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THIS IS INCREDIBLE IM GONNA BE THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY

urinetown beach day headcanons!

"but that was 2 days ago"

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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.

@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

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.”

Yeah I’ll incorporate this into my belief system

dick grayson started saying shit like "teamwork makes the dream work!" and "hydrate before you die-drate!" specifically to annoy his new baby brother on patrol after jason showed up but it became so second nature that he started doing it with the league and the titans and now it's hhis brand whether he likes it or not

bruce has no sympathy. this is karma for the batmobile.

i feel like this would make an incredible (awful) cursed item-

like just any liquid you put in it has a 50/50 chance of either all the water immediately having all the water dry up (potentially useful if you want some sort of concentrate?), or just straight up turning into piss.

no inbetween

urinetown mug isn’t real, it can’t hurt you

urinetown mug:

i keep changing my usertag lmao-

will i ever stop? who knows! :D

Listening to Privilege to Pee on public transport lmao-

Reblogging because anything with Ma Strong mentioned immediately gets me <3

more urinetown headcanons!

ma strong knits.

unfortunately bobby is allergic to wool, and her husband is dead. so.

little sally gets the most charity bc shes a little girl and shes smart so she plays it up but can turn on a dime and kick a man in the shins if he doesnt give her money

nothing you tell me will convince me that little sally does not take immense joy in kicking rich people

hot blades harry and little becky two shoes should host a true crime podcast and then decide whether or not they could have gotten away with the same murder

bobby unironically listens to yodelling and shoegaze exclusively

tiny tom's favorite movie is cars 2

officer lockstock is really good at playing the kazoo

officer barrel plays the irish whistle

these talents, however, are both their respective most shamed secrets, so neither of them know about the other's musical talents

hope is a granola girl

she has the white stanley waterbottle

officer barrel is obsessed with lord of the rings

lockstock is a slight doomsday prepper and has a basement full of canned food and survival supplies

lockstock and barrel watched 12 angry men once together and barrel has never has a better day in his life

bobby strong is scared of children

oh my god someone give that man a kitten to take care of

the poor will collectively take care of each other. they share food, their homes, it's a very tight knit community.

cladwell always has jazz music playing on a record player in his office

hot blades harry cant sleep without a night-light

pennywise was really into candlemaking before the drought

barrel would let someone off the hook and spare them from urinetown in exchange for a puff off their joint

You should get Mike to audition lol, or English Willy if he comes back-

Proshippers are NOT WELCOME on my blog. kindly fuck off

Why the fuck is there a proshipper in the Urinetown fandom get out of here we don't welcome you