A Tribute upon the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic...
With my Titanic obsession, needless to say, I can hardly believe it's actually the 100th anniversary. I don't know what it is about the sinking of the Titanic that has sucked me in for years now, but there are just so many layers to it, as many stories as the 2,200-something people on the ship. As you all know, I started my obsession in 2008, just after I had my own middle-of-the-night horror, and I think I just really connected with what some of the survivors went through on a visceral level.
So, here are a few links to enjoy! :)
A few years ago, I wrote a story from my heart based on a little blurb I read once about a little known real person who gave up her seat on the lifeboat for some reason (can't remember the real reason or whether I used the real reason, but my reason was that there were too many people on it). I totally made things up, of course, and I featured real, better known people such as one of the band members (Jock Hume) and the wireless operator who survived, Harold Bride.
Star Song
Also, sophinisba wrote me a wonderful slash story, also featuring Harold Bride and his doomed partner Jack Phillips.
CQD MGY
And a lovely ficlet by shirebound:
My Heart Will Go On
A factish thing about the music as the ship sank, speaking of Harold Bride (and Jock Hume), it seems to be the common belief that as Titanic sank, the musicians played "Nearer my God to Thee." Now there were some other survivors, including wireless operator Harold Bride, who was later found to have pretty good recall about events during the chaos, insisted that the last song heard was not "Nearer my God to Thee" at the end, but rather a mournful but very popular song at the time called "Songe d'Automne." Many people think that it would be more likely that the musicians would have that song memorized rather than a hymn, since obviously they were not able to read music at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73kOrhAai4
Seriously *points up* That song will give you the chills, it's so beautiful and mournful, and if you associate it with what the horrified dying people AND survivors may have been hearing as the ship sank, it really will give you the chills.
Although this scene from the 1997 movie Titanic where the musicians play "Nearer my God to Thee" gives me the chills every time, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHsx1cvACkY&feature=fvst
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So, here are a few links to enjoy! :)
A few years ago, I wrote a story from my heart based on a little blurb I read once about a little known real person who gave up her seat on the lifeboat for some reason (can't remember the real reason or whether I used the real reason, but my reason was that there were too many people on it). I totally made things up, of course, and I featured real, better known people such as one of the band members (Jock Hume) and the wireless operator who survived, Harold Bride.
Star Song
Also, sophinisba wrote me a wonderful slash story, also featuring Harold Bride and his doomed partner Jack Phillips.
CQD MGY
And a lovely ficlet by shirebound:
My Heart Will Go On
A factish thing about the music as the ship sank, speaking of Harold Bride (and Jock Hume), it seems to be the common belief that as Titanic sank, the musicians played "Nearer my God to Thee." Now there were some other survivors, including wireless operator Harold Bride, who was later found to have pretty good recall about events during the chaos, insisted that the last song heard was not "Nearer my God to Thee" at the end, but rather a mournful but very popular song at the time called "Songe d'Automne." Many people think that it would be more likely that the musicians would have that song memorized rather than a hymn, since obviously they were not able to read music at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73kOrhAai4
Seriously *points up* That song will give you the chills, it's so beautiful and mournful, and if you associate it with what the horrified dying people AND survivors may have been hearing as the ship sank, it really will give you the chills.
Although this scene from the 1997 movie Titanic where the musicians play "Nearer my God to Thee" gives me the chills every time, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHsx1cvACkY&feature=fvst
Also posted at http://claudia603.dreamwidth.org/1639724.html with
comments.