#JCS

[idkaguyorsomething]

the only stories that ever pulled off the “chosen one girl rebelling against the government caught in a love triangle between a golden-hearted boy and a broody loner” trope were the hunger games and jesus christ superstar

#both for wildly different reasons with wildly different outcomes #hunger games #the hunger games #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #gale #shit i forgot his last name #uhhh #the prim reaper #OH RIGHT #gale hawthorne #jcs #jesus christ superstar #jesus christ #judas iscariot #mary magdalene #everlark #jedas

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Lin-Manuel Miranda played Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar. He rapped during the Trial scene, including the bit where Pilate counts how many times Jesus was whipped.

#dream #jesus christ superstar #jcs #lin manuel miranda #pontius pilate #acting #rapping #rap

[homoeroticbetrayal]

Iconic Homoerotic Betrayal: Finals

Poll Directory

Context:

Anthy/Utena

Summarized by Anonymous Contributor

THE blueprint for homoerotic betrayals of the canonically gay (as opposed to interpretive, certainly there are older iconic examples for that) variety. listed as #2 in the infamous top ten anime betrayals video, iirc.

it is about akio pushing anthy to utena. it is about utena’s protective stance, misunderstanding. most of all, it is about anthy kissing utena’s shoulder before stabbing her.

the story has been leading us to this the whole time — utena assuming once again the protective princely position; akio, always playing divide and conquer, unable to manipulate utena to betray anthy, now reliant on anthy betraying utena; the game being rigged from the start, true victory impossible (for the duelists, who will always lose the game proper to akio, the rule maker, in one way or another; for akio himself, just as obviously); utena’s love for anthy within the princely stance; anthy’s love for utena and anthy’s fear (of the world beyond; of utena loving her truly; of utena not loving her truly but just projecting onto her still as any prince does, and turning out to be the same (as akio) in the end) and akio (framing himself) as the only one who will love her no matter what because friends turn away from you and only connections by blood are forever, the two of them are the only ones who’s real in this projected world, so on and so forth, and anthy’s bitterness towards utena (“do you know, utena-sama, how i always despised you” from that one “in the next episode” bit) and her princeliness and her being not that impossibly unlike akio (all princes are the same). everything has lead us to this moment. and yet we are shocked.

personally, i’ve never moved on from how she kisses her shoulder.

See a whole dissertation on Utenanthy here

Judas/Jesus

Summary by @this-is-a-name-dont-worry

We of course have Judas betraying Jesus, with a kiss like a last goodbye, maybe a mockery of their love, maybe a grieving goodbye. In the end it doesn't matter, because Judas would rather hang himself than to keep going. The money was unspent or returned, a change of heart from regret, or maybe a sign it was never about it

But the betrayal is also from Jesus; Jesus, who knew who Judas was, who knew what he'll do. Jesus who still let Judas be an apostle... an act of love, but also, isn't it so cruel to make it look like there was a choice, a chance at another ending for Judas? This is a story where it being a story is part of it, and the writer inserted himself among the characters, and doomed one of them to eternal hatred from everyone. And he dared let the one who will be doomed think he'll ever be saved. Jesus knew what would happen, knew what Judas would do, yet he still let it happen, because the story is more important. After all, at the Last Supper, isn't it Jesus who tell Judas to go and do what he must do?

Judas betrayed Jesus, but Jesus sacrificed them both

#rgu #jcs #utenanthy #jedas #anthy himemiya #utena tenjou #jesus christ #judas iscariot #polls #tournament poll

[airitree]

Judas no....

#jesus christ superstar #jcs #jcs 1973 #judas iscariot #bible fanart

[jeffersonhairpie]

jesus christ superstar is about leftist infighting and hating your best friend and loving people wrong and the myopia of fame and inevitability and understanding that you were the cog that might not have turned and how love will not save the world because it is not enough and how people are fickle and how leaders are cowards and how the buck has to stop somewhere and how love doesn't stop just because it's useless or bad and saying 'i told you so' and how good will can never trump The Plan and how together we are so very strong and how God is not going to save us and how the story is incomplete because we have to finish it ourselves

#jcs #jesus christ superstar #actually have to bang my head into a wall every time i think about it #'it's so rich!' i screech from the rafters about an alw musical of all things #shitty text post

[platadesangre]

#jcs #jesus christ superstar #shitpost #autism #musicals #this is my strangest special interest so far! #actually me #platadesangre

[dreadful--etiquette]

well if judas iscariot is such a bad guy they shouldn't have given him all the cuntiest songs in jesus christ superstar

#the same could be said about king herod #jesus chris superstar #jcs #judas iscariot

[tonicitaa]

hello jesus christ superstar fandom 🫡

#jesus christ superstar #jesus x judas #??? i think #yeah #jesus christ #judas iscariot #jcs #jcs 1973 #jesus christ superstar 1973

[trustfulgrumpy]

imagine kin Jesus Christ ahahah that’s so stupid right guys???? 😅😅😅😅🙂🙁

#jesus christ #jcs #jcs jesus #musical

[noknowshame]

I really don’t think we’ve sufficiently discussed the implications of how jesus christ superstar (1973) fucking ends

#why do we ignore that there’s a whole secret second narrative level in this #I think this movie is genuinely about the actor playing jesus getting eaten by the narrative #jesus chris superstar #jcs

[alwmusicalshowdown]

Semifinals, Poll 2

#alw poll #alw #andrew lloyd webber #cats musical #cats the musical #jesus christ superstar #jcs

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

Thinking about how many musical tragedies feature the narrative almost as a character of its own. Like a force within the story, divided from the characters. Out of their control at times.

Orpheus had to turn around, that’s just how it goes. That’s the way the story is told.

Tony had to go and get himself killed. Of course he did. He’s Romeo. The story wills it so.

Jesus must die. No matter how much he wanted to live, no matter how much the people around him wanted him to live. It’s his role to die.

Alison can’t go back and change the events of that last car ride with her father. It’s set in stone, there in the past where it will always remain.

And then there are musicals like Once On This Island and Ride The Cyclone that embrace the role of inevitability in their stories and find joy anyway.

And then on the exact opposite side of the spectrum there’s the radical freedom from the narrative that’s seen in Into The Woods. The narrator is dead and now the story is no one’s but the characters. And there’s the lack of protection that comes with that, the chaos and confusion. But it’s theirs and it’s tragic but they make the best with it.

Those themes of Inevitability vs. Freedom and the meta understanding of story within a story. I can’t seem to get enough.

#hadestown #west side story #jesus christ superstar #jcs #fun home #fun home musical #once on this island #ride the cyclone #into the woods #musicals #post i made #i love analysis

[idk-tbh-idk]

Uhhhh

#ride the cyclone #rtc #mischa bachinski #mischa rtc #rtc mischa #mischa ride the cyclone #rtc fanart #jcs #jesus christ #jesus christ superstar #bible fandom #atsv miguel #miguel ohara #miguel spiderverse #miguel spiderman #miguel o'hara #art tag

[penny-anna]

did u write it

#jesus christ superstar #jcs

[emilydickinsonsghost]

When you have zero interest in canon but the fanfiction is really good.

That’s how I feel about Christianity. Like, no hate, but it just isn’t for me. And yet I am a huge fan of the gay Bible fanfics known as Good Omens and Jesus Christ Superstar.

#good omens #JCS #jesus christ superstar #blasphemy #fanfiction #forgive me father for i have sinned #neil gaiman #andrew lloyd webber #fuck my immortal soul we vibe #ineffable husbands #jesus x judas #fanon > canon #musicals #Christianity #religious trauma

[blorbojudas]

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

#these men want answers! #jesus christ superstar #jcs #judas #carl anderson #andrew lloyd webber #jcss #jesus christ superstar 1973 #gethsemane #easter film #superstar #my gifs #jesus christ superstar gifs #ted neeley #judas iscariot #tim rice