i should probably go to bed before i start rambling about my own fanfic but it may be too late for that
i did just get called out by a passing observation of how fanfic titles go
however i will say that Masquerade aka the one that is my Precious Baby with Too Much Darth Vader In It is taken from a song directly
but since the song is instrumental i feel as if i'm being sneaky
tbh i feel as if it gets the concept, some grain at the core, across quickly
Darth Vader has the imperial march. he has a Theme with Pomp and Circumstance and a full orchestra playing it.
so what makes my Vader different?
he gets his orchestra taken away
this is his song now https://soundcloud.com/annbjorg-lien/masques
humble fiddles echoing up into empty space
there ain't no room for a lordling now, down here where all the peasants are kept. he still doesn't know his place, though.
he still looks up.
and that's it, that's the difference
the vader i write is one who is remembering that he is a slave boy all grown, and these masters have kept him on a leash for far too long, and all those promises of those who live in luxury have never gone far
he is not good at remembering and he often stumbles. the tune sways and stops and starts but it keeps going nonetheless
sometimes the gap of a bad man trying to be better and struggling makes the most interesting writing
it's not a march. it doesn't have military time. you can't set an army to it. it's wheezing and wandering, strings stretching and groaning, now; it's a song that bends and nearly breaks under its own weight while bringing you into it. this is not a theme that bashes down your door. it knocks politely and asks if you are home in a whisper. it is not polished steel and gleaming mirror shines, it is grit and dust and grime