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Hey - recall Chapter 24: Unmerry Melodies? Now that the comic's got a bunch more characters and the angst drama has racheted up several notches, it would probably be a neat idea for a chapter to revisit the concept of people singing songs about each other and their relationships... only, this time, it wouldn't be focusing on only Lucy, but also on just about everyone else - e.g. Lucy grieving over her lost friendship for Mike, Mike eagerly anticipating the next time he sees Sandy, David stalking the flower girl, Daisy and Abbey being happy together even as Abbey struggles with his... anger issues (and maybe some hatred problems), Paulo and Jasmine also being happy together (I'd bring up the schedule issues, but those seem to have been dealt with), Tess going through another fit of self-loathing (I'll leave whether Jessica and Rachel are making things worse or actually trying to snap her out of it up to Taeshi), and Augustus pining for Daisy even as he and Alejandro plan Mike and Lucy's gruesome demise (well, maybe not Lucy's, if Augustus's recently-developing friendship is any indication, but I really doubt Alejandro will be willing to let his anger over what happened during Confrontation go until Mike is either dead or a broken joyless shell). Essentially, a musical chapter that, despite seeming to be light-hearted, actually builds up towards an intense climax (that intense climax being whatever Taeshi's got planned for December/January.)

The only problem is, I can't really figure out what songs would work best. Any ideas?

This post has been edited by Luigifan: 13 September 2011 - 02:31 AM

I don't think a musical would work very well in a completely visual media.

Rawrdinosaur, on 12 September 2011 - 01:32 AM, said:

Well, duh. I mean something like how Unmerry Melodies was done... have the characters sing, though, yeah, we're only seeing words on a page...

So what is the point? The only difference would be that maybe it would rhyme.

The thing is, Rawrdinosaur, in Unmerry Melodies Taeshi used songs that are fairly well-known. So as we read it we can easily imagine how the songs sound. Thus, it wasn't just rhyming words. Readers enjoyed looking into the meaning behind these real-life songs and seeing how well they applied to the characters of BCB.

Perhaps she can do the same with the new chapter, (or at least use songs that we can find on youtube )

Kritanakom, on 12 September 2011 - 03:13 AM, said:

See that could work, but it would be a maze of copyright laws.

This post has been edited by Rawrdinosaur: 12 September 2011 - 03:17 AM

On a side note:

Jazzy & Paulo may be okay for now, but Paulo's got his feelings for Lucy stirred. He may be an undecisive kid and just going with the flow, but - unless chapter 65 was a complete waste of time - SOMETHING has to happen with Paulo because of Lucy, even if just another crisis to be averted in his relationship with Jazzy.

So Paulo's song should be about his indecisiveness more than a happy dueto with Jazzy.

NoPlayer, on 12 September 2011 - 03:18 AM, said:

Ah, yes, good point. I knew that there had to be a twinge of uncertainty with Paulo...

Luigifan said:

Tess wasn't going through self-loathing so much as she was explaining what she'd done in the past to deserve being hated by Jessica and Rachel.

According to the (newer) relationship chart, Rachel is slowly forgiving Tess, while Jessica still dislikes her.

Anyways, the only song I can think of at the moment is "Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi. Dunno who it'd fit best, though.

EDIT: Oh! I just thought of an excellent one - "Under the Bridge" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers! For the purposes of this new Unmerry Melodies, it could be used for one of the pairings that's been going down the drain (namely MikexLucy or PauloxTess... it could work for Augustus pining over Daisy, but for him, I'm thinking something with similar subject matter to "Hellfire" - yes, that "Hellfire" - might be more appropriate. His part of the chapter should concern him plotting with Alejandro, after all...)

Speaking of Augustus, "In the End" by Linkin Park could fit him rather well... ditto for "What I've Done" or "Breaking the Habit". I'd consider them for MikexLucy, but I don't want it to be blatantly metal-bosnian...

This post has been edited by Luigifan: 13 September 2011 - 02:35 AM

Mike & Sandy, for sure. Their relationship has been "living on a prayer" for years, almost literally.

For Lucy, I think Evanescence's "Going Under" should sound perfect.

Edit: Paulo's song could be either "You Could Be Mine" or "Sweet Child of Mine", both by Guns'N'Roses.

This post has been edited by NoPlayer: 13 September 2011 - 02:52 AM

NoPlayer, on 13 September 2011 - 01:50 AM, said:

Heh, too true about Mike and Sandy! Though, I gave "What I've Done" another listen, and found that it fits Lucy kinda well... or, rather, what she's going to have to do to have any shot at being with Mike again.

Maybe it's because I'm a new fan of this webcomic, but I dont see why people can't think of Lucy without thinking of Lucy x Mike.

Really, she has much more character depth than that, people.

NoPlayer, on 13 September 2011 - 02:54 AM, said:

Agreed, but it's obvious that she isn't fully over Mike yet. Somehow, I doubt that she'll get over him by December. (In the comic's timeframe, it's currently October, right?)

Actually, I think it may be the beginning of December. "Call Waiting" took place on November 26, and "Carry Me" was at the end of November.

This topic is pretty useless.