Filk Broken Telephone 2022

[shmaylor]

There were 3 groups this year for Filk Broken Telephone, all starting with the shared theme of non-static identity. Here they are!

Group 1:

The City (Lego Ninjago)
created by kingtysonsworld
Summary: Wrabel's The Village as a song exploring Nya's changing self.

The Babysitter (Stranger Things (TV 2016))
created by Ceewelsh
Summary: Filk about Steve Harrington for Pod-Together's Broken Telephone 2022

Lost (But Now I Feel Like I'm Home) (呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime))
created by olive2read
Summary: Ita's new to the world of Jujutsu Sorcery but he won't let that stop him from rockin' it

Slow, love, slow (악마판사 | The Devil Judge (TV), Original Work, Nightwish)
created by Mangacat
Summary: "Shattered gaze… stares into the blaze
Built walls around me… the front I present to the world"
To the tune of "Slow, love, slow" by Nightwish

Arcana, Fire, Stained Glass, and Amber (Critical Role (Web Series))
created by TheLordOfLaMancha
Summary: This is a filk about Caleb Widowgast, and the different types of love that have helped to heal him and help him grow, set to the tune of Pussywillows, Cat-tails by Gordon Lightfoot.

Thank You For Being My Friends (The Martian (2015))
created by bluegeekEM
Summary: A 'The Martian' filk based on Andrew Gold's "Thank You For Being A Friend" (also known as the origin of the Golden Girls theme).

Group 2:

Blank Heart (No Fandom)
created by minnapods
Summary: You've played this video game before. You know how it goes. Get strong, go after the boss, save the princess.
The princess knows, too, and she's sick of this story.
(filk to the tune of "Blank Space" for the narrative thread of Podfic Broken Telephone 2022).

Hopeful Heroes (No Fandom)
created by esbielle
Summary: A final boss has kidnapped the Kingdom's beloved princess but can't get his point across because the hero keeps skipping his dialogue. So he decides to sing instead and duets with the princess.

I Will Choose To Fight (Fandom - Fandom)
created by mahons_ondine
Summary: In which there is a knight, and somewhere a princess. And in between them, a quest! Probably. Maybe. I think?

A New Constellation (The Flash (TV 2014), The Flash - All Media Types)
created by Elle_dubs
Summary: Filk Broken Telephone: a Narrative, for Pod Together 2022

Possibility (Multi-Fandom, Haven (TV))
created by TheArcher
Summary: Our OT3 runs away together, set to Run Away with Me by Kerrigan and Lowdermilk

Group 3:

Always New (Like the Moon) (No Fandom)
created by PhenomenalAsterisk
Summary: A FILK about being comfortable with wherever you are on your journey, to the tune of The Beach Boy's "In My Room"

The slave who makes free (Star Wars - All Media Types)
created by irrationalpie
Summary:
Gather round, and listen well
This story is to save your life
A song the Tatooine wise woman in Shape-Changer might have sung.

The Course of the Sun (Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types)
created by carboncopies
Summary: A filk based on astolat's fic "Never Did Run Smooth." Set to the tune of "Maid On The Shore" by Stan Rogers.
Jaskier takes some creative liberties with the source material when he sings the tale of the Emperor Emhyr and the Emperor Consort, Geralt of Rivia.

An Honest Bard's Song (Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types)
created by Wereflamingo
Summary: Okay, so maybe the ballad Jaskier wrote about Geralt and Emhyr was not quite truthful, but Jaskier is an artist, okay? Don't clip his wings. Artistic freedom is important.
Written and recorded for Filk Broken Telephone 2022, a song parody of Сказки нашего времени by Timur Shaov.