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I know you know who I am + A vision in blue

- Next To Normal (2025)

Everyone has been drawing this shot of Gabe, so obviously I wanted to join the club. But I was sad Natalie didn't get the same attention, so that needed to be amended. And then her hair probably took more time than the rest of both of them combined. Still a delight!

I've loved this show since I saw it opening night on Broadway in 2009, and I got to see this production live last year. And now the PBS recording of it is my new hyperfixation. Highly recommend it, but be warned: it tackles very heavy mental health topics. Be safe, take care of yourself. ♥

All my love to Jack Wolfe and Eleanor Worthington-Cox for portraying these characters so wonderfully.

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fun little music analysis for yall but thinking about the chord in just another day where they sing "it hurts when i sayyyyyy"

so heres a bit of the official score. diana is the pink line, gabe is orange, and dan and natalie are blue

i always knew that the "say" is a dissonant chord (aka it clashes) but looking at the score it made me See some Things

diana sings a C while natalie and dan sing a D which clash with each other. they dont typically fit into a chord together

but GABE on the other hand sings an A. which fits into a chord with diana's note (a C is a third above A so naturally they fit nicely together)

so the way that diana and gabe are the only ones with a regular harmony while dan and nat create dissonance with her is a very subtle but super cool way to indicate show diana's dissonance with her family and how diana and gabe exist together separate to the rest of the family. and i just think it's pretty neat

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rip inej ghafa you would've loved that trend where you only move when the light is off

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Something that I don’t think is talked about enough is the differences in how Broadway vs West End productions of N2N stage the song “I am”

In the Broadway version when Gabe says “look at me” he is looking and directing this towards Diana

Meanwhile in the West End, Gabe is talking to Dan.

Then when Gabe is echoing Dan by repeating “I am” Aaron’s Gabe is once again speaking to Diana, trying to convince her that he is all of the things Dan claims to be, and is speaking very softly.

He only looks at Dan when he says the line “you don’t give a damn” and then separates himself from Diana to challenge Dan directly

Jack’s Gabe is speaking to and in contradiction to Dan(is that the right word?) telling Dan no YOU are not I AM. He doesn’t move to comfort Diana until “I won’t walk away”

I reblogged this with the rest of the analysis

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"jack wolfe as–" anything. literally anything. cast him as EVERYTHING actually because the world needs more characters played by jack wolfe. I need more characters played by jack wolfe.

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someone cast jack wolfe as dorian gray rn

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I was trying to figure out where I last saw the outfit Wylan's wearing in that scene.

Then, I remembered...

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these are exactly the things they say

do u think in the grishaverse rather than it being Victorian child/man/women jokes it’s Fjerdan?

Like:

“I feel a fjerdan man seeing ankle for the first time.”

“This sentence would kill a fjerdan child.”

“Not to sound like fjerdan woman suffering from hysteria—”

(Yes the crows 100% make these jokes and it drives Matthias insane) (Kaz and Nina are the primary offenders)

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whenever people say that they dont think the crows act like teenagers i have to laugh because. like. as a teenager. they do. they're relatively mature because they're all severely traumatized and had to grow up fast (also because considering the time period it's based on it's completely reasonable for younger kids to be expected to do more) but they still act like teenagers. i've seen a bunch of people mention the "my ghost wont associate with your ghost" convo and "pay someone to pay someone to burn your kruge" but also, Jesper makes multiple sex jokes. Inej purposefully takes the harder route Kaz can't handle so he'll let her go alone. Wylan complains about pretty much everything. Nina spends most of the first book needling and pissing off her ex because she enjoys it. Kaz spends half his energy trying to be mysterious and cool. Matthias calls Kaz a demon for most of the books because he doesn't like him. Kuwei uses the fact that he looks like his crush's crush to kiss his crush. he also pretends he doesn't know Kerch because he didnt want to talk to people.

and, hands down the most teenager scene in the entire duology, Kaz and Jesper get in an argument and start a fucking fist fight. they are literally rolling on the ground punching each other. and everyone just fucking stands there. watching. Wylan wants someone to stop them but no one does. because they're not actively trying to kill each other. so whatever its fine. and then afterwards they're besties again. that is how 99% of the fights at my school go my dude, they are SUCH teenagers.

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subscribing to a fic isn’t enough I need the author to blast a bat signal into the night sky whenever they update

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Every once in a while I encounter a photo of Jack Wolfe that gives off such strong Dorian Gray vibes that I get viscerally angry over the fact that they haven't played him yet.

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i came to an awful realisation…

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n2n is genuinely ruining my life and I thank it

8h 23m

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that one scene in crooked kingdom

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Gabe wears the same gray hoodie Diana once wore in a flashback, when she was pregnant with him. What was once hers becomes his, turning the hoodie into a quiet symbol of their bond. It ties past to present, showing how deeply her grief and love are tied to him.

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Forgot to post this but 🙇‍♀️ ive been obsessed with next to normal (and jack wolfe cough cough... id never even heard of the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry until yesterday) but yeah i drew this and posted to instagram and he liked the post 😭🙏 still in (after)shock