#zara my beloved

[autechres]

@oldlovecassette saves the day once again and tags me on these little funsies. here goes my 10 most listened songs for the past while. would like to hear from @cowboyinthesand, @august-sysex, @ambienthousewife, @moonteases and whoever wants to do this :] 

spinetta - cantata de puentes amarillos

jim o’rourke - the workplace

fito páez - un vestido y un amor

gustavo cerati - tabú

fellini - funziona senza vapore

chairlift - no such thing as illusion

imogen heap - hide and seek

boygenius - without you without them

serú girán - salir de la melancolía

nick drake - road

[bharv]

I feel like nobody is being enough of a freak to say that all of the boss villain designs in the Veilguard are hot

[balrogballs]

Hi Zara Balls, sorry for landing with another stupid question but your story was making me read up on Indian Muslim music and I was wondering, is Maglor meant to be a ‘ghazal’ singer? Your description of his performance was so rich that I was trying to find out what it would be like in real life, and I found out about Ghazal poetry, is that what he was doing?

Hello and don’t worry re: questions, again, it’s a new area for many readers. Ask anything you like, there are no silly questions — but please bear with me for slow replies 😊

Firstly, I think with performance, a demonstration is best, so here is my inspiration for Maglor, his performances, how the audience/set-up looks, with him the songmaster, sitting up in front and carrying the performance, with apprentices eg. Lindir etc being those dudes behind the singer.

When writing, I was literally picturing Maglor as this specific singer. Same level of energy, hand-waving, having a total blast, enjoying himself more than the audience - its a video so click on it!

Now for explanation — so, you’re half right in that ghazals and what Maglor performs has a similar root — early modern Sufi musical cultures of the Middle East and South Asia. Ghazals, which you’ve read about, are ‘amatory’ poems — love poetry that express romantic, erotic, or spiritual love. In fact, quite a lot of these are straight up queer (check out Amir Khusro). In its modern iteration, check out slow Bollywood love songs — that sort of thing, many are written in the ghazal style.

While Maglor is shown to sing a ghazal at one point, he’s mainly a qawwali singer — these are two different styles of both writing and performance, and there are definitely intersections, with some ghazals being performed in qawwali style. For as much as is relevant to Maglor in the fic — the qawwali ustad (music master) holds public performances, rather than private recitations, especially in places like Kerala where the majority of listeners wouldn’t actually understand the poetry and are there for the music.

So qawwali performers, whilst singing about similarly spiritual aspects, are very high energy, frankly quite campy, and just have the absolute time of their lives while performing. Less church hymn and more barn dance! The energy of these guys are just as or often more important than the lyrics or poetry itself, hence why even Elrond and his sub-zero mental health was clapping along — it’s just a great and fun time, rather than a poetry recitation.

Hope this has helped and feel free to ask me to clarify.

[silverjurors]

T4T Zanus amen

[memento-morri-writes]

This is far from my best work, but it's 1:30am, and I needed to get this down before I slept or lost my mind. So here, take a snippet of Rook seeing Zara again for the first time in 3 years.

Trying, and failing, to keep his voice from shaking, [Rook] said “Hello, Captain.” Mouth still open in surprise, [Zara] replied “Well, hello yourself.” The reality of what she was seeing seemed to hit her as she rounded the desk. “Rook, is that really you?” He nodded. “It’s me.” Zara ran towards him, stopping just short of touching him, and said “What did she do to you?” Rook’s heart stuttered and he had to brush his fingers together to confirm Sigmar’s ring was still in place. Could she possibly see through its illusion? But then he remembered what Lanny had said. She knew where you were. His throat clenched and he choked out “Two years.” A wave of grief swept across Zara’s face as she said “I’m so, so sorry.” Rook shook his head vigorously. “It’s not your fault.” Zara ignored him. “It is my fault. I failed you. As your captain, it’s my responsibility to keep you safe, and I failed you.” Rook wanted to say something, to reassure her, but she pushed on. “She sent me letters, told me all the terrible things she was doing to you. I… I let you down.” Those words hit Rook with the force of a dozen cannonballs. Lanny had said that Zara knew Wolf had him, but knowing that Zara had been aware of what Wolf was doing to him… somehow that was more painful than any wound Wolf had ever inflicted. He barely managed to force his next words out around the lump in his throat. “Where were you?” And why didn’t you come? “She said she’d kill you if I came to get you. Or if I hired anyone to get you. You’re standing here because I stopped sailing.” 

(honorary one-time tag for @space-writes bc I remember you enjoyed my other bits about Rook and Zara.)

[midnightwind]

Lucanis concept art has me breaking out the fic plot tree again because I am Incensed

[teyvat-writer]

what about cowbow nanami , fe?

COWBOY NANAMI who makes you cum twice on his fingers before he even thinks of jamming his fat cock in you . COWBOY NANAMI who eats you out for his pleasure , happily slurping away , and no matter your feeble attempts at pushing his head away or hiw much your legs shake , he'll eat you out until the ache in his trousers is unbearable . only then will he fuck you onto his cock , until you're the mindless babbling darling he loves .

Hhhkkffhfhhjhh,h g,g u,,k,,, mmndgdgdhj j. kk,,,, even better if I'm just some ranch hand that's helpin him out,,,,, gettin bent over the nearest fence n my trousers yanked down so he can eat like a man starved,,,,, fuckin me right then n there to show his cattle how breedin is REALLY done,,,,,o iufhggsjsghjs

[whoblewboobear]

He/him lesbian Zara 🥰💖

[thiagodasilva]

spurs losing to Chelsea and Wolves, that joint slay hits so nice

[what-aboutno]

Love playing games and just being terrible at them

[appropriatelystupid]

got to work and jurassic world is on and then on again thank you universe for this small blessing

[afoolishreader]

THE BEST SHIP IS BACK

Tory calling Robby an idiot and a dumbass... and then both of them calling the people who tried to ruin their relationship "bitch"..... oh keenry how I've missed you!!!!

[araksi413]

the struggle of having OCs that have partners & romantic feelings & the whole relationship thing when you just. do not comprehend that stuff

i wanna draw my characters being cute and fluffy and in love but i dont know !! how to!! :(

[poisoneitherway]

🎶✨️when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶✨️

Hiii 🫶🏻 it's late so I'll just link songs I have really liked lately but I think that this sums up my music taste quite well

[seiya-starsniper]

Get to know me

Tagged by my beloved @marlowe-zara <3

Last Song: Timebomb by Walk The Moon (NOT related to the Arcane ship, but...it fits so well somehow!?)

Favorite Color: Lavender

Last Book: Currently reading Swordcrossed by Freya Marske and I am OBSESSED.

Last Movie: Wicked!

Last TV Show: Was really tempted to put Arcane here but I think the actual last thing I watched while not researching for fanfic was Overlord Season 4 lmao.

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Savory most days, but I love all three, just need to be in the right mood.

Relationship: getting married this year!!!!! <3 <3 <3

Last Thing I Googled: "can you request books on hoopla". Pretty self explanatory. The answer, at least for my library, is unfortunately no 😭😭😭

Current Obsession: Arcane Arcane ARCANE.

Looking Forward To: Zaundads Week (shameless plug 💖), the weekend, MY AUTUMN WEDDING, The Sandman Season 2, just to name a few things.

Tagging @fangfuckers @softest-punk @poltergeist-punk @kenjinx @embroiderling @bazzybelle @kydrogendragon @lemoneyshipz

[amdone]

@anotherfanaccount

In Main Yahaan Hoon song i've Never praised Preity Zinta enough as Zaara Hayat Khan where she spectacularly presented so deep yearning Zaara was having for Veer on the eve of her marriage.

Having such real time hallucination of Veer, of his gaze, voice, his fingers all over her body, his breath, his lips on her neck and most importantly his very presence in her mind - So Alive! 💥

The song itself a Masterpiece in terms of lyrics, music composition, singing.