So, on Tiktok a popular point of fanfic discussion lately has been about fanfics including additional media, from art to playlists. The general consensus there seems to be that art is good, but playlists are cringey and will often result in abandoning the fic entirely just for its presence.
I'm very interested in what Tumblr's opinion is on this issue. Please reblog for sample size!
If a fic I'm about to read comes with a playlist done by the author, I think:
It's cringe and I'll abandon the fic for it
It's cringe, but I'll still read the fic
I'm neutral, but I won't look at the playlist
I'm neutral and maybe I'll open the playlist if I like the fic enough
I'm neutral, but like playlists enough to listen even if I don't like the fic
I like it, but have too particular of a taste in music to listen
I like it, but won't listen if I don't like any of the artists
I like it and will give the playlist a shot
I love it and plan on listening to the playlist in tandem or in my own time
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A Thousand Ninjas is Just the Start : A Dick Grayson and Tim Drake Playlist
A lyric based playlist about the brothers ever and their relationship! Playlist title based off this quote from Dick: And then I think…no…it’s for Tim. For him, a thousand ninjas is just the start of what I would do.
[or, that time I spent almost nine months perfecting a self-indulgent playlist for the morally grey space lizard. if anyone checks it out i hope u like it aough <3]
▶︎ a very good tailor [1h41m – on spotify]
♦︎ fave lyrics under the cut ♦︎
Pedestrian At Best – Lynks (Courtney Barnett) put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you / tell me I'm exceptional, I promise to exploit you
Killer Queen – Queen gunpowder, gelatin / dynamite with a laser beam / guaranteed to blow your mind
Compulsive Liar – Ezra Furman and even if I love you / I'll always be conniving / I'll always be negotiating with the truth // it opens at a young age / that all-protective closet
There’s a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered, Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought of It Yet – Panic! At The Disco talk to the mirror / oh, choke back tears / and keep telling yourself that I'm a diva
Karen by Night – Jill Sobule I overheard Karen whisper on the phone / she said, "meet me at the club, there's a shipment coming in / and I can't pull this one off alone"
Snake – Halflives I'll twist the knife and leave you with a vicious ache / I won't blink, I won't shake, no / because baby I'm a snake
Dangerous – Son Lux are you dangerous? found your way to my bed / spend fewer nights with the living then I do with the dead // are you dangerous? carved right into my head / quick lobotomy, then left me for dead
Ghosts of Utopia – IAMX you're the conquered stars, the divided heart / you are the ghosts of Utopia / you're the miracle of America
Government Hooker – Lady Gaga I could be girl (unless you want to be man) / I could be sex (unless you want to hold hands) / I could be anything, I could be everything
Symphony for a Spider Plant – Mort Garson [INTSRUMENTAL]
I Think I’m Going To Kill Myself – Elton John I think I'm gonna kill myself / cause a little suicide / stick around for a couple of days / what a scandal if I died!
Mein Herr – Liza Minnelli (Cabaret) you mustn't knit your brow / you should have known by now / you'd every cause to doubt me, mein Herr
Edelweiss Waltz – Irwin Kostal (The Sound of Music) [INSTRUMENTAL]
Michael – Franz Ferdinand Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips / sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics some of them want to use you / some of them want to get used by you
The Partisan – Leonard Cohen when they poured across the border / I was cautioned to surrender / this I could not do
Cold Cold Cold – Cage The Elephant doctor, the problem's in my chest / my heart feels cold as ice, but it's anybody's guess
The Alcoholic – Röyksopp [INSTRUMENTAL]
Heroin – Lana Del Rey I'm flyin' to the moon again, dreamin' about marzipan / taking all my medicine to take my thoughts away
Mosquito – Model/Actriz down the mirrored halls / wearing cuffs with insignias gleaming / with a body count, higher than a mosquito / with a body count, higher than a mosquito
Faggot – Mindless Self Indulgence dig me now and fuck me later / and sing it to the tune of "faggot, faggot, faggot"
Terrible Things – Brick + Mortar sometimes I think of doing terrible things / I know I shouldn't think it but I do anyway
Before the Line – dodie now every morning since the line between my lives / I greet the sun, and ask, "have I already died? / If not then why am I alone? / and when can I come home?"
Old Money – Lana Del Rey but if you send for me, you know I'll come
/ and if you call for me, you know I'll run // If you change your mind, I'll come, come, come
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears all for freedom and for pleasure / nothing ever lasts forever / everybody wants to rule the world
Snakeskin – Rina Sawayama buy my expensive, exclusive, pain wear
/ my fine couture is your branded repayment // like a snakeskin, like a snakeskin / wear me out and tear me down like
Me and the Devil – Gil Scott–Heron early this morning when you knocked upon my door / and I say: hello Satan, I believe, it's time to go
Maybe This Time – Liza Minnelli (Cabaret) something's bound to begin / It's gotta happen, happen sometime / maybe this time / maybe this time I'll win
anyone remember 8tracks? well this is 42 tracks. here is 2 hours and 20 minutes of me hurting my own feelings, and maybe yours too!
i highly recommend that you listen to the playlist in order, as the playlist goes through each season! i even have a couple of songs for past life. tracklist for each season under the cut. cocoabats drew the cover on spotify!
3rd Life the desert
carry me; crooks & nannies
eat you alive; the oh hellos
hidden in the sand; tally hall
constellations; the oh hellos
tongues & teeth; the crane wives
how i get myself killed; indigo de souza
strawberry; andrew montana
the moon will sing; the crane wives
royal we; janani k. jha
curses; the crane wives
if we all die tomorrow; tim rosenthal
partner in crime; madilyn mei
i'm not calling you a liar; florence + the machine
first love/late spring; mitski
bird song; florence + the machine
Last Life the distance
pressure to party; julia jacklin
normalcy; gigi perez
wasted summers; juju <3
until it doesn't hurt; mother mother
Double Life the betrayal
please be rude; gigi perez
cold love; rainbow kitten surprise
kill for you; gigi perez
all i ever asked; rachel chinouriri
nothing's new; rio romano
do i wanna know?; covered by hozier
say it; the crane wives
mt. st. helens; mirah
Limited Life the rage
over & over; rio romano
be nice to me; the front bottoms
just take my wallet; jack stauber
death as a fetish; strfkr, mattress
barely on my mind; the regrettes
wreaking ball; mother mother
birds dont sing; tv girl
Secret Life the longing
nobody; mitski
a perfect sonnet; bright eyes
anthems for a seventeen year old girl; broken social scene
here i am; the crane wives
Wild Life the rekindling
allies or enemies; the crane wives
bad idea right?; olivia rodrigo
still into you; paramore
Past Life the waching
praybirds (watcher song); rabbitology
lighthouse; adrienne lenker
this is all for you, person who saved the playlist before I finished it
before he was superman, khalil was just a kid with a cassette player and too many feelings.
i made two playlists for khalil from my project SON OF AL-KHALIL — one for the music he grew up with, and one for the music he gravitates toward as an adult.
the childhood playlist is made up of the things khalil grew up hearing constantly; children’s songs like Taer Al Nouwras, spacetoon openings, old cds and cassettes playing in the background of everyday life. music from kitchens, taxis, family gatherings, early mornings before school. the kind of songs that get absorbed into you before you’re old enough to understand why they stay with you.
the adult playlist carries many of the same roots, but filtered through age, grief, responsibility, and survival. classical arabic music, political music, songs about longing, dignity, homeland, and love that persists even under pressure.
i wanted both playlists to feel like different phases of the same person: someone shaped by love, pressure, homeland, fear, community, and the constant decision to keep caring anyway.
Baby Careem
Spotify | Youtube Music
Adult Khalil
Spotify | Youtube Music
would also love to know what songs you think fit him or what songs you would recommend!
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This is my non-indulgent, subject to change Project Hail Mary music playlist. It serves as a blend between some of the songs in the film, but it is mostly a collection of all the songs I've seen people use when posting fanart or edits. I've arranged the tracks to roughly align with the progression of the story in the movie. Enjoy <3
1. The Less I Know The Better by Tame Impala
2. Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears
