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did teri polo really sing all that cuz woah

Nope.

Teri Polo, Charles Dance and Andrea Ferreol were dubbed by real Opera singers for their respective singings parts. (Sorry to break if for you T.T)

Here they are.

Also (ik you didn't ask, But I'm gonna add it nonetheless), in an interview, Mr. Dance said that mimiking the singing was actually harder than acting with the mask.

As shown here:

(Image not by me, tho idk who to credit sorry)

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fit check

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Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus), family Eurylaimidae, order Passeriformes, Malaysia

photograph by Wai Loon Wong

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him again

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lol, better late than never 😆 You're very welcome @timebird84! I'm so happy you loved all my gifts! Did you name the guinea pig plush?

It's always fun choosing gifts for you 😁 Sadly, two of my favorite places to find gifts (Aliexpress and Joann Fabrics) are not accessible anymore... Thanks to the Tangerine Tyrant's tariffs on China, everything on Aliexpress has insane fees now. Meanwhile, Joann is closing due to corporate incompetence...It was a beloved fabric store that had a lot of wonderful seasonal merchandise. That means this year will be a bit more challenging for me 😅

Okay, I'm so late (like three months late) to post this I wasn't even sure anymore if I should still do it. I've no excuse. I figured tho it wouldn't be fair not to share all the awesome gifts here you sent me for Christmas 2024, @ofbeautsandbeasts .

I loved everything you picked for me! So many new little friends, sweets and decorations <3 <3 <3!!!

But I already told you about my absolute favorite piece. God, I love it so much! It's so cute!!! Look at that face!!!

Again, I'm so sorry it took me so long this time to make this post! Please know I appreciate our friendship so much, no matter how long my lazy ass needs to make a goddamn Thank you post!

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Thanks for tagging me @jennyfair7 and @heather-destler!! 😁

I tag: @obesessedwbeautiesandbeasts @alyss-madelyn @coatntails @mysticscorpia @jerseyfiredragon @aresidentghost @masqueradeball @happinessisntfun @musicalhell and whoever else wants to do it!

Tagged by @wheel-of-fish @forestscribe4 & @britishchick09 to post 6 non-selfie photos from my camera roll - thanks! 😊

Tagging (no pressure & not sure if you’ve already been tagged!) @franfinesheffield @timebird84 @ofbeautsandbeasts @obesessedwbeautiesandbeasts @heather-destler @shinyfire-0 @tearosesarts @silverfoxstole @laqueus

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lol, I need to rewatch that movie. I saw it like 12 years ago and sadly, I don't remember the Alamo (scene) 😅

Ooh, Dollywood, black bears, and hot tub sounds awesome! 🤩🐻

aHhhHHhh thanks for the birthday gifts @jennyfair7!!! 😍😆

OMG, look at them, they're perfect for me 😭 lol, Holy Guacamole to you too, bday avocado! 🥳🥑

That frog licking the candy corn keychain is too adorable! I can't 😂🐸 The Pipstickers are also too freakin' cute. I adore all their different Halloween costumes 👻🎃 The throw pillow is nicely made and will look great on the couch in October! 😆

lol, these Angel & Devil Long Furby stickers are hilarious and awesome! My Aloh approves. I put some adhesive putty on the backs and stuck them to my wall 🥰 That Venus Fly Trap pin is so pretty and well-made! Love it!! 💗 And look at Green Erik having a blast at his little pipe organ! What a wonderful brooch 😁

Last, but not least, it's Spooky Dookie! I can't believe you found a plush that looks almost exactly like MY Spooky Dookie!!! 🤯

wtf...that's copyright infringement! 🤔🧐 (haha, jk!) But I drew this in 2019...and Teeturtle came out with a plush in 2021....HMM....🤨 Anywho, at first when it was still in vacuum-sealed form I thought it was Lumpy Space Princess 😂 Then I thought it was a sea creature like a hermit crab or sea snail. Took me a moment to realize it was just...💩 🤣

Thanks again for all the amazing gifts, Jenn!! 🥰 I appreciate your thoughtfulness. You are truly skilled at finding the best presents for people 💯🙌 As for my day, I'm planning to dine at a pizza place that does (number of years you've just turned)% off your bill, but it only applies to a limited amount of items. So a 100-yr-old would theoretically be able to get one pizza, one appetizer, one house salad, and two soft drinks for FREE!! I don't know what happens when you're past 100...Maybe they'll throw in a free dessert? That would be neat. Oh well, I won't find out for many decades and who knows if they'll still be around 😂

Hope you have a fun time in Gatlinburg! It looks like a charming town. I recently went to NYC for spring break and saw Cabaret with Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho and they were stunning! 🤩 This month we're not doing much. We have a friend's wedding to attend. And in May, we're doing a Texas road trip to sample the BBQ and check out the museums and remember the Alamo 😆

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in loving memory of tumblr's april fools' pranks 💐 2014 - 2024

icymi, tumblr used to do an elaborate april fool's prank every year, but this year they suddenly stopped. here's a somewhat detailed recap of everything they did over the decade:

2013 - mishapocalypse (honourable mention): tumblr staff didn’t start doing april fools until 2014, but the mishapocalypse happened on tumblr in 2013 and i feel like this list would be incomplete without it

2014 - tumblrpro: upon opening your dash you were greeted by an “inspirational” video, that ended with the option to get “tumblrpro (for free)”. all it did was put a top hat on your icon.

2015 - tumblr executivesuite/coppy: a copying machine appeared in the corner of your dash. it would offer tips on how to use tumblr, like clippy the paperclip used to do in microsoft word. as the day went on, it slowly broke down and died right in front of your eyes. many people hated him (but not me). you could also make a (small) spreadsheet. @executivesuite2016 is the official blog.

2016 - this is decision/lizard election/tumblrdecides: a parody of the 2016 US elections. there were 4 lizards (well, one of them turned out to be a salamander in a scandal) to vote for. the dash looked different and there was a live news report with election updates, as well as an election blog for each lizard. they all had their own slogans and you would get an "i voted" button after you voted that would get slapped next to your icon. there were built-in functions to make an election poster for your favourite lizard and to create a text post that supported your lizard of choice that autogenerated a statement for all your followers to read. imo tumblr’s april fools peak. @thisisdecision2016-blog is the official blog, @mop-2016-blog @wretchedtooth @timefordeborah-blog were candidates. rick also had a blog (rick-official) but that now seems to have vanished because he ended up dropping out of the election. mop won, if you're curious. by far the most elaborate prank tumblr ever did.

2017 - horse friend: a tamagotchi-inspired game where you had to take care of a little horse in the corner of your screen. it came with a randomly generated name, and you had to feed and clean up after it. if you didnt take good care of it, it died. you could then hatch (yes, hatch) a new one. there was also an option to look at the names of all your dead horses. this is now available to buy in the tumblr shop. @horse-friends is the official blog.

2018 - tumblcoin: a parody of cryptocurrency (this was the year bitcoin took off). you could ‘invest’ in tumblcoin, with which you could in turn buy things with to spice up your dash, including last year’s horse friend, coppy from 2015, and a frame for around your icon. you could share the amount of tumblcoin you owned in an automatically generated gif post which would be tagged #tbc2018 and #tumblcoin. @tumblcoin is the official blog.

2019 - @memories: this blog still functions the way it did on april fools itself! it's like mad libs, where it takes post templates and then adds in tags you use a lot and users you frequently interact with on your main blog. like a personalized shitpost bot.

2020 - group chat prank/@storybot: it was so hard to find info on this because it was contained entirely in the now-defunct group chat function, which no one used. i had to go through the notes of this post for information because no one cared enough to actually write anything explaining it. turns out, you could write a story with your mutuals by adding storybot to your group chat. it also kept working after april fools (well, up until the group chats were deleted) just like memories. many people missed out on it entirely because they did not use the group chat function.

2021 - tumblcryptids: tumblr allowed you to adopt “non-fungible tumblcryptids”, a parody of NFTs. clicking a button that said "Summon thy Tumblrcryptid" would spawn an image of a little blob-shaped creature with a short description, which would always read "Hi! My name is [randomly generated name]. I love [thing most people like]. I hate [thing most people dislike]. Like my parent, I can't get enough of #[tag from your main blog]." you could share them in a post, which would automatically add the tag #NFTumblcryptids to your post. and yes, people on the piss on the poor website freaked out about it because they thought they were real NFTs harming the environment. @tumblcryptidadoptioncenter is the official blog.

2022 - click-a-thon: when you clicked a light switch on your dashboard, a bunch of colourful things showed up, like a sponge you could move around, an "engagament meter", clickable buttons, and a “Summon Crab!” button, which would summon a crab when you clicked it. you could. the crabs, like horse friend, are still available in the tumblr store as of 2025. here's some screenshots. there were various ways to share your crab activities, which would all get tagged #april fools 2022. the prank was presented as a marketing technique created by Brick Whartley, a fictional businessman character created by tumblr, who (afaik) originated in a post on the official blog of the 2018 april fools prank, albeit originally in a different role. around this time he also started functioning as the mascot for tumblr's shop ( @emporium )

2023 - abstract reactions (emoji reacts): buttons were added to every post that allowed you to add emoji reactions, many of them based on tumblr inside jokes (horse as a reference to horse plinko/horse friend, vanilla for the vanilla extract meme, pikaman, bug for bug race, and brick whartley, who wasn't a meme but staff really wanted him to be). if one specific emoji was used a certain amount of times it would add an effect to the post, eg many cheese emoji reacts would cover the post in cheese. this was also attributed to Brick Whartley ("his" blog @brickwhartley also documented the day)

2024 - boop-o-meter: allowed you to “boop” other users who had opted in to the booping, like facebook’s poke feature back in the day. depending on how long you held the button, you would either boop, super boop, or evil boop. on the dashboard there was a counter for both how many times you had booped others and how many times others had booped you, as well as how many boops were given side-wide. when booping someone, an image of a cat paw appeared. you would get badges (which can still be used) for booping 1, 100 and 1000 times. if you got more than 999 boops, the counter would simply say “WOW”. this was brought back for halloween 2024 (as BOOp-o-meter. get it), with a ghost, skeleton and mummy paw. no official blog, but here's an official recap for april first from staff. i believe this was the only april fools prank that was mobile user friendly.

2025 - @fandom is running some polls, i guess

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who doesn't love a ball toy pit?

ever wondered how many crabs might fit in a confined space? what number of horses might go into a padded pool? what quantity of paws might populate a pit typically filled with colorful plastic balls? well, you’re in luck.

for no reason at all, we have decided to make you do some math: we have filled a ball pit measuring exactly 32” x 8" with some true tumblr icons. more pics below (including, of course, a banana for scale). you have 24 hours to guess how many of each toy appears. good luck!

but that's not all—we have more polls for your guessing pleasure:

poll 1: how many crabs have infested the pool? poll 2: what number of mini horse friends? poll 3: how many tiny toe beans are contained within?

happy voting!

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It's Critter, Creature, or Beast April Fools' Day! There will be several polls today with fictional animal-like things from pop culture. I'm not doing any submissions for today, all polls have been scheduled ahead of time. Thanks!

first image source

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lol, I was surprised they were able to fit 3 into a box that can barely hold 2! They're making those Squishmallows earn their name 😂

That reminds me I have to make some bday wishes...Really hoping this country doesn't continue burning itself to the ground 🤞🥺 We need a miracle asap 🌈✨🙏

I received a most mysterious box today from @obesessedwbeautiesandbeasts! Hmm…my newest Squishmallow, Ambergris the Goblin King, was curious to find out who was contained within 👀

Amazingly, there were 3 newcomers! Peter the pig, Babs the blue jay, and Conrad the corn!!! Luckily, no doubles of Squish I already have 😆🎉

They’re super cute and a lovely addition to the Squish fam 🥰 Thanks @obesessedwbeautiesandbeasts for thinking of me on my special day 🥲💖

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I received a most mysterious box today from @obesessedwbeautiesandbeasts! Hmm…my newest Squishmallow, Ambergris the Goblin King, was curious to find out who was contained within 👀

Amazingly, there were 3 newcomers! Peter the pig, Babs the blue jay, and Conrad the corn!!! Luckily, no doubles of Squish I already have 😆🎉

They’re super cute and a lovely addition to the Squish fam 🥰 Thanks @obesessedwbeautiesandbeasts for thinking of me on my special day 🥲💖

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Happy happy happy birthday!!! Hope you have a good one!

Thanks so much @heather-destler!! 😁🎉

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aHhhHHhh thanks for the birthday gifts @jennyfair7!!! 😍😆

OMG, look at them, they're perfect for me 😭 lol, Holy Guacamole to you too, bday avocado! 🥳🥑

That frog licking the candy corn keychain is too adorable! I can't 😂🐸 The Pipstickers are also too freakin' cute. I adore all their different Halloween costumes 👻🎃 The throw pillow is nicely made and will look great on the couch in October! 😆

lol, these Angel & Devil Long Furby stickers are hilarious and awesome! My Aloh approves. I put some adhesive putty on the backs and stuck them to my wall 🥰 That Venus Fly Trap pin is so pretty and well-made! Love it!! 💗 And look at Green Erik having a blast at his little pipe organ! What a wonderful brooch 😁

Last, but not least, it's Spooky Dookie! I can't believe you found a plush that looks almost exactly like MY Spooky Dookie!!! 🤯

wtf...that's copyright infringement! 🤔🧐 (haha, jk!) But I drew this in 2019...and Teeturtle came out with a plush in 2021....HMM....🤨 Anywho, at first when it was still in vacuum-sealed form I thought it was Lumpy Space Princess 😂 Then I thought it was a sea creature like a hermit crab or sea snail. Took me a moment to realize it was just...💩 🤣

Thanks again for all the amazing gifts, Jenn!! 🥰 I appreciate your thoughtfulness. You are truly skilled at finding the best presents for people 💯🙌 As for my day, I'm planning to dine at a pizza place that does (number of years you've just turned)% off your bill, but it only applies to a limited amount of items. So a 100-yr-old would theoretically be able to get one pizza, one appetizer, one house salad, and two soft drinks for FREE!! I don't know what happens when you're past 100...Maybe they'll throw in a free dessert? That would be neat. Oh well, I won't find out for many decades and who knows if they'll still be around 😂

Hope you have a fun time in Gatlinburg! It looks like a charming town. I recently went to NYC for spring break and saw Cabaret with Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho and they were stunning! 🤩 This month we're not doing much. We have a friend's wedding to attend. And in May, we're doing a Texas road trip to sample the BBQ and check out the museums and remember the Alamo 😆

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRIEND 🥳🎂🎈🎉🎁!!! I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND GIFT YOU WITH SOME SEA FRIENDS I MET TWO WEEKS AGO AT AN AQUARIUM IN THURINGIA 🦀🐙🐠!

@timebird84 ERMAHGERD I LOVE THEM 😭💖 What magnificent, majestic creatures 🥰 I hope they're all living their best lives. Thanks for the bday wishes, Sonja!!! 😆🐡

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Happy Birthday! Hope it’s a great one! 🎉🎂🥳🎈🎁

Thanks @jennyfair7!!! I'm definitely magic dancing! 🔮🕺

Speaking of Jareth, I actually went to the Museum of the Moving Image in NYC recently and I didn't even know they had Sarah and Jareth's outfits there!!! It was incredible looking at all the details up close 😍 They also had the Cannonball Goblin, a Skeksis, many Muppets, and other memorable props from iconic movies. It's certainly worth a visit if you haven't been already! 🤩