#annotated playlist

[thewallshaveeyes]

Hey guys guys h hey hey guys w y y'all wanna listen to my annotated playlist for the fanfiction I'm working on? I even have notes for each song in chronological order? <:)

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[qiornono]

PLEASE PLS PLS read in memoriam by alice winn this book changed my freaking life!!!!!

[tangents-within-tangents]

Alright finally finished my freakin finals (ahhhhhhh) so let's do this! No one asked for this but until Spotify adds an annotation feature I gotta get my overexplaining out somewhere lol

So some of these are here for the lyrics but some are just for titles and the vibes don’t always match up with the book/scene.

Very important aspects of the book, as we all know

This one was a surprise find while looking through Tsfh songs for relevant titles lol! Serendipitously the mood of the song really fits the rising suspense leading up to the arrival at castle Dracula. The spooky vibe paired with the silly title fits pretty well with Jonathan obliviously enjoying paprika hendl while all the villagers are freaking out around him

“Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!”

Obviously the title lends well as an introduction to the guy who can control wolves. I also like how this one starts softer and mimics the sound of howling in a very melodic way (fitting the sentiment of the aforementioned quote) and then gets more intense

“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”

Yeah you get it

Ha ha I'm clever

“Close every door to me. Hide all the world from me. Bar all the windows, and shut out the light

Do what you want with me. Hate me and laugh at me. Darken my daytime, and torture my night”

Little specific and emo after that but regardless, poor trapped and terrorized Jonathan :( 

I found a better fitting wolf song for the later moment but I really love the vibe of this song and wanted to keep it in here. And there’s some significant wolf stuff going on around this time so. Some lyrics fit for Jonathan too “Falling from high places” “Now that we're lonely. Now that there's nowhere to go” “Now that we're so far from home” “I've lost my mind here, oh I've lost my patience with the Lord” “Red tongues and hands” 

Inspired completely by @marghen's animatic (link). For the most part it seems a good representation of Jonathan’s stay at the castle and his relationship with Dracula. Since the decision (“I can’t decide whether you should live or die��) is never made it also fits how Jonathan’s fate is left up in the air after his last entry 

“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”

May 9th, return of the queen! I think the soft instrumental fits the tone shift we get when we switch over to happy fun times with our girls. (Originally had Don McClean’s song but it’s more of a break up song so didn’t make sense here)

Can't believe a song this perfect for this part of the book exists? Yeah neither can I. It’s cutesy and fun and the lyrics actually line up surprisingly well. First suitor in the song is science-y like Seward, second is adventurous like Quincey and the third is just cute and romantic. And we’ve got ��Choosing is a chore, now I’m caught in the middle of a jealousy storm, Limitations are a bore”  😉💀

Vibe does not fit in the slightest but the title was too funny so I did it anyway 

Rip Seward lol. I found it for the title but the lyrics happened to fit quite nicely for the poor guy wallowing in loneliness after his rejection 

“My dear Art,— We’ve told yarns by the camp-fire in the prairies; and dressed one another’s wounds after trying a landing at the Marquesas; and drunk healths on the shore of Titicaca. There are more yarns to be told, and other wounds to be healed, and another health to be drunk. Won’t you let this be at my camp-fire to-morrow night?”

I debated using “The Woods” by Hollow Coves for the lyric “We all sit around the fire. We feel so much better now” but this one from an album called ‘Cowboy Campfire Songs’ fit the vibe better

“I came up here alone, for I am very sad. There was no letter for me. I hope there cannot be anything the matter with Jonathan.”

It’s impossible for me to make a playlist without Sleeping at Last showing up (like a lot), sorry I don’t make the rules. Lucked out with the title and tone of the song (instrumental) lining right up with Mina’s worry about not hearing from Jonathan

It’s Chapter 7 log of the ghost ship Demeter time! (Yeah more tsfh get used to it, they cool). I debated between a few songs with better fitting titles but I think the mood of this one best fit the horror the poor trapped crew faced. Also love the spooky bell tolls at the end

Lol but tone be damned bc I just had to. The captain literally says some version of “another one gone” so many times

Spooky/tense vibes for Lucy’s fateful jaunt into the churchyard

This one's for Renfield. Idk if the lyrics really fit, maybe "I want to feed the sparrow in your heart" but *shrug*

“Joy, joy, joy! At last, news of Jonathan.”

Again it’s basically cheating, title and tone fit all too well

Enter Abraham Van Helsing, M. D., D. Ph., D. Lit., etc., etc.

“I never liked garlic before, but to-night it is delightful! There is peace in its smell; I feel sleep coming already.”

Another good find that I think fits the mix of somber peace and tension. (Side note I think it’s cool that they only use garlic flowers in the book whereas we are so used to garlic bulbs in vampire media for some reason)

This one was first for Seward and the many nights of sleep he lost watching over and taking care of Lucy. But the lyrics also fit well, if not better, for Mina attending to Jonathan as he mentally recuperates. Both of which are happening kinda around the same time so that’s nice.

This is for the wolf that breaks through the window, essentially delivering the final blow. This one just fit the mood of this scene better, especially with “Mama there's wolves in the house” seeing as this is what kills Lucy’s mother. (I used a cover for the female voice)

“What’s the matter with me, anyhow?” The voice came from the sofa across the room, and its tones brought relief and joy to my heart, for they were those of Quincey Morris!”

Cowboy entrance™ is one of my favorite moments. Just thought we needed some more cowboy music in here for the legend himself

Sad times as Lucy is fading away and becoming less and less of herself. Also speaks to the tragedy of all the time she lost, she really was so young and had so many hopes for the future

Funeral song basically :(

This one is for Arthur as well as for Mina when she receives news of Lucy’s death. There’s a lot of deaths all at once here. Arthur’s father, Mr. Hawkins, Mrs. Westenra, and dearest Lucy. Add to that Jonathan’s relapse and you can see why Mina is so worried “We will grow old as friends” and “What the hell would I be without you” in particular stand out

Stuff is getting spooky with this “Bloofer Lady” about

Alright this one is specifically for Van Helsing’s rant to Seward at the end of Chapter 14 to get him to believe in the impossible. I’ve talked about it before but one of my favorite themes of the book is about how they can only defeat Dracula by using science, reason, religion, and superstition together. I think “We can all learn things from many avenues” and the whole jist of the song represents that pretty well

Yeah our boys are seeing vampire Lucy and stuff is getting intense again

Since there aren't spoilers anymore I figured I drop my great big chronological, overthought, sometimes deep, sometimes irreverent, oddly specific, book-accurate Dracula playlist

I’m actually surprised at a lot of the stuff I was able to find lol, though it definitely reflects my own taste and interpretations of the novel. Most of the songs are self explanatory but some are more vague so if anyone’s interested I’ll walk through my reasoning in reblogs

[pasta-pardner]

art | spotify

[muzzlemouths]

Do you perhaps... have a playlist for dftr?

As a matter of fact, I do 😌

It's a little on the short side at 2 hours because I am very specific with what songs get put on my au playlists, but that means each and every song has been picked with purpose (and I'm still adding more every day).

Also — you're right on the money with that song choice, anon. I don't want to spoil anything, but let's just say it'll soon be very relevant.

[creatureprofessor]

MA thesis submitted, i am not burdened by the academic sword of damocles anymore! for a solid week at least (final exams prep)!

[essektheylyss]

me, making a PC playlist: is Marina really an appropriate choice for an exhausted, four hundred year old grizzled war mage?

me, a split second later: what the fuck am I talking about. that's the demographic Marina makes music for.

[killjoys-makesomenoise]

i am so curious to know more about what things you research and what things you don't!

Well a good view into my process is I’m writing medical/icu/[redacted] injury purely on my personal experiences with medical facilities plus supplemental research for the some medical terms

And then on the other hand I spent a while looking up sexy repair man costumes so i could describe them accurately

Like for Freaky Friday I looked up flight times and schedules, and timezone differences so I could lock in the timeline, and I had Calla check and correct my NYC details so that was accurate but all their experiences in each others bodies/symptoms/thoughts were just written based on my personal knowledge and head cannons of the boys. For Evil Scientist I didn’t look up a single thing it’s was all made up and fun, which is the benefit of bonkers au.

For time loop I had just spent a long weekend in Chicago so that fic is heavily informed by my trip there, I too went to the basement of the Art institute and looked at all the empty miniatures!! I just looked up the actual names of stations and buildings and asked my friend if there’s any express trains that run through the loop (not usually, they are very infrequent!!)

So I guess I use research as a way to inform the narrative and if I don’t think it’s relevant or adds to the world building I leave it out.

[heirsebastian]

III.II.45 or, AMONG THE BONES OF CORMORANTS

[pinkshiftbites]

nothing (in my head) - the deep dive podcast

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[revvethasmythh]

*stumbles out of spotify covered in blood* i finished my playlist

[majestic-salad]

Nava my Belava!!!!! Blaseballswap for mangatiger <3

This piece comes with a playlist!

[the-algid]

Got some Malevolent coded songs

I love doing song annotation, and recently have been doing more. here's my Malevolent song annots so far

Like Real People do by Hozier This one is for Parkthur, the companionship, and silent support. Not caring what the other has done. Also Parker's ass is dead

Touched by Vast Oscar annotation. Oscar is down bad for Arthur, and his eldritch and atheist swag

Howl by Florence + The Machine Private Eyes song. They are toxic yaoi, that like to fight each other.

IN MY MOUTH by Black Dresses Arthur, my homeboy is a cannibal, and a bit of a freak.

Work Song by Hozier Parkthur, again Parker's ass is dead. Parker also saved Arthur. This one is good for resurrection Parker AUs

Music make me feral, and Malevolent makes me feral. ALSO IF YOU LEAVE COMMENTS I LOVE YOU

[ismyteadoneyet]

How fortunate am I to have so many Things to love and be excited about, to appreciate and look forward to?

Things I feel so strongly about that they stumble into my mind, univited, at random times of the day? Things that spill into my speech and vocabulary without me noticing? Things that impact my vision to the point where everywhere I look, everywhere I go, I see ghosts of them?

How lucky am I to have so many Things I love and cherish enough for them to reshape my very person, change my beliefs and make me grow? Things that make my own loved ones see the Things out in the wild, and go out of their way to make sure I see them too?

How wonderful is it that I have Things that I love so much that the very act is deemed and dubbed "not normal", making my love for them seem like it's more than they are supposed to recieve? An out-of-the-ordinary and above-the-norm appreciation for the Things that make the people around me shake their heads, call me "silly".

My dear, beloved Things, may I always stay silly for you ❤️

[surumarssi]

Little playlist I made after listening to early magnus archives again and remembering I'm still not over the lukases and their whole deal.

Like you're telling me there's a family lineage tied to an otherworldly entity that lives on the fear of isolation?? They have a family curse where they can't have too many friends or they'll die? There should be a really stressful living room drama about this where everyone is talking past each other. I don't actually have that play in me (though it'd be an interesting fanfic format) so I made a playlist.

Annotations under the cut.

The Cure // Funeral Party

Really obvious choice but it's there to establish the vibe.

"I watched /And acted wordlessly /As piece by piece /You performed your story"

2. Cat Power // The Coat is Always On

This one has lyrics that obviously have to do with a dysfunctional family. I put it here for the tiredness and hopelessness and the implication that there's nothing the speaker can do for their siblings. Also the useless-feeling demands "Mother don't sit /mother don't stand" that make it feel like the surreal living room drama I was talking about.

"Brother can't even speak, /He's got a tongue and two legs to walk on, /And he can't leave"

3. PJ Harvey // The Wind

"I see her in a chapel /High up on the hill /She must be so lonely /Oh Mother can't we give /A husband for our Catherine /A handsome one, a deal /A rich one for the lady /Someone to listen with"

This is also here to set a tone and also some kind of terrible parallel to Constance in We Have Always Lived In The Castle, because of my own current brainworms. I swear it makes sense.

4. Blonde Redhead // Misery is a Butterfly

"Remember when we found misery /We watched her, watched her spread her wings /And slowly fly around our room /And she asked for your gentle mind"

I'm imagining like a lost statement from someone recalling a childhood memory.

5. Fever Ray // Mercy Street

I chose this version with the eerie synth bc it fit with the others. It's hard to pick a lyric. The whole song is dark and unstable and dissociated.

"She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam /She pictures a soul /With no leak at the seam"

6. Black Box Recorder // The English Motorway System

Miscommunication and dissociation again.

"The English motorway system is an accident waiting to happen /On the black ice, a lorry jack knives and there's freezing fog in November /And you wonder if there's someone who really does decide /I thought I saw you in the distance /(Do you really want to break up?)"

7. Giles Corey // No One Is Ever Going To Want Me

I put this here because it's about anhedonia and actively, aggressively pushing people away from you.

"I ruin everything /I get my bony hands on"

8. Julee Cruise // Into The Night

"Into the night /I search out /I search out your love"

Getting lost in the fog.

[cricketandbooks]

The Opposite of Icarus — Monty the Crow

The songs of a bird that grew to love its cage, until he couldn’t anymore

Couldn’t resist making a Monty playlist. For a relatively sweet presenting character, his story is incredibly horrifying and sad. The songs are loosely in chronological order but this is definitely more of a ~pure vibes~ situation than my other Dead Boy Detectives playlists. Hope you enjoy!

My other Dead Boy Detectives character playlists:

Charles Rowland: THE BRAWN, song annotations here

Edwin Payne: THE BRAINS, song annotations here

Crystal Palace: THE EYES, song annotations here

Niko Sasaki: THE HEART, song annotations here