#❥ ❝ tireless the wings flutter ❞ (music)

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It's the way you walk, way you watch, got me feeling hot It's the way you taste, way you talk, I don't wanna stop You're the worst, you're the best, what a mess I'm o–, I'm o–, I'm obsessed When you touch my lips Look at me like this And my heartbeat skips

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I just killed a man, she's my alibi. Rosa, qué linda eres.

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Me, after sharing the playlist: WAIT, I GOTTA ADD THIS ONE, TOO

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Since I'm in that Hyles mood, I'm going to share what I've done with Hyles's playlist, so far. I'm not sure if I'll delete or add other songs later, but this is what I've done for him, for now! Hopefully, it gives an idea as to who he is, how he feels, and the types of things he enjoys.

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Love me tender, love me long

Take me to your heart

For it's there that I belong

And we'll never part.

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Satellite, sacrifice.

Dissatisfied appetite

Dangerous way to go about your life

Love is a parasite

Digging out a home inside your mind

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❥ ❝ Tag dump, to the dear ones! ❞

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The sea is wine red, this is the death of beauty The doves have died, the lovers have lied Gloria, we lied This is the time and place

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I haven't shared the actual headcanon/drabble thing I have gathering dust in my drafts related to this, but this would be Hyles's actual boss song/theme, specifically when he shows his "true colors" and I'm so hung up on this part in particular until 3:45. Like the whole song is pretty brutally descriptive of him, but all of that particular part, with the violins (I think those are, maybe violas? Idk), the soft chaos, the disastrous, repetitive chaos afterwards, and the desire to destroy and bring "karma", while also describing what he is conveyed on the lyrics is just 100% him and I am so delighted. Though it's to be expected because that and its sister song have been part of the pillars of inspiration for Hyles, aside from the obvious Pandaemonium Circles.

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This doesn't have to be some sort of

Mathematical equation

Slip off your jeans, slide in the sheets

Screaming "yes" in quotations

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{ Gloria We lied, we can't go on This is the time and this is the place to be alive }

Who shot that arrow in your throat? Who missed the crimson apple? And there is discord in the garden tonight

The sea is wine red {Gloria, we lied} This is the death of beauty {this is the time and place} The doves have died {Gloria, we lied} The lovers have lied {this is the time and place...}

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Inspirations for Hyles: The Last Four Circles of Pandaemonium: Anabaseios (9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Circles)

BIG SPOILERS for the Pandaemonium Raids and Shadowbringers below!

9th and 10th Circle - Kokytos and Pandaemonium. Not so much was I inspired by the bosses there but by the music ringing in the back. This happens to be the same one I have on the pinned post (One Amongst The Weary, this video has the unofficial lyrics, so take these with a grain of salt, but those are the lyrics I followed to form tags and stuff for this blog) With the song, I got the general vibe I wanted to portray as to Hyles. An eerie gentleness, distortion, uneasiness, a rhythmical chaos. The distorted words of manipulation and domination, barely perceptible, hiding away in noise, in control. Of the two versions, this one is my favorite as opposed to the one in the last circle and I feel it fits well with Hyles, it inspires me a lot.

11th Circle - Themis: The Emissary. I hadn't noticed until now but the light/white presence of Hyles was probably inspired by Themis's own design. Despite him not being an antagonistic force this time around, the eloquence and even tone of his voice, contrasting that gentle image is exactly what I envisioned for Hyles. I am inclined to even make his "general" tone of voice or rather his reference voice, the same one as Themis's, but I also want to leave his exact tone a mystery and relative to each individual with the only constant being that it is gentle but also authoritarian. The first 40 seconds of this video show Themis's image and voice, so you can have an idea. (Let's not talk about my eternal adoration for the leitmotif contained in the song cause I will explode, not to mention the lines he says in the circle, gosh. Also, Shadowbringers spoilers but: here is another with his more antagonistic lines, 1:05 to 1:22 always gets me... Anyway, this has nothing to do with Hyles, let's move on lmao)

12th Circle - Athena. The aesthetic of this battle along with Athena's transformation into a butterfly/moth sealed the deal as to what kind of aesthetic I wanted for him. Her also being a mad scientist, so to speak, with the song describing her showing the general vibe of Hyles, excluding the fact that she desires to become a god and having those desires enhanced by an artifact. The general idea, the general tone and vibe of her song along with the butterfly/moth motifs and most of the lyrics and mixtures were the things I definitely took with me and added it to Hyles with, of course, my own flairs and the connection I tried to form for COD. The song motif for Hyles is also especially important because the song I used as motif for Atom (Scream, from the earlier Pandaemonium raids, too) is referenced heavily and even the lyrics are altered to fit Athena (in my case, Hyles.) So, both motifs are intrinsically connected, and I feel it fits with the nature of creator and creation and how their connection, manipulation, and control works.