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[phoenixtakaramono]

Here is the complete list of songs of the personal story playlist that I use for writing inspiration on AO3 (Finders Keepers by PhoenixTakaramono). SUMMARY: By some miraculous twist of fate, Jack stumbles across an Atlas android hidden smack dab in Hyperion headquarters. Obviously, what is he going to do with it? Keep it for himself, of course, because as the saying goes, “Finders keepers, losers weepers.” What he didn’t anticipate was the clusterfuck he’d find himself in, when he discovers the valuable model he’d been hoarding has a hidden backstory. There is more than meets the eye.

1. Bunsen Burner // Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barry

2. Rachel’s Song // Vangelis

3. Emperor’s New Clothes // Panic! At the Disco

4. Something New // Secret Weapons

5. Give Me Something Good // Ryan Adams

6. Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful // Paloma Faith

7. Toes // Glass Animals

8. Space Junk // Wang Chung

9.  A Gentle Awakening // JD McPherson

10. Check It Out // Oh the Larceny

11. The Bomb // Pigeon John

12. Breaking Down the Borders // Miracle Of Sound

13. King // ZAYDE WOLF

13A. Bring Out the Bad // RIVVRS

13B. Keeping Me Alive // Johnathan Roy

14. Miracle // The Score

15. Ima Robot // Greenback Boogie

16. Strange Kind of Woman // Deep Purple

17. I Know What I Am // Band of Skulls

18. Come Closer // Miles Kane

19. Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked // Cage the Elephant

20. 2-1 // Imogen Heap

21. God of a Girl // Georgi Kay

22. White Bird // KT Tunstall

23. When the Truth Hunts You Down // Sam Tinnesz

24. Me and Mine // The Brothers Bright

25. Future Starts Slow // The Kills 

26. Human // Rag’n’Bone Man

27. Rage and Romance // Bressie

28. Sound of our Hearts // Compact Disco

29. Watch Me // The Phantoms

30. I’m a Wanted Man // Royal Deluxe

31. Black and Gold // Sam Sparro

32. Two Against One // Danger Mouse

32A. Movement // Hozier

33. No Place to Hide // Jace Everett

34. Fire // Delta Rae

35. Hellfire // Barns Courtney

36. Who Did That to You? // John Legend

37. Pork Soda // Glass Animals

38. Fashion // The Royal Concept

39. My Type // Saint Motel

40. Snap Out of It // Arctic Monkeys

41. Cage of Bones // Son Lux

42. Way Down We Go // Kaleo

43. House on a Hill // The Pretty Reckless

44. You Don’t Know Me // Son Lux

45. Daggers & Knives // Woodes

46. Hold On I’m Coming // Welshly Arms

47. Came a Long Way // Heartless Bastards

48. In My Mind // Georgi Kay

49. How Bad We Need Each Other // Marc Scibilia

50. Written in the Water // Gin Wigmore

51. Agnes // Glass Animals

52. Glitter & Gold // Barns Courtney

53. Legendary // Welshly Arms

54. Wicked Ones // Dorothy

55. The Place I Left Behind // The Deep Dark Woods

56. Suit // Boom! Bap! Pow!

57. How I Want Ya // Hudson Thames

58. I’m in Love // Farmdale

59. I Wanna be Yours // Arctic Monkeys

60. Weeds or Wishes // Erin & the Wildfire

61. Afterglow // Troy Baker

62. Seer // Motopony

63. Hollow // Beulah

64. Broken Bones // Kaleo

65. Meet Your Master // Nine Inch Nails

66. Supremacy // Muse

67. Marked Man // Mieka Pauley

68. Sorry I Stole Your Man // Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas

69. Tumbleweeds // Twin Bandit

70. Oh My Love // To Kill a King

71. Into the Jungle // X Ambassadors 

72. Ready Set Let’s Go // Sam Tinnesz

73. Highway // Bleeker

74. Pressure and Time // Rival Sons

75. Raise Hell // Dorothy

76. What Makes a Good Man? // The Heavy

77. Put the Gun Down // ZZ Ward

78. Judgement Day // Stealth

79. Coming Down // Halsey

80. (I Just) Died in your Arms // BASTILLE

81. Never Tear Us Apart // Paloma Faith

82. Lay My Body Down // Rag’n’Bone Man

83. Bury Me Face Down // grandson

84. More Than This // Georgi Kay

85. Through the Valley // Shawn James

86. What We Lost in the Fire // Troy Baker

87. Blood on My Name // The Brothers Bright

88. Be Your Own God // Nightmare and the Cat

89. Don’t Mess With Me // Temposhark

90. Hipster Shakes // Black Pistol Fire

91. Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene // Hozier

92. To the Top // Twin Shadow

[ladyloveandjustice]

Trick the Past Again- An Akane Kurashiki Mix

"I'll do whatever it takes to achieve my goals. That's just the kind of person I am."

Kidnapper, killer, time traveler, mastermind, scientist, conspiracy nut, cult leader, savior of humanity.  A mix for Akane Kurashiki.

1. A.A.A| Squalloscope//2. Uma Thurman| Fall Out Boy//3. Oh No!| Marina and the Diamonds//4. Cold War| Janelle Monae//5. Strings and Attractors| How to Destroy Angels//6. Just One Yesterday| Fall Out Boy ft. Foxes//7. Playing For Keeps| Elle King//8. Still Alive| Portal OST//9. Black Sheep| Metric//10. Castle| Halsey//11. I am not a Robot| Marina and the Diamonds//12. Soap| Melanie Martinez//13. Academia| Sia//14. Hope on Fire| Vienna Teng//15. Blindness| Metric

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Basically my experiences with Zero Escape can be expressed with a “do it for her” graphic starring Akane Kurashiki. I adore her in all her complex, morally ambiguous, well-intentioned extremist, Machiavellian glory. So here’s my mix tribute to her, complete with the usual obsessively detailed annotations under the cut. 

AAA

Fairly self-explanatory, this song easily applies to a girl who jumps timelines, changes history and tosses aside moral concerns for the big picture and greater good.

“time comes in particles” someone once said and this is what i remember/this is how my brain works.

.you won’t become numb, i won’t stay the same. if i try hard enough i can cry paper planes and we’ll connect the dots in the history books and you’ll see the bigger picture, i’ll shrink down the greater good. 

Akane will do anything to stave off the apocalypse and every time she reunites with Junpei or other friends, they’re always completely different versions of themselves.

i think a storm is moving in. so watch out for our favorite apocalypse. and who will we be the next time we meet?

Uma Thurman

This song struck me as Junpei’s POV in the first game, where Akane is manipulating him like a boss, doing whatever it takes to stay alive and even hitching a ride in his brainspace and hey, he seemed pretty okay with that. 

I can work a miracle/keep you like an oath/May nothing but death do us part /You'll find your way/And may death find you alive

She wants to dance like Uma Thurman/Bury me 'til I confess/She wants to dance like Uma Thurman/And I can't get you out of my head

Divide me down to the smallest I can be/Put your venom in me 

Oh no! 

"Junpei, I will never forget you. But please, forget me. You need to forget...I won’t let anything get in the way of my goals. That’s just  the kind of person I am. Even if that means I must lose my life, I swear I'll make the AB Project a success!"

Don't do love, don't do friends/I'm only after success/Don't need a relationship/I'll never soften my grip 

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be/I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine/I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy

One track mind, one track heart

I’m gonna live/I’m gonna fly/I’m gonna fail/ I’m gonna die

Cold War

"This will be the culmination of many years of hard work. We cannot afford failure."

So you think that I'm alone/But being alone is the only way to be/When you step outside/You spend life fighting for your sanity/This is a cold war/You better know what you're fighting for

Just One Yesterday

Probably primarily addressed at Junpei. She’s “teaching him (and the others) a lesson” by putting them in the Nonary game, giving him the information he needs to know so she can succeed. It’s all so she can save her past self,  her “yesterday”. She doesn’t care if she dies many times in the process.

(I know I’m bad news)/(I saved it all for you)I want to teach you a lesson in the worst kind of way/Still I’d trade all my tomorrows for just one yesterday

And then after all that? She leaves him behind because she has more important things to do.

And I’m here to give you all of my love/So I can watch your face as I take it all away

Strings and Attractors

I went around and read some extra material about Akane, and apparently the future version of her in VLR gets so good at projecting herself through the connected timelines she becomes really detached and basically omnipotent in a way. She “loses herself” in all the repeating timelines, and this song expresses those feelings. 

And sometimes I/Get lost in time 

The moment fading/We watch the end/Over again/And keep repeating

I feel like I'm just disappearing

Playing for Keeps

This song is Akane addressing her former kidnappers, as she masterfully arranges it so they kill each other. Revenge is sweet

"I must punish them. For the innocent lives they sacrificed. This is the only warning they will receive."

It's a lonely road where the forgotten go/Where your misery finds its company It's a long way down to the sacred ground/Where the reapers playing for keeps

You're next in line for judgement day now/Aren't you praying, aren't you begging that you're anyone else?

Well I bet you're sorry now/Well you did this to yourself

Still alive

GLaDOS/Akane OTP? They kind of have the same ends-justifies-the-means attitudes when it comes to their experiments on people, so this song fits Akane well, especially adding in some vengefulness towards her kidnappers. Amusingly, Junpei indicated (in an assholish way) that Akane is also pretty fond of cake in ZTD, so even that part fits. 

We do what we must/because we can/For the good of all of us./Except the ones who are dead.

Look at me, still talking when there's science to do/When I look out there, it makes me glad I'm not you./I've experiments to run/There is research to be done/On the people who are still alive. 

Black Sheep

You could consider this from Sigma’s POV or basically any of Akane’s accomplices in her apocalypse-erasing plan. She (and Sigma and Phi and co) knew the world was going to end. They prepared for it and now Akane’s going to get everyone working to change the past.

Hello again, friend of a friend/I knew you when/Our common goal was waiting for the world to end/Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend/You crack the whip, shape-shift and trick the past again   

Also she’s gonna get a base on the freakin’ moon

Got real estate, I'm buying it all up in outer space 

Castle

Akane the cult-leader. She rules her organization with a iron fist and she’s ready to dethrone the old man in charge of the rival cult.

I'm headed straight for the castle/They wanna make me their queen/And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean

Oh, all these minutes passing, sick of feeling used/if you wanna break these walls down, you’re gonna get bruised/And now my neck is open wide, begging for a fist around it/Already choking on my pride, so there's no use crying about it

I am not a robot

Akane having to deal with emogothedgyJunpei, God pity her. Also applies to how she tends to suppress her feelings and vulnerability as well.

“I’m done playing action hero...I’m an adult now”

“Actually, Junpei, you seem pretty childish to me.”

You've been acting awful tough lately/Smoking a lot of cigarettes lately/But inside, you're just a little baby

I'm vulnerable/I am not a robot/You're lovable/But you're just troubled 

Soap

“Junpei told me I was a girl who “said things that shouldn’t be said.”  

Uh-oh, there it goes, I said too much, it overflowed/Why do I always spill?

I feel it coming out my throat/Guess I better wash my mouth out with soap/God, I wish I never spoke

Academia

“This girl here, she’s always been really smart. If even the tiniest thing is off she’ll start talking about “ifs” and “buts” like someone twice her age. But to all of us at grade school, she was strange. And well, kind of scary.”

Oh Academia, you can pick me up, soothe me with your words when I need your love./You're a difficult equation with a knack for heart evasion/Will you listen to my proof or will you add another page on?

Hope on Fire

Akane building and doing everything she can to manipulate time and prevent the apocalypse from happening again, even deliberately getting herself stabbed to death.

gotta leave gotta bleed/you've gotta stop lying still/'cause this is no kind of life/you don't need guarantees/you just want something to build/before you turn to the knife 

gotta move gotta choose/you've got a difference to make/don't watch it happen again/gotta change rearrange/something's bending to break/it's just a matter of when

Blindness

Akane didn’t want for any of this to happen. She was a victim of circumstance. She was forced into the role of savior of humanity- she chose to accept it  and ruthlessly did what needed to be done rather than run away, but there’s no way she doesn’t get weary of jumping timelines over and over again.

All the survivors singing in the rain/I was the one with the world at my feet/Got us a battle, leave it up to me

What it is and where it stops nobody knows/You gave me a life I never chose/I wanna leave but the world won't let me go