#child ballad

[linearao3]

So, a little while back, @pyrrhlc very graciously offered to send me a copy of Child Ballad he had bound, and naturally I was very hyped to accept this offer but (a) I live on the other side of the Atlantic, and (b) any packages I receive at my home address must go through my super, who is both daffy and an asshole, and has kept packages from me for time spans ranging from a week to three months to “denying he ever saw it,” so I was hesitant. But I worked out with my friend who lives in a nicer building that it could be delivered c/o her, so I was very excited about that.

Then there was some trivial misadventuring with the USPS, so I had to ask my friend to go fetch it from the post office for me. “It’s very pleasing to the eye!” she texted me, and I ran uptown to behold the wonder.

Now, the box was slightly bigger than I had anticipated, but I was initially just thinking I didn’t think Child Ballad was that long but I too would be worried about sending intricately-made art over the ocean so extra packing makes sense and joining my friend in admiring the box.

Please note the pattern of the paper. (I actually recognized it from a tumblr post of pyrrhlc’s.)

My friend and I carefully unwrapped it, at which point, she said, “you should make an unboxing video!” and I was not about to wait long enough to do anything that fancy but I did take pictures and look:

WHAT

WHAT

Friends. Comrades. Seen here now at home on my desk:

FOUR BOOKS.

Four extremely beautiful books! Plus an enclosed note with a handsome crow (the books are from the Black Crow Bindery!) which contains kind words about my fics and also edifying facts about the patterns on the covers! The Service Work ones are based on wallpaper from the 1880s! They all have pretty ribbons and handsome Baskerville typeface!

The two Service Work books also have these pretty metal corner guards which probably have a technical name I am unaware of! Tumblr won’t let me add more pictures! You can kind of see them in the others, though!

They are all very beautiful! I am very grateful! Please admire @pyrrhlc’s artistry in this as well as in his writing! I am admiring them on my bookshelf as I speak!

[mswyrr]

My favorite "Tam Lin" is the one by Anais Mitchell. This one comes in a close second though

[adampostssongs]

#3 - Tia Blake - Hangman (Child 95) (1971)

What it is: A more or less straight folk performance of Child Ballad #95, “The Maid Freed From The Gallows”. What I like about it: I love folk music. I love soft, understated harmony and clean recordings of acoustic instruments. I love unusual and unconventional female singing voices. This recording has all of these in spades. This instantly jumped to the top of my list of performances of Child #95 the second I heard it. 

[phosbogey]

what a kind and reliable group

[captious-solarian]

Put off put off your gown of green Stand straight upon the stone And I will tell you by and by Whether you be a maid or none

[remusfinglupin]

You know the mlm ship is going to slap when it’s a blonde x brunette. That’s it

🎨: sophithil

[whalemoo]

[sakurabraches]

think my new favorite theory is that the fatui harbingers all have some corrupted idea of love, which shows how the tsartisa's ideal has been damaged

childe loves combat and constantly seeks to grow stonger, no matter what

signora was in such grief from losing rostam that she tried to burn the world away

dottore only loves gaining knowledge, to the point that he'll do anything to aquire it, no matter who it hurts

scaramouche was essentially obsesed with obtaining a heart (gnosis)

arlecchino clearly loves those close to her, but is ruthless towards anyone she deems a "traitor"

pantalone is obsessed with wealth, and thinks it's like "the beating heart of the world" and wants to control it

idk what everyone else's would be, but it's just an interesting thought

[thefearofcod]

Top 5 tam lin

YEah ok i totally didn't open this and then forget about it. These aren't ranked but they are true

Medieaval Baebes Tam Lin. I particularly like the nature sounds in the background. Creepy. Wet.

The Forgetmenauts Tam Lin. This one is a really cool modernization, and it's interesting to have it sung by a man (for these five minutes at least he is gay). Goes more into the prior relationship between the narrator and Tam Lin.

The Biscuits Tam Lin. Lo-fi punk, traditional Child 39a lyrics. Two tastes that taste great together. Wild. Crunchy.

Alistair Hulett's Tam Lin. This is how it's supposed to sound. sorry to haters who do not have ten minutes to shut up and hear a story.

Anais Mitchell's Tam Lin (Child 39). A classic. This is the version where I first worked out that Janet is a badass. Mesmerizing. Dry.

Honorable mention to best interpretation: The Imagined Village's Tam Lyn Retold. This fucking rules idk what to tell you

[kieranquigley]

help

[linearao3]

Child Ballad

(E, 15/15)

Chapter 15: To the Greenwood

Children trust differently, Kaz thinks.

[mikahyuni]

killer queen x good old fashioned lover boy

[mirukupowda]

scarameow for a day because of dottore's experiment, childe was given a task to take care of him.

though scara going to remember it all and ready to kill dottore because of this...

[1800naveen]

Tam Lin from the Ballad of Tam Lin is fine as fuck.

Janet, you lucky girl.

BLONDES ON TOP!