Character theme songs: one of the best ways to get the feel/vibe of a character. It’s also a great way to spur on one’s muse and also a great way to find some great music! It’s one of the most common discussions in the cbox and discord, but I recently found myself wondering why we don’t have anywhere to put these on the main site. So I decided to make a thread for it!
Rules
-For organization’s sake, post your theme songs under your character account!
-Post links and not the videos themselves! We don’t want to create too much clutter.
-Don’t link to a music video if it gets explicit! Try to keep to snippets of lyrics or audio only in these cases.
-Feel free to tag other characters with theme song suggestions! But try to keep these separate from your character’s theme songs.
To make organization a little easier, here’s a form you could use. But feel free to make your own!
Code:
<center> <u><b>Character here</b></u>
<b>[url=linkhere]song 1[/url]</b> by <i>artisthere</i>
<i>lyric snippet</i>
<b>[url=Linkhere]song 2[/url]</b> by <i>artisthere</i>
<i>lyric snippet</i></center>
Character here
song 1 by artist.
lyric snippet
Envy
Always by Panic! at the Disco
I'm skin and bone
Just a king and rusty throne
Oh, the castle's under siege
But the sign outside says 'leave me alone'.
Know your Quarry by Biffy Clyro
When I was young.
I first encountered my crippled lungs,
I felt them burn
And cursed them ever since.
Immortals by Fallout Boy
Sometimes the only payoff for having any faith,
Is when it's tested again and again everyday.
I'm still comparing your past to my future,
It might be your wound but they're my sutures.
Human by Of Monsters and Men
Cage me like an animal
A crown with gems and gold
Eat me like a cannibal
Chase the neon throne
Envy's style of theme songs has changed
so much in the past few cycles. initially their playlist was much darker but due to the people they've met, they've matured a
lot and deal with their issues in different ways to what they were originally planned to. They've gone from being 100% a villain to being more of a confused dork with unhealthy coping mechanisms and their songs have become sadder. bless their heart, they're trying so hard to make everyone think they're a good king.
Oh man! This is great idea Moon! FYI some my character's songs can also be found on their profile.
Thothaga
Ladies of the Woods by Marcin Przybyłowicz & Percival (Witcher 3 OST)
(Alternate Version)
lyric snippet
I've always imagined this as Thothaga's main theme. It gives off creepy, primal, Baba Yaga-esque vibes, perfect for a morally gray spider witch, no?
Maiden, Mother, and Crone by The Sword
The harvest is reaped,
Seeds are sown
Multiplied by three,
She is the Maiden, The Mother, The Crone.
I would be flat out lying if I said Thothaga wasn't heavily based on the Triple Goddess.
Black Widow by In This Moment
So here we are, make your move
We're going mad, I'll help our groove
You want control, I disapprove
(I-I- you feelin it?)
So watch me close, as I unveil
I'm stripping down, your face is pale
You are the heart, I am the nail
(I-I- you feellin it? You feelin it?)
How could I not add this song for the capricious overgrown spider lady? Once fully grown, she is to approached with caution as although, she can be helpful, Thothaga hates to have her time wasted or might much rather use her visitors as pawns for her own purposes, kind of like the infamous black widow.
Force of Nature by Miracle of Sound
'Cause I can see the worlds unseen
Truth is in the mystery
Focus on the sting I feel from every pain and danger
'Cause I can see the worlds unseen
I can hear them call to me
Harnessing the energy from every fall and failure
I'll be a force of nature upon a world of rust
I'll be a force of nature
The only truth I trust is what I've seen
This song perfectly captures her Maiden phase. While she feels alienated from the other gembounds by her physicality and way of thinking, the one thing she does understand is magick, it calls to her, as well as the many secrets it holds. As a Maiden, she is on a journey to find herself and to replace naivety with wisdom, usually the hard way. With her strong link to the arcane and a heightened sense of magicka, her goal is to master it so that one day she can "weave" the very elements of the cave, to become a force of nature.
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air by Hex Girls
Earth, wind, fire and air,
We may look bad but we don't care,
We ride the wind,
We feel the fire,
To love the Earth is our one desire.
Thothaga may be a giant, scary spider, but when it comes to her sacred Spire and the fate of Origin cave, she will stand by her home and defend its sanctity, no matter the cost.
Wytches' Brew by Omnia
Double, double, Toil and Trouble,
Fire burn and cauldron bubble,
Double, double, trouble you,
Bubble in a witch's brew.
One day, Thothaga will get a "cauldron" and one of her brews will be reference to witches' spell in Macbeth, I swear it.
Charity
Wolves Without Teeth by Of Monsters and Men
I can see through you
We are the same
It's perfectly strange
You run in my veins
How can I keep you
Inside my lungs
I breathe what is yours
You breathe what is mine
This song perfectly represents the toxic relationship between Envy and Charity.