Things I Post When...

Credit to everyone ~ not much of this stuff is mine tbf😂

[fireofthestars]

When I go out people are telling me to be careful because of the variants, I have to stop and think for a minute, then I realize they mean the Covid variants, and not a random Loki running around loose in the wild.

[ethanhunt-deactivated20230911]

Take away my shadows, and I still have something that you don’t. Patience. Ben Barnes as The Darkling in Shadow and Bone (2021–)

[rejectedprincesses]

On a regular basis, readers will write in saying their family, friends, or colleagues are convinced women aren’t fit for combat

Which drives me fucking insane, because women have been doing this for literally all of recorded history. So here’s a (totally non-comprehensive) list of women in…

[britishhistorypodcast]

Love Rejected Princesses, love this list. 

[mandatorywhimsy]

Director: Do you have any questions or comments about that section. 

Actor: No, I just need … to be better. 

[leesh]

Dunkirk (2017)

[geejacovoodoo]

#jackwhitehall What a legend!!

[daphneblakess]

six of crows but kaz explains all of his schemes through increasingly stylized and elaborate musical numbers with the rest of the dregs as his backup dancers and always at least one split-second costume change

[angelina-figjam]

how i imagine the cadre’s faces every time aelin and elide had to relieve themselves on that boat and pretend not to hear

i can’t stop laughing 

[abigailrousseauduclos-blog]

best musical quotes with no context

- “the funk of moral fiber rotting”

- “for a clitoris is holy amongst all things, said he”

- “driving mad at twelve miles an hour”

- “i have maggots in my scrotum”

- “southern motherfucking democratic republicans”

- “she was the happiest corpse i’d ever seen”

- “he ran into my knife ten times!”

- “rising on a sea of marshmallow foam”

- “on the lake there was a boat, and in the boat there was a man”

- “it’s not like i’m a healthy person”

- “how do you get this gold shit off?”

- “imagine a world with no children, close your eyes and just dream”

- “four jews in a room bitching”

- “bobby maler he’s the best, looks so nasty in those khakis”

- “you’ll be obsessed with all my forest expertise”

- “i’m fucking the fucking president, oh yeah”

- “i got carried away, and not just by balloon”

- “if i stop smoking crack”

- “don’t use a toaster while standin’ in the shower”

- “she got them heebies and jeebies from moonshine and cheap wine and reefer and candy cane”

- “you’ll have kids and they’ll hate you too”

- “a potpourri of contradiction”

- “this is called an aneurysm hook!”

- “please reward our pluck and save this duck”

[shiningnorthernlights]

Voice Types according to TV Tropes:

Contraltos are the lowest female singers commonly heard. Unlike their male counterparts (the basses), however, roles for altos are a bit more common, especially in rock musicals. In more traditional pieces, altos are frequently middle-aged leading women, though some of those are mezzos as well. The only role demographic altos have a firm hold over is for women over sixty - which in most shows means grandmothers. In the rare case that there is a female villain in a show, she will probably be an alto.

[soprano] [mezzo-soprano] [tenor] [baritone] [bass]

[geejacovoodoo]

Some of the best parts are for altos 💕

[apagewithaview]

YA Fairy Tale Retellings

I’ve had several people ask for some YA retelling book recommendations, so here are a few of each! I marked my favorites with an asterisk:

Cinderella

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine*

Cinder by Marissa Meyer*

Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge

Cinderella and the Colonel by K.M. Shea

Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George

Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell

Bewitching by Alex Flinn

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas (the sequels get way better)*

Snow White

Winter by Marissa Meyer*

The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Mirrored by Alex Flinn

Beauty by Nancy Ohlin

Nameless by Lili St. Crow

Devoured by Amanda Marrone

Beauty & the Beast

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge*

Beastly by Alex Flinn

Beast by Brie Spangler

Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea

Beauty by Robin McKinley

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas*

Of Beast & Beauty by Stacey Jay

Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier

Sleeping Beauty

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay (about Aurora’s daughter)*

A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan

Gathering Frost by Kaitlyn Davis

A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas

Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey

Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley

Rapunzel

Cress by Marissa Meyer*

Reign of Shadow by Sophie Jordan

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

Towering by Alex Flinn

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

Entwined by Heather Dixon

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn

The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun

Peter Pan

Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Never Never by Brianna Shrum

Everland by Wendy Spinale

Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse

Never Ever by Sara Saedi

The Child Thief by Brom

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson

Aladdin/1,001 Nights

The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury*

The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh*

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

Red Riding Hood

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer*

Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

Hansel & Gretel: Sweetly by Jackson Pearce

The Little Mermaid: Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon

The Frog Prince: 

Cloaked by Alex Flinn

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Water Song by Suzanne Weyn

Rumpelstiltskin: A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

The Snow Queen

Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce

Winter’s Child by Cameron Dokey

Stork by Wendy Delsol

Crown of Ice by Vicki L. Weavil

Heart of Ice by K.M. Shea

[apagewithaview]

YA Retellings: Classics

I made a list of fairy tale retellings, but needed a separate one for classics too:

Alice In Wonderland

Splintered by A.G. Howard (and the sequels)

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (and the sequels)

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

Heartless by Marissa Meyer 

Insanity by Cameron Jace

Sherlock

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Every Breath by Ellie Marney

Jackaby by William Ritter

The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason

Lock & Mori by Heather W. Petty

Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock

The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas by Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin

Secret Letters by Leah Scheier

The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Robin Hood

Scarlet by A.C. Vaughn (and the sequels)

A Daring Sacrifice by Jody Hedlund

Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig

The Nutcracker: Winterspell by Claire Legrand

A Tale of Two Cities: Tell the Wind and Fire

Jane Eyre: Jane by April Lindner

Romeo & Juliet

Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay

Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer

Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub

Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors

Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine

When you Were Mine by Rebecca Serle

Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

Rooks and Romanticide by J. I. Radke

Hamlet

Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray

Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Macbeth

Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney

Exposure by Kim Askew

Lady Macbeth’s Daughter

Twelfth Night

The Fool’s Girl by Celia Rees

Illyria by Elizabeth Hand

The Tempest

Prospero Lost by L. Jagi Lamplighter

Ariel by Grace Tiffany

Much Ado About Nothing: Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman

Wuthering Heights: Catherine by April Lindner

The Scottish ballad of Tam Lin: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Lois Lane (Superman is a classic ok): Fallout by Gwenda Bond

Tarzan: Wild by Alex Mallory

The Fall of the House of Usher: The Fall by Bethany Griffin

Moby Dick: Railsea by China Mieville

Persuasion: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

Pride & Prejudice

Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg

Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh

First & Then by Emma Mills

The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su & Kate Rorick

[stars-at-dawn-deactivated202308]

My new aesthetic is that 4 minute video of people who have played Enjolras on stage singing “Grantaire puT that bottle DOWN” in the exact same way

[annieliz212-blog]

My favorite thing is theater critics attempting to describe Lucas Steele as Anatole

“Enter the peacocking rogue Anatole (Lucas Steele, a platinum-blond knife-blade who looks like he could have kept One Direction together singlehandedly).”

-Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

“Anatole (Lucas Steele, so wickedly sexy he should be arrested) is a preening peacock with a platinum-blond faux-hawk, given a flashy rock-star entrance”

-David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

“Steele is charismatic as the cocky hedonist, haughtily tearing through scenes like a Disney prince off his meds.”

-Robert Kahn, NBC 4

"Anatole — portrayed by Lucas Steele with irrepressible rock-star vanity and the hair of a platinum woodpecker.”

-Linda Winer, Newsday

"Lucas Steele, for instance, is ideal as the Anatole conceived here: a rock star in skintight pants and a cantilevered pompadour.”

-Jesse Green, Vulture

"Lucas Steele performs the devilishly handsome Anatole with a cocky swagger that is just as effective on this recording as it is in person at the Imperial Theatre. Steele’s sex-infused instrument uses sublime delicacy to woo Natasha and listeners alike, allowing audiences to understand how he could sweep the young girl away.”

-David Clarke, Broadway World

"Steele’s Anatole Kuragin, the androgynous Casanova with a platinum pompadour who sweeps onto the stage with a David Bowie swagger and an introductory line in the opening song that tells the audience almost everything we need to know about him: “Anatole is hot. He spends his money on women and wine.”

-Dana Schwartz, The Observer

"Steele comes across as a Disney prince who plunged into New York City in an Enchanted­-like scenario”

-Dana Schwartz, The Observer

"Lucas Steele plays Anatole as a Disney villain—sky-high pompadour, skin-tight pants, slinkily thrust hips, and a singing voice that soars and swoops”

-Jil Picariello, ZEALnyc

"Anatole’s played by Lucas Steele, who reminds me a bit of a young Val Kilmer (Think Top Secret, not Top Gun)”

-Laura LaVelle, Newswhistle

Basically it’s the best.

[beautifulbookland]

Those moments when you read something that’s so fucking badass you need to stop reading and just take a moment to compose yourself because you’re shaken to the core

[geejacovoodoo]

Love that feeling!!!

[fincherspet]

[geejacovoodoo]

One of my favorite quotes!!

[annieliz212-blog]

My favorite thing is theater critics attempting to describe Lucas Steele as Anatole

“Enter the peacocking rogue Anatole (Lucas Steele, a platinum-blond knife-blade who looks like he could have kept One Direction together singlehandedly).”

-Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

“Anatole (Lucas Steele, so wickedly sexy he should be arrested) is a preening peacock with a platinum-blond faux-hawk, given a flashy rock-star entrance”

-David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

“Steele is charismatic as the cocky hedonist, haughtily tearing through scenes like a Disney prince off his meds.”

-Robert Kahn, NBC 4

"Anatole — portrayed by Lucas Steele with irrepressible rock-star vanity and the hair of a platinum woodpecker.”

-Linda Winer, Newsday

"Lucas Steele, for instance, is ideal as the Anatole conceived here: a rock star in skintight pants and a cantilevered pompadour.”

-Jesse Green, Vulture

"Lucas Steele performs the devilishly handsome Anatole with a cocky swagger that is just as effective on this recording as it is in person at the Imperial Theatre. Steele’s sex-infused instrument uses sublime delicacy to woo Natasha and listeners alike, allowing audiences to understand how he could sweep the young girl away.”

-David Clarke, Broadway World

"Steele’s Anatole Kuragin, the androgynous Casanova with a platinum pompadour who sweeps onto the stage with a David Bowie swagger and an introductory line in the opening song that tells the audience almost everything we need to know about him: “Anatole is hot. He spends his money on women and wine.”

-Dana Schwartz, The Observer

"Steele comes across as a Disney prince who plunged into New York City in an Enchanted­-like scenario”

-Dana Schwartz, The Observer

"Lucas Steele plays Anatole as a Disney villain—sky-high pompadour, skin-tight pants, slinkily thrust hips, and a singing voice that soars and swoops”

-Jil Picariello, ZEALnyc

"Anatole’s played by Lucas Steele, who reminds me a bit of a young Val Kilmer (Think Top Secret, not Top Gun)”

-Laura LaVelle, Newswhistle

Basically it’s the best.

[catch-that-canary]

British comedian Jack Whitehall gives his opinion on The Lion King and it’s the opinion of every Disney fan.