If you're gonna ship a problematic ship, own up to it! Instead of acting like it's nothing wrong and being petty when someone calls you out for it
I know fandom has no limits but if you're gonna be in a fandom of a feminism musical and one of your first acts is to ship the main character's brother (who is a COCSA victim) with the main character's ex-boyfriend (who raped her) as a way to input your yaoi, you shouldn't be so surprised and offended when someone calls you out for it. Literally tell this to someone who isn't in your circle or the fandom and they'll call you a pr0shipper or a weirdo lol
You can excuse it as an AU all you want but Teeth, despite its comedic tone is about serious and deeper topics that you can't just erase in an AU without being an asshole. Shipping it and acknowledging its oddity is one thing. But then getting called out for it, being too scared to handle criticism so bad you start being petty about it with your friend group is genuinely such weirdo behavior it's pathetic 😭😭
Akio give us a Dawn rant because nobody ever rants about Dawn but you and you must represent
i disagree!! @occasional-dawn is my favorite dawn ranter ever
but ive been having more dawn thoughts! i have 0 time to hyperfixate on anything as of the moment but ive been thinking about Dawn because I have the song Dentata repeat in my brain
TW for sexual assault mentions and general teeth stuff
But I’ve been thinking about the way she was raised, it’s always the woman to blame in every situation (which also literally reflects our reality ahem) — and that idea is literally embedded in her so much to the point it’s just really upsetting because it shows what kind of character she is and how it really is for a lot of women in reality.
The idea of her deciding to give a gift to Tobey, then upon seeing his reaction to it her first instinct is to ask:
“What is it? Did I do something wrong?” (Not verbatim but nobody cares!!)
It’s such an innocent gesture from her heart, a gesture of love but she doubted herself immediately once she saw Tobey’s reaction— she’s set to blame herself no matter what.
They removed this, but it always lingers to me that Dawn denied Tobey raping her because he was her “husband” and kept blaming herself. This poor girl literally drowned in self-blame even until she got possessed by the deity that also dehumanizes her!!
Occasional Dawn made a post about it but literally everyone dehumanizes Dawn to an extent, even the Teeth in her that was supposed to be her defense mechanism possessed her and then referred to her as an “it”. Literally all the suffering she faced in the entire musical was to become a vessel for an evil Goddess which is just?? Hello??
Dawn is literally tragedy embodied and I sympathize with her so much, she deserves a better ending. One of the reasons I enjoy Playwright Horizons better is that it’s Dawn and her friends going on a rampage of revenge, not a female deity and Her possessed underlings
I don’t know if people know but my favorite song in the album is a Dawn solo… I only spam listened to Between Her Thighs because I wanted to be a REAL brad maxxer but it’s so far from my favorite
bye its almost 12 i probably dont make sense but u get me
Saw yet another person on TikTok claiming Evan would've used the one wish Willow on Zoe and that he fabricated the lie to get with Zoe, I'm so fucking tired of people just being fucking stupid and not even trying to have the most basic understanding of the plot and his character
teenage cannibalistic queers in the canadian wilderness OR !!!!!!! fhe worst adults Ever being gaslit into thinking theyde in heaven by an insecure demonguy
ANYWAYSANYWAYS @redwinesupanover @shattered-starry-pages < beanie boo bbg can U guess what it is😳😳
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˂˶)
jeremy design by @laurynjc-art (without patches sorry)
i based this art parly on laurynjc's art style cause i think that's the part that makes her jeremy even more.. cute?
hey guys does anyone like my crackship (Dawn O'Keefe (Teeth the Musical) x Grace Chasity (Nerdy Prudes Must Die/Hatchetfield)
i think they'd be so cute :( like they would meet at abstinence camp or something and be good friends. i love my Christian girls who end up doing weird stuff involving ancient deities and go crazy with power
if people are interested....i have plans for them.....fanfiction related plans...
college au deaf!collie parker parkovitch headcanons bc i cant get them out of my head
gary insults everyone on campus (as usual) and one day he finds this one guy who just… ignores him, like completely, no reaction
gary confronts him, and the boy shakes his head and points at his ear. this is something new, unexpected, and gary does NOT know what to do at first but he knows he wants to get under his skin somehow
so naturally gary has now one mission - anger collie parker. but he has to learn how to do that so he starts researching on the internet, learning how to sign insults and swear words in asl
the next day gary signs every swear word he had learnt yesterday expecting a reaction, a fight, but then... collie isn’t even mad???he’s just… quietly happy that gary put in the effort to learn some signs, even if it’s just the swear words
then collie signs something back and gary has zero idea what it means, so he does the only logical thing - he spends another night looking through asl dictionaries, trying to find out what collie had signed
like, gary ends up actually putting in real effort to learn asl he tells himself it’s all so he can finally make collie's calm demeanor break, make him angry
he is so deeply repressed, he builds elaborate explanations in his head to avoid noticing that he likes collie, he signs up for asl classes on campus ffs (and actually pays attention making notes and all)
and collie is just so smitten with how much effort gary puts into learning to communicate with him, from the day of that first string of swear words in asl
bonus: collie correcting gary’s hand shape, gary's brain stops working at his touch, he fumbles every sign after, and tries to play it off like he’s totally fine (he is not)
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