tanilealto
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friends. romans. countrymen. i am asking. i am begging. please use headphones when consuming audio content in a shared space.
when the Headless Horseman has enough of your pesky spirit-hunting habits and decides to upgrade to a higher level
#higher AC, more difficult to defeat
#just imagine him galloping over the Irish plains
#clop-clop-clop CLANG-CLANG-CLANG clop-clop-clop CLANG-CLANG-GLANG
Frank Dicksee- Study of Armour
Neither enemies to lovers nor slow burn but a secret third thing called Schrödinger's intimacy. We are in love and we are not in love do NOT open that lid I swear to God.
There was a...*looks at history book* vaguely German kingdom with Germanic Gods who are driven out by...*throws dice* a new religion that worships the son of the Sun God, Jeshua Crest The people were reigned by a Good King who had a most trusted advicer Y'veel (prounouned E-vHil) Schemerous Traytor. Somehow *cue dramatic gasps* the people were gradually more and more oppressed Until lo and behold, a promised hero came from the future. She was a splendid career woman with HEMA as a hobby and a PhD in pharmacology which helped her reform the medical practices in the land (which were totally backwards by the way) and defeat the armies sent by Y'veel Schemerous Traytor.
“Generically medieval”, by which we mean our peerage is French, our castles are German, our weapons are Italian, and everybody speaks English.
@fitzrove fair. I've seen the Dutch version and Rudolf keeps the same way of performing during the whole thing.
More outrageous moments (for everyone interested):
NO MAYERLING KISS :( what happened, Rudolf stood in the centre of the stage, Tod and the ensemble (not even dressed as Todsengelen) around him in a semi-circle. No interaction between Rudolf, Tod, and Ensemble whatsoever. Rudolf puts gun in mouth and falls dead. Tod turns on heels and walks away. The ensemble walks away save for 4 who carry Rudolf away.
DEEPLY DISTURBING THINGS:
"Der Tod" pushing a sigarette in Danique's mouth, while holding her throat. That was in my eyes when they went *too* far. -
"Der Tod" telling Baby Rudolf "I'll stay" when the child said "go away". I loved the German version precisely because Tod was able (for his goals) to "befriend" humans. Here, it looks like child abuse.
What the heck was that heroine needle-
About that ^^ at the end of "Wenn ich tanzen will", during which a music box was playing (brought by Tod), Pia broke the plate-scratching-needle out of the box and "stuck" it in her arm. My friend found from an interview it is meant to represent heroine.
What a weird way to stage the Mayerling -
Overall, I need to say, that "Der Tod" felt here like an abusive, creepy man, instead of a dangerous otherwordly being.
THINGS THAT WERE NOT DISTURBING, BUT DISAPPOINTING:
The Cardinal wasn't peer pressured enough in "Wir oder Sie" :( Usually Sophie (and sometimes the rest of the noblemen) stares him down until he agrees. Here he agreed on his own, and I didn't really like it, because, if it doesn't give any interaction, why have that line at all?
The choreography of "Mama wo bist du", and "Die Schatten". Just...no. There was SO MUCH critique about the Schönbrunn 'whip'-pulling, yet here they do the same with a rope, when suddenly, it's 'cool'. I don't know who's more at fault, the director or the actor, but there is a fine line between something being empathy-invoking and pathetic, and this guy uses this line as a tightrope. <- this is about Rudolf's excessive kneeling and whimpering
The amount of times Elisabeth is thrown on the ground and/or touches her throat. I mean, there is critique about the Elisabeth throw-and-grab during Der Letzte Tanz in the earlier productions. Here she was thrown around even more AND grabbed by the throat. Congratz, producing team.
Hi there! The Dutch Musical Awards were yesterday evening, and they always include some performances from the nominated shows and what else is in the theatre at the moment. And they did "Er valt een zwarte schaduw" (which is "Die Schatzen werden langer" in German?) From Elisabeth the musical! The performance is on YouTube, check it out:
https://youtu.be/Q8nhMQvxxNQ?si=2ujwn4F6NR1e8lpV
Thanks for the link!
Milan sure is doing something (tm) as Death (he's fine, there have been much worse ones in Germany - not sure about that falsetto opt up lmao but idk, he's decent) but wow, these people have zero chemistry😭😭 I don't think the guy that plays Rudolf is even acting or trying to show what the character is feeling in this scene, he's just kind of there???
"Zero chemistry" is so mildly put 😂
For the ones who only saw the award video - this is like, a 122% better than what happened in the production on stage.
On stage they just. Took two ends of a rope. And pulled a bit. À la whip-pulling from the German staging. But with a think rope. Except of that no eye contact or touching whatsover save for ONE moment when Der Tod stroked the cheek of a kneeling Rudolf with the butt of the gun
(@fitzrove about Rudolf - I suspect he has a condition, because one side of his face is like "frozen"; especially visible in interviews)
Hi there! The Dutch Musical Awards were yesterday evening, and they always include some performances from the nominated shows and what else is in the theatre at the moment. And they did "Er valt een zwarte schaduw" (which is "Die Schatzen werden langer" in German?) From Elisabeth the musical! The performance is on YouTube, check it out:
https://youtu.be/Q8nhMQvxxNQ?si=2ujwn4F6NR1e8lpV
Thanks for the link!
Milan sure is doing something (tm) as Death (he's fine, there have been much worse ones in Germany - not sure about that falsetto opt up lmao but idk, he's decent) but wow, these people have zero chemistry😭😭 I don't think the guy that plays Rudolf is even acting or trying to show what the character is feeling in this scene, he's just kind of there???
alternative take: Pamina and Papageno in that scene where they sneak out of the castle with Papageno going "hush hush hushhhhh"
monostatos and the queen of the night heading to the sun temple
the existence of "maybe", "perhaps", "perchance", and "mayhaps" suggests there should also be "maychance" and "perbe"
I open BlackBoard and see that I have a 2000-word essay due TODAY
I’ve gone insane and started writing a cliche fantasy novel
anyway sound off. at what stage do ppl think Han figured out the Force was real. the boring answer is after seeing Obi-wan vanish but i think he could rationalise that away as his eyes playing tricks on him. what do we think.
Nein, das sind keine Genusfehler. Mein Deutsch ist perfekt, diese Tisch ist einfach transgender.
does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver
#I was named after a fictional character
#my mother's favourite heroine
#but I think naming my kid Rudolf or Luke/Lukas is not going to raise too many question 😂
#Or Pierre
Alright today's question. could you get away with naming your kid after your favourite blorbo yes or no
And what I mean is would it work both as a name for an actual child and is it a common actual name or is it something more obscure. And is it from a media where people won't recognize where you got the name depending on whether or not that's a good or bad thing
#it's funny because when people are guessing where I'm from depending on my accent it's like. Two options.
#you must be from the south! Was told to me excitedly by an exchange student from Brooklyn
#are you from the west? Tentatively asked by a few other American exchange students
#I have also been told that I have an Italian accent though the only Italian I know is how to perform Il e bello com' el sol from NDDP 😂
good things will happen 🧿
things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿
Trend i’m noticing looking for books with my little sister
If the schematic design for the creature was made with Microsoft - which does not allow parentheses as of the late - after a LOT of swearing and cursing, the name would be changed to Creature_Final_FINAL-this one-_3_
since Microsoft doesn't allow parentheses as of the late, after a lot of swearing and cursing the name would be changed to Creature_Final_FINAL -this one!-_3_
This is Empty Chairs at Empty Tables if Jean Valjean decided he didn't like the recovered Marius and left for England anyways
Brave little Frog, we love you 💚
“no more after me”, a mini comic about the now-extinct golden toad. featuring lyrics from deuteronomy 2:10 by the mountain goats
dere you go
Ah Yes. Me. My Husband. And His R2-D2 astromech droid.
I did this anidala meme version more than a year ago, and forgot to share it 😂 Enjoy
#getting majeur Devil take the Hindmost vibes here
#phantom getting owned by Raoul
#GO DE CHAGNY!
DAS PHANTOM DER OPER im Raimund Theater | Trailer Wien
Building a home for a toadlet
(via)
Inspector Javert would like to have a word with you ^^
(I know the gif show JVJ, but I couldn't find a better one)
If a felon is president, every felon needs to be able to vote immediately from this moment forward
#so how's little Herbie doing?
#oh he found a friend? How lovely!
#I know exactly how you feel
#"oh daddy my bf is SOOooooo great" all day long...
#but enough about the kids, how have you been?
Fantober 2024 Day 21 - "Evening Drink"
Drac and count Von Krolock hanging out