#viola gang

[keirmoonrock]

Personal life reveal but you know you’re a violist when you can hear this shit in your nightmares

[namesarehard123]

Orchestra AU

Aru: Okay, I know I said Aru would play the viola, but I had a sudden epiphany. She would be an amazing conductor. Time and time again, she has shown her incredible emotional intelligence. She knows the limits of her friends and their strengths. You’d need that very skill to ensure that all the instruments play in tandem with one another in the orchestra. Not to mention, a conductor also provides the beat of the piece. Without them, the orchestra might just fall apart. Aru is that strong pillar. She tries her best to be the person people can rely on, and she is. (Plus, who doesn’t like a conductor who would show some favoritism to the wonderful viola section??)

Aiden: He would a 100% be a cellist. Yes, they don’t always get the melody, but its rich tone just fits him. (It’s a gorgeous instrument, and it’s almost impossible to not fall in love with a cello concerto for a reason.) It’s the instrument that holds the most similarities with a human voice. It usually plays the harmony or the counterpoint melody, and I feel like those roles would fit him. He’s not necessarily someone who wants to the center of attention (but somehow is from time to time which, again fits with his cellist vibes). Plus, it’s always the cellists (from personal experience) who take the most liberty in their musical phrasing. He’s an individual, someone who likes to do things in a certain way, his way. And what better instrument to phrase in then the cello (with its slidy fingerboard)?

Mini: She would also be a violist! (No, this is not because I’m projecting my violist status onto her what do you mean-) See, the violas almost never get the melody for more than a couple of measures. A lot of people don’t even know what a viola is often confusing it for the violin. In a sense, it’s the overlooked section of an orchestra (Not in Aru’s orchestra though-). But when the violas shine, they shine. Mini is someone who’s amazing, but I have a feeling some people heavily under-estimate her capabilities. (And it’s a shame because she’s quite amazing.) But that doesn’t really matter for her, she keeps on doing exactly what she wants to. She doesn’t need attention. She just does what she likes to do, what she loves. Whether it’s spending time with the Potatoes or researching random ailments, if it’s something she likes to do, she’s gonna do it. 

Brynne: Double bass all the way. It’s has the deepest notes out of all the instruments in the orchestra. Even with just a couple of them, their notes reverberate throughout the entire orchestra. They’re often the secondary metronome for the orchestra. Nothing flashy but so much support. Brynne isn’t someone who really cares for very flashy things. The way she shows affection to her friends isn’t through gifts or by splurging compliments, but by simply being there for them. The pizzicato on the bass is another thing. Yes, fingers are going to be screaming all the while, but the sound is just so enticing. She has that rough glamor. Not to mention, the double bass is incredibly large. And it’s really heavy as well. Bro would get some extra weight-lifting hours in by just carrying it from one place to another. 

Rudy: A violinist, but a second violin. (By the way, if someone is in the second violin section, it does not mean they’re a bad player-) He’s the best hype man every, so he deserves something that can bring that hype. The second violins usually play the same rhythm as the first violins, just with lower notes. They add that complexity to the melody, truly allowing for the piece to feel complete. The times they have the melodies by themselves, it’s always quite exciting to here. Their parts are crazy, but in a loveable way like him. He’s very excitable, and that’s the energy required for the second violin section. It’s a gorgeous section, and while it does have the melody from time to time, it has just enough freedom to play around with the notes. Bro would quite literally slay if he was a second violinist. 

[asleep-and-afraid]

the sections of a high school orchestra:

violins

violacellobase

[naomigoesferaldotcom]

Rosin the forbidden candy

[yoursonlucifer]

You wake up. Before you, three doors.

One with the symbol of a clock.

One with a plain mask.

One with a violin.

Which one do you open?

if I am not lucid then I probably go back to sleep, but if I am, the clock. I don't know what a plain mask looks like and violins are the least interesting orchestral instrument. i also think clocks are interesting

[whoredmode]

thinking on it more re: the future of the syndicate. that honestly would not be a bad starting point for a post-sriv rewrite story. bc the whole theme of ashes to ashes is about the past coming back to haunt you and going back to where things began. so it makes a lot of sense for the story after that to be about the future. maybe something along the lines of one of the syndicate’s competitors or partners or something coming for the saints bc their takeover messed some shit up. and this would also allow the saints to start interacting with the international criminal underworld.

[davyjoneslockr]

i asked vade too, but i wanna hear about fugio and their daughter…. Pita Bread also, for funsies

YES DOMESTIC FUGIO

Okay I think she's "born" through some stand shenanigans. Like they both want a kid and consider traditional methods, but Giorno's grown adept enough at using his stand that he feels confident with trying his hand at creating a child with Gold Experience (listen, if he was that overpowered at 15, the sky's the limit a decade or two down the line).

Sure enough, he does some complicated shit, and they have a daughter. I headcanon that Fugo takes Giorno's surname when they get married, so, in true pretentious Fugio fashion, her name is Viola Fiorenza Giovanna.

When she’s a baby, Fugo is terrified that he’s going to hurt her. He’s come a long way in overcoming his self-hatred and anger issues, but there’s still a part of him that worries about snapping, or even just accidentally putting her in harm’s way. But he’s actually reassured by the way he’s been able to care for their cat, Pita Bread (please see Tony’s posts about Pita Bread if you haven’t. She is so important) - if a fussy, skittish cat like her was able to warm up to him, he must be doing something right. Still, he’s super gentle with Viola, and always keeps himself in check. He never lets her see him angry, and he knows to get space when he’s starting to feel frustrated.

One night, when she’s little, she gets scared over something minor, as kids do - a nightmare, or the monster under under the bed, or the shadows on the wall. Fugo comes to her room to comfort her, and she asks him to stay with her until she falls asleep. According to her, “I know I’m safe if Papa’s here.” When she does eventually drift off, Giorno finds him sitting at the end of her bed, a hand covering his mouth, uncontrollably sobbing.

Knowing his child trusts him, will never see him as the dangerous, cruel person he’d regarded himself as for so long, means more to him than anything.

Giorno is an unorthodox dad in a lot of ways, but a good one. He refuses to do baby talk with her, and he’ll have completely normal conversations with her, even if her only responses are babbling. He’ll just sit on the living room floor with her and go “That’s an incredible building you’ve created with your Legos. Very avant-garde. Your father knows all about the history of architecture, Viola. You really should ask him about it sometime. It’s fascinating. Anyhow, would you like to hear about the stock market?” And she stares at him with wide eyes, comprehending absolutely nothing. This does give her a very advanced vocabulary at a young age, though.

He also gets really anxious at the idea of leaving her alone. He never wants her to feel neglected, so he spends a lot of time carrying her around, listening to her rambling when she’s old enough to speak, and even just sitting and parallel playing with her. When she gets older, it gets a bit stifling, but she never feels like she’s alone - if she needs to talk about something, or just have someone by her side for a while, she can always trust Giorno to be there.

Like her dad, she has a way with animals, and she and Pita Bread are besties. She carries her around in the haphazard way kids do, and Pita Bread doesn’t care at all. They go explore in the backyard and find cool bugs together. She sneaks her scraps off the table, even when Fugo nags her about it. I think Pita Bread has a stand, so maybe, when Viola gets hers, they use their stands to communicate.

Speaking of, Viola takes after Giorno and is a natural-born stand user. This means she gets sick before her stand manifests. It probably happens when Giorno’s out of town on a mission, and Fugo, who never went through this, absolutely freaks out. He full-on panics on the phone with Giorno, wondering what he could’ve possibly done wrong, why her illness just keeps getting worse, and Giorno is equally in shambles as he drops everything and rushes home as fast as he can.

Thankfully, she pulls through and obtains her stand (still figuring out what that’s going to be), but it’s an awful, painful memory for both Giorno and Fugo.

As far as random little happier things though. Fugo sings to her when she’s asleep, and she’s always delighted on the rare occasion that he sings while he’s making dinner or something. When she’s old enough, he teaches her how to play piano, and he’ll sing more frequently then. She’s just as interested in bugs and frogs and plants as Giorno is, and he’ll use Gold Experience to make real ones for her to observe. She has Fugo’s strawberry blond hair, nose, and long limbs/fingers, and Giorno’s eyes, height, birthmarks, tiny fangs, and ability to fit her entire ear in her ear canal face shape. She’s super spoiled from having two mafia dads. Narancia, Mista, Sheila, and Trish are her cool uncles and aunts who take her on fun day trips and get her the best birthday gifts. She’s definitely slipped and called both Bucciarati and Abbacchio “Grandpa” before, and she hangs out with the kids at the orphanage they run a lot. I’m basing her adult design off of Stevie Nicks on the cover of Rumours. More info to come on her and Naramis son :]

[xenole]

In the middle of art angst so i shall take a break and daydream again

[yourfavouritelaundry]

how would you describe the style of each character? the vibes are immaculate

I have no idea but i have a Pinterest for it

2 years ago, i prob couldn’t pinpoint their aesthetics at all but years of puking random ideas into your social medias and having to pretend you had a plan kinda help.

BTW Anna is alone at the edge of of the universe humming a tune while Malee is grimm fairytales + traumacore and Hann is pretending to be a bright mainstream pop hiding her anger while Quinn is a character loved by a small japanese angsty fanartist who have no free time to make anything outside of doodles. Do you get me

[viscountessevie]

Anthony Bridgerton 🤝 Viola Darling

"You find my smile pleasing?" 🤝 "You think me beautiful?"

[starkitten101]

Actually so glad I chose to play viola instead of violin back in like 5th grade because just looking at some of stuff the violin section has to play now makes me uneasy.

[namesarehard123]

Aru would be a violist 100%

I take no criticism. 

[asleep-and-afraid]

me to my orchestra director: “my fingers will BLEED if I pluck any louder”

my orchestra director, a smile on his face: “it will build character!”

[naomigoesferaldotcom]

Who told me to join orchestra. I would like an apology with tears now.

[allllamasarenerds]

Watching this weeks Ted Lasso and Nate starts playing Spiegel im Spiegel on violin and now I really want to write my essay on its use in the Good Place finale and brain is going squiggly