... you touch the Mistoffelees? You bap him on the shoulder and expect him to fawn over you like one of your fan club? Oh! Dramatic hissy fits for Tugger!!
Alex Snova as Tugger and Riccardo Sinisi as Mistoffelees; Vienna revival, March 2022.
into the woods/cats AU because it turns out i'm VERY impatient and honestly can't wait for when i see the show next week so i'm making the list of characters now lmao:
The Baker: Tugger
The Baker's Wife: Bombalurina
Cinderella: Demeter
Red Riding Hood: Jemima
Jack: Pouncival
Jack's Mother: Jellylorum
The Witch: Grizabella
C's Prince/The Wolf: Macavity
Mysterious Man: Old Deuteronomy
Red's Grandmother: Jennyanydots
Rapunzel: Victoria
C's Father: Bustopher
C's Stepmother: Griddlebone
Lucinda: Electra
Florinda: Etcetera
R's Prince: Plato
the biggest change to this AU will be that Victoria's ending will be the same as movie!Rapunzel's ending, because her musical!ending is just way too sad
also all of the familial/romantic relationships in this AU will be the same as in "Into the Woods" canon (but they obviously don't carry over into my regular canon)
Spencer in his Rum Tum Tugger fit slowly sliding the vase off the countER—that killed me, you don't even know
✨rejection✨ look it up, ya dumb whore
the parallel knee buckles !!!!
the entirety of episode 3 (do i even have to say it?)
bE QuiEt~ bLeH
can I just say, we turned out HOT
💖f-train and camgirl💖
my favorite number is 69 bc it looks like a yinyang 😭
it's like a powerpoint in the sky!! <3
no it's not! :)
i left the purse YEARS ago! (winner for most underrated joke)
Freddie covering Carly's eyes when the lighthouse started to ~throb~
Freddie's little smile-sigh after "I love you, Freddie Benson" (little baby boy benson did it everyone !!!)
you know i like em short and nerdy (that's not the truth, carly but i'm going to let this go for the sake of the gem that was "gReEtiNGs fELLoW huMaNs" and Carly going: 😍)
YIPPEE KAY YAY FREDDIE'S MOTHER
Yeah, put deepfake Carly on and lemme see if I can tell them apart 😏👅 (that delivery was so suggestive for no reason, nathan!! grr woof woof woof)
Why are there so many maternity books...? *NEVER-ENDING SCREAMING*
freddie doing his little stretches in a tank top I— 🥵
I'M GONNA BE A GRANDFATHER <3
I may be childless but I'm still cool 🦘🦘🦘
Freddie every time he thinks Carly's pregnant: 🥺😍
we were at the altar and she looked...beautiful (THAT DELIVERY WAS BEAUTIFUL)
freddie quickly diving in to kiss carly after "want me to blow up the venue again?" 🫠
tbh that whole "want to talk about the not good stuff?" killed me dead.
Gay Dads AU Ambrosius is a theater kid. We are all aware of that, right?
In my original post I said he was a rich Baritone but he had a pretty wide range. He's been in a variety of high school, college, community and professional productions. He's done some straight theater but he prefers musicals, he played Thibault in High School and he played Rum Tum Tugger (from fucking. Cats) in a college production sophomore year.
His favorite roles though were Judas in Andrew Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ Superstar (RIP his lungs that is a HIGH tenor role) at his Catholic high school the director his foster mom made him go to and Javert in a professional production of Les Miserables. Idk he just really related to The Guy Who Betrayed a Person He Cared Very Much About Because He Thought He Was Doing The Right Thing and The Cop From Humble Beginnings Who is Obsessed With One Specific Outlaw for some reason idk they just spoke to him lol
Ballister went to all of his shows obviously but he didn't stop talking about how weird Cats was for seven years.
Believe it or not, but I am also devastated because of some results.
First off, USEFUL LINKS:
All competitor masterlist
Where you can find a spreadsheet with all round 1 poll results
Round 2 match-ups (and poll masterpost)
Here's a visual on the survivors of round one:
Here's the list of our winners (green) and losers (crossed out) (all the 50/50 made it in even if there were decimals involved; I stated that I was going to do this before round 1 because we need extra cats for an even bracket):
Garfield (Garfield) vs Puss in Boots (Puss in Boots / Shrek)
Khoshekh (Welcome to Night Vale) vs The Admiral (The Magnus Archives) vs Pippa (The Penumbra Podcast)
Tom (Tom and Jerry) vs Sylvester (Looney Tunes)
Judd (Splatoon) vs Lil' Judd (Splatoon)
Garfield the Deals Warlock (The Adventure Zone: Balance) vs Pib (Dimension 20 - Neverafter)
Opalescence (My Little Pony) vs Charmmy Kitty (Sanrio)
Slugcat (Rain World) vs Rivulet (Rain World: Downpour)
Cool Cat (Cool Cat Saves the Kids) vs Tabby Von Meow (Webkinz)
Sisters of Plenitude (Doctor Who) vs Thomas Kincade Brannigan ( Doctor Who)
Domino (Amphibia) vs Domino 2 (Amphibia)
Thomas O'Malley + the Aristocats (Aristocats) vs Serafina + Wolfie (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper)
Hollyleaf (Warrior cats) vs Jayfeather (Warrior cats) vs Yellowfang (Warrior cats) vs Bluestar (Warrior cats)
Bob (Animal Crossing) vs Raymond (Animal Crossing)
Cattail (Plants vs Zombies) vs Stray Cat (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach) vs Grimmjow Jaegerjaques (Bleach)
Greebo (Discworld) vs You (Discworld)
Pusheen (Pusheen) vs Nyan Cat (Nyan Cat)
Felix (Drawtectives) vs Capper (My Little Pony)
Cat (Stray) vs Spot (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Bungle the glass cat (Oz) vs Eureka the pink kitten (Oz)
Squanchy (Rick and Morty) vs Talking Cat (Rick and Morty)
Barry Ill ( Sparklecare hospital) vs Caroline Coughs (Sparklecare hospital)
Shoe (Ace Attorney) vs Wagahai (Ace Attorney) (will carry on as a tag team because you guys are unstoppable apparently)
Alpine (Marvel comics) vs Mew (Marvel comics)
Hong (Trash of the Count's Family) vs On (Trash of the Count's Family) (will carry on as a tag team because separating the siblings was a mistake apparently)
Catra (She-Ra) vs Khajiit (The Elder Scrolls)
Constable Whiskers (Cookie Run) vs Tabby Slime (Slime Rancher)
Arlene (Garfield) vs Nermal (Garfield)
Stelmaria (His Dark Materials) vs Kirjava (His Dark Materials)
Candy + Cindy (Five Nights at Candy's) vs 808 (Hi-Fi Rush)
Carla (Fairy Tail) vs Panther Lily (Fairy Tail)
Jellie (Double Life SMP) vs C!Antfrost (Dream SMP)
Midnight (Castle in the Air, Diana Wynne Jones) vs Thomas (Earwig and the Witch)
Skimbleshanks (Cats the musical) vs Rum Tum Tugger (Cats the musical)
Ortensia the Cat (Disney) vs Felix the cat (Felix the cat (Paramount))
God Cat (Homestuck) vs Vodka Mutini / Dr.Meowgon Spangler (Homestuck)
Kyo Sohma (Fruits Basket) vs Miyo Sasaki / Muge / Taro (A whisker away)
Blaze the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Big the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Jiji (Kiki's Delivery Service) vs Luna (Sailor Moon)
Puppycat (Bee and Puppy cat) vs CatDog (CatDog)
Chairman Meow (The Shadowhunter Chronicles) vs Church (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
Pounce de Leon (Homestuck) vs Jaspers (Homestuck)
Sandstorm (Warrior cats) vs Squirrelflight (Warrior cats)
Mae Borowski (Night in the Woods) vs Princess Carolyn (BoJack Horseman)
Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes) vs Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)
Ankha (Animal Crossing) vs Kabuki (Animal Crossing)
Valerie Oberlin (Monster Prom) vs Juan The Small Magical Latino Cat (Monster Prom)
Coco Grimalkin (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Felix Munch (Purrfect Apawcalypse) vs Mittens Wichien (Purrfect Apawcalypse)
Catty (Undertale) vs Catti (Deltarune)
Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia) vs Simba (The Lion King)
Ghazt (My Singing Monsters) vs Nyanky (Taiko no Tatsujin)
Nameless evil white cat (James Bond) vs Meowthra (Lego Ninjago Movie)
Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter) vs Behemoth (Master and Margarita)
Macskacicó (Hungarian folk tales) vs Pangur Bán (Pangur Bán (Irish poem, 9th century))
Kuro (Blue Exorcist) vs Grim (Twisted Wonderland)
Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (The Cat Returns) vs Nyanta (Log Horizon)
Lumi (Cats are Liquid) vs Mewo (Omori) vs Pet cats (Stardew Valley)
Leone (Akame ga Kill) vs Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
The Black Cat (The Black Cat, E.A.Poe) vs Black Cat (The Price, Neil Gaiman)
Chi Yamada (Chi's sweet home) vs Happy (Fairy Tail)
Kitty White / Hello Kitty (Sanrio) vs Salem Saberhagen (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Firestar (Warrior cats) vs Meowth (Pokémon)
Ghost (The Owl House) vs Morgana (Persona 5)
Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots) vs Goose (Marvel comics / MCU)
Catbus (My Neighbor Totoro) vs Cake (Adventure Time)
Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) vs Che'nya (Twisted Wonderland)
Plagg (Miraculous) vs Chat Noir (Miraculous)
Bagheera (The Jungle Book) vs Nuka (The Lion King 2)
dsmp characters as cats (1998) ((the stage recording)) (((NOT the CGI butthole movie))) songs
c!Tommy & Tubbo: Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer. need i explain. british duo who causes problems
c!Philza: Gus: The Theater Cat. KIDDING he's Old Deuteronomy.
c!Wilbur: Grizabella: The Glamor Cat. But he's singing it abt c!dream. do u get me.
c!Sapnap: Rum Tum Tugger. i think he's the horny cat.
c!George: The Old Gumbie Cat. cuz haha it's a song abt sleeping. also just very funny to me
c!Karl: Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat. It's abt the vibes also for some reason I think Karl has some train motifs??? am i crazy ?
c!Foolish: Mr. Mistoffelees. Magic dancing cat who has more power than anyone else. kinda goofy. foosh would definitely say "Presto!"in a gay ass voice.
c!Dream: Memory (Reprise). DESPERATELY wants to go back to his old life. wants his friends back. is horribly lonely. is ostracized by the rest of the group. dies at the end.
The bracket is here! I had A Time fitting everything on one page, but it should embiggen so that all the names are legible. Thank you to everyone who submitted! I'll try to have the polls up soon.
Also, feel free to submit propaganda or images for any of the ships. By the nature of the bracket, it might be kinda hard to find stuff lmao.
The masterpost for the first tournament can be found here
Round 1a
Aaron Soto/Thomas Reyes vs. Mr. Mistoffelees/Rum Tum Tugger
Claude von Riegan/Flayn vs. Magic Brian/Brad Bradson
Kodiak Celius/Ambrose Cusk vs. Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill/Marco
Sam Lloyd/Evie O'Neill vs. Sir Hammerlock/Wainwright Jakobs
Shang Qinghua/Noodle Guy vs. Dr. Alto Clef/Dr. Benjamin Kondraki
Jonathan Walsh/Ozzie Graham vs. Bart Curlish/Ken Adams
Blaze the Cat/Rouge the Bat vs. Grimlock/Starscream
Montrose/Ellis vs. John Doggett/Monica Reyes
Gwyneth/Huma Dragonbane/Magius vs. Luz Noceda/Hunter
Lulu/Yuna vs. Zachary Ezra Rawlins/Dorian
Vicki Appleby/Maureen Sampson vs. Todd Anderson/Charlie Dalton
Rosalina/Pauline vs. Tristan Taylor/Duke Devlin
Charlie Airstar/Tesla Magnets vs. Aone/Hinata
Haruto Keats/Theoto Rikka vs. Static Man/Nicholas Waters
Jeremy Fitzgerald/Fritz Smith (Not Michael Afton) vs. Breekon/Hope
Touko Kirigaya/Tsukushi Futaba/Mashiro Kurata vs. Death/Bunnymund
Round 1b
Rashmi Jamil/Amelie Macon vs. Liam Dunbar/Hayden Romero
Taissa Turner/Shauna Shipman vs. Milo/Piers
Kate Shadow/Emilyko vs. Jupiter/Neptune/Venus
Josh Levison/Sally Malik vs. Sasuke Uchiha/Suigetsu Hozuki
Frank Grunn/Harold Ivy vs. Kyo Sohma/Yuki Sohma
Haruhi Fujioka/Renge Houshakuji vs. Aleksander/Regina
Officer Lockstock/Officer Barrel vs. Mihashi/Tajima
Chad Cola/Deuu Dino vs. Dale Cooper/Harry Truman
Dee Eliade/Audrey Myers vs. Arthur Rimbaud/Paul Verlaine
Tsukuyo/Sacchan vs. Dark Mousy/Krad
Benjamin Deeds/Nathaniel Carver vs. C-53/Pleck Decksetter
Skeleteen/Ram Man II vs. Gundam Tanaka/Hajime Hinata
Kyoko/Ayaka vs. Char Aznable/Amuro Ray
Wocky Kitaki/Vera Misham vs. Robin/Demetrius
Norita Yuuji/Shiota Nagisa vs. Andrei Bolkonsky/Pierre Bezukhov
Terry McGinnis | Batman/Shaka Okoro | Stalker vs. Mina Murray Harker/Lucy Westenra
Round 2a
Mr. Mistoffelees/Rum Tum Tugger vs. Magic Brian/Brad Bradson
Ax/Marco vs. Sir Hammerlock/Wainwright Jakobs
Shang Qinghua/Noodle Guy vs. Bart Curlish/Ken Adams
Blaze the Cat/Rouge the Bat vs. Montrose/Ellis
Gwyneth/Huma Dragonbane/Magius vs. Lulu/Yuna
Todd Anderson/Charlie Dalton vs. Rosalina/Pauline
Aone/Hinata vs. Static Man/Nicholas Waters
Breekon/Hope vs. Death/Bunnymund
Round 2b
Rashmi Jamil/Amelie Macon vs. Milo/Piers
Kate Shadow/Emilyko vs. Sasuke Uchiha/Suigetsu Hozuki
Kyo Sohma/Yuki Sohma vs. Haruhi Fujioka/Renge Houshakuji
Mihashi/Tajima vs. Dale Cooper/Harry Truman
Arthur Rimbaud/Paul Verlaine vs. Dark Mousy/Krad
Benjamin Deeds/Nathaniel Carver vs. Gundam Tanaka/Hajime Hinata
Char Aznable/Amuro Ray vs. Wocky Kitaki/Vera Misham
Norita Yuuji/Shiota Nagisa vs. Mina Murray Harker/Lucy Westenra
Round 3
Mr. Mistoffelees/Rum Tum Tugger vs Sir Hammerlock/Wainwright Jakobs
Shang Qinghua/Noodle Guy vs. Blaze the Cat/Rouge the Bat
Lulu/Yuna vs. Rosalina/Pauline
Static Man/Nicholas Waters vs. Death/Bunnymund
Rashmi Jamil/Amelie Macon vs. Kate Shadow/Emilyko
Haruhi Fujioka/Renge Houshakuji vs. Mihashi/Tajima
Dark Mousy/Krad vs. Gundam Tanaka/Hajime Hinata
Char Aznable/Amuro Ray vs. Mina Murray Harker/Lucy Westenra
Round 4
Sir Hammerlock/Wainwright Jakobs vs. Shang Qinghua/Noodle Guy
Rosalina/Pauline vs. Death/Bunnymund
Rashmi Jamil/Amelie Macon vs. Haruhi Fujioka/Renge Houshakuji
Gundam Tanaka/Hajime Hinata vs. Mina Murray Harker/Lucy Westenra
Semifinals
Sir Hammerlock/Wainwright Jakobs vs. Rosalina/Pauline
Haruhi Fujioka/Renge Houshakuji vs. Mina Murray Harker/Lucy Westenra
Which illustration would you like to see? Vote in the tags/notes!
Since a lot of interest in the fanzine was expressed I’m tempted to finish one of my thumbnails and also turn it into prints. I may still do more of them on a later occasion but for now, which one would you prefer? :3
A - Bustopher Jones (Bustohper, Bombalurina, Jellylorum, Jennyanydots & others)
B - Pas De Deux (Victoria & Plato & others)
C - Magical Mister Mistoffelees (Old Deutertonomy, Mistoffelees, Rum Tum Tugger & others)
Thank you so much for all the excitement about the fanzine!!
... so long as it's given on his own terms and he gets to be kind of annoying about it.
Cian Hughes covering Mistoffelees and Jack Danson as Tugger; Asia tour, 11 Jan 2023. Plus bonus Matt Krzan and Brad Little as Munkustrap and Deuteronomy respectively.
... and a plan. 😼 Time to surprise the Tugger with a cutting remark.
Oasis cast 12, 14 July 2022. Devinre Adams as Tugger, Henry Rhodes as Mistoffelees, Rina Punwani as Rumpleteazer, and Samuel Lewis-Wright as Mungojerrie.
Brian Nelson covering Rum Tum Tugger/Bill Bailey, with Chelsea Mitchell (Bombalurina), Dominic Fortunato (Pouncival), Chris Salvaggio (Skimbleshanks), Aiden Pressel (Plato), Vinny Andaloro (c. Mungojerrie), Paul Giarratano (Mistoffelees), & Elana Valastro (ooc)
"Bustopher Jones", it's pretty much the only song i ever skip
N) Favorite headcanon you have for (insert character)?
i mean, my absolute favorite hc is that Macavity, Munkustrap, and Tugger are brothers, because the angst is just so perfect, and the possibilities are endless for writing content about them
also anyone who hcs that Demeter and Munkustrap didn't automatically get back together when she returned to the Junkyard is 100% right, and that in-between stage of them slowly reconnecting as friends before moving towards becoming something more is so important to me
Q) Favorite non-canon ship (including confirmed by the creator but not in the show)?
an obvious main choice is, of course, tuggoffelees
I also LOVE the bombastrap content that Devon and Lauren provided us with for the us tour!! there wasn't a lot, but i do love thinking about bomba and munk having a relationship!
and i can't remember the specific production, but i know there's one out there where the actors have talked quite a bit about Demeter and Alonzo as a romantic couple!! and since that's the main ship in my henchcat!alonzo AU, i do love thinking about how they interact with each other!