ok so first of all, the thing about dino is that he listens exclusively to 1970s music, right? except where in the us that would be classic rock, in italy that means a slew of singer-songwriters who yes, made rock music, but often of a very reflective/bittersweet/intellectual variety. and honestly? that tracks for a character who reads vonnegut in his spare time. so essentially some of the most featured artists in his cassette tape collection are:
fabrizio de andré
francesco de gregori
lucio battisti
francesco guccini
renato zero
many many more but those are the main ones
eta: not technically in the same category of songwriters but still very much part of the Classics™️ and definitely included in the mixtape he makes for castiele are “se telefonando” by mina and “minuetto” by mia martini. i know this because of italian prophetic powers
when he comes back from hell in season 4 and discovers that lele has attached his ipod to the car radio, and he turns it on, eros ramazzotti’s “terra promessa” starts playing and dino throws out the whole ipod.
what else. let’s see. instead of “all out of love”, the romantic song dino sings in the car after pretending not to be into it, is “come mai” by 883. when he’s about to die in the s3 finale and he and lele have that brotherly bonding moment by singing badly in the car? instead of “wanted dead or alive” by bon jovi, it’s “certe notti” by ligabue.
and speaking of ligabue -- as i previously mentioned, “urlando contro il cielo” is the equivalent of “carry on my wayward son”
anyway this is just a little taster of the choonz playing on the aw (ambra warner bros)’s soprannaturale :)
/Persuasion feels forever too, tbqh, tho this bit is obviously not much of an Elliot cognate. Perhaps it fits, though, for how Lady Russell felt about Anne’s father and sister in comparison to her mother?
@princess-shepherdess said:
Malec and Persuasion fusion are the match made in heaven tbh. Second chances! Two people in love finding their way back to each other! YES GOOD MORE OF THAT!! Alec as Anne Elliott is a delight. Maryse as Lady Russell is also an interesting choice because I’ve got so many conflicting feelings about both of them.
I’m also intrigued by Magnus in this universe and maybe a little bit worried; ngl I’ve never been very fond of Captain Wentworth
I really quite like Lady Russell because she does mean well, she loves Anne with all her heart and she truly thought she was helping. (She wasn’t, obviously, but there’s a reason Anne never thinks there’s even anything to forgive, though obviously Frederick had some different opinions there.)
And yes! Anne is my favorite for many of the same reasons Alec is, perception and self-worth and external validation issues that are so related... though she’s not quite as salty 😅
I’m not sure what to do with the second half of that because I love Wentworth beyond rhyme or reason? If it helps, you can do a correlation with their temper; Magnus is quite capable of being vengefully petty after all, and Wentworth refuses to see Anne how she is when they meet again in the future, largely because he’s still holding on to how much Anne hurt him.
/the fact that she hurt herself more is not a thing he would have any way of knowing, really, though perhaps it should have been obvious to anyone who knew her well. But he perhaps didn’t know her as well as he thought? It was not a terribly long romance, the first time ‘round.
and @sharona1x2, I saw those lovely tags, I can rant about Magnus & Persuasion forever and ever feel free to ask any time *laughs*
(and wow I’m behind on my replies, this uh. keeps going. for awhile. sorry?)
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@leahazel said:
Augh my HEART. After doing de Vega’s romance and then going back and seeing him at his worst, it was so PAINFUL. I love this.
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(thank you)
@teaandinanity said:
Your answer for knight and prince(ss) filled me with squishy feelings, just - not being able to cross lines because he knows he’ll have to meet her eyes the next day? That SO PERFECTLY SUMS UP the beauty of that route and I think I have to replay now.
whoo! I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE BLAMED FOR REPLAYS
/and also agony, see above *laughs*
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@shadoedseptmbr said:
:D:D:D:D i asked because I *KNOW* you’re a dialogue addict and I adore you for it! *evilgrin* Butoh, that’s perfect. Joker as a screwball comedy hero, I love it. <3
I mean, I can see him dangling off a dinosaur skeleton and swearing? That seems entirely in character :D (Or trying to hide a torn dress with his fancy hat. Basically, apparently, I need to watch Bringing Up, Baby again. As Always.)
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@tarysande said:
I did not ask for these Feelings, jilly ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Can I just say, I’m sold on your Wing!fic wip? Like if you end up finishing and posting it, I will definitely read this. The idea of Alec’s wings flirting with Magnus with a s1 Alec attached to them is pure gold. I think the idea or fake-hating is interesting 🧐it’s a nice twist. Also… don’t mind if I go check out your Mer-curse series 💨
WHY THANK YOU ON ALL COUNTS!
And yes, I love the idea of wing!fic, I’m glad other people do too, I’m just bad at actually writing atm. 😅😭😐🤷🏻♀️
@la-muerta said:
I would read demon!Magnus contemplating priest!Alec’s feelings/thoughts/beliefs on faith!
YAY. I am enjoying it, I just have no idea where I’m going if it’s no longer slightly heretical smut in front of the angel stained glass 🤣
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@angelrtsy95 said:
oh i just made an absolutely inhuman sound at the last paragraph of the amnesia!fic section…. I want to read so much more of that
to be clear all of them sound amazing, i just especially love the /angst/
awww, thank you (istg, that’s not even that angsty? In comparison? I mean. It’s a sequel to the “he died” after all.)
Summary: After the Lightwood siblings found out that they weren’t working for the good guys, they broke with the Clave. They’re on the run now in a stolen Firefly transporter, trying to make it to Earth, which has been deserted for centuries, to to hide the Mortal Cup so it can’t be used against Downworlders. Between working jobs as smugglers and his relationship with his security officer, Alec isn’t exactly happy, but content. Until Magnus Bane, warlock and companion, joins them as a passenger.
janoda replied to your post “Hey, if y’all could think about doing me a little favor? If you’re...”
I'm not saying Erik and Erik would be friends, but I'm thinking they have very much the same ideas and a similar view on justice justifying the deeds... So I'm saying I'd read all the fics where Magneto and Killmonger meet.
Ok, yes, you have a very good point. It would be interesting, at least! Probably a high body count though.
I do honestly prefer this type of antagonist (can’t quite bring myself to say “villain” here). It’s good to have story conflict that raises real questions.
I am so on board with your Robert theory... also because in the books (bane chronicles) he's actually the one circle member who actually murders other shadowhunters (and Magnus is a witness to that) and he just never does any penitence for that and argh, he's such a sleazeball. They can't use that because they don't have those rights, but if your theory is on, it's a great way to keep the essence of that storyline and dammmmnnn, I want this so much.
I actually had a really terrible thought while I was re-watching to write my 2x19 recap.
Valentine specifically says that he received a fire message from his operative in Idris.
In 2x16, Robert was yelling at Max for messing with some fire messages he’d sent.
What if Max figures it out?
What if the reason they didn’t have Sebastian kill Max was because too many people knew it was coming because they’d already read the books.
…so instead, they kill Max another way.
@magnusbanecat said: but what is robert’s motivation to side with valentine? it seems he’s ok with magnus, a dw, when max was hurt?
In one of the Tales From Shadowhunter Academy short stories, they get into Robert’s history with the Circle, which basically amounts to “Robert was a giant coward.” The reason he followed Valentine–to the point of repudiating his own parabatai, Michael Wayland, when it turned out Michael (who was already questioning Valentine’s way of doing things) was in love with Robert–was because Valentine said to him “follow me and I’ll make all your choices for you and you won’t ever have to be afraid because it’s all on me.”
It was a huge lie, of course, but that’s basically the core of Robert’s personality. In the books, he outgrows it somewhat, but the argument could easily be made that he goes back to the Circle because it seems the path of least resistance. He thinks Valentine will win, and he wants safety and protection for himself and his family after that happens.
One could also easily make the case that he’s not, in fact, okay with Magnus, or downworlders, but that he’s too cowardly to be forthright about the fact that his Nephilim-supremacist tendencies are still very present and active. Because remaining silent is, again, the path of least resistance, at least until he knows it’s safe to go public with them.
Technically not! The central royal family only have a personal name and their title. However sometimes they need a surname for convenience, for instance enrolling in education, and at times like that the convention is to take the surname of the non-royal parent (there is usually one non-royal parent). So for Kiem that would be ‘Tegnar’.
For the starting scene writing ask game: the og Malec Persuasion AU, what was the scene that started that for you?
That was, honestly enough, the first thing I ever posted for Malec & Shadowhunters, and was inspired by one of the early scenes in s1 where they’re standing next to each other on a balcony not touching. There’s literally maybe a hands-breadth between them though, and they’re both entirely aware of that space, and that sort of physicality is one of my favorite things about a good regency.
So the fic idea was just them meeting, and there being this space between them, and both of them knowing there was absolutely no way to cross it.
ALSO Regency!Magnus with boots so highly polished they’re almost mirrors was a mental image I had to share.
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PS when do we get to see your pretty art? ��
The first art was for the @wipbigbang and can be seen here: https://cactusspatz.tumblr.com/post/627371928750096385/cactusspatz-faejilly-lost-found-spotify
The second art is for the @malecdiscordserver bang and will be going up tomorrow!
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I’m sorry love :( I mean first off you don’t need to force yourself to write anything your not feeling, this is supposed to be for fun! Second, maybe just leave em be for a while? If you fancy writing for them then yay, if not then let it lie. Thirdly, if it would be helpful to have me read anything and ask you all the questions about it, say the word. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself? It’s ok to need a break and step back and ignore the things. ��������
I think my problem is I want to have finished at least some of these things, I can handle not all of them, not everything turns into proper fic, but I took a break, and now I’m looking at them all doing vaguely confused hand gestures and I don’t know how to turn them back into fic rather than rambling.
(I shall absolutely hit you up for venting later, thank you lovely 😘🥰💕)
@janoda replied to your post “So I signed up for two Bangs this summer and just can’t do it, writing...”
that really sucks. and I know how you feel. i've been avoiding my sh folder for months. but also, i took a break of a couple of months, where i told myself i didn't need to write and didn't need to count my words and put no expectations on myself to finish anything, and i feel so much better now. and I finished a thing! so maybe taking a break, might do you some good?
it's been an exhausting and soul sucking time <3
It has, hasn’t it? Normally I’m decent at knowing I need dormancy between creating things, but I’ve apparently managed to take a break without actually recuperating or something? IDK. I miss writing fic but I feel like I don’t have anything to say that anyone’s going to bother reading anymore. (It doesn’t help that I spent awhile around a bunch of people who engage with fandom & the canon differently than I do, which is fine, but it makes it harder to remember that the way I do it is also fine, and there are probably people still interested in my version. Even if I’m having trouble being interested in my version atm. *snorts*)
tbh, it’s very similar to the problems I was having finishing up my Dragon Age WIPs before I started writing for Shadowhunters, and I never did get back into being really excited about DA (tho I did finish the WIPs that I’d started posting, at least? eventually?) and I don’t want to be done with SH, I had a lot of stuff planned, but IDK. *shrugs* I can’t seem to get any of it to work any more. *thbbbt*
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