#fan letter musical

[a-small-tin-heart]

Various sketches

[galactic-glamour-girl-posts]

Pilot Parallels

Dezanitized - After being gone for decades, the Warners escape from the water tower as people run from them:

Suspended Animation Part 1 - After being gone for decades, the Warners return to the water tower as people run towards them:

[addsspotify]

song of the day: september 11th 2023

Letter To My 13 Year Old Self

[hooked-on-elvis]

I have a few playlists with my favorite Elvis songs by theme. One of them is with my favorite songs in general, naturally. I listen to it in the shuffle mode when I'm not in the mood for listening to one specific album. Anyway, I just mentioned here the 1971 Love Letters From Elvis album and I was surprised with another amazing song from it just now.

I can't help but to share.

"This Is Our Dance" written by Les Reed/Geoff Stephens. Recorded June 6, 1970 at RCA’s Studio B Nashville.

Guitar: James Burton, Chip Young, Elvis Presley. Bass: Norbert Putnam. Drums: Jerry Carrigan. Piano: David Briggs. Organ & Harmonica: Charlie McCoy. OVERDUBS, Guitar: James Burton. Organ: David Briggs. Percussion: Jerry Carrigan. Percussion & Vibes: Farrell Morris. Steel Guitar: Weldon Myrick. Trumpet: Charlie McCoy, George Tidwell, Don Sheffield, Glenn Baxter. Saxophone: Wayne Butler, Norman Ray. Flute, Saxophone & Clarinet: Skip Lane. Trombone: Gene Mullins. Flute & Trombone: William Puett. Vocals: Mary Holladay, Mary (Jeannie) Green, Dolores Edgin, Ginger Holladay, Millie Kirkham, June Page, Temple Riser, Sonja Montgomery, Joe Babcock, The Jordanaires, The Imperials.

[kapukvati]

hai:3 ive been reading....... :3

making comics from silly moments so fun sighhh

[bleaksqueak]

Curious. I'm a huge horror fan, and I'm in a big mood for some reason or another (... probably the whole RE4 remake thing. Something something.)

[nalachincuanco]

meetwood flac!

[magentagalaxies]

just finished interviewing bellini for one of my finals in my comedy class and i'm losing my mind over bellini going on a tangent about how if he were grading my comedy over the past year he would give me an A+. like i didn't ask him to say that and it wasn't related to any of the questions i asked but you better believe i'm leaving that in to be like see professor? BELLINI gave me an A+!!!

[jjs-other-other-blog]

3 major milestones of supernatural, the 200th episode, the 300th episode and the grand finale. What do they have in common? Glad you asked! Well, you see, the people behind spn hated Castiel and Misha with a passion, but they also couldn't get rid of them bc fans loved them too much. So they simply excluded fanfavourite main character Castiel (as well as his son, another fanfavourite main character) from all 3 of these huge celebrations. Because the show was always at its best when it was just about the brothers, amirite?

[galaxymagick]

@bigbossenter

안녕하세요 빅보스엔터테인먼트 입니다. 언제나 정택운 배우에게 애정 어린 관심과 사랑을 주시는 팬 여러분께 감사의 인사를 드리며 공연 퇴근길 관련 안내 말씀드립니다. 최근 뮤지컬 <그레이트 코멧> 공연 종료 후 퇴근길에서 아티스트에게 무분별하게 선물, 편지를 건네는 경우가 발생하고 있습니다. 공연장은 공연을 관람하러 온 다수의 관람객과 함께 이용하는 공간이며 퇴근길 특성상 별도의 안전장치 없는 공간에서 진행되기에 위험한 상황이 발생할 수 있습니다. 모두의 안전과 즐거운 관람을 위해 4월 6일(토)부터 정택운 배우의 모든 공연 퇴근길에서의 선물, 편지 전달은 금지됩니다. 또한, 현장 안전을 위해 매니지먼트의 안내 및 협조 요청이 있을 수 있음을 양지해주시기 바랍니다. 공연장을 찾아와 주시는 여러분의 박수와 함성이 아티스트에게는 무엇보다도 큰 힘이 됩니다. 배우 앞으로 전달하고 싶은 선물이나 편지는 아래의 빅보스엔터테인먼트 사무실 주소로 보내주시기 바랍니다. <주소: 서울 마포구 상암산로 34 DMC디지털큐브 22층 빅보스엔터테인먼트 정택운 앞> 앞으로 좋은 작품과 연기로 다가갈 수 있도록 항상 노력하는 정택운 배우가 되겠습니다.

Hello, we're Big Boss Entertainment. I would like to express my gratitude to the fans who always show affectionate interest and love to actor Jung Taekwoon and inform them about the way home from work. Recently, there have been cases of indiscriminately handing gifts and letters to artists on their way home from work after the performance of the musical < Great Comet > The concert hall is a space used with a large number of visitors who came to watch the performance, and due to the nature of the way home from work, dangerous situations can occur because it is conducted in a space without a separate safety device. For everyone's safety and enjoyable viewing, all gifts and letters from actor Jung Taekwoon's performances on the way home from work will be prohibited from April 6 (Sat). Also, please note that there may be a request for guidance and cooperation from management for site safety. Your applause and cheers for coming to the concert hall are a great help to the artist above all else. Please send any gifts or letters you want to deliver to the actor to the Bigg Boss Entertainment office below. <Address: In front of Big Boss Entertainment Jung Taekwoon, 22nd floor of DMC Digital Cube, 34 Sangamsan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul> In the future, I will be a Jung Taekwoon actor who always strives to get closer to you with good works and acting.

[damnable-bell]

Please, dear friend, write your Minho Manifesto (Minhonifesto)!

Bulb, you are an absolute gem. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about my number one boy (and thank you @shojojidais for encouragement, ilu Maryam).

This post got way out of hand. I'll put the basic text below, but the full version with detailed footnotes and an index of all the YouTube videos I linked is on Google Docs, if anyone would like to see it.

Sorry for my inevitable typos.

Now, without further ado...

Choi Minho: An Appreciation

Who is Choi Minho?

Choi Minho was born on December 9th, 1991. In May 2008, he debuted as a member of the boyband SHINee, meaning that Minho has been in our lives for almost 15 wonderful years now. His official position in SHINee is main rapper and visual (i.e., the face of the group), but these days he sings about as often as he raps. (His voice is especially lovely when he gets to sing in his natural range, which he almost never gets to do with SHINee, sob sob).

Minho originally hoped to become a soccer player, but his father, the soccer coach Choi Yun-kyum, denied him, saying he hoped Minho would pursue a less difficult career. Unfortunately for Coach Choi (but perhaps fortunately for us), Minho was just born too pretty to do something more normal. At age 14, he was scouted by SM Entertainment while visiting a ski resort with his family, and the rest is history.

Why I love him

He is a true genius of hard work

In spite of the fact that he more or less stumbled into being an idol, Minho has always given 100 percent of himself to SHINee—in fact, Minho always gives 100 percent of himself to everything, whether it’s singing, rapping, dancing, acting, speaking English, sports, or drag. He hasn’t always been good at everything he does, but part of what makes Minho such a special person is his endless capacity for growth.

(When will Goddess Choi Minjung return from war? It's been eight years...)

Here’s what he had to say about being criticized for his acting in To the Beautiful You (2012):

Even from my point of view, I more than deserved those criticisms. I struggled a lot in my first lead role in ‘To The Beautiful You,’ but looking back, it is because of that past that I have confidence now, so I definitely don’t consider it a taint on my history … Back then, I just stubbornly thought that I just have to do well. At a young age, I was in a leading role and I needed to lead the drama by paying attention to the people and situation around me, but I wasn’t able to. A lead isn’t someone who just acts well on his own, but leads the entire drama. I should have paid more attention to the other things, but I focused too much on myself, and it resulted in me just awkwardly standing out. But I learned a lot from that, and it was ‘medicine’ for me. To be honest, being criticized so much was a huge lesson for me. It’s a lie if I say that I am not scared of being criticized for doing badly. But I think it’s something that I should put up with. It’s only right to acknowledge what I’m lacking and correct it. Of course, everyone wants to do well from the start. But I don’t think I’m gifted that much so I need a lot of experience.

Similarly, on writing his own raps for SHINee:

At first I was very bad at it. But if I didn't do it then it would be detrimental to me as well as to the members so I thought that I should really try to do it properly. It's true that when you put in effort your skills change. I thought, there isn't anything that can’t be done if a person really tries…

What makes Minho’s growth doubly impressive to me is that he’s not a naturally confident person. On the contrary, he’s painfully self-aware and takes deeply failure to heart:

After filming Dream Team, on days I won I would be in a really good mood, and on days I lost I would keep thinking about it. It's the same as when I make a mistake on stage. When I mess up on one step on stage, I feel hateful towards myself. I grow angry. Wondering why I did that that during that step. I think it's because my competitiveness is so strong. But that doesn't mean I enjoy competing. Instead, if there is a competition I tend to avoid it. Because if one wins, the other loses. Because any person, no matter who it is, dislikes losing.

When Minho first debuted, most people immediately clocked him as the weakest member of SHINee—and he knew it. He couldn’t rap (his infamously terrible rap on “The SHINee World”—which he really wants you to know he did not write—is legendary both in the fandom and beyond), he couldn’t act, and while he was never the worst dancer in the group, he didn’t stand out much either.

It also didn’t help that SM saddled him with the part of the ‘cool, silent type,’ when his real personality is goofy, warm, and sentimental—not to mention teasing, nagging, nurturing, full of natural aegyo, and loud. Variety is usually a place where K-Pop ‘visuals’ get to prove their worth, but in SHINee’s early variety appearances, Minho was just sort of...there. 

In his own words,

Looking back, I went through a slump during my early debut days. I first thought, “Why did I debut?” I couldn’t dance or sing, and I couldn’t say anything in variety shows. Before debut, I was good at talking and confident, but standing in front of the public as a celebrity isn’t an easy job. (161208 SHINee’s Choi Minho - Media Interview (3))

Now, it’s never made sense to me that anyone could praise SHINee’s live stages out of one side of their mouth and trash Minho’s performance skills out of the other—there’s just no room in their choreo for any member of the group to be lagging significantly behind the others.

These days, I would be shocked to find anyone who doesn’t see Minho as an integral part of SHINee. But it’s worth taking a minute to acknowledge what a dynamic, well-rounded performer he’s become in his own right. I was so happy when I saw other people calling Minho’s rap in “Atlantis” the best part of the song, 1) because IT FUCKING IS, and 2) it made me realize just how many great rap moments Minho has had going back years. The Story of Light alone is full of them (have you guys listened to “Retro” yet today?), but there are so many older favorites, too (it’s actually pissing me off that the previous video I linked doesn’t include Minho’s part in “One Minute Back,” so here it is).

Minho hasn’t just become a strong idol-rapper (he’s never going to be on the front cover of XXL Magazine or whatever, but that’s fine, because it’s not his job); he’s also grown into a strong vocalist, a damn good dancer, and an excellent variety idol and MC (he is seriously so funny, you guys). As an actor, he’s worked hard to earn genuine praise from audiences and critics while accepting relatively ‘risky’ parts (he played a delinquent in the indie drama Derailed—where he smoked! and swore! and got beaten up by Ma Dong-seok!—as well as a gay character in the drama Yumi’s Cells). He’s also an underrated lyricist, with more than 40 songwriting credits throughout SHINee’s discography.

Last but certainly not least, Minho has (flaming) charisma and stage presence for days, as well as an astonishing ability to ‘commit to the bit’ that’s elevated many a goofy SHINee performance (my current favorite example is this performance of “Girls Girls Girls” at SHINee World III in Seoul—notice how many of the comments mention that Minho was obviously feeling himself in that bathrobe!).

Since he finished his mandatory military service, Minho has been branching out with more of his own solo activities, including a radio show, Best Choice (again: he is so funny, you guys!), and a forthcoming solo album, Chase. He seems to have become comfortable in his own skin in a way that we should all hope to be in our early thirties. As a fan, I consider it a privilege to have watched him blossom into a better, more confident version of himself. He is a true genius of hard work, and I could not be more excited for his solo.

He has the biggest heart

I love Minho because Minho has so much love to give. He’s the kind of person who leaves notes telling his friends he loves them while they’re asleep. He once saved all the SHINee members’ names in his phone under “My Lovely ___.” He writes the longest dedications of anyone in the group. He’s thoughtful and dedicated and has a lot of feelings (though by his own admission, he tends to hide them, so that he can continue to give strength to others). He is, for lack of a better word, all ooey-gooey inside, with a sentimental streak a mile wide.

Minho always goes the extra mile to support the other members of SHINee. SHINee’s leader, Onew, once called him the group’s “heart aid”:

Whatever happens, he is by our side and calls out to us. Minho is really a person who becomes our strength in any situation … It’s not only with me, even with other members, he is our heart aid and is a very important existence to all of us (2014)

When the other members cry onstage, Minho is often the first to comfort them. Who could forget the iconic photo of Minho hugging an inconsolable Jonghyun to his bosom after SHINee’s first music show win for “Juliette,” or all the many times he comforted Jonghyun—always the crybaby of the group—onstage thereafter?

Here are just a few more examples of Minho showing his support for the other members of SHINee:

Hiding away his emergency money to buy a birthday present for Key, even though they hated each other at the time

Surprising Jonghyun on his birthday at Jonghyun’s radio show, Blue Night (150409)

Flying to Japan to attend the second day of Taemin’s Tokyo concert in 2018 (181125), then flying back to Korea to attend Key’s concert showcase the very next day (181126)

Surprising Jonghyun at Jonghyun’s X-Inspiration concert in 2016 (161204, or click through to “…and Minho” on this Omona post for all the cute fan accounts)

Surprising Jonghyun on the last day of Blue Night—and bringing lots of tissues, because he knew Jonghyun would cry (170402). (The part of this video everyone remembers is the part where Minho tells Jonghyun that he brought the softest box tissues “because Jonghyun-hyung’s skin is precious,” but really, every second of it just radiates compassion and care. We should all be so lucky to have a friend like Minho.).

Surprising Jonghyun at Jonghyun’s The Story concert—and bringing throat drops, because he knew Jonghyun’s throat might be sore. Look how happy and proud he was when they left!

Fuck it, here are two whole threads of Minho showing up for Jonghyun’s concerts. Don’t miss the one where he’s showing Jonghyun off to the camera like a work of art.

While he was in the military, he sent food trucks to Taemin to support Taemin’s comeback (200907)

Minho to Onew in 2020: “But I love having you as company. I love your lame jokes. Just keep making your jokes. It’s just that you need moral support” (201116)

On the day he was discharged , Minho went straight from the military to see Taemin backstage at Inkigayo, without even changing out of his marine uniform. I’ve saved the best for last, so if you only click on one link in this post, please, please make it this one: [탬로그6v6📹] TAEMIN 태민 #샤이니isBack 201119

I should add that Minho doesn’t do all this stuff because he’s not booked and busy himself. He’s constantly filming, doing photoshoots, and randomly upstaging Melania Trump. Supporting the other members isn’t something he does just because he has the time; it’s something he works at consciously.

When SHINee went on Blue Night in 2016, Minho described how he transfers his support to the busiest member depending on the season:

Jonghyun: Then Minho-ssi, which member do you feel the most attached to? Minho: Out of the four? I think it changes with the season. Jonghyun: Who is it in the recent season? Minho: In the recent season, it’s Jonghyun-hyung. It’s because he’s the busiest. He needs to prepare for the concert. I think I try to take more care of the member who’s the busiest. Jonghyun: Then Key has been very busy until recently because of Drinking Solo. Key, did you feel that Minho was taking care of you? Did you feel it, Key? Minho’s love? Key: No, not at all. Jonghyun: He must have just thought about it a lot in his mind. (Ha.) Key: But he really is surprising. I think his day is a little longer than other people’s. I don’t know how he can watch them all [referring to the members’ activities]. Jonghyun: It’s a great thing. It means he has a lot of affection. Key: It’s not that I don’t watch it on purpose. When I turn on TV and find that our member is on by chance, I would watch it then. But to watch something intentionally…it means it’s a plan. Jonghyun: Minho watches everything, all the members’ schedules.

I’ve been a fan of SHINee for a long time—long enough to remember a time when the members didn’t all get along as famously as they do now—and I really believe that they wouldn’t have made it nearly this far if not for Minho holding them together.

I thought about saying something here like, “Minho’s strength is giving strength to others,” but I don’t think that would be giving nearly enough credit. What I most admire about Minho isn’t just that he gives strength to others, but that his love for other people becomes his strength—that it enables him to do the impossible and find that extra hour in the day.

This is all very sweet just by itself, but it becomes even more impressive when you consider—and here is where I start to get into a little bit of conjecture—how easily Minho could have given in to jealousy and resentment.

Imagine, for a moment, that you are 16 or 17 years old, you’ve just made your entertainment industry debut, and you’re surrounded by people whom everyone agrees are more talented than you. This isn’t the first time you’ve been overlooked; at home, you have a brother whom everyone agrees is smarter, more popular, and better-looking, and your own parents joke that maybe he should have debuted instead of you. People on the internet write articles calling you “useless” and “a black hole of talent” (I’m not going to link these!).

I think a lot of people in that situation would have grown to resent their peers. Instead, Minho doubled down on his support for the other members. There is something truly egoless, I think, in how hard he works to care for those around him. Whatever his own insecurities are or might have been, he doesn’t seem to have ever let them get in the way of all the love he has to give.

Of course, Minho doesn’t just show his tender heart in his interactions with the other SHINee members. He’s also endlessly kind to fans. Some of my favorite examples:

When he was a guest on My Last 48 Hours in 2018, the three things he chose to do in his hypothetical last 48 hours were: 1) spend time with family, 2) spend time with SHINee, and 3) spend time with fans. Since there was no time to organize a fanmeet, the producers found just one fan for him to surprise. She started to cry, he got kind of choked up at her crying...it was all too cute for words.

From the letter he wrote to Shawols (SHINee fans) while he was in the military: “As part of the engineering battalion, I’ve received air transportation training. You guys might not know much about it, so to put it simply, our training consists of falling from a plane or a helicopter with a parachute! … I was able to get closer to the sky during training. It was really pretty, and it was great, because I felt like I was looking at you guys.”

...OK, one more quote from the same letter: “I’m reading each and every letter from our SHINee world and I’m treasuring them … Giving your hearts to someone is like giving them your everything, receiving the heart of someone is like receiving all of them and sharing everything with them. I’m really happy that that person is you guys.”

Just the sheer number of times it’s been confirmed he actually reads his fan letters

His Kiseki stage. All of it. It’s maybe the purest expression of Minho to date (his solo stages prior to this were all, like, hip-thrusting to Usher with his shirt off—which, like, fine, I’m not complaining, but the baseball uniform is so much more his style). Every time I rewatch it, I’m just blown away by his sincerity. You can hear it in his voice. Also, I’ll say it: better than the original.

Recently he confessed that he watches fan reaction videos when he can’t sleep (Minhooooo!)

He once spent $21,000 to gift the 800 fans who came to his birthday fanmeet with sweatshirts from his endorsement line (171209). Insane thing to do. When the time comes to eat the rich, I will have no choice but to spare him.

If you’ve never been sucked into the K-Pop Vortex, I know what you’re probably thinking: being kind to fans is part of his job, it doesn’t actually mean anything. And you’re right, it is a part of his job—a part he’s very good at! K-Pop is a fantasy, and entering into a space where you feel seen and appreciated as a fan is a part of that fantasy.

But as a veteran K-Pop Enjoyer, I can tell you that just because something is ‘performative’ doesn’t mean it doesn’t also come from the heart. I also feel that SHINee have worked hard throughout their careers to be true to themselves in public—and to create spaces where they could be closer to fans on their own terms. So it would actually be really unfair to them, I think, to continually insist, against all available evidence, that everything they say and do is somehow calculated. I don’t have any trouble understanding that being an idol is a job, and there are no doubt days when they would rather do anything than talk to fans. But if Minho says that hearing from fans is a part of the job he generally enjoys—and that he cares about us, whether on a personal level or solely in the abstract—I’m inclined to believe him?

I’m cynical about many things, especially in K-Pop, but I just don’t have it in me to be cynical about Minho or SHINee.

I mean, just look at this:

I love him to pieces, and he’s improved a ton, but I’m still not sure he’s that good an actor.

Miscellaneous reasons

I’ve always felt that the extent to which Minho is openly adored by his industry juniors and seniors, as well as by his non-celebrity friends, speaks for itself. His friendship with TVXQ’s Changmin is especially cute (they even had a dating scandal together!).

He’s famously close with SNSD (so much so that Korean netizens nicknamed him “A male idol that people don't get suspicious when he's close to female idols”) and was even the first person to congratulate Taeyeon on the release of “I Call You” in 2020.

He is unfailingly gentle with children—one of only, like, two members who had any business taking care of a toddler on SHINee’s Hello Baby in 2010

He majored in film at Konkuk University and recently said that his “favorite Netflix show” is The Irishman. He also apparently liked Hirokazu Kore’eda’s Our Little Sister? With teasers for his solo album leaning in a moody, ‘90s neo-noir direction, many are speculating that a new cinephile Minho era may be upon us (and by “many” I mean “me”).

He knows how to laugh at himself

Never has been Minho been cuter than while walking through the London Underground on SHINee’s One Fine Day in 2013.

In conclusion,

[weaselbey]

Beyonce: what she says vs does

Images:

February 7, 2016 Beyonce performing at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, with backing dancers dressed as Black Panthers.

Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, revolutionary and champion of Palestinian liberation quotes on Palestine.

Social media users commenting on footage from Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé being broadcast in Israel, with cinema goers waving Israeli flags alongside the critized social media silence from Beyonce regarding the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

[presleypictures]

In 1958, just like every young man in the USA, Elvis is drafted into the army. Three female fans are not positive about his time in the army, but are devastated by the thought that their idol has to get a hair cut. They decided to write a letter to President Eisenhower.

“Dear President Eisenhower,

My girlfriends and I are writing all the way from Montana. We think it's bad enough to send Elvis Presley in the army but if you cut off his side burns, we will just die! You don't know how we feel about him. I really don't see why you have to send him in the army at all but we beg you, please, please don't give him a hair cut. Oh, please, please don't! If you do, we will just about die!"

[tealsteel]

@seekslight sent in this thought provoking meme (x3)

✿ Every first that you can think of in a relationship ? Luxanna and ezreal have given to one another : first kiss , first relationship , first sexual encounter , etc . It may seem cheesy , or corny , or unrealistic . . . but it just goes to show how linked their souls are ; if one were to believe in the concept of a "soul mate" , they could find the textbook definition of that phrase by observing Lux & ez .

✿ Their relationship remains a secret to the world , partly due to the high likelihood that The Crownguard family would not approve of their only daugther dating someone of either ezreal's origins or current profession ; the predominant reason , however , lies in the powers that lie on the corporate ladder . . . prohibiting him from dating because "men with girlfriends don't sell as many records." . It's a web of secrets and lies that ezreal hates with all his heart , but he perseveres through it due to his love for Luxanna being that strong .

✿ On the flip side of the coin , Luxanna's profession also remains a secret to that of ezreal . . . for she fears of how he would react to the prospect of his girlfriend sneaking out to fight monsters ; despite their iron-clad love for one another , there are still secrets that are kept between them . . . and it seldom times causes feelings of depression or anxiety to wash over them .

✿ After the completion of his "boy band era" the very first thing ezreal does after parting ways with the label he had been under with HEARTSTEEL ? Is publically announce his commitment and relationship with Lux , of course . . . he talks with her about it first , making sure she is comfortable and ready for that information to be out there for the entire world to discover .

✿ The album for his singles debut , Arcane Shift , features songs talking about his life , his breakup from his previous label , but most importantly it features the first (of many) songs he dedicates to Luxanna . The track , titled ' That Girl ' , doesn't fair well with the music critics . . . but it wasn't for them , so he really doesn't care what they think of it .

✿ Every sign of affection that ezreal shows on camera during performances ? From blown kisses , finger hearts , etc . it's all directed at Luxanna , though fans and studio executives assume its just a general appreciation he is showing to the audience .

[serenaew]

Coming soon: Nocturne for flute solo

-- Cover art reveal --

Y'all know I'm impatient, and I need some positive energy so...

I'm excited to announce my most recent "filk" project:

Nocturne for flute solo

inspired by EtherealTrail's Snape/Reader fanfic

Remedial Venom

created for

Snape Bigbang @snapebang

and to be revealed on June 19th, 2023!

Here a sneak peek to the cover art:

Bonus: background highlight:

Acknowledgements:

Lindsey Bugbee's (https://thepostmansknock.com/) Medallion worksheets + Lovely Calligraphy Drills

Myriam Frisano's (https://halfapx.com/) flourish workshop and

Julia Winkler's (https://www.sushimoon.com/) Swinging Serifs workshop, both on

Lettering Online Festival 2023 (https://www.herz-kiste.ch/lettering-online-festival-maerz-23/)

Coming June 19th!

Stay tuned!

[darcydoesfuckall]

Parchment, Pardon Me.

(A song about the social dynamics within A Court of Fey and Flowers, specifically viewed through the relationship of Delloso de la Rue and Captain K.P Hob)

Lyrics:

I write this letter to you,

A subtle contradiction,

Dictated by dialects,

Of heart and mind in opposition.

I put the “dear” before your name,

No E-S-T amended

At the junction between the end

Of dear and the first letter

of you.

Your name and title

Tunes my vital organs,

But least of all it plays my brain.

Flaming recitals.

How do you write more than

These pitiful words of mine contain?

Parchment may be impotent

When pen and sword dance intimate,

But it’s a garment undiscarded

Inarticulate but ardently,

I urge the parchment; pardon me.

Propriety

Might be the end of me,

Societal stifiling,

Slicing the string between.

And as every flame unstoked

By letters I never wrote

Dies out eventually.

Essentially, potent potentiality

Never floats,

Not in my moat.

Of gloating hypotheticals,

Ineffectual never spoken words.

Broken silence ever still hurts,

So I will be curt.

Parchment may be impotent

When pen and sword dance intimate,

But it’s a garment undiscarded

Inarticulate but ardently,

I urge the parchment; pardon me.

Emersed in my apartment,

Arched paper walls would you please:

Pardon me?

Pardon me.

Hark the herald angels singing!

Blessed be beating apologies!

Pardon me.

Pardon me.

Donning address better expressed,

In silken threads pressed to my chest,

It’s unheard or to hearth returned,

In celestial forgetful urns,

Whence from the furnace birthed the yearning burn.

Parchment may be impotent

When pen and sword dance intimate,

But it’s a garment undiscarded

Inarticulate but ardently,

I urge the parchment; pardon me.

Parchment may be impotent

When pen and sword dance intimate,

But it’s a garment undiscarded

Inarticulate but ardently,

I urge the parchment; pardon me.

I urge the parchment; pardon me.

I urge the parchment; pardon me.