Yeah. It's a 64-person bracket, the font is small, all that. You can try to zoom in, or there will be a list of matchups below the cut.
All but the first matchup have been randomly generated, please don't complain about the seeding or having to choose between characters. It just worked out that way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (ig you can complain about the first one)
Polls will be released Monday afternoon. The first round will once again be a week long, but after that we'll go to 24-hour polls until the final matchup.
May the best musician win!
Side A
Orpheus (Ulysses Dies at Dawn by The Mechanisms) on mandolin vs The Toy Soldier (The Mechanisms) on mandolin, glockenspiel and others
Theodore (Alvin and the Chipmunks) on drums vs Wylan Van Eck (Six of Crows) on flute vs Squidward (SpongeBob SquarePants) on clarinet*
Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh (Bocchi the Rock) on guitar vs Vice Principal Nero (A Series of Unfortunate Events) on violin
Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) on bass vs Tsukasa Tenma (Project Sekai) on piano
Ibuki Mioda (Danganronpa) on bass guitar vs Jasiker (The Witcher) on lute
Grover Underwood (Riordanverse) on reed pipes vs Marceline "The Vampire Queen" Abadeer (Adventure Time) on bass guitar
Wei Wuxian (The Untamed) on dizi vs Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) on drums
Toki Wartooth (Metalocolypse) on guitar vs Eddie (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) on saxophone
Chai (Hi-Fi Rush) on guitar vs Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) on violin
Wirt (Over the Garden Wall) on clarinet and bassoon vs Alec Hardison (Leverage) on violin
Raine Whispers (The Owl House) on violin vs Scanlan Shorthalt (Critical Role, The Legend of Vox Machina) on lute and flute
Raiko Horikawa (Touhou Project) on drums vs Undyne (Undertale) on piano
Riebeck (Outer Wilds) on banjo vs Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb) on a variety of instruments that begin with the letter "B"
Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) on baritone sax vs DJ Octavio (Splatoon) on turntables
Ronan Lynch (The Raven Cycle) on uilleann pipes vs Venti (Genshin Impact) on lyre and flute
Rocky Rickaby (Lackadaisy) on fiddle vs Hoid (The Cosmere) on flute
Side B
Sonic (Sonic Underground) on electric guitar vs Sal "Sally Face" Fisher (Sally Face) on Guitar
Demyx (Kingdom Hearts) on sitar vs Achilles (The Iliad) on lyre
Jade Harley (Homestuck) on bass guitar vs Ryan Akagi (Infinity Train) on guitar
Wednesday Addams (Wednesday) on cello vs Maki Nishikino (Love Live! School Idol Project) on piano
Sally Thorn" McKnight (Scooby-Doo) on guitar vs Hunter Sylvester (Metal Lords) on electric guitar
K.K. Slider (Animal Crossing) on guitar vs Will Treaty (Ranger's Apprentice) on mandola
Edward Cullen (Twilight) on piano vs Miguel Rivera (Coco) on guitar
William the Gonagle (Discworld) on mousepipes vs Marzipan (Homestar Runner) on guitar
The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera) on organ vs Dr. Teeth (The Muppets) on piano
Kris (Deltarune) on piano vs "Soul King" Brook (One Piece) on piano and guitar
Manolo Sanchez (The Book of Life) on guitar vs Greg Universe (Steven Universe) on electric guitar
Ebony Dark'Ness Dementia Raven Way (My Immortal) on guitar vs Figueroth "Fig" Faeth (Dimension 20's Fantasy High) on bass guitar
Link (Legend of Zelda) on ocarina and panflute vs Max Rebo (Star Wars) on organ
Klavier Gavin (Ace Attorney) on guitar vs Luka Couffaine (Miraculous Ladybug) on guitar
Melody (Crypt of the NecroDancer) on lute vs Musa (Winx Club) on all the instruments
Marcy Wu (Amphibia) on drums vs Victor Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy) on violin
*due to an unfortunate counting error, a 3rd person has been added to this matchup.
English Translation of the rock opera "Orpheus" (Act 2)
"Trap"
Original video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvPAUnUQUeI
(Or it might be the original video source, if the original video without captions is yours let me know please, but it looks like this is the same video anyways)
If anyone involved in the rock opera "Orpheus" wants this removed then I can do that. Thank you.
Besides Hades town there are tons of Operas that have Orpheus and Eurydice so you also get Hades and Persephone adapted. Probably Hades has watched those before with his wife.
Oh?! That’s awesome! I actually didn’t know that! I’ll have to look into those! I ever trying to look up some ballet performances based off of Hades and Persephone on YouTube, but I couldn’t find anything lol, but I didn’t know there were operas!
Yeah, I would think Hades and Persephone have seen them. Persephone probably appreciated it more than Hades though lol. I don’t take Hades for a big opera fan lmao.
Hades: I dunno. I just don’t see the appeal. It’s a bunch of idiots running around a stage screamin’ at the top of their lungs with some music and nobody knows what the heck they’re saying. Though, if someone made a rock opera about me and Seph then maybe I’d be interested.
This may be a little off-topic, but I just wanted to share this picture of me as Alecto, one of the Erinyes, from our new production of Orpheus the rock-opera.
I am beyond grateful for this experience. And I am beyond happy for the result.
Thank you, Hekate, thank you, Dionysus and thank you, Apollo. You showed the way when we were lost, you inspired us when we were stuck and you were there when the times were hard and it seemed like everything is against us. I dedicate my first two performances, all the emotions, all the ups and downs to you.
...and now it feels like Hekate wants me to show off her priestess first. So be it. Being so close to you, Sóhteira, was an honour, and I can only hope I did well.
i‘ve never been a big musical person but i stumbled on your blog by accident and all the stuff you post about seems like so much fun!! what are some of your favorites, or recommendations to ppl who aren’t familiar with them?
Omg hi!! I have been thinking about this for a hot minute believe me.
My PERSONAL favorite musicals are LIZZIE, Murder Ballad, and Don’t Stop Me at the moment.
LIZZIE is a punk rock musical loosely based on the historical murder trial of Lizzie Borden. It’s pretty intense, both musically and story-wise, so just know that I’m advance if you hope to listen to it.
Murder Ballad is a rock opera about an affair that goes very very wrong. It’s a relatively simple plot so it’s very easy to grasp just from listening to the album. The music is legitimately some of my favorite stuff ever. I would definitely recommend this for beginners, aside from some meta stuff with the narrator it’s not too confusing.
Don’t Stop Me is about the troubles of growing up as represented through a demonic high school danceathon. I wouldn’t recommend for a beginner solely because it’s like barely above lost media. If you’re willing to venture into the depths of 2000s era websites and unlisted yt videos I would be happy to show you how to listen to this cause it like changed my life but also it’s way too much effort lmao. (If you genuinely want to listen or watch this tho like dm me I can hook you up)
As for other recommendations for beginners:
Carrie. Oh my god everyone pls listen to Carrie. It’s based on the book, so if you have even a vague sense of the story it’s not hard to follow. Beautiful music, and if you want to dig deeper, the backstage drama has actually books and documentaries on it.
Hadestown. You’ve probably heard about it, it’s really popular lol. Based on the green myths of Hades and Persephone/Orpheus and Eurydice. Will make you feel every emotion ever and there’s a really big fan community if you want more content out of it.
36 Questions. This one is actually the most accessible, I think— it’s literally a podcast. It’s about a relationship ending very messily (I won’t say why— spoilers!!). Again, makes you feel so so many emotions. Plus if you like Jonathan Groff (he plays the guy) you can check out the quadrillion other things he’s in.