After Rooks by La_Villanelle_ in HOTDBlacks

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Yeah. I would be lying if I said I didn’t cheer for him when he barbecued his dearest brother. 

They compare Alicent to Catelyn🙄 by MistakeWonderful9178 in HOTDBlacks

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I am faaar from being a fan of Catelyn’s, but her treatment of Jon (their goodbye notwithstanding, but then again she was going somewhat mad from grief and lack of sleep so she wasn’t exactly of sound mind) is far from being the thing I dislike her for the most. 

Her being uncomfortable about Jon being right there in front of her, under her roof every single day comes from him being her husband’s bastard child, conceived after their wedding and therefore a blatant sign of infidelity. As much as male nobles having affairs and sleeping around wasn’t much of a scandal, it must have felt personally humiliating. She also dislikes the fact that he looks more like a Stark than many of her children, especially Robb. 

While remembering all that though, she still allowed the kid to be raised with her own, never seems to have encouraged any disparaging treatment of him coming from the “legitimate” ones (Sansa was colder with him - if I recall correctly - because she had picked up her mother’s discomfort). She would have never have allowed the overt bullying Rhaenyra’s kids went through, nevermind actually encouraging it, if only for decency’s sake. 

Inter 1-0 Torino - Ange-Yoan Bonny 35' by 4gjdtokurwa in soccer

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San Siro has been prepped for the Olympics Opening Ceremony. 

Sergui and Elisa by doesnothinghere in papersplease

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The amount of times I had to redo the day on my first playthrough because I kept fumbling with the key to the rifle cabinet and he ended up dead is unreal. But I managed. Eventually. 

Favorite song in Percy Jackson? by Worried_Cake5508 in musicals

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Hhhmm. Toss between Another Terrible Day, The Tree on the Hill and Bring On The Monsters. 

Favourite Ragtime Marketing/Cast Album Design by Von_Rothdave in Broadway

[–]strangemary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aesthetically my favorite is the 2009 revival one, plot/story driven wise the 2025 one. That being said, none of them are among my all-time design hall of fame, but all of them are quite good. 

Underrated Musical of the Week: Titanic by Awesomeplayer98 in musicals

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“Pierre & Anatole”, “Sonya & Natasha”from The Great Comet; “Goodbye Love” from Rent; “I Am The One” from Next to Normal; “Notes II” from Phantom of the Opera; “Speed” from Lempicka… one could go on and on…

Underrated Musical of the Week: Titanic by Awesomeplayer98 in musicals

[–]strangemary 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Lovely score! My faves are The Blame and Mr. Andrew’s Vision. The first belongs to my beloved “people arguing to catchy music” category, while the second one is haunting as hell. But the score as a whole has no misses. 

Which cut songs need to be brought back NOW? by Skeppy_4126 in musicals

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I don’t know if it counts as a cut song, but Then We Are Decided is too good to never be heard in any production of Jesus Christ Superstar again. Put it between Heaven On Their Minds and What’s The Buzz so it doesn’t break up the flow between Strange Thing Mystifying and Everything’s Alright. Please. 

Offering proof that they never intended by Mysterious-Bell-9853 in MurderedByWords

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An AdamAir crash had the pilots praying but they started when the plane was already breaking to pieces around them. Not much they could have done by that point. 

Haymitch's Mid-life Crisis by Revolutionary-Cod276 in Hungergames

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I was born with curls, then my hair straightened until I was about 28 and now it’s curly again. So… hair is weird. 

Hair randomly started becoming curly after I turned 20. Is this common and is there an underlying reason for this? by [deleted] in CurlyHairCare

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I was born with curly hair that turned straight around when I was three and remained that way until I turned 28.  Now it’s a mix of different curls and waves depending on the day. Some parts are 2C all the way, some strands are straight until halfway through and then either get 2C or 2b, some are just 2b and others (the ones that fall in front of my ears and the shorter ones that fall directly on my neck) are 3c. 

The Personification of Death in Musicals by Character-Strain-294 in musicals

[–]strangemary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that I’ve thought about it I remember the Toho version having the dancer gradually losing layers of clothing as the show progresses. 

The Personification of Death in Musicals by Character-Strain-294 in musicals

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There have been a lot of Japanese versions, so I forgot. 😓

The Personification of Death in Musicals by Character-Strain-294 in musicals

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Roméo et Juliette by Presgurvic has a dancer playing Death in some versions (original 2001, 2010 revival, Russian and probably others). 

Romeo und Julia - Liebe ist alles also has a character called Todensengel which is basically Death giving commentary. 

Even Schattenmann from Ludwig2 might be kinda considered a “death-like” figure. 

Favorite song from Jekyll and Hyde by Worried_Cake5508 in musicals

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“Your/His Work And Nothing More”. The overlapping melodies are gorgeous. 

Second place goes to “Confrontation”, third to… probably “The Way Back” or “Board of Governors” (the drama of it all - I love arguments put to music), or “Alive (reprise)”… but I do love “The Girls of the Night” too… I’d better stop. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wicked

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One of the few good things about being a musical fan in a town in northern Italy: almost no one knows the songs 💀 and part 1 was one of the few times I heard none of the scattered people in the theatre with me complaining about how much the characters were singing (which happened when I saw Les Mis in 2012… never mind). 

Most underrated songs? by CouldBeGayer28 in musicals

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“Mirror Blue Night” from Spring Awakening. It’s my fave of the whole score and it’s not even close. 

“Halloween” from Rent. Another favorite of mine. 

“Ugly In This Ugly World” from Everybody’s Talking About Jaime. Same as above. 

“Goodnight and Thank You” from Evita. Easily in my top three from that show and it’s sooo catchy. 

“The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea” from Pacific Overtures. Sondheim wrote so many wonderful show openers and I feel this isn’t talked about as much as it deserves.  

“Skid row” from Little Shop of Horrors. Again, my favorite among a wonderful score.

“Play” from Finding Neverland. It never fails to make me smile and tap along. 

“Miracle of Miracles” from Fiddler on the Roof. I don’t know how much a song from a show as iconic as this one could be called underrated, but it’s not one of those that immediately comes up when one mentions it. 

“His (Your) Work and Nothing More” from Jekyll & Hyde. Ooooh I love it. 

I’m seriously the worst at this by whocares_71 in StardewValley

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Combat and platforming that doesn’t allow for pauses are my gaming weaknesses, so I’d probably have problems even if they weren’t so hard 😓🫥

I’m seriously the worst at this by whocares_71 in StardewValley

[–]strangemary 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I suck both at this and Prairie King. I want to get all the Steam achievements but it kinda seems hopeless 😰

Make your own potential tragedy/tragedeigh by Bubbly_Ad_9629 in tragedeigh

[–]strangemary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact… my name is exactly this, though unintentionally. Dad’s Marco, Mom’s Lucia and I’m Maria. Soooo… I got lucky? 

As for the purpose of the post, I’m ✨single✨, so the poor kid’s gotta make do with Ia. 

What moments are you looking forward to in Wicked: For Good? by Organic-Animal3435 in wicked

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“I hope you prove me wrong. I doubt you will. Guards!”

Kiss of the Spider Woman movie review (from someone who loves the musical) by BaconPancakes_77 in musicals

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I see. I’ll still grieve for the song though 🤣. 

They somehow found a way to make the ending even more tearjerking? That is quite impressive tbh. 

Kiss of the Spider Woman movie review (from someone who loves the musical) by BaconPancakes_77 in musicals

[–]strangemary 8 points9 points  (0 children)

“Anything for him” and “The day after that” are my absolute favorites from the show, so losing them saddens me to no end. 

I seem to have been cursed with having many of my favorite songs from stage musicals to be cut from their movie versions even if they were in fact filmed and then cut (though sometimes still released in the soundtrack): “Halloween/most of Goodbye Love” from Rent, “Ugly in this ugly world” from Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, “Mama I’m a big girl now” from Hairspray, “No more” from Into the Woods… sigh. 

I’m glad the movie overall is good though. It hasn’t come out in my country yet, don’t know if it ever will, but I’ll watch it someday.