UNDER THE MIDDAY MOONSHINE
An Othello AU with a (nearly) all-female, all-queer, multicultural cast IN ANTARCTICA
LeShawna Jardinier (Othello)
Marie-Grâce Jardinier (Desdemona)
Cassiopée Véga Delacroix (Cassio)
Iara Ondina Luísa de Souza (Iago)
Emi Mizuno (Emilia)
René François de Satigny (Roderigo)
LA IDEA PARA ESTA CANCIÓN, 100 POR 100 AUTOBIOGRÁFICA, SE ME OCURRIÓ AYER
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Hace tiempo escuché que una chica
se graduó en nuestra universidad
con su láptop a los veinticinco
Lo hizo sola y al siempre avanzar
Muches hay embaucades por Shakespeare
Quieren grandes tesoros crear
Pero ella no es como los otros
ella crea por
¡La libertad!
¡Bailad!
¡Reid!
¡Cantad!
Como hace Sombrero de Sandra
¡Comed!
Cread
¡Gritad!
Reunámonos
Todas las razas
Hoy la fiesta
no acaba hasta el alba
Cuando el Sol
amanezca en el mar
En seis días
obtuvo su máster
y debutó en la red social
Y al correrse la voz
en las redes,
amistades por fin logró hallar
Y ahora grandes influencers le siguen
seducides por tanto poder
Seguidores contades por miles
Naciones enteras
un fandom que sé
¡Bailad!
¡Reid!
¡Cantad!
Como hace sombrero
De paja
¡Comed!
¡Bebed!
¡Gritad!
Reunámonos
Todas las razas
Hoy la fiesta
No acaba hasta el alba
Cuando el Sol
Amanezca en el mar
Dicen que trajo
España a Gotemburgo
Y también
Que vivió en Castellón
gastó en charms de Pandora su sueldo
y por Wicca dejó al mismo Dios
Dirigió en Bovalar un rodaje
Y orquestó una fiesta en Saint Paul's Bay
Muchos temen al ver la figura
de quien pescó el pez en Bohuslän
Escuche que su estirpe es maldita
Pues es hija de la insurrección
ella es nieta de amor y empatía
la amiga del sueño y de la compasión
y es hermosa, pues todos contaron
Cautivó al más apuesto que hay
Más no quiso pedirle la mano...
ella estaba casada
con la libertad!
¡Bailad!
¡Reid!
¡Cantad!
Como hace sombrero
de Sandra
¡Comed!
¡Bebed!
¡Gritad!
Reunámonos
Todas las razas
Hoy la fiesta
No acaba hasta
El alba
Cuando el Sol
Amanezca en el mar
Quizás no sea la joven más habil
Pues le oyeron decir una vez
Que no es diestra en la espada
ni sabe de mates
Tampoco
domina el timón
No miente
ni baila muy bien
no es ajedrecista
Más no hace falta
Pues tiene a su tripulación
Con elles es su amor tan sincero
Que estandartes
Le vieron quemar
Declarando la guerra
al gobierno,
la playa nudista para rescatar
Más no solo protege
a sus gentes
Me enseñó
una lección esa vez
En que osó golpear
a aquel noble
Cuando a un ajolote
intentaron vender
Ella dice que somos iguales
No le importa el color de tu piel
Aunque no es heroica
Tampoco una santa
Al vencer a un tirano
un botín tomará
Más si el precio que pide
Es tan bajo
Con gusto lo pago
¡Por la libertad!
¡Bailad!
¡Reid!
¡Cantad!
Como hace Sombrero de Sandra
¡Comed!
Cread
¡Gritad!
Reunámonos
Todas las razas
Hoy la fiesta
no acaba hasta el alba
Cuando el Sol
amanezca en el mar
En la fiesta más grande del mundo
Hoy el Sol guiará nuestro curso
Que es el rumbo
Hacia
¡La libertad!
Y mirad la pulsera que lleva
fue de Rosa también una vez
Dicen que ella se la ha dado a Higinio,
que se la cedió
A Sandra después
Pues quizás sea aquel cuarzo rosa
el tesoro heredado
del rey (Higinio)
DOO-DAH (Grantaire, Seed of Hanged Men/El semen de los ahorcados, and his band the Furiouz Fwooperz: R as lead singer, Jolllly as accordionist, Lesgles/Bossuet as percussionist -cajón, cymbals, and djembé-, Musichetta as backup singer, composer, and lyricist)
Everybody sing this song
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
Quidditch pitch is nine yards long
all the doodah day!
I left my home with my hat caved in
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
I came back home with my pockets full of tin
all the doodah day!
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Gonna fly all night,
gonna drink all day!
I bet my money on the big black horse,
somebody bet on my bae!
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The li'l white pony and the big black horse
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
They race all day and they can't cut across
all the doodah day!
The big black horse stuck in a big mud hole
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
you can't touch the bottom with a ten-foot pole
all the doodah day!
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Gonna fly all night,
gonna drink all day!
I bet my money on the big black horse,
somebody bet on my bae!
Gonna drink all night,
gonna fly all day!
I bet my money on the big black horse,
somebody bet that... I'M GAY!!!
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DOO-DAH (Meg Giry, We All Stand Together)
Da da da da da da da hey! (Minsky pickup)
Everybody sing this song
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
Strathome racetrack's five miles long
all the doodah day!
I left my home with my hat caved in
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
I came back home with my pockets full of tin
all the doodah day!
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Gonna fly all night,
gonna run all day!
I bet my money on the big blue Horsea,
somebody bet on my bae!
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The li'l white Ponyta and the big blue Horsea
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
They race all day and they can't cut across, see?
all the doodah day!
The big Mudsdale stuck in a big mud hole
Doo-dah, doo-dah!
you can't touch the bottom with a ten-foot pole
all the doodah day!
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Gonna fly all night,
gonna run all day!
I bet my money on the big blue Horsea,
somebody bet on my bae!
Gonna run all night,
gonna fly all day!
I bet my money on the big blue Horsea
somebody bet that... I'M GAY!!!
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OH, CHRISTINA (Meg Giry, We All Stand Together)
Oh I'm coming home from Strathome
with my banjo on my knee
and I'm heading for Levincia
for my one true love to see!
I had a dream the other night
where everything was still
and I saw my dear Christina,
she was coming down the hill!
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Oh, Christina
don't you cry for me
'cause I'm coming home from Strathome
for my one true love to see
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Oh I'm coming home from Strathome
with maracas on my feet
and I'm heading for Levincia
to see my lady sweet!
It rained all night
the day I left
the weather it was dry
so hot I nearly died of thirst
Christina, don't you cry!
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Oh, Christina
don't you cry for me
'cause I'm coming home from Strathome
for my one true love to see
WE ALL STAND TOGETHER:
QUEST FOR THE CHAKRA BALLS
Six young people from all over the Pokémon World are confined due to a deadly pandemic in the penthouse of one of them's (Meg's) aunt in Levincia, where they study at the local university. Since Meg is an only child (even though two of these are her childhood friends), she is overjoyed to have some company! However, within a fortnight, the place soon becomes a pressure cooker, after watching so many operas and shows on TV and growing bored of seeing always the tchotckes that Peggy, Meg's aunt, acquired on all her travels as a pop star with her sisters (Meg's mum and her other aunt - they formed a trio). One day, however, in the penthouse library, Christine, the group's de facto leader, finds a book and a map leading to seven powerful Balls containing seven Pokémon so powerful that they can cause natural disasters - and, if you gather all seven, you may make a wish, no matter how outrageous! they are not only based on the Dragon Balls and the Crystal Balls in Tintin, but also on the chakras, and they are scattered all over the Pokémon World, in its "chakras" in unattainable places! As soon as the confinement is over, since all the universities and schools are still closed, the septet (Christine, Raoul, Meg, Rebecca, Rowena, Ravi, and Peggy - you'll get to meet the cast later!) decide to leave on a worldwide quest for the Balls... on the way, we'll meet their families and backstories
MEET THE CAST
*Ravi (née Raveena) Gandhi
Age: 18
Hometown: Levincia, Paldea (formerly, a small tropical island in the *** region, where Gen 10 takes place - the game will be released in 2027, so I'll add the name of the region then!)
Zodiac Sign: Whimsicott (Aries), 1st of April
Studies: Translation, University of Levincia
Ethnic background: South Asian
Family: In Levincia: Reena (Kareena) aunt by birth, and her wife Winnie (Winifred) from Galar, aunt by marriage... On her island: Kali (mother) and Lakshmi (maternal grandma), Vivek (fiancé and childhood classmate). Ravi's dad Omkara was a sailor and drowned in a shipwreck when she was very small.
Career Dream: they're not sure, but chef or translator seem to be the best options.
Backstory: betrothed to Vivek since birth after the matchmaker made their natal charts. Coming out as a nonbinary and deciding to study in Paldea came as a shock to their family, as well as annulling her betrothal to Vivek. When Ravi took the flight, their mother and grandmother tied rakhi (protective bracelets) around their left wrist to keep Ravi safe. Now Ravi lives in Levincia with her lesbian aunts Winnie and Reena, who run an ethnic restaurant that makes the best kulfi in Paldea (according to Ravi themselves).
Wavy is Ravi's best friend since she came to comfort Ravi at her dad's funeral when she was still Raveena, and follows Ravi wherever they go.
Neurodivergences: autism (Level 1)
Starter Pokémon: Wavy (Ms. Wavychu) and Gecqua
*Christine Daaé
Age: 21
Hometown: Lumiose, Kalos (previously, a small northern village)
Zodiac Sign: Simipour (Aquarius), 31st of January
Studies: Translation (singing lessons as an extracurricular)
Ethnic background: Nordic (platinum blond, teal eyes, freckles)
Family: Raoul (adopted brother/fiancé), Philippe (adopted brother), Étienne Sorelli (adopted brother-in-law), Charles de Chagny (youngest adopted brother, aged 16)
Career Dream: opera singer
Backstory: orphaned at an early age, she was adopted by the De Chagnys and became Raoul's adopted sister and Meg Giry's best friend (she came to visit them every summer).
Neurodivergences: autism (Level 1)
Starter Pokémon: Oratoria (Primarina), Antoinette (Belle Pikachu)
*Raoul de Chagny
Age: 23
Hometown: Lumiose, Kalos
Zodiac Sign: Lampent (Libra), 13st of October
Studies: Translation, University of Levincia (singing lessons as extracurricular)
Ethnic background: Celtic (strawberry blond hair, freckles, green eyes)
Family: Christine (adopted sister/fiancée), Philippe (older brother), Étienne Sorelli (brother-in-law), Charles de Chagny (youngest brother, aged 16, at boarding school)
Career Dream: translator or opera singer
Backstory: became heir when his parents (who also adopted Christine, and who died in a shipwreck during a cruise) disowned his older brother Philippe for being gay and marrying another man (Philippe and Étienne run a hat shop, Le Beau Chapeau, near the Prism Tower). Lots of parental expectations
Neurodivergences: neurotypical
Starter Pokémon: Amphinobi (Greninja)
*Meg (Margaret) Giry
Age: 21
Hometown: Levincia, Paldea (previously Strathome, Unova).
Zodiac Sign: Klink (Gemini), 19th of June
Studies: Translation, University of Levincia (dancing lessons as an extracurricular)
Family: Alex and Eliza (parents), Peggy Skylar (aunt), Angelica Skylar (aunt, deceased)
Ethnic background: mixed-race (half-Black, half-Latina).
Career Dream: musical theatre dancer (translator if she's injured)
Backstory: as an only child of a Unovan senator, she had lots of parental expectations and was closer to her aunts than to her too-busy parents. When her eldest Aunt Angelica, whom she worshipped like a goddess, killed herself on the stage on her final performance (her Scizor cut her harness rope on her orders) this came as a trauma. Came to Levincia to break free from all the expectations placed upon her and to have lots of freedom and fun!
Neurodivergences: ADHD and autism (is also an ENFP and a 7w6). Stims by skipping and singing Unovan songs like "Oh, Christina" (Oh Susanna, in real life) and "Everybody Sing This Song" (Camptown Races, in real life)
Starter Pokémon: Snivy
*Rebecca "Little r" Bucket
Age: 22
Hometown: Ballonlea, Galar
Zodiac Sign: Gothorita (Virgo), 1st of September
Studies: Translation, University of Levincia
Family: Rowena (twin sister), Rhiannon (mother), LeShawna (stepmother)
Ethnic background: Celtic (auburn hair, freckles, honey eyes)
Career Dream: translator
Backstory: sisters born to a single mother who had to make ends meet and had many jobs, their mum married a Black Galarian (would be Rastafarian/Jamaican in our world) lady who runs a beauty salon in Ballonlea (but the sisters are fully Celtic because Rhiannon had them from one-night stands two decades before that). Rebecca is an introverted nerdette, while Rowena is the polar opposite.
Neurodivergences: anxiety disorder and financial stress
Starter Pokémon: Sobble and Hermione (Ph. D. Pikachu)
*Rowena "Big R" Bouquet (actually Bucket, but she is ashamed of her surname).
Age: 21 (actually 4, she was born on the leap day).
Hometown: Ballonlea, Galar
Zodiac Sign: Alomomola (Pisces), 29th of February
Studies: Fashion Design, Royal Paldean Academy of the Arts, Levincia
Family: Family: Rowena (twin sister), Rhiannon (mother), LeShawna (stepmother)
Ethnic background: Celtic (auburn hair, freckles, honey eyes)
Career Dream: beautician or fashion designer
Backstory: sisters born to a single mother who had to make ends meet and had many jobs, their mum married a Black Galarian (would be Rastafarian/Jamaican in our world) lady who ran a beauty salon in Ballonlea (but the sisters are fully Celtic because Rhiannon had them from one-night stands two decades before that). Rowena is an extroverted fashionista, while Rebecca is the polar opposite.
Neurodivergences: ADHD and Tourette
Starter Pokémon: Scorbunny and Ginny (Pop Star Pikachu)
*Peggy Skylar
Age: 33
Hometown: Levincia, Paldea (previously Strathome, Unova)
Zodiac Sign: Gogoat-Simipour cusp, 21st of January
Studies: several degrees plus a pop star career
Family: Family: Angelica (older sister, deceased), Eliza Giry (the middle sister), Alex Giry (brother-in-law), Meg (niece).
Ethnic background: Black
Career Dream: she has already had her careers, and her penthouse is full of mementos and tchotchkes (think the Satigny estate mixed with Ariel's grotto) from all her travels
Backstory: the youngest of the Skylar Sistas, a pop trio formed of her and her older sisters (think of them as Dirty Candy -a very well-sponsored girl group with a Pop is Shallow and Privileged Rivals/Girl Posse image (they're much nicer off-stage) where each member has wigs and outfits in her signature colour [Angelica, lead singer/face, green, with Serperior; Eliza, lead dancer, sky blue, with Dewott; Peggy, lyricist/backup singer/rapper, orange, with Pignite]- meets the Jackson 5 or the Sensational Sisters -a one-gender sibling girl group- also, like the Jackson 5, the Skylars were black and performed since childhood; their roles in the band and personalities are inspired by Huntr/x). Their starter Pokémon did the special effects, creating flowers/leaves, jets of water/bubbles, and fireworks respectively on stage and in music videos. When Eliza married Alex, the three of them went separate ways; Angelica started a solo career and Peggy retired from the stage altogether and went to live in Levincia. The death of Angelica while performing her last song, "The Show Must Go On," by Queen in real life (she killed herself to stop a disease that ravaged her system and made her grow old ahead of time, and she contracted it from drugs - AIDS counterpart in the Pokémon world) was a crushing blow to all the others. Peggy is quite the renaissance person: she cooks, she writes lyrics, she tends to her vertical garden, she makes amateur films, and later on she drives the plane (a private jet) that takes the group on their quest for the Chakra Balls.
The Skylar Sistas completely avert the Pop is Shallow trope (the Pop side being the Privileged Rival / Pop as choosing vapid commercial success), being an open tribute to the 80s and 90s (with some bubblegum pop -Dirty Candy- and KPop -Huntr/x- on the side), just look at the hairstyles they wore! - but DON'T EVEN DARE TO MENTION REGGAETON AT PEGGY'S!!!
Neurodivergences: ADHD and autism, she's also a 7w8 and an ENFP.
Starter Pokémon: Emboar (also her personal chef).
The world of Pokémon is full of mysteries... and here comes a NEW SAGA, inspired by the COVID pandemic and the chakras! The first arc is set in Levincia, during a time when the whole Pokémon world is in confinement due to a lethal virus affecting the people and Pokémon of the whole globe (in springtime like the original pandemic confinement).
Six young people from all over the Pokémon World are confined in the penthouse of one of them's (Meg's) aunt in Levincia, where they study at the local university. Since Meg is an only child (even though two of these are her childhood friends), she is overjoyed to have some company! However, within a fortnight, the place soon becomes a pressure cooker, after watching so many operas and shows on TV and growing bored of seeing always the tchotckes that Peggy, Meg's aunt, acquired on all her travels as a pop star with her sisters (Meg's mum and her other aunt - they formed a trio). One day, however, in the penthouse library, Christine, the group's de facto leader, finds a book and a map leading to seven powerful Balls containing seven Pokémon so powerful that they can cause natural disasters - and, if you gather all seven, you may make a wish, no matter how outrageous! they are not only based on the Dragon Balls and the Crystal Balls in Tintin, but also on the chakras, and they are scattered all over the Pokémon World, in its "chakras" in unattainable places! As soon as the confinement is over, since all the universities and schools are still closed, the septet (Christine, Raoul, Meg, Rebecca, Rowena, Ravi, and Peggy - you'll get to meet the cast later!) decide to leave on a worldwide quest for the Balls... on the way, we'll meet their families and backstories - but for now let's meet the Balls!
The Ruby Ball, for the one who confronts their fears... Ravi (formerly Raveena) Gandhi
The top is made from ruby, cut like a square. This Ball contains a Ground Pokémon so powerful that it can create faults and quakes in the planet's crust. The Ball is located in a pagan shrine in Lumiose Catacombs, Kalos, deep under the Métro. The Pokémon inside is a Litten that can Terastalise and gain the Ground type.
The Coral Ball, for the one who knows true pleasure... Raoul de Chagny
The top is made from orange coral, forming a six-petal design. This Ball contains a Water Pokémon so powerful that it can create massive tsunamis and downpours. The Ball is located in a cave in a coral reef off the south coast of Hoenn. The Pokémon inside is a Hoennian Corsola that can Mega Evolve (and yasss, I have designed the Mega for Corsola!)
The Citrine Ball, for the one whose will is strong... Meg Giry
The top is made from citrine, cut like a sun with rays. This Ball contains a Fire Pokémon so powerful that it can create conflagrations for acres of land, and solar flares. The Ball is located in the heart of the volcano in Cinnabar Island, Kanto. The Pokémon inside is a Kantonian Vulpix that can Dynamax.
The Peridot Ball, for the one who knows true love... Christine Daaé
The top is made from peridot and rose quartz, cut like the shape of a 12-petal rose (with peridot leaves and quartz petals). This Ball contains a Grass Pokémon so powerful that it can cover acres of lands in plant life and release tonnes of pollen. The Ball is located in the Fairy Queen's Throne in Glimmerwood Tangle, Ballonlea, Galar. The Pokémon inside is a Gossifleur that can Mega Evolve (you won't believe how awesome my design for Mega Eldegoss is!)
The Aquamarine Ball, for the one who seeks the truth... Rebecca Bucket
The top is made from aquamarine, cut like a 16-petal star. This Ball contains a Flying Pokémon so powerful that the cyclones and hurricanes it creates can uproot cathedrals and palaces. The Ball is located in a secret ice cave in Mt. Coronet, Sinnoh. The Pokémon inside is a Piplup that gains the Flying type when Terastalised.
The Yin-Yang Ball, for the one who knows right from wrong... Rowena "Bouquet" (actually Bucket)
The top is made from black and white marble, cut like a yin-yang symbol. This Ball contains a Psychic Pokémon so powerful that it can be used to mind-control a small army of people and/or Pokémon. The black (yin) half of the Ball is located in the Abyssal Ruins, Unova. The white (yang) half is the Abundant Shrine, also in Unova. The Pokémon inside are an A and a Z Unown (yes, this one contains two!)
The Enlightened Ball, for the one who lets go of attachments (Peggy Skylar)
The top is made from a thousand petals of mother-of-pearl laid out like an iridescent spiral. This Ball contains a god pokémon of immense power, capable of creating entire solar systems and giving them life. Some speculate that this Pokémon may be Arceus, the Creator, himself. The Ball's whereabouts are unknown... (It turns out to be inside the Grail in Levincia Cathedral, Paldea). I won't spoil what the Pokémon inside is/are!
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The best thing that Andrea Lynn says here is that the Fourth Story can stand on its own as a standalone story (instead of a subplot)...
There's this distant princess who is so clever and smart... she would only marry a man who could respect that. She wanted a man who would speak when spoken to, and not just stand there and be grand and stupid, but interesting!
So one day a man shows up, of course not to impress her, but just because he's heard how clever she is and he wants to listen to her and hear her cleverness... So she's like "this is my guy, this is what I want in a man," and she marries him!
I think that story is so great just on its own.
... there, thinking maybe Kaye was this man that the princess married; ... So they get there, they find out that the prince is not Kaye, but the princess is super generous, and she's like: "I respect what you're doing here; take my golden carriage, good luck on your journey!"
So next she encounters this group of robbers ...
(Nothing said about the prince and princess being in foreign countries on honeymoon)
