a couple days ago was my one year anniversary of war and peace actually rotting my brain from the inside out. and last week i changed my major to focus on eastern europe in international studies! so thank you war and peace. wouldn’t be here without you.
Ben Schwartz and Josh groban friendship can be something so special
my ask box is open so pls leave me asks related to war and peace or chess or literally anything!!
variations on a meme
An analysis of Josh's musical roles (brought to you by unhindered brain worms)
Transcript under the cut cuz my handwriting is ATROCIOUS
Sweeney Todd:
▪︎Cuts hair (and necks) for a living
▪︎Dead wife (supposedly)
▪︎Cannibal (way too into it)
Anatoly:
▪︎Perpetually confused
▪︎Cheated on his wife
▪︎Made chess his personality
Prince Adam:
▪︎Furry (cursed)
▪︎Absolutely awful to everyone until his gf fixes him
▪︎Probably forgot how to wear pants after curse was broken
Pierre
▪︎Infatuated with Napoleon
▪︎Sad, rich, old alcoholic
▪︎Needs to find better hobbies
Sweeney and Anatoly:
▪︎Dads
▪︎Travelled to England at some point
▪︎Rough marriages (different reasons)
Sweeney and Prince Adam:
▪︎Bloodlust
▪︎Anger issues
▪︎Definitely killed at least one guy
Anatoly and Pierre:
▪︎Need to get a divorce
▪︎Russian
▪︎Easy to manipulate (to a degree)
Prince Adam and Pierre:
▪︎Isolation is key
▪︎Pining for a girl they like
▪︎Money
Sweeney, Anatoly, and Adam:
▪︎Poor situation management
Sweeney, Anatoly, and Pierre:
▪︎The government HATES them
Adam, Sweeney, and Pierre:
▪︎Would kill Napoleon if left unattended
Adam, Pierre, and Anatoly:
▪︎Introverts (formal events SUCK)
Overall thoughts: Need Therapy™
maybe i’m overestimating my abilities but i’m heavily considering captioning this great comet bootleg myself just so my grandma can watch it
so crazy to me how many ppl act like not knowing abt major global events is normal and think of things like reading the news as the hobby of certain individuals rather than um recognizing that staying informed about the planet is like ? essential?
has anyone else noticed that while in the pit pierre watches natasha much more consistently than any other character who passes him? i might be seeing nothing but i really wonder if that’s on purpose.
i was trying to find some audiobooks for the car and the ai audiobook epidemic on youtube is actually terrifying.
pierretasha save me, save me pierretasha..
josh groban plays so many russians for a man that feels very distinctly californian.