FILK: A Winged Balled

MEDIA: Filk (audio and text)
PROMPT: trope_bingo; wingfic

ORIGINAL SONG: The Ballad of Serenity (listen and original lyrics here on youtube)
SUMMARY: "Wings far as the eye can see." A love song to the concept of wings, to the tune of the "Ballad of Serenity" (i.e. the Firefly theme song).
CONTENT NOTES/WARNING: None.

CREATOR'S NOTES: Wingfic is a trope I've long loved and never gotten around to doing anything for. Hopefully this does some of the things I love about it some justice.

LISTEN: box.net (listen online or download) (acapella)

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FILK: Welcome Home (After the Drowning)

MEDIA: Filk (audio and text)
PROMPT: trope_bingo; au: circus

ORIGINAL SONG: In All My Dreams I Drown (listen to original here, lyrics in decription)
SUMMARY: "Welcome to a brand-new home, a brand-new life to lead." One day a young girl shows up at Lucifer's gates. One day Natalia finds a home. A story, set to "In All My Dreams I Drown".
CONTENT NOTES/WARNING: Briefly passes over tortures done to and the death of a young (preteen-age) child (tortures are somewhat comic-canon, death is not).

CREATOR'S NOTES: The backstory behind this universe is a little complicated, so I am explaining, in case you don't manage to understand through the song. However, this filk is basically the origin story outlined, so the information A) is not entirely necessary, though it may help; and B) will spoil the story of the filk, so the explanation is below the lyrics.

LISTEN: box.net (listen online or download) (acapella)

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( Explination. )

FILK: Why Did We All Have to Go?

MEDIA: Filk (audio and text)
PROMPT: trope_bingo; road trip

ORIGINAL SONG: Somebody That I Used to Know (listen and lyrics to original here)
SUMMARY: "We have to play nice if we're gonna all survive out on the road." A road trip to New York with a car full of friends. What could possibly go wrong? A story set to "Somebody I Used to Know".
CONTENT NOTES/WARNING: Mild cursing (text and audio).

LISTEN: box.net (listen online or download) (acapella)

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FILK: And Now There's Baby

MEDIA: Filk (audio and text)
PROMPT: trope_bingo; accidental baby acquisition

ORIGINAL SONG: Call Me Maybe (lyrics and listen to original here) (though let's be honest you probably have heard it)
SUMMARY: "Did they say that we're next of kin?" An unfortunate tragedy leads to an unexpected delivery. A story about building a family, set to "Call Me Maybe".
CONTENT NOTES/WARNING: Strong and repeated cursing (both in text and audio). Brief background mention of character death. Repeated casual language about insanity.

CREATOR'S NOTES: Yeah, I know everyone and their mother has parodied this song. But shhhh. This is also how the entire line got started. I don't know either.

LISTEN: box.net (listen to online or download) (instrumental from here)

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FILK: I Want to Wake Up Now

MEDIA: Filk (audio and text)
PROMPT: trope_bingo; genderswap

ORIGINAL SONG: We Are Young
SUMMARY: "My body's wrong and I can't tell what the hell is going on." What happens when everything changes in a way you never wanted? A meltdown set to "We Are Young".
CONTENT NOTES/WARNING: Potential triggers for disconnect between physical sex and gender identity. Please take heed of notes below if this may be problematic for you. Strong, repeated cursing (both in text and audio).

CREATOR'S NOTES: Please read this if gender identity issues have any chance of triggering you. ( Cut for length. )

On a much lighter note I apologize for the recording of this -- it is the song I was least familiar with, and with the most difficult rhythm, and it shows, but I wanted to have an audio version available.

LISTEN: box.net (listen online or download) (instrumental from here)

( Lyrics. )