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[skygiants]

Every so often, I get the urge to vid, in the way where I hear a song and think "oh, that image would look really cool there! And so would that one and that one and that one and -" However, this is something that I will never actually do, because I am the laziest lazer to ever laze on this planet and vidding is hard. And also I don't have the technology.

It still makes me happy to think about, though, because I always enjoy music more when I can place it in a context. I'm kind of a story addict in all forms, and I like when my music fits into stories, and having songs that I can associate with my fiction. (This is one of the reasons I love musical theater so much: premade context!) I also love stealing other people's playlists and seeing what songs and stories make sense to them when put together. In part because of that whole lazy thing, making other people do my music hunting for me seems like an eminently awesome plan.

This is all rambling buildup to the fact that I am starting a meme! I think. It's probably been done before. And it probably won't catch on. But I hope it does, because I think it's fun:

Name a fictional character in comments, and I will upload (or at least link to lyrics, if it's protected) a song that I associate with them and explain why.

Comments

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Sophie Hatter.

[skygiants]

. . . and already I am breaking my own meme-rules. You get a progression!

Ordinary Girl, Naked Blue (Lyrics)

This is pre-canon Sophie - or very early canon, rather, before getting aged, when she's kind of sitting around turning into an old woman even without magic.

Life is Short, Butterfly Boucher (Lyrics)

And, for pretty obvious reasons, this is post-transformation Sophie. *grins*

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

That's such a fabulous Sophie-song.

[mercuriazs.livejournal.com]

Randomly! I actually saw Butterfly Boucher live in freshman year! She opened up for the Barenaked Ladies. :D

[skygiants]

Oooh, awesome! How was it?

[mercuriazs.livejournal.com]

I remember .... not being as psyched for her as I was for BNL. >.> But she did quite well!

[varadia]

Raven or Galadan.

*selfish, what?*

[skygiants]

I don't trust myself to find appropriate Raven songs! So you get a Galadan one.

Even Gods Do, Thea Gilmore (Lyrics)

Aside from the part about the tree and the fact that it was written about another andain, sort of (Shadow in American Gods) it feels very Galadan to me, with his five zillion shades of gray.

[jezrana.livejournal.com]

Gaius Baltar!

[skygiants]

You may get another more relevant one later, but for now:

The World Has Gone Insane, from the musical Jekyll and Hyde (lyrics)

IT IS SPASTIC AND MELODRAMATIC JUST LIKE BALTAR.

[vivien]

Tom and/or Ingress. *also selfish*

[lunamystic]

Alanna or Elizabeth! *cheerfully selfish* Also, I love those songs for Sophie. :)

[skygiants]

For Alanna:

Proud, Tegan and Sara (Lyrics)

Because it's about being yourself and being kickass. And Alanna is these things!

For Elizabeth:

The King, Steeleye Span (Lyrics)

Because Elizabeth is totally the best-dressed Pirate King EVER. And the mental image of her with little minions to sing her praises makes me giggle.

[lunamystic]

*shiny eyes* Those are great. As is the mental image.

[mercuriazs.livejournal.com]

Oh, whatever, I'm totally following the trend.

Puck and/or Antigone.

[skygiants]

For Puck:

Keep Feeling (Fascination), Human League (Lyrics)

Puck is all about fascination.

And for Antigone:

Dead Is the New Alive, Emilie Autumn (Lyrics)

This one is really more for during-canon Antigone than post, but still pretty relevant, I feel.

[mercuriazs.livejournal.com]

Oh my God that Antigone one is really good. *awe* And by good I mean also "eerily eerily appropriate."

Thank you!

[wickedtrue.livejournal.com]

*different*

Solomon from the Wasteland. He's fictional!

[skygiants]

Salla totally counts!

I am not sure if my song does (he is hard!) but I think of it for Solomon and Gwen. *hugs them*

If She Wants Me, Belle and Sebastian (Lyrics)

[shati.livejournal.com]

MISTAR BENNET!

Catch: the song cannot be named "Daughter."

[skygiants]

You are tricksy! (Also, I totally knew you were going to ask this. You would think that means I would be prepared, wouldn't it, but no.)

Eyes of Mercy, October Project (Lyrics)

A Noah/Sandra song! Consider it a companion to the one-sentence fic.

[oneechan19.livejournal.com]

Calcifer? :D?

[skygiants]

This is kind of cheating, because it's a song about a star already (and you may have it; I can't remember if you do or not) but.

You Better Leave the Stars Alone, Ego Likeness (Lyrics)

[genarti]

To follow the trend: Lan.

And/or, to buck the trend: Mama Petrelli.

[skygiants]

I do not know Lan-canon! I cannot pick songs for him!

Therefore, to make up for it, you get two Mama Petrelli songs (from the same album).

Smile! No One Cares How You Feel and Things Are Not What They Appear, The Gothic Archies (Lyrics 1 and 2)