WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IAGO (GO, GO, GO)

 WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IAGO (GO, GO, GO)

A Filk by Sandra Dermark

written the 23rd of October, 2025

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DESDEMONA (GHOST):

We should talk about Iago, go, go, go

We should talk about Iago

For...

It was my wedding day

OTHELLO (GHOST):

It was our wedding

DESDEMONA (GHOST):

We were getting ready and there wasn't a cloud in the sky

OTHELLO  (GHOST):

No clouds allowed in the sky

DESDEMONA (GHOST)

Iago walks in, with a mischievous grin

OTHELLO (GHOST):

Thunder!!!

DESDEMONA (GHOST)

You're telling the story, or am I?

OTHELLO (GHOST):

I'm sorry, my darling, go on...

DESDEMONA (GHOST):

Iago says it looks like strife

OTHELLO (GHOST)

Why did he tell us?

DESDEMONA (GHOST):

In doing so, it cuts like a knife

OTHELLO (GHOST):

And I'm one of those clingy fellows...

DESDEMONA (GHOST)

My spouse wound up taking my life!

OTHELLO (GHOST)

What a tragic day, but anyway

we don't talk about Iago!

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EMILIA:

Grew to live in fear of Iago's plotting and his scheming

I could always hear him sorta not exactly seeming

I associate him with the sound of hissing snakes

hss, hss, hss,

It's a heavy lift, with him always teaming

Always kept everyone of their nightmares dreaming

grappling with intrigues when he your psyche overtakes

Do you have what it takes?

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SHAKESPEARE:

An icy blue gaze, dagger at his side,

when he's got you fazed, you can't fight the tide

yes, he sees your worst dreams and feasts on your screams...

EVERYONE:

We don't talk about Iago!

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RODERIGO (GHOST):

He told me my girl would leave,

the next day, wed!

CASSIO:

He told me I'd lose my rank,

and that's what he said!

EVERYONE:

That's what he said!

OTHELLO (GHOST):

He told me my wife would be unfaithful

and thus, now we're both dead...

EVERYONE:

Your fate is sealed,

and your world turned on its head!

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CASSIO:

He told me that the life of my dreams

would be promised and someday be mine

He told me that I'd reclaim the rank

that I'd lost drinking much punch and wine

EMILIA:

Listen, Iago's on his way...

RODERIGO (GHOST):

He told me that the girl of my dreams

would be just out of reach,

she'd marry another...

Like I can hear him now...

CASSIO:

Hey you, 

I want not a sound out of you!

EMILIA:

Go Iago,

Go, no go go Iago,

I really need to know about Iago,

give me the truth, and the whole truth, Iago!

LUDOVICO:

Desdemona, your boyfriend's here!

EVERYONE:

Time for supper!

(Everyone sings their parts in a madrigal)

We should talk about Iago, go go go

We should talk about Iago!

EN LO PROFUNDO - Cover Extendida

 EN LO PROFUNDO (SURFACE PRESSURE) - Cover Extendida

Medio traducción de Sandra Dermark

......

Siempre fuerte,

siempre dura,

imparable,

no hay un risco en la corteza terrestre que aguante...

Muevo montes,

muevo valles,

catedrales,

y mis músculos, tríceps y cuádriceps, sé lo que valen...

No pregunto,

nunca dudo,

ejecuto,

mi coraza es del hierro, acero, vanadio más duro...

Rocas, diamantes, platino

se funden, se parten sin tino,

yo paso y aplasto, mi camino abro, si es necesario...

Mas...

En lo profundo,

comienza el truco en la cuerda floja que me marca el rumbo...

En lo profundo,

alguna vez Hércules dijo "¡no, no quiero, enfrentarme a Cerbero!"

En lo profundo

sé que mi esfuerzo es nulo

si siento que no ayudo...

Se escucha un crack,

comienza a tronar,

se va a desmoronar,

comienza a derrumbarse...

Es peso que gota a gota lo reventó (pesso)

Oh oh oh

Peso con un tic tac tic, hasta que haces pop

Oh oh oh

Dáselo a tu hermana, ella es más fuerte,

resistirá si ella aún tiene suerte...

¿Quién soy yo si pierdo este balón?

Y si cedo al

Peso con presión, presión que jamás soltó

Oh oh oh

Peso con un tic tac tic, antes de una explosión

Oh oh oh

Dáselo a tu hermana, que nos demuestre

cómo nos resiste y se agarra fuerte

Qué si pierdo y fallo al soportar?

Y si cedo...

En lo profundo, 

algo empeora y se inquieta, yo he de salvar a todo el mundo...

En lo profundo,

el barco no vira, no pueden ver cómo de grande es el iceberg...

En lo profundo,

la imagen que yo infundo

se cae en un segundo...

Levanto el dominó

en alineación,

y un viento huracanado

lo derriba sin control...

¿Podré

desvanecer

el peso cruel

de expectativas

y vivir solo un momento

de esparcimiento

tan simple y bello

que va en aumento?

No importa

que el tiempo imponga

y no que ahora quite el

peso que gota a gota lo reventó (pesso)

Oh oh oh

Peso con un tic tac tic, hasta que haces pop

Oh oh oh

Ella sostendrá todos los cimientos,

ve también si arranca nuestro sufrimiento,

vedla retorcerse sin rechistar...

Sin fallar

Peso con presión, presión que jamás soltó

Oh oh oh

Peso con un tic tac tic, antes de una explosión

Oh oh oh

Ella sostendrá todos los cimientos,

ve también si arranca nuestro sufrimiento...

Tenga el mundo algo de compasión

Sin presión, sin peso

HE APRENDIDO TANTO DE ELLAS...

El Renacimiento Disney me dio las heroínas Disney con las que crecí. Las agallas de Ariel (perdón por el juego de palabras), el cerebro de Bella, la fortaleza de Nala (en el musical), el amor por la naturaleza de Pocahontas, el sarcasmo de Megara, la fe de Esmeralda, el arrojo de Fa Mulán y la voluntad de sacrificio de Jane Porter me han forjado tanto como la experiencia de la vida. Y luego en la actualidad llegaron Mérida la rebelde, Rapunzel la creativa, Anna la ingenua pero de buen corazón, Elsa la que se acepta a sí misma, Vaiana la que descubre y explora su legado, Tamara Calhoun la dura con su corazoncito y las Madrigal: Isabela la perfeccionista que descubre otros aspectos de sí misma, Luisa que aprende a sacar fuerzas de flaqueza y Mirabel que descubre que aunque no tengas poderes especiales también podrás tener alguna clase de talento. Y su prima Dolores, que lo oye todo y cuyos dolores en amores, si no se rinde, se truecan en felicidades.

ENCANTO - Dermark spoof cast

 ENCANTO - Dermark spoof cast; which anime characters I would pick to play the roles in a spoof or in AMVs. This will be a crossover of course! Updated! This is the latest and most definitive Cast List...

Cast in chronological order:

Sango as Young Alma Madrigal (symbolised by Wurmple/Silcoon/Beautifly)

Miroku as Pedro Madrigal (symbolised by Caterpie/Metapod/Butterfree)

Fire Nation Military as Revolutionaries

Shino Kotozume as Abuela Alma Madrigal 

Lady Une as Pepa Madrigal

Treize Khushrenada as Félix Madrigal

Byron Arclight/Vetrix (post disappearance) as Bruno Madrigal

Alolan Rattatas as Bruno's Rats

Dextra as Julieta Madrigal

Nistro as Agustín Madrigal

Yui Nanase as Dolores Madrigal

Duo Maxwell as Camilo Madrigal

Max from Pokémon Gen 3 as Antonio Madrigal (all jungle fauna will be done as fitting Pokémon: Raikou as Jaguar, Toucannon as Toucan, Bidoof as Capybara...)

Yukari Kotozume as Isabela Madrigal (all her plants will be done as grass-type Pokémon: Cacnea as Cactus, Roselia and Roserade as Roses, Lilligant as Flor de Mayo, Alolan Exeggutor as Palma de Cera...)

Akira Kenjo as Luisa Madrigal (Cerberus from Disney's Hercules as Himself, Avalugg as Iceberg)

Princess Towa Hope Daylight as Mirabel Madrigal

Prince Nata of Confeito as Mariano Guzmán

Stella Amanogawa as Señora Guzmán

Purin Huang/Huang Bu-Ling and All Her 5 Siblings (Tokyo Mew Mew New) as the Caffeine-Hyperactive Village Children

Jaken as the Bald Village Priest

Misty as the Fish Owner (Magikarp as Pet Fish)

Junpei "J.P." as the Gut Guy

WE DON'T TALK 'BOUT THE HANGED MAN (NO NO NO)

 So after creating my Romeo & Juliet-inspired setting and cast of fair Veroncia in StarXGlove, the Hanged Man (Friar Lawrence/druggist character and narrator) became such a parallel to Bruno in Encanto as the black sheep and clan outsider that I had to do this little filk:

WE DON'T TALK 'BOUT THE HANGED MAN (NO NO NO)

EMPRESS:

We don't talk 'bout the Hanged Man, no no no

We don't talk 'bout the Hanged Man... But!

It was the day we signed peace...

EMPEROR:

The day we signed peace...

EMPRESS:

We were getting ready

and there wasn't a cloud in the sky...

EMPEROR:

No clouds allowed in the sky...

EMPRESS:

The Hanged Man walks in

with a mischievous grin...

EMPEROR:

Interrupting!

EMPRESS:

You telling the story or am I?

EMPEROR:

Sorry, mi vida, go on...

EMPRESS:

Hanged Man says it looks like war...

EMPEROR:

Why did he say it?

EMPRESS:

The East Bank Clan to fight for sure...

EMPEROR:

There was no way to counterweigh it...

EMPRESS:

He ran off, came back no more...

EMPEROR:

What a joyous day, but anyway,

we don't talk 'bout the Hanged Man, no no no

We don't talk 'bout the Hanged Man...

SUN & MOON:

Grew to live in fear of that man hanging from the ceiling,

we can always picture him swinging and/or reeling,

we link him with a pendulum swishing to and fro;

swish swish swish...

It's a heavy lift with a gift so revealing,

always left the Empress with uncomfortable feeling,

grappling with tragedies and other tales of woe...

Did you get it so? (To Star)

FOOL:

A two-meter frame,

hanging upside-down,

when he calls your name

you can't help but frown;

Yeah, he sees your dreams

and feasts on your screams...

EVERYONE:

We don't talk 'bout the Hanged Man no no no...

HIEROPHANT:

He told me that the war would break out

far more violent than ever before...

He told me that Lord Arsenic's men

would someday come for vengeance for sure...

HIGH PRIESTESS:

Hear up, the Tower's under siege!

FOOL:

He told me that my very best friend

would die in the end, for peace and another...

HIEROPHANT:

Our Star, I want not a sound out of you...

STAR:

No, Hanged Man...

About that Hanged Man...

About that Hanged Man...

Give me the truth and the whole truth, Hanged Man...

FOOL:

Little Star, to the bunker now!!!

EVERYONE:

To the bunker!!!