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JANE DOE FROM RTC. I can hit the high notes but I fear I am an alto and sound better in lower roles. Also I can act like her I just have to stop masking /hj

But unfortunately my school can only do musicals appropriate for young kids (we're a K-12 school) and the local community theatre doing ride the cyclone you have to be 18+ so 💔 probably not gonna do ride the cyclone ahshshs

honorable mention to Jeremy heere from bmc, I could play him very well because my range is within the range they have him sing in, and I kinda act like him, but I fear I am afab non binary (though i do play a man in the current production im in..) and again my school is a K-12 school so no 💔

theatre kids of tumblr. reblog this with that one role you know you’d be good for but you’ll never get

for me it’s hermes from hadestown. also maybe skimbleshanks but i think i could get that one if local theatre group did cats.

wow you guys LOVE this post i’ve gotten like 10 notes in the past ten minutes. i’d like to add that i would make an AMAZING orpheus because my range is the same and also i play guitar. unfortunately they do not love the concept of orpheus being a transmasc teenager. so

Having a Squip like that must suck.

Having a Squip like that must suck.

Michael, drinking two slushies at once: ‘sup

J.D: *pulls a slushy out of nowhere* ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

“What’s that musical? The one where we see a teenager’s life go downhill after the death of a classmate?”

“No, I mean, uh— the one where technology basically fucks up with everyone”

“Actually, I mean the one in which a kid almost destroys the school”

“No wait, the kid let’s themselves be influenced by something that no one else can see”

Places I am hanging: The bathroom

The party that the bathroom is in: Biggest of the fall

Places I could stay: Right here

Other things I could do: Disappear

People who'd even notice: Nobody at all

How I used to feel: Fine

What I used to be: Half of a pair

Whose fault this is: Not mine

Where my other half is: Not there

Who I am now: Just Michael

Where I am: In the bathroom

Who I am: Michael

Where I am: In the bathroom

Where the bathroom is: At a party

How long it's been: Forget

Who I am: Michael

Where I am: In the bathroom

Who I am: Michael

Where I am: In the bathroom

Where the bathroom is: At a party

Can people come in: No

What I am doing: Waiting it out

What I am waiting for: Time to leave

What I am also doing: Picking at grout

What I do as I pick at grout: Softly grieve

Who I am: Michael who you don't know

What I am doing: Flying solo

Who I am: Michael

Where I am: In the bathroom

Who I am with: By himself, all by himself!

Inspired by this one Michael In The Bathroom video with an excessive amount of hotel: Trivago jokes

DELAYED DUETS from SUNDAYS ON THE COUCH WITH GEORGE - Joe Iconis (Episod...

This is insanely silly and wholesome, love love love love love love love love love love love love!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Lol

Also, Jenna is just overall an icon, she is so underappreciated, I love her so much 🥰🥰🥰

Shout out to Jenna not questioning Michael saying he's having his period, Jenna said trans rights y'all, slaaaaaaaaay queen 🥰🥰🥰

Yo, I just realised that the shirt Will Roland is wearing in the video for the acoustic version of Loser Geek Whatever has little USB symbols on, and yeah, thought that was cool and also appropriate lol

We don't know for certain Michael has two moms, do we? We just know he has more than one. He could have three, four, five, seven, twelve, twenty-seven, a hundred, he could have found an infinite moms glitch for all we know!

Boyf riends: I think I'm in love with you

so basically I found myself scrolling through wedding speech tiktok the other day and it got me so unbelievably mushy and these boys are the only way I can process my feelings rn so mix in drawing this to the tomodachi life soundtrack and we get a 10/10 unnecessarily emotional experience I just I love them so much you guys it's actually a problem

I dunno how to share two posts in the same part but this is the other part

Yaaaaaaaaaas 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I headcanon all my children as neurodivergent, they're all so relatable. Also y'all should totally 'embrace the traits that make you so odd', neurodivergent or otherwise, cause y'all are like soooooo rad :D

Tbh I don't know what 'say it like you mean it' means either lol :)

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy I found it in a random newsagents

Tastes pretty much like it says on the can: like regular mountain dew but with a little cherry. I mean I bought it for the bit, but it's nice :) I mean I won't be buying it regularly cos it's an American import so it's like £2 but it was good to try. Not planning on getting a SQUIP so I shall be ok lol :)

Aight, I don't think I've ever heard out The SQUIP Stalks, it's good!

I was reading the lyric booklet along with the Broadway album and I found that SQUIP calls Jeremy bae in Be More Chill Part 1 and I'm not sure how to feel about this :/

Also does anyone else find the text is like, super tiny? Like, I had to borrow my mom's reading glasses. I mean I don't know if I'm just blind, this is a possibility, but like I swear I can normally read CD booklets? I dunno. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Top tier BMC analysis

Christine Canigula was socially ostracized & developed a complex to protect herself: an essay

(suddenly i NEED to infodump about Christine actually so here)

Something I only noticed on rewatch: the way Christine will say something silly and then just kind of gingerly wait to see if Jeremy reacts well to it before continuing, almost like she's asking permission?? (e.g. the gap after the first stanza of "Play Rehearsal"). And it's only after he riffs off her bowling alley bit that she feels comfortable talking about her personal feelings with him (right before "Guy that I'd Kinda be Into"). The same happens with their "weird noise" exchange immediately before "It's pretty killer to sit and chat with you." I know theater relies on being succinct, and that 'bonding over shared quirks' and 'feelings talk' are both just crucial parts of relationship development... but I don't think it's a coincidence that it always goes in that order!

It's like Jeremy has to pass these *trials of weirdness* before she feels safe opening up to him and it drives me BONKERS so I wrote a whole 1000 word thing about it under the cut and this got too massive and I'm sorry. Also some autistic Jeremy meta at the end if that sweetens the pot hehehe

Table of contents:

Why she was ostracized

How she was ostracized

How that might inform her pattern of relationship development with Jeremy and Jake

How gender caused Jeremy's experiences to differ from hers, and how that affects their current relationships with "popularity" and peer acceptance.

1. Why she was ostracized

I am just so certain that Christine has been bullied or at least majorly outcast for a lot of her life. She's very obviously neurodivergent and because of that she can have these obnoxiously deep and repetitive interests, she can't judge if a piece of information will be genuinely interesting to someone, and she doesn't take social cues very well.

She frequently interrupts people when they're talking (an ADHD symptom btw), even when they're literally talking to her about the thing she wants to hear!

(C: "Do you find that? Because I totally find that!" J: "Uh, yeah, I-" C: "-And no matter how hard I try....")

(J: "I know the last thing I deserve is another shot, but-" C:"Jeremy, just... say what's on your mind.") (girl I'm sorry but that's what he was doing..... I have a whole other thoughtpiece on how this particularly fucks with Jeremy while they're dating but thats another thing...)

She doesn't seem confident in her interpretations of people's emotions and she'll ask/talk about them point blank (both theirs and her own) in a way a lot of people would find rude

("Uh, you seem really nervous...") ("Popular people are fucked up! *mutual laughter* …I mean, you're one of them!") ("I am flattered, this is new / still I'm not sure what I should do" <- as a response to getting asked out, that's pretty bold! Plus the entire part where she laughs at Jake's "rich boy routine") (also compare and contrast to Jeremy's "I don't know what I'm supposed to say right now." idk. are your allistic stage dorks in the room with us right now motherfuckers)

I'd go on about her hyperfixations/special interests too but I think Play Rehearsal pretty much sums it up lol

2. How she was ostracized

All this to say that I am CERTAIN she spent a lot of her schooling having "nice girls" patiently let her sit with them at lunch for weeks at a time until they finally get sick of her rambling and faux pas. Only when they leave does Christine realize that they didn't actually care about anything she said... And this happens over and over and over. (I know this seems hella specific but I swear it's an actual phenomenon... at least I'm pretty sure? sdjflksjf)

But anyway, it's clear that by the time they're juniors, Christine has kind of (and I do only mean kind of) figured out what behaviour other people respond poorly to. And from evidence I stated in the intro, I think she's become really careful about which people she lets herself get attached to. She doesn't want this to ever happen again - which means if she's going to hang out with someone, she has to know that they actually care about her, that they know she will sometimes be obnoxious or blunt, and they'll still be okay with that forever.

3. Applying this to her canon relationships

You can extend this to Jake, someone who sees her in her element in drama rehearsal (the thing everyone finds annoying about her because she won't shut up about it) and STILL likes her. I think it's a totally valid reading that her bluntness with him later ("Upgrade") is just because she misreads him / doesn't quite get the social standard that she should be white lying instead. But I think you could also read her as testing the waters. If she's really going to commit to dating this guy, she's gotta know he's okay with her being herself. And the fact that this guy (and I think it's significant that he is a boy, for reasons I'll explain in the end note) genuinely seems to like her is a whole new level of peer validation ("I am flattered, this is new") -- so of course she's gonna fall at least a little! It doesn't hurt that he's "tired of being the person that everyone thinks that I am..." just like her!

Her history with being pity-liked makes Chloe's "advice," that Jake's just toying with her and is going to move on soon, even scarier, because that's genuinely happened to her (on a platonic level) so many times before.

Jeremy is also a good candidate from the beginning because he's weird he's a weirdo he doesn't fit in and he doesn't wanna fit in you ever see him without this stupid cardigan on? that's weird! And she keeps warming up to him not only because they're getting to know each other but because he gets progressively more willing to not only tolerate (as Jake does) but *participate* in her weirdness!

First, she does something weird and he tolerates it ("Play Rehearsal"); the next time she's weird, he participates! (bowling ball before GTIKBI). Then finally finally finally he initiates the weirdness and lets her join in! ("weird noises" exchange before GTIKBI reprise).

And notably, it is THIS moment that canonically signifies that they've hit the apex of their canon relationship development. If there was an achievement called "Befriend Christine," it would have popped up right then and there!!!

IN CONCLUSION: YOUR HONOR I LOVE THEM T_T

4: Christine vs. Jeremy: Gender differences & how that ultimately impacts their social goals

I also think all of this would have happened to Jeremy too if he'd been a girl. But because, generally, young boys feel less social obligation than girls to take pity on the autistic kid (and because boys tend to be more quickly recognized as autistic) he just ends up completely alone for most of his school life (Michael nonwithstanding - and yeah there's an important distinction between your childhood friend putting up with you and knowing that, woah, I guess literally nobody else ever will).

Meanwhile, Christine has had people "put up" with her, and she's SICK OF IT!

That's part of why their complexes are so different, because Christine is trying to check everyone she meets to make sure they'll be okay with her weirdness before she gets attached, Jeremy is trying to eliminate his weirdness altogether because he's never even experienced his peers listening out of *pity* so how the hell can he expect someone to ever listen to him out of *interest?*

Jeremy has never had someone pretend to like him before, so he completely lacks Christine's fear of befriending someone who secretly hates you. He doesn't realize how bad it'll hurt him if he destroys his real self for popularity, if he befriends people who would have bullied his real self. He doesn't know what disingenuous friendship feels like, so like a very young Christine he's still actively trying to get there because he thinks it's the only kind of validation he'll ever get.

Do you see what im saying? Do you see it???? AUAUGUGUUGGH

THANK YOU FOR READING!!! If you have thoughts or even rebuttals please share i am so desperate to discuss the blorbos

Aw yissssssssssss we stan Christine

“Christine Canigula is a strong, lovable and valuable character,” I say into the mic.

The crowd boos. I begin to walk off the stage in shame, when a voice commands silence from the room.

“She’s right,” they say. I look to the owner of the voice. There, in the 5th row stands: Stephanie Tsu and the entire BMC cast and creative team themselves.

EDIT: Jesus Christ how did this get 30 notes in 5 minutes hdhdhfij

Me and my babies cos I can't pick a favorite

Also I need a froggy hat

Thank u luvly @goldenrings-n-pillows for the tag </3 mwua

Make this picrew of you and your blorbo

Me and my HUSBAND Damon Salvatore

Np tagging: @onlyasimp4-2dbitches or @hor3nee plus anyone else who wants to make picrews of their blorbo :3

In these difficult times I would like to remind y'all that y'all are all cooler than a vintage cassette :) So much f'ing peace and love <3

You guyyyyyyyyyyys!!! This is a full animatic for Act 1 Two River! Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!! The dedication!!! Y'all should totally watch this if you want to I mean you don't have to but I think y'all would enjoy it :)

Happy Halloween y'all! Hope none of y'all are crying in the bathroom or setting fires tonight :)

Be More Chill opinions Act 2

Aight, this is gonna be another long one. First up, thank you so much for 3 followers! I'm feeling so loved right now ❤️ Alright, here goes another massive yap... If you're not down for it, scroll away now...

Halloween: It's fun! I love everyone's silly costumes, even though I kinda would have liked to have seen Rich's weed costume from the book... Also Jake's prince/Prince mess up is pretty funny. Also Brooke makes an adorable poodle (not in a furry way I swear) and this further cements that I love Brooke and Jerberry. Also the SQUIP dancing, 10/10. I'm not super keen on the extended ending in the Broadway version

Do You Wanna Hang?: Ew. I don't even wanna think about it. If you ship More Than Hang don't talk to me.

It kinda annoys me that in the Broadway version they don't let Michael be angry in the bathroom scene, like Jeremy hasn't talked to him for weeks, it's perfectly reasonable to be kinda mad! But tbh Michael getting 'softened' is kinda a problem throughout the whole Broadway production. Still love him though.

Michael In The Bathroom: It's awesome, you know it's awesome, just... ughhhhhh. There's not much to say that hasn't already been said. George Salazar please marry me (only joking). Not really any strong preference between Two River and Broadway, the slayness is too much in both to try to criticise either. Oh also the I wanna dance with somebody bit is amazing :)

The Smartphone Hour (Rich Set A Fire): This song has no need to exist, yet alone be 6 minutes long, but I'm so glad it does. It's just so fun. The dance is so fun, and I have to do it every time, and you know by now I live for goofy costumes and this scene certainly delivers. The boys dressed as girls is 10/10, and they all slay in their drag :) I love how two of the guys come down from the ceiling on massive sparkly iPhones, truly iconic. The Broadway version is slightly better for me because Tiffany Mann is an absolutely powerhouse, but I love Katie Ladner too. Overall top tier scene 😍

I know the order of Pants Song and Pitiful Children is different in Two River and Broadway but at the time of writing I am listening to the Broadway album so I'm putting Pants Song first

The Pants Song: This song and scene is completely whack but I love it! Yes, you go king, wear those pants! I love how he's like, aight, time to become Superdad! It's so fun and an iconic moment. Also 'Do you love him?' '[very stoned voice] Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?' amazing. Also I love how they have the MITB instrumental in the 'I already tried to help him, and he called me a loser!' bit. Also I just love this whole scene. 10/10. Also in the Tiny Desk concert Tiffany has some awesome vocals in the middle bit, although tbh that whole video is awesome. I should have mentioned in the Act 1 post that Lauren Marcus does an awesome cover of A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into and also Jerberry woo :)

The Pitiful Children: Okay, this is the first song I really have strong opinions about Two River vs Broadway. Firstly, I way prefer the lyrics in the Two River version, cos on Broadway it sounds like squip Christine and squip everyone else to make Christine happy, like that doesn't make any sense to me. Also the costumes for the squipped people in Two River are awesome and intimidating while on Broadway they're just weird. Also in Two River they reprise the dance from The Squip Song which is really cool. However, one thing Broadway has going for it is Tiffany's awesome vocals, like slay queen. Add Tiffany Mann to my list of theatre crushes lol. I might make an actual post of that soon lol. :) Anyway back to the point, Pitiful Children is awesome but better in Two River.

The Play: I don't super love either version that much, but both have their moments. Firstly, MICHAEL MAKES AN ENTRAAAAAAANCE!!! Yaaaaaaaaas! My boy Michael, you're not in the bathroom no more! (Credit to some YouTuber I stole that line off, can't remember who, sorry) Oh yeah, going off topic again but I finished the BMC soundtrack and now I'm listening to Little Shop Of Horrors and I remembered George Salazar was in Little Shop at some point and he slaaaaayed. Anyway, it's pretty fun how they reprise some of the earlier songs, even if the reprise of Two Player Game when Jeremy and Michael are fighting kinda kills me. Oh also 'I'm living the upgraaaaaade!' is awesome! One thing that I like better in the Two River is the delay before 'Drink this.' cos it gives it some tension, y'know.

The hospital bit is amazing and hilarious, and while I don't really ship Expensive Headphones the 'is he single' bit is amazing. Also I too identify as Anti-social Headphones Kid. Also yay pants! Also, 'Oh I was fully prepared to watch you suffer,' damn dude.

Voices In My Head: Awesome! I like the Broadway a bit better but I'm not totally sure why. Also 'Of the voices in my head, the loudest one is mine!' is a mood for questionable mental health squad. It doesn't totally make sense that everyone is suddenly friends and totally chill with the chaos that has been happening, but it makes for a nice ending I guess. It's cute that at the end everyone is having fun and happy.

So yeah, that's it, so in conclusion I really love BMC and basically all the cast and characters and most of the songs wooooooo:D

Some Be More Chill opinions

I felt obliged to contribute to the community now I have my very own follower (thank you so much chickensoupbmc, I love your content), so here are some opinions; take them all as just my personal opinion obviously. Please note this will be a very long yap, so if you're not prepared for that then stop here lol :)

--More Than Survive: Awesome in both versions. I think I might love Broadway a little bit more, mostly cos of Will Roland being very cute and goofy. I mean I don't know about my favourite Jeremy overall, they've both got good aspects. Also I love Michael's bit in both of them (also I really love George Salazar. Side yap, Two Player Game the album is super awesome and I would recommend it if you are a George Salazar and/or Joe Iconis fan. Oh and also the Pacman Tattoo vlog series is super fun and full of delightfully goofy energy). Also Boyf Riends is quality ship, though I also love Stage Dorks, Jerberry/Puppy Love, and whatever Jake/Christine is called.

--I Love Play Rehearsal: Very epic in both versions, but again slightly does more for me in the Broadway version. Stephanie Hsu is very awesome and Christine is very relatable. I also love play rehearsal and also am a goofball. Also there is a fun cover on Two Player Game. Also Jeremy has some really cute reactions, yay Stage Dorks :)

--The Squip Song: Very fun. I can't really tell that much difference between the two versions. Also the dances that both Rich and the backup Squippy people do are awesome. Also It's from Japaaaaaaaan is awesome to randomly shout

--Two Player Game: Really epic. I dunno about my favourite, they're both good. Also the Funky Big Band version is awesome. Also more Boyf Riends and also more Michael being 10/10 awesome :) Also I get slightly concerned for Michael's health with the ancient soda. Also Apocalypse Of The Damned! Level 9! The Cafetorium! is another good random shout

--The Crystal Pepsi/Ecto Cooler bit is one of my favourite random non-song bits.

(I don't have any opinions regarding The SQUIP Enters or any of the instrumentals because I don't listen to them)

--Be More Chill pt1: It's pretty fun, not one of my favourites though. The best thing about is the weird costumes of the random mall people. Oh also George does a funny voice on the Everything about you sucks bit on the Broadway version so I guess that makes it slightly better. I don't really have a problem with the Broadway SQUIP's voice, it's fine.

--Do You Wanna Ride?: Pretty fun. I love Brooke, she's so sweet. She deserves better songs, and just better in general. Also Jerberry underrated ship. Would absolutely go for a ride and get Pinkberry with Brooke, but preferably without Chloe. (I have heard it means ✨something else✨ but I don't want to think about it thank you). Also I don't really like Chloe. Brooke deserves a better ship.

--Be More Chill pt2: Also fun, and also more goofy costumes. Also I slightly ship George's and Gerard's random mall people lol even though they have like 2 seconds of interaction :) I should probably use this moment to say Expensive Headphones is fine but I don't super ship it. Better than Squipemy though, ewww.

--Sync Up/More Than Survive reprise: They're both fine but neither really does that much for me. I don't really want to think about Jeremy wanking. I guess Sync Up is better because it has Brooke :) She's so sweet. Also I forgot that the Broadway More Than Survive exists but it's fine too. Actually, better than fine, it's pretty good.

--A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into: Really good, I don't get why a lot of people don't like it. Christine is awesome again. I don't know who my favourite character is, but Brooke, Christine and Michael are all up there. Also neurodivergent mood :P. Actually pretty much everyone is neurodivergent mood to some degree. Also this is good for singing around parents lol :)

--Upgrade: Good. However optic nerve block sad. I think I like Two River better, but I'd much rather have Broadway and Loser Geek Whatever. We gotta get stoned in my basement is funny :)

--Loser Geek Whatever: Awesome! Again I don't get the hate. It really helps with understanding Jeremy's motivations, not that he was a jerk before, but I get it more now. Honestly I feel sorry for basically everyone involved. Also it's just a hype song! Also it's very good covered by George.

K I'm running out of energy so now feels like a good point to stop, I'll probably do Act 2 tomorrow or whenever. Hope you enjoyed this excessively yap :) In conclusion I really love Be More Chill :)

Rich is awesome

I really like this guy

This song reminds me of Hensper!!!

some more of this crossover. squipstortion is a shit of an adviser