I just had the most wholesome interaction in the mall with a teenager who was shopping with their mom. They were wearing a Les Mis hoodie and I said that I liked it and that I was obsessed with Les Mis. They replied—“Oh not as much as me!” and I couldn’t help but laugh and then just responded with “You’re probably right.” 😭🫶🏻
Most parts of being a teen sucked but that unbridled enthusiasm for this silly story is something I look back on really fondly. 🥹
Just got reminded of that phenomenon of “first errand” that happens in Japan.
When children get old enough to, well, go on their first errand like the name says
And thinking about it on “Gakuen Babysitter” when Kotaro brings his lunch to his brother while the whole school cheered.
And now I’m thinking about BuckTommy’s son doing it
They live in a very very very secure area (it’s a fic world anyway so I can do anything I want) and their son has been to each of their stations a lot growing up, even on days off they’d sometimes visit their friends working and bring them food
So their son knows the way to get there and one morning Tommy forgot his lunch, that Buck made for him the day before
And their son who’s around 6 says he can do it, he can bring it to his papa
So Buck dress him in a bright yellow pants and jacket that looks a little like a firefighter jacket
And give him Tommy’s lunch in a bag and the boy goes on his way
Buck who follows him half a street behind, his eyes not leaving his boy and taking videos and pictures of him
His heart so full at the sight of his little boy proudly bringing food to his papa, and once he reaches the 217 Tommy picking him up in his arms and telling him how proud of him he is for doing his first errand
Buck who joins them for a family hug, and they end up eating lunch together while Buck sends the pictures and videos to all their friends and family with a little “Baby’s first errand!” caption
Their son who tell the story of his adventure bringing lunch to Tommy with all the dramatics of a child, making his dads so proud and happy.
That chimney/ravi storyline is one the best 911 has done in a long time I can’t even make a funny text post about it it was just perfect I was sitting there watching chim open up to ravi about kevin and encourage ravi to come home and then bringing him home like 🥰🥹🥰🥹🥰🥹🥰🥹🥰 the entire time
- first of all, a huge congratulations to the adorable and ungodly talented joe locke on an amazing broadway debut. when he started singing in pirelli’s i said “holy shit he sounds REALLY good” out loud. that VOICE!!! his voice is so beautiful, his accent and movements were perfect, and he really just nailed it overall. his ‘not while i’m around’ actually destroyed me. he sang it so gorgeously IN THE OBC KEY and was so genuinely our courageous, protective, vulnerable little guy. at the end he hugged mrs lovett and collapsed into her lap and i just melted :,,)
- AHHH nik and delaney. they are so good together!!!! they give such a classic sweeney and lovett vibe because they read as literally insane. just absolutely unhinged little devils. they know exactly what they’re doing and they enjoy it. it’s definitely a contrast to josh and annaleigh who read more as normal people who got themselves into an insane situation.
- delaney… omg. she’s a gorgeous little thing but she is fierce. she’s loud, brash, maternal, and sexy all at once. she’s very belty and she has this beautiful BEAUTIFUL vibrato. her lovett was super energetic and scrappy and tough as nails. but her love for nik’s sweeney was so softening and beautiful. she felt like a lansbury x ashford hybrid and i adored it.
- nik was absolutely wonderful. i loved that his sweeney sounds much more australian than british, it kind of makes him stranger and more mysterious. he was cold and angry and often stoic so he was definitely more unsettling than josh. and still, sometimes he’d let those delicious little peaks into his love shine through. i felt for him and absolutely believed him. but he really was chilling. his movements, his anger, his sadness, his MANIC MOMENTS!!! holy shit. everyone was screaming for a whole minute after his epiphany because it really was crazy. on “nor a hundred can assuage me i will have you” HE WENT UP A WHOLe STEP AND BELTED IT OUT HELLO he was fucking terrifying.
- whenever he and mrs. lovett are sharing an intimate little moment and someone walks in, nik really snaps up and tries to act normal. it makes them look so suspicious and i love it 👀
- the jump into hell really really got me today idk why. it always hits, but today it just made me burst into tears and start screaming my head off. them finally surrendering to eachother and just taking that final leap together. idk. it went really hard.
- daniel torres was on as pirelli and he’s gotta be in my top 3 fav ensemble members so i was SUPER excited. and he devoured. SO flamboyant and vocals were excellent.
the biggest of congratulations to joe and our incredible understudies on a beautiful brilliant show ❤️🩸🔪🥧