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lohstandfound · 5 months

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Pinkberry Week- Day 1 (Sweet)

yooooo i am excited for this. this somehow ended up as lowkey a sequel for a fic i wrote

i started to lose my train of thought towards the end of it and it wasn't working how i wanted it to anymore

but anyway:

sweet-tooth

in which chloe tries baking for brooke and overthinks, so jake invites brooke over to help

Chloe couldn’t understand it.

This was the third time she had somehow messed up.

This was it. This was the end. She was done for.

“You’re overthinking again,” Jake said, trying another of Chloe’s failed cookies. “At least these are edible this time.”

“But they’re not good!” Chloe huffed, pulling off the oven mitts and throwing them down on the bench.

Her hair was a mess, there was flour everywhere, and a mountain of bowls and baking utensils and empty packaging.

“You don’t have to make it from scratch, y’know. Nothing wrong with a box mix.”

Chloe threw a pinch of flour into Jake’s face. “Brooke makes it from scratch.”

Jake: “You don’t even have to bake her anything.”

Chloe: “Then what am I supposed to do?”

Jake: “Literally anything else?”

Chloe: “Like what?”

Jake: “Buy her something. I think I had a pretty good idea to get her a p-”

Chloe: “I swear to god if you try to bring up the pizza metaphor, I will dump the entire bag of flour over your head.”

Jake held his hands up in defence. “You can’t say I’m wrong. And I could be a little more help than just being your taste tester.”

“I don’t want to have to have help with this! It’s gotta be special.”

Jake wiped the flour, or as much as he could, off his face. “Then ask Brooke to make them with you.”

“No way, I can’t do that-”

“Brooke will love it,” Jake said, cutting her off. “I reckon she’ll love baking with you. Rich and I have tried cooking together, not that either of us are great. But it’s fun just messing around in the kitchen with him.”

Chloe: “How do you know that Brooke will want to bake with me?”

Jake: “I just do. Also, she’s, like, on her way over and incredibly excited to bake with you.”

Chloe: “What- you told her!?”

Jake: “Only because you get stuck in your own head.”

Chloe: “I hate you.”

Jake: “Love you too.”

There was a very enthusiastic knock at the door and Jake grinned. “Your darling sunflower has arrived and that is my cue to leave.”

“I’m going to get you back for this,” Chloe said.

“I look forward to it!” Jake called back.

Chloe huffed and stared at the mess she had made in her kitchen. She could hear Jake and Brooke briefly talking before the door shut. She could assume that Jake had left and Brooke was making her way into the kitchen.

She was lost in thought when she felt a pair of arms around her waist. She felt Brooke kiss her shoulder.

“He always leaves you dishevelled, doesn’t he?” Brooke smiled.

“He ditches me in my moment of need. How dare he.” Chloe smiled at the kisses.

Brooke: “Jake said the latest batch was edible.”

Chloe: “But way too dry.”

“Let me try.” Brooke pressed another kiss to Chloe’s shoulder before pulling away. She grabbed a cookie from the tray.

The longer Brooke went without saying anything, the more it cemented the idea that Chloe was a terrible baker.

Chloe: “You hate it.”

Brooke: “I don’t!”

Chloe: “You’re just saying that.”

Brooke: “It’s not terrible! I promise.”

Chloe: “You hate it.”

Brooke laughed softly and held Chloe’s hands. She kissed her gently. “If we put some icing or something on them, they’ll be fine. Jake doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”

Chloe rests her head on Brooke’s shoulder. “You’re just being nice.”

“Come on, let’s bake something together.”

Chloe lifted her head. “Really?”

Brooke smiled. “Yeah. We’ll make something as sweet as you.”

“Nah, you’re the sweet one.” Chloe kissed Brooke’s forehead. “What do you want to make?”

“Classic chocolate chip cookies.”

“As you wish, my love.”

#lohst.txt #pinkberry #pinkberry week 2023 #brooke lohst #chloe valentine #jake dillinger #bmc #be more chill #i'll get around to fixing it #at some point #im starting to think about my graphic novel again

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mountain-dew-tickledpink · 9 months

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wanted to draw how Chloe looked in the BMC graphic novel lol

#Dewey Does an Art #be more chill #bmc #chloe valentine #BMC graphic novel #Be more chill graphic novel

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theabyssgazesalsointoyou · 1 year

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once again driving myself crazy dissecting bmc canon

so you may or may not know that in the novel jake plays demetrius in the play. i somehow forgot but he does. also according to novel canon jeremy is lysander and christine is puck, but in the musical jeremy recites puck's lines ("if we shadows have offended...")

and in the same scene (i think. don't quote me it's been a while since i interacted with canon) the trt script states that jenna is theseus, brooke is hermia and chloe is helena- but later during the play brooke recites titania's lines ("what angel wakes me from my flowery bed...")

i have not read a midsummer night's dream and i am this close to getting myself a copy solely for the sake of analyzing this stupid musical (< not true actually i've wanted to get a collection of shakespeare's works since forever)

#had a breakdown over this on twitter #in a nutshell bmc canon is as consistent as my self image #yes bmc the novel and bmc the play are different things but i cherrypick what i like and you can't stop me #bmc #be more chill #jake dillinger #christine canigula #jeremy heere #jenna rolan #brooke lohst #chloe valentine

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unproduciblesmackdown · 5 months

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arrrghhh and having a moment just now b/c earlier i was rewatching this clip and appreciating how ofc not only is it a stellar little expression saga of jeremy's there but it's so Relevant to how we're being shown like [yeah clearly this is a bad idea but we are led to understand why he'd do it anyways] when like yeah jeremy's hurt & miserable as this new computer enemy immediately beating him up insulting him like you're the worst die Admit You're The Worst & Die. but also like jeremy was already There & already getting that message from others / life, which is why he's in this situation already, and why even though this obvious antagonism & hurtful treatment Does dig that hole a little deeper it's like, still more of the same from jeremy's perspective / a supposed further confirmation of what he was already sufficiently believing was true anyways. but what's so different & new to him is this like invented & temporary Vision Of How Things Could Be where suddenly he's getting attention that is so positive & everyone is sooo hyped about him we love everything about you....and That's what's so much more motivating to jeremy than the previous shit that he of course experienced as Unpleasant

and then just now was looking at this gifset again with christine being surprised by how as she's increasingly exiting the defensive mode of trying to stay out of the way / rein herself in, jeremy's just interested and encouraging and giving Thee clearest most positive feedback as earnestly and spontaneously as she's being rn....the way that she's having a parallel experience to jeremy's Mall Visions Of Possibility like here's this random person suddenly who is responding so positively to whatever tends to be reacted to negatively as [weird/wrong/overmuch]....their earnest spontaneous little parallel threads that keep weaving together throughout the story like. christine and this ever surprising new person who first crops up super nervous but then really openly enthused about Her enthusiasm; freaking out at a mall food court; doing great at play rehearsal even though he's new to this; then a whole moment where at first he's maybe being confusingly standoffish compared to that enthusiasm at their first meeting but then the whole [i guess a part of me xyz] section of a guy that i'd kinda be into like waaaaauugh oh lord and now i'm thinking of the agtikbi reprise like i am sweeping the bmc obcr up into my arms for so many reasons & including that track is a hell of one....being presumably a bit further bemused by jeremy's whole deal but during this period where christine's presumably a bit preoccupied w/the play and with trying to try new things and dating jake, there goes jeremy suddenly dating brooke apparently & eventually evidently christine is like okay i guess he's in this popular kids group more cohesively than i am & [whatever interpretations in how christine thinks that jeremy is also hooking up far & wide w/ppl in that group lol] but here he is also feeling in over his head & overwhelmed & out of place after trying to play the part & Act Correctly & indeed managing to end up here & yet....And Yet they can have another earnest vulnerable spontenaous enthused encouraging moment on the couch, despite that then of course christine's like okay look in general What is going on around here, and that's even before anyone's burned down a house & so forth, all before we he she they get Proof of what jeremy wants & feels & chooses, and have that reunion finally with finale jeremy where it's like, yeah he's got more confidence in Himself, ofc he still likes her and her as herself, and he's still nervous but okay with that, she's more comfortable likewise being out of her comfort zone lol not trying to maximally stay either in the one arena she can be herself Or otherwise out of everyone's way, ugh their vimh moment like that willingness to be vulnerable with this person b/c as in any interactions you're not guaranteed "safe" but the stakes of that and effort of navigating are made lower by having this trust and understanding and knowing this person genuinely cares....the fact that they can misunderstand each other And That's Fine because they can and do just go "no, i mean xyz" which in turn isn't to chastise but an earnest effort to connect & let this other person understand & know you better & believing that They want to exert the effort to Try To Get It, to Genuinely Care....waah

tl;dr that the way jeremy is (theoretically) looked at in the mall while simply existing when everything is going to be wonderful and so alive & is so moved by is the way christine experiences jeremy looking at her For Real when they're first properly meeting in the i love play rehearsal scene, and furthermore: ;ww;

#bmc #btw everything antithetical to that concept like [in this dynamic at its resolution in the end we see them misunderstand & get it Wrong #but then it's showing us that that's okay and it's Good navigating that rather than everything shown abt the harms of what it would take #to hypothetically paper over that or eliminate it entirely; namely the doomed destructive mission to keep tamping down on ppl being ppl]#has been found dead in miami. get ''we know our relationship's so good b/c of how we don't have 2 interact ft. Effort from us'' outta here #can extend the parallel where like obviously michael & jeremy have a mutual enthusiasm / effort in their relationship; less Novel ofc #hardly a negative lol & then that of course there's the entire period of Separation so there's hype for Glimpses b/w them over that lol #how what gym girl you look grim pensive emoji

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broadway-heere-i-come · 10 months

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Hot take but Book Christine good, actually

#be more chill #bmc novel #christine caniglia #christine canigula

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finleyforevermore · 10 months

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Hey, saw you like musicals!! I have a few suggestions!

1- Dear Evan Hansen

2- Be More Chill

3- Bare A Pop Opera (don't reccomend if ur in a bad place mentally, it was quite triggering for me ._.)

Anyways, enjoy!!! I would honestly love to hear what you have to say about them later on if u decide to watch them :)

Oh, hello Micah! I appreciate all of your suggestions! If I'm entirely honest though, the only one I'm unfamiliar with is Bare. 😅

I have complicated thoughts on DEH, mainly because it won "Best Musical" over The Great Comet of 1812, and it indirectly caused the closing of Tuck Everlasting, among the more obvious stuff like what the story is about, but I will not deny how good the music is (I listen to Part of Me RELIGIOUSLY) and I do definitely enjoy the novelization a bit more than I do the musical.

As for BMC, I enjoy it a lot! I'm definitely happy that (as far as I know at least), Version 2.0 (Off-Broadway) and Version 3.0 (Broadway) are more accepted by the fandom compared to a while ago. And though all I've seen of it is "The Pitiful Children", the West End production looks awesome too! Hope the fandom gives it some love too. <33

I don't think I'm in a bad place mentally so I'll probably check out Bare sometime. Thanks again for leaving this in my inbox, Micah! :)

#micah! 💫#answered asks #ask response #ask reply #ask box #inbox answers #my inbox is open #inbox is open #inbox #inbox open #dear evan hansen #deh #deh novel #bmc 3.0 #bmc 2.0 #be more chill #bmc #bmc musical #bare: a pop opera

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woah-uhuh-uhuh-uhuh · 8 months

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BAC: SECOND VIEWING NOTES!

Yeah i went again on sunday and really wanted to cry after because it's over forever Q_Q i am inconsolable but for the fact that there may be a halloween party... but uhhhhhhh anyway here's what I noticed this time!!

(also here's the notes from my first time for reference [x])

Ad libs:

Final show energy & lots of ad libs! Which were apparently real unscripted ad libs!! A lot of them were just little things (so I can't recount most of them) but they were very very good. the blorbos became real people for a second there

When Rich is looking for Mountain Dew Red at the party, Jenna appears and says "I have Mountain Dew Blue?" and he explodes at her (possibly "Not now, Jenna!")

When Christine and Jeremy talk together at the party, they're sitting on beanbags; after they get scared off by the skeleton guy, they're laughing and crawling back to their seats - Christine, through laughter: "oh where's the beanbag...."

Changes (?)

VIMH: Rich: "The ladies are gonna get to know the real Richard Goranski... And the dudes." Then he stares into the distance for like 30 seconds (a very long time), making calculating gestures in the air (like the woman with math meme) before going "Oh. My god............... I am totally bi!"

Maybe wrong, but I swear there was a wind part added to the middle of Michael in the Bathroom??? I thought it might be a flute or digital flute..... but as a flautist I might be projecting.....

The Play: Multiple thin green lights flickered down on people as they got squipped, with a cute video game chime sound. But fairly certain this was always there and I just noticed it this time lmao

Smartphone Hour: Background acting on the little platform at the very back of the stage: a scooby-doo esque chase sequence where a firefighter rushes on from SR and disappears SL (implied Jake's house is SL); the fireman reappears with Jake in his arms and runs back SR to safety. Then Jake runs back across to get something from his house and the fireman is trying to stop him. Then Jake runs back out of the house holding a teddy bear he saved from the fire; the fireman is chasing him back out of the house. It was fucking hilarious 10/10 especially because I couldn't be sure if it was a new addition or if I just completely filtered it out last time like a basketball gorilla dslfjdslfk

Also on Jake: between the teddy bear and the Upgrade scene (also detailed by Dani) where he's talking about archery while holding a plush duck - unsure dramaturgically if it's supposed to be a real dead duck or a toy, but anyway.... Jake who likes stuffies??? IDK if I buy it but I don't know enough about Jake to NOT buy it and its also a very fun headcanon I think so it's going on the pile for me. he can collect plushies with jeremy as far as im concerned dsljfsdkfjs

Oh yeah Jeremy also had a big white duck plush on his bed. edit: this is actually a seagull plush! Its name is Katie and it belongs to stage crew member Anya!

More details I saw this time

General

Christine actor was actually amazing she has this giggly honk voice she uses when being like obnoxiously loud and silly and idk how to describe it but such intense LOUD SILLYGIRL ENERGY. A little different than the chris im used to and it was fun to see another version of her!!

Maybe I'm insane but I think Christine also pronounced Jeremy kinda like 2 syllables (Jare - me). This extremely slight difference somehow led to me perceiving her singing "Is he worth it? Germyyyyyyy!" IDK Sorry Jaclyn if you are reading this ldksfjdlsk

Lots of times when Jeremy is talking about becoming cool he does little hip gyrations (think Rich at the urinal i guess but more subtle)

Jeremy does this thing where he holds his hand bent stiff with his fingers all together and taps hard on his right temple to express some kind of frustration with the SQUIP- e.g. when he's trying to get the SQUIP to turn on after the first day; during the end of the Halloween party, etc. Actually it very much has the same conceptual energy as "C'c'c'come on....." now that I think about it

Michael blows a cloud of smoke during a few of his entrances (MTS and maybe Halloween - or that was Dustin maybe)

He also uses a vape pen I think? When he says 'we gotta get stoned in my basement'

Preshow montage

Before the show, there's a montage of screenshots from the teens' lives on the back wall --- that is, their selfies and their text convos. Pretty sure the texts were that gossip submitted by fans? I only remember two:

"i heard that guy who wears hoodies all the time only listens to weezer" <- (I only noticed this one 'cause it KILLED ME honestly I feel like Jeremy would love Weezer and Michael would hate it sdjkfljdsf ) edit: this text was submitted by @/thesquirrelqueer!

I don't remember who was on which side, but Brooke or Chloe sending Chloe or Brooke a big comforting text after her breakup and making plans to go get ice cream I think?

MTS

"Dad haven't you ever heard of privacy?" He says this while putting on his belt after the opening.

Jeremy's actually gesturing towards his locker for like the entire conversation between Brooke, Chloe, Jenna; when they notice him finally it kinda looks like he's just pointing at them and that's part of why they think he's weird I think?

M: "Humanity has stopped evolving!" Jeremy then takes like 20 seconds of looking confused before going (approximately) "is that supposed to be good...?"

"Christiiiiiine Canigula!" Each Christine section he eventually (around 3rd time) starts using this fanboy totally-losing-his-mind-over-this voice which is REALLY hard to describe but i'll try: like lower & less articulate, like how it sounds when you raise your soft palate (?), and going up at the end kind of laugh-like like he's really excited. (For a bmc reference maybe sounds a little like will roland's tone in i even got some blood flowing / with no computer screen around). Anyway i'm not gonna lie it did make him sound really lame jsdlkfjdsf

"Why can't someone just help me out?" As Jeremy sings this bridge it's all dark except for a light on him. Students line up chairs behind him and sit down. At this line, two guys walk forwards on either side and touch his shoulders (looking kind of solemn / sympathetic) , and guide him back to sit in the chair in the middle. Then the lights come up on everyone and more group choreo wheeee

Post-ILPR MTS reprise

Christine: "Sorry, Jeremy, did you say something?" -> after this scene, she runs off giggling loudly, apparently glad to not be interrupted and VERY visibly excited about Jake asking her out

Jeremy sings "I don't wanna be special / Don't even want to survive...." (Instead of usual "Don't even need to survive.") Not sure if it was intentional but it happened at both shows I saw and made me sad both times noooooo........... guy...........

Squip song

Rich actually rubs his hands all over Jeremy's face (in addition to his arms)

"Top secret can't even look it up on the internet type shit": Rich looks to the side and mimes a rectangle (computer screen) then mimes typing where the keyboard would be

2PG

"I don't want that to be my future! Sad, and alone, and ... " - The music cuts out at "sad" instead of at the beginning of this line.

On their relationship in general, I think Michael irritates Jeremy more than fanon typically has it lol. Very excitable Michael who kinda lacks volume control (in several scenes - including VIMH even after Jeremy tells him to be quieter). Constructive interference of autism etc etc

(Again fun to see this!! as a jeremy stan i am definitely guilty of making michael a godlike perfect friend to jeremy and like.. no... they don't actually mesh that well even just in the script!! Often times Jeremy doesn't understand or care about the things Michael says. So yeah absorbing this into my headcanons now thank you)

Also back wall was this like vaporwave looking low-poly 2 person first person shooter game footage (think wolfenstein but with a very different aesthetic - purple and blue, and i think with some objects depicted in mesh).

BMC P1

When Jeremy's spasming on the ground (last time I thought he looked mostly in pain - this time he was vibrating a bit more like he lost muscle control) - local build-a-bear employee Jared Kleinman (JARED KLEINMAN...) and some other people start filming him.

Jared keeps filming him through the scene until SQUIP: "All they see is you having an animated conversation... with yourself." Jeremy turns and notices him; Jared doesn't stop filming but just waves at him nonchalantly (in a mocking way like hey buddy welcome back to reality)

Jared also has a BaB apron and BaB backpack on (or a bear sticking out of his backpack i dont remember). Pretty sure he also had a bear with him in another scene, probably Halloween?

"Lookin pretty sexy, brooke" -- says it in like a low Elvisy voice (like will connolly)

BMC P2

"Everything about you is going to be wonderful" -- Jeremy rolls up his cardigan sleeves so they're just below the elbow. (One of them slipped back down and he put it up again but I didnt think it was intentional lol). I was surprised how much instantly cooler that made him look but maybe that's just because my older brother wears his sleeves like that ljdsfkdsfklsfdlk

......also note that MICHAEL usually wears his sleeves rolled up like that in this production.... inch resting.....

MTS reprise

When the lights first come up, Jeremy is snoring with his head hanging off the side of the bed. He stops breathing for a second, then jerks awake.

GTIKBI

Chris: "I know you and Jake used to date...." Chloe and Brooke simultaneously go "Oh my god, no!!!" --- Chloe to Christine (mockingly), meanwhile Brooke is unrelatedly browsing her phone and says it in distress because she (implied) has just seen that Eminem died. As convo continues, Brooke sits next to another student (Leo Collins?) and shows them the article. (She still says 'yeah jake is so gross' to Chloe, just sounding upset)

Upgrade

I ALREADY SAID THIS BUT JEREMY AND BROOKE WERE SO CUTE TOGETHER JLKSDFLDFSJ. I decided to only watch them during this song (/ _ \) Based on their acting when they walked near the stage stairs, they had climbed to the back of the bleachers and were walking precariously on the outside of the railing - specifically, they went over the stair railings - first Brooke and she teeters a bit and jokingly pretends like she's gonna fall off; Jeremy goes under the rail, comes up on the other side and does a gesture like *tada!*. Then they sit down together and are talking and its just really cute. making me ship puppy love over here jdsifojdslkfdjsflk

Halloween

Michael was at the dance in costume - during a certain point (I think right before Rich starts losing it) Michael gets lost out of the group choreo, seems to be stressed out and runs off stage (presumably to the bathroom)

One of the guys is dressed up like Guy Fieri and it's really good. Like I remember last time I even had a moment where I realized I was interpreting this actor as playing The Real Guy Fieri At Jake's Halloween Party. Also in MITB he uses his hat (which is a combo of visor and fake hair) to knock on the door.

DYWH

Chloe: "...rock this baby fast asleep" then, laughing: "Goo goo ga ga!!" and she kinda topples onto him. The actress said she got this from the West End production!

When Jeremy says "I can't stand up." It was kind of implied it's because he has an erection not because his legs are frozen; right before this line he stands up then sits down and puts a pillow in his lap. Either way though ig it was still the SQUIP stopping him (S: "you're welcome.")

GTIKBI reprise

as Dani pointed out, Christine was sitting kinda numbly on the beanbag with headphones on; she takes them off when Jeremy starts talking to her.

Voices in my Head

Jeremy's wearing an X-Men shirt!

Re: expensive headphones - Michael's rubbing Rich's shoulders (???) when he says "I'm sure someone would be lucky to have you" (and then of course he still says but not meeeee while sending him flying)

"Throw you a rope home slice if you need some dope advice" Jake fist bumps with Jeremy (or equivalent gesture i dont remember)

Stagedorks kiss: after C says yes, they walk to the center of the stage. Jeremy rushes forwards and puts his hands on her cheeks (i think?) to pull her into a kiss. They separate, beat, then Christine goes forwards again and they have a long slow kiss while the ensemble keeps dancing and singing around them.

Not intentional i dont think but Patrick the Jeremy actor was crying a bit at the end /( T_ T \ )

OK YEAH i might add more to this if I remember and/or edit it back into the first post...... but hope that was fun to read????

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