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People forget that in the Disney fairy tale films, wishes and dreams represented hope: specifically, hope for a better future when current times were tough. The movies were made for people who lived through the Great Depression and Second World War. Snow White and Cinderella were survivors of abuse who wanted to be loved, Pinocchio wanted to become and be recognized as a real person, Bambi and Dumbo lost their mothers and had to find their own ways in the world. But these characters all held onto hope via their wishes and dreams.

So it feels a little demoralizing when modern Disney films try to deconstruct "wishes and dreams" as passive acts. They're trying to tell people to pick themselves up by the bootstraps, because nothing's gonna change unless you change something. Which is true, I guess.

But deconstructing wishes and dreams feels a bit like deconstructing hope itself. And maybe I'm reaching with that connection, but it doesn't sit right with me.

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Notes to Thirteen Year Old Girls

When your best friend tells you all she had for breakfast Was a packet of Splenda and a Diet Coke, And she tells you that she’ll stop after she loses five more pounds, Do not believe her. Tell her mother. It does not matter how angry your friend gets. The pain of that will always be preferable to the pain Of seeing your best friend in four years Weighing as much as she does now Half-dead in the hospital.

When your father sneaks into your bed in the dead of the night, And he tells you that this is how fathers love their daughters, Do not believe him. Tell your English teacher. She will have read millions of stories of girls like you. There is a one in six chance that she will be a girl like you. There is a five in six chance that she will know what to say to you. There is a six in six chance that she will help you.

When your veins whisper to you in the moonlight And say that there are so many nightmares inside you That could be free If you would just open your arms, Do not believe them. Tell your school’s guidance counselor, No matter how scared you are Because whispers are liars, And opening your arms will only open the passage For more nightmares to climb in.

And when the therapists say that you are better, Totally better, And you don’t need to worry about the sadness again, Do not believe them. Always be cautious, because sadness has a way Of sneaking up on you When you’re not looking. Be careful. Be careful.

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WRITING TIP: Make your dialogue beats do more.

A beat isn’t just filler; it’s how you write the silence.

The best beats reveal what’s felt, not said:

– hesitation

– discomfort

– tension

– hidden motive

What’s a beat?

A dialogue beat is a small action or thought that shapes rhythm and reveals what’s left unsaid.

Avoid:

“Sure,” she said, with a shrug.

(Filler beat. Adds no emotional value.)

Use beats with intent:

“Sure,” she said, without looking up from her phone.

(dismissive)

“It’s fine,” she said. The fight was over. And she’d lost.

(self-censorship)

“I’m fine.” He lined up the silverware again - and again.

(anxiety)

A good beat doesn’t echo the line - it complicates it.

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I took my little brother (autistic, mostly non verbal) out and he was using his voice keyboard to tell me something, and this little boy (maybe 4 or 5?) heard him and asked me "Is he a robot??" I tried to explain to him that no, he isn't a robot, he just communicates differently, but my darling brother was in the background max volume "I am robot I am robot I am robot I am robot"

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In this moment, Court was all of us and we were all Court. And then later when they slam the wall and go ’HIS PREFERENCE’ honestly I fear this will be a forever vocal stim for me

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Can we please talk about how good she looked here?

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That’s a clip

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HEAR ME OUT

NPMD characters as Ride the Cyclone characters

Ocean: Grace

Noel: (he doesn't fit but the only person after I filled in the other roles is) Pete. Whoops

Mischa: Max

Ricky: Ritchie

Jane: (I want to say Ruth but also Ruth works too well as Constance to be ignored so) Steph? Idk

Constance: Ruth

Karnak: mayor Lauter or the cop Bryce plays

Virgil: Curt’s character whose name I forget

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DID ANYONE DO A HADESTOWN AMANGELA FIC BECAUSE ANGELA WORKS SO WELL AS ORPHEUS I’M SCREAMING AND WE ALL KNOW SHE WOULD LOOK BACK

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"she’s topping you! YOU'RE WELCOME!!"

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And what would we all do if I edited ‘Seventeen’ from Heathers to clips of Steph and Pete? I fear I’m onto something here but idk

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Hi I’m auditioning for Heather Duke and I’ll be singing ‘Dance 10 looks 3’ from a chorus line

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And if I made the Smosh girlies as Six the Musical Queens, then what about that?

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