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i never get the discourse on different actors versions of musical characters because musical characters are supposed to be played by hundreds of different actors & i feel like it should be about, who you personally enjoy in the role & why their unique performance is the one that you like best.

i have been a fan of the musical since my teens & love both main versions of “gabe” but i do have a preference for the new west end version because i genuinely think casting a fantasy forest pixie looking teenager with the widest, innocent eyes as the character that's meant to be the manifestation of a dead child was an inspired choice because the visual of this one being so young really makes you think about the fact that diana & dan lost a child.

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cannot believe i am hardcore thinking about a series i used to watch when i was 12-13 & this might be sacrilegious to say but i genuinely think smash would have worked better if the series had been about two rival musicals from the off, bombshell & hit list with everyone beefing between the shows, having to share rehearsal spaces, trying to get the same venues, some characters jumping between the two, the writers could have been beefing, could have had scandalous love affairs between two rival musicals, no one would have to sleep with derek (unless they actually wanted to), idc for dev but a thousand & one nights would still have to be there but could go into hit list somewhere (can never let that song go what a masterpiece) & i also think that frank should have songs but basically ivy would be going for the lead of bombshell, karen going for the lead of hit list because karen suits the pop style hit list has better, it is just better for her because all these years on & i still can't believe she was a serious rival for ivy lynn, played by musical goddess the megan hilty, they both have beautiful voices but ivy is just on another level, i mean even the creators must have seen that otherwise they wouldn't have made ivy & karen “equally matched” in the rather confusing musical.

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love how despite many setbacks, ivy got it all, she got the role, she got the guy (he did not deserve her & she should not have had to spawn with him) & the accolades & idc if she could be a little mean, she deserved it, she deserved to have it all. i love her.

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@sallysellsseashellssundays thank you so much for tagging me 😊 (it's been nearly a month & i'm still so upset every time i remember that fifteen is gone 😭)

✨my personal ranking of the doctors are✨

1) Nine / Ten|MetaTen (i can never choose between them ever, series 1-4 is like one big beautiful story)

2) Seven

3) Fifteen

4) Eight

5) Three

6) Twelve

7) Two

8) Fugitive

9) Thirteen

10) War

11) Six

12) Fourteen

13) Eleven

14) Five

15) One

16) Four

✨i love every single one of these versions this is just in order of how much i love them & that's based on how often i think of them, their stories & how much merch i collect✨

any doctor who mutual who wants to do this, feel free 🤩

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my mother has been rewatching what we do in the shadows with me & she said she wishes there was behind the scenes content of the cast reacting to each script because of how bonkers some of plots are & i was like, yes because they should release dvds with behind the scenes content but also seeing as i started watching the series initially because i liked one of the actors, i know in my soul at least one of them probably wasn't fazed.

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due to unforeseen circumstances, had to explain the plot of next to normal to my mother. she thinks the goodmans' need an exorcism 😭

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finally annika series 2 became available on a streaming service i had after the series 1 ending caused me to spit tea half way across me living room & i've gone feral for her again she is so ridiculous & attractive 😍 honestly never been so glad that the main characters ex is happily married in a long, long time. what an absolute disaster there. bring back the charming psychiatrist, he was a solid dude.

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ivy lynn might've been the biggest cunt on earth but idc!!!!!!!! idgaf!!!!!!!!!! i'm on her side alwayssssss

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The titties b in the seatbelt like %

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Just tumblring the stress away

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They all deserve so much more time✧⁠

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Wicked (2024) // Wicked: For Good (2025)

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Because I knew you

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starting a collection of my favourite AO3 author’s notes

honourable mentions

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This is so fucking funny

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Doctor Who I 'The Reality War'