Question, do you have any lines you associate with characters other than Jon in your TMA fansong/do you wanna infodump about it
hi !! this is such a great question !! and i would LOVE to infodump, thank you for asking >:)
âWatcherâs Crownâ is written from jonâs perspective, and i imagine it to be his inner monologue, but there are definitely lines that are directed toward other characters !!
for example, in the first verse, âand whatever you might think of me, itâs my responsibility, and i canât act like everything is fineâ is directed toward the rest of the archive staff- but specifically at tim, as that line was written to reference jonâs stalker era and timâs growing distrust of him. this whole verse is jon justifying his actions to himself as he spirals into paranoia.
in the second verse, we have the lines âi donât want to be a player, i donât want to be a pawn, i donât want to be a token in your gameâ, referencing his situation at large, but directed specifically at the beholding/elias, as jon becomes increasingly aware of the part he is being forced to play.
with the line âiâd do anything to save youâ, we turn his focus to martin, where it stays for much of the songâs remainder.
we have jon pleading with martin, deep in the throes of the lonely, to run away with him, followed by the harmonica solo/creepy whispering segment. this part is meant to reference the safehouse period with the soft harmonies, culminating in the clash of all the instruments/rougher vocals as jon âopens the doorâ.
this last chorus references jon and martinâs journey to the panopticon. âwe know where we should beâ refers to jonâs survivorâs guilt and the beginning of his understanding that heâs on borrowed time. this culminates in âthe epilogue that no one wants to seeâ, as he resolves to sacrifice himself to the panopticon, and âwhat do you say, will you end the world with meâ which are the last lyrics referencing martin, and serve as jonâs final goodbye to him.
the final verse is directed at elias once again. this was my favorite verse to write, and i had it in my notes app for a long time before i even thought about finishing the song, let alone releasing it !!
jon reflects on everything heâs been manipulated into and has his well-deserved crashout moment. (i do imagine elias just squinting down at him, one eyebrow raised and just. vaguely confused and annoyed at this part ).
and then he kills him !!! :D hooray !!!!! this is my favorite verse to sing. itâs very cathartic.
the âare you still listeningâ bit was very self indulgent. i had this song written WAY before The Magnus Protocol was ever announced. i actually sang it in VC in the MagCon discord server year before last. i was in the trenches during the ARG. this show means a lot to me, and that was my little nod toward the sequel show, while also being a bit of a 4th wall moment !!
anyway, thanks for letting me rant, and thanks for listening to Watcherâs Crown !!! :]