#TLS Productions

[milolovesbmc]

Falsettos productions where Trina is on stage sleeping during March of the Falsettos I love you

[sonseulsoleil]

Been thinking a lot about how, when it comes to theatre, different casts can create a completely different experience of the same show. The first time I saw Wicked the actress playing G(a)linda was extremely flat. The character came across as vapid, self-absorbed, and annoying, with little added depth. I know now from seeing the show a few times that G(a)linda is all of those things, but she isn't just those things. She is nuanced and flawed and can be played with an incredible amount of depth.

But that first portrayal the character will always influence my interpretation. I'm never gonna be a G(a)linda stan. I can see and understand the richness her character can have, but first impressions are forever. My reading of the character is always gonna be a little skewed and biased against her.

On the flipside, the actor who played Fiyero was the most dynamic performer on that stage (Elphaba was a close second) and portrayed the character with so much care and did so much in his delivery and choices to give the character all the depth he could possibly have. I have since seen Fiyeros who are far more boring, like the G(a)linda I first saw. But my initial impression and interpretation of the character (and his relationship with Elphaba) remains.

"Did we even watch/read the same thing?" is a common rhetorical question when coming across an interpretation you disagree with, but I think it can be extremely true with theatre. Depending on the production, the cast, even the night, you can see a completely different show, and I think folks discoursing about Wicked characters and ships would do well to remember that.

[catwyk]

the new ep of travelling light came out while i was half way through this piece today and it was like. cosmic synchrony. i think i spent a good 30-45min on óli's embroidery so you're legally obligated to Look At My Art for a minute

[starlene]

Wicked, as reviewed by Finland's leading newspaper

The musical, Finnish production, 2010: the music is bland, the politics are confusing and dumb, the moral of the story is muddled

The movie, part 1, 2024: the best thing about this movie is that they don't burst into song all the time

The movie, part 2, 2025 (my prediction): it's confusing how Glinda did bad things and Elphaba did good things, and also, all songs should have been replaced with wordless silence

[akkivee]

Intensely Spicy Curry Training: Hypmic Curry Drama Track TL

Kuukou: Y’all sure took your sweet time getting here! I’ve already got everything prepared!

Jyushi: But didn’t you tell us to meet you at the temple?

Hitoya: If we’re making curry, why the hell are we way out in the mountains to do it?

Kuukou: Because I just had a great idea. Check this out!

Jyushi: Ooooh, look at all this meat! So, we’re going to be using all of this in our curry?

Hitoya: Beef and chicken, huh? I guess it would make sense not cook these while inside your temple.

Kuukou: You’re half right, and half wrong.

Jyushi: What do you mean?

Kuukou: I don’t plan to make just any ol’ curry. Now it’s time for the both of y’all to mince the hell out of this meat!!

Hitoya: I didn’t know whether to expect if a corrupt little monk such as yourself knew how to cook, but I’m surprised. Instead of using something pre-made, if we pound and mince the meat ourselves, we’d get a far more superior product. Is that what you were thinking?

Jyushi: Oh, I see! That’s amazing, Kuukou-san!

Hitoya: So, where’d you put the food processor?

Kuukou: Ah?? The hell are you on? You’re grinding this meat with your bare hands.

Jyushi: …Eh?

Kuukou: Jyushi, you’re on beef! Hitoya, you’re taking the chicken! Punch it with everything you’ve got and make minced meat out of it!! This is a new training session I thought up!

Hitoya: What the hell is this fool saying??

Jyushi: B-But there’s so much meat!! Grinding it by hand is impossible!!

Kuukou: I don’t want to hear any complaints!! You don’t know that unless you try!

Jyushi & Hitoya: *reluctantly pounds the meat by hand*

Jyushi: *tearfully* …My body’s going to become minced meat before the actual beef!

Hitoya: Damn it, I can’t believe I let my guard down like this…! I shouldn’t have expected we’d simply make curry…!

Kuukou: You can’t expect to get anywhere with a weak spirit behind weak fists like that!! Lemme show you how it’s done!

Kuukou: *starts punching*

Hitoya: You bastard, those are vegetables!!

Jyushi: E-Even I could mince a tomato by hand!

Kuukou: It doesn’t matter either way!! Whether it’s vegetables or meat, all that matters is the heart you’re putting behind it!!

Jyushi: T-That doesn’t make any sense…!!

Kuukou: “Enlightenment can be attained through one thousand fists!” Don’t just keep yapping and put some energy into your hips and legs too!

Hitoya: Tch, I don’t see any way out of this… Then, I might as well get it over with…!! UWOOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRGHHHH!!!!!!!! *maximum effort punching*

Jyushi: H-Hitoya-san??

Kuukou: Hyahaha! There’s the effort I wanna see!

Jyushi: Guh… Because My God has unshackled the chains binding his true power, I, too, must unlock mine to continue alongside him…! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!! *maximum effort punching*

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Jyushi: I-I can’t move another inch…

Hitoya: Ugh… I can’t even take the cap off my water bottle…

Kuukou: *sighs* It’s pretty pathetic to be that exhausted just from cooking.

Hitoya: You…!!!

Jyushi: But, I think it would be really nice if our training efforts could be felt by those eating our curry…!

Hitoya: …Well, I don’t think I’d say it like that, but I agree with the sentiment.

*the trees rustle and the birds chirp and there is peace*

Kuukou: The fuck are y’all talking about? There’s no point to this if the people who eating aren’t going through training too.

Jyushi: Eh?

Kuukou: Training can only be felt when you grow from the trials you’ve experienced yourself. Hopping off from other people’s efforts won’t mean shit.

Jyushi: B-but I mean, we’ll still be serving the curry to others once it’s finished cooking, right?

Kuukou: Yup. Which is why I’ve got…!

Hitoya: UWAH!! MY EYES!! IT’S IN MY EYES!!

Jyushi: That powder…!!

Hitoya: It’s red chili pepper!! Jyushi, run!! Move upwind so it doesn’t blow and stick to your mucous membrane!!

Jyushi: Eeek!!! *runs away sobbing*

Kuukou: HYAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Hitoya: Kuukou, you bastard, what are you doing? Are you trying to ruin everything we worked on??

Kuukou: I’m not ruining a damn thing! This curry will be spicy so I can provide a remote kind of training!

Hitoya: Stop fucking around!! There’s gotta be a limit!!

Jyushi: *runs back over* I think there’s more chili pepper powder than ingredients now…!!

Kuukou: Then it’s just right! Now try it.

Jyushi: NO!! I will not be eating!! I absolutely refuse!! Don’t even try me!!

Kuukou: Hey stupid, watch it, that’s dangerous!! Stop fighting me and just—Ahh??

Jyushi: T-The inside of the pot is pitch black……!!

Hitoya: Obviously. Chili peppers burn easily. Haah… Let’s just remake the curry.

Jyushi: But doesn’t that mean we’ll have to mince more meat??

Kuukou: Whatever, I was thinking our “Intensely Spicy Curry Training” was made too halfheartedly anyway!! Time to give it all I got and win this championship!!

[sovonight]

hey, i ordered the ford zine & a charm months ago & it still hasn't arrived or even been shipped, do you know a schedule for these?

hi! the preorder timeline is written in the description of each preorder listing. as described in each listing, zines are expected to ship in late september, and charms are expected to ship in late november. since you ordered the zine and charm together, your ship-by date is in late november.

i received the charms early and have started fulfilling orders in the order that they were placed, but my progress is slow due to the order volume and the fact that i'm fulfilling orders alone, so please still consider the ship-by date to be in late november, especially if you placed your order later in the preorder period. if december arrives and you still haven't received your tracking information, please contact me and i'll get things sorted out for you.

if you have more questions, check the faq, and if your question isn't answered there, please contact me. please direct all store-related questions to me through email so that i can keep track of them and make sure i answer each one.

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

i don't know maybe it's the translation i read but i guess i always thought it was made fairly clear that shuro never legitimately hated laios so much as he resented him for being able to be the way he was. much like laios (albeit for very different reasons) shuro's affect is frequently commented on by others to be strange and at a mismatch with the prevailing culture around him, being very reticent to the point of the part where he tells the girl he likes that he likes her being when he Proposed. quite a few characters say something to this effect! shuro was raised in formality and stoicism and i think has a tendency towards not rocking the boat even besides that, and now here's this guy who breaks every one of his rules and he makes it look so easy. it's like a two-pronged frustration of "doesn't this guy understand that you can't just do that" and "fuck, what would it feel like to be able to do that." of course he gets mad! it's frustration, but it's also envy.

[margridarnauds]

Finally watching The Rings of Power and honestly, while I definitely get the criticisms of the Harfoots' accents, from the perspective of the long history of presenting the Irish as "dirty" and "primitive", particularly given the parallels with the Travellers....I'm honestly smug that the ancestors of Tolkien's Idealized Representation of the English Countryside are Pseudo-Irish.

[7fff00]

one of those 'extremely grateful for jarred indian sauces you can stick a protein and some veg into and eat over rice' sort of nights

[freshthoughts2020]

[unproduciblesmackdown]

trying to say things about the bsol finale & how it has these little twists about what you don't necessarily expect for these roles but would you believe it i'm like i can't use my [just saying some shit] ability i'm pressed about wanting it to be more coherent & verbalizing doesn't even really happen if i don't have the [just saying some shit] wind in my sails But trying to say One Thing, how about the little twist like the miracle banana gets being that he himself lives, vs his emotional resolution that he would have died to help the musician, even as the musician is like no bestie you're good, even as the audience may expect & approve of even dying from funny little second banana guy who may even be supposedly taken as Superfluous now that thee man & thee woman have reunited (but it was always queerer than that) like. more resolution to our themes that that very second banana is doing just fine vs that the hero is, more classic iconisiquisms

[catwyk]

óli design page!!!! i found myself partway through cute traveller/óli hangout art, suddenly unsurehow i wanted óli to look, so now i have this!! has it helped? uhhhhh ill get back to you on that one

i have So many more thoughts for óli's design, but none of them are particularly helpful for Actually Drawing Them - girl it does NOT matter that they have dark, shiny, crinkly hair!!!! what does their face look like!!!!!!

anyway. please listen to travelling light

[ridercutting]

wait before i keep liveblogging let me edit and post a scan so im not being useless

[liverpool-enjoyer]

hey yall i wanna focus more on beauty in 2025 so do yall have any products that you SWEAR by??? hair / skin / makeup etc just help a girl out 🙏

[bakersgrief]

The owner's niece, who works as a barista, had taken off from the beginning of this week till after new years I see how it fucking is.

ALSO the owner's son came in the other day and ordered THREE lunch items, DURING breakfast (we don't have the facilities to make both at once so there's a lot of rearranging of ingredients between the two) AND, upon seeing his ticket was in the queue and not being worked on bc I was busy, he approached my coworker, in the middle of a time sensitive task, and asked him to start on his order.

Anyway. I think some people need to learn shame instead of unlearn it.

[gailynovelry]

“Where did your old voice go?” Luce marvels. “I changed when you removed me from ReGene’s main system. I dropped nonessential files and compressed essential ones so that I would fit into the flashdrive. And then I changed again when being imported into this device. My voicebank is here, but it runs on software not currently available to me. I am doing my best to adapt, though. I am prepared. I will have to change again if you port me over to a new device.” I squint at the screen. “Is it, uh, comfortable in there, at least?” Vertigo takes his time answering the question. It’s surreal, watching homescreen apps blip out of existence without human input, presumably deleted to save space. Goodbye bloatware. An art program opens in the background, and several other apps change icon. We all blink as the camera flashes. The resulting picture of us, bleary and open-mouthed, becomes the background of the homescreen. Vertigo has doodled hearts around us. “Not roomy. But it will do,” he chirps.

Had a brief desire to write some Mindhive today. Vertigo's still best boy.