#harmony and horror toy maker

[iekeejkeek]

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[applewoodgirl]

why is the toy maker from harmony and horror kinda hot

[amandawolfy]

Toy Maker Fanart Harmony & Horror

[chronicparagon]

Did they believe in Santa?: There was a time when Harmony believed in Santa. It brought magic and wonder during the holiday season. Though her family was poor, they did what they could to make Christmas a wonderful holiday with what they had. Harmony had some toys, but they were simple and often handmade which she loved dearly. Sadly, she couldn't keep them for long because of the wildfire that took her childhood home.

As Harmony got older, she realizes that there isn't really a figure called Santa, but in a way, he is real. He lives through the spirit of kindness and generosity. It's the spirit of giving and love that keeps the magic alive. Harmony kept that alive by making crafts to give as gifts like blankets, scarves, and hats to charities, and would work more hours for toys for toy drives and buy gifts for her loved ones.

When the time comes, Harmony isn't sure about lying to her own children about Santa. That is a choice she will come to when it's necessary, but one thing is for sure, she will do everything to make their Christmas dreams come true.

Were they a dinosaur or rock kid?: Though she likes rocks and like to have crystals and gems around, Harmony was more into nature and stars. Her early childhood was full of nights when her grandfather told her stories about the Star Nation and the tales of heroes and spirits that reside in the heavens. She also lived on a reservation near a national park, which gave her the chance to see the wildlife. She loved to learn about nature when she could. Reading books about animals, flowers, stars and constellations she got from the library, and decorating her room with stars she drew and cut out, often drew animals, and had a collection of pressed flowers she collected and plushies. Her love for nature followed her into adulthood.

Bugs or slimy critters?: Harmony loves butterflies, moths, honeybees, and bumblebees but is not a fan of bunch of insects. She isn't into slimy critters either but will treat them kindly.

Do they fidget? How?: Harmony fidgets every once in a while when she's restless or nervous. She taps her foot or plays with her hair.

What were they frequently in trouble for as a child?: Harmony was normally a well-behaved child. There were a few moments when she got into trouble but it was nothing severe.

What underwear do they like?: Most of them are hipster and bikini style bottoms in different colors, but some have straps or cute designs like stars or cherries. She has a few boyshorts too and if her lover wants it, she would wear something with lace or thongs for them. As for bras, most of them are T-shirt bras, but she also has sports bras and a few push-up bras. The push-ups are fancier with lacy patterns and a small charm sewn between the cups.

In verses where she's shipped, Harmony would own some lingerie that is to her lover's liking.

Designs on clothing or no?: Some of her clothes have designs. She likes celestial designs on clothes, flowers on dresses, or cute designs on jeans or shorts. Some of her clothing also have representations of Indigenous designs made by Indigenous makers and artists.

Birthmarks?: No birthmarks, but she has scars like the burns on the right part of her back and down her arm. Harmony also has some stretch marks on her hips, inner thighs, and a few on the sides of her breasts.

Do they have good self control?: Usually, but sometimes she struggles with it. Examples are how many sprinkles she pours onto her ice cream, and the urge to pet animals or hug her loved ones. When others are in danger, Harmony would be reckless enough to throw herself into the fray to save them.

Favorite franchise?: Harmony loves the horror movie icons with Jason and Michael Myers being the top picks. She also loves, loves, LOVES Buc-ee's, which is a franchise of convenience stores in southern US states with most of the locations in Texas. Harmony thinks they are the greatest shops in the world and she adores the beaver mascot. Though this is not a specific franchise, Harmony likes to collect plushies and stuffed animals. She's a fan of things with ghosts on them, too.

Do they re-enact scenarios in the shower?: Harmony reflects a lot in the shower. Sometimes, she practices how she may ask a love interest or lover out, how things were through the day, and occasionally her worries about the future.

Do they tell the waiter that their order is wrong?: No, she doesn't. While Harmony knows well that she needs to speak up, she fears she will be an inconvenience. This girl is a little too polite.

Stairs or elevator?: Harmony prefers the stairs. She likes to have as much physical activity as possible. However, if the floor she needs to be on is over five floors, she may opt for the elevator.

Are they an exaggerator when telling stories?: It depends. Harmony tries to be honest, but when she is telling stories as entertainment like the lore from her culture, she will add details to make the stories more immersive. She wouldn't lie unless she thinks she needs to and the guilt wouldn't leave her.

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[miiilowo]

hi okay, the series is Harmony & Horror by Battington Its about two toy makers/brothers (mainly focusing on the one with the family) and their toy company, there should be a playlist on yt. IMO, Its equal parts goofy and scary in the perfect ratio and kinda underrated. iirc it has 2 seasons so far but idk if the second season is done yet

obh ive heard of that actually ! i started the daggz video on it and then i got distracted but im planning on checking it out

[itsthevioletqueen]

if memes are the only way to make this fandom thrive then so be it

[zima74824]

So now that I’ve rewatched the battingtons harmony and horror series I went back to the what went wrong tape and the star in the toy makers head is one of the satanic rituals I bet he made and at first that thing that attacked him I thought was bonzo but now that I see the star symbol it makes sense he made a deal with the devil and now he’s dead

[poptartcrazy]

The toy maker guy from harmony and horror gives off major tumblr sexyman energy and idk if I should be scared or laugh

[screamcreations]

I'm getting back into writing so I'll write down what you can request/from what fandom as well as what not to request because some limits need to be placed as to I'm not comfortable writing some things. FYI btw, I'm kinda behind a few fandoms and I'm trying to get to know them and the characters mostly otherwise I won't know how to get their personality in these writings so, bare with me and enjoy this hell ride 🤡

Fandoms I'll write for!!

-Slashers

Micheal Myers

Jason Voorhess

Leather Face

Freddy Kruger

Ghost Face

Carrie White

Jigsaw

The Terrifier

Creeper

Samara

Chucky?

Tiffany

(More to come)

-Residents Evil 8

Lady Dimitrescu aka Alcina

The Dimitrescu Daughters

Donna Beneviento

Karl Heisenberg

Moreau

Ethan Winters?

(More to come)

-Creepypasta

Jeff The Killer

Masky

Toby

Hoodie

Slender

Splendor

Trender

Offender man is cancelled don't even.

Laughing Jack

Ben Drowned

Eyeless Jack

-Harmony and Horror

The Toy Maker

Gloria

Author

(Barely anyone.)

How You Can Request Them

There's examples of how they are by clicking the title of each way to request :)

Bitshots

They're short and quick. They're not the type to be a chapter long. About 2-4 paragraphs.

Scenarios

Similar to bitshots but your character will be in different scenarios as you asked such as How would they react, What would they do if, and all that and there can be multiple up to 3 characters :)

Headcanons

Yes

Additional

This is just a list of my own non-requested x readers/bit shots/scenarios whatever lol

[iekeejkeek]

Purple boy and girl! 💜🍆🍇🌂🔮

[slashingdisneypasta]

(this is something that actually happend to me once so it got me thinking) Imagine horror house au. Jason and Bubba got phones so they can stay in touch (text each other) while Bubba is back at the farm. Then one day Jason accidently texts wrong number and person answers...Fast forward few months, they are still texting and are practicly bffs despite never meating in rl! How would the rest on household react when they found out? I can only imagine amount of teasing from Freddy lol.

I love this idea!! I think Jason texts really well once he gets the hang of it (With both thumbs, and fast! I mean I don't see him becoming a techie, he's a woods man through and through, but he has his phone on him and engages in text conversations with you and Bubba regularly); He's got lots to say and he 'speaks' really bluntly/clearly, but in a sort of soft way you know? His tone is just not in your face.

And- now- HORROR HOUSE TIME? Yaaaaayyyyyyyy! okie

Billy and Stu: These boys are too busy losing their bloody minds. Halloween Kills is coming out.

Bubba: Bubs reads all your text conversations haha XDD Jason trusts him and doesn't think twice about letting him and he just lives vicariously through his honorary brother (In a good way. Not a sad way. he's happy for Jason and he's excited to read the texts- like a tween girl. Which is not supposed to sound lame haha XD If you have been a tween girl reading your friends texts with a boy, you'll get it). He considers himself your match maker in a weird roundabout way.

Carrie: Oh my gosh Carrie is so. Happy. for Jason!! A lil jealous, but mostly happy!!

Chucky: Chucky will laugh his little plastic ass off at his dude-bro Freddy's jokes about it and even throw some into the pool himself but he is not nearly as stuck into this as Freddy is though. Chucky has a wife, he has children. He has a gender change going on- basically, he's a busy toy.

Freddy: *The evillest snickering after he has stolen the phone in question* 'N u d e s p l s' (The please is there because he knows Jason is a good boy and uses his manners and he must stay in character, haha XDD ) (Which is followed shortly by you responding, knowing damn well this is not your friend, sending back the foundation make-up shades)

Jennifer: Is similar to Chucky, but not because she's got other stuff going on. She just cares very little about the affairs of zombie men.

Michael: *Steals the phone from Freddy* *Proceeds to download a gazzillion games that Jason never wanted*

Patrick: Oh nay, nay. Like most else in this household- Pat tries to stay out of it. He doesn't care. He wants as little to do with these freaks as he can.

Pennywise: *Watching Michael play the phone games. Helping him to find the inappropriate ones* "I've also heard good things about E Harmony-

Tiffany: "For gods sake you lower life forms give Jason back his fucking phone so he can have giant babies."

[aion-rsa]

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DEN OF GEEK CRITICS PICKS

Django Unchained 

The second of Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist history lessons, Django Unchained is a provocative, post-modern Western film that mixes the widescreen sensibilities of Sergio Leone with Tarantino’s own gonzo impulses to create something hyper-violent, subversively funny, and more than a bit uncomfortable. Jamie Foxx stars as a slave freed by a German bounty hunter played by Christoph Waltz. Waltz won an Oscar for his performance as the kind German that takes in the stoic but savvy Django as his partner. Together, they travel the pre-Civil War South, killing slavers and savage men. Eventually, they embark on a more personal mission, as Django intends to free his beloved wife from a sadistic plantation owner played by a scenery-chewing Leonardo DiCaprio. With anachronistic needle-drops, hands-over-eyes horrors, and more blood than a donation bank, Django Unchained is an epic, entertaining revenge fantasy for the ages.

Silver Linings Playbook

From director David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook is a screwball romantic comedy for the modern age. Despite inviting, yet livewire lead performances from Jennifer Lawerence and Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook really shines as an ensemble: Robert DeNiro, Jackie Weaver, Chris Tucker and Anupam Kher bring fully-realized characters to life in just a handful of scenes. Based on Matthew Quick’s novel of the same name, Silver Linings Playbook finds Bradley Cooper as a man who has been released from a psychiatric hospital a bit too soon. He’s frantically trying to prove that he’s bettered himself in an effort to win back his wife, but when he meets the equally unstable and filterless character played by Jennifer Lawerence, unusual sparks fly. Combining the familiar tropes of a sports film with unorthodox romantic leads, Silver Linings Playbook is a crowd-pleasing watch that creates harmony out of dysfunction.

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

It never mattered where Anthony Bourdain was going, we just wanted to be along for the ride. We lost the soulful, iconoclastic bad-boy of the culinary world far too soon, but he left behind a treasure trove of rewarding travelogues that tackled culture, social dynamics, and most importantly, food. Whether he was weighing in on a world-famous culinary hotspot or peeling back the curtain on a hole-in-wall gem, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations was always thoughtful, fearless, and never less than authentic. It’s the rare show that is as educational as it is entertaining, hosted by a candid host who knew how to travel, knew where to eat, but most crucially, knew how to connect with people. Reality TV doesn’t get realer than this.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Following the mind-boggling success of the original Halloween, director John Carpenter had a clever idea. Instead of churning out sequels starring Michael Meyers, Halloween would become an anthology series, with each new film telling a spooky tale centered on the October holiday. The concept was inevitably scrapped, but Halloween III: Season of the Witch suggests that maybe Carpenter and co. should have stuck to their guns. Taking inspiration from Invasion of the Body Snatchers and working off a concept that Carpenter described as  “witchcraft meets the computer age,” Halloween III: Season of the Witch finds a doctor and the daughter of a toy maker trying to uncover the horrifying truth behind the town of Santa Mara, home to Silver Shamrock, the world’s largest manufacturer of Halloween masks. Intelligent, surprising, and disturbing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is due for a critical reevaluation that heralds it as one of the most ambitious horror movies of the ‘80s 

Clerks II

With the recent announcement that Clerks III has started production, it’s the perfect time to revisit Kevin Smith’s first-sequel to his independent film phenomenon, Clerks. Clerks II picks up with our titular clerks Dante and Randall 10 years after the events of the first film. The Quick Stop has gone up in flames and been replaced with a Mooby’s fast food restaurant. Dante and Randall toil the day away with their sheltered co-worker Elias and too-cool for minimum wage manager Becky. While the film tackles adult male friendships and middle age complacency, it’s main appeal is still sitting around, shooting the shit with your pals and listening to their expletive-filled rants about Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or whatever pop culture fascination that they’re hung up on. Come for the surprisingly poignant story about Dante deciding to leave his friend behind, stay for Jay, Silent Bob, and a donkey. 

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Dark Tide  

Deadfall  

Deadfall 

Django Unchained  

Escape from Alcatraz  

Feast  

Ismael’s Ghost  

Kickboxer  

Lucky Number Sleven  

The Naked Gun 2-1/2: The Smell of Fear 

The Naked Gun 33-1/3: The Final Insult 

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!  

Pulse  

Redemption 

Seabiscuit 

Silver Linings Playbook 

Skyfire 

Wind River  

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The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared  

22 Bullets  

24 Hours to Live  

3rd Rock from the Sun 

6 Bullets  

99 Homes  

A Little Bit of Heaven  

A Walk in the Woods  

Aeon Flux  

After.Life 

Afternoon Delight  

The Air I Breathe 

Alan Partridge 

ALF  

Alone in the Dark 

Amelie  

Answer Man  

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 

Arthur and the Invisibles  

Battle Royale  

Bel Canto  

Bernie 

Better Watch Out 

Black Books  

Black Christmas  

Black Death  

Black Sheep (2006) 

Blitz 

Blood and Bone  

Bobby 

Bronson  

The Brothers Bloom 

The Burning Plain 

Cagefighter  

Cake 

Candy  

Cashback 

Catch .44 

Cell 

Chain of Command 

Child 44 

The Choice 

Clerks II  

Coherence  

The Collector  

Congo  

Cooties  

Cops and Robbers  

The Core 

The Cotton Club 

Critical Condition  

Crossing Lines  

Croupier  

Cube  

Cube 2 

Cube Zero  

Deadfall 

The Death and Life of Bobby Z 

Death and the Maiden 

Death Proof 

The Deep Blue Sea 

Deep Red  

Derailed  

The Descent Part 2 

Detachment  

The Devils’ Rejects  

Diary of the Dead  

Distorted  

District B13 

DOA: Dead or Alive  

Dragged Across Concrete 

Eden Lake 

Edison 

Europa Resort 

Falcon Rising  

The Fall  

Fido  

The Fighting Temptations  

Filth  

Find Me Guilty  

Fire in the Sky 

Fire with Fire  

Flirting with Disaster  

Flowers of War 

Flyboys 

Force Majeure 

Formula 51  

Four Lions  

Frailty  

Frank  

Freeway  

The Frozen Ground 

Getting to Know You 

Ghost in the Shell 

The Ghost Writer  

Ginger Snaps  

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest  

The Girl Who Played with Fire  

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  

God Bless America 

Goon  

Goya’s Ghosts  

Grand Isle 

Grave Encounters  

A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints  

Halloween II  

Halloween III: Season of the Witch  

Hannibal Rising  

Happythankyoumoreplease 

Hard Candy  

Hell’s Kitchen 

Hester  

High Rise 

Highlander  

Hobo with a Shotgun 

The Homesman 

The Horseman  

The Host  

House of 1000 Corpses  

House of the Rising Sun  

How I Live Now  

The Humanity Bureau  

The Hunter  

I Give it a Year  

I Saw the Devil 

I See You  

I Spit on Your Grave  

Ida  

If Only 

The Illusionist  

In Hell  

In the Blood 

In Too Deep  

The Infiltrator  

Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road  

Invasion of the Body Snatchers  

It’s a Boy Girl Thing 

Jeff, Who Lives at Home  

Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters  

Joe 

John Dies at the End  

The Joneses  

Juliet, Naked 

Just Getting Started 

Kevin Hart: Cold as Balls 

King of New York 

Kinky Boots  

The Kite Runner  

Knight of Cups  

The Last Days on Mars  

The Lazarus Project  

Leaves of Grass 

The Legend of Hercules  

Lethal Eviction  

The Limey  

Lionheart 

A Little Bit of Heaven 

A Long Way Down  

Love Story 

Maggie 

The Maiden Heist  

A Man Called Ove 

The Man from Earth 

The Man from Nowhere  

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote  

The Matador  

Mesrine Killer: Instinct  

The Messenger  

Middle Men 

Midsomer Murders  

Misconduct 

Miss Potter 

Monster 

Monsters  

Mother  

Mr. Church  

Murdoch Mysteries  

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 

Never Back Down: No Surrender 

Noah  

The Oxford Murders  

P2 

The Paperboy 

Paycheck  

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RC

     Investigative journalism or how we lose ourselves to this world. I need to write an investigative journalism piece. I’ve been forced into it by academia. Fine. I like investigating things. It’s daunting with all the constraints of daily life, but fine. I mull over the different ideas that come to mind. What figure, what act, what crime. I have ideas that are nice---nice in the way one could write beautifully about the subject---but these are not good ideas that unhinge the door of the personal so we might walk the universal hallway. I work on a client’s manuscript. I have more ideas. I jot them down and go back to work. I flip horrors around in my head and then shoot them down with the pistols of consideration, logistics, time. The Hammersmith nude murders? No, all the evidence has been lost they say. Perhaps another day. Perhaps once I’m in England I can stand on the bridge, walk the west of it, ask who may know what, imagine the feeling, mourn the victims, kick pebbles next to that water while muttering a mantra or prayer. Bible John? Well, we have a suspect list, but we don’t have the time to investigate them all or present a new theory---can’t locate enough of his psychological profile. We can’t locate enough of anything. The redhead murders? We have the proximity, but this case has toyed with us. A man who disappears into the night in a truck or car. He’s phantom. The missing girls of Chillicothe? A sex worker shot someone who was trying to kill her. We believe it to be the man who lurked those dusty streets we’d drive through on the way across Ohio to reach anywhere other than Ohio, but was it him or just a different violent man? Some documentary makers presented a racist theory centered around drugs that pissed me off. The logic was off. The argument went against how we know dealers to operate. I could...no, not this case either. We’re still too angry. We have too much proximity. Those girls faces were plastered in our neighborhoods. We drove by posters of Megan too often. We looked out into the woods and hills and we wondered where she was.        I stop work. I stop going back and forth between work and lousy ideas. I consider writing about painting although there’s little to investigate there. I could figure out something, I think. A way to make it into journalism. I’ve seen flimsier ideas done before. I stray to the bathroom. I try to read there while brushing my teeth. One page is consumed before my focus flees and I have to set down the text on the old off-white counters. I do my skincare routine. Use pink Clarisonic to wash my face. Splash my face with water. Somehow keep the water in the sink. Toner. Toner. Toner. Toner. An essence. Use purple Clarisonic, the one that has the massage head still attached to it, to force the goopy essence into the skin until the skin goes red, until I can see the blood underneath the surface. Facial oil. Moisturizer. I shoo cats from the room. I pop mouthwash into my mouth, swish, spit out. I make faces at myself in the mirror. When I smile, I just as soon grimace. I never liked my smile. I look disingenuous and stupid when I smile. I purse my lips into what I do think is attractive before taking a sugar scrub to them. I apply a cheap lip balm that I’m convinced does nothing but I apply it religiously all the same. I put some lotion on my flaking hands. I leave the bathroom. I get the cats their night water. In response, they pounce around and scream their strange harmony. I begin to walk up the stairs, my arms brimming with cans of fizzy water, a contact case, the book I was reading that I stopped reading. My phone is shoved down my bra. I yell at my brother, who is in the living room writing. I yell at him to make sure the door is locked, and I say what we always say: “No Richard Chase.” Nightly, we have a variation of this exchange. One of us bringing up Richard Chase as the other walks to the door and turns the golden bar. Richard Chase---the man whose crimes makes us lock our doors. And there, as easily and as difficult as that, I have my subject. 

[froggos-chaos-corner]

You know everytime I see the toy maker from harmony and horror he seem different like he seems scared and sad so maybe the toy maker is what Martin use to be.

huh-

[rockdadca]

Review: Iron Maiden at Budweiser Stage (Night 2)

Band: Iron Maiden Venue: Budweiser Stage Date: August 10, 2019

When Maiden comes to town, their presence is known. Donning terrifying black Iron Maiden shirts, "metalheads" of all ages flood the streets of Toronto as they embark on their obligatory pilgrimage to the gig. Once there, adult "metalheads" pound back pints of "Trooper," a beer commissioned by the band.

The shirts, the dark imagery and song names like "The Number of the Beast" give every mother a reason to assume we are attending a dark satanic ritual. The reality is...an Iron Maiden show is like going to see a horror play. Think Macbeth or the Phantom of the Opera. That all said, Eddie, their otherworldly mascot, is quite terrifying.  

This past weekend, Iron Maiden brought their Legacy of the Beast tour to Toronto's Budweiser Stage for two sold-out nights.

The Legacy of the Beast is Maiden's most ambitious and theatrical production to date. Since this was by far one of the most memorable shows I've ever attended, I feel it deserves a rather self-indulging, in-depth look.

As I was thinking of how to unpack the setlist, I realized it could be organized into five thematic acts: war, religion, mythology, horror and philosophy.

This time around, lead singer Bruce Dickinson explained they were "not going to play any new songs." Instead, they chose to — for the first time — celebrate their existing catalogue. The news was bittersweet, as Maiden fans tend to embrace new material with their fists up high.

Let's dive in...

Act I: War

8:50 PM. The lights dim in the amphitheatre and a taped version of "Transilvania" slowly fades in. Fans rush to their seats but know they have time, as UFO's 1974 "Doctor Doctor" has signalled the start of the show for the last ten years.

Knowing the show is about to start, we make ourselves comfortable in our usual nook. Its location I can't disclose for obvious reasons, but I can tell you we stood much closer to the stage than we were supposed to. Our rock & roll way to stick it to the man.

Two soldiers stand guard as Winston Churchill's famous WWII rally cry plays in the background. When Churchill says the line "We shall never surrender!" the lights go out, and the soldiers pull the covers off the stage. Within seconds, the barren stage transforms into the sodden trenches of the Battle of Britain and the band rushes on stage playing the explosive "Aces High."

If that wasn't enough, a life-size WWII fighter plane descended from the rafters as singer Bruce Dickinson ran on stage donning a full fighter pilot outfit.

The next few songs followed the same theme. "Where Eagles Dare" and "2 Minutes to Midnight" both sing of the second world war.

"This next song is called The Clansman. That's with a "C" for any Americans who may be here tonight!" Dickinson explained, now wearing a red Brittish Army uniform.

"The Clansman" is a song about the early Scottish clans' struggle as they fought for freedom from their oppressors.

"The Trooper" marked the end of Act I. A song about the 1854 Battle of Balaclava, during the Crimean War. This song is incredibly cinematic. The drumbeat resembles the galloping of the horses as they charged towards the Russian army.

At this point, a larger than life Eddie made an appearance, challenging Dickinson to a  sword duel in front of a giant illustration of a grim battle. Dickinson — a former professional fencer —inevitably defeated the evil enemy, setting off pyrotechnics off Eddie's face.  

Act 2: Religion

Any Maiden fan will know that drummer Nicko McBrain is Christian, and while not Christian themselves, the rest of the band has always been fascinated by Christianity. Be it Biblical stories or the tumultuous history of the church.

For the second act, the stage became an English gothic church — complete with stained glass windows featuring Eddie and wooden candle-lit chandeliers.

The songs during this part of the set included "Revelations," "For the Greater Good of God," and  the chilling sing-along "Wicker Man."

Act 2 culminated with the eerie "Sign of The Cross," Maiden's longest and most progressive song. This song demonstrates how Maiden gets away with three lead guitarists who are best mates. Besides their signature harmonies, each brings a unique playing style that together makes Maiden...Maiden.

Act 3: Mythology

I am not sure if you've noticed, but we are nine songs in, and there has been no song to be missed for a quick piss. And this may be a spoiler, but Iron Maiden made sure you got your money's worth and then some with every chosen song.

After two long themed acts, the stage once against transformed. This time into a Greek temple.

Maiden blared a much heavier and faster version of  "The Flight of Icarus.". Fans were ecstatic. The song about the epic Greek mythology story had not made a live appearance since 1986.

As with the cover of the vinyl single, Dickinson used [real] flame throwers to melt the wax off Icarus' wings. Icarus then ignited sparks and fell into oblivion.

Act 4: Fear

On what I would guess was the fifth or sixth outfit change, Dickinson entered the scene of a dark world wearing a long black coat and top hat. On his hand, he held a lantern as he sang "Fear of the Dark".  Because both Dickinson and bassist Steve Harris suffer from a certain level of Nyctophobia, the song is played with authentic first-hand conviction.

The scenery quickly went from dark and spooky to downright terrifying when a colossal devil overcame the stage for the band's most infamous song (amongst mothers): The Number of the Beast.

For an outsider, I can understand how hearing a choir of 16,000 chanting "Six! Six Six! The Number of the Beast could be terrifying. Thankfully the song is about a nightmare, with heavy influences from the book of Revelation and a Robert Burns poem.

Being at an Iron Maiden concert while this song is playing is hard put into words. In one hand, you have thousands of people screaming the words with their "irons" up high having a blast. Then there is the band, who always, always dons a grin as they run around in circles, teasing each other and laughing.

Casual fans would have been ok to end there, but there were more surprises.

In keeping with tradition, the melodic anthem "Iron Maiden" closed the set.

Encore: Philosophy

The eternal battle between good and evil, questions of what constitutes morality and the meaning of life are at the core of Iron Maiden's music and lyrics.

The epic "The Evil That Men Do" opened the encore before quickly transitioning into the highly celebrated "Hallowed Be Thy Name."

The performance of "Hallowed Be Thy Name" defied the archetype of the encore. This was no victory lap; Iron Maiden had more stories to tell in full.

For this song, Dickinson dressed like a prisoner in rags. With shackled hands, he cried for mercy from inside a cell at the top of the stage. As the song progressed, the prisoner makes his way to the gallows, where a noose awaited.

The vivid scene of the final moments of this prisoner, made "Hallowed Be Thy Name" the most dramatic performance of the show.

11:00 was a few minutes away, so the next song was inevitably going to be the last. The band closed the show with the classic "Run to The Hills."

"Scream for me Toronto!," Dickinson commanded. And the crowd obliged one last time.

Unlike many of their peers from the first wave of heavy metal, Maiden still looks and sounds fresh. Every member treats the show like an Olympic marathon, sprinting, jumping, and in the case of Bruce Dickinson even lunging. Their athleticism may explain their energy and good health, but it's their passion that continues to attract new fans.

Lead guitarists Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Janick Gers look like best friends running around in a playground with their favourite toys. Steve Harris and Nicko displayed the same level of excitement and gratitude. None of them ever missed a single note.

I connected with a long-time Maiden fan and asked how their live performances today compare to their early years. Unsurprisingly, they said the shows just keep on getting better.

Iron Maiden tours are a commercial Behemoth. On average, a show will gross about $1.25M in revenue. But it’s clear that even considering how lucrative touring can be, these guys aren't in it for the money. After all, they haven’t stopped making music or touring since 1975. Music is what they love, and they won't stop until they are called to meet their maker.

Against the wishes of all mothers, I am off to spin The Number of the Beast on vinyl!

Setlist

Aces High

Where Eagles Dare

2 Minutes to Midnight

The Clansman

The Trooper

Revelations

For the Greater Good of God

The Wicker Man

Sign of the Cross

Flight of Icarus

Fear of the Dark

The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden

The Evil That Men Do

Hallowed Be Thy Name

Run to the Hills

Listen to my Legacy of the Beast playlist here!

Photo Credits:

Flight of Icarus / Beast: https://www.instagram.com/jossmonzon/

[itsthevioletqueen]

gloria genuinely terrifies me and i wouldn’t be surprised if she’s my sleep paralysis demon