Now you're teaching me how hard it is to forget, someone you thought you'd know 'till the end.
k.b. // lauren aquilina - best friend
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The Vision of Saint Helena – Paolo Veronese // King – Lauren Aquilina
suggested by anon ❤️
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constellations of the things you left unsaid...
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This Rotten Work final playlist: Rachel/Daiyu!
As @evelynhug0 so kindly requested, I'm going to release each of the main character playlists (and one for the main ship, Rachel and Daiyu) once a week leading up to the release of the book!
With the book coming out next week, here is your final playlist, the big guns: the ship playlist for Rachel and Daiyu, our enemies-to-lovers lesbians draped in fire/lightning symbolism/magical powers, shared trauma, an absolutely brutal understanding of each other, and a shared love for drama. Both self-admittedly overdramatic with a love for Shakespeare, both know how to hit where it hurts and how to help each other cope- it'll just take a few duels, awful attempts at communication, and the world falling apart around them to get to that point.
Oh, and a few life-shattering secrets coming to light, but, well, y'all will have to read the book in order to hit that point, right?
Excerpt:
Daiyu and I are not that different, at the end of the day. We’ve had to do everything needed to conform to what Councilors and Headmasters and Administrators expected of us. We’ve had to kill, to maim, to torture. Neither of us really had a choice.
“Because you’re like me,” I murmur.
Daiyu's gaze snaps up to meet mine. She leans forward, her off-the-shoulder blouse falling slightly to expose more of her sculpted shoulder. “What was that?” she snaps, voice a smoky rasp that sends goosebumps up and down my arms.
“You’re like me,” I repeat, “You don’t like—"
And I’m cut off by Daiyu lurching a few inches forward and pressing her lips to mine.
I've kissed girls before, but not like this. Not girls who I've spent years hating—or, at least, rivaling. Not girls who I’ve cooked with and roasted and dueled in the hallways of the Academy and helped practice their theater lines. Not Lady Macbeths-in-training, not Headmaster’s daughters, not girls who take my breath away with their mere existence.
Sasquatch’s big toe, I’m kissing my sworn enemy.
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thought the last one was pretty fun so i wanted to do another one — this time with pop songs instead of indie/singer-songwriter
all songs are below the cut :)
1. lauren aquilina - suddenly strangers
2. sophie cates - walking the dogs
3. ayoni - santa monica
4. daysormay - role model
5. maude latour - strangers forever
6. vérité - a lucid dream
7. maisie peters - this is on you
8. remi wolf - cinderella
9. ryn weaver - the fool
10. chappell roan - love me anyway
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this was literally life changing
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There's a Universe inside your head; constellations of the things you left unsaid.
Lauren Aquilina
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I just realized that I can't be happy, so I NEED someone to do an edit of Aziracrow using "Sinners" by Lauren Aquilina because
"So lets be sinners to be saints
And lets be winners by mistake
The world may disapprove
But my world is only you
And if we're sinners then it feels like heaven to me"
I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THEM SEND HELP
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Nobody breaks my heart like my best friend.
k.b. // lauren aquilina - best friend
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A poll for the most feral of the Fëanorians. 💚
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lauren aquilina - sinners
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Spot that Plot Tag Game
Rules
Step One; Share 3-5 song lyrics that are either on your WIP's playlist, or that tease/hint at something in the plot of your WIP.
Step Two; Don't explain them. Let people speculate. Or worry, depending on how evil/angsty your chosen choices are.
Tagging, without pressure; @openstorygames, @pluttskutt, @afoolandathief, @lassiesandiego, @kittensartswriting, @vesper-roux, @shellyscribbles, @charlesjosephwrites, and @moonscribbler
Some poignant lyrics for Darkling...
One
It's when we're in a crowded room, put your hand on my back
And waiting on me in the morning with my coffee black
Back to the basics 'cause they're bigger than they seem, yeah
Give me that typical, simple love, it's the little things
-- Kelsea Ballerini, The Little Things
Two
Picture a place where it all doesn't hurt
Where everything's safe, and it doesn't get worse
Oh my, we see through bloodshot eyes
Picture a place, somewhere else far away
Where you know what they mean, and they mean what they say
To us and would that be enough?
Are we running out of time?
Are we hiding from the light?
Are we just too scared to fight
For what we want tonight?
-- P!nk, Trustfall
Three
And how can I escape in this place
And go higher, higher?
How can I avoid the flames
From your fire, fire?
And oh, you can't hold me down, no
Oh, you can't pull me down
So birdie fly away...
-- Avril Lavigne, Birdie
Four
The needle on my compass must be busted or bent
'Cause I can't walk straight
And I'm feelin' kinda beaten
Like the rusted out hinges on the backyard gate
-- Nickelback, Standing in the Dark
Five
You're alone
You're on your own
So what? Have you gone blind?
Have you forgotten what you have and what is yours?
Glass half empty, glass half full
Well, either way, you won't be going thirsty
Count your blessings not your flaws
-- Lauren Aquilina, King
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Burn the House Down Playlist: Cynthia Freeman
My beloved Cynthia. (Confession: she's my favorite character. Her self-respect arc is one of my favorites in the book...I say even though I am so proud of all of them and tomorrow I might say that Annette's loneliness/maturity arc or Luis' forgiveness/pride arc or Preston's arrogance/loyalty arc or Janine's greek-tragedy-hubris/apology arc is my favorite.) The First Lady in our hearts, Cynthia Freeman is arguably the hero of the story despite the book being titled around Janine. She loves Janine to her own destruction but, more importantly, loves her adopted daughter and loves herself. She's the power behind the crown, the motivation behind Janine's moves, the storyteller. As her playlist character description promises:
Her students' favorite teacher. Annette's mom. Janine's wife. Her own damn person.
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