The Renaissance Rose

Ask me about Hamlet I dare you.

[daredevil-vagabond]

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there. I did not die.

[therenaissancerose]

OH THIS IS AMAZING

[im-mender]

It's important to note that Chekhov's Gun was not originally about foreshadowing, but a piece of advice to playwrights about how every element in a play should have narrative relevance. The corollary to Chekhov's Gun is that if a gun mounted on the wall in act 1 is never used at all in the entirety of the play, then it should be omitted from the play entirely.

[im-mender]

also very true

[anarchautistic]

Very funny example of writing advice that is very specific to its medium getting overapplied outside its scope. Can you imagine how awful set design would be if people tried to apply this to movies. 60 minute post credits scene in the Matrix where Neo has to fire every gun that appears in the "lots of guns" scene

[jellyfishforest135]

Activated them like sleeper agents

[vegas2014]

[emerges from the movie theater covered in blood] yeah hadestown was really good

[therenaissancerose]

[emerges from the movie theater sobbing profusely and humming wait for me]

Yeah iron lung was great.

[gilliflowersmaybe]

through gritted teeth. I love my job I love my coworkers I love this industry I love my job I love my coworkers I love this industry I love my j

[sith-shenanigans]

*looks at polyamorous triad* so which of you is the soldier and which is the poet and which is the king

[sith-shenanigans]

this is the perfect reblog post cancelled

[luren-away]

first meeting

[art-the-f-up]

Dialogue parallels

[sobcat]

imaginationship

[therenaissancerose]

I feel like this should be a new thing, like when two creatives come together and have a relationship somewhere in the space of qpr but with an emphasis on making art together.

[sparkbirdmusic]

sometimes artists re-record a song and turn it into a duet

or they do like what Rabbitology and I did with Preybirds, where new material gets added

are there any of my songs that you think would be great as a duet?

I’m always thinking it would be fun to do Metropolis of Eden with someone queer (and not like way way younger than me since it mentions making out… imo it’s just art but I feel like people would get hung up on it) (same with Blue Jay, it’s got kissing)

[sparkbirdmusic]

wait what about thomas sanders

[therenaissancerose]

i think i would simply die from the worlds collide of it all /pos

PLSSSSSSS

[sparkbirdmusic]

sometimes artists re-record a song and turn it into a duet

or they do like what Rabbitology and I did with Preybirds, where new material gets added

are there any of my songs that you think would be great as a duet?

I’m always thinking it would be fun to do Metropolis of Eden with someone queer (and not like way way younger than me since it mentions making out… imo it’s just art but I feel like people would get hung up on it) (same with Blue Jay, it’s got kissing)

[sparkbirdmusic]

wait what about thomas sanders

[sleepingreader]

While Eva is a dutch first name, Stratt isn't a Dutch last name.

I hereby present reasons for Eva Stratt to be named that

1. Andy Weir did his research bad (boooring)

2. Stratt has a German dad and a Dutch mom but lives in the Netherlands (plausible)

3. Grace misheard Stratt say 'I'm Deutsch' and assumed she was Dutch (funny as hell and very in character)

[therenaissancerose]

I always assumed it was partially the fact that it’s a real name with the correct cultural origins to be plausible but it also evokes the word “strategy” to English readers. Very on brand and subtle way to establish character.

[gilliflowersmaybe]

does anyone want to talk about how orpheus hadestown eats raw pasta. does anyone want to hold my hand

[shakespeare-guy-anon]

in a world full of opinions on the new odyssey movie

go and watch the hadestown proshot in theatres with your best friend

[therenaissancerose]

I think I’ve unlocked a new novelty I’d like to call Schrödinger’s job description

[avpdvoidspace]

Having a traumatic childhood means you cannot talk even objectively about your basic foundational experiences without it being "venting", even if you're not actually venting. You just straight up have a huge chunk of your life you can't talk about, full stop, without it being trauma dumping.

And it not being socially acceptable to talk about your own childhood is super alienating. Sometimes people want to know why, and any answer you can give them is going to be off putting.

It's to the point I get irritated when something I said is framed as venting when I'm literally just talking about my life experiences, doing my best to keep emotion out of it.

[savouryduck]

when I was in high school, I overheard two older students talking about a friend of theirs.

One of them said something like, "it doesn't bother me that [Friend] was in residential mental health treatment, I just wish they wouldn't talk about it ALL the time".

The other replied, "Well, that was all of last year for them. So when they say 'when I was in treatment,' it's like when you say 'last year'."

I try to remember that any time someone says something that sounds Shocking to me. sometimes one person's scary special crisis is another person's last year.

[wherethewildcatsare]

If you want to be accepting of mental illness, you need to accept the fact that some people's everyday lives are going to be terrifying to you. That doesn't mean they don't get to talk about it. Stop forcing hurt, isolated people to become even MORE hurt and isolated because you can't fathom toughening up a bit.

[thecooler-amina]

"I'm with love with you, Charles" is spoken with such hurt and softness that it starts to sounds like a synonym to "I'm sorry"