#that key visual promo thing in the ep with them killed me

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Re:Creators ended and I couldn’t see my girls being in love and happy in hell, I demand their spin off

[tellywoodtrash]

naagin5 08.11.20 lb

on popular demand! won’t be capping much unless the scene really needs a visual cue, so just stream of consciousness kinda bs.

IF I HAD A RUPEE FOR EVERYTIME THIS USELESS BITCH TALKED ABOUT BEING AN AAAAADI NAAGIN AND THEN DOING NOTHING TO ACT LIKE IT, THEN I’D BE AN AMBANI. AT LEAST ANIL.

same, jai. same.

naagvansh ki raksha my ass. she let so many snakes get blown up in yest’s ep. fucking dumbass. 

“hum jaante hain ki hum kya kar rahein hain!” lmaooooo really? coulda fooled me. y’all literally fucking up every single thing you touch. name one thing that’s gone right in the last 25 episodes for you.

cheelanshu needs to take bani to his therapist. she seems to have inherited anger issues from previous tv husband.

BITCH SAY YOU’RE AADI NAAGIN ONE MORE TIME I DARE YOU

oh ho husband has been exempt from sazaa. not at all a biased decision.

lmaoooooooooooooo jai having a tantrum always makes me lol.

andar daddyjiiiiiiii also throwing tantrum about betaji’s pati dharam stand.

I LOVE HOW NO ONE, INCLUDING VEER HIMSELF, GIVES ONE FUCK ABOUT HIS STAB WOUND TO THE HEART. DO CHEELS NOT HAVE THEIR HEARTS IN THE USUAL PLACE OR WHAT???????

here i change fictional tv boyfriends on a weekly basis and this dude sticking with the same chick from satyug onwards. hardcore salaam to this dude’s relationship counselor. excellent work being done with him.

lmao the dad is thissssssssss 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 close to chonch maar-ing his dumbass lovesick son.

"bass uss aadi naag ko marr jaaana chahiye, jab dekho phiss phiss karke beech mein aa jaata hai. phateechar, dharti ka bhoj. ek baat bataiye, satyug mein bhi yeh itna irritating tha???”  snorttttttttt. the exasperation with jai’s existence is reallllllllllllllll.

dad’s like BRO HE’S NOT THE ONE YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT

veer so fucking lattooooo for his wife that he’s calling her AADI SHAKTI and all. beta thoda too much ho gaya.

lmao dad’s like TU IS SHAKTI KA SHIV NAHI HAI, AUR BANNE KI KOSHISH BHI MAT KARNA.

lol every time bani calls him daddyyyyyjiiiiiii, this dude’s lifespan reduces by 4 years.

"sweetheart, dekho tumhare wajah se mujhe itni daant pad rahi hai! pehle bol deti ki aadi naagin ho, main dad ko pata leta!” adslkfjldskjflsdkjfdf this fuckerrrrrrrrrrrr

dang veer baba offering daddy a damn good reason for keeping bani around here.

PONKY AUR MAYURI KI SHAADI OH LORD THE BRIDE IS DEAD

BTW I’M HELLA PISSED ABOUT THAT, I LIKED MAYURI AS A CHARACTER, SHE WAS FUN TO WATCH. certainly more so than stupid bani.

shukar he at least winced at the stab wound. main sochi wolverine style heal bhi ho gaya ab tak.

ohhhhh dangggggg ponky knows ki bhaabi is khatarnaak cheeeez and has to do with mayuri’s sudden disappearance.

lolllllllllllll veer’s halka halka call for mayuri just for formality’s sake.

oh boy we have a zombie morni on our hands????? (now there’s a show i’d watch!)

this is someone else (prolly jai) as mayuri right? he has practice being her.

simping for wife seems to be in the cheel blood. ponky is very distraught mayuri is leaving.

oooooooh daddyji knows it might be jai.

THIS IS YOUR BIG TEST??????? KNOWING WHO HER BEST FRIEND IS?????

hahahahahahahahahahahaha veer doing the “kat gayaa” gesture in the bg as ponky gets hung up on.

OMFG JAI BORIYA BISTAR UTHAAKE CHALA AAYA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA VEER’S FACEEEEEE

maaan na maan, aadi naag mehmaan.

“OH BIN MAANGE MILNE WAALE DAHEJ” BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

lmaooooooooooooooooo this is gonna be hella fun, these two idiots living under the same roof.

ASLKJDSALKJDLSAKJDLASKJ THE DAD LIKE MERA GHAR HAI KOI MUJHSE BHI TOH POOCHO KI IF I WANT THESE FUCKING SNAKES HERE?!?!?!?!  lmaooooooo i really feel bad for him. he didn’t want one snake in the house and now in a matter of minutes he’s got two!!!

cheel daddy pursing his lips in frustration when bani is giving her thakela lecture is The Biggest Mood

do minute pehle she was like this shaadi was your manmaani, now she’s telling that tumse shaadi karna meri khud ki marzi thi. nahi behen, decide karlo tum, ki kis side pe ho. yeh nahi trump supporters ki taraah stop the count bhi chila rahi ho aur count all votes bhi.

ofc this kinky fucker would get turned on by her revenge threats.

ok i’m bored with this scene now and fwding.

blah blah bani asking how jai knew mayuri’s best friend him hmmm hawwing blah blah dc fwding.

BANI YOU DUMBASS INSTEAD OF FIGHTING WITH VEER THINK OF HOW JAI KNEW THAT WAS MAYURI’S ROOM GOD SHE’S LITERALLY SO STUPID SHE MAKES RIDDHIMA LOOK LIKE A MENSA CANDIDATE

lol jai and veer’s stupid pissing contest finally got to bani and she walked off

“dhaabe waale!!!!”

“AADI NAAG HOON MAIN! IZZAT SE BAAT KAR!”

“kshama karna chaepppp ji!” aslkdjaslkdjaslkdjas

“main bani se bohut pyaar karta hoon, chaahe woh naagin ho ya baaghi.”  huh. is veer considered a furry (even tho bani has scales not fur) coz he’s into a whole other species?????????

lmao all the different cheel boys and their reactions at cheel daddy’s MY HOUSE IS FILLED WITH MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES meltdown. tapish (my fave) like yiiiiiiiiiiikes, daksh is pouring himself a drink, ponky is sitting in a corner sadly kissing his ring, while monil is ragging on him.

cheel daddy bringing in the big guns: MARKAAAAAAAAT

interesting how they’re all referring to markaat as male when yest it was a female voice. we love a gender ambiguous shadow demon!

ouffff i don’t really care about this basement lady.

don’t care about bani’s 8th i ammmmm aadi naagin speech of the hour either. 

ohohohohohoh power of mangalsutra scene bhi ghusa diya beech mein.

i’d say it’s huge progress that she’s stopped wanting to murder veer. honestly proud of you, sis.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaand she’s back on not trusting him. god she’s just sooooooo fucking irritating.

THIS IS HER PRIORITY RN????????? TO FIND OUT WHAT’S BEHIND THIS TEHKHANA DOOR???? DUDE. YOU JUST HAD A LONGASS DAY FILLED WITH MULTIPLE MURDER ATTEMPTS. CAN YOU JUST GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP????

sasur bahu faceoffffffffffff. chalo kuch toh novelty.

blah blah blah she’s too nosy for her own damn good, fwding.

24TH I AM AADI NAAGIN SPEECH OF THE DAY DUDE PLS JUST STOPPPPPPPPPPPPP

oufffffffffffffffffffffff these two idiots fighting over her like she’s an objecttttttttt. WHERE’S YOUR I AM AADI NAAGIN HEAR ME ROAR HISSSSSSSS POWER NOW, B????????

lmaooooooooooooo chaepu champakkkkkkk

“toh aur kya bulaaaon, chaeppu champak chomu???? woh kya hai, jo log baar baar haarte haina, unhe JAIIIIIIIIIII naam se nahi bula sakte!” lmaooooooooooo

THESE TWO FUCKING IDIOTSSSSSSSSSSS

lol this is the only time i have related to bani’s character, ever.

omg just make this the whole showwwwww. these two dumbasses trading playground insults. there’s a show i’d watch fucking everyyyyyy dayyyyyyyyy.

lmao cheel naagin households mein bhi navratre mein non-veg waale issues. universal problem this is, no matter what species.

daksh trying to taunt naagin bhaabi who has a knife in her hand. not the smartest move.

i love how tapish looks like he’s barely trying to keep from laughing. i like him. i hope his character doesn’t become OTT evil. i’d like to see him have a brotp with bani.

lol baby cheels got scared away with bhaabi’s snake eyes.

lmao, jai is here. now it’s gonna be a good morninggggg.

“shakkar lene jaa rahi hoon. KOI MERE PEECHE NAHI AAYEGA!” lololololololol

“baith jaa! juice pass kar!”

“abbe chaepu champak, tera juice bana doonga!” pfffffffffffffft

ohhhhhhhhh boyyyyyy, ponkyyyy and monil were the ones who raped and killed noor.

i was sad when i saw the promo this week had monil being killed coz he was the smiliest himbo and i liked him, but yeah, idc if bani kills him now. fuck them being “babies”. kill them rapey cheels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY IS THIS SHUKLA SO DEFERENTIAL TO JAI???????? IDGI. like shakura, jai had some magic key or some shit, but why are mayuri and shukla soooooooo obedient????

anyway veer need to catch themmmmm alreadyyyy and fuck them up.

oh hi meera. looking hot.

meera isn’t meera, it’s bani.

TIME’S UP, MONIL!!!!!!!!!!!! ROT IN HELL, FUCKER.

oh god jai’s saying “interesting!” aage “veryyyyyyyyyyy interesting!” bhi bol deta toh screen ke andar ghus ke maarti main usse.

tharak gonna be the death of you monil.

why did she turn back into her bani form??? don’t the cheels have some power to see the last image in a dead person’s eyes or some shit? veer used it to find out jai was alive. why wouldn’t they do that thing when it’s one of their own that’s killed????/

CAN’T SAY I’M NOT ENJOYING BANI DROWNING A RAPIST. GO AADI NAAGIN, YESSSSSS BITCH, KILL HIM.

jaiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i swear to god you’re suchhhhhhh a naarad muniiii, ainvayi mein chugli kar ke uksaata hai. you’re a snake in a whole other way.

why did she have to turn into snake to dasssofy him? she dassofied mayuri in her human form???? nothing in this show makes sense to me.

basement aunty stomping away to god’s glory and distracting frmo important rapist murdering tasks here.

today in naagin5 and immj2 are companion pieces:

colors pe har show mein sink ke neeche koi qaid hai kya/??? someone tell me what’s the status in choti sardaarni and pinjra. oh my god is it happening in big boss too???? is some poor D list celeb stuck under the wash basin plumbing in hopes of winning obscene amounts of money????????

monil trying to leverage saying i’ll take you wherever the sound’s coming from, and lmao bani’s like bitch i know the way too. shut up and lie here till i come back to kill your ass.

cheeeeee, why she decide to go through the dirtyass pipesssss???

and yet again, the pipe of the sink has just opened into one random space in the basement. THIS IS NOT HOW MODERN PLUMBING WORKS YOU FUCKSSSSSSSS

why is she so shocked to discover someone captured here? who did she think was crying and making the noises to be let out? someone who’s in there WILLINGLY???????? god. dung for brains, honestly.

phew ok this took too fucking long don’t expect me to do this ever again. night night.

[the-big-sue]

SOTT Instrumentation

So the tumblr purge killed this post because it was under a Read More and that fucking blows. But Hozier worked with Booker T. on his new EP and that reminded me of this post. So here it is:

So I was going to make an extra long post about the interesting choices in instrumentation on Sign of the Times, but it got…. Very very long. So I’m going to just shorten it to a few of the best bits I found.

The production on the track is incredibly rich and the choices made in the the accompaniment and arrangement are just as indicative of the themes of this song as the lyrics.

The Highlights:

The humanization of the ‘choir’ in the pre-chorus and chorus

The use of flexible irregular rhythm in the ‘chaotic’ act of the song

Water and flight imagery

Unusual instruments and sounds that Mean Something

The unusual resolution

The Pre-Chorus (aka the falsetto part)

In the pre-chorus the most important lyrics in relation to the instruments are “the bullets, the bullets”. As it’s been discussed, the official lyrics have a misprint because these change to “your bullet, a bullet” for the repeated instance in the first pre-chorus. Below is a breakdown of the instruments accompaniment for each pre-chorus

Pre-Chorus 1: ‘the bullets, the bullets / your bullet, a bullet’ - wavering, faint violins

Chorus 1: strings

The faint violins are used to give a slight sense of tense anticipation. The fuller violin section fills out the wall of sound in the chorus.

String instruments are often used to replicate the range of the human voice. A string quartet has two violins, a viola and a cello to replicate a human quartet with soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices. In the context of the progression of the song, this metaphorical ‘choir’ is the least human. Strings do not use air (or ‘breath’) but are manually played.

Pre-Chorus 2: ‘the bullets, the bullets / the bullets, the bullets’ - electric organ

Chorus 2: Synth choir

The use of the electric organ is subtle and fascinating. Organs have heavy association with church imagery. Electric organs have a strong history in rock music. In this case, the use is more Us and Them by Pink Floyd than Green Onions by Booker T. This is the second use of an instrument as a metaphorical ‘choir’ and one step closer to human, as organs use air to generate sounds, imitating breath and the human voice. (In this case it’s an electric organ, but that would be stylistic choice so as to not go too far into the funeral imagery)

The chorus here seems to use a synth choir, meaning computer stored versions of the human voice, or some other kind of harmonic synth sounds. Again that’s even closer to a human ‘choir’.

Pre-Chorus 3: ‘the bullets, the bullets / the bullets, the bullets’ - drum and rhythm guitar arrhythmic breakdowns (tuplets)

Here the metaphorical ‘choir’ drops out to allow the rhythm section to signal the coming chaotic , section (more on that later)

Bridge, Final Chorus + Chorus’ Riff - real human choir

The rest of the song uses real human voices. Finally achieving a kind of harmonic ‘truth’. As someone who isn’t religious but has a long history of singing Christian music, each of these ‘choirs’ resonate differently for me, but overall represent a specific kind of progression.

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The Chaotic Act:

If there’s one thing I’ve been flailing about is the drumming on this song. It’s executed very well, but also designed well to broadcast constraint and chaos.

The song starts with the drumming and rhythm guitar keeping within the established beat, even for the simple breakdowns and pick ups. Even the initial piano is acting equally as percussion and harmonic accompaniment plodding along at the start.

As the song progresses, and particularly from the third pre-chorus on through the bridge, the drums use irregular rhythm which makes the song sound so dramatic. The actual beat of the song doesn’t change too much, but the way the drums break down the rhythm gives the impression of time slowing down and flexing for emphasis. This is also the most ‘chaotic’ part of the song, including the vocal rhythm. (more on that later)

This is a classic rock song move, usually accompanied by guitar solos etc. In this song, it emphasizes a tumultuous moment before finding clarity in the final chorus and chorus’ riff.

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Water and flight imagery

The flight imagery is very easy to identify. There are four moments where a rocket-like whistle noise is used. Firstly in the intro of the song as a moment of foreshadowing. Secondly in the second verse after the word ‘atmosphere’, which is very on the nose. Thirdly in the final chorus when he says ‘we’ve got to away’ aka take-off. And lastly in the final sustained ‘away’ which would be exiting the atmosphere.

The water imagery is more evident in the rhythm. Harry’s promo has been heavy into the water visuals, while still keeping a somber atmosphere, avoiding an association with the ‘purity’ or rebirth elements. Here, water is more of a symbol of trying times, like weathering rough seas. This is where the chaotic section of the song comes in. The drums resemble tumbling waves, the vocal syncopation resembles the beating of waves as well as the kind of off-beat feeling you get when your breath is knocked out of you, and finally the vocal choices on ‘will we ever learn?/we’ve been here before’ sound like gasps for air. *insert Dunkirk drowning gif of doom*

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Unusual Instruments

So other than the core rock band, we’ve covered that the song uses strings, an electric organ, synth vocals and real human vocals.

The lead guitar part starts off as a sighing commentary on the first chorus and throughout. Eventually that sighing turns into wailing in the Chaotic section.

The electric organ is so prog rock to me and I love it. It also gives off a church vibe, but in a alt-church way with the electric organ. To me it re-emphasizes the more somber tone of the lyrics and my personal interpretation of this song as being about grief and loss.

There’s a distinct rocket whistle effect that we’ve already discussed.

For vocal effects, there’s a doubling and echo effect on the falsetto pre-chorus, which mimics the switch into plural pronouns. The falsetto also gives an impression of innocence.

Finally the weirdest and most subtle instrument is the orchestra chime, aka the bell sound. I probably heard this on my 100th listen (I’ve definitely done my part on the streaming front), but at 4:28 there are two hits on an orchestra set of chimes (which are vertical static chimes hit with a soft mallet). This is immediately after the ‘it’s just what we know’ line and ends the Chaotic section. Very much a ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ moment, so let’s get literary with the John Donne poem:

For whom the bell tolls a poem (No man is an island) by John Donne No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.

LITERALLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok I’m done with these bells.

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The Ending

The vocal line does not resolve to the tonic (or the primary chord of the key) but the piano line does.

In relation to the flight imagery, this moment comes right after the final rocket sound, which to me is a moment of exiting the atmosphere. We, the listener, do not exit the atmosphere. The voice, or what the voice personifies, exits but does not resolve for our ears. After the vocal line ends, the descending guitar line and drums feel like how you would slow down if you were running towards the edge of a cliff, but with no intention of jump off it.

The human choir takes on a celestial quality. It was previously used as harmonic accompaniment, but in its resolution it moves into polyphony as each vocal part moves to find it’s natural end note before blinking out of the score one by one. The three repeated notes on the piano are counter to the 4/4 (or 2/2) meter, so seem off beat. To me, it resembles how objects in space gently rotate on their axis as they move. As the piano and vocal lines resolve and fade, the final two piano chords seem like the moment the object disappears into the stars so you just have the stars winking passively back at you. (WOW THAT’S DEEP I’M DONE NOW)