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#WritingWonders 8/3: If your favorite side character(s) had a theme song, what would it be?
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A tricky one, seeing as I need to create the songs, first, being a different universe and all.
But Cordelia Vintar-ith-Vidutar, first-in scout, is well known for subconsciously humming a particular shanty sung wherever Exploratory Service personnel gather to consume heinous quantities of liquor:
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And Líse Varavelen has a deplorable liking for the 4300s ballad, "Girl, Your Marginal Benefit Far Outweighs Your Marginal Cost".
@cerebrate OMG, I love everything about it. And OF COURSE space ship crews would have shanties. Why didn't I think of that??
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"Oh, infinite knowledge awaits us in space -
We'll seek out and contact with fervor and grace.
New worlds and new sophonts we simply adore -
Let's party where no-one has partied before."
(The tune, and the spirit of the thing, is that of _Space Shanty_, by The Senate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDXfQTD_rgQ .)