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I hardly ever ship any characters. But when I do, I do so passionately.

I've seen the current Finnish production of Jekyll and Hyde the musical six times now. Next Saturday, I'm going for the 7th time, to say goodbye to the soon-to-be-closed production. I love the show. The script is a mess, some of the songs are less than stellar... But it looks absolutely beautiful, and the actors do an amazing job, so I still enjoy it immensely. (Here's my review. )

What's more, each time, I've felt more and more emotional about the relationship in between Jekyll and his friend Utterson. A friend who's seen multiple productions tells me this is the first time she's seen Utterson as a wholly developed character. I guess that's not too surprising – in a way, Utterson's purpose in the plot is largely to give Jekyll someone to talk to, so I suppose it'd be easy to forget to give the character depth. But in the Finnish production... Firstly, Utterson is awesome all on his own, and secondly, the relationship in between him and Jekyll is really touching. You feel they really love each other. Maybe not necessarily in the romantic sense as I've depicted here (though, when it comes to this production, I think it's also a valid viewpoint to interpret it that way) – but they're clearly the best of friends and mean a lot for each other. At the end, I feel just as bad for Utterson as I do for Emma.

Somehow, during the six times I've seen the show, it has escalated to this. The character designs are of course based on the Finnish production but they're no carbon copies, I have mostly drawn them from memory here. I don't think the first one's quite finished enough to be uploaded on its own, so I added a couple of doodles in the bottom to make up for it... Quantity before quality, am I right?

Stock used: The Sketch Arsenal by =thatLD
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Description
I hardly ever ship any characters. But when I do, I do so passionately.

I've seen the current Finnish production of Jekyll and Hyde the musical six times now. Next Saturday, I'm going for the 7th time, to say goodbye to the soon-to-be-closed production. I love the show. The script is a mess, some of the songs are less than stellar... But it looks absolutely beautiful, and the actors do an amazing job, so I still enjoy it immensely. (Here's my review. )

What's more, each time, I've felt more and more emotional about the relationship in between Jekyll and his friend Utterson. A friend who's seen multiple productions tells me this is the first time she's seen Utterson as a wholly developed character. I guess that's not too surprising – in a way, Utterson's purpose in the plot is largely to give Jekyll someone to talk to, so I suppose it'd be easy to forget to give the character depth. But in the Finnish production... Firstly, Utterson is awesome all on his own, and secondly, the relationship in between him and Jekyll is really touching. You feel they really love each other. Maybe not necessarily in the romantic sense as I've depicted here (though, when it comes to this production, I think it's also a valid viewpoint to interpret it that way) – but they're clearly the best of friends and mean a lot for each other. At the end, I feel just as bad for Utterson as I do for Emma.

Somehow, during the six times I've seen the show, it has escalated to this. The character designs are of course based on the Finnish production but they're no carbon copies, I have mostly drawn them from memory here. I don't think the first one's quite finished enough to be uploaded on its own, so I added a couple of doodles in the bottom to make up for it... Quantity before quality, am I right?

Stock used: The Sketch Arsenal by =thatLD
See the production's trailer
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