the art of knowing

[th3aterk1d]

#  𝐓𝐇𝟑𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐊𝟏𝐃 :          a  single muse  rp  blog  affiliated  with  @campusloser // starring > charity st. james - emily alyn lind - twenty-1 - dance & musicology

ɪɴᴛʀᴏ ᴘɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴍᴜꜱɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅꜱ ɴᴀᴠɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ

[stupidiots]

closed starter ft. @th3aterk1d's charity location. student center terrace context. mashup week planning !!

dennis  had  told  himself,  very  firmly,  that  he  was  not  going  to  make  mashup  week  weird.  it  was  a  partner  assignment,  not  a  hostage  negotiation,  and  charity  st.  james  was  not  someone  who  needed  him  arriving  with  a  full  strategy  like  he  was  about  to  coach  her  through  breathing.  still,  by  the  time  they  met,  he  had  his  laptop  open  on  his  knee,  two  song  ideas  typed  out,  one  crossed  through  and  a  third  underlined  with  slightly  too  much  faith.  “  before  you  say  anything,  this  looks  worse  than  it  is,  ”   he  said,  glancing  up  at  her  with  a  small,  guilty  sort  of  smile.   “  i  swear  i’m  not  trying  to  take  over.  ”   which  was  true,  mostly.  he  just  happened  to  enjoy  a  plan  the  way  some  people  enjoyed  inner  peace.   “  i  figured  we  could  start  with  what  you  actually  want  to  sing.  or  don’t  want  to  sing,  ”   he  added,  turning  the  screen  toward  her  a  little.   “  honestly,  strong  hatred  is  useful  too.  sometimes  it’s  easier  to  build  around  than  indifference.  ”

[th3aterk1d]

charity  had  arrived  with  exactly  zero  preparation.  which,  in  her  defense,  wasn't  unusual.  she'd  spent  the  walk  over  enthusiastically  brainstorming  song  ideas,  immediately  forgotten  all  of  them,  gotten  distracted  by  a  dog,  remembered  one  of  them  again,  and  then  lost  it  a  second  time  before  she'd  made  it  through  the  choir  room  doors.  so  when  she  spotted  dennis  already  seated  with  his  laptop  open  and  what  looked  suspiciously  like  actual  research,  she  couldn't  help  smiling.  "  oh,  thank  god.  "  the  words  slipped  out  before  she  could  stop  them.  charity  dropped  into  the  seat  beside  dennis  and  peered  at  the  screen.  "  i  had  my  ideas  in  my  head  and  then  they  just... "  she  waved  her  hand  dismissively,  signaling  that  they  had  just  fluttered  away,  her  smile  widening  into  something  sheepish.  truthfully,  she  found  the  preparation  more  endearing  than  intimidating.  dennis  seemed  to  approach  things  with  a  level  of  thoughtfulness  she  could  admire,  it  was  nice.  also  convenient  for  someone  who  had  shown  up  with  approximately  three  thoughts  in  her  head  and  half  a  granola  bar  in  her  hand.

"  don't  worry,  i  don't  think  you're  taking  over!  "  leaning  closer,  she  scanned  the  songs  they  written  down,  her  brows  lifting  with  genuine  interest.  "  wow,  you  already  have  options.  "  charity  tapped  thoughtfully  against  her  chin,  considering  his  question  with  a  drawn  out  pause.  her  brow  furrowing  as  she  considered  what  she  did  and  didn’t  want  to  perform.  “  no  showtunes.  no  broadway  ballads.  ”  nothing  her  mother  had  performed.  “  the  songs  have  to  compliment  each  other,  and  not  just  technically.  i  guess  it  depends  what  story  you  want  to  tell?  ” @stupidiots

[kitcent]

EMILY ALYN LIND we were liars (2025)

[movie-gifs]

Uptown Girls (2003) dr. Boaz Yakin

[hcngover]

with the new directions safe and sound, because he succesfully managed to drag carter cortez and half his fanclub and wannabes into glee club, securing his legacy as the club's unofficial savior, aidan found himself bored again, and looking for a new challenge. or conquest, rather. leaning back in his chair, he scans the choir room for potentials, until his eyes fix on a blonde cheerleader, who he vaguely recognizes as a member who joined in his senior year, but who has definitely had a glow up since — or maybe he just hadn't checked her out properly before? also entirely possible. although most members had already left the choir room, she still appeared to be busy on her phone, and judging by the way she was scrolling, she was probably searching through spotify for mashup week ideas. aidan had delibaretly opted out of the assignment after he found out pairs would be randomized as some kind of team building excerise. he had no interest in being stuck with a bad pairing, especially when he already knew who he wanted to sing with. "you know, i've been thinking," he begins casually, running a hand through his hair as he stops beside her. "nasr and devereux love to go on and on about the importance of vocal chemistry, and keeping up with your partner musically, but does any of that really matter as much as they think it does? more than the visual? more than selling the story? i doubt it. and i doubt anyone actually enjoys watching those two eyefuck each other on stage as they belt out their lame showtunes. i don't think they'll do much better seperated either," he continues, letting out a soft chuckle as he leans against the nearest chair. "but you? i think you have a real shot at stealing the spotlight. at least... if it wasn't for the randomized pairings. don't know who you ended up with, but i honestly can't think of anyone in here beautiful enough to match your stunning visual. how very unfair." ( @th3aterk1d )

[th3aterk1d]

charity had been so focused on scrolling through playlists that she almost didn't notice someone had stopped beside her. almost. the voice was familiar enough that she glanced up automatically, expecting a question about mashup week or maybe a complaint about the random pairings. instead, she found aidan. her thumb froze halfway through a playlist titled ‘songs to dramatically stare out of a window to’ as she listened. at first, she was nodding along politely, because yes, nasr and devereux were admittedly a little intense about performance chemistry. charity’s brow dipped into a furrow as she attempted to make sense of what he was saying, and suddenly the conversation had taken a sharp turn toward her being beautiful. charity's brain promptly stalled. for a moment, she simply stared at him. was he flirting with her? no, that seemed unlikely. well, not entirely unlikely. but much like julian’s approach the other day in the library, charity was sure that aidan had no idea who she was. " oh. " so eloquent. " um… " her gaze dropped to her phone as heat immediately crept into her cheeks. she could feel herself smiling despite every attempt not to, which was frankly embarrassing. " that's really nice of you to say! " a small laugh slipped out of her. charity tilted her head, studying him suspiciously for approximately half a second before completely losing confidence in her ability to determine whether someone was teasing her. completely oblivious to any attempt of manipulation, charity’s smile widened as she set her phone aside and clasped her hands together. excited somebody wanted her opinion. “ i do think vocal chemistry matters. at least a little. if two people are singing a love song and one sounds completely heartbroken and the other sounds like they’d rather be watching paint dry… well, it would be awkward, right? " charity tucked a strand of blonde hair behind her ear, absently twisting the end of it between her fingers. truthfully, she liked the random pairings. everyone else seemed to hate them, but there was something exciting about being thrown together with someone she wouldn't normally perform with. it felt very glee club. messy, chaotic, occasionally disastrous, but usually fun. there was another part of what he'd said that her brain had finally caught up to. very slowly her eyes narrowed. " well now i'm curious! who would've been your first choice if the pairings weren't random? " @hcngover

[shcwtunes]

who: sully & charity @th3aterk1d where: choir room

"do you know how to play this thing?" sully's fingers press on a few, random keys of the piano in front of them, really just making noise, rather than playing any particular tune. "they put me in piano lessons when i was a kid, but then my teacher just moved away one day, so i didn't have to go anymore." or so he'd been told. in reality, she'd had to drop sully as a student, because he'd been, in her words, 'unteachable', but his mom had decided to spin it a different way. "kinda sucks, 'cause i was good at it, too. could have probably been useful in here."

[th3aterk1d]

charity perked up immediately, looking far more impressed than the random key-pressing probably warranted. " wait, you took piano lessons? " she asked, eyes widening. she shoved her way onto the piano bench next to sullivan. " when i first started playing. i thought middle c was called that because it was the average note. " she nodded confidently and grinned, as if that were a perfectly reasonable thing to have believed. her fingers found a few keys, absentmindedly playing a soft little progression. twice a week from the age of five she had lessons, her fathers tutelage strict. charity had quickly learnt that it was one of the things she had to focus on, much like her vocal and dance lessons. math? well who needed that. at the mention of sully being useful in glee club, she brightened even further. “ well i'm just excited more cheerio’s joined. your presence is valuable enough i think! " @shcwtunes

[hcngover]

julian genuinely hadn't meant to eavesdrop... at least not at first, but while he was organizing the sheet music by the piano, he couldn't help but overhear a couple of cheerios chatting with each other. normally, he would have completely tuned their conversations about utter nonsense out, but then he caught a very familiar name, followed by one of them mentioning that her mother was 'part of the original cast'. julian recognized her face, knew she had been part of the club before it was cool, but admittedly hadn't bothered to learn her name up until now, or know anything else about her really, other than the fact that she seemed to be a bit of a wallflower, comfortable swaying in the background. however, this little nugget of information suddenly made her a lot more interesting, enough to make her want to approach her when he spotted her in the library by herself. "you know, charity, most people would lead with that kind of information," he tells her, casually dropping into the chair beside the blonde girl. "your mom. how come you never told us?" ( @th3aterk1d )

[th3aterk1d]

charity nearly jumped when the chair beside her scraped softly against the library floor. her intense study had quickly dissolved into doodling in her notebook nevertheless she didn't expect an interruption. she blinked at julian once. twice. like her brain needed a second to catch up to the fact that he was suddenly sitting next to her, saying her name. charity was quite certain he didn’t know she existed. straightening instinctively, her fingers tightened around the edge of her notebook. “ oh … ” wide brown eyes flicked around them, checking he really meant her, before settling back on him with a small, apologetic smile. “ hi? ” there was a beat, maybe two. her mouth forming a small ‘o’ of realisation and a nod at the mention of her mother. charity let out a soft, nervous laugh, already shaking her head. “ i didn’t realise it was… important? ” she said carefully, like she was testing the word out. but it made sense, right? of course those who were passionate about musical theatre would be interested in her nepo baby status. her shoulders lifted in a tiny shrug. “ always thought it would be weird if i brought it up? like i’m… name-dropping. ” she paused, then added quickly, “ also, i didn’t know you knew i existed for it to come up in conversation. ” she glanced down at her open book, then back up at him, clearly flustered but trying to be polite. “ so… sorry. i guess? ” (@hcngover)

[forbescaroline]

TOP 5/10 CHARACTERS PER SHOW (as voted by my followers) ↳ sex education edition #2. Aimee Gibbs portrayed by Aimee Lou Wood

[ryan-corr]

[th3aterk1d]

(﹙˓  ‍🎧  ˒﹚)          whoa,  did  you  just  hear  that  voice?  it's  so  recognizable  that  i  have  no  doubt  it's  charity st. james.  i  don't  really  know  much  about  them,  but  i  heard  they're  a  twenty-one  year  old  dance & musicology major  in  their  third year of  study.  people  say  that  they're  creative  and  effusive,  but  rumor  has  it  that  they're  actually  inconsistent  and  evasive,  so  i  guess  we'll  never  know  the  truth  unless  you  live  with  them  in  hudson house.  if  you  ask  me,  i  think  i'd  describe  them  as  the forgotten legacy,  but  their  spotify  wrapped  should  say  more  about  them,  in  which  green light  by  lorde,  dancing on my own  by  robyn,  and  bejeweled  by  taylor swift  are  amongst  their  most  played.  but  whatever,  i  wish  them  luck  on  their  endeavors  in  new directions, cheerios, and student body government.  i  don't  know  how  they  have  time  for  all  of  that,  but  i  can't  wait  to  see  how  this  new  school  year  treats  them!    (  emily alyn lind,  female  and  she/her,  pansexual  )      𝄞ˎˊ˗ 

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