To celebrate the return of QS on AO3 with a huge new fic by @weconqueratdawn
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TheSeaVoices Drawing Playlist
A mixture of drawing moods, themes and favourites, not necessarily relevant lyric-wise but all very carefully selected for zero frustration - maximum flow, and perhaps an element of sexiness?
If you want a 43 track playlist for drawing or painting to - this works :)
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1- Wallowa Lake Monster, Sufjan Stevens
Fucking love the fucking lyrics! Beautiful story and atmosphere and voice. I hadn’t listened to Sufjan much before watching Call Me By Your Name and just caning Visions of Gideon for weeks after.
2- Experiment In Terror, Henry Mancini
From the 60’s noir thriller of the same name - so stylish and cool - what a soundtrack sir! I love the slow threat and slinkiness.
3- My Body, Perfume Genius
Similar slink here, dirty kind of glide. Have seen PG a couple of times live and just ABSORBED it into my soul - he dances up there like a beautiful table-dancer and the crowd is moving with him - always good albums to paint to.
4- Danke Schoen, Wayne Newton
Turn this way up! 21 year old Wayne blasts this out like a genius - his voice is amazing and so feminine. I know it from Ferris Bueller's Day Off originally where it is put to very good use.
5- My Little Brown Book, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane
I can listen to Duke Ellington all day every day, those brushy cymbals in this are so lazy cool. That’s the third sixties song so far.
6- One More Kiss Dear, Vangelis
Bladerunner, one of my favourite films. WHAT A FUCKING SOUNDTRACK! This song was an accidental recording sung for the demo by Don Percival (not the intended singer) and the weird spooky vocal just worked for the mock vintage sound.
7- Verbarhemiopia, Ed Dowie
Released through Lost Map Records. I know these people and they always have great acts - I had a lot of exceptional experiences on the Inner Hebridean island of Eigg with them. This track is just a beautiful, pulsing moonbeam.
8- Just Like Honey, The Jesus and Mary Chain
Such a sleazy, druggy, sexy song - dirty guitar and sensual drums - the opening drum intro, borrowed from (another 60’s track), Be My Baby by The Ronettes coming up on this list at number 38.
9- Grid, Perfume Genius
I rec the video!
10- Here, Pavement
Oh Pavement - a big part of my identity! - Live, they are a fucking dream! This song is a regular ear worm.
11- Demon Host, Timber Timbre
Great lyrics, great album
12- Animal Friends, P-ano
The only song I’m into on this album, the atmosphere is great. A sad little song.
13- Sleepwalk, Santo and Johnny
1959 so lets call it 60’s again XD. A great instrumental - that slide, steel guitar sound is lush and the asmr trigger of my dreams
14- Hang Out The Stars In Indiana, Al Bowlly
MY FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL FUCKING TIME. I can and do listen to this on repeat all through a drawing even if it takes a day. Withnail & I introduced me - one of my favourite films. And, of course Bowlly is on The Shining too.
15- Wasted Teens, Monoganon
Lost Map records again, excellent and crazy live performance from these on Eigg.
16- The Alien, Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
Such dark foreboding anticipation. From the Annihilation soundtrack - brilliant film and score. I love Portishead too.
17- Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, Al Bowlly
Hey cheer up everyone - fuck it!
18- Wanna Sip, Fever Ray
I do! This is from their live recording at the Troxy - I WAS THERE —- oooooooooooof fuck WHAT A SHOW honestly!
19- Lipstick Stains, Jay Som
“I wanted to musically capture the immediate and intense but beautiful feeling of infatuation.” —— yep!
20- Heat Wave, Snail Mail
Yes! They are brilliant - saw them live at End Of The Road and the tent was CRAMMED!!!!!! The atmosphere was amazing - she is so young and so great.
21- I Love How You Love Me, The Paris Sisters
Hello 1960’s! The creamy Spector sound and that spoken word is amazing.
22- Shadow, Chromatics
Loved this on Twin Peaks The Return, it’s a gem and perfect for drawing/painting to.
23- Bankrobber, The Clash
I always sing ‘Daddy was a vampire’
24- Do Your Best, John Maus
Slo-mo beauty.
25- Canadian Girl, The Walkmen
Nice vintage-tinged weirdness and soul.
26- Wave of Mutilation (UK SURF) Pixies
I love Pixies, only seen them live once but it was very, very, very special. Beautiful, laid back b side version that I prefer to the album track.
27- Fell An Ox
There was a time where all I would listen to was King Creosote - it was an obsession! I have lost count of KC gigs I’ve been to.
28- Slow West, Django Django
Love the film, love the soundtrack, loved Django Django up till the last few releases. There is a live version of this on KEXP from four years ago which is the one I usually listen to. Fucking brilliant live - got to see them on Eigg one time too. I rec the Slow West film if you haven’t seen it.
29- Withnail’s Theme, Jack Hallam
Great film and soundtrack - a big favourite.
30- Portofino 1, Raymond Scott
60’s! Ha - I hadn’t realised this at all till writing all this.
31- Lady Gaylord, Raymond Scott
From Manhattan Research Inc a collection of his advertising jingles and snippets from the 60’s
32- The Pink Room, Angelo Badalamenti
Filthiest song ever? From Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me
33- Goodnight Felicia, Chris Bear
From the score to excellent TV show, High Maintenance. I do love Grizzly Bear anyway and cried at their last gig I went to - I always cry at gigs though so….
34- Plainsong, The Cure
My teenage self was a massive Cure fan and I dedicated my record player, school books, wardrobe and bedroom to them! Saw them live only once (the LIGHTS!!!!) because I was too young, obsessed over Robert Smith a lot! This song and the whole album were a big favourite. Beautiful.
35- A Reluctant Hero/Betsy/End Credits Taxi Driver, Bernard Herrmann
I love Herrmann and I really love Taxi Driver. This is just…. ooof!
36- I Fall In Love Too Easily, Chet Baker
Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 1954- what a pretty little voice.
37- Looking Back I Should Have Been Home More, Richard Swift
Just lovely, so sad about Swift.
38- Be My Baby, The Ronettes
The best opening song use ever- MEAN STREETS - turn this RIGHT up please.
39- Go, Sparklehorse, Flaming Lips - Daniel Johnston cover
Doubly sad because of Sparklehorse and Daniel Johnston. I have seen The Flaming Lips many times throughout their career - from small gigs to radio telescope gigs! What a fucking show!
40- Every Night, Perfume Genius
Just nice stuff. Like I said - live he is so sensual- his moves are amazing.
41- Fireflies Made Out of Dust, Happy Jawbone Family Band
Great track. Love the lyrics.
42- Sleeping Lessons, The Shins
Richard Swift again, on keyboards. I really enjoy the historical references and atmosphere on this.
One last posting of this - Quicksilver Will by @theseavoices :)
I was trying to think what my last post would be (apart from a goodbye one) but really, it had to be this. This picture has been so special to me and it marked the beginning of a truly great friendship, one which wouldn’t have happened without tumblr.
So *raises glass* here’s to @theseavoices - thanks for everything you’ve done for me
To celebrate Quicksilver’s return we made playlists :)
Listen to Will’s playlist on Spotify
Upcoming playlists are for Hannibal, Bev and the series overall
Track listings and a few sleevenotes under the read more:
I'm very much a character-based writer and this playlist is very much a character-based playlist. The two rules I had when making it were that everything on it should be something Will would actually listen to and also that it should somehow sound like spring or summer. I can’t really explain better than that - for me, the real difference between QS!Will and canon!Will is that one is spring/summer and the other autumn/winter.
Here’s the track listing and a few notes (because I spend too much time listening to music on buses and thinking):
The Fairest of the Seasons ~ Nico
Body Was Made ~ Ezra Furman
Ezra Furman is a genderqueer/trans singer-songwriter and was a major influence on me when I first began writing Will.
Genesis ~ Grimes
I play this on the first proper day of spring every year. EVERY YEAR. It sounds… green and woodland-y, like dappled sunlight. Don’t ask me how that works because I don’t know.
Grand Dérèglement ~ Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains
If Genesis is the first day of spring, this is the first day of summer - that day when the heat first rises from the pavement but everything is not yucky and gross.
The Snowfalls ~ Whyte Horses
Somehow summery while being about snow? I hear big skies in this one too.
Some Candy Talking ~ The Jesus And Mary Chain
Don’t Be Scared, I Love You ~ Bill Ryder-Jones
Heart Of Gold ~ Neil Young
OKAY this here is one of Will’s inheritance tracks (songs passed down from one generation to another) - this has come from his mother (bet she has one of those What Would Neil Young Do? posters).
Let X=X ~ Laurie Anderson
It makes total sense to me that Will would be a Laurie Anderson fan - she is witty and captivating and wise and humane and I find this track extremely relaxing, especially on a summer evening (right up until the surprise panic attack at the end, that is). There’s no one else like her.
Wolf ~ First Aid Kit
I associate Will with nature (in general, not just in QS) and this is a darker kind of nature, almost like the Wild Hunt.
Northern Sky ~ Nick Drake
Another inheritance track from Will’s mother. Incredibly beautiful and light, I think this might be how Hannibal (in his best moments) sees Will.
He couldn’t resist sitting up to watch Hannibal as he played. His face was revealed in concentration, a mask of intellect and ideas and purposeful grace. Will thought he looked extraordinarily beautiful; almost alien.
When the last sounds died away, Will went to sit with him on the bench. He had the uncanny feeling he’d witnessed something rare, but Hannibal gave no indication that anything unusual had happened.
Will poked at one the keys, causing a soft clipped note to break the silence. “Thank you for playing for me,” he said. “That was…” He trailed off, for once unable to put a voice to his thoughts.
“That was the Aria from the Goldberg Variations,” Hannibal said. “More Bach, I’m afraid.”
“Why is that your favourite?” Will asked.
Hannibal put his fingers back to the keys and began to play it again, more quietly. “Ah, but you already have theories about that. Why don’t you share them with me?”
Will turned to sit astride the bench. The angle was better to watch Hannibal play. “It’s elegant but intricate,” he said. “And ordered. Even as it deviates, the music seems to operate within imposed constraints. Plus there’s a clarity to the sound, it’s unclouded by emotion. Though you like being moved by art, this provides you serenity - you value that more.”
The music halted. Hannibal threw Will an amused smile. “How much of that was an affinity for music and how much empathy?”
“At least fifty percent empathy,” Will admitted. “I tried to see the music as you might.”
Hannibal pulled him closer, his attention now directed entirely at Will. Will put an arm around him and pressed a few keys, this time with more force. “This is your preferred instrument?”
“Indeed,” said Hannibal. “From it the music springs into being, whole and entire.”
“Each note a perfect moment in time,” said Will. “No tentative beginnings and no gradual decline. It begins, and it stops.”
“Exactly,” said Hannibal, kissing him on the temple. “Have you enjoyed your evening? Is this to be the beginning or the end of your musical education?”
“It’s not the end,” Will said. “So it must be a beginning of sorts. It’s been… expansive.” He smiled, and pressed a chaste kiss to Hannibal’s lips. “I feel differently stretched.”
“All you need do for now is continue to listen,” said Hannibal.
“To develop my own taste,” Will said. “Except, how it develops will probably depend upon your influence.”
“Allow me to influence you further, then,” Hannibal said. “How about something longer? A concert perhaps. I could take you to one.”
~ Fic excerpt from Grant Us Peace by @weconqueratdawn
For anyone who doesn’t know (like me), Mary Ellen jasper is a red and black banded stone - the bands are forms into very intricate patterns so the red and black swirl together. It’s beautiful, unusual and undoubtedly interesting enough for Will.
But here’s the thing - I don’t think Will is very interested in jewellery generally. Hannibal choosing something for him is really about Hannibal obsessing and piling his extremely rarified attention upon him, and that’s what Will really likes. If that happens to involves garnets then, well - that’s a fascinating novelty for him. Definitely, Will would see the value of an interesting object - like the spider brooches - but I struggle to see him standing in front of the mirror, accessorising.
Overall, Quicksilver!Will probably spends only a little more thought on his appearance than canon!Will does. He’s got his look sorted, and a kind of uniform to wear which is easily adapted to match his fluctuating gender identity. Very little of what is worn on the outside is pretty or typically thought of as feminine. When he wears a skirt (or cut-offs) they’re short (I always felt that seemed rather confrontational), and if he wears pants they tend to be slim. Heavy heavy boots. Plaid and khaki. Wool. Maybe a glimpse of something more delicate underneath, but very few get close enough to see - plenty of Will Graham layers to battle through before there’s any chance of that :)
What’s interesting for me to think about now is how will having Hannibal in his life affect Will’s outwards presentation...? Are those layers going to loosen up a bit?
Thanks for your ask - I seem to have rambled off-topic but I enjoyed doing it! <3
I just found your tumblr and wanted to tell you that I loved your art for the Quicksilver series! Your pieces were so gorgeous, and they are one of the reasons why it's a fav fic of mine^_^
Oh cheers, that’s very nice of you. I enjoy doing them very much. I get to read all of @weconqueratdawn ‘s WIPs too.
here is a rough work in progress for the next (outrageously delicious) chapter. As it is -it is perfectly swf.
