#ghds

[likeadog]

ok chat ive been waffling on something so id like some feedback

ive got these characters who are twins-- monoamniotic, and id like to keep them that way, since its thematically relevant; romulus and arsene (i also havent decided on if they have real names and those are code names or if those ARE their real names)

i keep leaning towards making romulus a cis man, and so that would make arsene transfem/transfem nonbinary (or a very femme man). id like to avoid committing to this decision before i get some feedback on whether or not theres too many bad stereotypes here

"hey isn't that-" (shhhh i can doubleverse an oc if i want to thats my god given right)

Arsene, out of the two twins, does take the more direct role for hand-to-hand combat, but not because they're larger or massively muscular; they're a dancer, and it's based on that. both of the twins are 5'2" and relatively lean

also as the namesake implies, they're based on arsene lupin, the phantom thief, and by god, they do steal things. they're also a master of disguise-- a lot of GHDS characters and most of this family are shapeshifters because immmmm predictable but arsene does utilize identity theft sometimes. ayanos theme is greed and shigeos is lust; ergo their kids are meant to at least vaguely represent Theft (Arsene) and Fraud/Cheating (Romulus, who is an augur)

the twins and especially arsene are probably the most well-adjusted and least batshit crazy/borderline evil members of the family. arsene is sort of the "black sheep" because they are the younger twin and thus not the inheritor of anything and also had an incident in their youth (at the hands of romulus, although they were children and he didn't think that pushing his sibling would result in the injury that it did yk) that led to a lazy eye developing (which, instead of correcting, they simply decided that eye was bust and focused on correcting the remaining one, hence the monocle) which mostly ended their career as a child actor. they have a fairly bombastic personality, but they dont really believe they're "going anywhere" and so lives at home with romulus often acting in a vaguely caretaking role ie driving/accompanying or bringing them along in case there's a fall, etc.

they love performing and especially love performing magic tricks, but their dream is actually to keep it pretty lowkey and work as a children's party entertainer/magician. they like working with kids (and began to go to school for early childhood education, but dropped out because of the Everything Else going on) and while they;d never admit it, they're kind of sick of success being defined as always going bigger and higher.

appearance is important for the twins-- i havent quite worked everything out theme wise there but it has to do with how they look a lot like their mother and the difference in arsene choosing to keep their natural appearance (for the most part, i intend on testing designs with tattoos) versus their mothers obsessive cultivating of her image versus romulus similarly working to cultivate a look but its the complete opposite

now, keep in mind, this IS for GHDS, where most of the characters are involved in some insane ultraviolence and are on a level of crazy that doesnt have legal or medical terms, but for that reason, ive really shied away from adding transfem characters. the closest really is virtue, who is a trans woman but sorta on a "technicality"-- shes originally from a species that has no constructs of sex or gender, and im not sure i just want to leave it at a nonhuman equivalent

so. thoughts. i feeel like they dont really have the standard set of traits for transmisogynistic caricatures, but at thee same time, the nature of GHDS makes me nervous abt adding characters from demographics that have been historically demonized as inherently violent or predatory

also pretend my kanji doesnt suck

[electronicmail]

every groundhog day i get stuck in a time loop because i keep making new moral issues to replace the ones i solved

[annabelle--cane]

sorry for the groundhog posting but it's literally national time loop day

[its-a-hare-pom-pom]

You’re telling a hog grounded this day??!?!

[midnightnautilus]

There’s one tiny detail about the Groundhog Day musical they changed from the movie that I really like, and it’s in the line Rita sings in “If I had my Time Again”. She sings she’d learn piano as one of the things she’d with endless time, and this implies that this, along with the other things she’d do, is part of what sets Phil on his journey of self betterment and humility. In the movie, Rita says that her dream guy would play an instrument - this section is also done in the musical, but the scene above is not done as heavily. The movie sets it up so that Phil is becoming Rita’s ideal guy through genuine effort at improvement, not just trying to cheat through the loop as we’ve seen, and this is sweet and shows he really listened to her.

But what the musical implies with Phil hearing what Rita would do just in general implies Phil aspires to be more like Rita - someone who treats every day with hope and zest for life and genuine compassion. It pushes that message more of Phil stepping out from his own shadow and being a better person, inspired by someone he’s begun to care about and truly appreciate.

[applescruffing]

1995 george for my old man enjoyers

[philconnorz]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XNoFmwBKcA7n6N_SqIK8wm5HnGN9ifjg

Hi Groundhoggers, the bootleg of Groundhog Day the Musical is currently off of Youtube because the Old Vic copyright claimed it. Well, the Old Vic can copyright claim my ass, so here’s a google drive folder with the whole video, separated into Act I and Act II.

Act II is currently still uploading, but once that’s done both videos should be watchable by anyone with the link. If you have any problems, please tell me and I’ll try to fix them.

This footage does not belong to me, I’m blanking on the name of the channel who uploaded it but I want to say it’s Page Peter (???). So I don’t take credit for it, I’m just sharing it now that it’s been taken down.

Edit: The acts are no longer separated, it’s all one video.

[almost-correct-quotes]

[artuurle]

in my heart this is the truth of chapter 2 bald capo worm...

[tragedyposting]

Is 2017 agreed upon as a stupid Tonys year by theater fans of many stripes or am I just surrounded by great comet fans.

[gull-hypothesis]

phil connors L rizz

[likeadog]

shower ideas really do hit different hold awn i think i cracked the code for yano+family ive been trying to think for a while about whether i want to go the super kid friendly route with what her work is but then didnt know how to integrate shigeo being the avatar for asmodeus into that….. so then i was thinking abt a casino …. but then i was like wait why dont i just combine the two. why not a resort park like, yk, disney style. some small attractions lots of shopping play places for kids and then a casino and bar in the hotel for the grown ups. and then i was like okay well why would whichever set of protagonists i throw at them (im thinking johnny, cross, pluto, and virtue) even want to bother with them and the rest of SALIGIA what do they have to gain and i finally settled on. its a bit cliche but im thinking keys. seven keys. i cant decide if its for the sake of plutos hellgate or something else but the hellgate idea would make it a lot easier to keep him relevant i also think in ghds mammon and asmodeus claim as much parental stake to romulus and arsene that ayano and shigeo do. diversity win these twins have 4 parents and all of them kind of suck a little and i think. the keys are matching lockets shigeo and ayano wear bc. theyre cringe and sappy like that

[electronicmail]

guys if i get out of this time loop i can finally celebrate elmo’s birthday

[annabelle--cane]

you said it was national time loop yesterday though? and the day before that, too? i dunno, it just feels like you’ve been reblogging the same groundhog day posts for nearly a week now :(

anon I am so sorry to be the one to break this to you, but I think one of us is in the time loop. and I'll be real honest right now. it isn't me.

[enderscribbles]

mr phil connors look behind you it's the groundhog mascot with a morningstar!!!!! ahhh fuck he's too self absorbed to hear us

(id in alt)

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a digital illustration of Groundhog Day: the Musical depicting the number “Philanthropy.” It is the scene where Phil Connors runs around all of the town of Punxsutawney doing good deeds. A wake of people and things he’s helped float in the upper left corner (such as catching falling cats or a repaired coffee machine), colored blue, and Phil leaps jubilantly forth into the bottom left, colored yellow. Streaks of wind and snow follow him. The word “PHILANTHROPY!” is written in giant red letters in the background. end id]

I’M EXTRAORDINARILY LATE BUT NOT YET TARDY! Happy Groundhog Day!