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Getting on my soapbox to the OK fandom and saying you (and everyone) should go listen to Bare a Pop Opera if you love rocky musicals that are queer revivals of classic work and are tragic and cyclical and have morally grey characters. It’s my fave musical ever and it’s too underrated

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Lucas: Shit!

Sister Chantelle: You better watch your mouth, young man! You're in a Catholic school!

Lucas: Holy shit!

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can we all agree that pressing foreheads together is an underrated act of affection??

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Ow ow ow ow ow ow

[Image ID: Three sets of lyrics.

The first reads "Let me be your ride out of town. / Let me be the place that you hide. / We can make our lives on the go. / Run away with me."

The second reads "(sung) / What if we escape this? / Peter, you and I? / Ran away just never looking back"

The third reads "If we're gonna go we gotta go tonight, go / tonight (Why did I say no?)" /End ID]

Run Away With Me, The Mad Ones // Two Households, Bare A Pop Opera // Go Tonight, The Mad Ones

Feelin a certain typa way tonight

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good omens i forgive u meet bare a pop opera i forgive you father. which is more devastating.

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Me: Bare is a masterclass on skillful lyric crafting. Every lyric is made with clear intent and forwards the plot in some way while also relating back to the themes of the show

Bare: rhymes alone with alone. Three times. In a row.

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I don't think anything will ever cut deeper than the lyrics "but Jason what role do i play am i a savior of a phase am i here to damn you or to help you navagate this maze where confusion is a crime so you fill your life with sound and if you dance like hell you hope you'll never touch the ground what happens when the music stops in the silence will he stay one day you'll realize that these feelings aren't going away so we drive ourselves insane" ..... You know

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thinking about how every character in bare has their own motif except for matt. thinking about how he almost got a motif during auditions and then jason sang it instead. thinking about how he brings the auditions motif back during promise as he thinks he’s finally taking control. thinking about how he slowly realizes what he’s done and the auditions motif never appears again.

thinking about how the only true solo motif matt has is jason’s eulogy.

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Alfred: are you seeing someone?

Alice, flustered: no, why?

Alfred: I just really think it would help if you saw a therapist or something

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Is it crazy that I think the most visceral and grotesque actions that stem from love are beautiful?