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I would like to introduce it to you in the following context: it was August 2022, I returned to Ukraine for the first time since evacuating in March and was going through baby's first in a while air raid (in Odesa). I texted my best friend, who never left Kyiv, saying that I'm scared to go to sleep in case I wake up having died of a missile or whatever. She put on her very best Yoda face and bestowed upon me the following:

"1. Їбане так їбане." (Yibane tak yibane).

Now, this is extremely hard to explain, but I will try, to the best of my ability.

So, the basic meaning of it is: "If it strikes, it strikes". However, the verb for "strike" here is derived from the profane root word which basically means "to fuck". So a closer stylistic choice would be, "If it fucks you up, it fucks you up", or "If your ass gets struck, your ass gets struck". This is usually spoken before the person decides to ignore the air raid, set aside the feeling of impending doom and go to sleep.

That wasn't the end:

"2. І взагалі навряд чи їбане. (But in general it probably won't.)

3. Але якщо їбане - так їбане. (But if it strikes, then it strikes)."

That night I slept like a baby and didn't, in fact, wake up dead.

So if you are currently dealing with the impending doom around horrors you have no control over, take the wisdom of Ukrainians who have been grappling with horrors beyond comprehension for over three years now (some longer):

Їбане так їбане.

І взагалі навряд чи їбане.

misha doesn't know how to write in english and if you don't agree then whatever 😾

If you think he knew how to write in english it would be kinda sloppy and unsteady because he's trying to remember the symbols and not put Ukrainian characters

He knows how to speak it of course, he's a very smart man but yknow it's kinda hard to learn how to write different languages sometimes espe if they have different characters

MISHA IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST CHARACTER IN RTC

Nothing againt you personally but the way english speakers really have no idea how a person that is learning english operates is so funny??? Like in fanfiction or even in TV shows sometimes like they really are clueless. Either perfect grammar and toddler vocabulary or borderline caveman grammar and weirdly high level words...

I originally wrote this in response to @sleepboysummer 's post about wanting to bring back the "imaginary rtc production in my head' trend, but it got so long I felt like it deserved it's own post. And then that got so long that I had to split it into multiple parts 😅

Anyway, here's my concept for what I would want for a Ride The Cyclone movie. This part covers everything from the beginning (Introduction + Uranium Suite) to "Talia".

The majority of the movie is shot in live-action, but colored in sepia (Think like the Wizard of Oz but while Dorothy is still in Kansas). The coloring is meant to represent how dreary the choir felt like their lives were living in Uranium.

Karnak will be a life-size animatronic creature puppet from Jim Henson's Creature shop.

The warehouse, despite presumably being abandoned for years, appears to look no worse for wear (for now). Sure, lots of old carnival stuff is stored here. Yet for some reason, nothing seems to have fallen into significant disrepair. It just looks kinda old.

Karnak's opening dialogue will have different jokes depending on whether the audience is watching the movie in theaters vs if they're watching it on home video. The theater version can keep the "armrest bit". But the home video will have it's own joke to replace it.

The first half of "Uranium Suite" is shown as a flashback. We see the choir in competition, snippets of them getting their fortunes read and enjoying the other rides at the carnival, then boarding the doomed Cyclone rollercoaster.

When Karnak says the line "hurtling the children to their deaths", we watch the choir's rollercoaster cart fly off the loopty-loop. But rather than hitting the ground, they stay floating through the air for a while. It's only when they say the lines "round and round and round" when they slowly start to descend toward the ground. Right when they're about to crash and hit the ground, the scene changes. We see the choir land in the warehouse, their souls summoned by Karnak. They get back up, almost robotically, and perform some (Karnak-controlled) choreography for the end of the song.

When it comes to the choir's individual songs, the visuals change to animation. And to reflect the individuality of the choir members, every song uses a different art style.

"What the World Needs" will use 3D CGI animation that has a classic Disney/Pixar look to it. This is meant to reflect multiple aspects at once (the happy/poppy style of the song, Ocean's bubbly personality, etc.)

During her number, Ocean dons a dramatic costume change. She's got a bright pink power suit (think like if Barbie was a businesswoman)

After her number, the world returns to normal (live-action and sepia). We see Ocean standing on the human pyramid wearing a loose pink necktie. This is meant to show that the animated sequences are "dreams" acted out by the choir. The costume pieces they get in real life were from storage.

"Noel's Lament" is animated in 2D black and white animation. Think like the classic Betty Boop cartoons from the 1930s. Additionally, his entire song is recorded through a radio filter (think like how Alastor sounds in Hazbin Hotel). That way it really makes him sound like he's from the "olden days".

"This Song is Awesome" will have a gritty, graffiti type art style. Whereas "Talia" will be done entirely in watercolor.

The transition from "This Song is Awesome" to "Talia" will be different from the stage version. "This Song is Awesome" will be framed like Mischa's dream bachelor party. We see him living it up as a world-famous rapper, partying with his friends, then taking the private jet to Ukraine. When he says "And then I see this girl. Shawty." at the end of "This Song is Awesome", there's a visual gap between where Mischa is standing (still in the graffiti art style) and where Talia is standing (in watercolor). We can hear the beginning notes of "Talia" being played in the background. Noel leans close to Mischa and asks, "Who's that?", referring to Talia in front of them. Mischa says, "That is my girlfriend. I was saving up to move back to Ukraine just to see her. Natalia Muruska Bolinska." As he says her name, Mischa steps between the gap, changing his appearance (and the rest of their surroundings along with him) to the "Talia" watercolor style.

Blind/ partially blind Jane

Since Jane lost her head, she also lost her memory, and Ive been seeing lots of headcannons that she’s always reaching out with her hands because she doesn’t remember, but her body does.

But what if she’s reaching out because she also can’t see?

It would give another reason for her reaching out, and it would add yet another layer of representation to the musical.

A lot of the Janes I’ve seen always have this blank, doll-eyes stare, almost as if she’s looking through the other choir members.

But what if she just can’t see them? (Or can’t see them well?)

It makes me so sad to think that the people from her past are right there, and she can’t even see them.

• gets absolutely freaked out whenever someone is even a little unwell because of his mom. Will diagnose every cancer possible. This is how he learned organs and body parts names in English.

• can braid hair surprisingly well?? Like very difficult braids too??

• will sleep absolutely anywhere but an actual bed. Once freaked noel out by falling asleep under his kitchen table.

• does not understand the concept of the words "the" and "a" Ocean just gave up after a while. He puts it wherever he pleases. Frequently says that grammar is for losers.

• can curse in like 12 languages. Uses his French knowledge constantly to make noel laugh

• cannot spell but has really neat handwriting . Makes ocean want to rip her hair out because his cursive is better than hers, but he spells like a toddler. Will purposely write his rap songs with a really bad handwriting to seem cooler.

• eats at taco bell only for noel. Absolutely despises the food.

• shoplifted a bright red lipstick for noel once.

•makes jokes about ocean being short. Constantly. At any occasion. Crouches to her eye level solely to annoy her. Also about her being a ginger.

• talks to Ricky's cats in Ukrainian.

• does not know how to tie a tie. It's not a choice.

“SINCE WHEN DO YOU KNOW BULGARIAN??”

and then, in recent productions that are set in modern day, it absolutely backfiring at them and unintentionally making his backstory 10 times more traumatic than they intended without any need to mention the very bad thing™

- He is terrified of dogs, all of them

- He wears a chain with a locket on it, one side is a picture of his mother and the other is a picture of Talia

- He lets Noel paint his nails sometimes

- He has really bad rage problems when it comes to video games, usually because Ricky always beats him at any game

- That man is bisexual

- He is terrible at driving, specifically parking, like he will park diagonally across two spaces and just shrug and leave it there

- He watched the Blue Angel so he would know what Noel is talking about when he rants about the film

- Huge stoner but never does it in front of Ocean, not because he doesn’t wanna get yelled at, but because he knows her relationship it due to her parents

- Doesn’t do well in school because the teachers assume his understanding of English is poor, when in reality he was one of the top of his class back in Ukraine

- Ricky’s cats absolutely adore him and he loves them too

Firstly, it just cannot be his legal name on the documents. Mischa is always short for Mykhailo (equivalent to English Michael). Secondly, Bachinski is actually the Russian spelling of his surname, and, well, there was little chance of the writers using the correct form back in 2008. Ukrainian spelling is Bachynskyi! Thirdly, in Ukrainan and some other Slavic languages every person is supposed to have their father's name attached to their name. For example, if your father is Taras, and you are Andriy, than you would be Andriy Tarasovych. We do not know Mischa's dad's name, so for the sake of this exploration I'm just gonna go with Mykola (I just like this name and it is popular enough). That turns Mischa Bachinski into Mykhailo Bachynskyi Mykolayoch (Михайло Бачинський Миколайович)