multitude of ways. I acknowledge that this can be a double edged sword. Reason why in my Cats fics, I make Bombalurina the granddaughter of Gus the Theater Cat. He has the same power, and has taught her how to use it correctly. But, seeing how she is autistic/"a weird little kit", it's hard to figure out that she is unintentionally drawing attention to herself. Both Tugger and Munk are drawn to her, though in different ways. Through Gus and Asparagus Jr, she inherited what is known as the "Flames of Creation". These flames are going to be important later. Gus, well, is the Theater Cat. He's an actor on stage. He can create and define roles. Asparagus Jr is creative through music in my fics. He is a songwriter, a composer. Bombalurina has both of that. But, more than anything, she's a dancer. She can draw attention through dance. Hell, her interruption in the Jellicle Ball is her bringing order from the beginning chaos. She is a bright flame, and also warm. Bomba is the warm campfire, where you sing songs, share stories, roast marshmallows.

Demeter, I feel, is sparky. She's staticy, and filled with attention-bringing boom. Demeter has Lightning, or I say Electric sometimes because English is hard, elemental magic. She also has the same attention grabbing magic Bomba has, regardless when they are sisters or not. When they are sisters, Demeter inherited lightning from Jellylorum, who I personally headcanon as Bomba's and Demeter's mother. When they are not sisters, I...haven't thought that far head yet. There is a reason why, in my Cats fics that I posted here, I hinted to both of Bomba's and Demeter's tempers. Bomba has a burning temper, and Demeter has a lightning-quick temper. For example, in my entry to @jelliclekay 's Tuggerulina week prompt "Protection", I wrote this: "Angry Bomba he could deal with. Angry Demeter? No way in hell. He will stay away from that thunderstorm if he could help it." Even Tugger is afraid of Demeter's temper, and that's saying something, because of what I associate his element to be. Demeter is both the essential boon of electricity and yet the dangerous current that comes down from the sky.

Tugger's element is what we walk on every day. He is Earth. He's a solid foundation of the Jellicle Tribe. I headcanon Grizbella as Macavity's, Munkustrap's, and Tugger's mother, so in a sense, Tugger inherited his Earth element and the ability to draw attention to himself is from Grizabella. Above, I mention that Tugger is afraid of Demeter's temper, even though Earth nullifies Electric, ala real life and Pokemon Logic (I play Pokemon, not competitively). He is the calming voice, something he got from Deuteronomy, for not only for Bomba and Demeter, but Munk as well. Bomba and Tugger are drawn to each other, thus Tuggerulina. He's the slowest to anger, but when he does get angry, his is earthshaking. I believe that we all know what can happen with earthquakes, and if not, please refer to Animanics "A Quake" song.

Munk, calm as a river, is Water. He's the calmest, though he can become the devestating wave when need be. Water is also Old Deuteronomy's element as well, thus he is next in line. Munk I find, from reading a lot of fanfics and also @munku-collar 's stuff, is a very calm individual and loving, so he is that calm body of water, the protector, and can sleep heavily (really, he's not an imsomiaic). But, when his loved ones are threatened, then his water turns to Ice. He is that freezing, driving rain, that soaks you to your bones. He is the opposite of Macavity. Munk will protect his family, including his lovely wife Demeter.

Now, Macavity. He's Fire as well, but the bad kind of fire. He is the fire that destroys homes, forests. He is the Wildfire, holding the "Flames of Destruction", the opposite of Bomba's "Flames of Creation." He may be warm, but his flames will burn you. The only cats that he can't burn is Bomba, and Munk, mainly because of her fire resistance and his element puts the flames out. Tugger does have a resistance to Macavity's flames because of his Earth element, but not much. Macavity is drawn to both Bomba and Demeter, mainly because they hold very similar spark of magic like Grizabella that enables them to bear the heirs of Deuteronomy.

Now, what does that mean to kittens? Depending on what AU I'm using, the familial relationships differ. What kind of familial relationship there is, can decide what magic the kittens get. In AUs where Jemima is a Demecavity kitten, then Jemima has more of Lightning or Water, mainly because alternate elements than the parents own element can appear in the kitten/child. That's how Macavity's fire appeared from the pairing of Deuteronomy (Water-element based) and Grizabella (Earth element based). In AUs where Jemima is a Demestrap kitten, then most likely Water. And, in AUs where Jemima is a Tuggerulina kitten, Jemima is definitely Fire, having the Flames of Creation. The reason why I used Jemima is because of many different views of who Jemima's parents are. I will never, ever, give Jemima the "Flames of Destruction" because she's very compassionate and can't ever see her having it. Her magic in the story is more kind, more...ethereal. She can never have the Flames of Destruction.

With this out there, I can go in more depth with certain characters and how my magic system work, once I can figure out more of it. Anyway, this was a fun thing to do and I hope that this is a fun read for you all.

#cats the musical #magical cats #bombalurina #the rum tum tugger #demeter cats #munkustrap #jemima cats #cats headcanons #macavity #I was prompted for this #didiems enjoy!#I like magic how about you

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