Despacito, así quiero sentirte, que poco a poquito saborees la comisura de mis labios y yo de los tuyos... Después, comerte la boca y beber de ti los más dulces besos mezclados con tu lengua que explora y reconoce mi boca...
Despacio... Así quiero besarte para descubrir lo que guardas dentro, para explorar los confines de tu aliento una y mil veces más!
From The Shad-slows (Plains of Des-passing-tú)
Season 4 Episode 2
Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume for Wii U
Ripped by UUN4
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Exactly one week ago, I covered what I believe to be one of the most legendary rips in the channel's life - Plains of Des-passing-to. In that post, I tried to explain just what makes Despacito such a fun source for SiIvaGunner to use - that its overexposure paired with its genuine good qualities as a catchy tune makes it something every SiIva viewer will immediately recognize and begrudgingly vibe to. Paired with the infectiously fun instrumentation and overall style of Shovel Knight, it resulted in a banger many still return to frequently.
Two years later, though, UUN4 would return to that very same concept for a rip and make what's effectively its direct sequel. In the same way that From the Shadows sought to reimagine the original Strike the Earth! into a more sombre, melancholic piece, From The Shad-slows (Plains of Des-passing-tú) takes a similar approach to the original Despacito arrangement. Its slower, moodier, almost atmospheric in a way, despite still using Famitracker and a lot of similar instruments as its base and despite still, yknow, being Despacito of all songs. Yet it follows through on its concept from start to finish and is, just like the original From the Shadows, in my opinion a much more interesting listen - even though the original in this case was already one of the most fun listens on SiIva. Every note placed is perfect, every cue from the original rerendition is translated in such a purely authentic way - its all so good and so natural, its as if it was produced right alongside the original rip back in Season 3.
My affection may also be in due part to how recently I discovered this arrangement: the original track sits at close to 200 thousand views, wheras this sits at barely over 25 thousand. Its not a rip I see shared around nearly enough given its quality, and I'm hoping this shoutout will do it at least a little bit of justice.
Quality of From The Shad-slows (Plains of Des-passing-tú) aside, it plays into a part of SiIvaGunner that I really do love - that these kinds of becks and calls even exist within the channel to begin with. It wasn't as if Plains of Des-passing-to was a momentous occasion in the channel's life that would therefor obviously be paid tribute to in the future - UUN4 simply realized on his own how fun it would be to expand upon a joke he told amidst hundreds of others during Season 3. The deeper you go into SiIvaGunner, and indeed the deeper you'll go on this blog, the more fascinating examples like this you'll find on the channel - rips paying tribute to one another despite releasing several years apart, and despite sometimes not even being as popular as Plains of Des-passing-to was.
Nothing on SiIvaGunner is ever forgotten. Not even if its a hit Latin pop song from 2017.
This fic is not dead, folks. I’ve been on hiatus due to life stuff and ADHD making it impossible for me to write. Hang in there, this fic WILL be finished one day. ❤️