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meangirlsx · 2 years

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Now that I’ve resurfaced, I also want to say, if any of you live in the New York area and have the ability to see the new off-Broadway show Between the Lines, it is a total must-see!!!

If you follow me because you’re into JATP and/or the same musicals that I’m into, you will love this show! If you’ve ever wanted to live in a fictional world, you will love this show. If you like stories where women are at the center, you will love this show. If you enjoyed the book the musical is based on, “Between the Lines” by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer, you will love this show.

It’s sweet and romantic and enchanting in the most wholesome, captivating way, but it also does an amazing job of touching on important topics and being the kind of show I think we could all use today. I think a lot of us can find ourselves in it.

The songs are clever, beautiful, and catchy. The cast is outstanding. The costumes are gorgeous. The projections and the way they depict the storybook are incredible. And the show has good representation, too!

They seem to be doing pretty well, but they talk after the curtain call about how spreading the word can help give the show a future beyond this off-Broadway run closing in October, so this is me spreading the word, and hopefully some of you will have the chance to see this phenomenal show!

#between the lines #between the lines musical #between the lines off broadway #Arielle got excitedly vague when someone asked about a cast album #I'm hoping that's good news for an album #but it was just vague enough that I'm also hoping it might be news of a broadway transfer #they were set to go up right around the pandemic hit #I'm so glad they're finally running and I so hope they have a long future #and if anyone reads this far #I said it in another post too but #I took an audio if anyone wants to hear #I'm happy to share and get more people into the show

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cephalopodiums · 6 months

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Analysis of 'Aska i vinden' in a Disco Elysium context

So, another post about a hbd-core Swedish song inspired me to finally make this analysis of 'Aska i vinden', a song mentioned in DE.

Game quote: [failed the Shivers check in front of the FELD-building] YOU - "I am trying to ask the wind." TRANT HEIDELSTAM - "Ask the wind or 'Aska i Vinden' is the name of a Vaasan lullaby," he remarks. "Maybe that helps?"

'Aska i vinden' does not actually translate into 'ask the wind', it means 'ash in the wind'. It also isn't a lullaby irl, it is a pop song and I have not found any mention of it being inspired by a lullaby, it seems to be a wholly original song. (Vaasa and Vaasan is the DE equivalent of Sweden (roughly) and Swedish btw, if you didn't know that.)

Anyway, on to the lyrics analysis below the cut

Swedish lyrics │ English translation │ [DE parallels]

Jag kan se att du nått din gräns nu I can see that you have reached your limit now [Parallels to Dora having enough of Harry] Jag kan se vart allt tar slut I can see where it all comes to an end [Parallels to the end of their relationship] Jag kan se alla miljarder stjärnor I can see all billions¹ of stars [Kinda parallels the Inland Empire portrait] Tändas upp bara för att dö ut Light up just to die out [This line and the previous parallels with the quote 'In dark times, should the stars also go out?' from the communist side quest]

Jag ser dig nere på T-centralen I see you down by the central station² [While not a metro station, I feel this parallels the aerodrome in being large/prominent transportation infrastructure] Du rycker till när våra blickar möts You flinch when our gazes³ meet [Parallels with the discomfort Dolores Dei/Dora felt when Harry talks to her when she tried to leave for the aerodrome] Jag ser hoppet i dina ögon I see the hope in your eyes [What Harry saw, or probably more accurately thinks and wants to have seen in Dolores Dei/Dora's eyes] Tändas upp bara för att dö ut Light up just to die out [Maybe this is what happened, Dora hoping for just a normal goodbye and then realizing no, Harry will try into the last moment to get her back]

Spring, spring för ditt liv, du kommer aldrig hitta hem Run, run for your life, you will never find your way home [Parallels the thoughts Lonesome Long Way Home/Hobocop] Spring, spring, spring för livet, vänd dig aldrig om igen Run, run, run for your life⁴, never turn back around again [Parallels the thought Cleaning Out the Rooms and the various warnings the skills give when Harry wants to find out about his past, for example the letter in his ledger] Spring, spring för ditt liv, för du är närmre än du tror Run, run for your life, because you're closer than you think [Parallels both that Harry is close to death at all times and that his memories are also close, sometimes just needing reminders or a bit of thought to return to him] Snart så är vi aska i vinden Soon we are ash in the wind [Parallels both the inevitable death of everything by pale if 'we' is used to refer to the people of Elysium and if 'we' is used to refer to Harry and Dora together, their relationship, being over to the point of only being ash in the wind, Harry and Dora no longer being a 'we' or an 'us' like Dolores Dei says: The atoms don't form us anymore: us, our love, our unborn daughters...]

Det finns en plats där alla minnen hamnar There is a place where all memories⁵ end up [Parallels the pale and the thought Cleaning Out the Rooms] Där allting rensas ut Where everything is cleaned out⁶ [Parallels Cleaning out the rooms to a T, and maybe the origin point of the pale, the nothingness, not the gradient or curdled milk] Kanske en plats där vi kan andas Maybe a place where we can breath [Parallels that Harry has a little more "room to breathe" now that he has lost the baggage of his memories and also this parallels the lung and breath imagery in Elysium] Där vi kan andas ut Where we can breathe out [Same as above, maybe parallels this line from Conceptualization about the pale: Instead of air, you exhale thoughts. There are no trees that eat thoughts.]

Och jag kan se att du nått din gräns nu And I see that you have reached your limit⁷ now Jag kan se vart allt tar slut I can see where it all comes to an end⁷ [Same as above, but I want to add a parallel to Le Retour, girlchild revolution and the end of an era] [Also just this line, I want to add the parallel to Harry knows about the end of Revachol] Jag kan se alla miljarder stjärnor I can see all billions of stars Tändas upp bara för att dö ut Light up just to die out [Same as above, but I want to add parallels to the communists in the revolution (having stars as a symbol) and also the disco stars of The New, they may not be billions but it is often used hyperbolically]

Spring, spring för ditt liv, du kommer aldrig hitta hem Run, run for your life, you will never find your way home⁸ Spring, spring, spring för livet, vänd dig aldrig om igen Run, run, run for your life, never turn back around again⁹ Spring, spring för ditt liv, för du är närmre än du tror Run, run for your life, because you are closer than you think Snart så är vi aska i vinden Soon we are ash in the wind [Same as above but I also want to add the parallels to these Shivers lines: SHIVERS - Your hair is an oily mess flecked with ash from neighbouring coal plants. Smoke stacks rise somewhere in the distance. SHIVERS - COME MORNING, I CARRY INDUSTRIAL DUST AND LET IT SETTLE ON TREE LEAVES. I SHAKE THE DUST FROM THOSE LEAVES AND ONTO YOUR COAT. (La Revacholière would carry the ashes of people to a nice place)]

So yeah, there you have it. There are some more parallels in the translation notes and I will put just the lyrics in a reblog on this post, if you want them alone without my commentary.

¹Billions in short scale specifically. ²T-centralen is actually a specific Swedish metro station, it is the biggest station for the Stockholm metro. I chose to translate/localize it to central station to aid in understanding the scale, importance and meaning conveyed by the word T-central. ³My translation is probably a grammatical bastardization of the idiom meet [somebody's] gaze, but you get the meaning of it and it stays truer to the Swedish version. ⁴The sentence 'Spring för livet' does not literally tranlate to 'run for your life', but it is it's meaning. Literally it translates to 'run for life'. ('Spring för ditt liv' actually does literally translate to and mean 'run for your life'.) I find the change of phrasing fascinating, as it can ad an additional way to read that line of the lyrics as 'running for the concept of life itself'. ⁵Here you can translate the word 'minnen' (it is in the definitive form) into both 'memories' and 'the memories' because they are both definitive, but the translations have different connotations. Both connotations are in the Swedish meaning of the word 'minnen' and there is no way to specify which one without use of additional explanatory words. I chose the phrasing of 'memories' to better fit with the parallel to the pale, but 'the memories' could also work well, as the connotation of that is that it is Harry's memories and it fits with the next line about cleaning out, as it is that what he does with his memories according to the thought Cleaning Out the Rooms. ⁶The phrasing 'rensas ut' (it is in gerund form, passive voice) can be more accurately be translated to 'is cleared out' (gerund form, passive voice), but 'is cleaned out' (gerund form, passive voice) is also a perfectly good translation and I chose it to parallel the thought Cleaning Out the Rooms. ⁷I did not foot note this earlier because it would make the grammar of the translation and the current word is more accurate in meaning, but... The word 'gräns' can not only be translated as 'limit' but 'border' as well. And idk, the word border reminds me of the porch collapse, especially with the next line about seeing 'where it all comes to an end', or the alternative translation 'where it all ends'. Which is exactly what you see at the porch collapse, you see where the world ends and the pale begins. So if we take these alternative translations and suppose the 'you' being referred/spoken to is the world, then you can think of it as the singer seeing the porch collapse, the approach of the end of the world. ⁸A fun thing just in the act of translation, not necessarily a meaning you can extract from the Swedish text but... If you literally translate 'du kommer aldrig hitta hem' it is 'you will never find home'. And you can read that translation as not finding a place that fits you, in the societal sense. Like the various Copotypes and political leanings Harry tries out/thinks about to try and find himself, who he is, and what titles/roles (places) fit him. He is trying to find home, in an identity sense as well. And it doesn't have to be *back* home, it just has to be home, a new one will suffice too. ⁹I think the word 'again' could actually be left our in the translation, to give it another connotation that is included in 'vänd dig aldrig om igen'. I interpret the meaning of the Swedish sentence as both the meaning 'never turn back again' implying the singer has turned around before and 'never turn back' which does not imply the singer having turned back before. But am a bit unsure of that though, so take it with a grain of salt.

#de #disco elysium #disco elysium meta #i think #aska i vinden #petra marklund #swedish #translation #if this is a lullaby in de; gosh that is a melancholic lullaby #but eh there is a common lullaby about keeping a wolf from eating your child in sweden so it wouldn't be too off base #Another swedish song that has DE vibes in my opinion is La Belle Epoch by kent; it has some very Sweden specific lyrics but the vibe man...#The duality of the bad and small good in society; the hope of working together for change; for a restart #Also the parallel of the title La Belle Epoch to The New #(I heard some people say that the name isola for the continents was inspired by the kent album isola but I'm not so sure about that #isola is just the Italian word for island; I think it comes from there honestly)

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itsallaboutzayn · 6 months

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✨ Tag game ✨

I was tagged by the lovely @clutterbugs to share my receptify. Thanks Emma 🥰💕

I'm tagging: @justapayneaway @faithinlouisfuture @yilinglaozu @khaotunqs @khaotunq @bellepark @leedongwook @vrainydays @markpakin @toptaps @ueasking (feel free to ignore 😘)

#Black Tie on top of course cause i can't get over it. If y'all haven't heard it please do. you won't regret it 😉#The Rose of course cause they're new album is fireeee 🔥#and yes. i'm still not over 'love like this' ❤#brazilian ones are just a total vibe 🥰 and the last one is feat between a portuguese and a spanish singer. the beat is so good ❤ i love it!#tag game #thanks for tagging me emma! hope you're doing okay 😘💕

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ittyybittybaker · 9 months

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i got exactly one (1) like on that post with tags about Andrew And Neil having A Moment during Taxi (a song by The Maine) so here's a small snippet of the fic i'm working on where that appears !

Taxi - The Maine

( I recommend that you to the song for the Full Effect, but its obviously not required)

What is this fic about? Basically it's the most self-indulgent thing i could possibly write: the foxes go to a music festival, Neil sees a set from a band called The Maine and becomes a Fan. He learns why people like live music so much, learns to let go and have fun at shows, and has Many Emo Moments while listening to their music. Basically, if you wanna read a fic about Neil experiencing some emotional healing while listening to music from a band that you don't know, this is the fic for you!!

*note: i haven't written any kind of published fic so please be kind to me !! this is completely unedited and is straight from google docs so it might be pretty rough.*

#I have the setlists for the shows they go to planned out but i wont finalize them until the new album drops next week #i won't write something for every song on the setlist but please know i hand-chose the songs to give neil the most Emotional Damage #i don't expect anyone to be interested in this but i'm having a lot of fun writing it !!!!#i love music and concerts and the maine and i want neil to experience that joy #i just think he'd have a good time #and the maine are my favorite band in the world !!! their love shoes are my absolute favorites #and i just think the music would Really Resonate with neil #anyway if you wanna hear the setlists let me know !!!!#i think it'd be fun to get feedback from TM fans and also people who are NOT TM fans #especially since neil has no idea who they are at the start of this #my writing #is apparently a tag i have now !!!#i hope i have the spoons to finish this i really do #i'd love feedback even if you don't like the song/the band #it'd mean a lot to me and also give me validation and motivation to actually finish it lmao #andreil #neil josten #andrew minyard #the maine #tag rambles

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roseofcards90 · 5 months

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can't go back to sleep so I'll just continue listening to music now

#new dreamcatcher album is good btw <3 #I'm tired but not tired but also tired hope this helps #my posts

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byanyan · 1 year

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oof, spent the day in town doing some mattress (& other) shopping and I'm pretty socially spent. gonna see how I feel after I have dinner and... tidy up so I can move said mattress into my room lmao. if I can still function I'll attempt some writing but!! we'll see lmf

#so excited to sleep on this thing tho it's so comfy & I haven't had a new bed in yearsssss ;A;#also unintentionally stumbled across a physical copy of rm's new album so I'm even more pleased yet 😭#absolutely jamming to that if I do end up writing #ANYWAY. love y'all hope ur days have been good ♥♥♥#━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ OOC ⋮ DON’T @ ME.

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avrilsboy · 1 year

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listening to the new paramore singles and hoping that the full album is either of this caliber or better bc i will be mad disappointed if these end up being the best tracks off it

#srry too many albums lately have good-to-great singles and then the rest of the album sux.#i'm not rly loving 'the news' but i think it's more to do with the subject lmfao. it's soooo on the nose it's just not for me.#'this is why' is more earwormy to me #idk i'm hoping the album's good that's all. lmfao #abby.mp3

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ihamtmus · 2 years

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gosh, first you pulled me into yuzu-world, and now I’m finding myself more and more fond of hobi’s face. (not to mention I can recognize his face in the first place now)

!!!!!!!!! YASSS !!!!!!!!!!

i'm still very proud i managed to get you to appreciate yuzuru, and now it's happening with hobi?? those are my two favorite famous people that i've never met! wow the power of the tumblr osmosis haha

seriously tho, becoming a hobi biased bts fan is the best decision ever, please don't stop yourself from growing even more fond of his face and of him! he makes it so easy to be fond of him. this guy is an insanely talented and hardworking perfectionist and i admire him so so much. i could watch him dance for hours. he's seriously SO good at dancing and rapping and writing lyrics and performing and making people happy (it's me i'm people). he’s honestly so versatile it’s ridiculous. and from what those who know him have told us, he's also an incredibly kind and selfless human being and it makes me respect him even more.

actually, it's the best time to start loving him. his first solo album comes out on friday (which i'm sure you're aware of because it's the only thing i've been talking about) so when would be a better time to get to know him? i encourage you to listen to his new album when it comes out!!!!

i'm glad you're fond of his face because you'll keep seeing it on your dash for a looooong while, my queue has never been this full haha! <3

#it's loving hobi hours but it's always loving hobi hours nowadays #hobi #bts #my post #asks #circumference pie #we keep liking similar things #nirvana in fire yuzuru and now hobi (or at least hobi's face)? good taste yes #a lot of bts fans tend to sideline hobi but let me tell you they're missing out #no chance for that on my blog tho because 95% of bts posts i reblog are about him haha #what can i do. not my fault he's so good at everything #he actually reminds me a bit of yuzu when it comes to his work ethic and being an insane perfectionist and an all rounder #also they were both born to perform and engage the audience`#and there's this depth to their creations #no wonder i love them both so much #also ahhhh i'm sorry for answering this so late!!!!!! it's still before his album release tho so i hope you'll give his music a chance!#i know it's not everyone's cup of tea tho. especially now that he's taking his music in a completely new direction #but you can just keep being fond of his face haha like i've said you'll see much more of it #i think he's such a unique and dedicated artist tho it's definitely worth to at least give his songs a listen #(and watch him dance too because omg)#btw i'm a bit surprised because i thought all my mutuals blocked the bts tag ages ago haha #i think a huge majority of them did tbh because not that many people have unfollowed me since i started losing my mind in march #sorry for ramblingggg i'm tired #but also it's on you. you should have realised i could talk about hobi for hours #haha thank you for this ask it's good to know not everyone is annoyed when i reblog my silly little bts posts #it's just such a great group of lovely talented hardworking people who make good music and put on great performances <3 #they're all so talented and great i hope you'll grow fond of everyone else's faces too :D

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