Been working on a piece of Baldur's Gate 3 fanart. It's a tribute to the Moulin Rouge movie which changed my life. I still have a little work to do, but I wanted to post!
I was about to send an idea for a dialogue... but the song thing sounds interesting.
And my song of choice is... El Tango de Roxanne, Moulin Rouge movie version, though. I am so very curious about who does it remind you of. 😈
send me a song
El Tango de Roxanne - Moulin Rouge Soundtrack
oh my God! this made me want to rewatch Moulin Rougue! Ewan McGregor 🥰🥰 I had to at least rewatch the scene and OH MY GOD! so, at first I thought Sirius... but then I thought... Remus!
reader being either part of The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black or just a very well-known pureblood family and Remus meeting her through Sirius and instantly becoming INFATUATED with her! and same goes for her, she instantly falls in love with him but it is definitely a forbidden love! taking into consideration the entire thing with the scene and the whole
First, there is desire
Then, passion
Then, suspicion
Jealousy, anger, betrayal!
Love is for the highest bidder, there is no trust
Without trust, there is no love!
Jealousy, yes, jealousy!
taking a different turn for it instead of the reader being based on the literal Roxanne lyrics, instead her having to marry someone else rather than her true love, Remus in this case, and I pictured someone like Lucius Malfoy or one of the Lestrange brother literally bidding with her parents for her hand and being maybe a dance or a party or something and Remus is there somehow and he sees her dancing with all of these men and building all of this jealousy inside him even if he knows she does not want to and she'd much rather be with him, idk I love this song and I think it would be something suuuuper dramatic, intense and angsty, just like the song 😂 if you have more ideas, it can maybe become a full story? what do you say, love?
💎So I asked this out loud and my bf said well me obviously and got really offended when I tried to think about anything else so there we go! It's ok because he is objectifying himself 😁
🐸 executive goth slut i think
🎤So many! I've worked so many jobs that have those repeating soundtracks that I end up learning all the words. But to give an actual actual example I know the Moulin Rougue soundtrack off by heart
Backstage Romance performed by Caleb Marshall (u/s Santiago), Jodi McFadden (u/s NiNi), and the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical from the February 13, 2020 Matinee (I believe, Caleb’s second show as Santiago).
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hi, hello!! here will be listed the fandoms i'm into by alphabetical number. i think I'm not forgetting anyone but this post will be continually updated for i enter a lot of fandoms every month i guess.
under the fandoms marked with a dot [ • ] will be listed the characters i write for. the ones marked like this [ example ] are problematic character i've written about and most likely won't keep writing about. also do have in mind i'm talking about characters here, not the actors/actress that portray them. all being said, here we go!
last updated: 27/03/23
- Alice in Borderland • ( chishiya shuntaro, kuina hikari, ginji kyuma )
- Agents of Shield.
- Beetlejuice: The Musical.
- DC Comics. • ( damian wayne, jason todd, dick grayson, tim drake, roy harper, gar logan, wally west. )
- Dead Poets Society. • ( charlie dalton )
- Derry Girls
- Deadly Class. • ( marcus lópez argüello )
- Dear Evan Hansen. • ( connor murphy )
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid. ( rodrick heffley )
- Friends. • ( chandler bing, joey tribbiani )
- Grease. • ( kenickie murdoch )
- Hamilton: The Musical.
- Harry Potter: see Wizarding World.
- Heathers.
- IT.
- Marve / X-Men. • ( peter parker, harry osborn, alex summers )
I was reflecting on three movies, by Baz Luhrmann, that are actually pretty much the same; the rom-flics Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rougue and The Great Gatsby.
We start of with the main trope characters (SPOILERS duh):
- The aspiring romantic youth™️ (you can say Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway are this role combined in The Great Gatsby). He's the tragic dreamer who ends up broken or even dead by the end of the movie. All because he is also the hopeless romantic who fights for the love of his life
- Beautiful and sad grrl™️. "She's so lucky, she's a star but she cries cries cries" and oh she CRIES. She's soooo beautiful and everybody thinks she got it all but she's all alone and used by her surroundings. The main hero makes her the happiest but they don't end up together in the end. It's often because the hero ends up in trouble and it's often because of problems aka other men she deals with (Juliet’s cousin and marriage, Daisy’s marriage and Satine’s Duke). Actually (Jay Gatsby is also included here because he's Nick's "perfect god"...)
- The third wheel. There's always this third party involved in the story. And he claims our main heroine because he's a rich and popular bachelor™️. He doesn't have to necessary actively claim her or be a douchebag (In Romeo + Juliet the heroine is forced by her parents and Paris is actually trying to be sweet) but he's the main reason to the couple’s demise. Is goofy at times.
- Goofy but sad friends. They are funny, they are charming, they like to party but they always end up sad or dead. You can say Nick Carraway had this role also together with traits from The aspiring romantic youth™️. Also Jay Gatsby shares these traits because in the other movies it's the "goofy but sad friends" who starts or drags the main character to the PARTIIIIES✨.
- "Bitch I'm Fabulous 😎". In Romeo + Juliet it's Juliet's mom. In The Great Gatsby it's Jordan. In Moulin Rougue it's Nini. They're sassy, they're fabulous and bitchy. Cares mainly about their own self interests. More interesting than the main heroine tho. Could have had so much more potential but dissapears to leave room for the tragedy.
- "Include POCs but pretty much don’t give them too much room for the fabness". They are charismatic, funny and often the Goofy but sad friends. They catch your eye but in the end these characters are hardly explored and always surrounds the tragic pair-plot. *sips coffee not surprised* 🙄 ☕
- The XTRA-everything scenery. It’s big and it’s bold. Perfect for PARTIIIIES✨ But it is actually not that xtra-glam once it alls becomes tragic and shit.
With the key trope characters we can start with the plot and how it envolves;
It starts with an introduction about the XTRA tragical end which lies ahead in the movie. You've been warned.
Then The aspiring romantic youth™️ being introduced and it's all light hearted and funny. The aspiring romantic youth™️ is focused on their aspiration (Nick Carraway takes the role in this one in Gatsby)
But he is dragged by "Goofy but sad friends" to extravaganca PARTIIIIES✨. GLITTER, MUSIC AND GLAMOUR BABY. There is the spark, one way or another, for the hush hush-romance between the main tragedy-pair to begin. (We all know Nick crushed badly on Gatsby okay.) And somewhere in between is also Beautiful and sad grrl™️ being introduced. It's important to show how extraordinary beautiful she is and also how tragic she is btw.
The aspiring romantic youth™️ becomes or (in Jay Gatsby's case is) completely starstruck and enarmoured by the Beautiful and sad grrl™️ and he pursues her like there's no end to it. Beautiful and sad grrl™️ has their doubts first (not much tho) and gives in to The aspiring romantic youth™️.
Then begins the hush hush-romance phase. The couple is so IN LOOOOOOVE and sooo HAPPY. It's just OH MY GOOOD. ❤❤ But then people stop being so oblivious to it and realize hey "that's forbidden fruit mister". And then begins the "US AGAINST THE WORLD"-part. The tragic pair faces opposition from EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE (more or less). Even the Goofy but sad friends are like "it's cute and all but you're screwing up everything idiots" (Poor Mercutio...).
The hero has a breakdown phase. The heroine has a breakdown phase. Their love is threatened. He rages and cries. She cries and cries and cries. Lots of shouting or loud singing and angsty af.
Then comes the calm before the storm. The couple decides to fight for their love. But ofc it ends up all shitfaced even more screwed up and angsty than before.
Anyway in one way or another the couple is so close ending up with each other (Jay & Nick in this case ok good...) but then there is the "Death did us part" moment where one or both lovers dies. And it's all back to the sad intro. Everyone is sad. Love is dead. The ones who are left are nihilistic and sad. And the world is horrible. The end.
Rank or rate these tropes: friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, mutual pining, hurt/comfort, AU, angst, fluff, found family, there was only one bed, slow burn
Sorry this took so long I was overthinking lol
Friends to lovers - 5
This trope can’t really go wrong for me, I’ll probably always like it.
Enemies to lovers - 4.1
I love this when it’s done right but it kinda has to go (playful)enemies -> friends -> lovers for me to really get into it. I don’t really like it when they just actually hate each other lol.
Mutual pining - 4.9
This is my shit man!! The angst, the jealousy, the denial, I’m so here for it!!!! (As long as it’s eventually requited haha)
Hurt/Comfort - 3.7
Yeah this is pretty great but I think it can get a little intense depending on the hurt that happens. But I do read quite a bit of it cause a lot of my favourite characters be getting hurt 😢
Au - 4.4
Depending on the au it can be great, I really like Harry Potter aus or very specific movies I like like Moulin Rougue aus.
Angst - 3
If it’s full character death/illness/serious hurt comfort we’re talking about I have to be in a very specific mood, but occasionally I’m fine having a good cry over fictional people.
Fluff - 3.6
Yeah but it can get kinda boring? Sometimes it can make my heart go 🥰 but only if there’s other stuff going on to keep me entertained like a lil bit of angst and stuff.
Found family - 5
I’m a glee bitch of course I love me some found family!!
There was only one bed - 2.8
It’s alright but not something I go out of my way to read. Can get a little repetitive.
Slow burn - 4.8
Depends how slow we’re talking but usually yes I’m down for some drama, pretty similar to my feelings on mutual pining.