Can We Just Take A Moment To Talk About How Adorable And Precious This Little Bean Is? We Must Protect

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Appreciation post for the talented sweetheart and cutie that is Mr. Daniel Nicholas Durant (born December 24th, 1989)!!! Part 1:

1. Aww... Seeing him cry or tear up makes me really sad, but also, how incredibly sweet of both of his moms to send in a video message to tell him how proud they are of him and how much they love him. "Who Wouldn't Want More Moms?" Title of his autobiography/memoir that would SO be on my reading list. It still makes me sad and a little bit angry that his birth mother left this poor thing behind when he was just a baby, but unfortunately, it's a true story for quite a lot of people, which I personally can't (and don't even want to) imagine. I'm glad he's in such a good place now, though. I love how proud he is, not just that he's deaf, but also that he was adopted as a really young (and I can imagine quite cute) little guy. I would love to, at some point, have kids of my own, but I would want to adopt them/become a foster mom, and it wouldn't matter to me what they would look like or what their background was because I would love them all equally and unconditionally. If I ever adopted a deaf child, I would totally incorporate deaf culture and sign language into the family because I just love love, no matter what kind it is.

2. He signs so beautifully and eloquently, so it reminds me of royalty. Who else would love to see him play a Disney prince?

3. How precious was little Daniel at the age that he was back when he was so carefree just having the time of his life just chilling in his mom's car and jamming to NPR Talk Radio (lol). It's so funny and cute! Kelly Clarkson Show, please have him back at some point!

4. Happy, giggly, bubbly, cute Daniel is one of my favorite versions of Daniel, along with rock star Daniel and sharp dressed Daniel.

5. He just looks so comfy and cozy in that bed/sofa thing in the picture above.

6. I love these boys' friendship so much! Adorable on and offstage brothers, and they both brought Deaf West Spring Awakening's Moritz Stiefel to life SO BEAUTIFULLY!!! I'm still very sad that production has closed, and I really wish that they could bring it back!!! 🤍🕊🖤🥺🤧🦋

7. And here's gamer Daniel! Whoo hoo! Sorry to sound like a video game cheerleader, but he looks so intensely cute playing video games, and I love that for him.

8. Daniel with Mama Bear Marlee is so effing cute!!! I love their friendship and rapport so much!!! Anytime they play mother and son or a relationship resembling that, it just makes my heart so happy and warm.

9. A cute couple that dances together stays together! I will never not be grateful for them and all the magic they brought to DWTS in Season 31, and I love Daniel & Britt so much!!!

10. Above all, Daniel is such a multi-talented actor and human being. Any character that I see him play makes me prouder and prouder of him each and every day!!! (I just want to say that Daniel is still doing great!)

Part 2 incoming...

XOXO, Sarah

Sweet birthday message for such a sweet person!!! 🤟🏻💙💜🫶🏻💗💕💋😍🥰

Happy Birthday to Daniel Durant! 🤟🏻💜🎉

It’s been so fun watching Daniel’s career blossom since doing Deaf West Spring Awakening. Can’t wait to see what he does next!

Happy birthday, Joshua Colley!!!

Daniel & Britt ✨️ Team Sign to Shine ✨️ appreciation post to celebrate their engagement!!!

Look how happy they are!!!

Cutest family engagement ever!!!

Britt's ring is so beautiful, and so are they!!!

🤟🏻💙💜🫶🏻💗💕💋🥰😍 ✨️ Team Sign to Shine always and forever ✨️

I feel y'all, though.

They are all so dear to me

Daniel Durant's journey has been quite an amazing sight to behold, from Deaf West Spring Awakening to CODA to Dancing with the Stars and beyond. @dwsavideos, I would love to see a longer video from you on this adorable and talented sweetheart at some point!!!

Part 4 of the Daniel Nicholas Durant cute and emotional appreciation post:

31. My heart just melts knowing that Daniel Nicholas Durant was born on December 24th, 1989. He was born a gift to both his family and the whole world.

32. Daniel hugging Marlee never fails to warm my heart!

33. Awww... sleepy Daniel is so cute!

34. Those puppy dog eyes when he signs "sorry" are so freaking adorable!

35. Daniel with children is enough to melt anyone's heart.

36. Daniel: (signs) "I love you." Us: "We love you, too!"

37. OMG! Look at little Daniel! Cuteness overload!

38. Daniel Durant + Britt Stewart = Most Beautiful and Amazing DWTS Couple Ever! 🤟🏻💙💜🫶🏻💗💕💋🥰😍 ✨️ Team Sign to Shine always and forever ✨️

39. Minnesota football cutie pie throwback alert!

40. Daniel looks cute wearing anything, even a hospital gown!

🥺😭🤧💔🖤🕊🤍

can we talk about Spring Awakening real quick

The fact that Ilse opens “The Song of Purple Summer” is an incredibly important and meaningful detail that escaped me when I first listened to Spring Awakening.

Ilse is one of my favorite SA characters (and one of my favorite musical theatre characters in general), largely because she is 100% coded as the symbol of hope and escapism throughout the show…until we actually get a chance to meet her and let her breathe and let her talk and we realize that she traded one type of pain, one type of abuse for another. She’s subverted in this really clever way when we discover that she’s just another teenager, another human, and she’s hurting just like everyone else in the show.

Really, she’s almost as ‘broken’ as Moritz is, just in different ways.

And the fact that it’s not Wendla, not Martha, but Ilse, the symbol of hope whose humanity brutally shatters the illusion of “escape” for the rest of the young characters, the fact that she’s the one who gets to sing this gorgeous metaphor about carrying on and putting your pieces back together, that is beautiful.

Aww... Look at them!

Happy 8th Anniversary Deaf West Spring Awakening! 🥹🥹

Pictures curtesy of Alex Boniello