I'm going to be completely honest and say any attempts at writing especially Freddie and Anatoly to be sympathetic rub me the wrong way when the whole point is that they just suck. It's literally a representation of how both East and West are reprehensible and the Cold War was stupid. To me, trying to sympathize with any character is ruining the WHOOOOLE point of the musical
Halo illustration for client
Percherons among Cosmos.
The Chess revival is a godforsaken mistake. I know it's not that serious, but the social media accounts' shameless queerbaiting (when the revival itself is the straightest possible version of an already not queer show) is just awful. It makes me really really mad, and it's a very transparent attempt to capitalize and get the youth interested. I think often claims of queerbaiting are overstated, but I'd be hard pressed to figure out what the Chess socials are doing otherwise. Queer-pointing-and-laughing?
Like father like son
in honor of fallout season 2, here's some maximus :3 he's my favorite if you can't tell
Black Horse, acrylic painting by Adam Burke aka Nightjar
where is evryone




