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saw the musical again, had some notes

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resting

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HELLO lotrm watermill Louis frodo fan reporting for duty

Wriggliest frodo to ever wriggle. So bloody tall. Exceptionally haunted but also very silly when he's with his friends. Wild amounts of homoeroticism with aragorn. Seems to very much ship Samfrosie, like the choices they made God damn. I have a photo of Louis with his arms around both Nuwan and Charlotte when they're talking about Sam and Rosie's wedding. Terrifying when ring possessed - idk if you've seen the musical, but when he gives in before Shelob, his voice has been steadily getting so sad and raspy and weak, and then when he claims the ring his voice is SCARILY normal. Crying all the time. He starts crying in lothlorien on some nights. It's a lot.

His accent is delightful. We (lotrm discord server, please join) have nicknamed it the baggcent.

Ummmm wow I have so many Louis thoughts I could go on forever but I'm gonna send this now

This is incredibly helpful omfg thank you!! I was especially curious about how he went with the descent into ring sickness, as I felt it happened very abruptly with the Frodo I saw last night - and I know from Louis' Grinpayne how WELL that man can do suffering. Devastating to know that he's a crier, I wish I could have seen him in the role for that reason alone 😭

And you're more than welcome to keep going on omg my chat DMs are very much open to your Louis feelings - or I can join the discord server if that's easier!!

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are any of the Watermill Theatre Lord of the Rings fans still kicking around on tumblr, because I'm desperate to know more about Louis Maskell as Frodo

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when you get overstimulated at the ORTBO (thank you @raichukaiju for the video!)

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waiting for my designated doctor who friend to watch the episode so I can rant about whatever the fuck that is like

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I hope your favorite book series gets a high budget adaptation by a gay show runner who makes all the queer subtext text. Sounds impossible but it happened TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!! stream the wheel of time

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i wanted to leave the timeframe here rather ambiguous please interpret it as you like.

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i wanted to leave the timeframe here rather ambiguous please interpret it as you like.

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so many things try to emulate the Beatrice/Benedick relationship and so few of them get it right bc they’re like ‘oh it’s about the banter’ and YES, obviously, but if you make it JUST about the banter you’re going to fail! it’s about the RESPECT!!! it’s about the scene after Hero’s shaming where Benedick drops the banter entirely and sits there with Beatrice as she rages and weeps and then chooses to side with HER instead of the boy’s club that he’s been hanging out with for the entire play, both because he loves her and because she’s RIGHT!

like, it’s not some impulsive thing to make her like him, and it’s not just talk; he asks her if she’s sure and then he agrees and then he remains cold and determined when he meets Claudio and Don Pedro and they try to get him to joke around with them like old times.  i think that’s one of the things that gets me the most; that there’s a scene that you half-expect to fall into that same sort of joking, where Claudio and Don Pedro are specifically like, “Huh, we inexplicably feel kind of sad after ruining this woman’s life and reputation, I bet Benedick will cheer us up!” and he just. utterly refuses to engage. and it’s so powerful and it’s such a tonal shift and such a strong indication of just how much he loves and values Beatrice and!! anything that gets the banter but doesn’t get that completely fails to understand their relationship! THB!!

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I genuinely had no idea they were making an Aussie Ghosts until I saw this, I'm such a fake fan

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they heal and break my heart at the same time...

i love you lauradonna ♥

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I love when I'm at work and we have a minor celebrity in who's been in black mirror etc and I'm the one who's like "ohhhh yeah!!! she played hamlet in 2015!!!! 😍"

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I love when I'm at work and we have a minor celebrity in who's been in black mirror etc and I'm the one who's like "ohhhh yeah!!! she played hamlet in 2015!!!! 😍"

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audrey meeting denise is one of my favorite moments ever <3

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joey batey book release.... on September 25th, which is when I'll be in the uk... ... what if he does a book event... .... and I get to meet him 🧍🏻‍♂️