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Nothing gets on my nerves more than the characterization that Christine is a ditzy soprano because NO!! She’s in the throes of grief and to deny her recognition not only as a rising star but legacy of her father? It’s only human to want more, especially as a hungry artist who is but one of many “ballet girls.”

None to mention she shows grit, passion, and unapologetic raucousness, even to her detriment. One of my favourite moments is when, as an unwilling participant in the Phantoms wedding scheme yells:

“Have you gorged yourself, at last, in your lust for blood?”

Particularly in the 25th Anniversary edition, Christine is disgusted with him, angry and indignant despite being physically outmatched. She has prowess and courage, something that combined with her kindness is her key to escape.

So no, Christine isn’t an “airheaded soprano,” she is a tender, rising voice whom initially blends into a theatre of belting singers. But as she grows in grief and success, she makes herself heard with ire and force and grace.

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Fight me but the best version of the Ballad of the Witches Road is Agatha Through Time.

Maybe it’s the layered vocals, the exploration of time periods through costumes (a genius with such thoughtfulness that deserves a long post in itself), Kathryn Hahn just HANDING it to the world with her acting like “What??? How could this possibly happen???” In that moment the two felt inseparable, it was so undeniable and palpable that THIS character is her creation, her passion and love, all the while doing it with such ease. Agatha is oozing charisma and power and treachery as we watch her cover and bury her pain of losing Nicky and betrayal by Rio as the centuries fly by.

Compared to the rest of the episode, where saw her at her tenderest, loving, and eagerest, we are physically watching a mask build. The wound doesn’t heal but is hidden as Agatha Harkness hardens into a new persona that disguises the ugly, gaping, scared memory that is her son and ex lover. By the time the song reaches the present, her current coven, it feels that much more fake and egregiously performative than the act itself already is. Or rather, Agatha does.

Musically it feels so charged and layered, voices building out from familiar ones as you realize just how expansive this has become, just how many witches have fallen into Agatha’s scheme. Like every witch who ever participated is being heard. It also has this unexpected playful element, like little bells in the chorus as Agatha (dressed in the iconic 1940’s ensemble) does a little shimmy with the music. A reminder that despite being this large, building, impactful crescendo, to Agatha? This is still all a game. The voices convey a raw wanton desire to run, to seize fistfuls of time and power.

Or maybe…it’s the realization that it HAS been Agatha All Along

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Carrie (1976) inspired drawings from my sketchbook because I rewatched the movie recently

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Don’t care how many times I’ve heard it, I will drop everything and sit through the sordid tale of Patti LuPone chucking a lamp through the dressing room window of Sunset Boulevard time and time again

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LOVE and will never get over the Phantom calling Raoul a “slave of fashion” meanwhile this man is bent over a cloak at any given moment with rinestones and superglue like, “wait till Christine sees THIS”

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i attracted a deathclaw to my settlement and all it ever does is queue for beverages

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Obsessed with how much Haymitch Thus far (halfway) in the book is a total loser, boy failure. Insufferable pathetic wet beast, incredible

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200 pages in and we haven’t even entered the ARENA??? Suzanne you’re making me nervous with this setup what terrible things do you have cooking after such a grand exposition

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One can only hope that animal crossing does a collab with the crimson peak for it's 10 year anniversary so i can fill my house with giant vats of red clay and run around holding a lit candelabra fleeing from visceral blood red ghosts

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i learned about a stupid looking bird today and i cant stop laughing

its called a crested satinbird (cnemophilus macgregorii)

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That part of the musical where the protagonists “I want” song is twisted back at them for selfishness or foolishness, etc. ooo so spicy so delicious

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ik every time glinda has to do some politics shit in oz she's crying inside like "this should be elphaba's job. i shouldve just been her trophy wife"

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With Sunrise on the Reaping releasing soon I will continually defend this series when people either: haven’t read it in years (especially since being a teen) or with judgement clouded by the ensuing amount of post-apocalyptic narratives that followed after its gained popularity and exhausted the genre.

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if you've ever used the London Underground you might have noticed that it often gets uncomfortably hot. the reason for this is actually that its builders dug too greedily & too deep and as a result the trains are very close to the fires of hell. hope that helps.

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i haven’t stopped sobbing about this since i saw it, like ouch