#silent night song
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Buddy Daddies & “Silent Night”
Happy holidays and Merry Christmas!
I’ve been busy working on other projects, so no time to write a fic for Christmas. However, I still wanted to do something, and thinking about the work I do outside of here, this is what I came up with. So, to celebrate the season, and the anniversary of Miri falling into the lives of Kazuki and Rei, I present a brief history of “Silent Night” and its relevance/connections to Buddy Daddies!
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Brief History:
"Silent Night" was first performed in 1818 at the St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. The lyrics were written by Father Joseph Mohr, which were originally adapted from a poem he had written two years previously, while the melody was composed by Franz Gruber. The song was originally written in German for two voices and an accompanying guitar, though an organ accompaniment was composed several years later (presumably along with an arrangement for a choir since it is traditionally performed in Austria during Christmas Eve Mass).
In Buddy Daddies, Miri is heard singing the first of six verses, which is probably the most well-known verse. When translated to English (first in 1858), and what I gather as the most common/used translation, or the one I am most familiar, only three verses are translated (verses 1, 6, and 2, in that order). Since its original performance/publication, "Silent Night" has been translated into over 300 languages and dialects.
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Connections to Buddy Daddies:
(Just to be upfront, this is more my interpretation. I also want to acknowledge that there are a lot of religious elements in this song, which I do not feel I can adequately address/discuss. Though I may be wrong, I also don't think the religious elements are really at play in Buddy Daddies)
First things first, it is more than a little ironic how the first time "Silent Night" is heard in Buddy Daddies, or when Miri enters the hotel in ep. 1, an instrumental version is heard in the background, and in ep. 12 during Miri's Christmas recital (also kind of in ep. 11 when Miri is practicing), a gunfight precedes or succeeds this song.
That being said, it works since those moments then act like the calm before or after the storm. While there will always be some craziness or hecticness in raising a four/five year old, the moments that Kazuki and Rei spend with Miri, especially after these fights, act as moments of comfort or reassurance that their family is all together and they have each other.
The final line we hear Miri sing, and of the first verse, "Sleep in heavenly peace," arguably represents Kazuki and Rei's wish for Miri: that she is safe, has nothing to truly worry about, and knows she is loved. Their drive and desire to let Miri sleep soundly at the end of every night is what causes them to choose their family over the organization and to fight back knowing that the organization disapproves of such "attachments" or the idea of Rei, Kazuki, and Miri being a family. While this scene is not connected to one of the times "Silent Night" is heard in Buddy Daddies, this comfort of having each other and being able to rest easy because of this feeling is also clearly seen in the ep. 3 after credits scene. The events of ep. 3 is the first time Kazuki, Rei, and Miri all seem to acknowledge that they are a family and will be staying by each other's side in the long run, which may then be why Rei quickly falls asleep as they are all relatively on the same page about their relationships to one another (and everyone he loves, whether or not he fully processes this yet, is safe next to him).
In having Miri sing this song at the end of ep. 12, the lines "All is calm, all is bright" also stand out because that is how Kazuki and Rei are seeing their future now. They've done everything in their power to walk away from the organization for good, and they did it without losing their lives. Now, their sole mission is to look after Miri and raise their daughter to be the best person she can be. The two walking into Miri's concert and standing in the back (not just because they were late, but because of their injuries) may give them some time for reflection about what they did that day and how that provided them the opportunity to successfully go after the future they've dreamed of.
Not directly related to the song, but during my research, I also found that another big accomplishment for lyricist Joseph Mohr was his role in building the first school in one village and setting up a fund that would help to cover the cost of education so that children from poorer families could still attend/be educated. His work as a priest could be interpreted as him having an affinity for providing for or working to better the lives of children. Considering how much Kazuki and Rei do to look after Miri's happiness and well-being, the personal life of the lyricist of "Silent Night" then adds some more depth into this song being featured throughout Buddy Daddies given Mohr's connections to looking after and taking into consideration the needs of growing children.
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Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed this quick little exploration into "Silent Night." There were more things I wanted to include in the history section, but I felt it would have been too much or gotten too long. I hope the little bit I included was enough though and not too boring.
Happy holidays, everyone!
-Dakota Wren
(P.S. gonna slide this announcement into the bottom of my post, but you know how I wrote at the top I've been busy working on "other projects?" Well, that's because I am currently planning to do a celebration week leading up to the 1 year anniversary of Buddy Daddies premiere. If all goes according to plan, I will have something posted each day from Jan 1st-Jan 7th. If I need to switch to plan B, then expect a mega-post or multi-posts throughout the day on Jan 7th. So while I don't have any new content for the holiday season, expect some relatively soon with the new year. Thanks for reading and again, happy holidays!)
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and are you really okay?
are you really okay?
#cw for sh mention in song ! i removed that part in this !#narilamb#cotl#cult of the lamb#cotl narinder#eye strain#blood cw#not 100% happy but couldn't keep picking lmao#song is#are you really okay by sleep token#anyway there is some story to this. but first and foremost i think lamb probably breaks down often over the fact they're the Last sheep and#their whole race was killed. it's fucked up#anyway the small detail is that in ~my version~ narinder is very passive aggressive where he can be. like wearing white robes so#his bleeding (he has lacerations that appear even as an ex god) is always staining them. as a fuck you to lamb because he refuses to#wear red/darker colours like the rest of the cult#but over time his robes do get slightly darker. until say there's a night where he does find lamb fixating on blood/their species being#completely culled. and he silently makes the choice to wear much darker robes And stuff underneath so his Ooze doesn't show as much#:3#cotl fanart#cult of the lamb fanart#cotl toww
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So I called up the captain:
"Please bring me my wine,"
And he said:
"We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
Hotel California - The Eagles
close ups! my wrist hurts. I started this when I finished Turnabout Succession in the aj:aa trilogy, easily one of my most replayed cases after Farewell, My Turnabout. also, aj:aa is also the strongest main series ace attorney entry after aa1 and i wont be taking criticism. also rip quality, i refuse to use a smaller canvas sorry
in game screenshots used in the background belong to Capcom, modified by me :)
#beanix gets no beanie it didn't look right#phoenix wright#kristoph gavin#apollo justice#trucy wright#krisnix#IF you want it to be. it was to me when i made it#ace attorney#turnabout succession#turnabout trump#apollo justice: ace attorney#hotel california by the eagles is on my mind forever and ever. that song rules#glenn frey voice im going to write a song that's so cinematic#oh also um.#daniel draws a thing#and#queue has four silent letters#daniel's jukebox night
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2023 ACE & ARO books - part 3
A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT - Feb 23 - aroacespec MC
THE STONES STAY SILENT - April 14 - aroace MC
PAPER PLANES - May 16 - aroace MC
WANDER THE NIGHT - June 6 - aroace MC
RIDE OR DIE - June 6 - ace-spec (unsure of details)
HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD - Aug 22 - acespec MC
ONE WORLD - Oct 24 - ace & demi MCs
JUST LIZZIE - Nov 14 - ace MC
WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL - Nov 7 - ace MC
REEL LOVE - no cover, no date - ace MC
part 1 / part 2 / part 4
#asexual books#ace books#this has been sitting in my drafts waiting for enough cover reveals to make a post HAHA#aroace books#A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT#THE STONES STAY SILENT#HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD#THE SIREN THE SONG AND THE SPY#FOURTH WORLD#IAMOS TRILOGY#JUST LIZZIE#WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL#WANDER THE NIGHT#asexual#2023 aspec books
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#my polls#song of achilles#the 7½ deaths of evelyn hardcastle#last night at the telegraph club#if we were villains#such a fun age#the silent patient#the book of lost things#euphoria#books#reading#personal#op
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DAY 17: Silent Night
A beautiful song cover today by @/TheEmuEmi to brighten your Sunday…
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#25daysoftruexmas#silent night#emi jones#emu emi#emuemi#sonic the hedgehog#sth#miles tails prower#tails the fox#amy rose#amy rose the hedgehog#christmas#holiday#christmas carol#hymn#song#cover#cover song#Youtube
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hi
i wanna get back to using tumblr and there’s literally only one person on my feed so i need more ppl to follow
pls like if u see this so i can follow ya <3
#demon slayer#jojos bizarre adventure#sanrio#hello kitty#studio ghibli#princess peach#super mario#lotr#lord of the rings#squishmallow#squishmallows#jjba#cosplay#silent hill#hades game#tsoa#hades#the song of achilles#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#kirby#animal crossing#atla#avatar the last airbender#okay these are most of my interests#bye bye
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ROUND 1 - Poll 15/16
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translating them my damn self
#dont let me rant about the baka darou translations it wont be pretty#ITS PLATONIC!!!!!! ITS ABOUT HIS FRIENDS AND HIS KIDS!!!!!!!! WHY ARE Y'ALL MAKING IT A FUCKING LOVE SONG FOR A WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!#how are you looking at the cinematic (does not include kaoru or yumi) and going. ah yes. this is about romantic love.#meanwhile sayonara silent night actually is LMAO#ada speaks#baka darou tl is finished i just need to grab more clips to fill time during the midsection#throwing in a little gaiden/8 amv as a treat#also it's singable AND literal. because i can.#fuck the official one. it's SO bad. lyrics/flow wise and accuracy wise#i will not rant i will not rant i w
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My family and I were all sitting in our living room today, and Jingle Bells was playing. And I just started singing along, so I went, "A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride, and soon Miss Fanny Price was seated by my side..."
For years it's been Miss Fanny PRICE in my head, instead of Bright. Mansfield Park fangirling 😂😅
Mansfield Park fangirling!!!
But um... you uh... you know the words to verse 2 of Jingle Bells? I had to Google this:
[Verse 2]
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot
That song has 4 verses???? The things I am learning today!
Also, this would be pretty uncomfortable, getting turned over in a snowbank? Snow would go straight down your back, I can feel it!
#mansfield park#jingle bells#I only know the lyrics of verse one of almost every Christmas song#Except for like Silent Night and Away in a Manger#You always sing the first verse and then the chorus a few times#It's like when we sing the full version of O Canada did you know that has three verses?#I can't believe you know the lyrics in your head anon!
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The rendition of "Pat-a-Pan" six minutes into this 11-minute-long medley of Christmas carols has no right to go as hard as it does. Which is to say, I am eternally frustrated that it only exists six minutes into an 11-minute-long song.
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#self post#christmas#it's so good i can't even#BUT IT'S SIX MINUTES INTO THE SONG#they're sweetly singing silent night and i'm vibrating with anticipation aggghhhh#Youtube
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Silent Night - The Incredible Jimmy Smith (Christmas '64, 1964)
#Soul#Soul Music#Soul Music Songs#Music#Music Songs#Jimmy Smith#Christmas '64#1964#Jazz#Instrumental#Verve Records#Silent Night#Youtube
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Stay
Song Inspiration ‘Stay Another Day – East 17’ Nominated by @akaanonymouth
Bernie wandered slowly towards the Holby carpark. Her hands deep inside the pockets of her woollen coat and her head tucked into the warmth of her scarf. As she walked, she could almost feel the invisible thread, she’d always felt connected her and Serena, fraying and the bits blowing away in the thin, cold breeze.
When Serena had made her little speech, implying that she’d be holding Bernie back if she allowed her to stay in Holby shackled to her, instead of being off having adventures in Nairobi or wherever the wind blew her next. Bernie had agreed she couldn’t stay. “Why did you say that. You idiot!” she muttered to herself as she reached her car. Staying in Holby had been her idea. Finally making a home with the woman she loved. Putting down roots. Being part of a loving family. This was what she wanted. She was just incredibly sorry that it had taken a lonely Serena cheating on her. On them. To make her realise that she needed to act.
So maybe she didn’t own a pair of slippers in which to take the bins out…Maybe she’d not pushed her own two on the swings when they were small but that didn’t mean that she’d resent ‘having’ to do it with Guinevere and any other little ones who came along.
She’d never wanted domesticity before. Not with Marcus. Not with Alex. She’d tried to fit into Marcus’ ideas of the way a wife should behave, how she should act, each time she was on leave. She tried to be the version of a mother that her children seemed to want. But it had never worked, because although she’d been a wife, a mother, a soldier, a lover, she’d never once in all that time truly been herself.
During her relationship with Serena. Even through the horrific time of and after Eleanor’s senseless death. She had slowly and surely blossomed into her own self. She was really, honestly, Bernie Wolfe for the very first time in her over half a century of life. And it wasn’t that she couldn’t be herself elsewhere now. She could. She was sure. She wasn’t dependent on Serena Campbell. It was that she didn’t want to be Bernie Wolfe, the woman who’d let Serena Campbell slip through her fingers. Who’d blindly agreed with non-sensical arguments about bins and swings and not being the right sort of animal.
As Bernie pulled across her seatbelt and turned the key in the ignition, the radio started up. It was a Christmas song that had been played a lot during a deployment to Cyprus in 1994. As the tune came to the chorus, she hummed along quietly. The music video came to mind. She remembered seeing Take That wrapped in enormous white puffer jackets with furry hoods as ‘snow’ fell around them, as she stood watching the TV in 20c sunshine and feeling slightly disjointed. It was the first time that she’d not been able to make it home since her kids had been born and Marcus had piled on the guilt each time she’d rang home.
She stayed in her memories for a little while, as the words seemed particularly pertinent.
“Don’t you think we’ve come too far now
Just to go and try to throw it all away
Thought I heard you say you love me
That your love was gonna be here to stay
I’ve only just begun to know you
All I can say is won’t you stay just one more day.
Take That seemed to be saying in song, that which she wished she’d said to Serena instead of having a final dance and then making a quiet exit as the bouquet was being thrown. The irony of Serena catching it was not lost on her. Especially as she felt the small box in her coat pocket.
She stopped herself as she went to put the car into reverse. Being hit immediately with the vision of herself driving away from the hospital while berating herself for being a complete and utter coward. Running away from Serena because she’d intimated that she loved her after a particularly stressful case.
She turned off the ignition and took a few deep breaths. As her breath plumed in the coolness of the car, she Googled ‘Stay Another Day’ by Take That and discovered that it didn’t exist. However, the same title by East 17 did. She smiled to herself as she remembered Serena’s joy each time she failed to guess an artist correctly when they were listening to music.
She attached a link to the song into a text message to Serena and wrote “Please LISTEN to this X”
Bernie started to walk back towards Albies as she listened quietly to the lyrics of the song. When she reached the corner of the pub, she saw Serena sitting on a bench in the deserted smoking shelter.
“It says some of the things I should have had the guts to say instead of walking away.” Bernie said.
“Bloody hell!” Serena gasped. “You made me jump!”
“Budge up” Bernie made a gentle shooing motion with one hand.
Serena moved over and Bernie sat down. She placed her hand, palm facing upward in the gap between them. Serena placed her trembling hand into Bernie’s and laced their fingers together. As Bernie folded her own fingers between Serena’s she took a deep breath. She watched the humid air curl from her lips and head into the ether.
Looking into the distance, Bernie cleared her throat and began to speak. “When I first heard that song, I was stationed in Cyprus. It was my first Christmas away from the kids. I’d have given anything to feel the motherly, familial guilt I was supposed to…Marcus guilt tripped me every time we spoke but truthfully I was relieved…relieved because it meant I didn’t have to go and play pretend happy families.”
“Bernie…” Serena started. Feeling Bernie squeeze her hand, she stopped. She inclined her head slightly and smiled softly, signifying Bernie should continue.
Bernie looked away again “For over half my life, the only place I really felt that I fitted in was the army…I enjoyed the adrenaline rushes, the adventures, the camaraderie…I felt as much myself as I ever thought I’d feel…I never thought I’d have a life where I could be openly gay and in love…Create a family of my own on my own terms.”
She turned to look at Serena. “You are the love of my life…I don’t want us to break up…I want to stay here. With you...We’ve never really had the chance to lay down some proper roots and I want to do that…Our family is in Holby. Our friends are in Holby…And most importantly” Bernie smiled widely. “You are in Holby…And I want to be wherever you are for the rest of my life.”
Serena smiled hesitantly. “But what about adventure and adrenaline…You’re a force of nature Bernie…You’ll shrivel up and die here…Domesticity isn’t you.”
“Bloody hell love, you make me sound like some sort of camo clad Indiana Jones!” Bernie laughed as she grasped Serena’s upper arms and turned her gently to fully face her. Sliding her hands down her arms to interlace their fingers once more. “Don’t you realise?... Us being together. Loving each other. Loving our family…That will be the biggest adventure of my life. And it’s one I can’t wait to start.” She squeezed Serena’s hands and shook them gently between the two of them to emphasise her point.
A tear ran slowly down Serena’s cheek. “I ruined everything Bernie…I cheated…Not just on you but on everything we’d been building…I…” She stopped as Bernie placed a finger tenderly over her lips.
“You made a mistake…Yes, it hurt like hell. But it’s done…We’ll learn from it…And we’ll draw a veil over it.” Bernie’s eyes implored Serena to believe her.
Serena unlaced her fingers from Bernie’s and reached up to cup her face. “I love you so, so much.”
Bernie breathed deeply. “Can I stay?”
Serena pulled Bernie into a crushing hug. She whispered into Bernie’s ear. “I never wanted you to go.”
They stayed in that hug for a long time. Feeling the solidity of each other was grounding after such a rollercoaster few hours. “Marry me?” Bernie murmured. She held her breath wondering whether Serena had even heard her.
A loud sob escaped from Serena. “Yes!...Yes!”
They held on to each other more tightly. “I’ve got a ring.” Said Bernie. Her voice muffled as she buried her head in Serena’s hair.
Serena looked up. Bernie felt swaddled in the deep love she saw in the eyes looking back at her. Serena ran her hand around to the back of Bernie’s head. “Later.” She purred as she pulled Bernie into a passionate kiss.
EAST 17 “Don’t you say it’s the final kiss (Stay now)”…
And she did.
With Serena becoming her wife 3 months later…
#a (not so) silent night#serena campbell#bernie wolfe#@berena_winter_event#berena#fanfiction#holby city#Song request by @akaanonymouth
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Songs that make me passionately sing along at night
#it's one of those 'it's a silent holiday but we'll stay open with calmer and quieter music but shh' songs#or one we played in the last half hour to make people leave and not start partying to upbeat bangers#and also a mtv 90s special classic#and a 2000s childhood road trip radio special#and a personal heartache/late night/studying favorite#it's A Vibe. and also i mayyybe am jessie in a way with some people. and i know people who are jessies but i hate when they do that#mel talks#audio
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GAVIN: Silent Night's Song (SSR KARMA, after evolution)
Gavin's Phone Call ~Book of Fairy Tales~
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i apologize to all my mutuals i promise i will be normal but there is a part of me regressing to my 15 year old self reading an archived livejournal pete/key manifesto for the first time at 12am on a school night
#TO BE CLEAR i’m excited bc i love bang the doldrums and i never thought i’d hear a live version#but the fact that it’s today of all days. does make the rpf lore brain go brrr#actually it probably wasn’t even archived i think it was still up#but literally my memory is crystal clear of how i even learned it was a thing#my friends during class were joking about some post about fourth of july (the song) being about them#and i was silently like hmmm what’s this about#and when i got home that night i immediately looked it up#i distinctly remember it being one of the first times i stayed up on my laptop way too late lmao#i really only got deep into ryden when i first got into brandon stuff#(which was at the beginning of 2015 i was late to the party)#and i wasn’t really into mcr yet at that point anyway besides a few songs and like i knew who mikey was obviously#(i never got into other mcr rpf and now i’m an adult it’s too late to learn the Lore. i would not be normal)#anyway i also remember reading the ryden livejournal stuff but that was earlier. i just vividly remember hearing about petemikey#from people At School#anyway there’s no point to this i just like talking about myself#r.txt
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