#so not super related to the song

[rexscanonwife]

Uhm uh uh...I have no excuse for this 😔 PPG self insert who is secretly an alien! I imagine her intro episode would have her having a little romance with the professor when he comes into a bookstore she works at/owns and the girls being (rightfully, given the prof's dating history) suspicious of her. Wacky capers ensue where they try to prove that she's up to no good, only to find that she genuinely is just chilling and wants to live a normal life on earth!

Well, normal as she can, now that she knows this family! I think she'd fit right in 😉

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[xerith-42]

I think I'll forever be a little bitter that mcd was never able to get the fandom song treatment. Like. Okay say what you will about the DSMP

But imagine if we'd gotten an Oblivion style song about Laurance's descent thanks to the Calling

Some sweet lullaby cover of Levin's music box that's meant to be sung by Zoey or Aphmau

The rock anthem that could be made about Zenix's journey of self discovery that we never saw but forever rot over

Give Zianna a trilogy of songs that are ostensibly about her sons but also an exploration of her journey with Garte as she had each son

Mellow folk songs that are written by/about Vylad or the Ro'Meave family

Katelyn grief anthem when?

Zane gets awesome evil villain songs to talk about why he's an awesome evil villain

Mystical tunes abound for many of our silly little creatures that inspire whimsy

I can see the song called "Brother's Lament" and it's like a duet song between Gene and Garroth about how they've failed their younger brothers in different ways and the ways in which they cope with it, good and poor

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE ANGSTY ASS SONGS ABOUT DANTE WAITING ALL THOSE YEARS FOR APHMAU?? THERE'S AN ENTIRE ALBUM OF SONGS THAT COULD EXIST CALLED "15 Years" AND IT'S JUST ABOUT EVERYONE'S ANGST AROUND IT

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

“because he never accepts that it's never been about righteousness--it's about repentance.” except javert killing himself IS repentance.

well, it’s like 12 different things, because bro had gone days without sleeping and very little food and water and he already had low self-worth and kept asking the amis to kill him and just assumed he was going to die AND THEN valjean upended his understanding of the world and morality. he was really going through it & there are a lot of overlapping reasons for why he jumps into the seine.

but javert is like Number One Most Responsible guy in the whole story. taking responsibility is his Thing (forever bitter the musical doesn’t include the punish me monsieur le maire scene). how else, in his derailment, could he atone for his conceived misdeeds other than by handing in his resignation to god? in the brick he had already left a note urging his superiors to treat convicts at toulon better, which is another step in his repentance (and another crime the musical commits by not including it). jumping into the seine was another step.

honestly a lot of ppl who like the book think the musical was dead wrong to exclude him from the big heaven group sing, because it COMPLETELY undermines the themes of forgiveness and compassion threaded throughout les mis. like the musical was simply wrong lol.

This is helpful context! I am still finishing the brick, although I have fully read the abridged version, and that detail about the letter wasn't included, so I didn't know that occurred! (And thank you for the message--this is a long response but I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!)

I agree that Javert is certainly deeply distraught and remorseful; like you mentioned, his worldview is literally falling apart, and his actions reflect his mental state. But his death isn't really repentance--in the sense that it's not what God would have wanted. To me it reads like a Judas situation: a desperate realization of a huge mistake, and doing the only thing you think can make it right, namely, ending it all. That's the just punishment for someone so wrong, isn't it?

But true repentance, meaning the repentance that the Lord desires, is about changing your ways, not "paying a price." Had Javert really understood the beauty of Valjean's mercy (an image of Christ's, just as the bishop's undeserved mercy was to Valjean himself), rather than killing himself, he would have lived to also become "an honest man"--in heart. One who could forgive and understand forgiveness, for himself as well as others. One who could recognize that he is not The Law, that he can fall, but that he can also be "brought to the light." One who could accept that men like Valjean, and men like himself, CAN change, and be changed.

It's tragic to me because so much of "Stars," and his character in the book as well as the musical, is about wanting to be righteous, to rise above his birth and the sinfulness he associates it with. It's about wanting to please the Lord by his actions. But in his end, he shows he never understood what God really wanted from him, and that's where my original phrase comes in: not righteousness, but repentance. To live, and face the man you were, knowing it's no longer the man you are. That it's never been about what you've done or can do, but about what's been done for you. That's the Gospel that he could never fully accept.

To use another example you mentioned, that misunderstanding drives why he asks the Mayor (Valjean) to punish him--in his worldview, mercy is unjust, or at the very least, unfair. Evil must be punished; "those who fall like Lucifer fell" receive "the sword." But "as it is written," God "desires mercy, not sacrifice" (Matthew 9:13). God would have wanted Javert to live, and Javert couldn't see that, and that's why it's devastating to me. In his misunderstanding of the heart of God, he misses what would have set him free from the chains of sin he's always been trying to escape.

That's why he's contrasted with Valjean, who (though he carries guilt about his past till the end of his life) is eventually able to face it and confess what he had done to those he loves. He knew there was mercy to be found, if only it was asked for. Javert was too blinded by pride and shame to realize it, and so, while broken, he never was able to truly repent.

For that, you must go on.

[sainz]

a closeted 20 year old that comes from a conservative rural family falling in love with a openly gay 18 year old on spanish prime tv

[darkmuse112-og]

“Just sleep.

The hardest part’s

the awful things that I’ve seen.”

[starflungwaddledee]

so... spotify wrapped is out. i've received an ask about music before that i still haven't answered (because yes i am doing a full song comic... lmao) but music is actually an extremely big part of me/my storytelling. so!!

wanna do a thing where you can guess a number between 1-100 in an ask and if you guess something off my top 100 that is related to the kirby hyperfixation in some way (songs related to my aus or story arcs, to specific characters, to The Ship, etc) i will try and doodle something or release a vault drawing in response!

[lagtrain]

things could always be worse. the shitty small band you started following ironically but accidentally got way too invested in could announce a collab with one of your genuinely great favourite small artists. i would know because it JUST HAPPENED TO ME

[luciferstit]

You poor thing. Sweet, mourning lamb. There’s nothing you can do; It’s already been done.

[aquapede]

putting her in outfits from vocaloid songs like a dress up doll

(blood/gore warning for the song this is from)

[weezerlvr228]

flippin boobahs!

[midwest-indigo]

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[sunwarmed-ash]

"How do I get your attention?"

"How does it feel to always have mine?"

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

what are the chances my dad (known music nerd especially when it comes to bass) would be aware of any of the context or lore around Dark Alley

[stimulatory]

carmen cygni (swan song)

[skitskatdacat63]

During the 2020 shut-in era, I basically only listened to Coldplay and god the amnt of emotional nostalgia I get from listening to their music is so

[lyrakanefanatic]

whenever somebody asks what my favourite song is, i will always have to say it’s cardigan. you want a song to cry to? cardigan. a song that’s perfect for every season? cardigan. you want a song that is not too slow but not to upbeat? CARDIGAN. this song can be interpreted in so many different ways too. like you could imagine it being about grief, you could imagine it being about falling in love, the possibilities are endless. and not only that, but cardigan is that type of song that you can listen to over and over again and not get tired of because the lyrics still haunt you every time. leaving like a father?? RUNNING LIKE WATER??? i have single handedly shown every taylor swift hater i know this song, and they always seem to like it. it’s such a beautiful song that you can always sing quietly or scream to. i could go on for hours about every single lyric in this song, because of just how beautiful they are. and also the parallels between this song and betty is just insane. not only that, but also the fact that the same four sounds are used for the whole song is astronomical. and the fact that it was taylors first indie/folk album too is crazy. taylor swift is a beautiful song writer but nobody knows that just because she made pop songs. and the stems in cardigan is literally my lullaby. like, give me a pair of headphones and I’m sleeping like a baby to that song. aaron dessner said “take five” and taylor heard “save lives.”

cardigan is life. cardigan is laugh. cardigan is love.