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| The Pride of Boromir: The Reviews; What did you think? | |
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| Siany-T | Dec 26 2008, 01:29 PM Post #91 |
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She sure sounds like it. |
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Merlin: Thank you. Arthur: For what? For lying to my father to save your worthless hide? If you ever put me in that situation again, Merlin, I will clap you irons myself. Merlin, Series 2 David: Oh and John. My TARDIS... mine. Say sorry. John: Sorry. Tonight's the Night: Doctor Who Special Team Demyx - 'cause that is how I roll! | |
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| jules14 | Dec 26 2008, 04:53 PM Post #92 |
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Well, help yourselves. I'm probably going to MST at least one of them, but she's written a lot. In rapid succession, according to her, Hogwarts does "Hairspray," "Guys and Dolls," "Grease," "A Chorus Line," "Chicago," "The Phantom of the Opera," and "Rent". Hogwarts is now a school for the performing arts, evidently. |
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| Calenlass | Dec 26 2008, 05:59 PM Post #93 |
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Hogwarts for performing arts? o.o *headdesks* |
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Man pelich cened buin rain amar? Amman in gwael 'lain nallar? Ithil 'ael eria athan Aear I chîr tellin a choled le na mar Sui cheledh geleb nadath thiathar Calad buin nen, cîr thind gwannar Nan Annûn | |
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| Siany-T | Dec 27 2008, 02:30 AM Post #94 |
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OMGosh, Hogwarts do Chicago? Seriously? And all the others? So wrong. |
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Merlin: Thank you. Arthur: For what? For lying to my father to save your worthless hide? If you ever put me in that situation again, Merlin, I will clap you irons myself. Merlin, Series 2 David: Oh and John. My TARDIS... mine. Say sorry. John: Sorry. Tonight's the Night: Doctor Who Special Team Demyx - 'cause that is how I roll! | |
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| jules14 | Dec 27 2008, 04:25 PM Post #95 |
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I know. There is no reason that Hogwarts would be performing Muggle musicals anyway; for all Dumbledore's tolerance of and even respect for Muggles, the wizarding world is just not interested in Muggle arts. Face it: how many times in the books do you find the wizards enjoying Muggle books or paintings, or watching movies or Shakespeare plays? But the musicals that gordogirl has them do are ridiculous. Why? Because in many of them, the singing and dancing is far too complex and advanced for teenagers to handle. If you've ever seen "Hairspray," you know what I'm talking about: the dancing in that musical looks insanely hard, and Tracy Turnblad has a belt voice. In my years at high school, I only knew one or two girls who could belt out songs like that, and they were considered really advanced singers for their ages. Moreover, the school would have to have a very liberal, laid-back principal or headmaster for the students to put on "Rent" or "Chicago". I mean, my high-school principal was uneasy when our music department did "Les Miserables" and "Jekyll and Hyde," and those shows are quite PG in comparison. Hard as I try, I cannot picture Dumbledore allowing the girls at Hogwarts to dress in tiny, spangled dresses and sing songs like "All that Jazz" and "He Had it Comin'" to an audience which would probably include the Weasleys and the Malfoys. |
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| Siany-T | Dec 27 2008, 08:23 PM Post #96 |
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Well the younger years wouldn't even be ALLOWED to preform Chicago and Rent. One of my friends does some theatre work in musicals and one of the things they did was a musical extravagnzer type thing with songs from various musicals. She said that to do the ones from Rent that could only do 'Seasons of Love' and 'Our House' because they were acceptable and that to do Chicago then the little children wouldn't even be allowe din the theatre or something. As for the fact they are Muggle musicals, you are completely right, if she had re-written the basic idea behind the musical into something fitting for Wizards it would make more sense. Oh and the other point, my school did Scrooge the Musical and that took a lot of work, a lot of missed lessons and it's not that big a production so for them to do these big productions would mean the students would miss a lot of school. And the thing is, lookign at her profile on FF.net, she has directed and starred in some of these shows, apparently, so you would think she would understand the work that has to go into them. |
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Merlin: Thank you. Arthur: For what? For lying to my father to save your worthless hide? If you ever put me in that situation again, Merlin, I will clap you irons myself. Merlin, Series 2 David: Oh and John. My TARDIS... mine. Say sorry. John: Sorry. Tonight's the Night: Doctor Who Special Team Demyx - 'cause that is how I roll! | |
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| jules14 | Dec 28 2008, 04:13 AM Post #97 |
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Exactly. Hell, my middle-school did "Grease" more than once, and they had to cut out or change most of the lyrics and dialogue, because they didn't want eleven and twelve-year-olds singing such racy material! It's beyond me why the middle-school put on that production in the first place, though probably it's partly due to the popularity of the musical among the thirteen-and-under set in my town, which I have never figured out. I'm guessing gordogirl puts little or no thought into the pieces of crap she writes. She obviously loves performing musicals and loves Harry Potter, so she thinks that putting them together will be great. I once wrote a fic called "Harry Potter on Broadway," but I was only changing the lyrics of show tunes to fit with the Harry Potter fandom--and I meant my work to be silly, lighthearted fun, besides. Whereas gordogirl is deadly serious about her work (honestly, I believe she actually thinks that singing show tunes will help the students get over Dumbledore's murder!) and is so presumptuous as to have characters like Harry, Draco, Ron, and Blaise starring in musicals at which they would probably guffaw and snigger if they saw them in real life. Gordogirl may have directed and starred in a lot of musicals, but she lacks common sense. |
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| MackenzieW | Dec 28 2008, 04:53 AM Post #98 |
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I read another story which was quite good in my opinion though the main characters performed "Jekyll and Hyde"--this was back in the Marauders time and it always bugged me that they managed to do a musical that wouldn't be written for another two decades! I get the author was trying to compare Lupin to Jekyll but there may have been a more 70's appropriate musical to do which reflected the same. I still debate however now whether or not the main character is Mary Sue.
I love musicals and Harry Potter, but I wouldn't put them together. I may throw some allusions to musicals in there--for instance, in one of my Elaborate Lives stories (can't remember if it was Year Six or Year Seven), my character Bianca's mother complains about those roommates Joanne and Maureen who taught her to screen her calls. |
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You are the music while the music lasts--T.S. Eliot "Stop the damn texting and pick up a book!"--Grandmama, "The Addams Family" (Musical) "Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life." —Walt Disney "I wake in the loneliness of sunrise When the deep purple heaven turns blue And start to pray As I pray each day That I’ll hear some word from you I lie in the loneliness of evening Looking out on a silver-flaked sea And ask the moon Oh how soon, how soon Will my love come home to me"--"Loneliness of Evening," Cinderella "Thank you, Lord You have brought us Safe to shore Be our strength and protection ever more. A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire"--Heartland, as performed by Celtic Thunder I'm writing a novel! A Guide to Fanfiction for Dummies! My Little Corner I'm on Book Country! | |
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| Siany-T | Dec 28 2008, 08:35 PM Post #99 |
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Exactly, she obviously doesn't realize that just because you like two things doesn't mean they work together well. |
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Merlin: Thank you. Arthur: For what? For lying to my father to save your worthless hide? If you ever put me in that situation again, Merlin, I will clap you irons myself. Merlin, Series 2 David: Oh and John. My TARDIS... mine. Say sorry. John: Sorry. Tonight's the Night: Doctor Who Special Team Demyx - 'cause that is how I roll! | |
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| jules14 | Dec 28 2008, 09:14 PM Post #100 |
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Yep. I've had the urge to write crossovers between ridiculous combinations of fandoms--I've even had dreams in which I've done it--but I only gave into one of these urges once. I was fifteen when I started on a crossover between "Les Miserables" and "The Ring". Sadly, I am not joking. Fortunately, I realized how stupid the concept was and deleted it. |
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| Siany-T | Dec 28 2008, 09:27 PM Post #101 |
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I did write a version of 'Jacob and Sons/Joseph's Coat' from Joseph but with Joseph replaced by Legolas, Jacob was Elrond, the other sons were members of the Council and the coat was an Elven cloak, but I realized how stupid it was and it's been condemned to the depths of my hardive. |
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Merlin: Thank you. Arthur: For what? For lying to my father to save your worthless hide? If you ever put me in that situation again, Merlin, I will clap you irons myself. Merlin, Series 2 David: Oh and John. My TARDIS... mine. Say sorry. John: Sorry. Tonight's the Night: Doctor Who Special Team Demyx - 'cause that is how I roll! | |
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| MackenzieW | Dec 28 2008, 10:19 PM Post #102 |
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Well, I guess you could count my "Beauty and the Potions Professor" and "The Phantom of the Dungeons" as crossovers--but they take place in dreams. The characters are not forced to perform the actual musical but follow the storyline. |
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You are the music while the music lasts--T.S. Eliot "Stop the damn texting and pick up a book!"--Grandmama, "The Addams Family" (Musical) "Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life." —Walt Disney "I wake in the loneliness of sunrise When the deep purple heaven turns blue And start to pray As I pray each day That I’ll hear some word from you I lie in the loneliness of evening Looking out on a silver-flaked sea And ask the moon Oh how soon, how soon Will my love come home to me"--"Loneliness of Evening," Cinderella "Thank you, Lord You have brought us Safe to shore Be our strength and protection ever more. A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire"--Heartland, as performed by Celtic Thunder I'm writing a novel! A Guide to Fanfiction for Dummies! My Little Corner I'm on Book Country! | |
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| jules14 | Dec 28 2008, 10:29 PM Post #103 |
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That kind of fic is all right. In fact, it can be fun to read if written well. |
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| Siany-T | Dec 28 2008, 10:45 PM Post #104 |
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Yep, because they are dreams, and Mac your Phantom one is really good. You managed to have a conseivably way in which Snape gets hold of the music. |
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Merlin: Thank you. Arthur: For what? For lying to my father to save your worthless hide? If you ever put me in that situation again, Merlin, I will clap you irons myself. Merlin, Series 2 David: Oh and John. My TARDIS... mine. Say sorry. John: Sorry. Tonight's the Night: Doctor Who Special Team Demyx - 'cause that is how I roll! | |
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| MackenzieW | Dec 29 2008, 02:16 AM Post #105 |
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Thanks, though "Beauty and the Potions Professor" screws up the timeline because I have them listening to Beauty and the Beast in the 1970s. *Sigh, hangs head* And jules, if you want to check it out, I've posted all of "The Phantom of the Dungeons" here on the site. |
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You are the music while the music lasts--T.S. Eliot "Stop the damn texting and pick up a book!"--Grandmama, "The Addams Family" (Musical) "Tomorrow will be better for as long as America keeps alive the ideals of freedom and a better life." —Walt Disney "I wake in the loneliness of sunrise When the deep purple heaven turns blue And start to pray As I pray each day That I’ll hear some word from you I lie in the loneliness of evening Looking out on a silver-flaked sea And ask the moon Oh how soon, how soon Will my love come home to me"--"Loneliness of Evening," Cinderella "Thank you, Lord You have brought us Safe to shore Be our strength and protection ever more. A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire A Thiarna dean trocaire A Chriost dean trocaire"--Heartland, as performed by Celtic Thunder I'm writing a novel! A Guide to Fanfiction for Dummies! My Little Corner I'm on Book Country! | |
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