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Classical Piece of the Day - day 34

Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major

Would you believe it anon… I’m in the interval at Proms this very minute, having just listened to the incredible Yunchan Lim perform this piece!

I’m currently teaching myself the second movement of this beautiful, jazzy concerto, composed after Ravel’s trip to America (where he met George Gershwin!). This is also the second time I’ve seen it performed live, and I’ve sobbed all the way through it both times.

Number One:

he's extremely funny when he firsts loses his memories aboard the Hail Mary! One of my favorite lines that didn't make it into the movie is "I'm a single man in my thirties, I live alone in a small apartment. I really like, I don't have any kids. I don't like where this is going - a teacher! I'm a school teacher, one." It's even more funny if you listen to the audiobook where he's reading it for the first time, and this is his genuine reaction!

Number Two:

He's extremely smart and dumb at the same time! He's making experiments way before he even remembers his name! He makes so many experience even, that when Rocky gives him a ball made out of a metal, he puts it through tests when Rocky leaves, figuring out that it's iron.... And when they both go back to the xenonite barrier.... Rocky shows him a ring of 26... He's telling him it's iron... And he didn't need to do a thing but wait there.

Number Three:

He has both platonic and romantic relationships with the same people depending on who you ask! He's great Aroace representation if you see him as Aroace! To some people, hes in a QPR with Rocky and Adrian! To other people, he's in a QPR with Stratt! To other people, he's in a romantic relationship with Rocky! To other people he's in a romantic relationship with Stratt! It's every interesting seeing people's takes on his implied and referenced relationships!

Number Four:

All of the fandom agrees it's wrong of Stratt to say that he doesn't have any family members nor a pet while trying to make him go on the Project Hail Mary, viewing his life as lesser because he doesn't - infact, Stratt doesn't either and is kind of projecting! The fandom also agrees on Coltland, and some degree, Coltland Gentry! He has a twin brother, an older brother, and depending on who you ask some weird uncles, grandparents, and younger brothers. It's called the Ryan Gosling Cinematic Universe, and I'm not even sure who came up with that or why but it works! We also ship him with different Markiplier characters, more specifically we ship him with Simon from Iron Lung. I don't know.

Number Four:

In the movie, he never wears his glasses correctly! Everyone in this fandom who has glasses or sunglasses regularly try to mimic his glasses positions when given the chance. Its very funny. He's super silly, please don't break your glasses doing this.

Number Five:

He has a bunch of Fox motifs, and is always refered to as a fox in different fanart. He has a fox cardigan, that almost everyone who knits and crochets try to make by hand, and by almost it means everyone but me, I'm still getting used to it. Stratt is almost always the german shepard, or the (scape)goat, which is also wonderful symbolism. It can get very sad sometimes.

Number Six:

He gets sick on elevators! He does not want to do this! Hes very reluctant on even letting the actual astronauts die! He doesn't realize that he might be chosen as well for it, until, at least in the book, a couple days away from the launch... And they lock him in a cell, where he gets one last conversation with Stratt, before they erase his memories in a way that his brain won't forget technique and training, so he doesn't sabotage the mission like he threatened to. In the movie it's a lot simpler, they just put him unconscious and into the coma right there and then.... So the last words spoken to him are ones of encouragement by one of his greatest friends, and he's the last one he sees before he forgets everything.

Number Seven:

He's so bad at peopling that his best friend - and to some people lover - is a rock spider alien! In the book that's exactly how he describes him, and it's incredibly funny to watch him react to it. Some people relate to this on some kind of spiritual level, which I get, and some people are just like, yeah, that would be me. Some people take this as autism, which I also get, I can't really say anything about it imo.

Number Eight:

In the books after he successfully makes it to Erid with Rocky, he resorts to cannablism, and is morally fine with it! He's accepted his fate of eating burgers made from his flesh and is quite with it. It's food so he'll eat it. He's name named them Meburgers.

Number Nine:

I don't know what to put here, except that he's just Ryland Grace, he's just him. If you guys have anymore reasons that aren't you here lmk.

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to those reading: if you want another good mozart beef composer, just try clementi

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My Ever Dearest Romain,

Saber will be furious with me if I make but a sound at these ungodly hours. You are in the salon, I know, but God forbid I give you a parting gift! I have the benefit of seeing you on the daily, so I’ve no need to write to you. But allow tonight to be a time my quill scribes words of love rather than words of the Republic.

Romain, I have known you ever since the Storming of the Bastille. You handed me a pike. You fended me from guards. You fought alongside me. And together, we survived, and look at where our glorious Nation is now! It is a paradise of Liberty! Of Egality! Of Fraternity! And my Romain, my dear, I have the ability to share it with you!

O, my Romain! How dear you are to me! You are what stabilizes me! You are my anchor; you are the sole flame in my lantern as I wade through the treachery that is our world. My sweet Roméo, my sweet Roma! My darling! I would have you, and only you, to guide a blinded, pilgrim version of me through the circles of Hell itself. It would only be you whom I would take poison for, whom I would stab myself for, whom I would perish for.

But that is more than enough musings from me. I must bore you, don’t I? For someone so exuberant as you are to allow me in your presence—it truly is surreal. O, I value you so. You are locked in my heart forever more, and I hold you ever dear. My dearest, how could I ever repay you?

With much love, to you, my forever cherished friend,

Isidore de Allemane,

Deputy of the National Convention, in turn, your friend.

if you are sending to a multi-muse, remember to specify the muse that the questions are being sent for . feel free to edit these as you see fit .

🌟 What’s something small they did as a child that hinted at who they’d become?

❤️ Who is the one person they’d drop everything for, no questions asked?

💔 What’s the one wound (physical / emotional) they’ll never fully recover from?

🗡️ What’s their “I’ve killed for less” trigger?

☀️ What’s their happiest childhood memory?

🌧️ What kind of weather matches their soul?

🍽️ What meal do they cook when they need to feel like themselves again?

🎶 What song instantly makes them emotional & why?

🌙 Do they sleep peacefully / fight nightmares every night?

🔒 What’s a secret they’ll take to their grave?

🪞 What do they secretly hate about their own appearance?

💪 What random skill are they weirdly proud of?

👶 Baby picture of them - what’s the most embarrassing thing about it?

🏠 Describe their home when no one’s watching—messy, spotless, chaotic cozy?

😭 What always makes them cry, even if they hate admitting it?

😂 What’s the dumbest thing they’ve ever laughed at for way too long?

🧸 Do they still have a childhood comfort object? Where is it now?

✏️ What nickname do they secretly love being called?

⚔️ How do they act when they’re furious but have to stay polite?

🩸 What’s the worst injury they’ve ever had & the story behind it?

🕊️ What would instantly calm them down in a panic attack?

🔥 What’s something they’d burn the world down to protect?

🌹 What scent reminds them of the person they loved/love most?

🪥 What’s their most oddly specific daily routine?

💔 What’s the one apology they’re still waiting for that’ll never come?

🃏 Are they the type to forgive / hold a grudge until the end of the universe?

🌌 What’s their biggest “what if” that keeps them up at night?

🦋 What was their “I’m not a kid anymore” moment?

🎭 Do they wear a mask in public? What’s the real them like underneath?

🧳 If they had to leave home forever with only one bag, what do they pack?

🌑 What’s the darkest thought they’ve ever had about themselves?

☕ What’s their comfort drink?

🖤 What’s a “villain” trait they actually possess?

🤝 Who is the one person they never want to disappoint?

🎁 What gift would utterly destroy them (in a good / bad way)?

🩹 How do they react when someone they love is hurt?

🌅 Are they a sunrise / sunset person - what do they think about while looking at their favorite?

🧣 What texture/clothing item makes them feel safe?

🦉 What piece of advice do they give everyone but never follow themselves?

🔪 What’s the most violent thing they’ve ever done for love / survival?

🦋 What seemingly insignificant memory do they cherish the most?

🌹 What is their love language & how badly do they need it right now?

🪨 What’s the hardest choice they’ve ever made?

🧋 What food/drink do they hate that everyone else loves?

🕰️ If they could relive one day of their life, which would it be?

👑 In their own story, are they the hero / villain / someone else entirely?

🌡️ What temperature do they keep their home at & why?

🧸 What would their younger self think of them now?

💌 What’s the letter / text they’ll never send?