In the spirit of Christmas, A Survivorist hymn

[FeatherWriter she/her]

Well, seeing as BRANDON ALREADY TWEETED ABOUT IT, I suppose I might as well share this over here.
 
Ellen (fallenwithstyle) wrote a Survivorist hymn to the tune of “In the Bleak Midwinter” and I decided to try to perform it. I don’t know anything about audio editing and this is the first time I’ve recorded myself singing, so I’m a bit nervous, but the few people I showed it to have convinced me that I’m not going to embarass myself by posting it.

Song source: "In The Bleak Midwinter (Instrumental Orchestral)" by Sarah Brightman
 
((Listen here))
 
Lyrics:
In the Final Empire, under stars unshone,
Scadrial stood barren, blackened world of stone.
Ash had fallen, ash on ash, ash on ash,
In the Final Empire, long long past.

 

Hathsin could not hold him, nor the world contain;
Yet his mists surround us, leave us not in vain
In the Final Empire, strong against its might
Lord of Mists, Survivor, lead us to the fight.

 

Heirs in spirit, all, if freedom we have sought
Lady Heir to guide us, leading as he taught.
Righteous war knows of no greater strength than this
Warrior Ascendant, borne by the mists.

 

What have I to offer, to compare with those?
What is strength, but keeping to the path you chose?
In our world’s new dawning, all may do their part,
Stand for life and freedom, with a mighty heart.

 

(And in case anyone's wondering, no I am still not over the fact that Brandon has not only heard me singing, but also tweeted a link to it. aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAH)

Edited December 30, 2013 by FeatherWriter

[Kurkistan he/him]

You might be the single most tweeted fan at this point, Feather. This, the soulcaster, and I think there might have been one or two other things...

Edited December 30, 2013 by Kurkistan

[Oudeis he/him]

...jaw-drop.

[Natans he/him]

Just saying nice voice =) 

[FeatherWriter she/her]

You might be the single most tweeted fan at this point, Feather. This, the soulcaster, and I think there might have been one or two other things...

 

ARE THERE OTHER THINGS??? I knew he posted my Soulcaster on his blog a few years ago (with a similar freak out from me) and then this, but IS THERE MORE?

 

I am... singularly unable to handle everything to do with this whole situation.

[Natans he/him]

I didn't know about the soulcast thing. You should  update your signature with all your achivements so we could keep track =)

 

PS: There is some kind of prize like icon or such to give to member in this forum ? If we don't have he should consider like some medal to put under the avatar =)

 

I vote to give Lady Feather the "Awesome Prize for Awesomeness" award=)

Edited December 31, 2013 by Natans

[Oudeis he/him]

Yeah for realz, what is this soulcaster?

[Kurkistan he/him]

@Feather

 

I thought there might be other things, but I could be wrong...

 

@Natans

 

We had an award system before your time (wow I'm old) on an old version of the forum, but it's been dead since the update.

 

Here's the soulcaster.

[Claincy he/him]

Ellen (fallenwithstyle) wrote a Survivorist hymn to the tune of “In the Bleak Midwinter” and I decided to try to perform it. I don’t know anything about audio editing and this is the first time I’ve recorded myself singing, so I’m a bit nervous, but the few people I showed it to have convinced me that I’m not going to embarass myself by posting it.

You needn't have worried, you have a good voice Have you had any vocal training?

 

Just so you know that someone does recall the soulcaster:

url = http://www.17thshard.com/forum/gallery/image/128-soulcaster-1jpg/

this one I believe

 

Edit: and Kurk Ninja'd me of course

Edited December 31, 2013 by lord Claincy Ffnord

[FeatherWriter she/her]

I've never actually been trained or anything, but I've been singing for years!

 

And fun fact, I actually ended up taking some pictures of the Soulcaster today before any of this went down. Trying to make it look like I was Shallan or something like that. Much nicer looking than those original ones, certainly.

 

 

[WeiryWriter he/him]

I've never actually been trained or anything, but I've been singing for years!

 

And fun fact, I actually ended up taking some pictures of the Soulcaster today before any of this went down. Trying to make it look like I was Shallan or something like that. Much nicer looking than those original ones, certainly.

Oh my word, your safehand is showing, how scandalous!

Congrats on getting recognized for your singing! (I was hoping Brandon would come across it)

[TheShogun he/him]

I've never actually been trained or anything, but I've been singing for years!

 

And fun fact, I actually ended up taking some pictures of the Soulcaster today before any of this went down. Trying to make it look like I was Shallan or something like that. Much nicer looking than those original ones, certainly.

 

 

 

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THOSE PICTURES HAVE YOUR SAFEHAND IN THEM.

[Claincy he/him]

I've never actually been trained or anything, but I've been singing for years!

Well, colour me impressed then You sing very well for someone without training.

 

Also, nice pictures. (Though as Weiry and theShogun said, I'm fairly sure this site is supposed to be kept child-friendly )

Edited December 31, 2013 by lord Claincy Ffnord

[FeatherWriter she/her]

Hehehe, well you couldn't expect me to wear such an illicitly stolen holy device openly on my freehand, could you?

 

(And more seriously, it's REALLY hard to put that on without help, and pretty much impossible with my non-dominant hand. Also, I an only take pictures with my right hand because of the way the camera's set up.)

[Oudeis he/him]

All I know is, I'll be mirroring those pictures before I show them to any children, that's all I'll say.

[EHyde she/her]

FWIW, I originally posted the lyrics here on 17S a couple years ago in the comments for the Christmas giveaway--someone else started re-writing Christmas songs with Mistborn-themed lyrics and I just jumped on the bandwagon! Feather you are really awesome for recording it.

[EHyde she/her]

You might be the single most tweeted fan at this point, Feather. This, the soulcaster, and I think there might have been one or two other things...

 

 

ARE THERE OTHER THINGS??? I knew he posted my Soulcaster on his blog a few years ago (with a similar freak out from me) and then this, but IS THERE MORE?

 

I am... singularly unable to handle everything to do with this whole situation.

 

Ahem, Feather: a challenger appears!

 

(still not over that "best inquisitor ever" comment)

[FeatherWriter she/her]

See y'all? Ellen is way cooler than I am obviously. So, with the hymn being retweeted, that brings her up to four twitter mentions! She wins "most tweeted member of the Cosmere fandom" hands down! 

[Gamma Fiend he/him]

FeatherWriter might be the holder of the Shard of Modesty....

but seriously, good song. Kudos to writer and singer and whoever had a hand in it. (Were the violins/background music you too?)

And congrats on the retweets, on any and all occasions.

Edit: lol thanks I should read more carefully XD

Edited January 2, 2014 by Gamma Fiend

[FeatherWriter she/her]

Nope, like I said in the original post, the background music was an instrumental version from youtube. I just sang over it!

 

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