#bc That is so crazy cool

[royalnugget42]

Lowkey at the point where I’m analyzing the score and I am LIVING for the Smokestack Twins theme. It’s just called “Smokestack Twins” on the score, and it’s like a blend of Elijah’s and Smoke’s leitmotifs from later on in the movie. The song “Troubled Waters/Homesick” on the soundtrack (soundtrack and score are separate and you should listen to Both) is all over Elias’s scenes, and it doesn’t really come up again after he gets turned.

Smoke’s side of the theme is twofold. In the background of the “Troubled Waters” melody, there are a lot of longer notes, which fit the melody of “Seance” from the soundtrack. Now “Seance” is yet another doubled theme, because it’s Elijah and Annie’s love theme.

I’m not totally sure on it, but I’m pretty sure Elijah’s part is the soft arpeggio strum in the background, while Annie is the louder plucking in the foreground. This is based on the section in “Thy Kingdom Come” where Annie is dying (2:00 - 2:59). In this moment, we get the same strummed melody, but the background isn’t the same soft arpeggio, it’s paired with a drumbeat instead. If we take that to be Elijah’s side of the theme in that moment, it’s really heartbreaking, because it’s like he’s becoming a soldier again, having to kill Annie.

So, Elijah’s arpeggio plays in both the themes of the people he loves most, and in his stoic way, he supports them both without taking the spotlight, musically speaking. However, there’s a third and fourth part to these themes.

The third is related to Stack I think. After every few phrases of the Smokestack Twins theme, there’s this little low motif that goes D-F-D-F-D-C-D

Now, this one MIGHT be reaching but it looks a LOT like the notes for the Dies Irae, just bluesified. If you don’t know, the Dies Irae is one of the most heavily referenced motifs in western media, coming from an old Gregorian chant. It translates to “Day of Wrath”, meaning Judgement Day. It is absolutely everywhere in filmmaking, and it’s used as a nearly universal symbol for death in a narrative.

As of now, I’ve just been calling the motif that appears in Sinners the Devil Motif. It specifically plays when we see Sammie’s guitar for the first time, and it plays in a lot of Stack’s moments too. So I’m thinking if “Troubled Waters” is Elias’s theme, then the Devil Motif is Stack’s theme. And if it IS the Dies Irae, then that’s the score telling us which of the brothers dies first, and aside from that, it specifically relates Sammie’s music with Elias, which makes sense. Elias is proud of Sammie and encourages his music, but Elijah is worried about him and doesn’t want him playing any more gigs.

The fourth part might honestly be my favorite leitmotif so far, and it’s just this tiny little moment from 1:35 to 1:57 in “Smokestack Twins”. It’s just moving down the D minor scale, D-C-Bflat-A-G-F-E, and right before it should resolve to a low D to complete the octave, it skips back up to the high D and goes down again. Take a listen yourself and you’ll know what I mean.

So far we have leitmotifs for Elias, Elijah, and Stack, so this must be the theme for Smoke. How do we know that for sure? Firstly, “Bury That Guitar” on the score, at the moment when Smoke is trying to roll a cigarette with his hands shaking, flashing back to his brother. And him smoking a cigarette is inherently tied to his identity as “Smoke”, not Elijah, which we see extra clearly when Annie tells him to “put out that smoke” before he crosses to the other side.

The other reason is the song “Grand Closin’” on the score. This is the one where Smoke goes to town on the KKK, and it’s just that D minor scale again, note for note, always repeating before it resolves. And not only is it one of the best parts of the score, it’s such interesting characterization for Elijah. Because it symbolizes how he can’t rest while he’s playing as “Smoke”. Very much like the vampires theme (which I can get into later if anyone wants me to) the melody feels really restless.

Until that is, Annie beckons him over, and his theme changes. He becomes Elijah again, and unlike Smoke’s leitmotif, Elijah’s arpeggio Does resolve. He’s allowed to rest now.

Anyway TLDR listen to this fuckin soundtrack Ludwig Göransson does it again.

[bakedbeanchan]

trial and error and error and error and error and error and error and error and error and

[chamoemileclown]

i recreated scar's storage cart out of lego!

[industrations]

I maybe did a thing and got matching tattoos with my sirius when i was in england visiting fen this week

[ghastlycrew]

he's got salamanca blood in his veins. he's a dog who's bitten every owner he's had. he's the betrayer. he's the lynchpin holding the entire brbabcs universe together. he's a throwaway line.

[boobchuy]

hell yeah

[danvillecheese]

candace being 16 now is so crazy bc that’s how old i was when i got back into pnf. shes getting her license. i also got mine when i was her age. i have surpassed her age but she still feels older than me yknow

[the-crazy-echidna-lady]

this has been in my head fucking rent free. Bc it's BOOM after all of this Knuckles has to make a fourth wall break "I feel like I did my alternate universe countparts justice" bc in my aus where he's not trans he has Rouge or Shadow ripping his fucking hands out of their sockets. Each Knuckles from my aus feels a bit of "I feel justice served. Ah yes, and it's against Sonic >:)"

[phoebebuggers]

the de-loserification of mike wheeler in fanfiction needs to be studied

[waterdroid]

There's this one stream from June where Hbomberguy plays Tactical Brach Wizards and chats with Tom Francis (the game's creator, writer and developer), and the whole thing is really interesting! They talk mostly about the development of the game and some of what Tom says is already on the Developer's Comment in the special edition, BUT there are some lore things/fun details that I found interesting:

Being a wizard in this world is regarded more or less the same way as being a doctor in ours ("It's impressive, but no one's like, 'oh my god, can i get an autograph'")

Jen's mom is an arcanist

Bank's heart "canonically isn't pounding" in the missions because "she's used to life and death situations"

Banks "cares about who lives and dies"

Tom mentions that Banks doesn't have as good of a relationship with the rest of the team, and that her and Jen's relationship is "hot and cold" (LMAO)

Darrell's hiding spots were all basically John Roberts' idea (the game's sole artist)

The world of Tactical Breach Wizards (as in, the geography and literal placement of countries) intentionally does not look like the real world. "The DSR resembles the UK and America in some ways", but isn't really a 1 to 1 so "they don't map to real clichés and dynamics of the world".

[horsegirlwarcrimes]

*sigh* guys. I am forced to admit. The new murderbot show is good 😔

[puckinghischier]

https://www.tumblr.com/puckinghischier/768893285591924736/nico-being-an-essential-oils-girly-was-not-on-my

where did he say this 😭

he has oils and a diffuser in his auction bag for the devils youth foundation!!!

it just made me giggle bc it really does make sense, but it just surprised me that he wanted to put it in his auction bag hehe

[lynxalon]

i've seen a fair bit of... pessimism about dorym lately, esp with the ep107, for example wondering if dorian's opposing views on the gods making orym fall out of love, and i have to say. i very highly doubt it, ur fr talking about the man who has held on to will for so long, holding onto will's family and affectionately calling this *his* family too because that didn't stop when will died. i dont think falling out of love is an option or even a thought to orym.

that said, we know that orym has contingencies for if anyone in bells hells crosses the line into being a version of themselves they would despise, for anyone who jeopardizes their mission. his mission. i think, for the first time since knowing dorian, orym finally has a contingency for him. the longer dorian is back, the more orym sees how scarred he is by what's happened (understandable so) and knows that dorian is with bells hells all the way. but if he isn't...

[luck-of-the-drawings]

"I think this is the most inhuman; and human, that I've ever felt.." MUCH CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR. IN FIVE YEARS. A DECADE. imagine how much can happen in a century. just ONE (1). How will you grow? what phases do you find? even in 5 years, you will find patterns.

[dizzy-n-busy]

I have no self-control (I made a—) [Off-Road + OC]

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Have Harley and Lavish sketches bc I need the motivation to finish them frs, they’re so pretty gorgeous amazing 😔😔

+ Slides in super discreetly

Ahem — And meet PG !! Or Lucky, as some may know ‘em, a lust demon who works at a gentleman’s club (and part-time at the Devil’s Gambit bc I crave self-indulgence & ignore that the lil badge thingy has two diff numbers, I couldn’t choose shsnnsns) !!

[al-luviec]

compiled whatever this is (and I run out of tag space)

meh HoT gifs (3/?)