STUPID CUPID. â megumi fushiguro
oh cupid, so stupid to think that one day, you could receive the zealous amount of love you share; don't you know your purpose is to gift? so... why does this emotionally constipated boy keep hitting up your dms?
đȘ·Sacred Lotus Within You âŠïž Timeless Pick A Card
âIf you only do what you can do, you will never be more than what you are now.â
âI donât wanna be more! I like who I am.â
âYou donât even know who you are.â
âWhat do youâ Of course I do; Iâm the Dragon Warrior!â
âAnd what exactly does that meanâDragon Warrior?â
â Po and Shifuâs conversation from Kung Fu Panda 3
SONG: Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder
MOVIE: Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
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A hard Life is not always a divine punishment of sortâMore often than not, the Universeâs most advanced Souls choose to be bornâas Humansâinto much sorrow and a perceived sense of limitation just for the joy of experiencing a personal breakthrough out of a cycle ofâbothâgood and bad Karmađ
This world is at best the dream of a ButterflyđŠHave fun; and have faith that in time all things bloom magnificently like a Sacred Lotus emerging from the mudđȘ·Ultimately, all of us, we bring with us only memories of our lifetimes when we are done playing our roles in this Grand Experiment of a Cosmic Dramađ«
VIBE: Master Shifu asking Po to teach him inner peace
seeds of beauty in you â 10 of Pentacles Rx
Encoded in your DNA is the very gift of healing itself. You were born into this world of stupid carrying seeds of peace-making. Yup, you were the kid who was always able to tell when a grownup was lying. Like, OMG, so disrespectfulâŠthey think I canât see through such obvious lies? In fact, too many things were obvious to you because you are gifted with a keen ability of observation. Weâre talking superhuman-level observation, baby~
With that, the world around you was often terribly dull. Youâre definitely the type that wants to travel and see the world for yourself. Wanting to see what other people of different nations and races, customs and cultures, even religions, have to share about what this Life is all about~ You had A LOT of questions!
Alas⊠You soon realised that most peopleâs perceptions, priorities, and overall ways of life are low-quality at best. Your interactions with people, your observations of them, gave you almost nothing but disdain. PeopleâŠare not intelligent enough. But more disturbing stillâŠpeople are not noble enough in their pursuits of a good Life.
In your eye, most of the time, people donât have enough integrity, character, or personalityđ€·đ»ââïž
blooming in spite of muddy water â 7 of Pentacles Rx
If youâre often distressed by the state of Humanity, it is because you possess this divine ability to pierce through bullshit and reveal the true essence of all things. Youâre a deep diver. You truly are a scholar. Youâre the type that seeks to bridge between differences and clashes, so that people find a common ground upon which they could build a harmonious society. You most likely have a significant placement in the 7th House or blessed with a strong Libra/Venus aenergy~âïž
Essentially, youâve come into this world with an almost specific purpose of bridging differences between generations. All because your Oversoul was sick of watching Humans being fools amongst themselves. So you plunged into this world of illusions in the hopes of elevating peopleâs spiritual intelligence. Your unique gift of observation is piercing and high-vibrational and the reason it can bridge generations is that the wisdom you will develop as a person is both universal and timelessđ
You are an Ascended Master, you know. Like Po returning to the mortal world after defeating Kai. Like Gandalf the Grey returning as Gandalf the White after defeating the Balrog. All because youâve got shit to do in this world of stupidâyour wisdom is gravely needed! Iâm not teaching you to be conceited or anything, but by means of technicality, youâre not here to learn anymore; youâre here toâŠteachđ€Ł
tulips of happiness â Knight of Cups
No matter your age or their age, youâre here to teach the infantile Humans about inner peace and true, everlasting, sustainable, manageable, actually reasonable sense of Harmonyđ·You do that by setting an example; by first bridging confusions and calming down chaos within yourself; then you talk about the walk to anybody interested enough to listen to youđŸ
In this lifetime, as an Ascended Master playing Human, thereâs probably a lot of heartache youâve needed to learn to forgive. If youâre in your early or mid-20s when reading this, youâre most likely just beginning to learn it. You donât have to act perfectly though. Healing and forgiveness are not about being or doing perfect. Itâs perfectly OK, too, not to forgiveâcertain cruelties in this world are simply beyond absolution, ya know?đ€Ź
What does truly matter is that you forgive yourself. Just yourself. You can forgive the situation. You can forgive the fact you fucked your way into this or that mess. Where applicable, you can give thanks to the experience and then move on to the next thing. Be glad about the fact that youâre still alive after all of the fuckery, and that youâve enough self-awareness, and how that self-awareness has grown you as a person. It is such a beautiful thing to have grown up in the mental and spiritual~đŠ
ESSENCE OF BEING HUMANđ»đ
the script you chose â Silver Alchemist (Ramon Llull)
path of self-transcendence â Priestess of Healing
VIBE: Master Oogway sending universe mail to Li Shan
seeds of beauty in you â III The Empress Rx
Oooh~ Youâre pretty~ That much I can tellđYou probably are blessed with some significant Aries, Aquarius, or any Cardinal aenergy in your birth chart; could also have Venus/Moon in the 1st or 11th House~ And do you know why youâre bestowed with an outer appearance thatâs easily considered attractive in this realm? Because youâre meant to have an audienceđ
Youâre meant to be heard; to have a platform and be some sort of a leader. And since being pretty in this world brings a lot of privileges, your Soul chose to be born with this specific setting in your birth chart wHoA~ A pretty face gets attention more effortlessly and thatâs just how it is with this world~đ
So, you see that thereâs meaning in having some forms of privilege whether itâs your face or your family/economic background, or even heritage or some special lineage thing going on in your Lifeđ°And yet, it seems you couldâve been blind to all this âupper handâ and not see much value in your existence.
None of this has felt all that specialâŠwell, because you were born with it. Itâs not special; itâs normal to you; and you definitely want to feel specialâŠnot really grasping others would kill to have what you were born withâŠđ
blooming in spite of muddy water â XVI The Tower
In spite of all of the privileges that seem obvious and enviable to others, you yourself have not felt all that blessed most of your Life. There is this thing that people donât understand about you: EXPECTAFUCKINTION. Expectation could kill, depending on situation, and depending on where you are in Life. In many ways, you havenât really ever felt FREE in your beingness. You donât really know how FREE truly would feel like. You can imagine it, but you donât really know if thatâs even realđ€·đ»ââïž
Whether itâs status, prestige, or simply beauty, sometimes youâve felt victimised by the very things other people wish they had. They literally donât know how suffocating it is to be wearing your crown~ You often feel like you donât have autonomy over your own Life. In some instances, you may even have experienced your autonomy getting violated. And itâs so heartbreaking.
At some point in Life, you will suddenly and gradually lose access to all of these beauties and privileges, maybe even some of your talents, babe. All these things that came ever so naturally to you, once youâve lost âem, you will die in spirit, and be reborn with a renewed sense of appreciation for the fact you have always, ALWAYS, been extraordinaryđż
tulips of happiness â King of Swords
Whether you are a girl or a boy or straight or gay or whatever, you are an ally of the worldâs Divine Feminine aenergy. Do not worry about losing your glory; it will aaalll come back stronger and sparklier once youâve graduated the University of Hell a.k.a Saturn ReturnđȘ
It is part of your Soulâs Blueprint to experience losing privileges, perhaps money, talents, friends, freedom, hair, weight, and everything else, momentarily. This period of your Lifeâwhether itâs your first or second Saturn Returnâcan be likened to a pregnant woman whoâs now restricted from drinking, eating, doing, or even being near certain things. Sheâs not so free, but for all the right reasons; sheâs protecting her foetus.
This Saturn Return period of your Life where youâre experiencing losing yourself is like a pregnancy where youâre gestating a newer, stronger, clearer, more confident version of yourself. The restrictions put around you are meant to suffocate you further, enough for you to want a breakthrough. All so you can become a pure Pink Radiance of a miracle this miserable world needs, for that is your purpose for being bornđ·
Shine on, Pink Diamond~
ESSENCE OF BEING HUMANđ»đ
the script you chose â Green Historian (Herodotus)
path of self-transcendence â Priestess of Prosperity
Within you are seeds of a luxurious lifestyle that you ought to nurture slowly throughout the course of your Life. You may have come from a background of lack just to make this whole scenario more exciting (to us as Souls contrasts are exceedingly attractive when thinking of a spiritual breakthrough). With that, you couldâve grown up with lots of daydreaming about feeling fulfilledâemotionally fulfilled.
Though you may have daydreamed about luxurious environments and things and situations, at the core of everything, all you yearn for is a feeling of safety; stability; of having just enoughâŠof being enough, in factâŠall because you werenât emotionally nurtured as a child. You were the kid who were neglected by everybody, both the adults and your peers.
You felt unseen most of your Life. But even those who acted like they saw you, somehow the view was inaccurate. You felt this way because you didnât understand yourself either. Children learn about themselves through the feedback of their environment; so the ones who were mostly neglectedâŠhow could such children even begin to learn to comprehend their identity?
Because you didnât really understand yourself, it was difficult to manifest properly. In your psyche, there are way too many threads of wishes that are tangled up, causing you to manifest clashing RealitiesâŠand then disappoint youâŠ
blooming in spite of muddy water â XXI The World
The reason for this difficulty is that you needed to learn and discover for yourself the true Essence of being alive. You are essentially Godâs messenger to help Humans overcome their addiction to material possessions. Omaigosh if you know how TikTok shopping culture is making people poorer and more miserable in the emotional, Iâm sure this will ring a bell in your Soul Memory.
People who grew up poor are the main target of evil marketing because they crave that feeling of âhavingâ. Sometimes, itâs a feeling of having thingsâtrendy things; some other times, itâs a feeling of having friendsâcool friends; and some tragical times, of having someone to loveâwhich usually only translates to ONS or casual hookups without any real emotional connection.
Anyway, back to talking about material possessions though, thereâs this:
âTrying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.â â George Carlin
This, is a concept, a Reality, youâve needed to learn and fully comprehend, and then unravel by means of your personal spiritual transformation. That way you can be an example and a guide to others. Reminiscent of Uncle George himself, youâre somebody who holds an Elder Archetype aenergy about you. Youâre âworldlyâ in the sense that youâre based, well-thinking, and most of all, you can embrace perspectives that are UNIQUE. Youâre able to hold a knowledge that encompasses the whole of the Universe itself.
tulips of happiness â 4 of Pentacles
In a sense, know that you are a born leader. Though I sense, you may be more interested in being a thought leaderđ§ You donât seem that interested in leading an envoy or a movement of any sort hahaha Youâre a loner; you like being in your own company. After all, people are stupid and itâs exhausting to have to interact with them. And thatâs all fine~
In the future, when everythingâs said and done, youâll meet your Soul Tribeâpeople who are just as weird, misunderstood, deep, sombre (probably), wholesome, complex, and loyal such as yourselfđ«Your Spirit Guides are really saying: itâs perfectly fine for you not to extend too much compassion for those who arenât worth your while; hoping youâd calm down some clashing ideas about your personality.
It sounds cruel? No, really; not everybody is worth paying attention to or share affection with. If you do that youâre only going to be sucked dry of Life Force. Itâs a similar principal with money spending. Just because you see a lot of items being displayed with attractive, persuasive DISCOUNT signs, doesnât mean you have to give your attention, or money least of all, to ALL of that. Got it?đ€Ș
âEven if something is on discount, if you donât need it, itâs too expensive.â â Love Marie Escuderoâs husband, Govt. Chiz
ESSENCE OF BEING HUMANđ»đ§Ą
the script you chose â Green Physician (Paracelsus)
path of self-transcendence â Priestess of Intuition
Laura Donnelly and Ophelia Lovibond staring in The Hills of California directed by Sam Mendes. Both in Caitrionaâs and Samâs friendship and professional circle.
Looking back to that week of theatre sightings in mid March after Samâs St Pats day video and the surprise reunion with his Alexander co-star on the busy streets of London Town.
Things that make you go đ€
Theatre goers in London right now are spoiled for choice.
So it would be a given that đ tickets to a hit play with a former costar and Irish friend pour deux? Getting a culture hit before the slog of filming?
As I said to my mystery DM photos or it didnât happen ( and lord do I know that!). WaitingâŠ
A photo kinda like âŹïž Friends taking đ€ł perhaps a backstage photo with Laura?
What would have been so wrong about a couple of costars, who are like brother and sister, seeing their former costar, who was their sister/sister in law in OL treading the boards?
Oh, okay, I see! Umm. I have a couple things to throw out, that also have my own thoughts and I was also thinking of other possible Yuu ideas if youâre interested in them( just what their â!â Is for and personality, not who theyâre matched with) and up to hearing about them. Uh. This ask though is for the creature post and-
Me, a person who loves mythology and folklore: My time has come-
Theatre kid!Yuu as a changeling(or some other shapeshifting creature, I know of the background surrounding changelings and can understand why one may be uncomfortable with changelings(I am also the âšneurodivergentâš))
Harpy!Yuu as a Manananggal(I know that harpies are already mythical creatures, but think about it)
Maid!Yuu as a Brownie (yes, you read that right, though it can also be spelt âbroonieâ or âbrĂčnaidhâ and they are a type of fae, but ,ah)
Special Forces!Yuu as a Grim Reaper(I just think itâd be neat if their role was to guide and protect the dead on the way to the afterlife instead of being what people usually expect/think of reapers, and also because they themself are often depicted as scary and dangerous, and they are, but they more so just. Guide souls to the after)
Vet!Yuu OR Marine Biologist!Yuu as a Selkie(I want them to go on a rant of how selkies are NOT half seal half human, their lower body is NOT that of a seal!(this is my being frustrated by Selkie designs that arenât actually selkies, but the art is still really good/nice))
Oookay, thatâs all of them that I had prepared. Uh. And of course, these are just suggestions, you donât have to add anything if you donât want to or you can pick and choose which youâre interested, I hope this isnât coming off as forced and I apologize if it does-
đTheater Kid!Yuu- Shapeshifter
The ultimate actor.
Can play any role and use any voice.
They spend time endlessly rehearsing.
Likes to play pranks by pretending to be an injured animal to have people take care of them.
Allergic to iron.
Will not use their powers responsibly
They don't consider any one form their true form. They simply are.
Agender icon.
"What's gender? Is it edible?"
đ§č Maid!Yuu- Brownie
Got inside after someone left a bowl of cream out
They set up shop and began cleaning at night.
During the day they hide out in the form of a dormouse.
They have a fuzzy tail
They fix up broken items. You might find an extra mismatched button on your shirts.
Don't leave a mess on purpose. It's impolite.
If they feel taken advantage of they with make a mess and leave.
Leave out a treat for them and they will reward you in kind.
You'll never lose an item again. It will appear just where you remember it. Unfortunately, that always the last place you look.
đ«Special Forces!Yuu-Reaper
It's hard work and the coworkers are the worst.
One of the many reapers tasked with dealing with the recently deceased.
Really prickly due to being constantly tasked with the most stubborn ghosts.
"Shut up before I kill you again!"
Believes Sam was a Reaper (is he? Possibly)
Their skin has white skeleton tattoos. But when they are working their skin turns translucent and reveals their actual skeleton.
Enjoys their job when they actually get to do it without problems.
Believes in the myth they tell all reapers about that guy sisyphus.
Their favorite job is chasing down wondering souls that are on the run.
đNurse!Yuu - Caladrius
They have white wings.
Gets confused for a angel but they are firm that they are not.
Their job is to take sickness and transfer it into their body. Then they fly away with it as they disperse it, healing themselves.
Gives away feathers to ward off danger and illness.
Hates that Savanaclaw students use them as a cat toy.
A long suffering birdy who is losing too many feathers.
They look human most of the time but the whole transformation thing gets in the way.
Is still a vet but if now they are liable to snap their jaws at patients.
They love a good nap in the sun but must resist.
Jack knows to keep his head down if he doesn't want to get along. That just how wolves do. Make nice in the pack or be pushed out.
They don't imprint. If you say that they will rip out your throat.
They don't have soulmates. They have normal relationships like normal people. They just believe in loyalty to make relationships last. They can change partners but they usually don't.
đMarine Biologist!Yuu- Selkie
Not a mer just a cute rolly polly seal.
Such a friendly face, but they have sharp teeth.
Keeps their seal skin hidden away.
These days if someone does take their skin they are trained to attack them. Watch out they go for the fingers first.
The seal skin is unique to every selkie so it can't be replaced.
They will always choose the ocean if it came between it and love. But Yuu is a strange Selkie.
They know the tale of Ursilla, a human who loved a male selkie. This is part of why they believe they are destined to be with Azul so that history repeats itself.
Selkies lure their human partners into the sea and most tales say they never return. Yuu attempted with Azul not knowing he was a mer. Very embarrassing.
Ollieâs is a senior in high school and Felix is a freshman in Oxford, so 18 &19
Ollieâs theater club is going to preform at Oxford (idk why they would do this but my theater had done it so Iâm just putting it in haha) Anyways, Ollie is like really good at singing, and as a senior in his last year, he has the lead for this play. Oh! And heâs pretty sooooooo theyâre doing legally blonde and heâs playing Elle!!!! Hahaha.
Anyways farleigh makes Felix come see the play with him and Felix just goes because I mean itâs his cousin Ê ïŒââżâïŒÊ They get there in the middle of serious (where Elleâs is saying hereâs my hand) anyways Felix is like !! Wow !! Sheâs really pretty (ăÏă) anyways at the end of it he wants to like ask for her number or sum but of course Ollie being Ollie he takes off the costume fast af (*ÂŽ-`) so when the group is leaving and Felix was like waiting to see the âgirlâ he didnât find her lol. He tried to be a stalker and find the schools senior class looking through all the girls and nope! Not there. He gave up after like a month of looking through everything.
Ollie graduates and gets accepted to Oxford, he saw a really cute guy when he preformed and hoped he would get in to be able to see him. (Being in theatre made him have a very romcom mindset) he was smart so it wasnât really an issue, anyways heâs not really actively looking for mystery guy (HES LYING) He takes courses for law so criminal law 101 haha, anyways he has no classes with Felix :(
They become friends the same way as the movie with the bike. Felix never tells Ollie about the theater girl. Ollie does tho haha heâs just like âoh me and my theater group preformed here last yearâ and Felix just !!!! âOh! Who played the main girl?â âUhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhâŠâŠ.meâŠâ and Felix kinda just blanks (ă»ă»?) âwhatâ and Ollie just tells him that it was his last year so he was the lead on a lot of stuff. Anyways Felixâs feelings double cuz he already thought Ollie was cute but now THIS?!
Phantom of the Opera (1943 Film) Prompts! Pls tag me if youâre inspired by any of these ideas and Iâd love to read it! đđ§Ą
1. Erique Claudin was madly in love with you in his younger years. He was a very handsome and eccentric man with a great talent for music. You soon became lovers and later told Erique you were with child as soon as the doctor confirmed it. Not wishing your baby to be a bastard and raised out of wedlock, you and Erique made plans to marry as soon as possible, before your stomach could possibly give you away. You later bore a beautiful daughter, Christine. Erique had composed a song for you during your courtship and later added a part for Christine after her birth. When she was little, Erique would play the violin while youâd rock her to sleep and sing an old lullaby that you both knew from Provence.
Unfortunately, you died when Christine was still very young, devastating Erique. He didnât know what to do without you. You were dead and he was clueless when it came to raising a girl all by himself. Due to his demanding job in the Opera House Orchestra and your untimely death, he didnât have the proper means to take care of Christine, who was only a baby or toddler at the time. He couldnât raise her himself, so he either sent her to live with your family or put her up for adoption. Either way, he made sure she went to a good home. Whether it was your maiden name or her adoptive familyâs name, she took the name DuBois and never knew of Eriqueâs true connection to her.
As she grew up, she resembled you more and more each day. Erique never found another love after you. Twenty years of you being gone, and he wished every day you were still with him. When Christine began her singing career as a chorus girl in the Opera, he put his entire fortune towards her education, anonymously funding her singing lessons. She was blessed with the gift of her motherâs voice and every time Erique heard her sing, he heard you. After heâs dismissed from the Orchestra due to his hand injury, he has to withdraw his support from Mademoiselle DuBois only for a little while, just until he can secure another position. But a series of tragic events lead to him committing murder and his face being burned by acid. A man whoâs suffered so much loss would do practically anything for the love of his daughter, even kidnap her and try to force her to stay with him in his home in the underground sewers forever. Christine is the last vestige of you, his darling wife, and he canât bear to lose her.
He tells Christine that heâs her father and he loves her. Sheâll now sing all she wants, but only for him. He keeps a portrait of you in his lair and tells Christine all about her dearly departed mother as he reminisces on his much happier memories of being an aspiring musician. He was young and didnât have much money or commercial success yet, a starving artist. But what little money he had would always be spent on a ticket to the theatre, just to see you. He was in love with you from the moment he first saw you on stage, so his earnings were well spent in his eyes. He could live without food or a roof over his head, but he couldnât live without you.
âShe was in a repertory company. the same actors and actresses doing different plays, a different play every night. First time I saw her, she was a singer who had a broken heart, a lot of sad songs. Had everybody in the theatre crying, whole ocean of tears.â
âI don't think I'd like that.â
âYes, you would. Everybody did. Next night, she was a dancer. Whirling around the stage, sparkles in her hair, lighter than thistledown. Took my breath away just to watch her.â
âDressed like that?â
âYes, child. Artist didn't paint her as pretty as she was.â
âDid you see all her plays?â
âEvery one of them. Not just once. The theatre was my courting place. I sat right in the middle of the front row every night, where she could see me. After, I went backstage. Was four days before she even said hello.â
âOh. Then what?â
âThen it was the wonder, the glory, sunshine, and lightning all at the same time. After we learned we were expecting you, I came to the Paris Opera House to join the Orchestra. With my salary, I built us a house. I then went back and asked her to be my wife. When she said yes, I was so happy I was dumbstruck for an hour.â
âWhy did she go away?â
âIt's none of your business why.â
âI'm sorry.â
âShe tried to retire and stay home to focus her energy on raising you, but there was nothing here but the house...No theatre, no people...no company except for the birds singing. As much as she loved you, she wasn't used to it. I didnât get home from the Opera House until late in the night. She got the lonesomes so bad she couldn't stand it. Uh...she went away for a little...back on the stage again.â
âIn Paris?â
âOhh...other places. Mostly Paris. Uh, standing around here talking, the spiders will be gaining on me. Be cobwebs in here thicker than before. Come, sit. Listen while I play for you. Did you know I wrote this song?â
âNo.â
âI did. Thatâs why I wanted to teach it to you, but it was not to be. These arenât just notes, thereâs something hidden in the music. These notes here, they represent you. They find their way into every song I play. This phraseâŠthis is your mother.â
âAre you in the song?â
âSomewhere, but itâs not important. You and your mama are all I can hear when I sit down to play.â
2. Erique becomes creepily obsessed with you, a young woman who works in the Opera House and reminds him of Christineâs mother. He may or may not have been able to marry Christineâs mother, but he loved her greatly all the same. He tragically lost her either through her death or her falling out of love with him, and has since never been able to get over her. You encountered him a few times in the foyer, on the stage, or outside the Opera, but thatâs all. You were so busy with your daily work that you didnât have much time to acknowledge him beyond a polite hello in passing. Erique was deeply offended and driven into taking further action with you after being criticized by Signor Ferretti for his love of you. He believed that Ferretti spoke out of turn and dared to insult not just him, but you as well.
âClaudin, if you donât mind me saying so, youâre a fool. A man of your age might secure a young girl like her if he happened to be the director of an opera company, but a poor violinistâŠâ
How dare he doubt your love or the piano concerto he wrote for you! He may be a man of forty-eight years and past his prime, but you never treated him differently from other men just because of your significant age gap. You smiled at him in passing, happily accepted all of his courting gifts which he spent a fraction of his fortune on, etc. It was Signor Ferretti who was the fool for failing to see how deeply he loved you and how you loved him in return! Unbeknownst to Erique, you mistakenly thought his anonymous gifts were from another potential suitor, a handsome man who was closer to your age. Youâve never thought of Erique in such a way, but heâs too delusional in his fantasies of you to realize this. He secretly has a marble bust made in your likeness that he keeps in his room so he may gaze upon your lovely face while heâs composing. But soon the marble bust isnât enough. He needs to have the real thing.
Following his first act of murder and tragic disfigurement from the acid, he begins his reign of terror as the Phantom. He steals the master key to the Opera House and, with that key in his possession, he can open 2,500 doors! To say nothing of thousands of closets and cabinets. He can hide everywhere, the entire police force couldnât find him here. He unlocks your door and sneaks into your bedroom while you sleep. Youâre in such a deep slumber that you barely stir while he strokes your cheek, moves your hair out of your face, and presses his nose against your skin to inhale the sweet scent of your perfume. Oh, his love! His wife! He leaves you with a brisk kiss and disappears back into the sewers. He has such big plans for you! Wonderful plans!
You start to notice a manâs shadow following you, but it always disappears before anyone else can see him. You start to hear a manâs voice speaking through the walls. From what he says, he sounds lovesick and it creeps you out. You try to warn others but no one else believes you except Vercheres. You develop insomnia and deep feelings of paranoia because of your fear and anxiety. When an opportune moment presents itself, Erique kidnaps you and takes you to his underground lair in the sewers, drugging you to ensure your cooperation. While youâre asleep, he puts a wedding ring on your finger and a matching one on his own. His young bride is a vision! So very beautiful, so very lovely!
âYouâll stay here with me, my wife, wonât you? Itâs been so lonely without you but youâve returned to me at last, havenât you? Weâll be together forever. Now youâll sing for me, and Iâll play. Itâs beautiful down there. Beautiful. Come now, my darling one.â
âThere's a piano in the Opera foyer. Let's go there. You play, and I'll sing for you.â
âBut you don't understand. We can't go back there ever. It was I who made the chandelier fall. I for you, my love. But I warned them. I told them there'd be death and destruction if they didn't let you sing. Come. See? Didn't I tell you it was beautiful? You didn't know we had a lake all to ourselves, did you? They've poisoned your mind against me. That's why you're afraid. Look at our lake, dearest. You'll love it here when you get used to the dark. And you'll love the dark, too. It's friendly and peaceful. It brings rest and relief from pain. It's right under the Opera. The music comes down in the darkness, distills it, cleanses it of the suffering that made it. And it's all beauty. And life here is like a resurrection.â
He forces you to play along with his deluded fantasies, often believing youâre his lost love and calling you by her name. Youâve tried to tell him you werenât her, and sometimes it works. In his moments of lucidity, he calls you by your real name. Those hours or days are much more bearable for you. Other times, however, his behavior is unpredictable and trying to break him out of his fantasies has yielded disastrous results that have frightened you terribly. Youâve had to tread very carefully not to set him off because his personality can flip at any moment. Claudin as the Phantom talks in an extremely gentle, husbandly manner to you and almost never raises his voice to anyone, which makes him even more chilling with the murders he commits.
âIs that any way to talk to the father of your children?â
âChildren? What do you mean children? We have only one child.â
âNo, my darling. We have many children.â
âMy god, what have you done? Tell me, what have you done?!â
âWould you like to see our daughter? Would you like to see our Christine? Would you?â
âYes!â
âMy darling daughter, your mother has returned to us. Come, give her a kiss.â Heâs kidnapped at least three children; a boy, a girl, and an infant. The girl resembles Christine when she was a child. Same colored hair hanging in ringlets, same eye color, same porcelain pale skin and red cheeks. Heâs trying to recreate the family he wanted but could never have before Christineâs mother either left him or died. Oh, God.
3. Unbeknownst to either of you, youâre Christine DuBoisâ twin sister and are both daughters of Erique Claudin. You were separated at birth after your father put you both up for adoption. Your mother was dead or otherwise gone, and Erique was clueless when it came to raising two girls. While Christine is an aspiring singer and sings in the chorus, youâre an aspiring ballerina and dance in the ensemble. Despite your respective talents, neither of you are given much opportunity to shine. Youâre both kept to the background and overshadowed by the prima donna and prima ballerina. You both encounter Erique a few times in the foyer or on the stage or outside the Opera. He showed concern for Christine when he noticed she wasnât on stage during the Act Three curtain call and asked if she was sick. Similarly, he does the same with you when he notices youâre missing from the stage. Why werenât you there? Forgive him, but heâs been here so long that you - everybody and everything connected with the Opera is so much a part of his life. You werenât ill, were you? Youâre not in any trouble? Oh, itâs impertinent of him, he knows, but uhâŠ
When Erique suffers an injury to his left hand that prevents him from the use of his fingers and negatively impacts his performance, heâs dismissed from the Paris Opera Orchestra. He no longer has the means to anonymously support either of you. Claudin has secretly spent all his fortune on yours and Christine's education, and he has no money left to go towards his forced retirement. He has to withdraw his financial support from both of you only for a little while, just until he can secure another position. But Signor Ferretti refuses to tutor Christine any further without proper compensation and your ballet instructor is the same. Why should either of them assume Claudinâs burden after he spent all his money on the two of you? The girls mean nothing to them.
But your careers mean more to Claudin than anything else. Neither you nor Christine can afford the lessons on your own. A monthâs salary wouldnât be enough to pay for one of your lessons. Desperate to provide for his darling daughters, he hopes to have his piano concerto published and receive a substantial advance for it. But a misunderstanding leads to Erique committing his first murder and getting his face burned by acid. This sets off a series of unfortunate events that turns him into the Opera Ghost. A man would do practically anything for the love of his daughters, even murder anyone who would get in the way of their careers.
He later tampers with Biancarolli's drink to make her fall asleep and unable to sing. Christine, her understudy, has to take her place on stage. Erique also sabotages the current prima ballerina by putting glass in her ballet shoes or otherwise breaking her feet/legs by creating a terrible accident on stage so that she cannot dance and you have to take her place. Heâll help both of you reach your full potential and youâll become a great and famous ballerina, as Christine will become a great and famous singer. Biancarolli, who suspects that Garron and Christine are responsible for drugging her, orders Raoul to arrest them. The prima ballerina suspects you of causing her injury and orders your arrest as well. But Raoul says he cannot because thereâs no evidence. Biancarolli and the prima ballerina both say theyâll forget the affair only if both you and Christine are replaced as understudies and your performances are not mentioned in the papers.
Both Biancarolli and the prima ballerina are later murdered, along with their maids. Theyâve been strangled to death by the Phantom to make room for the unsuspecting Christine and you to take their places. He later kidnaps both of you and takes you down to his lair in the sewer tunnels, revealing that heâs your long-lost father and youâre sisters. Words cannot express how sorry he is for disappearing from your lives and not being able to watch you grow up. If he couldâve raised his daughters himself, he wouldâve kept you both in a heartbeat. But he didnât have the means to raise two girls alone, and needed to give both you and Christine your best chance. So with a heavy heart, he gave you both up to be adopted by other families when you were only a few months old. Now reunited, he wants all three of you to be together forever. A happy family, as you should be.
âYouâll stay here with me, my children, wonât you? Itâs been so lonely without my girls but youâve both come to me at last, havenât you? Now, Christine, youâll sing for me. Y/n, youâll dance for me. Iâll play. Weâll be together forever. Itâs beautiful down there. Beautiful. Come now, my little ones. There, youâre not frightened now, are you? You know Iâll not harm either of you, donât you? How could I harm you? Iâve always helped you. Havenât I?â
âYes.â
âYes what?â
âYes, youâve always helped us.â
âOf course I have. Biancarolli knows. The former prima ballerina knows. She wouldnât let you sing. She wouldnât let you dance. They didnât know how much I love you. Now they know. But it doesnât matter now. Nothing matters except us. Now youâll sing and dance all you want, but only for me. You will, wonât you, my darling daughters?â
âOf courseâŠFather.â
4. You were born into a wealthy and well-connected family. Your father took the family on a tour in Europe where you were introduced to an English-born Parisian hostess, with whom you bonded. She was a stimulating hostess who didnât care for her appearance, and while her ideas didnât always agree with those of her guests, she was incapable of boring anyone. Her behavior was exasperating and eccentric and she had little respect for upper-class women, whom she regarded generally as inconsequential. She generally rejected female company and spent her time with male intellectuals. She made an exception, however, in the case of your family and you in particular. She demonstrated that women could be equal to men, an idea that you hadnât learnt from your mother.
You were respectful of your family's opposition to you working as a nurse, only announcing your decision to enter the field. Despite the anger and distress of your mother and sister, you rejected the expected role for a woman of your status to become a wife and mother. You worked hard to educate yourself in the art and science of nursing, in the face of opposition from your family and the restrictive social code for affluent young women. After being confronted by two potential suitors who demanded you choose between them, you chose neither and pursued your nursing career unhindered by marriage prospects. Youâre now working at the Opera House, as a literal theatre nurse. You take care of the performers and other staff in cases of fainting spells, accidents, sickness, or injury. Unlike your predecessor, youâre young, beautiful, and sweet-natured.
You met Erique Claudin and knew him only as a violinist in the orchestra. You encountered him a few times in the foyer or on the stage or outside the opera, but thatâs all. He seemed eccentric but harmless. But over time, you found yourself wanting to take care of him. Youâd notice how heâd keep odd hours and would hardly eat anything. Why doesnât he get himself something to eat before the opera instead of keeping himself up all hours? You notice he has the same soup night after night, week after week. The Opera House staff gossip, falsely believing that his overdue debts is caused by him being a miser, and they complain about it.
âWhat that man does with his money is none of our business. If he wants to hoard it and starve to death, thatâs his affair. But we hear he hasnât paid his landlord for six weeks, and thatâs as long as theyâre going to wait before they toss him out onto the street.â
âWhat if he hasnât any money? Maybe if theyâll be patient only just a little longerâŠâ
âHe hasnât any money? After working for the Paris Opera all these years? What nonsense! What does he expect to do with his money? Bury it with him? If he does, theyâll dig him up and steal it. If he thinks heâs going to add a few francs to his fortune at the expense of others, heâs very much mistaken.â
An artistic genius he may be, but he wasnât well-learned in the arts of the kitchen. He didn't do much more than toast cheese over bread and add a slice of already cooked meat to it since he couldnât afford much else. So you cook him better, more savory meals using whateverâs leftover in the restaurant and still fresh enough. There was a roast chicken in the pantry and a previously made broth you found on the stove, so you made do with what you had. You made him another soup, but one that was full of cooked meat and vegetables. Sitting beside it on a plate was a chicken sandwich. You were unsure if he even drank tea, but still made him a cup with sugar cubes and cream on the side in case he wanted to add either.
Erik devoured the whole thing in seconds. Quickly setting the bowl of soup aside, he picked up the sandwich and savored the taste of the chicken, bread and mustard as it all came together inside his mouth. When that was finished, he happily over-sugared his tea and drank it down, feeling contently full for the first time in years. You worried heâd get a stomach ache and make himself sick from eating so fast, but youâre glad he enjoyed it. It seems he doesnât eat a great deal, and that worries you. He should be eating and sleeping well since he works so hard. Heâs very grateful to you.
âYouâve been very kind, youâve been very patient. Youâll be rewarded for it, I promise you! Now please leave me alone.â
After Erique suffers an injury to the fingers of his left hand, he can only play simple melodies perfectly. He goes to you for help and you examine him. While you may or may not be able to determine the cause, you offer to provide physical therapy sessions, free of charge. You know he canât afford medicine, but maybe thisâll help him a great deal. Perhaps his injury is only temporary, perhaps itâll get better, but the aim of the Paris Opera is perfection. Itâs with a heavy heart that the managers have Erique dismissed from the Orchestra. Heâs been with the Opera a long time - twenty years. You wish you could do more to help him. Youâre happy to care for him and heâs happy to play music for you in return, to show you his progress following your physical therapy sessions. He never sought more than a casual acquaintance with you but you become friends and, despite your significant age gap, you fall in love.
But then he commits murder and acid is thrown in his face, driving him to go into hiding in the labyrinthine sewers of the Opera House and begin his reign of terror as the Phantom. In his desperation to protect you and repay you for your kindness and time spent devoted to helping him convalesce, Erique would do anything for you, even murder. Heâs so desperate for love and friendship that he may even kidnap you. Fortune had smiled upon him the night that you came to the Opera House, and he had savored every moment he had shared with you. You were his loyal caregiver and companion, when so many others had cast him aside. You had cooked for him, talked to him, and even laughed with him whenever he managed to gather the courage to tease you about something. You even allowed him to snuggle close to you as you read - never before had he enjoyed reading so much as he did with you. How could he possibly let someone come and take that away from him now? His darling daughter, Christine, will never care for him in his old age, but maybe you can. In your years working as a nurse, youâve probably seen lots of gruesome and grisly injuries such as gunshot wounds, infections, amputations, etc., so he hopes you wouldnât faint or reject him upon seeing his disfigured face. Even if nothing can be done for the acid burns heâs suffered, he still dreams of spending the rest of his life with you by his side.
5. You succesfully bring to the present time Erique Claudin, a violinist from the 19th century, with a homemade time machine. In the split seconds between when Raoul fired his gun and the underground sewers were collapsing, you saved Eriqueâs life by sending him here before he could be crushed to death from the falling rocks. The underground tunnels are caved in, and nobody would ever try to move all that rubble to recover Eriqueâs body. He was presumed dead and Christine was rescued. In his time, only his mask and violin were left behind. You try your best to hide and protect him from exposure while heâs given a second chance at life. He may choose a different name or alias to go by. Modern medicine, technology, and makeup may help him either fix his face or acquire a mask that almost seamlessly blends into his skin more, covering his acid scars and giving off the illusion of a perfect face. His unique talent, behavior, and personality puts him in the spotlight, making it only a matter of time until heâs discovered and what youâve done comes to light. Annoyed by the current primo uomo of the modern day Paris Opera House, a group of stagehands plot to scare him away and give his position to the young understudy with a shared identity - the Phantom of the Opera. Oh no.
This is a better way to look forward in her career right now back to the theatre đ Laura Donnelly on the cover of @londonfabricmag talking about West End Play 'The Hills of California' written by Jez Butterworth and directed by Sam Mendes, currently in the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Jez Butterworth's long-anticipated new piece, The Hills of California, is on its way to the Harold Pinter Theatre for 2024, another treat fresh from the pen of one of the countryâs best-respected playwrights. He has collaborated with director Sam Mendes once more to create a play on stage for a strictly limited run from 27th January to 15th June 2024.
in canon era, oscar tries to read. he needs a bit of escapism, and it helps in coming up with stories to tell mo, but his attention span isnât great so he usually has trouble. he likes helping with typesetting at the world, he finds it rewarding and relaxing, and it works out when morris is working on the larger press machinery, gives them both something to do while still sticking together. he likes playing pool in bars, and heâs pretty good at it - heâll make money off it, betting with people, wherever he can, and heâll do the same with cards. heâs good at poker, but it takes a lot of effort to maintain his face when he starts getting frustrated.
morris likes organising stuff, heâll sit and just fuss with a pile of books or papes or anything else. he likes drawing, but rarely has the opportunity - itâs much more often that heâll be drawing with a stick in the dirt, or a piece of charcoal maybe, than he will with a pencil and paper. (he got in big trouble with wiesel for doodling on a pape once, even though it was yesterdayâs, so now he wonât dare touch them for drawing.). mostly, morris likes watching oscar do stuff, especially stuff like playing pool. he likes being read to, or just talked to.
modern au oscar absolutely plays acoustic guitar, like alex jh. he sings too, but only for morris. he and morris had an old beat-up skateboard between them as teenagers, and theyâd mess around on that - oscar learnt basic tricks, and held morrisâs hands as he all but lifted his little brother onto the board and then pulled him slowly along short distances. he plays video games sometimes, particularly the few random consoles and games that care facilities always have, but mostly plays with morris for morrisâ benefit, silly stuff like mario kart and games geared for kids on their easiest settings.
morris likes minecraft, and plays pocket edition on oscarâs phone. he likes lots of silly mobile games that are just enough to keep him occupied and rewarded, especially in higher-stress situations for him like new environments or travelling. he likes colouring and drawing a lot more since he has more chances to do it. he likes music, especially oscar playing the guitar, and stims as he listens - he likes pressing his palm or cheek to the guitar too, to feel the vibrations.
đ a headcanon about what they lie about
oscar will lie about anything. especially for their own gain, and especially to protect morris. if morris does anything wrong, no he didnât. if anything is morrisâ fault, no it isnât.
(it used to be the opposite way around, when they were kids on the farm. even in the refuge, at first. he lied about everything being morrisâ fault to save his own skin, because he was still a kid and didnât really understand. didnât yet know that morris was all he had in the world, didnât love him like he deserves. morris took countless beatings for him, countless lashings, and never breathed a word of the truth that it wasnât him. he doesnât hold it against oscar either, though oscar holds it against himself.)
oscar was the one to lie about their family name too, unable to stomach spouting his fatherâs to snyder stood over them, so he read âdelanceyâ off a street sign and that was their name then. heâs lied about his age to get into bars, lied about moâs to get into theatres, lied about their jobs and origins and first names and whatever the situation has ever called for. he sees nothing wrong with it. itâs a skill, and itâs necessary.
STUPID CUPID. â megumi fushiguro
oh cupid, so stupid to think that one day, you could receive the zealous amount of love you share; don't you know your purpose is to gift? so... why does this emotionally constipated boy keep hitting up your dms?
O. PROFILES: big time rush.
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â yn.
senior at jth (jujutsu tech high). runs the cupid account, only the bigtime rush gc knows shes the admin. lowkey mommy issues. has a terrible love life. has liked megumi since freshman year. literally does not hold back on showing her affections to megumi.
â maki.
senior. has a fat crush on nobara. acts like ynâs mother. she is cupids #1 supported (but only bc its yn). she is calm but internally she is a lovergirl at heart. men dni.
â inumaki.
senior. instigator. heâs especially close w panda as they have known each other for a while. annoying on purpose. but his bullying is always with affection.
â panda.
senior. childhood friends with inumaki. ynâs favourite bc he is calm. she often confides in him. he just wants to live a peaceful life with his friends.
â yuuta.
senior. ynâs pookie bear (platonic). kinda inactive in chat bc heâs usually being an academic weapon and whatnot. class prez. utterly in love with his childhood friend and cannot get over her. (yn has offered many times to find her and set him up but he says no, being too embarrassed.)
This is part two to my deity deep dive on Momus! This part is much more UPG heavy and kind of gets into the guts of worshiping him. So take what resonates, leave what doesnât, a lot of this is just from my own experience with him thus far.
What is He like? Well heâs exactly what youâd expect as a god of mockery and things like that. To me heâs not overtly rude but I know some people may see him that way. Heâs mostly just witty and things like that. Though he is grateful and can be very pleasant. But if you canât handle some teasing and things like that then tread carefully with Him. That is just His style.
What of an altar, can he share an altar with others? While witchtok does tend to blow the whole âomg those deities shouldnât share an altar and if you put them together then all these horrible things will happenâ thing out of water. I absolutely will not be placing him on an altar with my other deities. Especially seeing as Zeus is on that altar. So he is going to get his own once I get the space for him. For now he just has a cup and a small plate for stuff. I donât think anything bad would happen butâŠagain. Thereâs definitely some tension between Momus and the other gods. So just for peacekeeping sake heâll get his own area.
What about prayers, what would one pray to Him for? I, at the moment, donât have any prayers written for him or anything like that. I mostly just thank him and give him stuff for the hell of it. I really donât pray to him for anything or anything like that to me Heâs just fun I guess. Interesting. And I think heâs just as interested in me to be quite honest. Though thereâs other gods I worship that I donât really pray to for anything. Theyâre just lovely to worship and all that. Heâs one of those.
What about offerings? So this is where those tried and true offerings like wine and water have helped me out. Because again not much is known about Him so water and wine is a great starter. Though Iâve found that he is also fond of candy and in particular gummy candyâŠin the shape of bugs (like gummy worms and stuff). And I give offerings to him just as a means to building a relationship with him. I have no real reason to give him anything, but I like to do so anyways.
Devotional acts? Heâs quite fond of comedy so giving stand-up comedy a try or watching a comedy could suffice. Attend a play or give a go at trying theatre. (Also learning how to give genuinely constructive criticism can be one, as well as understanding the difference between satire and just being an asshole is a good one)
Any correspondences? Now this one is heavily UPG based, Iâll forewarn yâall on that right now. I heavily associate the devil tarot card with Him. And animals like foxes and raccoons and snakes. Colors are purple, maroon, gold, and black. And as far as rocks and such go, fools gold. Just trust me there. And of course, comedy/theatre masks. Jesterâs clothing. Iâve also found Him to be fond of phallic shaped objects.
Well, I think that wraps up our deity deep dive for Momus! Thereâs not much on him but I hope these posts helped if youâre at all interested in worshiping him or anything like that. If you have any questions feel free to send them my way!
sooo i have crossed 700 (currently on 727) followers and this baffles my mind! thank you so much to each of you who have read/interacted/followed me because of my work it means so much!
to celebrate i thought to host a little month long funfair to interact and make friends and ofcourse write more fanfics/oneshots/blurbs/drabbles/headcanons etc. (please read the rules as well!!
the attractions at the funfair:
đȘ house of song:
from the list of artists pick one song of theirs + a character and i will come up with a one shot/drabble inspired by the same!
taylor swift, the weeknd, the neighbourhood, lana del rey, ariana grande, selena gomez
example: secrets by the weeknd + tony stark
đ the masks we wear:
get to know me! send me questions you'd like to the answers to! p.s. you can use these links to pick questions! link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4
example: hey fudge do you think we're living in a simulation?
or
example: link 3 number 23
đ mini movie theatre:
send me a prompt/trope + character and i'll write up a small blurb/drabble/headcannon/one shot (depending on what you would like)
example: bodyguard falling in love with the client + bucky barnes
the classic FMK (f, marry, kiss) game, send in three characters and you will know my deepest thoughts with those three categories
example: Steve, Tony, Stephen Strange
Rules
i write for the following characters in pairings with female!readers and gender neutral!readers, plus size!readers are loved and cherished here:
Bucky Barnes, Loki, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Stephen Strange
2. for smut requests you need to be 18+. your media consumption is your responsibility i will not be held responsible for what you chose to read despite warnings.
3. if i am not comfortable with a certain request it will be deleted
4. Hard No for writing are: scat, piss play, non con, abusing of the reader by the character, graphic depictions of self harm, EDs.
here is my main masterlist incase you would like to get an idea of my writing style
i hope you enjoy the content i put out please reblog to spread the word!!
Posted @withregram âą @tobysautographs Tom Felton - In Person đ§ââïžđž It was awesome to meet Draco Malfoy himself, @t22felton and to watch him on-stage (alongside @mandipgill_ et al) in the impressive @222aghoststory at @criterion_theatre during a recent trip to London! Felton was super kind and generous with his time at the Stage Door, sharing laughs, taking selfies, and signing various items of Potter-related memorabilia. Thank you to Tom and also the staff at The Criterion for ensuring this ran so smoothly (via a traditionally British orderly queue). Having grown up on the Harry Potter books and films, 10-year-old me would be overwhelmed to hear that he'd soon meet the actors who played Harry and Draco (and watch them perform on-stage) - amazing! đ 2:22 is also a very enjoyable play, for anyone considering watching it. Now onto its third cast/venue, it's ghostly but not terrifying and very well written (laughs aplenty)! #TomFelton #Felton #DracoMalfoy #Draco #Malfoy #HarryPotter #Potter #222 #222AGhostStory #theatre #CriterionTheatre #StageDoor #autograph #signed #autographcollection #autographcollector đïž https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgbxn6-qJ4S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
CLONE HIGH BE MORE CHILL AU (USING ARCHETYPE SWAP BY ORT-SMORT) đđ„đ
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Jeremy Heere: JFK. he's always been the loser in high school, hanging out with his only friend Van Gogh for the majority of it. He's had enough of the torture by senior year. He's willing to do anything to get that cute theatre girl, Joan, to notice him. So little Johnny boy takes a SQUIP, the ultimate "become cool" pill.
Micheal: Van Gogh. JFK's best friend. He's spent the past four years trying to convince J that patience rocks... and they'll get any girl they want in college! Hopefully the SQUIP doesn't separate them, right? ...right?!
Christine: Joan. She loves play rehearsal. Sometimes she can be slow, but her subtle beauty makes up for it. Shes kind, thoughtful, and excited easily. Head over heels for someone special... you may know him...
Jake: Abe. The high school hot guy. He loves throwing parties to impress drunk girls like Cleo and Marie. He's got a pretty good heart deep down, but it sure does take a lot of digging. Constantly calling JFK and Gandhi some homophobic slur.
Brooke: Cleo. She's gonna offer you a ride. Literally the definition of "high school whore." She really likes the way JFK acts after his SQUIP transformation... has he always had that hot accent? Doesn't matter, she's gotta tell Marie. Or maybe keep J for herself.
Chloe:Marie Antoinette. Basically a second Cleo. They're besties and would never betray each other. At least, not face to face. Drama is bound to ensue.
Jenna: Catherine the Great. Loves gossip (that's why her hair is so big, it's full of secrets!) Her best friends may not like her that much but she doesn't care! Everyone needs to know!
Rich: Gandhi. He used to be like JFK, no friends, no girlfriend, nothing. Now he's rocking with a SQUIP. He's so cool! Right?
Squip: Ponce. JFK's childhood friend who died to litter a few years ago. The only one that J would ever take such crazy advice from. But he's never usually acting like this. (JFK has an arc where he has to realize this isn't the real ponce and he shouldn't listen to him)
I've been doing theatre with the same people since I was twelve, and I'm now 20, so 8 years. It started as an afterschool fun thing with a show for the parents, but last year we named ourselves and became a troupe (I'll call us the Ks here for ease of talking but anonymity).
We created a play as usual, but without having to take younger peeps into account (our two youngest were 15 at the time) and made NML (once again, ease of writing but anonymity name), a play we're super proud of. In September 2023, beginning of this season, we started working on a promotion book and we recorded the play to try and go play it around.