On that last thing you reblogged, you tagged "old thisb" instead of "old thisby," and I swear, I had a really vivid moment of imagining that in a rap song. Just that - "old thisb" - I don't know what the rest would be, but just think about rap music on Thisby. Just think about it.
Oh yeah, I totally meant to do that! I shorten words now! I’m hip! I’m coo’! I’m with’t!
Ok, SO. Modern rap AU where Sean Kendrick is Riz Ahmed (somebody suggested this once and👌) and he raps about the mistreatment and vilification of the capaill uisce and is all around fierce and smol and woke. Mutt Malvern is Thisby’s terrible white boy equivalent of Iggy Azalea who raps about being in the fast lane from Thisby to Tokyo. And, anyway, they get into a rap battle outside of Gratton’s, and Thomas is the master of ceremonies, and Sean just, like, murders Mutt. Seriously, go and read that bit in Chapter 10! That entire exchange reads like a rap battle! Yes?
Like, “Sean leans into Mutt, and he says, ‘Five years I’ve kept you alive on that beach. That’s what your father asks of me, and that’s what I’ll keep doing. You’ll ride what I tell him you’ll ride.’” could become:
Yeah, five years I’ve kept you alive on that beachIs winning a race still out of your reach?See, Imma do what your daddy asks of meWatch me light up a five-year winning spreeWhile keeping your useless hide outta the tideYou’ll fucking ride what I tell him you’ll ride
*mic drop*
EXCEPT BETTER BECAUSE I CAN’T RAP