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atjsgf · 2 months

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nevermos are like "why do so many mormons end up writing scifi and fantasy, it's such a weird correlation" meanwhile mormons grow up learning this:

#someone on twt said joseph smith is like if charles manson had tolkein-level worldbuilding abilities #good post op #exmo #ex mormon

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shellsinadune · 11 months

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thinking about how in falsettos, hiv/aids is portrayed the way real illness often is: a sudden, devastating interruption to someone's life. march of the falsettos never brings up hiv/aids, and it's not until halfway through falsettoland that we get any indication that something's wrong. no foreshadowing, just immediate and unexpected pain.

we know these characters, there's time to love them for who they are before this happens to them. whizzer isn't just The AIDS Patient, marvin isn't just The Partner or The One Who's Next, charlotte isn't just The Doctor. they're people, and they had whole lives before any of this, and we as the audience get to see that. we see their friendship and their petty fights and their eventual love story and their redemption from their flaws.

they all have a trajectory their lives are on. and then disease comes along and crushes it and any hope for things to return to how it was. it's painfully realistic. by not talking about hiv/aids until it hits, it tells a more complete story of the aids crisis than a story that starts after the character's illness does.

#idk man its just so beautiful and devastating #i know a lot of this is to do with motf coming out pre-hiv/aids but it serves as a time capsule in a way #motf is untouched by what's to come so theres no overtone of fear #falsettos #good post op

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getawaycardotvent · 3 months

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Least favorite internet discourser fallacy: the internet is no longer a fringe part of our lives, but instead a major part of it, and what happens on the internet and how people treat each other matters on here and in the real world--except for things that don't impact me, personally, in which case it's all just mean words on the internet and you can always just log off and it's actually kind of cringe to act like it matters.

#good post op

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procyonomancy · 1 year

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uh... your zootyhole after your werewolf boyfriend uh... yeah

#good post op

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youmakemestrong · 1 year

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yeah this is exactly what i pictured when i heard this song :(

#miss u #good post op

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batplushies · 1 year

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really feeling this form ngl

#good post op #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #^ the spoilers are gay sex related

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strrwbrrryjam · 5 months

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this is molly o'shea, this is molly o'sheas girlfriend, marybeth, this is marybeths girlfriend, tilly jackson.

and who's that?

thats karen. shes their girlfriend.

whose?

all of theirs.

#good post op #polycule baby #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 molly o'shea #molly o'shea #rdr2 mary beth gaskill #mary beth gaskill #rdr2 tilly jackson #tilly jackson #rdr2 karen jones #karen jones #strawberry speaks

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cas-coding · 1 year

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cas: but, the interesting thing about the nutrition in farming soil is that it cycles! most farmers have several fields and only tend to one yearly and then rotate the following year to make better usage of the natural minerals in the soil that are replenished with rainwater! it's less common now in modern times, with fertilizer, but i still find the mechanics of soil nutrients and rotation fascinating, don't you?

dean: this is not what i meant when i said talk dirty to me

#insp: ???#please theres a post on here about #dean asking cas to dirty talk and then cas talks about dirt #if anyone finds it lmk and i will credit the blogger bc mmmmm #good post op #castiel #spn incorrect quotes #incorrect supernatural quotes #incorrect spn quotes #dean winchester #spn #supernatural #destiel #also this information about crop cycling is true #or at least it was during 1800s #had to do a presentation on it for us ag history once and it was kinda cool tbh

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bad-fire-emblem-posts · 2 years

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#good post op #meta #bad fire emblem posts

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twohornycannibals · 1 year

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molly graham is an underrated girlboss queen. retweet.

#good post op #hannibal #will graham #hannigram #molly graham

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atjsgf · 16 days

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There's a lot of like, discourse around skill vs talent when it comes to art. So disclaimer here: I agree that skill is more important than talent, I agree that someone with little to no natural talent can become a good artist, I agree that looking at an artist and chalking it up to talent as if they never had to put work in is insulting.

That said, it's absurd to pretend that natural talent doesn't exist, that art doesn't come more easily to some people than others. This, combined with the fact that teaching is its own skill, is I think at the root of why a lot of beginner art tutorials don't work for a lot of people. A lot of these tutorials assume an understanding of the language of drawing that comes naturally to the artist, but not the student.

What I mean by the language of drawing is that drawing involves creating a 2D image that tricks the human eye into thinking that it's 3D, and this is something that many artists find intuitive and many artists don't.

This is why I really enjoy Mark Kistler's "You Can Draw in 30 Days." This post is not sponsored, I just really like the book because it finally explained to me things that a lot of other art books seemed to assume that I would just know. Like "if you put something lower on the page, it seems closer to the viewer." Or "shading looks more natural if you base it around a defined light source, even if that light source isn't in the drawing itself." Things that seem very obvious to some people but just are things I did not know at all or never stopped to think about.

It is a good book and I recommend it for people who have tried a lot of other how-to-draw books and tutorials that haven't clicked.

#sometimes this is an art blog #good post op

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shellsinadune · 9 months

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ok so i'm back, i've slept on it, here are some things i loved about the darlinghurst great comet (in no particular order - spoilers if you want to be surprised by the creative decisions):

the drinks were great, i don't drink so i had the war and peach at the intermission and it had glitter in it!! btw just in general love when theatres change the name of a drink for the show ('anatole spritz' (aperol spritz) tickled me)

everyone was so kind, i got complimented on my outfit and the person (usher? idk the word) was really helpful

the building was accessible in a way i wasn't used to. the accessible bathroom had those buttons to open and lock the door, idk whether the changing place was adequate for adults but it was there. there was a lift between the upper and lower ground floor so i could actually go down those half floor stairs that i usually just have to sit at the top of

the use of the (massive) disco ball was beautiful, i started crying during no one else and the little specks of light spinning like snow were a contributing factor in that

the costumes!!!! they definitely did their own thing with them. natasha's opening dress with the sleeves and anatole's crop top were highlights but the whole thing was cool. most of the fem clothes had a sort of babydoll vibe to them?? idk how to describe it.

sonya alone was beautiful, many of the solos (notably also pierre and dust and ashes) were performed as if the character was writing/singing a song rather than the actor performing the characters' thoughts, if that makes sense?? but just the spotlight on her, her playing the piano and singing..... it wasn't what i was expecting, but it allowed a nice little rest between bigger numbers and let me focus on the singing

the whole cast was so talented though, i think every actor played an instrument at some point which is super impressive. some of them had cellos strapped to them half the time and were still dancing.

the theatre was so small that i'm pretty sure the cast could fully see me sobbing in the back row at the end. that is how great comet should be.

the jumping skills were impressive. not just during the abduction but also when people were getting off the stage.

i like how opb's movements were mostly controlled by other actors dragging his clothes around. my dad and i had a conversation about whether it's symbolic of his privilege (having a bunch of yes man servants) or of his declining mental state (being controlled by his dementia (?) instead of what he used to be)

danatole rights in the duel and preparations (they are so dysfunctional <3). anatole grabbing at dolokhov's chest and kissing his neck when 'a fact known only to his intimates' *chefs kiss*

marya's actor wasn't performing and the swing was playing helene so the production manager (?) was playing marya. given that she didn't know the role perfectly (she had the script in hand) she did really well!!!!

the 2 little balconies were great, they added a lot of dimension to the stage. (for those wondering, to my memory the songs performed in the balconies were: pierre, natasha and sonya in the opera, natasha & anatole, dust and ashes, pierre in letters, preparations, anatole in find anatole, and pierre & anatole)

GENDERQUEER ANATOLE!!!!! the way they would switch octaves mid line <3333

actually multiple of these actors are trans/gnc!!!!!!!

there was no/very little ensemble so you could hear every individual voice during the harmonies

the program is gorgeous, there are little glossy constellations all over it which makes a nice texture

the choreography in charming was so neat. love those little shoulder wiggles.

no strobing in the duel (but yes strobing in the opera when anatole comes in)

they did something with the lighting during the ball kiss that sort of made it look like a veil of light and a little strip of darkness spinning around them. if i'm going to analyse it conveys natasha's confusion while giving her privacy. or something i can't figure out the words to explain it.

not really intentional but right before the bit of the opera with the show, they stopped the performance for a bit. idk why. but it was charming and helpful for me because i had to ground a bit.

i cried 7 times. my head hurt by the end of it.

the use of silence was so good. like pauses between songs, in the middle of them, idk just. you know that post about how live theatre conveys loneliness better than anything else? yeah.

i know i already said this but i kept putting these as separate points so i'll just say all the actors' performances are SO GOOD. natasha and sonya were like..... scarily well cast btw

the 'no, i am enjoying myself at home this evening' line was performed so well

i didn't get an on stage seat but they were sitting at a long table type thing that was actually part of the stage and the cast were literally dancing directly in front of them

i like the fact they didn't try to find gender conforming audience members to bring up (in this performance, mary's suitor was fem presenting and opb's 'cheap french thing' was masc presenting). they didn't change pronouns to try and match the gender presentation of whoever they called up. same with the actors during the abduction (matryoshka etc).

finally managed to id the woodwind instrument in the 'he'll come home one day and take me away, i want nothing more' bit ('twas a clarinet). that was bugging me for years.

the comet was depicted by natasha's actor holding a big lit up ball and slowly walking through the mid-audience bit of the stage. when the song ends she gives it to pierre and he holds it until it's the only light in the room. something something hope.

they didn't directly copy the recording, there were variations in the tune that caught me off guard (in a good way) and they pronounced things the way that was most natural for an australian performance instead of trying to americanise.

overall, the only thing i would want for is to have a recording for sale, because my memory is so shit that i remember something that happened yesterday about as well as i can remember being 4 years old (not an exaggeration). i'm sort of sad that i can't see it again and again, which is just part of ~the magic of theatre~ but also a sign that it's really that good.

(anyway i highly recommend it if you're in sydney before the 20th of august)

#(btw im not anywhere near there now dw)#great comet #natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #alcohol ment #good post op

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getawaycardotvent · 5 months

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There are soooo many people on the left that are not actually committed to opposing bigotry, but have simply chosen the satisfaction of their own sense of moral superiority over the thrill of being openly bigoted. Once they find a way to have both--be openly bigoted while maintaining the sense of moral superiority they get from being ostensibly anti-bigotry--they will pounce on it without a second thought, every single time.

#good post op

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procyonomancy · 1 year

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when I see mutuals reblog ladies onto my dash: