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I think that at the moment I could come up with a merthur fic idea for just about any song. Every song I listen to at the moment becomes merthur coded to me.
Anyway though, I say this because I've got 2 songs currently stuck in my head as fics. The first is called Empress by Morningsiders.
For this song I imagine a modern day, maybe university au. Where Merlin and Arthur have been friends forever growing up and they room together at university, sharing an apartment. They go out on the weekends together, with regular friend dates at coffeeshops or movie theaters. They even go shopping for home decor much to Arthur's dismay. Throughout Arthur dates Gwen for a while, it started in high school, but eventually they meet Lancelot. Arthur and Gwen try so hard to make it work between them but they both know something is off, they just can't understand what.
When Arthur sees Gwen talking to Lancelot he realizes that he didn't really know what love was meant to look like. He loves Gwen, no question, but it's not that all consuming romantic soul bearing love that it should be. And its not the easy effortless love that it should be either. It's more of a love between friends. And he sees that, if he just let go, Gwen could find that with someone else, possibly Lancelot.
As Arthur comes to terms with the fact that he doesn't know how to love Gwen the way she deserves, Merlin pines over Arthur and slowly starts to pull away from him. It comes to a point, while Arthur and Gwen are still together, that Merlin realizes he's just hurting himself staying roommates with Arthur. He decides that he is going to move out. While Arthur is out on a date, Merlin packs a bag and goes to Gwaine's place to crash on his couch.
Arthur is out late on his date with Gwen. He had been nervous before the date like he hadn't been in ages. They go to dinner and chat as old friends would and it solidifies to Arthur that whatever passion they had, if they had any, is now gone. There is no animosity between them which makes it that much harder to tell Gwen why they should break up. Gwen, much to his surprise seems to understand. She looks at him sympathetically and wonders aloud why it took them this long, the signs had been there for at least a year. Arthur agrees, nodding along, until Gwen says something that stops him in his tracks.
"Have you told Merlin yet?"
Arthur puzzles and responds, "Er, no, why would I. This is our business not his, of course I'll tell him later that we've separated but no not yet."
"Oh." Gwen seems genuinely confused, "I didn't mean about breaking this off. I meant have you told Merlin about your feelings yet?"
Arthur continues to not understand and says so in as many words. Gwen sighs and mutters something about men and their emotional intelligence. Then she takes Arthur's hand and explains how she knew this was coming soon. That she had realized and tried to ignore for quite sometime that what Merlin and Arthur had was more of a relationship than the two of them had ever had. As she lays out all her observations, Arthur realizes she is right. That's what was missing, it was Merlin.
He stands up quickly from the table and drops a few bills to pay before saying goodbye as he runs out the door. When he makes it back home he hesitates, half hoping Merlin will just be asleep so that he doesn't have to admit his feelings just yet. But also wanting to see him, and hug him, kiss him even as he professes his newly realized feelings.
When he works up the courage to go inside, the place is silent. All lights are off and there isn't a single sound. Arthur calls out and there is no response so he knocks on Merlin's door. Opening it slightly he sees a neat, tidy, and more importantly empty bed.
Maybe Merlin is just out with some of their friends, Arthur rationalizes, he'll be back soon. So Arthur sits up for a couple hours waiting, but he grows restless. He'd already texted Merlin asking where he was at but didn't get a response, so now he tries texting both Gwaine and Lancelot.
To his surprise, Gwaine calls him immediately.
"Gwaine! Have you seen Merlin, he's not home and isn't responding to my texts and I'm a bit worried."
"What did you do this time princess?" Gwaine responds.
"Nothing! I swear, I was out on a date with Gwen is all and came back and Merlin's not here!"
"Ah."
"What? What does that mean, Gwaine, please tell me if you know where he is."
"He's at my place, crashing on the couch," Arthur hears an affronted yell in the background from Merlin, trying to get the phone away from Gwaine, Gwaine obviously gets the upper hand as he gets back on the line, "he wouldn't tell me what was going on so I just assumed you'd had some sort of tiff. But I see now why Merlin was sulking."
Arthur didn't really know what to make of whatever Gwaine seemed to be implying so he just said, "I'll be there soon." And hung up.
Arthur rushes over to Gwaine's and the man let him in. Merlin looks affronted at Arthur and complains that Arthur just has to go around rubbing it in, Arthur looks on confused. They wind up in a heated argument before Arthur finally breaks and admits, "I broke up with Gwen."
"What! You idiot, why would you!?"
"Because Merlin, I finally admitted to myself that we were holding each other back, and what's more she helped me realize how much of a complete and utter fool I've been."
"I'm not following you Arthur?"
"I-I, she helped me realize, that I'm in love with someone else, have been for a long time."
Merlin begins to shut down, angry at Arthur for telling him this, but then Arthur stops him and says, "she helped me realize what I've taken for granted, every coffee date and movie night, and cooking together in the kitchen. That love I've been trying to create had been right in front of me and I was a fool for, for loving her over... you."
#anyway#that last line is the line from the song#lmk if you want to see my other song inspiration merthur fic idea#or if you want me to actually write this out into a full fledged fic#merlin#bbc merlin#merthur#arthur pendragon#fanfiction#my writing#merlin fanfic#merlin bbc#merthur fanfic#empress morningsiders
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Anyone have a avatar yangchen themed playlist they’d like to share w the class? Or individual songs?? The vibes ????
#unfortunately my head empty and I need something to listen to. otherwise my brain stops thinking#stuff that’s like. lying cheating being sad being fucking mad stuff like that. i will also accept Yangvik songs about lying cheating etc#all I’ve been listening to is empress by morningsiders cus it’s a banger lol#avatar#avatar the last airbender#avatar yangchen#yangvik#technically I guess#bluestoneheiroglyphics
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Was tagged a while ago by @theemmtropy for a tag game where you make a playlist where the first letter of each song title spells out your url. Finally went through my spotify liked songs so here we go
D ‐ Daydream, The Aces
A - Almost (Sweet Music), Hozier
P - Persephone, Allison Russell
P - Perfume, Ji Nilsson
L - Love All Night (Work All Day), Yola
E - Everywhere, Fleetwood Mac
G - Good News (Ya Ya Song), MUNA
A - Anna Sun, WALK THE MOOn
N - Novocain, Fit for Rivals
G - Good Luck Babe, Chappell Roan
E - Empress, Morningsiders
R - Return to Yesterday, The Lilac Time
Tagging @empress-exoplanet @tassium and whoever else would like to do this
#limited myself to one song per artist#otherwise it would have been all hozier#shoutout to red wine supernova by chappell roan which also got bumped from R due to that rule
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url song tag!!!! (PLAYLISSSSSSTT)
*This is so freaking late, so I doubled the number of songs. Hope all y'all enjoy!*
I was tagged by the wonderful @pinespittinink !!! I'm so excited to do this, so without further ado, here's my my url in songs:
T: 'Tardigrade Song' [Cosmo Sheldrake] ; 'Talk on Indolence - Live' [The Avett Brothers]
U: 'Up & Down' [Exid] ; 'Used to the Darkness' [Des Rocs]
R: 'Rio' [Hey Marseilles] ; 'Revenge & It's Thrills' [Tonight Alive]
N: 'The Newry Highwayman' [Runa] ; 'notre dame' [Paris Paloma]
I: 'I Am the Winter' [The Family Crest] ; 'I Hope Your Husband Dies - Live' [Amigo the Devil]
P: 'Personal' [Point North] ; 'Parishaan' [Niyaz]
S: 'Sappho' [Ruby Shore] ; 'Setting Fires' [American Avenue]
C: 'Cherry Blossoms' [Dream Hotel] ; 'Candy Coated Lies' [Hot Milk]
R: 'Raging on a Sunday' [Bohnes] ; 'The Road to Santiago' [Oysterband]
E: 'Empress' [Morningsiders] ; 'Eat Me' [Demi Lovato, Royal & the Serpent]
A: 'AHH OOP!' [Mamamoo, eSNa] ; 'Athena' [Megan Dixon Hood]
T: 'Take Me to War- Live' [The Crane Wives] ; 'Trouble Finds You're [Juliet Simms]
E: 'Ego Trip' [The Book Club] ; 'Ensen Dhaif' [Emel]
S: 'Scream' [Dreamcatcher] ; 'she calls me daddy' [KiNG MALA]
tagging: @carrotblr @sentfromwolves @saphoblin @faelanvance @thesympatheticpotato @legiomiam
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10 songs, 10 people
put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs that come up, then tag ten people. (Tagged by @kirjoa)
Home to Me - Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Smokestacks - Layla
Red Hot Lights - Moon Taxi
White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Alone Together - Fall Out Boy
You, Me and the Bourgeoisie - The Submarines
Empress - Morningsiders
You’re Still a Mystery - Bleachers, Mø
Sam Song - Wild Colonial Bhoys
Jackrabbit - Sam Fermin
tagging @sandovers @yagr @blackbetha @peakvincent @mutedtrumpeterswan @betelgeusing @hero-complexx @goodshipophelia @confetti-vampire @wakeupforgood
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Sorry this took me forever but thank you @myers-meadow for tagging me to do this, I love sharing my music sgsjhshs this is gonna be a long one! To make it easy on myself I used only stuff in my faves on Spotify (of which I have almost 1.5k songs so I think we have enough to work with lol)
Rules: Make a new post and spell out your URL with song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL
L- "the last great american dynasty" - Taylor Swift
U- "U (Man Like)" - Bon Iver
C- "Cirice" - Ghost
I- "Inhuman" - Aesthetic Perfection
F- "Fallen Angel" - Matt Berry
E- "Empress" - Morningsiders
R- "The Roving" - Bonny Light Horseman
S- "Sea of Air" - Portugal. The Man
H- "Humility" - Gorillaz
O- "Only Women Bleed" - Alice Cooper
R- "Rob the Prez-O-Dent" - That Handsome Devil
R- "The Rake's Song" - The Decemberists
O- "Only Us" - Miracle of Sound
R- "Redbone" - Childish Gambino
H- "Hey, Ma" - Bon Iver
A- "All Your Gold" - Bat For Lashes
R- "Runs in the Family" - Amanda Palmer
E- "Emergency" - Paramore
M- "Mulberry Street" - Twenty One Pilots
There's no way I can tag as many people as letters in my name so I'll just tag a few: @tinymonsterlover @the-slasher-files @thequeerestdad @darkestamralime and anyone else who would love to do this! Remember to tag me if u do cause I love finding new music hehe 💜
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LFG Friday!
(Sadly I still have to work tomorrow, put in the work today to get the f*** out early tomorrow)
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For the Spotify game, 29, 46, and 78!
Oooh, okay, okay, here we go!!
29. Empress by The Morningsiders
46. Flowers in Your Hair by The Lumineers
78. True Love's Last Kiss by Eternal Eclipse
Oh, this is a good grouping. Would highly recommend all of these songs.
Thanks for the ask!! :D
Kindly,
The Void
#love ask games#ask#ask game#spotify wrapped#fun fact!#i listened for over 37000 minutes#last year was around 10000#lowkey v proud#weird but#\_(ツ)_/
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8 for wrapped! 💖
8. Empress by the Morningsiders
Favorite lyric: honestly my favorite part of the song is the little strings flourish in the instrumental so I'm gonna say that instead lol
Thank youuu! 😊
Send me a number and I'll give you a song!
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25! For your wrapped
i'll go all the way back to 2016 so we can all really dig into my psyche
2016 - empress by morningsiders
2017 - when i needed you by carly rae jepsen
2018 - favorite liar by the wrecks
2019 - roddy by djo
2020 - connfetti to the hurricane by the deer
2021 - throwing it all away by genesis
2022 - dont leave me this way by the communards
send me a number 1-100 and i'll tell you every song off my previous spotify wrapped
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You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then tag ten people. No skipping!
I got tagged by my life and light @ellietheewriter
Ten from my top songs of 2021 because I dont have a comprehensive playlist atm
Hang Loose by hellogoodbye
In My Apartment by Philip Labes
Everybody’s Lonely by Jukebox the Ghost
Jessica WJ by Cayucas
Lola by Mika
High FIve by Sigrid
Sunset Lover by Petit Biscuit
Buttercup by Hippo Campus
Special by Willow Beats
Empress by Morningsiders
I tag literally anyone who wants to do this >:)
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MORNINGSIDERS - Empress
#music#music video#art#genre#pop#rock#electronic#alt#new age#indie#inspiration#morningsiders#empress
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hey friends, can everyone reply with a song lyric that’s stuck with you from the past week/month/year? i won’t really do anything with it but it’s nice to hear about, and we can all get song recs :’)
#no reason besides me feeling a lack of human connection and music makes me see beauty in the world#she speaks#today i keep thinking about one from empress by morningsiders that goes#'and if i fall i really hope you'll call me 'cause i'm not over you'#i'm feelin real sappy and my friend that i had a crush on talked to me about some of his problems#and i got a rush of intense affection for him but there's not much i can do about anything for now#anyway lmk
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It’s that time again! Presenting: The OATHS OF LEGACY playlist—the songs that fueled me while plotting, writing, and editing the sequel to BONDS OF BRASS. They’re roughly in story-order and appropriately dramatic for a book where Gal emp-Umber is steering the narrative. Make of that what you will.
Supermassive Black Hole // Muse // i thought i was a fool for no one / oh baby, i’m a fool for you // a song for a prince behind enemy lines
POWER // Kanye West // screams from the haters got a nice ring to it / i guess every superhero need his theme music // a song for gal approaching the throne
Bad Blood // Bastille // and you said you always had my back / oh but how were we to know? // a song for the first conversation in a month
Bad Blood // Taylor Swift // and time can heal but this won’t / so if you’re coming my way, just don’t // a song for flicked sugar and bitter coffee
Castle // Halsey // if you wanna break these walls down, you’re gonna get bruised // a song for keeping your head up in front of the cameras
Life Itself // Glass Animals // come back down to my knees / gotta get back, gotta get free // a song for gal scheming
Made In Gold // Nova Rockafeller // i’ll be in the ditch / i’ve been through the wringer / but i’ll be standing at the top waving my middle finger // a song for wen in the pilot’s seat
Hate That You Know Me // Bleachers // sometimes i hate that you know me so well / sometimes i wish that i wasn’t myself // a song for peeling away at the denial
Two Evils // Bastille // you and i, oh you and i / we’re not that different, you and i // a song for two emperors, two sides
The Mighty Fall // Fall Out Boy // your crooked love is just a pyramid scheme / and i’m dizzy on dreams // a song for a brand new front
In The Next Room // Neon Trees // you play me like i am made of strings / i’m the violin, a melody / i want your lips to sing // a song for a deliberate wall and how little it’s working
Obsession // OK Go // and it’s physical / it’s like standing on the edge / your blood starts to pump ‘cause you’re worried you might jump // a song for temptation
Steal My Girl // One Direction // everybody wanna steal my girl / everybody wanna take her heart away // a song for not a love triangle, but a loyalty triangle
You Belong With Me // Taylor Swift // if you could see that i’m the one who understands you? / been here all along, so why can’t you see? // a song for the question of who really gets wen?
Cold War // Foreign Figures // it’s a cold, cold war between the vain and valuable // a song for weighing how much your image can take
DNA. // Kendrick Lamar // i got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA // a song for bloodright
Headphones // Walk The Moon // it’s just another chain reaction / when you make the big mistake / suffer all the satisfaction / of learning something // a song for meeting an old friend unexpectedly
Empress // Morningsiders // and i was a fool for loving her over you / and if i fall, i really hope you call me ‘cause i’m not over you // a song for the thaw
Fake It // Bastille // so don’t turn over, turn over the page / we should rip it straight out / then let’s try our very best to fake it // a song for trying to move forward and hold on to reality at the same time
Higher // The Score // but i hear the drumming / now my veins are pumping // a song for imperials on the battlefield, coming into their own
Burn Down This City // Felix Hagan & the Family // but i would burn down this city / to keep you from the cold // a song for waiting in a hospital
Lightening Tent // Wildlife // the past is just a bridge we burned down behind us // a song for the illusion collapsing at last
Invincible // OK Go // when they finally come to destroy the earth / they’ll have to go through you first // a song for a suited knight
World In My Pocket // The Unlikely Candidates // and when you look at me i believe i can see a kingdom in your eyes // a song for “no empire”
Cold Cold Man // Saint Motel // you’re the only one worth seeing / the only place worth being / the only bed worth sleeping’s the one right next to you // a song for choosing, for real this time
Are You Gonna Be My Girl // Jet // i know we ain’t got much to say / before i let you get away // a song for that part they forgot
Highway To Hell // AC/DC // hey momma, look at me / i’m on my way to the promised land // a song for an unscheduled road trip
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jaypoppy songs?
the beloveds <3
"soldier, poet, king" (the oh hellos)
"reason for dreaming" (the happy fits)
"hold my girl" (george ezra)
"the dirt" (tor miller)
"cleopatra" (the lumineers)
"all the pretty girls" (fun.)
"kiss me slowly" (michael henry and justin robinett)
"death by a thousand cuts" (taylor swift)
"empress" (morningsiders)
"bowry ballroom" (morningsiders)
#mine#ask#queerhollyleaf#friend tag#objectively correct#jayfeather#poppyfrost#jaypoppy#i don't have very strong musical associations for them tho xd
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