#(i might come back and rephrase this very post for my ACTUAL dissertation)

[stoportotouch]

in any case i...really like the idea of deh vieni alla finestra as being a serenade giovanni is singing to another man and not a woman and in any case there’s some sort of symbolism to singing a very vague love song to somebody who may or may not be there and the song’s more about... “let me distantly admire you and also please comfort me because i’m Sad”

#ollie considers #text #don giovanni #dissertation ref #lemme tell you about...lgbt history #(i might come back and rephrase this very post for my ACTUAL dissertation) #(because it's gonna stick in my head anyway)