Now Iām interested in your dadās take. If itās not invasive, please share?
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HI HELLO!!!!!! Iād happy to share, I love talking about these things!!!!! It might get a bit rant-y but I promise Iām just trying to cover all bases :]
Some context: my dad grew up with cats, specifically the 1983 broadway album, which means that while heās never seen the 1998 movie, he has seen the show live 2-3 times, (my family is pretty musical-my grandma saw the og show with Betty Buckley, and Iāve never been more jealous of anybody in my entire life).
So: we were talking about stuff and nonsense and I explained the newsies vs cats poll. Obviously he knew a bit about both shows, as Iād recently been in newsies and made him watch the Broadway version.
He of course immediately started talking about how many criticisms you could do of each show. It quickly devolved into him bitching about Skimbleshanks and Santa Fe, because he hates both of them in equal measure, (although Santa Fe may take the cake. He despises the entire plot line).
I brought up the criticism that many musical fans seem to have about cats: āitās not about anythingā or āit doesnāt have a theme/plot.ā
āThatās just blatantly not true, munkustrap, (I called him gray cat guy in the conversion), explains the plot in the third song. You know, jellicles go to the jellicle layer, blah blah blah.ā
āWell, sure,ā said he, ābut whatās the show really about then?ā
āUhhhhh,ā I said, it being like 11 o clock at night, āitās mostly about second chances and forgiveness, right?ā
To which he said, no. Cats is about pride. More specifically, ego death.
All of the cats are prideful. The Rum Tum Tugger, obviously, but also the Gumbie cat, the old theater cat was the best thereās ever been, as featherfore-whatever his name was. You know, even the stupid train cat. Theyāre all walking around talking about how great they are, or were, except Grizabella.
She just says āhey, Iām here, Iām done, Iām down and out, and Iāve got nothing and no one. Iām just here. Times were great, but without the memory, I have nothingā
And thatās why theyāre like YES. You get to go the heavyside layer. You get it. You deserve your second life.
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hi :] what's your favourite cats replica or non-replica? also any costumes you really like? šŗšŗ
hi hello!!!! Sorry I didnāt answer this for a week, I got sick and then got depressed. It seems to have left for a minute so here we go!!! :D
Iām not real knowledgeable when it comes to specific non-replicas, I havenāt seen Warsaw yet, I know thatās one of the main ones, and a lot of the cool looking ones donāt have boots or any sort of recordings ššš
But, one of the non-reps thatās never going to leave me alone is Thunerseespiele 2017. Not only is it a German production, using the Vienna translation which is my favorite, but the costumes are SO gorgeous. The wigs make them look like raggedy Ann dolls, and Iāll never get over it.
I refuse to believe that thereās NO recording of the show, because they have plenty of high quality clips for a trailer, and it just doesnāt seem right that someone would make something this cool and then just. Not record it.
Victoria is a standout costume. She looks so gorgeous, Iām so unbelievably jealous that I donāt look like this. Honorable mentions to Thunerseespiele Bombalurina, Grizabella, and Sillabub
As for favorite productions in general, I have a whole playlist of my favorites, and itās really hard to choose a favorite, but just in terms of translation, German productions just hit really, really hard for some reason. Maybe itās because I can kind of understand it, but mostly I just think the language fits really well. My best examples are Tecklenburgās āMacavity,ā and āAuftritt Grizabellaā on Spotify.
Majestic. 10/10. Like if the galaxy was a whale. Shark.
2. Jackrabbits/Hares
They know everything I wish I knew. They know where the rivers run. They know when the stones fall. I also wrote a story about Jackrabbits that Iām really proud of :)
3. Cats. I tried to look up pictures but there were too many perfect ones. So og Bluebelle from Munich <3
4. Evil birds (crow, blue heron)
Crow because theyāre smart, funny, and fun for drawing. Heron because it haunts me. Fell asleep during a practice test, and jumped awake because it appeared in a flash. Iām still afraid Iāll see it in my sleeps
babes i am SO sorry :{ i donāt check my asks very often and when i do they sometimes just. wont register. ahem anyhow !!! iāve been thinking about bluebelle a lot lately so hooray! this is probably way past relevancy, but better late than never :)
2. What sort of music do they like? different genres or bands? favorite song?
Bluebelle likes comforting, nature-adjacent music, think Aurora Asknes, Yaelokre, maybe Liana Flores, rather than more personalized, experience based music. She would like weird ambient playlists on youtube with 1.5k views, with weird synth and the works.
very! itās sort of in a DIY way, as there was no one really to teach her sewing techniques, or similar skills. Living mostly alone, (hopefully not for long (motivation PLEASE bless me this summer)), she has to fend for herself, and becomes a bit of a scavenger for the things that she needs, and makes do with what is available to her. sheās a tough gal, even if she doesnāt think so :)
15. How big or small is their family? who did they live with growing up?
This is actually very embarrassing on my part, i have not given much thought to her upbringing and family. i have small inklings that her mother was likely along longer than her father, and that she doesnāt have any siblings. iāve floated around relations with otherās ocs, but never finalized anything lol.
Not having parents around isnāt some sort of traumatic abandonment or loss for her, (though iām sure she wishes they hadnāt left), but simply the way things go to her. itās not like her mother hated her, it was just the way that things ended up. Bluebelle floated around as a kit, in different families of cats and humans, before finally settling on being alone.
23. How would you describe her voice? Can they sing?
her voice is lower than you would think from someone with her shy demeanor, with a mix of different, strange vocal affectations from all the cats that she lived with when she was younger. accents waver in and out on certain words, but the most noticeable, especially on specific phrases, are casual english, irish, and welsh.
bluebelle can definitely sing, but not in a āsingerā way. no big vibrato or vocal technique, more of a āi love music and i am alive :)ā
in my head, iād say she sounds like a slightly lower, slightly nervous jemima. if i ever find a match, i will run screaming with joy to tumblr, i can promise that.
26. how do they move? are they clumsy? light on their feet? do they use mobility aids?
as a result of her tersichorium powers, bluebelle is quite graceful? but not in the sense that she is pirouetting around, more as if she is sort of walking on air. probably clumsy sometimes, who isnāt, but generally, she moves in a smooth, unremarkable way that leaves you very surprised that she is suddenly standing right next to you.
33. how would other characters describe them? those around them?
mostly kind. a good listener who asks a lot of questions so she can fully understand a situation or problem. hardworking? maybe a little lonely. on occasion frightened. hidden inside her shell probably. devoted.
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I watched the first ep of fraggle rock, I am in awe. Brings me back to when I watched dvd and cassettes as a kid. I'm not sure I caught any of the names but I adore the red haired lil dude being utterly terrified of the dogs ball. the big purple puppet being so soft spoken is one of my favourite character tropes. Looking forwards to watching this in the evenings
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY THIS MAKES ME!!!! MY PROPAGANDA IS SPREADING!!!
Iām SO glad you watched and had a good time!!! The fraggles are my favorite little guys in the whole wide universe theyāre SO cute
The soft spoken one is Mokey!!!
Sheās so cute and I adore how she moves and talks compared to the others.
THE RED HAIRED SCAREDY CAT IS BOOBER I LOVE HIM FOREVER AND EVER!!!!
I NEED TO BE HIM SO BAD, HES JUST LIKE ME FR!!!!!! (Credit to @icetobes for this adorable image (itās my profile pic for so many things now))
The little green one is WEMBLY šššš
(Theyāre so so so so so so cute Iām literally gonna throw up the them forever <333333)
Heās just a green little guy!!! Heās very special to me!!! My anxious little dude!!!
Then thereās RED
CHAOS INCARNATE. JACK OF ALL TRADES! Truly just the best girl ever. I love you red
last but not least GOBO!!!!
Heās such a BITCH I love him so much. Heās so sassy his accent is so cute n funny. I love how in seasons 3 and 4 they just give him these silly ass hats. No explanation. He just wears them now
EEEEEEEEE I HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST TIME EVERā¼ļøā¼ļøā¼ļø feel free to send me any of your thoughts and opinions I love listening to people talk about things!!!!!
Can you info dump about bluebelle, Iām very curious about her :3
SORRY THIS TOOK A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS I WANTED IT TO BE PERFECT
Hi hello!!!!! I will very gladly talk about Bluebelle, sheās the love of my life forever :D ššššš
Important note: Iām a very um dramatic person when it comes to creating oc backstories. I am nothing if not a little bit pretentious, and giving ocs weird and angsty backstories is my passion project, and thatās part of the reason it took so long to collect my thoughts, and come up with something concrete, (or as concrete as possible)
Iāll start with facts about her that I like and then backstory regarding the fabled music box :))
-her design/colors are based off of a stuffed animal I bought in Munich :)
-the songs I most associate with her, (I have a playlist because I wanted one), are probably A Dangerous Thing/Everything Matters by AURORA, The Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker, and I came to your party dressed as a shadow. Adore those songs
-the only jellicles that she has met, (by choice), are Victoria, Misto, Plato, and Demeter. Or rather, Demeter knows of her, but Bluebelle doesnāt know Demeter
-this is mostly bc sheās pretty paranoid about meeting new people, and prefers to stick to her people. It took her a while to warm up to Plato, but eventually she got used to him
-this is also despite Vicciās best efforts to convince Bluebelle to at the very least meet Jemima
-SPEAKING OF JEMIMA, if you havenāt heard, hereās my little jellicle magic theory: The catās magic relates to their eyes, just vaguely. Jemima and Misto each have white eyes, and you may have noticed, Bluebelle has those eyes as well. Because sheās. Blue. And thatās not a typical cat color, I figured I should just run with it. I see Bluebelleās magic as a combination of Jemima and Victoria! Yes, Victoria is magic to me and thatās not just because sheās lovely and beautiful, but because of the way she uses the music in the show, and the way some productions seem to use her as a metaphor for the Jellicle moon, relating it to her dancing. This is especially true for me when I hc Vicci as deaf, because it implies some sort of magic when her solo syncs with the music. Bluebelle has the same sort of music and dance magic as Victoria, and the same sort of eerie unearthly-ness of Jemima. Basically I combined all my favorite girlies into one and made her <33
Really incoherent n convoluted story under the cut lolllll
Iāve always imagined the music box has something Bluebelle has had since she was very young, as in some of her earliest memories are of the tune it plays. Her mother probably gave it to her before both of her parents disappeared like they were in a Disney movie. The point is that itās one of her favorite things, and she loves dancing to it. Victoria loves the song as well, and they sometimes practice using the music box, and things continue as so until Misto appears, and starts practicing with them.
Because Misto insists that no music is coming out of the music box. He canāt hear a single note.
Neither can Plato, or any of the other jellicles, when Victoria borrows it, and plays the song for everyone else in the junkyard, (Bluebelle doesnāt go with her-sheād rather not meet the others, for fear they wonāt like her, or will tell Victoria to stop visiting her).
No one else can hear the music. No one except, of course, for Jemima and the psychic twins.
Bluebelle starts to ask around town, playing it for different cats, until she finds an older tom, not far, though she doesnāt know it, from the Junkyard.
He canāt hear the music box of course, but he tells her that heās bit of a collector of magical artifacts. Perhaps heāll have something similar in his collection.
Would she like to take a look?
Bluebelle declines. Declines at least, to visit him on this night. She hands him the music box, and instructs him to take it back to his den, and look for himself. They will meet in the same place the next day, and if he cannot find anything, then she will go and see for herself.
The next morning, they meet again. He tells her that heās sorry, he couldnāt find anything that matched the box, and that in his haste to meet her on time, heād left the box behind. The tomcat invites her to his den, and again, she declines, saying she will visit on a later date, that she already has plans.
Bluebelle follows him home, and hides in wait. She watches as his friends gather to scheme, and doesnāt notice the staring of a golden queen hanging off the arm of a blood orange tom.
The acquaintances leave, and the old cat retires to his den. The fire is almost out, leaving her to sneak into the other tent.
ā¦blood seeps from every item in the cramped space, leaving it to drip from the walls and stain the ground scarlet.
He is not only a collector of magical artifacts, but a collector of queens, as well. The music box is the only thing unmarred by the red, so she steals it back.
She swears she can hear him howling the whole trip.
Bluebelle doesnāt tell Victoria what happens. She tells her to steer clear of the cat who could very be Bluebelleās father, with a coat as vibrant as the sea, and Victoria doesnāt ask any questions.
Bluebelle doesnāt want to meet any of the other jellicles after that. She barely wants to talk to anyone ever again, with the exception of the few cats she already knows.
She and Victoria still dance to the music box though. Misto tries to follow along.