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"So music is an important part of cultural expression," Alistair began. "Every culture has its own songs and bards and forms of dance... well, except for the Chantry, because the Chant is a bit hard to dance to, but who knows? Perhaps some mad innovator will try it. You know, you do a bit of a hop every three words or something."

Digressing, Alistair.

"I would pay to see that," Morrigan added dryly. "I think I heard a tavern drunkard sing the Chant, but Andraste's 'graces' were quite, shall we say, 'enhanced.'"

Totally dirty.

"Now there's a brand of music I've only recently become party to," Alistair said, wistfully. "Tavern drunks singing. Never in tune, but oh-- so good to dance to. Well, if by 'dance' you mean 'vomiting', and by 'good' you mean 'cats screeching'..." Still digressing, Alistair.

"Can the Wardens not hold their liquor? Pity," Morrigan drawled. "The most beautiful sound I have ever heard is the Dalish elves singing during their travels, the sails of their aravels fluttering above the trees." Also, the sound of panicked humans fleeing before them, convinced the elves were going to eat their children, but Morrigan had an odd sense of humor.

"And in the Orlesian Empire, bards and minstrels have a celebrated place in society. Of course, bards are often spies and assassins, but Orlesians do like their games," she continued. "Is music celebrated in your homelands, or banned? Bards can be seditious creatures, and song can be a powerful method of sowing dissent."

"We can hold our liquor, it's just that we've got this one warrior who keeps outdrinking everyone, with predictably comic results," Alistair retorted, somewhat relieved that this momentary bit of 'being civil' around Morrigan had come to an end once again. "But--"

A brief pause.

"...What she said."

An expert on music, Alistair was not. Unless you counted the Chant, which he didn't, really.

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You got the beat!

Petra West

Daenerys Targaryen

Mercy Thompson

Ben Skywalker

Warren Worthington III

Simon

Elphaba Thropp

Billy Kaplan

Karla

Chuck Bartowski

Princess Rosella of Daventry

Do as you do!

Morrigan and Alistair have somehow procured many different ~~moddable~~ sound system components, in case you've brought something to share with the class.

"This is really old," Ben said apologetically. "It was really popular when my dad was my age, but it's still pretty astral."

With that, he shared the sound of Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, a famous jizz ~~sigh, SW, really?~~ band.

Edited 2011-09-19 16:52 (UTC)

What is music to you? What meaning does it have in your culture?

"Wolves do not have music," Firekeeper started. "So, when we first meet humans- music were very new and interesting. It maked me think maybe such creatures were not so foolish after all, if they could create such."

"Music was kind of important where I grew up. My... guardian, Bran, would have been considered a bard at another time. He made sure I had piano and voice lessons," Mercy said.

Which she had hated.

"There's all kinds of music in my home galaxy," Ben said, "so if you listen long enough, you'll find something you like, no matter what frequency your ears are attuned to."

Ben paused.

"Droid spoken word is pretty bad regardless, though."

When they're around.

Alistair was there, of course. On the subject of music he wouldn't be too much use, though...

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day!

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