#again: not meant overly negatively so i'm sorry if anyone receives this negatively

[wizard-hubris]

So....genuine question from someone who doesn't really keep up with Starkid stuff apart from the YT musical releases: was Max Jaegerman supposed to be played by Jeff Blim? Because within the first five minutes of him being onstage the script, the melodies and tbh even the performance feel like a role Jeff would write for himself, looking at the previous musicals (not noted uncritically but also not unkindly), so I'm really surprised to see somebody else in the role. Did he get ill or was this casting always intended?

#nerdy prudes must die #starkid #npmd spoilers #(just to be safe) #the guy even slightly looks like an off-brand jeff #and his performance feels very 'here look at jeff blim's previous performances. we want you to emulate that' #again: not meant overly negatively so i'm sorry if anyone receives this negatively #i do have opinions about jeff's part writing that's from what i've seen very opposed to fandom's general opinions on that #but i don't want to get into that this is meant in good faith i promise