Soldiers and nurses lost in the maze at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England, 1940 - by F. Carassale, Italian
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posting this ask on its own bc it got a bit long
All right, that video was a delight; love me some fucked-up claymation. I think it’s coincidental; stag masks are a pretty classic piece of imagery especially when it comes to sorta ‘old English paganism’-flavoured stuff. I think the whole video’s a bit of a Wicker Man reference, and I haven’t actually seen that film (I know, I’m a disgrace of a horror fan, but there’s only so many hours in the day) and a quick search showed me some folks in antlered masks from that too. Thanks for the link, though, I loved that! I gotta try some more Radiohead. Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Ghost and Pinkshift.
Also, just bc we’re talking about music here for a minute-- I got an ask recently on my personal telling me a song the asker associated with my fic We Sing It Anyway which absolutely blew my mind; when I associate songs with stuff other than my own writing it’s a sign that it’s very alive in my head, so as a writer that was. Y’know. Super high praise I’m still really flustered. But in answering that I told them some songs I associate with my own versions of those characters, so now I wanna ramble a little about song associations with Owl House in general?
Generally once something lives in my head enough I start associating songs with it, I just dump them all into a playlist on my itunes; once I gather enough on a particular ‘subset’ (a character, a ship, etc) I’ll drag them all near each other in the playlist and then into vaguely chronological order. Right now my TOH playlist is 21 tracks, three of which are Lilith, 12 of which are raeda, five of which are lumity, and one of which is specifically Hollow Mind Hunter. (I didn’t put the songs I associate with Darius and Creed on the list bc that’s specifically my-fic relevant and feels inappropriate idk). ANYWAY I’ve been thinking I’d like to do lil illustrations for each song on the raeda and lumity sections and then post them as playlists, like I did for my rymin list, so I feel like I should be a little ~mysterious~ about those, but let me ramble for a sec about my Lilith and Hunter songs!
My Sister by the Juliana Hatfield Three isn’t very literally Lily, in the lyrics, but it has the vibe. I mean, the three verses start “I hate my sister, she’s such a bitch”, “I love my sister, she’s the best”, and “I miss my sister, where’d she go?” respectively, so you see what I mean. Those good mixed feelings.
Daughter by Doll Skin is the first song I associated with Lilith, or with anybody from the Owl House; I first heard it and was like “I feel like this is the direction Lily’s character reveal is going” and I was right. The kind of achy resentment of Eda, not just for natural skill/social adeptness but also for how well she seems like she’s handling the curse; she’s surviving something Lilith is privately sure she wouldn’t. That, along with the desperation to prove herself to their mum... “no matter what, she keeps on breathing-- why can’t I? why can’t I? It’s time to make your momma proud...”
Erase This by Evanescence has ‘Lilith sinking into her role as Coven Head’ vibes to me, “the sinking feeling every day I’m waking up in someone else’s life” because she knows she cheated her way there, “to believe that what we dreamed could ever come to life again” as she tries to coax Eda into the coven with her, “I cannot erase this lie” she can’t take back what she’s done... I also really like the line “I’m gonna save this wasted life, and nothing can stand in my way” because it gets a double meaning with Lilith-- she’s going to save her sister’s ‘wasted’ life as a con artist and junk seller and Wild Witch, but then she also wants to save her own life from the hole she’s dug herself into. Gives me emotions.
Then, for Hunter (and Luz) just-post-Hollow-Mind, it’s 100% Mine’s Not a High Horse, by The Shins, for me. This one I have strong enough associations with every damn line that I’m tempted to try and do a song comic for it like I did for Now You Know with raeda. Try this bit, for Hunter’s life as a Golden Guard and all the Guards that came before:
We’d like to go the distance,
But not a one of us is gonna.
You see, nobody’s wise enough to turn this ancient boat around.
These are the muddy waters
I’m swimming in to make a living--
That I might drown in them should come as no surprise....
ANYWAY if anybody actually read my rambles thank you <3
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If you’re HOTD starved, might I recommend one of my favorite series, The Hatfields and the McCoys?
It has
-a big ‘ol family feud set in America right after the civil war
-hillbillies galore
-a pig plays a large role in the feud lmao (if I’m lying I’m dyin they really did feud in part over a pig)
-there’s even a hotheaded, silver haired son with a put out eye! (Cap Hatfield, he still has the eye but it’s scarred over and white which looks pretty badass ngl)
-The show is fictional but the feud is actually real and documented American history! Neato
-The southern accents y’all
-if you don’t like the show and reading is more your thing, I recommend opting to read The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi which is one of my all time faves
But yah I really like this show and remember watching the premiere on the history channel
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The interior of Hatfield House Library (Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England) in Tim Burton’s Batman (1989). (Identified in the film as “Wayne Manor.”)
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Soldiers and nurses lost in the maze at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England
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None of these creatures are invincible (except for the ghosts) so they can he killed but they'll immediately be replaced by new ones.
Assuming Ozzy is 6 feet tall, a 1/8th size Oz would be 9 inches tall (with relative strength, so 1/8th as strong).
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