#ride the cyclone line up

[paintedwingz]

it was SO HARD to try have a consistent artstyle when doing this. but i managed to power through and make it consistent enough

my rtc designs. my sexuality hcs are all hidden on them somewhere, constances is harder to find as its pastel but its her braclet on the hand thats down ^_^(pan)

[tabooiart]

down on your luck, that’s how life goes

when life gives me rain, i make rainbows

[im-not-a-l0ser]

RTC AU Prompt

Virgil chewing on Karnak's wires has made him glitch, and he tells the St Cassian Shoe Choir how they die.

How they were supposed to die. After being told how they die, they don't ride the cyclone.

[an-inspired-eternity]

this is how it feels to watch any rtc boot that isnt the original 2016 one

[eiramuses]

So, inspired by @total-cyclone-island, I've made a design for Ezekiel as Jane/John Doe.

This crossover had been occupying my brain for a good week, as has the entire rtc soundtrack lol, so here's this edit/redraw that took like 4 hours. Click on the image because tumblr's gonna tank the quality.

[periwinklefox13]

Ride the Cyclone character line up!!

Left to Right: Ocean, Constance, Ricky, Mischa, Noel, Jane.

[moonmoonthecrabking]

babe, i want to be *your* fucked up girl

[sleepboysummer]

i dont know if this was like. obvious but someone in a comment section mentioned how waiting for the drop and uranium suite have the same ending chord progression and it changed my life. you can literally sing them on top of each other

[weltato]

OH MY GOODNESS SO I FOUND A BOOTLEG OF THE MCCARTER PRODUCTION AND LOOK

OCEAN HOLDS HER HAND OUT TO JANE

AND JANE FUCKING TAKES IT

AND THEN THEY'RE IN A CIRCLE HOLDING HANDS TOGETHER I'M NOT OK I'M SOBBING

AND JANE GIVES CONSTANCE HER DOLL 😭😭😭

[misconceivedcapricorn]

DAY 27: TALIA

Decided to draw two Talias! First one is how I usually design her and the second is the more accurate version I did via how she usually appears via musical

[18crowsinatrenchcoat]

Hello Ride the Cyclone fandom. A line up of the six doomed teens.

[luveline]

jade my heart I’m really feeling Peter parker tonight in this chilis. maybe just Pete listening to r go on about something she likes? Like a book or a tv show and he’s just listening but also so obsessed with her and thinks she’s adorable? I love u! 🫶🏻

ily ty for requesting <3 fem

“It’s a prequel, you know?” 

Peter feels fondness for you pretty much every second of the day, but the way you’re asking without looking at him, and the way you’re laying across his lap so unbothered, he finds himself grinning like a mad man. “I did not know that,” he says. 

You nod up and down with a severe sort of look about you, as though this is of the utmost importance. If Peter doesn’t get on the same page as you soon, he’s not gonna make it. “I can’t believe you’ve never seen the first trilogy. Like, I like you so much, but where the hell have you been?” 

“Where have I been?” he wonders. 

“Anyways, that’s not the point, sorry. They’re complicated movies. You’d like them, though. Next time I’ll bring my DVD’s and we can watch them, if you want to, you’ll really like them, or you’ll really like Natalie Portman, at least. She’s beautiful. And her character is so… complicated, I guess, she’s doomed from the beginning of the narrative and she’s the catalyst for so much but she’s also just… sorry, I’m being totally boring.” 

“Says who?” 

Doesn’t take much more than that to get you rolling again, you want to tell him that badly, “I don’t wanna spoil it anymore because I really think you’ll love them if you watch them, but you’re gonna need to watch the first trilogy to get the emotional impact, and you’ll love them, don’t worry.” 

“I’ll love them,” he agrees, attempting to lean down for a kiss. 

“Wait, is this a shut me up kiss?” you whisper. 

Peter shakes his head as he kisses you, serving for a wobbly but soft press of your lips to his. “Never. Tell me everything about it.” 

You talk until you’re hoarse, literally hoarse, and Peter has to make you a cup of water. His cheeks are hurting from smiling at you. You’ve never looked this cute, not once, not even when he took you to Coney Island and you screamed the house down on all the rides. 

“I think we better go and get those DVDs,” he says. 

“It’s dark out,” you say. 

“We’ll swing.” 

“Isn’t that against your code of ethics?” You sip your drink, pointing at him. “We’ll hear someone who needs help on the way and you’ll drop my extended editions to save them.” 

“I won’t drop anything,” he says. “Come on! Come on, if you’re this excited just talking about it I wanna see how pretty you are when we’re actually watching the movies.” 

You press your smile into a line. “You’re not just humouring me?” 

“I could listen to you talk for hours, baby, but you sound like you did the second time we got off of The Cyclone.” 

You do a spinning, meandering dance into his arms. “If you insist.” 

Your feigned reluctance is adorable. He grabs you in both hands for another misaligned kiss.

[youaintnothinbuta]

“I’m telling you, honey, you ain’t gon’ like it.” — Elvis Presley x reader

Summary: you push yourself too far out of your comfort zone and get upset at Elvis for it, but he’s very patient with you <3

Pairing: Elvis Presley or Austin!Elvis x reader

Word count: 865

Warnings: fluff!! Minor argument but very a patient Elvis <3

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“I’m telling you, honey, you ain’t gon’ like it.” Elvis stated through a small chuckle of disbelief as he shook his head.

“Oh, Elvis, of course I will.” you replied, smiling, though inwardly determined to prove yourself on the big rides. You wanted to impress him. Amusement parks were enjoyable, sure, but you were tired of being the one too scared for the fast and tall rides.

“You won’t.” He argued through his laugh, like he could see right through you.

Not earning a reply from you, he kept going, “I truly don’t mind going with the fellas, baby, you don’t need to do it for me.”

Unfazed, you pressed on, “I’m not doing it for you, Elvis, I’m doing it for me.” Grabbing his wrist, you pulled him towards the queue for the biggest rollercoaster, the Cyclone. Cliff, Billy, and your brother Bobby exchanged concerned glances, but joined the line with you.

“It’s not too late to back out,” Bobby teased, leaning over your shoulder, his voice a mixture of jest and genuine concern for you. Elvis held your hand as you stepped into your place in the cart, preparing yourself to face your fear. Once everyone was settled, the operator turned the ride on and slowly you started moving, going up a steep incline. It’s not so bad. As the rollercoaster climbed to its peak, your heart pounded in your chest, and as it plummeted down, screams erupted from your lips. But these weren’t screams of exhilaration; they were screams of terror. With each twist and turn, you felt sick to your stomach, regretting every moment that led you to this point. Elvis’ arm around you provided little comfort as you endured the ordeal.

Finally, the ride screeched to a halt, and you stumbled out, feeling shaky and nauseous. Moving out of the exit of the ride, that feeling of nausea was quickly replaced with one of anger.

“I can’t believe you let me do that! You knew I’d hate it!” You lightly punched his chest, upset. He fought back a laugh, feeling bad, he knew that thing had scared you to death.

Instead of arguing back, Elvis guided you away from the bustling crowds to the quiet solitude of the car park, letting you groan and whine as you needed to. The distant sounds of laughter and excitement echoed through the air. The soft glow of twinkling lights overhead cast a gentle illumination. With a sigh, you leaned against a nearby railing, the cool metal soothing against your skin as you closed your eyes, attempting to calm yourself. Elvis stood beside you, letting you have a moment to breathe, his hand rubbing soothing circles on your back as you sniffled.

After a moment of silence, he turned to you, his expression softened with concern. “Are you okay, sweetheart?” he asked, his voice gentle. With a shaky breath, you shook your head, unable to find the words.

Without hesitation, Elvis pulled you into a warm embrace, his arms wrapping around you protectively as you buried your face against his chest. You allowed yourself to lean on him, to find solace in his comforting presence. With a soft sigh, you pulled away from Elvis’s embrace, meeting his gaze with a mixture of gratitude and apology.

Your eyes glossy with unshed tears, you mumbled, “I’m sorry. It just gave me such a fright. I don’t ever want to do that again.”

Elvis’s expression softened even further, his eyes filled with compassion and understanding. “It’s okay, sweetheart,” he replied, his voice gentle. “I shouldn’t have let you. I know. Next time, listen to me though. I’m only here to care for you.”

You nodded, thankful.

“Do you want to go back to the others, or are you done for the night?” he asked, his voice gentle, his eyes searching yours for any sign of what you needed.

After a moment’s hesitation, you met Elvis’ gaze, your decision clear in your mind. “I think I’m done for the night, I wanna go home,” you admitted softly.

Elvis nodded understandingly, his hand reaching out to gently squeeze yours. “That’s okay, sweetheart,” he murmured, his voice filled with warmth and reassurance. “Let’s go for a drive and head home, just the two of us.”

He opened the passenger side door, you promptly plunked your bottom down. With a soft sigh, Elvis turned the key in the ignition, and the car roared to life, the engine rumbling beneath you as he pulled out of the parking lot and onto the open road.

After what felt like an eternity, Elvis pulled up in front of his house, the soft glow of porch lights welcoming you home. With a grateful smile, he turned off the engine and turned to you.

“Here we are,” he said softly, his voice filled with warmth. “Tired, baby?”

You nodded, as you stepped out of the car and followed Elvis up the path to the front door. As he unlocked the door and let you inside, a sense of relief washed over you, grateful for the familiar comfort of his home. You stepped inside, the warmth of the house enveloping you, you could have just fallen asleep right there.

[9w1ft]

i declare

thinking about the tortured poets department the song, and the charlie puth line, and how maybe like, the act of declaring he should be a bigger artist helps place the song into the greater timeline.

because it’s a sort of weird thing to say in 2024 of an artist that’s no longer up and coming.

charlie puth got his start in youtube in the late 2000’s and released his debut single in february 2015. and leading up to that he had several EP’s and promotional singles. it made me curious, at what point might the people en masse start to pay him attention? i checked google trends and as you can see here he gets a huge jump between the 2014 and 2015 data.

(he then gets a further jump toward 2016 when he did a promo single featuring megan trainor, and then doing “see you again” with wiz khalifa. (coincidentally this song becomes one of the guest duets featured in the 1989 tour movie))

and i was looking around at articles from this time period, when i ran into this tasty morsel:

so i clicked on through

take a little ride with me

so to summarize, charlie puth had his breakout star peak over the course of roughly 2014-2016, during which he was up for an award at the 2015 MTV VMAs. he doesn’t win, and in fact, he loses out to taylor herself! later on in the article it talks about him going to an after party and hanging out with taylor selena and others. so it had me thinking, i could almost imagine taylor talking with her friends that year or that night, or even declaring to charlie himself in the wake of his loss and her win, in a giddy manner, at the party they are reported as having talked at, that he deserves more success than he gets. in this way i came to the conclusion that the timeframe of 2015-ish (rather than 2023) really fits the spirit of the lyric “we declared charlie puth should be a bigger artist”

and

yes.

yes fam.

the 2015 vmas was that vma’s.

that vmas.

let me pull quote an excerpt from the billboard article as i included above, just to emphasize:

4:40 PM: Charlie has the good fortune to walk the carpet in the wake of Taylor Swift’s gaggle of supermodel friends, including “Bad Blood” star Karlie Kloss, leading photographers to alternately yell “Charlie! Karlie! Charlie! Karlie!” as if it were a hectic version of Name Game. While on the carpet, Puth chats with multiple news outlets, and later he says of the dealing with the paparazzi, “It’s amazing that we view people in unnatural states and just love it. I don’t really understand it — it just makes me very uncomfortable. But, whatever. I’m so appreciative to be here.”

such a fun convergence of events, don’t ya think?

and just a few extra points i thought i’d add:

first, i don’t know how many of you remember how taylor was behaving that evening, but don’t you think she was giving major golden retriever energy??

both in how she was chasing after karlie that night,

and also… call me crazy but, her hairstyle??

(also she’s in a houndstooth print, har har)

and i can kind of envision this taylor, who brought the whole bad blood music video crew as her entourage, having more than several bars of chocolate at hand for everyone that night, but ending up eating them all herself 😆

and another thing that helps tie the song to this time period (maybe some of you have guessed?) the line “who else decodes you?” is extra apt because… *da da-da daaaaa*

🤗 karlie had just embarked on her coding journey!

on a more solemn note? i don’t think it requires too much of a stretch of the imagination to see “but you awaken with dread” “i chose this cyclone with you” among other lines pointing to the new layer of stress taylor probably was harboring around being with karlie in public. because this is all taking place in the year directly following kissgate 🥺

so there you have it folks! this is why the tortured poets department is a kaylor song to me 😌

[kiyomi-86]

ride the cyclone waterpark hcs because I'm bored

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ocean--

- definitely wears the highest SPF sunscreen she has

- has those little arm floats in the lazy river

-wants to go on every waterslide

-scolds anyone who goes down a slide headfirst and reads all the warnings and rules outloud while in line with the rest of the choir

- makes a whole detailed plan and talks about the risks in the car, and makes sure everyone put on sunscreen

- she still got burned

- brought a whole cooler of healthy snacks and waters

- definitely pulled up in a long sleeved one piece

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constance --

- wears really clunky goggles

- wants to go on the biggest waterslide at the park

- refuses to get on any slide that drops through the floor

- drinks aLOT of water before going because ocean scared her into thinking chlorine is very dehydrating

- has a galaxy print swimsuit

- buys cotton candy or ice cream

----------------------------------------------penny--

- doesn't go on alot of slides

- thinks the smaller slides are a waste of time and refuses to go on them

- brings like 3 different bottles of Gatorade

- pushed mischa down a slide because noel said he'd give her a dollar

- bought a pink dolphin float

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noel --

- barely goes on any slides

- stays at the lazy river or waiting in line in some rides that the whole choir wanted to go on

- had an argument with ocean in the car

- him and penny played monkey in the middle with oceans arm floats

- she wasn't very happy about that one

- avoids the kids play area like the plague

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mischa--

- listens to his own rap music the whole car ride there

- cussed ocean out in Ukrainian at one point in the car

- wearing a baseball cap the whole time there, it never fell off somehow

- put a waterproof bag on his phone so he could use it in line

- went on every slide

- is slightly scared of pool jets and will not get too close to one

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ricky--

- holds everyone's stuff when they go on slides so they don't need to buy a locker

- sometimes penny sits out on slides to sign with him

- he definitely wore a t shirt and swim shorts

- was drawing zolar fanart on ibispaint in the car

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[kaleidoscopiccc]

non basic rtc asks

favorite cut song youre glad isnt in the show anymore

whos the (one!) character you relate the absolute most to and why (can be as silly or serious as you want)

if you had to cut one character from the show who would it be and why

favorite piece of symbolism/repeated motif in the show

is there any piece of media/hobby/etc you got into because of ride the cyclone

which character do you think you would play best if you were dropped a script right now and given a week before you have to preform (not necessarily your dream role)

which role do you think you would be cast as if it were not up to you

whats the furthest youve traveled to see a production

asker gives you a character, give a hyperspecific headcanon you have about them (make it interesting)

whats a rtc fun fact you dont think many people know

favorite cut line/lyric

if you could change one thing about the show (ignoring ricky, everyones gonna say ricky for obvious reasons) what would it be

favorite ballad of jane doe vocally

favorite ballad of jane doe performance wise

if you could go see one production that happened/is happening/will happen this year completely free of charge with all you needs accommodated which would it be

best thing that has happened to you because of ride the cyclone

favorite jane doe design

favorite over all jane doe

favorite thing you see in a lot of productions (ie specific costume decisions, specific characterization, note change, etc)

favorite non america tour or majestic rep production

asker gives you a character, whos your favorite actor who had played them