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mariyekos · 5 months ago

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Not anonymous. Most impactful book, song/album, and movie on you in terms of writing/creativity.

This one gets a bonus answer because I wrote down "most impactful book" and then got up, forgot there was supposed to be more to it, and started writing. I answer the writing variant after it.

Most impactful book in general: Just the other day I was thinking back to Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. I read it in Spring 2019, so a year before the pandemic hit, which made it hit all the harder. Just thinking about it and some of the lines in that book gave me the chills. I need to re-read it. I don't want to spoil too much, but it's about time travel and the danger of a modern pandemic versus the danger of being trapped in the past. I named one of my fics after two lines from this book: you must return from that place whence you came, and thence again to heaven. What a book. Thinking of one character in particular is destroying me right now. Ahhhh.

Most impactful book in terms of writing/creativity: Right now, I'm going to go with the general Wheel of Time series. That series gets very, very detailed, to the point that sometimes even I just want the author to move on, but as someone who also wants to get more detailed with my writing, it's something that has propelled me forward a bit. I've never actually finished it though...got to book 6, went back for my last semester of college, and then never picked it back up. I want to get back to it once I finish the things on my current reading list. Which actually could bring me to all the ideas currently popping in my head from reading the Divine Comedy, but that's another matter...

Most impactful song/album for writing: Usually when I'm writing I'll put on some combination of songs that fit the mood, keeping 5-10 tabs open with songs that fit the current vibe and go from there. I can't really name one song that stands out above the rest as inspiring me to write, because there are just so many.

But to get a general idea, I listen to a lot of piano covers of thing, video game ambient music, etc. A friend recently introduced me to The Swans and I've been writing to the Live Versions of Blood Promise and The Sound lately. This specific cover of Wind Scene/600 AD from Chrono Trigger was my background music a day or two ago. I will frequently put on Purpleschala or Kyle Landry's channels too, both of which do piano covers of video game songs. Purpleschala has a fantastic selection of Fire Emblem tracks, though I'll listen to just about anything of hers. Though if I'm trying to think of an impactful song with lyrics, it would be Sweet Bird by Young Hunting. I feel like we've talked about this song before but I can't quite remember.

Now let's make one thing clear as crystal

Now let's make one thing clear as crystal The blood is on your hands The blood is on your hands And the blood will stain your hands And everything you touch And everything you love Oh sweet bird of my youth Where have you flown to? Now I cannot find you No I can't recognize you Sweet bird, sweet bird Now I don't want, I don't want you to leave But I don't know what else to do No I don't know what else to do

Most impactful movie in terms of creativity: I uh. Don't really watch movies... 😅 I will sometimes go a whole year without watching a movie, maybe more. So with my very small list of movies to choose from, I'll go with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Love high fantasy and the amazing scale of everything. I want to craft a rich story like that, full of interconnected threads, little plot lines going towards a central goal, and this sense of hope emerging through the terrible reality which threatens to swallow everything whole.

#ty for the ask!#i'll send you some later. my phone is at 17% and i'm not home oops #forgot my charger #eruanswers #erurandomness #erubabbles

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hootyhoowoo · 2 months ago

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