#LMM

[shaniacsboogara]

lin manuel miranda as hermes is incredible actually. i think it was valid some people were unsure about his casting at first, since he's such a recognizable (and heavily memed) celebrity, but that man can act. his delivery, the intensity behind his eyes... he was immersed and in character every single moment he was on screen. imo he was really great and believable as hermes, and i really enjoyed his performance

[emmedoesntdomath]

showing us from the start- from the very fucking beginning- that hermes KNOWS that he’s a shit father, KNOWS that he fucked up with luke, KNOWS that none of it is fair- is goddamn cruel, and the writers fucking know it.

because here’s the thing, right? hermes knows all of this shit, acknowledges that it isn’t fair, even says that the other gods know it isn’t fair- and yet they all dismiss it because that’s parenting. they know they’ve royally screwed the system, oh yes, but that’s just life, you know? what can you do? they’re all-powerful beings- but feelings and mortals are hard, bro, and no matter how hard you try, you can’t make them see things the way you see them. hermes made a mistake, a HUGE one, and when confronted, he offers nothing but excuses. because that’s what the gods are. immortal, unbreakable beings, who, in their moment of failure, ignore it.

that’s not a casual character flaw, that’s rick waving a red flag under our noses and calling it a mild foretelling.

and you know what the real kicker is?

hermes told percy and annabeth this because he thought they were going to forget. he couldn’t even own up to his own actions under anything but false pretenses.

the gods, people.

[youareinlovetv]

im a fanfic writer and unoriginal

everyone else is doing this so uh

if you guys get this to 2K (good luck) before april 1st i will finish:

my ham watches ham fic before may 2024

my Laurens/Angelica platonic marriage for benefits fic before july 2024

it probably won’t happen but yeah i need motivation so thanks

[seachick]

lin-manuel miranda showing up for five seconds just to impromptu sing "new york city" is the most lin-manuel miranda cameo you can ask for

[half-blood-goods]

On recent casting news, I would like to mention an idea, because at this point anything is possible with this show:

Jack Black as Blackjack

[whitesunlars]

hermes after luke was born: look at my son, pride is not the word im looking for

[creature-wizard]

Three reasons not to use AI to write spells

Large language models generate text based on probability. This means that whatever spell you try to generate would be extremely similar, if not identical, to the first results that would come up if you searched DuckDuckGo.

The creators of large language models are unlikely to care about enough about cultural appropriation and environmental harm to ensure that all of the spell components are ethical on these matters.

Generative AI uses an absurd amount of resources to operate and contribute to pollution and water shortages. This might not be the case forever, but it's how things are right now. And there is simply no reason to have an LMM write a spell for you when you could just search DuckDuckGo.

[chaoswithmusic]

Lin-Manuel Miranda is in my fucking walls.

I could be watching a show about a greedy duck and "oh what is this familiarly awkward high voice?" IT'S LIN FUCKING MANUEL.

I'm watching this super cool cop show and "oh poor Amy her brother sounds slightly pretentious" DAVID SANTIAGO IS LIN-MANUEL FUCKING MIRANDA.

This well beloved book of a lot of people's childhood based off Greek mythology is getting turned into a show "lemme check the cast of the gods in this show, I kinda like Hermes he seems like a fun god-" IT'S LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA BITCH.

[verlierer-is-lost]

“It’s so unrealistic that LMM plays Hermes because he’s so ugly.”

Mind you this is how y’all were drawing him seven years ago 🤨

Artist is Szin on YT

[lovingherwasgay]

the pjo tags are heavenly right now. either people are finally admitting lin manuel miranda is a good actor despite their personal dislike for him (about damn time), or they're whining mad that he's on their screen and can't escape him (cope)

[co27]

luke: i hate my fucking dad he took everything from me and destroyed my life and im going to get revenge on him and all the gods

hermes:

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Hamilton had way more slant rhymes and they were quite bad.

[alittlechaotics-blog]

Am I the only one who's okay with Lin Manuel Miranda playing Hermes?

[periru3]

Reblog for a bigger sample size - for bonus points tag your favorite musical(s) that didn't win this decade but maybe should have!

Polls for other decades

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A second attempt at this poll since in my first one I accidentally skipped Gentleman's Guide and made the duration 1 day when the others were 1 week. So for science we're trying this one again.

Also to clarify since I've gotten some shade about my choices on these polls: these polls are specifically about winners of the Tony Award for Best Original Musical broken down by decade, not some arbitrary shows I'm picking. Anyway, I have one for each decade so go vote in all of them! :)

[siriusly-remu]

my brain: let's listen to hamilton! me: yay!! great idea!! my brain: okay here's what we're gonna play- -fifteen minutes later- me, after it's quiet uptown then dear theodosia then who lives, who dies, who tells your story: *sobbing* WHY

[felizusnavidad]

you were all shitting on lin before & now after the casino episode everyone is suddenly like oh, he is such a great hermes & honestly i am judging all of you so hard right now