#the recitatives are SO GOOD

[bluberimufim]

I am once again going insane over Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Mostly its libretto. God.

Cornelia's almost melodic recitative breaking up Curio and Cesare's very rhythmic conversation, especially when saying "Da pace all'armi"? The sudden rise of Achilla's "questa del gran Pompeo superba testa" followed by a return to the calmer recitative from before with "di base al regal trono" because he thinks he did nothing wrong?

The whiplash between "Svegliatevi nel core, furie d'un alma offesa, a far d'un traditor aspra vendetta!" and "L'ombra del genitore, accorre a mia difesa e dice: a te il rigor, figlio, figlio, si aspetta"? The entirety of "Alma del Gran Pompeo"??

The tension in the rise and fall of Nireno and Cleopatra's "Troncar fè Tolomeo il capo... / Ohimè! di chi? / Del gran Pompeo" and later "Che gli mandò? / L'esanimato volto"?? The absolute clash between the melody and lyrics of "Tu sei il cor di questo core" that combines somewhat apologetic and tender-sounding lyrics with loud threatening music? And I think there's a musical Dies Irae reference in there? The first word of Cesare and Tolomeo's arias about each other being "l'empio"??

The absolute rawness of the line "L'aure che spira tirano e fiero egli non merta di respirar"? The melody of "Vanni son i lamenti" as Sesto announces his desire for revenge and "Sappi, perfido monstro" after he fulfils it being the same?

The climax of "Son nata a lagrimar" mirroring Cesare and Cleopatra's "verá" through harmony in the final duet, comparing the separation of act 1 with the reuniting of act 3? Tolomeo yelling "Sveglia! Sveglia!" in Cornelia's face after "svegliare" being established as basically Sesto's word in "Svegliatevi"? And Sesto's being a prayer and request while Tolomeo's is an order???

I AM LOSING MY MIND (affectionately)

#Nicola Hay (author of the libretto) was a goddamn genius #the recitatives are SO GOOD #and they're so basic in melody and structure! #i by no means vehemently recommend this opera to anyone because it's long and kinda repetitive #but MY GOD #i was in a production of this so i noticed a lot of little things #and every time i analyse it it gets better #i'm gonna build Nicola Hay a shrine (Händel can have a little smth too but my brainrot is for the libretto mostly) #not writing #operablr #opera tag #georg friedrich händel #giulio cesare in egitto #giulio cesare #ramblies #opera analysis #the brainrot(tm)

[biceratops7]

uuuughghghg, BABES!

Did... did we just forget this entire exchange?

Crowley coaxes Aziraphale over to the tentative beginnings of being consciously on "their own side" by confronting him with all he stands to lose, all the wonders of this world that Heaven refused to welcome.

and now here he is again, pointing up to the heavens, adding one more thing to that list. There is no music that brings you joy, no charming little restaurants where they know you... no nightingales. And isn't that such a tragic hail Mary? To lay oneself bare like that, to hope of all hopes that you are beloved enough to say "I am not in heaven, I am not allowed to love you there." and have it be enough?

When I first watched this scene, the possibility of Crowley saying "our love is over" here never even occurred to me, and I still don't think that's what's happening, not even for a second. But...

Aziraphale sure does.

#he’s trying so desperately to just recite the entirety of Francesca by Hozier at him and just going about it all wrong #I’m honestly shocked I’ve seen no one else being this up #it was what immediately came to mind for me #someone probably has ngl #season 2 #good omens #season 1 #2x06 #1x01 #…I think #meta #analysis #no nightingales #ineffable husbands #Aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #biceratops

[briseise]

don’t quit your day job, Mr. GoodTimes

+ Tango and Grian behind them like:

#i Did it!! had to run and fix a typo bc my brain though Scarlett Widow was a character that existed somehow #hermitcraft #bdoubleo100 #goodtimeswithscar #i loved watching the stream the vibes were so good #taking turns telling terrible dad jokes and reciting culty audiobooks #love it #anyways you will look upon them #briseiseart

[tal-iced-tea]

wuvvy challenging hob to a duel over hob "making a friend of hers shed a tear" is simultaneously the best character decision ever AND the best gm decision ever, aabria iyengar you are the smartest person in the world

#dimension 20 #a court of fey and flowers #acofaf spoilers #LIKE EVEN THO THE EPISODE IS CALLED DUEL ON THE SOUTHERN LAWN #I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS #I FULLY THOUGHT WUVVY WAS JUST GONNA RECITE THE LETTER #BUT THIS IS MILES BETTER #AND ITS SO GOOD FOR THE STORY AND FOR THE GENRE OH MY GOD #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[phoenixcatch7]

Sephiroth is making my brain FIZZ this is so fun.

First of all, his voice actor in advent children???

The new remake one is excellent but just doesn't capture that same level of terrifying cultured menace. The smug evenness and it's DEEP wow yeah. So smooth. High key petrifying I don't know who he is but he did an outstanding job. That bit where he asks cloud to 'give him the pleasure of taking it away?' like the way his voice lilted up in casual question like good GRIEF that was hot.

Anyway I have another hc: sephiroth would have made an EXCELLENT scientist like his parents, he's certainly got the intellect and hunger for knowledge, not to mention his ability to do research for days on end XD. Supernova actually using astrophysics equations is absolutely fantastic and makes me think that's what he'd major in.

By that logic, he'd want to be in rocket town with the rocket, and he'd most definitely want to go to space himself if it was the last thing he did (ha).

Do you think he'd tie his hair back like his mum?

Anyway I imagine if he hadn't been a soldier and instead been free to choose his own path he'd have been right there the whole time being a child genius and getting into fights with cid about who gets to be the pilot (Co pilots. Co pilots is how it's supposed to work with normal planes never mind things that breach the atmosphere).

Like I understand the amount of redemption/fix it fics that have him be a merc with cloud or whatever but I feel we're ignoring the possibilities stemming from the fact this man canonically knows modern astrophysics and that is absolutely not something you can inherit via way of ancient inhuman semi deceased life form.

#Astrophysicist sephiroth please and thank you #With that AC voice he could recite his equations and I'd thank him #also qq what's with that one audio with sephiroth saying 'good girl' because he doesn't curse so I feel thats either from a different proje #With the same voice actor or like ai or smth. #Yeah so I feel like we're sleeping on the potential bizarre nature of cid and sephiroth being work buddies/rivals #Sephiroth is the one who handles the early stages theories and course plotting #Cid gets out his welder and makes the actual schematics or smth #If it was like an au any visitors would like wtf and cid/seph would be so confused like??? Decade old friends and trusted co pilots banter #And a redemption post canon would be so much tension and weirdness #Sephiroth would be the type to call his project partner at like 3am regardless of the time because he's had an idea. #The only way it'd work is through his determination to Do Physics and everyone else's desperation to keep him away from sharp objects XD #sephiroth #ff7 #final fantasy vii #ffvii #ff7 sephiroth #ffvii sephiroth

[cry-ptidd]

It's ever-consuming devotion hours

#my writing #lautegra #my oc #hellsing oc #laura chastel #yuri so good shit has me reciting a Hail Mary #not in this quote. but later on

[143htg]

All I've done lately is draw and sing and get drunk and cry, I haven't gone to school in a bit because I was sick

I've been practicing singing because I'm in a music course this year, I promised I would participate again, if I don't pass audition though I'm gonna go and do arts

Actually pretty embarrassed to sing in public though,, I should have not promised to participate again. If I pass they're gonna probably put me in the choir if there's one this year, my voice is too tiny to sing alone, I've always sung by myself at home so I never learned to raise it when at it, scared of being a bother to my neighbors

#Mostly scared because those times I had to sing for school recitals I ended up having a panic attack #I have a bit of experience and it was all fiasco because of fear #Ughhhhhhhh #I have a pretty average singing though #not bad not good #so at least I know that it's not gonna be terrible if I manage to pass #at least not too much #hopefully

[nero-neptune]

shout out to this movie for teaching me how to spell words that i've never found the opportunity to use in real life lol

#i hope it's very obvious that the jump rope is in the shape of the letter 'B' #also i attended an all black school when this movie went to theaters #so you Better Believe that every black girl there around my age knew how to spell p-r-e-s-t-i-d-i-g-i-t-a-t-i-o-n. 'prestidigitation' #(that's correct!) #akeelah and the bee #is perhaps a top 3 iconic keke palmer movie and i can still probably recite a Ton of scenes from this movie #tho i will say it Got Old being a black girl who wore glasses and being called 'akeelah' when this movie came out lol #my art #artists on tumblr #keke palmer #the anatomy may be wonky. but i don't even care anymore! i had like more than 5 potential jump rope poses that looked even worse than this #this was as good as it got (and i used a reference from Another classic keke palmer movie- jump in!) #huh. if i had a nickel for every time keke palmer starred in a movie with a spotlight on black youth culture and jumping rope #i'd have 2 nickels. which isn't a lot but it's pretty funny

[blaithnne]

And what if Alfur was ftm transgender then what would you do

#listen #I just think that I’m right #I think he very happily reminders on singing the paperwork to get his legal name and sex changed #I think it’s a very big thing for the elves #I think they pay trans elves lots of elf money bc in their eyes they have made a horrible mistake with the paperwork #I think alfur is very proud of being one of few elves to have paperwork about him changed #I think he’s mildly miffed at the elf who assigned him as female at birth bc how dare they #they were WRONG #I think if anyone came out as trans to him he’d give a scandalised gasp #bc oh my goodness how DARE the authorities mess this up for you I’m so sorry #well reciting this error in paperwork right away #I think gender for elves is just a piece of paper #‘hey what’s in your pants’ #‘paperwork’ #Hilda #hilda the series #netflix hilda #hilda netflix #alfur hilda #Hilda alfur #hc #trans #lgbt

[tamelee]

Thoughts on Naruto live action movie which is going to directed by shang chi's director?

Look, Destin is a fantastic director. If we were to believe movie series who’ve had director changes in between then it is a fact that the director alone has major influence on the quality of it. I’m pretty sure-if we can reference Shang-Chi at all or the writing for the Glass Castle and assume he has the resources he need- that he can make the movie look awesome.

As great as it may look in the end… who asks for this!? It’ll exist solely for the fact that Hollywood is too damn lazy to write their own stories and hardly ever want to take the risk of introducing something new because people rarely have the patience these days to engage with that which they don’t know anything about. The company thinks they'll excite the fans with Destin's vision, but when did that ever happen? I am curious though about Kishimoto's 'input'. Apparently they're going to somewhat cooperate during the production progress. That in itself doesn't say much as it's overseen by many others- we'll see I guess ;-; Can't say I have much hope for it, or at all actually. It's a recipe for disaster and disappointment. The script is rewritten never with the amount of thematic care the original creator poured in. *shrugs* if it's not necessary or you can't improve it, then just leave it alone ffs.

#asktamelee #naruto talk #same with the new avatar adaptation #it looks so much better #the cgi #actors and editing for sure #but it still looks awkward as hell #dialogue is on the nose #drama doesn't feel earned either #it's like most of it is recited until you get to “the good stuff” #ugh

[sepulchritude]

King of Attolia is still my favorite of the series but I don’t think I can accurately describe the joy I get from Sophos “Two Guns” Sounis and the “you shot the ambassador?” “you told me to shoot the ambassador!!” exchange

#i haven’t gotten to those parts yet in my reread #but i just got to attolia giving sophos Gun Number One and i’m just. god i can’t wait #this book in general is *chef’s kiss* so good #he is like that character class in blades in the dark that levels up by solving problems with violence #except he hates it and it changes him irrevocably but it is Necessary #he just wants to build stone walls and recite poetry and marry helen 😢 #instead he gets. sounis. #(and helen 💞) #the queen’s thief #a conspiracy of kings #sepulchritudinous

[natjennie]

watching the flashback scenes in redding weddy caressing my screen while a single silent tear falls, like a mourning army wife in the 40s with a locket. which is appropriate given the subject matter.

#truly it makes me feel like im sighing sitting at the window #its raining #i can basically recite the whole thing #all 5 minutes of the most gut wrenching romantic drama of my generation #'ah lieutenant havers' 'communique from hq for you sir- marked urgent' 'this'll be my request for a service revolver' #like do you get it. #'exciting times havers' 'i know we do vital work here sir.. but i'd like to get involved in the fighting.' #'i put in for a transfer... there's talk of a north africa front' #'ah.. yes. well. i completely understand of course' <- the most devastated man thats ever lived #'ah havers! i was just thinking about you actually' #'im afraid im leaving you sir. at 1800 hours this evening' 'so soon?' #'i shall miss you havers.... by which i mean of course that we. shall miss you.' #the 'keep it under your hat' poster.. it KILLS me. it makes me ACHE. #reckless talk costs lives or w/e it says. every fit man wanted. #like... got they did such a good job with those scenes it makes me wail #bbc ghosts #capvers

[cvptainbucky]

hello i met viggo mortensen yesterday and yes i know its been twenty years i know he is an actor and yes he was wearing jeans and a shirt and speaking argentinian spanish but he looked at me in the eye for three seconds and i can confirm that he is, in fact, aragorn son or arathorn elessar the elfstone heir of isildur

#i cannot explain it but oh my goodness #aragorn #viggo mortensen #lotr #tolkien #also i heard him recite his own poetry #and then he signed his book for me and there was this kid on the line in front of me who wanted a pic but security didnt let him #so viggo looked at me and asked him in the most argentinian argentinian slang to ask me #while looking at me #and when it was my turn he thanked me for helping #again in the most argentinian of argentinian slags #HE IS SO SWEET GUYS #HE LITERALLY EMBODIES ARAGORN I AM #SHOOKETH

[middle-earth-mythopoeia]

what are your thoughts on the songs and poems scattered throughout the lotr books?

I love them! I know many of them by heart. I love them so much it would be impossible to pick a favorite. Tolkien was an amazing poet, and the songs and poems in LOTR really bring the story and the characters to life, not to mention offering glimpses of Middle-earth’s ancient history. There are many of his poems that I can’t even read without getting chills down my spine because they’re so beautiful and poignant.

The world was fair, the mountains tall, In Elder Days before the fall Of mighty kings in Nargothrond And Gondolin, who now beyond The Western Seas have passed away: The world was fair in Durin’s Day.

This is just so beautiful and heartbreaking and everything I love about LOTR. Is it even possible to read this without being moved? Let alone the whole poem, recounted so lovingly by Gimli while the Fellowship is in Moria? And don’t even get me started on Galadriel’s song of Valinor, or the song of Beren and Lúthien, or ANY of the hobbits’ songs, or literally ANY song from Rohan, or Legolas’ song of the sea, or the lament for Boromir, or…

#asks #thanks for the ask :) #this topic makes me feral #sometimes I will just recite Tolkien poems to myself silently and lose my mind because they’re so GOOD #my writing

[worstloki]

negative connotations to Arabic phrase ‘God is Great’ incorrect. average praying Muslim does takbir (says Allahu Akbar) a minimum 95 times a day and should have been counted.

#minimum #like MIMIMUM. #each day #like that’s just for the 5 prayers #only the obligatory ones it doesn’t include the additional voluntary ones most people also tend to do at some point #it doesn’t include regular use of the phrase in conversation #the phrase is literally used as an exclamation #like if you say ‘Allahu akbar my shift is over! I can go home alhumdulilah!’ #like I don’t know what to tell you #western news-media connotations are so weird #you literally yell takbir to celebrate as well #saw a thing where everyone did takbir every time someone donated a huge amount to charity like brooooooooo #people be laughing so hard and getting Allahuakbar Allahuakbar out while wheezing #you score a goal? Allahu akbar alhumdulilah #this is very normal culturally transmitted info #Christian Arabs use the phrase as well like it's Arabic come on western media you’re not even trying #it’s such a joke #95 doesn't even include the 2 calls to prayer #it doesn't count people who do the extra allahu akbar (x33) after each prayer #doesn't include anything recited before bed #like. these are not uncommon things people choose to do. like...... BRO??? #if you've ever seen Muslims praying in a group the person leading the prayer does the takbir out loud. that's literally how it's done #there are like 7 or 5 'Allahu akbar's in each round of prayer #you can't NOT say that part out loud it's literally THE part that has to be said out loud in each prayer #this information is very available online #you can say it before doing anything idk why it became a big deal in the west especially #it's some strange xenophobic Islamophobic normalise killings in those regions of the world mix #I’ve been getting recommended so many Arabic anime edits idk what to tell you #call everyone habibi it’s good for you #one of the most popular world languages fr

[mothric]

having a weird al moment

#i've always liked weird al. he's always been in my periphery culturally speaking #in middle school i had one of his polka medleys memorized. along with White and Nerdy #(if i give myself a minute i can still recite 90% of it) #LOVE Hardware Store #but i've never like... sat down and listened through a weird al album #until this week?? i've listened through two and will probably listen to more #a friend and i were listening to poodle hat in the car the other day and genuinely cracking up #the man's a treasure #and for whatever reason my brain has decided to fixate on him this week #it's keeping me in good spirits tbh!! #there are certainly worse ways to combat seasonal depression #also just found out about the insane biopic he made of himself in which daniel radcliffe plays him #so obviously i need to watch that at the nearest opportunity #nov 2023 #weird al #music