Jess, do you ever get overwhelmed because there's so much music??? Like! There's so much music to discover you can never run out and it's all so different in so many ways, and there's so much music to get back to that get collected through our lives like pretty shiny pebbles but that we haven't listened in a while but then there's also there's the now music you want to listen to over and over and over again and there's not enough time and not enough patience and ahhhhhh
just
music
literally the story of my life. the beautiful thing is that there is always music to discover and explore any time you may be looking to find it, the overwhelming thing is that there is so much in sheer volume that it's hard to know where to begin! i've been bad at the exploring side this year tbh, i've been so inundated by life that i've kept close to my comfort songs/albums and familiar loved things and haven't tread much beyond that, but one of the best feelings is when you listen to something new that touches you as if you were meant to find it at that exact moment. i really believe music has a mystical and healing quality that can lead us to it when we most need it. it's one of the most powerful sensory attachments to memory - our brains are living music boxes, they record lyrics and melodies and can play them back to us unexpectedly, even when we might not have heard something for years, and they help us remember times and places and ourselves along the way. there's never enough time for all of it, and yet it's the closest thing we get to a time machine, not even only personally, but in regards to artists and the world and what was being written - you can transport yourself back decades and listen to what other generations were listening to, feel what they felt. it's an everlasting artform, but always so alive and present. even when an artist or a songwriter/composer isn't with us any longer, isn't a contemporary, we're able to hear them and connect to them. it captures so much feeling and history, so many sparkling fragments of the human experience. we personalize music in a unique way that we don't necessarily do with anything else. i just! it is the purest love to me and a real experience of something like magic.
and if you don't let us go with you, we'll just follow.
nuwan hugh perera as sam, amelia gabriel as pippin, louis maskell as frodo and geraint downing as merry in the lord of the rings, a musical tale (2023.)
I do think Maglor mourned when Maedhros got himself captured, I just also read Maglor as a manipulative power hungry character.
He probably convinced himself that Maedhros had died and ignored everything that proved otherwise, both as a poor coping mechanism and, subconsciously, seizing the power of being a king, although he never named himself one as that would give him trouble. He differently enjoyed the power and mourned, when Maedhros came back, for the power loss. He was happy to have his brother back of course. I don´t think he spoke against Maedhros choice to give the kingship to Fingolfin, even if he wanted it himself, as he did except Fingolfin to do something stupid and get himself killed eventually, and by agreeing he seemed more "civil" and the friendliest of his brothers, which would end up giving him political power, giving people the illusion that he´s the innocent and harmless of his family.
Hi I hope you know this means the world to me. <3 I listened to it through this morning and loved it!! Really good playlist!! Holding it in my hands....... So many great song choices, they're all very fitting. I'm really glad my stuff inspired you! Thank you so much for sharing! :0
Just finished phantom hourglass for the 2nd time and oh my gosh I’m just gonna ramble about it
This game is truly underrated and overhated in my eyes. I can understand why some people wouldn’t like it, but oh my gosh this game is so special to me. The first time I played it I didn’t really enjoy it, possibly because I went in expecting the worst game in existence and I was very cruel towards it. But second time around it truly is wonderful to me. Sure the world is a little empty, and the music is pretty weak, but all the good things stand out to me. The good songs slap so hard, the islands you explore after defeating the ghost ship are so much fun, and the bosses and dungeons are incredible.
Surprisingly, the ocean king temple wasn’t that annoying second time around! I didn’t have a guide and it was more fun to just head in guns blazing not knowing what to expect than to have a guide. And it wasn’t agony to go through! Sure, having to redo the puzzles was very painful, but most of the time you were able to make shortcuts with the new items you got. And the last time going through it, hooooo man I love being able to kill the phantoms lol. Makes you feel fearless.
The final bosses weren’t as difficult this time around, mostly since I knew what to expect, but they were still challenging enough to really show the threat that is Bellum and Bellumbeck. And AAAH bellumbeck. Ah bellumbeck.
Apparently you can counter his spin attack with his own? I didn’t know that so you can imagine how much easier it is to fight bellumbeck when you do that dhksdbksbd. Bellumbeck’s spin attack is brutal and unavoidable.
Anyways the ending always warms my heart, the characters warm my heart, and I love this game. It’s made it to the top three despite its flaws, and I adore it to death.
Ok but have you considered WOULDNT you like a taste of the power wouldn’t you like to use more than words deep in the night the fight lasts for hours you can BE HURT. or you can BEAT HER WOULDNT you like to have some of the magic wouldn’t you like your outcome preferred deep in the night the fight can be tragic I’ll help you CONQUER HER
So about five weeks out from opening we had our OG Grantaire experience some Life Stuff that meant they were unable to continue in a role with solos (we kept them on as Mabeuf!) and, seeing as we had already cast everyone else comfortable singing by themself between our dual cast leads, it didn't take too much convincing for me to jump into my favourite character's role.
Grantaire is no where near my range, and I stress-sang this solo about 30 times each night before curtains up, but it's mine and I'm so fond, and I did not at all realise how visible the talk with Enjolras up the back of the stage was but that hair-flip makes me cackle and one day I WILL animate it.
Shout out to this scene being responsible for my mom asking me - after we watched this footage for the first time with the cast - exactly what the relationship between Grantaire and Enjolras was. Such a great conversation that didn't at all have me praying for a localised asteroid touch down.
Victoria is either HOH or deaf in my headcanons. I bet she teaches all the other cats how to sign this as it is very important to everyone!
Some explanation about the signs I used under the cut 👐🏻
I use Dutch Sign Language (NGT) bc that’s what I’m currently learning!
The left sign is ‘jubelen’, which means ‘to cheer’ or ‘to rejoice’. It also is the inspiration for Jubikel I think - the Dutch translation of Jellicle.
Right we have ‘bal (feest)’ which means ‘ball (party)’. Kinda self-explanatory, hehe 🫶🏻