ooc :: scorched :: fst - interwoven

2011-11-13T12:32:56Z

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a musical journey through camelot and anatole (and back again?)
but could also just be a merlin/arthur fst

the heart asks pleasure first - michael nyman

instrumental

The heart asks pleasure first
And then, excuse from pain-
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;

And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
emily dickinson

crown on the ground - sleigh bells

you never doubted it
you're so proud of it
you straight shouted it
there's no doubt of it
you couldn't care less
you love goodness
you think it's endless, endless, endless

rouse your bones - broadcast 2000

mark my words I'll get you back
would you prefer if I wait or attack you now?

Merlin.
the friendship that Arthur refuses to admit is a friendship, their utter believe in the other's inherent laziness, and the both of them dragging each other into the bright future ahead. this is what the show is pretty much about.
"Well... you've been terrible. Really. I mean it, the worst servant I've ever had."

helplessness blues - fleet foxes

gold hair in the sunlight
my light in the dawn
if i had an orchard
i'd work 'til i'm raw

white blank page - mumford & sons

tell me now where was my fault
in loving you with my whole heart

Gwen and Lancelot. Uther and Ygraine.
"It is not always easy to express what is in one's heart."
the complicated story of this love triangle is mythological. Arthur and Lancelot both care deeply for Gwen and she for them, but Arthur must always balance his heart with his duty to Camelot. more importantly, his father disapproves of his dalliance with the common-born maid. but at the same time there is still a festering discontent based in Morgause's conjuration of his mother, which put cracks in Arthur's belief in his father's absolute authority.

don't look down - guillemots

the king is dying
come out with me tonight

Everyone.
sometimes life in Camelot is a bit like a fairy-tale.

weather to fly - elbow

pounding the street where my father's feet still
ring from the walls, we'd sing in the doorways
or bicker and row, just figuring how we were wired inside
perfect weather to fly

Gwen, Merlin, Morgana.
friendship.

movement i: in the countenance of kings - sufjan stevens

instrumental

From Camelot to Anatole.
if this fst had only one song it would be this one.

adventures in solitude - the new pornographers

we thought we lost you
welcome back

Anatole.
second time lucky? Arthur came to an impossible city and when he went home he forgot all his life lessons. but he arrives again exactly when he is needed: to save Priscilla, like the Prince and Sleeping Beauty, and to rebuild the headquarters of the Patrol Unit that was once his only hope. he is torn between the loss of Camelot and being reunited with people he never expected to see again.

66 - afghan whigs

you walked in, just like smoke
with a little come on, come on, come on in your walk

Merlin.
the secret of Merlin's magic winds throughout their entire relationship, from the first time threatens to take Arthur apart with less than one blow, to the dozen, dozen times he saves Arthur's life silently, to the dilemma Arthur faces in Anatole confronting his own prejudices, his manservant's individuality, and the eventual culmination of them both.

you are a runner & i am my father's son - wolf parade

i'll build a house inside of you
i'll go in through the mouth
i'll draw three figures on your heart

darling - sons & daughters

behind royal walls, blacked out eyes
a solitary bird, high tension line
dreaming of a pure white sky
did somebody stop time?

That one time Priscilla Awoke.
"You didn't know me when I was human, either. I haven't been human in... a very long time.
But it doesn't matter. Whether you knew Isley, or Riful, or Luciela before their awakening, you know they have minds and personalities. You know they love and hate and feel and dream and carry ambitions and regrets on their backs.
Why would you expect any different from me?
You act as though I've killed and consumed your friend... but there is no "she" and "I".
We are the same being.
I've only changed perspectives."

a heart has asked for the pleasure - mono

instrumental

the intro (reversed)

baobabs - regina spektor

you have tamed me
now you must take me
how am i supposed to be
i don't have my thorns now

Lenalee, Sakura, Priscilla, Verity, Tonks, Shirley.
the various women that strip Arthur of all his sharp edges, and his slow adjustment to Anatole over a year and a half.

hold your secrets to your heart - miracle fortress

hold your secrets to your heart
where the love can build its heat
it hurts when we're apart
i'm hiding in your blood

terrible love - the national

i can't fall asleep
without a little help
it takes a while to settle down

Isley.
"Were you not devoured by those creatures, Arthur?
The mouths that consumed my flesh were certainly belonging to different beings, but those lips could have been Priscilla's and I would still not fondly recall the occurrence. It is a terrible way to die no matter the way you look at it.
And yet, it is now something you and I both have in common. In fact, in all of Anatole, I do not think there is a soul besides myself who better understands what you went through."

my boy builds coffins - florence & the machine

my boy builds coffins and i think it's a shame
that when each one's been made he can't see it again

Merlin.
the unlimitless, terrifying potential of his power.
golden maggots and the lifespan of a firefly and a lot of dead elves.
"I'll make you untouchable. You'll never know fear or sickness or death again."

pulse - ani difranco

the problem with death is that you have
some hundred years and then they can
build building on your only bones
one hundred years and then your grave is not your own

Merlin.
parties and picnics and bathtubs and letters and destiny.
"My ears to listen and my hands to build you a kingdom and my heart to love you. My mouth to tell you. My life for yours."
but also that fear that they've gone off-track, broken Verity's continuum by refusing to live the lives scripted for them in Arthurian legend, and Arthur's anger at having such shoes to fill.

pitter-patter goes my heart - broken social scene

instrumental

Everyone.
all these interwoven melodies, dissonant strings, to come together, one by one, until slowly they each begin to harmonize, crescendo, and the music takes shape, and everything makes sense.

no more runnin - animal collective

no more runnin
i've got to breathe
on back porches
with the torch of a firefly-lit tree

"How does fighting for one betray the other? Look, Camelot will always be first in my heart. But I am in Anatole, and its people need me."

little lion man.

ooc :: scorched :: fst - interwoven