When many people don’t even bother to read you when they pick you up, but only wish to look at your pretty pictures, we value the ones who choose to read us from cover to cover, relishing each paragraph and page, folding the corners of their favourite pages of us, not wanting to put us down. I cherish the ones who chose me to be their favourite book.
An older spoken word I redid. Please click on image to hear me speak.
roadman! tom riddle finally learns harry is a time traveller (part 5)
part 4: here
harry: i’m from the future.
tom: say swear.
harry: … swear what?
tom: yea like wallahi cuz? you know??
harry: what?
tom: like an oath innit?
harry: what oath?
tom, sighing: tsk never you mind. so you’re actuals from the future? you’re taking the piss, yeah?
harry: i’m not. you grow up to become lord voldemort and will start the first wizarding war in your 50s, in which you are responsible for killing my parents and attempting to kill me. and then you die.
tom, looking gobsmacked: no way fam, show me.
harry: how???
tom: tsk let me into your mind. legillimency and that.
harry: no! you’re going to have to take my word for it.
tom: come on now, don’t be like that, just a lil peek n i’ll dash.
harry: …
tom: *smiling charmingly*
harry: fine.
[tom performs legilimency and is watching with keen interest until he comes across the graveyard resurrection scene]
tom, abruptly pulling away: mate who the fuck is that ugly mug?????
harry, smirking: thats you.
tom, holding his head in his hands with despair: you’re actuals serious. no way that clapped ting is me.
harry: it is…
tom: the mans got no hair! i lost my hair and my nose?
harry, unimpressed: thats your main concern???
tom, ignoring him and still muttering to himself: nah bruv best believe you lot will not catch me lacking.
My Gina Lestrade cosplay I wore at Fan Expo Dallas 2022! I adore her from the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles and I just had the itch to cosplay her! I’m so proud of how everything came together (I even got a plushie to rep Toby! 🥹) and I’ll def be wearing her more at cons! 🇬🇧🪙💚
What are your thoughts on the Monster High animated reboot? Currently I'm rotating Lagoona and Frankie in my brain like food in a microwave. Also Toralei's accent is hilarious lol- NHA
OMG I didn't know an episode was out! Thanks for letting me know!
Toralei's accent! Plus she doesn't want a different type of student in her school? She reminds me of those British shows set at boarding schools that always has the bully girl. I so want to just hear her be mean like that! I want her to speak Cockney!!!!! XD
Lagoona being so feral — it's hilarious! I do wish they would have just changed her name maybe? Because she shares nothing with the old Lagoona. But I get how reboots work so it’s aiight.
Also Lagoona, I get it, ruining romance is tight! And it's super easy, barely an inconvenience hehehe
No one knew Draculaura was a witch? I thought she was wearing a witch’s hat??? lol
Frankie is awesome! But Clawdeen and everyone are so diff but it’s aiight
I really like the animation and colorfulness!
Sloppy Joe’s joke was DARK but just the thing kiddos will LOVE XD
Heath’s the son of the devil? Okay
Cleo’s chill and kinda silly? Okay
Dracula is an actor? Okay so does that mean vampires can show up in films and mirrors in this?
Spectra has a such a main character design, I wonder if all the students will have multiple man character episodes like OG MH?
Deuce has weird luck lol
Overall, it’s a reboot but it seems it’s going to be smart about it and it looks nice and light-hearted and punny, so I’m going to give it a chance :)
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, friendo! :D
A fun video from J. Draper, "Why Does Les Mis Have English Accents? or, The History of the Cockney Musical"
As noted in the comments, however, the omission of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's knees-up "Me Ol' Bamboo" is a missed trick.
Said Dick Van Dyke of this number:
"Most of the dancers were 15 years younger than me and it took us 23 takes to get it right. In the last take, I only just make it. This was the hardest dance number I ever did."
She does, however, mention this work, which featured tunes from Lionel Bart, the man behind Oliver's music: