Hanschen Is Me And Ernst Is Dwsa Pulling Me Back In Because Who Was I To Think I Could Care About Anything

I just wanna wear your sweatshirts and hold your hand

Omg this is the best

I took a test on like where you are on the ‘nonverbal intimacy scale’ and the average female score is 102 and male is 93.8 and I got 56 lolololol

here it is if ya want (reblog/reply w/ what you get!!)

Jonica

It’s like you knew I wanted this. I’ll just answer these like it’s an AU where they never killed anyone and ended up very happy.

Who gets excited about Halloween in July:Oh JD for sure.Who starts wearing sweaters and scarves on the first day of September and completely overheats:Veronica.Who thrives in Fall/Who prefers Summer and warm weather:They both prefer it a bit colder, but if I had to choose, Veronica would be summer.Who thinks the other looks so cute when they’re cold and trying to fight it with 50 sweaters:Veronica is the one that’s always, constantly freezing. So she wears all the sweaters. Who offers the other their jacket:JD. That coat gets a lot of use…Who doesn’t want to get out of bed in the morning because it’s too cold and has to run from the warm covers to the shower:Veronica.Who touches the other with their freezing cold feet at night:V E R O N I C A S A W Y E RWho makes the hot cider to snuggle under a blanket and drink:okay well JD would make her cider so I guess JD? But she drinks it obviously.Who loves carving pumpkins and buys about 300:JD.Who is terrible at carving pumpkins:Veronica.Who thinks pulling the pumpkin guts out with their hands is icky:Veronica.What is their favourite Fall activity:Cuddling, duh.Who gets scared when they watch Horror movies:Neither, but if it’s an actually scary scary movie, Veronica.Who hands out candy to trick-or-treaters:Both.Who accidentally scares the kids:JD.Who suggested the couples costume:Veronica.What is their couples costume:Oh shit. Savannah has suggested something from GoT.What is the best Halloween they ever had:Hmm….the one where they went to Heather Mac’s party and got just a little tipsy and then went home and had mindblowing sex.What is the worst Halloween they ever had:The one where they got in a fairly bad fight.Who eats too much candy and ends up sick the next day:JD. Have you seen how the kid consumes slushies? He’s got a sweet tooth he can’t control.

someone: veronica did nothing wrong

me, confused: no

someone: jd did nothing wrong

me, disturbed: no

someone: heather chandler did nothing wrong

me, laughing: no

someone: heather duke did nothing wrong

me, shaking my head: no

someone: heather mcnamara did nothing wrong

me, exasperated now: no

someone: kurt and ram did nothing wrong

me, offended: no

someone: betty finn and martha did nothing wrong

me: actually yes

It has been half a year since deaf west spring awakening closed and I'm still not over it.

Listen/purchase: The Guilty Ones by Leslie Odom Jr.

ok… shit

More little things you notice when you’ve seen Deaf West Spring Awakening too many times

(Part 1)

- Wendla looks at her ‘voice’ for guidance during the hayloft scene, but her voice turns away as if powerless, leaving Wendla to fend for herself. @notresponsibleforlostitems

-Wendla’s voice acts very anxious during the hayloft scene, at one point sitting in a fetal position and jumping up in shock when Melchior tries to unbutton Wendla’s top.

- In the classroom scene, Otto and Ernst (both played by deaf actors) have no idea what their assignment is because the teacher only says it aloud. Otto looks at Melchior expectantly until he translates to ASL, while Ernst has to get Georg to write the instructions down for him. @theta-knight

-Also in the classroom scene, Melchior signs as he speaks behind the teacher’s back so that his deaf classmates can understand. He stops abruptly whenever  the teacher turns around (the teacher punishes the students who use ASL, as deaf education at the time strictly enforced oralism).

- Sometimes Ernst’s “I know” after Hanschen comments on the bells in the vineyard scene sounds like a question because, you know, he probably didn’t hear them. @theta-knight

- The drummer is ‘Gregor the chimney sweep’ and he looks really disappointed that he doesn’t get to explain where babies come from to Wendla. @stepliana

- During ‘The Dark I Know Well’ it always gets me when Ernst runs to the stairs behind the girls and starts signing with them instead of with the boys who approach them ominously. Ernst also hugs the teddy bear before putting it in the trunk during ‘And Then There Were None’ @cocodowntherabbithole

- Only in the Broadway staging, Melchior interacts directly with Wendla’s voice during the beating scene. She stops him from leaving the circle and sternly pleads for him to return to Wendla. (I’m still trying to unpack what this is supposed to mean tbh). In this scene Wendla also stands directly parallel to her voice, occasionally looking over and following her example to gain some boldness  @notresponsibleforlostitems

- At the very end after the bow Austin and Sandra (Melchior and Wendla) always cross the stage towards each other and grab hands and it’s adorable (and one time they kissed?!?) @now-later-soon​

-In the Broadway staging, when Melchior starts singing All That’s Known, the rest of the students lean all the way back in their seats in slow-motion while chanting in Latin. This is a very cool effect, but it is also likely the choreographer Spencer Liff’s deliberate signal to deaf audience members that a song has begun. He said in a recent interview that he watched the show with earplugs to gain the deaf viewers’ perspective, and made changes so that they are able differentiate between the scenes with and without music.

- During The Dark I Know Well, if you look in the background during Ilse’s scene you see Melchior, Moritz, and Otto cracking their fingers almost preparing to go after her @cocodowntherabbithole

During the Desdemona part of My Junk, Marlee Matlin (I think playing Hanschen’s mother?) is painting a picture of him as a child up on the balcony @now-later-soon 

Ernst gives his voice a hug and a kiss before walking off alone with Hanschen @cocodowntherabbithole

Not so long ago, I discovered Donna Vivino’s version of “No Good Deed”  and I am still not over how utterly amazing it is. She sounds so crazy, which is so good. Also that high F belt note at the end of her Fiyero-riff. Ugh. Too much, too much to mention. Also. ACTING.

Austin Austin Austin