#ask liv ab her ship songs

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The Great Comet is my favorite musical ever D:::: so great to see anyone talk about it ever haha. But I wanna hear you talk about the sokkla and wicked song! also the zutara one is spot on

great comet is LITERALLY tied for my fav musical (les mis is the other it was the first show i ever saw and it was amazing and enjfoaiend so many feelings for that musical)

i am SO GLAD you asked ab sokkla and wicked because that along with the yuekka great comet no one else song is what inspired me to make that list

so without further ado: sokkla: as long as your mine

one of the big things with sokkla as a ship is that most of the fics i read and most of the art i see if that many sokkla fans and artists rlly play into the whole forbidden romance theme; moreso than any other fm swt pairing in the series (ie zutara zukka azutara u get the gist)

and this song is ALL ABOUT THE FORBIDDEN ROMANCE

you see: fiyero in wicked is a carefree guy who plays up his charm and plays dumb a lot when in actuality i think hes a very smart character. i know sokka doesnt pretend to act dumb and thats a difference between him n fiyero: but the fact that theyre both pretty smart strategic characters is why i associate them with eachother

azula as elphaba?? HANDS DOWN AMAZING. elphaba is an outsider. she isnt liked by many people. she is very thoughtful and precise with her actions and has shown she can be cunning and manipulative when she needs to be. sound familiar? consider a post-redemption arc azula for this role. just just think of it.

now onto the lyrics:

"i need help believing your with me tonight / my wildest dreamings could not foresee / lying here beside you / with you wanting me"

elphaba in this moment cant rlly believe that the fact that she is with fiyero is reality. azula has been seen in the finale of atla to struggle in terms of reality and people wanting her (ie her mother saying she loves her and azula not believing it because it isnt real) i know this is a bit of a stretch because elphaba isnt hallucinating and has never been known to do so, but azula and elphaba definitely both have issues with people genuinely loving them and wanting them.

"maybe im brainless / maybe im wise"

LJGFJHGF my favorite hc that i have for sokkla is that while they are the two smartest characters in all of atla: they become dumb when it comes to each other. thats personally a hc i have for this ship and this line just supports that wholeheartedly. Sokka becomes a lovesick idiot when it comes to azula and he knows this. so is he dumb for acting like an idiot around her? or is he smart for loving her anyways. (both. its both.) also just the symbolism and implications of sokka saying this line when we all know hes a genius but in the show hes seen as insecure in his abilities and strengths just.... wow. this line is so sokka it makes me lakshfgwky

"say there's no future for us as a pair" "just for this moment / as long as your mine"

this is less to do with the ship itself but moreso with the fandom ab the ship. lots of people dont like this ship (and thats fine! not every ship is for everyone) and they think that it wouldnt work out and while i personally disagree i think this line is good for pointing that out. because ppl think it would never work and that its doomed and maybe since sokka and azula are both geniuses they recognize that their relationship may look that way to other people too. they arent dumb. theyd know how people would look at them as a couple and theyd realize that hey maybe this wont work, but i dont care because right now im with you anyways: sokkla core

and finally, the most iconic line in this entire show, literally where the title comes from

"for the first time, im feeling, wicked"

im sorry but azula would def say something like this. ugh i have so many emotions about this show and this ship and i love this musical and i rlly love this ship. wicked sokkla au anyone? goddammit im adding it to my list of fic ideas rn. sokkla wicked au is something i desperately need right now. zuko nessarose? suki glinda? morally grey aang wizard?? somehow katara fits into this?? idk i became inspired by writing this post to actually think about a sokkla wicked au. ill get back to this one day. maybe. idk. yeah.

ALSO YES FIRST DATE/LAST NIGHT IS SO ZUTARA

like the vibes???

bad first impressions, he made her cry because he was an ass, she gave him a second chance, extremelt awkward first date??? TELL ME that isnt how a zutara relationship would start. tell me. i dare you. also this fucking song is just so cute and well written and beautiful and yeah. first date/last night is fucking zutara to a T

thank you for indulging my theatre kid atla rambles :)))

ask me about why i think these songs go with these ships :)

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maiko- “you matter to me” waitress

TALK ABOUT THIS ONE ???? i'm just here for maiko tbh

mailee- “lay all your love on me” -mamma mia (I KNOW THIS MAY SEEM OUT OF PLACE BUT THIS IS JUST WHAT MY BRAIN TELLS ME OKAY)

oh? do go on i ADORE mamma mia

okay is the title itself isnt maiko enough think of it like this:

zuko is a kid whos literally hada two people care for him his entire life: his mother and iroh (the maiko for this context is maiko when he returns to the fire nation before joining the gaang). and his mother left and he betrayed iroh. zuko already has issues with believing people actually care about him and love him

on the flipside mai has been in a safe and secure household her entire life. she has a present mother and father. the thing is: she feels stiffled by them. Now i know pretty much nothing about her relationship with her parents because i know it goes a lil more into that in the comics so from my own perspective: mai is taken care of, be she is not cared for. remember ember island? remember how she said her life was perfect except for the fact that she straight up wasnt allowed to be herself??

from my pov its fairly easy for me to say that these kids dont feel like they are cared for

but the thing with maiko is: they still care for each other

"i dont hate you" "I dont hate you either"

for this song mai is pottamer because of this line: "come out of hiding im right here beside you / and ill stay there as long as you need me"

Mai is always seen as being there for Zuko. Her first appearance with him in book three on the boat she is trying to reach out and talk to him and make him feel better. she just wants to talk with him and make him feel better. She is loyal af to this boy.

and zuko is jenna in this song because of these lines: "It's addictive the minute you let yourself think / The things that I say just might matter to someone"

once again were gonna look at ember island for this jawn:

mai azula and ty lee are all pressuring him to open up about his feelings, granted in different ways: azula because it seems amusing to her. ty lee because shes confused as to why zuko is upset. mai because she cares about him. HE MATTERS TO HER.

mai, a character who really doesnt seem like she cares about anything. cares about zuko.

zuko matters to her.

and zuko, a character who cares a little too much about everything, still has space in his mind and heart to care about mai.

mai matters to him.

fuck i love this song and this ship. fuck.

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mailee lay all your love on me

okay okay okay. this one isnt as deep as maiko because it rlly do be the fact that sophia and ty lee give off such similar vibes to me but lets dive into the lyrics anyways shalle we?

"i feel a kind of fear / when i dont have you near"

these two are always with each other. always. they always have each others backs and in tbr mai does seem a little scared before ty lee betrays azula and saves mai.

"i still don't know what you've done with me / a grown up woman should never fall so easily"

think ab this one from mai's perspective: once again its established that she keeps things she loves a secret. she tries very hard to remain apathetic and detatched from everything. but ty lee isnt someone she can hide from. mai isnt used to falling hard and fast and yet it happens with ty lee

once again: the major reason for this song being a mailee song to me is strictly because ty lee has sophie vibes (also i think she would think the dancing boys in funny flippers would be so amusing; mai also would like it because hey at least it isnt boring)

ask me about why i think these songs go with these ships!