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Every time I have seen Hadestown - on stage or in the movie theater - people gasp when Orpheus turns around. I just love how it's so old and yet everyone is still always hoping that this time

#hadestown #happened in my viewing too #person behind us did an audible gasp when he turned around #you know how it ends #but you hope its different this time

dubiousculturalartifact

"the Hadestown proshot exceeds box office expectations" truly, who could have predicted fans going repeated times, to see the musical whose entire concept is about the musical repeating

#hadestown #its an old song #but were gonna sing it again

amajorsystem

stormiindigo

It’s Hadestown pro shot day

#hadestown #greek mythology #orpheus and eurydice

phantomfandoms491

Cannot possibly explain how feral I feel about the Hadestown proshot having so many shots that include the audience. Because they’re as much of a part of the story as Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone are. Because they are there watching however they’re powerless to do anything except watch because that’s just the way the story goes but they sing it anyways and and and

#hadestown #hadestown proshot #musical theater #orpheus and eurydice

creepycrag

i think we need copyright reform. currently most works are protected by copyright for the life of the author plus 70 years. here are my two proposals.

18 years. this is enough time for the work to grow to adulthood and begin to care for itself

life of the author + zero years. i like this one because it encourages you to kill people

#copyright law #i approve

textsfromstarfleet

tyrannosaurus-rex

star trek explores these strange seemingly inconsequential extremes because it wants you to consider the possibility that your concept of ethics doesnt and could never possibly account for every scenario. It wants you to consider the ethical ramifications of just wiping out the little nanites taking over your ships computer even though eventually this will kill you all becuase

-What if they’re alive?

-What if they’re sentient?

-What if they don’t realize they’re hurting us?

-What if what hurts us is what they need to live?

-What if we can communicate with them?

Star Trek takes the situation of, “these computer bugs are eating our ship and in an hour we’ll all be dead and we COULD just wipe them out utterly but…what if they’re like us?” because the ramifications effect what risks we ourselves are willing to take in the name of pacifism and understanding. it says that even the smallest most immenently dangerous creature deserves as much of a chance to live peacefully as we can possibly give it through understanding.

without examining ourselves this way, through these made up seemingly inane situations, we will never be able to understand ourselves and what we’re truly capable of, what levels of understanding can be achieved. without the ability to place ourselves in a difficult situation and reach beyond our first instinct of fight or flight and self-preservation, we will never be evolve as a global community

justabrowncoatedwench

preserving creekfiend’s tags because GOLD

#star trek does this because its the space talmud actually

owlbelly

this is unequivocally true. the rabbi at my childhood temple made it a point to bring a Star Trek scenario into every single d'var, and there was always something relevant!

#star trek #this too is torah #judaism

thestuffedalligator

I’m starting to realize that I misread Feet of Clay when I first read it and just carried that misreading with me until now.

In the last bit of the book, Vetinari gives the poisoned candle to Drumknott, revealing that he had learned about the plot early and had been feigning his symptoms to keep Vimes prodding into the heralds and the guilds, while actually snipping off the candles to make them look like they had burned down to stubs.

I misread this that instead Vetinari had learned about the plot and was still snipping off the poisoned candles, but was still burning enough of them to poison him a little bit. To keep up the symptoms, but never enough to actually kill him. As a treat, I guess. For fun.

And when I first read the book Vetinari read to me as such a little freak (affectionate) that I never thought to question this until now

jeckparadox

I thought the exact same thing.

thestuffedalligator

Oh thank god

lonefiresthename

Wait, that's not what happened?

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #time to go reread #feet of clay #havelock vetinari

archanonhiru

I open Daemons of the Shadow Realm. I learn that the male protagonist is shorter than his sister because of lacking nutrients. I check off "milk propaganda" on my checklist.

#hiromu arakawa #daemons of the shadow realm

dont-tempt-me-frodo

Robin Hood: Men in Tights is one of my favorite movies

I mean like

How could it not be

every single moment is pure gold

its hilarious

and finally, one of my favorites

#in honor of the 100th birthday of #mel brooks #the most british of robin hoods #robin hood: men in tights

nayters

#happy pride #the first pride was a riot

bogusfilth

#waiting for godot #meme

noirandchocolate

“‘You can’t arrest the commander of an army!’ ‘Actually, Mr. Vimes, I think we could,’ said Carrot. ‘And the army, too. I mean, I don’t see why we can’t. We could charge them with behavior likely to cause a breach of the peace, sir. I mean, that’s what warfare IS.’ Vimes’s face split in a manic grin. ‘I LIKE it.’ ‘But in fairness our–that is, the Ankh-Morpork army–are also–’ ‘Then you’d better arrest them, too,’ said Vimes. ‘Arrest the lot of ‘em. Conspiracy to cause an affray,’ he started to count on his fingers, ‘going equipped to commit a crime, obstruction, threatening behavior, loitering with intent, loitering WITHIN tent, hah, traveling for the purposes of committing a crime, malicious lingering and carrying concealed weapons.’”

— Terry Pratchett, “Jingo” (And the thing is, we laugh at this because the idea of Sam Vimes arresting two armies IS funny. But on top of being funny–and on top of Vimes trying to pile on the charges here with this list–Pratchett intended with this book above all else to characterize war as, in itself, a crime. In this case, a war started because of a lie and because of racial/ethnic/national prejudice. But we’re meant to be thinking about this. When is war NOT a crime, when you get down to what most people think crimes are? Why is killing people okay and legal when it’s war, for one thing? Why is it legal to loot places when you conquer them? Why isn’t it murder and theft? Well?)

discworld-heritage-posts

Discworld Heritage Post

dragons-locator

(And the thing is, we laugh at this because the idea of Sam Vimes arresting two armies IS funny. But on top of being funny–and on top of Vimes trying to pile on the charges here with this list–Pratchett intended with this book above all else to characterize war as, in itself, a crime.

dragons

DRAGONS LOCATED

a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark

Well yeah, Vimes’ wife raises the damn things.

asmuchasidliketo

@noirandchocolate

Source of the octarine

#discworld #terry pratchett #pterry #jingo #gnu terry pratchett #sam vimes

spiribia

it's actually sick you get tired of eating the same food over and over when some animals they just eat grass all day mind you. just another pointless challenge mechanic added in by big universe to get you to go to the grocery store

snippybaby

Was literally thinking about this when I gave the rabbits their breakfast, the same dry pellets they get twice a day every day, and they were so hyped for it, as they always are. Why can't I have that where are my pellets #mypellets

lonefiresthename

My mare will move heaven and earth to get to her grain - the same grain she gets every day - and my partner gets bored with food so fast he doesnt even like to do more than a day of leftovers.