ARCANE and Les Mis
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got_quietI haven't been commenting much on mutuals' posts even though I have been reading and enjoying all of them. So sorry, mutuals! I'm in one of those states where feeling overwhelmed with a lot of responsibilities leads to paralysis in random and weird places, and interacting with other people tends to take a major hit when I'm in that state.
Yesterday was a crazy day fandom wise.
First, Arcane.
Man, just... maaaaaan. Yes, the second season was not as tight as the first, yes, there was a lot of cinematic shorthand in places, storylines I thought offered very little and characters I wanted more attention paid to, but, overall, I was hyped through the entire third act and will openly admit I wanted a spectacle out of the final episode, and I absolutely got it. The power levels did ramp up significantly. The amount of head trauma everyone sustained was through the roof, but this is one of the reasons why I think it was the right decision to go with two seasons, even if things felt a little tight, because you can go all out in the end and not find yourself unable to shove the powercreep back later.
And Jayvik. Auuugh. I've been a Jayce defender since Season 1. I thought he was misunderstood and unfairly maligned, and I am the smuggest bitch right now. I think the last time I got really locked down on a fandom was Disco Elysium, which was forever ago. I was very into the first season of Arcane too, but didn't get completely locked down by it. This time I'm going nuts. If the fandom manages to generate enough I'm not going to be able to think about anything else for along time. I was kind of useless all today because I just wanted more and there is no more. Unfortunately I still haven't broken my writer's block and I don't know if I'm going to. I'm just going to pray that someone writes the perfect Groundhog Day fic for Viktor so I can read it.
I've already spilled my guts about how I feel about the show in a dozen other places so I'm not going to repeat myself, but I loved it, especially as a Jayvik shipper.
In the evening I went to see a live performance of Les Mis. Going to see the show live was on my very short bucket list, and I promised myself that I would go if I ever knew the show was in my area. I found out Friday that it was in town and bought a ticket while trying not to think too much about how expensive the tickets were. Luckily I was going alone because there were only single seats left. And then, all thoughts of Les Mis basically got pushed out of my mind as I rolled around in my Arcane feels all day long. It was only when I was in the middle of making dinner on the day of the performance that someone texted me trying to schedule something, which made me think about what I already had on my schedule, and suddenly I remembered I had tickets to the fucking show in 3 hours and had to stop cooking dinner and rush off to the play. So that could have been a complete disaster. Thank god for chance.
The show itself was a lot of fun, but now that I've gone I don't feel compelled to ever do it again. The performances were very good. The amount of work to put out such a high level of performance, multiple times a day, has to be respected.
Enjorlas in particular did a great job, and the Thenardiers were entertaining as always. Unfortunately my hyperfixation on Stars means I have listened to dozens of performances of that one song specifically and am unable to not be picky about it, and so I can't say if I thought it was the weakest song of the night, because the way Javert finished all of his lines was a specific choice, or what. Even though I was like aahhh why is the end of every line sounding like you've exhausted yourself it was still a lot of fun to hear it sung live for the first and possibly last time. To emphasize just how much that one song contributes to my love of the musical I strongly considered leaving during the intermission, because I had heard it and now was satisfied. But I stuck around because I wanted to hear Empty Chairs and Empty Tables too.
I wonder how entertaining the play is to people who haven't read the book. So many of the details are left out, and it feels like it's only hitting the highlights of the plot the whole time. It's long and I felt that maybe the tempo was upped a little bit to get through it or something. There were some points where I felt like the transition needs to breathe. I donno, the pacing felt weird. My "canonical" performance is the anniversary concert, which is staged and arranged much differently than the typical play, so seeing the play as a play was a new and interesting experience. It also made me appreciate the 10th Anniversary performance that much more. Because as fun as the traveling show was the 10th still blows it out of the park.
Yesterday was a crazy day fandom wise.
First, Arcane.
Man, just... maaaaaan. Yes, the second season was not as tight as the first, yes, there was a lot of cinematic shorthand in places, storylines I thought offered very little and characters I wanted more attention paid to, but, overall, I was hyped through the entire third act and will openly admit I wanted a spectacle out of the final episode, and I absolutely got it. The power levels did ramp up significantly. The amount of head trauma everyone sustained was through the roof, but this is one of the reasons why I think it was the right decision to go with two seasons, even if things felt a little tight, because you can go all out in the end and not find yourself unable to shove the powercreep back later.
And Jayvik. Auuugh. I've been a Jayce defender since Season 1. I thought he was misunderstood and unfairly maligned, and I am the smuggest bitch right now. I think the last time I got really locked down on a fandom was Disco Elysium, which was forever ago. I was very into the first season of Arcane too, but didn't get completely locked down by it. This time I'm going nuts. If the fandom manages to generate enough I'm not going to be able to think about anything else for along time. I was kind of useless all today because I just wanted more and there is no more. Unfortunately I still haven't broken my writer's block and I don't know if I'm going to. I'm just going to pray that someone writes the perfect Groundhog Day fic for Viktor so I can read it.
I've already spilled my guts about how I feel about the show in a dozen other places so I'm not going to repeat myself, but I loved it, especially as a Jayvik shipper.
In the evening I went to see a live performance of Les Mis. Going to see the show live was on my very short bucket list, and I promised myself that I would go if I ever knew the show was in my area. I found out Friday that it was in town and bought a ticket while trying not to think too much about how expensive the tickets were. Luckily I was going alone because there were only single seats left. And then, all thoughts of Les Mis basically got pushed out of my mind as I rolled around in my Arcane feels all day long. It was only when I was in the middle of making dinner on the day of the performance that someone texted me trying to schedule something, which made me think about what I already had on my schedule, and suddenly I remembered I had tickets to the fucking show in 3 hours and had to stop cooking dinner and rush off to the play. So that could have been a complete disaster. Thank god for chance.
The show itself was a lot of fun, but now that I've gone I don't feel compelled to ever do it again. The performances were very good. The amount of work to put out such a high level of performance, multiple times a day, has to be respected.
Enjorlas in particular did a great job, and the Thenardiers were entertaining as always. Unfortunately my hyperfixation on Stars means I have listened to dozens of performances of that one song specifically and am unable to not be picky about it, and so I can't say if I thought it was the weakest song of the night, because the way Javert finished all of his lines was a specific choice, or what. Even though I was like aahhh why is the end of every line sounding like you've exhausted yourself it was still a lot of fun to hear it sung live for the first and possibly last time. To emphasize just how much that one song contributes to my love of the musical I strongly considered leaving during the intermission, because I had heard it and now was satisfied. But I stuck around because I wanted to hear Empty Chairs and Empty Tables too.
I wonder how entertaining the play is to people who haven't read the book. So many of the details are left out, and it feels like it's only hitting the highlights of the plot the whole time. It's long and I felt that maybe the tempo was upped a little bit to get through it or something. There were some points where I felt like the transition needs to breathe. I donno, the pacing felt weird. My "canonical" performance is the anniversary concert, which is staged and arranged much differently than the typical play, so seeing the play as a play was a new and interesting experience. It also made me appreciate the 10th Anniversary performance that much more. Because as fun as the traveling show was the 10th still blows it out of the park.
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Date: 2024-11-27 05:23 am (UTC)that's awesome you got to see a live performance of Les Mis! I don't go to the theater much but I'd love to see Les Mis one day.
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Date: 2024-11-27 05:44 am (UTC)I don't go to the theater much either. I had to ask the lady at the ticket office how it all works, and she was kind enough to help me out. It made the whole thing extra novel. I hope you get a chance to go yourself!