When I think, I must speak

God, Shakespeare, Sondheim, Theatre, Music,Books,History,  and other stuff that makes me feel alive. Teach me to be more adaptive!

[stellakowalskis]

there are two good answers (cordelia and anthony) and most of you will not get them

never posted this here but enjoy gays

[ificannotfly]

Yes, thank God I got Cordelia! I love weird personality quizzes!

[moopet]

I’ve just realized that Macbeth and Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder are very similar stories told in very different ways, and it honestly just really makes me really want a Macbeth in which Jefferson Mays plays Duncan, Banquo, Fleance, and all the other characters that are killed. 

[ificannotfly]

This would be genius, someone please organize it. Also, I bought the version of a Christmas Carol with Jefferson Mays playing all of the parts, and it was so amazing that I bought it again and watched it on January 3, which might technically be too late to watch Christmas things, but seriously it was one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my life, oh wow.

[fruitffish-deactivated20250218]

Excerpts for a 1920's newspaper during the Spanish Flu

[ificannotfly]

Yay! More freakishly accurate newspaper coverage from the past!

[lhazaar]

why do i have to format emails like i’m writing a letter to my fucking husband on the frontlines of the long war. my dearest gregory. it has been too long since i’ve held in my embrace. o, that these travails shall lead us to one another again. my sincerest, fondest thoughts go with you in this, your hour of need. i have attached the requested documents in .pdf format. thanks!

[tiredbiostudent]

online university is just *hasn’t been outside in three days* *absolute lack of spatial and temporal awareness* *tiktok break* *opens an email and forgets to respond* *pyjamas all day every day* *paces around room* *hopes your prof just thinks you’re in a different timezone when you submit an assignment at 4am* *unlimited tea* *bathroom breaks every hour* *no clear divide between free time and school* *looks out window longingly*

[ificannotfly]

I didn’t even go to University online and there were times when it was like this

[therealtheninja]

[ificannotfly]



[yesterdaysprint]

St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Missouri, October 31, 1918

[ificannotfly]

A few days late, but here’s some more freakishly applicable newspaper coverage from 1918!

[ificannotfly]

Even though I have loved Rocky Horror for several years now, this song was only just brought to my attention last night. It’s not in the movie, but I was watching a bootleg live performance of it. Of course the whole show is hilarious and ridiculous and insane, so when this song started I was pretty sure it was going to end in 30 seconds or turn into a dirty joke or something and was pleasantly surprised to hear just this… Legit, beautiful, sad break up song. It also helps that the guy on this recording, Jarrod Emick, has an absolutely beautiful voice.

[marzipanandminutiae]

so I’ve just been made aware of this image from 1926

it’s a bunch of women in clothing from different earlier eras reacting to an extremely modish flapper. like, more extreme even than most fashionable women of the period were willing to go

Miss 1917 on the far right seems to be showing distinct interest. bordering on horniness. Miss 1917 needs a cold shower, is what I’m saying

from left to right, it looks like:

- late Victorian? maybe 1910s? (skirt’s too short to go with the hat if it is meant to be Victorian- could be sporting-wear, a later skirt standing in, or something that originally belonged to a smaller woman)

- earlier in the ‘20s? some weird attempt at 18th century, based on the makeup? I’ve got nothing for this one. honestly the dress looks almost 1930s to me, except the sleeves are a bit late 1890s-ish?

- 1910-ish

- 1905-ish

- around 1917

I love this so much. I love that they seem to have dug up “vintage” clothes- including the necessary undergarments, for the outfits that require specific corsets. I love the varied expressions, ranging from horror to scorn to curiosity

(personally, I’m right there with the unimpressed Gibson Girl type. “ugh, girl, seriously? you look like you’re wearing a pillowcase. no thanks.”)

humans have been thinking about how their ancestors would react to the present forever. we really never change

[ificannotfly]

I love this!

[yesterdaysprint]

Monterey Daily Cypress, California, October 31, 1918

[ificannotfly]

Oh wow, this is still completely applicable!

[glumshoe]

This breathy female duet cover of ‘Sixteen Tons’ by My Terrible Friend is just the thing to send delicious tingles down the back of your neck.

[ificannotfly]

YES I am here for this! It’s like if Billie Eilish sang this song, but better! 

[astriiformes]

the idea of two aromantic platonic partners having a “convenience marriage” is like my favorite thing right now I’m both getting really excited and cracking up over the possibilities I mean just imagine:

“we got married because of tax benefits”

“we got married because it gave us an excuse to have sleepovers every night”

“we got married because it seemed convenient to ‘pool our assets’ (aka our library is now twice as big, as is our collection of Disney movies)”

“we got married because it gave us an excuse to ask for toasters from people as wedding gifts”

[astriiformes]

#we got married because weddings are really exciting and we can plan it how we want it and it doesn’t need to include kissing bc that can be weird#but it gives us an excuse to have a dessert table#because dESSERT TABLE#I just want dessert table festivities#festivities around a dessert table#ahh#desssseeeeerrrrrt#CHEESECAKES THOOOOOOOO#YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 

this is the most important addition anyone has made to this post bless you and may the Force be with you my friend

[eighthdoctor]

#aromantic couple that learns about the practice of getting married again to ‘reaffirm your commitment’#and proceeds to get married every year#and every year the dessert table is bigger and more extravagent#and they start experimenting with variations on the ceremony (x)

[sherokutakari]

#we got married because we only needed to buy one copy of each book #we got married because then no one goes to the movies alone #we got married because then we got to design WEDDING CLOTHES #we got married because pillow fights #we got married because this makes emergency contact info much easier #we got married because weirding out conservatives (x)

[eighthdoctor]

 We got married because broadway duets while doing chores, we got married because HALF AS MANY CHORES, we got married because surprise cookies on bad days, we got married because surprise cookies on GOOD days, we got married so we’d never have to ask the other if we could come over today again, we got married so our parents would stop asking (x)

[sherokutakari]

#we got married because someone will get meds when we’re sick #we got married because secondary income #we got married because joint big finish account #we got married because two people can walk more dogs than one person which means more dogs #we got married because broadway duets while doing anything #we got married because only one of us likes cooking and the other is fine with dishes #we got married because both of us like cooking and we can trade off #we got married because help with disabilities and someone who doesn’t judge #we got married because of the satisfaction of hearing ‘have you found someone yet’ and getting to say ‘yes’ and hang up #we got married because anniversary parties are even more fun than weddings #MORE DESSERT TABLES #we got married because couples discounts on things

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[ohaugustine-blog]

#we got married because two people can walk more dogs than one person which means more dogs PERFECT

[vaspider]

I want y'all to pause for a moment and consider this: all of the things that people have cited above? Those are the things, in my experience, that make marriage ACTUALLY work in the long run. Splitting the work, taking care of each other, walking the dogs, sharing tasks because I am okay with folding laundry while my spouse hates it but he’ll carry the heavy baskets for me, because singing duets in the car is fun, because sometimes I worked all day and he’s on leave right now so he made dinner and made my favorite pasta dish with fresh tomatoes… those are the REAL reasons a marriage works. So think about this for a moment because romance is, frankly, very secondary to what makes a marriage work in the long term. Partnership, task-sharing, friendship, all of those things are the true thing that will tell you whether a marriage will stand the test of time. So it’s not that I’m saying that aromantic relationships are like taking a “normal” relationship and taking out the romance, I’m saying that IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WOULD NOT STAND UP WITHOUT THE ROMANCE IN IT, DON’T GET MARRIED. We should in fact consider the aromantic “platonic lifemate” as the ideal BASIS for a marriage in the long term. We should be looking at platonic lifemates and saying, “do we measure up to that standard? Is our love for each other aromantic TOO? Are we at that bedrock?” Because you will go through periods in your life, and your marriage, where even if you love one another romantically and deeply, there won’t be much romance. Maybe, you know, your spouse just got part of her spine removed, or you are really stressed out by work, or a move, or your dog/cat/kid/mouse/pet tarantula is sick, or your neighbor is crazy and intruding on your space, and you will NEED EACH OTHER but there won’t be much romance in it. If you can’t be platonic partners, if you don’t stand up to that ideal, seriously consider this. Consider BUILDING this as part of building your relationship – and use it as a good test for whether or not sex/romance is covering up serious communication issues, or abuse. I submit that we should refer to this as the New Platonic Ideal. Thank you.

[ificannotfly]

I Love this so much. So many valid reasons to get married, and the romance is only one of them!

[conan-doyles-carnations]

Love being brutally called out by the British Library

[endearingsalt]

Oh my gosh I went here a few days ago do you guys want to see the whole sign

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I’m covered with “Librarians from Everywhere” but as a former museums professional “Tourists who think we’re the British Museum” really speaks to me on a personal level.

[fandomsandfeminism]

I’m “all ten people who think they’ve got the most niche interest in the whole building”

[ificannotfly]

“All 10 people who think they’ve got the most niche interest in the whole building”

[trash-eating-demon]

The fourth prompt of Gothlitober on Instagram — Letters

I immediately thought about Mina, letters from Jonathan and her hard feelings of missing him, feeling lonely without him, relief, that he wrote that everything is good, and worries, that these letters are kind of strange and something could’ve happened.

[ificannotfly]

I love Mina!

[godlessondheimite]

Good morning to amateur explorers who built a house at the crest of the Brodview Avenue hill in New Rochelle, New York, whose considerable income was derived from the manufacture and sale of fireworks and other accoutrements of patriotism; to matriarchs who take pleasure in making the house comfortable for the men of her family and often tell themselves how fortunate they are to be protected and provided for by their husbands; to younger brothers who work at firework factories and are genius at explosives; to professors of Greek and Latin who are now retired and thoroughly irritated by everything; to ladies with parasols; to fellows with tennis balls; to men and women of color who forget their troubles and dance and revel to the music of Coalhouse Walker Jr.; to young women who think Coalhouse plays just for them; to men from Latvia who dream of a new life for their little girls; to immigrants who make an art of mistake and headline in the top vaudeville circuits;  to the most beautiful women in America who became the biggest attraction in vaudeville since Tom Thumb; to eminent architects and designers of Pennsylvania Station on 33 Street; to eccentric millionaires; to Emma Goldman, and to absolutely no one else.

[ificannotfly]

This is the first one of these things that I’ve actually been able to understand what it was a reference to. 

[angel-of-stagelights]

Acting Conservatory 101

I recently landed a residence at a fantastic conservatory for the performing arts. I’m here to tell you exactly what the fuck is up with that. I might do conservatory VS college later, but here’s the quick & dirty version thus far:

You will be exhausted. All the time. Every day. The workload and general expectations will wring you out and leave you to dry.

Because of this, you need to make a 100% honest attempt at self care. No more romanticizing treating your body like shit. If you don’t do your honest best to eat well and sleep enough and stay hydrated, you will crash and burn.

Everyone is your friend until proven otherwise. Assume the best of people. It isn’t high school and odds are, everyone who’s there with you worked damn hard to be there. Unless you have a legitimate reason to dislike someone, be amiable.

Get the biggest, toughest water bottle ever. You’ll need it.

Don’t let it go to your head. Getting into a conservatory is 2% of the battle. The other 98% is the work you do while you’re there.

Be friends with your teachers and RAs (or whatever equivalent to RAs you may have.) Having them on your side from the beginning is loads better than trying to be “cool” and will help you in the long run.

Professionalism is important. You’re an actor now. Not a theatre kid. Not a musical nerd. Not a Broadway fan. An actor. Thinking of yourself that way will help you be professional when necessary.

Be proud of yourself. Not arrogant, necessarily, but do be proud. You’re doing a very brave thing. Don’t downplay your achievements.

For anyone who isn’t sure what to expect from conservatory, here you go! I’m sure I’ll have a part two sometime soon.

[ificannotfly]

I’m not an actor and I’ve never been to a conservatory but I think a lot of this is just generally good advice for being in college anyway… If I had known it when I was there I would have saved myself a lot of trouble.

[rel-ish]

[raphaellalacognizi]

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May you rest tonight, dear. May your sleep come quickly and heavily. May your mind craft you a beautiful story of peace. May your dreams be filled with the softest forgotten faces. May you wake up tomorrow a little lighter than before, but may you not think of tomorrow just yet. May you rest tonight, my dear, fully and softly.

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[ificannotfly]

This is absolutely lovely, who wrote it?

Edit: all credit to @sunkyficklepalsa! Wow, I thought this was some book from the 1800s!