My Mother’s Savage Daughter I am my mother's savage daughter, the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones. I am my mother's savage daughter, I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice. My mother's child is a savage, She looks for her omens in the colors of stones, In the faces of cats, in the fall of feathers, In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones. My mother's child dances in darkness, And sings heathen songs by the light of the moon, And watches the stars and renames the planets, And dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom. My mother's child curses too loud and too often, My mother's child laughs too hard and too long, And howls at the moon and sleeps in ditches, And clumsily raises her voice in this song. Now we all are brought forth out of darkness and water, Brought into this world through blood and through pain, And deep in our bones, the old songs are wakening, So sing them with voices of thunder and rain. We are our mother's savage daughters, The ones who run barefoot cursing sharp stones. We are our mother's savage daughters, We will not cut our hair, We will not lower our voice
I just discovered the song Savage Daughter by Sarah Hester Ross and feel like it would fit well into a fic for The Hobbit.
It could be modern girl in middle earth, female bilbo, female oc, etc. Maybe whoever the main character is, sings if for the dwarves and tells them how they were always viewed as being strange, like Bilbo’s wild days as a child running through the woods looking for elves only they never grew out of that phase.
I’m not writing the concept very clearly, but hopefully you can get the idea.
Link to the song for convenience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_1HJqaOwOM
I have a question about Savage Daughter. I loved it however one part confused me a lot. Why did the mc buy a corset that was too small or tight lace her corset to make it hurt? And I'm also co fused on how the mc tore off her underwear (corset) without ruining her dress? Especially since at this time, the everyday corset she would wear would have worked no problem as long as the dress was appropriate so she wouldn't have any discomfort at all. Corsets through history have always been comfortable and easy to move in, as it was normal to do heavy labor, run, bike, or lift heavy objects every single day. They were either custom-made or shaped to the persons body to fit them perfectly. They offerd back, brest and shoulder support and took pressure off the hips. I'm sorry if this is a rant. I'm just genuinely confused about how or why this happened
Hi Nonny! Thank you so much for your interesting question and for enjoying Savage Daughter. Sorry for the confusion, I wrote this without the slightest proofreading tho, so I get it. Just so you know I’ll refer to MC as Heaven in my reply.
a. The corset wasn’t too small for her. The adorable dumbass she is just tied too very tight. Also even if 1920s corset were less restrictive than their mainstream depiction, it’s enough for her to feel suffocating. This uncomfortable sensation is also psychological since she feels oppressed by the crowd. I presume you haven’t read the series linked with the short story — it helps understanding why the character feels so cornered/choking.
b. As for the corset I get your confusion but it is not an underwear corset. It is not under her dress but above it. Just like the image below. This is why she managed to tear the lace off. Don’t know if the term corset is the good one tho, maybe bustier is better?? Idk.
c. Also to be completely honest with you, the character’s clothings are sometimes a bit “anachronistic”, either because I didn’t spent time doing extensive research on the matter or just because I love the aesthetic! 😌