anyone else ever think about the fact that grace straight up says "imagine you're a good christian. sometimes you have to listen to people and believe what they say even if it sounds crazy, against everything you know, in spite of all common sense"
like. the implications. the implications.
directly implying that she herself listens to other christians and believes what they say even though to her it sounds crazy, against everything she knows, and against all common sense. that's not a "my faith has been tested these past few weeks because of The Horrors" statement, that's a "my faith has been tested all my life but i keep listening and believing because that's what i have to do to be good" statement.
grace lies to herself. grace believes what she has to believe. we see that in the musical itself, especially with her initially considering max's death to be an act of god because the alternative is that it was her fault and she Cannot Handle That. she blames anything and everything, anyone and everyone, EXCEPT for herself for the things that go wrong, except for in the single scene where she admits that she knows it's her fault. she DOES blame herself, underneath it all. she genuinely believes that she's the one who ruined their lives and who made this whole mess. not an accident, not an act of god- it's her fault, directly.
i don't think it's a stretch to believe that grace has BEEN lying to herself about her own beliefs and faith, to the point of forcing herself to believe in god and to be a "good christian" because its whats expected of her and arguably quite possibly the only thing she's allowed to be due to the seemingly unwavering faith of her parents.
its just so unreal to me that one sentence so casually and so easily implies that grace is nowhere NEAR as devout as she pretends to be, and even more unreal what exploring that belief implies about her character throughout the rest of the musical.
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i rise from the dead to see max calling charles over in the media pen for a joint interview? what is going ON in the house of lestappen
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Starting to think Kirk's reputation for sluttiness has less to do with Kirk being actually slutty than it has to do with TOS writers having no idea what to do with female characters except for romance and sex.
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LA Forum, March 25, 1975 (by Ed Finnell)
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Y’all know I ADORE some of jwinks Kyles and while they’ve said Stan isn’t a favorite of theirs to write, I’m a huge sucker for any Stan playing guitar moment like it has deeply influenced me. Him playing Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in Winter Butterfly, Hallelujah in Behind The Wall, just… STAN
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Because I started reading the manga from where episode 19 left off, I was prepared for what happened this episode…
But not the music. What the hell was up with that Elden Ring Final Boss music they have to Rin? Full choir and vocalisations too!
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