The Great Moon Hoax - Tumblr Posts
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I started sketching some Pulp Musicals characters around midnight last night and thought to myself, "hey, these look pretty damn good!" so I kept going until 3 am. Today I brought 'em into clip studio to play with them some more, and now I have these!! plus my silly doodles and dumb commentary + jokes. <3
and some versions w/o color! the traditional + digital sketching is a neat combination, I think.
The gang <3
S1 Pulp Musicals Gang my beloved
My friends are hilarious
@nabwastaken mentioned that this photo would be a good meme so I made a few quick ones, lol. all pulp musicals themed, of course.
Herschel’s moon
“Always there, watching us.”
Day 3 myth
@pulpmusicalsfortnight2024
Inspired by this photo:
"We have the happiness of making known a recent breakthrough in the field of astronomy..."
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My myth art for @pulpmusicalsfortnight2024 !!! I had fun with this one, I wanted to try emulating ink drawings in old newspapers. I did all the hatching and stippling by hand because I am neurodivergent and also a masochist.
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Pulp Musicals art!
-> MYTH
• Day 3 of pulp fortnight!
The only characters that sing (and in a way, twist) the Great Astronomical Discoveries motif during TGMH apart from the Stratfords are Benjamin and John. And let me tell you, I love what they do with it.
Benjamin's take comes first, during Benjamin's Appartment/The Radiance. After days of listening to the Stratfords talk about their hoax, of seeing how they meticulously crafted their stories and the world clamor them, Benjamin has finally given up and is ready to betray the Stratfords. So, he invites Margaret to his appartment to reveal their hoax. Benjamin uses the same language he's learned from the Stratfords, and so, the great astronomical discoveries motif starts playing.
For the first time in the album, it's not a victorious melody: it doesn't sound grandious anymore, it doesn't have any build up, it's just Benjamin and a piano. Curt Mega's performance is really sober, as he's trying to cover up his own emotions. He only fails to do so in "to advance their own career", where he bitterly laughs, losing the beat for a second. Although a bass and another string section join for the climax they quickly go away, as Margaret also joins the sad melody. Even if Great Astronomical Discoveries brought the Stratfords fame and renown, it has also deceived and hurt many. It is satisfying to hear two of its victims sing it then.
That's also why, in John's Choice, it's Herschel's time to speak, we are expecting something similar to happen. The music stops, all the characters await, and Herschel starts to talk... And the melody is More Than This. It's subtle, and one may not notice it on their first listening or if they're not that familiar with the soundtrack. But then there's a crescendo, and John starts singing Great Astronomical Discoveries.
The passion, the energy, the love that comes from John's voice (in another amazing performance by Curt) blows away both the audience and the characters that were there. He has the same accompaniment as Rose and Samuel did, but there's a key difference: there's no harmonies. And it doesn't matter, because really, what a chilling performance. There's also something very poetic about John taking the Stratford's position and being in control of his story after all the hoax.
TL;DR I love the Great Astronomical Discoveries and everything Matt does with it in part 3 of TGMH. Curt totally kills it every time he sings it in any way <3
Imagination's running at breakneck speeds 🌕
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If you weren't already aware, I'm obsessed with Pulp Musicals (🥰📻🌌) so I wanted to make some art to celebrate the release of episode 3 on spotify! So here's part one, for The Great Moon Hoax. Details are under the cut, and if you'll bear with me parts 2 & 3 will also be posted shortly.
