#witch queen ost

[shopwitchvamp]

The skirt:

The music recommendation:

[tanoraqui]

now that this fic is all published, I can ramble about the things that happen afterward in the timeline! Feel SO free to ask about anything you want more details of.

First off, all three posts about Dave the Balrog are 100% canon to this au, except for where they sometimes contradict the fic's worldbuilding or plot bc I hadn't settled on every detail yet. Also, Dave’s name is probably more like “Drav”, from the Sindarin “drava-”, “to hew.”

That happens much later, though - about 1980 TA. FIRST, immediately, as Celebrimbor says: it's time to save the orcs!

That is, wildly self-indulgent crossover with @ceescedasticity's fic(verse) elves, once, which isn't 100% my headcanon for orcs but it's essentially canon for this au because it makes everything VERY FUNNY in a tragic irony way. I've thought about this so much that it really deserves its own bullet-point post, but highlights include:

- Annatar attempts to conceal the fact that Curufin and Celegorm are orcs, and, y'know, have been since they died. This works until Celebrimbor identifies a bunch of the orc army's weapons as made by his father, even if the style is strange and fell, and the two of the have a HUGE fight in front of representatives of every Elvish kingdom in Middle Earth and most of an army of orcs.

- Bellow/Turgon is having the single strangest, most uncomfortable road trip of his life, and he counts the crossing of the Helcaraxë in that total.

- Turgon tries to convince Galadriel to take Celebrían and Elrond and get out of here, because inevitably this must be a cruel trick and all the orcs will be forced to turn on all the Elves. Galadriel is like, "Honestly, I've been watching Celebrimbor's slow corruption and Sauron's slower un-corruption for about 2,000 years now, and I think we actually have a shot at this. Also, bold of you to assume you can beat me in a fight."

- Curufin and Celegorm had BOOKED IT when Annatar's summoning-compulsion snapped, on the reasonable assumption that any plan the Dark Lord had for them + Celebrimbor could only be cruel to the extreme...so Celebrimbor and Annatar go on a bonus road trip to retrieve them.

- Everyone meets up by the Sea again, but instead of taking (or, obeying) the offer of escape into Ulmo's hands, Turgon and probably a bunch of other orcs volunteer to come help break the Crucible. They Deserve This.

- In the end, as usual, the day is ultimately saved - as are the souls of thousands of trapped elves - by the power of love and overwhelming violence.

AND THEN...

Celebrimbor & Annatar don't actually rebuild Ost-in-Edhil and Eregion as they were. Those days are over, and also the surviving Númenoreans kinda...regard Annatar as Absolute Evil, for some mysterious reason. And those who knew about the whole or even partial conspiracy - namely Tar-Miriel herself - aren't too keen on Celebrimbor, either.

They leave whoever wants to stay and rebuild in Eregion, leadership tbd based on the traditional system of craft-based meritocracy, and take a few decades off to lay low from geopolitics, work on their marriage, and for Celebrimbor to learn a little bit of necromancy so he can manipulate his own fëa and hröa, thank you very much.

They stay with the Witch-Queen of Calador for a while, discreetly because officially that kingdom is also not on good terms with its “former” evil-ish overlord. (The Witch-Queen of Calador and her not really sane, almost certainly unsafe, but arguably consensual relationship with Annatar really deserves her own post, too. She’s my favorite OC of this au. She really loves bats.)

Elrond & Celebrían get married! Elrond always knew his wedding would have to involve stopping drunken brawls from erupting between people who love him but hate each other, but he’d assumed it’d be Iathrim and Fëanorians, not an elderly Queen Miriel going for Annatar’s eyes with a butter knife.

Annatar regards the birth of Elrohir and Elladan with some concern, this alarming lineage now augmented by the blood of Arafinwë (cut off Melkor’s foot) and Galadriel (Melian’s pupil, hates him). But that’s nothing to how freaked out he is by Arwen, who is such an obvious Reprise of Lúthien that it’s now CLEAR that this was all a Melian scheme to assault him, personally.

He can’t just kill her now—Elrond and Galadriel and both right here, not to mention Celebrimbor. And then she’d absolutely be his enemy when she Returned… No, the only solution is to stay in Imladris for a while and become her most beloved uncle whom she would not dream of assaulting, whom she could not bring herself to injure even if circumstance and conscience forced her hand. Love has ever been the undoing of Melian’s line. The Reprise is obvious, but not so established that he cannot twist it into irony, Lúthien’s heir as his devoted student and companion rather than foe.

[smash cut to late 3rd Age Annatar watching the Music settle into place as Arwen interacts with the newest, currently toddling scion of the House of Elendil and nearly killing the child right then because no, no, thats not how this was supposed to Reprise—that’s his jewel of an elf-queen, Singer and trade-manipulator and niece, and he’s going to lose her forever? Killing the brat won’t even work, that would only make her follow him sooner, one way or another—]

Celebrimbor doesn’t want to build a city (and have his heart broken by the loss of the city) again, but he very much does want to ImproveThe World, and also to Make Things With His Hands. So he and Annatar, and whoever of the Gwaith-i-Mírdain wish to join them, set about… “Traveling” is too loose a term; just because they’re not city-building doesn’t mean anyone here wants to live on the road. They need workshops, forges, and ideally a maia-sized cat tree tall tower from which to survey their domain. They are a highly skilled work crew/technical, artistic & management consultants who change cities every 5-200 years, throughout Middle Earth and perhaps even other continents.

This what Celebrimbor and Annatar do, for most of the rest of their time in Middle Earth. A few of the Mírdain travel with them all the time. Others strike out on their own, or in similar small groups. Others stay in rebuilt Ost-in-Edhil, or Rivendell or the Havens or another Elvish kingdom, and come lend a hand when their particular talents are called for. Everyone who “died” in Númenor and was “resuscitated” by Annatar walked away with a strengthened, basically permanent osanwë connection to the simulated workshop group chat, which they’re aware of, and a location tracker and fëa-stamp saying “PROPERTY OF MAIRON, FUCK AROUND AND YOU WILL FIND OUT” which only an Ainu could detect.

They're the mysterious stranger(s) who accept an offer of hospitality on a stormy night and reward you with a magic ring that blesses your farm with fecundity. They arrive in a city in the middle of a cholera outbreak and inform the local rulers that they're here to overhaul the whole wells & sewers system in exchange for room and board; no, the local rulers do not get a choice in this. One time they do oust an evil ruling dynasty and just kinda take over the kingdom for a few centuries, but then Celebrimbor starts to get paranoid of his own growing attachment so Annatar reluctantly agrees to find and raise some honorable candidate for kingship [gender-neutral]. One of the Mírdain with them says, what about the choice of the people? And then after a lot of discussion, partly in collaboration with their local Men, they write up and seal with Power a Constitution that establishes an oversight body of political, economic, craft and etc. experts to oversee and have veto power over popular elections to kingship from a slate of candidates chosen by the current/soon-to-be previous king, on a strict thirty-year schedule. There, that should stabilize the whole messy business of mortal succession!

Also, 1300 years or so into the Third Age when this version of Gondor hits its equivalent of the Kin-Strife, Annatar takes advantage of its weakness to initiate a plan he's been contemplating for a while, especially while gaining local insight into a variety of nation-states and their management, and returns to Oroduin to forge what may he his last Great Work...a new standard of currency.

It’s called, in the common tongue developing from Adúnaic and Sindarin, the “mira”, pl. “miran”, from Quenya “mírë” (“jewel, precious thing). Where pettier currencies are based in gold or silver or the might of some particular empire, these hold value Because a Great Maia Said So—indeed, Sang So, Sang a new line into the Great Music that these coins would always have a value of…whatever he said so, if he updated a petty lyric or two of their Song. Those who use the coins don’t need to know this; they simply intuit, with coins in hand, what they are worth.

(You can lead even the mightiest empire by the nose if you control the price of grain alone, much less other commodities, or one currency relative to another. Each minute adjustment takes Power, especially to shift the natural balance of multiple interlocking goods…but Annatar is a master of the perfectly placed lever with which to shift the world.)

Maybe at some point the Valar are like, “okay, I think they don’t irrationally hate us anymore, I think this could work” and send a small group of Maiar to openly, humbly approach Annatar and Celebrimbor and ask if they might be apprentices in the craft of…whatever the fuck is happening here. Or maybe something adjacent, because Pallandro and Alatar would really like to fuck off into those excellent looking woods and hunt the remnants of Ungoliant’s spawn, and Radagast actually wandered away 5 minutes ago to talk to a bird. He’s gonna be a while. But Curumo and Olórin are listening politely!

…Or maybe not. Maybe it’s just the Jewelsmiths, slowly becoming folklore, bettering the world (and manipulating wide-scale economics) one stone at a time. (They’d still be the “Jewelsmiths” anyway, even if they included those who, in another universe, were called “The Wise.”)

As stated in the third Dave the Balrog post, they do Sail eventually, several centuries after Arwen’s death. Celebrimbor just gets tired, and Annatar can’t fix it. Ossë spends the whole voyage backstroking next to their ship and sarcastically quoting Annatar back at himself, Years of the Trees insults about being made weak and pathetic by love, until Annatar nearly lunges over the side as a wolf to tear his throat out.

[dumbistsmartass]

saying something about every hatchetfield production

spoilers, some nonsense, zero consistency with what I talk about, hurriedly written text, and back Cinderella’s Castle, QUICKLY, the kickstarter ends on May 4th. Also I mostly won’t be talking about the message to take away from all of them because I plan to make that another post.

TGWDLM: the catalyst of it all, it set up many fan favorite characters. Also my personal interpretation is that the musical we watch is actually happening in canon and is being put on by Pokky/Paul. Also how much of someone’s personality remain after infection?

Black Friday: it does pretty good as our first (true) intro to the LiBs it works very well. We get more General Macnmara who quickly becomes one of my favs. It also adds a lot of my other favs to the Hatchetverse, Hanna, Lex, Ethan, and Tom

NPMD: probably my favorite of the mainline musicals. I really hate Dirty Girl tho. The musical version of Hatchet Town is better than the OST version. The characters all have really good chemistry. I love Grace as a warning about the consequences of using religion as a fear tactic, when she sinned and wasn’t instantly punished for it she decided to take matters into her own hands and became a bloodthirsty maniac. The fact we got so close to a good ending if Max hadn’t fallen is darkly funny.

Hatchetfield Apeman: I don’t know how to feel about this one, it’s an interesting story but I think shouldn’t have been the first nightmare time story as it set a bad precedent for a lot of people.

Watcher World: I FUCKING LOVE WATCHER WORLD. The horror buildup of “what the fuck is happening here?” was genuinely amazing. The idea of a paranormal amusement part made for the amusement of an elder god id so cool. I feel uncomfortable saying the work “Sniglet”

Forever and always: one of my favs, the mystery of the two Emma’s is amazing, and the twist of which Emma Paul chose is amazing. It does make me wonder tho, is Emma a robot in every timeline? Also im just gonna assume that Tinky is connected to this one.

Time Bastered: another of my favs, the way it connects with FaA and the very clever time travel writing were highlights. The Ted is The Homeless Guy twist is really clever, and the ending is tragic

Jane’s a Car: holy shit my opinions on this one is so mixed. I love the bonding of Becky, Tom, and Tim is so wholesome. I REALLY hate that scene. Also is Jane turned into a car in every universe?

The Witch in the Web: our true into too Webby. Massive lore dumbs sort of weighted it down for me but it was still good.

Honey Queen: god I love this one. The fact that the LiBs aren’t mentioned until the very end was a really good choice. Both Zoey and Linda going to any length to win was some great tension.

Perky’s Buds: I went into this one expecting it to be kinda mid, and I was right but it was on the high end of mid. Ziggy being NB and played by a real NB actor is great! The bird hive mind is genuinely kinda unnerving despite how cute they are. I personally think they should have died, then content on the rooftop with the fire would have been such a good ending, but the police showing up to arrest them packs less of a punch.

Abstinence Camp: again, one of my favs, I fucking love this one and it also has the best Nightmare Timr song. It’s a fun way of exploring the “if you have sex in a horror movie you die” trope. Grace once again gets some sort of power and abuses it.

Daddy: I have mixed feelings, it’s a genuinely interesting plot but it get pretty uncomfortable. The song at the start made me think it would be a more empathetic take on Sherman Young but it definitely fucking wasn’t.

Killer Track: what is there to say? Killer track is actually so fucking amazing, if you will watch anything from this list watch this. I’m saying nothing else

Yellow Jacket: not at all what I was expecting, but it was great! From what I heard I was sort of expecting a high school drama with Pokky doing his bullshit in the background, but I loved this too. Also the ending hurt me.

Workin’ Boys: Pokky strikes again, but I’m not sure why TBH. Motherfucker just decided to fuck with his one most loyal subject and for what?

[a-driftamongopenstars]

for the Destiny music fans! 🎧 sorry if your fav is not here, poll options are limited :)

[ammleyba]

A study I did inspired by The Witch Queen OST

[lagtrained]

THE SAGA CONTINUES

stp chapters as deltarune ost tracks (both one and two)

chapter 2s

damsel - ferris wheel (damsel gets one of my fav tracks bc she is silly)

prisoner - empty town (just a vibe)

tower - elegant entrance (any of queens tracks could go with her but i think this one fits best)

beast - digital roots (eerie and creepy)

witch - the circus (untrustworthy but not a lot of reason why ykyk)

adversary - chaos king (chaotic and only involves violence)

nightmare - gallery (FUCKING HAUNTING ASS TRACK)

stranger - ANOTHER HIM (ggggggaster.......)

spectre - dialtone (again just a vibe but i feel like it fits)

razor - THE WORLD REVOLVING (chaos incarnate it fits. big shot was also possible but i feel like thats too much)

chapter 3s

fury - vs susie (rage.)

apotheosis - knock you down !! (ur fighting a giant woman what more can i say)

eye of the needle - giga size

wraith - deal gone wrong

thorn - lost girl (☹️)

den - cliffs (again eerie and creepy)

moment of clarity - darkness falls (dr lore wise it fits very well becau-)

burned grey - basement (not confident at all lol but it works i think.)

drowned grey - imminent death

wild - THE HOLY (got the opera singer and everything)

arms race/mad - BIG SHOT (THIS ONE IS JUST FUNNY but also it gives the most "what the everloving fuck am i looking at" energy in the entire ost)

[cornus27florida]

Leelathae (Queen Lilyth)'s Ghost Theory

I honestly want to write much longer but held back because brainrot currently (anxiety attack and very unfocused even doing what I like, my Coping escape mechanism failed in the face of looking red deadline IRL) - enough about me!

Just wanna share my theory that actually the first theory that I wrote in Discord but never share here at CPC BLR. The statement of theory

"What if another 'off-comment' from Frederick becomes big plot point, with the following pieces shown that the item (confirmed Potrait) that Leland stole more than decade ago from Pastel Palace - actually keep Leelathae's soul/spirit/ghost and could help Gwen?" Confirmed in the Unhappily-ever-after episodes

The other thing that I could see happen im the future which is the remain episodes of CPC is, (see after the following 2 images) Lilyth's ghost seeps in Gwen's dream as 'warm and glowy' entity yet not only reminder that Gwen and her are beautiful in their own way, pointing out how similar their interaction with their romantic loved ones (Jack and Frederick) - Lilyth'll shown Gwen that none all her faults, everyone loves her espc Frederick shown to genuinely loves her instead Gwen's initial thought that he never loves her

I wonder how LambCat incorporate with CPC main theme of "self-love" as some still iffy or rightfully concerned with tethering self-opinion of Gwen to Frederick's opinion, but I hope this the right step! Already imagined the scene of Gwen found her mother in the Crystal room of Jamie's Art Show thus the Summarized content of Lilyth's diary told to her which helps Gwen more confidence w/ herself

^ Episode 6 and 48 reference, we know from newest free pass episode it become huge foreshadowing of the "haunted Potrait"

Somehow I feel Lilyth is like Nadeshiko Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura, the mother of the MC Sakura Kinomoto. Nadeshiko passed away from long time ago but she keep her Family safe as 'a ghost' - somehow I think Lilyth kind of like that ghost

^ This is Nadeshiko, she and Lilyth both have wavy hair and being a "ghost" 0.0

I have Faith in LambCat to make beautiful ending for CPC there! And being a ghost often time could give warm and glowy feeling espc to the family members - instead scared

^ The part of the CPC webtoon banner seen on mobile / LINK image

Could it be that Leelathae's ghost will meet when Gwen in this part of her future dreamscape.. the Crystal Room of Jamie's Art Show? Another foreshadowing from LambCat? Gwen already wrote her mom's robe in dream

^ If this become another foreshadowing? From the CPC OST VOL. 10

P.S: The What-If

Tbh Leland perfect ending for him pay his karma to me -> Him cursed to swapped place with Leelathea to be trapped in the potrait instead (the only downside is the witch's term)

Like what if No one will ever listen to home ever again (like someone that considered going senile) - while all his Family members then finally free from him (with Isolde help career of LeoMie in road of beauty of the food, when she's finally free means she could do anything + I hope she back to emo style again, it really suits her ngl ) + (In the end, Frederick officially supporting CPC that become public [my theory of CPC ending, one of ideal but could be dangerous-thou-I-believe-they-can-manage-it] and happily ever after with Gwendolyn) + (sorry for Blaine and Lance fans there, but I think they're best if going therapy Whitney-style goes to the monastery - it simple life but bet free of toxicity that they're keep exposed too long) .. also idk Jack and Leland resolution, but Jackie also need to get his 'bubble' pop off and waking up to reality -> that he doing the very thing that he hates everyone's expectation to him, to his own daughters

[aristaspark]

Winx Club Rewatch : Season 1 episode 3 : Alfea College for fairies

I'm only twenty seconds into the episode and Stella and Bloom are already being cute as hell smiling at each other in class 😭

The "imagine yourself with another hair color" exercice is so clever, that's exactly the kind of exercice I would imagine for a first day at a magical school

Lmao Bloom said f**k that sh*t, she tried for 2 seconds then gave up

I love seeing the girls being all domestic and shit, actually doing student activies by helping each others with homework

Stella the procrastination queen

Honestly I love the way they roast each others and act it feels so natural, later seasons could never

Ok Flora totally deserved that pillow kick 😂

I paused at the breakfast moment where all the students are listening to faragonda and the students look like freaking zombies

Alfea really is the dream school where you prepare a party instead of going to class

Griffin being pissed that they weren't invited screams maleficent

To them ruining a party out of biterness is a school project, I can't

Their dresses are soooo pretty omg

Bloom is so stupid, that blue dress was IT JUST TAKE THE FREAKING MONEY (...honestly that was kinda Flora's fault)

My favorite dress is Stella's it's so perfect

You're telling me the "worst" thing the witches could think of was to repalce the specialists presents with rodents ??? Please.

Yeah Bloom, customize your dress with fire WHAT COULD GO WRONG

At that point her dress should have turned to ashes

How did the Trix not see Bloom ? 😂 She was right before them

The presents were kinda lame let's be honest

Bloom bumped into Sky's ass, what a fitting beggining for that annoying ass love story (in case you didn't know I don't like Sky, at least not with Bloom 😂)

Yeah girl, ghost him 😂

Why was Stella always so mad though 😂

Just realised that was their first convergence spell 👀

In love with Flora's buns

My question is why didn't they tell Bloom that Stella's ring wasn't in the chest ? 😭

The OST when the Trix attack Bloom is fire

The Trix really are trying to kill a student, never realised how fucked up that was, I though that was a totally normal behaviour 😭

FIRST TRANSFORMATIOOOON

The scene is really cool

Bloom's dress is really pretty but I feel like it doesn't fit with the other's

Sky YOU'RE ENGAGED LEAVE HER ALONE

His hair looks stupid

[variks-the-warden]

Can't upload any Lightfall tracks so I might as well get a few oldies out tonight

[savyir-genesizz-the-wizard]

Saladin and Zavala for the otp meme? ;o

Ok, I wasn't exactly sure what you ment her so if it's

that ship bingo thing then:

I mean... it is student/mentor ship and I typically dislike them (you know what I'm thinking about Caiatl/Ghaul) but I'm willing to give this one a pass because there is no weird power dynamic, which I do normally like

2. And if it's character opinion ask game then:

Saladin (already answered, not much changed, just now I ship Salaxxideet and I would add "Wataha" from Męskie Granie)

Zavala:

Favorite thing about him: He is so sad, so babygirl. For oblivious reasons it's rarely explored but I just love these lore pieces where he's sad. It's probably because I love writing these kind of scenes myself. Destiny can sometimes write such good male characters. Also, you know, Polish dub.

Least favorite thing about him: Before SotHaunted I would probably complain about lack of emotional investment but I'm still living of that season. Well, maybe more Targe lore would be welcomed

Favorite line:

"They are not our salvation. We are theirs." What. Did he mean by this.

Also the entire conversation he had with Ikora in Witch Queen CE booklet when they were playing that game.

BrOTP: With every Titan, ever. Bonus points if that Titan is way taller than him and uses his shoulder as an armrest. Mostly Shaxx and Sloane tho. But also his friendship with Ikora.

OTP: Zaiatl, always

nOTP: Suraya Hawthorne. Just. Just no, no reason really. Ok, well, maybe that she's not a guardian. And also way younger than him.

Random headcannon: He's a firm believer of various knitting superstitions. Watch him never knit a sweater for Caiatl.

Unpopular opinion: HE WON'T DIE. HE WON'T. STOP TELLING THAT HE WILL. I WILL EAT MY SOCKS.

Song I associate with him:

A lot of Mitski songs

Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (swap wife and husband's roles and you'll get Zavala and Safiah in SotH)

Vetiver - Last Hurrah

The Mountain Goats - No Children

Purple Disco Machine, Sophie and the Giants - Hypnotized

Hallelujah (ok, well, that one applies to a lot Destiny characters)

This song from Frostpunks's OST

Favorite picture of them:

Lives in my head rent-free. Why is he so pretty. Illegal activity.

Also his black eyeliner is on point. He teaches Crow how to put on make-up.

[erismourn]

the more i think abt it the more i think the witch queen might be my favourite d2 soundtrack release. it doesn’t have my FAVOURITE tracks on it but the overall vibe of the ost is immaculate. the flavour of it is so good. there’s this feeling of anticipation, of unknowing, worked into the songs that just Hits. i could do a whole essay on rhulk’s theme alone. it’s good

[multifandom-nerds-blog]

When you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish them, and send this ask to the last 10 people in your notifs 💗

(not ranked)

Screaming Skin [Blondie], I found that CD somewhere for free I think and it just kinda tickles my brain the right way when I'm feeling down.

Sleep Walking Orchestra [BUMP OF CHICKEN], the 1st dungeon Meshi OP. It's just so good! I love it. It just cheers me up.

Bicycle Race [Queen], duh. It's Queen.

Lilias [Rachel Newton/Lauren MacColl], Scottish folk music. This and a bunch of other songs are based on the witch trials. Just an awesome combo of violin and harp.

The Ost from Professor Layton and the eternal Diva [Tsuneyoshi Saitou I think?], IT'S JUST EPIC.

[colorfulnickellandgarden]

top 10 tracks from video game osts :3c

in no particular order:

Funk Express (Bomb Rush Cyberfunk)

Gladiator (DOOM Eternal)

The Deserving (Destiny 2: The Witch Queen) [particularly the “high action” section that plays during Caretaker’s final stand]

Anchor District (Mirror’s Edge Catalyst)

Syzygy (Destiny 2: Lightfall) [and the “action” version that includes the pre-dps drums, which aren’t in the OST version]

Patri(di)ots (Cyberpunk 2077)

Containment Failure Warning (System Shock Remake)

Downtown District (Mirror’s Edge Catalyst)

Dev Engine (Hi Fi Rush)

Warlord’s Ruin (Destiny 2: Lightfall (Season of the Wish))