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[lessthansix]

#lessthansix cooks

[stoportotouch]

Tag Game: 9 People You'd Like to Get to Know Better

thank you, @saints-who-never-existed!

last song:

the sea shanty from billy budd! i've had the opera on my mind a lot of late. can't explain why.

currently watching:

rather than any of the moderately dull youtube videos i watch i will say that i am watching the terror every thursday with two friends. we are watching the final episode tomorrow! (and then doing a mini terror camp!)

three ships:

would it be cheating to say all three possible arrangements of terror's lieutenants? because that's really the only way that i engage with the Shipping Goggles in relation to the terror. also i guess hodgson, fitzjames, and fairholme? that one really did just start as a joke but i think all three of them would have said yes if the other two had been more serious. and, finally, dundy and fitzjames i guess.

favourite colour

purple!

currently consuming

nothing at present. i am going to get an Interesting Sandwich before rehearsal perhaps, though.

first ship

hms pinafore. sorry.

relationship status

in the dry dock

last film

1776, i believe. i'm going through media that turns me into the rat from horrible histories.

currently working on

later parts of it hurts to pray to god, and also learning lines for my upcoming production of hoffmann. we have changed the perfectly serviceable recitative to dialogue, in a move pleasing to everybody except for me.

tagging

fuckin uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. @peglarpapers @infinitelytheheartexpands @witcheryen @widevibratobitch @the-golden-vanity @whiteraven13 @pizza-hats-of-the-world-1882 @lessthansix and @brimstone-cowboy

#ollie considers #thank you!

[april-rainer]

@lessthansix

#beasties #definitely friend shaped #also

[nellygwyn]

I was tagged by @blackhyena to post nine books I'd like to read this year! Thank you! Here are mine.

I tag @ourgraciousqueen, @titleleaf, @lessthansix, @storywonker, @bimbogollum, @nellgwynn, @elizabeth-karenina, @the-perdita, and @fairclorinda <3

#cute!

[widevibratobitch]

Okay wait is there an operablr I just found out about this disbsndisbd accounts to follow?

oh bestie of course we're here!!! hi!

here are some of my most beloved opera mutuals, each is worth following, they're all insane about opera, god bless <3333

@carlodivarga-s @dormirosol @merteuilpdf @smile-at-the-stars @notyouraveragejulie @revedebeatrice @vera-dauriac @lessthansix

#opera tag #operablr #there's more but these are my besties #<33333 #also hiii welcome!

[deadpanwalking]

if you are still taking 📸

#you commuting to work #lessthansix #picrew meme #assbox

[elucubrare]

top 5 fantasy tropes

hoo boy. 

1. Give me a duel people don't want to fight and I'll be yours forever 

2. Mystical Visions and dream sequences; also Seers 

3. When the gods walk among mortals (n.b. really hard to do well) 

4. When someone in the main cast is secretly someone famous from history or a god or a demon or otherwise much more powerful than they immediately appear

5. floating castles. 

#ask meme answers #lessthansix

[titleleaf]

💙, 👎, 💢

Ship that you used to have as an OTP: 💙

It will shock no one who’s been following me on here since ~2010 to know I used to be super into Tom Riddle/Horace Slughorn, and it will shock no one who’s followed my cryptic vague trauma posts on here since 2010 to know that I can’t go there any more, but I salute those horny-angry days of yore.

Ship that you can never see happening: 👎

I don’t know what on earth I follow that has ongoing ships in this sense, but I guess I can’t really see Don Draper/Peggy Olson happening for any real sense of “happening”. 

Ship that is most misunderstood: 💢

Finnlo, in that people do not understand that Finnlo is canon. 

#lessthansix

[simone-boccanegra]

lessthansix replied to your post: doreenaloysius replied to your photo: ...

addio^n

“Oh no my husband/father is coming”

“Addio”

“Addio”

‘Addio”

“Addio”

(repeat 15 more times)

Husband or father: O TRADIMEEEENTO! (pulls sword) VENDETTA! 

#lessthansix

[oldshrewsburyian]

for the playlist: venturing out into the rain

I like the specific verb! Thank you! Here’s the attempt at a playlist: x.

#asks and answers #lessthansix #music

[lessthansix]

#lessthansix cooks #before and after

[stoportotouch]

song shuffle game

(tagged by @theresa-of-liechtenstein!)

rules: shuffle your "on repeat" playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag 10 people

i. the universe is going to catch you / the antlers

ii. signed on for a sequel / aviators

iii. psalms 40:2 / the mountain goats

iv. roll northumbria (loud version) / the dreadnoughts

v. pompeii / bastille

vi. black horse and the cherry tree / sour mash string band

vii. too late for a saviour / aviators

viii. flugufrelsarinn / sigur rós

ix. lovecraft in brooklyn / the mountain goats

x. i dansinum / skáld

tagging... let's see. @verdiesque, @widevibratobitch, @lonelyroommp3, @lessthansix, @witcheryen, @smileofacaffeinatedsaint, @28dayslater, @pizza-hats-of-the-world-1882, @habemuscarnificem and @ohelpthekraken!

#ollie considers #thank you! this is far more cohesive than it has been in previous months [wheeze]

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

Les Huguenots and as many of the modern life questions as you care to answer

Hello! Sorry about the wait (I took two finals this morning), but here we go, with ALL THE QUESTIONS!

1. Have a blog?

Nevers.

2. Have a vlog?

For some reason, I could see all of them having vlogs and occasionally appearing in each other’s vlogs.

3. Be an Instagram influencer?

Marguerite is on Instagram 24/7 and also who doesn’t want to follow royalty?

4. Do the Tide Pod challenge?

Urbain because “It’s fun!”, Raoul because he’s canonically suicidal

5. Do the Number Neighbor challenge?

Nevers and Urbain both attempt the challenge only to discover that they are each other’s Number Neighbor.

6. Make the funniest memes?

Urbain.

7. Make the most niche (but still funny) memes?

Valentine (it gives her some stress relief).

8. Use the same meme format for all their memes?

Raoul uses the distracted girlfriend (gender-swapped distracted boyfriend) meme format because he’s a little bitter.

9. Be completely unable to read for context on social media posts?

Saint-Bris.

10. Argue about politics on Twitter?

Marcel, Saint-Bris, and Nevers all get into arguments, especially with each other (although Nevers is always civil)

11. Attempt to mansplain to a woman who’s right?

Depending on what point in the opera, either Marcel or Saint-Bris.

12. Start a flame war?

Saint-Bris and Marcel.

13. Go viral (and how would they go viral)?

Urbain makes a hilarious video or meme.

14. Be addicted to Starbucks?

Urbain, Marguerite, and Nevers

15. Work at Starbucks but get fired (and why)?

Urbain gets fired for drinking too much espresso (he thinks it makes him look cool and gives him energy, but he does not need any more energy) and also a little bit for flirting with too many other employees

16. Be Vine-famous if Vine still existed?

Raoul, but on accident (I think what happens is that Nevers is trying to become Vine-famous and Raoul’s in one of his Vines but he’s the one who ends up Vine-famous, much to Nevers’ chagrin)

17. Make the most apology videos?

Valentine, who else?

18. Use Tinder most often?

Marguerite???

19. Work for a ride-sharing service?

Nevers, absolutely. (Urbain would if he were old enough to drive, although he would not be the best driver.)

20. Host a podcast (and what would it be about)?

Nevers would love podcast-making; in his podcast, he interviews people while drinking copious amounts of wine, with hilarious results

21. Say “OK boomer” most often and buy a lot of “OK boomer” merch?

Nevers

22. Be the recipient of an “OK boomer” comment?

Marcel and Saint-Bris

23. Claim young people are killing capitalism?

Saint-Bris

24. Vote for Trump?

Saint-Bris and Marcel both vote for Trump, Marcel comes to regret it, Saint-Bris does not

25. Have anxiety problems?

Valentine :(

26. Make self-deprecating jokes only?

not sure, maybe Raoul?

27. Be nihilistic?

Raoul???

28. Post “I wanna die” every day?

Definitely Raoul.

29. Lead a protest?

Nevers would absolutely do that.

30. Use a live TV appearance to protest?

Nevers and Valentine

31. Use a live TV appearance to do something funny/stupid so they can go viral?

Urbain has a ridiculous obsession with going viral.

32. Become hopelessly confused about technology?

Marcel (Saint-Bris may be old, but he would absolutely be tech-savvy for reasons that totally do not have anything to do with distributing propaganda/planning a genocide)

33. Apply for a job at Buzzfeed?

Marguerite (she loves writing and creating happiness in my headcanon)

34. Enter the Hamilton ticket lottery every day?

Marguerite and Nevers

35. Somehow win the Hamilton ticket lottery on the first try?

Valentine gets the one lucky break in her entire life, goes, and is sobbing uncontrollably by the end.

36. Have a catchphrase?

Marguerite, Nevers, and Urbain all try to make good catchphrases for fun and all of them fail miserably.

37. Try being vegan?

Marguerite (she fails because see #14).

38. Binge-watch Netflix every weekend?

Raoul.

39. Wear crazy socks all the time?

Urbain, absolutely (Nevers and Valentine also like wearing crazy socks, but Valentine is hesitant about them wearing them in public, so Nevers doesn’t do it either because he is a Supportive Husband)

40. Write fanfic?

Urbain is a self-shipper and Nevers likes rewriting stuff so the courageous, morally right underdogs win.

41. Be addicted to Fortnite or Minecraft?

Urbain???

42. Stream video games on Twitch?

Nevers.

43. Tip service workers more than 20%?

Valentine, Marcel, and Nevers.

44. Say people/things are “cancelled” most often?

Saint-Bris, it’s canon (Marcel and Raoul also occasionally do this)

45. Say “mood” in response to literally everything?

Urbain.

46. Speaking of which, use “literally” the most?

Probably Valentine.

47. Be really, really good at escape rooms?

Valentine, Marcel, Nevers, and Saint-Bris*

48. Be really, really bad at escape rooms?

Raoul, Marguerite, Urbain, and Saint-Bris*

(*Saint-Bris can solve an entire escape room by himself but as soon as you make him work with others, it ends poorly)

49. Be fascinated by VR?

Valentine, it lets her see places and experience things she never would in real life

50. Enter one of the TV talent shows?

Urbain tries and makes it reasonably far but he ends up making some iconic mess-up and gets eliminated 

(Nevers auditions on a dare but does not get selected)

51. Make obscure references and then get upset when no one gets them?

Raoul.

52. Do satire?

Marguerite and Urbain.

53. Follow God’s Twitter account without actually paying attention to any of the tweets?

Saint-Bris.

54. Unironically follow both God and Satan’s Twitter accounts?

No one in this opera would DARE follow Satan’s Twitter.

55. Dab the most?

Urbain does it all the time and it’s annoying. Also, Marcel learns it and starts doing it nonstop for a while because he interprets it as “dab on the haters” (i.e. Catholics) and dabs at every Catholic he sees until he realizes they’re mostly amused by it, so he stops.

56. Be the person who changes the world for the better?

Valentine and Nevers. :)

#opera #opera tag #opera asks #ask game #modern au asks #les huguenots #meyerbeer #giacomo meyerbeer #lessthansix

[shredsandpatches]

putting it behind a cut in case anyone plans to do the puzzle, but the quote in today’s NYT acrostic puzzle cracked me up:

“Who is the beauty icon that inspires you the most? ...Mine is Nosferatu, because that vampire taught me my...two favorite beauty tricks of all time: avoid the sun at all costs and always try to appear shrouded in shadows.” -- Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?

#hee #lessthansix #viletorpedo #i feel like you guys would dig this #crosswords

[fionatlux]

12, 33

#handwriting meme #lessthansix

[deadpanwalking]

🐄 tools

#i love bread fandom #lessthansix #🐄 meme #assbox