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one of your posts made me remember that I used to be obsessed with riva ras regas when I was a kid because i had a crush on rufus lol

This is so valid, Anon!!! I also had a pretty big crush on him when I was a kid. I think it was a combination of his voice, his stage presence, and how sweet he was with his cat. 😂 He’s for sure one of the reasons I love Riva Ras Regas so much! You’re not alone at all, Anon!

#thanks for the ask! 👋#Rufus Raucous #still obsessed with the speech he gives abt street magic and his desire to return to his roots and find his passion for magic again #also the way his face just ✨lights✨up whenever he sees his cat! so sweet #his relationship w/Phylidia is also so interesting. on the one hand he abandoned and hurt her deeply and on the other he clearly cared abt #her and wanted to do what he could for her once he found out she was working as Mr. Wackypants #he’s definitely an interesting character for sure #I think Riva Ras Regas touches on sexism in performance industry a bit w/Phylidia’s motivation #she was pretty much his apprentice and by all rights should have succeeded him when he disappeared but she was always only considered the #assistant so she never got her own spotlight. Rufus doesn’t seem to have anticipated it all either #he’s so genuinely surprised by her working for Wackypants it definitely makes you wonder if he didn’t assume Phylidia would take his place #as well and that’s part of the reason he was so comfortable with leaving. bc the spotlight is definitely what Phylidia wants and Rufus #seems to hate it. gives a strange tension to their dynamic. Rufus has everything Phylidia wants but doesn’t care. he has privileges he’d #rather not have and responsibilities he’d like to abandon. it’s also interesting bc him and Phylidia clearly had very different ideas abt #their profession and what it means to love magic. Phylidia tells the gang there’s no way Rufus faked his death bc he wouldn’t walk away bc #he loved magic too much. but in reality that was WHY Rufus walked away. BC he loved magic and felt the stage was diminishing his love for it #for Phylidia the magic is in the performance and for Rufus the magic is in the tricks yet Rufus is the one with the stage #very interesting. anyways sorry for the long ramble I think too much abt these things #WNSD #meta

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