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[huwmessmer]

huw x messmer i playlist breakdown

just thought id slowly break down some of my thoughts behind my music choices for the mixes i shared as a thematic / writing exercise? ( not all at once, just gonna go through both mixtapes ( and the third when its done ) bit by bit between writing and art etc )

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themes of storms and oceans popped up a little. mostly bc of both the background and abilities of black knight captain huw. huw is a champion of the divine beast hunt, so he was in there fighting those dancing beasts which dealt with storms + the first one gives access to a storm related talisman ( so i have him holding one in that artwork im slowly doin lol )

the aspect of the crucible wings is tied into the crucible so a topic dear to me for both him and messmer and all the black knights and entire crusade is that whole element of hypocrisy ( thanks mom ) which the hornsent npc of course comments on. so i kind of stumbled on a theme of fighting a storm but also being tied to that enemy ( divine birds / sky / feathers / storm )

and the theme of oceans came up in my first messmer mixtape and continued here. so theres that ocean and death theme going on in elden ring in general (spirit jellies n OoO wormies ) and the washed up death stuff for the realm of shadow and all those fun fan theories like the shadow keep being related to helphens steeple or messmers army having mass suicided to get there and things like that which are fun to play with

ANYWAY

first couple songs:

01 obedear . purity ring

the ' oh but dear the sky is low ' reminds me of threats of storms & just foreboding and overall doomedness ( which unfortunately ties into inevitable betrayal ) with the intimateness of using ' dear ' in a discussion theres some sea themes as said and i esp like the ' Leaves us plastered to a bed of hairs with Me all coiled up near the bottom with my chest unbared ' bc beds n unbared chests are a lil sexy and ' coiled ' fits our favorite snimpaler

02 sugarbread . soap&skin

'sugarbread' sounds like a sweet title but the start is so horrific. i wanted to get something dramatic and dangerous in the start of the mix to acknowledge that yes these are two villains who did very bad genocidal things no matter how much fun the romance may be to play with and of course breaking hearts talk for inevitable tragedies the requem quotes for the dead and the mention of light which goes with grace

oh yeah huw bein a spirit now makes these mixes also have plenty of death in them i forgot that point

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[huwmessmer]

queue is loaded up until tuesday c: