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[misschanadlerbong]

Hey I'm back from my cave and this song has been stuck in my head for two weeks. Peak nostalgia. Love the movie. Love the song.

Ok bye

Heyyy this song made me cry so much🥹, it’s so relatable like every lyric makes sense, it’s a gem fr ✨🫶🏼

Babe why don’t you make a playlist for me?! Your song recs are so good 🤌🏼

[feadae]

@bliss-delight-jr Here are the song recs you requested! The list ended up being kinda comically long; way too long to put in a reply, so here it is (you asked for bops and jams and I added a bunch of bangers too bc I have a ton of bangers in my playlists and not many jams)

-“Topsy Turvy” from Hunchback of Notre Dame – movie and musical versions are both amazing, but the movie version is more of a consistent bop; the musical version is just a few clicks slower and is split in half by two numbers, which are both amazing, but don’t have the feel of a bop) -“Roundtable Rival” by Lindsey Stirling – a freaking JAM and also a BANGER -“Thrift Shop” by Vitamin String Quartet – a JAM -“La Llorona” from Coco – not a bop, a jam, or a banger, but like, it’s so GOOD -“The Court of Miracles” from Hunchback – again, the movie and musical versions are both great, and I’ve actually been using the musical version to get me up and moving in the morning, but the movie version is WAY more of a bop in terms of tempo and general feel; in the musical, Clopin sort of relishes having caught Quasi and Phoebus and the song is a slower kind of menacing, but in the movie, Clopin revels in being about to kill the Boys and the song is fast and bouncy and lively and a bop -“I’m the One That’s Cool” by The Guild feat. Felicia Day – a banger if I’ve ever heard one -“96,000” from In the Heights – a bop -“Carnaval del Barrio” from In the Heights – a jam that becomes a bop that becomes a banger -“The Rocky Road to Dublin” by The High Kings – a BOP -“Facade” from Jekyll and Hyde – closest to bop? I judge the difference between bops, jams, and bangers by the kind of movements that I naturally make when I hear the songs, and I make “banger” movements when I listen to “Facade,” but there’s something in my brain that’s telling me it’s too lively to be a banger, so I don’t know. It’s good, regardless. -“Murder, Murder” from Jekyll and Hyde – now this is a banger, for sure. A musical theater banger. -“Joy of the Lord” from Hands on a Hardbody – first, that’s a hardbody TRUCK. Don’t get any ideas. And “Joy of the Lord” is kinda repetitive, but it’s such a bop; I love it -“Born in Laredo” from Hands on a Hardbody – somewhere between a jam and a banger; this is an angry ballad, and I’m LIVING for it -“Can’t Sleep Love” by Pentatonix – somewhere between a jam and a bop -“Tavern Song (Thai Mol Piyas)” from Hunchback of Notre Dame – now this one is only in the musical, but the chorus is such a bop! The verses are closer to a jam and the whole song is so good. Fun fact: it’s the only song in the whole show that includes a language that is not English, Latin, or French! -“Esmeralda” from Hunchback of Notre Dame – I’m so sorry that there’s so much Hunchback on here, but it’s Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz’s fault for writing such Damn Good Music, and I’m a little obsessed rn since I’m in the thing. But “Esmeralda” is the Act I finale and it’s a musical theater BANGER. I get CHILLS every time. -“Un Poco Loco” from Coco – a bop, pure and simple. It’s so cute. -“Istanbul” by They Might Be Giants – also a bop. Very catchy. Fun fact: the first time I heard this song it was a Barbershop cover on YouTube, and for a solid five years I didn’t understand that it was a cover and not an original, bc I’d never heard the original and I’d never heard of They Might Be Giants, so I figured it was the name of the quartet the guy singing it was in (it was one of those quartet-with-yourself things YouTube vocalists love but I digress). I also didn’t get the concept of YouTube cover artists arranging their own covers if they wanted to genre-bend, so I was v disappointed when I couldn’t find the sheet music for my own Barbershop quartet to sing at contest -“I See Fire” by Peter Hollens – a jam -“Help!” by The Beatles – a bop -“All for the Best” from Godspell – a very fun bop that plays on multiple meanings of the phrase “all for the best” and there are some pretty dang cute videos of high school productions of this one -“Alas for You” from Godspell – a BANGER. A righteous-anger BANGER. If I recall the plot of the show correctly, this is Jesus losing it in the temple that folks turned into a marketplace. -“Flip Flop and Fly” by Ellis Hall – the first place I heard this was in Chicken Run as a kid, and I don’t know if it was written specifically for the movie or not. All I know is that it’s a futzing BOP. -“Flintstones” by Jacob Collier – a BOP. -“What the Heck I Gotta Do” from 21 Chump Street – 21 Chump Street is a 15-minute mini-musical written & composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, based on a true story, and “What the Heck I Gotta Do” is such a cute bop. -“Run, Freedom, Run!” from Urinetown – Yes that’s what the musical is called. It’s an Experience. “Run, Freedom, Run!” is a BOP, though. -“Cop Song” from Urinetown – A bop that becomes a banger -“Jet Set” from Catch Me If You Can – a BOP. Honestly this whole musical is so good. It’s a bit like Cheez-Its in that you kind of forget about it when you’ve got more interesting options available, but then you choose it and you’re like, “I forgot how good this was!” That’s Catch Me. And yes, it’s based on the Leo DiCaprio movie. -“Somebody’s Eyes” from Footloose: the Musical – I don’t really have strong feelings about this musical, but “Somebody’s Eyes” is fun. It’s a jam. -“Jolly Holiday” from Mary Poppins: the Musical – A bop. Mary Poppins the movie was my CHILDHOOD and I got really excited when I heard that it was a musical too, and I love the musical. They add huge chunks to the songs that aren’t in the movie, but they sound good and stand pretty well on their own. “Supercal” and “Step in Time” get honorable mentions, because I adore them both, but the musical versions don’t really fit into the bop/jam/banger categories. I 100% recommend watching a video of “Step in Time” though; the choreography is KILLER. -“We Go Together” by David Tennant and Catherine Tate – this is a bonus track on the soundtrack for the Much Ado About Nothing where David and Catherine were Benedick and Beatrice, and this song is such a cute bop that encapsulates the Beatrice/Benedick dynamic really well. It’s great and I kinda wanna see if I can convince a future boyfriend to sing it with me. -“Moon Goddess” by Jocelyn Hagen – this is a choir piece, and you wouldn’t expect a choir piece to be a banger, but “Moon Goddess” is a BANGER. Trust me. -“Godzilla Eats Las Vegas” by Eric Whitacre – it’s a concert band piece and I guess it could maybe be a banger but I really just want you to listen to it because it’s exactly what it sounds like and it’s HILARIOUS. -“Incantation and Dance” by John Barnes Chance – another concert band piece, and kinda long, but it’s a jam that becomes a banger, and it’s spoopy too; perfect for Halloween Season -“The Typewriter” by Leroy Anderson – a concert band piece where the primary soloist plays an Actual Literal Typewriter and it’s great. A bop. -“Livin’ It Up on Top” from Hadestown – a BOP. The musical is one of those concept-album musicals and it’s a Great-Depression-era retelling of the Orpheus and Euridice story and it’s GREAT. -“Way Down Hadestown” from Hadestown – also a bop -“Our Lady of the Underground” from Hadestown – Persephone gets to start Act II with a kickass solo and it’s a JAM. I adore it and I really wanna sing it for a hypothetical voice recital -“You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid” by The Offspring – a BANGER -“When You’re Evil” by Aurelio Voltaire – a JAM. A SPOOPY jam. -“The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by The Charlie Daniels Band – a bop and a banger all at once. I adore it. -“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog – both the reprise and the original are such good bops, but I especially love the reprise because Anika Noni Rose’s voice is ANGELIC. -“Through Heaven’s Eyes” from The Prince of Egypt – I adore this whole soundtrack with my whole soul, but “Through Heaven’s Eyes” is the only song that really fits into a bop/jam/banger category, and that only barely. It’s a bop if you squint, but regardless it’s really good and I love it. -“The Mad Hatter” from Wonderland – a musical theater banger. The new Mad Hatter is a woman, and she’s a mezzo-soprano, so you know what that means: a jazzy introduction song where she gets to belt her heart out and it’s great. -“I Will Prevail” from Wonderland – the Mad Hatter’s other solo, also a banger, goes even harder than the first one, because It’s Act Two, Bitches, Shit’s Gettin’ Real -“I’ll Think of You” by Kurt Hugo Schneider – a cute little a capella bop. I definitely recommend watching the video on this one because the patty-cake thing the singers do while singing is really impressive and really cute. -“Oh, the Thinks You Can Think” from Seussical the Musical – listen this musical is so cute, and I’d love to play Gertrude McFuzz, because she’s so cute, but I’d ESPECIALLY love to play the Cat in the Hat, because he falls into the category of Chaotic Good/Chaotic Neutral, Spritely Character Where Gender Doesn’t Matter in Casting (others in this category include Puck from Midsummer, Ariel from The Tempest, and Clopin from Hunchback—all characters I want to play). And this song is the opening number and it’s a really fun bop. -“Tango: Maureen” from RENT – a jam. Makes me want to learn how to tango. -“La Vie Boheme” from RENT – a BANGER. -“The Road Goes On” from The Lord of the Rings: the Musical – YES, this is a real musical. YES, I’m as excited as you are. This song is a bop, through and through. -“Both Sides of the Coin” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood – a BOP. The whole musical is wonderful and I love it and you should listen to it (have the Wikipedia summary pulled up while you do; since it’s based on a book that never technically ends, since Dickens died before he could finish it, the musical is a solve-it-yourself with multiple endings, where the audience picks the ending every night) -“Be Good or Be Gone” from Pump Boys and Dinettes – somewhere between a bop and a banger -“Papaoutai” by Pentatonix feat. Lindsey Stirling – a bop -“Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” by Bing Crosby feat. The Andrews Sisters – a cute little bop -“Hobbit Drinking Medley” by Peter Hollens feat. Hank Green – such a bop. So cute. I really like the video -“Independence!” from The Trail to Oregon – this is a StarKid one, and it’s so fun. A bop. -“Rogues Are We” from Holy Musical B@man! – more StarKid. Closer to a banger. Especially fun to sing along when you’re alone in the car and you can belt out all the notes in all the character voices with no one to give you a funny look for it *I was trying not to do this, but just anything by Celtic Woman. It’s all so good! -“Finnegan’s Wake” by The High Kings – such a BOP, good LORD. -“Way Ahead of My Time” from Taxi Cabaret – it’s a bop, and it’s sung by a gay caveman. That is all you need to know. (There are a bunch of really good professional versions but I found a high schooler called Wyatt Walberg on YouTube doing it for his school and his version is really good) -“Any Kind of Dead Person” from Ghost Quartet – a BOP. And another spoopy bop, no less. -“Alive” by Skipinnish – I don’t remember where I first heard this, and my brain is telling me there’s a distinct probability that either you or Sock recommended it to me (OH I think it’s in a playlist one of y’all made for CotIG), so if you already know about it, then this is a reminder to listen to it again, because isn’t it so good?! A bop. -“Danger On the Dance Floor” by The Cog is Dead – A BANGER. A TANGO. A GREAT STORY. WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT. -“Nicknackatory” by Mr. B, the Gentleman Rapper – so apparently gentleman rap (I think it’s called chap-hop, which makes me really happy) is an actual genre, and I love it with all my heart. This is hilarious. A bop.

So...yeah

[het-reccers]

Ship Manifesto: River Song/The Doctor

Blurb: I was a quick convert to River Song fandom, having been warned by the friend who put me onto Who in the first place that she was divisive but always awesome. Though her story—both solo and alongside the Doctor—got a lot of uneven handling over the years, particularly in S6, River never stopped being awesome. She’s cleverer than just about anyone, quick on the draw, always ready to cover pain with a smile, and unstoppable when someone she loves is in danger…a lot like the Doctor, in any of his incarnations.

That’s what I love about this pairing. The Doctor has chemistry with just about everyone, but River (who does, too, frankly) is the one person in NuWho who’s his true equal—and, whatever the flaws in the storytelling along the way, the Doctor knows it. And he LOVES that—because he’s so often alone, because he’s not quite the last of the Time Lords, because he so rarely meets his match, because she’s sexy as hell to boot. Shecan do everything he can do, except backwards and in high heels, and there’s not another soul in the universe who can say the same. Their story is tragic from the get-go, but somehow their spectacular flirtations, adorable asides, and downright glorious end at Darillium make you understand why they’re both so committed to their topsy-turvy and wholly unconventional life together, in spite of, well, basically the rest of the universe and time itself.

The way Ten’s face goes slack when she whispers in his ear in the Library, the way Eleven can never contain his excitement to see whatshe does next, the way Twelve watches her so tenderly��there’s no one who consistently getsunder every Doctor’s skin and makes herself so at home. And the way they all get indignant at the idea of her outs

marting everyone, even as they fall harder for her? I can watch that over and over and over again. She’s his bespoke psychopath, he’s her husband in every way that matters, and if you don’t think that the last fifteen minutes of “The Husbands of River Song” was the perfect sendoff to an incredible ship, then we’re watching different shows. I’ve recced a ton of Whofics here already, and others have done manifestos for this ship, too. But there’s just so much goodness to be had! So here’s a bunch of River/Eleven recs, since he’s *my* Doctor, and Alex Kingston and Matt Smith have entirely too much chemistry to be contained on a TV screen.

Rec #1: love me like i know you will Author: citynoise Link: http://citynoise.livejournal.com/40991.html Rating/Warning(s): G Word Count/WIP?: 3,810 (complete) Why This Must Be Read: Onscreen, we see much more evidence for River’s comment that the Doctor is “hard work young” than for the reverse, though it’s implied. This fic digs into that reverse, with an older Eleven and a River still at university, and with a deep focus on the characters and their connection rather than the smut that such stories often tend toward. (Not that I’m complaining—but it’s neat to see a different take!)

Rec #2 take him and cut him out in little stars

Author: mygalfriday Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/809460 Rating/Warning(s): G Word Count/WIP?: 2,581 (complete) Why This Must Be Read: There are a million iterations of how a Library-preserved River might interact with the Doctor, but I love this one, where she gets to continue traveling with him (in a sense) and that actually makes sense of her presence in “The Name of the Doctor.”

Rec #3: They Drag Their Nails and Rattle Their Chains Author: caffeinechic Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/959428 Rating/Warning(s): G Word Count/WIP?: 1,355 Why This Must Be Read: Taking place immediately post-Manhattan, this is a story as much about River’s and the Doctor’s relationships with—and grief for—Amy and Rory as it is a shippy thing, but the author embeds their tangle of emotions for each other into their every interaction, for once making Eleven’s coping about giving River what she needs as well as taking what she offers.

Rec #4: because now is now, it can never be a long time ago Author: hihoplastic Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/923994 Rating/Warning(s): Teen Word Count/WIP?: 3,642 (complete) Why This Must Be Read: This sweet and episodic fic covers the in-between times with this pair, giving them a reasonable framework for better getting to know each other—no spoilers!—while enjoying texting and scones.

Rec #5: Acres of longing, mountains of tenderness. Author: Del Link: http://archiveofourown.org/series/60055 Rating/Warning(s): Mature Word Count/WIP?: 13,735 (complete) Why This Must Be Read: This is practically the ur-fic for Doctor/River, wonderfully executed: unforgiving post-Manhattan angst, some hijinks with the Paternoster gang, and figuring out what it meant that one of Clara’s echoes showed up at the Library.

Rec #6: though the stars walk backward Author: mygalfriday Link: http://archiveofourown.org/series/82189 Rating/Warning(s): Teen Word Count/WIP?: 6,282 Why This Must Be Read: A not-quite AU where River and the Doctor meet as university professors and then ditch it for a life of travel and adventure sounds pretty run-of-the-mill, right? Guess again—this fic keeps you guessing and loving it, and the follow-up story is a simple note of delight.

Rec #7: This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die Author: areyoumarriedriver Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/520584 Rating/Warning(s): Teen, dark themes Word Count/WIP?: 3,204 (complete) Why This Must Be Read: The warning of dark themes is a serious one. As much as we were warned that the Doctor and River traveling together long-term could be destructive, the idea of a Doctor truly alone is even scarier—and this fic doesn’t hold back on its exploration of what he might be driven to do to those who hurt her.

Rec #8: without a word, snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts, even from our pity Author: radiolaria Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/866149 Rating/Warning(s): G Word Count/WIP?: 1,023 (complete) Why This Must Be Read: “There is no River to kill the Doctor in the world where River kills the Doctor. And Berlin is not the most romantic city of the world.” A brief and matter-of-fact exploration of that world and what it results in, this fic will make you long for things to be righted.

Rec #9: rejoiced in the hopeless, we loved under atomic skies Author: your_bespoke_psychopath Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/749422 Rating/Warning(s): G Word Count/WIP?: 5,903 Why This Must Be Read: The author’s note reads, “At least in this fandom you don’t have to apologise for achronology,” and indeed, this fic is a lovely episodic exploration of the Doctor and River’s wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey life together, in no particular order but with all the joy and angst and everything else intact.

Rec #10: Though wise men at their end know dark is right Author: mygalfriday Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/789815 Rating/Warning(s): Teen Word Count/WIP?: 3,794 (complete) Why This Must Be Read: This story isn’t quite a Library fix-it, and while it’s terrifically told, it may still stomp all over your heart on the way to its end.

Originally Posted At: http://het-reccers.livejournal.com/1096170.html

[misschanadlerbong]

Hello how are you. Here is another song that I had almost forgotten had existed.

hiii Turvi! I am good! how are you doing?? what's new?

This is such a lovely song <333 specially the vocals and the acoustic guitar in the background sets the mood just right 🫶🏼✨🤗

[misschanadlerbong]

ok controversial take.

I love his songs. And this one is my favourite.

aww that’s greattt!✨🫶🏼 there should be nothing controversial about the things we love <3

[misschanadlerbong]

This song 🤌.

The whole song is in Punjabi but the meaning is so beautiful. This song gives me winter vibes.

Ok I'm done now

NO! 😭 this song is making me cry fr

Man! How wonderful it is that a song can remind you of a time in life 🥹 this song is so old but always manages to have an impact on my heart, it’s so overwhelming

Turvi! You should make a playlist for me, I’m loving these song recs so much, I love you!