Six The Musical Aesthetics

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six the musical - west end “live” 2020

❝if “i love you” was a promise would you break it, if you’re honest?❞

(I mean it’s really hard to decide because there’s no DEFINITIVE versions of the queens you know? Different actresses and alternates play the queens in different ways so even though one of my friends might be WE!Aragon to the core, they might be nothing like Tour!Aragon or US!Aragon. That’s why usually like to pick multiple)

But hmmm okay so:

Aragon: still @/boleynssixthfinger

Boleyn: still @/tenpin-boleyn

Seymour: still @/toomanyfamdom

Cleves: THIS is the queen that’s so hard to get a read on. Just on principle of me always arguing that Cleves is actually very soft and sweet deep down inside and is really just doing this competition to make some friends and have a good time, I’ll have to go with @tudor-thorns . But that’s me basing it off Lexi!Cleves. If I was given the option to choose another alternate performance, I would definitely say @/six-aesthetic is Vicki!Cleves or maybe even Genesis!Cleves. But she’s defo not Lexi!Cleves (sorry Suzie you know ily)

Howard: I’m going to go with @pinklipglosses here, since she literally IS the reincarnation of Katherine, even down to having a similar physical description

Parr: still @/thinkaboutitmaybe

Hey love! This isn’t explained badly at all, I totally understand what you mean ❤️❤️. I did a few friends for some queens because I couldn’t decide 😭

Aragon: @boleynssixthfinger gives me some Aragon vibes, like really dependable and mature you know?

Boleyn: @tenpin-boleyn no explanation needed

Seymour: I’m honestly not sure...I’m usually the seymour of the group you know? Maybe @toomanyfamdom since they’re really sweet

Cleves: @tudor-thorns and @six-aesthetic super chill people but super loyal

Howard: @parrlyn-for-the-win @pinklipglosses and @brookeravenclaw because they’re my babies. Enough said.

Six AU:

Patton as Catherine of Aragon

Remus as Anne Boleyn

Virgil as Jane Seymour

Deceit as Anna of Cleves

Roman as Katherine Howard

Logan as Catherine Parr

Allow me to explain my casting choices:

"my loyalty is to the Vatican" - Patton in canon is closely tied to Thomas's religious beliefs as we've seen in the last episode. Also "been humble, been loyal, I've tried to swallow my pride all along" feels very much like something Patton does regularly. Even when he is mocked and belittled he hardly says anything and he had an entire arc about fake smiling through his pain.

Very flirty and inappropriate, saying whatever comes to mind without a filter. "politics - not my thing". Because it requires careful word choice and self control. Also green sleeves, green is Remus's color. Which speaking of, "well my sleeves may be green but my lipstick's red", is definitely something Remus would say.

Now usually I'd cast Virgil as Catherine Parr, the survivor. But I started thinking about everything Virgil went through, in canon, for people who didn't even see his efforts and didn't appreciate him. Sure that story eneded much better but it's proof that he would stick around for anyone he cares for even if they don't really care for him nearly as much.

Anna's story is all about deception, how looks can be deceiving but also how lies and truths are all subjective. "you said that I tricked ya, cuz I didn't look like my profile picture, too bad I don't agree", meaning what he sees as deception she sees as him having poor taste. And that's exactly the kind of sass and philosophy I can see Deceit having. Also just "as he takes my fur" imagine Deceit in a fancy dress and fur coat instead of his suit and cape I could literally die.

This is always my favorite and so far unchanged casting choice. Roman and Katherine both talk a big game but they don't want sex nearly as much as they pretend. They'd rather have companionship, whether it be Romantic or platonic, they just really want someone to be there for them with no fucking involved. (catch me sneaking in my ace Roman headcanon). But in both their cases, they are weighed down by society's expectations of them as attractive individuals. Also I fucking live for Roman angst. (us fic authors love to torture our faves).

Finally, Logan would be Parr the survivor, because he had the brains about him not to fuck anything up. Everything about Catherine screams Logan to me. She was a writer, she fought for women's rights, she knew what she had to do to survive a marriage with the king, and she was generally just so done with everyone's shit.