There's not gonna be a thoughts post about TBB tomorrow :(
So instead I'm gonna post a random one! (Mainly because I has many feelings).
THOUGHTS ON PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Spoilers for the West End production
So I've never actually been to a musical before because err... those things cost money 😬 but mum and I managed to see Phantom tonight and AAAAHHHH
ASDFGHJKL IT WAS SO GOOD I CAN'T STOP SMILING AAAHHHH
The bit where the chandelier lifts up and the main Phantom theme is playing!!! 🔥
I just sat there grinning like an idiot 😆
Also set design is just *chef's kiss* 😭
I especially love the Phantom's little sewer lair
I don't even like opera music but I love this
I've seen the film once and listened to the soundtrack a few times but it doesn't even compare to this
But I have mixed feelings and by mixed feelings, I mean these next 3 bullet points:
I want to dance around on a rooftop in a swishy dress with a handsome man in a tailcoat
I want to dance around in a tailcoat
I want to run around dressed as the Phantom
I want all three
Let me have all three
Also kept staring at the Vicomte because err... handsome men in period clothing 🫣
And I know he did bad things
Like kill people
And kidnap a woman and threaten to kill her lover if she didn't do as he said
But like... if the Phantom wanted to serenade me I wouldn't complain 😳🫣
Man's got a good voice!
Walking red flag but ya know
Nobody's perfect 🥰
ALSO SOMEONE GIVE THAT POOR MAN A HUG
I was enjoying not crying for a couple days
He's done bad things but ugh 😭
Everyone is so talented omg
And it's even more impressive to me because I can't sing
AND I WAS LOOKING FOR ALL THE TRAPDOORS AND I COULDN'T SEE THEM
SO MANY MAGICALLY APPEARING HOLES 🕳
Laughed more than I expected as well
I don't think I mentioned that the Vicomte ended up with his shirt half undone and sleeves rolled up and WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT MEN IN PERIOD CLOTHING
And I wanna run around as the Phantom so bad 😭 That man's cloak and hat are great
And it felt like he was terrorising our performance which was fun
Overall, it was incredible, the songs were amazing, the cast were perfect and I need to stop crushing on the Phantom because that man is just 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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I really need to talk for a minute about this new mobile update and how much I as a legally blind person hate whatever the hell is going on with the photos and how it's making this app nearly impossible for me to use
I'm not sure the same thing is happening on the desktop version but for those who may not know in the app whenever you tap on a photo it used to just pop up and you could double tap to enlarge it and zoom in and scroll around and all was great.
A double tap now likes the photo and it must be pinched and pulled to zoom in and out. A mild annoyance, and nothing compared to the rest of the update. If you scroll up, which I do frequently when trying to navigate an enlarged photo, it will send you to ANOTHER photo based on the tags of the post.
That's right, a completely different photo!!! A feature no one asked for and no one wants!! This isn't facebook, or instagram, and maybe tiktok but I never had that so this is a guess. When I click on the photo I only want to see that photo (or in the case of multiple photos in a post I want to be able to easily scroll side to side for those). I do not want to be taken to another post!!! Also if you scroll too far to the left you are then sent to the profile of the person who reblogged the post. I do not know why. Who wants this feature? Is it a feature at all?
As someone who only taps on a photo because I cannot see it and I need to enlarge it, this is beyond a simple annoyance. I cannot navigate the photo like I need, there's a hair trigger on whether it sends you to a new post completely or if you are sent to the profile of the reblogger. Neither, again, are things I want. this leaves me having to back track a lot, re-zoom the photo as it reverts back to normal, and hope dearly that this time I can just read the damned text before it freaks out again.
I haven't seen anyone else talk about this outside of the tags, but really this is making the app unusable for me, and I'm sure for many others.
@staff I know you guys haven't cared about your disabled community much in the past (other photo updates that stopped allowing me to zoom into gifs is proof of that) but please don't make this app unusable for me. I would rather not have to leave.
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Having seen @bengiyo's dream cast for Only Friends, I started thinking about what an alternative female cast might look like. I'm not entirely sold on some of these but here's where I am at the moment...
Mew = Mook Worranit / Top = Milk Pansa
Ray = Film Rachanun / Sand = View Benyapa
Nick = Mild Lapassalan / Boston = Namtan Tipnaree
Atom = Neen Suwanamas / Boeing = Pat Chayanit
And then the inverse of our lesbians:
Cheum = Sing Harit / April = Fluke Pusit
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I've seen a couple posts now talking about the concept of an AU where Vox somehow gains control over Alastor's soul/contract. While I do agree with the common take that he'd probably try to mind control Alastor or break his spirit at first, I think he'd actually get bored of that pretty quickly. Alastor's appeal is all in his personality; putting him in a situation where he just shuts down and stops giving the reactions that make him who he is would lose its novelty for Vox within a month or two.
Imo, from there I see it turning into a "gilded cage" situation. Vox sets up a nice little club for Alastor to live in; it's classy and Alastor is free to do what he pleases with it, but he cannot leave and whatever Vox says goes. It's a kind of faux freedom that's just tolerable enough for him not to go insane, but just restrictive enough that he still feels like some kind of pet. Vox isn't physically around that often, but he's always watching; Alastor's free to make his own choices, but can only chose from a small, pre-approved set of options. It's actually not too dissimilar to the situation he put his own contractees in, and Alastor loathes that fact.
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Shadow: Sonic you’re delusional!
Sonic: Oh, am I ?!?
Shadow: Yes !
Sonic, voice getting a little higher: Am I ?!?
Shadow: Yes !
Sonic, voice getting higher: Am I ?!?
Shadow: Yes !
Sonic, voice getting even higher: AM I ?!?
Shadow:…. Okay first off, incredible vocal rage. Second, YES !
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