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this blog is super inactive now for the most part BUT i would give my left lung for a bootleg of les mis with gavin lee as thenardier (would be may '15-may '16), i think i saw him back in early 2016 and i want to relive it because he was fantastic. i have been scouring the internet to try and find one but all of the 2nd revival boots have either been cliff saunders or just audios :')

i don't have anything to trade for aside from (what i believe is original london cast?) cursed child with sam/anthony (if anyone needs that and wants it then i'd be happy to trade, it's fantastic quality) as i'm not really in the trading community but i'd also be happy to donate a small amount to a ko-fi or other similar platform as payment if necessary—since i assume this would be a pretty uncommon boot, lol. no need to gift unless you're feeling generous <3

if one of these even exists please message me i'd owe you my life

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A dating service where matching is based on people’s search history exists. You’re a serial killer. You go on a date with a writer.

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i feel this so much it hurts 

credit

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y’all i’m still getting messages asking me if i need this and i love all of you so much for your kindness and generosity but i have acquired the bootleg so all is well✨

*whispers* if anyone has a cursed child bootleg that they’d like to gift please hmu you’d be my savior

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*whispers* if anyone has a cursed child bootleg that they’d like to gift please hmu you’d be my savior

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If you're ever bored, here's a list of Studio Ghibli films you can watch for free.

Castle In The Sky (1986) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Only Yesterday (1991) Porco Rosso (1992) Pom Poko (1994) Whisper of the Heart (1995) Princess Mononoke (1997) My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) Spirited Away (2001) The Cat Returns (2002) Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Tales from Earthsea (2006) Ponyo On A Cliff From The Sea (2008) The Secret World of Arrietty/The Borrower Arrietty (2010) From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

If any of the links stop working, please let me know so I can fix it.

For Castle In The Sky, wait for the free user button to be clickable and it will send you to the video.

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Power Couple

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How to Get Noticed on Social Media: The Logistics

Okay. Hear me out.

There is nothing you, as a fan of someone you idolize, want more than to be recognized in a good way. You comment on every Instagram picture, retweet every tweet, and share every post they make with everyone you know, with the slim, slim chance that they might notice you in the sea of thousands.

I’m going to give you a reality check: you will never be noticed that way. It’s not you, it’s them - well, it’s rather the social media apps themselves. Today, we’re going to unearth the scary reality behind the Low Quality Filter™.

What you (and maybe even your idol) don’t realize is that they aren’t going to see every notification they receive; that sounds about right, considering they get tens of thousands every day, right? Well, they actually don’t. The LQF on Twitter and Instagram specifically is incredibly bottlenecked in that only a very small amount of notifications they should be receiving actually pop up. So... how does it choose?

First, if your idol already follows you, none of the following will apply to you. All accounts, verified or not, can see nearly all notifications from people they follow. So rest assured that your comments and likes are already popping up on their notification feed.

Now, let’s talk about verification marks. The little checkmark beside someone’s name appears to be innocent, but it is the devil of social media for those wanting to have their comments replied to or their photos liked by their favorite celebrity. What this does is it amplifies the already picky LQF (because naturally, someone with a check should be getting more notifications than someone without one). We’ll break the individual pieces down so you can get a better feel for it.

Instagram

Likes on Photos: Someone without a verified check will receive notifications for likes up until there are about 200 likes on the picture. After this, the notifications will look like “x account and 50000 others liked your picture.” There is no way to view the 50000 others individually. Someone with a verified check will not receive these notifications at all (except from likes from people they follow), and will have to manually check their posts to see the amount of likes.

Comments: Someone without a verified check will receive notifications for all comments until the 50th comment. Then, they will receive notifications for any comments that are at least 10 characters long and include at least 1 letter, uppercase or lowercase. This means that you can’t send just a couple of emojis, but you also can’t string a ton of emojis together or send a short “hey,” “cute,” or “bite me.” Get creative! Longer comments are more likely to be seen. The verified check limits this further. Anyone with a verified check will ONLY see notifications for comments that include “quality content.” This filters out short comments, one- or two-word comments, comments with vulgar language, etc. The comments they see are extremely limited. Furthermore, the more interactive the people they follow are, the less likely they are to receive notifications from people they don’t follow. My best advice is to really try to get a conversation started. Ask an educated question! Start a conversation! But make sure that you are the only one saying what you say. If it’s similar to another comment, it’ll get lost and they won’t be notified.

Likes on Comments: There are no notifications for this. They used to give out notifications but now they are so limited that you’ll only receive a notification if you get a few (maybe three or so) likes. Any more and they disappear. This applies to everyone, including you and me.

Tagged Pictures: Anyone without a verified check is notified every time they’re tagged in a picture. Anyone with a verified check is only notified if it’s a picture posted by someone they follow.

Mentions: Anyone without a verified check is notified any time they are mentioned along with text. Just tagging them isn’t enough. Anyone with a verified check is only notified if they’re mentioned by someone they follow.

DM’s: High-profile people don’t typically have time to check their DM’s anyways, but there is a filter on them. Someone who gets a lot of DM’s but does not have a verified check will NOT receive any shared posts or picture-only DM’s. There must be text. Someone with a verified check will ONLY receive “quality” DM’s. I’m unsure on the exact restrictions of this but they basically require it to be original content. DM’ing “Happy Birthday!!” on their birthday will very likely not be received by them. Of course, all DM’s will show as “sent” to you unless you’ve been blocked.

Twitter

Twitter simplifies things a lot. Anyone without a verified check will receive ALL notifications. This is why more popular people are so adamant about getting one; it blows their phones up!

On the other hand, anyone with a verified check will ONLY receive notifications from people they follow. This includes likes, retweets, mentions, and DM’s. They have to manually stalk their tags and/or their tweets to find people. This is why “Retweet this for a follow/DM” tweets are almost always complete scams and/or fishes for retweets.

My advice is this: interact with up-and-coming celebrities A LOT and while you still can!! Once that verified check hits, it’ll be almost impossible to truly grab their attention.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

xx, your Friendly Neighborhood Thespian

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“Considering most of them are glued to a screen, I don’t doubt this” you’re literally typing this from your phone, robert

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Big mood

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Okie dokie kids, here’s your master list of Miraculous holders & what they’re wearing

Ladybug: Marinette Dupain-Cheng - earrings

Black Cat: Adrien Agreste - ring

Butterfly: Gabriel Agreste - brooch

Peacock: Emilie Agreste/Nathalie Sancoeur - pendant

Fox: Alya Césaire - necklace

Turtle: Nino Lahiffe - woven bracelet

Bee: Chloé Bourgeois - hair clip

Rat: Mylène Haprèle - unknown

Ox: Ivan Bruel - septum/eyebrow ring

Tiger: Juleka Couffaine - hand bracelet

Rabbit: Alix Kubdel - unknown

Dragon: Kagami Tsurugi - circlet

Snake: Luka Couffaine - bangle

Horse: Lila Rossi - unknown

Sheep/Goat: Sabrina Raincomprix - I assume they’re attaching to her headband like ram horns

Monkey: Max Kanté - Sun Wukong crown

Rooster: Nathaniel Kurtzberg - unknown

Dog: Kim Chien Lê - collar or arm band

Pig: Rose Lavillant - bracelet

PLEASE feel free to debate with me on this. I’m happy to do some more explaining on my answers! This is just a quick post for me to remember what I researched. If you think my choices for students are wrong, who do you think should get that Miraculous? Which Miraculous should that student have instead? Again, I’m totally up for talking about this, just message me!

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PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS VIDEO

i saw a post on here a while back and totally forgot to reblog it when i saw it and i’m in desperate need of finding it again.

it’s some weird commercial; all i really remember is a naked old man sitting on his hands and knees in a very minimalist living room and a guy walks up, sits behind him, opens his back, and starts playing him like a piano except instead of notes, the old man just croaks every time a note is played.

i have no idea what this is a commercial for please help me find it i need to see it again

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Update: THIS EPISODE WAS RELEASED TODAY AND I ALMOST NAILED IT.

From the book’s meaning to Marinette’s thinking Adrien is Hawk Moth to the reason behind Chloé’s crying to Gabriel akumatizing himself - GABRIEL BEING HAWKMOTH - besides his intentions (which I was semi-correct on in the sense that he did it to mask his identity and throw them off his trail), I was almost entirely right on this episode, and that’s with the clips from the original spoiler video being out of order.

I’m really, really proud of myself.

Things we know now:

Nathalie is aware of Gabriel’s identity, and not only is she aware, but it seems she’s working with him. Is Nathalie Le Paon? Or is she merely an accomplice?

Gabriel’s intentions for his evil doings are still very unclear. The last shot of the episode shows the locket with Mrs. Agreste over a side-by-side of Gabriel and Hawk Moth, so they’re hinting at going down the “bring back the missing wife” trope, but I’m not sure how they can pull that off.

Adrien, with the knowledge that his father could be Hawk Moth, began acting very, very strangely, even to a fault. When he learns that Ladybug’s gut was right, what is he going to do then?

Marinette is still as cute as ever, but I feel like Christina pitched her voice up a little since last season. I might just not be noticing it since I typically watch the French dub, but eh.

GABRIEL DOES NOT HAVE AN EVIL TWIN BROTHER

Marinette and Adrien can be akumatized!! I have a feeling Alya, Nino, and Chloé, having been akumatized, will give this fact away.

Master Fu lost the Butterfly and Peacock in his youth, possibly years before Gabriel and his wife were even born. Why did the miraculous pass down to them?

The above bullet clearly stated my beliefs on the Peacock holder. Yes, I think it’s Mrs. Agreste. Yes, I think she’s in hiding somewhere in Paris and steals the Peacock for use only when she needs to. No, I don’t think her second identity is Nathalie.

Hi, I want to discuss Gabriel. And Season 2, Episode 1. But mostly Gabriel.

So I have quite a bit to say about these season 2 spoilers, so PLEASE read at your own discretion!!! I’ll be analyzing this episode thoroughly.

Finally, this show is getting some weight to it.

Marinette is clueless yet again.

I have so much discourse on the Agreste family right now.

Gabriel is Hawk Moth.

And, funnily enough, I’m more sure of it now than I was last week. But first, I’ll walk through what I believe to be the chronology of the episode, since most of the clips in the spoiler video seemed to be out of order.

So Marinette goes to Master Fu with the book she found in the Volpina episode. Already, this is a direct continuation of Volpina and not a standalone episode. Here, she learns about the history of the Miraculous - but not just of Ladybug and Chat Noir, but also of Volpina (and presumably the others, but Volpina is the most important).

Cue the surprise when Marinette realizes that the ancient Volpina looks exactly like Lila, which, to Marinette and Tikki, clearly means that Hawk Moth, whoever he is, knows about this book and is able to draw designs from it in his akumas. And who does Marinette quickly suspect?

Yours truly, Adrien Agreste. She knows that he had the book in his possession, and suspects him of being Hawk Moth (blah blah, clueless Mari strikes again). We’ll get back to this picture later, because it’s very important.

And of course, Marinette begins a wild goose chase trying to find him, ending up in the boys bathroom at school (this is where the bit outside Francois-Dupont happens, with Tikki trying to rationalize with her). But no, inside the school she finds not Adrien, but…

Chloe, crying real tears. This is unusual, as Marinette can see in the bottom left with a worried glance at Nino. We also known she walked in on this because she’s the only one here wearing a backpack (so this is a direct continuation of the bathroom picture. She found Chloe on her hunt for Adrien). Chloe, although you can’t see it very well in this image, is holding her phone in her right hand. Whatever happened, it did so very quickly through her phone. And, although it might be due to something completely unrelated, my guess is that it had something to do with Adrien being pulled out of school. I could do a whole discourse on why this would vividly upset Chloe, but I’ll save that for another post. For now, let’s jump on over to the Agreste household.

Remember this picture? That’s not Marinette holding the tablet. It’s either Nathalie or Gabriel, and very likely the latter of the two. Somehow, Gabriel found out about his son stealing the book from him. And boy, are there consequences. Sure, he gets grounded from things often, but… we know this is serious. Why?

Because in this picture (taken between two frames because it was hard to catch), Gabriel is throwing pictures of Adrien down from the wall onto the floor. Hoooooo boy. Something upset this man. We’ve known him to be stern, but level-headed. For this book to send him flying off the deep end and literally resenting his own son so much as to throw his pictures onto the ground, we know that it’s important to him. The Miraculous is important to him. Still, we could already assume that much from the Peacock Miraculous literally being in his safe. But it is very important to Gabriel that this book stays in his possession. To Gabriel, Adrien stealing this book (for whatever reason) is the ultimate act of betrayal. And this leads to the Collector.

Before we skip to the end of the battle, I’d just like to point out that not only does Gabriel toss Adrien’s modeling photos onto the floor, but he also trashes this, a handmade drawing by Adrien from when mom was still around. Don’t even try to tell me that Gabriel would normally act like this. He is beyond angry at his son. This image could be the last piece of young, innocent Adrien that he has left, and he chucked it onto the floor like a piece of garbage. We later see Chat Noir’s boots in front of it while it’s on the floor, so cue Adrien being sad that his dad hates him, and still pushing through to rescue him from his akuma form. I love character development, especially that of family dynamic.

I haven’t taken any images of the battle itself, because it seems fairly generic as far as battles go. We do know that the Collector has a book as a weapon and captures people and items in it à la Pixelator. The Lucky Charm itself is unknown at the moment, but we know that the solution involves Adrien’s foosball table, his shelf, and Chat Noir’s tail. Chat also Cataclysm’s his shelf. Whether this is undone after the akuma cleansing is unknown, but it probably is.

Now comes the speculation part of this analysis, and why I’m more sure than ever that Gabriel is Hawk Moth. This picture shows Gabriel (yes, it’s him, we can tell by the suit sleeve) scrolling through various images that were found in the Miraculous book. I have no idea what setting this takes place in but Gabriel, despite his lashing out earlier, still has copies of all these images. I’ve stopped at the image of Chat Noir because that’s where Gabriel stopped. And, lo and behold, two episodes ago Gabriel was checking out his son’s ring. But… why would Adrien taking his book make him so angry when he already had saved copies of every page in the book? Because, my friends, his son - who he now suspects as being Chat Noir - is closer than ever to finding out his identity.

But not in the “I can’t have Chat Noir defeating me” kind of way; it’s in the “I don’t want my son to despise me more than he already does” kind of way. He’s worried that Adrien will figure out that he’s Hawk Moth and do everything in his power to stop him, even if Gabriel’s intentions are good and, like many have speculated in the past, he’s just trying to bring Mrs. Agreste back. He knows that at this point the only way to succeed is if his son breaks his trust with Ladybug and joins forces with his father. But he knows that’s not going to happen. Adrien is too good, too kind for that, and Gabriel knows that the only way to throw his son off his trail is to akumatize himself. This is why, for the first time in the series…

We see Hawk Moth transform, back into Hawk Moth. He’s just come back from being a regular human being with his Miraculous. But at this point, after he’s tried so hard to enact his plan only to find out that his son is not only his arch nemesis but is also that much closer to learning that his own father is Hawk Moth, Gabriel knows he’s a lost cause. All he can do now is stall the moment that the reveal occurs, which means doing everything in his power to stop Ladybug and Chat Noir from learning who he is - to make himself his own victim. It may have just not been filmed, but what if there was no “fly, little akuma” in this episode? What if? What if the whole thing occurred in Gabriel’s office? If he akumatized himself in his office to throw his son off his trail? After all, he’s come to his own conclusion that it’s inevitable at this point. He knows he’s lost if Adrien ever finds out. He knows that very well.

And judging from this look of pain and condolence, Nooroo does too.

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Regarding your analysis of Gabriel being HM, Gabe didn't throw the picture Adrien drew- it's sitting neatly against the wall on the ground. If he threw it, it should be broken like the photo, but it isn't. Also I think the place he's looking at the photos of the book is in the same room.

To expand on your comment:1. Why else would Adrien's drawing be on the ground? Consider that Gabriel may not have thrown the images hard enough for them to break. Believe it or not, it takes a LOT of force to break glass from just throwing a frame on the ground.2. By the "same room," do you mean Gabriel's office? I'm actually curious about this, as I can't tell what room he's in but I don't recall seeing anything like that in his office at any point. A friend recently pointed out that the blue lighting behind the screen reminded them of Hawk Moth's lair (which would support the Gabe/HM theory), although I think the sliver of background we see is too small to tell.

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I have a problem with your theory. My problem is that you haven't seen the battle, but you've seen everything else in the episode. Do you know who the Collector is? Gabriel Agreste. Are you going to tell me that HM akumatized himself?

I have seen the battle, and although I don't talk about the details of the battle, I do actually mention this at the end of my analysis. Yes, I do think it's possible that Hawk Moth can akumatize himself. In essence, it's a way for Gabriel to keep Adrien (who he suspects is Chat Noir) off his trail since he knows that his goal can't be completed if his son (who already resents him somewhat) finds out his identity. Whether it's explained how he does this or not, I don't know. But yes, I think it's certainly possible that Hawk Moth's abilities allow him to akumatize himself. At this point, we've only seen the Butterfly Miraculous as having one use: to control the abilities of others - and I believe it's a part of that use that allows Hawk Moth to control the abilities of himself as well.

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Hi, I want to discuss Gabriel. And Season 2, Episode 1. But mostly Gabriel.

So I have quite a bit to say about these season 2 spoilers, so PLEASE read at your own discretion!!! I’ll be analyzing this episode thoroughly.

Finally, this show is getting some weight to it.

Marinette is clueless yet again.

I have so much discourse on the Agreste family right now.

Gabriel is Hawk Moth.

And, funnily enough, I’m more sure of it now than I was last week. But first, I’ll walk through what I believe to be the chronology of the episode, since most of the clips in the spoiler video seemed to be out of order.

So Marinette goes to Master Fu with the book she found in the Volpina episode. Already, this is a direct continuation of Volpina and not a standalone episode. Here, she learns about the history of the Miraculous - but not just of Ladybug and Chat Noir, but also of Volpina (and presumably the others, but Volpina is the most important).

Cue the surprise when Marinette realizes that the ancient Volpina looks exactly like Lila, which, to Marinette and Tikki, clearly means that Hawk Moth, whoever he is, knows about this book and is able to draw designs from it in his akumas. And who does Marinette quickly suspect?

Yours truly, Adrien Agreste. She knows that he had the book in his possession, and suspects him of being Hawk Moth (blah blah, clueless Mari strikes again). We’ll get back to this picture later, because it’s very important.

And of course, Marinette begins a wild goose chase trying to find him, ending up in the boys bathroom at school (this is where the bit outside Francois-Dupont happens, with Tikki trying to rationalize with her). But no, inside the school she finds not Adrien, but…

Chloe, crying real tears. This is unusual, as Marinette can see in the bottom left with a worried glance at Nino. We also known she walked in on this because she’s the only one here wearing a backpack (so this is a direct continuation of the bathroom picture. She found Chloe on her hunt for Adrien). Chloe, although you can’t see it very well in this image, is holding her phone in her right hand. Whatever happened, it did so very quickly through her phone. And, although it might be due to something completely unrelated, my guess is that it had something to do with Adrien being pulled out of school. I could do a whole discourse on why this would vividly upset Chloe, but I’ll save that for another post. For now, let’s jump on over to the Agreste household.

Remember this picture? That’s not Marinette holding the tablet. It’s either Nathalie or Gabriel, and very likely the latter of the two. Somehow, Gabriel found out about his son stealing the book from him. And boy, are there consequences. Sure, he gets grounded from things often, but… we know this is serious. Why?

Because in this picture (taken between two frames because it was hard to catch), Gabriel is throwing pictures of Adrien down from the wall onto the floor. Hoooooo boy. Something upset this man. We’ve known him to be stern, but level-headed. For this book to send him flying off the deep end and literally resenting his own son so much as to throw his pictures onto the ground, we know that it’s important to him. The Miraculous is important to him. Still, we could already assume that much from the Peacock Miraculous literally being in his safe. But it is very important to Gabriel that this book stays in his possession. To Gabriel, Adrien stealing this book (for whatever reason) is the ultimate act of betrayal. And this leads to the Collector.

Before we skip to the end of the battle, I’d just like to point out that not only does Gabriel toss Adrien’s modeling photos onto the floor, but he also trashes this, a handmade drawing by Adrien from when mom was still around. Don’t even try to tell me that Gabriel would normally act like this. He is beyond angry at his son. This image could be the last piece of young, innocent Adrien that he has left, and he chucked it onto the floor like a piece of garbage. We later see Chat Noir’s boots in front of it while it’s on the floor, so cue Adrien being sad that his dad hates him, and still pushing through to rescue him from his akuma form. I love character development, especially that of family dynamic.

I haven’t taken any images of the battle itself, because it seems fairly generic as far as battles go. We do know that the Collector has a book as a weapon and captures people and items in it à la Pixelator. The Lucky Charm itself is unknown at the moment, but we know that the solution involves Adrien’s foosball table, his shelf, and Chat Noir’s tail. Chat also Cataclysm’s his shelf. Whether this is undone after the akuma cleansing is unknown, but it probably is.

Now comes the speculation part of this analysis, and why I’m more sure than ever that Gabriel is Hawk Moth. This picture shows Gabriel (yes, it’s him, we can tell by the suit sleeve) scrolling through various images that were found in the Miraculous book. I have no idea what setting this takes place in but Gabriel, despite his lashing out earlier, still has copies of all these images. I’ve stopped at the image of Chat Noir because that’s where Gabriel stopped. And, lo and behold, two episodes ago Gabriel was checking out his son’s ring. But… why would Adrien taking his book make him so angry when he already had saved copies of every page in the book? Because, my friends, his son - who he now suspects as being Chat Noir - is closer than ever to finding out his identity.

But not in the “I can’t have Chat Noir defeating me” kind of way; it’s in the “I don’t want my son to despise me more than he already does” kind of way. He’s worried that Adrien will figure out that he’s Hawk Moth and do everything in his power to stop him, even if Gabriel’s intentions are good and, like many have speculated in the past, he’s just trying to bring Mrs. Agreste back. He knows that at this point the only way to succeed is if his son breaks his trust with Ladybug and joins forces with his father. But he knows that’s not going to happen. Adrien is too good, too kind for that, and Gabriel knows that the only way to throw his son off his trail is to akumatize himself. This is why, for the first time in the series…

We see Hawk Moth transform, back into Hawk Moth. He’s just come back from being a regular human being with his Miraculous. But at this point, after he’s tried so hard to enact his plan only to find out that his son is not only his arch nemesis but is also that much closer to learning that his own father is Hawk Moth, Gabriel knows he’s a lost cause. All he can do now is stall the moment that the reveal occurs, which means doing everything in his power to stop Ladybug and Chat Noir from learning who he is - to make himself his own victim. It may have just not been filmed, but what if there was no “fly, little akuma” in this episode? What if? What if the whole thing occurred in Gabriel’s office? If he akumatized himself in his office to throw his son off his trail? After all, he’s come to his own conclusion that it’s inevitable at this point. He knows he’s lost if Adrien ever finds out. He knows that very well.

And judging from this look of pain and condolence, Nooroo does too.