#someday i'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me

[septembersghost]

Not sure if I've seen the Wizard of Oz film completely. But we read his books. I remember a friend had Ozma of Oz book adaptation version maybe- bit. ly/3O24wOe Maybe it was a coloring book we saw- it was of someone changing heads. Lol- kinda got freaked out. bit. ly/450iK88 One of the characters was called Tik-Tok. Traumatizing- but I do have the Judy Garland version- so someday.

oh my goodness, you MUST see the film all the way through some day, it's a classic! this is funny though, because i never saw return to oz due to the fact that i had a childhood friend who was terrified by it. (and one of my cousins was terrified of the wizard of oz - the wicked witch of the west gave him nightmares! actually a rather sad thing, because margaret hamilton loved children and was constantly sorry that her performance caused them to be scared of her. there's also unfortunately endless upsetting behind-the-scenes lore, but i didn't learn any of that until much later in life and have tried to keep it separate from my childhood innocence of loving the film.) i read the baum books as a child too, and have a beautiful illustrated edition, although it's been such a long time that the memory of the text has faded a bit. (my strongest recollection is the fact that, in the book, the emerald city isn't emerald at all, but only looks green due to the wizard making everyone wear green tinted glasses. the movie is more magical and technicolor!)

i had a somewhat similar experience with wicked - my interest in the music stemmed from that formative love of the wizard of oz, i was very passionately invested in it back in the day, and i read the book a bit later and was like 😳 because the themes are FAR darker and more disturbing than the story adapted for the stage. it's always interesting to see transformations like that, and how much a story's interpretation can impact culture and its legacy!

[justdavina]

I LOVE Rainbows...Don't you?

Let's sing a song Darlings! Somewhere over the Rainbow.

A 1 and a 2 and a 3...GO!

Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high And the dreams that you dreamed of Once in a lullaby

Oh, somewhere over the rainbow Blue birds fly And the dreams that you dreamed of Dreams really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star Wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where trouble melts like lemon drops High above the chimney tops, that's where You'll find me

Oh, somewhere over the rainbow Blue birds fly And the dream that you dare to Oh, why, oh, why can't I?

Well, I see trees of green and Red roses too I'll watch them bloom for Me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world

Well, I see skies of blue and I see Clouds of white And the brightness of day Highlight the dark And I think to myself What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people passing by I see friends shaking hands Saying, "How do you do?" They're really saying, "I, I love you"

I hear babies cry and I watch them grow They'll learn much more Than we'll know And I think to myself What a wonderful world, world

Someday I'll wish upon a star Wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where trouble melts like lemon drops High above the chimney top, that's where You'll find me

Oh, somewhere over the rainbow Way up high And the dream that you dare to Why, oh, why can't I?

[qadmonster]

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Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me

Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

[a-girl-inlace]

Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me

[saenleni]

Someday I'll wish upon a star Wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where trouble melts like lemon drops

[mrowmrowmrow9]

Chapter three is up!

[dorothygalewrites]

Daria Judith Gale

"Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me" Daria is a consummate dreamer, a wanderluster, avid reader, creator, dog lover, and at twenty, a recent college flunky. Still trying to be sunshine for everyone else. Probably hasn't really processed everything that happened. Doing her best.

[rosenallies]

Thank you so much for that preachers son au! I loved it so much! They are so cute with little baby Alejandro! (And Nali nesting fits him so well). Could i suggest a future prompt with Rosé bonding with the baby? We have mostly seen Nali being paternal up until now, but it would be so adorable to see Rosé in that caring, loving role.

I’m glad u liked the last one, I feel like we’ve been talking about them having a baby for forever and I never actually wrote anything with them having a baby until recently but anyway I’m Using writing sweet things about good parents to distract myself from my own parents and how sad I am all the time <333 😌👍🫶🏻😁 so Ty <3

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“Who’s turn is it?” Denali groaned, pressing his face into the pillow as Alejandro wailed on the baby monitor, the thing blinking red in their faces.

“I don’t even know, I’ve got it though, you go back to sleep, baby,” Rosé mumbled, patting Denali’s bare shoulder before pulling himself from bed and padding barefoot down the hallway, the wailing growing louder the closer he got, nearly ear splitting when he walked in.

“Okay, sweetheart, papa’s here,” he cooed, picking up the infant and coddling him against his chest, “it’s okay. Are you hungry? Let’s go try a bottle.”

He continued gently hushing Alejandro as he carried him down the hallway to the kitchen where he quickly fixed him a bottle, testing it on his hand to make sure it wasn’t too warm.

Settling in one of the kitchen chairs, Rosé held the bottle while Alejandro suckled contently, his eyes fluttering shut. Rosé studied his features up close, they’d used Denali’s DNA but found a surrogate that resembled him so he was as close to a mix of the both of them as possible. He’d gotten Denali’s big brown eyes and his sweet little dimples, but the baby’s nose and mouth resembled his own. From the very moment Rosé laid eyes on him, when he was just a scan of a little blob in someone’s belly, he loved him fiercely, vowing to protect him and love him no matter what. He knew that Denali was a natural at taking care of babies, it was his job after all, but as soon as Rosé held their baby after he was born, he became a natural too.

“Are you all done? Good job, baby,” he whispered soothingly when Alejandro detached from the bottle and yawned, raising his chubby little fists while he stretched, “let’s get you back to bed, huh?”

The baby, now fed and content, snuggled against his papa’s chest, little hands fisting in his t-shirt as he was carried back to his nursery.

Although he was already nearly asleep, Rosé opted to rock him some more, singing gently under his breath.

“Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high

There's a land that I heard of

Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh, why can't I?

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh, why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly

Beyond the rainbow

Why, oh why can't I?”

By the time he finished, Alejandro was sleeping peacefully against his chest. Rosé pressed a kiss to his forehead and set him down, turning on his mobile before leaving him to sleep, pausing at the doorway. He let out a breath, feeling warmth spread through him.

“I heard you on the monitor,” Denali muttered as Rosé climbed back into bed, “you’ve sang that to me before.”

Rosé smiled to himself, running his hand through Denali’s sleep mused hair. “My mom and dad used to sing it to my siblings and I when we had bad dreams or whenever we were upset.”

Denali snuggled close to him, kissing his clavicle. “You’re the best father and husband, you know that?”

“It’s the least I can do when I have the most amazing husband and son. Get some sleep though, baby, it’s your turn to get up with him next.”

Giggling, Denali settled against his chest. “I love you.”

“I love you too,” he replied, kissing the top of Denali’s head as they both let sleep pull them back under.

[imaginedreamwrite]

THEE softest Lloyd and Pumpkin and their seeds ♡♡♡

“Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high

There's a land that I heard of

Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far

Behind me.” Your soft voice comes as you rock your baby gently in your arms, back and forth while singing the familiar tune.

There is no one else around, save for Lloyd who’s watching with one ankle cross across his knee and his hands folded on his lap. His chin is tucked into his chest and he watches you with adoring tenderness.

You are standing close to the princess crib, the soft off white fabric hanging against the wall and out of her reach is draped delicately to mirror hair that stemmed from the featured crown. There is nothing that isn’t innately perfect and decorated about the themed nursery that’s soft and pastel, pink and lovely.

“Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly

Beyond the rainbow

Why, oh why can't I?” Lloyd smiles, fully and tenderly as he slowly starts to rise and walk toward you both, one hand resting inside his pocket and the other comes to rest on your shoulder. You feel his chest against your back and his chin rests on the top of your head.

“Everything we’re doing is for you.” Lloyd whispers softly, embracing you and speaking about his daughter. “You’re our little princess, and one day you’ll rule the world.”

[jazzzzzzhands]

Inktober 2023 Yr 8. Day 13: Rise

Someday I'll wish upon a star And Wake up where the clouds are far behind me

[septembersghost]

The Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie when I was little; I watched it over and over. But I remember asking my mom (when I was like six or something) why Dorothy still wanted to go back to boring old Kansas when Oz was so much more colorful and pretty and she had her friends there? Plus, she'd gotten rid of both the wicked witches, so there was no danger left. It didn't make sense to little me lol!

it was one of my favorites too, i watched it many times (and to this day have a collection of oz things scattered around my room!), and over the rainbow has always been very special to me. i remember thinking dorothy seemed so brave even when she was frightened (though very understandable to me when she cried, same for my other formative girlies like alice and snow white and belle!), and i loved toto and wanted a friend like the scarecrow in particular lol. something about the idea of being transported to a magical land has such power when you're a child. i had a pair of sparkly silver shoes and used to click their heels together (i wanted red ones though!).

you know, you asked a perfectly reasonable question! it IS colorful and pretty and she has her friends and toto with her! the journey home i think resonates more when we're grown up, but deep down i still feel the allure of finding a place full of wonder and adventure.

thank you for sending me this, it's so cute and i loved reading it! 💖🌈

[fuwaprince]

Someday I'll wish upon a star & wake up where the clouds are far behind me 🐌🌈☁️☁️☁️

[crownedspectre]

SO Mortis has gone on record multiple times saying this game does not have any one meaning...I know one popular fan theory is that Hugo is very ill and the switch is meant to signify the choice to be taken off of life support and accept death.

To be quite honest, I've never truly cared for this reading of the game and ones similar to it. Not to say they are bad by any means!! I just find the explanations given to be too literal for my tastes, it ignores the significance of the player within the story, and what would Judge's choice mean in that instance? If you are terminally ill, you can not choose to simply not die. You can choose to endure suffering sure but...The Judge is shown to be a sympathetic character, while the Batter is firmly framed as an antagonist in the latter half of the story. I don't think the choice to be taken off life support when you're chronically ill is bad or evil. If anything The Judge's choice seems crueler to me with that reading in mind! My interpretation of the game is within the same spirit, but the stakes are a little less dire than death. To me, this game is about escapism. Toxic escapism...and the choice to either give up and retreat inward or stay present even when it feels like "nothing is left". I have a few key points to support this reading.

1. “Vincit Qui Se Vincit” 

This is what Zacharie says right before you fight The Queen. The full saying translates to “He who prevails over himself is twice victorious” It means that “a person who overcomes his weaknesses or failings, who is able to control his emotions and actions, wins life's most important battle.” I think Zacharie is talking to You here, the player. He is urging you to look inward…to question what Batter represents to you. Thus far, even though you and the Batter have moved as one, there has always been a disconnect due to your limited scope as a being outside the realm of the game, and it’s only grown as you’ve progressed. I am no longer a God, but a passenger at the whims of a narrative, one that has begun to sicken me. This now feels more like Batter's mission than mine, and Zacharie foreshadows that the only way to truly win is to get a handle on this rogue part of ourselves. (This will make more sense when I explain what I feel The Batter is meant to represent, but keep it in mind for now.)

  2. Sucre's Dialogue 

The short conversation before you fight Sucre is really illuminating to me. The first line especially.

"Ignoring why things are so frightening" is the entire purpose of an escapist fantasy. The goal is to endure a painful reality as little as possible. In fact, this has been a theme throughout the entire game, particularly prevalent among the elsen who are more than once seen avoiding aspects of their reality that cause them to feel what they consider to be, unpleasant emotions. (Death in this world is also synonymous with an escape from pain.)

3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow. 

The Judy Garland version of this song famously features in The Wizard of Oz and it's sung by Dorothy, who is tired of the mundanity of her average farm life and is hoping to somehow be able to get away from it all...

"Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh, why can't I?"

I think Hugo is implied to have had a rough upbringing for sure, and I do feel a large part of the game is suggested to take place in his head, although I tend to favor a reading that's even MORE abstract and just say that Hugo himself represents a child's imagination and innocence. The world of OFF to me represents a child's perception of the outside world before it has been disillusioned. It was bright, colorful, and safe, but then ~something~ happened that changed that. Life happened. Suddenly, the rose-tinted glasses start cracking. That's when the neurosis sets in, the guardians start losing their grip, the spectres arrive to throw everything into chaos...and then eventually comes The Batter, who to me, symbolizes a complete rejection and subsequent destruction of a world that once brought you comfort. When you have been mistreated, your hatred and apathy DO feel righteous. At his core he is nihilism personified...and once he destroys your inner child the only thing that's left is to give up on everything. This is what Zacharie was trying to open your eyes to, and that is why The Judge's ending is so profound to me.

The Batter's decision is immediately appealing. Sunk Cost fallacy. We’ve already made it this far…the world is a shell of what it once was. Why keep going when there is nothing left in sight to fight for?  But The Judge argues that simply existing is better than turning your back on it all. Why? Sugar says it best in her dialogue, “Think of something beautiful really hard, and maybe you will see it tomorrow.” As long as we push forward, we can have hope. And hope is what I felt, watching the end credits after completing The Judge's ending and seeing him walk through the barren landscape alone. Hope, that one day something new could take its place.

This reading to me equalizes both end-game decisions in my mind. I don’t think either one is “wrong” necessarily, just different reactions to trauma that you could have.

And what about You? The player? Well.

It is impossible for me to ignore that we are a character in this story too, we are addressed by name!! and when you take the obvious religious themes to their logical conclusion, you are likened the most to a god. That's why I believe that the world of OFF is meant to be....yours.

You're the one who's hurting. Hugo is YOUR sick inner child. It's why you're the one who's overseeing the destruction of everything through Batter. You want this just as much as it is his nature to provide it as a self-destructive Part of you!

(Him talking about himself here ^ )

It's also the reason why you're the only one who can stop him at the end and The Judge couldn't do it without you (even though he has a move that can kill batter in like 3 hits when you play as him.) The choice to kill off parts of yourself that no longer serve you is the only one that you can make.

SO BASICALLY, TLDR...

The zones are different sectors of your own inner landscape and Batter is a self-destructive part of your brain that earnestly masquerades as a protector since he believes the best way to protect you from a painful reality is to cut you off from it.

Hugo isn't immediately accessible until you destroy everything else because he is your heavily repressed inner child. Once he's gone however, you can make the final decision to retreat inward and disconnect from the outside world completely. Making the decision to not pull the lever means that even though life has been painful to you, you opt to continue to stay present in the hope that things will get better someday...somewhere over the rainbow.

When I pulled that lever in the last moments, I didn't grieve for Hugo, I grieved for myself. It felt deeply personal to me the first time I played OFF 8 years ago, and it still did on my latest playthrough.

I do believe this game and its messages are important however you chose to interpret them, although I figured this post was in order because this is the "canon" I operate from and what I will depict in my art and posts.

[cbjustmusic]

Jerry Lee Lewis and Chris Isaak performing “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”. _________________________________ Somewhere Over The Rainbow Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Yip Harburg

Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?

[adelleandlaura4ever]

Over the Rainbow

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Someplace where there isn't any trouble...
...do you suppose there is such a place, toto?
There must be. it's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train.
It's far, far away...
Behind the moon
Beyond the rain
Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly,
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow,
Why oh why can't I?
Reprise cut from the movie
(Judy sang this reprise in the witch's castle)
Someday I’ll wake and rub my eyes,
And in that land beyond the skies you'll find me.
I'll be a laughing daffodil
And leave the silly cares that fill
My mind behind me.
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow,
Why oh why can't I?
When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.
When all the clouds darken up the skyway,
There's a rainbow highway to be found,
Leading from your window pane.
To a place behind the sun,
Just a step beyond the rain.
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby,
Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me,
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away, above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow,
Why oh why can't I?

(Songwriter: Jerry Gray)

❤️ ❤️ ❤️   ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

My beautiful Soulmate!

Whenever I hear this beautiful and for me timeless song, I long for you and I wish to look behind the rainbow with you and hold you tight, because I know that our hearts will then beat very strongly full of love and hope.

I love you deeply Adelle and I will love you forevermore! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🌈

@adelle4ever

@adelleandlaura4ever

[mrowmrowmrow9]

Chapters: 1/8 Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kara Danvers/Mon-El, Kara Danvers & Mon-El, Mon-El & Winn Schott Jr. Characters: Mon-El (Supergirl TV 2015), Kara Zor-El, Winn Schott Jr., J'onn J'onzz | Hank Henshaw, Imra Ardeen Additional Tags: Past Imra Ardeen/Mon-El, Crack Treated Seriously, Cats, Alternate Universe - Human, Magic, Be Careful What You Wish For, Kara is a cat, because why not, there's no beastiality I promise, Mental Health Issues, Mon-El (Supergirl TV 2015) Needs a Hug, Kara gives good hugs, help when do i stop adding tags, POV Mon-El (Supergirl TV 2015), Romantic Comedy Summary:

And maybe that was what threw him off or maybe it was the way the brilliant blue of her eyes was oddly familiar, but for whatever reason, instead of inquiring further as to who she was and what she was doing in his home, he blurted out “That’s my cat’s name.”

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The one where Kara is a cat (except when she's not) and Mon-El is having a teeny tiny existential crisis. A new friend might be just what he needs...