#Status and Previews

[tspud-whiteboard]

[Full Previews, Final Files and Extras can be found on GoogleDrive!] !!! THE DEADLINE HAS ARRIVED !!! (End of June it was) I am currently working on putting together the final files, but as this might take a while, YOU CAN STILL KEEP SENDING ME YOUR FELLAS! Once I’ve prepared the actual, finished, fullsize versions, this pinned post will unpin itself and I’ll put a different one here, with the final previews, the download links and some information what the future may hold... maybe I’ll do a Season Two if the interest is there. But we’ll have to see about that. For now, [SUBMIT MORE] like the wind while you still can! Hello, hello! Welcome to The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe Whiteboard Collaboration (a just-for-fun fan project)! I’m assuming that you found your way here because you’re well aware what The Stanley Parable is, and that you are curious to know what a Whiteboard Collaboration might be about!

Let me cut straight to the case then. It all started in 2023 - the 27th of April, to be precise - which just so happened to be the One Year Anniversary for the release of The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe on Steam and consoles, along with the historically very important and internationally renowned - or at the very least grudgingly accepted - 4/27: STANLEY DAY!

To celebrate the occasion, and only one day too late on the 28th, an idea came forth to put together a Whiteboard, containing all those Stanleys by all the fan artists out there (all credited, of course!), a worthy tribute to the Man of the Hour! And as you can see... we’ve already got quite a few collected!

But why stop there? Since plenty of people also came up with their own Narrator designs, and there’s a good few Timekeeper-Settings-432s and Curators, and plenty of other characters (defining the term loosely here), we might as well give them all their own little space to look absolutely dashing next to each other! Imagine, all those different designs, united in one glorious collection!

My point being... I’d love to see yours in there as well.

So... how can you join in?

The gist can be found up there in the first image, but let me also put it into text form down here, with some extra information:

[Submit] your Stanley, Narrator, 432 or Curator mugshot (or all of them at the same time!). You have [some other canon TSP favorite]? Go ahead, submit ‘em, too! We’ll find a spot. The format of the picture needs to be 300px (width) x 400px (height) to fit with the others. I can resize and cut them into shape if needed, but it’ll be easier on all of us if I don’t have to do that. All pictures will have a small white frame added by me afterwards, to give them that authentic printout flair.

Should the [Submit] button not work for you (I triple-checked and it works for me, but then who knows what this thing does while I’m not looking), sending your artworks through PM or tell me where you posted them is fine as well!

AUs and all art styles are fine! Please only submit one picture per character (if you have more than one design, maybe pick your favorite, or elegantly squeeze them into one picture. If you absolutely cannot decide, sending two pictures per character is okay, but I’d like to cap it there to give everyone equal amounts of space.

Must be Safe For Work!

This is also very important: Tell me how to credit you! Your name will go under your artwork, I do have to put something there. I’ll likely default to your username if I have nothing else to go by, but it’s best if you directly tell me, right there in your submission.

I will publish your submission(s) on here as soon as I’ve added it to the queue, so you’ll know it went through okay, and so you can show it around to others if you wish! (I can’t do that with PMs, of course.)

THE DEADLINE: Please try to submit your artworks before the End of June! Yes, 2023. This month. In this year. There’s a chance I’ll change this if a sudden influx of new entries rolls in, but as of now it looks like it’s a good time to start wrapping this up. I want my life back and all. ...But prove me wrong, why don’tcha? Why not tell your favorite TSP artists that they NEED TO BE ON THIS THING? NEED TO! WE CRAVE THEM, PRECIOUS. ...Sorry, got carried away there.

I give updates regularily. Previews of the latest Whiteboard statuses, questions that need answering, sometimes I might just add some nonsense rambles, all inclusive, for free.

The FINAL files, whenever they’re ready, will be 8000x4000px in size each and are mostly a much bigger version of the previews, with maybe a few small changes for the aesthetics.That’s quite massive. Humongous. It’s really impressive to browse all those artworks next to each other at that size. Here’s the [Google Drive] link, for all to download from and share around. So far, you can always find the latest Previews and a bunch of random Extras there, along with the first fullsize Stanley board as a test. Please do make suggestions if there’s better options, or if you can’t drive the Google.

I also post on Twitter and the Crows Crows Crows Discord server (fanart channel). If either of those are more comfortable options for you, or if you know someone on there who might also be interested in joining this collaboration, maybe poke me so I can give you directions. Or you might be able to find it yourself, I’m not actively hiding them away. Not even passively.

I think that’s all for now! If you have questions, suggestions, reservations, my Asks should be open. Looking forward to hopefully a lot more additions to the Whiteboards, there’s quite a few of you guys I’d loooove to see on there!

#HowTos and FAQs #Status and Previews #The Stanley Parable #TSP #TSPUD

[genshinimpactresources]

Genshin Impact | Images from Version 4.6 Preview Page

#genshin impact #assets #4.6 version preview #backgrounds #statue of marble and brass #fontaine

[janamensch]

When you’re so so tired because it’s either very late or very early but you have to go to the park with your pokemon to get them enrichment because you can’t go to the park with them during the day because they don’t get along well with other pokemon

#oc #my ocs #juliett #pokémon #purrloin #hydreigon #For some reason most of Juliett’s pokemon just can’t behave around other pokemon #There’s Hydreigon who likes to bite #And then there’s Tyrantrum who also bites #And then there’s Froslass who likes to turn stuff into ice statues #And then there’s Mawile who also bites. But I think she’s less of a problem because she can be good and listens when Juliett tells her #not to bite people I guess #And then there’s Purrloin who is the most perfect angel who has never done anything wrong in her entire life. Of course. #I don’t know why Juliett has so many bitey pokemon #that was not intentional when I was coming up with her team #But hey at least Juliett’s girlfriend is also coming to the park to spend time with her. She has two ghost types as well so it’s good for #them to be outside at night as well #I think Juliett is a very responsible pokemon trainer despite how she acts #I was struggling a lot with the background colours in this so I just colour picked them from the hgss national park preview backgrounds #very fun!

[niko-jpeg]

im asking so hard right now i am asking you

tell tell tell >:DDDDDD

Horray!!!!!!

okay so the title is ‘Those Left Behind’, and it’s an 11 chapter self contained adventure about making peace with your struggles and life.

Our trio of protagonists are Ccino, Epic, and Birdtale Firsk. When I said these characters never would interact otherwise, I meant it lmaooo. They’re all three sent on a wild goose chase across the multiverse by Reaper, who promises to show Ccino and Epic the meaning of life if they succeed. And Frisk (Finch) is kind of collateral but we’ll get to that.

Ccino watched his world die, and is nothing more than another tragic case of a skeleton separated from his AU who will adjust and get over it eventually, but he isn’t doing so hot. That’s code for he had depression before in his au, and now, having lost his family, he really doesn’t get why he managed to survive or see point in keeping himself alive. He’s pretty miserable.

Epic has been living in the OT for a while, but he’s drifting away from his friends and family, who he already had a pretty shaky relationship with, and as of late he’s been harassed about his eye and some scientists offering to figure out how to remove it (rather forcefully) and he’s desperate for some kind of change before he loses control of his own situation.

Reaper finds them individually at some of their lowest points and teams them up on a little fetch quest, offering a solution to their individual problems in return. And then Finch, who lives happily in their AU, gets involved on accident and their arc is still a little in the air, but it’s fun.

it’s a little heavier than the stuff I usually write, but it has a happy, satisfying ending and I like to think the character’s dynamics are interesting because I mean. Ccino isn’t normally involved with the multiverse (?) and even then is usually a passive, chill side character, not a protagonist with an arc. Epic is a jokey meme character who doesn’t usually get development. And I honest to god just wanted to write a teenage frisk going through the woes of being a non binary teenager and the comic relief :3

I’ve been writing it for about a week, and it’s development history up to this point was kind of amusing tbh. Thank you for asking. Hopefully it’s not too out there. I care a lot about it lol. It will be finished sometime before March I can promise that much. Progress has been rapid.

#Especially because it’s a long fic despite its 11 chapter status #We get crumbs of pre relationship Crepic and Afterdeath too but no romantic relationships #Utmv #ill probably go ahead and just make a tag for this project #Those Left Behind #Also you get all of my favorite headcanons all at once #Non-binary Ink and Found Family Bad Guys and creative liberties out the wazoo #You’ll also get little previews and such closer to release :3333

[scribe-of-elysium]

Quietus - Status Update - June 2022

Readers waiting for the next chapter may have noticed that it’s approaching almost 2 months now since my last update. A long time for me!

Due to lock-down ending, and busy life resuming at a very fast pace, I’ve had little free time to write (proof is me posting this at a ridiculous hour I'm normally asleep at). The lack of time will continue over the summer. I’m now back to full-time office hours, and when I’m not working on weekends or my days off, my time is spent mostly outdoors. Writing has unfortunately dropped way down my priority list, as was the case before lock-down. For a while, I was forcing myself to make time in order to maintain a regular update schedule in my eagerness to complete, including writing late nights and early mornings, but that resulted in me placing a lot of unnecessary pressure on myself, and that’s something I can’t and won’t continue to do, for the sake of my mental and physical well-being.

A huge amount of content has been put out over the last two years since the pandemic began. I picked up Quietus from the point just after Sakura had first returned to the surface, and have now reached the beginning of the very last arc. Since I had a lot of free time to write during lock-down/remote working, I also had a lot of motivation to keep writing.

Unfortunately, I now have neither the time or the motivation/inspiration to continue at the regular pace I’ve been working at over the last two years. The final arc requires a lot of dedicated time, effort and concentration, and I can’t set aside those things right now. It’s the most difficult arc, because it contains the build up to the ending, and a lot of complicated battle scenes, as well as the resolution of all plot points, all of which need to be executed right. Not rushed or sloppily written.

I feel under pressure to deliver the ending right, and to the highest standard. I’ve also gotten frustrated by how never-ending the story feels in terms of how demanding it is. Maybe that’s another reason, besides lack of time, that I have not actively pushed myself to schedule in even short writing slots week after week. This last arc is intimidating and overwhelming, not just because of all the characters, events, development and plot I need to juggle. Quietus, to me, isn’t just any fanfic; it’s been a special project I’ve been working on for over a decade. It’s been a distraction and comfort through some very difficult years, a story I’ve really poured a lot of love into, and I owe it to myself, and the crazy time and effort and thought I have invested into the story, to not mess the plot up in its final stages just because I’m really impatient to be done with it.

For this reason, after consideration, I’ve decided I will be withholding on writing and releasing future chapters. This means the story will be ‘on hold’ until further notice after the next chapter is updated.

This does NOT mean I intend to abandon it. I’ve felt tempted to stop. It would be easier and kinder to me. You can’t even imagine how much planning and energy a story of this scale requires to continue. I’d feel like an absolute failure if I dropped it for good though, and I hate starting something I don’t finish. I also know how horrible it would be for readers to be left without an ending. But I need to see it through to the end for myself, before anything or anyone else. Or at the very least, take it as far as I can go before it feels absolutely impossible to carry on with it. Right now it’s difficult - but not impossible.

It’s disappointing, being so close to the ending, that I have to stop and lose momentum now, but I’d rather place it on pause and work on it slowly as and when I can, giving it my full attention as it deserves, than carry on half-heartedly and rush it to completion.

I’m also aware there are many readers who have fallen behind. Whether they were waiting for the fic to end before reading the rest, or simply haven’t been able to find the time to read, delaying releases gives them a chance to catch up, if they wish to do so. The general drop in reader views/feedback over the last chapters suggests that might be the case. If so, then a delay is beneficial, given most people appear to not be caught up anyway.

The next chapter is about 75% done, so readers will have another chapter (or possibly two, if I complete and split the rest of it) uploaded before I place the story on a formal hiatus. Updates after that will be fewer and farther between, and will likely be posted in bulk chapters of 2-3, until I reach completion. Writing continuously without feeling the pressure to stop and upload is better for me. I’ll see how it goes. Maybe if my motivation, energy/time and inspiration return sooner, things might change again, but for the foreseeable, no further new content will be released after the next chapter.

Though I will be on hiatus from writing for Quietus, I'd still love to have feedback and hear from my readers during this period, including from those who are behind and have yet to catch up to the latest chapters.

Thank you to everyone who is still on board for being so supportive and understanding.

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#Quietus #Status update #Chapter 109 preview #I should be asleep #This is how little free time I have to post when I'm normally asleep #SasuSaku #Fanfiction #Hades #Persephone

[unproduciblesmackdown]

more info, via a couple of reviews:

"Is this the best, most exhilarating, most close-to-perpetual dancing ever to grace the Goodspeed Opera House stage?

It certainly could be.

The new stage adaptation of “Summer Stock” at the East Haddam theater has plenty to recommend it in terms of the canny script and the hummable songs. But it’s the dancing that leaves the biggest impression.

The show is jam-packed with choreography from Donna Feore, who also directs, that is thrillingly executed by the cast.

We’re talking: Gravity-defying kicks. Head-spinning turns. Male dancers lifting and tossing and catching the female ones. It runs the gamut from Cossack-dance athleticism to soft shoe grace, tap precision to Lindy hop energy.

How the cast manages to sing after executing these (literally) breathtaking numbers, I have no idea.

And how do they make it through two performances on some days? Amazing.

Also amazing: the fact that they do all this on Goodspeed’s small stage without making the space feel cramped.

So, yes, the dancing is phenomenal. But there’s more to the show than that.

This stage version of “Summer Stock” — which is enjoying its world premiere at Goodspeed — is inspired by the 1950 MGM movie starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. Writer Cheri Steinkellner, though, has reimagined the piece in many ways, making it better, stronger and propelled by a more modern sensibility. (Steinkellner’s writing credits range from “Cheers” to the Broadway adaptation of “Sister Act.”)

The foundational story, though, remains the same: A no-nonsense young woman named Jane is trying to save her family farm. Her actress sister (named Gloria in the version at Goodspeed) brings her compatriots to the farm to rehearse a show. Jane first spars with and then starts falling for Gloria’s beau Joe, the production’s director.

Steinkellner has also changed up the score, to great effect. While some tunes from the movie remain, she has pulled others that are in the public domain (such as “Accentuate the Positive,” “Paper Moon” and “It Had to Be You”), and she has woven them perfectly into various plot points and important emotional moments.

As director, Feore makes sure the whole enterprise has a dynamic spirit. It’s a story and a production that brims with optimism and cheerfulness.

Leading the cast is Corbin Bleu, who became famous with his work in “High School Musical” and has gone on to star in several Broadway shows, as Joe. Bleu is a true, and truly talented, triple-threat. He has a warm, welcoming presence as an actor; he also brings an authority to Joe so you believe he’s someone the actors respect and will follow. Bleu’s singing is strong and lustrous, and his dancing — particularly his tremendous tap ability — is … wow.

Arguably the biggest scene-stealer here is Veanne Cox, as the wealthy, snooty owner of huge property surrounding Jane’s. The way she trills dialogue can turn anything into a punchline. She can wave her arms about as her character repeats “l’amour” and generate audience laughs. When her character falls for the egoistic actor Montgomery Leach (played by J. Anthony Crane with Barrymore flair), Cox burbles with girlish romantic giddiness.

Danielle Wade does her own take on the Judy Garland role. She gives Jane a swagger and a tough façade that reveals a more human self during the course of the story. Wade’s most important feature is her voice, which is potent whether she’s finessing a ballad or powering through a big number. While she can’t compete with Garland’s renowned version of “Get Happy” (who could?), Wade does a good job in the number — choreographed and costumed in an homage to the original — that serves as the culmination of the production.

Arianna Rosario gets to play an interesting arc at Gloria. At first, Gloria seems to be a blithe, self-centered actress, but she later shows that she is quite the problem-solving producer. Rosario makes the transformation believable, as if Gloria is finally letting her real self come through.

The scenic design by Wilson Chin suggests the various elements of a Connecticut River Valley farm in the 1950s while still allowing room for the cast to burst into all of those big dance numbers. And the costume design by Tina McCartney provides a fun and functional take on country clothing of the era.

I will say that the second act could be tightened up (we don’t need to see so many beats of the rehearsal process), but, in total, this “Summer Stock” is sensational." [source]

(hooray for most directly explaining gloria's overall arc)

and the next review:

"A throwback to the golden age of Broadway and movie musicals, "Summer Stock" is a timeless, inspiring song-and-dance tale of good deeds, fairy tale showbiz, classic romance and backstage intrigue played out to such dazzling effect, you want to freeze frame it, take it home with you and watch it over and over again for pure fun and a let's-put-a-smile-on-your-face endorsement. This is Goodspeed Musicals at its best - old-fashioned musical entertainment designed to deliver by the bucket's load, stir the senses, rhythmically intoxicate you and dance up a continual storm of good cheer that's guaranteed to leave you breathless.

Animated. Airborne. Magical. Sweet-natured. Fresh-faced. Dance happy. It's all here, wrapped up in shiny gold ribbons and signature colors that complement and complete the picture with a technicolor flourish, a big bang and an internal logic that flows with appropriate style, stamina, full command and intent.

Adapted to the stage by Cheri Steinkellner, "Summer Stock" replays that popular let's- put-on-a-show conceit where everything rests of the big opening night, the box-office intake, the big kiss between the leading man and the leading lady and how a complete unknown saves the day right before the final fadeout. Here, struggling Connecticut farmer Jane Falbury decides to let her actress sister Abigail and her actor friends from New York use the family barn as a rehearsal space for their brand-new Broadway bound musical in exchange for doing the daily farm chores to raise enough money to keep the business from going completely under. One slight problem. During rehearsals, Jane finds herself falling for the show's handsome director, Joe Ross, who, happens to be engaged to the show's leading lady - her sister Abigail.

Staging "Summer Stock," director Donna Feore ("Chicago," "Billy Elliot," "A Chorus Line"), who doubles as choreographer, creates a loveable, intoxicating show that reels you in, grabs hold of you until the final curtain and lets you fall in love with every little detail, surprise, plot twist, joke, visual gag, one-liner and tilt of her jolly agenda while she articulates every element of this musical story with thrust, warmth, spin and splendid articulation. Directorially, she pulls it off spectacularly. No wrong moves here as "Summer Stock" catches fire with a spark, a gusto, a shine and a 1950s mentality infused with plenty of imagination, originality, style and flair.  More importantly, the production never loses sight of its origins, its functional plotting and its love of musicals of yesteryear despite well-intentioned doses of kitsch, takeaway humor, giddy backchat and story arcs right out of the MGM library of backlot moviemaking.  Feore, free spirit that she is, fuels the musical with a sharpened wit and sentiment that works especially well as does her decision to let "Summer Stock" remain rooted in the period from whence it came in terms of staging, development, expression and interaction. 

Moving from screen to stage," "Summer Stock" retains only four songs from the 1950 MGM musical. The addition of several new songs to the original version of the score turns the two-act musical into more of a showstopping event and adds clarity, luster and vintage spin to its already proven material, its let's launch into another song and dance routine blueprint and its firm grasp on characterization, story evolution and its happily ever after conclusion. At Goodspeed, there are 28 important, recognizable, smartly placed musical numbers. They are:  "Get Happy," "Happy Days Are Here Again/I Want to Be Happy," "Accentuate the Positive," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "Always," "Always (reprise)," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "The Best Things in Life Are Free," "Dig for Your Dinner," "Me and My Shadow," "Howdy Neighbor, Happy Harvest," "Red Hot Mama," " 'Til We Meet Again," "You Wonderful You," "June Night," "Some of These Days," "Joe's Dance," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (reprise)," "It All Depends on You," "Always (reprise)," "Everybody Step," "Lucky Day," "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm," "Hinky-Dinky Parlez Vouz," "It Had to Be You," "Get Happy (reprise)" and "You Wonderful You (Finale)."

Musical director Adam Souza ("42nd Street," "Cabaret," "Next to Normal," "A Grand Night for Singing," "Because of Winn Dixie," "Rags") grabs hold of the "Summer Stock" score and allows it to breathe, gesticulate, excite, envelop and rhapsodize with the golden age sentimentality of MGM movie musicals and the timeless, larger-than-life spirit of old Broadway. Here, every song matters. Every song is important. Every song travels down memory lane. Every song is tuned to the max with sweet, centered, warm-heartedness. Every song fulfills its intended purpose. All of this is complemented by the strong, flavorful sound of Souza's orchestral team, all of whom share his tremendous sense of theatricality, musical interlude, impassioned communication and delight of the actual musical itself.  They are: David Uhl (bass), Sal Ranniello (percussion), Liz Baker Smith (reed 1), Andrew Studenski (reed II), Travis Higgins III (trumpet) and Matthew Russo (trombone). As with other Goodspeed musicals, Souza doubles as conductor and keyboardist. As "Summer Stock" zings and pops, pretty music every song unfolds with a contagious orchestral musical glow, matched by the splendid musicality of the entire cast who address the catchy, homespun music and lyrics with perfect harmony, rhythm, phrasing and nostalgic commitment. These elements heighten the on-stage mode of the production, its progression from Act I to Act II, its send offs, its pastiche and its electrifying, barn-raising influence and thwack.

As with any big stage musical, choreography is key to a production's success, its fluidity of form, its artistic expression and its accompanying dance routines. Here, Feore, as choreographer, gives "Summer Stock" a highly personal touch of invigoration and speedy excitement that is tipped and generated with wonderfully elongated inspiration, stamina and determination. This is star quality choreography that peaks, shines and tilts with clever build ups, catchy dance steps and bold, concentrated rhythms, moves and beats that joyfully celebrate 1950's musicals in all their technicolor glory.   As storyteller and dance interpreter, she brings great dimension and scope to the piece using techniques, styles, descriptions and an enriched canvas of thoughts and ideas that make their mark most engagingly. Everything that happens on the Goodspeed Musicals stage has been beautifully blocked, rehearsed and staged with such thrust and individuality, no two dance numbers are alike. In fact, once "Summer Stock" catches fire, there's no stopping it.  Creating a freshly minted fusion of moods, tableaus, lifts, twirls and swirls, Feore pays homage to the actual vintage look and mindset of the musical, its dance-friendly art form and its free-flowing feel of excitement and exhilaration. Hands pop. Arms move heavenward. Dancers smile and glisten as they passionately ignite into joyful visions of sweetness, passion, frenzy and syncopation. Everyone is lost in the moment illustrating the traditions, the conscience and the power of musical theatre, giving and getting the most out of Feore's phenomenal, ovation-worthy choreography. Trained, drilled and confident, they each get a chance to shine - and shine they do - all making strong impressions that will live long in memory.

Making his Goodspeed Musicals debut, Corbin Bleu, as Joe Ross, a character originated by Gene Kelly in the 1950 film version, creates a "Wow!" song-and-dance-man factor chock full of charm, personality, self-confidence and full-beam, champagne delightness that astounds, cajoles and sparkles with leading man gait and luxury like no other. No matter what he does, he's a proverbial triple-threat (i.e., a player who excels at acting, singing and dancing) who makes everything that happens on stage feel fresh, spontaneous, real, raw and very much in the moment. It's in his eyes. It's in his moves. It's in his expressions. Exhibiting a sweet, contagious rapport that extends far beyond the footlights, it's the performance of the year and one that Bleu exudes with a Gene Kelly/Fred Astaire aura of showbiz savvy, knockabout whimsy, graceful athleticism and sterling encapsulation. "Joe's Dance," a solo dance number in Act II performed by Bleu only furthers that notion.

In the role of Jane Falbury, a role made famous by Judy Garland in the original "Summer Stock" MGM musical, Danielle Wade lights up the Goodspeed Musicals stage with a breezy, intuitive musical comedy performance of real warmth and spirit that is a constant joy to watch. Veanne Cox, cast in the role of the wickedly devious Connecticut farming magnate Margaret Wingate, is jaw-dropping brilliant, using humor, music, dance and melodrama in divinely daft and glorious ways that prompt applause and laughter whenever she's in the limelight. It's a scene-stealing performance so seamlessly entrenched in glee and fiery abandon, Cox, would be the ideal choice to play narcissistic Broadway diva Dee Dee Allen in the 2024 summer presentation of "The Prom" at Playhouse in Park in West Hartford. I'll personally deliver the contract. Other memorable performances are delivered by Arianna Rosario (Gloria Falbury), Stephen Lee Anderson (Henry "Pop" Falbury), Gilbert L. Bailey II (Phil Filmore), Will Roland (Orville Wingate) and J. Anthony Crane (Montgomery Leach). A musical escape brimming with delightful songs, engaging performances and full-beam dance numbers, "Summer Stock" is not only a bubbly tonic for theatergoers of all ages, but one that kicks nostalgia into high gear with uncomplicated bliss, fizz and vintage sparkle. It sings. It dances. It pops. It dazzles. Like "42nd Street" which played Goodspeed Musicals last season, it overflows with Kelly/Astaire lightness, punch and precision, sunny vibes and well-played exactitude. The energy displayed here is fast and furious with first-night exhilaration and thrill paired especially well with Corbin Bleu's charming star turn, Danielle Wade's joyous "Get Happy" abandon and Veanne Cox's well-prepped, icy cool villain. This is musical theatre of the highest order - infectious, irresistible, glorious. Its leave-your-troubles-at-the-door/Let's-put-on-a-show mentality accelerates with sparkle and cherry pie goodness. And boy, do we need it now!" [source]

(the reference to jane's sister abigail uses the film's names: abigail becomes gloria in this production, which is the name of abigail's actor in the film, which also mirrors how the role of herb is now phil, also the name of herb's actor in the film)

(also shoutout to providing A Full, Chronological List Of Songs. noting that according to another interview, intermission would be between "you wonderful you" and "june night")

#summer stock #dearth of peak relevant info for our purposes otherwise lol but hey #pressing f for danielle wade's performance Tending to be juxtaposed w/either corbin bleu's or judy garland's #which in fact doesn't always mean their going ''eh comes up short Relative to that comparison but good enough'' but yknow #also that role just isn't gonna be designed to be the most thrilling lol...let's get those character(tm) parts babeyyy #further photos of that preview performance do suggest there's more like midshow conflict b/w jane & gloria vs Only getting along great.... #and intrigued here if it's like yeah gloria can be written to have Flaws kiiinda like the film dunking on her though not as much as it #(though not as much as it might've; parallel to orville; relevant to their compatibility lol though in this show it indeed just might not #go for ''conveniently gloria's also always already liked him & orville's just glad someone's being nice to him'' lmao. & in fact yes the #material already in the film was like hm sure could be the queer readings in these ''so you're doing cishettery wrong'' roles here #and going aw man wrt the comedy boys herb/phil & orville/orville not getting to interact more #herb getting to make One reference to kinda being the outsider/misfit even amongst the troupe like hey more abt that? what's your job also #meanwhile yeah you can do something like ''oh gloria has this idea re: being The Star but isn't actually as interested in that Process'' #but that then instead of that Just being her at odds w/jane & her coming up short she can have her own arc still #finding out what behind the scenes work she Does want to do; jane & gloria of course ending up being mutually supportive one imagines #rather than jane Just being freer from Dealing With her lesser sister or what have you; whom can graciously enough accept this #and ofc we don't Need the partner swaps for everyone's guaranteed happiness communicated through ''they're not single'' #whilest the lack of [oh this backup relationship was here the whole time kind of] does make your potential love triangle trickier then lol #hence perhaps some more significant conflict if you're like kissing your sister's date or what have you & she can't Just(tm) have yours #but then being The Lead can't be the ultimate of All [doing theatre]; having kissing status w/a guy isn't the ultimate of all Arcs/Life #(though noting tim wasn't Relieved if another ostensibly straight romance; a cliche in the modern musical; wasn't shoehorned in there...) #(also the awkward notes about Male Dancers and The Female Ones like alright? supposed relevance Where?) #long post ///

[gailynovelry]

Sometimes, we are a very good and tidy writer who knows all the lore of his story and executes it on command.

And sometimes we spend several hours trying to figure out the clothing situation for Prince Alaezel's torso region before finally remembering the royal uen he wears that is the most prominent part of his outfit descriptions.

#like that time we drew Crislie's scar on the wrong eye so much that we had to give up and just rewrite what side it was on #we very much know what we are doing until We Don't #anyway this is about Starlit Prince's cover #because we always gotta have the cover for the next next book finished before the current next book #or else we can't put it in the next book preview section #hgkdhkghd #in good news the prince is now coming along handsomely! #but i think we have to redo the Alluari statue he's holding #needs to be more stylized and dynamic

[kasienda]

"Celebrity Status (Ladrien)" you say? please tell me more 👀

Okay! So this is a friggin season TWO fic that I keep promising myself I will start posting in Ladrien June, and I may have made myself this promise three junes in a row… which has yet to happen… but I still love the concept and it’s story arc is so developed it’d be a shame if it never saw the light of day.

Basically, it’s a fic where Marinette is struggling with Ladybug’s celebrity status. She hates being followed and photographed, she hates her words being recorded and twisted out of context. Anyway, through silly shenanigans she ends up asking Adrien for help in dealing with it all. She hangs out in his room, they vent about being famous, they get close, they get caught up in scandals (of course we have our kissing scandal before the end). All the good Ladrien stuff!! Here’s a snippet:

"Why did you come here?" Adrien asked.

“I may have heard that you were grounded for defending me on the Ladyblog. And wanted to come cheer you up!”

He smiled. “Mission successful then!”

"I uh... this may sound stupid... but I need some advice." LB

"Advice? On being a superhero?" Adrien asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"On how to deal with being famous,” Ladybug said.

"So... why'd you pick me?"

"Umm... you're the only famous person I know?" Which wasn’t strictly true, but Jagged Stone wasn’t going to give good advice. And it’s not like Ladybug knew Jagged. Marinette did.

"Glad you think so highly of me..."

"I-I didn't mean it like that! I wouldn't be here if I didn't trust you!"

…

"Being famous sucks,” Ladybug whined.

"Tell me about it,” Adrien said.

"They like twisted everything I said."

"Yeah, my coaches have taught me to pretty much never actually say anything to people I don't know for that reason."

"There's coaches for this?"

He laughed. "If you have enough money, there's coaches for everything."

She flopped back down in defeat. "I don't have any money."

Then she lit up. "Do YOU want to be my coach?!"

"Your coach?"

"Yeah, where you teach me about how to handle being a public figure."

"I don't know if I'm qualified. I mean, being tutored is way different than tutoring someone else."

"Sure, but I don't have a lot of other options. You can't make things worse for me."

#miraculous ladybug #Ladrien #celebrity status #my own content #ask answered #ask me anything #I really really want to post this one #wip preview

[dumbbullet]

when are we gonna see the baby?? :'(

very very soon! just got home from picking him up! im about to put together a nice little post showing him off :D

#preview ;) #yall he's so cool #ask #shadow statue saga

[tspud-whiteboard]

[The fullsize Final Files and Extras can be found on GoogleDrive!] Annnnd we're closed! Sorry guys, no more submissions. FOR NOW. Okay, to be perfectly honest, I'm still not 100% done with those final looks (there's still a few more tweaks and possibly puzzles to be added to some of the Whiteboards, for funsies). But I do figure that, above everything else, you guys want to see all the great artworks everyone submitted, in their fullsize glory! And now you can. It's all on [Google Drive]! You'll also find the plain Whiteboards with just the artworks there, and then some extra stuff like decorations I used (or didn't). Just browse the folders a bit! Once again, thank you so much - all of those different styles and variations are such a pleasure to scroll through, to spot familiar and new faces alike... ahhh, marvellous! Oh, yes! In case you're only finding this now and have no idea what you're looking at: This is a collaboration of many artists from the Stanley Parable fandom, each submitting their version of the characters to be put on their respective virtual Whiteboard! You can read more about it in the [Original Post], if you want. Sooooo... now what. What will the future hold. Other than those last few tweaks I mentioned above. Well, these here Whiteboards are definitely did-and-done, I can tell you that much. Season One, all finished up. Sorry if you missed it. But I can also tell you that this whole project went quite differently than originally planned: At first it was just "fill a Whiteboard with Stanleys!" Then the Narrator got added, and the Curator, and Settings. And then everyone else. As a result, we do have quite some white space left on some of those boards. Which is fine, I believe especially the Curator can appreciate some minimalism. It gave me an idea, though: If I reformatted this into a "Photo Album". Or Collector's Cards Album, if you will? I'd put 20 or so artworks onto one "page" and you can leaf through those pages.

Personally, I'd love it. Especially because, unlike the Whiteboards, an album format could easily be added to, indefinitely! YES! That means you'd have all the time in the world to submit your guys and I can stick them in with the others quite quickly, and the main focus can always be on the artworks instead of random amounts of white space. We will see, though, yes? For now I need to finish up everything else. Then build a little album mockup. If this idea is as lovely as I imagine it, and everyone's okay with it, maybe I can reopen submissions sooner than I thought.

Well then! Go and check out those Fullsize Files!

#Status and Previews #The Stanley Parable #TSPUD #TSP

[chalk-homunculus]

I've been once again maining Klee throughout this Veluriyam Mirage questline a nd while exploring the mirage, both because I did get her skin, but also because it cheers me up so much to see her having fun.

#also the oceanid lore is incredible #I was right when I once said to someone that the oceanids are going to play some part in Fontaine #every summer event so far has been a sort of a preview to certain aspects of the next regions mechanics and/or archon quest #Maguu Kenki and Kazuha's involvement as well as the waverider being obvious for Inazuma in the first golden apple archipelago event #in the second one it was the 'dream state' thing which became a whole feature as the samsara in sumeru archon quest and with aranara etc #also some puzzle mechanics from 2.8 were adopted in sumeru though not in the exact same ways #now I'm suspecting it's the carnival & theatre themes and the oceanid lore at the very least- likely other stuff as well #I also am pretty certain about oceanids because the game has been fairly consistent about talking about their migration #I would not be surprised if we got another extra-long world quest series that had to do with them #and actually I do think oceanids WILL play some part in the archon quest as well especially since it's BECAUSE of focalors that they left #and so far practically every archon has had some kind of a personal growth journey during their respective quests #Ei being the most obvious one but I do think every archon quest is a representation of the archons' ideals #and the archons having to come face to face with the world changing and them having to 'adjust' their ideals somewhat because #the traveler's company to them lets them heal and see things from different perspectives #Venti wasn't quite so obvious but I do feel like it's a matter of his return and some aspects of what is and isn't true freedom #Zhongli did most of the introspection himself so that wasn't as obvious either but it's more to do about rule and status and the importance #of roles of deities and so on #while Inazuma is so obvious I don't really need to elaborate. Ei's idea of eternity was idiotic and she came to realize it. thats all #while Nahida... I think she sort of grew emotionally wiser in some ways because of the whole Rukkhadevata thing even though #she herself doesn't remember it at all #that's why I think ultimately archon quests ARE about the archons themselves and not really the traveler #the traveler has their own archon quest series after all #it's sometimes easy to forget the real point of the quests is not the traveler but rather the travel/journey itself #while travelers own archon quests are their & their sibling's own journey in a similar way #anyway. #just some evening thoughts I had #chalk thoughts

[think-im-kind-of-gay]

I just...miss my job okay...

#do i think baking cookies would be fun? yes. but i just...don't care about it. #yes this is something i want to do because its fun #but i just dont think im ready to do anything until i can look at a comic book and not cry #like....it wasn't just a job to me #i cared so much. i may have lost the plot around the time my manager barked STAND UP at me. #but i cared everyday. i wanted to make people feel seen. i wanted to make the world better. #i miss working with canva everyday. that stupid fucking frienemy of a program. i miss creating. i miss learning. i miss restocks. #i miss previews. i miss the stupid fucking statues. i miss the stupid chat ding. i miss joe being joe. i miss mike. i miss jeff. #i miss jamie. i miss froggy. i miss tiny. i miss sarah. i miss Trevor. i miss seth. i miss josie. #it doesn't even matter if they didn't love me like i loved them. they were nice to me so i would go to war for them. i have a complex. #i miss them. #i miss the batgirls computer background. #i miss being excited about pride in December. i miss being excited about the doctor who mtg drop. i miss the paper stars. #i miss my staff picks sign. i miss when the shop was collectively ours. i miss the rainbow tape on the one ceiling tile. #i miss the comic of the week being ridiculous to get in and out of the slot. i miss the amount of product counts. #i miss learning about new rpgs and games and comics #i miss reading before we opened #i miss variant covers. i miss pre orders. i miss the sun blinding me mid day. i miss the ridiculous audacity of customers. #i miss “hey. im looking for a comic from this week if you have a sec?” i miss making displays. i miss paint restock. #i miss enthusing with customers over media and comics and books. i miss critical role. i miss dnd. i miss deck boxes. i miss card sleeves. #how dare you fire me and basically tell me i suck at my job. no. fuck you. i suck at YOUR JOB. i was damn good at the job i was hired for. #im so sorry i didnt want to stalk people and was busy finishing the pride display you effectively gave completely to the only gay. #and was finishing the restocks you gave me to finish #you dont get to take away all of my responsibilities and decide that i boil down to my weaknesses instead if playing to my strengths #you dont get to decide that i boil down to my WORST 3 weeks. when i would bleed for that job. #i was GOOD. AT MY JOB. I DID MY JOB.

[wildflowercryptid]

who at dena do i have to kiss for giving me so many gordie + raihan interactions in masters oh my god

#just saw the preview for the upcoming masters event #this is the 3rd time they've interact in an event and i'm so happy #thank you for fueling my gordie + raihan besties headcanon i'm truly over the moon #also love how red's apparently reached cryptid status on pasio good for you king #pokemon #pokemas #mj.txt

[ministar100]

"Paintbrush, submit to my will..."

#honkai impact 3rd #griseo #flame chasers #moths #hi3rd #character preview #girl #painter #artist #status update

[robocracker]

when i said it was gonna end up being 2022 before i finished my atlantis rewatch, that wasn’t supposed to be serious!! somehow it’s been eight whole months since i last watched an episode... last thing i remember is ariadne proposing to jason, so it’s finally time to see how pasiphae reacts to this...

“he’s your son, it’s only natural that you’d have feelings for him” okay look i KNOW medea means this in a normal way, but this is the same show that gave us oedipus & medea/jason cousincest, they can’t throw this line in and not expect it to be heard horrifyingly!!

delmos <3 i’m like 80% sure he dies at some point, but i can’t remember when, so i’m just gonna savour the time he has alive while it lasts

very sexy of jason to beat three armed men with nothing but his bare hands... shame it had to end with one of them jumping back up and ruining the rescue, but jason still did his best!!

every scene between pasiphae and the oracle keeps giving me chills, this is the shit that i want!!

i have no memory whatsoever of the box that medea and her boys keep lugging around... so i am Deeply Concerned that we’re now getting a pov shot from inside it looking out...

ohhh this is all so hideously fucked up... medusa honey the gods are not gonna have mercy when you do this... and you’re already cursed enough as it is... oh no. oh dear. oh this is going to be so horrible.

the oracle’s death was one of the few things i remembered of this season, but not how it happened, and now i just. they fucking smashed her to pieces!! literally!! this is even worse than i thought it would be!!

okay but how does it not occur to jason that medusa might not have been actively intending to kill the oracle?? hercules knows because she told him, but how can jason not even consider the possibility that medusa was manipulated?? he knows she’s not evil.

you are NOT telling me the priest is the traitor... for shame, man... for fucking shame...

absolutely insane to me that the priest can exert authority above the queen like this... like i’m opposed to monarchy on principle but that shouldn’t mean religion is the highest power instead!!

i suppose waiting eight months to rewatch the next episode was worth it for how much of a fucking rollercoaster it turned out to be. how the hell are they gonna fix this??

#bbc atlantis #i know how medusa's story ends so presumably things go from bad to worse for her #and obviously jason's NOT gonna be executed but uhhh preview ariadne doesn't seem keen to rescue him so we're waiting for a miracle #can't believe the way they killed off the oracle though like... #i KNEW she was gonna die somehow #this is the death i've mentioned before that shocked me the first time i watched it #but somehow i had it in my head that she just got stabbed or something #not turned into a statue and then fucking broken to pieces!! #absolutely horrifying #i kinda love it though

[87foxeninaboxen]

I don't trust Pulcinella for a second!! STAY AWAY FROM CHILDE'S FAMILY

#in childe's eng VL about him he does say he's suspicious about his motives but from what I understand that's a bit of a mistranslation and #what he says in CN is a more vague 'I don't understand how people of his status work' #....the chills I felt when I read that VL #there is absolutely zero way this is ending well at all #the fact that Pulcinella is the harbinger in the regions preview? doesn't bode well for him being a chill guy #pg.txt