Greetings, delicious friends

At school they taught me how to be So pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed

Father, forgive me I tried not to do it Turned over a new leaf Then tore right through it Whatever you taught me I didn't believe it Father, you fought me 'Cause I didn't care And I still don't understand

(she/her)

Warren's Reflection is a tigress who is far too important and regal to help with much in the way of RESEARCH, but she'll stand guard and keep other dreamers or wildlife away to give you space to work. (she will also pester you while you work, because she wants to know what you're doing, and also be involved even though she insists she's too busy and important to do so)

Arthur's Reflection is a tiger, and he is not only too busy to help, he just does not want to. He can be bribed to help, though, because he's draft dodging and having something to do instead of going to war is helpful to him to point at and say "I'm working on something, I can't go right now". His actual contributions are iffy, but he can be cajoled into being helpful on occasion

Florence's Reflection is a horrible wraith who's standing in a perpetual puddle, feet and ankles dyed peligin from the zee water, clad in a stained red velvet gown and constantly weeping. It is advised not to go near her--her rage is incandescent, she packs quite a punch when her grieving is interrupted. She will not help you.

The Surgeon's Reflection is himself, still clad in the regalia of Hell's Aristocracy that's become tattered from the roses that grow in thorny tangles at his feet and rot in his wake. Don't worry about the green ribbon that encircles his throat or the blood perpetually smeared on his hands. He will help if he's been properly bribed, and his assistance is valuable--he is a man who does not permit mistakes on anything he is attached to

Bolormaa's Reflection is himself, though extra sets of eyes appear and disappear across his exposed skin, always watchful on the horizons for any danger. His help is best suited to tracking the monsters of Parabola, and defending from them at your base or the reflection of your Lab. He is always happy to lend a hand

Rhoda's Reflection is herself as a child, a little girl who is desperate to be something--anything--more than she is, and hell bent on making a life for herself regardless of what they think she's suited for or is allowed to be taken. She's bright and eager to prove herself, and will assist in any way you'll let her, though she shines when it comes to identifying the plants and animals of Parabola

HI. I DOOOOO!!!! Not for all of them (im sorry Francis... Marion... Isaac... Vivian... the Delicate Devil... okay maybe actually not for most of them) but I do have a couple. This will probably be a long post oops

Josie

Natural - Imagine Dragons

That's the price you pay / Leave behind your heart and cast away / Just another product of today / Rather be the hunter than the prey

And you're standing on the edge, face up

'Cause you're a natural / A beating heart of stone / You gotta be so cold / T o make it in this world

Yeah, you're a natural / Living your life cutthroat / You gotta be so cold / Yeah, you're a natural

The verses of this song aren't her at all but THE CHORUS... THE MOST JOSIE LYRICS EVER. THATS HER. THATS HER SUMMED UP. Literally insane how much they fit her

Malachai & Nach

Sarcasm - Get Scared

You've got me shaking from the way you're talking / My heart is breaking but there's no use crying / What a cyanide surprise you have left for my eyes / If I had common sense I'd cut myself or curl up and die

Sticks and stones could break my bones / But anything you say will only fuel my lungs

Don't mind us we're just spilling our guts / If this is love I don't wanna be loved / You pollute the room with a filthy tongue / Watch me choke it down so I can throw it up.

This whole song is so incredibly them. Specifically Nach's POV of their relationship but still SO THEM. I like to call it their theme song

That Unwanted Animal - The Amazing Devil

And we fall into each other, the scratching grows so loud / Because that unwanted animal wants nothing more than to get out / And I scream, "What's the time, Mr. Wolf?" / But you, you're blind, you bleat, you bear your claws

And you, you follow philosophies, but me, I laugh, I choke / "Well, hello, my hollow Holofernes" / I wink, but you don't get the joke / "Hold the hand of the god-child, " they said, "as he falls from the sky"

"Be good to me, " I beg of him / "Be good to me, " I beg of him / Be good, be good, be good, be good, be good, be good, be good / And he replies (oh), "No, no, not I"

The majority of this song is not them but these bits... these bits are very them

Nach

Gladiator - Jann

Smash your competition, baby / Show us some good entertainment / Victory's your only payment / Gladiator, gladiator

Okay so Tigernach Lyall may not be my oc (he belongs to my dearly beloved friend squid aka @a-dux ) but he DOES live rent free in my brain and this song. This song is so him. The animatic in my brain where the first version of this chorus is Feducci talking to him and then the second version is Nach turning Feducci's words back on him to mock him during their catastrophic breakup... it goes crazy you just have to trust me

Lament

A Sadness Runs Through Him - The Hoosiers

But here was a man mourning tomorrow / He drank, but finally drowned in his sorrow

Oh, he could not break surface tension / He looked in the wrong place for redemption

Don't look at me with those eyes / I tried to anaesthetize / Turn back the time that drew him / But he couldn't be saved / A sadness runs through him, through him

Lament is also one of squid's pcs and whats funny is I initially suggested this song as being her perspective on Nach in the potential scenario where he went fully off the deep end AND THEN HE ACTUALLY DID. AND THE LYRICS ARE EVEN MORE AGONIZING IN RETROSPECT

Aphelion

Arsonist's Lullaby - Hozier

When I was a man I thought it ended / When I knew love's perfect ache / But my peace has always depended / On all the ashes in my wake

All you have is your fire / And the place you need to reach / Don't you ever tame your demons / But always keep 'em on a leash

Aphelion is my newest oc and yet somehow they have the most songs associated with them. I don't know how that happened. Anyways, they have an extremely normal relationship with fire, light, and anger (I lie, lyingly)

Lake - Jack Stauber

Chin up and lower the shield / Assuming the closed wound is healed

Sunset window looks at the lake / With a certain visage that is quite / Difficult to break

With a word or a jab / From a pen or a stone / You're better off flying / Than being alone

This song to me specifically represents the way their love hurts them... and especially the things they love that they wish they didn't

Melt in the Sun - Small Fools

My waxen eyes / Melt in the sun / My stone disguise / Melt in the sun / My amber venom / Can't poison anyone / Melt in the sun

This one was a recommendation from Dragons and like... THE FIRST VERSE IS LITERALLY JUST THEM. LIKE THEY DID IN FACT MELT IN THE SUN. VERY MUCH SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO THEM

Drakona

Cicada Days - Will Wood

And then my sponsor said "Do nothing, nothing works" / And then my doctor said "Don't do that if it hurts"

She said, "It just feels inhumane to lose this much" / "'Cause when you leave you know you take more than your love" / The seasons of cicada days, we can't make up / And I know it just feels inhumane to lose this much

Let all my red flags fade to white, yeah, I give up / Don't let me leave, I'll only take more than I gave / Okay, I'll pack my stuff / Here at the end of days, my god, what have I done? / Christ, now it feels damn inhumane to get all I've dreamed of

Speaking of Dragons ( @herearedragons ) I am not immune to The Detective and this part of Cicada Days... dare I say it has Drakona vibes....

(Heads-up this is a pin-up)