Comments on: The Parselmouths http://tsuibhne.net/2007/03/02/the-parselmouths/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:30:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ChurchHatesTucker http://tsuibhne.net/2007/03/02/the-parselmouths/#comment-680 ChurchHatesTucker Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:45:15 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/03/02/the-parselmouths/#comment-680 Not such a stretch, Z! There're already bands named after Romilda Vane and Lavender Brown. Go for it! Now that I think about it, "The Feral Flying Car" does have a ring to it. I've got some friends in an industrial band. Nobody's done Wizard Industrial yet, have they? Not such a stretch, Z! There’re already bands named after Romilda Vane and Lavender Brown. Go for it!

Now that I think about it, “The Feral Flying Car” does have a ring to it. I’ve got some friends in an industrial band. Nobody’s done Wizard Industrial yet, have they?

]]> By: Z. http://tsuibhne.net/2007/03/02/the-parselmouths/#comment-665 Z. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:59:55 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/03/02/the-parselmouths/#comment-665 Just wait until I start releasing my own Wizard Rock tracks under the guise of Ravenclaw prefect Anthony Goldstein! ;) Just wait until I start releasing my own Wizard Rock tracks under the guise of Ravenclaw prefect Anthony Goldstein! ;)

]]> By: ChurchHatesTucker http://tsuibhne.net/2007/03/02/the-parselmouths/#comment-577 ChurchHatesTucker Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:54:37 +0000 http://tsuibhne.net/2007/03/02/the-parselmouths/#comment-577 One of the marks of the Wiz Rock genre is that most of the bands take on the persona of characters in the books. Another is the (usually) narrative style of songwriting. I'm sure some of this is just following the lead of the early WR bands, but I can't help but think that the primacy of books in this world also encourages that tendency. Not that it's a bad thing—one of the things I love about DatM and Severus Snape is hearing about events from the other side. That said, there is a lot of freedom in not tying yourself to specific characters (Parselmouths) or even any characters (Mudbloods, Talons and Tea Leaves, etc.) I'm guessing we'll see more of that as the list of uncovered characters shrinks (although someone's doing the Whomping Willow—we could see the feral Flying Car show up...) One of the marks of the Wiz Rock genre is that most of the bands take on the persona of characters in the books. Another is the (usually) narrative style of songwriting. I’m sure some of this is just following the lead of the early WR bands, but I can’t help but think that the primacy of books in this world also encourages that tendency. Not that it’s a bad thing—one of the things I love about DatM and Severus Snape is hearing about events from the other side.

That said, there is a lot of freedom in not tying yourself to specific characters (Parselmouths) or even any characters (Mudbloods, Talons and Tea Leaves, etc.) I’m guessing we’ll see more of that as the list of uncovered characters shrinks (although someone’s doing the Whomping Willow—we could see the feral Flying Car show up…)

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