#dsg

[tinmanscarecrow]

HE WAS SICK CB HE COULDNT HELP IT.

I'm never getting over this stupid line I might just end it all

[shesnake]

Kim Min-hee & Kim Tae-ri on the set of The Handmaiden (2016) dir. Park Chan-wook

[kasperl-ruprecht]

[the-river-rix]

Notes i took about a production of dog sees god I saw a month or two ago! (It was a small nonprofit theater and it was super sick-they used a further revised version of the script by Bert v Royal ):

The end lighting of vipers nest was purple and yellow<3

The piano becomes a symbol of loss/grief (and almost functions as a grave) after beethoven’s suicide (also cb and Sally sit on it instead of the dog house)

The lunch is never removed from the piano after mal di luna

YURI‼️ (Marcy and Tricia were the gayest they’ve ever been)

The back of the stage use frames that were made to look like comic strip frames (these were used a lot for monologues)

The end costuming for every character was extremely simplistic and the closest to the original peanuts comic strips

The set changes were super in character- at one point Beethoven kissed his hand and placed it on the piano while moving it

Lucy was the #1 fujoshi

Transgender van

At his line in the CS’s letter Beethoven brought out a mini version of the dog house

The transition song choices were insane and extremely funny (Canus exequiae- who let the dogs out, nirvana-because I got high, I can’t remember the rest of them and I couldn’t take note of them but at some point they also played loser by beck and you oughta know by alanis morisette I think that was after the hangover)

On “if he was straight then I obviously wouldn’t be failing his class” Marcy stared at Tricia’s boobs and said “totally” in the dreamiest thirstiest way you can imagine and then composed herself after Tricia was like ???

CB and Lucy were the most best friends ever they were super physically affectionate they hugged multiple times and cb laid down with his head in her lap for a lot of fire is bad

Our sisters of mercy was moved to the middle of fire is bad which was really weird (one of the few things I didn’t like)

Matt immediately took out his hand sanitizer and cleaned his hands everytime “pig pen” was even alluded to

For the “cb tries to take off his shirt but Beethoven won’t let him” stage direction Beethoven stopped him then was like WTF sure and took his shirt off (the actor was so jacked it was jarring) and cb kissed his neck and down his chest and then got on his knees before the blackout

Marcy and Tricia cuddled for all of the hangover after Matt left and it looked like they almost kissed multiple times

Also they switched clothing for the hangover and Tricia was wearing Marcy’s orange cardigan and Marcy was wearing her lavender skirt (this is later referenced in peer counseling)

Matt was extremely physically affectionate and touchy with CB and almost constantly was touching him when they were on stage together

They actually committed to the bit of Sally having a different style/identity in every scene she’s in and drastically changed it every time

The opening of the play was a voice over clip of the peanuts saying “your a good man Charlie Brown” going into teenage dirtbag

There was a lot of different costumes that all stayed in the same original color theme of the characters (except sally)

Sally had extremely theater-kid esque physicality vocal choices and she had a slight like old Hollywood thing going on vocally it’s hard to explain but she was phenomenal

In general the production had the perfect balance of like campiness and honesty it was really great direction

Marcy actually started humping a chair after “all these third graders are running around like humping everything”

EVERYTHING I CAN REMEMBER OF THE REWRITES:

Top of Mal di luna: cb talks about his plan to ease everyone into their relationship being a thing and specifically talks about how he’s written a speech to confront Matt with - this is in response to Beethoven who directly expresses greater anxiety over openly existing as a queer man in relationship rather than being in a relationship with cb (in general there’s a bit more for both of them about internalized homophobia and fear of violence and ostracism from the world)

After Mal Di Luna: cb bumps into Matt (obviously freaking tf out) leaving the practice room and he begins to deliver his speech (the one he talks abt at the top of mal di luna) Matt is still losing it and shaking and on the verge of tears and he starts clinging to cb and cb is like r u good??? And Matt’s like I’m fine everything’s fine and then Cb realizes where he came from and starts freaking out and screaming WTF DID U DO WHAT DID YOU DO and pushes Matt to the floor Matt started crying and just saying “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to” over and over and cb runs back to the practice room where he presumably finds Beethoven

Our sister of mercy: ITS NOT WEIRD AND CREEPY ANYMORE AND IT WAS ACTUALLY RLLY CUTE AND SILLY- basically van is being really sweet with her and is being a good friend instead of creepy and he’s like do u think the reason cb and Beethoven is so upsetting for you because cbs always the same and your always changing and now he is changing and everything is out of sorts for you and like what if they’re happy and she’s like yeah yeah okay stoner you think lizard people are real and he’s like they are fucking real and goes on a rant about them and Sally’s like looking at him and she starts smiling and then she’s like you know guys really hate when they sleep with your siblings and van is like yeah I wasn’t a big fan of when cb was boning my sister and sally is like WOULDNT it be so crazy if we had sex?!? Omg no that’s so gross omggg we should totally have sex or like do sex stuff and van is like what?? Are u serious ??? And she’s like yeah now let’s go before I change my mind and they exit (also making what they did somewhat ambiguous is one step closer to transgender van canon to me)

Brothers and sisters: cb has a new mini monologue after the “when I was a kid im a loser bit” and I don’t have exactly what he says but he started crying and he was like “I don’t understand why life keeps pulling the football away from me or why my kite has to keep getting stuck in that fucking tree or why my dog and my friend had to die in the same fucking week” (after Beethoven dies he exclusively either calls him the dead kid or my friend- also it’s insane that the events of dsg canonically happen in a week) and Sally says “you can call him your boyfriend you know” before he goes on to “do u ever feel like you’re not a real person..”

[thecatlooksinthemirror]

I just remembered this play exists like I do monthly, but this time it was special because I had a Peanuts dream for some reason. And trying to tell a friend about DSG just reminded me how angry some of the plays and some fanart made me.

I still think Beethoven was somehow the most misunderstood character of the play despite wearing his heart on his sleeve. Anyone who had read at least 5 Schroeder centric strips know how short tempered he is, it got translated to an even angrier teenager. He's livid at the perception everyone has of him and he hates to be thought of as weak.

I get a visceral reaction whenever I see any sort of depiction of him as a twink or someone who has a soft, malleable little heart.

He's an angry csa victim. Let him act like it.

[sevenmoreminutes]

you have homosexual dog

[karazaichik]

my oc Dust and his Wondercube if they were on the cover of one of Azazal's tracks

title "stardust" fits here 💯💯

[jackdoesstuff]

does anyone who likes dog sees god wanna be friends on discord….we could make a groupchat or a server

[mountain-dew-tickledpink]

if CB and Beethoven had driven away together they would've immediately within the first 10 minutes already have gotten into another argument and would keep arguing on the road the entire time 💔

[do-you-know-this-play]

[plantedstarz]

HOW DO YOU LIKE.. MAKE WARNINGS FOR THINGS ???!???? REHHFHFHF

Throws this silly cover art idea for this damn play I made at high speeds and forgets i have a tumblr account for another month

Matt is meant to by symbolized by a handkerchief btw i just don’t know how to draw apparently,, almost did a burning pride flag for him

[somebodytolove31]

getsreally scared. you should draw beethoven dsg

Geez why is he so mean

[the-river-rix]

Thinking about the implications of Beethoven’s father and how that SA/R*pe affected his experience having sex with CB…oughhh

[atinyorganism]

Unexpected ! Found the energy to draw somethink for Baroryuuweek ! Day 3 prompt : Wine

[sevenmoreminutes]

none of the dog sees god characters are popular theyre all weirdo loser freaks no one likes but the majority of them are too self centered to even realize this. my reasoning 👇 (ITS REALLY LONG AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE IMAGES. WARNING)

ok this has kinda like always been how i interpreted things and then i looked literally anywhere else where people are talking about dog sees god and all the summaries are like pigpen and charlie brown and peppermint patty and marcie are COOL and POPULAR and BULLY the UNDERLING that is SCHROEDER. and that just like. doesnt feel right? like narratively that feels incorrect so im going to explain this now.

first ok. so this is also like a completely separate pet peeve of mine but the text literally never says that cb and matt play football like literally every single fucking source everywhere says. like matts page on the villains wiki says one of his hobbies is playing football and like. no???? they never???? say that????? like ok. we know their school HAS a football team (beethoven mentions it in the vipers nest) and we know cb and matt play SOME sport (matt mentions that they "shower together after practice" in the hangover) but the connection is never explicitly drawn between the two. in FACT beethovens line about the football team (below)

kind of like. goes against the idea that cb and matt are on the football team??? like hes talking to cb here i feel like if beethoven were to mention even sarcastically ogling a group that cb is apart of hed make some kind of comment about it. like this is before their whole thing gets resolved theyre still fighting when he says this line it would make complete sense for cb to say something about this. and like ok its peanuts right like just reminding everyone that its peanuts. you know what sport it would make more sense that charlie fucking brown plays like you know what sport it would seem logical for him to play oh i dont know fucking BASEBALL????? im realizing now that this is like a lot less relevant to my original idea than i thought but i still want to keep it here. i think its just kinda like. its not canon that theyre super popular stars of the football team for all we know they could be playing fucking tennis the fact that they play A Sport doesnt make them well liked. also it literally never says at any point that theyre even good even if they are on the football team they could be the worst players we dont fucking know!!! need i remind you of charlie browns only* experience with football

*besides youre in the super bowl charlie brown but that specials bad so were ignoring it. and its not like he was good at football in that either

and if you buy into the idea that they play baseball (which you should baseball is such an integral part of peanuts it makes the most sense) charlie brown (and pigpen for what its worth. also like everyone else too) is DOGSHIT at baseball like its an entire decades long running joke how fucking awful they are at baseball. "maybe he practiced and got better" hes terrible to his bones practice does nothing. heart

ok onto more substantial points. so if you buy into the interpretation that their childhood was just literally normal peanuts (which you should because its very funny) then you can assume that these guys have all known eachother since elementary school (and even if you dont there are multiple lines that reference them being friends as kids so point still stands). but also by virtue of dsg being a peanuts parody and a lot of the comedy just coming from "haha that s like from the comic strip :)" (I WILL TALK ABOUT THE INHERENT TRAGEDY OF THIS LATER) besides like. one guy. every single character mentioned is an established peanuts character. and like idk about you but my highschool is a LOT bigger than my elementary school. like. there are substantially more people there. what im trying to say that while not impossible it is fucking WEIRD to have a decently sized friendgroup that has not changed the slightest bit in almost a decade. what im getting at is these bitches are INSULAR!!!!!!!! they are extremely hyperfocused on an only think about people from their childhoods. i will get back to this

LETS TALK ABOUT SALISBURY STEAK CAN WE TALK ABOUT SALISBURY STEAK PLEASE GOD MAC IVE BEEN DYING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SALISBURY STEAK ALL DAY ok so this scene. woof. ok. this is where the majority of my reasoning for this comes from. first, i want to draw attention to the fact that frieda, the girl that tricia and marcy make fun of so frequently, is another goddamn peanuts character. and so another elementary school friend. it just doesnt end with these bitches do you think about anything else!!!!!!

if tricia and marcy had any kind of actual social standing, them constantly gossiping and shittalking frieda would matter to her. being so constantly and relentlessly made fun of by popular people would have an impact (hi yes i know youre thinking of beethoven ignore him for now were gonna come back to him). but it doesnt! frieda doesnt care about what tricia and marcy think of her, why would she? theyre just those two girls from elementary school who are angry all the time. friedas on the outside, shes not apart of this. the only student mentioned thats not a peanuts character? thats her boyfriend. she is the only window into the world of normalcy

THIS^^ THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE LINE THAT GAVE ME THIS WHOLE IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE. im fairly certain the purpose of this line is to place doubt in our minds on whether or not what we assumed the entire play is actually true. which its not!!! of course this isnt the cool table, all these people do is argue an gossip an stew in their own misery!!!!

ummmm lighting round of things that support my point. if they really were these ultimate cool all powerful popular kids why the hell are they still friends with van. van is a burnout stoner with a sister in an psych ward. considering the things they pounce on to make fun of, this is MORE than enough to completely open fire. but theyre not gonnaaaaa because theyre in the same boat as him!!!!! van and them are on the same level of popularity!!!!!! ummalso THE PARTY the party. the only other guests mentioned to be at this party are franklin (another peanuts character, another childhood friend) and fucking RERUN ? in the comics rerun is established to be MUCH younger than the main cast, even younger than sally, who is mostly shown to be in kindergarten, meaning hed be in middle school at the MOST. and its not like this is a party at vans house and his brother just happens to be there NO!!! THIS IS MARCYS PARTY HE BROUGHT RERUN WITH HIM LITERALLY WHY IS RERUN THERE. THIS PARTY FUCKING SUCKS I KNOW IT IN MY SOUL.

were coming back to beethoven now the thing is that hes in the exact same boat as everyone else. while we do know that its not just the main cast that are outwardly homophobic ("i only got called a queer 3 times ^_^!") it is consistently shown that the main perpetrators are the main cast, much more so than anyone else. beethoven posits that the only reason cb only got called queer is because everyones scared hell beat them up, but i do think its worth considering that the main cast are the only ones who would ever enact actual violence. beethoven is in the same situation, but moreso by force than by choice. hes forced to relive reminders of traumatic childhood events and forced to cling to the past BECAUSE the people that target him used to be his friends. theres a reason they were the only people in peer counseling.

like i said, there is a certain tragedy that comes with dsg being a peanuts parody. its because of the referential comedy that bert royal created a cast of characters so self centered and so hung up on the past that theyre still extremely fixated on the kinds of people they were and the drama they had and their feelings about eachother from when they were literally fucking 8 years old. and isnt that jsut so much more thematically interesting than "oohh popular kid bully gay unpopular kid ooohhhh" theyre all unreliable narrators!!!!!!!! theyre all sick freaks and everyone knows it!!!!!!!! there is no possible justification for their actions, theyre hypocrites plain and simple.

or maybe im reading into everything too much idk its 1 am im talking about the fucking peanuts yaoi fag play. bye

[jackdoesstuff]

crazy for you from rockabye as cb and beethoven send post