#Annabel’s lament

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Oh

Annabella in Numberland

Like Alice in Wonderland

[celestialseamysteries]

sometimes you're just listening to your music and then a song comes on and you're struck with a vision. idk what to tell you

[the-clockwork-three]

Annabel in numberland .......

[nevermorgue]

Nevermore the Musical Concepts PART 3

I'm picturing how some of the character's solos/more personalized songs would sound. Firstly, I imagine the majority of the musical to be in minor keys. Major keys sound a bit too happy/not as catchy. Everything being in a minor key gives it a more eerie vibe, reminding us that everyone is dead. Maybe at one point one song is in a major key to throw off the overall sound. Maybe Merry and Mourn prefer major chords, or Montresor switches between the two to emphasize how he is "not like the rest of them". Imagine Eulalie's using the sounds of traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen, the koto, and the shakuhachi to name a few. The notes blend together, nice and soft like lullabies with eerie vocal scoops and enka sounds. Her melody occasionally is a nod to the Itsuki lullaby, the one she sang to the children before dying. Some of the notes repeat themselves throughout her vocals depending on the song/lyric choice. Berenice has a jazzy, faster paced influence. Her voice is rough, scooping and using vibrato as much as she can. I'm sure her vocal growls are fantastic too. I think her and Eulalie singing as a pair during the Ring the Bell song could be a really nice blend between a fast paced, jazzy percussion and softer tones of Japanese instruments. And do not even get me started on Will. He matches vocal style with whoever he is singing with. Most of his parts have a country sort of twang to them as a nod to Montresor, but he doesn't get anything unique on his own. The other characters' instrumental styles blend together and he just sings on top of it, contributing nothing special to the song. If he did get a song on his own (A lament of some sort, questioning his friendship with Montresor) I would assume it would start more country rock sort of vibe in reference to Monty, but slowly goes into something a bit more unique; classic rock. Classic rock with light guitars and a beat that feels much more upbeat, rather than the creepy/catchy vibe that Nevermore songs give. Not only is he "breaking away" from his previous manipulation, but in a way he's also stepping up as he too is now performing in a major key, which the other proper antagonists do. Annabel Lee and Prospero match each other a lot. Classical strings and a LOT of harpsichord usage. For Annabel Lee I specifically think of "ANTI THE HOLIC" by cosMo@Bousou-p in terms of vibes. Just imagine something fast paced and classical, matching her energy. Prospero I picture in a similar light, slower but still with the same elements of classical instruments pushing his voice forward and making them come across as ethereal; in charge. "Gothic and Loneliness" by Narushima Takashi has a fantastic instrumental that I envision a lot of the songs to have a similar vibe to. Fast paced but still classical and orchestral. The hints of electric sounds being nods to more modern characters. It all depends on who is singing and what the song is. Ada has a similar thing to Will where her instrumentals try to copy Annabel's but always seem to be missing something whether it be another instrument or a note goes up instead of down. Almost there, but not quite right. Morella having a Celtic influence and plenty of harp and violin. Imagine the other voices drowning her out, leaving her trapped in between a mess of voices and unable to choose what melody to sing along to, so she shakily creates her own. And lastly to end off for now, Duke is the only baritone in the misfits and tends to be the support, the foundation when they are all together. Lenore balances out in Alto, keeping the higher voices grounded with mainly harmonies and the occasional melody line. Normally, the main character sings melody always, but I think when all of the misfits sing together her going to harmonize makes more sense. She is the backbone; the one keeping them all together. Pluto is a tenor, Berenice is a mezzo, and Eulalie is a soprano. Morella is also a soprano, and she and Eula tend to harmonize a bit in group songs.

[cosmicabsurdism]

of lonely little girls, space, and the ocean [stay with me, into the woods//as i ebb'd with the ocean of life, walt whitman//fairycosmos//elysian night, paul shapera//annabel's lament, paul shapera//end poem, minecraft//transformocean, samuel gregoire//bedroom in arles, vincent van gogh//here's the life i've always longed for, anna haifisch//the monk by the sea, casper david friedrich//rapunzel, madalyn mcleod//lonely galaxy lost in space, nasa]

[omgthatdress]

A doll version of Felicity’s best friend, Elizabeth, was released in 2005, along with her own book, Very Funny, Elizabeth! Immediately, there was controversy because in the classic books, Elizabeth had dark hair and eyes, and now, suddenly, the doll and book Elizabeth is blonde. The official reason was that they wanted to create more of a difference between Elizabeth and Felicity, but there was speculation that is was either done to match the actress in the movie, or that it was an act of Barbie-fication.

I’ve read some reviews of the dress lamenting the fact that it’s a very bright Barbie pink, but, the thing is.... pink was a very popular color in the 1770s:

So I’m not gonna knock it for being the wrong color. What DOES bug me, however is the shot silk. It’s made by having warp fibers of one color and weft fibers of another, and it creates that shimmery, color-changing effect. In all my years of looking at historical fashion online, I haven’t found any extant examples of a rococo-era dress made of shot silk. HOWEVER, after much scouring of Pinterest, I DID manage to find a few examples of portraits where the subject appears to be wearing shot silk:

So I’m not sure about the accuracy. It wasn’t super common but it wasn’t unheard of.

In the original Felicity books, it is sort of hinted at that Elizabeth’s family is wealthier than Felicity’s, but in the movie and Very Funny, Elizabeth! it’s made pretty explicit. The story revolved around Annabelle (UGH, Annabelle was the worst!) getting engaged to an English nobleman. Elizabeth wears her pink dress to the engagement party. So again, it makes sense for Elizabeth to be wearing a fine dress with her fancy accessories:

Giving a ten-year-old girl a pearl necklace and diamond earrings, the Coles had to have been loaded. Before the invention of cultured pearls, the only way to get pearls was for them to be formed naturally, and natural pearls are RARE!

The fan is a type of fan called a brisé fan, usually made out of ivory, horn, or shell, and they were more typical of the 19th century:

(ca. 1810-1820)

While they were more common later on, most 1770s fans were made of paper, which would probably make for a pretty flimsy toy, so I can see why they would have gone for the brisé style.

[velvet4510]

One day in history a brilliant AO3 writer by the name of Illegible_Scribble took Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee” and transformed it into Frodo Baggins’ lament for his “Samwise Gamgee” while waiting for him in Valinor…and it is such a complete and utter masterpiece that I felt it was only my duty to share it here for those to read who will:

It was many and many a year ago,

In a country near the Sea,

That a fair lad there lived whom you may know

By the name of Samwise Gamgee;

And this fair lad he lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a lad and he was a lad,

In this country near the Sea,

But we loved with a love that was more than love—

I and my Samwise Gamgee—

With a love that the fairest Valar of Aman

Coveted him and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this country near the Sea,

A strike fell from the dark East, chilling

And taking from me what was free

So that highborn Elf-lords came

And away from him bore me,

To heal me far across the Water

In a land beyond the Sea.

The Valar, not half so happy in Aman,

Went envying him and me—

Yes!—that was the reason (as all Men know,

In this country near the Sea)

That my wound came out of the East by shade,

Chilling and nearly killing all of me.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we—

Of many far Wiser than we—

And neither the Valar in Aman beyond

Nor the shadows far East of the Sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the courageous Samwise Gamgee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Samwise Gamgee;

And the stars never rise, but I feel the brown eyes

Of the courageous Samwise Gamgee;

And so, all the night-tide, to the Sea I confide

Of my darling—my darling—my life and my guide,

Of our long parting across the Sea—

Alone at the edge of the Sea.

[sw33t-oubliette]

really normal about how jasper reprises the "ghosts of" lyrics from annabelle's lament . you ever think about everything he says is just a reprise of the mcalistair's lyrics or just mixes of other people's words

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Act 1 S1 Overture • Act 1 S2 New Albion 1 • Act 1 S3 Annabel Raises the Dead • Act 1 S4 Annabel Has a Doll • Act 1 S5 Annabel's Lament • Act 1 S6 We Bid the 1st Generation Adieu • Act 2 S1 New Albion 2 • Act 2 S2 Edgar Gets His Heart Broken • Act 2 S3 The Old Trunk in the Attic • Act 2 S4 Edgar Builds a Business • Act 2 S5 Fay Considers Edgar's Proposal • Act 3 S1 New Albion 3 • Act 3 S2 The Movement 1 • Act 3 S3 Voodoopunk • Act 3 S4 The Movement 2 • Act 3 S5 Elysian Night • Act 3 S6 The Suicide • Act 3 S7 Bonfire of the Dolls • Act 4 S1 The Ballad of the Gambler and the Monk • Act 4 S2 New Albion 4 • Act 4 S3 Priscilla and Jasper Play Cards • Act 4 S4 Prisiclla Contemplates • Act 4 S5 The Day They Come • Act 4 S6 I Will Bring You Down • Act 4 S7 We Bid You All Adieu

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[itspotatocatto]

Ghosts of love you never knew, you just construed like well penned plays. Ghosts of scenes, embraces, things you only knew in dreamt up days.

Annabel McAlistair in Annabel's Lament from The Dolls of New Albion by Paul Shapera

[ao3feed-jonmartin]

In Lieu Of Sleep

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/WvnDQtY by AAAStarboyAAA This morning will come, after the night, revered or lamented, out of its chrysalis. On the Archive in his liminal state, hovering between truth and consequence. Words: 5307, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood, Annabelle Cane, Peter Lukas Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Additional Tags: mag 199, Relationship Study, Character Study, all charas other than jmart are very minor, eye gore, the usual freaky beholding shit, Dysfunctional Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, it doesn't really work super well though, Dream Sequence, as much as jon can dream while not really sleeping, Passive Suicidal Ideation, basically jon just fucking losing it all night read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/WvnDQtY

[jaedoesart]

Day 29: Annabel's Lament

[nevermorgue]

nevermore musical concept part 2

duke and lenore main duet in dreamland (ft the occasional pluto eulabee as it swaps back and forth between dreamland and the others looking for duke around the school. montrada cameo.)

pluto’s lament (ft eulalie and berenice) regarding dukes disappearance. he sounds much more tired (his eye bags are terrible when duke is gone. did you notice?)

battle song during ring the bell with lenore + spectre eulabee, monty and will

of course we get a lenore annabel duet, the main one potentially being after the maze when they meet late at night. and whenever they sing to each other throughout, it’s vaguely the same melody/similar notes to their song. for example if the groups are singing against each other, every lyric directed at one another vaguely matches the notes to their own private duet.

hideout song with eulalie starting it (it’s called ‘We’re the ghosts now’ and it’s fantastic.) and they’re all finally happy and vibing for once

lenore singing with past self while hallucinating in that one part of the maze (+ theo harmonizing just barely out of reach.)

prospero and annabel lee with a proper duet. in group songs with annabel’s group they tend to compliment one another as a nudge towards him sort of being the second in command, but as a duet on their own they’re singing as themselves rather than working to blend. they come together as themselves and sound real, better than as they do when blending in front of the group

[ifthestarsarewilling]

girls when. annabelles lament

[most-tragic-character-tournament]

Annabel's parents told her that she was worthless if she didn't become a brilliant scientist. Growing up, she wasn't allowed to have friends because her parents believed they would distract her from her studies. She barely ever leaves her house, constantly working on inventions. The only person who ever showed her any affection is this guy called Jasper who kissed her once. Sadly she can't hang out with him any more because she gets expelled for digging up dead bodies for her scientific experiments on raising the dead (like a girlboss) (okay but the fact that she was willing to commit crimes like body snatching just for science shows you the kind of pressure she was under) then Jasper marries someone else and then he dies

Annabel comes up with the brilliant idea of raising Jasper from the dead and putting his soul into a wooden doll's body (my blorbo is so smart). This way she doesn't something incredible using science, like her parents always told her she had to, and she gets a friend!

However, Jasper doesn't want to be alive. The world of the dead is much nicer. He tries to communicate with Annabel but he can't speak due to being a wooden doll, he can only play the radio. He puts on a song about wanting to die and Annabel realises.

Annabel does the right thing and kills Jasper as he wants, despite the fact that she thinks this makes her a failure and she's now more alone than ever. But before that, she sings an incredible, tragic song called "Annabel's Lament". This is one of the saddest songs I've ever listened to. It's about loneliness, failure to live up to expectations, parental neglect and being an outcast. It also sounds incredible. When Annabel sings "you could've been my angel" it makes me want to sob.

After that she packs up all of her notes and all we hear about her is that she gets married and has a son. Is it a happy marriage? We don't know. We don't even know the name of the person she marries. But she dies when her son is 10.

[Propaganda]