It sometimes amuses me to go through my older sketchbooks and see exactly what fandom I was going through at the time.
I can see whenever I’d see a new version of Les Mis because Javert suddenly appears a bunch.
Also, it’s fascinating to realize how far out some of these arcs end up getting drafted and planned. Just discovered character designs for this summer in last spring’s sketchbook.
Has anyone heard “Naughty” from the Matilda musical? This could be relevant to interests…
I can’t get enough of this artist’s work.
DYING.
I stumbled across this song - it’s a bonus track on the Much Ado About Nothing soundtrack. It’s bloody hilarious.
Lyrics:
[spoken]
Catherine: How long is this gonna take?
David: Here we go!
Catherine: Don’t make me do this.
David: Oh, you’re gonna love it!
[sung]
David: We’re like a branch and its vine
Catherine: Like a drunk and his wine
David: Like the leaves and the breeze
Catherine: Fatty food and disease
David: And like a sheep and a lamb
Catherine: Like a pig and a ham
David: We go together —
[spoken]
Catherine: Can I go now? …can I just…?
[sung]
David: Just like Shakespeare and verse
Catherine: Like a corpse and a hearse
David: Like a song and a dance
Catherine: Like the English and France
David: Like a Persian and rugs
Catherine: Like a headache and drugs
Both: We go together, you and I
David: We go together like the news and the weather
We fit like hand in glove
Catherine: For now and forever
David: Just like birds of a feather
We fly so high above
We stick together like the earth and the sun
Catherine: Like a dentist and fun
David: We go like honey and bees
Catherine: Like a mold on a cheese
David: And like a bird and its nest
Catherine: Like a clown and depressed
Both: We go together, you and I
[spoken]
David: Wait for it, wait for it!
[horn solo. At the end David stops and gasps for breath]
Catherine: *What* was THAT?!
David: That was me playing with my old horn!
Catherine: Oh. Shouldn’t you wait ‘til I’ve gone?
David: Ah, feels so good to hold it again!
Catherine: Well, you’ve not had it out in ages!
David: D’you want a go with it?
Catherine: I’m not putting that in my mouth!
[sung]
Catherine: We go together and we know that whatever
We’re stuck like nails and glue
David: There’s nothing can sever
Such a well-made endeavour as me —
Catherine: — And me
David: — And you
Catherine: I guess it’s true
We’re like a yawn and a dream
David: Like a cherry on cream
Catherine: Like the wind and a kite
David: Now you’ve got it, all right!
Catherine: We’re like a parent and child!
David: Like a — sorry, what?!
Catherine: We go together, you and I
David: You and me
Catherine: We go together, me and you
David: That’s right, we do!
Both: We go together… you and I!
[spoken]
David: Ah! See, I told you you’d enjoy yourself!
Catherine: Yeah! …It’s smaller than I thought, though.
David: …Are you still talking about my horn?
Catherine: Yup.source for lyrics
Whoa sorry guy, you got the warm up one
I think part of why Javert’s suicide bothers me so much is that in the same story we see Valjean have a similar moment of moral crisis and come out of it a better man, multiple times. It seems backward, almost, like the life-changing story of hope and redemption should be made at the end of the story, but the end is basically a clusterfuck of sad instead. I can make my peace with why Javert’s story had to end in suicide from a thematic perspective, but that doesn’t change my emotional NOOOooooOOOooooo
especially because Valjean’s redemption is so damn moving - whether I’m watching it or reading it, I get this overwhelming sense that there is good in the world and that anyone can change…and then I get to Javert’s crisis and think, ‘you can do it’ - and then he can’t.
Cue ENDLESS RAGE AT THE WORLD
Do you guys want me to limit this blog to just Roommates-related stuff, or would you like it if I reblogged stuff from any of the fandoms that feed into the comic?
Guilty admission: Her original design is a mishmash of Emmy Rossum and another character I’d used in the predecessor to the old (really, really old) Phantom of the Opera comic I did. Her modern design is evolved from Pika’s design, because Pika draws such lovely women.
In my head, I’ve dubbed Sarich as “Panther/Slash-Feeder!Javert”, because the clips I’ve seen, he moves like some kind of large wild cat, and he really doesn’t seem to do ‘personal space’.
