Shostanerd canon events (in no particular order)
-discovering Shost through social media
-realizing you spelled “Zhdanovshchina” wrong for a long time
-Testimony. I will not elaborate
-Soviet Union/communism interest phase at some point in time
-learning Russian (or at least attempting to) for the sake of Shostakovich
-Ivan Sollertinsky
-Muddle Instead of Music.
-Having a crush on Shostakovich or at least finding him attractive at some point in time (please tell me I’m not the only one)
-Crying to his music
-Crying learning about his life
-Suite for Variety Orchestra, NOT Jazz Suite 2
-Zhdanovshchina.
-The New York Waldorf Astoria incident.
-Cats!!
-Realizing a lot of what you knew about Shostakovich is either debatable or straight up not true
-Crying over his death
-Caring more about politics because of Shostakovich
-Shostakovich genuinely helping you through life
-Scouring the internet for the sake of looking for Shostakovich media
-Making edits of Shost..(we all did this right? Right??)
TLDR: this meme
