resin-popia

[jhutchismyl0verb0y]

crying

im fucking crying again because of superstore bc of the deportation episode (fml)

ive watched this show no joke atleast 100 times. i =m so fucking emotionally attached to these mother fuckers its sad.

[swagcoolcat]

Okay, so I wrote a thing.

This is the first thing I’ve ever written that I’d call crack, so uh, there is that. It’s taken very seriously but it’s also meant to be very silly.

Here it is! It’s about Jonah hiding the fact that he hooked up with Marcus from his coworkers.

(Also thanks to @thegroundhogdidit for the prompt, and the help writing this, it’s very much appreciated ❤️)

[ineffable-romantics]

I have admired the work of the amazing @anotherwellkeptsecret for YEARS, following her originally from the height of my Sherlock obsession all the way until now where she has (to my delight!) crossed over into Good Omens as well.

She also just had a baby!!!! So partly as a congratulations, partly as a thank you for being such an artistic inspiration, and partly so I could practice my own digital art techniques and play with Procreate for the first time, I asked if she would allow me the privilege of coloring some of her favorite pages from her comics while she's on maternity leave. And she said yes!

But she asked me to pick my favorites instead. So I took her at her word and chose one favorite page from each of the ten comics I have saved and loved over the years.

Exactly two weeks later (and in no particular order) here is the final result!! I am so grateful to Kelley for letting me do this, and I have discovered so much about my own style and what I like (excessive lights, apparently lol). I hope you guys like them as much as I do, and please please please go support Kelley's tumblr and Patreon, she absolutely deserves the world. 💕

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One Night in Bangor (And The World's Your Oyster)

(more art below cut)

Oh What A Night

The Losing Side

(Sequel to Oh What A Night)

Points Of Interest

(Sequel to Oh What A Night and The Losing Side)

Who Wants To Live Forever

That Certain Night

A Romantic Affair

(Sequel to That Certain Night)

As Long As We Both Shall Live

(Sequel to That Certain Night and A Romantic Affair)

Change Of Pace

Temptation Accomplished

[sparkling-treasures]

OMG ~ Emma Watson Looks Like A Hybrid Of:

Meg Ryan, Kelly Preston, And Keri Russell

[kyoteugly]

I have this series of comic panels with buddie in my mind (with possibly a very short fics to each panel) but I had this idea that someone should mess things up a bit for Spidey... and who better than the one and only Black Cat? And Lucy is just perfect for the role... and I just couldn't help to think "hey, MJ should be there too" so our 911 redhead got invited ;) I had to start with the girls... so... enjoy ^^ It's just a line tracing, but all shading, every single line I did by myself and I'm so so sooo proud of it. I love Lucy's hair, I love the colors, little freckles on Taylor, did I mention Lucy's hair? ^^ So I seriously don't care if you say it's not a real drawing... I put my time and heart into it, I'm learning and having fun... and it's just a fanart, I'm not making money out of it... It's my way of showing my love for the show, through fanfictions and fanarts... that's all. Tags: @onkidahonki @hitorizu (feel free to ask to be added or removed from the tags)

[filmesbrazil]

[punkxcalibur]

Least favorite fandom trope:

female character gets sidelined and is hated because she is canonically romantically inclined with a male character that the majority of the fandom ships with another male character.

[robertocustodioart]

Kelly LeBrock by Albert Watson 1978

[downinthehull]

Cg!Kelly Watson

because she would just be so caring and fun!

she would absolutely love playing dress up, playing around with makeup, or even making different crafts!!

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round Two

Dire Straits

Defeated opponents: The Sugarcubes

Formed in: 1977

Genres: Pub rock, blues rock, prog rock

Lineup: Mark Knopfler – guitar, vocals

Alan Clark – keyboards

John Illsley – bass guitar, backing vocals

Hal Lindes – guitar, backing vocals

Terry Williams – drums

Albums from the 80s:

Making Movies (1980)

Love over Gold (1982)

ExtendeDancEPlay (EP) (1983)

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live (1984)

Brothers in Arms (1985)

Money for Nothing (1988)

Propaganda: 

Night Ranger 

Defeated opponents: Utopia

Formed in: 1979

Genres: Hard rock, glam metal, arena rock

Lineup: Jack Blades- bass, vocals

Jeff Watson- guitar

Brad Gillis- guitar

Alan Fitzgerald- keyboards, synthesizers, piano, vocals

Kelly Keagy- drums, percussion, vocals

Albums from the 80s:

Dawn Patrol (1982)

Midnight Madness (1983)

7 Wishes (1985)

Big Life (1987)

Man in Motion (1988)

Propaganda: 

[countess-of-edessa]

the whole "everyone has to have massive lips now" is so weird. people act like it's always been an integral component of beauty and not something that was invented by kylie jenner in 2014

[theconjurervfx]

The Master.

[creakysocks]

Detective Dryeye Kelly and his assistant, Sallymon P. Glucks!

[droughtofapathy]

The Gilded Age of Broadway Divas: Duets, Trios, and Other Crossovers

While I wait for my matinee show to start, here's our final compilation just six hours before our season finale. If you've been following along with this series, you'll notice how much overlap there is in the theatre. Everyone has been with, or sung with, or played the same role as everyone else. Here is just a taste of the sublime combined talents of our favorite Broadway Divas. And yes, this is my petition to have a musical episode.

#1: "Lily's Eyes," (The Secret Garden) Miscast 2022 - Audra McDonald and Kelli O'Hara

I watched this, and my soul transcended space and time. Performed at MCC's 2022 Miscast gala honoring Christine Baranski (of course), Audra and Kelli have a brief tiff about which soprano is worthy of Soprano Island before joining together to sing the most resplendent duet you will ever experience in your life.

The Secret Garden opened on Broadway in 1991 starring Rebecca Luker as Lily. Kelli and Audra are singing the parts of Lily's husband and brother-in-law respectively. And like Lily, Rebecca Luker has since passed away. Knowing that they are singing not only to honor Christine, but also to Rebecca, their dear friend and fellow soprano, is yet another layer of heartbreak. I love this song.

#2: "Move On," (Sunday in the Park with George) Princetown concert 2022 - Audra McDonald & Michael Cerveris

Former co-stars reunited in Princetown last year to sing this impromptu duet from the Pulitzer-winning Sunday in the Park with George. Sunday is filled with sublime music, and "Move On" is one of the best. In it, Dot appears to George, the grandson of Georges Seurat, and encourages him to move on with his artistry and stop worrying about perfection. The show itself is beautiful and complex, and a proshot is available for your convenience.

Audra and Michael had previously done a three-day, semi-staged production of this show in 2004, also featuring Patti LuPone as Yvonne/Blair Daniels (the role Christine Baranski created in the original pre-Broadway workshop). Interestingly, this trio would move on to take part in the Lincoln Center Broadcast of Passion in 2005 with Audra as Clara (the Marin Mazzie role), and Patti as Fosca (the Donna Murphy role).

Michael Cerveris would play Giorgio multiple times in his career, including the 10th Anniversary concert with Marin and Donna.

#3 Tonight: Quintet (West Side Story) - Lucky to Be Me: The Music of Leonard Bernstein (2010) - Kelli O'Hara, Donna Murphy, Michael Cerveris

Speaking of Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy, and joined by Kelli O'Hara, this audio comes from a 2010 concert celebrating the music of Leonard Bernstein. The youtube video incorrectly attributes this to a 2012 concert, but it is not.

"Tonight (Quintet)" is, of course, from West Side Story, where Bernstein wrote the music, and Sondheim wrote the lyrics. Because this was a concert, certain singing parts are taken by those who would not sing such parts in a full production...anymore. (Lest we forget Natalie Wood in the movie.)

Donna sings Anita, and Kelli sings Maria, the two young Puerto Rican women in the show. And I think we'll leave that there. Michael Cerveris sings the part of Riff, and they are joined by Cheyenne Jackson as Tony.

Also featured in this concert is the amazing, incredible, beloved soprano Victoria Clark, who has starred opposite all three of our Gilded Age actors at one point or another. As the Margaret to Kelli's Clara (Light in the Piazza), the Sally to Donna's Phyllis (Encores! Follies), and in Titanic with Michael Cerveris. Theatre, it's all connected.

#4: LoveMusik (2007)

A little more on LoveMusik. While I've already detailed a little on my Donna Murphy post, here's some more about Michael Cerveris, two-time Tony winner. As Kurt Weill, Michael was nominated for a Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League Award, but did not win any. While the show itself was given mixed reviews, the performances of Donna and Michael were almost universally praised.

The 2007 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical included three Gilded Age nominees. Debra Monk (Curtains), Audra McDonald (110 in the Shade) and Donna Murphy (LoveMusik). All three lost to Christine Ebersole of the Grey Gardens variety. Fair. I suppose. However, Audra and Donna tied for the Drama Desk. And there WAS a wonderful clip of their award ceremony online for years, except now that I need it for this, it's been taken down. Of course.

#5: "At the Ballet," (A Chorus Line) - Audra McDonald & Kelli O'Hara

Joined by Megan Hilty, Kelli O'Hara and Audra McDonald performed "At the Ballet" from A Chorus Line at a Lincoln Center Marvin Hamlisch tribute in 2013. Audra showcases a robust lower range I simply adore. Unfortunately the lower key change leaves Kelli's soprano in an awkward place, but I love her anyway.

A Chorus Line is one of the musical theatre greats, and while "At the Ballet" is often overshadowed by "What I Did for Love," it's my personal favorite. The original stage show ran for 6,137 performances, and was nominated for twelve Tonys, winning nine. After Follies, this is the show I most want to see fully staged. A 50th Anniversary revival was rumored back in 2016 for 2025, but I'll believe it when I see it.

#6: The Ladies Who Lunch (Company) - Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Celebration - Christine Baranski & Audra McDonald (ft. Meryl Streep)

Legends. Icons. Divas. What more can I say about "The Ladies Who Lunch," performed by Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, and Meryl Streep, mother to Louisa Jacobson? As the story goes, they had done so many takes that by this time, they were well and truly on their way to being drunk. And yet, Audra McDonald still sounds more exquisite than anyone on earth.

I watched this when it premiered "live" on YouTube during the early days of the pandemic. Several Broadway stars who would go on to The Gilded Age are featured, including Kelli O'Hara, Laura Benanti, Nathan Lane, and Michael Cerveris.

It has been almost four years, and I have still not recovered from this song's placement in the concert. Picture it: you have just been emotionally wrung out by Donna Murphy's revelatory "Send in the Clowns," sung whilst seated in front of an Al Hirshfeld print of Passion, with her cleavage out in true Mrs. Astor fashion. And then suddenly there's jaunty Company music, and an illustration of the great Elaine Stritch with her martini glass high. And then there is Christine Baranski in a bathrobe and a truly massive glass of red wine. And you think it cannot get any better. And then the second verse hits and there's Meryl Streep with a cocktail mixer. AND THEN Audra Fucking McDonald. They put those two songs back-to-back and expected me to recover one day? As if.

Bonus: "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" (2018) - Nathan Lane & Christine Baranski

While not a musical performance, I would be remiss if I didn't direct your attention to this masterpiece. Did you ever think you'd hear Aunt Agnes gunning to see Ward McAllister's dick? No? Well, here it is. Terrence McNally wrote "Lips Together, Teeth Apart" specifically for his 1991 original cast which included Christine as Chloe and Nathan Lane as her brother Sam. And they are going through marital troubles with their respective spouses. Nathan and Christine reunited in 2018 to perform this scene for McNally's 80th Birthday.

But the Gilded Age connection doesn't stop there:

In 2019, The New York Times Magazine ran a special "America 2024" issue, as a tribute to Terrence McNally. The whole thing is a fantastic read, and I'd recommend it. In it features photoshoots depicting scenes from several of McNally's plays, including "Lips Together, Teeth Apart." And look who's here: Donna Murphy as Chloe (the Christine Baranski role), Broadway's Leading Man Brian Stokes Mitchell, Michael Shannon as Sam (the Nathan Lane role), and Katie Finneran.

And on one of four covers for this issue, Celia Keenan-Bolger.

With that, the conclusion to my little Diva miniseries. I hope you've found this as entertaining as I have. And if you'd like me to go into more detail about anything you've seen throughout this series, let me know, because I have so much more gossip and drama that I had to restrain myself from adding.

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[haredjarris]

posting from 2009 here. but i don't think the sherlock holmes 09 fandom (my young self included) ever gave mary morstan enough credit for how fucking stressful courting john watson must have been. her first fiance literally died. she's already lost one love. of course she doesn't want her second chance at love to go galavanting around chasing armed criminals, with a selfish twat with no self-preservation instincts. it's bloody dangerous.

dear mary, i'm so sorry for the misogyny my 17 year old self treated you with in the name of my gay ship (i do still ship holmes and watson in almost every incarnation of them. but i learnt to do it without being a nasty little worm)

[filmesbrazil]