where's my little girl?

Me, reading all this:

You and me:

“Line Without a Hook” - Ricky Montgomery

Oh, baby, I am a wreck when I'm without you

I need you here to stay

I broke all my bones that day I found you

Crying at the lake

Was it something I said to make you

Feel like you're a burden?

Oh, and if I could take it all back

I swear that I would pull you from the tide

//

“An Act Of Kindness” - Bastille

An act of kindness

Is what you showed to me

It caught me by surprise

In this town of glass and ice

Kindness, so many people passed me by

But you warmed me to my core

And you left me wanting more

//

“The Man Who Laughs” by Victor Hugo

[Dea] had learned what Gwynplaine had done for her, from Ursus, to whom he had related his rough journey from Portland to Weymouth […]. She knew that when an infant dying upon her dead mother, suckling a corpse, a being scarcely bigger than herself had taken her up; […] Where every one else would have hesitated, he had advanced; that where every one else would have drawn back, he consented; that [Gwynplaine] had put his hand into the jaws of the grave and drawn out her—Dea. […]

In the ideal, kindness is the sun; and Gwynplaine dazzled Dea.

//

Audrey Brisson & Louis Maskell as Dea & Grinpayne in “The Grinning Man,” Bristol Old Vic 2016

How could I have known a prince would find me in the snow?

i think this is my favorite way to draw Grinpayne

1) evan hansen is forgave for his actions (at least mostly) and honestly suffers zero real consequences for his actions? which basically sends a message of “if youre a young /tragically/ mentally ill boy then you can get away with whatever the fuck you want” and gets the idea across really well.

2) the music in this is like? really mediocre? sincerely, me is the only good song tbh the rest of it sounds super generic

3) none of the characters are even vaguely likeable, save for evan’s mom who evan treats like fucking shit even though she’s working her ass off and idk maybe its just bc i had a mom who worked multiple jobs and was never around but i understood why she wasnt and i was actually grateful for her sacrifice? unlik fuckin evan hansen over here who is a rude piece of shit

4) maybe this is more aimed at the fandom than the show itself, but i really dont get why evan/connor is?? a thing?? their only REAL interactions are violent and not? romantic at all? but hey i mean whatever yall gotta do to fetishize teenage gay boys and shove em into unrealistic relationships together. i guess.

5) what exactly?? is the point of this story?? bc our shitty main character literally doesnt even learn a lesson at the end? oh, was it supposed to be ~no one is alone~ bc all i saw was a selfish white boy taking advantage of another family’s suffering for attention.

6) in addition to the nuances of mental illness being overlooked, theyre also heavily romanticized? also no one ever actually gives a shit about connor, only the fake version evan made up. to, uh. get attention

7) do you guys not realize that this show is just pandering? they put out a show with an anxious, suicidal main character, gave you another boy to ship him with, made him be pissy at his parents and then? never got any repercussions for any of it. how does no one see what wild tumblr bait that is??? YOUNG TEENAGERS CAN RELATE TO EVAN. it also spreads a horrible message that all your misdoings will be forgiven if youre mentally ill which isnt. fucking true. the writer of this article was right– suicide and mental illness-based media is making TONS of money rn. so of course they throw a show abt it onto broadway! and you all fell for the bait!

jokes? Y’all want jokes?