song lyric titles meme
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lucymonsterSnagged from, like, everybody at this point: The last five fics I wrote with song lyric titles. Are they all going to be Iron Maiden? There's a chance they're all going to be Iron Maiden.
1. the earth will turn to a funeral pyre, The Acolyte, Osha/Qimir, <1k. Title is from Deadlock's The Arsonist, because the song is about fire and the ficlet is full of heavy-handed fire imagery and, well, yeah. This one doesn't really go any deeper than that. But hey! It's not Iron Maiden!
2. say a prayer on the book of the dead, Star Wars, Poe/Finn/Rey/Ben/Jacen, 13.5k. From Blood Brothers by Iron Maiden (theeeeere we go!), pretty much every single lyric of which is perfect 'redeemed Ben Solo searches for new purpose in life while trying to make sense of his hideous past and leaning heavily on his new friends/lovers/allies for support' material.
3. a cross to bear, a heavy faith, Star Wars, Reylo, 1.1k. From Stratego by (wait for it) Iron Maiden, which is about a warrior who can't stop fighting. The warrior seems less enthusiastic about the endless violence than Ben/Kylo, but I liked the vibe of it, and the suggestion of deep existential misery that Ben (ever the unreliable narrator) mistakenly thinks he has put behind him now that he's a Good Guy (TM).
4. we fly just like birds of a feather, I won't tell no lie, Star Wars, Reylo and Han/Leia/Luke, 3.9k. A clumsy misquote (I'm literally just now noticing - should be flock, not fly) from We Are Family by Sister Sledge. This fic is a riff on The Birdcage, in which this song features prominently - link goes to a scene from the film, instead of the official music video. I wanted a title that nodded at the song without being completely on the nose, and I liked that lyric in particular for its adjacency to the two related themes of Rey finding her people and Ben learning to fully accept the ones he's got.
5. self-loathing before you awoke me, Star Wars, Finn/Kylo, 1.5k. From This World Can't Tear Us Apart by Trivium, which Kylo (again, not always the most reliable of narrators) might well pick for his and Finn's theme song: he was alone in a miasma of violent hatred towards himself and everyone else, until Finn broke through like a sunbeam and showed him the way, the truth and the light. (Poor Finn has an awful lot on his plate in this fic.)
Look at that - only two-fifths were Iron Maiden songs! I am the very model of lyrical diversity.
1. the earth will turn to a funeral pyre, The Acolyte, Osha/Qimir, <1k. Title is from Deadlock's The Arsonist, because the song is about fire and the ficlet is full of heavy-handed fire imagery and, well, yeah. This one doesn't really go any deeper than that. But hey! It's not Iron Maiden!
2. say a prayer on the book of the dead, Star Wars, Poe/Finn/Rey/Ben/Jacen, 13.5k. From Blood Brothers by Iron Maiden (theeeeere we go!), pretty much every single lyric of which is perfect 'redeemed Ben Solo searches for new purpose in life while trying to make sense of his hideous past and leaning heavily on his new friends/lovers/allies for support' material.
3. a cross to bear, a heavy faith, Star Wars, Reylo, 1.1k. From Stratego by (wait for it) Iron Maiden, which is about a warrior who can't stop fighting. The warrior seems less enthusiastic about the endless violence than Ben/Kylo, but I liked the vibe of it, and the suggestion of deep existential misery that Ben (ever the unreliable narrator) mistakenly thinks he has put behind him now that he's a Good Guy (TM).
4. we fly just like birds of a feather, I won't tell no lie, Star Wars, Reylo and Han/Leia/Luke, 3.9k. A clumsy misquote (I'm literally just now noticing - should be flock, not fly) from We Are Family by Sister Sledge. This fic is a riff on The Birdcage, in which this song features prominently - link goes to a scene from the film, instead of the official music video. I wanted a title that nodded at the song without being completely on the nose, and I liked that lyric in particular for its adjacency to the two related themes of Rey finding her people and Ben learning to fully accept the ones he's got.
5. self-loathing before you awoke me, Star Wars, Finn/Kylo, 1.5k. From This World Can't Tear Us Apart by Trivium, which Kylo (again, not always the most reliable of narrators) might well pick for his and Finn's theme song: he was alone in a miasma of violent hatred towards himself and everyone else, until Finn broke through like a sunbeam and showed him the way, the truth and the light. (Poor Finn has an awful lot on his plate in this fic.)
Look at that - only two-fifths were Iron Maiden songs! I am the very model of lyrical diversity.
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Date: 2024-09-12 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-13 11:02 am (UTC)From Here to Eternity is an excellent pick! 😁
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Date: 2024-09-13 11:11 am (UTC)I am fascinated by the whole Charlotte saga, honestly. I've been wanting to write something about her for ages!