u/Starsmoshfan

Tomb Quest is so good, and I was really impressed from the beginning: the incredible storyline, the jokes, the songs and choreos, Curt being adorable as always, Joey once again managing to make an a**hole character lovable, Lauren being perfect once more, Corey making every second on stage count with his stellar performance, Kim absolutely killing it with her solos, AJ being funny and crazy and blowing me away with his glorious lower register right before the intermission...

But I have to say, the rewatch was even better! So, as I'm a little obsessed right now, I just wanted to share some thoughts :)

1. Whispers on the Wind is such a masterpiece! Not only the music, but also the way it's built up, tells the story, perfectly fits the characters, and keeps getting better and better... Perfection!

2. >!Did Kim actually hurt her hand when she broke the glass? Was that meant to happen? I mean, the scene is perfect, but what would her hand look like if she did this every day? (Also, how cool is it that they use the right childhood picture depending on who plays Kevin?)!<

3. Watching shows at home doesn't often make me cry, but rewatching Tomb Quest really did, and the first tissue moment wasn't even sad at all! I was just enjoying the lovely moment between Sammy and Kevin in “Blood Oath” when Joey's beautiful voice hit me and made me think of all this Starkid history, and how good it felt to see these legends singing a duet again. It made this already perfect scene even more wholesome and emotional. And then I'm not even mentioning that incredible choreography!

4. >!Maybe not intentional, but in “Blood Oath,” everything Kevin says seems to be purely fictional (except maybe the first promise about the drinks, and he even wants to revoke that one), while Sammy's promises mostly refer to real-life problems (like being dumb). It feels like Kevin has always been living in his fantasy world (like with the Nigerian prince) while Sammy got disillusioned, but they still find each other towards the end...!<

5. I love Sammy so much! >!Her introduction of Samestra killed me. She's so hilariously relatable, but also the way she talks in character, how she always turns to Gary, the role-playing solution, the way she's mouthing the words Gary's saying, the contrast between her and the exaggerated reactions of the theater kids... I just couldn't stop laughing! I was so happy with Samestra's ending too. The fact that Sammy could choose any fantasy she wanted but just described a slightly better version of her own life made me feel like, underneath all her grumpiness, Sammy really is quite happy after all, and I think that's so heartwarming!!<

As the show is about finishing a TTRPG game with a group of friends, like CR or Dropout, I was wondering if this was a coincidence:

- >!When the forever-DM finally gets the chance to play a PC, he chooses a dwarf engineer as his character!<

- >!"American Girl dolls, they really fill the void. And it's not just the dolls, it is the ... " (he didn't mention shoes, but "stories" sounded close enough)!<

Is this intentional, or am I imagining things?

I didn't find a reference to George Primavera yet (I've only watched it 4 times), maybe because he never stopped being a DM? If he's just too young to be considered a legend, they'll have to add in a reference when they do a remount, because Realm is gonna be so famous soon!

I can't wait for the digital ticket and the proshot, but I really wish there was a way to watch the understudy performances too! If I could (because nothing beats experiencing a show live), I'd absolutely go see at least three shows: the main cast of course, but also the version with Jon and the version with Gabe and Janaya... So I'm a little sad I'll probably never get to see those versions. I know filming and producing multiple digital tickets would be complicated and expensive, but Starkid has so many fans all over the world who have no chance of flying to LA, so I can't possible be the only person who'd gladly pay to see more than one cast?

Since this is the first Starkid show with planned understudy performances, would there be any chance they might release multiple digital tickets, or is that just wishful thinking?

1. With the return of Eric Kahn Gale (+ the always brilliant Lang brothers), it has the same writers as Twisted, probably the Starkid production with the best story so far
2. The music is by the amazing Clark Baxtresser, who also wrote the score for Spies Are Forever (please bring it back!)
3. Corey Dorris finally getting the central role he deserves??? Take my money now!
4. Joey and Lauren, the biggest Starkid legends ever, loving/hating each other like in the good old days? This could mean... danger!
5. Kim and Curt being sweet and adorable and romantic and loving each other? Like Becky Barnes from Black Friday and Jim from VHSCC, but together? Like Duke and Miss Holloway, but for an entire musical? I'm already crying :)
6. AJ Holmes!!! (I obviously don't need to explain)
7. It's going to be sweet and silly and wholesome, about friends messing around and having fun, and I think that's what I love most about Starkid shows
8. The understudies are incredible! There's Jon (whose presence alone would be enough), they finally got Gabe Greenspan (I love him so much and I don't know why he wasn't part of Starkid before, so I'm choosing to believe they made a D&D musical specifically to lure him in), there's the amazing Janaya Mahealani Jones... I don't know the other wonderstudies yet, but they seemed really fun in Gabe's little bts video, so I'd love to see them perform!
9. Have you seen the band? Not only do they have Matt Dahan and Josh Fleury, but they also added a real fiddle! How cool is that?
10. Personally, it feels like they're returning to that original pure, silly, chaotic Starkid energy but with the production quality of the newer shows, and I absolutely can't wait to see it!

Hi! Just a little question: when in the new version of "You tied up my heart", >!Sam is flying in his chair, Will or Ivan is singing the background vocals but Jon is clearly not singing. I first thought the chair boys were supposed to be invisible and they just sing if they want to or something, but now that I saw the same thing in every single version I'm wondering if it's intentional... !<

>!So does Jon refuse to sing because it's funny, like Grace in NPMD refusing to sing certain words even when the song is clearly non-diegetic so she's not really singing it in the scene? Or is Jon still playing Paul even when carrying the chair? Or is he just really concentrating on not dropping Jeff and am I reading too much into it? What do you think?!<

Rewatching the proshot, I realized that one of the things I love most about Starkid shows is all the wonderful and funny group numbers: the choreography probably isn’t as technically difficult as in shows that use professional ensemble dancers, but I still find it incredibly impressive, especially how much personality everyone brings individually while always being perfectly in sync!
I wonder how much rehearsal time it takes to reach that level of perfection, since I think that (apart from Lauren and James) most of them aren’t really trained dancers?