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Listening Guide
(not necessarily in chronological order, but some notes on why certain songs were added)
Elrond's General Psyche, Beginning of the Fic
"Neptune - Sleeping at Last" | "Mercury" - Sleeping At Last | "Head Above Water" - Olive James
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Elrond and Gil - Beginning of the Fic, and Introduction of Celebrimbor to the dynamic
"Gravity" - Vienna Teng | "Skinny Love" - Birdy | "Tolerate It" - Taylor Swift | "Between" - Vienna Teng (could honestly be viewed from either of their perspectives. Though if viewed through Gil it's significantly less sympathetic lmao) | "It Happened Quiet" - AURORA (in reference directly to Chapter 2)
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Blooming of Romantic Feelings Between Elrond and Celebrimbor (Starting in Chapter 3, in a way)
"Recessional" - Vienna Teng (Brimby's POV) | "Hello My Old Heart" - The Oh Hellos (Elrond POV) | "Waking Up Slow" - Gabrielle Aplin (Both) | "Soft Universe" - AURORA (Elrond) | "Eric's Song" - Vienna Teng (Both) | "Falling Slowly" - Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova | "Delicate" - Taylor Swift (Brimby's POV)
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Start of Relationship - (Somewhere Around Chapter 7 Onwards)
"Like Real People Do" - Hozier | "Kiss Me" - Jason Walker | "Just A Kiss" - Lady A | "Watch You Sleep" - Girl in Red | "Venus" - Sleeping At Last | "Gentle Earthquakes" - AURORA (I adore this one for them. The song's 100% about sex, as Aurora confirmed recently and it just fits SO well for them) | "Afterglow" - Ed Sheeran | "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - Sleeping At Last | "Chasing Cars" - Sleeping At Last
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Return to Lindon - Backslide
"Come Back When You Can" - Barcelona (Brimby POV) | "Hazy" - Rosi Golan (Elrond POV) | "Human" - Christina Perri-
Reunion With Celebrimbor & Resolving with Gil
"Oh My Dear" - Tenth Avenue North | "Skyscraper" - Demi Lovato | "Speechless" - Naomi Scott-
Solidifying Relationship Dynamics - Epilogue Songs of a Sort
"The Call" - Regina Spektor | "Emerald Eyes" - Anson Seabra | "Enough to Go By" - Vienna Teng | "The River" - AURORA | "Oasis" - A Great Big World