some things i feel like twitter dream stans and antis need to hear:

1. if you are mad about mcc but not about dream or vice versa, you should probably examine your biases here. both involved cheating, intentional or not. and at the end of the day, they are just games played for fun and should not be taken so seriously. (basically what i am saying is that there’s no point in getting super worked up about either situation).

also, sapnap’s salty stream post-event is not a go ahead to send hate on his behalf. i thought it was pretty clear that while frustrated, they were just joking around (i mean, did y’all hear sapnap scream every time hbomb glitched through a wall? i was laughing my ass off), so if it’s not let me be clear now: they were fucking around. any grievances they have will likely be taken directly to those is charge of mcc and they don’t need their fans doing it for them.

2. dream and geosquare have said they are fine now. dream has made it clear that he does not want any hate sent on his behalf, and while i do not follow geo, i imagine he shares a similar sentiment. if you are still arguing under their tweets, you do not actually care about whoever you are hating/defending, you are just arguing to argue. dream stans and dream antis are both guilty of this.

if you don’t want to forgive dream, that is fine. i’m very disappointed myself, and i hope he does more to make up for this situation than an apology. he really hurt the speed running community and made the fans that staunchly defended him look like fools.

if you do not want to forgive geo that’s fine. i think some of the things he did were pretty unprofessional, and spreading the n word video was very bad faith. but they have forgiven each other, so any further continuation of the drama is not actually helping either of them. at this point, learn how to use the block button.

3. this is for dream stans specifically. some of you may have forgiven him, but that does not mean everyone has. regardless of the seriousness of the situation (i still maintain that this is all about minecraft, and i don’t take video games that seriously. but that’s just me), there was a LOT of drama and dream’s fan base is so large that the toxic portion of the fandom is a lot larger than with other fandoms. pair that with being a fandom who’s main fan base is on twitter, and you have a lot of toxic stans going after people directly (as opposed to a place like tumblr, where ccs are not exposed to the craziness), even after dream has repeatedly said not to do that on his behalf. i know y’all don’t like to be lumped in with the toxic stans, so you should perhaps start policing them more. that’s another thing that tumblr had to learn - policing it’s fandoms. we are in charge of each other, and we do not expect celebrities or content creators to have to tell us how to act. we’re supposed to be mature enough to do that on our own (also ik a lot of dream stans on twitter are young. all the more reason for us older folks to be a good example).

i don’t really have anything else to say. i guess tldr, if you are so mad at smajor/mcc, dream, and/or geosquare that you are doing a deep dive into the drama on twitter, then you might want to step away from your computer. they are all human, and we can be disappointed in them and want them to make up for their mistakes WITHOUT going nuts on the internet.

I saw that you like CATS the musical. What are your thoughts on the movie?

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my simple thoughts? it's entertaining if only because it butchered the stage show so badly in an attempt to idk modernize it? Well, modernization is one part of it I think. The other part I'll go into below lol. I don't necessarily hate some of the more modern renditions of the songs (mostly the ensemble sets like Jellicle Song for Jellicle Cats) but then others are just... so poorly done it's insulting.

I've said this at the end of this whole rant too but I'm gonna put it up here in case people don't (justifiably) wanna see me go on and on about it:

The movie wasn't made for fans of the musical. It was made to make money and I believe they choose, at least partially, to do that through making it the weirdest and worst possible adaptation they could so that people would want to go see the train wreck. Which, really, worked! It was all people could talk about for a good while so like... Goal achieved, I guess.

A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS UNDER THE CUT cuz i don't wanna. flood your dash with... this

ALRIGHT SO. Most of my friends know I'm actually a huge fan of new adaptations of things. I love remakes (provided the people making it are coming at it with some form of heart and not just... cash grabbing which is more often the case) I love seeing other peoples interpretations of characters, or changing settings. It's one of the reasons I like American comics so much, getting to see different writers takes is fascinating.

I think musical movies can be wonderful ways to introduce people to a stage show that might have been unavailable to them otherwise! Chicago, for example, is one of the BEST musical to movie adaptations in my opinion. It kept the heart of the show, it's funny and the song numbers are done really well.

There are of course other famous examples, such as Grease or Bye Bye Birdie. Hairspray was also a wonderful take. These are simply off the top of my head, there are of course more.

CATS in particular has a history. If you go through my CATS tag you may see a few posts from @catsnonreplica which posts photos from non broadway productions of CATS! It's a fascinating read and I love, love, love looking at the other interpretations of the characters! CATS is a musical full of fun and wonderful characters if you take the time to see past the ridiculousness haha and the Korean and Japanese runs of CATS especially have some of my favourites.

How does this relate to the movie, I hear you say well. As you might has noticed the movie's interpretations of the characters is........ lackluster at best and downright uncanny valley at best.

CATS is, at its core, a ridiculous thing. I will fully admit that! But it's fun, it's entertaining and if you pay a little attention you can actually get the plot. (Honestly I don't understand when people complain it has no plot but that's a whole other rant for another day)

The movie was... obsessed with this idea of like... semi realism? Like obviously, as a fan, I think they should have leaned into the over the top character designs but instead we got...w ell:

Bombalurina:

Demeter left and Bomba right. Demeter was actually cut! From the movie which is. upsetting lmao.

Macavity is one of the worst offenders for me:

Macavity was... I wish I could know what the hell they were thinking there cuz it's even in his song? Ginger cat??? THAT IS NOT... A GINGER CAT...... but I digress. I would show more examples but I think you get the point.

So. We've butchered the characters appearances. Okay that's fine but what about their personalities?

ALSO BUTCHERED.

There's... there's a lot to unpack here. Just for context: the Jellicle Ball happens once a year and the Jellicle leader chooses a single cat to be reborn into a new life. In the stage play all the cats who are nominated for this honour are on the older side (Jenny-Any-Dots, Bustopher Jones, Skimbleshanks, Gus The Theatre Cat, and eventually Grizzabella) AND are always nominated by another cat. Not themself, unlike the movie where they all seem to nominate themselves.

Jenny-Any-Dots went from a doting grandmother figure who's celebrated for her selfless volunteering and tireless work into a conceited, vain younger cat who is obsessed with fame.

It's an incredibly strange dichotomy. I don't doubt some of it isn't the result of the uh people playing the characters honestly. I do think some of them did the best they could! I don't really blame Jason Derulo, for example, for Tugger. And honestly, Tugger was probably closest to his stage version (while being a trouble maker, he's shown to show Deuteronomy an immense amount of respect)

Speaking of Tugger! This will bring us to one of the biggest grievances with the movie and that is how they handled Mr Mistoffelees.

So... Ugh. So. We have Victoria as the pov character, which imo is like whatever in the grand scheme of things, and then we have Misto who they have decided will be get live interest cuz... Of course. Misto is shown throughout the musical to be awkward, unsure of himself and well. Really, kinda incompetent. Which is Wild cuz in the stage show he might be aloof but he's fairly confident in his powers.

So, Old Deuts gets kidnapped. In the stage show Tugger is the one to bring Misto forward! It's really quite sweet, imo, and I'm showing myself as a Tuggoffelees shipper here, but again Tugger is previously shown to be pretty conceited but then here he is boosting and hyping up Misto to bring Deuteronomy back. My friends and I have lovingly dubbed this the boyfriend hype song.

SOMEHOW. The movie manages to make this, easily, the MOST BORING number in the whole thing. Which, again, WILD. Misto awkwardly stumbles through his whole song, which again is... Boasting of his supreme magical powers which movie Misto clearly. Does not have or believe to have. The song, to me, feels super awkward and unnecessarily drawn out in the movie which sucks cuz it's one of my favourites in the show.

The declawing (heh) of Mr Mistoffelees actually reminds me strongly of how they changed Gaston in the live action Beauty and the Beast movie. He's gone from a beloved figure in the animated movie to someone so disliked in the town that Le Fou has to pay people off to say nice things about him. It's just. Wild character choices were made!!

Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat is probably my favourite in movie non ensemble number. It feels the most... Genuine? Compared to the other nomination songs.

Other problems include but are not limited to:

The inconsistent size scale of the CATS which throws me off constantly.

The weirdly overt sexual overtones added to MANY of the songs (Jenny and Bustopher being the worst)

This is just a personal gripe and opinion but I don't like that they used the UK version of Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer. The American version is both better known and tbh way more fun. Teazer's giggle? Adds ten years to my life every time.

Victoria's added solo song, Beautiful Ghosts, while I like the song as a song it doesn't fit the style of message of the musical. In the movie she's singing directly to Grizzabella who's being an outcast for years that she should be grateful she even has memories of being part of the tribe?? What?? But I know they had to add an original song to be able to be nominated for awards in like the Grammys n shit (which is why all musical movies will have an original song, fun fact!!) kinda funny they went to the effort though considering........... I don't think anyone could have genuinely believed CATS 2019 was gonna win anything but golden rhaspberries.

Movie Mr Mistoffelees has made repeated appearances as my sleep paralysis demon

The various cut characters, shout outs to Jemima, Demeter and Jellylorum especially

Bombalurina being a henchman to Macavity rubs me the wrong way

God I've written... So much. You probably get it by now haha. Like I said at the beginning, I try to go into any adaptation with an open mind but... Let's be honest, this movie wasn't marketed to people who are fans of the musical.

It was marketed, and made, to make money. And they choose to do that through, I think, intentionally making the worst possible version ever. Bad press is still press and the more outrageous people said the movie was the more people wanted to go see exactly what kind of train wreck it was.

Which is a disservice to the stage show, honestly, and all the people who've worked on it over the years.

But what can we do, right?

And besides all that, I do... Still own the movie version and I do still rewatch it on occasion. It is entertaining even if it's in a train wreck kind of way. I usually end up watching the 1998 version, then 2019 and then various tour runs that are on YouTube. (I highly recommend the 2016 tour, it's very good)

So in conclusion. It's fun (?) to watch. I enjoy picking things apart and doing analysis (if you couldn't tell!) so like... I don't hate it?

It did what it set out to do, I guess, and I can't fault it for that but. It's not a fair metre with which to judge the stage show imo. But I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, haha.

Jazz hands. I'm more than happy to elaborate or just chat about CATS if anyone wants! I grew up listening to the Broadway CD since I was a toddler so it's been! A very long standing obsession haha. Probably the only other thing on par with CATS is my obsession with Jurassic Park which I've also been a fan of since I was 3 (but that's a whole story in and of itself)

Airbnb Help - Am I Being Unreasonable?

Hello! I've been reading some stuff on the airbnb tag for awhile now, and finally created an account to get (hopefully!) a few more perspectives.​I'm a frequent airbnb user and a pretty laidback person. I've never given anyone a bad review, and I've never gotten one either. I've also used shared and private airbnbs for extended stays (3 weeks - 2 months), so I've had a fair amount of experience! However, I'm currently staying in an airbnb, and have had a mixed experience, and I honestly can't tell if I'm being too laid back, or if I'm overreacting.​So here goes! (Oh and the airbnb has all 5 star reviews - and glowing ones at that.)​BTW the airbnb is a shared apartment with an individual and his boyfriend. I get a private room and bath.Alright here's the minor...When I first checked in, they had listed that I would get a permit for street parking and for the parking garage. I have access to the garage, but they never gave me the street parking permit, and when I brought it up they brushed it off and asked why I would ever want to park there if I can just park in the garage. Honestly, no big deal, but kind of frustrating considering it's listed. But then other minor things kept popping up - for example I frequently use the oven to cook and they keep a ton of dishes in there so I have to unload them every time, not a huge deal, but I'm a 20 yr old female and some of them are VERY heavy. I had hoped they would find other places to put them once they realized how frequently I used the oven but instead they just complained about how they're running out of space.Alright some other minor grievances (lol) before I get to the real problems haha.-The walls are VERY thin (and it is a VERY small apartment) and often they will watch videos very loudly. Again, not a big deal, but I asked them once to turn the TV down because it was pretty late at night, and kinda felt like I got the silent treatment after that.-Often they will not acknowledge me and I always feel very uncomfortable in the shared places. I find this odd because of the glowing reviews, but hey it is hard to rate someone after you've lived with them..And...the major:There is most definitely a video camera that is not listed. I don't know if it works and I don't think it's been on, but pretty sure that's violating airbnb rules, which is surprising for a superhost - also I've been here for about 4 weeks, and didn't bother bringing it up to airbnb because I have nowhere else to stay and it didn't seem worth it at the timeAnd the only one that is actually what has gotten me to write this post...they listed air conditioning as an amenity but do not use it. We are in CA and it often averages between 85-90 degrees in the apartment. I have had to leave several times because I've gotten sick from the heat, or a heat rash. I've asked them to turn it on two times when it was unbearable and they did, but they acted kind of annoyed I was even asking, and then turned it off a few hours later.​So what gives? Am I expecting too much or rightfully kinda annoyed (this place was NOT cheap either). I have 2 more weeks so I would hate to complain and I hate confrontation so not really sure where to go from here - honestly just kind of curious to see if people think this kinda stuff is expected of airbnbs or not.​TLDR: Host listed air conditioning as an amenity, but never turns it on even though it gets to 90 degrees. Video camera, a missing parking permit, among other grievances. Not sure if I'm being an annoying guest or right in my frustration. Get $20 off your first AirBnB stay.