I Found This Again While Scrolling And...it Hit Me A Little Too Hard

*blows a kiss under the stage* for the pit orchestra

Every now and then I’m absolutely baffled by actors and what they can do.

Especially starkid actors.

Like, you’re telling me that:

This is a set of three people who are not related to each other???

This is voiced by a guy with a mic off stage???

This woman isn’t having the most horrifying day of her life?????

You’re telling me this is not a pipe??

Thank you but I don’t believe it

And that's not even everything.

Jason Jepson is literally everything the fandom wants Max to be (kind of dumb, gets redeemed and turns out to be actually really sweet, cares a lot about his friends, makes up with the nerds he bullied, hell he even likes Grace). But yet the fandom still favours Max more. I wonder why that is! Hmmm, I wonder what the difference between these two could be!

I keep seeing posts like this

HFHWISI THE TEMPTATION

@lautski-week

day 3- camp

this took me so long you would not believe

Omg I just realized!!

Ella still got her first wish!

Alright, I misphrased, that’s my bad.

I was trying to figure out how to explain this before but I was having trouble. Hopefully this is the better explanation

The goal of the crowdfunding is to break even. The goal of the digi ticket is to make money.

What I mean by this is that crowdfunding is done with the goal to use every single scent that you receive. You’re not saving any of this money, you’re using every single penny. And unfortunately a lot of times even what you get from crowdfunding wasn’t enough to do everything you wanted to do for the show, and pay everyone. digital tickets are done with the intent to actually make the money. This is the money that lets you not scrimp and save, lets you go buy the new shirt cause your old one ripped, this money can actually be put into savings for future use! (Aka the money that you can dip into when the crowdfunding wasn’t enough lol /j)

The actors are paid during the crowdfunding. Everyone is. They can’t be living for months without getting paid. (Again sorry for misphrasing, that’s my bad)

the whole point of the crowdfunding tho is to be able to have money until you can make money. It’s just enough to pay the actors enough to live. Pay the props department enough to get the props, etc. if this was all the money they receive during the run of the show they’d be bankrupt in weeks. It’s not going to be enough to maintain long term financial stability.

And this isn’t some random business plan that Starkid cooked up. This is just how the entertainment industry works. It’s the same tactic that’s used in mainstream Hollywood. Except that usually in Hollywood people will get a sponsor for their movie. Like some bigwig exec who is willing to give them money until they are making money from the movie.( then usually these executives have the ability to change up the movie to fit their ideals better. Which is why executive interference is so prevalent.)

Just in case anyone was hoping to watch Star Baby on the 8th without a digital ticket, you can't <33

If I had a nickel for the times Starkid musicals had a "Jekyll and Hyde" moment for a character I'd have two nickles which isn't a lot but I just realised it happend twice

There's always empty space in their bed, for one more person.

There's always a third plate on the table, with no food because they're not there to eat.

There's always the way they look between them as if there was someone there.

There's always the longing for the flash of pink or a hint of golden curls in the forest.

They couldn't go where she was.

She didn't know where they were.

They were stuck.

And it'll have to be that way forever.

It won't change.

Not until someone moves.