must know somethin but don't say nothin

I reblog a lot of stuff. Maybe I'll post. Maybe I won't. Rip Bill Potts

[happymeishappylife]

For those who don't know me, I am the Doctor and I'm shutting this expo down. See, you get to talk about war like it's a business opportunity but I've seen war. There are no shares, there's definitely no equity, but you don't know anything about that because this nightmare is a game to you. Conquer, soil, profit, load, replay, rinse, repeat. Well I'm pulling the plug.

-The Doctor (played by Jodie Whittaker in Aegis as part of Big Finish's Thirteenth Doctor Adventures)

[mothmanowesmemoney]

We’re having guests over, get out the fine china

[ignushi]

Princess Amber fanart based on the new Sofia the First reboot 👑🥰

[surrealgaykay]

throws up violently I LOVE WARRIORS uuuuBLEGGHH THAT MUSICAL IS EVERYTHING TO ME

[warriorsincorrectquotes]

Mercy, texting: Rembrandt, will you please go to sleep?

Rembrandt, texting back: What makes you think you didn’t just wake me up?

Mercy, yelling: I CAN HEAR YOU CLAPPING TO THE FRIENDS THEME EVERY TWENTY MINUTES SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP!

Mercy, texting: Just a hunch :) You goin’ to sleep soon?

Rembrandt, texting: I’m trying

Mercy, yelling again: TRY HARDER I HAVE A 5:45 AM MEETING TOMORROW BITCH

Mercy, texting: Okay, don’t stay up too late or you’ll be cranky :)

[cxsmic30]

anyways here’s summer cowgirl and cochise

[el-otro-telefono]

[hylian-prosecutor]

All right folks! After a couple hours of incoherent rambling in purple pen, here's the link to my full

Dear Bill Music Theory Analysis!

^ Click on the title to see the PDF!

This was both a labor of love and some of the most fun I've had in a long while. please do not hesitate to give me your own thoughts/interpretations or ask questions, I'd love to hear what others think (and I will also jump at the chance to educate my Tumblr pals on music theory lol)

(If you spot any mistakes or can't read my handwriting, please let me know. I tried my best to keep it legible but holy freak is my handwriting terrible)

happy reading!

[tinkerbitch69]

[takemeawaythanks]

Dear Bill is a Weird Song...

I mean weird in a good way btw. Honestly it is the most unique song in the due to its really odd structure. I'm hesitant to even say that it has a structure at all as under close inspection it is a combination of five melodic ideas (recurring to differing extents), two instances of rambling, and non-repeating phrases that connect them all. The complete lack of structure in this song makes Hester's letter and subsiquent break down seem so very real because of the conversational flow of the song. There is no need to rehash what has already been said in a conversation but there are certain emotional beats that can't help but pop up.

The song opens like this:

"Why did we meet in the middle of a war? What a silly thing for anyone to do?" The first theme that recurs three other times in the song and because of it being the opening statement of the piece, I see it as the core of Hester's emotions throughout. Between all the tellings of everyday life, there is an underlying sadness that grows and grows everytime the theme is heard, each "why" becoming heavier as Hester relives her trauma of losing Tom.

I want to note that I am not going to recount every instance of a not-repeated phrase, but I wanted to point out that the opening line/title of the song does not repeat at all.

I find this interesting because it is the title of the song but due to its lack of repeition its clear that it is not the point of the song.

This theme, I've noticed, is kind of an introduction of personability if that makes sense? There's a sense of sweet light heartedness or in the lines with this melody, a melody which is notably lacking in the majority of the song. It is only heard in the front half of the song before Hester becomes more sad than nostalgic.

This theme is especially important in pointing out the direction of the song before it gets to all the big emotions at the end. There's only two instances in which this theme occurs. Once in an attempt at optimism and one in jest. As the audience finds out, Hester knows that Tom will not be able to see his flowers bloom so with that added context, the optimism feels sour. And that soured optimism permiates the in the joke she makes about Diana's piano skills. This theme is the first tangible hint at the darker side to this song and in only two instances, it starts a desent into tragedy.

Ohhhh buddy boy this might just be my favorite theme in the song. It is Hester trying to keep a grip on her emotions by noting how Tom's family and flowers miss him and agreeing with them, but never directly admitting that she misses him until the end of the song after her emotional walls have been crumbling down.

By the end,all of the other recurrent themes have shown up multiple times so it sort of catches you off guard when Hester starts to seemingly break down. It is a culmination of all of the repressed emotions that came before it. And you'll notice that these last few new ideas are longer than all the others that have previously occured, which I interpret to be Herster sort of losing focus and beginning to ramble because of the emotions built up.

These themes are so so so effective when put in a seemingly random order. This song genuinely sounds like a one sided conversation with a ghost. What makes this song weird is not the the many different melofic variations, but because of a lack of destinct verses or choruses. Every measure of this song souds unplanned and unintentional from the perspective of the characters, but very intentional in the context of the song.

(I'm sorry for the lack of a really in depth analysis on the music theory. I working those for Operation Mincemeat, but I really wanted to articulate why I think Dear Bill is so interesting. Also, the cite I got the sheet music from transcribed some parts incorrectly so please excuse that.)

[el-otro-telefono]

the way the third one could refer to either one of them

[cxsmic30]

unfortunately i could not get this idea out of my head

[takemeawaythanks]

[for-the-love-of-the-arts]

Hola!

Oh no.

Hola, Juan!

Oh cripes!

El telefono!

El telefono? Tengo el telefono!

El… otro telefono! Es Londres!

Londres?

Londres?

London.

London?

Hola London!

[maybehavealittlefun]

Absolutely wild real-life Ewen Montagu lore from tash on the podcast tonight btw:

Montagu took home the top secret files IN HIS BIKE BASKET. fully right there, open to the entire street as he tootled off home on his lil bicycle. and when the authorities were like but what if someone takes them out of your basket?? and he went "ITS OK I HAVE A GUN"

[dinofriend]

[charmingcranbery]

Cowgirl hat theory

[laelish]

What if I'm the one who killed you every time I caved to guilt? What if I've been far too kind to foes but a monster to ourselves?

I blame @frecklef0x for finally convincing me to listen to Epic: The Musical. It's been my go-to music while I was doing the last few comics. Anyway here's early Mandalorian Wars Revan as they start to realize just how much winning this war is going to cost them.

Also here's the song and animatic that this draws inspiration from. It's beautifully animated, and the song is on almost all of my Revan playlists now.