#danny strong

[likeafantasy]

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[awihog]

freddie trumper NEEDS to be an asshole unfuckable misogynist loser. it's critical to his character. you can't make him the only sympathetic character/most sympathetic character. he needs to suck. his emotionally scarring backstory can never outweigh how much of an asshole he is. he should never be wholly justified. it's important. he's an asshole "oh but he's schizophrenic" HE'S AN ASSHOLE. he NEEDS to suck. almost a cartoonish villain. and then the reveal that he does it all for chess, that it's all for the love of the game, almost for the love of his fellow man. he needs to be an asshole for that to work. for us to question what any of this really means. if those who claim to be wholly devoted will waver so easily and those who give it up are the ones who love it more than anything. ughhhhh killing danny strong with hammers killing danny strong with hammers killing danny strong with hammers

[guardedghosts]

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[im-on-your-side-always]

ahhhh I love this ❤️❤️

[covenendearment]

like not only is the danny strong book the worst book ever written for chess, which it is by a mile, but it’s also strikingly ignorant, reactionary, western chauvinist, cia apologetic, ableist, and worst of all, trying too hard at joss whedon style quips

[alwaysbeyondhope]

I need to not be the only Chess fan that just CANNOT get behind whatever monstrosity is currently living in the Imperial right now. Because I feel like I’m losing my mind.

I just…can’t. I’ve tried. I’ve tried listening to pieces of it, I’ve tried coming in with an open mind, I’ve tried putting aside all the ICK that I feel because this is Chess, it’s my favorite musical, the music and the lyrics are still there. But I JUST.CAN’T.DO.IT

It’s not that I need it to be a “definitive” Chess. It’s not that it doesn’t include things from other productions. I don’t need the show to be the same as others, or to be “fixed.” But fucking hell this isn’t Chess. I refuse to believe that the bastardization of all of these characters, the (poorly-written) Whedon-inspired dialogue, the overplaying of The Cold War, comes together as a legitimate representation of the musical Chess.

I’ve never felt more like Dark!Willow than right now, because if I had the power to inflict some sort of harm on Danny Strong’s character I would do it. He wasn’t even a footnote in my thoughts and I now want to watch his world burn (maybe not that extreme but FUCK YOU DANNY STRONG FUCK YOU ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE COLD WAR YOU’RE SO OBSESSED WITH).

I tried. I did. But it’s ruined and it’s tainted and I hate it I hate it now I hate seeing any news about Chess and that might be the saddest thing of all.

Nothing can redeem this show for me. Not Nicholas Christopher - which would probably be the closest thing to do it. Nothing can redeem it. And I’m just drowning in the Chess tag with everyone loving it - having their opinions, having their critiques - but overall loving it.

And I feel insane as everyone talks it up despite its flaws and all I can do is seethe in a corner by myself wondering where all the other Chess fans are that hate this production.

It can’t just be me.

[thetyrannytranny]

I think Danny Strong wrote one of the worst books for chess so far.

I mean I don’t regret seeing it, but the man thinking he had anywhere near a perfect draft just does not inspire any faith in him

[jamiemarsters]

Happy Birthday Danny Strong! I hope you have a spectacular day! ♥🎂🎁🎉♥ @Dannystrong #DannyStrong #HappyBirthday @JamesMarstersOf