#idek what to tag this bye

[2chaotic4u]

umhumg uhhh @bugb1t35 i drew your springtrap :33 i honestly just had an immense urge to draw him so,,, here you go:3

[supercantaloupe]

okay don giovanni review from last night. under the cut bc it's me. tldr the vocal performances were great, leporello carried the show, one of the most insane productions i've seen thus far but somehow in a new bizarre direction from normal. good snacks.

first of all i don't care how much wine you offer i think it's kind of ridiculous to charge $165 for a base ticket price for a performance that 1. isn't even in a concert hall or theater 2. is a concert performance rather than a staged performance (which was not advertised ahead of time) and 3. was not even a full production because they made the absolutely mind boggling decision to cut 100% of the recitative and replace it with Some Guy sitting on the stage narrating the plot between every 1-3 numbers

i did not pay that much gd bless. the student ticket was way cheaper.

the narration wasn't even good it was weirdly ungenerous to the women (like how do you even make elvira out be a "women, amirite" thing and also vaguely imply anna was into it in a production with zero acting? well they figured something out) and i don't think it even explained well enough what happens between each number to truly give a first time watcher a good idea of what's actually going on. not to mention that it absolutely kills any sense of momentum in the plot and makes the entire show drag like hell, because you have to wait between every single aria for either Some Guy to talk at you for three minutes straight, or wait awkwardly while people onstage walk off and people offstage walk on. it was so painfully clunky

they had a piano up there but since there was no recit it's not like she was accompanying much of anything. in practice what it ended up being used for was 1. the mandolin part for deh vieni (acceptable in the absence of a mandolin player; they were working with a limited chamber ensemble of musicians so i get it) 2. the party music at the end of act i (egregious fault imo because it absolutely kills the vibe of the scene and completely obfuscates the way the music is supposed to be adding to the tension and chaos with its different instrumental groups playing in different meters)

and 3. used to give singers their notes when the vocal line of their arias start on beat 1 measure 1, which they otherwise would have been able to get from the preceding recits (which is imo painfully amateurish for an ostensibly professional production)

all the numbers in act i were there although the narration was so bad i got jumpscared by fin ch'han dal vino because i forgot it was supposed to be there and thought we had skipped over that point in the plot. act ii had some really bizarre additional cuts made, notably they just entirely skipped over meta di voi and vedrai carino. it was like masetto and zerlina fuck off for the entirety of act ii save for, like, mille torbidi (they VERY briefly mentioned masetto getting beat up in the narration and i don't think they mentioned vedrai carino at all, they just skipped straight from deh vieni to sola sola. and also there was a painful awkward pause before deh vieni because i think the pianist forgot she was supposed to play there and the narrator jumped ahead to the next chunk of plot explanation too early). kept both dalla and tesoro (i'm fine with this ottavio was quite good though could've used a bit of ornamentation imo), kept mi tradi, kept non mi dir (more on that in a bit). no per queste which is probably a good thing not only for the show itself but also my head would have absolutely and irreversibly exploded if they had, probably

the whole thing kind of felt underrehearsed. like a quarter of the time it seemed like people didn't know what they were doing or had to be reminded where to be at that point in the show. and there were a few moments throughout where the orchestra struggled to keep up with the singers, but i really don't think they had much time to rehearse together, honestly.

and then, to my utter shock, the finale was actually really good?? like. insane compared to the rest of the show thus far. though it helps that 1. i absolutely love the harmonieband arrangements of cosa rara/i litiganti/non piu andrai, after possibly the draggiest non mi dir i've yet experienced it was like a breath of fresh air to hear that (and non mi dir was actually well performed i liked this anna but considering how much the Entire Show was dragging, the fact that they cut meta di voi and vedrai carino, AND the fact that they promised this act would be short, it felt crazy to me to keep it at that point.)

2. leporello and the don were by far the best performers of the night. so much so that i sought them out during the post show reception to tell them how great they were and enjoyed their performance. which i usually do not do, but in this like, high school recital ass production value. unbelievable relief that the final scene is dominated by the two actors in the show who most remembered that they can, and in fact Should, be acting. so much more movement and physicality and expression from those two compared to most everyone else. leporello especially, his actor apparently specializes in comedic bass roles and it shows, he was the standout all night

and 3. for the first time in the entire production they made an interesting decision regarding the physical space and staging! they had the commendatore sing from up on a balcony overlooking the audience in the foyer. the bar admittedly was set very low in the previous act and a half but the finale reminded me that i actually like this show again which is appreciated

though they then threw another curveball at me by Cutting the sextet at the end. which like didn't even piss me off at that point i was just baffled. like the don sinks down in agony and leporello sinks down whimpering in fear and the orchestra cuts off. and i'm expecting an awkward pause while they quietly get up and shuffle off so the rest of the cast can come back but nope. big orange title slate appears on the big screen behind them and the audience breaks into a roaring applause and the announcement of the wine and dessert reception. felt like i was in a fever dream

i will say the desserts were very nearly almost worth the bullshit that was the preceding show. they were so good. thank you austria for your dedication to pastry. and because i don't drink and couldn't appreciate the free wine offered i had to indulge in my own manner. spread contained chocolate oat bites (tasted as much like espresso powder as chocolate and coated in coconut, 4/10), almond sponge cake (classic, 7/10), cardamom apple bread pudding with caramel cream (not enough cardamom but otherwise very tasty and autumnal, 8.5/10) and honey cake (11/10. i don't know how they made this so good. i want more right now so much). i take both my mozart opera and my desserts very seriously.

anyway overall the production was. i would say frustrating. the singing quality was Really Good (leporello was the clear standout, probably followed by the don though i prefer my dons with a lighter voice but technically he was very good, then probably ottavio, then maybe masetto or anna. the commendatore was great but he's in it so little it's hard to compare)

i just wish they could have, like, actually done a full production. it would have been so great if they had gotten to tell the actual story and had been fully allowed to act. when there Was acting were the best moments of the show, and it's really unsurprising that most of that came from leporello, the absolute legend.

[thevoidshere88]

To want someone to be obsessed or very vocal and possessive over you.

But feeling no one would ever be that way towards you because no one interacts with you and you don't interact with anyone either.

[hylaversicolor]

it’s just a tuant bro. just a little russian tuant

[chiistarri]

chat what if u came over and played silly games with me and😊listened to vbs with me

[mpicabo]

Putting “WARNING!!! Lemon, boyxboy, THAT MEANS BOYS KISSING!!!!!!!!!” At the start of the Iliad

[creampz]

I GOT YOU SHADOWBANNED???

YES, THANKS A LOT

[justiceisoverr]

valentine’s is over but i haven’t drawn anything properly in like five years so i might as well post this

[capricioussun]

Due to the nature of this "holiday" i didn't really think abt anything "festive" for it, however i will say i do, often, think about both undertale and multiverse crews/skeleton bros and how they'd come together to make meals and whatnot.

I've always wanted to draw a busy kitchen scene with the freshly surfaced ut crew, possibly specifically for christmas (or general wintery holiday), of everyone helping make dinner/set things up, with the right amount of chaos of course

As for mv crews, especially those situations of like, "for some reason all the skeleton brothers live together and have to deal w/ each other", I would honestly imagine, at first, dinners, or any meal prepared for everyone at once, would be an absolute madhouse. Especially if it's very soon after surfacing or after they've met even in still underground and simply visiting. None of the monsters from Fell AUs seem to have any idea of what to do, those inclined to help only really able to clean because their cooking/baking experience is so incredibly limited due to supply chain difficulties and lacking resources. The less helpfully inclined brothers more prone to purposefully causing disruptions, some more intentionally than others, yelling, things getting thrown, the non-Fell AUs "chefs" being a wide ranging variety of "half decent" to "has never made anything edible ever", and all stepping on each others toes trying to work together.

It'd be a disaster hands down but over time, as everyone adjusts and becomes more used to each other, more comfortable, and gains more cooking/baking skills, it becomes something of a (mostly) well oiled machine, with most knowing who to leave what to, those most inclined to cook or bake communicating who does what, when.

Honestly communal cooking and baking is something I love thinking about, and I think many of them (skele bros and those of regular crews) would find it easier to bond with each other over shared interest or enjoyment of cooking and/or baking!

[myymi]

random question because im really curious

describe how i look in your mind

(if you've seen what i look like, shut up or tell me what you originally thought i looked like in dms don't tell others please im curious about how much it varies)

[imlikesooogaydude22323]

rw&rb

i joined purely so i could read the bonus chapter of red white and royal blue after 1:30 in the morning on a random tuesday night

[xpuppispitx]

*me rambling and preventing my bf from doing his task*

Him: MF U ARE HIGH

Me: MF IF ANYONE IN THIS HOUSE IS STONED IT IS U MY BOI

Also me approximately two seconds later: Alexa play bob Marley sun is shining

[darkestrellar]

svern going to therapy would be a disaster and he would definitely never go of his own volition this is all there is to say. he would either just Leave or he would try to psychologically terrorise the therapist.

[rainxdewsupremacy]

the transmasc envy of wanting a dick. And also the sadness of not being able to impregnate. Like wtf whyyyyyy please 😭😭

let me I’m pregnant someone instead of me being able to be impregnated.

[mentallyilltvgirl]

you wanna fight huh?? okay lets take this inside, the bed looks comfey let's fight there. now cuddle with me.