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lyn-rambles · 2 years

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Clear water down the Clear Sky

Pairing: When you see my Shadow, to you 10,000 years from now (Sidon x Ashitaka)

Summary: Sidon is in love with Ashitaka, how hard can it be to confess to one of his best friends?

Word count: 737

Warning: Confessions, Sidon being 100% aware of the embarrassing situation, this was supposed to be cringy, not Proof read we die like men.

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Sidon swam with Ashitaka over his back. They basked together on the warm sunlight in the Toto lake. It wasn't far from the domain and it had such a great view over Akkala.

He felt the weight from her torso lowering on his back.

"Thank you for staying here Sidon." Ashitaka said, her voice a little nudged since her cheek rested between his shoulder blades.

"Don't worry, pebble" He soothed, hearing the light chuckle at the nickname. "I enjoy your presence."

He swallowed the knot on his throat again, this was the third day in a row he had avoided telling her what he felt. Bazz had presented him with various other options to tell her. Whisk her away on a clear night, tell her on the quietness of library, nothing had worked.

She slipped from his back, and swan at his side. The Sheikahs had managed to create a fabric that didn't felt to heavy on the water. Ashi smiled at him at it almost made him breath incorrectly.

She sat on one of the submerged arcs so now only her lower body was under water. Sidon placed his arms and head next to her, her hand rose to pet his crest.

"So what did you wanted to tell me yesterday?" Her other hand curled in a fist "before Muzu interrupted."

He sighed, he wanted to confess but he words died out on his throat, he was a Prince and what was worse, a Zora. He knew that his sister loved Link. Did she ever felt at a loss of words and that a cliff separated her feelings from him.

"Hyrule to Sidon" She whispered. Lying on her stomach her face close to his. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I was contemplating what was I about to say." He chuckled.

"By the look of you it seems…" Ashi swallowed. "Serious."

"It kind of is."

"If it is then tell me," She encouraged, Ashi wanted to be able to read minds but alas the reach of her magic wasn't that far. "Because it seems to have been eating you for a while."

Sidon closed his eyes, gathering all his strength and wit. Fighting the octorok was easy, why he couldn't tell her about his feelings? She hadn't changed much with him, there was a new grace on her, like it was a veil perpetually covering her, something that took his breath away.

"Have I told you how much you mean to me?" he asked.

"Quiet a lot actually." She giggled. Snap! Of course he had.

"Well, but in a more… how would you say it… Intimate?" he felt his cheeks burning.

"OK now we are talking about something I am yet to hear." She rose and sat with her legs at either side of the column.

"It is just that every time I try to get the words out of my mouth." He tried to calm down but he was getting a little anxious. "Every time I try to get how I really feel out of my body, you take away my breath, soul and attention away" It was true, the two previous attempts were interrupted by him getting entranced with the way she looked at the starry sky and began tracing the patterns of constellation with her finger or the way her hand caressed the leather cover of the texts.

"Wa-Wait you were trying to confess to me?" She blushed furiously. So that explained why Link face palmed himself when she returned and told him nothing happened.

"So you found out?" He laughed nervously, the blue intensifying over his cheeks. She nodded abashed. "Well it is true, I like you but…" He trailed his voice down embarrassed.

"But…" he heard small ripples she made as she came closer.

"Look at me!" He almost squealed. "I am easily 3 times your size! If wanted I could rip you in half?" He inhaled. "For the goddess's sake Ashi I more than a century older than you."

"Do I look like I mind?" She said her hands forcing him to face her. "Look at me in the eye, and tell me that those points will deter my love for you."

He couldn't, he couldn't tell her, because deep in his heart he wanted this. He wanted for her to reciprocate to his feelings.

"Do you trust me, Ashitaka?" He murmured.

"Yes"

He gently pulled down the surface and kissed her lips.

#wysm:10K #f/o: prince sidon #s/i: ashitaka #self ship #self insert x canon #Road to Lyn #Botw #the legend of zelda #Sidon x Self-insert #prince sidon

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lexagreste · 2 years

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MIRACULOUS LADYBUG X PRINCESS MONONOKE

LADYBUG AND CHAT NOIR X SAN AND PRINCE ASHITAKA

(i don’t know if this has been done before i just NEEDED to do this myself, also considering making another version of this but with vice-roi violet from @peachcitt ‘s amazing fanfic “metamorphosis”)

#miraculous ladybug #princess mononoke #studio ghibli #miraculous fanart #miraculous ladybug fanart #miraculous art #chat noir #ladybug and chat noir #ladynoir #miraculous

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universeislove · 11 months

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could you list the titles on your danmei tier list? i'm curious about some of them

Yes~

- Golden Terrace / Cang Wu Bin Bai

- The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System / Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

- Yu Wu / Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

- Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

- Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know / Cyan Wings

- The Husky and His White Cat Shizun / Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

- Global Examination / Mu Su Li

- Heaven Official’s Blessing / Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

- Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life / Cyan Wings

- Little Mushroom / Yi Shi Si Zhou

- Mistakenly Saving the Villain / Feng Yu Nie

- How to Survive As a Villain / Yi Yi Yi Yi

- Guardian / Priest

- Sha Po Lang / Priest

- Accidental Mark / Die Zhiling

- A Certain Someone / Mu Su Li - Copper Coins / Mu Su Li

- Thousand Autumns / Meng Xi Shi

- The Legendary Master’s Wife / Yin Ya

- Stray / Nian Zhong

- Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil / Feng Liu Shu Dai

- Wu Chang Jie / Shui Qian Cheng

- Faraway Wanderers / Priest

- My Little Poplar / Shui Qian Cheng

- Four O’Clock Flower / Ashitaka

- Assistant Architect / Xi He Qing Ling

- Lovely Allergen / Zhichu

- After I Possessed the Tmall Genie of the School Adonis / Lin Ang Si

- Are You Addicted? / Chai Jidan

- Restricted Area / 空菊

- Black-bellied vs. Black-bellied: Ultimate Showdown / Xi He Qing Ling

- Accidentally Married a Man Full of Vinegar / Yi Mei Niukou

- Fanservice Paradox / Zhichu

- My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness / Can’t Play Chess

- Agreement of Being Gay for 30 Days / Lin Zhiluo

- Your Memes Are Better Looking Than You / Mao Qiu Qiu

- The Wrong Way to a Demon Sect Leader / One Big Goose

- Bite Your Fingertips / Su Jingxian

- This Omega is Sweet and Wild / Mo Li

- How To Say I Love You / Feng Liu Shu Dai

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thatdamnokie · 3 months

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still have not heard back from new psychiatrist. left a voicemail for second therapist and she actually called me right as i was getting into the shower and left me a voicemail, so i'll call her back tomorrow. i'm so scared. it's so hard to articulate. when i was talking to s, i likened seeing the desire for healing in my mind as ashitaka saw the forest god from a distance, through all those trees.

i don't know what's going to change. it feels as though i have to get a whole new personality. intellectually, i understand that that's not true. but emotionally i'm uh. not doing good. i don't know what i'm going to turn into.

#personal #ain't nothin' fun about this shit #and ain't shit funny

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teaforce-steph · 1 year

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Look lads the Zelda brainworms are going into overtime and i'm definitely over-analysing here, but I'm still thinking about that deer head medallion on Zelda/Hylia/???'s dress that in the new trailer. I think what's bothering me about it is that Breath of the Wild and what we have seen of Tears of the Kingdom seem like love letters to Ghibli and more specifically Princess Mononoke in several aspects. In the film, the only thing that un-funks Ashitaka's cursed arm and stops it from killing him is getting inadvertently washed in the remains of a dying deer god while trying to save it. And if that is Zelda in the new deer dress, and that mural IS of Hylia it does look an awful lot like a mythical animal-headed god, I have some concerns beyond her falling in the pit.

#Tears of the Kingdom #Tears of the Kingdom theories #Breath of the Wild #Mononoke Hime #Princess Mononoke #spoilers #possibly

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whatyourusherthinks · 3 months

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Princess Mononoke Review

Ohohoho I was looking forward to this one! Word on the street is that Spirited Away is what most people think is the best Miyazaki movie, but Princess Mononoke is the actual best one.

Fun fact, I watched every one of these Ghibli movies subbed, since I saw them after a shift and our theater showed the dubbed versions earlier that the subbed versions. Honestly, I don't think it makes a significant difference, especially when it comes to Ghibli. Don't come at me anime nerds. My point is I made sure to watch the dub for Mononoke. Why? Because it was adapted by Neil Fuckin' Gaiman (pretty sure that's his middle name, complete with apostrophe) who just so happens to be my favorite writer of all time. So this movie has got to be good!

What's The Movie About?

A prince of a hidden village gets cursed, exiled, and forces his way into a conflict between two human factions and the gods of the land. Can he heal his curse, make peace between the humans and gods, as well as get together with the hot wolf girl?

What I Like.

Broken record time, the animation is fucking gorgeous. This time around I was really impressed with the fighting animation. The speed an choreography was a sight to behold I tell ya. It was also shockingly violent, which I dug the hell out of. Kinda made me wonder why there was a bunch of families in the audience, I guess anime parents don't care if their kids get traumatized. I also really dug the score. I usually don't go for instrumental pieces but it felt like every twenty minutes I was marveling at the orchestra. The story was pretty cool, but the world building was what really impressed me. It, like Spirited Away, was clearly based on Shintoism. But unlike Spirited Away I never felt like I was missing information about the world building because I didn't know much about the religion. I really liked the characterization of the different tribes of animals/forest spirits. And speaking of characters, Miyazaki writes some pretty damn good female characters doesn't he? Well, to be accurate, he write good characters regardless of gender, but I really liked the Lady of Iron Town despite her being an antagonist. And speaking of the antagonists, I really like how complex the human characters were. The monk was a scumbag yet I still got worried when it seemed like he was gonna die. When the people of Iron Town were fighting the wolves I legit didn't want either side to lose. That fight ended super fucking cool as well, the lead walking out of there was raw as hell. There were some raw as hell lines as well. The line "I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear them." makes me want an RPG about mortals killing gods, which is about the highest compliment I can give something. Also I wanna ride an elk.

What I Don't Like.

I feel like just saying this is going to get me looks like when San first sees Ashitaka, but I have a couple problems with this movie.

One, the message is kinda shaky. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that promoting pacifism and environmentalism is a bad thing, it's just that, to me, the gods seems completely justified in their actions. The humans are not only killing each other, but completely overstepping their bounds, destroying spirits with their consumption. All the gods want is to stop their ravaging of the land. They also tried to rebuild, but the humans wouldn't let them, that's what was driving the Apes into wanting to take up arms. Maybe doing that would get them cursed, but also the curse came from the bullets the humans made so it seems like the spirits didn't have a real choice here.

Two, and I know this makes me sound like a miserable bastard, but I wish the movie ended more nihilistically. Like, I know all the gods died, but not a single named human did. The movie should've ended with the Forest God dying in peace, and then the valley is just forever fucked. You kill the spirit of the land and nothing grows there anymore. Sorry, but you fucked up! It felt like the movie was going in a more tragic direction as well, but instead all the pretty flowers came back and everyone's like "We can rebuild!" And the two leads are together even though they should've definitely done a self-sacrifice. Speaking of that...

Three, the romance between the prince and princess is completely unnecessary. Like if you cut it out entirely the movie would have been just as good, if not better. It's really rushed and really just seems to be there to have the lead chase wolf girl for a bit, but it makes equally as much sense if he thought she knew how to get to the Forest God. Or if he was just curious about why she was siding with the wolves. Oh yeah, I guess the power of their love saved their lives at the end but that was so eyerolling my retinas twisted. I feel like Miyazaki either doesn't know how or doesn't really like writing romances. (And before you go, "What about Howl's?", according to most sources Sophie and Howl's relationship seems to be completely lifted off the page of the novel, so I have a feeling he didn't actually write that part.)

Final Summation.

Princess Mononoke is great. Obviously. Watch it. I don't have anything else to say, but since I have your attention down here, I'm gonna give you all a little bonus.

All Ghibli Movies I've Seen So Far Ranked

Real quick from worst to best:

6th: Ponyo-It's not really fair, but I'm putting Ponyo at the lowest because the last time I watched it I was like 10, and I don't remember much about it. I do remember liking it, but according to most sources 10 is like the perfect age to enjoy Ponyo. If I ever do that Ghibli marathon I'm constantly thinking about, I'll rewatch it.

5th: My Neighbor Totoro-Totoro hits me right in the nostalgia, when I rewatched it I was all curled up in my chair smiling ear to ear. But honestly, it's a "stuff just kinda happens" plot. There's not really anything wrong with that, it just suffers comparing it to more complete narratives.

4th: Spirited Away-Me putting this here is just drawing a target on my back for white people who unironically own katanas, but counterpoint: Bite me. It's good, just not goddamn mandatory viewing.

3rd: Princess Mononoke-Urgh I had a hard time between choosing between my second and third favorite Ghibli movie, but the deciding factor was creativity. Mononoke is pretty imaginative, but not compared to...

2nd: The Boy and the Heron-I liked this movie when I saw it, but after this Ghibli Month at work I like it a whole lot more. It took some time to figure out what the hell the story was supposed to be about, but I honestly think it occupying my mind for several weeks is a boon.

And 1st: Howl's Movie Castle-No duh. Look, the plot of Howl's isn't as good as the majority of this list, but Howl's has one advantage over every other movie on this list. That is that it fucks. I'm not referring to how I want Howl to fuck me, or that it's the only Ghibli movie I've seen so far with a romance that is worth anything. (I don't know if I made that clear in my review, but I really liked the romance in the movie.) I mean that it has way more personality than these other movies. The the titular character, Howl's Movie Castle has a charm and pluck that carries it over it's flaws and into my heart. Also it's goddamn sexy.

#Princess Mononoke #Recommended Movies

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the-complexity-of-love · 3 months

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Fandoms & Ships

I am a true nerd, and as such, continously seek out new media and their fandoms, and become involved with them, while also cyclically coming back to the ones I already love. I am a romantic, and I love seeing love in general (all types of love, not just romantic!), so I am also a very big shipper!

I don't always have a set ship(s) for every fandom I find myself in, nor do I think it necessary to try and "prove" that mine are better than other ships. I like what I like, and I like seeing what others like as well. So I might have OTPs, but I also like engaging with content for all kinds of ships, even true rarepairs.

I also don't think it necessary for a fandom to have ships, so just because I have a listed ship that I like/love, doesn't mean I can't have neutral/objective thoughts and opinions about that particular piece of media.

That being said, here's a list of fandoms I come back to, or keep up with, and a list of ships I have a preference for. OTPs are bolded! Oh, and media (as in the series, books, shows, etc.) are rated according to my opinion!

(This list is subject to change.)

Ongoing Media:

A Sign of Affection (/10)

Nagi Itsuomi/Itose Yuki

Nagi Kyōya/Fujishiro Rin

Iyanagi Shin/Nakazono Emma

Black Butler (/10)

Ciel Phantomhive/Elizabeth Midford

Bungo Stray Dogs (/10)

Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chūya

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke/Nakajima Atsushi

Edogawa Ranpo/Edgar Allan Poe

Chainsaw Man (/10)

Hayakawa Aki/Angel Devil

Hunter x Hunter (/10)

Gon Freecss/Killua Zoldyck

Hisoka Morow/Illumi Zoldyck

Chrollo Lucilfer/Kurapika

Meruem/Komugi

Jujutsu Kaisen (/10)

Geto Suguru/Gojo Satoru

Itadori Yūji/Fushiguro Megumi

Okkotsu Yūta/Maki

Fushiguro Toji/His Wife (Mama Fushiguro)

Chosō/Me

My Hero Academia (/10)

N/A

Record of Ragnarok (/10)

N/A

SK8 The Infinity (/10)

Nanjō Kojirō/Sakurayashiki Kaoru

Hasegawa Langa/Kyan Reki

Shindo Ainosuke/Kikuchi Tadashi

(Disney) Twisted-Wonderland

Malleus Draconia/Yuu (Player Character)

Kalim al-Asim/Jamil Viper

Almost Everyone/Me

Completed Media:

Assassination Classroom (/10)

Akabane Karma/Nagisa Shiota

Karasuma Tadaomi/Irina Jelvavić

Attack on Titan (/10)

Eren Jaeger/Mikasa Ackermann

Armin Arlert/Annie Leonhart

Ymir/Historia

Levi Ackermann/Hange Zoë

Falco Grice/Gabi Braun

Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra (/10 & /10)

Zuko/Katara

Zuko/Sokka

Katara/Aang

Aang/Azula

Sokka/Suki

Mai/Ty Lee

Korra/Asami

Wu/Mako

Bolin/Opal

Bing An Ben (/10)

He Yu/Xie Qingcheng

Demon Slayer (/10)

Kamado Tanjirō/Tsuyuri Kanao

Hashibira Inosuke/Kanzaki Aoi

Agatsuma Zenitsu/Kamado Nezuko

Rengoku Senjurō/Kamado Nezuko

Iguro Obanai/Kanroji Mitsuri

Rengoku Kyōjurō/Tomioka Giyū

Tomioka Giyū/Kochō Shinobu

Shinazugawa Sanemi/Kochō Kanae

Uzui Tengen/Hinatsuru/Makio/Suma pls don't get mad at me

2HA (/10)

Mo Ran/Chu Wanning

Mei Hanxue/Xue Meng

Nangong Si/Ye Wangxi

Ghibli (/10)

Pazu/Sheeta

Tombo/Kiki

Seiji/Shizuku

Ashitaka/San

Haku/Chihiro

Howl/Sophie

Shō/Arriety

Shun/Umi

Jirō/Naoko

Golden Terrace/Golden Stage (/10)

Fu Shen/Yan Xiaohan

Grisha-verse (/10)

Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa

Jesper Fahey/Wylan Van Eck

Nina Zenik/Hanne Brum

Nina Zenik/Matthias Helvar

David Kostyk/Genya Safin

Nikolai Lantsov/Zoya Nazyalensky

Alina Starkov/Malyen Oretsev

Alina Starkov/Alexander Morozova (The Darkling)

Haikyū!! (/10)

Tanaka Ryūnosuke/Shimizu Kiyoko

Sakusa Kiyoomi/Miya Atsumu

Harry Potter (/10)

Remus Lupin/Sirius Black

Evan Rosier/Barty Crouch Jr.

Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes

James Potter/Regulus Black

Lily Evans/Mary McDonald

James Potter/Lily Evans

let's just say once again that I'm a multishipper

Heroes of Olympus (/10)

Reyna Ramirez-Arellano/Me

Thalia Grace/Reyna Ramirez-Arellano

Jason Grace/Reyna Ramirez-Arellano

Jason Grace/Leo Valdez

Frank Zhang/Hazel Levesque

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace

JWQS (/10)

Qi Yan | Qiyan Agula/Nangong Jingnu

Qiyan Nomin/Nangong Shunu

Magnus Chase & the Gods of Asgard (/10)

Magnus Chase/Alex Fierro

Blitzen/Hearthstone

MDZS (/10)

Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian

Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao

Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang

Jin Zixuan/Jiang Yanli

Lan Sizhui/Jin Ling

Wen Ruohan/Lan Qiren

Naruto (/10)

Too Many, of Several Different Flavors (I'm a multishipper)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians (/10)

Ethan Nakamura/Me

Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase (.../Rachel Dare)

Charles Beckendorf/Silena Beauregard

Clarisse La Rue/Silena Beauregard

Paul Blofis/Sally Jackson

Qian Qiu (/10)

Yan Wushi/Shen Qiao

Sha Po Lang (/10)

Chang Geng/Gu Yun

She-Ra (/10)

Adora/Catra

Bow/Glimmer

Hordak/Entrapta

Sea Hawk/Mermista

Scorpia/Perfuma

Star Wars (/10)

Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren

Han Solo/Leia Organa

Anakin Skywalker/Padmé Amidala

SVSSS (/10)

Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu (.../Liu Qingge...)

Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua

Yue Qingyuan/Shen Jiu | Shen Qingqiu

Liu Mingyan/Sha Hualing

The Kane Chronicles (/10)

N/A

TGCF (/10)

Hua Cheng/Xie Lian

Feng Xin/Mu Qing

He Xuan/Shi Qingxuan

Quan Yizhen/Yin Yu

Jun Wu/Mei Nianqing

Pei Xiu/Ban Yue

Pei Ming/Yushi Huang

Twilight (/10)

Edward Cullen/Bella Swan

Jasper Hale/Alice Cullen

Emmett Cullen/Rosalie Hale

Carlisle Cullen/Esme Cullen

Sam Uley/Emily Young

Paul Lahote/Rachel Black

Jared Cameron/Kim

Leah Clearwater/Me

Jacob Black/Leah Clearwater

Charlie Swan/Eternal Happiness

Charlie Swan/Sue Clearwater

Xiao Mogu (/10)

Lu Feng/An Zhe

Yuri!!! On Ice (/10)

Victor Nikiforov/Katsuki Yuri

Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

Yu Wu (/10)

Mo Xi/Gu Mang

Zhen Hun (/10)

Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan

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boredandelusive · 1 year

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24.

♞

The curtains opened again, but because the band was previously tuned, there was no need for them to do it again. "My Neighbour TOTORO" was the first song in the second half of the performance. The strings led the beginning of the song, Kiara leading her section before the double basses continued with the melody.

The crash of a symbol introduced everyone to the song before the violas picked up the melody and led the song. The smooth transition from viola to violin was easy, but the buildup of the first half of the song with a giddy melody left Kiara unable to control her happiness.

As the trumpets led into the slower second half of the song, the piano, and strings held the audience's attention. Only when the french horns brought back that same giddy melody did the violins have runs that resonated in the audience.

As the song came to a triumphant close, the applause rang in Kiara's ears, helping to clear away any anxiety about the end of the show. The next song to play was "Ashitaka and San" which began with a heavenly sound before the music passed into the piano. Some of the strings followed the piano's melody, then passed to the flutes.

The balance within the song and making sure one musical line never overcame another gave the song a heavenly feeling. When the orchestra grew quiet to let the winds play, the strings followed behind, leaving the sweet tone to never falter. Just as the melody passed between instruments, there was never a climax to the song.

As the piano began the music, the piano ended the song. "A Journey (A Dream of Flight)/Nahoko (The Encounter)" was the first song to play in The Wind Rises soundtrack. The music began with a quiet instrument, one played only enough for the acoustics to carry the sound. Once the orchestra moved to the climax, a bouncier tone could be heard, yet the song was short.

"Caproni (An Aeronautical Designer's Dream)" had a marching feel to it, almost as though it was a march in the sky. Never a dull moment as the sound kept the fullness of the orchestra, not even when the song ended. The only indication the song transitioned into "The Falcon Project" was the next song starting with violin.

The counter-rhythm between violins played a daunting tone, but by the third repeat, more of the strings joined in with the sound. A free-floating spirit is shown flying within the fields on the projector while Kiara was one of the few violins bringing in the other instruments. Unlike the previous march of a song, a sense of freedom could be heard within the music.

With a grand finish, the song came to a close, but within the midst of that silence, "A Journey (The Wedding)" began with the mandolin, courtesy of Kiara's playing. The second violinist played the counter-melody, and the soft song gave way to an emotion nearly indescribable. Despite the title, the song felt more like a life sentence as there wasn't anything celebratory in the notes.

A sense of urgency rose as "The Refuge" was the next song to play. The sight of a train derailing because of an earthquake is shown on the screen while the orchestra's fluctuations ripple through the Opera House. While the cellos and double-basses kept a low-sounding worry while the rest followed with tragedy.

At the final peak of the story, a last resounding worry plays through before the song's end. "Nahoko (I Miss You)" began with the piano, a call and response between the piano and the orchestra. While there wasn't a sense of urgency like in the last song, there was still a sense of negative emotion. While the uneven rhythms went in tandem with the woman waiting anxiously for her train to stop.

Kiara's violin reflected the same anxiousness as the woman who rushed to get back to the man she waited for. The expression on her face could be read by anyone; maybe she had someone she wanted to rush back into his arms, but she still wasn't sure if she could let herself do that again.

"Castorp (The Magic Mountain)" connected with "Nahoko (I Miss You)" as the strings connected the beginning. Knowing there was a window of time before Kiara had to switch to the mandolin again, she set the violin on the stand and picked up the secondary. Even as she led the second half of the song, there was still raw emotion in how she played the music.

"Nahoko (An Unexpected Meeting)" left little time for applause as the song started with the strings. As the clarinet came in to play solo, soon the other clarinets came in to unite as one. When the piano joined, Kiara joined in again with the mandolin as the harmony to the song. As there was a part that lie in suspension, it was just enough time for Kiara to switch over to violin again.

When the other instruments followed in a fluttery tone, the sound of a cymbal crashed as the violins led the peak while the orchestra backed the musical tone. While there was a bounciness to be heard, Kiara knew only certain listeners would hear otherwise. Toward the end of the song, however, the violins led in a section solo before the melody passed through to another instrument.

A leaning feeling could be heard when the song ended on a note only leading to the next piece. The final song in The Wind Rises suite was "A Journey (Kingdom of Dreams)". Because this was the song in the selection, there was a final resolution that could be heard as the ending to the movie wasn't sad or happy.

There was a piano-only part that helped to lead toward the peak, but Kiara played just to be the ghosting notes in certain phrases before the orchestra grew quiet. Her instrument alone led the rest into the height of the song, giving the playful and bouncy tone one last time before this election was over.

There was time for the audience to clap, and though it wasn't the end of the performance, there was still some time between pieces. "Merry-Go-Round of Life" was the next large song they played with the piano starting the musical score. While the music played, Kiara relaxed her fingers and readied for her first notes.

The cellos cleared the way for her to play her solo part. As she played, the piano played the harmony and backing before the rest of the instruments followed suit in her lead. This was a song she had been so nervous about, even after the revisions with the rest of the orchestra. What parts of her solo she didn't play, the flutes and clarinets picked up with ease.

In their revised version, she plucked her strings, yet in the original version, her musical part was much longer. At the ear of the pianist, the dragged suspension led to a nimble afterparty, a burst of joy that rushed before recollecting oneself. With the violin and cello communication, she glanced between her friends as the song wound to the height of the piece.

Though the conductor did not put his wand down, Kiara, Milton, Katie-Marie, and Maralyn took control of leading the band. Three singular notes resonated before the orchestra picked up where they left off and into a flowery transition to an exciting resolution where only violin and cello played. As the song ended the final note played throughout the opera house, and recurring rounds of applause rang in Kiara's ears.

"Symphonic Poem NAUSICAÄ (from NAUSICAÄ of the Valley of the Wind)" was the next large piece, beginning with a sense of justice to be heard in the notes. From the light strumming of a viola behind them, the piano began with a somber melody. The volume only rose when the string players helped to exude a fluttery wind.

Kiara led the violins into playing the melody as if discovering a forgotten sight. Only after this did the horned instruments join in to boost what was already there. For a musical moment to last only as long as it could, there was a passing between the flute and cello before the music was handed to the oboe and bassoon.

In this smaller part of the poem, winds played with cellos following before the flutes handed the melody to the violin and viola. During this section of the song, the feeling slowed down enough to express dread to anyone listening. Though the pace picked up, the screen showed sights of the main character rushing to a destination.

As the music eased up and the sounds of relaxation played through the house, the next movement suggested ease would be the permanent feeling for the rest of the song. As this song came to an end, the final suite of the performance, "Princess Mononoke Suite" began with the sound of the bass drum.

There was a feel as though the song had just begun, but the climb to the first height paced for a beautiful underside. The tone changed, giving way to worry as there wasn't a sense of urgency but a sense of danger, but this only graced the audience with the ease of the aftermath. As the piano communicated with the rest of the orchestra, the violin spoke again, giving a somber tone to a building realization in the music.

This was the height of the song for the rest of the song to finish out softly. "Cave of Mind" was a tribute to the first half of the performance, specifically with the Castle in the Sky suite of the first half. Even if it wasn't properly expressed, there was a rise in the music's concern, but the chords that progressed led to a revelation.

The brass communicated what the strings and winds couldn't, but the passing between both instruments gave a feeling of flourishing grief. The song was not as long as the others, but "The Legend of Ashitaka" was next on the list. Beginning with Kiara's melody given to the cellist before the piano picked up the support.

Because it was originally their performance, the group agreed on one song for the four to play without the orchestra. Just the four of them played and filled what the orchestra wasn't able to fill. Plucking strings between their instruments while the piano played until the cello brought the climax of the song.

Because this was the end of their performance, the conductor stepped off the podium and let the four move to the front of the stage. Taking their final bow, the audience roared in response, giving a standing ovation. Kiara and the others signaled to the orchestra players, each of them taking a bow. One of the stage crew members ushered the musicians off stage as most of the audience started leaving the Opera House.

"Go, Spencer. Talk to her now, because she packs everything up quickly," Mia says before pointing him to the backstage area and dressing rooms for the main performers. Watching as Reid rushed away, the older sister smiled before shaking her head.

♞

Just as Kiara grabbed her change of clothes, someone knocked on the door. Even after the performance was over, Spencer was still in the audience, and she still had mixed feelings about what happened to him a month ago. Taking off her heels, she walked over to the door and opened it. Even if her brain knew he would be coming, the heart was a fickle thing.

She moved out of the way to let him in before closing the door behind him. "You have until I'm done with everything in here to explain yourself," Kiara couldn't bring herself to look at him, so busying herself while Spencer spoke would've been enough.

"I'm sorry about those things I said to you and I never meant anything I said that night, Kiara. I knew I couldn't say it before then, but I can say it now. I... I do love you, Kiara. Even when I said I didn't love you, it was a lie," he knew he had to be careful with his words, even if they were the only two in the dressing room.

Through her silence, Spencer continued with anything he needed to say. "That night I broke up with you, someone was watching you through the cameras installed in your house. She told me I had three days to break up with you, and I couldn't tell anyone or she would hurt you," even if coming clean about the situation wasn't the best way to go, putting the situation might help some.

"And in the past month, you didn't think to tell me anything about what happened?" She asks slowly after she finished changing her clothes.

"Hotch and the others agreed that you and I be placed in witness protection, and I couldn't communicate at all. I would've told you, but by the time I got out, your performance was the following week," watching as Kiara moved from behind the veil, she put the dress in the clothing bag before grabbing her instrument and setting it in the case. She purposefully avoided eye contact, not out of spite, but to protect herself, as if she couldn't handle looking Spencer in the eyes one more time.

"Look at me, Kiara. Look at me," grabbing her wrist, Spencer turned Kiara around to face him, yet the tears in her eyes spoke enough. "I know the things I said were hurtful, and I never meant any of it, but I do love you," his grip on her wrist loosened, sliding his hands into her own. "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you, Kiara?"

"You could take me out to dinner. I'm hungry after this performance," she says truthfully as she wipes away the tears that didn't fall. "But I'll only go to my favorite restaurant."

"And I will be the one to take you there. Come on," Spencer knew he still had a long way to go before he and Kiara could get back to how they were, but this was a start.

#suspense #spencer reid #sub spencer reid #Criminal Minds #criminal minds angst #Criminal Minds Fanfiction #criminal minds story #criminal minds emily prentiss #emily prentiss #Jennifer Jareau #derek morgan #music #studio ghibli #spencer reid angst

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sleepyowlwrites · 1 year

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I've got several songs for you bc I don't know you well enough to pinpoint one fjdgdhjd bc Ican't choose one: some combination of

Pure Imagination by Maroon 5

Ravens in the Library by S. J. Tucker

An Owl City song

one of those videos I see on youtube of a kalimba cover of probably a ghibli song with a golden retriever sleeping in it idk they're soothing

And for something more literal, the song We Met On The Internet by Will Joseph Cook lol

pure imagination - check! ravens in the library - I love this song! owl city - ah, the nostalgia. I love yacht club, shooting star, fiji water, and hello seattle (remix) we met on the internet - I mean yeah

I also love instrumental covers of ghibli songs! (my favorite track is legend of ashitaka)

thanks!

#sleepy answers #vibes asks

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ksaru · 2 years

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MEET THE MUSE!

LEGAL NAME: Taketa Ashitaka ( surname - given name ) DATE OF BIRTH: October 30. NICKNAMES: Take-Taka, Shiitake. GENDER: Male. AGE: 900+. SPECIES: Soul. PLACE OF BIRTH: N/A. CURRENT LIVING CONDITIONS: Resides in an abandoned house in the World of the Living. SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Japanese and English. OCCUPATION: Exiled Shinigami. CRIMINAL RECORD: Alliance with Aizen during the Winter War.

DRINK I SMOKE | DRUGS: Drinks occasionally.

LIKE[S]: Nature, mushrooms, forests, quiet scenery, gentle music, children, kindness of strangers, poetry, summer, tea.

DISLIKE[S]: Fighting, violence, war, anything too loud.

FEARS: Being forced to use his powers.

PERSONALITY TRAITS: Peaceful, quiet, slow-paced, kind, friendly, melancholic, serious.

(PHYSICAL INFORMATION)

HAIR COLOUR: Sienna, orange and golden. EYE COLOUR: Bright orange. HEIGHT: 178 cm. WEIGHT: N/A TATTOOS: None.

(FAMILY INFORMATION)

SIBLINGS: None. PARENT[S]: Unknown. CHILDREN: None. PET[S]: None.

(RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION)

SEXUAL PREFERENCE: None. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single.

TAGGED BY : @soulxfragments ( thank you very much for the tag! ) TAGGING: OCS WHO SEE THIS !!

#[ ashitaka is just baby i love him ]#toby post. ╱out of character.#tagged.

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saltstuck · 2 years

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Aww I love these. Thanks for tagging me, @geormenia !

rules: make a new post and spell out your url with song titles then tag as many people as there are letters in your url.

S - stayaway(now,now remix) by MUNA, now, now

A - alrighty aphrodite by peach pit

L - lay-by by tennyson

T - the legend of ashitaka by joe hisaishi

S - 真実の詩 (shinjitsu no uta) by do as infinity

T - the way of the ghost (ghost of tsushima) by ilan eshkeri

U - univited by mallrat

C - chief by allan rayman

K - KEMURI [Vocal:ACO] by mondo grosso, ACO

Threw in a few japanese songs too cuz I listen to a lot of japanese music

Tagging: @iwigyouknot @bentnotbroken1fanfiction @greyspilot @unlikely-alliance @chrisbitchtree @introvertia @prettyboy-like-you @imsodishy @witchsickness no pressure! 😊

#tag game #music recs

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mayax81 · 5 months

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idk if i can put all my feelings in 1 post but the 14th doctor's final episode healed part of me fr

like i don't think u GET how important these things r gonna be to me for decades to come

like when chihiro pulled out that "thorn" from the river spirit's polluted waters

or when ashitaka and san restored the forest spirit's lost head

like endgame decimated me for sure like it was my 9/11 or whatever but i think prior to that i had a lot going on around the time 10's story came to a close and i didn't really get to process how it ravaged my soul too, like my brain was going through all the doc's faces and it said in a cryptic raspy creaturesque voice "this one died unwillingly and in pain" and just... to see him get not only a happy ending but a future as well where he can heal, with the people who lost him to boot, that's something that isn't just a cherry on top but something i think the world legit needed--like we can keep pouring all manner of unhappy (if brilliant) stories into it for the sake of realism but there's no rule against making it better after a fire decimates your entire town and then a global pandemic chomps off a not-insignificant chunk of the human population funking over your social life and the economy and then you lose yo uncle yo cat yo friends yo grandma among other things like (':

#mypost #personal

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labellerose-acheron · 9 months

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clementine's ships as...songs from unreal, unearth

de selby (part 1) (descent): n/a

de selby (part 2) (descent): loud

first time (limbo): simber (this song makes me weep)

francesca (lust): whistle

i, carrion (icarian) (lust): helle ... i think the current plot sums up why this song is accurate for them lmao

eat your young (gluttony): gaston...in general lol

damage gets done (greed): mock (ugh if you think about the lyrics of this one it makes me emo)

who we are (anger): elinor x fergus (this one is fr fr tho)

all things end (heresy): loud bell

to someone from a warm climate (uiscefhuaraithe) (violence): siren (okay lemme talk about this one for a second bc 'uiscefhuaraithe' means water-cooled and this whole song is basically like someone only able to be cooled down by water and it's called 'to someone from a warm climate' (hell) esp bc of this whole alBum being about the layers of hell ... okay i could go on this one makes me s creAM)

butchered tongue (violence): ashitaka -- this is one of my favorite songs, but it's not really a ship song lol

anything but (fraud): mock <3

abstract (psychopomp) (fraud): snow quartz (this song is literally about a creature getting hit by a car and .... yeah.)

unknown / nth (treachery): vixxen ... yeah

first light (ascent): bellou ... something something loud being the descent something something bellou being the ascent ...

#clementine's characters as #iykyk #i just spent liek 45 minutes on this for no reason <3 #pls message me for essays #some of these don't fit great #but i was determined

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translationandbetrayals · 2 years

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How Mononoke Hime teach us the important of nature and coexistence

In the film we can watch the constant dispute between humans and nature spirits. Humanity has a need for extract natural resource, causing a more immersions and destruction in the forest nearby the main village in the movie Iron city, in respond to these different spirits start to fight back. The main protagonists in this conflict are Lady Eboshi the governate in Iron city, who during the movie show us how she helps the minorities and people rejected for the society, given them work and promises of how progress in metal industry will improve their lives, but people from Iron city felt happy doing different labors because they have a purpose in this town. In the other side we have San the “Mononoke Hime”, she is antithesis of Lady Eboshi, a human girl adopted by the wolf goddess Moro when she was abandoned by her parents when they tried to hurt the forest. In the film San represent the angry and hate against humanity from the spirits and gods from the forest, during the movie she don´t identify herself as a human making a conflict to her.

What I like to rescue from this conflict it´s the need to find a coexistence, during the movie both parts never tried to solve the disjunctive between them because both believe the are right. In the context of the movie, it´s difficult identify heroes and villains, both sides have their reasons and moral values to defend what they think it´s right. The main protagonist Ashitaka act like the mediator in the conflict, understanding the difficulties from both sides and trying to find a pacific way to solve the problems.

I think the movie represent an important aspect of human society, the unlink with nature. if humanity have an increased need to obtain natural resource to survive, that implies we have the right to take everything we want without consequences? We aren´t the only living beings in the world, our actions (like humanity) have a significant impact in the environment and in consequence in our lives. Pollutions, diseases, deforestation, forest fires and decertification are some examples form the change humanity cause and the environment, but why it´s affecting us? Well, we are part of the nature and any impact we provoke in nature will have an impact in our lives. So, find a coexistence it´s a need? Yes, it´s is. Not only for the preservations of nature, the preservation of humanity who it´s in danger too. The world will continue existing with or without us, but a like to think we can make a change where we can find alternatives to coexist with nature, respecting the conservations of environment and human live. It´s not an easy task, but we must try, don´t you think?

Joaquín López.

#Enviortment #Coexistence #Reflection

#Anime

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