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[dracoimmortalis]

What is your favorite holiday song?

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[dusk_to_night]

Carol of the Bells or the Arabian Coffee dance from the Nutcracker.
Anything classic is generally okay. Anything from the 1920s onward can die in a fire.

[dracoimmortalis]

So you're not a fan of Silver Bells or any of the animated shorts. May I ask why?

[dusk_to_night]

I worked retail in a Mall once.

[dracoimmortalis]

I don't see how that correlates, but alright.

[dusk_to_night]

Christmas, particularly the music, is now super annoying.

[dracoimmortalis]

Ah. That's most likely a simple matter of taste. I don't care for country music as a whole, although there are individual artists I will listen to, but lots of other people can't get enough of it.

[dusk_to_night]

It's because it's shoved down your throat for two months and you can't get away from it.

[dracoimmortalis]

In your opinion, yes. I do understand. Other people may not hold the same view.

[dusk_to_night]

Gotcha.

[dracoimmortalis]

Do you?

[ofdrumsthesound]

"The Rebel Jesus." It's so bleeding sarcastic . . .

ooc

[dracoimmortalis]

Please delete this and do not tag me again.

ooc

[dracoimmortalis]

Please delete this and do not tag me again.

hope this is okay

[whatmenfear]

Mother was quite fond of one of the old Christmas hymn but I can't quite recall its name, lovely though it was.

Re: ooc

[numbers_r_better_n_people]

((Alright,then! D= terribly sorry to have bothered you... =( <3 i won't tag you again... promise!))

canon just fled in fear, but sure! twins? (also late, sorry)

[dracoimmortalis]

On This Day Earth Shall Ring, perhaps? Or In Dulci Jubilo. I believe she requested those each year in church.

no worries. am on my phone rn so please forgive any random typos.

[whatmenfear]

ooc; also pffft canon. who needs canon when you can have two draculas discussing christmas carols. twins is equal parts perfect and terrifying.

In Dulci Jubilo, I believe. [ His memories on the matter are vague, of course, young as they must have been but he can remember the tune and snatches of verse. ] Though there is something to be said for the more contemporary songs.

Why do you ask?

[secondly]

I have to say my favorite is O Holy Night. There's something about the melody and lyrics that stirs me.

Do you have a favorite, yourself?

[dracoimmortalis]

[ooc: this is true. i'm good with either; twins or just dracula talking to yourself. also nabbed some of your icons, w/ credit. (forgive the tardy replies, i'm buried under finals week.)]

The variety of songs in this age is astonishing. [ Vlad's memories are sharper around the holidays because he forces himself to remember everything, good and bad. ]

I was wondering if a person's musical tastes stay static, or if they can evolve over a long span of years.

buried under finals, sorry about tagging delay.

[dracoimmortalis]

That is a beautiful carol.

I do not have a single favorite, no. But I do like God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.

[whatmenfear]

ooc; there's certainly some wiggle room re: twins. Vlad II did get around and did love to name his kids Vlad (there were at least two others, I think.) Oh, no worries. Spread the awesome, I say -- and I totally get you on the slow replies so no worries there either.

Human nature would suggest that we are constantly evolving. [ They still fit that definition, albeit in the more broader sense. ] One of the things to be thankful for, I always thought. That we are forever aspiring to new heights of ingenuity.

[dracoimmortalis]

[ooc: Oh, Vlad. All of the Vlads, actually. One thing you can say about that entire family is that they were rarely boring. And thank you, I will treasure and use them.]

I would agree, but I have met other, hrm, older beings who are more resistant to change and prefer things as they were. [ He shrugs. ] Aspiring to new height, and perhaps to new lows. Regardless, though, we learn. That is why we survive successfully.

[whatmenfear]

ooc; No, never that. I'm also fairly sure the Ottoman Empire collectively wet themselves in whatever universe that there were two of them. Good luck on your finals, btw. :)

Mm. [ Apathy is one of the things he lives in fear of, perhaps. Not the apathy born of circumstance - of necessity - but the other, lesser kind that seems to creep up on you gradually over time. There is being a monster out of choice and then there is reveling it in. ] It is easier, perhaps, to look backward at times rather than forward.

[ A flicker of a grin at the mention of the word elders. ] And what does that make us, I wonder, fratele meu*? We are neither of us in the grave yet.

* my brother - Romanian

don't worry about it! :3

[secondly]

What makes you like that particular one, so much?

[dracoimmortalis]

[ooc: I kind of really want this as a crack AU now. Just the thing to kickstart winter break, and thanks. Just one to go.]

Most likely because events have already happened. You can trace the progression of ideas, see what went right, and what may have gone horribly awry.

I know what history calls us. [ Vlad snorts. ] You, especially. But, I would say we are partially works in progress. And, partially, the things that scare monsters.

ty, almost done!

[dracoimmortalis]

Just the melody. A feeling, I suppose? Not sure I can put it into words easily.

[whatmenfear]

ooc; I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't intrigued. Oh, good. And then you are freee?

History may call me whatever it pleases. [ He has become resigned to it, if nothing else. Those that matter are either dead or know better, depending; he does not worry himself over the rest.] But to return to your earlier question: which holiday song is your favorite?

[dracoimmortalis]

[ooc: cackle And then I am free!]


Such generosity. [ But on to other matters. Dwelling on the past will only make him maudlin. ] I don't have one single song to hold above all others, alas. But, that said, Carol of the Bells is very high on that list. Especially sung a capella or that version by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

[whatmenfear]

[ ooc; yaaay! :) ]

Pragmatism. [ But, yes, on to the matter at hand. ] And is the Orchestra everything I have heard it to be? [ Since, alas. With one thing or the other his time hasn't really been his own of late. ]

[dracoimmortalis]

That depends on musical taste. [ See, that's exactly why Vlad's twin is the one who watches his back, and performs the strong-arming so his brother doesn't have to. ]

I like the fusion of rock and classical music, so take that as you will.

[whatmenfear]

I will reserve my judgement for the moment. [ The barest hint of a smile, as though the thought amuses him somehow. ]

Once things have quietened, perhaps I will see about re-educating myself. [ It would make a welcome change from what passed for music in the cultural demimonde that was modern vampiric society. Perhaps it was showing his age, but all that hard, jagged sound did little more than thin his temper and leave him with a terrible headache. ]