#words from king and lionheart by of monsters and men

[heavensghost]

though far away, we’re still the same

[dreaming-of-lu]

I saw requests are open and I wanted to let you know that I really love your writing! Could you do First and/or Twilight with a reader who sings really well but is self conscious about it? Romantic if possible

I tried to do scenarios, but alas, my brain did not wanna work with that, so hope you don't mind hc's! I gotchu chief.

First

~~ Man, oh man, where do I begin with him? I like to think that their music wasn't really much big in lyrics. It's rare to hear to music with words so imagine his surprise when he heard you softly humming tune. Only for it to slowly grow to normal speaking range.

~~ He happens upon your little tunes while you were foraging. He heard a part, something about "In mountains that are stacked with fear, but you're a king and I'm a lionheart." (King and Lionheart by of Monsters and Men)

~~ Not one to interrupt a peaceful air that surrounded your form. He instead, took careful watch behind a tree, closing his eyes, and listening to the serene song that flitted in one ear and out the other.

~~ He wasn't sure how much time had pass, but the shocked gasp had him up on his feet, hand on his sword and swiveling his head in panic.

~~ With no harm in sight, he breathes only to hear your squeak. He froze when his eyes came into contact with yours. Your voice cracked, "how long have you been standing there?" He duck his head with a sheepish smile, "your voice...it sounded lovely."

~~ He doesn't pressure you to sing to him, only whenever you feel comfortable to do so. Though, he does miss hearing your little hums and the different tunes your home made. It definitely sits in his mind to where he's humming it to himself.

~~ it's only when he had a nightmare of old memories that you sung to him in the shared inn bed quietly. He appreciates the distraction and he loves you for it even as you take a step out of your comfort zone. He cherishes the moments like those.

Twilight

~~ I like to think he loves the folk songs more than what others would actually think he would like. While yes, the bittersweet country tunes make him howl, but the folk songs got his heart swelling, foot tapping and swaying his head alongside to it.

~~ It's definitely a late night, he's on watch and you're up due to brain not wanting to knock out for the night. His ear twitches at the soft hums coming from you causing the stress from his shoulders to relax. He loves hearing your voice, even though he wish for you to get some sleep, the other side is definitely soothed that he's not the only one awake.

~~ He's multitasking! "Tossed his copper, and I watched as it fell, but there wasn't any water in the wishing well." (Wishing Well by The Oh Hellos)

~~ That song...is new... he loves the soft tune, so saccharine to his ears. While he doesn't know the lyrics, he follows along eagerly and sighs in bliss, "mighty tune there, darls."

~~ It stops and he freezes, thinking he said something wrong, he backtracks with a wince, "ah! sorry if I-" "How long have you-" "Til I heard you hummin'." "...want me to continue?" "...if you want to, sugar."

~~ The thought of you only singing just for him, only for his ears to hear, makes his heart flutter. He does the dreamy sigh and it got his ancestor wondering what got him all day dreaming. It's both of your shared secret, one that he cherishes.

~~ Would sing with you, but as you can tell, he's not really a pro at it so he'll let you do the singing. He'll hum along or to himself. Dancing while singing? a swing during a upbeat or a slow sway together on a slow one. Lullabies? when he's down, sick or has a nightmare, know just hearing your voice soothes him.

[el-dritchknight]

hand in ungloved hand [binxhera playlist]

a soft, sweet playlist for the weaver of fate and her knight of darkness. art by kathe gravel.

my first @d20exchange gift for @ljsarts !! happy holidays 💜

if my heart was a house - owl city

Chills run down my spine / As our fingers entwine and your sighs harmonize with mine / Unmistakably, I can still feel your heart / Beat fast when you dance with me

i wouldn’t mind - he is we

Carefully we'll place for our destiny / You came and you took this heart and set it free / Every word you write and sing is so warm to me / So warm to me I'm torn, I'm torn / To be right where you are / I'm not afraid anymore / I'm not afraid

stand by you - rachel platten

Hands put your empty hands in mine / And scars show me all the scars you hide / And hey, if your wings are broken / Please take mine 'til yours can open too / 'Cause I'm gonna stand by you

hold my hand - jess glynne

Break my bones but you won't see me fall, oh / The rising tide will rise against them all, oh / Darling, hold my hand / Oh, won't you hold my hand?

through the dark - one direction

When the night is coming down / We will find a way through the dark

different kind of love - kid runner

It must've been something / Oh something you said / You're pulling me under / Holding me close Inside of my head

i see the light - mandy moore, zachary levi (tangled ost)

And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted / And at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new / And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted / All at once everything looks different / Now that I see you

dream state - lucy dacus

Without you, I am surely the last of my kind / We had a lot to measure / We had more past than pleasure / And time grows deep like weeds / You catch me when I'm falling

back up plan - maya hawke

The dream you planted in your forest / Your winter coat in summer storage / Your favorite game, your secret shame, your eyesore / I wanna be anything you've lost that you might be lookin' for

heal - tom odell

And take a heart / And take a hand / Like an ocean takes the dirty sand / And heal, heal, hell, heal

sweet nothing - taylor swift

They said the end is coming / Everyone's up to something / I find myself running home to your sweet nothings

king and lionheart - of monsters and men

And as the world comes to an end / I'll be here to hold your hand / 'Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart

ready now - dodie

You said, "I will listen / Tell me it all You don't like the ending / Then we'll find one that's yours"

when he sees me - sara bareilles

What if when he sees me I like him and he knows it? / What if he opens up a door / And I can't close it? / (What if I only open up?) / What happens then?

entropy - beach bunny

'Cause somebody's gonna figure me out / It's what I am, it's what I was, it's what I wanna become / Yeah, somebody's gonna figure us out / And I hope they do 'cause I'm falling for you, whoa

i would be so pleased - tim di pasqua, deedee magno hall

Is it what I'm worthy of? / Still I have my doubt / Could I live my life for love, after life so long without?/ There's so many ways to go It makes it hard to see/ I need so much more to know, if it's where I'm meant to be

if you love me for me - sierra nelson cover (from barbie: princess and the pauper)

What you see may be deceiving / Truth lies underneath the skin / Hope will blossom by believing / The heart that lies within

[untitledmemes]

𝕆𝕗 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕄𝕖𝕟 ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕤

An assortment of prompts taken from a selection of songs by Of Monsters and Men. Adjust as necessary to fit pronoun and/or descriptor. Reblog, please do not repost or add.

“ Hold my hand, I'll walk with you ”

“ It's killing me to see you this way ”

“ I miss our little talks ”

“ Your mind is playing tricks on you ”

“ Don't listen to a word I say ”

“ I watched you disappear ”

“ We won't run, we're here to stay ”

“ You're a king, and I'm a lionheart ”

“ I'll be here to hold your hand ”

“ I'm a crook for stealing your heart away ”

“ These fingertips will never run through your skin ”

“ You love when you know I can't love ”

“ I think it's best we both forget ”

“ Cage me like an animal ”

“ Breathe in, Breathe out. Let the human in. ”

“ If I lose control, I feed the beast within ”

“ If I could only let go ”

“ I want to be the king of my body and mind ”

“ I find sorrow in idle minds, and solace in being heard ”

“ You better run, boy. Run. ”

“ You are my destroyer ”

“ If I could make amends with all my shadows ”

“ Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone? ”

“ Nothing grows when it is dark ”

“ I can see it all so clear ”

“ Cover your crystal eyes ”

“ Let your colors bleed and blend with mine ”

“ I'm ok in a see-through skin ”

“ I count down the days ”

“ An empire for you, an empire for two ”

“ I couldn't sleep, so I followed a feeling ”

“ Why don't we full-on pretend? ”

“ What do you want me to say? ”

“ I think I'm losing connection ”

“ You don't understand ”

“ I wish I could fly that high ”

“ I lie awake and watch it all ”

“ It feels like thousand eyes ”

“ I am the storm ”

“ My beating heart wanted more ”

[jalwyn21]

hey hey:

just recently found your blog and honestly it’s such a breath of fresh air. everyone’s always kissing ts’s a** and I’m over it.

anyway, I wanted to ask what are some of your favourite artists/most listened to? not joe related, but I’m always on the lookout for new music to listen to. plus I know you mentioned you were never a sw*ftie so curiosity got the better of me hehe.

- 🐌

I listen to a lot of old music like : Elvis, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Queen, The Who or Kansas. Or 90s pop like Backstreet Boys and Ace of Base (don't judge me 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣 sometimes I want something light and fun 🫣🫣🫣)

But, you know what? I'm gonna put down a list of some of the songs I listened to in the last couple of weeks and if you like the song you can check out more from that artist :

Passenger - Things That Stop You Dreaming

Divisionary - Do The Right Thing

The Script - Flares

Jensen McRae - Massachusetts

Victor Lundberg - I'm A Ghost

Jim Croce - Lover's Cross

Fauxliage - All The World

Lou Rhodes - Each Moment New

Skipinnish - Going home

Susan Enan - Bring On The Wonder

Ella Roberts - Siúil a Rúin

Volcan Peaks - We'll Meet Again

Birdy - Words As Weapons

James Blake - Retrograde

Bird Of Figment feat. Cody Francis - Beauty In The Mundane

Erutan - The Willow Maid

Loving Caliber feat. Megan Tibbits - I Wish You Were Mine

Gamma Skies - Skip the Small Talk

The High Kings - Chasing Rainbows

Of Monsters And Men - King And Lionheart

The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

[wren-writes-things]

For the ask game:

🐰 What do you think says the most about a person?

🙃 What’s a weird fact that you know?

🦋 Describe yourself in three words.

🌴 Desert island item?

🎤 Is there a song you know all the lyrics to?

sorry to bother you, you don't have to answer

Ooh! I am very interested in this actually so don’t worry about asking at all.

🐰 Probably how they treat animals, specifically wild ones since it runs into that area where there isn’t necessarily a societal expectation to act in any certain way.

🙃 So there is the breed of chickens known as the White faced Black Spanish, nicknamed the clown faced chicken, and it’s theorized that they might have influenced Salvador Dali’s paintings. They were also one of the smartest chickens I’ve ever owned aside from the Sumatra.

(Left photo taken from the internet because I never had a rooster of the breed. Right one is a hen I used to own though.)

🦋 Inquisitive, distractible, creative

🌴 If I take Marcy’s journal would it seem like I have a problem?

🎤 Honestly most songs I’ve listened to. I sing a lot while listening to music to calm myself (honestly it’s probably a vocal stim at this point). So I have the lyrics pretty well stored. Off the top of my head though? Marcy’s theme song takeover, King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men, Stayed Gone from Hazbin Hotel, the extended version of the Phineas and Ferb intro, Better by Cavetown (actually I know most of his songs), and The Archer by Taylor Swift (though my roommate was just singing that one so its fresh in the brain). Plus any song on my Marcy playlist.

[astrronomemes]

OF MONSTERS AND MEN: MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL: STARTERS (PART I)

a collection of lyrics taken from Of Monsters and Men’s My Head is an Animal album. change & alter as needed.

“My head is an animal.”

“That’s how the story goes.”

“I think I taught you well.”

“We won’t run.”

“They won’t wait.”

“We’re here to stay.”

“We’re still the same.”

“As the world comes to an end, I’ll be here to hold your hand.”

“You’re my king, and I’m your lionheart.”

“I packed my things and ran.”

“Hold your horses now.”

“We sleep until the sun goes down.”

“I feel like a waterfall.”

“I’ve never felt better.”

“I’m never ready.”

“We are far from home, but we’re so happy.”

“Keep your head held high.”

“Hold my hand, I’ll walk with you, my dear.”

“It’s keeping me awake.”

“Some days, I can’t even trust myself.”

“It’s killing me to see you this way.”

“Soon, it will be over, and buried with our past.”

“Don’t listen to a word I say.”

“Just let me go.”

“We’ll meet again soon.”

[thsc-stuffs]

Remus & Riella Playlist Analysis

I SAID I'D DO IT FUCK IT HERE GOES NOTHING here's the playlist! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rHcxumJVqcFaJ2gQhTm98?si=1827a6c6b9254fa8

These are just ones I have particularly big feelings and words for, a lot of these songs are just on here because Sweet Love Songs or they have Vibes

Monster | Imagine Dragons - They both struggle with their inhuman natures, and feel they'll be seen differently for it. They both worry the other will fear them. { "If I told you what I was, would you turn your back on me? And if I seem dangerous, would you be scared?" } - Riella has always had a sense of Otherness, both in her Siren heritage and her being trans. All she ever wanted was to be like her sisters, but achieving that meant facing that she was different. It meant facing the 'monster' within her. { "Ever since I could remember, everything inside of me just wanted to fit in" } - Remus didn't want to live his life as a werewolf. He accepted the offer to be turned out of desperation, while believing he was going to die, but now he has to face what he's become. He's spent his entire life running because of his otherness, but that's not what he wants. { "Can I clear my conscience? If I'm different from the rest, do I have to run and hide?" } - Both feel that they've become monsters, literally and metaphorically. They've killed, hurt, lied, and they've both tied these things back to their inhuman natures. They see themselves as humans fighting against the 'monster' of their inhuman parts. { "I'm only a man with a candle to guide me- I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me. A monster, a monster, I've turned into a monster. A monster, a monster- and it keeps getting stronger!" }

King And Lionheart | Of Monsters and Men - Pretty self-explanatory. Sweet love song. Specifically feels like their growth over time, how they've fallen in love and looking back on how far they've come from the beginning. { "Though far away, though far away, though far away- we're still the same, we're still the same, we're still the same." } - Their time on the airship makes up a major part of their relationship!! So many romantic and emotional moments looking down on the world!! { "And in the winter night sky, ships are sailing, looking down on those bright blue city lights- and they won't wait, and they won't wait, and they won't wait. We're here to stay, we're here to stay, we're here to stay." }

Will I Find My Home - Acoustic |Juniper Vale and Vian Izak - OH BOY. Remus and Riella both left home far too young, misguided and unsure, against their better wishes- Remus wishing his father was still around, Riella being taken against her will. They didn't get to leave on grand ambitions, nor with some brilliant moment of freedom- they ran with blood on their hands. { "I left the nest when I was far too young; never set my flight for the sun." } - Riella has already been hurt by love, her ex being the one to sell her out, so she's so wary when she starts falling for Remus. Is he worth the hurt? Her love for him could be her glowing freedom, but would it be her downfall once more? { "Are you worth getting lost over, love? If I offer myself will it lift me up? Are you worth letting into my heart? If I go and get caught will I fall too far?" } - Remus watched his home fall apart. He's so desperate to have that feeling back, but he doesn't know where to start- except here is Riella, and here is love, and isn't that the same? { "Will I find my home, will I find my home- my home in you?" } - Over time in the clan, and in their relationship, they start to find their own passions and ask themselves if the risk may be worth it. They're learning to think it could be. { "Icarus thought he'd find his place a little higher; it's curious, the flame of the fire." } - Finally, after so long, they admit their love. It's a safety net beneath their fall, the catalyst to their growth and strength. They trust and love each other endlessly, unconditionally. No matter how badly the world burns them, they know the other is safety. { "Be my place to land when I'm tired- when my feathers are burnt by the fire. I surrender myself to your arms, just hold me tighter." }

Second Child, Restless Child | The Oh Hellos - Remus song time! He has big feelings about his childhood and how it's led to his view on the world in adulthood. { "I was born the second child, with a spirit runnin wild, runnin free. And they saw trouble in my eyes- they were quick to recognize the devil in me. See, I was born a restless child, and I could hear the world outside callin me." } - His need to get away was what led him to the clan, after all, and that led him to Riella. { "Can you hear it on the wind? Can you feel it underneath your skin? You've got to go on, farther than you've ever gone! You've got to run far from all you've ever known!" }

I have to break up the text block, so: COMMENCE CRANE WIVES

The Garden | The Crane Wives - This one's mostly Riella, babyyy. She's watched her world fall apart too many times, sometimes she can't help but feel like she's taken the wrong path in life. She worries that she's trapped Remus and herself both within the danger of the clan, and that someday her Karma will come for her. { "My stone, my shield, my steady hand. Hold your light to the darkness in my head. Put your ear to my heart or set your teeth against my throat- give me something pretty to wear beneath my blood-stained clothes! My darling, the devil knows my name!" }

Can't Go Back | The Crane Wives - The lyrics speak for themselves on this one, with it being both of them to the other. { "It's time to learn to be more forgiving of yourself, and your sins. And those mistakes you've made- you've got to try and take the lessons away from them, and leave the rest behind." } { "All the self-loathing in the world won't change a thing. Cause you can't go back, darling. The time has come for moving on. You can't be always tryin to dig up what you've already buried- you've got to carry, carry, carry on." } { "It's not fair! (When have you ever known the world to be a fair place?) It's not fair! (All things end and all things change.) It's not fair! (You'll look back and laugh someday.) It's not fair! (Or, at least, you'll learn to be okay.)" }

Curses - Live | The Crane Wives - Another vibes one, this time Riella @ Remus about her whole Siren thing. She's lost and scared and confused, reaching out to him for comfort and reassurance that he still loves her despite this. { "There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up- oh my, oh my. Keep running for the sink but the well is dry- oh my, oh my. Every word I say is kindling, but the smoke clears when you're round. Oh, stay with me, my darling, when my walls start burning down, down, down..." } - This change is a echo of her life before, of the family who abandoned her, and it's just as hauntingly familiar as it is horrifyingly new. She hasn't ever gotten to unpack those feelings, nor the realization that Sirens are predators, and now they're haunting her. She no longer feels at home with herself, not until she can work through this. { "This house says my name like an elegy- oh my, oh my. Echoing where my ghosts all used to be- oh my, oh my. There's still cobwebs in the corners and the backyard's full of bones! Won't you stay with me, my darling, when this house don't feel like home?" } - She feels that she's doomed, and that Remus will be dragged down with her. Riella's terrified what this all will mean for them, yet begs for Remus to stay by her side through this. { "Oh, ashes ashes, dust to dust- the devil's after both of us! Oh, lay my curses all to rest- make a mercy out of me!" } - Despite her fear, she can't deny the changes taking place, that she's unlocked her Siren and there's no turning back. All she can do is pray that Remus doesn't turn his back on her. { "This tired old machine is a-rumbling- oh my, oh my. Singing songs to the secrets behind my eyes- oh my, oh my. All my aching bones are trembling, and I may yet fall apart- won't you stay with me, my darling, when the war starts in my heart? When the war starts in my heart!" } { "Oh, ashes ashes, dust to dust- tell me I am good enough. Lay my curses out to rest, make a mercy out of..." }

How to Rest |The Crane Wives - Another Riella one? Another Riella one. This one is her singing to her past self, looking back on her reluctance and refusal to love again. Her younger self had hidden away, convinced enough walls built around her heart could protect her, but the Riella of the present knows better. { "Go on, stack the cinderblocks in a cold sweat. Build yourself a citadel amidst the foothills of regret. And though you've convicned yourself, you're safe and sound within- the thing you fear the most never need get in." } - She remembers how much the isolation hurt, how badly she missed love. Having her family and boyfriend cut her off hurt so much, and hiding away was only making it worse. { "You'll miss the sun. The warmth of another's embrace- you'll need room to run, and something to chase. And that thing you fear will coax you out of that unholy place- cause all you've ever wanted is an escape." } { "Those of us who vow never to love again, to love again, are making liars out of honest men. It's not something that you put to bed, hang your head and just forget; no, love don't know how to rest. No, love don't know how to rest." } - She looks back on the years of heartache and suffering, both before and after joining the clan, to the hours spent trying to forget and force herself not to love, and she laments to her younger self; { "Darling, when you've tired, you will see. There's no safe place, no sanctuary. It's not just child's play, a game of hide and seek- don't make it harder than it has to be." } { "Here's the truest thing I've ever known- the heart is just a muscle with a rhythm all its own. It doesn't stop when you decide not to move on! The heart knows nothing of your love or of your loss! So life just keeps on ticking by, compelled by instinct to survive, and love's the only thing worth being alive for!" }

Turn out the Lights | The Crane Wives - Light-hearted comfort, directed at each other! Pretty self-explanatory! { "You don't have to believe every single thought that tumbles through your head, just cause it sounds like you talkin! Sometimes all you can do is say goodnight, and tuck your demons into bed, cause they're not worth fighting. Turn out the lights on your racing mind! Turn out the lights on your racing mind! What good has ever come of it, what answers will you find? Turn out the lights on your mind!" }

[mysticstarlightduck]

Songs and Ships Tag!

I was tagged by the wonderful @tabswrites, whose post is here.

Rules: write about two to five songs from them that represent a ship between your ocs (it can be platonic or romantic or a secret third thing). then add a quote from said WIP (if possible!) underneath it.

(I'll put snippets of the song's lyrics instead of the quote from my WIP because it's still in the process of drafting 😂)

Since I am writing the first actual chapters of my WIP Tales of WIlted Flowers this week and the next, I'll do this tag for both main ships from the book: Xarian/Lorelai, and Rylisan/Eiralis.

🍂 Xarian and Lorelai 🍂

Xarian is a fae outlaw, running from the sorcerer that destroyed his life in the past. Lorelai is a human oddball, yearning to become a hero like the ones of the old tales. Together, they might yet achieve something.

For the Dancing and the Dreaming - HTTYD Peter Hollens Cover

"I'll swim and sail on savage seas With never a fear of drowning, And gladly ride the waves of life, If you would marry me. [...] Through all life's sorrows and delights, I'll keep your laugh beside me"

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga, Halestorm version

"I want your love And I want your revenge You and me could write a bad romance I want your love and all your lover's revenge You and me could write a bad romance"

King and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men

"Howling ghosts they reappear In mountains that are stacked with fear, But you're a King and I'm your Lionheart [...] As the world comes to an end I'll be here to hold your hand 'Cause you're a King and I'm your Lionheart"

Wild Uncharted Waters - Jonah Hauer King

"Miles beyond the sea I was darkness-bound, I had almost drowned 'Til you came around and you found me [...] And I hope you're there in the open air There's no map or compass to guide me Time may change the shoreline, but time will not change me"

You Said - Eurielle

"You said I would swim, never drown You said I’d never be buried underground My breath would always breathe in and out Your love makes me immortal (Now the darkness will take me down...) Your love made me immortal"

+ Bonus - First Meeting Song! Brave New World - Kalandra

"Close your eyes and sleep Ignore all the burdens that you keep Come whatever may They could never harm you anyway, Stirrings in the wind Resonates a whisper from within Warnings from afar Telling you to heed the Morning Star Waking from The Dream Witnessing the smoke that's rolling in The end is what you fear The scent of embers lingers in the air"

🌸Rylisan and Eiralis🌸

Rylisan is a young elf who wanted to be a warrior but now lives in exile and is haunted by a dark past that he wishes to escape, desperate to prove himself again. Eiralis is a human girl raised by dryads, who is in equal measure too sweet and too dangerous for the quest she is in.

Unchained - Colm Mcguiness

"A way to resolve but no way to forget Unchained and unshackled but bound by regret Twisted in torment As you waged this war [...] How to atone and to wash what you've seen? Hands forced by another, But stained all the same [...] Revenge and Redemption both tread the same lines."

Lend Me Your Voice - Belle

"It's easy to push me away from you Easy to say you want to be left on your own Yet somehow I can't help but see How your eyes shy away Your hands seal the entrance and the path to your heart Anger kept fear and the sadness you feel Under the surface for so long Locked that room, you keep it in inside Lend me your voice Words you try so hard to forget, they will break through the silence Bring me close Let me see the past you regret deep down below Show it all"

Mary on a Cross - Ghost

"We were speeding together Down the dark avenues But besides all the stardom All we got was blues But through all of that sorrow We were riding high And the truth of the matter is I'll never let you go, let you go We were scanning the cities Rocking to pay the dues But besides all the glamour All we got was bruised But through all of that sorrow We were riding high And the truth of the matter is I'll never let you go, let you go"

Home - Dotan

"Run past the rivers, run past all the light Feel it crashing and burning, till it all collides Strike a match, lit the fire, shining up the sky As it all comes down again As it all comes down again As it all comes down again to the sound The sound of the wind is whispering in your head Can you feel it coming back? Through the warmth, through the cold, keep running till we're there We're coming home now, we're coming home now"

I'd Pluck a Fair Rose - Anne Dudley

"I'd pluck a fair rose for my love I'd pluck a red rose blowin' Love's in my heart, I'm tryin' so to prove What your heart's knowin' I'd pluck a finger on a thorn I'd pluck a finger bleedin' Red is my heart, a-wounded and forlorn And with your heart needing"

+ Bonus - First Meeting Song! Firecracker - Cami Cat

"Set all the world into a mighty blaze And dance the night away Light up the night with your fiery gaze He won’t forget your face It was then that the girl came into his sight Shining brighter than any star in the sky Spinning round her feet kick the ground into a spark Setting fire ablaze inside his heart With her dance she began to warm his world again And he knew he would love her until the end"

Tagging - @writernopal, @chauceryfairytales, @clairelsonao3, @aziz-reads, @cabbojage, and @rickie-the-storyteller

[fairyspheres]

ty for the tag @alfryco <3

shuffle your library and post the first 10 songs

broken crown - mumford & sons

gives you hell - the all-american rejects

emperor's new clothes - panic! at the disco

dreamcatcher - starset

bitter water - the oh hellos

icarus - bastille

who are you, really? - mikky ekko

runaway (piano version) - aurora

king - florence + the machine

miss atomic bomb - the killers

share your top 7 from your on repeat playlist

achilles come down - gang of youths

hello my old heart - the oh hellos

famous last words - my chemical romance

good old-fashioned lover boy - queen

inkpot gods - the amazing devil

all along the watchtower - jimi hendrix

king and lionheart - of monsters and men

i'm tagging @catabasis and @flowergrenades for this <3

[jollysailorswan]

Song tag game

🎶✨when you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 5 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) 🎶✨

@piracytheorist tagged me for this, which to be honest was very dangerous , knowing the wild things happening on my Spotify every other week (as she did, I will refrain from mentioning current obsessions too much and focus on all time favourites - this is still gonna be a lot of BTS cause when I say their music has been a friend through many of my defining moments, I’m not lying)

1. Dynamite - BTS

You know when we had a little small thing called quarantine going on? You know when we were all locked inside, me in a small room, on my own for months, entire countries away from my family and friends, working full time and trying to finish a masters that became too bitter by the end of it? My boys, instead of taking a well deserved break, deserved to release this little silly song and everything about its release, from the fandom vibes, to the results, made everything so much better and brighter

2. King and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men

I am a sucker for songs that say a story and this band is masters at this. This was the first song of their that I listened to and it captivated me and I never moved on from them. 

3. Bad Friend - Rina Sawayama

Somewhere between 2020 and 2023, Rina Sawayama became one of my favourite artists ever. The amount of emotion in her lyrics, making pop sound fresh and relatable, but also giving that feeling of nostalgia that I usually only feel for songs I would listen in my teens. 

4. O Mare E Tu - Andrea Bocelli and Dulce Pontes

This most beautiful and romantic song ever, I just lie down with no lights, close my eyes and just feel this song, this is why music was created.

5. So Far Away - Agust D

I owe this song a lot. I still remember listening to it while reading the lyrics for the first time and having a very intense break down cause it took me to therapy, and put me through the most intense session I’ve ever had, reading my feelings word for word when I was struggling with the most intense depressive episode I’ve ever had. It’s both hopelessness and hope at the same time, and it was the beginning of my journey to understanding myself and then moving on.

I’m too self conscious to tag anyone, but if you wanna do it, tag me :)

[logarhythm-bees]

To Unearth and Back Again; ⛅Chapter 3

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Howling ghosts they reappear In mountains that are stacked with fear But you're a king and I'm a lionheart, A lionheart.

-King and Lionheart, Of Monsters and Men

Maybe red and purple plaid? Would Virgil think that was too pretentious? If he did add red, would other colors could he put into the plaid? Could they– oh, no. 

Patton caught his eye as soon as Roman hopped down the last stair, smiling in a way that was bright but frustratingly pitiful, mixing bowl in hand. “Roman!” Patton called, going for excited, but Roman just hurt. He nodded his head towards the kitchen, where Roman spotted Logan manning the stove, a speaker on the counter next to him playing ambient jazz. “We’re making pancakes! We’ve got blueberry and plain pancakes going so far, have any other requests?”

Roman knew Patton was going for kind, but the emotional wounds still ached, and he wasn’t ready to sweep everything under the rug and pretend he was alright. It wasn’t fair to pretend either of them were right, not fair to Roman, not to Patton, not to anyone. 

Roman’s desperate hold on his bubbly, joyous mood of earlier was slipping further and further down the rope, and he quickly shuffled his feet away from the kitchen. “No,” he said, sharply, and then a quieter, “Thanks, though,” because flowing from somewhere deep inside he was angry and aching and hurt, and not ready to forgive but Patton was trying at least, so he should lend him a little bit of kindness even if it was rather extraordinarily strained.

“Alright,” Patton said, and Roman could hear the longing, lonely look on his face even facing the other way. He didn’t turn around. He wasn’t ready to see that yet. 

Roman sat himself down on the couch, pulling his phone out of his pocket and scrolling aimlessly through his apps. He tried to find something interesting to look at, but Instagram was slow, his Snapchat only had the other sides and Virgil and Remus both hadn’t posted anything. He opened Twitter to a few notifications, but it was just spam accounts adding him to “Free Bitcoin” lists, ew. 

Roman was about to resign himself to checking Tumblr, which he barely used, when he heard a door creak softly. Roman’s shoulders tensed as faint footsteps echoed down the stairs, wondering who of his fellow sides was coming down when Roman heard a yawn that set his heart a-fluttering and let his shoulders melt.

“S’going on?” Virgil hummed, rubbing at his eyes. “Kinda loud for first thing in the mornin’.”

“Sorry, Virgil,” Patton hummed again, that pitying smile returning to his face, and Roman looked away. “Logan and I thought we’d make pancakes! Any special requests?”

“Chocolate chips,” Virgil grumbled. “But could you turn the music down? Please.”

“Sure, Virgil,” Patton said apologetically, and Virgil grunted a vague affirmation in response as Patton smiled sadly again. Roman stared back down at his phone because the conversation was getting awkward to watch, letting his mind drift off; his eyes were on the screen but his brain elsewhere in picnic blanket pattern land.

“Roman?” A voice asked. “You there, man?”

Roman snapped back into awareness to Virgil looking at him, concern evident on his face. It was somehow so similar to Patton’s but so different, Virgil’s expression making him feel like he was bundled up in a blanket with a cup of tea and that everything was going to be okay.

“I’m here,” Roman responded, hopping up off the couch. “For no reason in particular, do you have an opinion on red in plaid?”

Virgil quirked an eyebrow at him, smiling inquisitively in a way that made Roman’s heart feel full. This would be a good time to ask if he wanted to come to a picnic, he thought, and he scrambled to find the right words on his tongue. He knew Virgil wouldn’t judge him, but he still wanted to ask in a way that felt nice.

“Would you-” Roman began, ahem-ing at the back of his tongue–”be interested in, well– I mean later, since we’re about to have breakfast, but-”

“Honeybeans!” Patton exclaimed, startling Roman, who jumped at least a couple inches feeling quite a lot like a startled rabbit, or maybe a jackalope, it was more mystical like Roman was, and rather extraordinary, but that was besides the point, Roman, focus!

“You have got to stop calling me things like that, darling,” Janus said in a way that signified that he was absolutely lying and really did not want Patton to stop calling him things like that at all. “They don’t even make sense,” he claimed, looking at Patton like he was the world, and Patton looked back at him, lovesick. Roman just felt sick in general. 

“It does too make sense!” Patton giggled. “Honey because you’re yellow, and beans because you make me happy.” 

“I suppose, my Riverbean,” Janus said. Patton squealed. Roman wanted to bean both of them on the head.

“Morning, dear,” he heard Logan hum as they walked into the kitchen, and then the disgusting sound of Janus giving him a kiss on the cheek. Roman stuck his tongue out and blew a raspberry into the air, annoyed. He hadn’t heard or seen Janus come down the stairs, but now that he was here, Roman certainly couldn’t ask Virgil to his picnic. He didn’t want any prying ears to hear, any sneaking hands sticking in their way–but hold on, where was Remus? Wasn’t his dumb, wacky rabid racoon of a brother supposed to be preventing that anyways?

As if on cue, Remus clambered out from under the couch, covered in fake blood and groaning like a zombie. Roman screeched, and Virgil leapt off the ground this time, ending up half in Roman’s arms as both of them screamed and Roman tried to bat Remus away with his foot.

“Remus!” Roman screamed, holding Virgil close as he tried to fend his lunatic brother off. “What are you doing?!” 

Remus cackled, rolling over on his back as he waved his hand and made the blood disappear. “Oh, I got you so good!” Remus said, barely intelligible through his breathless snickering. “You should see your faces! You look like you were attacked by a bear!”

“We were attacked by a bear!” Roman shouted, glaring daggers at his brother. “A bare-ly tolerable maniac who hides under couches and jumps out at people looking like he’s spent the night wrestling a bottle of microwaved ketchup!”

“You know it!” Remus stuck his tongue out at him, still giggling, and Roman groaned, setting Virgil carefully down where he was still holding up. “Don’t you have something you’re supposed to be doing?” Roman quipped at his brother. You didn’t forget, did you? Were the underlaid words that went unspoken.

“Not yet!” Remus exclaimed, grinning up at him. Don’t worry. I’ve got a plan.

Roman squinted at him suspiciously, but after a moment gave him a small, approving nod, and Remus beamed back, standing up from the floor.

Roman turned to Virgil, dusting some invisible dirt off of his hooded shoulders. “Sorry about that,” he said, twining his hands together in front of him, hoping he hadn’t made Virgil uncomfortable. “It’s alright,” Virgil hummed, wide eyes returning to normal as he went from his state of “extremely on edge” to his more regular “toeing the line.” He still blew a raspberry at Remus, who blew one back and pranced off to the kitchen to bother their resident rhetorical throuple. 

“Weirdo,” Roman mumbled. “Tell me about it,” Virgil mumbled back.

“Remus, don’t even try to put those packing peanuts in there. Remus–” the noise of a spatula clattering on the counter sounded through the room as Logan groaned. “I’m afraid the kitchen is closed for the morning.”

[runningwolf62]

Wolf I think I’m funny so #1 for the fic writer asks, for Dirty Paws, but any song other than Dirty Paws. And also 15 and 16, if you like.

Oh you think you're funny, I'm about to be hilarious.

#1 Share a song that makes you think of [fic title]

King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men.

If I have to change bands too, Always Gold by Radical Face for various relationships breaking down while clinging to them

# 18 What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

Oh god there's so many good lines I've got, be they funny or devastating...

Which is worse, he wonders. The grief at no closure or to drag out the inevitable.

That's technically two lines hmmm

Damn it, that's multiple lines about killing Spiritstar... I'll go with the cheat via two lines.

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs.

He closes the window a moment, to come sit by Shi-Long, who immediately leans into him, Larry takes the comfort as best he can when they’re both crammed into his small hot dog stand, trying to sell hot dogs, and just get through today.

Larry looks over to Shi-Long’s phone, “Are you rereading my fic?”

“It’s good.”

Larry manages a smile at that at least, brief but manages one. The fanfic is at least easy to write, the words coming easy, when the mere thought of his own original story makes all creativity stop. When all he can think about when he goes to write is the support he no longer has.

They sit in silence a bit, Shi-Long pulls up what looks like a news video of the press conference happening in the park, but the scrawl is in a language Larry can’t place. He squints at it and then asks, “Shi-Long?”

“Yeah writer-boy?”

“Where are you from?”

He gets a warm chuckle in response, sharp eyes flickering to him, “Oh?”

“I… you sent me a message once, in a different language, and I think it’s the same language as that, and I’m a dumbass American, so I don’t know what language it is, so…”

Shi-Long is silent for a moment before he sighs, “I’m Zheng Faian.” At Larry’s blank look he explains, “the Republic of Zheng Fa.” He nods to his phone, “that’s our president speaking.” Something flickers on his face, and Larry thinks that if he asks, Shi-Long would tell him.

He thinks Shi-Long doesn’t want him to ask.

[omegamoo]

what are some songs that remind you of wp characters………i need music ALSO if you had to assign the wp characters another character that’s like them from like an already existing media who ? that sentence doesn’t make sense

OH MY GOD i forgot i asked people to sned me these asks. okay. i have so much music here we go. putting this under the cut so that i can make the list super long. i basically just stole these from all of the playlists we have this is soooo much more than you asked for.

in terms of your second question... i dont know?

flower twins - atlantis by seafret (them in catalyst), flowers from hadestown, never love an anchor by the crane wives, carry you by ruelle, king and lionheart by of monsters and men (sibling version), fish in a birdcage. yeah. goodbye from arcane

morrighan - megalomaniac by aeseaes, dream state by son lux

daemon - loveology by regina spektor, icarus by the crane wives, liar by the arcadian wild the ghost of you my chemical romance

iota - in memoriam and second child restless child by the oh hellos. dream sweet in sea major from the miracle musical, waste by oh wonder. famous last words my chemical romance. so many more but a lot of them are listed combined

iota + fortuna - wasteland, baby! by hozier, eurus by the oh hellos, bird song by juniper vale, saturn by sleeping at last, somewhere only we know

palaemon - without devotion by LAKE, ship in a bottle by fin, swelling sea by tow'rs, make the grade by jack conte, only the ocean by jack johnson. also the tradition celtic song inisheer my favorite version on spotify is by david clavijo

[carcrash429]

if tumblr was like MySpace what song would you subject people to listening to when they came to your blog?

Oooooooo my first anonymous ask 🥰 and it's extremely difficult 😭 I was legit flipping through my whole playlist on my drive home because none of the songs were right LMAO

so when I write I usually associate a particular song very heavily with a particular fic, and I think it would be really neat to play you the song that goes with whatever story I'm actively working on!

currently that would be King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men or Hope by Stefan when I'm working on the series I have named after those songs or it would be I Will Never Die by Delta Rae if I'm working on the Clint&Steve spooky-adjacent roadtrip that I'm 12k words deep into orrrrr Pain Told Love by Tribe Society if I start working on the Clint&Bucky&Jason sad fic I have half sketched out

however, I would ALSO need an everyday song for when I'm not actively working on anything!

and I was thinking about making that Pride (In The Name Of Love) by U2, because it's a longtime fave, it's got great emotion, I was yell-singing it in the car yesterday...

but! that's a pretty famous song by a pretty famous band and I want to send some love to a less well-known artist and I think I would make that

Northern Soul by Coleman Hell

because it's a beautiful song, it's easy to sing along to, and it's about a guy who moved away from his home and he misses it, but it's always with him, and that's something I identify very strongly with :)

[halfelven]

Sage and orchid! :)

from this ask game

sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?

this is a hard question because I don't like to draw very hard lines between types of art (I am immediately thinking of epic poems that could be chanted/spoken/sung as well as what film would fall into when it combines so many mediums) and the types of art that have touched me the most are across various mediums.

I would probably choose poetry though. Poetry written hundreds or thousands of years ago can still touch me on such a deep level. And poetry is about attention to detail, crafting images through language, putting experiences into words. my choice to become a writer was to put things into words that felt unexplainable. so much of poetry is that.

but it is also close to music and theatre/film/performance art. it's all connected and what is touching me the most depends on the day. and music and fiction fight for how much time i spend with a medium though i think fiction will always win with how my imagination doesn't slow down even when i sleep

sorry for the long answer but it really has me thinking. because with time spent i think i probably spend the most time with other people's art as music. but with my own art it's my fiction because i'm always running stories through my head. but i also look at paintings/drawings every day and am surrounded by art in the design of my everyday household objects since i spent years carefully getting everyday things that are designed beautifully and functionally. and i could talk about this for hours because i am compelled to study how humans relate to art and what ways control of that art is used to shape people and society. i feel like i will be studying this for my phd someday even...

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

I'm going to say UFOF by big thief because it's the only song that's gone to no. 1 song on my spotify in 2 separate years (2020 and 2022). and I can't even begin to express how much the lyrics mean to me. "just like a bad dream, you'll disappear / another map turns blue / mirror on mirror / and i imagine you taking me out of here" it just has that fight against despair feeling. I'll also say send in the clowns by judy cllins dancing in the dark by bruce springsteen buzzcut season by lorde mad world by tears for fears king and lionheart by of monsters and men ada by the national

thank you!!! 🌿🌸