Pinch hit #3 - claimed
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To claim, please either comment (comments are screened), or email jukebox.mod@gmail.com. Please supply your AO3 name.
This pinch hit is due at 5:59PM EDT on Friday 3 June.
Note that that is not the same time of day as the ordinary deadline - it is 24 hours before story reveals.
Pinch hit #3
Request 1 by Eida
Kings - The Pierces (Music Video)
FanFic
There appear to be two groups of women preparing for battle-though as it turns out, no actual battle takes place. Rather than competing for the crown, they end up destroying it, and then all gathering together to dance around a bonfire.
Was there an actual conflict brewing over the possession of the crown, and the power (symbolic or otherwise) it represented, which was narrowly averted? Or was this all a ritual of some sort-and if so, what is it supposed to symbolize, and how did it begin?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 2 by Eida
The Lioness - Xandria (Song)
FanFic
The song's lyrics describe a lioness. There's an ambivalence in the singer's attitude towards the predator--the singer seems to feel both fear and admiration, and the lines "Do you feel her gentle touch / Her sweet caress hurts just as much" imply a feeling of closeness.
There are a number of ways you could interpret the lyrics. The lioness doesn't necessarily have to be a literal lioness, though that's a possibility--the protagonist could be in a situation where they're in danger of falling prey to an actual lioness, or a similar large feline--however, the lioness could also be a person, or something else the protagonist both fears and sees beauty in.
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 3 by Eida
The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit (Song)
FanFic
There's a certain bitterness in the lyrics--I get the idea of a person singing to someone they were once close to (and still care about), but have had a falling-out with for some reason. Possibly they feel the other person has been "blindly deceived / By those who preach and pray and teach," and that's the root of their current separation. The "lion's roar" could be, again, literal or metaphorical--an actual lion/other large feline (i.e., a cougar, if this takes place in the Americas), or a person, or an organization, or even something like a natural disaster (a storm can roar, too)--but either way, the crisis might help to force the singer and their estranged friend/relative/lover to work together, and possibly reforge old bonds.
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 4 by Eida
Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men (Music Video)
FanFic
I’d love to hear your interpretation of what’s going on, here. Who are these men, and why are they traveling? Are they searching for something-the creature, perhaps, or something relating to all the old statues they fly past? What sort of being, exactly, is the woman, and what is her relation to the creature? What are the interactions between the human men and the fiery woman like? What do they make of her, and she of them? Do they become friends?
And what happens after the end of the video?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 5 by Eida
Rose Red - Emilie Autumn (Song)
FanFic
This song seems to be about a woman--perhaps a princess, or noblewoman--who has grown embittered and cynical, and is now determined to take her fate into her own hands.
What happened to her in the past, that made her the way she is now? Who was it who rose after "fell[ing] a flower" (said flower might be the singer herself--but you could interpret it as being someone the singer cared about, as well)?
And how does she weave her own destiny, and give her story the ending she desires?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 6 by Eida
Running with the Wolves - AURORA (Music Video)
FanFic
What’s the story behind the young woman in the video, with wires wrapped around her and embedded under her skin? What happened to her? Is she a human, altered by experimentation? And if so, in what ways, and to what purpose? Or is she, perhaps, a humanoid robot? And who was it that created/altered her, in either case? Is it a government agency, a shadowy organization, or perhaps a single renegade scientist?
And where does she go after she gets into the woods? Has she finally lost her pursuer(s), or does she still have to try to find some safe place for herself? Will she find a friend, somewhere, to give her aid and shelter?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 7 by Eida
What the Water Gave Me - Florence + the Machine (Song)
FanFic
What is the bargain the lyrics mention? And what is meant by "let the water take me?" There seems to be some sort of sacrifice--how did it come about, and what is it meant to achieve?
It seems clear that the person who's being taken by the water will be separated from those they knew (thus the entreaty that their love not forget them). What is it like, for the person to be taken, and what is it like, for those left behind? Do they believe the sacrifice was worth it?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 8 by Eida
Which Witch - Florence + the Machine (Song)
FanFic
The singer appears to be in a situation where their love has been "deemed... a crime." How did this come about? Why is their love forbidden, under threat of punishment? (Especially since the punishment is possibly execution--which might involve burning at the stake, given the line "Fire, help me to forget," though you could also interpret the lyrics as not referring to judicial punishment, but merely strong social disapproval, with the fire and chains being metaphorical.) Who is it that the protagonist loves so deeply as to be willing to defy society, how did their relationship develop, and what ends up happening to the protagonist and their beloved?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
To claim, please either comment (comments are screened), or email jukebox.mod@gmail.com. Please supply your AO3 name.
This pinch hit is due at 5:59PM EDT on Friday 3 June.
Note that that is not the same time of day as the ordinary deadline - it is 24 hours before story reveals.
Pinch hit #3
Request 1 by Eida
Kings - The Pierces (Music Video)
FanFic
There appear to be two groups of women preparing for battle-though as it turns out, no actual battle takes place. Rather than competing for the crown, they end up destroying it, and then all gathering together to dance around a bonfire.
Was there an actual conflict brewing over the possession of the crown, and the power (symbolic or otherwise) it represented, which was narrowly averted? Or was this all a ritual of some sort-and if so, what is it supposed to symbolize, and how did it begin?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 2 by Eida
The Lioness - Xandria (Song)
FanFic
The song's lyrics describe a lioness. There's an ambivalence in the singer's attitude towards the predator--the singer seems to feel both fear and admiration, and the lines "Do you feel her gentle touch / Her sweet caress hurts just as much" imply a feeling of closeness.
There are a number of ways you could interpret the lyrics. The lioness doesn't necessarily have to be a literal lioness, though that's a possibility--the protagonist could be in a situation where they're in danger of falling prey to an actual lioness, or a similar large feline--however, the lioness could also be a person, or something else the protagonist both fears and sees beauty in.
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 3 by Eida
The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit (Song)
FanFic
There's a certain bitterness in the lyrics--I get the idea of a person singing to someone they were once close to (and still care about), but have had a falling-out with for some reason. Possibly they feel the other person has been "blindly deceived / By those who preach and pray and teach," and that's the root of their current separation. The "lion's roar" could be, again, literal or metaphorical--an actual lion/other large feline (i.e., a cougar, if this takes place in the Americas), or a person, or an organization, or even something like a natural disaster (a storm can roar, too)--but either way, the crisis might help to force the singer and their estranged friend/relative/lover to work together, and possibly reforge old bonds.
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 4 by Eida
Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men (Music Video)
FanFic
I’d love to hear your interpretation of what’s going on, here. Who are these men, and why are they traveling? Are they searching for something-the creature, perhaps, or something relating to all the old statues they fly past? What sort of being, exactly, is the woman, and what is her relation to the creature? What are the interactions between the human men and the fiery woman like? What do they make of her, and she of them? Do they become friends?
And what happens after the end of the video?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 5 by Eida
Rose Red - Emilie Autumn (Song)
FanFic
This song seems to be about a woman--perhaps a princess, or noblewoman--who has grown embittered and cynical, and is now determined to take her fate into her own hands.
What happened to her in the past, that made her the way she is now? Who was it who rose after "fell[ing] a flower" (said flower might be the singer herself--but you could interpret it as being someone the singer cared about, as well)?
And how does she weave her own destiny, and give her story the ending she desires?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 6 by Eida
Running with the Wolves - AURORA (Music Video)
FanFic
What’s the story behind the young woman in the video, with wires wrapped around her and embedded under her skin? What happened to her? Is she a human, altered by experimentation? And if so, in what ways, and to what purpose? Or is she, perhaps, a humanoid robot? And who was it that created/altered her, in either case? Is it a government agency, a shadowy organization, or perhaps a single renegade scientist?
And where does she go after she gets into the woods? Has she finally lost her pursuer(s), or does she still have to try to find some safe place for herself? Will she find a friend, somewhere, to give her aid and shelter?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 7 by Eida
What the Water Gave Me - Florence + the Machine (Song)
FanFic
What is the bargain the lyrics mention? And what is meant by "let the water take me?" There seems to be some sort of sacrifice--how did it come about, and what is it meant to achieve?
It seems clear that the person who's being taken by the water will be separated from those they knew (thus the entreaty that their love not forget them). What is it like, for the person to be taken, and what is it like, for those left behind? Do they believe the sacrifice was worth it?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html
Request 8 by Eida
Which Witch - Florence + the Machine (Song)
FanFic
The singer appears to be in a situation where their love has been "deemed... a crime." How did this come about? Why is their love forbidden, under threat of punishment? (Especially since the punishment is possibly execution--which might involve burning at the stake, given the line "Fire, help me to forget," though you could also interpret the lyrics as not referring to judicial punishment, but merely strong social disapproval, with the fire and chains being metaphorical.) Who is it that the protagonist loves so deeply as to be willing to defy society, how did their relationship develop, and what ends up happening to the protagonist and their beloved?
Letter: http://callunae.livejournal.com/3721.html