Theatre Magpie

[thebookofkate22]

THE FULL VIDEO IS HERE, PRAISE THE THEATRE GODS

[a-girl-who-loves-disney]

R.I.P. David Ogden Stiers (1942-2018)

Thank you for voicing our childhood.

[coelasquid]

tfw u owe ur friend money but no one carries cash anymore and it turns into a series of elaborate trades that resurrects the barter system.

[akitron]

#“don’t worry about it just buy me like four coffees”

[theatremagpie]

No idea what this means? @jimee1987? :P

[oliviergiroudd]

Roger Federer wins a record breaking 8th Wimbledon title (beating Sampras’s 7) and breaks his own record for the most ever Grand Slams won by a male player (19)

[rogueone]

May the Fourth be with you!

[theatremagpie]

classic lit authors on ao3

Jane Austen: The slowburn writer to end all slowburn writers. Has a mild case of purple prose syndrome. Sets you up to think she's using a really lame trope or cliche, but then pulls the old BITCH U THOUGHT. Gets in fights with commenters who completely miss the point of her work.

William Shakespeare: Where dick jokes meet feels. Recycles old plots that have been in the fandom for years, but always manages to put a new spin on it. That said, he's better known for good character writing than good plots. Kind of problematic, but people love him anyway. Laughs at and encourages commenters who completely miss the point of his work.

The Brontë Sisters: Their fics get lots of comments but they never reply. They never leave author notes, either. They share an account, and there are talks of a collab fic coming soon. Write fics for OTPs of questionable healthiness and consent. Only ever write darkfic. Like, REALLY dark. ...People are getting kind of worried about them.

Edgar Allan Poe: Also only ever writes darkfic, but at this point, people have moved past being worried about him and have just accepted that he's weird, he's morbid, and we love him. Channels his feelings about his ex into his writing. It results in really good stories but everyone's sort of like, "...Dude."

Charles Dickens: Trying to set the record for highest wordcount on ao3, and it shows.

Victor Hugo: Currently holds the record for highest wordcount on ao3.

Oscar Wilde: Only ever writes M/M. Has a BAD case of purple prose, but it's worth it if you manage to get through. His stories are either hilarious or soul-crushing. Or somehow both. People love him but know better than to disagree with him publicly, lest he destroy you with one of his infamous subtweets.

L. Frank Baum: Wrote one really well-loved story that's among the most famous in the fandom, and it's literally all he's known for, and it pisses him off. His popular story became a multichap against his will because it's the only one of his stories anyone actually reads. He keeps trying to end it so he can work on other things, but always ends up coming back.

Arthur Conan Doyle: Feels L. Frank Baum's pain. SO much.

James Joyce: Has fascinating ideas, but takes forEVER to get to the point in his stories. Also a stoner, and it shows.

Lousia May Alcott: Writes stories for her unpopular OTP (that's a NOTP for most of the fandom) and breaks up everyone's favorite ships, mainly out of spite. Also kills everyone's favorite characters, less so out of spite.

Mary Shelley: Writes incredible stories, but publishes under her boyfriend's account because she's banned from ao3. ...Again.

[oddhour]

pick-me-ups for writers

for the self-conscious beginner: No one makes great things until the world intimately knows their mediocrity. Don’t think of your writing as terrible; think of it as preparing to contribute something great.

for the self-conscious late bloomer: Look at old writing as how far you’ve come. You can’t get to where you are today without covering all that past ground. For that, be proud.

for the perfectionist: Think about how much you complain about things you love—the mistakes and retcons in all your favorite series—and how you still love them anyway. Give yourself that same space.

for the realist: There will be people who hate your story even if it’s considered a classic. But there will be people who love your story, even if it is strange and unpopular.

for the fanfic writer: Your work isn’t lesser for not following canon. When you write, you’ve created a new work on its own. It can be, but does not have to be, limited by the source material. Canon is not the end-all, be-all. 

for the writer’s blocked: It doesn’t need to be perfect. Sometimes you have to move on and commit a few writing sins if it means you can create better things out of it.

for the lost: You started writing for a reason; remember that reason. It’s ok to move on. You are more than your writing. It will be here if you want to come back.

[r-federer]

Congratulations on your 18th Grand Slam title, Roger Federer! 🏆✨

[oliviergiroudd]

Roger and Rafa can’t stop talking about eachother during their Australian Open 2017 speeches

[federerblog]

Australian Open 2017 Men’s Singles Final: Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal

35th meeting (Federer 11-23 Nadal)

22nd meeting in a final (Federer 7-14 Nadal)

12th meeting in a grand slam (Federer 2-9 Nadal)

9th meeting in a grand slam final (Federer 2-6 Nadal)

6th meeting in a hard court final (Federer 3-2 Nadal)

4th meeting at the Australian Open (Federer 0-3 Nadal)

[maddmoll]

“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident, just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.“ 

RIP Carrie Fisher, feminist, advocate for honesty and openness surrounding mental illness and addiction, amazing actress, and the most badass princess in this galaxy or any other. Goodbye to one of my first fictional role models.

Instagram: maddmoll

[getfawked120-deactivated2023053]

Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60

Carrie Fisher, the actress perhaps best known as Princess Leia Organa, has died after suffering a heart attack

[theatremagpie]

RIP Carrie :’(

[shipwreckedcomedy]

Shipwrecked Comedy proudly presents a Poe Party Extra - Hemingwells

Get ready to improve your sports records as Ernest Hemingway and HG Wells teach you how to box.

This video is one of many extra videos with our authors we hoped to make over the course of filming Poe Party. As it turned out, we just didn’t have time on set to get the extra content that we wanted because our shooting schedule was so packed. We did, however, manage to find time to film this one, and we thought we’d release it as a little holiday treat for you.

Featuring: Joey Richter and Blake Silver

Enjoy! And Happy Holidays!

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[marykatewiles]

Surprise!

[downeyevans]

Oh! I forgot to sing you my Merry Congratu-Christmas carol.

[ceeyoutea]

‘The electric street-lamp may indeed be ignored, simply because it is so insignificant and transient. Fairy-stories, at any rate, have many more permanent and fundamental things to talk about.‘ (J.R.R. Tolkien in On Fairy-Stories)

‘In about ten minutes she reached it and found it was a lamp-post. As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next…’ (C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)

aka ‘am I petty enough to write a lamp-post into my story just because my friend said it’s a ‘no-no’ in fantasy? Why yes, yes I am.’

[theatremagpie]

I’ve been here! The lamp-post that CS Lewis wrote about, not Narnia unfortunately.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[tincanbros]

We’re teaming up with TalkFine again for our newest project, Flop Stoppers: A Musical Short Film. In it, two comic book fans are given the chance of a lifetime: to stop a disastrous film adaptation of their favorite superhero story.

Flop Stoppers stars Joey Richter, Brian Rosenthal, and a few more exciting actors still to be announced. The film will be directed by Corey Lubowich, and reunites the Tin Can Brothers with TalkFine who will be writing the score.

Check out the Kickstarter and help us premiere this at Buffer Festival in Toronto!