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[izloveshorses]

So … uh … what are you up to in December 🧐

DOES THIS MEAN THE RETURN OF MY BLEECH BLOND DIMA?? AUSTRALIAN POP STAR CODY SIMPSON??

[natalie-goodman]

Dimya + Ferris wheel kiss

There’s a myth that couples that kiss when they reach the top of a ferris wheel will stay together forever….but i obviously don’t believe that stuff….obviously.

dimya + to all the boys ive loved before au

It was a silly myth, and one she had heard from one of her older sisters, but Anya had thought of it at every fair, carnival and amusement park she had ever gone to. A stupid daydream of hers, she’d stare at the ferris wheel and imagine a faceless (well sometimes, not so faceless) boy to go on with and they’d kiss at the top and be together happily ever after. Or whatever the teenage version of what that would be.

And now it seems cruel that Dmitry is tugging on her hand, pulling her onto the ferris wheel next to him. As though the fake dating, and performance kisses weren’t bad enough. 

“What’s wrong?” Dmitry asks as she holds herself rigid as they’re secured in. 

She can do this. They’re on an amusement park ride, there’s no need for them to kiss or to act like a couple. 

“Afraid of heights,” she lies, giving him a wobbly smile. 

He nudges her playfully with his elbow, “Thought you weren’t afraid of anything, Romanov.”

She glances over at him, and knows she’s afraid of at least one thing. “I’m a lady of many layers, Sudayev.” 

Dmitry’s arm is stretched out behind her, and she resists the urge to lean into it. 

“Just don’t look down,” he tells her, leaning closer to tell her. 

She’s not afraid of heights, really, but at that she has an overwhelming urge to look straight down and she knows she’ll regret it. 

The ride jolts to a stop as they reach the top and she lets out a gasp of surprise. Anya wasn’t expecting it, but with her luck lately she should’ve been. 

“Anya,” he says, and she turns her head and then his lips are on hers. 

And she lets herself pretend for a moment and kisses him back. 

But when they part, she says, “You probably shouldn’t have done that.” 

“Why not?”

Oh, for so many reasons. Namely he didn’t like her and they weren’t really dating. 

“It’s stupid, there’s this whole thing that if you kiss at the top of the Ferris wheel you’ll be together…” well, this was just embarrassing to say out loud but she’s forever stuck in a loop of embarrassment with Dmitry it seems. “Uh, forever.” 

Dmitry waves that off, “Oh, that.” 

She turns to him sharply, “You knew?” 

“You rambled a lot too when we were younger,” he reminds her and she’s mortified exactly how much information she must have offered up as a preteen. Dmitry tugs lightly on a strand of her hair. “Why do you think I kissed you?” 

It takes a moment for her brain to process exactly what he is saying and what it means, but her lips were already on his again when it clicks for her. 

He laughs when she pulls away, the ride starting up again. 

“Guess you’re stuck with me for two lifetimes now,” she tells him. 

Dmitry kisses her forehead in response. “Maybe we’ll go ahead one more time.” 

[christinealtomare]

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making gifs again???!!!!

[aralisj]

Title: the last time + dimya 💜

(I accidentally replied without writing anything, damn this site honestly)

Angsty one-shot where Anya stays with her Nana and Dmitry leaves. They reconnect a couple of years later, when Anya is leaving flowers at her Nana's grave and finds Dmitry walking around Paris. They're both different people now but they are right for each other, on the same level, and in need of a friend.

[evanhansens]

Theatre ask: 46, 47, 49?

46: Weirdest experience in the theatre?

It depends on what you mean by weird. 

I always somehow end up at shows that have tech holds for one reason or another, but I’m not sure how weird that is. 

That being said, I think this particular experience at Book of Mormon is probably the weirdest:

One time I won Book of Mormon lotto and sat next to a woman who spent almost half the first acting sketching a drawing of the conductor. She had pulled her pad and supplies out before the show started and I just kind of gave her a look, but didn’t think much of it until she “went to work”. At first, I thought she was sketching someone in the show but then it became more clear it was the conductor and being in the front row it super obvious that the cast was watching what she was doing. In the middle of Turn It Off, the house manager came down and told her to stop. The lady begrudgingly stopped and you could tell she wasn’t happy about it. 

At intermission, this lady bolted up the aisle and I wasn’t sure she was going to come back or not, but the house manager was waiting for her when she did eventually come back. The house manager offered her the option to move to the mezzanine and sketch all she wanted or stop and remain in the front row. The lady was again not pleased, but stayed where she was. 

It turned out the way the house manager had been alerted to what this woman was doing was someone in the cast had sat next to her during another show and she had done this. 

47: Favorite thing about theatre?

The feeling of connecting with a show and how it impacts an audience and sharing that collective experience. Also, I’m a sucker for a GOOD overture and that feeling when the orchestra starts playing it. 

49: Favorite choreography in a show?

So many good ones to choose from! An American in Paris, Kiss Me, Kate (2019 Revival), Carousel (2018 Revival), Hello, Dolly (2017 Revival), The Prom, Newsies, Hairspray, and Anastasia just to name a few. 

Musical Asks! 

[izloveshorses]

From your work as an Anastasia musical scholar, what’s your favorite small or overlooked detail used in the production’s costume design?

oooooooh okay so. i feel like i notice a new detail every time i really study these costumes, but one thing i've been thinking about is how some of the characters seem to wear the same repeated patterns? idk if it's every character, so idk how sound this observation is, but. yeah.

dmitry wears this sort of plaid/cross stitching pattern throughout the whole show. look at his coat!

it's the same as his blue phtk suit and the Peasant Shirt he ends the show in <3

and vlad wears a lot of paisley and floral, mostly on his waistcoat. in act ii he has a different flower on his lapel for every outfit he wears.

but i just want to say every single costume on broadway was made with so much care and craftsmanship and attention to detail. everything feels very lived in and intentional.

[izloveshorses]

fav kinda misogynistic quip from ’97 Dimitri? 🧐

💀

this isn't really a quip, and it's really subtle, but upon this rewatch i literally laughed when he and anya shake hands and he like yelps bc her grip is so strong, which feels misogynistic to me bc he's like so disapproving and annoyed that a girl is stronger than him lol

[izloveshorses]

Do u have any unpopular opinions on Anastasia? Or things that u feel ur in the minority within the discourse around it?

yes i think it should still be open on broadway for me to watch 😤

i think i've discussed some of the basics a lot lately (dmitry is a slut, gleb isn't in love with anya, the show's changes from the film are justified and perfect, etc) but i will say. i don't think anya and dmitry have been pining for each other since iacot. not that that moment didn't impact them, but i think it's more of a moment of connection and kinship than something inherently romantic to them, even though the soulmateism is there, don't get me wrong lol. i just don't think theirs is a love-at-first-sight story. and that makes iacot more impactful, no? that they held onto that happy memory and loved it for what it was. which was just. two people from different worlds connecting, even for one fleeting moment. so instead of 'love at first sight' narrative that some folks try to push, i think it's more of a ..... 'you provided hope and happiness before we even met, you've always sort of been there, and that alone is enough to cherish' narrative. to me.

on that note i don't think they are each other's 'first' anything, really. by ages 27 and 29 they've probably experienced some other romances, some good and some bad, and i don't think that diminishes what they mean to each other. "i always dreamed my first kiss would be in paris with a handsome prince" doesn't necessarily mean dmitry is literally her first kiss imo. i think the important part of that line is she's calling him Her Prince, not that he's her first love, you know? the emphasis is what she calls him, not what she's talking about lol.