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Hi Tumblr! It’s been [redacted] years that I haven’t posted something, which is rather silly actually. Fixing that.

Anyway, here’s Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb series! :) Enjoy!

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sailor bones does have an attack btw, like aside from just general necromancy. it's called Bone Tiara Magic and it involves a lot of spinning and gymnastics in front of a pretty background with sparkles etc. and then she just throws a fucking femur at your head

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are the locked tombs audiobooks good?

No, they are SUPERB. Moira Quirk is a classically trained British thespian and it shows. Every character is distinct, the accents are incredibly fun, and the elaborate names and ten-dollar words just roll off her tongue. She's an excellent match for Muir's beautiful prose and I highly recommend them for a reread (or first read). The narration adds a different dimension--especially for the action scenes.

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[image id: a meme of a poster that reads "Have you seen him? Now you have :)" with a picture of John Silver from season 4 of Black Sails. /end id]

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I think being a shapeshifter would fix me

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even the infamous pirate captain james flint isn't immune to the gay urge to shave your head when having a psychological crisis

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mmm black sails brainrot got me

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A Pack Of Gray Wolves, Canis Lupus by Jim And Jamie Dutcher

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I saw Les Mis live for the first time the other weekend, and the surprising standout performance for me was Kyle Adams as Grantaire. He is a performer who has obviously read the Brick, and uses all of his stagetime to convey as many aspects of Brick Grantaire as possible; he also reads Grantaire’s love for Enjolras as explicitly gay and romantic (there’s a moment I’ll talk about later where he blows him a kiss.) I was actually surprised by how much he managed to convey in so little time!

Some highlights:

When Enjolras is asking for a “report on the strength of the foe,” Grantaire enthusiastically raises his hand, posturing and gesturing wildly at himself to volunteer. Enjolras casts him a disdainful look like “anyone elSE?” And that’s when Javert jumps in with his “I can find out the truth.” It’s like a small silent version of the Barrier du Maine scene; Grantaire was really giving that “je suis farouche.”

In general, there was this repeated Thing where Grantaire obnoxiously acts out in order to get Enjolras’s attention, and then flails around uselessly whenever he actually has it. Very in character.

Grantaire often goes on uproariously and jokingly about love; then, whenever he’s approached by Enjolras, he doesn’t seem to understand what to do about it.

Whenever Enjolras is singing dramatically about revolution— during Red and Black, Do You Hear the People Sing, and One Day More— Grantaire gazes at up at him with a amazed, awed, and overwhelmed look on his face, sometimes with his hand on his heart.

During Red and Black, there’s a moment where Grantaire “jokingly” caresses Enjolras’s face. Then during Do You Hear the People Sing, Enjolras passes Grantaire by and casually caresses his face; Grantaire acts a bit stunned, as if surprised Enjolras would deign to touch him. Finally, there’s a dramatic “reassuring face-caress” during the gay verse of Drink with Me.

There’s a repeated thing where Grantaire keeps offering Enjolras a bottle of wine, half-jokingly, only for Enjolras to reject it. In the last verse of Drink with Me, after Grantaire finishes his verse and walks away, Enjolras finally accepts a bottle of wine (though another character gives it to him.)

Iirc Grantaire doesn’t join in the fighting initially; he just stares at Enjolras in awe, and then mainly stands by Javert to “guard” him. I mainly mention this because I think Javert and Grantaire are a very funny duo, just as a concept. I think “being forced to listen to Grantaire monologues” is an excellent punishment for Javert.

During Marius’s verse of Drink with Me, Enjolras climbs to the top of the barricade, standing in the light. Grantaire is at the bottom in the shadows, attempting to sleep. As Marius sings about his love for Cosette, Grantaire raises his bottle to Enjolras, and then blows him a kiss. It’s very “let me sleep here until I die here.”

Finally, Grantaire has his "book death." After he spends the entire musical on the fringes being skeptical, he joins Enjolras in the final battle. He climbs up the barricade and says (I was close enough to hear) "Long live the Republic! I am one of them."

I'm genuinely impressed by how much of the Brick characterization he managed to convey with so little time-- some ad-libbing and lots of silent acting moments! It really gave me a greater appreciation of what a strong performer in a musical can do, and how they infuse even 'smaller' parts with lots of nuance and personality.

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thinking about remembering

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rb and tell me what’s your most re watched movie.. and be honest

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Kevin Michael O’Connell - Inundation, 2014-2017

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extremely random enjoltaire headcanons that are just v true to me

grantaire has an old ass phone like one of those old 2012 android smartphones, just because it's funny

grantaire fell first enjolras fell harder, purely because he is unable to half-ass anything

enjolras is, despite himself, a passenger princess

grantaire refuses to take his iron supplements

despite being hot enjolras is not hit on often because he has a very serious and scary case of resting bitch face

grantaire used to be obsessed with deep fried memes. enjolras doesn't get them AT ALL

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god i wish there was a way for the fandom to collectively let tamsyn know that it’s okay if alecto is 800 pages, really,

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Haku's eyes SPIRITED AWAY 千と千尋の神隠し(2001)