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landofspaceandrainbowsFirst Draft
(final should be up on AO3 sometime)
- in some ways john and in general post godtier ppl are superheroes
- superhero themes
- john has 2 leitmotifs
- one is showtime
- the other is a "borrowed leitmotif"
- how can i breathe
- associated with bunny, every time it plays it's in conjunction with seeing the bunny and the gifts in general. so it's tied in with the round robin of gifts the friends give eachother, including the all-important and central toy bunny. which are instigated by John and genuinely improve the friends's lives. so in a way it becomes the leitmotif for friendship! or john/friendship.
- which ties into john's "thing". He's a Hero of Breath - of tricksterness and freedom and (even buddhist style) *detachment*. thinking outside of the box! And his "powers" and strengths flow from there (and his weaknesses too sometimes), he's the heir of breath! But he also needs his friends to help "anchor" him and hold him downward sometimes. And he also uses his powers *for* his friends, that what he "does the superheroey thing" for!
- so that sort of shows the the main tension of his character and arc, trying to balance those two forces.
- So Showtime gets it's final form in Piperorgankind! Which is a neat bit of meta-storytelling because he's actually playing it as well, as part of his final heroic quest includes seeking out a ancient magic pipe organ and learning to play it.
- This version like all good superhero songs brings the threads together, Showtime shines on the pipe organ. But where's "How Do I Breathe?" .... slipped into the place where "How Do I Breathe" should be, they've put the carnival - esque music we recognize from the [S] 5 Times Showdown Combo. Which is a episode from "Murderstuck" which is full of stuff about blood and bonds and friendship! And it's a song associated with his new friend Karkat, the troll. So now his circle of friends has expanded to include Karkat and all the trolls/aliens! So now including that, he's saving the world for them too.
(final should be up on AO3 sometime)
- in some ways john and in general post godtier ppl are superheroes
- superhero themes
- john has 2 leitmotifs
- one is showtime
- the other is a "borrowed leitmotif"
- how can i breathe
- associated with bunny, every time it plays it's in conjunction with seeing the bunny and the gifts in general. so it's tied in with the round robin of gifts the friends give eachother, including the all-important and central toy bunny. which are instigated by John and genuinely improve the friends's lives. so in a way it becomes the leitmotif for friendship! or john/friendship.
- which ties into john's "thing". He's a Hero of Breath - of tricksterness and freedom and (even buddhist style) *detachment*. thinking outside of the box! And his "powers" and strengths flow from there (and his weaknesses too sometimes), he's the heir of breath! But he also needs his friends to help "anchor" him and hold him downward sometimes. And he also uses his powers *for* his friends, that what he "does the superheroey thing" for!
- so that sort of shows the the main tension of his character and arc, trying to balance those two forces.
- So Showtime gets it's final form in Piperorgankind! Which is a neat bit of meta-storytelling because he's actually playing it as well, as part of his final heroic quest includes seeking out a ancient magic pipe organ and learning to play it.
- This version like all good superhero songs brings the threads together, Showtime shines on the pipe organ. But where's "How Do I Breathe?" .... slipped into the place where "How Do I Breathe" should be, they've put the carnival - esque music we recognize from the [S] 5 Times Showdown Combo. Which is a episode from "Murderstuck" which is full of stuff about blood and bonds and friendship! And it's a song associated with his new friend Karkat, the troll. So now his circle of friends has expanded to include Karkat and all the trolls/aliens! So now including that, he's saving the world for them too.
