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okay am i the only one freaking out that wait in the wings is doing a video on rtc or what cause i feel like i’m the only one i see who has said anything about it

#ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical #rtc #musicals #fi talks #wait in the wings

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that’s it because rotpl is getting canceled i’m taking matters into my own hands and mixing my two favorite fandoms together

rtc x rise of the pink ladies au :)

i’m still working out the logistics of this au but i have a lot of really good ideas!! feel free to ask whatever you want about it my asks are always open, i always think thats the best way to start an au!

pink ladies: penny is the founder, ocean is the co-founder (begrudgingly hung around the t-birds cause mischa is her stepbrother) and then there is constance (and possibly tammy or i might add jane as her own person? since i want more girls in the gang)

ricky and mischa are the t-birds btw! all of the other t-birds graduated the year before and are trying to find new members!

mischa will get in trouble and meet a certain guy in the drama club if ur catching my drift👀

#ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical #fi talks #musicals #rise of the pink ladies #grease rotpl #rotpl #alternate universe #you can pry this au from my cold dead hands

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you can not tell me that “face to face” from ROTPL doesn’t give rtc choir vibes, like come on

i need to see this as an animatic omg

#also yes i know about the rotpl cancellation and removal it’s so heartbreaking :( #this song is just so them coded #also!! think pink is the choir letting penny into their group for sure #ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical #rtc #rotpl #rise of the pink ladies #fi talks

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someone please talk to me about rise of the pink ladies now omg please

#rise of the pink ladies #fi talks #talk to me about it please

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heyyy rtc fandom whats going onnnn.. not like i haven’t been here in a million years– def not..

anyways what did i miss?

#el oh el #miss me? :) #ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical

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Cast your mutuals game: Hadestown 👀

OUGH YES

Orpheus @killmebythebeach I feel like you could and would hit those lalalalalalas every time. You’re literally the protagonist of the world frfrfr

Eurydice @aroivyrobinson you probably are normal about flowers aren’t you 👀 but yeah anyways. It’s all vibes but I feel like you would make mostly good decisions in the Great Depression Global Warming Hadestown Apocalypse

Persephone @audreytwoapologist it’s the rose red pfp for me. You’re like! Cool!!!!! I bet you like springtime huh. Finding the joy in life aren’t you.

Hermes @fitheghosty again! All vibes!! But you seem like fun narratorcore all knowing it’s an old song it’s an old tale screaming crying etc etc etc

I couldn’t cast anyone as hades cause I feel like being compared to the most capitalist of all time would offend all my mutuals <3

#me coming out of the catacombs to say ty for this casting i’m 100% honored lol

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have y’all see the Aldi commercial with Lillian in it yet? I was watching abbot elementary (great show btw) and that pops up and it was like the best jump scare ever lol

#ride the cyclone #lillian castillo #ride the cyclone musical #get that bag girl

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My thoughts on the erasure of Ricky’s disability and portrayal of his mutism

Like everyone in the ride the cyclone community, I recently learned of the changes in the script. To say I’m upset is a severe understatement. It’s blatantly ableist to erase his disability, especially after the McCarter Theater debacle of 2022 and what Yannick Mirko had to go through. That being said, I have some thoughts on the changes.

Ricky Potts is a character whose disability is an important part of him. He even named his crutches! Erasing his disability means erasing who he is. If it wasn’t for his degenerative disease, which is the cause of his mutism, not a separate issue, he wouldn’t have made up Zolar, the cat ladies, or the persona of the Bachelor Man. SABM makes much less sense now, as does his entire character arc.

For disabled people, a character like Ricky is so few and far between, especially in theatre. And representation is so important, so giving a marginalized group a character for years and then just yanking him away is flat out disrespectful to the group he’s representing.

Also, this isn’t just a disservice to physically disabled people, but to mute people, as well. I’ve talked about this before, but I have selective mutism, and seeing Ricky, who was canonically mute, made me beyond happy. I even wear a bracelet with his name on it! I know he’s not mute for the same reasons as me, but it still warmed my heart. But this line below just felt like a giant slap in the face.

What the fuck.

I know they gave Ricky traumatic mutism (can’t talk because of a traumatic event) in the new version, and this line just totally contradicts that. Also, this idea that the individual can talk and just won’t is so exponentially harmful to mute people. It perpetuates this idea that they’re just being difficult and downplays the struggle of physically not being able to speak. If you’re gonna give him a different condition, at least put in the effort to get it right and not completely butcher it. I cannot stress enough how problematic and ableist this line alone is.

In summary, Ricky Potts has seen more than his share of blatant ableism recently and his disability needs to be restored in canon. Switching out one condition for another doesn’t make it okay, especially if you can’t even get that one correct. Ricky deserves better.

#saverickypotts

#reblog

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the watt to rtc pipeline is so real and no one ever talks about it

#technically I liked rtc first but shh #ride the cyclone #we are the tigers musical #ride the cyclone musical #rtc #musicals #musical theater #off broadway #musical theatre #theater kid #fandoms #off broadway theater

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#reblog

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the way Ricky says "…Yes…" when Jane asks if Savannah can have the greenest eye oh they’re gonna be the death of me

#ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical #reblog

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noel is a whitney houston fan bc I am, alright??

#he’s wondering if mischa likes him #so he listens to how will I know #and just lays in bed frustrated but also so in love #sorry I had to make this involve nischa #ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical #rtc #musicals #musical theater #off broadway #musical theatre #theater kid #fandoms #off broadway musicals #off broadway theater #noel rtc

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something so perfect to me about rtc is that every song has to do with what the character likes, but then when it comes to karnak’s song it’s just robotic like sounds. bc that’s all he’s ever known. that’s all he was ever meant to know. I like to think that his little song is the machine clinking around inside him, and since jane didn’t have anything that he liked karnak took it upon himself to make her song carnival music bc he knows what it’s like to be stuck in the same loop of wondering if you’ll ever get out

#AM I WRONG?? #I mean this is just an interpretation so I might be #I just wanted to make more out of karnak’s song cause I know everybody always likes to skip it and me too but still #also I stand by the bc that he came up with janes song type #ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical #rtc #musicals #musical theater #off broadway #musical theatre #theater kid #fandoms #off broadway musicals #off broadway theater #karnak rtc #jane doe rtc

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I feel like mischa would have a panic attack in-front of noel and it would be up to noel to ground him. and it takes awhile but finally mischa is finally calmed down and he’s just like,

“ah, sorry noel. wonder what that is.. hmm..”

“a panic attack, mischa.”

“that’s what’s been happening??”

#DJCHFHD YES #EXACTLY #reblog

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I feel like mischa would have a panic attack in-front of noel and it would be up to noel to ground him. and it takes awhile but finally mischa is finally calmed down and he’s just like,

“ah, sorry noel. wonder what that is.. hmm..”

“a panic attack, mischa.”

“that’s what’s been happening??”

#like he would be having them everyday and just assume it’s jitters #and noel would just stare there wondering how long he hadn’t realized this #ride the cyclone #ride the cyclone musical #rtc #musicals #musical theater #off broadway #musical theatre #theater kid #fandoms #off broadway musicals #off broadway theater #nischa

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noel and ocean core

#so fucking true #THE INTEREGATION SONG IS THEM #ride the cyclone #rtc #ride the cyclone musical #musicals #musical theater #muppets

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#reblog