"it is the realm beyond, and between, and through, and past the world"
since the release of the character playlists, and the rain road in the arc 1 finale my brain has been absolutely spinning about musicality in the wizard, the witch, and the wild one. and the relationship between music and the spirit realm, and then how that intersects with umora.
because since the beginning there has been this emphasis between the world of spirits and music. eursulon's theme, when we first meet him, before he crosses over, is this beautiful choral music—the first time we hear singing in the show. and then there is your honey is quiet, honey with a note of song. the first diegetic song we hear performed, is sung to honour the spirits.
(edit: eursulon’s breath!!! the thing that brings him back to himself, after it had been lost!!!!)
so i have the rain road on repeat and i'm re-listening to fireside chats and in the one for the first episode brennan describes the world of spirit by saying "it is the world beyond, and between, and through, and past the world" and it reminded me of the scoring. we hear the stories of umora, but beyond, between, through, and past the world; surrounding it, but separate from it is the score. (making me feel like us, the audience, is sitting and existing in the spirit realm. and if it is supernal, if it is what is beyond and between and through and past the world— aren't we?)
but that called to mind eursulon's character playlist, and how it, especially in it's representations of eursulon's early journey, was so instrumental. and that led me to ponder the intersection of music and language. how young eursulon's theme was choral but not lyrical.
the structure of language is the domain of umora.
and how that intersects interestingly with what we have seen of the lingua arcana. suvi's rhythmic somatic components. reflexive indicative and null clef alluding to the structure of grammar and music theory.
and then how the rain road is choral and lyrical, together. the first breaking of that line between the score and the world. connecting, like ame does.
and that is why in the wizard the witch and the wild one ame is a meta narrative representation of musical theatre. in this essay i will—
WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT THE 2018 SEATTLE SPACE AGE BATCHELOR MAN BECAUSE?? WHAT.
"Born to a body no doctor could comprehend, nor no nurse could resist, the last hope for the planet. While others flee from danger, he runs to it, for he IS the danger..."
"for only the space age bachelor man can stop our queen destroying planet earth-MY GOD!"
"or the completion of her laser, the earth doesn't stand a chance, and the only thing that may save the day is your LEGENDARY MEGA SUPER DANCE!!"
*the queen of the cat aliens is introduced* "wow! shes freaking hot!"
I really wished I had a video (or even lyrics) but as far as I could tell instead of count dog-u-lous its an evil cat queen (played by constance) who wants to destroy earth and they? I think have a dance off? or fight or something
//At long last, I finally decided to stop everything and focus on my blog by itself! This post is quite long (obviously) and a few tags were slaughtered in the process since I no longer use them and also to make place for new ones, but I hope this eases the tagging mess for once!!
🌊 | outside the ship / ooc
🌊 | inside the ship / ic
🌊 | stuck in my datapad / mobile
🌊 | coming aboard / threads
🌊 | message in a bottle / asks
🌊 | grayfaced annoyance / anonymous
🌊 | a reflection of myself / visage
🌊 | Lapis did a thing / arts & edits
🌊 | in troubled waters / memes & prompts
🌊 | watching over seas / dash comm
🌊 | this looks fun / dash games
🌊 | from another point of view / headcanons
🌊 | through the soul of a sailor / study
🌊 | you're not the only fish in the ocean... / musings
🌊 | all the beauties hidden underwater / aesthetic
thinking abt 36 questions cuz like it was an alright musical. it was fine, fun even. it didnt catch my attention too much until tht fucking final song. the truth is sofucking real