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jbycrs · 1 year

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[ @alwaysthesitter said: [ unexpected ] one muse stays the night to keep an eye on the other after something traumatic and they end up having comfort sex. from staying the night prompts ]

The context was...Tricky, to say the least. Complicated to Jonathan, yet even he knows both how and why it was a lot simpler from a third party’s position, should he actually explain it. Regardless of that reality, of how his perspective was scewing things at least to an extent, he’s come to the conclusion that it was best to ignore all of it for now. He’d deal with what happened later. There was enough baggage already tucked away in the young man’s head yet to be addressed at all, let alone properly dealt with. What’s one more in the grand scheme of things?

He’s already taken steps towards something infinitely better tonight than anything he’s done to cope before just by the fact he called Steve in the fist place. He’d be stupid not to embrace the kindess being offered up on a silver platter now, there wasn’t any debate about that. Jonathan had called Steve from a payphone a few blocks away from the inciting incident - a shocking distance away from home already to most anyone but himself - and at first he was only asking for a ride. Steve showed up impressively fast. Then, in the car he asked not to be taken home, so Steve brought him to his own place instead. Then he explained that he doubted too much concern coming from home but felt guilty for it all the same and so, regardless of how late it was, Steve called the Byers residence with an excuse handy for him too.

It may not be a very big ask from Steve’s perspective, but for Jonathan there wasn’t a single part of this picture that didn’t matter. He can’t recall the last time he actually asked for help no matter how big or small the problem was, yet he did tonight like he should have a hundred other times before he had Steve as a confidante. That was the catch though, wasn’t it? If it wasn’t for how they’ve bonded relatively recently, there wouldn’t be any number that Jonathan was comfortable using, just like before.

They sat side by side, Jonathan’s head on his shoulder, hands shifting positions every minute or so as he wonders what was appropriate to do even though he’s already pressed himself into Steve’s side from head to toe, and the only thing that had been on his mind at first was asking for a hand to hold. As the minutes passed feeling like hours, his mind was jumping from one concern to another, to a good memory and to a bad one, to the hurt of the incident, and back to a fantasy about the one next to him.

While Jonathan might not be exactly stable just yet, he felt like he was overly aware of himself; by trying to remain present with his friend, the anxiety keeps bubbling just under the surface, his heart keeps fluttering and he can pinpoint every possible reason why. His fingers lock together and squeeze when he recalls how they got here now. The digits separate and his arms wrap around himself when he thinks about how he’d been wanting to see Steve from the start, before he started driving off the way he did. He clutches at his own arms briefly when the latter thought lingers and he imagines once again what he so badly wanted from the other for so long now...

He’s taking a risk when he turns his face into Steve’s neck. No matter what signs or hints he’s been seeing, he felt that it was safest to assume it was all in his head, nothing more than wishful thinking. Despite all of that reasonable doubt it felt like a gutteral need to try anyway now. He wanted to take the risk. He wanted to feel more whole, to feel desired, more alive and after gauging the response to Jonathan’s breath on his neck, he shifts again to properly kiss the other.

Rational thought flies out the window almost instantly when he feels reciprocation. Any concern for whether or not he should be doing this right here, right now, is gone. As long as Steve’s lips were so much as grazing Jonathan’s, the latter was embracing it. Heated and greedy and downright hungry for whatever he could get. He’s kissed, and he’s held, and when he straddles the other’s lap, all Steve had to do was grab his hips to make Jonathan feel more comforted and embraced here than he did when he did when he’d been so caringly brought to the safety of this house.

Jonathan moves with him the same way he’s been kissing him; as if this might be the last time he’d ever have anything like this. Maybe it would be. Maybe knowing what Jonathan was would be different than engaging with it in the morning’s retrospect. Maybe the bruises in his skin from earlier would kill everything, or maybe it would be the scars littering his torso that end up as too much or too gross. In this mixture of fear and great relief; chest heaving to keep up with his pulse, fingertips beginning to tingle as he cradle’s the other’s face in his hands as if his bloodflow had simply stopped in the rush of it all and then-

Then, while slowing down the rolling motions of their hips, Jonathan finally draws away from the kiss only enough to rest his forehead against Steve’s instead while he tries to breathe. He was overly cautious and concerned up until he suddenly wasn’t and his mouth was moving before his brain quite caught up, in this case whispering a desperate “Please..”

#[answered]#alwaysthesitter #[v: undetermined]#i tried to make it shorter i did...so many times...#i simply cannot be stopped #so its like....a drabble to set up a starter/thread??#[v; undetermined]

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neko-shinigxmi · 2 years

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Please gush about the robots 👁👁

...You didn’t specify which robots, so I get to gUSH ABOUT ALL OF THEM!! MY EVIL PLANS! REALIZED!!! ✨ MUAHHAHAHAHAHA-

But I guess the “good” part is this does leave out Replicant, so ya’ll don’t have to worry abt that one yet, dfjghfjdk. The “bad” news is a majority of my faves are still from Automata, so... Hmm.

Anyways! Time for gush!

So starting with 2B and 9S... Gosh. I really stubbornly held out on getting too attached. I tried my damnedest, even!! White haired androids, with too much feelings in their robotic bodies to hold... Though funnily enough, it was Nines who was the tipping point of, “Oh no... I failed in my own “mission”!!!”

There was this post I made awhile back... Where I imagined Literally Me in the world of NieR. So of course, 9S would’ve been the overeager, attention-hungry puppy that would be constantly dismayed when the human was too busy to give him attention. However, upon overhearing my fondness for cats, he would crack a plan! Humans often wore headbands with cat ears on them, yeah? Adding to that fashion statement, they might wear “cat” tails, too! (Clip-on ones!) So maybe if he wears an outfit like that, I’d give him the attention he craves...?

Even while wearing them (and I like to imagine them in Miqo’te style, bc it brings me joy)... Well, me telling him “I’m busy” was true!! So he sits on the ground of the camp. Arms crossed and pouting. Until things go his way for a change.

2B kinda naturally...followed that. Miss “tries so hard to preach the rules, and yet cannot follow them as much as she claims”... I adore her. This android could easily kill me and I want to snuggle her. Maybe read her a book. (Even though she or Nines could read it better than I can. I’ll stumble a lot or have to re-read a sentence...and it flusters me to think they’d love that?! They love my lil humany flaws?? What the heck-)

And bonus round for stuff involving my SI, 14HD! A trio of androids... All just being goofs to the best of their ability... Exploring a world quietened by human’s lack of existence... Lessons about their own existence. Stuff like that. :>

More pretty robit? Of course~! :3c A2 is...so wonderful. Stupidly strong when she shouldn’t have to be... (I read that stageplay. Ow, my heart...) It also, uh. Hits different when my SI is of number 14 and A2′s original squad also had a 14 on their side... (No class mentioned, which makes it easier for me, but. Oof.)

Anyways! Onto more comforting thoughts.

The most awkward of my faves around anyone- my SI or Literally Me (and yes, I will keep referring to isekai-like ideas in this way)- but still in dire need of affection and I’d like to give it to her?! Let me clean her up from all the destruction and dirt? Repair her into new clothes, if she’d let me... If not, maybe still...tidy them up a bit? Get her a cool as hell cloak to wear? Idk! I just wanna take care of her and let her feel...looked after. Loved.

She deserves kindness and rest. I want to give that to her. (As much as she’d probably want to baby me for being unprimed for battle! I’d be a soft, squishy human...and even my SI, as a Defender-Healer class, still isn’t...quite made as an Attacker class would be. It’s an even back and forth like that, I’d imagine... After all, being protected by such a strong, gorgeous woman like her would definitely make me blush~!)

[ More below the cut!! ]

In Replicant... I felt awful for Devola and Popola. That sort of caring being a friendly, mother-ish type of feeling; the “mom friend,” if you would. Though in just the way I talk about a lot, seeing these two... This Devola and Popola...

They don’t deserve the ostracization they go through on a daily basis. The cold shoulders. Mean looks. Cruel words. In a similar way to A2, I want to care for them...though in this case, it’d cycle on and on without end!

They, too, deserve so much better than what the world left them with. I want to be the human that oh, so gently takes their hands...and says, “You don’t have to carry this burden anymore, okay? You can be forgiven...because I will forgive you- and all the others- right now.” To take that burden off their shoulders and...let them exist, as they want to. Together. And I will be there to sing with them. Tell them stories of humanity, as I knew it. Give them peace.

...HD isn’t much of a human. There’s no reprieve from them in that way, but... They could still be the android on their side. Healer-Defender, after all; assisting with repairs and stubbornly finding whatever they need. If another android tries to shove the worst work on their shoulders, HD will hop up to help.

To ensure they aren’t alone. To love them gently. Let no one hurt them any more than they have already been hurt... It’s the simple want to see someone (or someones?) you love be happy.

“Aki, stop trying to comfort all the sad people in the Ni-” NEVER!! I cannot be stopped!!! ANYWAYS, I’m taking these two and running. Canon will never catch me. (Especially because everything I’m about to say is WHOLLY based off of a fic idea I’m still hella tempted to write?? It’d be a Reader insert fic, if anyone would also like to see more content of these two...)

So-! Nothing like a human narrowly avoiding death by dissection by convincing Adam (long haired to the left) that he won’t learn nearly as much that way then by leaving them alive! They can show him books about human insides, anyhow. He wants the violence of human nature? Stories for days and books on that, too. Let’s teach you some other shit, okay?

Eve (short haired on the right) is baby boy. He gets all his questions answered, no matter what. Adam would probably be a touch more jealous if it didn’t mean Eve pestered him less; the two setting out to learn everything he wishes to know.

Legit, one of the unexplored/unwritten ideas is reading to them while they lay in a blanket- bedtime style- only to get a touch distracted mentioning hot cocoa or tea... Which leads into a whole conversation about “hot leaf water” and things that humans would add to it that made it more delicious!

It’s a trio of nerds learning more about humanity! From the human that lived it! No dissections necessary!

(In terms of HD’s involvement with these two... I do like to imagine Eve occasionally snuck out on his own when Adam was particularly quiet/annoyed, thus being able to meet with them. They’d be distrustful of him at first, but he asks a lot of questions and... Actually, Hayfor (another nickname) does like talking with the Scanners to learn about humanity, so...

(Over time, they bond. Eve now more eager to notice his brother not wanting to spend time with him that day, so quickly running out to meet with Hayfor and not only play games, but learn more about the world! They have a ton of fun together, but juuuust in case, he’s learned to try and keep some secrets from Adam. Not realizing that Adam has started noticing Eve’s odd behavior...)

...Anyways, if they ever met (cause I haven’t gotten to that part in my brain yet), I feel like Adam would put HD through their paces to “prove” they’re an android worth keeping around. (Still bitter at what happened with 2B and 9S.) They do it only for Eve, at first, not wanting the obviously clingy guy to be left with someone who doesn’t give him the attention he clearly needs...but also eventually warms up to Adam, as well. If in a “he’s my deranged meow meow” sort of way. LMAO

(Adam just enjoys the fact he can hold a clear conversation with them. Admittedly, having to play the parent role for Eve all the time got...taxing.)

#d0nna ake #Aki answers #GONNA EAT MY HANDS ABT THIS TANK U #...meant to go for ''thank u'' but this works too #anyways W H O O #android brainrot is REAL once again!!!!#I would simply like to give all of them my time and attention #let me spoil them pls???#and then get shown the world in THEIR way too?!#I THINK IT'D BE NICE #and YES I gushed abt all of them #I simply cannot be stopped

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magnusbae · 10 months

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To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:

A post in 2023:

A post in 2014:

A zoom out of the same post:

This is what a community looks like.

See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.

It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.

Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.

If you want more of something, reblog it.

#i said i wont ever rant about this bc it's unseemly but HONESTLY.#you simply cannot complain about not having enough of A or B or C and then never reblog / interact with the content you love.#If you LOVE something you cannot just leave a like and silently wait for more to happen #I know countless of content creators that simply stopped doing art/writing fic/making edits #You need to understand that fandom content is made FOR the fandom FOR the engagement FOR the entertainment and fun it makes.#If a content creator does not have fun IN the fandom-- why would they spend the scares free time they have on making this content?#And we're not talking about things that you don't like-- no one expects you to reblog things you don't like.#However I think it's safe to say that when a post has more than 5k it's not some random shitpost with no value.#tumblr issues #tumblr #content creators #buns.txt #something something please don't starve your local clowns

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byjillianmaria · 7 months

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The Songbird's Refrain: A Playlist Breakdown

Listen. Listen. I’m nothing but self-indulgent and a little obsessed with my own books, so I’m breaking down my playlist song choice for The Songbird’s Refrain, similar to how I broke down the playlist for There’s Magic Between Us on Goodreads a while back. Why? Because it’s spooky season, and this semi-spooky supernatural suspense deserves some love. Also? Because I can. So, let’s go!

WARNING!!!! The following contains some pretty big spoilers for The Songbird’s Refrain, my debut novel. Proceed with caution.

Chapter 1: Bittersweet by Myuu

This was on the instrumental playlist I had on repeat while drafting this book, and it felt like the right place to start this playlist. I always pictured it, like, if this was a movie, a song like this would be playing over the opening credits while Elizabeth starts her walk home from school in the first scene.

Chapter 2: All the Rowboats by Regina Spektor

This is a song about a museum with a sinister vibe. The exhibits that Elizabeth finds herself exploring in this chapter aren’t… not that. Especially the exhibit with the paintings call to mind this song. Not to mention, violins are a recurring motif in this book (and in this playlist, for that matter), so having them mentioned in the lyrics is sort of fun.

Relevant lyrics: God, I pity the violins in glass coffins / They will stay there forever and a day

Chapter 3: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns

Listen. Is The Mistress literally dancing to Danse Macabre? No, the song is Plot Relevant and doesn’t exist in our world. Do I imagine it with exactly this level of intensity and Extraness? Of course. I mean, this is the Mistress we’re talking about. So, yeah, this song is associated with her dance in chapter 3.

Chapter 4: Circus Monster by CircusP

By now, I think most people know that this book started out as a vocaloid fanfic based off of the song Dark Woods Circus. While that song isn’t really relevant anymore, I knew I couldn’t get out of this playlist without including at least one vocaloid song, and this one called to mind the feathered woman that Elizabeth sees in act 4.

Relevant lyrics: Show must go on, it’s time for our act / I want to see you

Chapter 5: Morbid Fascination by Midnight Syndicate

Another instrumental that was on heavy rotation during drafting. I think this song is really intense, with creeping dread, which I think suits the scene where Elizabeth wakes up in the cage perfectly. This is the chapter where shit gets real, for lack of a better word. I wanted to find a song to match it.

Chapter 6: Body by Mother Mother

Elizabeth finds feathers growing from her skin, and realizes that she’ll end up like the feathered woman she watched die. This chapter is where the body horror starts, and when I think of body horror, I think of this song! Plus, we get those intense violins again. Keeping the playlist on theme with this intense, visceral song.

Relevant lyrics: Take my face / and desecrate arms and legs

Chapter 7: The Swan by Daniel Jung

A noticeable shift in tone here! But still with those thematic violins. This chapter introduces the magic dreams into the mix, so I wanted a song that was soft and romantic to suit that… subplot? Trope? Whatever you want to call it, this song is it. I had it playing a lot while I drafted the dream chapters, especially the ones from the woman’s POV.

Chapter 8: Ethan’s Waltz by Abel Korzeniowski

A late addition: I went searching for this one when I put the chapter-by-chapter playlist together, because I didn’t have any in my drafting playlists that suited this one. I wanted a song that matched Elizabeth’s mood during the first show — hopeless and a little humiliated. But there’s some sweetness in there too, for the dream at the end of the chapter.

Chapter 9: Working for the Knife by Mitski

In this scene, Elizabeth talks a little more with Mark about how he works for the Mistress, and also has a brief connection with Violet. I think this song captures the energy of what those two must feel: they’re not literally trapped like Elizabeth, but that doesnt mean they have an easy way out from under the Mistress’s thumb, either. They both deal with it in their own way.

Relevant lyrics: I start the day high and it ends so low / 'Cause I'm working for the knife

Chapter 10: Lights - Shook Remix by Ellie Goulding

I had this song on my character playlist and assigned it to Madame Selene. It felt right to put it here, where we really see her acting as an ally to Elizabeth. It’s a really lovely scene, because it’s what sets Elizabeth up on the road to hope.

Relevant lyrics: And so I tell myself that I'll be strong / And dreaming when they're gone

Chapter 11: Wolven Storm by Marcin Przybyłowicz

This chapter is a bit unique in that it’s all dream, and it all takes place in the distant past. So this song is sort of wildly different in tone to match that. But its sort of wild how perfectly the lyrics match this bittersweet, tragic love story that we see unfold between Alice and the Woman.

Relevant lyrics: Rend my heart open, then your love profess / A winding, weaving fate to which we both atone

Chapter 12: Drain the Blood by The Distillers

And immediately after that gentle, medival song, we get… hardcore punk? The mood whiplash cracks me up, to be honest. But this is a song I associate heavily with Bridget, and she’s fully on her bullshit this chapter, so it works out. I just really love how rough and edgy it is… like a certain knife enthusiast.

Relevant lyrics: In a city that swells with so much hate / You seem to rise above and take its place

Chapter 13: Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethovan

In my head, I referred to this as the montage chapter. Over the weeks, Elizabeth struggles to remain hopeful as her body becomes more and more warped. I picked this song because I think it captures that quiet sadness well, and it’s one I associate with Madame Selene, who offers that bit of hope at the end!

Chapter 14: Sweet Dreams by Emily Browning

And in this chapter, we have the Mistress somehow getting even more awful. So of course, we needed a song that captured where she’s at. I picked this cover of Sweet Dreams because I think it’s got the Mistress’s whole vibe down better than the original — it’s more quietly sadistic than the original, and almost coy.

Relevant lyrics: Everybody’s looking for something / Some of them want to use you

Chapter 15: Mountains by Message to Bears

We get a lot of information in this chapter, delivered to us by Mark. And since this chapter is so Mark-heavy, I decided to pair it with a song I associate with him and his backstory with Violet. It seemed especially fitting, since this is the chapter where we learn why they ran away and joined the Mistress in the first place.

Relevant lyrics: And we could run away before the light of day / you know we always could

Chapter 16: Null Moon by Akira Yamaoka

In this chapter, Elizabeth reckons with the magic that’s been all around her since the start, and begins to try and use it for her own ends. I really love how dreamy and surreal this song is, which sort of matches how weird the dream is as Elizabeth works together with the Voice to gain some small power over the Mistress.

Chapter 17: Assembly Line by Mary Lambert

This is a song I heavily associate with Elizabeth’s arc in general — a song about learning to stand up for yourself against impossible, terrifying odds. I decided to put it here, in the scene where Elizabeth does magic for the first time, because it’s such a major turning point for her.

Relevant lyrics: This isn’t love, the world that you have created / I’m standing my ground while the earth shakes

Chapter 18: Uninvited by Alanis Morissette

Coming off of the high of the last chapter, we get even more pushback from Elizabeth as she uses her powers against the Mistress for the first time! This song has such a powerful energy, and I really wanted to capture that same energy in this scene. Elizabeth is fighting back, and it feels good.

Relevant lyrics: Must be strangely exciting to watch the stoic squirm / But you, you’re not allowed

Chapter 19: Control by Halsey

Of course, things can’t be that easy. The Mistress isn’t going to go down without a fight, and in this chapter, we see her asserting control in a very cruel way — not by punishing Elizabeth, but poor Mark instead. I wanted a song that really captured how menacing the Mistress could be, and this one fit the bill.

Relevant lyrics: Goddamn right, you should be scared of me / who is in control?

Chapter 20: Ghost Song by Max Ablitzer

This is a song I associate with the ultimate fate of Alice and the Woman, which we see in a quite violent scene in this chapter. But the tragic, sad tone also fits the scene where Elizabeth learns what’s become of Mark.

Chapter 21: Have a Seat Misery by Shayfer James

Well, Elizabeth is pretty miserable for most of this scene. But there’s a certain energy to this song that I think fits where we end up. This chapter ultimately builds up to Violet’s involvement, and marks a huge shift in tone. I feel like the instrumentals in this song really sell that feeling that something is coming.

Relevant lyrics: It seems your hand’s a bit shaky / we’ve got damage to do

Chapter 22: The Last Bird by Zoe Keating

Elizabeth is out of her cage and she’s doing… not fine, actually! Jokes aside, I like this song for its energy and sort of hopeful vibe. Even the title matches — since this is the chapter where Elizabeth really commits to stoping the Mistress, which would make her the “last bird” captured by her.

Chapter 23: The Piano Duet by Danny Elfman

I had this song on my drafting playlist, and it always reminded me a little of Violet and Mark. It’s melancholy and sweet all at once. Since Violet reminisces about star-gazing with Mark in this chapter, I thought it would fit.

Chapter 24: The Mouse and the Model by The Dresden Dolls

I’ve always thought of this as the Violet song, so I knew I’d pair it with at least one of her big chapters. Since in this one we get her really getting involved with helping Elizabeth beat the Mistress, it made sense to me to put it here.

Relevant lyrics: We’ll risk it, we’re desperate for someone to trust / Let’s start a new heart

Chapter 25: City of Tears by Christopher Larkin

For the dream that Elizabeth has in this chapter, I knew I needed a song that sounded almost magical. The quiet choral elements of this one seemed to fit the bill — it gives the whole thing an ethereal sort of quality that matches the tone of the scene where we see the Mistress, Alice and the Woman all doing magic together.

Chapter 26: Music Box - Silent Hill 2 by Erutan

In this chapter, we go through the exhibits of the show again, but this time with the context of knowing who exactly made those paintings, who wrote those poems, and who stars in those videos. I love the quiet vocalizations in this cover — I can almost picture them as souls of the girls who came before Elizabeth, still trapped in their lanterns.

Chapter 27: Howl by Florence + the Machine

This song is the Mistress’s main theme song, so I put it here, where she seemingly “triumphs” — for now, anyway. It’s easily one of my top 5 F+tM songs, too. I just love how dark and intense it is. A perfect fit for our antagonist!

Relevant lyrics: I hunt for you with bloodied feet / Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers

Chapter 28: Duet by Omori

This is probably my favorite chapter in the book, and it was really hard for me to pick a song to go with it! But I decided to use this one, because it’s such a moving, emotional piece. I can hardly listen to it without crying! And it really suits this scene, where Elizabeth chooses to live and fight another day.

Chapter 29: A Dark Congregation by The Hush Sound

Here, Elizabeth and Violet have to face the consequences of their actions… with poor Violet being on the receiving end of the worst of it. So, we have this dark, moody song about a funeral, but there’s a hint of defiance in the lyrics, too. The same defiance that Violet shows, and that Elizabeth does her best to cling to.

Relevant lyrics: Save me, I am swallowed by the guilt of this / We will not let time erase us

Chapter 30: Thunder Love by Little Dragon

Here’s another song I associate with Alice and the Woman. I thought it was a sweet song to put with this scene, where we see a moment of real connection and intimacy between them. I just really love how dreamy and ethereal it sounds!

Relevant lyrics: My past erase as we lay in in a daze / I’m gonna love until the bitter end

Chapter 31: Reunited Dreams by Lexie

This was another late addition while making the playlist! This is the chapter where Elizabeth finds herself at the “do-or-die” moment, quite literally. So I wanted a song that captured the mood she finds herself in. And, of course, I wanted violin featured prominently, since that’s such a thematic instrument in the book! And this playlist, for that matter.

Chapter 32: I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Daniela Andrade

You’d think I’d pick a more triumphant song for a big, climactic battle! Instead, we’ve got a sweet acoustic cover of a Death Cab for Cutie song. But it really captures the heart of Elizabeth’s headspace in this moment, which is grounded in a lot of love and compassion. Also, fun fact: I imagine Elizabeth’s singing voice to sound a lot like the singer in this cover!

Chapter 33: My Friends by Oh Wonder

We’re in the final stretch now. Elizabeth ties up some loose ends with those that are left at the show, and says goodbye to some friends and allies. This chapter is so incredibly bittersweet to me, and I wanted to pick a song to match that energy.

Relevant lyrics: Oh my friends, I am heavy / I can’t forget it, all of the love

Chapter 34: I Will by Mitski

And here, at the end of it all, we have Elizabeth and the Girl — finally together, and figuring out exactly what that means for them. This is such a sweet and hopeful beginning for them, and after everything, I wanted to leave them with a song that matched it… so I picked this one, which is probably one of my favorite songs of all time, ever. I really think it captures what they want to be for each other, after everything.

Relevant lyrics: Stay with me, hold my hand / there’s no need to be brave

#project: songbird #i simply cannot be stopped #also?#i WILL not be stopped

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