I love all of this so much.
I mean the whole damn point of the Nativity story is that the supposed son of God (interpret Jesus how you fucking want, of course) was born to a couple of poor, exhausted peasants in the stable for the inn, and his first bed was a feeding trough for animals. That would nowadays be like a poor couple where the mother gives birth in a parking garage behind the motel because they couldn’t find a better place and nobody else would take them in. It’s a pretty gritty setting, and the idea is that God was reborn in some of the rock-bottom lowest circumstances. The only thing majestic was all the angels and shit, and of course motherly love
I get that a lot of the art portraying Madonna and Child as fabulously wealthy europeans in splendid robes and golden light was meant to glorify God + whichever nobility was sponsoring the artist, and while of course it’s genuinely beautiful art, it just always struck me as horribly missing the point, which is that the supposed son of God started in incredibly humble circumstances, among the kind of people that everyone else looks down on
Straight people think that either you know you’re gay from childhood or something big happens one day and you Realize (and it is like that to some of course) but lbr for many it goes like
I’m straight
No I’m bi
Wait am I biromantic ace?
No I’m definitely bi
…I may not be bi
Am I straight after all? Am I ace??
Maybe I’m demi??? Who knows
I might also be aroace…
Fuck it I’m pretty sure I’m queer
or whatever
Me.
1: Talk about the first time you watched your favorite movie.
2: Talk about your first kiss.
3: Talk about the person you've had the most intense romantic feelings for.
4: Talk about the thing you regret most so far.
5: Talk about the best birthday you've had.
6: Talk about the worst birthday you've had.
7: Talk about your biggest insecurity.
8: Talk about the thing you are most proud of.
9: Talk about little things on your body that you like the most.
10: Talk about the biggest fight you've ever had.
11: Talk about the best dream you've ever had.
12: Talk about the worst dream you've ever had.
13: Talk about the first time you had sex/how you imagine your first time.
14: Talk about a vacation.
15: Talk about the time you were most content in life.
16: Talk about the best party you've ever been to.
17: Talk about someone you want to be friends with.
18: Talk about something that happened in elementary school.
19: Talk about something that happened in middle school.
20: Talk about something that happened in high school.
21: Talk about a time you had to turn someone down.
22: Talk about your worst fear.
23: Talk about a time someone turned you down.
24: Talk about something someone told you that meant a lot.
25: Talk about an ex-best friend.
26: Talk about things you do when you're sick.
27: Talk about your favorite part of someone else's body.
28: Talk about your fetishes.
29: Talk about what turns you on.
30: Talk about what turns you off.
31: Talk about what you think death is like.
32: Talk about a place you remember from your childhood.
33: Talk about what you do when you are sad.
34: Talk about the worst physical pain you've endured.
35: Talk about things you wish you could stop doing.
36: Talk about your guilty pleasures.
37: Talk about someone you thought you were in love with.
38: Talk about songs that remind you of certain people.
39: Talk about things you wish you'd known earlier.
40: Talk about the end of something in your life.
Weeping
Luke in the Millennium Falcon A New Hope (1977) // The Last Jedi (2017)
I want one.
in my one original universe dragons are just shitty possums that don’t really do anything, you just find them in your garden or bathtub making this expression
You’re lying if you say you don’t like them both
I am going to pee myself laughing.
When the game shits you and pushes its middle finger up to yours
Shallow:
1. Favorite color
2. Height
3. Eye color
4. Hair color
5. Age
6. Piercings?
7. Tattoos?
8. Favorite animal/pet
9. Favorite scent
10. What time is it?
Wading:
11. Favorite time of day
12.First pet
13. Siblings
14. First car
15. On a day like today you would…?
16. The last book you read
17. The last text message you sent/received
18. Are you usually hot or cold
19. Pick one thing to your left, what does it mean to you
20. Day or night and why
Knee Deep:
21. When was the last time you told someone you loved them?
22. When was the last time someone told you they loved you
23. Who is your best friend and how did you meet
24. Would you rather…
25. Do you get sick often
26. Do you live alone or with other people
27. When was the last time you saw your family
28. What do you want to achieve in the next year
29. Do you believe in true love
30. Have you ever been hurt by someone you thought cared about you
To the Waist:
31. When was the last time you got hurt
32. Have you ever hurt yourself
33. What was the last fight you had about
34. Has anyone told you they hated you
35. Have you seen anyone die
36. What would you tell your younger self
37. Would you skip the bad parts of your life to be successful
38. What do you want to do with the rest of your life
39. Have you left behind/ were you left behind in a friendship
40. What is more important ___ or ___
Neck Deep:
41. Who would you want to meet again in your life
42. Why did you choose your career path
43. What is something you regret from your past
44. How much time is left at the end of your day
45. What was your last dream about
46. Have you ever hated someone and why
47. Talk about your favorite family member
48. What is one thing you want to confess
49. Have you ever tried to take away your problems instead of deal with them
50. Who would you save- yourself or a stranger?
Head Under Water:
51. Have you been in love
52. Talk about someone in your life who has died
53. Describe your first ____
54. When was the last time you thought you were beautiful
55. Have you ever had to recover after something
56. What do you hate about ____
57. Top ten life values
58. How do you fall asleep
59. When was the last time you smiled and the last time you cried
60. Would you give up everything for ____
Drowning:
61. Ask your own question
Phantom of the Opera but with lesbians
YOU SAID IT. PREACH.
okay so we all know deh is Not My Favorite, mainly cuz i’m salty about comet, but there are other reasons why i don’t like it as well.
the music
so the music is actually Relatively Decent, as a rule i don’t hate the soundtrack, it’s Pretty Good, it’s just kind of bland to my taste, but i did enjoy the music to some extent when i listened to it
there are some songs i really like, such as sincerely me and good for you (i actually really love sincerely me), and the others are okay, i don’t hate them but i don’t love them either
basically i don’t have any problems with the music, it’s meh but not terrible, some of the songs are really catchy and i can see why people like it !!!! (for example, sincerely me is a BOP), when it comes to the soundtrack, the music is Good, just a little bit bland to my taste
my main problems are actually with the story and the messages behind it.
the story
so i understand why the story is compelling, and why people relate to it, and i think the whole suicide message is important, i’m not gonna go out and say that the story is bad or anything bc people relate to it and there are important messages and that’s great!!!
however, it’s supposed to be representative of people with social anxiety, and it’s great that they’re trying to include mental illness rep and make it relatable to teens, i completely understand what pasek and paul were trying to do, but as a neurodivergent person, i think they could’ve tried harder, they kind of glossed over and romanticized evan’s mental illness. there are other musicals (next to normal, heathers, great comet, etc.) that talk about mental illness in a better way, without glossing over or romanticizing it
second of all, it doesn’t really do a very good job of raising suicide awareness, as connor’s suicide is really just a platform for evan’s lies, and not as talked about as it should be. if you want a musical that raises suicide awareness, there’s heathers, which, though it has a much darker twist, talks about it in a better and more honest way
let’s talk about evan as a character. i completely understand how he’s relatable, i love that people relate and sympathize with him, that’s great!!! but while he’s relatable in the social anxiety field, the choices he makes are not something we want to be teaching our teens. evan is a pathological liar. when he’s told about connor, his immediate reaction is to lie, and he continues that lie through the end.
this would be wonderful if there was some kind of moral of this, if he learned his lesson, thus teaching teens that lying is bad and that while evan is relatable, he’s not someone to emulate, but the problem is that lying actually works out for him. by having his plan work out in the end, by having him become popular and get the girl and everything he wanted through lying, it teaches the primarily young, teenage fanbase that lying is okay and will get you what you want in life, which is not something we want to be teaching our teens.
so if everything backfired and there was some kind of moral about not lying, evan’s lying problem would be justified. but since everything pretty much works out for him, the message turns negative and teaches teens that lying is okay.
also evan’s mom- i get that she’s trying her best, to stay on the positive side, but trying to force a kid with social anxiety to go out and socialize is actually going to make his anxiety even worse. i understand it’s unintentional, and heidi is trying her best, but really she’s only giving his anxiety a platform.
also evan and zoe’s relationship is completely built on lies and that’s not okay. it’s an extremely unhealthy dynamic, even though they actually liked eachother, as she wouldn’t be into him if he hadn’t lied to her, it’s a very unhealthy relationship and not one that should be encouraged to young teens watching this
the cast
just to clarify, this is not a criticism the cast, they’re all very talented, lovely people, the talent in the cast is wonderful and it’s one of the things i actually like about the show.
the one thing i don’t like is how whitewashed the cast is. there’s only one black principal lead (kristollyn lloyd, who’s amazing and plays alana, i love her), and one black understudy lead (olivia puckett, u/s zoe and alana), and while the people in the cast are all very talented and i love mike and ben and rachel and will and everyone in the cast, it’s very whitewashed and i think that each lead should at least have an understudy who’s a poc (black, asian, latinx, anything)
the cast is amazing i just feel like it could be a little more diverse
anyway those are my opinions on deh, all and all it’s not a bad show, the music is good, the cast is talented, but i don’t like the messages the show is teaching, especially to the primarily young, impressionable teenage fanbase.
Just a small town girl, who can’t figure out her aesthetic
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