˳ IN BETWEEN HER THIGHS ﹏ an account dedicated to Bradley O'Keefe 𓏴𓏴 and HERO from TEETH the musical
i feel like there's plenty wrong with me , virgin or not.
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ❛ I feel him underneath my skin,
⠀ ⠀ he's there behind my eyes — ❜
i ﹒﹒ irregular && inconsistent posting ࿐ i don't really comply to canon dat much when it comes to hcs ﹏ (unless i'm actually trying to analyze the musical)
ii ﹒﹒ please don't sexualize Brad here !! i know how stupid this may sound knowing what TEETH is but it's just a personal boundary
iii ﹒﹒ asks and dms are always open, just don't be a dick (get it?)
i also made the TEETH archive google doc so if u ever want it just dm me!!
@ ﹒ WHO IS HERO ? ╲ old intro
︶ ︶⠀ ⠀ 𓏼⠀ also check out: ⠀ ⠀
@occasional-dawn . ◌ ﹏ dawn account ! my dawn co-star in the upcoming teeth the musical movie! (/j)
@teethpilled ⑅ ﹏ feebee. THE teeth blog in the world!
i feel like sometimes in this fandom, dawn gets brushed aside in favor of talking about brad. this isn't to discredit brad at all, i think he's an incredibly interesting character, but i did just want to point it out, because it has been on my mind lately
i feel like sometimes in this fandom, dawn gets brushed aside in favor of talking about brad. this isn't to discredit brad at all, i think he's an incredibly interesting character, but i did just want to point it out, because it has been on my mind lately
Cult? Do you even understand the definition of one? I'd assume not. That's the result of being brainwashed by the femenocracy- false ideas eat your head until they eat you next. You're in danger and you don't even know it, as a part of Godfather's designed mankind I feel terribly sorry for you because you're in too far deep to be salvaged. But I can't say that, the Godfather would cleanse your mind. Those rabid female dogs (bitches) will make sure your manhood is bitten off and make you into something even lesser than shit in soil. The ideology that female empowerment #ihatemybf labubu matcha dubai chocolate creates is to make sure you fall in their trap of false beliefs, and I cannot express in words how fucking sad it is to see my own kind fall apart because they decided to be simps and let women step on them. It's sad unless... You're apart of the femenocracy itself? You're hiding under the anonymous feature. Maybe you ARE a female trying to force my head to question the beliefs of my brothers and I. Did you find out that our balls were too powerful if we united them together so you're trying to get us from the inside? I won't let your disgusting cooter near my relationship with the Truthseekers. The Godfather saved me, and he will make sure that your kind is tamed and defeated-maybe even slaughtered if necessary. The pain you all caused us will be the root of your downfall. But what if I am truly in a cult? What if my eyes are only blinding me instead of opening my heart to the real truth? No, my truth lies only to devote myself to the Godfather into making sure his ideal world exists where the fate of man isn't teetered over to hang underneath your heels. If YOUR definition of a cult is really me finally finding people who understand my pain and finding purpose rather than being in Dawn's shadow then YOU'RE the one that's deranged, stop stooping so low- I WILL make sure I defeat your DnA generation before your kind murders me and my beliefs. The Truthseekers are a cult? Bruh moment. SDIYBT + SYBAU + STFU. 67 mango phonk grow a garden will defeat your labubu ass.
Once the day of Hero comes, as Hero I will make sure the developers of minecraft will pay for the pain they caused me. I spent an hour mining quartz for XP just to get one enchantment in almost all of my tools more than one time. I will make sure Microsoft and Notch get emasculated due to causing me pain like the females.
"Truthseeker" and Truthseeker Premium members, if you want to devote yourself into an even MANLIER power than your Godfather, you must upgrade to Patriarchs Basic. 800$, this is already at a 29% discount. #StopTheFallOfMankind
CHARACTERS: Dentata, HERO, mentions of other characters.
TOPIC: The deities and their experience with language.
I like to think that Dentata and HERO aren't 'English' deities. I don't care if you think they're African, South Asian or any other region. The point is they didn't start off with English.
HERO learns English as quickly as possible to fit with the humans better and trick them. Dentata... not so much. She doesn't know much about pronunciation. She doesn't care.
HERO pronounces the truthseekers' names perfectly. Dentata pronounces the Promise Keeper Girls' names strangely. 'Rachel' gets pronounced as 'Rah-chel' or Becky gets pronounced as 'Bee-key'.
I will be reiterating all my previous points from the last post but also try to go into more depth—as it's much easier because he's confirmed to be an actual character now!
Be wary I might lose the line of interpretation and canon, though I'll try my best to compile what's hinted. As always, feel free to share your own interpretations!
୨୧ Who is HERO ?
Sex is one of the most defining factors in TEETH, whether it'd be sex in the context of intercourse or biologically—it'll still hold significance in the musical's themes and message.
The plot alone displays that Dentata, a Goddess that existed before Genesis represents females or the feminocrats as an entirety. She naturally needs a patriarchal counterpart, which they decided on the "hero"—a character always consistent throughout the different variations of the Vagina Dentata myth.
A hero is described to be a masculine figure whose goal is to deteeth those who possess it as a way to make the woman pure again. Within the musical, his concept (and an introduction to his character) was shown in According to the Wiki. He is described as a he who can break the teeth with his cock, a man of purity with courage and nobility. At the final version of the song, he also describes himself as a patriarchal leader.
In short, HERO is Brad's masculinity that possesses him somewhere along the story. He acts as the actual main villain (or antagonist being the better term), being the embodiment of the patriarchy and all that. My favorite way to word this is using the analogy: Dentata is Dawn's vagina and HERO is Brad's cock.
୨୧ Implications / Introduction in the musical
The fandom (discord server) already foresaw HERO before the book release and the book conference that confirmed his character, the original HERO breakdown post was months before both of these! So how was his identity concluded? By looking through the lines of the two different productions, it's clear that he exists one way or another. Also because in the Genius pages of Dentata it was said that Brad's name was changed to HERO in the script despite the script not being released so theories happened…
His presence and implication throughout the story differs from each production, TEETH is known to still be in development until its closing night on New World Stages—opening to lots of versions on how he can be presented.
Playwrights Horizon:
There's not exactly a Playwrights Horizon version of the script, so I'm not sure if the HERO name change occured but one thing I'm certain is that he was hinted to exist. The first instance was before A Real Man where Brad was opening up to the Truthseekers about his sexuality issues, then eventually being peer pressured into touching himself.
This is only in one recording I know of (the most well known/shared around version of Playwrights), but it goes as:
Where is HE underneath your skin?
HE's there behind your eyes
Release HIM from captivity
And let your WARRIOR rise
Fear not the thorns of womanhood
Cuz' you've got a big surprise
And it's hanging right there in between your thighs
Compared to how it usually goes, which is:
Who is she underneath her skin?
What lurks behind her eyes?
Where are her fangs and tentacles?
When will her dark moon rise?
She hides behind virginity,
It's just a cheap disguise
Cuz' the truth is hidden in between her thighs
They don't ask who or what HERO is, because they know what he is. The question they ask is about where exactly is Brad's masculinity, which they answer at the end. Further justifying the analogy provided earlier! Between Her Thighs is a song about Dentata, so in a way this reprise is a direct parallel to HERO.
In this version, Brad got possessed a bit later—providing a smaller timeframe on showing HERO's character. The reprise of Between Her Thighs in the song Dentata is Brad's response to the Truthseekers, an active representation of him being possessed by HERO. Before this was the last time he got referred to as his identity, Brad—Bill O'Keefe's son.
I feel him underneath my skin
He's there behind my eyes
He fears no thorns of womanhood
He's got a big surprise!
New World Stages:
This production is when HERO was confirmed and turned to his own character instead of a hinted being. This was to make him into a counterpart of Dentata, who was also turned into a completely different character to Dawn. They removed the reprise of Between Her Thighs, I think it's because of the fact that HERO isn't speculated anymore but rather fully fleshed out and confirmed.
The released script (PDF version available in the TEETH archive for those who wanna see) actively changes Brad's name or character into HERO, referring to it as Brad transforming into HERO in According To The Wiki. They added this one line that directly shows it.
I will defeat Dentata and her army
With iron fists, brass balls and a cock of STEELUH
Because I AM HEROO!
This is direct confirmation that Brad was possessed during the events of ATTW, much earlier compared to the original production. There's a significant difference between the phrasing of "I am the hero", "I am a hero" and "I am HERO". It's used as a proper noun, a name instead of the typical term hero.
A few other changes were done in favor of turning HERO into an actual character, this includes the line change immediately after. Though I'll focus more on the lines that show his existence, particularly the ones during the song Dentata.
Your son is dead, I killed him. There is only HERO now.
Further highlighting that this isn't Bradley anymore, just his body being used as some sort of vessel.
୨୧ Characterization
HERO is everything you'd expect from the embodiment of man. It's hard to characterize a character that you only know exists if you look through the script. But the few lyrics and endings show who he is.
As a patriarchal leader, he's arrogant. After his possession (or unsheathing within?) Brad his modified ATTW lyrics follow:
Album/Playwrights (Brad Version): Yes she could dismember me, but the win is worth the risk so we have to try.
NWS (HERO Version): With this dick I'll conquer her, we will end the feminocracy our victory is nigh!
Showing off a significant difference between their characters. HERO particularly being overconfident, I personally see this because it's always been like that since the beginning of time. The man always comes out on top (unfortunately for HERO, not this time).
HERO is self-centered and preserving, only caring about his well-being and seeing others (including his subordinates) as lower entities. This is provided with the way he treats the Patriarchs after his snippet in Dentata—similar to a way you'd treat dogs. Telling them to come to him and to sniff the air to bring Dentata to him—and the Patriarchs still do it without question.
Adding onto this, he never cared about the Patriarchs or "the fall of man", as revealed in one of the endings. His main goal was to simply be the last man standing, to prove himself of being a god. I see this as some sort of thing where males lack the connection females have with each other? In a sense?
"Seek the truth and be free" is said to be some sort of message to submit to HERO, I'm not entirely sure how to word this but it goes as...
DENTATA: Seek the truth and be free, to do what Truthseeker? Obey you. Don't try to act like some kind of saint with me.
୨୧ How to differentiate HERO and Bradley?
Contrary to Dawn and Dentata, whose possession happens strictly in the song Dentata, HERO and Brad have a complicated unsheathing/possession timeline. The most common difference is Brad and HERO is their outfits.
Brad's usual outfit and the "TRUTHSEEKER" uniform
In NWS, HERO is there in the middle of ATTW. HERO always wears the Truthseeker uniform.
The general consensus (I think) is that in NWS, anything after the "I AM HERO" part in ATTW while in Playwrights it's anything after Brad's part in Dentata.
TL;DR - HERO is Brad's masculinity that was made as a counterpart for Brad's Dentata. He's a representation of all mankind, resulting to a character full of arrogance and self-centeredness.
Ly Notes: LONG OVERDUE post, I made this like 2 weeks ago and it's been almost 2 months since his character was technically confirmed... Yes the last one was all speculation HAHAHA but this one should be more accurate! And if not it's because I crammed this at midnight. (˶˃𐃷˂˶)
