#crow playlists

Songs for Forests Dark and Deep

Songs for the true faeries of folklore, the child-stealers, the Wild Hunt, the goblins dipping their caps in blood, and the beautiful princes who will make you love them, then steal you away.

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(thanks @i-can-even-burn-salad for inspiring me with your ask lol)

If I can't have love...

…I want power

☽✥♛✥☾ Genres ☽✥♛✥☾

high fantasy, LGBTQ+, adult

☽✥♛✥☾ Themes ☽✥♛✥☾

love, femininity, beauty, betrayal, revenge, gender expression, transgender experience in a medieval society (it works out well actually!), sexuality, motherhood, autonomy, political intrigue, family

☽✥♛✥☾ Synopsis ☽✥♛✥☾

Nera was never a princess, but she will become a Queen. 

In the lush countryside of the Heledd, Nera was an innocent. But soon the deadly games of Heledd’s great noble families bring her into darkness. She is trapped by her marriage to a handsome but wild nobleman, and party to his schemes. She is at the mercy of her mad and beautiful son, who would do anything to seize the crown. But behind closed doors, her battle for power, for independence, for freedom, and the love of a knight with a great secret, goes on, even as the fires of war threaten to consume her and all she loves.

☽✥♛✥☾ Setting and Playlist☽✥♛✥☾

The country of Heledd:

They say the South is the province of bastards, a nest of debauchery. But the South is the cradle of Men, and of all the lands of Men, Heledd is the most verdant, the most rich. Any Northerner who means to tarnish the face of Heledd will find that it is not so easy to tarnish gold. 

Here passes the common knowledge of the region: that Heledd is wealthy, that it is abundant in all manner of verdure, especially flowers and fruits, in precious metals and stones, in the most beautiful women and men in the Lands. Heledd is the birthplace of luxury.

Playlist featuring Karliene, Ramin Djawadi, Ensemble Galilei, Sonya Beloousova, Adrian Von Ziegler, Celestial Aeon Project and more!

☽✥♛✥☾ Main Playlist ☽✥♛✥☾

Love is a monstrous thing. And beauty is its sign and seal, stamped on his face as on her own, the mother of all her woes.

Featuring Halsey, Fleurie, Ruelle, Paris Paloma, Florence + The Machine, and more!

Day 6: What music do you listen to when writing?

I usually listen to instrumental music, unless I'm really in the writing groove. The words can sometimes distract me from my own words lol. For this and other silkpunk WIPs, I listen to traditional Chinese and Japanese music, but also evocative movie and drama/show soundtracks. Here's a brief little playlist:

山河剑心 by 周锐

Farewell No.1, by Shigeru Umebayashi

Hyakka Ryouran by Yoshida Brothers

Chang’an fantasy by Zi De Guqin Studio (sometimes I just go from one of their videos to another I love them sooo much)

Sun Quan the Emperor by 乌龟

The Untamed Theme by Zi De Guqin Studio, because it makes me actually cry

问灵 (魔道同人) by W.K., because it ALSO makes me cry

Don't Decorate Your Dreams by Huang Jiangqin (there is no sound in the world like an erhu and it's so gorgeous I just aaaaaaa)

I have so many more but these never fail to inspire me

Aníron by Enya! A mainstay of my primary Elf playlist. 

E more henion dhu (Out of darkness I understand the night)

Ely siriar, el sila (Dreams flow, a star shines)

Tiriel arad ‘ala mor (Having watched the day grow dark)

Minnon i dhu - sad oltha (I go into night - a place to dream)

For writing mermaids, sirens, sea monsters, eldritch abominations, and simple slice-of-life tales by the sea. I’ve included tags, so you can see what the playlist is about before checking it out.

Summer Romance: tags - summer, love, gay, covers

Cthulhoe: tags - Cthulhu, Lovecraft, crack mix, eldritch deities, why did I make this lol

Sirens: tags - sirens, mermaids, dark, ancient

Venere del Mare: tags - venice, renaissance, courtesans, classical, Italian

Into the Waves: tags - underwater, ethereal, water, ocean

For He Who Swims with Sharks: tags - dark, sharks, shark attack, metal

A Merman: tags - mermen, merfolk, ocean, surfer, alternative, 90s

A Mermaid: tags - mermaids, merfolk, pop

Storms on the Atlantic: tags - pirates, storm, epic

Atlantis: tags - ancient, mythology, ruins

Atlantean Warrior: tags - instrumental, epic, fantasy, ancient

Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea, by MISSIO!

I’ve been listening to this song a lot lately, lol. I occasionally write a genre I call ocean gothic, and this song perfectly fits that mood. It reminds me of dark waters, charming strangers, and windswept night beaches.

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I hope writing has been going well for you! 

For me, music is writing FUEL. I cannot proceed without it!  Sometimes it feels like I rely on my playlists for my very life lol. If you feel the same, I’d love to hear some of the music you use for inspiration. 

Rules: list at least 4 songs from your current WIP playlist, or just a writing playlist you’ve been using lately, and the lyrics that speak to you the most! 

Then tag at least 4 people, or as many songs as you listed. Let’s spread the inspiration! 

I’ll go first. 

WIP: ☽✥♛✥☾ (because I cannot come up with titles for the life of me lol)

Winter Has Come, Ramin Djawadi: (no lyrics, but this song is the setting’s theme: the frozen north, snowswept mountains, frosty valleys, trees so tall and ancient they pierce the white winter sky)

You Should See Me In A Crown, CORVYX: “Blood on a marble wall, I like the way they all scream...If you think I’m pretty, you should see me in a crown.”

Tyrant, Disturbed: “Now the damage is done, the hurt and the pain when nobody has won. Have we forgot it's your blood inside of my veins that feeds my heart?”

Two Men in Love, The Irrepressibles:  “If I asked you now, would you be my prince? Will you lay down your armour and be with me forever?”

I’m tagging (a few more people to get this going): @toboldlywrite, @elizahgodswood, @cassius-mortemer, @wisteria-mutterings, @silvertalonwriteblr, @hell-yeah-fantasy, @raven-is-weird, @endlesshourglass,