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bare: a pop opera enthusiast. they/them pronouns

[heysmalltownboy]

ACTRESS lyrics as bare: a pop opera lyrics

jason // birthday bitch

history // role of a lifetime

body // birthday bitch

nicotine // reputation stain’d

scarborough st. // once upon a time

[aroromii]

Portrait of a Girl: *is a song about the struggles Ivy faces when society doesn’t acknowledge her as a human person with feelings, but just objectifies her as a pretty girl and nothing more. the metaphors about portraits are used to back up said problems, representing the facade of the perfect girl she keeps up for the school, forever afraid that if she does something wrong or speaks for herself, she’ll be pushed back further into the lie, and so Ivy would never be able to show the true part of herself.*

The writers of Bare The Musical: yeah okay but,,, Matt is there for like,,,, five seconds. What if we turned this into a love song sung by Matt about how pretty and perfect Ivy is? Ooh and while we’re at it, why don’t we keep the metaphors about portraits to show that we completely missed the point of the fucking song??

[lonelybridgetocross]

The point of Matt’s presence in POAG is also to show that he doesn’t understand her either (as Ivy sings “would you recognize the girl lying there,” he sings “I know there’s love lying there”). It is essential to establish that Matt doesn’t see her either. If he does, the whole plot of the show starts to unravel.

Ivy likes Jason because he is the one guy who is genuinely nice to her and doesn’t want to just get in her pants. If Matt “understands” her, then that wouldn’t be the case; he would be an option too. The difference between Matt and Jason is that Jason actually sees Ivy as a human being (complimenting her art right before the song starts) whereas Matt thinks he does, but still idealizes and objectifies her. Since he does not understand Ivy, she rejects him, and he has no place in her life. This is why Promise is especially fucked up; Matt isn’t protecting Ivy, he is inserting himself on her behalf and worsening the situation to make himself look like the hero to her by damaging her perception of Jason (once again, not understanding who she is or what she wants or needs). In doing so, he intentionally outs her as pregnant to Peter (and accidentally outs her to the rest of the class as well), showing that his false perception of Ivy is blinding him to reality.

All this is to say that it is especially upsetting to me that they ignored all this to center POAG around him at the expense of Ivy’s character.

[lonelybridgetocross]

Jason is Jesus

Just realized Jason McConnell is a Christ figure (a character whose qualities and experiences mirror that of Jesus Christ). I was a bit slow to finding this but I’m Jewish so bear with me.

I found a doc with information about how to identify a Christ figure in literature and here’s all the criteria he fits

divine or royal father (his dad is established as a very powerful person)

considered “away from home” (boarding school)

misunderstood by many

sensitive or sympathetic to people

sees the truth that nobody else can

possesses a dual identity (closeted)

persecuted or punished for his ideas, generally connected with love or truth

represents hope to other characters

converses with the Devil or other evil force who tries to tempt the character away from his ideals (the Priest in Cross)

betrayed by those close to him

has a “cross to bear”

dies in a way associated with his ideals

dies unjustly

reborn/returns from death either physically or emotionally (I’d argue that in No Voice he emotionally returns, but it varies based on productions and interpretations)

I think I did something here but I might just be late to the party lmao

[trinitea-fics]

You cannot look me in the eye and tell me that ‘Jason’ by Bonnie Parker isn’t about Bare: a Pop Opera because mY GOD

[lonelybridgetocross]

unfortunately I DM’ed the BONNIE PARKER insta account and he has never heard of Bare. idk how it happened either

[lonelybridgetocross]

like??? how did this happen????

[trinitea-fics]

You cannot look me in the eye and tell me that ‘Jason’ by Bonnie Parker isn’t about Bare: a Pop Opera because mY GOD

[lonelybridgetocross]

unfortunately I DM’ed the BONNIE PARKER insta account and he has never heard of Bare. idk how it happened either

[pose-at-play]

unpopular? opinion

peter and jason weren’t a “toxic couple” they were genuinely in love but stuck in a toxic environment where they couldn’t agree on if it was/would ever be okay to show that love

[lonelybridgetocross]

the whole point is that they didn’t get a chance to be a real couple and every toxic aspect of their relationship was a direct result of their environment

[myrrhcutio]

guys will be like "i know a spot" and then take u outside of a rave to tell u ur relationship has to be a secret

[lovesvictor]

if you wanna find out which love victor character you are,,,,, i might have made a quiz 👉👈

[hvvrtfulloflove-deactivated2021]

"In the silence will he stay?" Interesting to note that, from Jason's death till No voice (so from Queen Mab to Absolution), the music is almost absent from the show, with only one instrument mimicking a white sound, as opposed to the flute, guitar and drums characteristics of the previous 1h45min

So, no, Jason didn't stay in this silence, or rather, Jason's death took the music away from the show

[bare-a-pop-operaa]

jason’s good actions in bare a pop opera all seem to come from the inherent kindness that is intrinsic to his personality and who he is but his bad ones all come from the terror he feels of who he is and on a totally related note i’m crying

[cohens]

love, simon and love, victor parallels part 1 (part 2)

[lonelybridgetocross]

Is Love, Victor good? Or more moneygrabby?

It’s amazing! It gave me so many emotions and addressed a lot of the less good parts of Love, Simon. Such a good show and I love all the characters so much

[coldpenny]

I don’t understand why people are saying Benji didn’t show any interest in Victor?

I know the show is from Victor’s point of view, so we got a lot more of his developing and all-encompassing attraction to Benji. But Benji was clearly subconsciously gravitating towards Victor all season.

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[godlessondheimite]

wow love that they didn’t even try to get a fat girl to play nadia, even though she has an entire solo about how she’s fat. casting’s like “what is fat, a size 4 in a baggy sweater?” 

[trinitea-fics]

The man we call ‘Father Flynn’, is his name actually Father Flynn?

Of course, there is the line of “I talked to Father Flynn …” in PJFA, but that could be about another person

And in the script it just says the character’s name is “Priest”. 

IDK this has always really bothered me.

[novoicenosoundnowords]

I’ve always assumed his name is not Father Flynn.

The line is referring to Notre Dame. It’s “please find enclosed this very thick package that came for you yesterday. I talked to Father Flynn and he told me you were in, but call anyway when you open it.”

Why would the priest at his high school know if he got into Notre Dame?

It’s stated in the next line that Jason’s father (and maybe many other people in his family) went to Notre Dame. Most likely Father Flynn is a connection they have at Notre Dame from when Jason’s other family members, his father included went there. It’s not uncommon for some wealthy families to have a college they go to and usually in those cases they’ll know people at admissions who keep them in the loop as well as give some special treatment due to donations made to the school.

Idk I always just assumed that’s what that was. Like I said it doesn’t make sense for his High School priest to know if he got into college. Colleges don’t tell random teachers that kind of info, it’s usually considered private.

[lonelybridgetocross]

this is what i always thought but for the sake of convenience i’ve just called him father flynn anyway lmao

[lonelybridgetocross]

This is your friendly neighborhood reminder that both Jason McConnell and Peter Simmonds tried their HARDEST to do the right thing for each other and for everyone around them. Peter stayed closeted for Jason until he couldn’t take it, Jason put Peter first until he couldn’t. They tried their hardest and their mistakes don’t mean they’re bad people, it just means the pressure on them was so intense that they cracked. Peter had been holding this in since he was twelve, Jason probably the same, and they had been dating since they were fourteen. That’s a long time to have nothing but each other. They tried so goddamn hard and although they ended up hurting each other the pressure was unimaginable and I’m so proud of them both for holding on so long.

[plain-jane-fatass]

So anyway I’d die for Peter and Jason and I’m still in love with Bare Barcelona