#and I love ghost quartet

[raydioactivegeorg]

*like those from stringed instruments

[gay-archie]

Do you guys get it? Does this make sense or do you need to have listened to Ghost Quartet for years and be obsessed with the “was that us or was that a movie?” line from Riverdale and the “it is happening again” line from Twin Peaks and the part in Jesus Christ Superstar where Jesus calls Judas a Judas and then Judas says “Christ” as if he’s cursing and subsequently the similar part in Ghost Quartet where Scheherazade is called “a real Scheherazade” and the shot in The Jughead Paradox when Betty and Jughead go back downstairs and all their friends are standing around the table and it just feels so very fake happy ending—do you need all that to get this? Anyway;

It Is Happening Again: Twin Peaks, Riverdale, Ghost Quartet, Jesus Christ Superstar: Prophecy and Repetition

Twin Peaks 2.7/ Riverdale 3.1/ Jesus Christ Superstar “The Arrest”/ Ghost Quartet “Bad Men”/ Jesus Christ Superstar “The Last Supper”/ Twin Peaks 2.?/ Ghost Quartet “The Camera Shop”/ Twin Peaks 2.8, 1.1/ Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me/ Twin Peaks 2.7/ Ghost Quartet “Usher Part 3”/ Riverdale 3.4, 3.2, 1.6, 6.5/ Ghost Quartet “The Camera Shop”, “Midnight”/ Twin Peaks 2.7/ Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me/ Twin Peaks 2.?/ Ghost Quartet “Usher Part 3”/ Twin Peaks 2.7

[paradisecas]

tango dancer, ghost quartet

[mar-marmallu]

Side I, Track III: Starchild

[eldritchpluto]

Our Story is Circular- Ghost Quartet & Hadestown

The Camera Shop-Ghost Quartet//Road to Hell-Hadestown//The Photograph-Ghost Quartet//Midnight-Ghost Quartet//All I've Ever Known- Hadestown//I Don't Know-Ghost Quartet//Tango Dancer- Ghost Quartet//Usher Pt 3-Ghost Quartet//Road to Hell (Reprise)-Hadestown//Usher Pt 3-Ghost Quartet//Usher Pt 3-Ghost Quartet//Road to Hell (Reprise)-Hadestown//Nothing Changes-Hadestown//Road to Hell (Reprise)-Hadestown//Wait For Me (Reprise)-Hadestown//The Camera Shop-Ghost Quartet

[a-side-character]

Taz Balance as Ghost Quartet

I'll get right to the point: I have had an animatic bumping around in my head for about three years now that features the Taz Balance player characters and the song "The Telescope" from the musical Ghost Quartet. The problem? I can't draw at all. I can, however, write a decently convincing description of what my vision would be if I could.

So, here's my attempt to do just that! In the hopes that even just one other person has their perception of this song completely overtaken by The Adventure Zone like I have. Let's begin:

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"Look into my telescope, tell me what you see"

[Wide, aerial shot of Magnus standing in a white room in front of June, who is holding the chalice. We see Magnus from behind, and June has a neutral expression]

"I see a red star"

[Magnus leans in to look into the cup]

"Antares, red hypergiant star, 4900 lightyears away."

[Cut to static-filled images of Magnus' childhood. We see the scene of him protecting the dog most prominently]

"And a billion times larger than our sun]

[A quick still of Magnus as a young man, laying on his back and looking up at the sky. One of the suns is crystal clear, the other one is static-ed out]

"I see fire in the darkness"

[A black screen, illuminated by a torch]

"Rage against the void"

[The torch illuminates Magnus' face, and behind him a mob of angry villagers holding various weapons]

"I see everytime man cried out, and raised his sword"

[Magnus yells and raises his sword, lunging as though to strike at governor Kalen or his army]

"Against God"

[The momentum from the previous scene continues as the background falls away (as does the sword) and we see Magnus fall to his knees, burying his face in his hands in front of Julia's grave]

"That's good, that's good"

[Cut back to present-day Magnus and June. June nods somberly, and we see Magnus with tears falling from his face]

"Now look into my telescope, tell me what you see"

[We see the same scene as in the beginning, but this time it's Merle facing June in the white room]

"I see a blue star"

[Merle leans in to look into the chalice]

"Groombridge 1830, also known as Argelander's Star. A class G8 subdwarf (ha, get it, cause Merle's a dwarf? That's not the only reason he fits with this verse though BELIEVE ME) a member of the galactic halo"

[We see static filled scenes of Merle's past, with emphasis on his time as a young boy growing up in the church]

"I see mothers weeping in chairs, clutching their shawls in the morning"

[A shot of Hekuba standing on the front porch of her house, leaning against the pillar of the porch. Her eyes are aimed at the horizon and she looks angry, but when she looks down her eyes soften and she seems more sorrowful]

"Everything is lost, all is gone"

[We see what she's looking at, as Merle turns around and walks away from the house, leaving Mavis and Mookie looking confusedly at him and then up at Hekuba]

"And she tries to find the joy in life"

[Cut to a static filled image of Merle sitting at a table and talking to an unseen figure (John) with a speech bubble coming out of his mouth. The only intelligible words are "Find Joy"]

"But she is wasting away"

[Back to Hekuba, who turns around and back into the house. Before her back is to us we see tears in her eyes]

"That's good, that's real good"

[Back once again to Merle standing in front of June. He looks upset, though in a more reserved way that Magnus did. There is a heavy guilt in his expression]

"Now just one more time: Look into my telescope, tell me what you see"

[Our final member of THB, Taako, is now the one facing June]

"I see, I see two stars"

[Taako leans in to look into the chalice]

"Yes, Sigma Orionis AB, a binary star"

[We see static filled images of Taako's past, of him learning how to cook and of him staying in various places over the years]

"Two stars, lost in time"

[This time the childhood scenes stay longer, and we see those same shots expanded to include a static-covered figure (Lup) next to Taako in every single one]

"Oooh, two women, in the forest in the evening in a light rain"

[During the ooohs the images of the past swirl away, leaving only a dark screen. As soon as the words begin it alights on a wide, aerial view of Taako and Sazed in front of the Sizzle it Up truck. As the song mentions, it is dark and drizzling]

"The older has no expression on her face"

[In this case 'the older' is Taako, and we see an up close image of his face, looking down his nose at Sazed with an unfazed expression]

"The younger hangs her head down"

[Sazed lowers his head, presumably just after being denied the ability to join the show]

"The younger is in love, was in love, is in love, was in love"

[The scene changes with every 'in love' to various scenes. Taako performing with his hand in the air, a flurry of magic behind it. The crowd looking up in adoration, the bright sign, etc.]

"But the lover is in love"

[in this case 'the lover' is the audience. We see a shot of the faces of the underdark audience, looking excited]

"With the older not the younger"

[Taako on stage, joyously handing out samples. Sazed in the back, looking on with a dark expression]

"But the lover is in love"

[That same shot of the audience, only now seeming panicked and afraid. Some have doubled over, poisoned]

"With the older not the younger"

[Back to Taako, looking horrified, and Sazed, who turns his back to the audience]

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Alright, that's all I got! I'll admit I haven't been able to find a way to incorporate the little choruses in the middle and end, so if you have a way to tie them in please do let me know!

I really hope you see the vision, because I've been seeing this same little movie play out in my head everytime I listen to this song for YEARS.

[draconiclore]

friends. strangers. tell me about your favorite rock operas & concept albums. I have a dire need for more narrative music in my life

[bogwallows]

hello warrior cats community. hello gay little people. hello obscure musical fandom. i gather you all here to bestow upon you…

maplerose. a combination of wc and ‘ghost quartet,’ the song cycle written by dave malloy !

tag for this will be #maplerose au, just #maplerose will likely be used for miss rose red herself <3 rb with design notes !

[project-catgirlpillar]

Same energy

[sexualvivisection]

how i feel in "midnight" when pearl begs rose to recognize her and rose ignores her to ask DAVID if HE remembers. and he doesn't

[feerz]

Jesus Christ Superstar is the most powerful musical out there, cause why am I suddenly into actually writing down fanfics instead of just keeping them in my head??

[paradisecas]

it’s time to get out of bed and be the starchild i can be (x)

[im-your-mommy-now]

If you love Neverafter I think you should check out Ghost Quartet. It’s “a song cycle about love, death, and whiskey. A camera breaks and four friends drink in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries.” It was composed by Dave Malloy, the same guy who wrote Great Comet. It’s got similar creepy fairy tale-esque vibes to Neverafter (and also features Sheherazade lol). I love this musical and I implore y’all to check it out. There are two cast albums, one live (my fav) and one studio, as well as a full recording of the show on YouTube!

[unvexes]

JACOB PORTMAN AND PARENTS.

deathless (catherynne m. valente) // bad men (ghost quartet) // red doc> (anne carson) // (unknown) // hamlet (william shakespeare) // the sun is also a star (nicola yoon) // four friends (ghost quartet) // poor grammar (roar) // the beatrice letters (lemony snicket)

[moonpleaser]

godddd the further we get into the season the more i'm impressed and obsessed with brennan's worldbuilding like this is the ghost quartet and into the woods appeal to me it's combining all these preexisting stories into a new one where everything connects and it's so good and it's just gonna keep getting better the more things are introduced

[whoopseydaisy]

i mean i know lady usher calls roxie honey in lights out but i just REALIZED lady usher calls roxie honey in lights out. rose really is out here stealing herself from herself and being the same as anyone else.