everyone: we really like your characters and want to know more
tart: i dont think anyones really interested :(
ok but dont except anything actually cool!!!!!
first things first i made a playlist for all the songs tentatively named "creatures" for lack of a better name. here it is apollo death machine is now its forever name
second things second its important to understand im not telling an overarching epic like ferry does with pafl or like literally any other vocaloposter with a story driven narrative. the songs are supposed to work in pairs and tell you small things about the characters BUT AT THE SAME TIME the songs each individually stand for a idea or concept that i wrote the song around.
the pairings are as follows:
enigma - tbd
firing line - tbd
theory of i - privateer
draw5 - kerosene
each song provides as an antithesis for another but also they have underlying meanings that people have yet to figure out unless ive told them. i like the sorta double meaning thing where yes its telling you a little about the characters and relation but then there's also this other thing that totally unrelated to the characters so that's how i continue how to write these songs.
third things third here are the characters. the part youve all be waiting for. in order of appearence:
this is europa. illustrated by meem. appears in privateer. he is very quiet and generally just goes with the flow. he is meant to be a counterpart of andrei idk we'll get into that later
this is maya also illustrated by meem. appears in firing line (which i think i might remake at some point). she is the only character of this batch who doesn't have a direct counterpart because she is just so cool. she likes to call herself the reaper.
this is mikhail, illustrated by ferry. appears in enigma and kerosene! he looks very nice but he is not really a good person actually. he has a counterpart but i have yet to write him into the "story" yet. im sure someone can put two and two together and figure out where he falls.
finally, this is andrei :) he is easily persuaded and is actually a very soft spoken individual despite what draw5 sounds like. he has very poor eyesight. he appears in theory of i and draw5.
fourth things fourth the general "narrative" i have is that these songs tell you about the characters and how they feel about eachother. the general consensus between all the songs (because i went through like five iterations of ideas) is that there are two timelines whom our characters resides. maya exists in both as the same person and only misha has the power to travel between both. hijinks ensue.
thank you to meem for helping me design and name these characters love you mwah
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Molly Hatchet - Firing Line / video
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sleeping with plushes is humiliating because they're the biggest snitches on your fucked up sleep acrobatics. every night i go to bed with a plush critter in my arms and every morning i wake up and they've somehow migrated to face the wall in shame like this
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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: The 1988 Republican Presidential Candidates
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Source:The New Democrat
The Bob Dole intro was the most impressive to me because of how real it was and how real he is. Talking about his parents and family and his background and where he came from. Coming from such modest roots and serving in World War II and being able to go to college on the GI Bill. And having the opportunity he needed to be successful in life and taking full advantage of…
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Watch "David French | Full Episode 4.28.23 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS" on YouTube
A very nice Conservative gentleman, though obviously the exception in contemporary media. He certainly has more than half a handle on the problem, but there's a big blind spot. That the Republican party conscientiously rid itself of true moderates and long ago liberals when the party embraced the Southern Strategy. This combined with a hard swing against labor and dumping the country’s tax burden on the middle classes finished off any real reason for anyone but the wealthiest and most bigoted to vote Republican, unless they're scared and frightened into it.
The Republican party was recognized for what it was and where it was going over two decades ago by Mann and Ornstein. Trump and the Trumpers like Ohio's own Jim Jordan and MTG aren't aberrations that sprung out of nowhere. They're the harvest of dragon's teeth planted by Republicans in every decade since WW II. Remedial activities have to come from both the grassroots and leadership. Otherwise, anything resembling a Hamiltonian political party will have to be reborn out of the ashes of its predecessor, again.
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There’s finally enough songs to where my incredibly lackluster lore will maybe make sense to some people somewhere
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Molly Hatchet - Firing Line / lyric video
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“If we care about something, we actually need to kind of participate and then learn. Because of course we all know nothing compared to somebody else who knows a lot. But until we start—it’s like the person who doesn’t want to ask what they think is a stupid question in class. ‘I don’t raise my hand because, well, I don’t want to-’ none of us want to be a fool. But on the other hand, unless you take the risk, or unless you’re in a safe place where you know you can ask the stupid question and not be deemed a fool, and it’s safe, that question may actually turn out to be the most intelligent thing that nobody dared ask. It could be the elephant in the room that nobody wanted to mention exists. I think we’re in a cycle where we’re constantly being judged all the time. You say, ‘boo,’ and someone criticizes, you say something else and someone- you know. And I often say to people, just stop doing anything if you never want to be criticized, and then you’re fine. But then that’s no way of moving forward.” -Yo-Yo Ma on Firing Line
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