so im in a production of Urinetown rn, right?
and saying good luck to other is obvi bad luck, so the classic substitution is "break a leg"
BUT MAY I PROPOSE
"Go piss girl!!!"
Your honor I would die for them
Brucie ♡ no personal space ♡ Wayne
BAT ° get lost ° MAN
Writing Tips
Punctuating Dialogue
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➸ “This is a sentence.”
➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.
➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”
➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”
➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”
➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”
➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.
“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.
“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”
➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”
➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”
However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!
➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.
If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)
➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“
“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.
➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.
➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”
➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.
“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”
➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.
“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”
okay but that line goes SO HARD oh my god
imagine the “Robin meets the JL while Batman is away” trope but it’s inverted. instead of being funny and interesting and extroverted all of the Robins just bolt. bolt, hide, or fight. B told them not to ever let themselves get cornered and to run if a meta sets eyes on them. so they run, they hide, and they fight back with a tiny shard of holdout Kryptonite B had embedded in their gauntlet. they dig their boots in, clench their fists, and prepare to be immovable at <100 lbs.
CLOSING NIGHT HAPPENED AND WE PISSED SO HARD FOLKS!!! WE ATEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
musicals that contain rebellion against oppressive authorities are becoming more relevant day by day
getting hit by Charlie's Inferno, Too Much Exposition and High Hopes in that order is truly a vibe like no other
my spotify shuffle:
"...but everyone's true colors are revealed in acts of lust~" "i'm not sure i follow-"
BUM BUM BUM BUM "WHAT IS URINETOWN? URINETOWN'S THE END! SWIFT AND BRUTAL PUNISHMENT NO NEED NOW TO PRETEND!"
THIS IS INCREDIBLE IM GONNA BE THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY
urinetown beach day headcanons!
"but that was 2 days ago"
SHSHSHZHSHSHZSHZHSHHS
SHUSH
okay so i think the concept of the beach in urinetown is really interesting because there's a drought.
but the beach would still like...have to be a thing because oceans dont just dry up
so i think it would be really interesting to observe the change in who attends the beach. because you'd need a car to get there- accessible beaches are probably much further away than normal
the beach becomes an elitist thing. only rich people go to the beach. it's a luxury
so when cladwell is like, "hey, i'm going to the beach", hope is like "say more right now."
she refuses to go unless bobby can go with her, "it's my road or the high road daddy"
which then leads to mrs. pennywise getting in on the beach trip, which then leads to the poor tagging along
lockstock sees this and goes "poor people going to the beach? it has to be a coup. i'm going to follow behind them to make sure nothing bad happens."
cut to barrel squeezed into the passenger seat already in his beach clothes and a flamingo pool floaty around his waist
little sally somehow ends up in the backseat and no one notices she's there until she wakes up from her nap halfway there and almost jumpscares lockstock to driving off the road.
and that's how caldwell b. cladwell ends up taking an entire gang of strange, ragamuffin-like bumbling idiots to the beach with him (and his entourage ofc ofc, i just KNOW ms. millenium serves cunt at the beach)
mr. mcqueen is afraid of the water, and the sand, and anything beachy, he hates it. he does paperwork at the beach, and then starts crying when sand gets on it
bobby makes sure hope reapplies her sunscreen like the world will end if she doesn't
meanwhile, he forgets his own and burns like a fucking piece of dry grass
they're not there for twenty minutes and the poor have already buried tiny tom up to his neck in the sand
little sally scares them all by floating in the water and pretending she's dead multiple times
barrel looks like he's ready to go swimming for the entire day, but then a single piece of algae touches his foot within the first hour and he immediately taps out
lockstock's like "ooo i'm gonna do my cop job at the beach, i'm gonna guard the rich people" and then immediately conks out on a towel
fipp is surprisingly good at skipping rocks
hope brought all the snacks, and she shares, serves, and slays.
hot blades "i know how to swim (and then almost drowns)" harry
little sally builds a really good sandcastle and then barrel kicks it and she throws sand in his eyes
the poor bury lockstock in sand while he's sleeping like they did with tiny tom
hot blades "you mean there's been water this whole time!? (tries to drink it and throws up because he didn't know it was salty)" harry
little becky spends a lot of time looking for sea shells because she think they'll make nice room decor for when her baby arrives
cladwell reads his book the entire time and pretends his day isn't being ruined by the chaos of what he tried so hard to forget about
bobby strong thinks that he's going to be eaten by a shark and it takes him an hour to coax him into the water
the only swimming concept that poor man can grasp is a pitiful doggy paddle
everyone is fast asleep on the drive home and it's the most peaceful quiet thing you could possibly imagine.
Bird!!
I made a bird :D
@cupsoup Was about to send this to you and then realized I was looking at your reblog lmao-
y’all aren’t ready for the “frost was declawed” headcanon