Alle Kunst ist der Freude gewidmet

I'm generally not a big fan of game soundtracks. Most of the time they don't appeal to me. In the case of Gameboy games, the sound is always on mute anyway. When I play other games, then I either listen to my MP3-Player or to Let's Plays.

There are only three exeptions and those three soundtracks I downloaded (a small exception is Last Story, because those are from the extra CD and are cut scene tracks); Secret of Mana, Lufia 2 and Mystic Quest Legend.

I don't really know why it is like this. Those three soundtracks just grab me. They are fun and interesting and, to me, sound far better than newer soundtracks. For example, the persona games, FF12 or Xenoblades. Even The Last Story outside of the cut scenes! All of their soundtracks are incredibly boring to my ears (and Xenoblade has the ~fantastic~ extra of characters shouting during the fights so you can't hear anything of the battle tracks anyway (God, how I HATE that (there were other games that did that as well, but I don't remember their names))). I always give the tracks a chance, I do. But they either bore me or annoy me (looking at you, Persona games). I just cannot listen to them.

Admittedly, when playing Lufia 2 I also listen to other things by now -- mostly because I've played through it SO often and I know the tracks almost by heart. But I NEVER mute the sound when playing Secret of Mana. I just love the soundtrack. All of it fits so well and those songs I really do know by heart and could immediately tell you in which regions they play. They're fantastic. And while I haven't played Mystic Quest Legend for quite a while now, the music is still awesome. The battle sound is just so excellent.

Hm. Maybe I should get out my cane and wave it at all the younglings loving those new soundtracks. (I love SNES games so much)

On other news:
I'm kinda contemplating something for the fe_contest (because due to some wonder I didn't overlook it and remember it) and I do kinda want to write a crossover. My first instinct was Canas and something with dark magic that would cross FE7 and 8 (and would have the DK). Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut. Not sure if I want to. Hm.

Today I once again realized that I love writing.

I was writing at this little piece for the lover´s challenge (here on lj somwhere) and it was a very sad piece. It's about a death procession and the loss of a loved one. It's also a songfic and to get into the right mood I put the song on repeat (the song is already called "Melancholie"). So I started writing, feeling perfectly normal. The beginning paragraphs are not so bad (have to revise them, they're horrible). But then something changed. The fic sucked me in. I didn't really heard the words of the song anymore, only the sad music and the hoarse voice of the singer. The fic neared its peak and while Geoffrey gets all worked up, I feel tears pressing against my eyes and my heart starts to beat faster. It was terrible and beautiful at the same time. While I don't know how it really feels like to lose a loved one, this oppressive feeling was really frightening. For a second I really wanted to cry, because it hurt. It was so surreal; Geoffrey´s own thoughts and sorrow were devolving to me. And I was glad when I finished the story a few minutes later. It was so intense.

This has happened only twice in my fic writing career; with "That dear child" and this one. It's terrible but also such a great moment of... I don't know.

Moments like this remind me of why I love writing.