miznarrator | Jun. 24th, 2009

My art is by

sekkritbandomlj. I love love love this. As

heartequals said, there's three characters in this picture. :D

1. "Have You Seen in Your Dreams" - Miracle Fortress

In a dream that I'd saved
from a memory of days,
confusion was waste,
and the lightness the place

2. "The Night Starts Here" - Stars

The time we have
The task at hand
The love it takes
To destroy a man

The ecstasy
The being free
That big black cloud
Over you and me

3. "Plates & Saucers" - The Acorn

Let me make you an offer
Take the glass from this plate and saucer
Hold it up to your mouth
Though you haven't been a bother
At all

4. "Sometimes" - My Bloody Valentine

Over there, and I want true love to grow
You can't hide, oh no, from the way I feel
Turn my head
Into sound

5. "Che gelida manina" from La Bohème - Giacomo Puccini

(trans.)
I will tell you in two words
Who I am, what I do
And how I live. May I?
Who am I? A poet.
What do I do? I write.
And how do I live? I live.

6. "Loch Raven" - Animal Collective

I will not give up on you

7. "Lust" - The Raveonettes

I fell out of heaven
to be with you in hell
my sin's not quite seven
nothing much to tell

Lust I haven't craved
A sainted boy I'm not
I'll take it to my grave
A side cursed on rot

8. "Mild und leise" from Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner

(trans.)
Softly and gently
how he smiles,
how his eyes
fondly open

9. "The Funeral" - Band of Horses

And every occasion I will be ready for the funeral
And every occasion once more is called the funeral
Every occasion I am ready for the funeral
And every occasion one brilliant day funeral

10. "Cryptograms" - Deerhunter

My greatest fear, I organized
Into something more realized
And now what's left I get to spend
Knowing that its about to end

11. "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" from Tosca - Giacomo Puccini

(trans.)
I lived for art, I lived for love.

I gave jewels for the Madonna's mantle,
And I gave my song to the stars, to heaven,
Which shone forth with greater radiance.
In the hour of grief
Why, why, Lord
Ah, why do you reward me thus?

12. "Disaster" - The Besnard Lakes

Baby come on, baby come on, baby come on
I think there's someone here to see you

You've got disaster on your mind
They see the secrets in your eyes
They've got disaster on their minds
If they were to find you on their side

13. "Dance macabre" - Camilla Saint-Saëns

14. "I Live with You" - Grizzly Bear

Return
Don’t put me on
Return
Don’t make me beg
Return
And they’ll try, they’ll try
They’ll try
To keep us apart
And you’ll try, you all try
You’ll try to keep us apart
But yes we can
You brought us this far
We’ll do what we can

Mix here

I love this mix by

blackwayfarers. It's nothing at all like what any of the music sounds like in the fic, but it manages nevertheless to work absolutely brilliantly. It works so well, I even changed the title thanks to it!

La nuit commence ici (The night starts here)

Band(s): Panic, MCR
Pairing(s): Brendon/Ryan
Word Count: ~22k
Rating/Warnings: NC17 - pre-fic character death, suicide attempt
Summary: Paris, 1921. Three years after the armistice, Ryan's still trying to come to terms with the death of his best friend Spencer. He's living in Montparnasse, far from the village outside Cannes where they grew up, working on an opera in his honour, when he meets a handsome stranger, Brendon, who's all to eager to help. In between rounds of amazing sex, he helps Ryan write the score and gains him introductions into a theatre where the production can take place. Ryan knows there's more to Brendon than he wants to acknowledge, but he can't guess HOW much. When the production goes horribly wrong on opening night, however, Ryan's forced to write a whole new score, to exact his revenge on the lover who betrayed him.

A/N: This fic would not exist but for crazy conversations with

heartequals last November. Camden is bestevs, and this fic is 100% dedicated to her. ♥

Many thanks also to my myriad betas, including

sandwich_armada for the musicky help and

sunsetmog,

softlyforgotten and

heartequals again. Special thanks to

olivia_circe and

sunsetmog for useful research books! Any remaining inconsistencies or errors are all my responsibility.

As far as possible, historical accuracies have been maintained. Please let me know if you spot anything rly obviously wrong! No names have been changed, because everyone in bandom is so Anglo (or Not French) it would just look ridiculous.

Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Bonus Tracks/Enhanced Content

Fanart:
"Yes, I like this," Brendon says, fingertips resting on the page propped up on the piano, playing the first two chords, then rippling into a brief melody. "But don't you think it would sound a little more..." He shrugs both shoulders, and Ryan would interject if he knew what Brendon meant. "Like--this." by

sekkritbandomlj

Fanmix:
Il Dolce Suono by

blackwayfarers