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makeste ([personal profile] makeste) wrote2010-10-01 05:00 pm

[FST] The Hero of This Story

Because like any reasonable person, I adore the heck out of Vongola's beloved failboss, and because it's been too long since I experienced the addictive joys of FST-making.



The Hero of This Story: a Tsuna fan soundtrack



16 Tracks (104.03 MB)
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► part one: the life and times of an ordinary jr. high school student
(minus the ordinary)


(sometimes i think this cycle never ends)

Expo '86 (Death Cab for Cutie)
I am waiting for something to go wrong
I am waiting for familiar resolve
I am waiting for another repeat
Another diet fed by crippling defeat

(Always the bottom of his class. Always the last to be picked in sports. No friends, no ambitions, no redeeming virtues whatsoever. "I'm not good at anything I do.")

Lost! (Coldplay)
I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Oh, and I'm just waiting till the shine wears off

(When all your efforts are met with failure, eventually you just stop trying. Tsuna is not so much an inherent loser as he is a self-taught one.)

Bonfire (Third Eye Blind)
If nothing else I am myself
That's all I have to give
Everything's changing now
Oh, we could live like kings
If we take a risk
Or we could live in doubt
Everything's changing now

("Do it with your dying will." These words open up a whole new realm of potentiality, give him the strength to do things he never thought possible. The only problem is he was never cut out to be extraordinary.)

Glass of Water (Coldplay)
Son, don't ask
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
Cling to the mast
Spend your whole life living in the past
Going nowhere fast

(He hasn't quite learned to stop and appreciate the little things yet; it will be some time before he refers to this anarchic period in his life as "carefree." But even so, there are moments of calm between the storms, and moments of joy amidst the chaos.)


► part two: i was a teenage superhero
(and i have the scars to prove it)


(hook me up a new revolution)

Vindicated (Dashboard Confessional)
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

(The idea that other people might have expectations of him is as new as it is terrifying. But what really surprises him is that sometimes, he actually feels like he might be able to live up to them.)

Learn to Fly (Foo Fighters)
And I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright

(It would be nice, though, just once, to feel like he has a clue what the hell he's doing. But being strong, being a leader, being a champion--naturally, all of that is uncharted ground.)

Fader (The Temper Trap)
Bless this mess
We tried our best
That's all that we can do

(First Mukuro, then the Varia. The obstacles keep on coming; all he can do is try his best not to get himself killed. There are times he thinks that being no-good was a hell of a lot easier.)

Times Like These (Acoustic) (Foo Fighters)
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

(It's a process. Rome wasn't built in a day, and Reborn often suspects that grooming Tsuna into a mafia boss is a far more difficult task. But there's a universe of possibility between 'difficult' and 'impossible.')


► part three: help! i'm trapped in an apocalyptic future
(a common-sense survival guide)


(and we won't go down)

Sun (Acoustic) (Mae)
I'll ask you, what in the world should we do?
The light is green, our break is through
Are we not trying, or we're trying too hard?

(The future world is a disaster, and in that world, Tsuna is more lost than he's ever been, with more weight on his shoulders than he's ever had to bear. But they will win, he knows, because they have no choice. Because the alternative is too horrible to even imagine.)

This Time Around (Hanson)
Well, I've started feeling like I don't want to fight
Give in to the given and put out the light
Cannons a'blazin' shower these moonlit skies
Then I remember and I know why he died
Do you know why I'd die?

(Fighting for his family's survival awakens in him a determination that he's never known before. Perhaps inevitably for someone whose fighting strength has always been borne of desperation, it turns out that under these circumstances, Tsuna not only endures, but thrives.)

Kings and Queens (30 Seconds to Mars)
Into your lies
Hopeless and taken
We stole our new lives
Through blood and pain
In defense of our dreams
In defense of our dreams

(The Tenth generation of the Vongola family comes of age under the direst circumstances imaginable, fighting with everything they've got to protect everything they've ever known. And against all odds, they manage to stand their ground. The kids are still alright.)

We Are One Tonight (Switchfoot)
We are one tonight
And we're singing it out
We are one tonight
And we're dreaming out loud
And the world is flawed
But these scars will heal
We are one tonight, tonight

(Tsuna has never kidded himself about being a hero. On his own, he's nothing. The reason he is strong is because he fights with others, for others. The difference between him and Byakuran was that he was never fighting alone.)


► part four: the sins of the past
(have caused a lot of inconvenient misunderstandings in the present)


(time to take your place)

Hero (Regina Spektor)
Hey, open wide
Here comes original sin
It's all right, it's all right...
No one's got it all

I'm the hero of this story
Don't need to be saved

(So it turns out the Mafia world is rife with blood and betrayal. But it's one thing to know this, and another to experience it firsthand. An attack on one trusted friend at the hands of another--it's a blow that leaves Tsuna reeling like never before.)

A Bad Dream (Keane)
Where will I meet my fate?
Baby, I'm a man, I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend

(He's always hated fighting, but it's a thousand times worse when his enemy is his friend. More than ever, he can't afford to lose... but he can't see how he can win.)

The First of Me (Hoobastank)
You've finally woken up
If only just to prove
You were born to lead the way
And be the first of you

(At long last, Tsuna is growing up. And he demonstrates the newfound confidence Reborn has instilled in him in the unlikeliest of ways--by adamantly refusing, rather than accepting, the title of Vongola X. Whatever path he ultimately chooses, he's determined it will be his own.)

My Shadow (Keane)
'Cause when your back's against the wall
That's when you show no fear at all

(At the end of the day, he's an odd choice for a main character. He couldn't care less about saving the day and achieving his dreams. Instead, he's the type of hero who's never wanted anything more than a normal, peaceful life. The ordinary boy who, when push comes to shove, learns that he can rise to the occasion.

"The first words out of his mouth have always been, 'I can't do it,'... but this time, it's, 'Maybe.'")




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[identity profile] merryrainbow.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS. IS. GORGEOUS.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
:D Thank you! ♥

[identity profile] melissa-42.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely downloading! Lol, the only band I don't recognize is Temper Trap--I don't think I've ever known so many artists on an FST before. XD

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, 12 out of 13, wow. YOU HAVE GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC, lol. XD Hope you like it! :)

[identity profile] alai5.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, you're very welcome! Hope you enjoy it. :)
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[personal profile] way2dawn 2010-10-01 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
*swoons* This is so good, oh my god *_*

Seriously, my inner puppy!Goku was wagging his little tail at this <3

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Glad I could make your inner puppy!Goku happy, lol. ♥

[identity profile] illusionrain.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
This was absolutely brilliant! Definitely downloading - you've got great taste in music and a lot of skill at matching songs with characters. This FST really flows with aspects of Tsuna's life, how he grows up over the series, but only ever wanting to be ordinary.

Thanks for sharing!

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! I did a lot of deliberating over which songs to pick, heh. I was aiming for music that not only had lyrics that fit but also had sort of a 'Tsuna' sound to it, for lack of a better description. I hope you enjoy it! ♥

[identity profile] betterinorange.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
HOLY CRAP. Downloading so hard. It looks fantastic. ♥

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Hope you like it. ♥

[identity profile] airwaveeight.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
omg. So downloading this. I love your characterizations and hey! I actually have one of these songs! So rare to have happen lol.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, hopefully that means you'll enjoy the rest of the songs too, then. Thank you! :)

[identity profile] blackened-skin.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Wow~ This looks stunningly good. Definitely downloading!

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you; I hope you like it! ♥

[identity profile] demoerin.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
FAAIILBOOOOOOOOSS. ♥

I love the titles for the different parts. Especially "the life and times of an ordinary jr. high school student (minus the ordinary)".

it will be some time before he refers to this anarchic period in his life as "carefree."
Aaaww, so true.

Then I remember and I know why he died
Do you know why I'd die?
Would never have expected Hanson to be so angsty and fitting! (Then again, all I remember from them is Mmmbop.)

And you picked a good line to end on - that's Tsuna, right there.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank youuuuuuu. |D Haha, glad you liked the section titles. And lol, most people do associate Hanson with MMMBop, so that's not surprising. Their sound is a bit more mature nowadays, though. They've been one of my favorite bands for a long time. ♥

And thanks--I agree that that line sums up Tsuna in a nutshell, so I had to fit it in. Thanks so much for the comment; hope you enjoy it!

[identity profile] rinhail.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Great fst! Mem-ing to download later.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you; hope you like it! :)

[identity profile] windgoddess688.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
crazy! i didn't know that coming up with songs that go with characters actually counts as a...er....idk "official thing"

(well there goes the greater portion of my middle school and high school daydreaming that could have been saved and written down to make ppl smile) orz

i feel dumb...i only recognize a few of the bands >.>

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, I didn't either until I came to Livejournal. I'm glad people do make FSTs and fanmixes, though; I've found so much awesome new music this way. |D

Heh, it's never too late to start, right? And not recognizing the bands is nothing to feel dumb about; it's the same way for me with most FSTs I come across, lol. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. ♥

[identity profile] ensuing.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, this looks fantastic! Thanks for making this~!!

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the comment! Hope you like it. ♥

[identity profile] amberrei.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I read it all and hell, it's fitting xD I know quite a lot of those songs too. *burning a cd* <3 Looks like a very good fst °3°

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Hope you like what you haven't already heard. ♥

[identity profile] amberrei.livejournal.com 2010-10-04 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok, I'm listening to it and I'm stunned. We can get along for what regards music. <3 AWESOME. I think this is one of the best fsts I downloaded, I felt the urge to tell you. I'm not easy to please. XD

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-05 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, this makes me so happy. WE CAN BE MUSIC BUDDIES!! or something. XD Glad you liked it. ♥

[identity profile] momoameblog.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, now I JUST NEED TO DL THIS because I haven't seen Hanson in any FST's really and they have been and always will be my fave band. <3

Also those lyrics that you posted from the other bands songs really tell the tale.

Thank you!!

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT SERIOUSLY ANOTHER HANSON FAN? *HIGH FIVE HELL YEAH* I love them too--actually, the song I used in this FST was my favorite song for years. They totally need more love.

Thank you for the comment, and I hope you enjoy the FST! ♥

[identity profile] momoameblog.livejournal.com 2010-10-05 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Don't get me started about their recent album! I love it so much! It's like they have really gone back to the past and they let everyone know what kinda music inspired them. This is what I have been waiting because I fell in love with them mainly because I listened to Beach Boys and Chuck Berry a lot as a kid.

Oh yes, I'm gonna listen this FST on my way to work. And speaking of work I should get going or else I'm gonna be late. I really don't want to tell my boss that I was late because of Reborn fst. xD I have this feeling that she wouldn't understand.

[identity profile] snowpoison.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
OH YOU. YOU AND YOUR LOVELINESS. GOD, YOU DO AMAZING REVIEWS, AMAZING FICS, AND NOW WHAT? I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS FST MAKING YOU DO. /fails

Some amazing songs here. I spy with my little eye, something called COLDPLAY! OMGOSH, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. I see Kings and Queens too, lovely song, I love the chrous. Your explainations pretty much explain your awesomeness. Yeh, I love the word 'awesome' and the word 'love' and I'm meant to be some sort of fanfic writer. Shoot me.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT KIND OF SUPER-NICE COMMENT IS THIS, I-I don't even know how to respond except for "kyaaa thank you ._." SOOO... kyaa, thank you. ♥ ♥ ♥

Heh, I'm a big Coldplay fan too; hopefully if you like them and "Kings and Queens", you'll enjoy the rest of the music as well.

Yeh, I love the word 'awesome' and the word 'love' and I'm meant to be some sort of fanfic writer. Shoot me.

Sob, I don't know if I've ever written a post that didn't use both of those words myself. XD I AM VERY INTELLIGENT.

Thank you so much for the comment! ♥

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
:DDD I LOVE YOUR FSTS I like how they have a theme and how you put it together with the titles and even more appropriate subtitles/parenthesis and of course I discover a lot of music I end up loving through you ♥
/brb listening

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
:D :D :D Man, this comment made me super-happy and I'm so glad you like all my FSTs and I really hope you like this one too, and ♥ ♥ THANK YOU.

[identity profile] cleartempest.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
loving the song by mae ahhhh *w* how has this song never been in my life until now.

[identity profile] caddles.livejournal.com 2010-10-04 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
LEARN TO FLY.
LEARN TO FLY. I fucking love this song ;A; !

And Coldplay, AND YOU PUT MAE IN, YOU FANTASTIC PERSON YOU. AND HOOBASTANK. ARGH. This FST completes meeeeeeeeee.

/downloads like a BOSS

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-05 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
IT IS A KICKASS SONG.

Haha, I'm so happy I could fit Mae in. ♥ I HOPE YOU LIKE THE SOUNDTRACK. :D

[identity profile] caddles.livejournal.com 2010-10-05 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
I ACTUALLY PUT THIS ON MY IPOD TODAY AND JUST JAMMED OUT TO THAT SONG FOR A WHILE. AIR GUITAR = HELL YES.

I'm so happy too! And I haven't heard this song! I love how I fall in love with every Mae song I hear ~ <3 they're such a fantastic band.

[identity profile] ekmisao.livejournal.com 2010-10-07 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
I forgot to download. this mistake has now been corrected. (also getting that general KHR FST...)

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-07 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
I am totally making the face in my icon right now. Haha, thanks; hope you like it! ♥

[identity profile] dragonlady2000.livejournal.com 2010-10-18 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm damn speechless! I mean wow... perfect FST!

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-10-24 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Glad you like it. ♥