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| zari | 23 | she/they | pan | dnp, vld, pjo, yoi & the occasional musical |

[crumbwinner]

there is something sooo embarrassing about everything i have done and will do

[lizardsmp3]

uh-oh! looks like there’s a little blasphemy going on in the confessional

[eerna]

what I wanted was to fall asleep

[artsywitchling]

I sketched something. No masterpiece, but I like hugs :)

[electric-rabbits]

Falsettos is my favorite musical and I've lost count of the times I've seen it, but for some reason it just hit me that when Marvin says "I left my kid, I left my wife, to be with you", it's a direct answer to Whizzer's "All your life you wanted men, and when you got it up to have them, who knew it would end your life?"

Because Whizzer is talking about AIDS. He's been an openly gay man for much longer, he's been with other men, and he knows how repressed Marvin was. So, he's commenting on how tragic it is that now that Marvin allowed himself to enjoy this, they'll both end up dead.

But Marvin knew he'd lose his life for this. He had a tight knit family, perfectly patriarchal, and he put it all on the line in the name of Whizzer's affections. And they're both stubborn and they're both drowning in toxic masculinity and so neither of them actually admitted this simple truth: Whizzer was afraid of loving Marvin because he thought all he wanted was sex.

It takes Whizzer's death for them to finally fix their greatest misunderstanding. Finally Whizzer says "I'm sorry it's over, now that you could have the sex you wanted", and Marvin replies "It wasn't the sex, it was you. I'd end my life again if it meant I could live with you. I did it before already".

And I'd like to believe that I'd do it again, and again, and again.

[soracities]

Audre Lorde, from "The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism" (1981)

[leiandroid]

ramadan kareem 🌙

drawn for kawwwaritai's beautiful 5+1 fic which explores otabek's relationship with his religion, with himself, and with yuri 💖

[susiephone]

*puts hands on hollywood exec's shoulders, staring unblinking into their eyes* listen to me. you will never get people who hate musicals to like musicals by making your musical less of a musical. if you hide the fact that your film is a musical in the advertising, you're going to get a lot of low ratings from people who hate musicals and went into your movie not expecting a musical and got one anyway. people who hate musicals will hate them no matter how realistic and diegetic and lowkey you try to make it. they will hate musicals even if you completely excise anything complicated, over the top, silly, or even slightly challenging. they will hate musicals even if you cut half the songs. they will hate musicals even if you cast that a-lister who can't sing worth a damn. stop trying to market to people who hate musicals. they're a lost cause. your audience should be people who love musicals. this half-assed middle ground pisses off both camps. just embrace the fact that your movie is a musical. lean into it. don't try and trick musical haters into coming to your film when you could be marketing to the theater kids. better cringe than a coward.

[i-like-rocks22]

Native accents native accents NATIVE ACCENTS OH MY GOD

[tiny--raven]

[lafirechicken]

Happy pride to them. Play butterfly soup

[aikuza]

what if god said…. let there be lesbians…

[notebooks-and-laptops]

Modern AU Stede isn't a tailor or a flower shop owner btw. He's a divorced dad in his late 40's who just figured out he's queer and wants to 'engage with his community' and 'do something fun for once' so he opens a queer bar. Unfortunately he has no fucking idea HOW to run a queer bar, like at all. It's the most ridiculous bar you've ever been in. He stocks more tea than alcohol. There is a wall of bookshelves next to a place that's often used as a make shift dance floor. On Tuesdays and Sundays they open early and serve 'brunch' while Stede does dramatic readings of fairytales. 'Perhaps you'd be more comfortable making it a cafe' 'no its a BAR I want it to be a bar' stede insists. Its called 'The Revenge'. Because what is a modern au of if not a bizzare place for queers to hang out?

[story-kat]

Art by Masaomoshi

Posted with Permission (reprint/edit and/or commercial use prohibited)

[mistysblueboxstuff]

for the folks asking for Stede, here's a quick one :')

[agentlemanpirate]

This is just too good not to repost

[porkkutletbowl]

bare: a pop opera w/subtitles

i cant find the subbed version of the LA production anymore ? so i reuploaded it. if original owners want it taken down, ill do it, i just really want ppl to be able to see this show :D

act 1: https://youtu.be/wSxTOHy10pM

act 2: https://youtu.be/S8QheyPKhZI

playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyx0nPkB1-ODgCOrX_KbBFoFYIkaW3upL

i also have a google drive link with the video and srt (subtitle) files so if anyone wants it dm me on twt (@//porkkutletbowl). feel free to reupload it if it gets taken down :D

[windbyfire]

“and it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time” ❤️

(commission)