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I've kinda had this circling my mind for a while, but every time I find myself relistening to falsettos (the 2016 revival) I notice a very specific difference in the way marvin/christian borle sings from act one and two.
like, I'm sure it's MEANT to be different, of course, it's a sung-through musical and a difference in the way the actors sing when time passes makes logical sense...
but I've always kinda realized that in certain parts marvin just... has a higher voice, especially in act two.
there's some bits and pieces of it scattered throughout act one, but take ttofl for example, the whole time marvin relies solely on one note, and occasionally shifts up the octave but only when singing alongside or arguing against whizzer─ but technically it can also switch, shone in their fight about their disputes and regular diagreeance.
("won't,"⬆️ "don't"⬇️ "won't" ⬆️ "DON'T." ⬇️⬇️⬇️)
-for another example of them fighting and marvin actually pitching UP his voice to be over whizzer's, see the beginning when they are arguing about how many months they've been together.-
and thus, I have rallied up this info (could I be delusional? probably.) to bring you a headcanon, consisting of:
marvin pitching his voice down to fit the role of the more 'masculine' man.
I COULD BE WRONG. TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. BUT I HAVE CONVINCED MYSELF THIS IS SOMEWHAT REAL.
also I just thought it would make a good fic / oneshot premise, idk.
anyhow, take this as you will, I might've relistened to this album too many times and now my brain is scrambled.
marvin also just has a higher voice in my head because every other actor opposed to cborle, mostly, has a high /ish voice.
thank you for your time, lol, have fun knowing this exists 😁