Finished the Covenant of Steel and looking through the tags I saw your posts. Such a good series and I am curious what songs you assign to Alwym and Evadine?
OH MY GOD COVENANT ENJOYER
You've activated my trap card... Talking about Alwyn and Evadine. Anyway, here we go;
Take Me To Church - Hozier
You don't need me to explain why take me to church can be a song about the relationship between these two. It's right there. I'll worship like a fucking dog at the shrine of your lies.
As someone who loves messy relationships, usually in fantasy media, this is definitely the peak example of my habit of blacking out when the breakup song is about cheating to pretend it's actually about you know, your girlfriend starting several wars and causing countless deaths.
Come for me like a savior and I'd put myself through hell for you
Alwyn putting himself through hell for Evadine quite literally most of the plot
I know I'm half responsible, and that makes me feel horrible
I know I could've stopped it all, god, why didn't I stop it all?
Everyone always points out how Evadine owes so much of her rise to Alwyn, and how Alwyn really could have stopped it all so many times. He had so many chances to turn his back on her, but he stayed so long and enabled All That.
Lovers to Enemies - Chase Noseworthy (ft. Annapantsu)
You can't expect me to be shown a song about killing your former lover who betrayed you while pretending to not love them anymore and have me not make it about Alwyn and Evadine
Allies or Enemies - The Crane Wives
I know the last song literally has the title lovers to enemies. But allies or enemies thecranewives peak song for the lovers to enemies trope. All is fair in love and war but I can't fight with you anymore.
Honorary mention: Dead Girl Walking (Reprise) - Heathers the Musical
I just have an animatic stuck in my head with the ending of the traitor and the part in dgw reprise that goes I wish your mom had been a little stronger / I wish she'd stayed around a little longer / I wish your dad were good / I wish grown-ups understood / I wish we'd met before / they convinced you life was war especially with that part in the book where Alwyn blames her father for making her like this and he just goes this is your fault too
