#trogblogging

in no particular order:

JD from heathers

professor callahan from legally blonde

emmett from legally blonde

dewey from school of rock

ned from school of rock

the baker from into the woods

orpheus from hadestown

billy flynn from chicago

mr tinsworthy from 9 to 5 (this one's niche as fuck but i strongly believe it)

beetlejuice from beetlejuice

ricky from ride the cyclone

the emcee from cabaret

more roles for female altos (always good)

makes her a more complex villain - women can become the enforcers of patriarchy and stereotyping the same as men

creates a subtext of internalised misogyny at the heart of the story - it's a different idea to you know. externalised misogyny but i think it contrasts the theme of female solidarity in a way that makes the story more compelling to me

she becomes more of a foil to elle by way of showing a woman who has succeeded in law so much that she is feared by all her students but (in the way i would direct it) had to divorce herself from any physical femininity to do so and now resents that expression of femininity in Elle (and takes advantage of her because of it)

it could be possible to present her as a potential future for Vivian, who could grow more and more similar to her in terms of costume as the story progresses, and then return to her original style by the end. this would imply that Vivian idealises Callahan and increasingly pretends to be something she is not, making her "to thine own self be true" ending (which by the way is from hamlet which is another play i'm insane about!!!!!) even more resonant as elle has inspired her to do so herself

now, you may be asking, But Trog, doesn't this make the show more homophobic than it already is? (see: gay or European, Enid being not harmful just stereotypical) to which i would reply, well yes, yes it kind of does

BUT

here comes the second part

female emmett!!!!!

see i tricked you there's actually two queerifications in this post

pitch for female emmett:

again with roles for altos

makes the story really all about women in law

makes her "chip on [her] shoulder" and drive to succeed in an industry stacked against working class people even more compelling to the audience as she's a woman doing this in a male dominated industry

makes her arc falling in love with elle beyond her appearance and loving her in a more full way than warner did also take on the role of showing a positive WLW and positive WLW characters that contrast the surface level and performative hetero one

am i wrong for wanting an equivalent to 'boy' or 'girl' that i can use when reminiscing about when i was a little.... person?

a Little Person is its own identity and disability that i am not a part of. let me be something else.

am i wrong for not just wanting to be someone's partner? if i can't be a 'girlfriend' or a 'boyfriend' then i must be a ____friend? personfriend? don't be ridiculous.

and 'enby' doesnt cut it either, i'm not an 'enby' because i'm not nonbinary. i'm gender neutral in a different, less palatable way.

'NB' is a term used by the Black community to refer to non-Black people, so i do not want to speak over that original definition.

am i wrong for wanting to be something other than a fanperson? wanting to start something other than a personband?

is it problematic that i want something even slightly less cold and clinical? if i want to be acknowledged as more than just the complete bare minimum of being a person?

can i not be a part of the fun, silly, childish side of language too?

an obscure/hyper specific word that describes an emotion, feeling or experience relevant to the fic (bonus points if the description is the definition, bonus bonus points if its in a language thats not english)

crane wives lyric

line from a book, play or poem (bonus points if that piece of literature becomes relevant in the fic)

sentence so long it could be a fall out boy song title

question that someone later in the fic asks/answers

the amazing devil lyric

some kind of pun

if the fic is for a musical: lyric/title from a song in that musical but reapplied in a different context

first and last line of the fic (bonus points if there's an alternative title in slashes or parenthesis somewhere on the fic)