#'i see you in my dreams young and brave and pre calamity'

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inspired by beverlin/mass extinction post, typically i see moon's lament as more of a romantic love song but mayhaps it could also be sol & swag? actually now that i think about it it wouldnt make sense since swag is alive n all that ofc-

— chompe-diem

HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME SAD. ON MY OWN POST. HELL. AND YEAH IT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE SWAG IS ALIVE AND GOOD AND HE WILL COME BACK NEXT EPISODE SO FINE AND GREAT

[ludinusdaleth]

I think I'll go for 4, 5 and 24—dealer's choice as to which of Artagan, Ludinus or Ira (or any npc, really. They don't get enough love.)

oh you have no idea the can of warms you've opened, lol.... i will happily do all 3!

this got so long i actually had to put a read more:

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

artagan - it isnt media per say but i really want to set him loose in our own reality and see what he'd do (there have been some hints i think, if half-jokingly said, that hes been here - boy do i think about that often.)

ira - we really should just let him star in his own horror movie. you could put him in a guillermo del toro film, and no one would bat an eye.

ludinus - i want to see how lud would react to faerun. a world so close to his own, but where the weave of magic is directly controlled by a god. there is an odd dichotomy in that faerun is more controlled than exandria and yet breaking that universe's laws are infinitely easier, and i think he would fall into obsession with that.

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

so.... im gonna (un)ashamedly plug my playlists for them here.... please ignore that they can go as long as twelve fucking hours.... ill try to narrow down specific songs that REALLY hit about them, though.

artagan - "within you" by david bowie, from labyrinth, is a perfect fit. not only is arti based on jareth but the song's meaning directly ties into him & jester. jareth is terrified of being nothing more than a lost concept, a lost celebrity crush made fae king, as sarah is metaphorically maturing. "how you turn my world, you precious thing/You starve and near exhaust me/Everything I've done, I've done for you/I move the stars for no one..." i mean, c'mon. "family of me" by ben folds, "celebrity status" by mariana's trench, "lapis lazuli" by the oh hellos, and "due west" by kelsey lu also really hit as arti songs for me.

ira - "mad iqs" by i dont know how but they found me is a really good song for ira's hatred of ludinus. "a mask of my own face" by lemon demon is self explanatory and far too specific, due to his fascination with ashton's mask of him, with the song mentioning "dancing with all the bells". he would go wild for and try to emulate "thriller" by michael jackson or "i cant decide" by the scissor sisters.

ludinus - if i did a speedpaint of lud, id set it to "science fiction" by church of the cosmic skull. "and all the people, they stood on their chairs, and they stared, at the man with the silver hair/taken the findings of the science man/raising his hands to the air!/so he's making the minds up of the millions, and they'd never deny that he's right/cause he's taken a prize of many a size/if ever he dies he'll have a tombstone of a very high height". "brutus" by the buttress is ABSOLUTELY a ruby vanguard trio song and i even used it in my art of them before. "all history is vengeance" by brad derrick from the eso soundtrack is what goes through my head at the malleus key. "blood upon the snow" by hozier & "never look away" by vienna teng also really work for him. i think "survivors guilt" by emily axford (yeah, prism) also has lyrics FAR too tailored to him - "i see you in my dreams/young, and brave, and pre-calamity/i will tell you a story/i will be the voice you lost too soon/because even in your absence, even in your death/im still your moon".

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

(i wouldnt say im in the fandoms for all of these, but)

artagan - i think it somewhat obvious he's based off of jareth in labyrinth - his voice is basically david bowie's singing voice. to a lesser but still strong degree he's very much marvel's loki, down to the voice - if, honestly, an infinitely better take on the trickster god. as a past extreme loki fan the pipeline is there for sure.

ira - ashley said she & matt based fearne's story off a guillermo del toro film and i can see that in many fae this go-round, especially ira. he is basically a doug jones character. it's very easy to compare him to creepypastas like the russian sleep experiment or slenderman, too.

ludinus - he has some heavy similarities to emperor belos of owl house, vyrthur of tes, prince nuada from hellboy, and other characters who fit the archetype of a white-haired, ancient, pale elven (or elven passing) man, from a different time, who murders & (in some cases) colonizes to exact vengeance on gods, humans, or similar entities he feels have destroyed those around him. characters clearly in the wrong but who do bring up important topics of the endless cycle of brutality they were caught in, mixed with their privelege in every other circumstance. he also reminds me of mannimarco of tes. they look exactly alike and both shadow run an empire, somewhat in cahoots and yet at odds with a balding white haired pale human man within that same empire. oh! and fëanor from the silmarillion.

thanks for asking! sorry this is so long, floodgates are opened when i discuss men i wish were my fictional partners, lol.

[stone-stars]

the part of survivor’s guilt (aka the moon’s lament) that gets me every time is all of it but especially “I see you in my dreams / young and brave and pre-calamity / I will tell your story / I will be the voice you lost too soon / 'Cause even in your absence / even in your death / I'm still your moon”

[aberfaeth]

survivors guilt aka the moons lament by emily axford is something that can be SO cam&pal coded. as the smoke began to dissipate she literally did feverishly search the rubble that remained. sick and twisted!

[stellarspecter]

survivors guilt aka the moon’s lament by emily axford is a bobby jatp song. read the title. i’m crying in the club

[caligulalotus]

you cannot love a ghost to life, can you? // i need you to wake up

a playlist about ghosts and hauntings and love for parker macmillan IIIII and wyatt mason

track list below the cut

Jenny-The Mountain Goats

“We were the one thing in the galaxy God didn't have his eyes on”

We Both Go Down Together-The Decemberists

“And oh, my love, my love/We both go down together/And my parents will never consent to this love/But I hold your hand”

How To Embrace A Swamp Creature-The Mountain Goats

“I stand where the flashing swords gleam/And I try to shake my head clear of the dream/But I'm out of my element I can't breathe/I'm out of my element/I can't breathe”

Ghost-Neutral Milk Hotel

“Ghost, ghost/I know you live within me/Feel as you fly/In thunder clouds above the city”

Your Ex-Lover Is Dead-Stars

“There's one thing I want to say so I'll be brave/You were what I wanted, I gave what I gave/I'm not sorry I met you/I'm not sorry it's over/I'm not sorry there's nothing to save”

Ghost Story-Charming Disaster

“Since the day they told me he was gone/Haunts me faithfully from dusk till dawn/Hear him whisper sweetly in my ear/Can't you see we got a good thing here?”

Big God-Florence and the Machine

“I still like you the most/You'll always be my favorite ghost”

Not the Ghost-The Crane Wives

“If only I could break the chain of disappointment/Weighing me down/Shake off the ghosts that whisper warnings/Whenever you're not around/I won't be afraid of all the things I wanted/It's the fear, and not the ghost/That leaves me haunted, haunted”

Do You Want To Die Together?-Stars

“It was you and me that’s what you said/And it's always true, aren’t I here with you?/I may look alive but inside I'm dead/Then let's make it true, let's make it true”

The Good That Won’t Come Out-Rilo Kiley

“Oh, you're almost home/I've been waiting for you to come in/Dancing around in your old suits/Going crazy in your room again”

Naked, The Night Falls-The Crane Wives

“Been enraptured and tied/Turn your ghosts into mine/All the years, all the years I'm alive”

Survivor’s Guilt, AKA, The Moon’s Lament-Emily Axford

“I see you in my dreams/Young and brave and pre-calamity/I will tell your story/I will be the voice you lost too soon”

Poison and Wine-The Civil Wars

“I don't have a choice, but I still choose you/Oh, I don't love you, but I always will”

7 O’Clock-Penelope Scott

“I'll call her again/But she's a huge fucking ghost/I fell for dead air/'Cause it was all I could host”

Until Olympius Returns-The Mountain Goats

“Go through the motions/Every day out in the square/Listen for the hidden rhythms on the air/Nod in agreement when the tyrant holds forth/Look for a beacon from the North”

Up The Wolves-The Mountains Goats

“It's gonna take you people years to recover from all of the damage/Our mother has been absent/Ever since we founded Rome/But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home”

Stray Italian Greyhound-Vienna Teng

“But you had to come along didn't you?/Rev up the crowd/Rewrite the rule book/Where do I go when every no turns into maybe?/So what do I do with this?”

All I’ve Ever Known-Hadestown

“I knew you before we met/And I don’t even know you yet/All I know is you’re someone I have always known”

Beautiful Gas Mask-The Mountain Goats

“We hold hands and we jump/And as we fall we sing/Paupers hammering the walls of the castle/Going to meet the king”

Old College Try-The Mountain Goats

“But I will walk down to the end with you/If you will come all the way down with me“

The Diving Bell-The Crane Wives

“Water rushes in/I will welcome it/I am not afraid/To give you everything”

[celestial-hieroglyphs]

i see you in my dreams, young and brave and pre-calamity.

[caligulalotus]

🎵 for alaynabella and/or lyra vitamin??

layna my belayna here we go <3

goodbye, my danish sweetheart-mitski

and i don't blame you/if you want to bury me in your memory/i'm not the girl i ought to be, but/maybe when you tell your friends/you can tell them what you saw in me/and not the way i am

nobleman’s horse-elliotly

mama, don’t look at the closet in the guest bedroom/or maybe you’ll find the corpse of me from yesterday/papa, don’t bring your gun, i am on a zoom/with the vampire queen of the united states/and now I’m ghosting a shapeshifter who writes in blood on the walls/i make sure to read their message and to never write back/and i piss off everyone i meet just in case it’s them/’cause they sucked out the marrow of my horses as a snack

little words-the happy fits

darling, darling, darling, let me cherish you/let me cherish you/through this cold metal screen, it will just be you and me/let me dance with your eyes; it will just be for the night/darling, darling, darling, let me sing to you/let me sing to you, let me sing to you

survivors guilt, aka the moon’s lament-emily axford

and i see you in my dreams/young and brave and pre-calamity/i will tell your story/i will be the voice you lost too soon/’cause even in your absence/even in your death/i’m still your moon

curses-the crane wives

every word i say is kindling/but the smoke clears when you're around/won't you stay with me, my darling/when my walls start burning down, down, down?/this house says my name like an elegy/oh my, oh my/echoing where my ghosts all used to be/oh my, oh my