#and Regina Spektor

[cyborgrhodey]

regina spektor is a violent zionist, but i don't think it's constructive or honest at all for people to be like "well her art was always bad anyway." some terrible people have made great art. This idea that artists with unsavory morals can't make good art (1) only feeds into some people's mindset that if they dislike something, that MUST mean there is something ideologically wrong with it, and (2) some people then take longer to realize the true colors of their favorite artists because... good artists can't be ethically bad right?? and so they hang on to their faves and pretend they are so righteous and defend their every move when sometimes. sometimes you just gotta accept that your favorite art was made by somebody you don't agree with, and you have to identify how much you are willing to support someone like that and what lines you have that can't be crossed

[artoutforblood]

Decided to compile my comic into one

[tank-grrrl]

my favorite albums by color

[prokopetz]

There are people in this world who primary point of reference regarding the musical work of Regina Spektor is that one webcomic AMV about the tragic romance of a couple of comedy relief side characters who receive a collective ten minutes of screen time before being beaten to death by a clown.

[sibbydoo]

you’ll come back, when they call you. no need to say good-bye.

[helianss]

Two birds on a wire / One tries to fly away and the other watches him close from that wire / hes says that he will but he is a liar

[cataclysmictide]

I Miss You (And I Love You All The Same)

BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish/True Blue - Boygenius/seven - Taylor Swift/Anne With An E/Margaret Atwood/invisible string - Taylor Swift/Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides - Anne Carson/Unknown/Fresh Out The Slammer - Taylor Swift/Poem - Langston Hughes/@boyfig/@gh0stcup/Little Women (2019)/seven - Taylor Swift/ Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami/Two Birds - Regina Spektor

[themaybug]

or, the many times Loghain Mac Tir escaped death, and the question of why

[saint0psy]

But the most special are the most lonely

God, I pity the violins

In glass coffins they keep coughing

They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing

[peaceandlove26]

ne me quitte pas, mon cher!

[fatiguedcorvid]

lyrics taken from Regina Spektor's "you've got time"

[binturita]

Had to make my own

[artoutforblood]

Part 2 // First // Next // Bonus

[riothegreenwitch]

persephone had it right

“a burning hill,” mitski/“the beatrice letters,” lemony snicket/“cigarettes & saints,” the wonder years/“the beatrice letters,” lemony snicket/“samson,” regina spektor/“the beatrice letters,” lemony snicket/“letters to doc,” cathy linh che

[glitter-stained]

I'm always thinking about Jason because fixation so my judgement is biaised because every song I listen to makes me think about at least one of my Jasons, but here are some songs though were definitely written for and about canon Jason Todd, and I will take no criticism (but you are definitely welcome to add your own songs):

-Take me To War, by The Crane Wives

>"But I keep snapping at Goliath hands with all of my tiny might"/ "All of the fire I swallowed, all of the sparks that went down in my guts, I am always burning out"/ "I'll be the sweetest thing to ever scare you"

The Robin -> Red Hood transition is so seamless

-Little Soldiers by the Crane Wives

> "On the broken back of all the words we spared, Like little soldiers in the trenches; It was a march we made towards ruin and despair, But we held hands all the while"

I always rant about how how Jason's character and story is centered around love, this is the song that plays in my head while I'm yapping

-Blue Lips by Regina Spektor

> "He took a step but then felt tired, He said I'll rest a little while; but when he tried to walk again, he wasn't a child"

If you ever wanna be sad about Jason's resurrection, catatonia and stolen childhood, this is the song to listen to

-The Horrors and The Wild by The Amazing Devil

"Think of all the horrors that I promised I'd bring, I promise they'll sing of every Time you passed your fingers through my hair and called me child, Witness me old man I am the Wild"

> If Under The Red Hood has one song it's this one

-The Old Witch Sleep and The Good Man Grace by The Amazing Devil

"There's a fire burning/And I'm learning to be/So much more than my tiredness/ So much more than that old witch sleep wishes/ She kisses my eyelids, and I/Breathe"

> If Red Hood: Lost Days (minus the gross bits) has one song it's this one

-Elsa's song by The Amazing Devil

>"And you'll throw some sage and lillies/ And roses where I'll rot/ Of all the flowers you picked/I knew you would forget/ Forget-me-nots"

idk who Elsa is this is about how Jason was grieved but he wasn't remembered

(Yeah I'm pretty convinced that at least either Madeline Hyland or Joey Batey read Under the Red Hood so many of their songs fit so well I restrained myself to three but there are so many)

-A Burning Hill by Mitski

>"I'm tired of wanting more, I think I'm finally worn/ For you have a way of promising things/ And I've been a forest fire"

Jason admitting loss and giving up on begging Bruce is something that can be so personal actually

-Heaven Knows by The Pretty Reckless

>"Now you're on your knees with your head hung low/ Big Man tell you where to go/ Tell them it's good, tell them okay/Don't do a goddamn thing they say"

Crime Alley united!!! Also, "tell the big guy I said hello" :))) (the God/Batman amalgam in Death in the Family is such an incredible one-liner and works so well for Jason omg)

-For the Departed by Shayfer James

>"Now I must finished what I started/I'll write a symphony for the departed/And I have no time for second chances/ So I survive on bourbon blood and backward glances"

The amount of angst, dramatics and intense devotion to his cause at the cost of his life, the literature references, everything about this song? Jason at his angstiest for sure

-Goodbye by Bo Burnham

> "If I wake up in a house that's full of smoke I'll panic/So call me up and tell me a joke/ When I'm fully irrelevant and totally broken dammit/ Call me up and tell me a joke /Oh shit/ You're really joking at a time like this"

exploded warehouse parallel aside, this song feels like not being able to heal because you're not capable of asking for what you really need, wanting to come back but feeling like you aren't allowed to because it would ruin you or the you that was shaped by other's perception of you and most importantly, begging to matter and to have mattered. So. Jason.

[dellamortethelesser]

Be afraid of the cold They'll inherit your blood Après moi, le delugé After me comes the flood

a beautiful rendition of my aasimar, Idris, done by olivpit! you can view all of her links here! she did such a gorgeous job and was so pleasant to work with, please take a peek at her comms, prints, and artfight!