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It’s been a road trip day, our room’s not ready, we’re having a snack, and this popped into my head:
I’m Wittebane the xth I am
Wittebane the xth I am, I am
I got created by my little old bro
He’s made Calebs many times before
And everyone was a Wittebane (Wittebane!)
Never was a Clawthorne or a Blight (no sir!)
I’m the Golden Guard, I’m Wittebane
Wittebane the xth I am I am
Wittebane the xth I am
(Second verse, same as the first)
This is based on a stupid 60’s song “Henry the Eighth”, and for some reason I thought it was hilarious, so I sang it to Red.
She hasn’t decided on what to do with me. :)
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Astarion (Kaisarion)
This damn game. Literally broke my decades-long no-writing-fanfic streak AND wrote a filksong AND came back to tumblr just for this.
Anyway, have the filksong. Little cheesy but whatever. Spoilers.
Astarion (To the tune, and built on the bones of, Kaisarion by Ghost)
Astarion
Your secret's been told
From slavery escaped and now
Grown fierce and over-bold
Astarion
Drawn back to the tomb
Where the coven of vampiric spawn
Stands condemned to hellish doom
It's the cunning of the vampire master, his joy in your defeat
It's the fates of your fanged siblings, betrayed by this deceit
It's the souls of the seven thousand that live or die tonight
It's us friends, here to stand beside you, and back you in the fight
(Cazador Szarr)
Far below all the rush of the city
(Hidden away)
In this rite meant to grant him such power
(Steal it and slay)
All the souls for his ascent go straight to--
Astarion
A matter of hate
No one denies that Cazador
Deserves a brutal fate
Astarion
What can be done
What can we say to make you turn your
Back upon the sun?
It's the words of Vellioth transferred across the years
It's the knowledge that becoming him will not erase your fears
It's the power-hunger in you that's growing day by day
It's what ill could happen if we let you have your way
(Astarion)
Far below all the rush of the city
(Hidden away)
Waits the choice that will change you forever
(Ascend or stay)
All the souls for your ascent go straight to--
(Karlach shreds guitar, Lae'zel murders the drum set)
It's the cunning of the vampire master, his joy in your defeat
It's the fates of your fanged siblings, betrayed by this deceit
It's the souls of the seven thousand that live or die tonight
It's us friends, here to stand beside you, and back you in the fight
It's the words of Vellioth transferred across the years
It's the knowledge that becoming him will not erase your fears
It's the power-hunger in you that's growing day by day
It's what ill could happen if we let you have your way
(Cazador Szarr)
Far below all the rush of the city
(Hidden away)
In this rite meant to grant him such power
(Steal it and slay)
All the souls for his ascent go straight to--
(Astarion)
Far below all the rush of the city
(Hidden away)
Waits the choice that will change you forever
(Ascend or stay)
All the souls for your ascent go straight to--
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Truly spoken like someone who has never been in a tiny fandom with only a few fics to read.
I have no idea what, specifically, this is in reference to.
(Warnings drama? Anthology drama? Something else?)
I'm in Elfquest fandom. I have been in Elfquest fandom since the mid-80s. This is a thirty-odd year old fandom that's still eligible for Yuletide. Don't talk to me about "never been in a tiny fandom."
I don't mention my tiny fandoms when I'm giving examples and talking about fandom trends, because I'm trying to use references that will be widely understood, even by people not in those fandoms. But I came into fic-fandom from scifi-fandom; my early beloved fandoms were more often books than shows.
Sime~Gen series. Elgin's Native Tongue series. Hitchhiker's Guide. Butler's Xenogenesis. Lackey's Valdemar. Cherryh's shared-world Merovingen Nights. Brin's Uplift. May's Pliocene Exile. Robinson's Stardance.
Fandoms that have a scant handful of filksongs scattered across several decades, a few meta-articles discussing their space travel or psychic powers or social constructs, and maybe - maybe - a tiny handful of fic somewhere, usually written in response to a challenge or exchange fest.
I'll grant that when I look for new shows to watch these days, I look for "does it have a lot of [good] fic?" Because I already have plenty of fandoms taking up solo space in my head; I don't need to fall in love with more fandoms that I'll never be able to explore with other people.
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Once upon a time, waaaaay back in 1981 there was a li'l fan-zine (a Filksong-zine actually) called Fan-Tastic #2, a friend of mine published this zine and for reasons which are obscure to me now, he asked if I'd contribute a few of the comix stories which I'd been working on to the 2nd issue... The upshot being, I illustrated the back cover and contributed the first Cutey Bunny and Space Gophers stories to see print... (about a year before Army Surplus #1)... http://www.bunzandkatz.com
The story pages and back cover comprise 7 pages - so I thought for a Valentines gift I'd upload them (one per day for the week), starting with the back cover, then a 2 page Bunny story followed by 4 pages of Gopher goofiness... Other than the back cover, (to save myself a bit of effort) these will all be on the Bunz & Katz web page, but you can click the link every day to take you to the latest page...
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I really appreciate your blog nd always love ur tags <3 -considermygenderminecrafted / Zaph
Zaph ConsiderMyGenderMinecrafted! Hello!
@considermygenderminecrafted
Right back at you, too. You always have super interesting things to say. Even if we're too busy or tired to give it a proper reblog / response, know that we (there's two of us here) really respect your writing. And also your music! It’s genuinely some of my favorite filksong out there. I really love Play With A Half Life and Power In The People. (oh wait I also like Reset and Refuge! And... I’ll stop before I name all of the songs)
And thanks! We started this blog to show each other cool artwork and other fun stuff, and it's always really nice to know that other people can have fun with it, too.
#Also in my head I call you 'Gender' since your urls are both about gender lmao.#Yo everyone considermygenderminecrafted has great dsmp stuff if you want to go take a look at xyr blog!#thatreallymincraftsmygender if you're more into hermitcraft and adjacents#answer#words#I kid you not about three days ago I said hmmm I really like Zaph's blog I should send them an ask about it
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3 (and anything else you’d want to share but no pressure) on Behind the Scenes Fic Asks for “to the outer pleiades and the points beyond”!
3. How did you find the visuals for this fic? Is there a method you have?
...lol I am so bad with visuals honestly? I just had a very vague mental image of Space and I ran along with that. and I think this question is specifically about making covers etc which I never do, because I'm terrible with visuals XD
I will add that the title is from the preamble for an old recorded filksong I have.
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My heart was broken by the bride of my brother
Whom I murdered on his wedding day
And it didnt even change her mind
My hopes got shattered like the front glass window
She threw herself out!
But my feelings couldn't be repelled
It just seems unlikely that it's me who was to blame
So I just wait for reneissance
So I can propose to her again
Refrain:
This is not enough
This is not enough
No I need to hit the bottom
My love was crushed by every avatar
Between all the suffer of rebuff
And I'm still missing all of my heart
After I locked it apart
My mom was killed by an evil spell
With a sickness curse and her death just send me
Right to madness and after that to hell
Turn the land to wicked ground and tell me:
Please have grace! Spare us from your wrath!
But that just incites me to torments you and shred you apart
Refrain
Fear or despair? Have no doubt
Hope or Love, I spoil it
When despair is not enough there is plenty more
where that came from around
Looking past we see the point of frenzy
Where the tragedy began to build
Looking ahead I can see haven end me
Hand me my weapon
I'm going in
#dnd filk#hand me my shovel i'm going in#curse of strahd#filksong#stopandgo#can someone sing this#i think this to be funny#strahd von zarovich
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well, after about 1.5 - 2 hours, i decided to write a parody?? reinterpretation??? of taylor swift’s champagne problems to make it more tcw- (and more specifically, obi-wan related because that’s just...idk what else were people expecting--)
**so, you’ll notice that i have taylor’s lyrics up first, and then my reworking of the lyrics right underneath that--each of my own reworked lyrics correspond to the set of taylor’s lyrics right above it!
(additionally! in my mind, the first verse/chorus was reflecting obi-wan and satine’s relationship, the second verse/chorus was reflecting obi-wan and anakin’s relationship, and the bridge reflected on obi-wan and ahsoka’s relationship, and the last two choruses...well, i guess you’ll just have to see what those mean!)
(**and the “you” in the lyrics is referring to obi-wan.)
(i had fun writing this last night! i hope it’s...somewhat enjoyable? mayhaps i’ll cringe at it later, but!! i found it fun!!)
champagne problems but make it even more tcw related
taylor’s words:
you booked the night train for a reason
so you could sit there in this hurt
my rework:
we let our words fall into silence
‘cause we didn’t know what to say
taylor’s words:
bustling crowds or silent sleepers
you’re not sure which is worse
my rework:
empty laughter, empty promise
and then another day
taylor’s words:
because i
dropped your hand while dancing
left you out there standing
crest-fallen on the landing
champagne problems
my rework:
because i
held your hand while fleeing
wished you well, heart breaking
cool smile from all my learning
champagne problems
taylor’s words:
your mom’s ring in your pocket
my picture in your wallet
your heart was glass, i dropped it
champagne problems
my rework:
your hand still warm in my own
you say there’s no place like home
as i ascend on the throne
champagne problems
taylor’s words:
you told your family for a reason
you couldn’t keep it in
my rework:
they called us heroes without warning
i knew you wished it not
taylor’s words:
your sister splashed out on the bottle
now no one’s celebrating
my rework:
you still smiled through all our victories
now you wake and find me gone
taylor’s words:
don perignon you brought it
no crowd of friends applauded
your hometown skeptics called it
champagne problems
my rework:
over the skies we darken
our blades and words, we sharpen
hist’ry won’t grant me pardon
champagne problems
taylor’s words :
you wrote a speech, you’re speechless
love slipped beyond your reaches
and i couldn’t give a reason
champagne problems
my rework:
you said the words far too late
and now i live in this hate
they’ll speak of terrible fates
champagne problems
taylor’s words:
your midas touch on the chevy door
november flush, and your flannel cure
this dorm was once a madhouse
i made a joke, “well, it’s made for me”
my rework:
your morning teas and your quiet smiles
a battlefield, a hunt, a trial
these halls were once my hometown
“remember all the laughs we had here?”
taylor’s words:
how evergreen our group of friends
don’t think we’ll say that word again
and soon they’ll have the nerve
to deck the halls that we once walked through
my rework: (i just couldn’t change this because it was too perfect and also way too fitting)
how evergreen our group of friends
don’t think we’ll say that word again
and soon they’ll have the nerve
to raze the halls that we once walked through
taylor’s words:
one for the money, two for the show
i never was ready, so i watch you go
sometimes you just don’t know the answer
‘till someone’s on their knees and asks you
my rework:
one for the money, two for the show,
you always were ready, so you let me go
most times you thought you had the answer
that night i think i proved you wrong and
taylor’s words:
she would have made such a lovely bride
what a shame she’s fucked in the head, they said
but you’ll find the real thing instead
she’ll patch up your tapestry that i shred
my rework:
we would have been such a happy crowd
what a shame we’re fucked in the head, they said
but we’ll find the real things instead
we’ll patch our own tapestries that he shred
taylor’s words:
and hold your hand while dancing
never leave you standing
crestfallen on the landing
with champagne problems
my words:
and hold your hands while fleeing
never leave you wandering
alone with desperate screaming
and champagne problems
taylor’s words:
your mom’s ring in your pocket
her picture in your wallet
you won’t remember all my champagne problems
(you won’t remember all my champagne problems)
my rework:
our hands are warm in your own
we will have found our last home
you won’t be left all alone
with champagne problems
(you won’t be left all alone with champagne problems)
#caroline talks#my....idek how to tag this#edit: okay so apparently—#my filksong#(I say as though i will do more of these)#(most likely not)#(but this was fun!)#also @ everyone saying that they want to sing this: please feel free to share if you’d like!!!
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(Series: Filksong Genealogy)
Above: “Shades of Shadow,” off the album A Wolfrider’s Reflections, based on the ElfQuest comic. (The official album songbook is here; lyrics to this song are about halfway through.) Lyrics by Mercedes Lackey, music by Leslie Fish, sung by Julia Ecklar. The speaker in this song is Winnowill, a powerful magic-worker and master manipulator.
Below: Bob Kanefsky’s “Shapes in Shadow” is one of those filksongs that can’t really be called a parody of the original song, as there's nothing comedic or satirical about it. Like the original, it’s about power.
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“Never Use A Grand Relic”
Instructions for All Members of The Bureau of Balance to the tune of Fantasy Frank Hayes’s “Never Set The Cat on Fire”
Lyrics and notes under the cut! Sincere and special thanks to @astriiformes and @scribefindegil for inspiring me to write this several years ago!
Never use a Grand Relic, you only will regret it!
The victory will be pyrrhic, you surely won't forget it!
At no point should you use the mitten, stone, chalice or ribbon
No, never use a Grand Relic!
[Refrain: Mind your orders, like the wizard fighter and cleric,
and never use a Grand Relic!]
Don't use the Phoenix-Fire Gauntlet, you'll just burn yourself out!
You'll wind up like a comet, it'll end badly without a doubt!
If Phandalin gets turned to glass, everyone involved will pass!
Don't use the Phoenix-Fire Gauntlet!
[Refrain]
Don't try on the Oculus, your tie's already rocking!
The accessory will be superfluous, the Boys will keep a'mocking!
If you get thrown from a train, you'll only have yourself to blame!
Don't try on the Oc-cu-lus!
[Refrain]
Don't dare put on the Gaia Sash, you'll only hurt your girlfriend!
You're acting pretty rash, things won't turn how you intend!
Though it seems you can't be beat, sooner or later you'll take the heat!
Don't dare put on the Gaia Sash!
[Refrain]
Don't disturb the Philosopher's Stone, or you'll cross The Director!
Your lab/the world will turn to a crystal zone, you really ought to respect her!
This whole thing has gone off track, and it won't bring your mother back!
Don't disturb the Philosopher's Stone!
[Refrain]
Don’t reach for the Temporal Chalice, or time itself will be rewound!
Even if it’s not from malice, to an hour’s loop you will be bound!
Refuge will be turned to rubble, until someone can burst the bubble!
Don’t reach for the Temporal Chalice!
[Refrain]
Don't try and ring the Animus Bell, or you’ll have to give up all you’ve got!
It’ll be your own death knell, and that’ll make everything all for naught!
Wonderland is quite a trap, and what you give up you can’t get back!
Don’t try and ring the Animus Bell!
[Refrain]
Don't touch The Director's white-oak staff, it could be very dangerous!
Whatever you do won’t be worth the laugh, it might even be traitorous!
The battle is not yet won, and...Lu-Lucretia, what have you done?
Don't join an interplanar mission!
[Refrain]
I can’t believe I finally have this done! I started writing it years ago, thought about doing something different and ambitious with the Temporal Chalice verse, then completely forgot it existed. Which...now that I think about it, is fitting for a TAX filk. I still have fond memories of tapping rhythms between classes and trawling through Rhymezone, though! I finally remembered it existed around the start of summer(?) after a filksing, but only figured out how to post it recently! I think it turned out pretty alright for my first filksong! Enjoy!
#filk#The Adventure Zone#The Adventure Zone Balance#TAZ#Grand Relics#Taako Taaco#Magnus Burnsides#Merle Highchurch#Lucretia taz#Frank Hayes#Never Set The Cat On Fire#Never Use A Grand Relic#fansong#fanart#(Oh boy it's been 200000 years since I've posted things please let me know if I'm doing the tagging thing right)#(*shows up three years late with fanart and Fantasy Starbucks*)#(Believe it or not I have a second TAZ filk that I have zero memory of writing)#(which I will record and post e v e n t u a l l y)
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Playlist: Very Very Vorkosigan
(from here!)
Okay, I could cheat and do that with nothing but Vorkosigan Saga filksongs, but astonishingly few of those are about Cordelia Vorkosigan and I have the distinct feeling that’s who you’ve got in mind. Let’s see now …and you may say to yourself / my god! what have I done?
Rapunzel ~ Talis Kimberley
Once In A Lifetime ~ Talking Heads
Broken Boy Soldier ~ The Raconteurs
Hurricane Eye ~ Paul Simon
Captains ~ Show of Hands
Soon Love Soon ~ Vienna Teng
Samson ~ Regina Spektor
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Things Not Available On Spotify, If My Transfer Success Experience is Any Guide an ongoing list:
- filksongs (predictable)
-musicals, mostly
-musicals that aren’t in English, absolutely
-songs not in English, generally
-protest anthems not sung by Bob Dylan
-medieval bops ;__;
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Hi! So I was inspired by the filksing tonight and in an exciting turn of events, I found that I have the lyrics to not one, but TWO filksongs I wrote sitting on my old laptop! How would I go about sharing them?
I’m so glad you were inspired!!
If you want to share filk songs, you can always tag me and nate (and if we don’t respond shoot us a message too; sometimes tumblr buries things!), and I strongly recommend also tagging/messaging @filkyeahfilk, which is also full of people who get really excited about new filksongs!
#if you have more questions let me know!!#i'm always happy to help people share their filk!!#limitlesspolydreamus
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omg i love woe to the people of order it's my favourite technoblade fansong it fits him so well
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Ooooh, me to! It really embodies the style of filksong (fictional folk song, if you haven't seen that term before). It sounds like a song to sing around the campfire at night, waiting for a battle the next day. While I also love highly produced, headbanging music, there's something magical about music that's simple and well-written, that you could sing with your own friends to raise your spirits.
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The fandom is Robin of Sherwood, the story is Julia Ecklar's "A Killing Frost". According to Fanlore, it was published in part in The Hooded Man RoS fanzine in August 1988 with other RoS fanfics, and completely together with Ecklar's original story Forge of the Creator in 1993 in a zine known only as A Killing Frost and Forge of the Creator. RoS was never as big a fandom as, say, Star Trek, but it wasn't small so I figured some copies of at least The Hooded Man zine might still exist somewhere
Oh! It’s that zine with Temper of Revenge. I’ve always been curious about that since the accompanying filksong is used in one of my favorite vids.
Fanlore’s info is pretty incomplete. It’s coming from a webpage that shows the cover but doesn’t give much info.
I’ve never heard of that story being online, though RoS fandom was on the smaller side and had a massive separation between the slash and no slash sides, so that may not mean anything.
(Incidentally, this can be a weak spot in some fandom history stuff: many of us who care about this topic and blog a lot about it, edit Fanlore, etc. are slash fans. Depending on how virulently homophobic or obnoxious an older fandom was, we may not own any gen zines or know what was going on in the gen side of the fandom.)
My first stop to look for something like that would be Jim and Melody Rondeau’s store, but I don’t see this particular zine on the Robin of Sherwood page. There are multiple things named The Hooded Man. The one you want is the Sheila Willis one:
THE HOODED MAN edited by Sheila Willis, 112p, (ST)(EBS-missing p. 3 & 4), $6.00.
(So they have two copies for sale. The one from “ST” is complete. The one from “EBS” is missing pages.)
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My next step would be to find out more about A Killing Frost/Forge of the Creator. Fanlore’s info is taken from a webpage, not from examining the zine itself. There’s no info about the publisher or anything. I would ask Zinelist and search old Robin of Sherwood lists...
...of course, you ask me this just as Yahoo Groups is going down. Heh.
Another possible place to look is university collections. I have no idea if there are RoS gen zines at any of the usual suspects like the University of Iowa, but it’s worth a look.
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My Lover’s Eyes
How tenuous the ally only caused by fear and need
Too easy to mistake the deal and pay the clues no heed
Unbearable adjusting, to the kin that we despise
But when I look into his face,
I see my lovers eyes
He forced me to captivity, he tried to rule my kind
But I’m not made to entertain a cruel and twisted mind
My rescue turned to torture and a state that tantalize
But when I look into his face,
I see my lovers eyes
We battled over mastery as kings over their lands
And I shouldn’t feel intimacy in cruel oppressive hands
I should not see reliance when there are just misleading lies
But when I look into his face, I see my lovers eyes
Now how am I to deal with all this feelings in my soul
I can’t treat him dismissive while my own misgivings grow
I truly wish to hate him still my heart would not abide
And when I look into his face, I see my lovers eyes
Only my lover’s eyes
#warhammer#40k#fantasy#elves#elf#dark eldar#dark elf#magic#filksong#filk#mercedes lackey#eldar#poetry#stopandgo#lotr#lord of the rings#melkor#valar#silmarillion#fan poetry
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