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Date: 2017-03-21 10:53 am (UTC)I missed Opal's birthday and I wanna make it up to her. She's a musician so I thought - writing her a song would be cool but...I never wrote anything but fanfiction. [ cue hopeful look - help? ]
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Date: 2017-03-21 10:55 am (UTC)Aaah, I see. Is that why she chose to... er, bless you in such a way? Aye, I can help you with that - what sort of song were you thinking of?
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Date: 2017-03-21 10:58 am (UTC)[ he smiles brightly when he agrees ]
Thanks, Maglor! Something funny, for sure, gotta be. Like 80% of our time we're well - [ he points to his mustache. okay that's the first time it's been physical but they always tease each other, it's how they express their love. ]
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Date: 2017-03-21 11:27 am (UTC)[ Maglor nods and smiles ]
Aye, so, you'll want a fast tune then, probably something simple & repetitive, but catchy, so that folk can dance to it, and remember it! Now, as with writing anything, the first step is done, now you have to work out what you want to say! Do you wish to describe her, her personality, her looks. Do you wish to tell a story about her, or to her, do you wish to remember something that happened to the both of you?
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Date: 2017-03-21 11:33 am (UTC)Exactly.
[ she's his beloved baby sister. he nods as he listens. ]
Well, I was thinking - the first day we met we started arguing about her being a nerd. So, clearly there is no better birthday present than a song proving how wrong she is when she claims she's not a nerd.
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Date: 2017-03-21 12:04 pm (UTC)[ shaking his head fondly ]
It's got a bunch of meanings depending who you're talking to but basically it's someone really studious who's into like obscure stuff most people don't care about. Case in point she took advanced scientific classes in school, she likes classical music, she's looking to go to one of the best uh - school of higher learning - in the country, and she hangs out with me.
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Date: 2017-03-21 12:14 pm (UTC)Ah, I see - so your main argument is that you are also a nerd, and she likes you?
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Date: 2017-03-21 12:20 pm (UTC)I... see. [ Trying really hard not to laugh ] Well then!
So basically you want a song explaining how Opal is very hard working and studious and hangs out with you, and therefore is very much like you, yes?
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Date: 2017-03-21 12:22 pm (UTC)Uh - yes, and no. I want a funny song shoving the fact that she's a lovable nerd in her face but it's okay, cuz she's in good company that'll always have her back.
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Date: 2017-03-21 12:24 pm (UTC)Very well! You will have to list off a few more 'nerd' things she does then, as 'studies hard' 'likes classical music' are not really enough to build on!
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Date: 2017-03-21 12:28 pm (UTC)Well for starters she argues everything - I swear catch her in the right mood and she'll argue about water being wet. But she always builds her argument on some kind of recognizable logic, even when she has no leg to stand on.
[ he's practically fanboying. ]
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Date: 2017-03-22 04:48 am (UTC)[ Maglor laughs softly ]
So she likes to argue semantics, eh? What else?
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Date: 2017-03-22 05:36 pm (UTC)[ so much love, maglor, so much love. ]
Oh! She had three cats and named them after classical composers - [ hang on let him think for a sec... ] Mozart, Beethoven, and....ugh, you know how when there are three things you always forget the third one? It was Russian I think....something with an S in it...S...S...no, it didn't start with it...oh! [ jumping and pointing as it comes to him ] Tchaikovsky!
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Date: 2017-03-23 07:47 am (UTC)Interesting names... [ His eyes defocus slightly as he thinks ] Difficult to rhyme with, although I suppose I do not need to use the actual names... what about classical music and composers is especially linked to nerds? The fact that it is old, or the actual music itself?
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Date: 2017-03-24 08:00 am (UTC)[ future song writing genius in the house, clearly! ]
Eh, that it's old, that the only lyrics it ever has are opera, it's long, it's not super catchy beats, it's not popular, basically. So yeah, the music itself, too. It's like - [ he hums a few opening notes ]
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Date: 2017-03-25 07:24 am (UTC)If you say so. [ He says merrily ] But they sound terribly mangled when you do! But ah, the music is... older than what you are used to, I see - I like the sound of it. Alright. Anything else?
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Date: 2017-03-26 10:56 am (UTC)[ he nods ] Yeah that's one of the more popular pieces, which is why I know it. Um, well she's from Washington and I'm from California, so she comes from cold and rain and I come from sunshine, that can probably be worked into some kinda joke. Oh! She says she doesn't play video games, but she totally knows more about them than a casual observer.
You know, it doesn't have to be very long, I just wanna make her laugh when I sing it.
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Date: 2017-03-27 02:56 pm (UTC)Yes, you could contrast those, and the best songs tend to be quite short! You will have to explain video games to me, however!
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Date: 2017-03-29 02:19 pm (UTC)You have it here?
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