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selenak: (Porthos by Chatona)
Firstly, for lovers of classical music: after having done pop playlist for good old Frederick the Ambiguously Great, friends and foes, we now present the operatic and symphonic version. It's basically "Fritz: The Opera" with stolen tunes in best operatic tradition. We tried to find (English) subtitled versions, which wasn't always possible, but hopefully the music itself will explain why it fits that particular moment/character/relationship in history so well. And if you have no interest in the history, enjoy the concert starring some of the best singers and orchestras for its own sake.

Incidentally, during the weekend when I idly checked out [community profile] fail_fandomanon, I saw the question "how would character x respond when confronted with their younger self (and vice versa?" applied to various fandoms. As I said to [personal profile] cahn and [personal profile] mildred_of_midgard, our historical fandom as actual, definite, canon on that question re: the main character, without needing time travel for it. How many other fandoms can say that? (If you're wondering, the canonical answer to that question is the infinitely screwed up relationship Friedrich II had with his younger brother Heinrich (aka 'l'autre moi-meme, so dubbed by the man himself).


Secondly, fanfiction that comes up with character combinations that canon didn't in an utterly real feeling way is the best. Have one from Star Trek: DS9:

Where Everybody Knows Your Name is set post-show and has Jake Sisko dealing (or not) with Ben's spoilery status quo post finale. Somehow, the dealing (or not) takes the form of hanging out wit Quark more and more. Both the Quark and the Jake voices are pitch perfect, and this is so my head canon now.
selenak: (Jimmy and Kim)
First, re: yesterdays ships-as-emoticons meme, the two which no one has identified were Quark/Dax from Star Trek: DS9, and, as the bonus ship, from Penny Dreadful, Vanessa Ives (refered to as "my little scorpion" by Joan the witch all through her flashbacks) and Malcom Murray (deconstructed Victorian explorer, hence the map).

Secondly, along with primary sources transcribing, excerpting and debating, my two Frederician buddies & self have been engaging in such classical fannish endeavours as Hogwarts House sorting, "who tops/bottoms" debates and, most recently, the assembling of a playlist. Click on the links and enjoy the song mix, if you don't know anything about the history; if you do know something about the history, we hope you'll be into the character arc they form as well.

Now, on to the Better Call Saul review.

In which Lalo is a cat, Nacho is a dog, and Kim is the best lawyer in Albuquerque, our titular antihero included.

Spoilers are in the game )
selenak: (JohnPaul by Jennymacca)
One more Beatles-related post, and then I'll shut up on the subject again for a while. But YouTube is a treasure dome with some amazing footage, both of the originals and cover versions. So, I present:

How to earn your Greatest Band Of All Time Label: a decade in songs )

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