Submas Song Sunday
on TrainGuy Tuesday kinda vibe
Yup lmao I’m Back At It, this time @fourphoenixfeathers Fusion AU edition! :D
Submas Song Sunday, aka where I take a song from my playlist and kinda just talk about how I think it fits the subway bros (or just one of em!)
I might include references to fanfic, or explain an animatic I can think up to the song, or just talk about it!
DISCLAIMER: Nothing on this playlist is intended to portray anything aside from familial relationships. I am NOT looking at backstories of songs, who they were written for, or songwriter’s intent. I go STRICTLY off lyrics and how I interpret them!
You may find a link to the playlist in my pinned post! If you have a song you want me to talk about, send it in :)
Song: Home by Cavetown
So it’s no great secret that I’ve been writing a lot about Ei, the fusion of Ingo and Emmet. In that AU he gets pretty badly hurt, go read both my fic Two-Headed and Phoenix’s series Cobwebs if you want more Ei lore!
Mainly writing this out for her bc I can’t get ideas out my brain right now.
Often, I am upset that I cannot fall in love, but I guess
This avoids the stress of falling out of it
We begin after Ei gets injured, when he sees that his four armed, four eyed form that he’s stuck in due to distortion nonsense is seeding some distrust among certain elders in the Pearl Clan. They had never even liked him to begin with; he finds this somewhat distressing, especially now when he’s so vulnerable.
But he can’t help but wonder if perhaps their reaction would’ve been worse if they had liked him. Would it be seen as a betrayal?
Are you tired of me yet?
I'm a little sick right now, but I swear
When I'm ready, I will fly us out of here
And then he is alone. E is alone and he’s worried about I... Is he getting sick of E controlling everything but unable to do anything about it because I is so injured...?
I also see this a bit as injured Ei with Akari; he tried to downplay how serious things are at first, but he still needs to get her home.
I'll cut my hair to make you stare
I'll hide my chest
And I'll figure out a way to get us out of here
I don’t take these lines too literally, but Ei tried to hide his extra eyes and arms for as long as he could to remain safe. There are definitely some who would attack him on sight for looking like that.
He meets the banished Akari in that form as well, and swears he’ll get them both home and keep her safe.
But then, post stab, now he hides his scar.
Turn off your porcelain face
I can't really think right now and this place
Has too many colors, enough to drive all of us insane
The lack of his second heart makes Ei pale, much paler than normal, and things overwhelm him easier. At some moments, more often than before, it’s all just too much and the brain fog closes in. Remembering is hard. Existing is hard.
Are you dead?
E often tries to speak to I. As time passes, the responses get less and less frequent until they stop. E wonders, then, if I is well and truly gone from within him.
Sometimes I think I'm dead
'Cause I can feel ghosts and ghouls wrapping my head
And Ei slowly begins to realize that he... Is more or less a dead man walking. It’s only a matter of time.
But I don't wanna fall asleep just yet
He doesn’t want to die, but especially not yet. Not when he’s not home. Not when Akari needs him.
My eyes went dark
I don't know where
My pupils are
Ei’s eyes glow, whether that is two or four. But then... The eyes that belong to I no longer glow after a while. They just remain, half open, unresponsive. He can’t really see out of them any more.
But I'll figure out a way to get us out of here.
E promises I they will BOTH make it home.
Get a load of this monster
He doesn't know how to communicate
His mind is in a different place
When Ei first showed up, he still was remarkably different from everyone around him. The man is 8 feet tall. He came from nowhere, speaks a strange language, and did not immediately find friends in the Pearl Clan or Hisui in general.
Will everybody please give him a little bit of space?
Irida vouched for him, though.
Get a load of this train wreck
His hair's a mess and he doesn't know who he is yet
He’s got amnesia. He doesn’t know who he was, or who he will be.
But little do we know, the stars
Welcome him with open–
But, despite the hardships, Ei is living in the moment. To the delight of E, the stars are brighter and the sky more beautiful than he had ever seen before.
Get a load of this monster
He doesn't know how to communicate
But now. Ei is hurt. Ei looks monstrous, wanting nothing more than to hide and not show or acknowledge his extra parts. He is not good with words any more; that was I’s specialty. Explanations do not come easy.
His mind is in a different place
Well, half of it is.
Will everybody please give him a little bit of space?
Even now, Irida sticks up for him when suspicious and curious clan members make him uncomfortable.
Get a load of this train wreck
His hair's a mess and he doesn't know who he is yet
He now knows he’s probably two people. Will he remain two people if one fades away? Will he still be Ei?
But little do we know, the stars
Welcome him with open arms
While stargazing was more E’s thing than I’s, Ei still does it. He hopes that his wonder will filter its way down to his subdued half and bring him some comfort.
Time is
Slowly
Tracing his face
As the days and weeks go on, he gets weaker. His existence cannot be sustained like this.
But strangely he feels at home in this place.
But with everyone he has caring about him and rooting for him and on his side, at the very least. E and I are not alone.
31 notes
·
View notes