#bard stuff

[spotofmummery]

Livin' on a Prayer - Tavern Version

[franticbindings]

We had a post disaster celebration in one of our games last week that included a bunch of villagers, and sort of described the shape of a traditional song that people in this place might sing in such a situation; poignant but hopeful, thinking about the people from who we're parted. It's the middle of winter, so being seasonally inflected was also discussed.

It struck me a few days later, that if you take the handful of references to Orpheus out of "We Raise Our Cups" from Hadestown it works pretty great. This was my brief rewrite along those lines. Everyone would sing the lines in italics. Pour the wine and raise a cup Drink up, brothers, you know how And spill a drop for those we know Who cannot be here now

Some birds sing when the sun shines bright Our praise is not for them But the ones who sing in the dead of night We raise our cups to them

Wherever they are to be found Until we meet again Let all our singing follow them And bring them comfort

Some flowers bloom where the green grass grows Our praise is not for them But the ones who bloom in the bitter snow We raise our cups to them

We raise our cups and drink them up We raise 'em high and drink 'em dry

To those we miss, and all of us

Goodnight, brothers, goodnight

[bardofbaldwinco]

some hand drawn sweatshirts i brought to a show in atlanta

[briar-ffxiv]

Hate to do this, but if anyone can help

TL: DR - Due to a lot of financial strain this year and moving before we planned to with little notice, my cats and my family don't have money for groceries for the next few months. We just need to make it to January and we've been trying hard, eating as cheap as possible, not going out, no extra services, etc. Heck, I only have FFXIV because a friend was nice enough to help.

But now, we're out of money and next paycheck once we cover rent and bills, we'll have less than $30. And unfortunately, we need to eat.

So if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. Anything. Thank you. <3

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Below the read-more are the longer details. If anyone doesn't mind boosting or something, I'd be grateful.

More Details:

Basically, due to having to move at least a year sooner than expected with less than 60 days' notice, we've used up every bit of savings and resources we have. Plus, due to some other financial nonsense, including the past roommates being terrible and my spouse's work using loopholes to avoid paying him overtime, we're finally having a really rough time.

We can just cover rent and the minimal bills. Several months ago, we turned off anything we didn't completely need. That includes streaming services, games, and what have you. Heck, we wouldn't have kept on the internet if my spouse didn't need it for work.

We were just trying to hold on until New Year. The New Year means a mandatory raise for my spouse and his boss has promised it's a good one (due to several years of him getting the minimum under his previous boss who was fired for several reasons). So we've been just trying to make it and just have a few months left.

Unfortunately, with just a few months to go, we've basically maxed out all we can. The next step is trying to rehome my cats to remove the cost of maintaining them, although I hate to do it. I really don't want to. Pretty much every cat I have, I either rescued and/or raised from birth. But I'm certainly not going to let them starve or suffer.

I have been trying for months to get a job, but due to personal things and limited options (only one car with limited gas, etc.), I haven't been able to find anything. I keep sending out forms and not hearing much. Due to gas prices and such, I can't even do UberEats or Doordash or something. I'm at a loss and I feel completely useless in trying to help my spouse at the moment.

I really hate asking. My little Tumblr is just cute stuff with my character, aesthetics, and trying to be positive. I'm just really desperate because I don't know what else to do.

We've looked into state help, but I live in Texas and their "poverty line" is absolutely ridiculous. My spouse makes "too much" for us to get the benefits of any kind of help, even temporarily. Due to the crappy roommates, our credit isn't great and we're already struggling to pay off things so getting a loan is pretty much impossible.

I don't really have any skills that people would pay for commissions for. I'd be happy to do writing commissions or something, but I've never had much luck with that.

So, yeah, I just...I really need some help getting through the next 60 days or so. So if you've read all this, thank you. If you reblog, thank you. If you feel like giving anything, thank you. Even if it's just kind thoughts, I appreciate it so much.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart,

Bard

[bhaal-battle-beer-bard]

Gale aesthetic

Here the bardic aesthetic version of the Gale poem "Wash my pain away" did for @alpydk 's Book of Gale

[godoflazziness]

" as you wind through the streets at the fabled bazaars with the cardamom-cluttered stalls."

his angelic voice carried along the breeze as he sung.

"you can smell every spice while you haggle the price of the silks and the satin shawls. oh, the music that plays as you move through a maze in the haze of your pure delight. you are caught in a dance, you are lost in the trance- of another sumerian night!"

[denbecygnari]

*deep inhale*

(yelling) If you have a six holed transverse wooden flute in BG3, you have an argument to include any instrument up to and including late Baroque.

(yelling) if you have organs canonically in Faerûn (and you do) you have an argument for any instrument up to and including late Baroque

(yelling louder) if you have violins, not viols, you MUST be talking about a musical period post the 1600s and so you MUST be talking about Baroque music!

So we are playing trumpets trombones and natural horns today, I will not be taking questions, thank you.

[not-a-crow-in-a-hat]