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umaficwriter · 4 years

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CROWEN GUIDE

This contains spoilers in case you haven’t watched the series ‘till season 10!

Hi folks! I started a Crowen Playlist Challenge months ago in hopes that it’d bring me some closure, bc I miss CROWEN so much, and they really made my day back then! So, I’ll leave below the link to the fics I’ve already written concerning this playlist.

This consists in a Spotify Playlist (you can listen to above). Some spngs really are on the TV Show and others are here because I feel like they speak volumes of Crowen feels! I’ll clarify that with every song!

Hope you like it! ;D

· White Horse (Taylor Swift) – their first kiss S5E02 / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22215103

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13475845/1/Now-Is-Too-Late-For-You-and-Your-White-Horse

· Street Lights (Kanye West) – he shows her the vent and they kiss S5E10

· Catch Me (Demi Lovato) – she ponders on opening up to Owen after all the Burke drama, and decides in favor.

· King of My Heart (Taylor Swift) – after such time away from US, Owen found out his American Queen. He’s the one ruling her heart and her bed.

· Winter Song (Sara Bareilles ft. Ingrid Michaelson) – she fids out he was engaged to Beth before, and how it ended. He tells her why he won’t go see his mom. “You see me, Cristina. See me.” S5E15

· The Weight Of Us (Sanders Bohike) – they’re at the vent when she assures him that she can handle his PTSD S5E19

· Salvation (Gabrielle Aplin) – she’s his salvation.

· ocean eyes (Billie Eilish) – he’s letting her go, because he’s no good for her. Take care now” / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22396456

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13485250/1/ocean-eyes

· Broken (Lifehouse) – he’s falling apart, barely birthing without her.

· You Found Me (The Fray) – lost and insecure they found each other again. He slep for the first time.

· Call It What You Want (Taylor Swift) – George is dead, everything is a mess, but her baby is fit like a daydream, call it what you want to, she back with Owen for good. They love each other.

· Poison & Wine (The Civil Wars) – she kisses him outside of the hospital at the end of their shift, after Teddy have told Owen she loves him. Cristina thanks him for bringing in Teddy unaware of his inside battle. S6E09

· Your Side Now (Trent Dabbs) – “People do matter Cristina, I matter, we matter.” S6E12

· Yours (Fay Wolf) – Cristina tells Owen about Burke. “I love you. I love you more than I loved Burke. I love you and today, when you asked me to ignore Teddy’s pager, you took something from me. And, I let you. And that will never happen again. S6E13

· i hate u, i love u (gnash fr. Olivia O’Brien) – they break up again because “I don’t know” is not good enough for her and that’s all he has now. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22423150

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13486530/1/i-hate-u-i-love-u

· Tell Me You Love Me (Demi Lovato) – she want to beg, like Meredith did all those years ago “Tell me you love me” she wants to say to him. She doesn’t.

· Backed Into The Corner (Amy Stroup) – he asks her to marry him and shows her the ring. S7E01

· I’m So In Love With You (Jill Andrews) – they have problems, but they’re just so in love…

· You Are In Love (Taylor Swift) – the calm before the storm. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22546747

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13492509/1/You-R-In-Love

· Hold On (Chord Overstreet) – they go through the abortion, the cheating, he breaks into their bathroom. “I am crying because of a boy” she says laughing.

· Youth (Daughter) – the song is playing when he leaves the house to go to the trailer. “You don’t even remember her name” S8E19

· Falling (Harry Styles) – he’s broken. He sees her everyday and yet can’t have her.

· The Heart Wants What It Wants (Selena Gomez) – she’s going to Mayo, but just can fathom get over her.

· i love you (Billie Eilish) – she loves him, after the plane crashes that’s the only thing she’s sure of. Even though she doesn’t want to love him, she does endlessly.

· False God (Taylor Swift) – she’s back from Cleveland and she wonders if they’re going to be okay. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22323283

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13481481/1/False-God

· All Of Me (John Legend) – she break up with him because she sees he wants to have kids and even though, it’s hard on her, she leaves him. S9E24

· To Be So Lonely (Harry Styles) – after the break up, she wants him to start dating other people.

· Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart (Ariana Grande) – she sees him and Emma together and even though it hurts and all she wants is to have him back, she ignores her wishes and focus on her work.

· Stone Cold (Demi Lovato) – she standing at the altar at Kepner’s failed wedding and she locks eyes with him. If his happiness is Emma, she’s happy for him.

· All Though The Night (Sleeping At Last) – she goes to his trailer to congratulate him on moving in with Emma. After the wine they talk and they kiss, having sex in the process. S10E14

· Afterglow (Taylor Swift) – he doesn’t want anyone else. He wants Cristina Yang.

· Flicker (Naill Horan) – “Do you know who you are? Do you know what’s happened to you?”

· Ruby Blue (Sleeping At Last) – she says goodbye from the OR gallery. S10E24

· Lost Without You (Freya Riddings) – the pain in his eyes when she says goodbye. He’s lost without her. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22561582

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13493201/1/Lost-Without-You

· Against All Odds (Glee Cast version) – he dowels on letting her go.

· Only You (Matthew Perryman Jones) – can he be harry living with her ghost?

· In Case (Demi Lovato) – he’ll keep everything the same just in case she changes her mind and comes back to him. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22259089

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13478127/1/In-Case

· The Night We Met (Lord Huron) – sometimes he just wanted to got back in time, to the night the met, all those ears ago and make things right this time around.

· Sad Beautiful Tragic (Taylor Swift) – their story was as beautiful as it was tragic. Their feelings were raw and the reality was cruel. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22884625

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13508809/1/What-A-Sad-Beautiful-Tragic-Love-Affair

· I Never Told You (Colbie Caillat) – even miles apart they feel like they didn’t say everything they wanted to each other. She misses him, and he’s no different.

· Throw Your Love Away (Little Big Town) – Owen can throw their love away, neither can give it back to her. / AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22665622

FFNET: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13498368/1/Throw-Your-Love-Away

So, that’s pretty much everything (for now) I’ll edit the post as I’ll update the playlist and/or the fanfics!

Hope you liked! xx

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icawritestbh · 7 years

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REVIEW: “Waitress” Serves Up a Feminist Pie

Upon entering Brooks Atkinson Theatre, I caught a whiff of a freshly baked pie. Although there was no real pie being baked inside the theatre, as it was a little stint by the set designers, it begged the question—What’s cooking?

Waitress tells the story of Jenna (Jessie Mueller), who works in Joe’s Diner and has a knack for creating mouth-watering pies. She has dreams of opening her own pie shop, but is weighed down by her abusive husband, Earl (Nick Cordero). She’s close friends with her co-workers, Becky (Keala Settle) and Dawn (Kimiko Glenn), and her demanding but sweet boss, Joe (Dakin Matthews). At the start, she finds out that she has an unwanted pregnancy with Earl and begins her regular visits to Dr. Jim Pomatter (Drew Gehling), her new OB Gyne. To kickstart her dreams of opening a pie shop, she plans to join a pie-making contest. But things get messy, as she starts an affair with Dr. Pomatter and deals with the abuses of her husband. Sounds like a simple formula for a Broadway show, but what’s inside?

The sugar. In baking, sugar serves several purposes. The most obvious is that it gives our pie its sweet taste, making it the crucial ingredient. After all, does anyone really enjoy a sugarfree pie? Likewise, the music in a Broadway show sweetens the experience and is a defining component of any show.

The music and lyrics of Waitress are by Sara Bareilles, a singer-songwriter known for her hits like “Love Song” and “Gravity.” Her musical style of mixing pop and soulful acoustics with a sweet yet powerful vocal has certainly carried over to Waitress, with the songs sounding distinctly created by her.

Some songs on the cast recording sound like they could have easily been part of Bareilles’ discography and played on the radio. With a few tweaks with its lyrics, the 11 o’clock number, “She Used to be Mine,” could be a pop heartbreak anthem. Similarly, “Everything Changes” features falsetto riffs that are reminiscent of Bareilles’ “Gravity.” This is what Bareilles excelled at—she created pop-influenced Broadway songs that are relatable and digestible to all.

Other songs are less radio-ready, but are ear candy just the same. Mueller, Settle and Glenn’s vocals melt like butter onto each other, forming the perfect harmonies. At the start of the show, we meet our trio as they showcase their vibrant personalities and tight vocals in “The Negative.” Our heroine, Jenna, is a sweet southern gal who’s too nice for her own good. Becky is sassy, strong and brutally honest, while Dawn is awkward, nerdy and timid. On paper, they sound like an unlikely band of friends, but like their vocals, they relate harmoniously and have a genuine connection with one another, most strikingly in “A Soft Place to Land.”

“The Negative” also kickstarts the show on a feminist note. The song is about how Becky and Dawn convince Jenna to finally take a pregnancy test, the three of them hoping that it would come out negative. They speak graphically, in terms that only women would relate to. With lyrics like, “A squat and a squeeze, a prayer and a please” as well as “What if his boys don’t swim, I mean wow! Miraculous luck!”, we are immediately thrust into a feminist ride. As seen from this song number, the show has no plans to shy away from showing the raw and real struggles women face. Several other song numbers, like “Contraction Ballet,” with synchronized breathing sounds to signify Jenna’s childbirth agony, and “I Didn’t Plan It,” a song where Becky tries to justify her infidelity, are proof that Waitress will make sure that the perspectives of women are not kept in the dark, but put under the spotlight.

My personal favorite was Glenn’s performance of “When He Sees Me.” This song number made Kimiko Glenn an instant stand-out in the cast. Dawn’s personality shone through this number—quirky, overly cautious, but all-in-all, vulnerable to falling in love. Dawn sings, “He could be less than kind/Or even worse he could be very nice, have lovely eyes/And make me laugh, come out of hiding.” Crazy enough, most of us can relate to this fear of love and happiness, and this was perfectly encapsulated in this fun and genuine song number.

The butter. In baking, butter works in concert with other ingredients to give our pie its body and texture. Similarly, the actors work with the script, score, and set to form and give character to the show. Waitress’ story is focused on the struggles of our trio, and featured three powerful actresses to match. Jessie Mueller was spotless as our heroine, Jenna. As expected from our Tony-awarded lead, she delivered a three-dimensional character, portraying Jenna as a hard-working waitress, a supportive friend, an abused wife, a foolish lover, and a gifted pie-maker, all in one. Her vocal control was impeccable, switching from sweet falsettos to powerful belts effortlessly. It’s as if the role of Jenna was made for her.

Keala Settle and Kimiko Glenn also fit like a glove in their respective roles as Becky and Dawn, portraying their characters as imperfect, but understandably so. This trio had such great chemistry together, and their antics and raw dialogue provide some of the highlights of the show.

The male cast delivered some highlights as well. Christopher Fitzgerald, who plays Dawn’s creepy-stalker-turned-love-interest, gives us a memorable performance in “Never Ever Getting Rid of Me.” On the other hand, Drew Gehling’s performance as Dr. Jim Pomatter, the leading man, falls flat. Even when he delivers his line in the turning point of the show, his expression made me feel nothing. Perhaps the story purposely never fleshed out his story enough as to focus more on the female characters, but as he was the leading man, I never felt compelled to root for him. Ultimately, it’s the female leads who steal the show.

And finally, the flour, which gives our pie its structure. Just the same, it’s the book of a play that ties all the different elements together. Waitress was based on the 2007 film of the same title, written, directed, and starred in by Adrienne Shelly. Just as the source material’s creative team was headed by a woman, the Broadway version is a landmark production, as it is the first to be directed, written, scored and choreographed by an all-female team.

Waitress has a simple plot. It’s an unpretentious story about a woman whom we’ve all met before—the unhappy wife, who is resilient yet impulsive, daring but fearful. What makes this story so exhilarating is how it truthfully depicts the struggles of Jenna and her friends, giving us flawed yet likable characters that make us laugh, scratch our heads, and cry in the span of two and a half hours. Jenna feels familiar, like a friend we’d scold for having an affair with her OB Gyne, cheer on endlessly as she prepares for her pie-making contest, and hold in our arms as she breaks down and loses hope for herself. She is real and full of depth, making her story one that is undoubtedly feminist.

It is noteworthy that she eventually sees her newfound romance, not as the solution to her problems, but as a catalyst to act on them. And as seen in the songs and dialogue of Waitress, its all-female creative team had no plans of sugarcoating the desires of women that society has marked as taboo. Our trio sings about not wanting to be pregnant, wishing to leave their husbands, and desiring other men. But more importantly, they sing about their fears and dreams.

In the end, our sweet Jenna triumphs. We see her making pies with sugar, butter, and flour, but feeling happier and freer than ever. What’s cooking, you ask? No longer a Pregnant Miserable Self-Pitying Loser Pie, but a Fearlessly Fun and Feminist Pie.

#review #broadway #musical #theater #waitress #jessie mueller #sara bareilles

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