Musical Theatre Questions For Old And Cynical Musical Theatre Fans

The narrator's anxious fantasies about being awkward in social interactions which never eventuate are the true psychological horror of Rebecca

A fun little Les Mis - Count of Monte Cristo crossover that lives in my head - Valjean and Edmond Dantès meet some time after Dantès escapes from prison

Valjean ends up caught up in his plans, trying to do damage control

Partially inspired by this fic :>

a sketch I did cos I wanted to experiment with how "opposite" I can make them look

you know the drill. yap session below

eponine's angular face vs Cosette's rounder face. I wanted to use this to highlight the struggles eponine has gone through since her childhood. also by using rounder, sleeker lines to draw cosette I thought it could give a more romantic impression, if that makes sense

gave cosette doll eyes to suggest Valjean's been spoiling her to the point that she has been treated like a doll. ep's sharper eyes are more catlike. could be a nod to the hardened life since her family's been living in poverty since shes all squares and hard lines now. I thought it also gave her a very alert look. a nod to her participation in the patron minette

I wanted to give ep's hair a bit of a clumpy look

cosette has thick eyebrows because I love thick eyebrows

if I ever choose to colour this I’d use colder/faded colours for ep and more saturated colours for cosette

love wins <33333333333333

never not thinking about that clip of Steven Seale falling over during the Mayerling Waltz

WHo saw this

and decided to make this

Me sending paragraphs to @edgyparrot about that sad guy.

PLEASE WHAT IS THIS

— Rebecca (1940) vs Rebecca das Musical —

Left: Rebecca (1940 movie)

Right: Rebecca das Musical (Vienna 2022, Stuttgart 2011)

i need to talk about this beacuse i've been a poto fan since 2021 and i just have to say... i truly don't think raoul was trying to gaslight christine AT ALL in the rooftop.

the goal of his character is to protect everyone and make sure everything is ok at the opera. including christine.

one of his lines in "why have you brought me here/raoul i've seen him" is: "my god who is this man?"

of course he knows there's someone who's killing people. he just wants to make sure christine knows that it's not a supernatural being, because she is having a mental breakdown and because, at this point of the story, raoul thinks that if the murderer is only a man then he can be defeated and is not as dangerous as a literal monster (that's a reason why he tells christine "you said yourself he was nothing but a man... YET while he lives, he will haunt us till we're dead".)

he even checks to see what is happening when she asks "what was that?". he does care. that's why he's telling her all this. he wants to make her feel safe and calm.

while erik is blinded by the dark he has lived in his entire life, raoul is, at the same time, blinded by the light and his position. he is naïve (and maybe a bit dumb) but he has a heart of gold. he only wishes good for everyone (even for erik in some way. i mean, notice how he gives him advice. and, also, him and christine met because he went to fetch her scarf!! this dude wants to help others!!). and it seems to be hard for him to accept that not the entire world will be good and that not everything will always go the way he wants it to go.

he has blind optimism.

and his journey is to see life and the world as it is. it's personal growth. it's letting go of the chains that held you down. and that is also christine's journey.

they both leave their caves and learn about life together.

he wants to do everything for everyone and he may be stubborn as hell, but he would DIE for others (especially for christine). he needs to be the hero, it's not until the end when he becomes the victim that he realizes that the world is more than what he'd always known. and now he has seen the good and the bad. and the middle of both. and he can carry on.