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May 2026 bus art dump!

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April 2026 bus art dump!

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And for the obligatory April Fools' Day posting...

THIS IS NOT A TRICK, GUYS. Honest.

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March 2026 bus template dump!

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hey so hot take

I'll be talking about this in terms of the Jack Wolfe fandom but this applies all around musical theatre.

there's no such thing as a best Orpheus. or a best Gabe Goodman, or a best version of any character. I'm gonna use Gabe as my main example here.

Aaron Tveit was the OBC Gabe, and Jack Wolfe was the West End Gabe. I cannot express how different the character choices were. disclaimer: I haven't seen the obc in full but from what I know about it, Aaron played Gabe like an asshole. And in the west end, Jack played Gabe like an innocent little boy.

When the character choices are completely different, you cannot fully compare them. You can absolutely have a preference! In a situation where two people make similar character choices, I'd say it's a bit more valid - because then you're comparing the quality of two similar things. You can't exactly compare the quality of two completely different things.

think of it like this:

there's a vacuum and a broom. you can like one more, and one can be more effective for you, but there's no justification that one is objectively better.

then there's one brand of vacuum and another brand of vacuum. they're similar, but one is way better quality compared to the other.

so all in all, this Reeve Carney Orpheus slander will not stand. Nor will slander against any other Orpheuses. They all make different character choices and each one is beautiful in its own way.

again this applies all over musical theatre.

thank you for your time.

compulsivewriter

Also applies on: which one's the better representation of grief and mental illness in musical theatre?

God, I hate how there's so little representation of mental illness in theatre until these two came along - and fandom's reaction is to pit them against each other?!

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February 2026 bus art dump!

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First bus art dump for 2026!

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December 2025 bus art dump (Part 2)

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December 2025 bus art dump (Part 1)

Capping off this year with another burst of energy - and more bus templates than ever!

Here's to more this coming 2026!

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November 2025 bus art dump!

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October 2025 bus art dump, part 2!

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October 2025 bus art dump, part 1!

Somehow got carried away by creative euphoria, so I made more templates than I used to.

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September 2025 bus art dump!

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Friday afternoon deadline thoughts

If you want to understand how appeasing dictators and tyrants will only embolden them, better watch Little Shop of Horrors (the film or the musical, I don't care, but the message is there).

The more Seymour fed Audrey, the more it became menacing until, at the end, it almost swallowed up the entire theatre.

That's exactly what we're seeing now. The only way to fight totalitarianism and tyranny is exactly that.

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not-mary-sue

And now, another edition of things I only just noticed about to Next to Normal West End's blocking: Gabe is on stage during Anyway. It's a goodbye to him and Dan.

compulsivewriter

Mystery solved. I've wondered about this for some time.

I remember seeing a post here on Tumblr about how, in the Broadway run of Next to Normal, Gabe enters the set just as Diana sings the final "I loved you once and though I loved you still..."

That blocking seemed to imply that Diana isn't just breaking up with Dan; she's also breaking up with Gabe, trying to see if she could live without being haunted by him.

So glad that part also made it to West End.