Just another soul wandering through this planet. Ace/Pan/Transfem May 14th From ashes I was made and ashes I return and so I walk alone and wonder, why?
My name? An unsolved mystery... But you can call me Zuki/Amanda/Penny or Jane Doe even.
I like to draw, read, write, and i really like Ride The Cyclone/Legoland as you can see, but still i like a bunch of other things apart from this silly musical, like Yaelokre and the world of Meadowlark.
I made this account just to follow some friends of mine, but i do plan on posting drawings, fanfics from Ride The Cyclone and other stuff from other fandoms im in, So follow me if you want, im sure youre gonna like it here.
All one knows for certain is this post appeared for someone so they could see and i guess that what they see is this...
"Ride the Cyclone" is a musical about death, and love, and choices.
Writing is also about death, and love, and most of all, choices.
One significant (publicly visible) choice in the writing of "Ride the Cyclone" was in the opening ensemble number. The show has had a few as its worked through the refining process.
(Theatre is never really done - its created every night, in front of the audience. But this is about the writing.)
The two most well known opening ensemble numbers, as far as I'm aware, are "Fall Fair Suite" and "Uranium Suite". FFS appeared in one of the most popular productions (and bootlegs), while US appeared on the soundtrack and productions going forward.
Online, I've seen a lot of folks prefer FFS. And its a great number! I really like it, and I wish it was included on the soundtrack as a bonus track. (Shout out to "Be Safe, Be Good" and "A World Inside" - I love both of them)
But I think "Uranium Suite" better fits the show, the characters, and the journey of it all. (Naturally, spoilers for the entirety of "Ride the Cyclone" below.)
Most of the characters want to escape Uranium:
Ocean wants to be the first female Prime Minister of Canada (which would take her to Ottawa)
Noel wants to move to France (and travel in time)
Mischa wants to return to Ukraine
Ricky wants to embrace his destiny as the savior of Zolar
Constance reminds them all about the beautiful things they experienced in their lives, and in Uranium. And this is where the show ends - with them appreciating each other, and their experiences of their short lives - including the joy they felt on the Cyclone before the accident.
"Fall Fair Suite" has a lot of bitterness about their deaths, and the things they did or didn't do. "What a load of freaking junk!" "Dead, we're done! There's no undoing! // Nothing left to do except to rot!" "Algebra 12, kiss my ass!" "How can this be fair?!"
"Uranium Suite" is all about Uranium City - it starts in the actual choral performance, with all the cheesy love and endearment you would expect from a high school choir teacher. But then it shifts to the crash - but its also about the failing state of Uranium City. "The smart ones all packed up and went" "Empty streets of empty shops // shuttered rows of Mom and Pops" "Build yourself a funeral pyre" "We'll never leave this town alive".
Constance is the one who takes them to her Sugar Cloud - and ultimately, this is the comfort that allows them to send Penny Lamb on her way and face the unknown of what comes next.
"What? Yo, just cause i’m all gangsta don’t automatically make me homophobe!! It’s not cool to be homophobe in rap game no more ever since Macklemore dropped Same Love! That shit was emotionally devastating, yo." Mischa Bachinski, The Angriest Boy In Town.
